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The Public Lectures.

In the tentative budget proposed by
the Board Of Estimate and AWortion-
ment for the Board of Education,
which Is to be acted upon to-day. the
greatest comparative sufferer Is the
public lecture system. II is proposed
to reduce the previous allowance Of
100000. a sum meagre enough for the
purpose. to $9O,OOO. This cut would
cripple the service to such an eXtert
as almost to destroy lis efficiency AMI
usefulness.
During the twenty.fv years of its
existence the lecture system has been
an Invaluable aid to education and
good citizenship. 1t was the pionee:
In the wider use of the schoOllouses:
II has afforded instruction ana prac,
teal helpfulness to the adult such as
no other agency has; it has developed
habits Of study. encouraged good read
ing, and has been "A most effective
antidote against the baser forms OF
amusements. 1t Is, In fact. u One
provision for adult education.
A good evidence of the economical
management Of the fund Is found in
q comparison with other department
Of the city. government and also in
the fact that the allowance is now
less than it was nine years ago. In
1908, when the city budget was SIG,
100000. the public lectures received
$175,OOO; in 1915, when the bulge
WAS 500. 100000, the appropriation foi
lectures was cut to 100000. In spite
OF this reduction the efficiency OF thu
system has been maintained. More
over, the department has made an I'm
usual civic record in that In ten year
It has not once asked for an add
donal appropriation.
The lecture courses have begun thi,
year with increased interest and +:
larger attendance than ever before
Last year the attempt to cut the an
p~ropeiation brought forth a very gen
eral remonstrancc from the friends O
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Sir BRYAN MAHoS has taken command
of the British forces in Servia.-London
despatch.
\ good fighting name and the right
mar for a right desperate enterprise.
Colonel ,now Major-General) Sir
BRYAN THOMAS MAHoN of County Gal
way led the Mafeking relief column
in South Africa in 1900. He also
served in the Dongola, khartum and
kordofan expeditions, and is known
AS one Of the ablest cavalry officers
in the British army. For five years
before the war General MAHoS COM
manded the Eighth Division at Luck
now. He is n%fty-three and physically
in has prime, being q famous steeple-
chase rider and polo player.
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MR.. REDFIELD'S ERROR.
A Real Business Man Examines His
Depreciation Account.

To THE EDITOR OF II SUN-Sir: When
the attitude Of the Wilson A~dmlnistra-
ton toward business was demonstrated
early In its existence, one hough COM
forted the hearts of business men that
his Cabinet contained at least n man
who was a business man, and some hope
existed of his being able to show other
members apparently wholly uneducated
I'm business the necessity OF prudence
and carefulness in handling the delicate
commercial machinery.
That being the only hope OF the busi-
ness world, the experience of nearly
three years has shown how little founda-
ton there was for II and how mis-
guided business men were In thinking
that Mr.. Redficld knew anything at all
about business.
The inspiration of this letter Is his
recent communication to Secretary Nc
Adoo about the inefficient manner in
which the Pacific Mail Company has
been handling its business.
I have looked for some OH
Mr.. Redfeld's theory of depreciation
charges. but have seen no reference to
1t. His theory seems to he this:
Assuming q certain percentage Is the
prUpar n to apply to any article
preferably ships. then this percentage,
muitlplcu "! .ne hE'niyI vi se"!S ",
which depreciation Is charged, shouId
be applied to the original cost.
For example, he says > per cent b'ihH
the proper depreciation charge. in eleven
years the depreciation would be % per
cent. He cites an example OF a shlp IN
existence twcnty-six years and says at
the end Of twenty years, or six years
ago. the whole value Of the ship would
have been charged on In depreciation
What he does afterward IL not clearly
explained by him, but presumably the
depreciation charge continues as an as
set with a minus sign before II.
Such an idea Of accounting clearly
shows Mr.. Rediield has been posing as
somethins he IL not that ne has nevei
received any business training ah'
therefore figures ~ an oracle on busi'
ness under false pretenccs, Tie lots th'
public assume he has a knowledge an'
experience which he do"s not possess
In fact If he We're anyth'ns else 10
would he singled out as "A shining liSht
because II any one in the Wilson Nd
ministration has shown n fitness Tor nj
position 1t has escaped the most acute
observation.
To get down to facts, the depreciation
charge Is first applied TO the original COS
and thereafter every year applied to tn
| remainder.
As long az the article exists unde
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Officers for an American Army OF
Defence,

