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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-19
The Governors Vague Civil Service
Promise.

Mr. Whitman and Mr.. Davenport made clear.
uneouivocal replies TO the Civil Service Reform
Associations letter asking their position in regard
10 the extension OF the merit system in the public
service Governor Glynn did not. He confined
himself TO reiterating the Democratic platform
plank on that subject which was vague and gen
eral in terms. as platform panks have habit Of
being.
Perhaps the Governor did not care TO make spe-
cihc promises Of the nature desired 10y the Civil
Service Reform Association because Of the conflict
they would present between their substance and
Democracy's record for the last four years. The
present state Civil Service Commission. charges
against which have been presented to the Gov
crnor. obtained the passage Of law fixing d
definite term Of office for its members and pro
viding that they might be removed only during
the session Of the Senate and by and with its
consent Since a Democratic Legislature passed
that law and a Democratic Governor signed it,
Governor Gynn might hesitate 10 promise TO rec
Ommend the enactment Of law permitting the
Governor to remove an inefficient corrupt Civil
Service Commissioner after filing charges and Civ
ing him chance 10 be- heard i'm his own defence.
During the four years of Democratic control Of
the state the number Of employees has increased
more than four thousand aud many of the new
ones have been good organization Democrats.
whose political activity was their best known
qualification. Ina view of that fact the Governor
might be equally hcstant to urge legislation for a
Redistribution Of the state service ON a basis Of
efficiency aud economy
Governor Gynn is depending on Democratic or
ganzatiOn votes to elect him. He knows that the
Democratic organization. Tammany controlled. is
depending on jobs already held by IFS heelcrs and
jobs in prospect for political strength lie would
be more than human. therefore, il ne did not duck
and squirm when asked TO promise TO help TO rcor
sanizc the Civil Service in Il manner which would
divorce the heelcrs from the state treasury.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-19
War and the Railroads.

As ono NJ many voices raised in exposition oil tle
state Of our railroad properties through the ca'"s
trophe Of a great wars following hard upon "
neriod Of perilously low freight rates the plea Oh
tho Wabash reorganization committee Is OF "luc
nubc interest 1t has especial point at the pres.
cnt time. with the rehearsing Of the Eastern roauS
petition scheduled to begin in washington 'o'"!
Tho plan for the reorganization OF the Wao"S"
Railroad Company was devised last spring oelo'c
war threatened The devastating efec's Oh '"o
war upon credit and the natural operations -
commerce are recognized by the committee rs SUI
Acient 10 compel delay in the project so ioihiu
lated But. wholly aside from this unexpected ulS
turhance II is found that the continued low lreis'
rates coupled with constantly increasing COSTS OF
oneration. have brought the road to crlsis ]"
which disaster is certain unless RELIEF Is speeui!
brought Passengers are now carried at ra'e OF
onc.tenth Of a cent mile less than cost 1re'gnO
is carried at profit OF only little over one-'en'"
~ \ cent a ton mile over cost
For such condition. paraUeled IN wayne
staoes in every railroad in the country 'here -
only one remedy as the wabash committee ]us.!
oseerts. An intelligent reversal of policy by Ihe
Interstate Commerce Commission which VIII per
,,it q living wage to the railroads
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-19
Whv Rename Narick Street!

If is 70 be hoped the Board of Aldermen WIZ
NOT concur in the Board Of Estimates decision 10
ronarne yarick ST Seventh Avenue South there
&c practical reason against this as wen aS I"
continental. II Varlck st. were TO be lncluueu
with the Seventh av. extension in new renuin'
horod Seventh av. there might be some sense Il"
that disposition Of things. But Narck ST. Is 1"
distinct. individual thoroughtare' meeting Tue '''
entb az. extension at an angle. There is no reason
why its identify should be sacrificed TO "SeV-
enth Avenue South
The name OF varick is an honored one ColoheI
Richard Varick after distinguished ke'olu'io"-
arv career became Recorder. then Mayor OF '"lS
CITY. serving as its head for ten years. lie was
known and respected by Washington ana o'he'
great men of his day. The constant change ana
reminding here send old landmarks. ola houses
and old churches the way of all flesh. Al leaSl
tho old names should be preserved Wherever pos
sibe as an indication that the present generation
does not consider itself its skyscrapers ana us
srbwavs, the beginning and end Of New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-19
WORKERS LAUDED
BY KINGSBURY
Says Investigators Will Save
City $247,000 - Salaries
Amount to $4,000.

