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4 Plea FOR THE UNEMPLOYED.
Why Not Enlist Them for n Limited Term
Of Military Training ?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN---Sir: In
time OF war the nation calls upon all it's
citizens to enlist in its defence, both the
unemployed and the employed and there
is a feeling of contempt for those who fail
TO respond
Is il not a poor rule that won't work
both ways? If the citizen, through no
fault OF his own, is in dire need and dis
tress. should he not be able to call on the
nation for succor? We have, no army
worthy of the name, Personally | hope
that we may never have. but ! can and
do appreciate the desirabllity OF at least
such military training AS will partially fit
our people for defence should occasion
arise.
We have abundant forts. camps outfit
and supplies Why should not the Gov
eminent in such times of distress as
these enlist men for a short period, say
three months or six months, treat them as
all enlisted men are treated. teach them
AT least something Of a soldiers duties
and of even greater Importance some
thing of healthful living, correct habits
and citizenship, and discharge them at
the end of their term? II would not be
charity, 1t would not encourage pauper-
ism. 1t would result in better citizen
ship and at least some useful knowledge
Of a soldiers responsibilities In a very
large body of men scattered over large
territory. ROBERT L, NILES
NEW YORK. January Q
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prise in commercial and financial cal
culations. II has been admitted a. an
item to the reckoning, and the business
and banking position has been adjusted
to its accommodation.
II is not bad sign that there is so
general refusal to forecast the bust
ness future. Neither is It Of i'll omen
that the expectations Of business i'm.
provement, when avowed at all, are so
moderate. Retirement is the more Likely
to exceed expectations after the famil-
lar fashion of economic developments
when thought has been gravely engaged
with the outcomes Of any extraordinary
situation. Nor are American business
men Of breed given TO wringing hands
in despair over a situation which has
to be accepted as fact.
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Congress having obliged the Hon.
SAMUEL GoMPERs by voting for a lit
eracy test for immigrants, President
WILSON is expected to interpOsc his
veto in behalf of good sense and sound
public policy. 1t is confidently he.
lieved that Mr. GoMPERs can music?
the necessary twO-thirds of the Sena'
tors TO override the veto, but in the
House his power il not thought TO eX.
tend so far. Thus the nation may es.
cape this folly for time, but If Mr.,
GoMPERs continues to increase in in
nuence in the future as he has in the
past he will appear AZ the opening Of
the SiXty-fourth Congress with a fol
lowing large enough TO defy even the
President,
The bill, outside of the literacy test,
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VIII Mayor Mitchell Tackle u?

The associations OF policemen, formed
nominally for benevolent purposes, but
actually used for the defence of their
members against any proposed change
in rules or statutes that displea sas
them. have for years been a serious
obstacle to practically every attempted
improvement in conditions in the force
Their power has been eXerted at AL
bany, in City Hall and in the trial
room at Headquarters. Through them
The politicians Of the force have oper-
ated. thwarting Commissioners and
Mayors when it seemed desirable 70
thwart them, and controlling 10 Il de
gree little understood by the ordinary
citizen the policies and performances
of the department.
In the past the managers ~ political
parties have dickered with the officers
n these associations, promising legis-
lation as a reward for votes and intiu.
ence at the polls. Sometimes the de
mands Of the associations have been
80 great that even the politicians re-
fused to accede To them, but such in
stances have been rare. The associa-
tons have been far more influential
Than the Commissioners on whom re-
sponsibllity for the mana cement Of the
force rested, the Mayors who appointed
Them or the Governors who had au-
thority to remove them.
Should Mayor mitchell decide, in
consequence Of the occurrences Of the
last few days, to undertake to rid the
department of these bodies, which are
obviously and VIGOROUSLY antagonistic
TO discipline, he would find himself on
posed to Il highly powerful clique, Yet
that clique can be beaten. General
BINGHAM beat it when he made the
inspectors detailed instead of perma-
nent officers. Moreover, IL should he
beaten, for so long as il exists the
Mayor aud Commissioner will be ham
pered in every reformatory endeavor
they seek to apply to the police.
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The Unspeakable Coroners' once.

