davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-29
An Extraordinary Mission.

Congress ought TO investigate the activities OF
George Fred Williams United States Minister to
Greece and Montenegro. who has just resigned
after irruptlng himself into the situation I'm Al
bana Mr.. Williams has given TO the European
press "A report of certain investigations which be
made i'm Albania, on orders as he says from the
government in Washington Had Mr.. Williams
been on a mission from some magazine to collect
material for d breezy description of the monde
scrpt experiment in government now being made
at Durazzo his garing indiscretions of statement
might he pardoned. lie could plead his lustriOus
chiefs example for laying aside the responsibilities
of office in order to make a little vacation money
on the side
But so far rs Mr., WilliamS's jocose and flippant
criticisms of the new order in Albania may he
construed to have an official character and com
nit the United States TO glaring breach of man
ners. they ought TO he repudiated by this govern
ment The United States has no possible excuse
for meddling officially in the Albanian middle. IL
has no political or commercial interests in the new
kingdom, and there is no reason whatever for lis
giving TO the world through its envoy TO Greece its
opinion on the acknowledgement which has left the
Mpret. formerly Prince William of WED, in the
position of king with no powers, no territory
and no subjects except his wife and children"
Who authorized Mr.. Williams to set himself up
as a censor Of affairs in Albania, and why?
Hadn't the State Department trouble enough on
its hands without undertaking TO help solve the
Balkan problem? The country would like to see
the correspondence which started the irrepressible
George Fred Oh his extraordinary Albanian mis-
sion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-29
That Tragedy at SarayevO.

Yesterdays double assassination in Sarayevo
writes another tragic page in the history Oh Tue
unfortunate Hapsburg dynasty. Fate has suucA
savage blows at the house OF the aged hulpe'0i
Francis Joseph His brother Macmillan tried 10
establish himself as Emperor of Mexico, and was
captured and executed at Queretaro by the follow
ers of JuareZ His son and heir. Rudolph. was
killed or committed suicide under mysterious
circumstances at the hunting lodge Of Mayerling.
His wife the beautiful Empress Elizabeth, fell at
the hand of an assassin, and now the successor to
the throne. whom he had named and trained to
the tasks of administration, has been slain by Il
fanatic. brooding over the grievances Of the Bal
kan races against Austria Hungary
New cares and burdens are thus thrust upon the
enfeebed Francis Joseph VINO in spite OF his
eighty-four years still directs the fortunes OF the
dual monarchy. He must find new successor
among his nephews or grandnephews equal 70
governing two states. each sOrely divided by an
tagonisms of race and language. No country III
Europe is to-day in such a condition of unstable
equilibrium as Austria Hungary is and the sudden
ending of Archduke Francis Ferdnand's career
will make conditions more chaotic than ever
1t used to be said that only Francis Josephs
personal popularity and prestige held the discord-
ant elements in the empire together and that his
death would be the signal for general swapping
Of existing ties Later both AustrianS and Hun
garians became reconciled to Francis Ferdinands
succession. But powerful personality, backed no
by popular opinion is needed to check the sepa-
ratiSt tendencies growing stronger yearly in both
Austrian and Hungarian politics. Even now Aus
tria is being governed without parliamentary aid
under the provisions Of the Indispensable Article
XIV. which allows the government to put budget
of its own into effect whenever the Parliament
fails to make the necessary annual appropriations.
Political stability in Austria Hungary is essen
tial to the permanence of the Triple Alliance and
to the preservation of the status gao in South
eastern Europe. Were the dual monarchy 10 fall
apart the map of Europe would have to be made
over The assassination of Archduke Francis
Ferdinand is therefore an event of greatest poiti
cal Importance 1t will bring to the front again the
disturbing question of the future OF Austria Hun
gary and the reimbursement of the European bal
ance of power Nothing more unfortunate could
have happened TO AustriaHungary. now filed
with discomfort torn by racial animOsities and
weakened externally by the enmities aroused in all
the Balkan states by the grasping policy which the
government in Vienna has recently pursued
toward the mOnarchy'S southern neighboys.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-29
Mayor Mitche's First Six Mon'nS
in Office.

