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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-14
THE DIARY OF OUR owN SAMUEL PEPYs.


December With L. Reed to the armory, and
beat him sets to 81 and thence to the Office,
where all the day at my scrivening.
12-With my wife TO the playhouse, and saw
Mistress Hazel Dawn in THE Debutante," and
liked greatly Mr.. V. Herbert's musick, and the
girls. and Mr.. VIII West was comickall But Miss
Dawn thrilled me not at all, not with her singing
nor her beauty. And her diction is more unlovely
than even my own. Still, methought, | do not
speak lines upon publick stage My wife hath
some new white stockings to wear with the velvet
dress she won for 81 in rattle, and did wear
them today, and upon the street, and / was
greatly irrtated but she took great JOY in my
discontinue.
13-Up and to the Office on my bicycle, and
had no gloves and my hands near froze with the
cold Read today r. Herrick's "Clark's Field" a
fine book and earnest, as most of his. Many
persons do speak TO me saying, Has your wife got
the kitten yet? And many have written me re-
garding it. But / vow we shall have no cat in
our house, unless my wife have her way with me.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-14
4 General Board with Power

Secretary Daniels attached as an appendix TO
his annual report the annual report Of the Gen
o-ol Rosrd Of the navy. A more inappropriate
oD,e,dix cannot be imagined. The General Board
disagreed with the Secretary upon virtually every
roint. It's report confirmed everything The IND
,re disclosed with regard to the defects Of the
navy and pointed out many other defects IN add
,ior II criticised the keeping Of batueShps OF
e-,nboat duty IN Southern waters. 1t was IN total
oDposition to M Daniels throughout and yet
M Daniels appended It 70 his report, without re-
nIvne 10 il or meeting Its criticisms, almost as Il
q rere a corfrmatory document. The circum-
stances suggested that he had not read II atten-
lively. He ignored it most effectively by sending
Il in with his own report, With only few refer
.,.es-r,ajnlv Of an unfriendly sort--to its con-
tents
We refer to this incident in order 70 call atten-
ton to the anomalous position Of the General
Board. NORMALLY 1t is the highest advisory body
IN tbe navy vet the Secretary went counter TO its
recommendations without even thinking II worth
while % discuss them. Ny Daniels is famous for
his indifference TO expert naval advice, but his
snub of the General Board, for that is what his
action amounted TO- was not peculiar and IN
precedented. It was almost characteristic Of
Washington.
Too little attention is always paid by secre-
tsries Of the navy and by Congress TO the General
Boards recommendations. The result is, as Is
pointed out in an able letter printed elsewhere on
this mage. that the men who offer their lives for
the national defence have little or nothing to say
about the conduct Of the national defence. The
public is deprived Of the benefit Of their expert
srce and Of their disinterested advice. They are
compelled TO keep silent while the country, as the
letter writer reminds us builds battleships obso-
lete as soon as they 90 into commission, because
a member Of Naval Committee insists upon hav-
ing them built at plant in his state with ca
pacity UNEQUAL 70 turning out anything but obso-
lete battlcships They must keep silent while the
public money is wasted and while secretaries Of
the navy impair the nsvy's efficiency.
1t is time 10 make the General Board real
power in the navy Make it something more than
an adviser whose advice is not needed, even if II
is so much as read. II has no legal standing, be-
ing mere creation of the department Congress
should give it the same standing that it has giver
10 the General staff, the corresponding body II
the army. The General Staff has promoted the
efficiency Of the army. A General Board endowed
with real authority from Congress would do a!
much for the navy. II Is what the navy need!
now more than anything else except such an over
hauling in a public inquiry as will bring recen
mistakes 70 light and prevent their repetition.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-14
The Ravaees of Dope"