Commissioner Of Accounts LEONARD
NJ. WALLsTEIN has made preliminary
report to Mayor Mitchell on the or
ganization and workings of the Coro-
ners' Office. in which he presents in
concrete form the conclusions which
every intelligent citizen had formed In
following the course of his inveStign-
tion in the newspapers. The Coroners'
Office is a hopeless anachronism. 1t is
given over to the unfit and the untrust
worthy. 1t could not possibly be useful
in any high degree. II can he partial
and venal and IL not unfrequently Is.
The office deals with questions of law
and science. II has no matters If
public policy to deal with. Its func-
ton is to examine facts honestly and
fearlessly in the light Of abstract priu
ciples. How absurd it is that the al
mini stration should be- made party spoil )
Of the cheapest kind and turned over
haphaZard to men only III to run a
primary or organize ward political
club. The report To the Mayor says
| that of siXty.five men who have been
elected Coroner since the consolidation
Of the Greater New York not one was
really qualified for the duties to be per.
formed. Who can question the truth
of this statement?
II would be tedious TO go over the
recital of ignorance. stupidity. indif.
! ference and perhaps worse which Mr..
WAILsTEIN epitomizcs in pages Of black
| type The urgent thing is reform.
Other States, notably Massachusetts
| have gone far ahead Of New York in
| providing for the intelligent and incor-
ruptibe inquiry into cases of suspi.
cious or doubtful death. \ bill is being
prepared for submission TO the Legis-
laturc this year which will embody
these principles
The responsibility for criminal invest!-
CATION to be placed completely in the hands
I OF the District Attorneys and the police
The scandalous jury system and tho
/ Coroner's court to be entirely eliminated.
The maglsterial functions OF the Coro-
/ ner 10 be entrusted to the judiciary.
"A competent system OF medical exami.
: NATION 10 ne fSldDllsltu III utNlSlIlE SUN
a system no experiment is necessary. The
success Of the medical examiner system
of Massachusetts IS beyond question. and
offers a plan upon which a new system r
this city may be erected with every assur
ance OF success.
THE new system 10 be manned rs
skilled and experienced Psychologists. th'
chief OF whom should be appointed by 7n'
Mayor as the result of non-assymbleC
competitive examination"
In addition 10 It's other merits, the
new system viii save the city $4,000
a year. There should be no doubt ol
hesitation about the speedy passage OF
the measure when IL reaches tn
Legi stature. No party question is in
volved and no dcfensibe interest i'm
perilled. 1t is a change from darkness
to light that no conscientious law make,
can oppose.
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CATS.
Another Opportunity for the ENten.
sion OF social Justice.

To THE EoiroE or THE SUN-Sir: Cats
were regarded as sacred by the ancient
Egyptians, also by ancient Americans,
principally female.
The cat Is said 10 he a domestic animal
Put his ears back and see him revert
Sot Africa or the banks OF The River .
Doubt furnish such blood curdling noises
as the jungle OF New York.
Shakespeare speaks OF the harmless,
necessary cat" lie was in error the cat
transmits ringworm, tapewOrm, dphtheria
and para-typhoid fever, It's bite and
scratch. rabies and blood poisoning. \
cat may be necessary: cats are an abomi-
nation.
A Brooklyn man at a recent conference
on cats spoke in their defence because
they caught flies. He was either irving
10 curry favor with the Department OF
Health, which hates both cats and flies,
or he intended 10 say neas, and was
right They catch and distribute fieas
generously.
The creates. OF modern philosophers.
the late Mayor Gaynor. was not inter-
ested in the destruction OF cats. He was
a stole and could sleep in a boiler fac
tory. His Honor was unable e. deter
mine whether he Tom OF Tahby fur
uished the noise. II this is TO be made a
sex problem there should he a single
standard of moral responsibility.
Humane societies destroy thousands OF
cats--on paper They still flourish In in
creaslng numbers in back yards and
streets.
Some dav a strong man will run foi
Mayor of New York city. His platform
will contain single plank: For cats
a license or death"
A million of nerve racked citizens
pop eyed from lack OF sleep, will cleo
him unanimously. VI. n, Jr., NJ. ID.
NEW York January .
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An Opportunity for Mr. Mann.

