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The Professor ut Large.

The civilized world seems to be
suffering at present from a rush OF
professors TO the brain. Far he 1t
from us TO express dlsrespect for the
profession of teaching. II Is only the
untaught who do that. The professor,
In his own department. Is the hope
as well as the lever OF the world.
But as in this age = professor is
necessarily Il specialist, and is fire.
quently an idiot outside OF his spe-
cialty, each professor should stick to
his own department II possible.
The trouble at the present time is
that too many professors OF compare
tive philology r assuming n GER
tain control over the tactical move
ments Of Sir JOHN FRENCH. General
JoFFRE and Field Marshal voN HIN
DENBURG, while the determinations of
President WILSON and Secretary LAM
SING with regard to war munitions
and the Lusitania r brought under
the purview of our own most distin-
guished experts in differential calculus
and theoretical psychonomics. A GER
tain confusion, approaching that IN
the minds Of the professors them
selves, is thereby introduced into the
public mind,
Much OF the present trouble seems
to be due to the success Of the other
wise estlmable HEINRICH GoTTHARr
Won TREITscHKE, a stone deaf profess
o of history in the University OF
Berlin, in breaking the bounds OF
German historical research and in
vading nearly every field Of European
government and diplomacy. History
IL the record of the past but VoN
TREITsCHKE took the future of El-
rope into his charge. The future, as
all the world knows. IL a specially
which Is shared by the politician, the
journalist and the professional clair
voyant. Won T%REITscHKE committed
an error In invading 1t. Shut out by
his deafness from human i%ntercours sc,
he devoted himself to the task OF
stirring up n war between Germany
and Great Britain.
He left behind him a very large
family of German professors, in every
conceivable and inconceivable field OF
learning, who spend their time In
mcddling with political affairs. A
cluster Of them, representing some OF
the most eminent Of the names I'm.
known in modern science, has lately
been engaged In cutting out for 1t the
work OF the peace congress which
presumably will meet after the war
These gentlemen have already an
nexed to the central empire tn,
whole Of Belgium, Luxembourg and
Poland, and large PORTIONS of Italy
Serbia and Russia proper, and have
loaded the Entente Powers with M
indemnity Of many billions.
In n or the independent contrlbu
lions by great German professors t.
the suggestive literature Of the war
that OF the possibly well known DR.
ERNST T~RoELTscH. professor Of syv
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Carranza's Demand for Recognition.

1t is the CARRANzA OF Hermoslllo
and Nogales who declines the invi-
tatlon Of the United States and the
A Is @ conferecs to meet the leaders
Of the other Mexican factions In
order to arrange terms OF peace and
establish n stable government. He
has learned nothing since the days
when only the favor OF the United
states opened to him an opportunity
to drive General HurRrA from power.
CARRANzA Is the same pomrous, H.
logical, intractable old politician. He
cannot consent that the interior az
fairs Of the republic be handled By
mediation or by any initiative of an,
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Sir william Van Horne.