Judge Swanns statement that so per cent Of
the prisoners brought to trial in the city's GRIM
inal courts are users Of narcotic drugs is proba-
bly, an underestimate. 1t is police experience
that the gangmen almost without exception are
users of cocaine or heroin. The professional
gunman seldom starts out on hired murder ex-
petition without being "doped" The small fry
criminals, pckpockets, procurers and others soon
become drug fends, if they do not enter the Grim
inal world by that route.
The anti-narcotics law which The Tribune was
instrumental in having passed has made it more
difficult for these criminals to obtain dope" Yet
there are loopholes. These should be stopped by
suitable amendments Far more important is the
enactment of a federal law Of similar import. It
is almost hopeless for New York to endeavor to
prevent illicit sales Of habit-forming drugs by
legislation when in New Jersey or Connecticut
they may be obtained with comparative ease.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-14
Free Glasses in English for New Amer
leans

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Many OF our city residents GO
not know that three-fourths OF the
population Of New York City are either
foreign born or children OF foreign
born parents. Thousands of these peo-
pie all around US do not know or
understand our American ideals, and
many OF them do not even know Eng
lish. In order 70 make better citizens
of those who are already here and OF
those who are constantly arriving the
committee on English Of the Msnhat-
tan Mission liberation holds fres
classes in Eng i-A IN places where no
rent is charged.
The returns in better citizenship are
large, compared with the small amount
Of money required 20 run the classes
The teachers receive 81 20 for an entire
evening. Five dollars will run class
twy weeks, twice a week. Twenty-Five
dollars will supply a teacher for an en-
tire course of ten weeks, twice q week.
Money is greatly needed for classes
now waiting. Will you not give them
some assistance The work IS unde-
nominational. Glasses which may be
visited at present are: For Russians
81 Mariners Temple, Henry ST, On
Tuesday and Friday evenings az 8;So,
O'Clock; for Italians, at the Church o,
the Holy Communion, goth ST. and
Sixth av., Monday and Wednesday o.
$3.50 p. m. Other nstionalities have
also had classes.
Contributions for any amount will
be most gratefully received by the
treasurer, Mrs ". ?. Anderson, 40 East
Sod st. MRS. NORWAY WILLIAMS,
Chairman of the Committee on English
of the Manhattan Mission Fedora
ton.
New York, Dec. 7, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-14
Honest Advertising and the Patent Med
icine Fraud.

When honest advertising is the rule fake pat
ent medicines will cease TO exist So Philip P,
Jacobs. assistant secretary Of the National Asso-
citation for the Study and Prevention Of Tubercu-
losis, told the readers of The Tribune yesterday.
That is the truth. II puts responsibility for the
gigantic swindle Of the sick and dying exactly
where il belongs. II the newspapers and maya
zines refused to print the dishonest advertise
n1ents Of the patent medicine frauds most Of the
public would never he deluded by them. And If 1t
were not for newspapers and other pc. odicals in
terested in the patent medicine graft all other
means Of reaching the public-through the mails,
by circulars or on billboards- could be speedily
closed by legislation
As it is, the frauds are forbidden to make their
false claims on the labels Of their bottles or boxes
and permitted to bazon them before the world in
advertising columns. There are hundreds Of
thousands Of dollars profit for interruptions pub
fishers in participating in the swindling of their
sick and dying readers, and that is why the
shameful robbery keeps up.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-14
THE PEOPLES COLUMN
An Open Forum for Public Debate.

but when King Albert was shown The
most enthusiasm was manifested. Tho
Queens Of Great Britain and Belgium
we're warmly received, as were Cen
erals Joffre and French. Lord Kitchen
err received great applause, but when
the Kaiser, Emperor Franz Josef and
President Wilson we're shown. one
might have imagined he was in a
Quaker meeting, as not the least ind
cation Of approval was manifested by
a single person in the room, although
the lecturer in each case spoke IN
most glowing terms OF them and left
their pictures on the screen an IN
usual length Of time, evidently hoping
TO arouse at least one little expression
of interest, but none was forthcoming.
ONE OF THE OLD SOLDIERS.
New York, Dec. 10, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-14
The Administration and the Working