Replying to the charges Of the State
Civil Service Commission, which is in
vestigating the special Investigators
employed in the Department of Chart
ties, Commissioner John A. Kingsbury
has forwarded to PPresident Nc
Aueny a detailed report, covering the
activities during the last three months
of the forty-seven Investigators whose
work and manner Of employment the
commission is Investigating
Mr.. Kingsbury says the questioned
employees will save the city more than
$4,000, while their salaries to Octo-
Der amounted to about $4,000
The investigators, reports Mr..
Kingsbury, have located 375 parents
who had been marked "Not found" on
the records. Of these, 1876 were re-
ferred for prosecution TO the Domestic
Relations Court and 146 were pledged
to contribute to the support Of their
children in institutions. More than
two hundred children were returned to
their parents during the first months
work.
Mr.. Kingsoury says 6S7 children,
committed tsr restitution. were dis
charged upot the recommendation Of
the Investigators OF Ais children re-
ferred to agencies thirty-siX were
placed in homes and eighty-fve were
declared improper charges on the city.
These were referred TO the State Board
Of Charities for removal. The children
discharged represent an annual saving
of Sl17,655 60, said Mr.. Kingsbury.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-19
NEW YORK CREDIT IN LONDON
Charge That Funds Weren't Provided
to Meet City's Obligations.
or of The Trihune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The City of New York is an
parently somewhat Indifferent regard
ing its credit in the London money
market, as | understand that certain
prominent London banking firms with
whom the city's obligations were pay
able. were not provided with the neces-
sary funds by the city prior to matur-
ity. In order to avoid default in
payment of revenue bills Of the City
of New York it became imperative for
the banking houses concerned 10 pay
the bills themselves and at their risk.
subsequently, collecting the money from
third parties, viz, the London agents
of Messrs J. p. Morgan e. Co.. who
stated that they had no instructions
from the city to pay over to the re-
spective banking houses here the
amounts necessary to meet the citv's
liabilities ard declined to do so. OK
cepting against presentation to them OF
1he bills. II. Z. N.
London discount money broker.
London, England, Oct. g, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-19
CAMPAIGN FOR POOR
TO OPEN IN CITY
Society Will Attempt Revival of
Old System Of District
Charities.

A city-widc campaign to develop in
terest in the welfare of the poor will
be undertaken this week by the Char
ity Organization Society. The organ
ization has divided Manhattan into
twelve districts, in each of which a
branch Office viii be opened. The
Bronx will have a single Office.
The object of the society is TO en-
Ii the residents of each district in
helping their poorer neighbors through
out the winter Business men may help
by contributions of money, which the
Charity Organization Society will try
to expend in the best possible manner.
Each Of the thirteen districts will have
a committee OF business men, teachers,
physicians, lawyers and others inter-
ested in the welfare OF their ncighbor-
hoods
In the days when the greater city
was a series Of separate communities
each section cared for its own poor.
The officers of the society b,lieve that
the same community spirit exists, and
that the new scheme, for that reason,
will be a success.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-19
THE PEOPLES COLUMN
An Open Forum for Public Debate.

heinous crime to keep an army on land
against avoWed enemies OH either side
Of her, while she has been charging
her navy so as TO rank as the greatest
military power on the seas. | fail to
see the difference, except that the one
is for protection and the other for ag-
gression.
The intention of England is to crush
a rival, and she goes into the fight
three against one, calls upon Japan to
bite her in the back, brings black saw
ages from Africa to fight whites and
foods Europe with hordes from half
civilized countries. Let England and
her allies take the blame for all this
horror and pay the bills of Belgium,
who has been devastated as her shield.
Then, and not till then, Will the veil
of hypocrisy which envelops her as the
mists do her land fall away from her
character and her reputation.
New York, Oct. Is, 1914. L. W. S.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-19
The Belgian Fund.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: We are advised to be neutral in
mind as well as in deed. But can we
be neutral in heart while the MARTYR
dom of the brave Belgians goes on q?
The ferocity and outlawry of the in
vaslon of Belgium can draw no armed
vengeance from American shores, but
we can at least show what we believe
by giving mercy TO those who are in
such distress from fire and sword. Let
no man say that he sympathizes with
the heroism Of Belgic independence
until he sends his mite to the Belgian
Fund, 10 Bridge st. J. p. Morgan &
Co. receive the moneys as custodians.
New York, Oct. -, 1914. VI. r.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-19
puIcinea in the Advertising Office.

