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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-08
MIR M'ADoo's SHIPPING PLAN
Does It Mean Naval Auxiliaries or
Merchant Steamers for Trade?
10 the Editor OF The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: am sure The Tribune would not IN
tentionally deceive It's readers merely 70
make point against policy to which II IS
opposed. and yet your editorial OF oc'ooer
% entitled "a Knockout fer Ship Purchase
does that very thing. and hence peg 10
trespass on your space in order. to set you
right.
In this editorial you state that the last prop
has been knocked out from under the Presi-
dents and Mr.. McAdoo's plan for an Ameri-
can merchant marine by reason Of the re-
ported ban placed on the sale Of interned
German ships by the German government
Now. It so happens that Secretary McAdoo'
whose efforts you decry, spoke in Indian
npolis on October 10, 1919 and outlined a
plan for an American merchant marine. and
The Tribune was supplied in advance with
a copv Of this speech what he proposed
was not purchasing ships at all, but the con-
struction Of naval auxiliaries under the su-
pcrvision Of the Navy Department IN gov
eminent and private American shpyafds'
these ships to be used in time Of peace as
merchantmen.
The advocates Of subsidy and opponents
Of the shipping bill introduced in the last
Congress seized upon every pretext to pre-
vent the passage of the bill and the develop
ment of our merchant marine, and urged
with great insistence the objection that the
government proposed to buy .nterned German
ships. This objection, however, has no"
been finally knocked OUT by Secretary Nc
Adoo's clear proposal. and the advocates OF
a subsidy will have to find other arguments
with which to attack the bill.
Briefly stated. the plan proposed in the
Secretarys Indianapolis speech contemplates
the construction Of merchant ships to be
used in war as naval auxiliaries and IN peace
as merchantmen, and the establishment OF a
government shipping board, consisting OF
the secretaries of the Navy and Commerce
and three additional members to be appoint
ed by the President, this board to have the
authority 10 organize corporation. in when
the government would be a stockholGer for
the purpose Of operating steamship lines and
using the ships so constructed. The Secre-
tary also suggested that the shipping board
be authorized among other things 10 estab-
lsh steamship lines and TO reform our nayl-
cation regulations and be empowered TO rec
ommend to Congress legislation from time 10
time which would aid in developing mer-
chant marine.
For fifty years private capital has had its
opportunity, but has failed to build up an
American merchant marine. Our flag can
not be restored TO its former supremacy on
the seas save with government assistance
The Secretary's plan is for the benefit Of the
many; a government subsidy will benefit only
the few. STUART G. GlBBONEY.
New York, Nov. 1, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-08

Four years and a half ago lac girls and
men died in agony-to what purpose?
That their fate might be a warning to a
community which permitted the crowding
Of lofts in poorly protected buildings,
which winked at the violation Of fire ordi-
nances? How many and fervent were the
resolutions uttered then that these help
less victims had not died in vain. But
hat was four years and a half ago.
On Saturday. Of l5l occupants Of loft
building in Williamsburg twelve died in
the flames which destroyed it, or in jump
ing TO escape them, and five are near
death. The only reason, apparently, for
the slightly greater percentage Of corpses
in the Asch Building fire is the greater
height of that building. Every one who
jumped from it TO escape the flames met
death, while on Saturday all but a few Of
the jumpers lived. Is there anything in
this showing to inspire the belief that the
Triangle Waist workers did not die in
vain, that all our fine resolutions were not
so much wasted breath?
A panic, a choked and inadequate fire
escape, an emergency exit obstructed, a
building whose construction violated GER
tain elementary principles Of fire proven
tion-all these details are common to the
two disasters. And yet it would be unfair
10 say that the Triangle fire had not borne
some fruit so far as this Williamsburg
plant was concerned. The Bureau of Fire
Prevention and the Department of Labor
lad both conducted inspections Of the
building and had ordered certain correc-
tons and recommended others-an echo Of
those far-off resolutions. But it appears
that the proprietor had been slow to fol-
low their suggestions. On the other hand,
it is not clear that if he had adopted them
promptly the loss of life would have
proved appreciably less.
Has he Cor she) been negligent have
the public departments having jurisdiction
been negligent? Is the community, which
divides the responsibility Of enforcing its
ordinances among different agencies and
which acquits alleged violators, to blame?