eb"ee ""S w taN se'S
Sir WILLIAM c. VAN HORNE for the
Canadian Pacific Railway. and she
borrowed him from the United States
to build It. Eventually 1t would
have been completed, 10 doubt, by
another American or in course OF
time by a Canadian, but it was the
genius, energy and daring of WILL
LAM c. VAN HORNE that converted
an enterprise on the verge Of failure
into a splendid success. He was
thirty-nine years of age and presi-
dent Of the Chicago. Milwaukee and
st. Paul when summoned to the aid
Of the Canadians. One Of his first
acts rs general Of the operations was
TO call upon THOMAS GEORGE SHAUGH-
MESSY. another American railroad
man and self-made like himself, 10
lend a helping hand. The building
OF the Canadian Pacific and its sue
cess as the great trunk line binding
the East with the West and develop
ing the richest wilderness in the
world vas thus assured.
There was 10 much TO DO in
Canada that these friends and ~
workers could never be recovered by
the United States. They became
naturalized citizens, and although
democratic TO their finger tips, nc
cepted knighthood. Speaking for
himself, VAN HORNE said, in effect,
that It was the Canadian Pacific
that was knighted, and Sir THOMAS,
who Is now president of the company.
would probably tell the same story.
Nevertheless, we think of both OF
them as Americans In training, char
acter and spirit. II Canada bor-
rowed VAN HORNE and SHAUGHNEssY
to build and operate its pioneer rail-
road that linked Montreal with the
Pacific coast and the far East. the
United States borrowed JAMES J..
HILL to construct a great railroad
system In Its Northwest and also tap
the Orient. Both countries have
profted richly by the exchange.
In the passing Of Sir WILLIAM c.
VAN HORNE Canada has lost its
greatest man of business as well as
it's foremost railroad builder. He
was always consulted when Canadian
enterprise was planning new ven
lures at home and abroad. The foot.
hold Canada has gained In the West
Indies, Central America and else.
where was secured under his direc-
ton or with his advice. Before
American capital could command the
opportunity Sir WILLIAM had bought
enough land from east to west in
Cuba for the right of way OF a trunk
line, and in spite Of international
difficulties he obtained a concession.
In a time that seemed incredibly
short Havana was linked with an
Client Santiago,
The ~friendless lad OF Joliet, who
went to work at fourteen as an office
boy, became in his busy life not only
a railroad builder and financicr, but,
in the leisure hours he permitted
himself, an architect antiquarian,
painter, geologist, botanlst, author
and patron Of art. Seldom has n
self-made man been 50 accomplished
and versatile. His career Is full of
inspiration for those at the foot OF
the ladder. A biography Of Canada's
great business man would make alb
sorbing reading.
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The principal speaker at a Demo-
cratic rally in Jersey City on Satur-
day night was Senator j. HAMILTON
LEWIS. and he praised the Presidents
foreign policies" Whatever the Sena-
tors theme is when he takes the plat
form It is worth any mans while TO
see him in action. His eagle eye, the
spread OF his whiskers, his we'll tai
lored figure, a diversified vocabulary
and the thunders OF his elocWion COM
bine 10 furnish a rare treat.
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foreign Government" but he COM
placently availed himself Of the &c.
tive good will OF the Washington
Administration when his capital was
IIermoslllo and he moved up from
city to city thanks to the success ut
the front of the now desplsed VILLA.
General CARRANzA Is ungrateful as
well as dull and obstinate.
II anything stands out In Mexican
history 1t Is the obligation Of Mex
leo to the mediation and counsel OF
the United States. Thus Mexico was
saved from French domination In the
Cos, and PoRFIRIo DIAz himself could
not have pacifed and governed the
country without the c%ountenance and
aid, manifested in many ways, OF the
United States. Recognition has FIRE.
quently set a struggling Government
on its feet in Mexico, and 1t was the
refusal Of Mr.. WILSON to recognize
General HuERTA that sounded the
knell Of his dictatorship. Yet VENUS
TIANo CARRANzA, who owes 40 much
to the sympathy Of Mr.. WILSON with
the Constltutionalist cause. rejects
his overtures and In effect requires
that the First Chief he accepted with
out conditions as head OF a provi-
slonal government commissioned to
rehabilitate the republic.
If the long drawn out controversy
between CARRANzA and VILLA be ex-
| amined. 1t will be found that each In
pamphlets issued In his name cha rges
the other with being a reactionary.
There is nothing new in the iudict-
ment which General CARRANzA draws
against his old commander in the
reply TO Secretary LANSING and his
fellow signatories. Black as VILLA
Is painted, he has not been suspected
Of selling out 10 General HUERrA or
Of having any desire to trust ancient
enemies like the late PAscUAL ORozco
The truth is that the feud between
the First Chief and the man who in.
stalled him at Juarez, chihuahua and
Torreon began when General CAR
RANzA sought to displace VILLA from
his command and send him to the
rear. T%henceforth they we're enc
mics and rivals, in spite OF VILLAS
illiteracy and limitations.
whether the strife now draws TO
a close" as General CARRASzA says
In his note, may be doubted. His
word for 1t cannot be accepted 50
long rs VILLA, who Is a born guerrilla,
elects to keep the field and so on
fighting on his native heath. The
point is that in reconstruction OF
Mexico the Huertistas or Cientificos
have 10 be reckoned with as well as
the Villistas and Zapatistas; also
there is a multiplicity of interests to
be considered. Compromise, there.
fore, Is the key to the problem; II
must be obvious that a leader 50 lack
ing In foresight and discretion ~
CARRANzA must fail to compose the
differences OF the country, Further
more. he has neither the martha
capacity of n Dlaz o the resolution
of q Huerta. Unless CARRANZA car
be persuaded to enter n conference
the outlook for reconstruction viii
be sinister.
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No Dancing In This Vermont School.

