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Massachusetts, Republican Again.

The Massachusetts election is nota-
BILE not only for the triumph Of the
Republican candidate for Governor,
SAMUEL WALKER MCCALL, over the
present incumbent. DAVID !. WALSH,
the strongest Democrat since the hal
Cyon days OF BILLY" RUSSELL. but
for the extinction Of the Progressivcs
as n political organization under the
election laws Of the Commonwealth.
While Mr.. McCALL's plurality is no
more than G.6OO. the Republican vie
tory is clean cut and decisive. The
measure Of it is the defeat Of the
Democratic candidate for Lieutenant
Governor by 10000 votes In the larg-
est poll In Massachusetts for twelve
years. and substantial gains in both
branches of the Legislature.
Massachusetts is in the Republican
column again, apparently to stay there
for a while II Governor MCCALL gives
the State a good administration. Those
who know the calibre of the man will
take this for granted. His service Of
twenty years in Congress was a rec
ord Of brilliant achievement and I'M
compromising independence. 1t Is not
TOO much to say that Massachusetts
will have a man Of statesmanlike ca
pacity for Governor in the Presidential
year Of 1916. In intimate knowledge
Of public questions Mr.. Mccall stands
head and shoulders over the average
candidate for Governor In the States.
1t is n gratifying sign of the times,
which the Iessimlsts will please note,
that the voters of Massachusetts have
appreciated at his true worth Il faith
full servant who IL alien TO the arts
OF demagogy. SAMUEL WALKFR Nc
CALL is all intellect and character, and
he is supposed. wrongly, we believe.
to be deficient in human nature, No
one would think Of him MS a magnetic
candidate. and yet he has defeated an
able and attractive Democrat whose
vote incrca sed from 1926 In 1919
to 21O,+42 In 1914 and TO 2o9.3l2 this
year. Massachusetts has had a good
many poorer Governors than DAVID
!. WALSH and not a great many who
were superior to him, MCCALL of
Winchester promises to be an even
better Governor, which is a fine thing
for the Republican party in the State
and nation.
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are, they are golden words of assur-
ance that the work Of preparedness
Is moving, as constructive processes
should, from the bottom up.
The warm satisfaction which the
statement induces has n double OBJ
ject. The attitude Of the War De
partment toward the militia is most
praiseworthy, and the swift and gen.
crous response of those who speak re-
sponsibly for the Guard Is supcrla-
lively commcndablc. The jealousies
that might so easily have blocked the
way To n profitable cooperative ar
ral2emeDt were sent to the rear. and
"the best spirit Of accommodation
prevailed. Its presence Is 80 welcome
not merely because 1t ought to he
there but because on many occasions
1t has been damagingly absent.
Nothing could he more liberal than
the terms in which the Secretary gave
practical expression to his recognition
of the merit AMI deserts OF the mi.
lltia. which during all the time when
there WAS practically no interest In
this country concerning military mat
ters has been working " TO i'm.
prove the military situation of the
country" and Is entitled TO full rec.
ignition in any policy to be- proposed
by the War Dcpnrfncnt
II the National Guard has been neg
lected by Washington or the people,
recent events have assured 4. Of pop
ular esteem. and Secretary GARRISON
now guarantees II Pull recognition
Mt Washington. \. happy day for the
Guard. n score for the War Depart
ment--and to the public a cause for
graduation.
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Ballot 100 in a Princeton Booth.

On Tuesday n distinguished son Of
Old Nassau travelled to Princeton
from another city whittier his uvoca-
lions have led him and voted for
the little over the grocer shop.
The vote of TOMMY WILSON, 20. the
one hundred and ninth ballot east in
the old fire house in Chambers
street" Is said to have been straight
Democratic. That meant, 80 the new
reports inform us. a vote 'for WILL
lam CoAS, college proctor, for free
holder and Dr. BRowN for Mayor"
Our best wishes go out to Mr., CoAS 4:
not that we love frceholders more.
but proctors less. But his ease is
oyershadowed, in respect of broad pub
Mayoralty nominee. DR.. BRowS OPP
posed the present Republican Mayor.
Mr.. PHILLIPS. and apparently the prin-
cipal planks in their platforms We're
those which dealt with the vital prob
lem of benches in Nassau street. "a
convenience which Mayor PHILLIPS
removed n year ago because of pro-
tests by women"
Nassau street Is an ancient thor
oughfare. In Revolutionary times n
ceasclcSs. varied traffic flowed through
1t past the college ate. The little
town was noted for the quality
Of its refreshment for man and beast.
Stages stopped at its excellent tav-
ems. Sign of the College, lIudi-
bras. and others. IRVING describes
n hihuloiis night in a Princeton tap.
room. Town and gown had a SPLEEN
did. moving show To watch.
We n imagine that modern Mas
sau street still has attractions for the
macaroni and the youth of sporting,
not athletic. proclIyitles. But the pro
test Of the ladies' of Princeton is COM
prcbcnsible and mandatory. When Mr..
WILSON voted for BRowS and the
benches he seems to have INDUCED
that peculiar trait of his character
which has on other occa sions shocked
the sensitive and deeply grieved the
j%udicious.
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NEW BANKING POST FOR QUINN
becomes Ntcr-Prcsident Of Que~ns
Trust Company.