Are our laws defective? In the name Of
humanity let's find out and stop these
CHASTITY burnt offerings to the god of
greed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-08
Rheims Cathedral Intact.
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Under the head of What is left
of the Cathedral OF Rheims" you publish in
your Sunday issue photograph purporting
TO show the ruins Of that historic monument
On closer inspection, however, the ruins prove
20 be those Of houses TO the east Of the
cathedral, while the cathedral itself is APP
parently intact
picture which is so evidently faxed
should not find space in your splendid art
supplement, and | believe your readers are
entitled to an explanation that both the piet-
are and caption got there by inadvertence.
You know. of course, that the few shells
which were aimed at the French observation
post in one of the towers were only fired
after repeated warnings by the German com
mander had been disregarded. The destruc-
tion wrought in the houses 10 the east Of the
cathedral proves that the German artillery
could have destroyed the old Gothic monu-
ment. but your picture, when correctly in
terpreted is an unwilling witness 20 the fac,
that the cathedral is still there.
AD0LPH MULLER.
Brooklyn. Nov. 8, 1915.
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HELP FOR INDOOR SLAVES
Keep Them Out in Forests with Are
and Saw.
To the Editor OF The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: The State Forest Commission y
Massachusetts, has been making during tie
summer investigation Of three different for
estry projects, and reports on these are hsv
being made up for submission 70 the ssr
Legislature. All should be considered In n
ation 70 the problem OF water conserTati'i
In their different sections, also, each 10 u
stand for an object lesson in forestry ees,'
omy.
Mount Holyoke is near to large nunS'
of factory towns and a handy outing re;rs'!
for thousands of mill operatives This oes''
tiful mountain range paints lasting rietrs
in the minds of hundreds OF students fe.
Western plains, studying at Holyoke, snin
and Amherst. The Mohawk Trail 10 bail
70 automobile tourists from all over the e's''
try. and the control OF certain strips o. li''
along the route will enable them TO I"
forestry practised as they ride.
Mount Grace is not in sight from niss"
and near 70 a well travelled thorougnir
II is in the heart OF a valuable White p,e
producing section, and the Importance w
states having voice here where lr-si
interests are tempted 20 despoil ss'ia
arouse public interest from afar hw y
where forestry has a chance TO show 'aA .
can pay in dollars and cents from the sa','
point OF numbering. This mountain Is p''v
ably producing as valuable timber eio's
acre a. any mountain in New England
When trees and fields receive as ces'''s
near-at-hand attention as the artinel"
paratus Of the laboratory, office ana 10y
outdoor life will be possible for the nh's.,
now becoming media for all sorts OF p'y''.
and even mental germs, who are ss'" -.
indoor occupations. Why should h,'
habit Of bookkeeping and accounting Us"
.ablished at the source OF production T.,
than nj city centres. where CONGESTION W..
and befogs evervthing7 Give the e'e,s' y.
tvpewritcr FOUNDER. the machine ieeo,,
axe and saw. and the training for hea''.,i
eve discerrments and muscular suoHo
better profits and products VIII AZ
lished. II these projects above menuoD'' :.
imperilled bv the prices land owners
For their holdings, the philanthrop'esT a.
clined have a chance 10 step IN ana ".r -.
state out in the purchase OF these p'oYs. .~-
Last wear THROUGH It's Transportation 80. 80
Involving some s2500000 the sts'e ga"
practical announcement 10 isolated isi"
This year the state n' a.,
opportunity TO invest about one''.n
sum in the encouragement OF tree .,,,s
the further DEVELOPMENT OF ns'urm -s,,..
which require no plough or soil eu's, -, !,
hit do require a more Discriminating -
tho axe in cutting. thinning ard wesasary
Wv DIR. PAUL W GoLDsSV"'
Warwick, Mass, Nov. 6, 1913.
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sourceful indeed the ghost who can defy
its rays.
But even should he succeed in preserv-
ng his mystery against this glare, what
Of the Mighty Hunter? Is there, then, a
spook so bold as to challenge his love Of
the chase? Surely
No evil thing that walks by night.
In fog or fire, by lake or moorish fen.