Dulcinea is much interested in advertising and
visits the Office occasionally. She feels that adyer
Using men have to be awfully original. She didn't
see how anyone could think out all those clever
ideas. She saw an awfuy cute ad this morning on
a bill board, showing pretty girl and an arrow
pointing TO something, but she couldn't remember
lust exactly what it advertised
She would like to write copy herself because she
has heard that there arc women copy writers, and
it must be perfectly ideal to be able to draw your
own pictures for the sds-most people do, don't
they?
She was awfully surprised to know that a page
in the Saturday Evening Post for just one time
costs $4,000. because she thought one could get a
page for whole year at that price. The pages are
not nearly so large newspaper page.
She has heard that some Of the very best artists
have gone into advertising work and OF course sup
poses that they would be swfully high priced ad men,
She saw perfectly dear ad OF Coles Phillips once,
showing lot of bathing girls gathered around an
automobile No, she couldn't remember the name
of the
She has often thought Of getting up an ad her
self with a little poem in it, because some Of the
verses in ads are as clever as they can be. She
may dash off something sometime, just for fun, you
understand, and send it in to US, and if we cannot
use it, all right and if it she will
dash off another. J. o. y.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-19
OFFICE BOY LUXURY
WORRIES BULLOCK
Tammany Man Asks Slight ID
crease However, for
Central Bureau.

While Mayor Mitchell is going aroGa
preaching economy and the hgufa
show that next years tentative oudgt
is going 20 be even less than this year,
actual budget, the Tammany Bureau 4
City Enquiry. William Bullock, dire1
tor. has discovered that over IN II
Committee on Education OF the Boa
Of Estimate there is an Office boy VI
revolves in a mahogany chair and 81
a. mahogany desk with a plate ga'
top.
III Mayor Mitchell, Controller FREE
dercast and President McAneny OF -
Board OF Aldermen are sincere ~ IasI,
efforts for economy and efneieneil,
says Mr.. Bullock on the frst page J
his ten-page statement when as
denda has four pages Of eomparsu,,,
figures, "they will effect SAVING .
100000 in salaries and Of an ses
tional 100000 in contingencies, o.
total Of 100000, In next years ouas'
for their own Offices and the board I"
Estimate and Apportionment. i.,
THE example they have 6een sew,
other department heads, however >
one of prodigal extravaganza any
piling up Of salary costs and mu.,
plying Of high salaried positions w y,
cut . parallel in the history o. '"
city" .,,
Some distance down in the statens.'
Mr.. Bullock ventures the preols-.,
that if the new budget does not em' :,
thing OF patchwork II VIII ps
fault of the trio previously m menu :,
I'm scattering the budget-msAns
sponsibihty. Then comes 10 :, +,
mendation that involves "a shgh'
crease, perhaps" as follows: ,oos r,r
For eight years, or from lyVo ~ =,
the end Of last year. the budgss 80
made up and the varied inyesslu.s9'~,.,
work done for the Board OF h oa-.,s
by the Municipal investigating D. Ss, Ss,,
This same work all should no" " 80
BY a central bureau Of the oo st. ~.
slight increase, perhaps over u.n w
80 spent for salaries by the N.Y."
Investigating Bureau last year. ..,,s,
Mr.. Bullock then boldly annos;'lr
that the Mayors Commissioners vi ~
counts Office has outiiyed IT'S VIZ
ness. but no mention is made y rs.
fact that nowadays there are ~
many borough presidents 70
moved.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-19
CHURCH PLANS A CHa"0'
st. Andrews Said to Be "
gotiating Purchase Of Bulge,