While President WILSON'S policy OF
"watchful waiting" has turned out to he
one of waiting until chaos came in Mex.
leo and 1t would now puzzle the Presi-
dent TO tell the country exactly what
his policy in its later stages means,
Representative MAINS criticism of the
situation is not constructive. Asked by
Mr.. GARNER Of Texas in the House what
he would do to correct conditions"
the minority leader said:
81 do not have the executive author
ity and ! cannot undertake 20 say what I
would do. but IL had the authority
would find a way OF correcting these evils"
This is not helpful; in fact, Mr..
MANN lodges the issue. His mind is
blank when II comes to proposing a
plan to remedy the evils from which
Mexico lS suffering and that are react
ing 50 injuriously upon the United
States. His reply Is an admission
that the problem Is as difficult Of solu-
ton az the situation is exasperating.
He falls back upon the notion that "if
there were proper conception or our
duties we could easily bring order out
Of chaos. and that without war" Evil
IDENTIFY Mr.. MANN does not want armed
Intervention in Mexico, because II
would result In war. the cost of which
would he incalculable and the results
politically undesirable.
Ii would be statesmanlike service
to show the country how order could
he brought out of chaos in Mexico
without war" Anybody who made
'watchful waiting" workable and q
success would be benefactor to both
nations. The country would certainly
give Mr.. MANN the credit II he coulL
hit upon a plan for the redemption Of
Mexico and the establishment Of a
stable government there without ir
volving the United States and addinl
to its responsibilities.
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EAT LEFTovERS. SAYS PERKINS.
Mayors Committee. Headed by
Financier. Has I25 Recipes

The Mayors food supply committee, OF
which George W. Perkins is the chairman
has issued circular showing the posi-
bllities of "leftovcrs' in the makeup OF a
family meal. The point is brought out
that not only can every scrap of food
remaining from a previous meal be used
IN some way. hut the use of "leftovers"
will teach families to save money by
avoiding waste.
Mr.. Perkins and his coworkers re-
mind American housewives and ether
family cooks that European housewives
are noted for knowing how to combine
leftoVers in such way as to make most
savory and nourishng Dishes" and go on :
Indeed, IT is common saying that a
European family can live on what the
average family in this country throws
away
In impressing upon housewives the
economy II having "leftovers" the clm-
mlttee says
EFF possible buy for more than Just one
meal at a time; in other words when
buying plan 10 have something left over
for another meal, particularly where the
first cooking takes a long time or where
the food can be reheated - advantage.
This will save you time. labor and
money"
Then follows a list OF "leftovers," meat
and poultry, which are most excellent for
hash. scalloped dishes, croquettes, a loaf
md salads; fish For creamed dishes and
fish pudding; vegetables for havorng
soups, making creamed SOUPS, vegetable
hash. salads and omelet filings left
over poached or soft cooked eggs, LETT
over cereals, stale bread, dried pieces OF
cheese sour milk or cream and fruit.
The cOmmi,tee has prepared a pamphlet
containing recipes for 125 appetziug and
nourshmg dishes that may be made from
"leftovers" of all kinds, which it will.
upon request. send by mail from it's office
in the City Hall.
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OBJECTS TO A $50 CITY CHAIR.
Mr.. Bullock Alleges Luxury In Tene-
mcnt House Department

William Bullock, director OF the bureau
OF city inquiry, an Institution OF recent
birth, and marked with an aversion for
eXtraraSancles maniiesting themselves in
the Mitchell administration, issued a jerr-
miad yesterday on the luxury OF a certain
Morris chair which hc alleges has been
bought by commissioner John ]. Murphy
OF the Tenement House Department
The purchase is said to have been an
proved by Comptroller Prendergast who
has recently had shower bath installed
in his Office
Accompanying the announcement OF this
discovery is an artful description Of the
chair, description redolent of bland des
uetudo. fetching ease, far removed from
efficiency. Moreover. the chair isn't prison
made. but was bought at department
store for twenty of the clty's dollars Com
missioner Murphy was out of town yestcr-
day ana no expression OF satisfaction
could be obtained from him.
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GIVES NEW BOAT TO !
SEAMEN'S INSTITUTE
Louis Gordon lIamcrSlcI Pre-
sentS Tender in Memory Of
His Father.
SOCIETY SEES CEREMONY