In the discussion about nationa,
preparedness there is a tendency in
some quarters to leave out Of consid-
Grafton the requirements Of modern
warfare. which is nothing II not scien-
tific. Only n beginning would ba
made II the'number Of boys and young
mel now receiving military instruc-
ton in private schools and colleges
were doubled or quadrupled. and il
must be understood hat not all Of
them would he good material for Off
GERS. Officers are the crying need Tor
the defence forces of the future. If
military instruction We're made a fca-
ture N the exercises in the public
schools il would scarcely 60 beyond
preliminary drill. with perhaps target
shooting for the oldest boys.
Colonel &. j. CRANE. L. $. A.. dis.
cu>seS compulsory military instruction
in the current Infantry journal. He
would have all the school boys of the
country from ten years up put through
some form Of drill. beginning with
calisthenics for the little fellows,
merging into light wooden rod eX-
e~rciscs, and finishing with rifle train
ing and shooting at the butts. "All
military instruction impaired at all
our Schools" says Colonel CRANE.
should he part of our national sys-
TEN. II should he maintained at \
standard set by the general Govern
ment, and should he compulsory in
every boys school in the land up To a
certain grade. or age of student. ar
cha racter of institution But this
training would fall far short OF the
efficiency expected OF officers and sol
dicrS on active service. Moreover,
Colonel CRANE would find it difficult to
explain how compulsory instruction il
to IN. established in the schools by en-
actnent of Congress.
In Switzerland the system Of military
training is complete. and In the end n
scientific officer or soldier turned out
W. Nv" fh Wv ~ - -
"ut changing our organic law Major
General LEONARD WOOD, in urging
more and more military instruction
III the private schools and colleges Ia
provide material for officers. does not
expect that those institutions viii
produce company commanders cOmpc
tent to handle regulars on the firing
line and lead them through "A cam
paign. No one is better aware that
the school and college exercises are
only a beginning. lie recommend,
that the youths pass from the schoo.
yard or college campus to Plattsburg
manPuvring fields, and suggests tina
| later they serve n year In the regulal
I army us reserve second ~licutenants Il
r practicable. I'VE have men qualified
tn make II splendid reserve Of OH
GERS" says General LEONARD Woop
land Of all this fine material we ongh
: to he able to train n body Of men VIII,
would he ready for service in tn,
event Of need
What We do in the direction nj pro
3 viding Il citizen army to defend tn,
country should he done with lntelll
gence and thoroughly. What we mus
= aim at IL not the mobilization Of nj
i males able to bear arms, but the ere
Z alton Of an adequate body Of scien
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THINGS NEAR HOME
Sing Sings Condition, for Example,
Interests Honest Men.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: All
crlt.cisiuG the anagemen
and conditions existing in Sing Sing
prison are invariably followed by news
items telling OF meetings OF prominent
men and women indorsinG the manage
ment OF his prison and some one OF
them is appointed to call on the Cover
nor, II is then stated unofiicaally In the
news columns that the Governor is salts
fled with conditions.
Honest men who are working hard
every day to make an honest living are
heavily taxed to pay for this damn non
sense, The public are looking for facts
regarding this situation. II is of as
much Importance to them as the Euro
pcah war and the Mexican situation.
o. q, TATE.
NEW YORK, October 2s
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PROCLAMATION BY WHITMAN.
ThanksgIving for Peace Urged h,
the Governor,

ALBANY. oct. 2s.-Gov. Whitman %
day issued the Thanks giviIg pr''ltna-
inr IL says
For a year rcplete with the ma -
tations OF Gods goodness, for the i',o"
and tranquility which our Cpu"'r1 E
enjoying through His divine m"try ''
for the blessings 80 houutifully ho-''N'
upon our people, inspiring us vi. '''"
and confidence for the future, We ~r".
be grateful.
Now. therefore. |. C1iar"s =
Governor of the state ot Sew N''
In accordance with custom long u.-,.N'.
do hereby designate Thursday lh' '',
ty-ifth day Of November. y. ,'','
dred and fifteen, as a day of t'.".#r So
ing.
Let the spirit OF tho day .nH .'
prcssions Of gratitude and a.,- ,i
ness. and let us Show p.o' '
pr,ciatlon OF the mluy hc rH'.
We have derived from a jus, e.. ~ e
God"
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STATE INCOME TAXES.
Legislative Candidates should Declare
Them selves on the subject.

