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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-08
THE AMERICAN UNWRITTEN Law
BOILED-DOWN FORM

BY Joe IhemanS.
Dora was the belle of the village,
admired by all the boys in Olemba
town, much to the disgust of John
Carr, who really thought to have
first mortgage on her. Womanlike
she readily responded to every inno-
cent Irritation, no matter how hard
you tried to monopolize her affec-
tons. Every Saturday night they
went to Happy Jacks Inn to indulge
in all the pleasures of the latest dance
craze, tango, hesitation, etc. On ar
irving there they were met by Dull
Pete" the son of the village black
smith, a close rival of John. Pete
made some sarcastic remarks, to
which neither paid any attention,
owing to his intoxicated condition.
After the first dance, Dora went to
the garden to cool off little and in
order to get there, had to pass the
barroom, where Pete tried to en-
brace her, to the delight of all pres
ent. Dora, still trembling and amid
tears, told John what had happened.
It took John but 80 minutes to run
home, get his gun and be arrested
for the murder of Dull Pete"
Verdict of coroner's jury: Gao
quilted" Act justified. = Ia
ra-ra, my country this of thee
-O-O-
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AERoPLANE SHINES AS A SAVE
OF LIVES

Score one for the aeroplane as a
lifesaver," said Anthony Stadleman,
birdman, who today owed his life to
the fact that Aviator Jack Villas was
only three miles away when Stadle-
mans hydroaeroplane dropped 800
feet into Lake Michigan. Villas in an
other hydroaeroplane distanced mo-
torboats that rushed to the rescue
and picked Stadleman out of the wa
ter when the latter was at the point
of exhaustion.
The rescue took place off Claren-
don avenue.
"FEARLESS CHARLEY" KILLED
Fearless Charley Bake, famed
motorcyclist, was killed yesterday.
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knew I could not go out and wash or
scrub, because my side is already af-
fected, and have no strength, and
so said to myself would beg from
door to door,.
"T worked in a sweatshop for
fourteen years. helped my husband
always. l have believed in God and
His goodness, but of late l do not
know.
when my baby scalded his arm
and it went to blood poison and the
doctor said it could not be saved, 1
prayed to God to keep my baby from
being a cripple, and God answered
me then, because that arm is well to-
day, but now it seems as if He has
forgotten us.
"1 cannot eat. l keep thinking
that every bite l swallow takes it
away from my little ones. If you will
let me take the food home with me,
you are good to me, and l shall not
forget
81 took her name and address," %:
said the man who told me the story
with choke in his voice. 81 thought
perhaps you would care to go see the
woman. There are other things she
told me that l think you should in
vestigate. Will you go?"
went, and tomorrow will tell you
the story the woman told me.
-O-o--
AEP0PI ANE SHINES AS A SAVEP
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BETTER THAN MOVIES

Lady Ito salesman, who has I'M
rolled all the inoleum) THANK you
so much! My little boy has quite en-
joyed it. I'll bring him tomorrow to
see the carpets.
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Praticing for a race, he crashed into
steam roller on the Hawthorne
track. He was going 70 miles an
hour when the crash came. His body
was hurled into the air and came
down in a crumpled head. He died a
few moments afterward.
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What II Is to he Loved.

a concllabule OF what are called
by courtesy but most Incorrectly Pro
gressve leaders" has beated over the
state and under the sea tender and
passionate cry for help. There Is AMI
can he but one Progressive leader.
Without him. unless he Is candidate.
the Progressives can't progress Though
II builds majestic platforms, collects
and emits beautiful principles by the
yard; although the rich devotees give
checks with full hands, there Is no body.
bowels or soul to the party There Is
nothing In It except the Colonel. 1t Is
his shadow and reflection. The feel
Ing Of the adorers Is something be-
tween love and religious fanaticIsm.
II Is personal. II lives on personality,
not on dogmas.
If the Colonel could be subdivlded,
cut up into little RS, to speak Juliet.
cally. all would be well with his flock.
As things are, he must shepherd every
where. Every State bowls for him.
Any Progressive campaign without him
Is sleepwalking lie Is the whole show
and no supernumernries need apply.
The fearful pleading OF the New
York faithful is Mt once n confession
OF weakness and n mark Of indlscipllne
that they wouldn't have dared to make
were not the all feared and all loved
Feefawfum far. far away. When he
wants a nomination he will give the
orders. Meanwhile these sheep are
making themselves more than little
ridiculous. Their faith IL sublime. but
their implied confession Of absolute po'
lltical impotency must be annoying ia
their boss. Poor little babes! Hardly
has he tucked them up and told them
to be good than they boohoo and bel.
low for him.
The Colonel cant very well remind
them that the pitcher that goes often
to the well and so on. If he did they
wouldn't believe him. But he now has
the opportunity to moralze to himself
upon the discomfort OF being an idol
and totem pole. Why doesn't he get
some OF his numerous sociological
| friends TO found School for the PO-
! litical Education of the Progresslyes?
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Nature and Man.

