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New-York tribune., 1915-03-18
Elections Along the Hudson.

Village elections along the lower Hud-
son River excite a wider interest than
most village elections because Of the
wealthy individual taxpayers who take
part in them. One hears of the Gould
vote" in Tarrytown Mrs. Shepard is still
their beloved Helen Gould TO her rural
neighbors) and Of the Rockefeller vote
in North Tarrytown, and how each Jared
and what was their interest in the out
come.
Offhand, this overwhelming prominence
accorded single residents would seem to
threaten the democracy of the region, to
make for benevolent despotism through
sheer weight of publicity and example, to
say nothing of retainers. But the returns
often fatty contradict such an assumption.
For example, in North TarrytOwn the
Democrats carried all the village Offices,
the Rockefeller vote" so far as
could be ascertained. was cast for the Re
publicans. In fact, the suspicion will not
down that the Democrats may thank the
opposition of the "Rockefeler
vote" for their election.
In Tarrytown, on the other hand, the
Gould vote" helped enact. by an en-
phatic majority, an appropriation to
buy new motor apparatus for the Irving
Hose Company. 1t is conceded that Mrs
influence was the decisive fac
tor.
These instances suggest that the effect
Of great private fortunes in these little
is not 20 tYrannize the neigh.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-18
LINCOLN BEACHEY'S DEATH
A Plea for the Stoppage Of Circus
Aviation.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: The death of Lincoln Beachey re-
moves practically the last of American air
mon of the same class as the late John b.
Moisant, "Arch" Hoxsey, Ralph Johnstone,
Eugene Ely and Phil" Parmeee. | saw
Beachey fy at Brighton Beach last summer,
and think it was quite evident to every one
who saw his performance then that he would
do that "dip of death stunt" once too often.
Isn't it high time that the Aero Club Of
America put its foot down on the practice
Of performing circus tricks in aeroplanes? 3?
Another thing: Should not the management
of the Panama-Paciiic Exposition, under
whose Sgis Beachy was flying, be severely
criticised for sanctioning such perform
ance, which was intended 20 satisfy the NOR
bid desires of those ghoul-ike creatures who
are attracted to an aviation meet wholly for
the purpose Of seeing some flyer break his
neck?
The method Of strapping the pilot to his
seat ought certainly TO be capable of improve
mont by the adoption Of a chest and shout
der leather brace with two chain straps, one
on either side. which might be fastened to
the machine with hook and eye cOntrivance
and which could be detached by a snap The
report of the physician who examined
Bcachey's body shows that had he been able
to disengage himself from the wreckage his
life might have been saved.
feel particularly sad at Beacheys death
for the possibly sentimental reason that he
was just my age, and don't suppose he
wanted to die any more than do. He GER
tainly paid a terrible price for his ephemeral
glory and newspaper honors.
A. c. FORBES MESQUITA.
New York March 16, 1915.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-18
Starving on Is Cents a Day.

New Workers no doubt eat and drink
far too much for their good health and
pay outrageous prices for their proven
der. but will it benefit the cause of thrift
and temperance to cite to them the exam
pie Of Miss Annie Peck and her blrdlike
diet? A quarter day may keep body
and soul in contact and may even keep
the mountain climber in trim, but there Is
an idea abroad, founded on instinct and
observation, that optimism, tolerance and
genial interest in others come much
more readily when internal cravings have
been better satisfied.
New York socially and financially is
built upon an imitation of appetite which
keeps pace with its initiation of credit and
helps decidedly to lubricate the machinery
of business. If through some miracle OF
fanaticism it should become the fashion
here to fast to the tune Of % cents a day,
down about our ears would come crash
ing our hotels, lobster palaces, plain eat
ing Joints and markets of all sorts; no one
would risk fier in Wall Street, and the
cogs of social intercourse and industry
would grind and squeak.
The secret of a proper adaptation to
modern environment, as Herbert Spencer
might have said, lies in permitting ones
stomach to be neither wolf nor lapdog.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-18
FROM DIR. DAVIS
Commissioners Not Responsible When
They Lack Power to Act.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Randolph s. Bourne. in discussing al
legged conditions in Backwell's Island peni-
tentiary, asks What is a Commissioner (of
Correction for. anyway" First, ! wish TO
explain what commissioners are not for.
l. Commissioners are not to be made the
scapegoats of the city because it has failed
for thirty years, as every one knows, to pro-
vide proper or adequate physical accommoda-
tions for its delinquents, until the lnterna-
tional Prison Congress. which met in New
York in 1910. was of the opinion that these
correctional institutions were disgrace TO
the metropolis of the Western World
> Commissioners are not TO be held re-
sponsible for congestion. when 1884 people
arc to be placed in institutions which were
congested with population of 400 only a
year ago.
3. Commissioners are not to be held re-
sponsible for alleged views about the pun
shment of an inmate when they have re-
fused to make any statement about the mat
ter at all
(. Commissioners ought not to be held re
sponsible for delays in purchases caused by
the slow moving, cumbrous methods the law
Of the state imposes. Some day even Mr..
Bourne will trust commissioners and then
he and others will agree that commissioners
should be free, instead OF being slaves 10
system and to reviews; then commissioners
can and should be held responsible for re-
suits.
j. Commissioners should not be held re-
spOnsible for the fact that new institutions
cannot be constructed in n day with ma
gician's wand, but must ~ built just like
other buildings.
az he hel re
sponsble for the fact that New York City
cannot spend 1856, 100000 on subways, $780,
100000 on schools, s6O,OO0O00 for pavements,
bridges and the like and at the same time
slOO0OOOO for correctional institutions.
:. The employees Of great department who
york regularly ten and twelve hours day
ard then take over the care of 2,400 extra pris-
ouers, with only sixteen new assistants TO help
them, ought not to be criticised so severely
even if they have not the time and the edu-
cation TO permit them TO be as discerning as
man who has had Mr.. Bourne's advantages.
| have not hesitated to hold them responsi-
BILE when have found any of them betraying
their trust. On the whole. our employees have
been very loyal and faithful to the new ideas
and methods ! am developing.
In my judgment commissioners exist TO
quietly and sanely make improvements just
as fast as possible, using every means at
hand. instead Of running about chasing
chmeras and dreaming Of the revolution
which cannot be worked out Immediately in
old institutions which are crowded 10 twice
their capacity.
KATHARINE BEMENT DAVIS,
Commissioner.
New York, March Il, 1915.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-18