80, n~osr.ss which this city has maze J."
.,,,t i measured by the fact that so
,.,.,,on, an administration as Mayor Mi'ci'e' "'7
60 bis first six months in Office is taken
for granted .o,,,,
:, ! oniv short time ago that such appoii.
20. nc no has made such indifference TO PoN
a.. a. ba has shown and such STANDARDS oi pun
.ar,ico nc he has maintained would nave 'a'Seu =
sotion The papers would have been tui' " I'ie
.,.,,,;s,ratiop'S doings And the adGlnistr"iio"
Ia have beep ouite conscious of tie sensation 1t
creating by mere honest attention to tue city
,,.;,,o.s Rut the Mitchell administration mas
emo aboutits work as if front pages did not exist
T.'a ad;rraton 70 achieve first and talk afterward
nos been pretty faithfully kept SO therefore spe
,,.orost attaches TO the review of his first six
months in office. which Mayor Mitchell has written
80 ,rho Tribune and which is published elsewhere
Ia this paper to-day.
We think that every one who reads the Mayor >
words will feel that he has kept his purposes wen
il mind since he took Office. The verdict Oh MS
wons so far will be 'Well done" And not haVihs
heep oyerpraised at the outset the Mayor Is not
rkelv 70 suffer from the reaction which Mayor
Gaynor experienced before the end of his term
In other WAYS the Mayor is fortunate. He Is
fortunate in possessing thorough acquaintance
With the cjty's business when he entered Office
There is a professional quality about the present
administration which other bipartisan admins
trations have lacked, and this has been character
isti not only of the Mayors Office but OF the other
branches of the city government. The important
BOARD Of Estimate and AppOrtiOnment is largely
made IN of men who are trained municipal admin
istrators And the Mayor has been able to sur
round himself with department heads of new
type men who have either learned the citys Dusl-
moss in Office or through attention TO it in civic or
canizations making its affairs their constant
study This administration thus started out with
more meu having special knowledge of the duties
before them than any other in the citys history
We have talked good deal in the past of a "busl
moss" administration of New York. much better
ideal is a municipal business administraton-ohe
ia the hands of men who not merely good prl-
yate business men but good city business men, who
understand thoroughly in advance the special Dusi-
ness which is before them in office. Mayor Mitchell
has brought sensibly nearer that ideal.
Every hon-partisan Mayor of New York has
advanced the standards of government here. 1t
seems certain that Mayor Mitchell will contribute
toward the forward movement public which
takes such an administration as his for granted is
not likely soon again to put up with one of the
Van Wyck sort.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-29
q Jim Ham" Trains Down to a DactyI
and Spondee.

Tammany Halls master of ceremonies Is peninu
the times. On the programme for the "igw"m
Fourth of July celebration the giver or the ois
talk" is msnamed James Hamilton Lewis run
teentb Street should have known that Jim nam
that WAS is hereafter to be Hamilton only
You can't let an idea loose in Jim Hams
neirhborhood without his absorbing ali there Is ="
If Tile story was circulated short time ago
HAT President Wilson had dropped his baptis-
NAL appellation. Thomas because he believed that
man would have little chance TO reach the Presl-
dency who was weighted down with mime con
>sistinr of three successive spondeeS. Two tWo-
synabed names were much more desirable, he IS
alleged 20 have pointed out, or two-syiiaoeu
name nreceded by a thrce-sylabled one. stephen
Crover ,geveland-cut TO Grover CIeveand-was
cited as the first kind of winning combination ana
Theodore Roosevelt as the second kind
That grain of wisdom fell on good ground 50 FAR
rs "Jim Ham" was concerned. He Mt once Ill
formed the Secretary of the Senate that he had
sacrificed the James and would qualify for the
Roosevelt class by preserving only the Hamilton
and the Lewis Why not recognize the alertness
with which the Illinois statesman got into line
If there is anything in the WilsOnan theory OF
riding into the Presidency on dactyl ana Il
spondee Jim Ham" is not going to be left over
weighted at the starting post
Tammany doesn't know much about dactyls ana
spondees. but its heart ought to warm toward a
Democrat who is willing to take any Old kind OF
chance in the pursuit of office.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-29
A Quotation and Its Context.
