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SCHOOL PHOTOS STOPPED.
city should Pay, Not thiIdrcn,
says Churchill.

Following the submission by Comn.s
sloner Of Accounts Walistcin OF his r.
port to Mayor Mitchell holding that tie
plan to take photographs of school cha.
dreu to assist I'M e mpu.sorY ATTENDANCE
is Illegal, President Thomas W, Churchill
of the Board OF Education put a stop
To the practice yestordaN.
mo moro children VIII hc photo
graphcd uutl | have had AN opportuulty
to examine into the project and subm
it to the board he said. "lf there a,r
cNiecIcics which make it desirable
photograph the children the city should
my the CNpousc.'
Under the system as Il has prcva,'eN
In Tn" last few days the photographs.
submitted pictures for sIlc To the ou'
dren through the teachers, the city he.
ing made II" appropriation. The p'au
Was formulated by the bureau of a.
tendance,
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HERMAN RipDER was both an ener-
getic and a kind man. a good citizen OF
New York, a credit in many ways to
that racial element in II composite
population which it was his pride and
effort to represent. The news
paper personally managed by him for
many years grew greater under his
control; perhaps no Journal In the
world printed in a language other than
that OF its surroundings was w
more consistently and ably conducted.
or attained wider influence. In recent
days Mr., RlDDER had been conspicuous
as one of the foremost exponents Of
what is known as hyphcnated Ameri-
canism, and forcible and untiring have
been his daily pleas in behalf OF Ger
many's IN and conduct in the pres
ent war. Yet it must be said Of this
partisanship-and THE SUN is sin
cerely glad to say II now both with
regard to the StaGfs-Zeifung and to its
late editor-that never has there been
reason for douhting that patriotism in
the true American sense would have
been or would he the determining
force in that establishment in case OF
the direct issue. The community has
lost . picturesque and engaging c~itisen,
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Vote with a Cross Mark. rs Usual

Several women and men laborlng
under the excitement incidental to the
close of II campaign fear that many
electors will spoil their ballots to-day
ly writing YES or "No" In the vot-
ing saua res instead Of making therein
the familiar. sufficient and exclusively
legal \ marks. As New York has
voted successfully with the < marks
for years. We do not share the Hppre-
tensions Of our %perturled friends. We
believe the electorate knows the me
chnnics Of it's business, despite the
Legislatures efforts to hcwlldcr IT.
Particularly ARE we convinced that
readers OF The SrN. the most intclll-
gent IT human beiscs in this or any
other world. know how to vote, and
need no admonition with respect of
the manner Of recording their wishes
AZ the polls. We address no counsel
tn them ON the subject. because ii Is
s%upertluous: hut in response TO the
request Of our agitatsl and timorous
sisters and brethren. enfranchised and
dcbarred from the suffrage, we urge
the members OF our fortunate family
To use their best endeavOrs to prevent
less enlightened electors from COM
hitting any error in marking their
ballots to-day. and to instruct the
lenighted among their associates to
vote only with mn X made within the
voting square with n pencil having
black lead.
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To THE EpiroR or THE SUN--Sir. The
eccentric conscience Of the American
people offers an interesting problem to
hose uualytiCally inclined, only spe-
cious reasoning can reconcile our right
oous outburst over the horrors Of the
present war with our complacent toler-
ance Of any risk calculated to furnish
a movie" thrill.
A young man IN the twcnties leaps
on horseback from an eighty foot elm
into "A lake IN order that the Respondent
lover in Carmen" may he nttingly
portrayed The act Is generally depre-
Gated, with the qualifying observation
that a mans life IL after all his own to
do with rs he Will tho horse, of course,
could not he consulted,
Legally, the public has no response
hillty in the matter. Morally. the qups-
ton MAY well he raised Does not every
one who witnesses this production of
"Clrmen'' become party to a crime
against a foolish man and a helpless
beast Certainly the wrong to tn" latter
far outweighs that to tho former. for
the young man ut least was a free agent,
while the horse had no choice but to act
directly contrary to his own sure in
stinct.
Every one who views that scene con-
tributes toward the sum that tempted
young Mr.. Jarvis To risk his life and
that of his unwilling mount. And every
one who views that scene increases TO
lust that extent the demand for sense
less thrills. regardless of the price some
ore else may pay.
II the sight Of Il dumb, helpless animal
being forced to plunge into Il chasm
affords us delight, wherein are VIC bet-
ter thar Nero? Certainly our presence
at such a performance bars us from
,riticising any 'atrocity' committed at
the front, X, i.
MoNrcLAIR, y. J.. November l.
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CAN MONEY BUY HONESTY?
Thoughts Inspired by the Moral Dis
aster TO a Hotel Cashier.