That dancing 10 not regarded by ths
Vermont courts A. . desirable adjunot of
a practical education 10 demonstrated
by the fact that Judge Stanton has per-
nanentiy enjoinrd tho school directors Of
Woodbury. from allowing public or private
dances 10 be uvsn In the school hall. one
OF the heavy taxpayers up that way failed
10 see the CLOSE relation between q dance
ana an instssution Of learning and moved
for N tn5usstsa.
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To prove that sufrragists are not neg
lecting their homes the latest thing on
the market is a suffrage cook book In
which argument and recipes are mixed
promiscuously.-The news Of the day.
At a critical time in the life Of their
movement the s~ufiragists recognize
that the way 10 a mans heart Is
through his stomach.
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INDIAN MANHATTAN.
An Antiquarian Of This Very Pleasant
Isle Traces Old Paths.

Isle Traces Old Paths.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: You
interesting account of the proper name
Of the Island Of Manhattan refutes the
old fallacy that this island derived its
name from the accidental circumstance
Of intoxication OF the Indians after Hud-
sons first voyage to these parts in 1909.
No doubt the tradition Of such an event
was related to the early missionaries
by the Michigan Indians, and that this
island was referred to as the place
where their ancestors first tasted fiery
liquids. But that the island had nc
other name prior to 1905 IL not only
improbable but 10 wholly u~nsustained
on known principles.
Henry Rowe SchoolcraSt says: The
Indians called the island Mon-a-tun,"
while Daniel Denton, author OF the first
printed description of New York in the
English language, 1870, writes Of "the
Manahatans Islands. so called by the
Indians"
Apart from this point. I wish to write
OF tho several Indian villages on the
Island Of Mon-a-tun, for which Indian
names have survived. 1t is within the
memory Of old New Workers. now living
that the extreme point of land, OF which
the Battery Is now a part. was known
uc ~ u oAllN ~ kio AitbA1&A
term "Kapsee," denotlng = safe place
OF landing.
From the geological structure Of the
Island the Indian trail or path ran from
"Kapsee" to the plateau back OF Trinity
Church, branching at the site Of the
present post office and proceeded to
wind it's way east, 10 the elevated ground
called "warpoes." a village situated
above and beyond the small lake named
by the Dutch 'Kalch-hook' or Lime
Shell Point, and at a later period termed
the Collect or Fresh Water Pond.
In the early history Of the settlers no
indication is made of the locality Of In
dian settlements on this island EXCEPT
from inference. Deposits Of shells which
invariably indicate a native settlement
were %abundantly strewn over this hill.
on the west side OF tho 'K~alch-hook."
The site of the Tombs marked the CEN
tire of this pond.
From this village Of 'warpoes.'' so
named from It's chief. the path leading
then TO the rise OF ground az Chatham
Square. to "Nahtonk" or a n Lands,
now Corlears Hook. had no intermedi-
ate village OF which the name survived.
This land In early Colonial DAYS was
the property OF Jacob Corlear, and here
in 1913 a number OF defenceless indian
were murdered by order OF Governor
kieft.
All OF this part Of the island was
covered with a fine forest of nut woods,
oaks and other hardwood species. An
terspersed with grassy glades above the
sites OF these villages.
At or beyond "Warpoes" another fork
in the path became necessary, as the
stream and marsh existing where the
present line OF Canal street now runs
gave the eastern direction to the main
path. This fork Ia the trail became nee
essary to reach the banks of the Hudson
at the Indian village OF 'Lapinikan,"
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The London Globe. urging reprisals
by British aviators on German cities,
says: 1T is time this supersqueamish-
ness was gone" A counsel Of weak
ness. II the advice were followed the
British slate would be no longer clean.
The moral advantage derived by Eng
land in a%bstaining from slaughtering
non-Combatants makes new friends
for her among the neutral nations
every day.
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Is America yet a nation? Is she not
rather several nations Nation.
Yes. she is several nations-several
nations in one Mr.. HENRY WILLIAM
MAssINGHAM. editor OF the Nation. is
deceived by the noise the hyphenated
are making.
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SAVING the Malls,