the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The interpretations by Miss
Alice Stone Blackwell of anti-suffrage
statements, dated June l9, are remark
able, especially where she quotes but
part Of sentence and leaves out the
qualifying clause. For instance, she
says:
Anti-suffragists disapprove of linn
ting women's hours of labor. Their
national organ, in its issue OF Deem
Der, 1913, describes CALIFORNIA; eight
hour law for women as "a law urged by
suifragists.' and publishes an article
which says: No more stupid law was
ever enacted. WomeA are perfectly
competent to fix their own working
hours. A healthy woman can work as
many hours as healthy man. etc"
She inserts a punctuation mark Of
her own in the quotation and omits the
remainder OF the sentence, thus indi-
eating il to be an isolated statement.
The complete statement is as follows:
~ healthy woman can work with
impunity as many hours as a healthy
man in work suitable for women TO
perform"
1t is something of an admission on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-29
Aiding and Abetzing Socialism.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: John Wanainaker is quoted as
a confused believer in government n,
GOOD ne, ME are known to be in the
Same boat 1t would be interesting to
know whet qr tiese persons are aware
that they t>us aid and abet socialism
Do they knqs that government owner
public utilities will lead directly. to the
goal aimed at by these radicals? is 1t
possible that a man with the otherwise
level head of Mr.. Wanamaker is Will,
ing to see our present order subverted
in favor of a system that has never
vet We secured first class mind as
convert? Or. on the other hand, does
the great merchant prince assume that
we can adopt public utility socialism
without descending into the rapids oil
the whole atrocious and hateful doc
trine? T.. D. bhlNhInhiOri'
New York, June %, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-29
The Coming Touer
CATULLUs: XIV.


q Calyus II you were not TO me desrer
Than are the lamps that grace my noble uome'
IA execrate you, wretch, in accents clearer
Than the epithets that Thsw hurs at Jerome
For tell me, Cavus,-from my soul ASK IL
What dreadful deed of mine, or sentence rash
Brought down upon that bon r0ydge oasket
Eouipped with such fearsome mess OF trash
Heav'n curse that wretch, your alder and aoetor
As Cyril says, whomever he may be
Who chose the stuf,-no doubt a bankrupt deoVo'
Who thought YOU had as low-brow tastes as me-
We gods! With this unspeakable collection
OF literary junk you'd win my praise
Think you forsooth, that here there is rejection
To while away the long vacation days!
But wait mad wagi Rrrevenge is mine III ME mt
Tomorrow to a bookshop known to fame
And for your special delectation buy me
list of stuff that puts your own to shame
The hours in store for you I'll hint but darby
The choicest lit'ry names I'll merely cite;
Like +. II. Abbott, Glyn and Mrs. Barclay
Not to speak of Myrtle Reed and H. b. wright
Your little gift, mesnwhile-with rage s'u''er-
now consign to everlasting doom,
And consecrate it to oblivion utter;
The bookshelyes of the village readIng-rOOm.
Inv r. f. B.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-29
THE SOURCE OF THE TEN COM
MANDMENTS
Why They Cannot Have Been De-
rived from the Hammurabi Code.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: | note in your issue of the 18th
the assertion OF Harold Fogel that
"Moses took the text of the Ten Com
mandments bodily from Hammurabi, a
Chaldean king and philosopher, who
lived some hundreds of years before
Moses"
Now, | would beg to question the
correctness of the above statement.
Hammurabi, of $500 B. c., sixth king
of the first Babylonian dynasty (prob-
ably the Amraphel mentioned in
Genesis XIV, was a man of such
marked ability that he could well call
himself the "Sun of Babylon" and he
codiied this the first collection of
statutes known TO the world, but Moses
did not take the text of the Ten Com
mandments from Hammurabi."