The Hon. WILLIAM G. REDrIELD. Sec.
rotary of Commerce, travelling pros
perity talker" and assistant professor
Of Psychological Conditions. bids the
Tarbeelers look upon this picture and
be glad:
From far Off California and from Flor
ida: from the Aelds OF Oklahoma and
Kansas. Missouri and Nebraska. comes
the glad cry OF a harvest all but ripe for
the sickle. There was no mourning In the
orange groves Of California when l saw
them In March. and Florida utters no cry
OF distress In sending $4,000 carloads of
her fruit to market"
What bitter and true revlling Of
the Department Of Psychology at Wash
ington. what cruel II unconscious stab
Mt the Professor No prngmi teal med
ding mar-alls, no marabouts OF the
new freedom. no Malvollos and Dog
berries Of regulation and suppression
have been able to tamper with the
bowels and fruits OF the earth. There
il one fountain OF wealth that all these
lurdan hands have not stopped up
There Is no Interstate Weather Com
mission. The farmers are beloved
and favored class which the Admins
tration and Congress-the phrase Is
tautological-won't hurt II they can
help 1t; against which the statute book
doesn't bristle and snarl.
The crops have been safe. Doubt
! less an ecstatic and illuminate Wilson
ian like JosEPHUs SIccUs won't ADM,
It, but 1t has to he confessed generally
that the crops are beyond the jurisdic
ton Of Mr.. WILSON and even Of Colonel
upper House.
In the only prosperity visible the
Democrats have had no hand. Bust
ness, subject to legislation and regula
ton. has wilted or still trembles unde,
the bllghting official touch. The pros
perity is of GOD. The adversely comes
mainly from Democratic stupidity, ia
naticism and 'ideallsm."
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mitted serious instead Of comic
opera offence. 1t 10 not the even hand
OF the law but the official stupidity
which devised the system and the OH.
cial brutality which fails to correct 1t
in practice that figured in the entire
proceedings.
The affair is a disgrace to the city.
III there Is no existing way by which a
superzealous policeman can be made TO
serve n summons instead Of in6lctlng
the humiliation OF an arrest In small
change cases Of technical vlolp lions OF
foolish ordinances. q way should he
speedily found. As for the tanning
OF respectable people into disgusting
court pens. Miss KATHARINE BEMENr
DAVIS. our reforming Commissioner Of
Correction. has the opportunity Of a
lifetime for an improvement that can
be made with word and that will win
universal Endorsement.
There Is a great deal OF Talk these
days about organizing our police for
social service. Before taking up a new
fad II will be we'll to extlrpate such
utterly antl.social blunders as we find
in this case.
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ST. JOINS ~ VARICK STREET.
\ Word In support Of the Attitude OF
Trinity CHURCH.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir. May
II be suggested that neither Trinity
Church nor Trinity Corporation has any
duty to perform In the matter OF pre-
serving buildings as museum pieces? May
II also be minated, OF course mildly. that
the directors OF the religious organiza-
ton are the final judges as to the pro-
priety OF maintaining an edifce for pur-
poses OF worship. and the officers Of the
business corporation occupy IA similar po-
sition with relation to the administration
OF its financial AFFAIRS?
AS to st. Johns Chapel. In Varick street.
in the Judgment of the rector and vestry
OF Trinity its religious usefulness was
long ago impaired to an extent justifying
It's abandonment its historical associa
tons are OF the slightest Importance. and
as an architectural monument II Is en-
titled to very little consideration. It's
demolition would not rob New York OF a
notable feature. deprive students OF an
inspiring example OF art or consign lovers
OF beauty to a barren life. II the time
has come for II to go, here Is no cause
for tears beyond the immediate neighbor-
hood OF its site, where dwell those COM
munlcants and others to whom habit and
association have made II dear.
One of the high privileges and stern
duties OF New York outside Trinity
Church is to oppose, condemn and chastis
Trinity Corporation and the Institution
whose estate 1t manages. For good
proportion OF the III feeling that has
been engendered against II Trinity Is it.
self responsible. But In the ST. Johns
dispute church and corporation have all
the common sense on their side. and the
denuncations aimed at them are peculiarly
unjust and nonsensical. CHURCHMAN.
New YORK, June 8.
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ROJ Sc We SLAVES!
C0atiess. Free Necked. Begin Another
TroJ Jan War.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: I
see that an Anti-Collsr League has been
launched In Paris to wage a crusade
against the silly habit OF locking up the
Adams apple In prison OF starch y"
Most excellent idea! The masculine collar
Ia certainly not hygenic. neither IL II a
thing OF beauty. and. with all regard for
the chief industry OF Troy. 1t should be
abolished, As a physical trainer ! know
by experience that a linen collar de-
ereases physical efficiency by perhaps 80
per cent. Imagine boxer. oarsman.
runner or other athlete wearing a collar
while engaged In tho practice OF his
sport!
And while we are discarding our collars.
which are especially undesirable In the
summer, why not at the same time throw
off our coats? To he forced to wear a
coat in the heated season is nothing short
OF tyranny. and by converted effort mas
culne humanity could cast aside this bur-
den. Naughty ticket takers at theatres
and head walters at restaurants could
soon be taught not to look with scorn
upon a man sensible enough to put aside
unnecessary clothing.
Health and comfort go hand In hand
and both collar and coat are uncomfort-
able In summer and therefore not health
full. The best argument the Partisan de-
tenders of the collar have been able to
think OF Is that its degree OF cleanliness
Is an index TO character. Tell m
whether your collar Is clean and will tell
you who you are" says one writer. with
more humor than sense. Any man who
can keep his collar clean and unwilted
on a hot summer day Is either an .dler
or dude" and probably both.
Down with the constructing collar and
the sweltry coat! We slaves to custom.
arise! Mac LEVY.
BAnrLoN June g.
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THE UNDIMINIsHED COLONEL
A Follower and AdmIrcr OF His Harks
Back 70 chicago