1t was reported among nie'u III $
both congregations yesterday 1Sts s,
Andrews Methodist Church, a.. ;.ors :
near Columbus av- was 1esNih,vs,rs'
buying the Rutgers IIssy b
Church, at Broadway and 'Sa IA ~
understood that the diHieHIV pgts,n
way is one Of price, since N. ..s vrsf
church wants S1,O00.0OO Tor Wv
erty onsrty
for sale. The trustees believe ..a ~ % >
church can do just as gooa ri" me 80
less expensive location ana ~ VI - bsTis
time provide itself with p'''
fitted than the present one, ,hres y.
Rutgers church is one O IA, y
portant Presbyterian churenss .s.,ss5
pastorless. There was sara ~
to be no indication that IN. .omui &c
would be filled, although =
has been out for two res :,
preacher yesterday was tRs Hsrs"
John Douglas Adam, o.
Theological Seminary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-19
HARVARD'S DUTY
II Is to Preserve the Right of Free
Speech at Whatever Cost.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir. II is reported that some one
who objects to Professor Munsterberg' 5
German utterances has offered to
leave Harvard University SlO,OOOOOO;
nrovided the professor is dismissed, and
that Professor Munsterberg has ten
dered his resignation to the university
coupled with the suggestion that II is
for the institution to decide whether he
is worth Sl0.000,000 to it or not.
Professor Munsterberg has not taken
correct view of the situation. The
nending question is not whether he IS
worth Sl0.0O0,000 or 10 cents to the
university; the real issue which those
in charge of that institution have 10
decide is whether Sl0,000,000 or any
other sum is sufficient compensation
for suppressing the freedom Of private
utterance of any one employed by the
institution, whether he be professor OF
janitor.
The answer given by the authorities
of Harvard University should be so con
elusive as TO discourage any future at
tempts to suppress freedom of speech
by promises of endowments or threats
to withhold them.
should say, perhaps, that ! disagree
entirely with the stand which Professor
Munsterberg has taken in defence OF
Germany, believing him to be mistaken
both as to the causes leading up to the
present war and as to the justification
for imposing any civilization by force
upon other peoples. But | should be
very sorry TO have him suppressed.
In the present crisis it is to the best
interests of all that intelligent discus
sion should be encouraged, and if in
the discussion any seem to oversteT
proper bounds it is we'll to leave them
unmolested. IN order that they may
serve, in the words OF jefferson, "as
monuments to the safety with which
error Of opinion may be tolerated il
reason is left free to combat IT,"
A. c. PLEYDELL.
New York, Oct. 10, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-19
ENGLAND SHOULD PAY
She Has Used Belgium as a Shield and
Should Be the One to Suffer.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Belgium is 10 be pitied and
helped. There is no question of that.
But beyond the loss Of lives and the
destruction of property. comes the re-
gret that she should have allowed her
self 10 be the dupe of England that
she acted as the small boy put in front
OF the one aimed at, to receive the
blows and let the other one off easy.
With this reason England made ar
rangements for her neutrality. There
fore the great cutlery from a country
who never hesitated to break a treaty
when it suited her ends, nor invade
and crush any weaker nation or take it
under her protectorate foe her own ad-
vantage. One would think that Eng
land was doing missionary work for
South Africa, India, Egypt, etc, to hear
her talk. And now that there are bills
for breakage to be paid she and her
allies should come forward and shout
der the indemnities placed upon the
Belgian cities and provide food for
her starving people. They have been
reduced to misery at her call and as A
shield 10 save the arrows from her
breast.
From England comes the great cry
against militarlsm. as If 1t were a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-19
ro-pt Ronaldson Antique is short ant
SPIT. Antique Extended is skinny;
I2-pf. Cheitenham Bold Hahc we
haze a lot of that,
And I2-pt. Mcfarland.

An article in a recent English Review oea'
with GOLF and its relation 10 ncurasthenia' anu 1t
aroused considerable discussion. Whether gov
unsettlcs the nerves is a debatable question: III
any rate But. while bicycle riding in New horA
may like golf keep one out in the o. a. there
can he no doubt that it is over-excitlng After
one rides along any avenue for five or six miles
in many-times-a -momentary dread Of being broad
sided by a taxicab charging reckIessly from side
street one reioices that ones mail contains 50
many printable contributions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-19
A Sorry Spectacle.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: How are the mighty fallenl"
What a spectacle Colonel Roosevelt is
making of himself in trying to defeat
Whitman and put Tammany Hall in
power. He has made many political
mistakes and done much mischief al
ready, and is it possible that in the
later years OF his life he will undo all
the good achieved in the earlier years ?
JOHN X. JONES.
Metuchen. y. j., Oct II, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-19

been taken and German occupation Of Havre Cher
bourg, Brest. Bordeaux, Toulon and Marseiies -
still only Bernhardiesque dream.
Meanwhile Germany is Isolated 50 iar ~ o'e"'''
going commerce is concerned, and the letters OF
thst isolation can be broken only by wrestling ''V"
the Allies their present control Of the sea-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-19
st. Matthew's Cornerstone