Daniel W, Quinn. Jr.. has resigned az
examiner in charge OF tho private
bankers bureau of the state Banking
Department and as special deputy super
.~ntcndcnt OF banks, to become vice-pres-
ldent Of the Queens County Trust Com
pany, with offices in Jamaica m Long
Island City,
Mr.. Quinn has been with the State
Banking Department five years. In Feb
ruary OF last year lie was assigned 10
the District Attorneys office to assist I'm
preparing tho case asainst Henry Siegel
and Frank l.. Nogsl. In December last
he was placed In charge OF the Union
Bank OF Brooklyn. which had been In
liquidation since April, 1910. and has
held the post ten months.
George V Mclaughlin will succeed
Mr.. Quinn At the Union Bank OF Brook,
Ign and Fletcher C.. Crane will succeed
him M examiner In charge OF the pri.
vate bankers bureau.
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President MenkIu ~ the league dwelt
upon the need OF gong TO Washington
to demand OF the Federal Government
that 1t keep lis pledge TO protect the
state Of New Iurk.' The committee
then organized by e~lectlnG Or. David
Jayne Ilill. who was present. chairman.
Arthur Curtiss James was then made
chairman W a finance committee OF
seven.
fX-Gov. GlNnn's resolution TO appoint
a special committee on legislation was
carried out. representative Calder's
suggestion that tolegrams be sent to all
the state Governors urging them to APP
point similar state committees on pre-
parcdncSs also was adopted. Bainbridge
Colby offered a mai resolution. also
adopted, that the committee urge upon
the President and his advisers further
consideration or the need for prepared
ness and at the same time urge Con-
gress Ito make public the reports of
the General STAFF OF tho army and Gen.
eral Board OF the navy" and then leg
islato promptly upon the suggestions Of
f-red therein.
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year. thus beating the previous best
record OF 1,190 eggs, made in England.
We have not yet received the detailed
statement Of the cost OF supporting
Lady Byzantine and her associates, or
Of their breeding and feeding. Until
these arc at hand commercial poultry
men and suburban amateurs will not
know what to do to surpass this per-
Torrance. But Delaware 10 too small
a State for a championship so great.
and ms soon as the process is disclosed
we shall expect an enterprising New
York poultry pen to produce at least
900 Eggs in n year.
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In Sing Sing.

The situation In Sing Sing 81 far
40 1t has been revealed Is incomprc,
hensible. The warden, unable to keel
the peace with his deputies, has gone
away for a fortnight without the con,
sent OF the Superintendent Of State
Prisons. An amiablc gentleman of
scholastic training but without official
status has been introduced to the in,
stitution as n having power II not
responsibility.
This gentleman has assured the
Westchester prosecutor that in his
investigation Of Sing Sing the man,
agcment will he glad t. nssisl him
n pledge OF cooperation that Gomez
~curlously from n man unknown Il
the responsible authorities. What the
ofictl temporary Of thu
warsen thinks Is withheld from ms
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Preventive Medical Examinations.