To THE EprroR or THE SuN--Sr: The
outpourlngs OF certain old Republicans
which you have recently printed remind
me that ] too am an old Republican, the
son OF q Fremonter. And when I voted
Tor Roosevelt In 1919 the fact Is voted
Tor the choice lately expressed OF the
large majority Of tho Republican voters OF
the country. the candidate who on cleo
tion day. with 80 per cent. of his con
stituency left behind In the old Republican
machine. made a respectable second.
Roosevelt was then and Ia now the rep
resentative Of the large majority OF the
individuals composing the opposition to
the Democracy. and his opponents are and
always have been a comparatively small
faction favored by the Circumstance OF
having possessed themselves OF the ma
chinery OF the old Republican party and
by the cooperation OF the press.
1t was this minority faction which
steam rollered Roosevelt In Chicago In
1912. and right there lies the feature OF
that episode which distinguishes II from
all similar operations In the past. A lot
Of people will tell you that what the con-
vention did to Roosevelt had been the
practice time out Of mind. with this diff
ference, that whereas former unlucky can
didates had taken their medicine Roose-
Welt put up . kick and called heaven to
witness. The only trouble with the argu-
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CRIES or NEW YORK.
Mechanical CrOaks OF Cynical
Itinerants.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir. Mans
place In nature has In late years been
precisely defined In all aspects except the
relation OF fruit and vegetable pedlers
to the universe. II does not require close
observation TO determine them to be OF
cynical and satirical temperament or they
would not cry their wares without dis
elimination as they pass parks. churches
charitable institutions or other places
where they are certain to receive no pa
ronage. Their contemptuous and inarticu-
late offerings In language unknown to the
rest OF the human family betoken hatred
OF their merchandise and desire to Danish
II from their minds by speedy disposal.
Apparently their own voices have rem
dered them deaf IN the left ear. and fear
ing the same result TO the right one they
press the palm OF the hand over the
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A Hot Time Ahead In PENNSYLVANIA.