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: / have been a subscriber OF
The Tribune for many years and Ike J,
better with every issue. The truth u
is divulgiug TO its readers OF the pres.
ent administration should win for IL
many new readers. This adminis,rs-
ton is a farce, so far as the working
man is concerned Wilson's free trade
blunder has caused and Is causing
much suffering among our people, pc
cause of unemployment. This change
Of tariff stupidity was the direct Gauss
of shutting down or partly closing
nearly every factory in the United
States. McAdoo only yesterday tens
US that good times will come IN 1910.
Have you observed that all members
Of this administration prophesy the
good of their efforts 20 come some di:.
tant day? Why? Because they can
fool the people about the depression
and sufferings Of the mo work tines
Of to-day. w. VI. CHENEi'
New York, Dec. 10, 1914 y
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-14
A QUESTION OF APPLAUSE
How Certain Pictures Were Received
by an Audience.
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To The Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Last night the Military Order
Of Foreign Wars held meeting at
the Waldorf Astoria, at which was
produced a lot Of slides and motion
pictures touching on and appertain-
ing 70 las our old friend Devery ex-
presses it) the present war in Europe.
OF course, the heads OF all the gov
enments engaged therein. as well as
the principal officers, were thrown
upon the screen, and the estimation in
which each was held was Immediately
manifested. Car Nicholas and his fam
lily were warmly received. as we'll as
King George and President Poincaro,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-14
Conf,ltrforN Predictions.

Contradictory Predictions.
In this last twevemonth you have won my fond
and true regard.
You've always kicked Off long and high, and hit
the last line hard.
at takes all kinds" and Vivienne and Dulcinea,
too;
Sam Pepys and all your pet conceits-l liked EN-
through and through.
Your philosophic paragraphs were always good,
but
Loved best to see within the pale the works Of
EARNEST GUY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-14

TO THE THRICE WORTHY Mr.. pRpYs.

on THE OCCASION OF HIS BEING BEsEECHED
RY HIS WIFE TO BESTOw UPON HER A
YOUNG CAT, AND HIS REFUSING TO
GRANT HER WICKED REQUEST.
Long time unaided by one friendly hand
Cheered by voice that picrcd the enshroudng
gloom,
safe and suffered from her whims, who should
Merit that name Of Helpmeet were not Fate
Grimly ironick in his lesser jests,
Suffered and made no cry of any sort
But bowed my neck to all the unceasing rain
OF female wiies, csjoeres and tears
Silken enticements bandi shments as soft
As hers who shared stout Samson TO his doom,
And all that shee might own an Infant cat,
Nicknamed a kitten in the bsser tongue.
Some time, as smorous as the burnisht dove
Would my vain Spouse swear even greater love-
II only I would grant this one request;
Some time. with pout like unto dams own,
Shee threatend TO return to other men,
They rich as Lucifer, as deep in gllile)
Saying They love me and will grant my wish.
So all day long shee prosecuted me-
And her poor servant writhed beneath the goad
Yet nobody in all the world gave help
Or council how Z withstand her damned wiles
Lo in my last extremity there came,
Sudden, resplendept, glorious with strength,
Thy heartening message, Pepys, to bolster NEE;
Stand with nee, !ax of the diurnal Tower
Let mere woman, though shee be thy Spouse,
Take thine Angora for Persian kit,
Thy will may weaken but let il not break
Nay. stand with NEE TO the last notch of all
no CATS FOR WOMENl Stand, go 10 it, Friend!
SAINT.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-14
o EVER THUS

When persons wish The Tower 20 praise,
They always write US their bouquets;
But when they're angry, sore and cross,
They always. always write The Boss.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-14
Address 70 Young Ladies.


lR7 Ms, May Ann o'Byrns. ~ Ts,srrlst. y II
But you must be very careful
To DO everything YOU can,
TO try 10 win his confidence
And make Of him a man.
Then II he is 50 cowardly
As TO raise his hand 70 you,
Make up your mind to leave him.
u Is the best thing YOU can do
For 4 you are 50 foolish
As 10 take abuse from him.
The longer ye live together
The deeper YOU will get in elm.
Then you must be wide awake
or he may set for you snare.
SO that for the sympathy OF strangers
You must not for one moment care.
ITO BE CONTINUED
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-14