A correspondent. ~. X. s." takes
issue with TIE SuN's advocacy Of
a Medical Examination Day to as.
certain by a Doctors examination
IL the system Is menaced by disease
that has escaped recognition, and in
this manner to prevent the develop
ment Of incurable maladies. lie asks:
where will ! find Il physician COM
pctent to make an examination? In
1,2U post mortems or operations re-
ported by the superintendent Of Belle
u Hospital" he writes. "the dag
nosis was wrong In 80 per cent. Of the
cases and practically the same aver
age, 80 per cent, was shown In the
Massachusetts General Hospital by
CABOT Of Boston"
IF the average hospital doctor
actually has his diagnoses confirmed
by post norton proof or ny m opera
ton in one.half the cases. we have
abundant proof that preventive med
ical diagnosis will inurc to the great
advantage of the man who is sensible
enough TO subject his body to annual
scrutiny. When the difficulties en-.
countered by the diagnosticlans are
enhanced by adding lack OF intelligent
replies tn questions, the public may be
encouraged even if only one-half are
correct. In the early stages Of fatal
chronic disease the symptoms must be
ELECTED by cautious but not leading In
t%crrogation. The microscope and test
tube. the ~stethoscope and other instru-
ments of precision have enabled the
average life insurance examiner tn aid
the companies in amassing large re-
serve funds, and a company organized
for the purpose Of extending the span
of life 10y regular preventive exam
nations has found the percentages
Of moderate TO serious i%mpairments
shown in the subjoinei table, in which
the first column OF figures comes from
an industrial plant IN Detroit. the
second from n New York commercial
establishment
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The announcement of the Parlia-
mcntary Secretary for War that $4,000
British officers and men rave been in
valided home from Gallipoli between
April 20 and October 20 indicates,
since about 100, 600 have been killed,
wounded or missing. that the strength
of tho British forces was underestt-
mated. The failure OF the campaign
has been even greater than was sup
posed. II the sick list Is 30 long, II
seems to be doubtful whether British
troops ferried over the hgean for
the Balkan campaign would be efrec-
tives in tho true sense Of the term.
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To TUp EDITOR OF The SrS-Siv' why
take all tho bother and trouble of Inserting
an ap0strophs IN the possessive case Of
II takes us ten years Mt least 20
learn it- correct use, and then n Is u con
founded nuisance ever afterward for AL
who write, type or typewrite, We have all
been told that n signifies tho dropping OF
the letter 80" Well, let II drop. who
cares 1t Is gone forever. Mems hats"
for example, In just rs intciliRrble as mems
hats" In speech va understand "mrns'
perfectly without any apostrophe. Down
with tho hated symbol!
r. 81. TowSsEsp.
ouauKnnrsII November 3.
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DIR. JORDAN,S PROPHECIES.
His Peace Predictions Of 1912 Com
pared with the Facts To-day.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Hap
pening to run across a copy Of the
Worlds Work for June. 1919. the other
day 1 found therein an article by DR..
David Starr Jordan, president OF Leland
Stanford University. entitled "Foreclos-
ing the Mortgage on War" h title
attracted my attention and read the
article with great interest. A few ex-
cerpts from 1t, followed by my own
comments. follow
"war is dying"
Seems to me II Is kim a long time
doing 1t sort Of a lingering death, as
II were.
at dies because. through the spread
Of education and the demands of com
merce, no part of the civilized world
can be suffered to engage in a life and
death struggle with any other part. The
nations are no longer separate entities"
As I understand it, Germany was
considered "a be a nation where the
spread of education" had made great
progress also that she gave some con-
sideration to the demands of COM
merce.' her trade being among the
greatest In the world before the war.
And we had supposed. at least before
the war. that Germany was considered
a part Of tie Civilized world. our
suppositions. however, have received a
sewers s"oeN eince Ausus' - .aa,
ieu,ons, eee'nney' q. sarn.ny
.s.ina.'o" enis'e" o.n' nans,aor
~ S.o" .n,,,,a. ~ Iord,n
to the contrary Notwithstanding
ITO control a railway II Is not necessary
to W IT. only to administer It's dtptS'
The same is true of nations. Thus II
came about that In all matters OF war,
49," a., ..a,a
-. .,r,oLan c,rbia or
""i' -. b., ,,binni,y
e ,no, no,,,d recoun the
'Nm,."s .aa.r, - ,,o country
49, ,.h.,oyor tho anna rent
~ y, -, sraa,h mr. hector
h., 5tn,on,cv ua shall never see an
ms tho great nations of
U'" ~
Turope. . ,o,. scem to
ns ~ as,,r,ah,e doctor
com,'"ule. Nv T., . .r.n, derea, Il,
~ sI.a 49,. ,t,,or no well os TO
n,e"'o
u o'e ,e.,-es ,,r examnIe or
UT va, Va ~ Na,n.n w,r rSi7,
Nv Snann.h norIcan war We were
" nv =. III -, ,hoso u,,s anil
, ~ ,arr,hl. ruin, we have suffered.
~ m,,ch ,,. have los, Did we lose
-. a., ,.a y,,n our ,~ndependencc. the
80 rav.s Nnw Mexico Arizona.
- a,hors. an undi yided
p,on ,h, philinnines and
49," art..,
.Xy. nav, all interests of
iii. ama onn,ty nnnosad IN war. and
~. 80. -, nran'. nui.,lv opuoscd
49, -, 80 ,hic, Hos NOT nay"
r., ~ me &, worderrul, What
Z r,,o, and k.en fore
"i,h, you must nossess, MIR. Morgan
sIsnt you nus. - rnrLi
a.u US - 10 ,hts ossrr,,on.
Az 70" A.. u.au,h ~ ;,.ar-
w a. nns ~ 90. .u,rit If mn
" ~ 'anitm ,h. dav.lnnmaui of
49, N'e',i ,,n. Emo ey,,usion of ar
,h.el.".'""' Jaw wa
"',n''''n, -, MISUNDERSTANDING. mon
~ ~" n,,,or a. no dn,iht that
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-04
NEW JERSEY CITY POSTAL PLAN
Mails md Finance Dtvt.topa to u"
Separate.