card, with the name and address Of the
sender. The assured appreciation of the re-
cipient more than repays the giver and
merely increases our desire TO send more and
still more Winters hand has been heavy on
the fighting men, many of whom were un-
hardened to such extreme exposure. Warm
clothing can never be too plentiful in the
ranks.
More help is needed now. Contributions in
kind and communications should be addressed
to British American War Relief Fund. 200
Fifth Avenue, and all money contributions
will be gladly received at the same address
by Mr.. Henry j. Whitehouse, the treasurer.
F. ". WHITRIDGE.
New York, March Is, 1915.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-18

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Your correspondent Francis G.. Baer
sheds light on the repeal of the alien labor
law He shows US the Joker" as he calls il,
where citizens are not available" Citizens
can never hope for availability while there
are aliens who will not insist upon the pre-
vaillng rate Of wages and will work more
than eight hours day. Does the state be.
long 10 the citizens or to the Legislature
and Governor? And this is Republican
Governor and Legislature elected by men who
believe in the protection OF American wages
These tmis representatives only believe in
protection where il is not necessary, for
are they not now repeating the protection to
the citizen in his direst need?
The elected judges of the Court Of Appeals
arc with the citizens rightful precedence on
their own public works, but the appointed
Judges Of the United States Supreme Court
have enjoincd them from the enforcement Of
their own law until next October. when there
may be no further need of it. There is no
knowing how many years it will take ap-
pointed judges to determine what any law is
Is this n judge ruled country?
CORNELIUS DONOVAN, President,
Tenants Union of New York, Inc.
New York, March l6, 1915
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compact Slav state bound TO he n rival
of Italy, sure to seek TO regain the
Adratc islands, held by Italy and OBJ
structing the Slav window on the Adriatic.
Such a state would, too have the support
Of Russia, also become Mediterranean
state by the occupation of Constantinople
and the straits. In Northern Albania the
Italians and the Slavs would clash as
Greeks and Italians have in the south, and
Italy might find herself faced by hostile
Balkan confederacy as well as an am
bilious Germany.
Briefly, then, 10 obtain small territorial
increases Italy risks, almost insures, the
destruction Of the Austro- Hungarian En-
pire. She would gain perhaps 10000
population, she would bring down TO her
own border new German Empire. In ad
dtion, by enslaving some thousands Of
Slavs she would insure the unihcation Of
all the southern Slavs in a powerful and
hostile state. certain of the patronage and
protection of Russia.
AS to Austria-Hungary, she cannot cede
Trieste, Fiume or the Istrian peninsula
For her the question is one of life and
death. For Austria Trieste is vital. Fiume
is Hungary's only seaport. The Trentino
she can cede, the islands of the Adratc
conceivably, but more she cannot give and
exist, and she will naturally choose to
perish fighting. And against Italy Hun
garians and Slavs, as well as Austrian
Germans, will fight Loyalty.
Conceivably Italy has asked more than
she will take. But all signs point in the
other direction. So far as it is possible
to see, what Italy has asked she can take
by force Of arms. The only actual re-
straint must flow from recognition of
the eventual consequences Of too great
greed now. This nations seldom consider
when they can make immediate profits.
The passing of Turkey has long been
discounted. Early in the Great War it
began to appear that Austrian existence
was in peril. Day by day fate seems to
have turned more and more against
Franz Josef, stricken in years and carry
ing the burden Of unparalleled personal as
well as national disappointments and
grefs. Now Italy raises the question
which strikes at the very life of the Dual
Empire. If she actually draws the sword,
as every sign now visible suggests, there
is the instant promise of the coming of
greater changes than the map Of Europe
has known in many centuries.
But the striking thing about the new
crisis is that it points to German aggran-
dizement, the making of a greater Ger