We wonder how many Of Victor Herbert's days
have been spoiled by the utter prosness of the lyrics
he is called upon 70 Or whether he is calous to
such things now.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-14

With Peruna on the table,
And a good song ringing clear
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-14

Type errors are too common TO arouse much Of a
gigg. but exception is made Of the notice TO guests
of the Osborne House, Auburn, BILLS PRYABLE
WEEKLY"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-14

A dlsinclination to fatter has its drawbacks
Something tells US that shall never receive
pass for Charles " Morses Bermuda line.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-14

The Tribune needs such stuff as is contained
I'm these special columns Of alleged wit and humor
writes-to the Editor M John r. Church, OF
Brooklyn. "The regular editorial staff is quite able
to take care Of that feature IN my Judgment Serv-
ing the roverse-twist to the regular 9. =, what?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-14
The Coming Tower

THE oUACK's ANTHOLOGY.
Fifteen quarts on the dead mans chest!
Yo-ho-ho! and a bottle of Dufy's Pure Msh
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-14

Mr.. Henry Blossom, occasionally, has given Mr..
Herbert a good lyric, but where is the Harry B.
Smith OF robin Hood" and THE Wizard Of tho
Nile" DAYS?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-14

Don't blame the Iuterborough. II you don't Ike
the elevated take the subway; II the subway ohends
your sensiblites undermines your health try the
surface cars automobiles. Failing to md salts
faction here walk But don't blame the INTERIOR
ougb. The 1nterborough didn't invite you TO live
In Now York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-14

The pateutcst thing about most patent medicines
il their fraudulency.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-14

II she Shouts the Tower some day, her ii
mate line would likely. be feline.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-14

II is suggested, By D. R., that Mrs. Pepys take
a vaCATion-the caps are our little own-in Kittie
Tenn. or Catamount, y. Y.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-14

Bryan interviewed and Snapshotted," says Tril
une headline. Why not Interviewed?
Well, a fair Exchange is better than no bread
Buy a bale Of stocks and help the brokers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-14

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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-07-03
Deadly Cigarettes

In letter to Henry Ford, the auto
mobile manufacturer, Thomas A. Edi-
son, the inventor, said, discussing a
subject Of correspondence between the
two noted men:
Friend Ford: The injurious agent
in cigarettes comes principally from the
burning paper wrapper. The substance
hereby formed is called acrolin. 1t has
violent action on the nerve centers,
producing degeneration Of the cells of
the brain, which is quite rapid among
boys. Unlike most narcotics, this de-
generation is permanent and uncon-
trollable. I employ no person who
smokes cigarettes.
AS Mr.. Edison always investigates
before speaking, his verdict as to the
cigarette should carry weight.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-07-03
HOW TO GET THE MAN
AND THE JOB TOGETHER
Will the Government Be Compelled To
Tackle the Problem?

The Western wheat belt Towering
into jobs for the eastern unemployed
is the hopeful vision now before US,
according to Secretary of Labor Wilson,
who predicts that within month it
will not be a question Of jobless
men," but Of "menless jobs"
1T takes a crisis like this-the pros
pect Of a huge, over-ripe harvest-to
get this country to cooperate with it
self in the matter Of employment"
comments Frances A. Kellor, author of
"Out Of Work." who last week testi-
ged at the congressional hearing on
the bill providing for the establishment
of Federal Employment bureau, with
labor exchanges in all important indus
tiial and commercial centers.
It may seem like borrowing trouble
to speculate on what is to be the next
move of these Eastern farmers pro tenn
when the bumper crops are safely in
and the factory Of the western soil sus-
ponds operations until next SPRING
even assuming that it furnishes jobs for
all men this summer. But until there
is some clearing house for information
about Jobs all over the country, some
means of dovetailing the various forms
of casual labor, and also some cooper
Grafton between employment agencies,
whether state or private, in the various
sections OF the country, unemployed
will be the most significant feature of
American industrial life.
1t is good many years since some
of the states separately made attempts
to solve their own employment prob
lens by establishing free state bureaus
and providing for supervision OF private
agencies. Eighteen states, including
New York, which passed state en-
ployment bureau law this spring, now
have state agencies, but even within
their own states the operation Of these
agencies is very limited.
And jobs are not bounded by state
limits. The wheat is likely to be in
Kansas and the jobless man in New
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-07-03
MILL MANS FRIENDS
WANT FINE RENTED
Peshastin Citizens Regret That Charles
Wright was Fined 500 for HAY
ing Sawdust in Greek

