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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-08

Francis Louis Slade. II is nine-hole
handicap medal play, and one of the
series of contests which have been in
augurated as part of the seasons pro-
gramme. The ladies of the club are
looking eagerly forward to the putting
contest for August 20. when the play is
for cup given by Mrs. Thomas r.
French. of Brooklyn, and Camp Inter
laken, on Spitfire Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs V. Everit Macy have
arrived and opened the Peabody camp,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-27

l. Miss Bonnie Ola IS tattle concerning
Miss Tueenia Kelly 20 lead to a clean
up" in their primrose sphere, as did the
quarrel between James Ila1cn Hyde and
James W. Alexander i'm the world of III
.urarccg And If so, are the police to be
implicated; are the coils of the System Ia
be barred in n somewhat altered grip on
the citys commercialzcd vice?
Stanch admircl- or the present city adj
ministration viii hope that Commissioner
Woods prompt move TO find out the truth
for himself win be rewarded with lack
of confirmation for recent charges. But
however unsavory the disclosures the city
may derive comfort from the thought that
neither Mr.. NcAncny nor Commissioner
Woods will compound the disgrace by seek
ing to cover up and defend the condition.
There is another phase of the case of
Miss Kelly which suggests an indictment
of this community b. blanket form. And
that is the amazing absence Of parental
control. Of which she is a product, IN an
environment peculiarly dangerous to the
young. We are all familiar with the com
plant that the native born children of
immigrants who make up so large "a per
centage of our incorrigibles and criminals
throw off early the influence Of home ano
parents, ashamed Of It's alien flavor. But
Miss Kelly j, the daughter Of native par
cntS. and so are the great majority of the
gilded young women who. it is charged
have like her, responded to the siren cal
Of the avenue of cabarets, who. on tho
plea of Giving their own lives have just
as effectually rejected the guidance OF
the Older generation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-27
Abolish Imprisonment for DEBIT

As if To give 20 Sherie Grilenhagcn 5
efforts TO have the Constitutional Conven-
ton abolish imprisonment for debt the
illustration with pathetic attendant cir
cumstanccs so often necessary TO arouse
interest in abstract issues comes the case
Of Samuel Sonueoschein. This unfortu-
nate leased q tenement. hut his venture
failed. While Souuenschen was the les
see tenant was injured in hail and
obtained iudgmcn; against him. Sonncn-
schein was dragged to prison, leaving his
wife and five young children with moth
inc TO eat. While he is imprisoned they
become "A burden on the community or
starve.
Imprisonment for debt, according to
s. s. Gilbert. the Sherifs counsel, "is re-
pugnaut 10 all modern ideas of civil law
and procedure" Orders Of arrest are
generally used 20 harass or annoy" They
are frequently means Of revenge, fire.
uueuuy attempts at blackmail; sometimes.
as in Sonnenschc.n's case, gross abuses Of
dccency. though legal Judge Nann. of
the Court OF Appeals. wrote: "lmprlson-
ment for debt dies hard. Barbarous, cruel
and senselcss, il puts its victim in Jail IN
order TO make him do something which in
most instances the Imprisonment itself
prevents him from doing. It is the lawful
use Of torture, and differs only in degree
from the suffering caused by the thumb
screw. the rack and the boot
Fortunately, the use Of this legalized
torture is limited to a few classes Of
cases. There is no good reason why it
should exist in civil cases-barring, Of
course, the right Of Imprisonment for con-
tempt of court This is a question which
the Constitutional Convention should not
find it difficult to deal with broadly, hu-
namely and sensibly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-27
ASIA'S NEW ROLE
DEPENDS ON u. S.
Matthews and Quick Urge Just Treat
ment of Japanese in Their
Report to Council.