many, with German speaking Austria in
cluded. Defeated in the Great War, Ger
many may yet emerge a larger gamer
than any of her enemies, able and certain
to take vengeance on faith!ess Italy in
her own good time and retake Trieste and
the Istrian peninsula, with the pendent
Adriatic islands.
For centuries Europe has accepted as
sound the old adage which asserts that
if Austria did not exist it would be neces- .
sary to create it to keep European peace.
Italy has proposed to repeal this statute
Of diplomacy, at her own great peril.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-18
DR.. Reichmann.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The State Superintendent OF Weights
and Measures, according 10 the present law.
has duties that have a direct connection with
every city where a representative of Weights
and Measures is in effect, and you will find
evidence Of a competent and standard char
acter directly serving the interests of all the
people.
Short weights and measures are directly
connected with the high cost OF living to-
day. In recent issue of Life" there ap-
peared piece of poetry which read some
thing like this:
Little grains OF short weight. little crooked twists
Fill the land with mssnstes and philanthropists.
Two years ago there was a move made to
do the same thing that is being attempted to-
day, but the influence brought 10 bear stopped
the damage. II is up to some clean paper like
The Tribune, always serving the interests Of
the people to find out who is in back of this
suggestion TO do away with the position of
State Superintendent OF Weights and Meas
ures. 1t may be some one who was prevented
from practising the deceitful methods of
short weights and measures.
What shame it is for any one who has
thrown his whole study to the conscientious
performance Of duty like DR.. Rechmann and
the present State Superintendent, Mr.. John
F. Farrell, to have the position taken out Of
his hands and thrown to the attention of
some who know absolutely nothing about the
business of that department. II is not work
ing for the interests of the people.
NATHANIEL T. M'GRANE.
New York, March l3, 1915.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-18
Thanks for Impartiality.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
SIR: Your editorial in the issue OF your
paper OF March 13. The Winter Campaigns, :"
| have read with the keenest interest.
This is TO my knowledge the first time a
New York daily has given the public a clear,
impartial report regarding the posi-
tions Of the contending armies on the western
battlefront. and your editorial is in strange
contrast with the views, sentiments and pre-
dictions which some Of your contemporaries
arc in the habi, Of handing to the public
Thanking you in the name OF every citizen
vho loves truth Justice and impartialty.
WALTER SCHMIDT.
New York. March 10, 1915.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-18
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Get domn 10 qro"nd, old 'op
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New-York tribune., 1915-03-18
Respects to the Medicine Fakers.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Mr.. Samuel Hopkins Adams's article.
'Faker and Editor Pals in Print" is delect-
able reading. and ! trust that in due course
these dcteStahle fleeing "curc -alls" will be
excluded from advertising their nostrums in
the public press. trust that The Tribune
will successfully defeat any suits at law that
may be instituted by these conscienceless
vampires. MARY SCOTT ROWLAND.
London, England, Feb. -, 1915.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-18

bors so much as to place certain personal
tiles in such bold relief that their wishes
become issues for the emphatic approval
or disapproval of the electorate.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-18

You can purchase merchandise advertised
In THE TRIBUNE with absolute safety-ior
II dissatisfaction results in any case lhh
TRIBUNE guarantees to pay your money
back upon request. No red tape. no qul9'
bling. We make good promptly II the ad-
vcTtiser does not.
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The contents OF that bottle dropped over
board by a French reservist containing kisses
for his wife and little daughter, were Of an
admirable vintage.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-18
Alien Availability.