Blue. meaerc bag, or stubborn, unlaid ghost
bat breaks his magic chain at curfew time.
No goblin, or swart fairy Of the mine
las terrors for him. Within sight Of
Sycamore, reclining in the shadow Of the
Big Stick, Oyster Bay had every reason
to consider itself immune from a visitor
such as now disturbs its repose.
One is at a loss whether TO call cit
man or woman, creature clothed all in
Black and like woman, but smoking a
cigar and shooting a revolver. ut" chases
children to their homes after nightfall
and follows unattended men and women
while their vertebre do The snake dance.
Constable John Thompson, at the head OF
q posse Of one hundred evokes from at
merely hoarse laughter, followed by bull
lets. until the constabulary completes with
the spook in melting into the atmosphere
Some Of the basely unimaginat.ve call
at" an escaped lunatic, and others prac-
teal joker. Already there is talk Of IN
viting Colonel Roosevelt to lead the big
hunt. a threat which alone should deter
mine forever the nature Of the pest. For
none but a lunatic, whether Of this earth
or not would continue in the face Of 1t
his unwelcome visitations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-08
The New Football.

The new football indicated itself TWO
or three years ago, when 1t was first de-
monstrated that the offence had not been
permanently hobbled and that notAing-to-
nothing games were not about all that
could be expected from fairly matched
teams. The West led the way in proving
that touchdowns could still be made free
" by the use OF the forward pass, while
the more conservative East built its scor-
inc attack on plays which would result in
goals from the field, thus obviating the
necessity Of carrying the ball by rushing
further than an opponents l5-yard line
Now the offence is coming everywhere
into its own Complicated and highly de-
ceptive running plays and accurate con-
troll of the forward pass have put pre-
MUM on skill and team work, and no team
can hope to rate high any longer which
does not complement defence with brill
liant. heady attack.
The Decentralization game Of Satur-
day illustrated most happily the fruition
Of the hopes Of those who planned the new
game. 1t has been justly said Of the
Princeton system of recent years that it
depended almost wholly upon defence. 1t
counted more on taking advantage of the
mistakes Of opponents than on developing
a genuine attack. That day is over. Under
Rushs coaching Princeton has a scoring
team which has worked out scoring meth
DDS. The system does not yet operate as
smoothly as Harvards does, but it is there.
So on Saturday the two teams met in a
contest in which the new football was seen
at its best-a contest in skill and highly
organized team play, with thrills for the
onlookers from the minute the referees
whistle blew until the last quarter ended.
The two elevens were very evenly
matched. Most critics believe that Prince
ton had the better material. 1t had the
stronger line plunging attack. Harvard
won through alertness and greater pre-
cision Of play. Princeton apparently had
more power, but did not use it to the great
est advantage. Many Decentralization
games have been decided by line pounding
Or by brilliant individual runs. But seldom
has there been as striking an instance of
successful team strategy as that which re-
suited in Harvard's touchdown on Satur-
day. Two plays carried the ball across
the line from the middle of the field and
each one required the incest adjustment of
preconcerted plan and joint execution.
One has only to compare this style of
play with the old battering straight
through the line to appreciate what has
been done under the new rules to make
football cleaner, more scientific, more
varied and immensely more attractive to
The intelligent spectator.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-08
The American Soldiers S1a'a'

To the Editor Of The Tribune. z,.s
Sir: The sentiments Of "An Ofhee's -,,s
as expressed in The Tribune ths y,
are just pro,es, against the views ~,
Thomas. Such opinions are, more '"- .,kA
thing else, to blame for the low s'a'u' "a
the army or navy man has in the pun "A,
to-day. Men of character, VINO W. "a v
slider it a privilege. as well as guy 4
a defender Of this country and our ''' "
equality, are prevented from dO'hs ,v,t
the fact that these ideals seem mol "
to the soldier. Instead, he is eons'''' ..,ss
menial a scapegoat, an exile from .s,si
While this condition prevails tne s~xs,-
standard OF our soldiers is bound ~ ss.s<
crate Our army and navy shou'u sd
of the best OF American manhood sns !. y
cannot be the case il an enlisted ".'
be despised because Of his protess''~. o,aSs
II the public would consider Wv !. y
as an individual instead OF an oast A.
cause he is a soldier, the perc"n'ss' .,..Is
generacy would be found great des' I ,t
than is generally believed, and 'nis LID
age would materially decrease As W. 4. ~
or sailor is awarded the credit we, :. ~
him. The life which they are fofes' - ~
and strict discipline are produe''s
ralty and observation-disclosures ,,coua I
EVERETT S. NEwSo
New York. Nov. 2, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-08
A Scold SUPPRESSED.