The cornerstone of the new ST. Mat
thew's Roman Catholic Church, az
Warburton and Willard avs. Hastings
on-Iudson, was laid by Monsignor La
velle yesterday afternoon.
The village was decorated with tho
national and papal colors and Holy
Name societies from all over the
county were present.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-19

None but he could have possibly understood
appears on page III Of +. Temple Thurstons
Achievement" "Nobody will be here but YOU and
|" is i'm one Of the plays-Henry Arthur Joness.
unless our memory crrs-at the Princess Theatre.
The same construction is used i'm Katherine Ty-
mans most recent poem. Are We wrong: Or
threatens the Lounsbury Peril:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-19

Reading proof on the preceding = we hnu
reference to a taxicab charging recklessiF' we
didn't mean il for a wheeze. but we DO now
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-19
The Special Newspaper Party Abroad.

Margaret r. Tlorney the Lawrence Telegram
The first place 10 visit Cooks at Ludgate.
For wanted money and couldn't wait.
But only their own checks they'd redeem
More trouble ahead for it did seem.
The banks were having "A holiday, too.
SO he patient and wait was all We could do
But our scheduled sight seeing was enjoyed
The Tower. the Abbey. the museum our time employ cd
often when ready TO start
We saw the carriage and horses part.
FOr military purposes all is fair
Till horses were procured we had 10 wait there
The answer TO the phone TO sounded rare
Instead Of. Hello" was Are you there"
In London were thousands OF troops 10 greet
Marching by every day in the street.
They were not the Red Coats" OF Colonial DAYS
But rcsembled our soldiers in many ways.
lONLY A FEW MORE INSTALMENTs.l
smoky PcrSpectives for Tower Observers-Bos-
ton Transcript headline.
1t fooled us, too It's only story about forest
fires on Cape cod.
To 81 contribs Yes. yes. We know Schang Is
neat but not Gowdy.
Bringing the Tower to Meteorological Conclusion.
Speaking Of climate (and isn't that lcgal:)
Wasn't this sunday essentially regal:
ARTHUR GUTERMAN.
Look at this mornings conditions aerial:
Won't all to-day be entirely imperial?
+. p. A.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-19
We Accept the Nomination.

Sir: decided to-day, while under the benign sway
of altrustic feelings toward my fcllow-men, immedi-
atcy TO begin the organization Of Society for the
Suppression OF the Use of the Expression "As-Gen-
era Sherman Said War-IsHell" Of Any Variations
Thereof or Implied References Thereto in stories
dealing with the present European upheaval. have
had the idea in mind for time, but was moved
TO prompt and decisive action by a perusal Of the
current number of the satevepost in which two of my
favorite authors, Old rv Cobb and Arnold Bennett,
indulge in the perncious pastime. have already
established the Buffalo branch | move on to Pitts
burgh on Monday and shall do my best to organize a
local there Can consider you as candidate Tor the
position of President? ,,- - roourv
p S-Besidcs Sherman never said sech a thing.
But we refuse to relinQush the presidency or the
Society for the Suppression of the Use OF AS
Kipng said" Following the Use of "Ihat-Is
Another-Story.
While the Rev John Haynes Holmes spoke against
war before the students Of Barnard College yesterday
afternoon the girls in his audience were busy with
darninc needles knitting socks for the Red Cross
The Times.
Perhaps these girls who take Domestic Science
darn socks with spinning wheels too.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-19

To 81 contribs: Yes yes. We know Schang j.
neat, but not Gowdy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-19
The Coming Tower
TO ADVERTISERS.
John Alden type is short and tat
Gothic Condensed Is skinny;
RuniC? We have a lot
of that,
And l4-point DeVinne.

The beloved composing room may cross u' 'o",
night II mdy not have the kind OF Vpe 'equ'''0'
II would substitute then. Inc foregoing 'ei'''
ON that dreaded contingency, might appear mus
10 .f,0~t t1d