New York, March II, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-18

According to n working girls testimony
before tho Legislature, living on s6 a week
in this city is largely starving.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-18
The Tou,s,
THE GRAND TOUp

The San Diego Fair is a gyS s !
worth travelling from New Yo,L =
There you have it in the first n,
which is the way a news story 80
written. But the malleability :,
particular paragraph is high.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-28

under any one Of these heads is
dealt with in detail. 80 that the
pupil obtains very complete idea
OF the management OF municipal.
state. any nationruling bodies. A
course in Michigan history viii also
be inaugurated very soon.
Equipment of every kind which
will 1dd to the efficiency of the de-
partment has been installed. The
recitation room is furnished with
opaque curtains for stereopticon
and projection work. thus making 1t
possible for places OF interest TO
be illustrated. A large number OF
slides are now on hand. and the
supply is constantly increasing. Mr..
Leonard has had several Of the pic
lures he took in his travels. both
In this country and abroad. con-
verted into slides, while the stu
dents have contributed photos of
important places and things.
A great interest is manifested In
the daily movements Of opposing
armies in the European conflict. BY
means OF a map. on which the
armies are represented by different
colored tacks. the pupils study the
change In the battle line. Detailed
maps OF certain districts are made
by the pupils on glass plates. and
these are shown from the stereop-
ticon. Such study also adds much
to the Students geographical knowl-
edge of Europe.
Two important meetings were
held by the seniors last week. They
were manly called for the purpose
of discussing means whereby money
might be made for their Washing
ton fund. Several possible methods
were disclosed, AMI some are al
ready fairly we'll started toward
success. Among some Of the mum
Der of suggestions to meet approval
was a bake sale. Pupils furnished
the goods, and committee con-
Quoted the sale in few OF the local
stores. The results reported were
very encouraging, SO the sales may
be continued at various intervals,
Several OF the members Of the
class who are members of the De-
troit Conservatory of Music, are ar
ranging a recital to be held in the
school auditorium during the latter
part Of November.
A meeting Of the stan recently
elected to issue a weekly paper,
held its first meeting last week. and
the general policy of the publica'
ton was decided upon. Bids for
printing the paper are being sought.
and every department head is bus
lily endeavoring to make the paper
success. not only the first issue,
which comes out Nov. s. but also
every one thereafter.
The Boys Affiliated club conduct.
ed their first banquet OF the sea
son last Thursday evening. The
new lunch room of the high school
was the scene OF the affair. The
committee in charge decorated the
room In a very attractive manner,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-28
HIGHLAND PARK.

George o. Leonard. head of the
history department. OF the Highland
Park high school, believes that In
order for one to be a true citizen.
he must have a fair understanding
of the worlds past ups and downs.
For therein lies the ability to judge
intelligently what failures and sue
cesses OF mankind have brought
about the present conditions and in
situations. Such knowledge en-
ables one to realize the -possibili-
ties of movements which will make
his nation or community a potent
factor In economics, In politics. and
In all social problems: also to OF
pose anything which will retard It's
progress. and recognition.
To accomplish this object. the de-
partment offers four courses: q
junior high United States history
course. a one-year course In Euro
pean history. a two-year course In
senior nigh United States history.
Civics is also taught in the latter.
This study tells the pupil how
counties are formed. and how tow
ships are formed from them: It also
gives instruction In the form OF
government employed in villages,
cities, states and the nation. Every
department that Is likely to come
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-28
JOYCE JR. Hi
TEACHERS STAFF
APPOINTED

The new Joyce Jr. high school
will probably open up In the early
part OF November. This school is
located on Sylvester. between Chip.
pewa and Seneca. and 10 said to be
one Of the finest schools OF It's kind
In the state.
The Joyce Jr. high school was
built with the idea Of helping out
the Eastern high school at Mack
ave. and the East Grand-blvd.. which
is greatly over-crowded and has
been forced. like Central high. to
use some hall space for small class
rooms.
The enrolment at Eastern high
Is about 1900 students, but this is
about 800 more than Its facilities
really provide for.
The Eastern high, under the lead
ership OF DR.. J. Remson Bishop. and
because Of some OF its policies. has
become very popular with Detroit
students within the last few years
and It's enrolment has become
greatly increased.
The faculty OF the Joyce Jr. high
school will be composed as follows:
Miss Eleanor Mckay. formerly nrs,
assistant principal OF the Parke
school; Miss Mahl Rawlinson, for
merly assistant principal at the Hill
ger school; Miss Mary U. Fitch. al
present nrst assistant principal al
the Nichols school; Miss Ida Ech
lin. at present holding the position
Of first assistant principal at the
Jones school; Miss Marian Carey
who holds the position OF assistant
principal at the Campbell school
Miss Edna Clawson, at present the
assistant principal of the Morley
school, Miss Erta Curtis. at present
OF the faculty at the Hillger school
Newbold Bishop. at present an In
structor at the Mumford school
Miss Bertha Ammon. now connect
ed with the teaching force at the
Jones school: Miss Ruth King. now
Ar instructress at the Pingret
school, and Miss Margaret Leath
now one Of the faculty of the Mum
ford school
Miss Louise Cooper has been ap
pointed to the position OF clerk a,
the same school.
All teachers appointed to the