The adontion Of an adequate Oriental pol
icy for the United States, based on the prin-
ciple of Just and equitable treatment of all
races" F.. urged in the report Of Professor
Shaler Matthews. dean of the Divinity School
% Chicago University, and the Rev. DR.. sid
ney l.. Gulick. who composed the Christian
Embassy TO Japan
The report. approved by the Federal Coun-
ell Of Churches OF Christ in America, was
made public last night 1t recommends that
the entire immigration problem be taken up
1T an early date. providing for comprehen-
>ive legislation covering all phases OF the
question in such a way as to conserve Amer
lean institutions and 70 protect American
labor from dangerous economic competition.
The awakening Of ASIA says the report.
'inaugurates an era in world history in which
Asia is to play new and increasingly i'm
portant role Whether that role shall he one
Of peace. good will and mutual cooperation
cor one Of an unfriendiy nature will depend
largely upon the attitude of the Western ma
tons themselves
The report recommends that economic or
carnations be urged to turn their attention
~ the gravity of ignorance and misunder-
standing with regard TO Japan" and that
peace workers be urged to regard the estab-
liShmeut i'm America OF the right treatment
of Asiatcs as practical question before us
for the establishment OF permanent world
peace
Among the dificultie, in the way of an I'M
Gerstauding between the two countries is our
failure "to see that Japan does not ask for
free opportunity 20 send immigrants 70 the
United States, but that japanese ALREADY res
dent In the United States shall be treated
without discrimination
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-27
"I6l g. 1915"
Comment by One Who Loves Ger
many. but Agrees.

10 the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: | have read sour admirable editorial,
1,l3-l9l5." Reluctantly because of my love
for Germany but | hope opcnm'ndedIy' ]
agree with IT, cs entails. German victory
would Dee a menace to national liberty. The
parallel is just But why not carry the
parallel further? II is one Of the great
ironics Of the Narolcouic period tia' the
French tyraut actually represented the cause
Of progress and civilization and the tonii'ion
the cause of medieval repression ana
tyranny. Napoleon incorporated into fact
much Of the social idoalism OF the French
Revolution. His regime because of bis ma
mer,c organizing power and his ability 10
realize that the old order of things had
changed. was the birth of modern Germany.
The nations of the Coalition, after their VIC
ory. were too weak or short sighted TO con
tnuc his work Though inspired by all the
poetry OF liberty they had not tenth part
Of his ability. And again today the poetry
is mostly on the one side and the ability on
the other
After all. can we be so sure that the cause
of the Allies is the cause OF liberty and racial
autonomy" The period following Napolcon's
downfall. with rs Nettcrnichs and its Holy
Alliance. wa- deliberate attempt 20 restore
the prc-rcvolutioHary status quo. Doesn't our
parallel suggest that the victorious Allies
may play the reactionary part Of III" VIC
orious Coalition The Germans who fought
With such noble idcalsm in the "Bcfrei-
ing hrice" returned home TO find their hopes
Of internal liberty blightcd, while ilapsburgs
and Hohcnzollerns and NctternIchs turned
the screvs still tighter and counterslGned
tae partition OF Poland.
Are We 70 wake up after the war 20 find
that this thing has happened once more?
Why should We suppose that Russia with
her eyes on the Balkans and the Dardancllcs
represents the cause of racial autonomy?
or Itaiy looking toward the Adratic Slavs
or France. looking toward German Lorraine e?
May not the victory Of the Allies again prove
20 be not the victory OF the Allied people
but of the Allied governments? Il is one Of
the irouics OF such war that whichever
side you are With you are in the wrong.
These are pcssimstic considerations, but
they may help TO keep our American heads
level. They may hclp prevent us from throw
ing our American .doalism i'm with the cause
of reaction in 1919, as she Germans thrc"
Jhclrs ia 1913.
HIRAM X. MODERN ELL
New York, May 26, 1915
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-27
FEDERAL BUDGET
URGED ON WILSON
Commerce Chamber Committee SEES
Forth Its Plan 10 the
President.