While the stanch little tender j. IIup..''
Ilamersley strained resilessly at r.r
mornings at picr :. East River ycst.r.
day afternoon, she was formally pr
sented to the Seamen's church ln-.
tute by Louis Gordon IIamcreloy, iI..
ward undergraduate, in memory OF b.,
father. after whom the lit,l" boat
named Seamen from every port un On"
seven seas mingled with men and women
well known IN society Oh the SHELTERED
pier and listened TO the ceremony OF ded.-
cation.
The Rev Archibald u Mansfield, sup,.-
intendent Of the institute spoke briefly ODD
the boat and harbor service maintained 81,
prevent scamen from falling foul OF per
ashore after escaping those " the du,l
and told Of the little Sentinel mOO..i
beside the j. Hooker Hamcrsley which g
now replaced artcr eleven years of se'.
vice in carrying sailors to the iustItu..
from their ships
description OF the boat was given 20.
j. Frederic Tams chairman of tho EU..
and Harbor Service and senior plr'u..
of Tams, Lemuinc crane, d's gu.
OF the craft. She b. steam driven, - O..
In length and - beam. aud draws 8
feet OF water. She viii accommodate luN
seam,u and their duuuagc.
In presenting the boat Louis Gord,a
Hamcrslcy told Of the interest no sl...-
manifested 10y his father one Of the me-.
ayers of the institute. and said that w...
he learned Of the pressing need fr
new tender hS decided it would b.
fitting gift IN memory Of his father
In accepting the tender Edmund D.
| Bayles. president said
Il cannot adequately express What .'-
generous gift means to the Sraw"u'. ! ..
stitutc 1t will carry the mcsstg. o..
good will OF the institute to every SIN
Ehat comes into port, whether coastw
sloop or ocean liner, and may hc lifting
termed the right hand Of welcome wre.
is extended TO sailors Of all nationaitl,-
/ and Crecds."
/ The tender was dedicated hy the Rig
| Rev Frederick Courtney. clerical vice.
president The Rev. William T. NJ
I ming. rector OF Trinity, dcliNcred tho doo .
catory address. lie declared that sin,
the underlying cause OF the great war
| Europe was lack Of understanding al
| sympathy between the people Of o..
J different nations, IN. boat and the wor
| OF the institute would convince gre.
| numbers Of foreign seamen of the -o0I
| will OF the American people and NAL.
them agents of peace whcrevcr they war
dered.
Among those at the ceremony wore
fMr and Mrs Samuel Nelson lInckloy
| Col. and Mrs. Herbert l.. Satterlce.
Miss Emily Hope Hamilton, Mr.. and M
| Hamilton Fish Kcan. Mrs. {. D. Lowtl,,
/ Miss Augusta NJ de Puyster Mrs VIII
lam B. Shoemaker. Mrs. Richard b A
drich Mr.. and Mrs. William 6. Low
! Mrs. William Osgood Field Wilson M.
shall, Miss Emily Van Amringe and VI
l.. L. Lorillard
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ROOSEVELT TO HELP JOBLESs
VIII Lecture at MetropoIitsn fer
Bencnt Of Idle.

Col. Theodore Roosevelt, will deliyer y 9
lecture on south America I'M the Motr.
polltan Opera House ON the evening a.
January - for the benefit Of the uuer
ployed He win preface his talk VII.
some remarks on unemployment II Va,
TO learn Of conditions here that he ve'',
the Municipal Lodging House and the Ia a
side recently.
Mayor Mitchell has been asked 10 n''
side. DR.. Nehemiah Boyuton, cha rwl
OF the interchurch unemployment commit
tee, and Charles Stcl2lc, executive se.r'
tary will make brief addresses
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LEGAL CODE CHANGES URGED
Law Committee Of Par tssociatiur
Makes RepOrt.

\ report Of the law committee II =
Bar Association mfdc public Hcstcrdt .
urges amendments to the code &C erin
nal Procedure, civil procedure and u|..
the judiciary law to do away with ahI-,.
in the legal system of the state now go
sidercd fragrant.
The report recommends churg.uI 90
jury TO consider defendants failure u
testify the adoption of thr blanket cor ju.
indictment with separate counts Nn
there are several chdr-rs against 4 cd, .
PENDANT for the Zee act or transact.
or connected transactions or far nm, -tH..
class OF offence the abolition cSp,s,Ju
OF double wrlts OF habeaS corpus ro' 'r-
same cause, and the abolition ~ trial
newspapers,
The last recommendation IL aimed A..
hold Grand Jury secrets inviulablc,
uIsins ,nr aDuiitiun uf duubiv n,,ts 20
habeas corpus the report attacks pnl
ticularly the custom az rich malctacto
paranoiacs and their lawyers of think -
tAey have the privilege Of an unlimltc'
number Of writs,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-04
VEHICLES KILL 80 IN MONTH.
Ten OF Those Run Down In New
York streets Were children.