The authorities | have consulted
seem to agree that because the code of
Hammurabi is older is not reason
enough for the legislation of one peo-
pie 70 affect another, as all such in
fuence depends upon particular eondi-
tions, and in intellectual matters only
elements of a like nature are able TO
influence each other.
And the social circumstances of
Israel, as represented in the Mosaic
law, were very different from those
reflected in Hammurabi's code; so were
the economic conditions. The spirit
and tendency of each code. says H.
Grimme, also greatly differed, and the
Mosaic law was completely independent
of that of Babylon.
Moses was no pupil of Hammurabi,
and there are no ancient laws more
different from one another than are
those of Hammurabi and Deuteronomy.
There Is a high moral spirit in the
Mosaic law-an element of wholesome
obedience, restraint and reverence OF
the Lord, the great God, the mighty
and the terrible, which regardeth not
persons, doth execute the judgment OF
the fatherless and the widow and
loveth the stranger" (Deut. X, ~,
which we do not find in the Babylonian
code, remarkable even as was the civic
and social advancement under Ham
murabis rule. The pleasures of life in
the town society of Babylonia were
quite different from the patriarchal
contentedness of the Jew in Syria, for
that which elevated and beautiiied the
life of an Israelite above all else was
his share in the services connected
with the worship of his God"
JOSIAH c. PUMPELLY.
New York, June %, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-29
Passing of a Great MiddIcman

Besides suffering from the current psychology
tnn H. b. Clalin Company was the victim of the
movement TO eliminate the middeman' Of which
" much has been heard in recent years 1t struck
the compauy in full force during a time of busl-
hess depression, when all the company's efforts to
strengthen itself against changed conditions only
made It weaker. In this one trade at least the
tendency of manufacturer and retailer TO deal
without intermediates Lad made such progress
that the best known and one of the oldest and
richest jobbing houses in the country has just
gone into the hands of "A receiver.
When great enterprise like II. b. Clafn &
Co. goes to the wall it means that tremendous
change ia business conditions has taken place.
The way OF the drygoods middleman. in New York
at least, has become hard, for, as "The Drygoods
Economist" has pointed out one after another of
the historic jobbers has failed or quit Clafln a
Co., the most powerful and capable of the
hardest fight, being the last 20 20. And the men
who made up this company did make hard fight.
when they faced the tendency OF stores TO buy
directly from the mills they bought stores to pro-
vidc themselves with customers planning to sell 10
tsensaiyes all over the country. They went into
Misunderstanding They sought at great expense 20
establish brands that they controlled, thus slriy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-29
Racetrack Betting Again.

The question behind the arrest Of eleven alleged
bookmakers at the AQueduct racettack is bigger
than whether they violated the anti gambling laws
II Is whether the owners of the track knew there
was professional gambling there and permitted it.
one of the police lieut9nants responsible for the
arrests is quoted as Saying that they have proof
Of the laws violations and proof that the track
owners knew of the gambling and were the real
offenders whom the police were after
When the Hughes anti-racetrack gambling laws
were passed prominent racetrael men declared
there could be no horse racing without gambling
What they meant was that there could be no profit
in horse racing without gambling. and the prompt
closing of the tracks when the laws were enforced
gave point to their belief. When the tracks were
reopened. after court decisions on the gambling
laws which the racetrack people thought favored
them, all track owners insisted that they would
not favor or permit lawbreaking or allow profess
sional gamblers 10 be at their tracks OF course
bets between friends are within the law.