To " EplroR OF THE SrS-Sir. II
the article headed Dance Lure Leads
Woman to Arrest telling Of the ares,
Of Mrs. Louise X. Decker. who was
bookkecper at one Of the hotels in New
York at S35 "A month besides her board
and lodging. OF curse any one with
half an eye could easily see that with
this magnificent sun coming In every
month there could he no excuse Of her
appropriating $4,000 or $4,000 during
a period OF several years. az she 10 ac-
Cused OF doing. and T. IS to be hoped
that she will be made 10 suffer the
extreme penalty for her misdeeds.
How could any one having the grand,
large sum Of s35 to spend In thirty days
have any use for any more money?
Especially in the city Of New York.
where everything is SO cheap and where
the only thing to do with money is TO
sal; II down?
This is just about, the sum I was
privileged to have when I was working
In one of the smallest towns in the
State Of Connecticut How wealthy /
was, ] could sometimes have the Sec
ond pair 81 shoes In the year, Never,
81 course. having to wear worn out
ones. surprising :he ones l had didn't
last the allotted time! As for suits. !
could have one every three years. II I
WAS very careful not TO pay over -
for one. once I bought one for so.
This one being so e~xtravagant had to
last longer. or course. In New York
they probably come cheaper. there being
no tallors in the place who need 20
get "A living. and shops existing for the
sake Of giving away clothes TO people
In circumstances like Mrs. Decker's.
As for amusement, there was one
moving picture house in the place ~
my employment. whore one had Ia pay
L. and - cents to see a production
with the choice Of going OF one ~ the
two nights in the week on which a
single production was presented. ! sup
pose In New York these occasions
wouldn't be so frequent. How could
any one spend over s35 a month
1t Is a sad. sad case. Mrs. Decker
will probably have to suffer extreme
I torture. Of course. she needs no credit
or money remuneration for efficiently
taking charge and managing tho hotel
I during tho serious Illness and absence
Of the owner for eight or ton months.
This she would do out Of love for her
fellowmcn or the work itself. there
Is 20 much Of this same love floating
around in this clay OF New York Why
didn't she try living on that and leave
the cold cash alone?
An. well. she will he made to learn
her lesson and II will he proved how
wrong she has been and that the s3j
n month was more thar a young. at
~,ractivc had any need of. May
her sisters take heed from her example
and save the detective bureau and Dis
trict Attorney further trouble Of a Ike
nature. MAUD r.. cvRTtss.
Public Stenographer,
ToIlISGToN Conn. November l.
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A Republicans Request to Mr.. Travis.

To THE EplToR oF THE S~UN-Sr, In
the campaign in Kings county state
Comptroller Travis has attempted to put
the blame Of the high tax upou the
previous administration which Was Dem
ocratic,
Cunceding that this statement is true,
1t does not justify his department in
refusing to collect taxes and penalties
that have accrued during the past eight
or ten years because a Tax Commissioner
Of the Office of the state Comptroller
has asserted that II would cause too
much notoriety If the State Comptroller
attempted to collect this money.
A conservative estimate of its amount
would be s250,000 a year, or for eight
years 81 ,000, 600.
As IA Republican | ask You through
your paper 10 request Nj, Travis to
assist in reducing the state tax 10y eN-
crcisiug the powers conferred upon him
under Article IN, paragraphs i9i-2O2
OF the tax law. c. S. poRNEY.
L YORK, November |,
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Mr.. Hudson Maxim ProcIaims the
RightfulncSs Of Womcn's Rights.