Even the btterest critics Of the British
Press Bureau will be disinclined to cen
sure the government over-harshly for sup
pressing "The Globe" which for some
months has been the most hysterical and
indscriminate scold and trouble maker
among the London papers.
laundering and unreasonable as the
censors have been, they have rarely gone
to such lengths as in this case; for a long
time indeed, a number Of openly seditious
papers were tolerated in Ireland with
what seemed to many ineXcusable apathy.
"The Globe" is, of course, not seditious
or anti-patriotic; on the contrary, it IS,
by way of being a mighty upholder Of
British liberties and what not, an exam
pie to a press which it never tires Of de-
nouncing as "backboneless and subservi-
cnt." 1t has been a leader Of a small,
exctable group of emotionalists whose &C
tivities have been regarded with regret
by British sympathizers abroad and with
unmistakable satisfaction by the friends
of Germany. 1t was one of the chief pro-
moters Of the stupid cutlery for reprisals
after the Zeppelin raids and has done
more than any other paper to justify the
belief among Germans that Englishmen
are losing their heads.
1t is not surprising that "The Globe
has at last been seized. For long time
it has openly challenged the government
to interfere with it. Some time ago it or
gained a meeting at which Lord vii
loughby de Broke and some other eminent
men made fools of themselves, and SINH
lar meetings have been held since then,
apparently for the sole purpose of Great
ing dissatisfaction with those concerned
in the conduct Of public affairs. This
policy may be allowable, but "The Globe
defed the government at every opportu-
nifty and refused to recognize the Press Blu
reau whenever it disagreed with the cen
sors, declaring boldly that it had "sufIi-
cient courage and public spirit" TO go its
own way when it discovered what it con-
ceived to be ian abuse Of function and
privilege"
Evidently it decided that the resigna-
ton Of Lord Kitchener was an event prob
able enough 70 be accepted in spite of Off
cial denials and important enough to be
made known in spite Of official orders. 1t
may possibly have been inspired by what
it calls public spirit, but it is difficult to
see how in time Of war this sort of public
spirit could be tolerated indefinitely. II
"The Globe" had shown any judgment or
measure in its independence it might be
possible to sympathize with it, but as it
is, onlookers without party prejudices can
only feel that a pernicious nuisance has
been abated.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-08

that would be comparable to payment OF
a servant, but it must secure to her freedom
Of action and the power TO bring integrity
freedom, unity and release to all the martyr
race Of Southern Slavs.
There can, indeed. be no compensation for
the sacrifices of Serbia and the miseries OF
Southern Slavdom. They are not the result
of political or commercial calculations, but
the red flower of native idealism. There Is
only one way of giving justice TO a race
which for the third time has sacrificed itself
upon the altar Of world salvation; and that
is by enabling it to realize its ideals. These
ideals are the freedom and union OF the
whole race But | will go further, and ex-
pressing the feeling of all the Southern Slavs,
will say that the Bulgarians, too, will attach
themselves land be welcomed with open
arms) to the Southern Slav Union, as soon
as the still unrpe Bulgarian people have
been enlightened and freed from foreigners
adventures, demagogues and illusions by the
very catastrophe into which the megalomanac
Coburg policy and the fanaticsm Of a part
of their own corrupt upper class have now
dragged them.
Contentment in the Balkans will mean
peace in the Balkans; peace in the Balkans
means peace in Europe; peace in Europe
means peace in the world. In the Balkans there
will be peace as soon as the great powers
that thirst for conquest cease their in
trgues; and as soon as the Balkan nations
carry into practice the Monroe Doctrine, that
is to say, the Balkans for the Balkan peoples.
The Balkan Federation will follow. But such
federation must have strong leader, and
that leader must inevitably be of the race
which has sacrificed itself as the champion
Of Balkan freedom and in the cause of civil
ization.