It would be an unfortunate thing for horse racing
il any track owner had shut his eyes TO prOfes
slona bookmakng Horse racing has not hold
enough on the affections of the public tc survive
renewal of the gambling scandals which once forced
a suspension Of the sport.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-29
A Different Sunshine" Society.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir. Owing to the unpleasant notori-
ETY. that has come to the international
Sunshine Society through investigation
by the New York State Board of Chart
ties for alleged misuse of funds, the
Universal Sunshine Society, Mrs. Clar-
ence Burns, president, disclaims any
connection with the international Sun
shine Society, and the publication of
this fact in your valuable paper will
be greatly appreciated Misunder-
standings on account of the word "Sun-
shine" have been detrimental to our
society. NJ. B. GATES,
Treasurer.
The Universal Sunshine Society, Nos.
%. % and 81 City Hall Place.
New York, June "a, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-29
THE DESCENT OF MAN
The Absurd Notion That Evolution
Traces Man to the Monkey.
To the Editor of The Tribune; e

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir. The interesting letter from
James s. Reilly has high and COM
mendable ideal, but his argument pc
Titles the facts that provoke him; NO
fairminded man will deny the bene-
f,ciaI influence that Christianity mas
ovorted upon millions of men, but tne
history of Christianity alone is not tne
bis+orv of civilization. 1t IS Simply
one of a great number OF influences
For centuries Christianity was as deI-
rimental as it was beneficial 10 the au-
vance of civilization, and az TIMES
oot,,oIIv retarded it; but its influence
mon modern life is a good one. Chrls-
tianitv is slowly undergoing an eVoiu-
lion. OF course, some churcnes are
n,ore stapnant than others, but the
average Christianity is becoming
broaJer and better. To satisfy every
ono Christianity must keep abreast OF
tho increasing knowledge OF man; out
since a conservative orthodox element
shall always exist and have voice IN
tho formation of dogmas, 1t VIII never
satisfy all .od
The theory of evolution is accepted
bv most scientific men, and certainly
by nearly all biological students, nut,
of course, with a desire to know more
about it. No one has advanced the
theory Of mans descent from mon
kew, There is vast difference be
tween a monkey and an ape. Man is
classed with the apes, and tnat does
not mean he was descended from an
ape. Ii means common roof anu u
that man and the apes brancnea on
at different points. The fact tnat some
advocates were not honest and thaV
some scientific men" refused TO ac-
cent the theory does not lnJure lts
probability. Would a handful OF poor
defenders and opponents oil socialism
establish its uselessness?
Christianity has, always been at,
tackled. and il, too, is an example OF
the theory OF evolution. The dogmas
that the churches stand upon are SUB
ject to change, and many OF taeT
must change or the churches will fan.
thousands of people belong to
churches. although they do not entirely
believe in the creeds the churches
stand upon. Unconscious rationallsm
is becoming conscious. The churches
should lead, rather than follow, the
movement. and those that do lead are
the churches with the broad, high
nl00tu
The conception of science in the
minds of many people is rather mar
row. IL covers everything. The laws
of nature governing the life of man
make a science of living. If we do not
obey them, even through Ignorance,
we shall be punished What influence
does this have upon conduct and upon
the formation of character? How can
we make the world and ourselves bet
ter without knowledge? Christianity
gives us high ideals, and increasing
knowledge the means to strive for
them.
Mr. Reilly asserts that if Chris
tianity had not inspired the founds-
ton of hospitals they would never eX-
list. In fact, hospital systems existed
in pre-Christian times among the
Greeks, Romans, Egyptians and Hin
dus. The early Buddhists and Ma
hometsns had hospitals. which they do
not claim were inspired by Christian
ity. c. J.. l..
Brooklyn, June 81, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-29
One View Of Tarrytown.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: A terrible act was COM
mitted in Tarrytown on June %, 1914,
against real Americanism. A mob Of
1.000-I don't know how to call them
attacked a dozen free speech advocates,
real human beings, whose hearts and
souls are given away in lettering the
conditions of the poor all over the
land. Until now, none of the eggs, dirt
and stone throwers have been brought
before the authorities of said town.
And If all Of them should get off with
out punishment, then the Black Hun
bred organization from dark Russia
should come TO Tarrytown and get les
sons in despotism. MAX ROTH.
Kingston, N. Y, June "a, 1914.