To THE EpIroR or THE SUN-Sir.
the luncheon in horror ~ Eliza.
beth tady stanton at the Hotel Astur
on SATURDAY afternoon and listened to
III" speeches. Ii was a most remark
able gathering. highly intellectual. and
looked y. II was q mighty good looking
assemhlage. too.
How Inconsistent with our present
ideas Of civilization that men should
deny women the right to participate in
mutual government ny and by. when
woman suffrage has become universal
our present inconsistent attitude will eN-
cite wonder. just "a the treatment of
women IN the past makes us wonder.
II seems nigh inConcclvable to US tina,
there ever could ave been a time when
II was necessary for "A youth first to
thrash his mother before he could be
recognized as 4 real man. budding man
hood no longer needs to thrash mother
In order 10 assert itself. hut II Is still
believed by many to be necessary that
IL Shoul1 bar mother from voting
II was only a little while ago that no
married woman was allowed to own
property of any sort. That law was a
relic OF the time when all women were
slaves and chattels. and when IL was
common belief that no woman had any
rights which her lord md master was
bouEd 10 respect.
In those good old days pretty worne
were currency. They were bought and
sold on the curb in the market place
along with hogs aud cattle. When some
powerful potentate desired to sin the
good graces of some other powerful po-
tentate he usually sent him a pretty
girl. When 1t was necessary to win the
favor of some high Government official
1t WAS common to bribe him with a
pretty wOman
Wal indcmnities were then nearly al
ways paid at least in part with pretty
women. when the Emperor of china
bought of Genghis Khan, a part of the
prico was COO of the finest girls in the
empire.
one day Mr.. Genghis concluded TO
break camp and take IA summer eXcur-
sion TO Germany. The women would be
n burden. 80 he commanded all his men
to kill their wives and other women folk,
assuring his noble warriors that they
would be able to hnd still fairer women
In Germany. Consequently the women
were all hutchered.
1t was also quite common a few con-
turtles ago for the male head ~ the fam
lily to pay the penalty OF some mistake
made or crime committed against the
state by sacrificing some dear female
member OF the family or to Offer one of
them up M "A sacrifice to his gods merely
TO show his good feeling. Thus Jeph-
than slew his beloved daughter. 1t never
occurred to the old sockdolager to go
and commit suicide,
In the olden times taxes were gencr-
ally paid, not with money, hut with
some sort of goods and chattels, so many
measures OF corn. n horse. a mule, an
ass or a daughter.
In those days woman's place was, true
800 Ill., 100 - "
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The Great white Way Fable.

In an advertisement Of a recently
published novel occurs this language:
Three young men with high ideals
plunge into the whirlpool of passion.
greed wealth, poverty. pleasure and des-
pair that the world calls New York's
Great White Way"
Designed To allure readers and NOT
to he too seriously considered.
Yet may 1t no he that the press
agent, eager to bring forth fruit good
I'm the eyes Of those who pay him.
sometimes oversIcps the very wide
boundaries c~ircumScribing his peculiar
rangement Of epiiaphs Likely to do
real harm;
Such information as w gather from
sources whose zeal usually s%urIasses
their knowledge of this city leads US
ia suppose that the region they fondlv
call the Great White Way is a part
Of Broadway of which Long Acre
SQuar re- In the centre. Not many years
ago a notably sombre region ut night.
1t has become B%roadway's most brill.
iantly lighted stretch. chiefly owing
70 illuminated signs Of things to con-
strict AMI moisten human clay. But
,whirlpools Of passion. poverty anu
pleasure rotate, we fancy. in less re-.
~veallngly lighted districts.
We are unable to abandon the he.
lief that n riotous whirlpool Of passion
or pleasure or wealth in a locality
usually 30 orderly would be quellcd
to a placid stream by II nearby police
officer. Even as 10 greed and despair,
their outward and visible signs taking
on whirlpool symptoms would bring
forth the p~acifying "Move on com
mand OF the most sympathetic cop
within a mile Of Long Acre Square.
The "Grent White Way Ia borderni
with the shops Of dealers In clothing,
railway tickets, shoes. groceries. deal
ers In almost any article an honest
tersOn goes forth 10 bargain for. with
excellent hotels, theatres. Office build.
ings. Its %frequentcrs In large proper.
zion are business men. shoppers, PEG
pie OF the stage. all going about their
proper affairs with no more the man
,ner Of whlrlpOols than may be oh
served in the progression Of an cqual
number Of folks elsewhere; ~conccallng
not excessive degree OF greed OF
despair. a not gyratlng possession Of
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HONEST CANDIDATES.
what the Present Campaign Has
Disclosed.

To the EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir. For
tho first time within the memoir of the
oldest inhabitant not one accusation. 40
far. Of rottenncss, immortality or corrup-
ton has been made against any Of the
contestanR parties for important offices
connected with the administration of
Justice which are capable OF affordlng
that ''protection' to the criminal lin
terestY' long proclaimed a. one of the
DISTINGUISHING features OF politics in
this city.
one OF the greatest OF modern sur
priscs. next to the European war. which
has somewhat blunted its reception, liz
the discovery that tho venality. corrup-
ton and Incompetence long charged
against this city has been found to
exist not in its political hut in its semi
public and public charitable institutions,
all OF which hitherto have been esteemed
throughout the world for their care OF
the sick. the insane and the pauper ele-
ments OF the community.
The horrors OF the hospitals, the
morgue. Randalls. Blackwell'e and
Harris Islands ave permitted the re-
formers In office the exposures necessary
to quicken the public conscience and to
promote the expenditure of millions OF
dollars and create myriads OF new Of
fees and officials for their correction.
Strange that when the monumental
evils of political life In New York were
AZ last exposed they were brought home
not to the politicians. lawyers or hnan-
clers, all well paid and prosperous. hut
- the doctors. most OF whom, according
u the traditions Of their profession, gave
their services to the city for little or
nothing, ,JoHN u. DAWN, NJ. ID.
NEW YORK, October 30.
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ALDERMEN ACT ON
BUDGET THIS WEEK
Realty Association Leader
Praises Mayors Cuts, but
Wants More.
SEES 2.O7 OR 2.O8 RATE