To THE EpIror OF THE SUN-ST: 1t
II time for every good citizen to protest
against the proposed state income tax,
and candidates for the Legislature for
whom votes are to he cast next Tues
day should he made 10 express their
views as to the imposition or nou-im-
position of this tax before election day
and not after.
Politicians should he made 10 under
stand that any attempt to impose this
tax on the citizens of this State will end
their political careers. T.. n W.
NEw YORK, October 2S
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-29

All children who are entitled to he
out Of school in school hours" are to
he photographed. and carry identlica-
ton cards. without cost to them
selves or their parents. This is adj
mirablo: We hope the money to pay
for photographs and cards was not
taken from accounts that might be
used to keep open the night schools,
whose pupils need no attendance Off
Ger to bring them to the class rooms.
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P~RESBYTERIANS TO UNITE
North and SOuth Church 'nmmit-
tees Meet at piuSlurE

PITTsPURG, oct 2S.-Thc '..
toward the unity ~ the lf,.
Church IN the United State
lea, commonly called ;hr Tr..
Church North and the Irt...
ChurCh South, was taken tu-..t "
a joint session OF the counts .
OF the General Assemble
churches was held here.
Five members of each a>-
in attendance, Including ''r '..
ators, the Rev. IL. i H.. ~
president of the Priucrtuu
Seminary and Moderator of
byterian Church North, &C..
pr. w. McF. AlrXar lor of r''l .
Moderator of the proshy,,r B..
South,
No definite action viii loo 'H
fore December II
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Senator HoKE SMITH will receive the

Senator HoKE SMITH will receive the
thanks of the British people il he can
furnish proof Of his statement that the
cotton seized by their Government is
being sold to Germany and Austria
in "A surreptitlous way, But perhaps
the Senator doesn't mean exactly what
he says. because in the same breath he
declares that the British orders max
ing cotton absolute contraband are
lawless.' and that he looks "for some
action by Congress- The spectacle of
England making cotton ~contraband
and permitting the sale of it to Ger
many for use in explosives must
stagger yer the Hon. HoKE SMITH
when he thinks of It.
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our admiration for the women. pro-
fessional and non-professional, who took
part IN the disuiiied parade of last Sat
urday is so great and our desire to
merit their good VIII So strong. that We
should never he guilty OF an intentional
unkindurSs 10 them, We sought an I'M
hackucSed phrase for recording the in
trr.sting y~oca'ItN of those who marched
10 song Apparently we We're BETRAYED
into a misunderstanding much regretted
by US, Anyhow, our professional friends
need NO band to stir enthusiasm for
their devotion to their cause.
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Publicity agents for transcontinen-

Publicity agents for ~transcontinen-
tai railroads should enlighten the Hon.
BERNHARp r. WISE. Is. G.. agent-Gen-
eral for New South Wales in London,
Sir GILBERT PARKER is distributing
throughout the world n printed state
ment by Mr., WISE called forth by
President WILSON'S expressions on the
freedom Of the seas in which Mr..
WISE says that II takes six days to
cross this continent by rail. six?
Four! Didn't some one walk It in SIX
days-Or is that an automobile record?
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President WILSON as the Kaiser's con-
fidants. OF course the truth is that
while the German people would well
come peace, being more heartily sick
OF wal than the French and British.
who are living in comparative luxury,
the terms Of the Imperial Government
would be p~rohibitive.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-29

II a New York city amateur athlete
cannot be professionalism for accept
ing as much az $25 for expenses in at
tending an athletic event I'm Albany.
could he not he punished for accepting
so littlcn
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tifc fighting men. II Is certainly not