1t will be for the Americas. when the right
moment comes, to support this IDEAL because
it is to the interest of the worlds peace.
But, the most democratic and, politically,
the least interested Of the great powers
America will be in a position to lend the
support of her capital and her industries to
the future Southern Slav and Balkan Fed.
Grafton, to make it independent. and thus 10
guarantee a lasting peace. On these grounds
beg you 10 grant TO these lines of mine
the hospitality of your columns.
MILAN MARJAN0VICH
New York, Nov. 4, 1915.
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Toward the End"

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Your editorial, Toward the End" in
to-day's paper reminds me of boy whistling
in the dark to keep up his courage. Don't
be afraid of the German people ever starv-
ing to death. Some 100000 alien people.
including 100000 prisoners Of war; will
starve to death before the time comes that
the German civil population will feel the
pangs of hunger Will the Allies dare go that
far? You conclude your editorial Of hopes
and wishes by saying: "The words of BRAND
and Asquth have for the world value be-
yond exaggeraton." Indeed they have, to
"the world" who believes that words will win
this war; but personally belong TO the
world that believes German action is bound
70 conquer the "Protector of the Weak" and
her Army Of Civilization"
AID. A NIELSEN.
New York, Nov. 5, 1915.
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Cash Value Of Scientific Research

professor 7. BrGilsford Robinson IN The Scientific
HoufhiD)
In 1856, Perkin. an English chemist, dscoy-
cred the coal-tar (anilin) dyes. The cost of
this investigation, which was carried out \
an improvised private laboratory, was negi-
Cible. Yet in 1905 the United States imported
S5,635,l64 forth OF these dyes from Europe,
and Germany exported 24,O655 500 worth to all
parts Of the world To-day we read that great
industries in this country are paralyzed be
cause these dyes temporarily cannot be i'm
ported from Germany. All Of these vast re-
suits sprang from modest little laboratory,
a meagre equipment and the genius and pa
thence Of one man. W. r. Whitney, director
Of the research laboratory OF the General
Electric Company, points out that the col
flaments for electric lamps. from 1901 -
1911, have saved the consumer and producer
no less than $240.0000O0 annually. He adds
with apparently unconscious naivete that the
expenses Of the research laboratory in his
charge aggregate more than 100000 an
nuallyl A handsome investment this, which
brings in some two hundred million for an
outlay OF one hundred thousand. According
20 Huxley, the discovery by Pasteur of the
means OF preventing or curing anthrax. silk
worm disease and chicken cholera, a fraction
Of that great mans life worn, added annually
to the wealth Of France a sum equivalent to
the entire indemnity paid by France TO Ger
many after the war Of 1870.
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War as Promoter of Temperance.

Some rumors about the use of alcoholic
beverages in the several armies in Europe
have shocked THE Medical Times" The
report that rum or ether was served TO
men before bayonet charges was distress
ing enough, but "is Of less pathological
consequence than the regular consumption
of alcohol as a recognized daily thing" If
it be true that soldiers must be "alcoholized
20 a degree this circumstance, according
to 1.-THE Medical Times" constitutes "the
wors. indictment Of war that could be for
mulated."
Perhaps so; but in the long run war
may be promoter Of temperance. In all
probability many Of the troops in time Of
peace were accustomed 10 much more alco-
hol than they get now in their daily
ration Of rum, and for the rest it will not
do 10 conhne our attention 20 the men in
tho trenches. Consider the noD-combatants
in France, in England. in Russia and in
Germany. Everywhere the consumption Of
alcohol has been restricted TO a degree
unthinkable before the war began.
The no-treating order alone must al
ready have cat down drinking considerably
in England 20 say nothing of many other
regulations all tending TO the same end.
We have heard more Of these regulations
than Of the regulations in France, but in
France the difficulties Of the tippler,
whether IN uniform or not, are even
greater Thus, no officers or men are al
lowed to order drinks in cafes or restau-
rants except at luncheon ard between the
hours of end in the afternoon, and
under no circumstances are they permitted
to indulge in spirituous liquors. 81 have
seen elderly staff colonies in uniform"
says the correspondent Of one journal.
"rather nettled at being refused any drink