Washington, Nay 26.-Urgirg the adopuo1
Of the budget system in dealing vita g'fe'tH
ment finances "A special committee ..
Chamber OF Commerce Of the United s'-.e'
conferred with President Wilson this Mo'n
ING and explained several phases OF the SUI
jcct. A referendum of the chambers me"
bers in 1912 showed 500 favored me oTes
system. while only ten We're against IT. I.is
ident Wilson has already expressed n Gum.
in favor Of the system. and asked iae - ia
Der Of Commerce committee coda, TO- .hs
views as 20 how the system VIII ""'''
Executive and Congress. b.-s II
The Presiden, will confer with meHIiV e. he
the Senate and House early IN the iA4. % an.
adoption of the system, and 10 was ,nee,Sst
nourcement OF this conference ihat ot Use
the commerce committee 10 the Nh'ie "''
to-day MI. Of
Charleston: Frank j. Gooduow, prGs.aen'
Johns Hopkins University. and bat.'syI BY
Chase. of Boston. They were accom-? S.,ianal
Elliott H. Goodwin, secretary OF the Ns'S"
Chamber OF Commerce.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-27
Untinely.
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In the Civil War, at the Battle OF
Charlottesville, where Stonewall Jackson
was killed, where the company which COM
manded was desperately engaged. and men
were dying on every hand, a mongrel cur
started rabbit and chased it down between
he hostile ranks. right under the line of FIRE.
This is called 20 mind because like move
ment has been started by certain individuals
to petition the General Assembly OF the Pres
hyteran Church, now in session at Roches-
ter, ~ Y, TO discipline the Presbytery OF
New York because they have licensed young
scholars to preach the glorious gospel Of
the blessed God
Our foreign missionaries in Persia are in
danger Of martyrdom; war threatens US
the angel Of death is abroad in the land ;
we can almost hear the beating OF his wings.
This movement is surely very untimely
REV. JAMES OTIS DENNISTON,
Late Isl Lieut.. Co. G., l24th n. Y. S. Vol.
New York, May 20, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-27
Where Our Safety Lies.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Permit consistent reader TO COM
uond TO all un-Amcrican allies your article
under caption "1si3-l9l5." for only to such
is its appeal the gst of its contention
being that we should extend every aid 10
down the terrible Tcuton blandly neutral
proposition the casus belli that Germany
proposes to annex the whole Of Europe and
that America is next in line for subiugation.
The outstanding fact is that the simon pure
American does not scare, and therein lies
the safety Of our country at a time when it
is sought through insidious methods 70 un-
balance Us. {. 4. X.
New York, Nay 26, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-27

56G.0441l.
Frank A. NanderliD. treasurer Of the Polish
Relief Fund. announces that BY contribution
amounting to $237 received yesterday the
total now Is S22606.7O.
While Miss Holl!ngsworth, for the Ameri-
can Girls Aid. has received 70 date gifts
amounting to 81 .20318. the large number Of
expected war babies IN France necessitate
an appeal for moro funds. She Will be glad
20 receive baby kits at Pier -. North River.
The contributions received by Mrs. WHIT
ney Warren Yesterday for the relief of des-
titute women and children Of France amount
cd 20 1891, making the total Of the fund
$776s6.20
The Committee of Mercy announces that
its fund now totals $1S3,195.2 of which
81 81 IS was received yesterday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-27

war with Germany. II the Nebraskan
was torpedced, we are bound 70 conclude
Germany has already made her decision.
We shall get nowhere, accomplish moth
ing. serve no end by running away from
facts attempting TO avoid cata trophe
by shutting our eyes and stopping up oHr
cars. No one wants to rock the boat
but every ono should see who're the current
is taking it and what lies down stream.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-27
Golf and the Gallery.

Golf is a game primarily intended fol
players, not spectators. Why, otherwise
should the course it covers wander so out
raceously all over the lot. up hill and
down dale, in and out Of copseS over ponds
and round corners instead Of lying meekly
and compactly at the foot of a grandstand
like a tennis court football gridiron or
a baseball diamond? Il would really &p-
pear as if the fates which decreed and de-
veloped golf had never given a thought to
spectators. being no doubt as absorbed in
the drive and the approach and the putt
as any of their mesmerized followers.
Not only the course but the psychology
Of the game is opposed to the spectator.
Even the Mephistopheian caddie, whose
eyes burn a hole through your back as
you address-with what unuttered plead
ings and threats and misgivings the lit
tie white pill on the tee. seems a hardly
toerable nuisance in this respect. How
much more disconccrting, then, becomes
the gallery. The Incompatible Matty,
used daily to the adulation of the multi
tude on the baseball diamond. has said
(and his words were prompted by bitter
experience) that it took more nerve to
putt before a gallery of ladies than to
march up to the mouth Of cannon. Good
golf playing, like genius needs privacy for
its best expression.
But notwithstanding the physical incon-
yeniences offered him and the scarcely
yelled hostility to his presence radiating
from the arched spine of the player, the
spectator will not be denied. Mr. John G.
Anderson counted $4,000 of him following
the two leaders in the British open cham
pionship a year ago. They seriously dis
commoded the players, trampled the fair
way and the greens and gouged and LAGER
ated the bunkers He would seek to han
die the invasion with an elaborate series
Of "don'ts," to be enforced by special
police.
The problem is a nice once since the
creator If the golf links in forgetting he
spectator has not only made it incon-
velient for him to follow the game but
inconyenient also to prevent his doing so.
It begins 10 look as if the precautions and
penalties adopted by the military to keep
sightseers from the front would have TO
be resorted to in the case of the more i'm
portant golf matches.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-27
Congratulations.