Whatever the range Of temperature
may he In Pennsylvania this summer.
the political atmosphere will be torrid
and sultry. with frequent electrical dis.
turbances The people are to choose II
United States Senator for the first
time. and as Colonel ROOSEVELT will be-
on the firing line to help his friend
Mr.. CLIFFORD PINcnoT there can he TO
truce with the regular Republicans IN
general or with the Hon. BoiEs PEN
Rose in particular.
The Washington party Progressive
Republcans). whose candidate Mr..
PINCuoT Is. adopted q platform in It's
convention at Harrisburg on Thursday
in which It was declared that "thc
paramount issue in Pennsylvania to.
day Is PENRosE and Penrosesm." Al
though there was long list Of other
issues quite a catalogue in fact. the
campaign Is to be made on the para
mount issue. The contest will he dual
and not triangular. according to Mr..
PiNcHor. This Is our year" he said
at the convention: this il the year
when PENRosE goes down to defeat.
PENRosE il moral issue and that Ia
enough. The Democratic or
ganizatlon will count but little in this
MITCHELL PALMER the Democrats have
respectable and enterprising candl-
date. who will have the backing of
President WILSON, and. regardless of
that fact. cannot be considered out Of
the running n the Progressives are half
rs strong In Pennsylvania ms Mr.. PIN
CHor believes they are. This Is thar
gentleman's logic OF victory:
we carried Pennsylvania for the Colo
mel in 1912. In 1914 he will help to carry
1t for us. We are stronger now than
we were then"
II the Progressive party in the State
Is stronger than 1t was when 447,426
votes were polled for the Colonel, all
| is over but the shouting. But In other
| States where elections have been held
since 1912 the Progressive party has
proved considerably weaker than 1t was
two years ago. Is Pennsylvania TO be
the great exception because Colonel
ROOSEVELT will make some speeches
not for himself, but for CLIFFORD Pm
cHor, who. unlike Mr.. PALMER and Mr..
PENRosr, Is not a Pennsylvania? BY
the way, 1t Is a curious fact that the
Hon. A. MITCHELL PALMER was born ut
MoOsehead.
! About the result 1t would be fool
hardy to hazard a prediction. Tn
doubtedly Colonel ROOSEVELT will make
more votes for Mr.. PINcHoT than he
can attract by his own personal efforts.
which are not always characterized by
temperance Of expression. II Mr.. PIN
cHoT Is confident OF election, so Is Sen
ator PENRosE, who, nothing loath. en-
braces the opportunity to he the para
mount issue as candidate Of the Repub-
lican voters by large majority In the
urinary. Mr.. PALMrR's hope OF course
lies in the breach Of the old party. The
fight will be triangular.
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ALBANY, June 1.


To THE EDITOR or THE 3uN-Str. The
dramatic setting was superb on the one
side quiet gentleman OF philosophic
pose. with a glance of confident inteili-
gence through cold glass Here was a
remarkable human monument to mental
industry, its surface polished by the
emery wheels OF higher education; here
was the thirty-thrd degree OF university
perfection.
on the other side a delegation of ner-
vous men. only bread winners. REPRESENT
Ing over $4,000 separate beehlves of
human industry. Think OF the raminca-
tons Of that proposition, think Of each
hive as the nerve centre OF Its supporting
units. the home.
The petition OF these nervous men for
relief from a fancied condition was of
course. impairment, the answer OF the
great father, merely psychological" Is
already n classic.
There is one parallel In history when
the great old King Canute had words
with the dsobedlent sea.
Take heart nervous men, your petition
has been indirectly. II unconsciously,
granted. Merely psychologicaw will
crvstalllze and electrify the burning issue.
Business for business men"
JAMES A. RADCLIFFE.
New YORK, June 6.
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"a Few Ill Tempered Partisans."