To THE EDITOR op THE us-Sir Mails
were lost on the Hesperian. Why not In
future attach mails to deck atamaran.r
There would then be como chance OF
recovering them. O.
NEW YoRx. September II.
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Discussing the Russian retreat Gen
eral CoRsI Of Italy says 1T is without
comparison except for the famous re-
narrated by XENoPHoN." In
years to come It may be an important
part OF a classical education.
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To rHs EDITOR % tbs soH-sbi IL no,
the time ripe for the formation OF a 90.
cisty OF Ams~ican-AmericansI This so
eisty might be small. but It would be
vigorous. @. A. p
DsHvsA Col. ssptssabsy IL
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The Mohammedans are rapidly as
simiiatane the European civilization
An African traveller.
Which makes the greater appeal TO
them. %shrapnel or poisonous gases?
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~ our friends uho favor Us ,oifh mann.
scripts and Wustrdtions for publication toish
10 Mare rejected articles returned they mtsf
IN oil cases send stamps for that purpose.
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Count voN BERSsToRFF must be cred
tied with the plainest kind OF common
sense for not using the obsequious
ARCHIBALD az a messenger.
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MISS DAVIS TELLS
WHAT She HAS DONE
Reports to Mayor on Work Of
Department During Her
First Year.
MONEY SAVED FOR CITY

New York's only woman Commits.
sioner, Miss Katharine b. Davis OF the
Department OF Correction. gives an AZ.
count OF her first years work In a re.
port for 1914 which will be sent TO N.
Mayor to-day. She says in her state.
ment OF general policy:
ION taking charge Of the department,
on January 1, 1914. l realized thai,
many changes were desirable and Sc;
about at once to survey the situation.
to determine a policy and to plan GU,
our course. To this plan we are stead.
lily adhering. We are willing TO exper..
ment, but We believe in experimenting
slowly and without mourning dangers
which come from too great impatiencs
with difficult conditions and too grea,
anxiety for improvement more rapid
than Is warranted by the human and
physical machinery al our command"
Miss Davis emphasizes the fact that
the number OF prisoners cared for BY
her department in 19ii-l25. 6ls-was
the greatest in its history and thai the
annual per capita cost OF maintenance
s244.37-was the lowest. She attrib.
utes his economy partly to admlnls,ra.
tive methods and increased efficiency
and partly to "the general inadequacy
of budgetary appropriations"
She outlines what she has done to
correct nine principal faults OF the de.
partment as seen by her when she took
office. Toward ending the day OF an.
Client. unsanliary. overcrowded build.
ings she reports this progress New
Hampton Farms has been opened. For
the workhouse on ~Blackwelrs Island q
drug ward. a contagious disease ward
and recreation quarters for men and
women have been provided. a separate
isolation institution for hfty tubercular
women has been built on Harris Island
and ninety men tuberCular prisoners
have been put into the remodellcd branch
w~orkhouse on the same island. BOYS
have been separated from all other
prisoners.
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Drug Precautions.

Another fault which Miss Davis has
tried TO remedy she describes as "a
wrong system of sentencing prisoners 10
the workhouse and penitentiary." She
has secured a law extending the iude.
terminate sentence and parole for both
institutions. She says this will make
them real reformatorles. and by per-
hitting the development OF trades and
Industries will make The Correction De-
partment more self-supporting
To end The drug traffic she has pro-
hibited h importation Of articles in
which drugs were secreted. created q
system Of medical inspection, segrega-
tion and definite treatment, and coop
Grated with the Police Department in
detecting drug smugglers among depart
meut employees.
She says she found the meals served
prisoners poor, m~onotonous and waste
full" Thanks TO a scientific dietary, she
believes the foo is better and more
nourishing han ever before. while a
reduction in the daily per capita allow
ance from 1s TO 16 cents has saved the
city $66, 500 in a year despite the rise In
food prices.
To increase medical and surgical IA
%cilitIes Miss Davis reports an increase
in the number OF hospital wards.
The fact that OF 4S9 consecutive al
missions to the workhouse 3sS, or so
per cent. We're suffering from contagious
blood and local diseases Indicates %
some extent the medical problem Of he
department"
To make the clothes OF the prisoners
less conspicuous II degrading she
has substituted n solid color uniform
for the men TO take the place Of stripes,
and for the women a uniform OF checked
s%eersucker in place Of striped bed tcK.
ing.
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When that hardened old sinner
TOMAS URBiSA deserts PANcHo VILLA TO
shift for himself the cause Of the
whi.om peon Napoleon must be des-
perate indeed.
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Keeps Changes busy.