10 the Editor o. The Tribune.
SIR: Your splendid leading editorial en-
titled "1sl3-915' in The Tribune this morn
ing is very impressive, and you are TO be
CONGRATULATED for il.
May not there be some opportunity 70 get
Il ia pamphlet form?
] feel that its circulation among our
lethargic. solf-satisfed citizens would be Of
much beneficial effect. AMERICAN.
Newark. y. j., May -, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-27
The Desire for Peace VIII Not Pro
tect Us.
IL ,hc Eli,or Of Tie Tribune

70 nc tII'0T oT he IfIblHo.
Sir: want 20 congratulate you on your
outspokcn editorial on the attitude Of Dr..
Nicholas Murray Butler and others toward
world politics The desire for peace will
not protect us Neither will the friendly
feeling for United States OF Europe pro-
tect us This is not Dr. Buffers only politi-
cal blurdcr His three books. True and False
Democracy" "The American as He Is and
"Why Should We Change Oar Form Of Gov
crnment?" are full of notions that have long
been dispelled in the minds OF every deep
student Of politics.
+. d. BPGNKERHOFF.
Fail River Mass, May %, 1918.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-27
An Appeal to Shoppers.

TO the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: May 1 take the liberty of asking your
readers to be patriotic and consderate
enough to make all purchases at times other
.han Monday, May 81. at which time Ne.
mortal Day will be observed?
Every purchase made or a holiday is a
demand for the stores to remain open on
future ones and vote TO deprive the en-
ployes OF much needed rest and recreation
CONSIDERABLE SHOPPER.
New York, May 81. 1918.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-27
The Test Of Quality.

from The Manchester GuGrdi0r.
Our social system Is being reconstructed
on a military basis. 1t was question who
was to open a Red Cross bazaar The name
of lady was suggested.
WY, she can't give much" objected one.
"She only lives in a very small house"
said another.
shes three sons, TWO brothers. four
rephcws, and don't know how many cousins
in the army" said the proposer There was
no further opposition Mrs. was unani-
mously chosen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-27
SPECIAL RELIEF FOR EUROPE
Supplies Sent to Italy, Poland,
France and Belgium.

The Special Relief Society, Of 597 Fifth
Avenue announced yesterday that during the
last week boxes # supplies have been sent to
italy. Russian Poland France and Belgium.
The society also acknowledged gifts amount
ing 20 S46l.5
The fund of the Serbian Agricultural
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-27
A Kindly Critic.

10 No EI-TUT on Inc IT0GT0-
Sir: Have just read your Illuminating
editorial. "lS13-l9l5." Lord NorthcliTe him
self could scarcely have put the entire sit
Iation so humorously. Surely you must now
realize that Your king and country needs
you," OF course, in going over, you may
Jose prestige by taking passage on an
American vessel but it is really safer.
American vessels don't mix cartridges with
babies. II. C. MARTENS.
Rutherford y. j., May %. 1918.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-27
Praise.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: ! just want TO say that your edi-
toral IN TINS mornings issue OF your paper
"l8l3-l9l5,' is by far the finest editorial
have ever read on any subject
GEORGE Il. BAKER.
Brooklyn, May 20, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-27

Governor Capper Of Kansas drove thirty
miles through the rain and mud 10 deliver a
commencement address before the gradual
ing class Of Maple Hill, consisting of one lone
boy And yet the ordeal RENT med onc-s idcd.
The Keith vaudeville interests, in shutting
their doors 10 all who have achieved noto-
riety in the criminal courts, including Mr..
Carman, have put vaudeville and the public
in their debt.
Ncbrasban Torpedood or Struck Nine
Headline
The reference is not TO M Bryan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-27
Peace and War.