The CITY budSet Will go 10 'he ho"'
Of Aldermen Tor consideration Some 'l'n"
ths week. 1hey may reu"'e pul w
increase ltenS 'hen la'e w ~ l""nl'
u VIII go 70 tne Mayor 'r """ "P
proVaI OF tneir ".V'on.
IN sta,erle,, Issueu Ht5.ei""f
,eu'e '. i. m'Nu'e, u.sI 49, ~.
I.ea' r,ta'. n''i". =, ~ 70
,a.e ur ~, an1 s h,gbor a.,
~. it, 1his mo-. s.ia !,
=, m' H. IT,. ,,.',h ~ ,,,ns. ~ 90 10 a.
80 rrho 'c,,n,tro,jcr b,s
,,oin,ad on, ,b,, s,..b n ralc,latlon /.
rureiv g,cs,yvnrk until tho amount o,
M go,or,i f,,,d IL Lnovn
"if 90 ,iain' sald AIR Nct;uIrc. "tho.
tho ritv ,dninistr,iinn has been b-,uIg
10 500 tho necessity for economical guy.
eminent. and the Nayor, the Cornpiro,
Ter and those who voted with them d.
serve credit for the successful way boz
which they effected important economics
and departed from the time hUnOr.t
habit of Increasing tho budget.
THE Real Estate Board believes tina
the board of Aldermen car even yet
without any Impairment of the efficiency
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-02
The Who's who Of DeadSeatdOm.

some of the nephsws and niecps Of
Uncle SAM who appealed Ia that good
naturel gentleman last summer to
feed them and get them home from
Europe are probably at present un-
able 10 reimburse him. That such is
the case with the great majority Of
those whose nameS the Treasury De
partment maue public yesterday is OBJ.
yiously not true. The fact that not a
few of them We're not known ut the
addresses they gave indicates that they
intended from the beginning Ia avoid
paying their debts. II will nj To sur.
prislng IL we learn that they gave IA lsa
names as we'll as false addresses.
1t is the purpose of the Government
to proceed legally for the recovery Of
the money 1t advanced wherever this
Is possible. We hope that this plan
will he carried out. even II the
amounts recovered fall short of over
ing the costs of the prosecutions. The
satisfaction Of knowing that nj least
in some instances the effort to defraud
the National Treasury had failed
would amply repay the trouble and
expense Of the actions.
1t seems unnecessary to spend words
In characterizing the swindlcrs who
have Won inclusion in this catalogue.
They occupy a position in all respects
similar tn that of the brggar who as
saults his benefnctor. This is made
Immediately apparent and sufficiently
empha sized by the authoritative pub
LEGATION Of their names.
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wealth, no lamentable afhiction Of
poverty.
A large proportion. We guess. are
such; small proportion. lured
thither seeking the press agents pic
ture. may create in some small degree
a condition they failed TO find.
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r R1co'S DECISION.
Those Responsible for the New Plat
form.