Miss Davis has also eudeavored 70
give her charges some reasonable WORK
10 keep them busy. Al New Hampton
Farms the first step has been taken IN
farm work. and in the institutions gem
orally inmate labor Is being used on re-
pair and construction work, mot In
competition with or IN opposition 20 or
ganszed labor" Miss Davis says
At the end of 1914 one keeper 20
every twenty-one men was allowed. more
than twice the number cared for by
one keeper in the state prisons ard
reformltories. The Commissioner asks
for money from the city 10 Increase inc
force.
by a new cost accounting system re
department is able 10 keep track OF
every detail.
For example" says Miss pav!s's re-,
port. I'VE know that in the year lslt
IL cost Sl0.ls for the wearing apparel
OF one prisoner, s70s5 to feed MIN
s65.S2 to guard him. s29oS TO furnish
his cell with light ard heat, Si4s for
medical service. sl7A "r''a rs
clothes, amounting IN all including ot7ef
items OF expense, 10 s24t5i a year fo'
each prisoner
standing Of my policy even yet J 70,
lieve in good food. good clo'hirE fo'd
,dioal service and in decent treatment
of the inmates Of on .u~'i.'
| also Insist upon discipline, resr"i ~
lawful authority and plenty a: "."e'
some labor.
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For Longer Sentences

''Workhouse sentences are s' s.1''
as 10 render Il a pc fectly futile .7f''
tuition. Peuit ntlary sentences A." 'l~.
too short and too inelastlc 20 ,'fW't'
the proper amount ot reforma'"rt ana
disciplinary treatment, The
tory is too crowded TO permit .- -
ing boys long enough TO g." i'
training. The construction and .''
sanitary conditions in all uu.'' ' .''
OF the good work don't by ouH 49, ..'
and their assistants.
There is no doubt but '1'
has been a great Increase ~ i
hc!ency. II We are to meas" ''
ticiency by the number 81 arrest
number OF convictions, the 'c'f..
sentences imposed, tue real 'a ~.
Of men and women arrested a''
amount Of preventive work done .'
police. Our wardens all colnn}rH'
the great Increase ~ notorious '''
desperate men m women IN ''
Better identification methods a't.'''
the longer terms, but the increar, t'
nclency OF the police, the l'S''
torney's Office aud the uurts "''-'
recognized by all unprclud1'ta W.
servers.
warden Patrick Hayes rtr""'' ~
abnormal Increase OF one year s''''''e,
OF men with long prison reco"i' 40
OF inmates regularly Indicted for f.oh'
les sentenced for lesser onr""''
taking pleas and a steady dc ''
the average age ~ prisoners s"'' ? ~
penitentiary lie says the ANo'"& '-'
~ prisoners IN the Kings County
Tertiary when he became warden zen
ty-nve years agu was about ~ ',
and that tho averago age ot ''e"'
penitentiary men Is about 81"
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-15
|dsh Foreign Office Hopes \: Fo;ted States Stays Out'' of War

not only not make any alliances of any kind, but will also confine his attentions to Germany alone.
 Germany Only Offender.
 Austria-Hungary thus far has done nothing that could be construed as hostile to the United States, nor has Turkey. Germany is the only offender and-if a declaration of war is made at all from Washington--it will be Germany alone against whom war will be declared"
 Although the London newspapers have devoted much space to this qua stion during the week, the best evidence that President Wilson meant business insofar as having an end to further diplomatic correspondence with Germany was concerned came in the form of private reports to the London offices of important Ameri- can business houses. These reports crowded the cables on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week and were all of the same tenor. Concerns who are known to enjoy confidential relations with the admins stration in Washing ton cabled urgent instructions to make all arrangements to withdraw their representatives now in Ger many,