According to a story printed in the
Wenatchee World of Tuesday:
The friends and neighbors of c. A.
Wright, the Peshastin mill man, who
was fined 500 recently because Game
Warden Ross Watson found small
quantity of sawdust from his mill
emptying from ditch into Peshas-
tin creek, are urging that he appeal
the case to superior court and fight it
to a finish. Wrigh, however, acknow-
lodged his technical guilt and promptly
paid the fine.
1t is certainly the irony of fate that
Charley Wright, the whitest sportsman
anywhere around Peshastin, should be
the first man to be fined for this Of
fense," said H. w. Otis to the Daily
World Monday. I'VE all know how
he has been the one mill man to
avoid committing this offense, while
others have done so much OF it that
irrigation has been impeded at times,
to say nothing Of killing fish. In this
particular instance, Wright was totally
ignorant that a barrel of sawdust had
been dumped into his private ditch by
his men. Before Watson discovered
it Wright himself noticed it and asked
his men about it, giving them positive
instructions never again to do so.
"Of course, the game warden can
not be partial. He must report an
offense of the game laws whenever and
wherever he finds it; but we who know
Charlie Wright are mighty sorry to see
him imposed upon in this manner.
We have solicited him at times for
various game propositions and he has
always been the freeest and quickest
giver. He is an ideal citizen in every
respect. We wish there was some way
to have the fine RENTED"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-07-03
DETERMINATION OF BEES
WOULD ERADICATE BLIGHT
Wenatchee Fruitgrower Says that all In
sect Life Carries lnjeCtiOn-BeeS
are Menace to Trees

The honey bee must 60. Accord
ing to w. T. Clark, a big fruit grower
Of Wenatchee, it is the most serious
menace to the fruit industry that we
have to contend with. While in Spo-
kane last week Mr.. Clark had the fol-
lowing to say to a Spokesman-Review
reporter:
This is the first year we have had
the blight to any extent in our section,
and even now it is only in evidence in
the higher districts. Absolutely the
only known way to fight it is to cut ii
out and burn the cuttings. Some one
has said that we will have to get rid Of
all the domestic bees, as they are COM
mon spreaders of the blight. We
would also have to get rid of all the
wild bees and insects, for they all
spread blight.
Just after the tree blossoms the
holdover blight testers and exudes a
sweet wax which attracts bees and in
sects. One spot of this kind could in
feet an acre or two. I am of the opin-
ion that blight hourishes in the noun
tain forests, where it never can be
eradicated. I also believe that blight
is killing off the chestnut trees of New
England.
In going through an orchard three
men should be employed to tree, two
working on the ground and one in the
tree. In this way you can be sure to
get it all. I visited an orchard recent
ly where four men had worked on one
row OF trees. In spite Of that we found
blight spots on every tree on which
they had worked. A knife blade will
very easily spread the disease.
THE first traces on the Pacific coast
were in California 20 years ago, when
it killed the pear trees. Since then it
has been gradually spreading over the
country. We have organized the en-
tire Wenatchee valley. and have sub
divided it into districts, with vigilance
committees in each. Each districts is
helping the other to keep down the
blight"