W~AsHINGrpN. Nov. 3.-Rcorgauiz,.. =
OF the Jersey CITY post office on u" '''
division plan, effective November IL. vs.
been ordered by the Postmas'rr~tern-t
Divisions Of finance and mails are 80"
ated and all the work OF the Office Is
semb!ed within these divisions,
The superintendent Of the two
vision are given full authority "a .
any employees, regardless Of seCtIoDptn'
signment, to my duty which VII in
tate the business OF the division. 5 y
sales, bookkeeping. money order,
savings sections n all functt.
financial administration are plnr"t
the financial division. The mt|'rr y
vision will have to do solely VT no
handling OF mails.
similar reorganiZatious have ''r
made In many large post Offices. = .N'
been found that tho change sim 80
administration, adds 70 the moblly
no clerical force and materially I'm
proves the service.
Though everal employees Of the q"
sey City office take now titles AM a~
assigned to new duties. no chaHss o
salary are involved.
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thoRte scores I nprrpnrcdur~a.

Mr. Chpate said that after advising
with military experts lie had found that
the nation was not In any particular
or any sing" respect ready for self
Defence
AS To tn" navy continued Mr..
Ct"ttc, they ,tne army staff aud tn.
navy DoardD found there an immense
amount Of d'icieEci,s. which | believe
has already been admitted by the dis
tinsuish,d head Of the navy himself"
IN" army Statf and naval board had
found, Mr. chndt" added. "A need Of en-
,arging and siren gthcu.us the army, and
As for the national guards OF the states
they had found also IAN immense amount
yet TO ~ done cut II $50 uawspap.rs
said Mr., Chudte, a reviewer had found
that only stN oppose the leagues gen.
eral plan.
And he added drylv. at seems to
mo that We have made some impress
sion upon the Federal Government at
Washington. also"
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Competition Too strong.

This ompar came into existence Ia
1899 with a fleet Of Sound steamboats,
10 run IN Providence and that same yea
Judg. Hall wrote to- !. W. Miller, supe
intendent OF the New ~Ilaven's marine d.
vision, on July 2:
at seems 10 me that this passenge~
business il on the increase and whle
We are carrying all We comfortably car
this competition is getting serious an
viii have to be treated in some WAY IN
spite OF the state of feeling in Prov
dence."
A little later he was writing to I'd
ward q. Buckland, an attorney for tH~
railroad, also at Providence:
you VIII notice by tomorrow
papers that the steamer Massachusetts
Will begin "A new excursion service be
tween New York ana Providence at :
fare each way. The wicked JOHru4l
will probably say that this is done 70
crush out the business of the JOY lire
You know better than that. and IN pa.
ting this on We have only yielded 20
the increasing demands of the !vpl.e
OF Providence for cheap rates uur.ig
the summer season.
III questioned, | can trust you 20 say
that we are simply trying an experience
Of cheap rates during the season 10 see
whether they are appreciated by ,he
people or not. This. Of course. We ar
enabled TO do by having a vacant doc.
and steamer that We cannot otherV -
use. Avoid any illusions to tie lo
Steamship Company, and. Of course. az
statement that may Indicate that vs.
are putting on this service 10 interfere
In any way with this enterprise"
ON August 2 Of that year he wa.
writing to J. NJ Williams, general freight
agent Certainly we cannot he harrNoi
II we keep quiet for a month. Won
might utter some quietly wordcl pr
tests against tho Joy l,no) that WI
make good reading in court II W. hoN"
to go there"
A series OF letters FOLLOWED show q
that the Joy line was for sale In ''e
fall. and Charles +. Brookcr. one ~ 't
defendants, wrote that he had hralH
that 'outside parties were making H
quiries about 1t, lie volunteered 10 'H
anything he could do 10 help out 'hn
road.
The Judge answered promptly ina
was not tho policy OF the New Have
buy the Joy line, IAN we can d.
to assure whoever buys It that We 81
make 1t exceedingly warm for 'H"m
while that situation continues AZ Prov
dence." he wrote
The trial win go on THIS morning
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Does Senator SALISBURY OF Della
ware intend TO make his inland water
way from Chesapeake Bay to New
York deep enough for s~upcrdread-
noughts? II so. the demand on the
Treasury will be enormous: II not,
how is he going to save the north
Atlantic coast from the enemy?
Hitherto no n has proposed a de-
fensive waterway except for warships
OF light draught. d~estroyers. sub
marines and the like.
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Tho War Department and the Ma
tiOHal Guard.