To THE EDITOR or THE suN-sr: If.
as reported from san Juan, the Uhioi-
list party, which represents by far the
majority of the Porto Rican voters,
has seen ht. In convention ~asseiubied.
to drop from its platform the old plank
urging independence and retain that OF
local home rule under the American
flag. 1t has not only removed In so
doing a source OF mutual mistrust ne
tween the sovereign nation and the peo-
pie OF the colony. but it has also opened
the way for a cordial discussion at the
next Congress OF reforms in the scheme
Of government for the island.
Heretofore the fact that public opin-
ion was divided in Porto Rico, even
within the fold OF the two local parties.
tho tnionist and the Republican,. as 10
the manner in which the economic ana
political relations between the United
States and It's dependency should ne de-
lined has been used ~ a club In the
national Legislature against any sensi-
bic proposition to bring relief to the
island. "The Porto Ricans don't know
| what they want" has been and IL ire
quently and truthfuily said OF those VINO
unsuccessfully seek to harmonize in the
platforms OF the insular parties such
antipodal planks as coastwise trade
with the United states and Independence
anu lull lfflt'N NNftfAl''N' "''' 49,
! autonomous government after the Eng
llsh pattern, so foreign to American in
stitutions.
The fact that the rnionlst party or
Porto Rico has fotsnken the old dual
plank which included both local home
rule rs a Temporary solution OF the
problem and independence IA "A fnal one
for its new platform Is not n reflection
upon the patriotism Of its members. nor
| does II detract in the least from that
+ innate. natural love OF separation from
outside dominion which all peoples har-
Dor in their iunermost bosoms, the Porto
Rlcans included
The events which are taking place In
ihe island rcpublics bordering the clrih-
bean Sea show common sense OF the
soundest aind They reveal that keen
perceptlon which sees in rectitication Of
mast mistakes the hest way to approach
those who have in their power the means
10 remedy bad conditions, and demon
strate ability 10 w1n the good will Of
| those whose cooperatlon is essential for
| the achievement of lust reforms.
The change OF front on the part Of the
l%'nionis, party OF Porto Rico is the most
ulausibl. lnasuuch as II comes in the
wake of an extended tourney made by
Senior .Jose de Diego. one of the most
nowerfu, Of ia leaders and Speaker OF
The House Of Delegates through Santo
! Domingo and Cuba with the avowe1 pur-
pose Of enlis,inp the aid and sympathy
az tho Goyernuents and peoples of the
, two ,epnblics for his net project of an
"Antilean considerations, the old dream
of MART and Uostos. of which Porto
Rico would he "A willing part rs an
,udependen, entity Judging by the opin-
Ions rrInted In the leading papers Of
ruh, and santo Domingo the trim was
IA u~ersonal triumnb for senior de Diego
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In each of the three States the
marked male .preronderance in the
foreign born white population brings
the ratio from one OF ma Sculine in.
feriority Of numbers TO a masculine
suVerbalancc for the state. In each
State there are more women than men
Of American birth. And this is not a
fact to be lightly made the crux Of n
decision Of personal belief anu action
with regard to suffrage or any other
American problem. Earnest regard of
II will he a long step toward that
intelligent self-knowledge which IL
istically American possession.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-02
U. S. ASKS FOR NEW TREATIES
Notifies I6 Countries Abuut thr
Scnmrn's Law.

WAsuuSuToN, Nov. THE state I,
partm'nt Is proceeding slowly ~
negotiations with foreign vourtr,
whose treaties with tho United STATE,
arc affected by the enactment Of gill
new scamen's law. Notices have l,.
served ON sixteen Governments lI.
certain provisions OF the law ahroc t,
portions OF existing treaties and t.Jt
IL the desire of the United St,'ns .
negotiate new treaties
Thus far tho british G~oNcrnmcr'
IN" only one which has made % ful, ~.
Spouse to the notice. The Hvlt'~I ..
agreeable to the ahrogullou of r
treaty and viii consent to tho N,-n.. .
ton Of n new instrument, pt''r ,u
crnmcntS hay" asked for informal mo
about the question.
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There IL invitation to a smile. a per-
fectly friendly one. In the
ment Of an American plan to establish
a college In Egypt to "energize the in
tellectual life" Of the Moslem world.
The h%onorably distinguished gentle
men Of the board Of trustees. the BUSH
ness men not less than the preachers
and professors. a debt running far
back in time to Arabic philosophers.
when 1t comes to a matter Of "regen-
Grafton Of society and redemption of
the individual life" there IL something
to be said In favor OF the Egyptian
heather. hut my doxy is always try
ing to reform your doxy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-02
NEW MINOR COURT OPENED.
magistrate Appleton prcsidcs in
Washington lIciphts.

The Washington Heights Magistrate
court, where prisoners from All IN,
stHtinus north of moth street and west
Of Fifrh avenue Will he trlcd i'm the
future, was opened yesterday iu "a large
room at 1861 -, Nicholas avenue, near
lCGth street
chief Mhgistrat" William McAdoo am
several others made speeches, Anna
Gordon. 30. who WAS charged with ln.
toNi,atlon. was lucky enough to hc ar
r.ugucd "n the opening day and Maris
,rato charles w. Appleton discharged
hNI.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-02

From the wigwam secret orders have
been sent to the district leaders to cast
the. Tammanv vote against the Consti-
,ution.-The Evening Post.
"Secret" orders sent in a circular
letter to all the enrolled Democrats
Tammany hopes TO influence. ONE
thing over $50, 900!