IIHC nBntInE MN. IL 10 CertulnIy nOC
necessary to put a broomstick in the
hands Of every small boy in knicker-
bockers and drill him in imitation of
a soldier when he might be playing
tag, or baseball, or d%isporting himself
in the swimming hole. Compulsory
military instruction Is Of course out
Of the question, IL it were desirable.
Whatever Congress does at the com
ing session, let It count a hundred
per cent. for national defence.
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Three ballots will be handed To each
voter when he enters the booth next
Tuesday. In the next revision of the
election law a provision will be en-
acted for the appointment of private
secretaries for all electors.
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80 - 49, "'of
Tha-Fres Public I<cturc.
In streams OF knowledge flowing
FrGm library and hail.
Whatever is worth knowing
Is offered free to all.
tn" sculptor's marble glory,
The miracle In stone.
Ana masterpieces hoary
From all time hers are shown.
The waves of sound are measured;
And dayllght's welded beam
Is cleft to show where treasured
Is hid the rainhow's CLEAN,
Here is revealed the history
% sea and sky n air.
The magic and III mystery
The winds and waters bear.
The dim and yellow pages
OF Garth are brought to view
In those long creeping ages
Forgotten races knew;
And legends still persistent
In fading memories.
or cities vast and distant
That rose beside strange seas
q, all who are a-thirsting,
Stoop to tho wave and drink
where streams of knowledge bursting
o'ernow the fountains brink.
Nj, L.. BuHLrR.
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1t must have been observed that
whenever the Teutonic allies are
smashing their way to new victories
terms of peace are reported as coming
from them. The latest bulletin indi-
Gates King ALFONSO OF Spain and
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According to the wise judgment of "A
city court, II Is not n crime TO y
on spooning couples. The court did
not pass on the pastime's quality as
entertainment. Individuals are still
free to form their own opinions,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-29

Two British sympathizers have been
convicted of recruiting for the allied
armies in st. Louis. We had thought
that St. Louis was unanimously pro-
German,
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India" says "A headline in the days
news. Thus an ancient Islander against
the acutcness of British perception is
refuted once for all.
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err friends rho foror rs nth manu-.
ecSJpes 0Nd Illustrations for publication irish
20 Aeve rejected articles returned heD must
~ oU coses send stamps for that purpose.
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lsndon once. bingham House. | Arun-
AG street, Strand.
fNsis once. 8 Rue de la Mlchodiere. on
~ du 0uatre Septembre.
bennington ONCE. Hibbs Building.
brooklyn ONCE. l06 Livingston street
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-29

The Reaver-Fur II in fashion.
The fox-And We who have It naturally
get a chance to wear II!
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All checks. money orders. &c. to ne
made payable to THE Sun.
puNnnAed daily. including sunday. by the
Printing and Publishing association Al
h"tsCn. Nsv yori" pre,isent and Treas
utOs. William c. Reick. $50 Nassau street;
Vice. President. Edward =. Mitchell, $50
NeOau street: Secretary. c. 4. LuxtJn. 100
NA06An street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-04
MRS. HJNTZ ENTERTANS,

The unique social gathering of the
week was the afternoon party at the
home of Mrs. Charles Hintz of 3541
Seventh street, Moline, Tuesday aft
ernoon. Mrs. Hintz had as her guest
of honor Mrs. Marie Werner of Chi
cago, with whom Mrs. Hintz made the
ocean voyage almost 25 years ago
when she came to America from Ger
many. They went directly to Geneseo
Ill, where they lived for some time
The other guests of the afternoon
were all friends who had lived in
Geneseo but who had since moved to
either Rock Island or Moline. Those
present were Mrs. Carl Collos, Mrs
August Borst and Mrs. G. Borst OF
Rock Island, Mrs. Adolph Schultz and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-04
CANNING AND PRESERVING.

Raspberry Butter-One quart rasp-
berries cooked and strained through
fine sieve, six large apples yellow
Transparency cooked and strained
through sieve. Mix berry Juice and
apples, add three cups sugar, cook
all together until thick. This makes
an excellent butter Elderberries can
be used same way.
Red Raspberry Preserves-For ev-
ery cup of berries take two of sugar,
place in small kettle and cook seven
minutes without adding any water
Remove at once and put in jelly
glasses or pint cans. This recipe is
equally successful with black rasp-
berries or blackberries.
Blackberry Jam-Mash blackber-
ries, take about one-third the amount
of sugar as berries; pour in small
amount of water; cook slowly until
berries have a waxy appearance,
then pour into jar and seal.
Any Kind of Butter or Jam-Mash
fruit fine as possible, add as much
sugar as fruit. j Mix well together
put in oven, cook slowly until we'll
done, stirring occasionally.
Garnet "Spread"-Cut rind of wa
termelon into small pieces, cook I'M
til tender, drain, run through food
chopper, put in jelly bag, hang up to
drain about two hours. Cook red
currants, run through colander and
to every three cups of currants give
one of the watermelon pulp and two
cups of graduated sugar and Juice
of one orange Cook over slow fire
about two hours or until clear and
thick Stir often, as this burns east
ly. This is beautiful garnet color
and very good.
Watermelon Preserves-Cut off out
side of rind, cut inner part into cubes;
make thick strip of graduated su-
gar After cooking watermelon until
you can run a fork through pieces
pour into the hot strip; slice lemon
and drop into the mass. Cook togeth-
er until desired thickness is reached.
Watermelon Pickles-Scrape off
what red part remains on rind, then
peel away the green skin, Cut in
three or four-inch lengths and soak
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-04
PLANS FOR BAKE SALE.