The report OF the National Highways
Protective Society issued Saturday SHOW &
that during December thirty persons were
killed by vehicles in the streets of Greater
New York
Automobiles caused the death Of egh-
teen persons, trolleys six and wagons six.
OF the thirty, ten Were children under g
years OF age, A year ago the record was
as follows; Automobiles, %; trolleys, s,
and wagons, ..
In New York State outside the greater
city uiue persons We're run down and
killed by automobiles and trolleys caused
the death OF two In New Jersey two
children and ten adults were killed by
automobiles and troll vs. knocked down
and killed three aduls.
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tity of the dead man and that the time
Of his disappearance corresponds with
the date of papers wrapped about the
remains. From this point there seem
to proceed many possible lines OF In
quiry. The victims business of collec-
tor should furnish suggestions as to
the locality Of the murder and might
even point nearly to the perpetrators.
1t is strange thing how poor a pro-
lection post mortem mutilation Is TO
assassins. AS in the Guldensuppe and
Aumuller and sundry other cases II
seems probable that the precautions
taken may aid detection in the present
instance rather than shield the Grim
!nals
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Worries of a Kentucky Editsr.


OF places to borrow. the printing once
here catches the brInt, Folks seem to think
that we have a workhouse Allied with every
imaginable tool or material that they could
use and come here to get IT, From one 20
dozen times day some one win ask;
Nave you a hammer l could get just a
minute ?" Then they ask for all the other
things In order boy came In the other
day and wanted TO borrow the once cat,
and frequently they ask TO borrow the job
printer for a couple of hours, Then 3 tel
low comes In and wants TO get a pole, IKE
lie thought he was entering a forest. Scrap
paper. pieces OF brass. extra copies OF the
paper, exchanges are public property, II
seems. Have you anything 20 read :" Is
another query and then We get accused OF
scattering waste paper about the streets,
No wonder a boy who enters q printing Off e
to learn the trade is called devil. II he
isn't when he enters he Will be when ne
completes the trade
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APPEAL TO AID JOBLESS.
Interchurcb Committee Gives Hints
To Employers.

An appeal to employers to continue
their business operations and to emplu.
as much help as they can. as a "rolig.u.i.
duty" Is made by the iutcrchurch uu-
employment committee of the New Yorh
Federation OF Churches 9TH, entire
problem of unemployment must o.,
made q problem of applied religion" q
statement sent OFT by the committee say
1T Is as important this winter as a.
social or philauthropic work that has evcr
been done by the church
Practical hints to householders ard
employers are contained In the appeal
which suggests that every church he
made special agent between labor and
the employer TO obtain as much wors
IS possible. Housckeepers can find Jobs
which they generally pu, of until spring
cellars or attics to be cleaned or bits
OF repairing 10 he done Office managers
can dispose OF accumulated papers or ma.
terial, do anything which must bc done
some time and which will help the uuem-
ployed il done now.
lnves igation Of neighborhoods is urge
upon church members, that they may fui
families or individuals who need cloth
ing, food, doctors care or simply
friendship. Aud early in the Winter a day
VIII he set aside on which represent.
tivcs from the churches will go out to fird
work for those who need II.
The establishment of loan agencies I'm
churches is suggested "All that is pee
CURED the committee says. "is a sum.
cieIt amount Of money to begin opera
tions and a simple, sensible plan of All
ministration. \ low interest charge "
probably make the enterprise prac'icol''
seif-supporting. The capital invested
would he returned To those who advance
it when the necessity for its use sh
have passed bN To lon moupN ift 4 buG.
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Mr.. Wilson'S New Theory Of Our Indus
trial Depression.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir, |
have always had the greatest admiration
for our President, despite the fact that
his idealism had shot to pieces the bust
ness In which | am Interested. But this
letter to Great Britain requesting a lifting
OF their embargo, on the ground that it
Is the cause Of our industrial depression,
shakes my faith,
Can II be possible that he really believes
this to he our trouble" LUMBER.
PATERSON. \, j., December 30,
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Papers and a scrap OF Paper.

To THE EDiToR OF THE SuN-Sut
don't think any clear minded American
is influenced in his opinion OF the Ger
man invasion of Belgium by all this con-
troyersy about papers discovered and I'M
discovered. secret or otherwise.
No apprehension that | may feel that
my neighbor is hostile 10 me- or medi-
tates my annoyance will justify my at
lacking him burning his house and muir
deIlng his Family.
Otherwise any ruffian migS,t Justify his
attacks by saying that they were made
20 prevent possible assaults on him.
CEDAR STREET.
NEW YORK. December 81.