"Thers developed between us the
hest spirit Of accommodation" say
Secretary GARRISON In n statement
about the results Of his Informal ron
f%crcnccs with authoritative Spokes-
men Of the National Guard. II those
words are as carefully fitted to the
facts. OF the occasion as the Secre-
tnry% public utterances habltually
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The plan for a larger navy pro-
posed by Secretary DANIELS is so lib-
eral and so much more than was ex-
pected of him that Colonel ROOSEVELT
has experienced some difficulty In
criticising 1t. His demand that the
United States navy shall he the Sec
ond In the world lacks de%fniteness
Representative GARDNER has already
gone him II better In insisting that
the United States should have a more
powerful fleet than England's.
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To TuE Enron or TnE Sus--Sir, In Mr.
Scollard's much discussed you and T.
couplet the grammar IL unassailabls, he
cause IL has a better sounding than "yo'
and me- conveys tho meaning and doe,
not offend the senses. This Ia ali tina
has to be considered In poetry. whatever
the grammar. u. q.
NEW loRK. November 3.
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The nomination OF Senator WAGNER
or Sherif-elect SMITH for Mayor by
Tammany has already been decided
upon by those far sighted persons to
whom the intervening Presidential and
State campaigns offer no possibility of
co%mplicating a political situation as
yet uniformed.
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FAIR WILL CLOSE DEC. 4
Ianama-PncinC Exposition "
End when Planned.

WASHINGTON. Nov. b Official '
WAS sent out to business lnru uf ''
United States today thruueh 'nN 81 a.
her Of Commerce Of The 'ui'rl
that the Panama-Iaciir I'm.
close on December I gt
planned.
Announcement Wa l.a..
quest OF c, &, Nu.rc. t'..
exposition, who huu 800. ..
ton In the press ~,
might continue hcyoou ,.,
been fixed for c,oslr.
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We have heretofore confessed our
admiration for Lady Byzantine. the
gifted Delaware author Of 314 eggs In
$40 days. Her four pen mates, cheer
fully collaborating with her. brought
the pen total up 10 1911 eggs in n
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Analogous results were obtained by
the Department of Health in this city
among its employees. II among 1000
individuals pursuing their vacations
every II needed advice with regard
to improving habits Of life, and about
~ per cent. required reference to their
physicians for impairments or defects
Of which they had not been cognlzant
and the removal of which would I'M
prove their working capacity. the value
IF such examinations is established.
Even IL one-half of the diagnoses were
incorrect the individuals afflicted with
the alleged maladies must have re-
ceived Information that increased
working capacity without resulting in
harm To them.
Medical Examination Day should,
like tuberculosis Day, become an es-
tablished custom.
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Gov. Whitman dwe,t particularly upon
the fact that when he appointed the
state committee to cooperate with the
National Security League nothing Of a
political nature In the partisan sense
had or would enter into the workings Of
the committee. The Governor, whose
speech followed n brief address by Mr..
choatc. then took as his text IA sem
tence from tie Constitution which runs ::
THE United States shall guarantee to
every state IN this Union a republican
form nf government and shall protect
each OF them against INVASION"
1t Is the patriotic duty Of the people
OF this gica, State" said Gov. Whit
man. TO make Inquiries for the pur-
pose of determining whether Tn. Cow
,-uin"nt Of the United States is in "a
position 10 protect our own State against
Invasion and If you find that such Is not
tie cas-" i seems to nc that ii IL not
only Npur privilege but Your duty to
suggest such means and measures and
70 exert such influence AS you may
Lave.
= wish YOU Godspeed The citizens
of THIS state can l." engaged in no bet
ter wOsh. You can direct your a,t.n-
i.Hn TO no work Mt the present time
that has create. issues for the State we
love th.tn the work YOU are about to
undertake.
Thr Governor said that ne fell, he
could speak not only for himself and
the rest Of Lis Administration hut for
hoth houses ot the State Legislature,
rrEdrdlesS Of politics. when he said that
III" state officials would always be
read! L. give all possible aid TO the
committee.
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II Is highly improbable that FRANK
l.. WALSH will do any harm TO Wash
ington Irving High School by speak
ing in It. The building Is new and OF
the most approved construction: il
should be easily capable Of Withstand
ing a wind OF Mr.. WALsH's velocity.