should receive his passports, and dipio-
matte relations between Germany and the
United States should cease.
such au outrage as the torpcdoing Of
the Ncbraskan would be properly &C
copied by the United States as the real
answer of Germany te the American note.
the declaration Of purposes which makes
further discussion impossible
4 severance Of diplomatic relations is
not a declaration of war, but it is one
more step, is indeed next to the last step.
In taking it the United States would give
final indication to Germany Of the direc-
ton in which It's policy led and Of the ap-
proach of hostilities.
From the very outset The Tribune has
warned its readers that optimism in the
present emergency was wholly unwar-
ranted. For many years thousands Of
Americans have believed that to desire
peace, TO seek it honestly and earnestly
was TO guarantee that peace would pre-
vail. Even in the heat Of the LusitaAia
N'''''.''- '''.- , ~ a. '. . - y,
ID" ,'-' 49, ''. -. - '-'',' ~
S'I'1 ''' ''0'''''e '''' ''-' '''''7''' VI ''''
was intolerab.e
N'' INC Last -.''
sank we have been on the brink Of war
WIFI "'' ''''''''' ''o' ''''''''' '''ei0 was any
desire 20 seek vengeance Out because j
Germany persisted ID pollcy OF asSassi-
nation and programme OF murder II was
Impossible Tor the Chi'eo states 10 "'0'U
o declaration Oh war
Now 'heie is no occasion 10 pass JUoE-
nclt ID advance on the Ne'raskan mel
dent. i 1t turns out that the snip Ai'
mine SO much the better. But it is neces-
sow. +o cors,do, tbe sitYatio, we shall find
.,:- ....- ,,,,:h.~o.o1,.
IN H.. t.... u...lo5
inc polh' Nhe'e oIP'o'''o''o i-,'i 0o"i 20
WIN germany mas become i'llpoS''''e'
II Us conceivable that the recaH Oh Am
bassador Gerard might accomplish what
all other efforts have failed TO accomplish
Inc departure OF inc representative ol '''e
last great power at peace WIN germany
might nave an eHec' V'aV TO "oioS' INV
ever frank ana "I"'' oou'u nave ~ i
JUST possi'ie 'h"' germany '''E"' O''"
0~CA Oh ,''7 W nm % ''''''''0' ~ en-
LEI al 'ils Is 'o'"''y u'i'iNc'y' ! %"
Ue very outset 'si'''"NS ',''' '',O'O"' W. @
0aii'' ue'i'eI"'e oe''i MINK 'i0'' ~ pun 'U'
her own enos IN her o"" way '"e mas
devastated a "hole n"''on 10 get d. d loe,
she mas slaughtered american "oil'e" anu
ch"oreh 10 s'IlNe "' EneIIS" &" po"'''
Never from august mas "eiii''S given
Ihe sl""i'oS' '"D''"''oi ','"' any
OF righ'' Oh huinah''y' ol respect Ioi an
other nation "oulu prevent her from ACT
ing IN accordance with what she conceived
70 be her best interests
Now, If we declare war upon Germany
we shall not be able mmedia'eIy' Il at
all, 10 add to her dIihcuItles III Europe
Whether we are hostile OF neutral our am
munit,on will continue 10 10" INTO Aimed
countro5. The maximum Of actual dam
age we can DO her we are doing now If
war be declared she can torpedo our ships
with impuuity and in some measure reduce
the influx Of ammunition into the nations
opposing her.
The only possible benefits Germany
could draw from preserving peace would
bo moral. But these she would have TO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-27
MARSHALL NAMED
ELECTIONS HEAD
Whitman Appoints Republican Lead
er of 10th District to
$4,000 Job.

Albany. May 26. Or. Frederick Marshall, Ct
New York. was named Superintendent of
Elections by Governor Whitman to-day
DR.. Marshall was associated with the franz
ers Of the bill rcorganizing the office of the
Superintendent of Elections passed at the las,
session Of the Legislature. He succeeds John
R. Noorhis New York; W. J. Hillary. Buffalo,
and John Palace, Brockport. His salary is
5000 annually
Dr. Freder.cs Marshall is Republican leader
Of the 10th Assembly District. lie recently
resigned the Office Of Collector Of Internal
Revenue for the Sd District. He was appoint
ed 20 that office on July t., 1910. at an annual
salary Of $4,000. Both pr. Marshall and
Charles W. Anderson who had charge of rev
cnue collections m this city, offered to re-
sign as soon as President Wilson took othce.
For wears Or. Marshall has been one Of the
most active political workers on the East
side. He was the right hand man Of Ferdi
uand E.dmau. the oil Republican leader ~
the 10Th District. When Eidman died, On
May. 1910. Dr. Marshall succeeded him. IL
was eicc ed % the Board OF Aldermen IN 1881
and served three years.
H. 1890 DR.. Marshall ran for County Clerk,
but wa defeated He has been a member Of
the Republican County Committee Tor many
year. Ue was offered the nomination for
Sheriff Oh the Gaynor independent ticket, but
declined il to lend his full support to the
fusion ticket headed by Mayor Mitchell He
IS forty-eight wears old, a dentist by proies-
sion and lives at l52 Second Avenue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-27

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