Secretary MCADoo, who has not yet
made any explanation of the appar-
entity malicious obstacles thrown In the
way Of the new subways by the United
States Government as represented by
him, promises TO make clear within a
few days his reasons for the attitude
OF obstruction he has assumed SO
much has been gained by the unanl-
nous condemnation that has been occa-
stoned by his mysterious conduct. But
Mr. McADoo is badly Informed when
he says that he has been subjected 10
criticism "by few i'll tempered partl-
sans in New York city"
There Is and has been nothing parti-
san in the temper of the citizens of
New York in their treatment of Secre-
tary McADoo. They have undertaken
a gigantic public enterprise for the
good of the community and are pre-
pared to tax themselves roundly. II
need be. to carry It to success. They
find that enterprise blocked and an
effort made to increase their burden by
the United States government, which
in the absence OF he explanation now
In process Of preparation seems to have
sunk to the level II !, sharp real estate
manipulation or decided maliclously to
play the part of dog In the manger.
They have not inquired whether the
influence at work to produce so sur
prising result Is political, financial
or personal. They are undergoing an
embarrassing holdup, and they are irri'
tated over that surprising experience
regardless Of their views on the tariff
the associations OF scholarship with
religions, the antitrust bills, or the
River OF Doubt.
Pending the appearance OF Secretary
McApoo's formal statement, that gen
tleman shows deep solicltude about the
relations of this city with the Inter
borough company. There cannot be In
this a hint as to the real animus be
hind the unsympathetic attitude Of the
United States Government!
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The Torpedo VS.. the Big Gun.

When Admiral Sir PERCY ScoTT OF
the British navy declares over his own
signature that the Admiralty Is vast.
ing money in building dreadnoughts
because submarines and submersibles
have rendered battleships obsolete, 1t
will not do to answer him by saying
that he Is a wild theorist who does not
weigh his words. AS matter Of fact.
Sir PERCY ScoTT Is the most practical
and hard headed of naval officers, per-
haps also the greatest living authority
upon handling guns Of the largest call
bre; he is, besides. the inventor of n
system Of night signalling now used
in the British navy. His greatest dis
tinctlon Is that Of n battlcship tacti
clan. and when he retired from active
service few months ago no officer In
the navy was accounted more compe-
tent and valuable than Sir PERCY ScoTT.
II he has spoken oui now In terms that
may not be relishcd by the Government
it must be from sense of duty.
When Sir PERCY ScoTr urges the
Admiralty to construct a great fleet OF
submarines and to build no warships
but fast cruisers he must have in mind
the rapid improvements recently made
IN torpedoes, the most powerful Of
which now have n range Of 1900 yards.
The Germans have 2l.6 inch tropedo
that in the judgment of the experts
could put 27oO0 ton dreadnought ont
of commission no matter what part of
the hull was hit, 4 good deal Of time
Is devoted by the Germans to night
torpedo man9uyres with asked lights
NJ the stern. Great speed Is attained
III handling these boats with the ut
p'"xt security. In an article upon the
man9uvres the Adrdi and MiiitdrD
Record said recently that "a fotilla
working at night moves with an as
sured precision that Is nothing short
or marvellous" The German special
lists believe that three fiotlllas of thir
! ty-Ihrce boats would sink a battleshiT
-1uadron Of eight ships without much
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the face Of organized crime Ia IN danger

the race or organized crime Ia IN unnver
Of the still greater disgrace Of seeing
lynch law invoked to restore peace and
order.
1t cannot be disputed that the Gov
ernment has n task of magnitude and
difficulty on its hands. This Is the re-
suit OF It's own weakness. Militancy,
at the outset, could have been crushed
with n little timely severity. Now 1t
IRENE severity widely exercised will
be necessary. Numbers Of hysterical
women are possessed with frenzied
desire OF martyrdom. and their desire
may have to be gratihed pretty freely
to check the rising impulses Of hun
dreds Of others.
England owes 1t to herself to deal with
the evil by legal process before the PEG.
pie lose their heads and take to mob
law. The often promised and never real
lied campaign, of repression as broad as
the disease should be begun. Penal ser
vitude with long terms with total aboll-
tion or the 'cat and mouse" nonsense
should be meted out in large doses to
the nctive rioters and smashers But
the work should 90 further. A search
Ing prosecution of all who give moral
aid or financial support. together with
the breaking Of up Of juntas. the stop
page Of sedltIous meetings and the seiz-
ure OF money and papers wherever
found. should be pursued in order to
cut the ground from under the move
ment. The people In the background
who supply the slnews Of war are the
worst criminals OF all.
The suffrage question is in no way
involved in this matter. 1t is merely n
question whether civilization Is able 10
protect itself against the inronds Of
modern barbarlans