The Ready-to-Help circle of Kings
Daughters met Tuesday afternoon with
Mrs. Morris Cannon of 719 Twenty
ninth street. There were IA mem
bers present and during the business
session it was decided to hold a bake
sale Saturday, Aug. %. The place of
the sale was not decided. After the
business the ladies spent the after
noon working on aprons for the fall
sale. A pleasant social hour was
spent while the hostess served dainty
refreshments. The next meeting of
the society will be with Mrs. Will
Hagedorn of 452S Seventh avenue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-04
CRAMPON-BAUER,

The marriage of Miss Lutte Bauer,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Bau-
er of 1921 Thirteenth street, Moline
to Louis Crampon of 1911 Rock Island
street, Davenport, occurred Tuesday
evening at o'clock at the First Pres
byterian church parsonage at Daven-
port, Rev. Coffman officiated, using
the ring ceremony. The bride was
attended by her sister, Miss Margaret
Bauer. She was gowned in a green
and brown taffeta with a black and
white hat and a white coat. Her
flowers were a corsage bouquet OF
roses. Miss Margaret Bauer wore
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-04
TTBAH-FITZ-

A charming home wedding took
place today at high noon when Miss
Elsie Fitz of East Moline became the
bride of William E. Tubah Of Moline.
Miss Fitz is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. O. /. Fitz OF 313 Sixteenth ave-
nue., and Mr.. Tubah is the son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Godfrey Tubah Of Moline.
Rev. L. F. Havermale Of the Methodist
church in East Moline OBLIGATED. using
the Episcopal ring service. Mrs. Will
liam Jones attended the bride as ma
tron OF honor and William Jones serv-
ed the groom as best man Miss Mar
and nephew of the bride. were flower
girl and ringbearer The ceremony
took place in the living room, where
an altar had been erected. At the
back was a white lattice twined with
ivy and pink roses and on either side
were white pillars supporting huge
jardirieres of ferns.
The bride was gowned in white crepe
meteor, with pearl trimmings. Her
veil was arranged in Juliet cap effect,
finished with pearl banding. Her flow
ers were white roses. The matron of
honor wore white lace over pink and
she carried pink roses. Little Miss
Snyder wore a dainty gown of French
batiste with ribbons and sash of pink.
She carried pink snapdTagons in
white basket. Oris Snyder was dress
ed in an Oliver Twist suit of white
and he carried the ring in a large
pink rose.
After the ceremony an elaborate
course luncheon was served to the
wedding company of about 80 rela-
tives. Mrs. Charles D. Snyder, sister
OF the bride, Miss Mary Snyder, Miss
Mary Campbell, Miss Edith Hink and
Mrs. Charles Meehan, friends of the
bride, assisted in serving. They were
dressed in dainty white lingerie
dresses, with girdles Of pink satin.
The dining room was decorated in
pink snapdragons and other blossoms,
and huge wedding cake adorned the
center of the table whera the bridal
party was seated.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tubah left this after
noon for a trip down the river. On
their return they will be at home at
1246 Forty-eighth street, Moline. The
brides travelling costume was a dark
blue silk poplin coat suit with blouse
of white silk. Her hat was a new
fall model in blue velvet
Both bride and groom are well
known in the tri-cities, having lived
!. here for some time. The bride is a
\graduate of the Rock Island schools
md of st. Clara's academy, Sinsin-
AVA, Wis. The groom is young bus
mess man of East Moline. being the
senior member of the firm of Tubah
& MnIlene.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-04
ENTERTAINS AT TEA.

Mrs. James O'Connor of 1890 Sec
ond avenue was hostess at a charm
ing afternoon tea Tuesday afternoon
in honor of Mrs. T. w. Pausch of Col
linsville, Ill, who was the guest of
Mrs. A. W. Billburg of this city. Tea
was served at 4 o'clock and the after
noon was spent socially. The serving
table was artistically decorated in
pink and white. Tea roses were used
as a centerpiece. Mr.. and Mrs. Pausch
left last evening for their home after
two weeks stay in Rock Island.