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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-22

we pray for shall be a great peace, dealing with
no special groups; it shall know neither sect
nor religion, color or creed, party or class; 1t
shall be the great American democratic peace,
founded upon national honor, resources ana
courage. l want us to prepare while we may
Prepare while we may, yes For when one
thinks that the United States has just enough
munitions for coast defence to last twenty-four
minutes. when we remember that a coast-to-
coast invasion is easily possible, when we read
that in one engagement in the Dardanelles
more shrapnel was used than the United States
has, and when every three or four weeks we
have the fear of war renewed then we begin
to say, too, Prepare while we may
Mrs Jcsephus Daniels, wife Of the Secretary
of the Navy, has not been asked to Join the
league. because wives of Cabinet members
would hardly be permitted to do active work IN
such an organization. She is greatly in favor
of the movement, however
II am most interested in the work OF these
women" she said, land in any movement, in
fact. which works toward the enlargement OF
the navy"
Mrs John A. Logan, wife of the Civil War
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-22
7FRqFN LEAGUE AGAINST AN "APOLOGIST AMERICA
of Believe That
than the Woman Peace F@rrhrs
William Mrs john A. Logan Rec0gM%e
sreneth toDe mdasth Only Guarantee Against
AND Horrors of War;

general and mother OF the Major John A.
Logan. IT,, who died in battle in the Spanish
American War is one of the stanchest mem
bers of the Woman's Section. For long time,
also, she and her daughter were among the
very few woman members Of the Navy League,
the organization OF men founded in 1901.
Not that l haven't suffered enough from
war" she said "but because | do know so
thoroughly the horrors OF war
She and her daughter, Mary Logan Tucker,
were on their little upstairs porch when l
found them there in Washington. and as we
talked that warm, honeysuckle-fi night l
knew that their conviction was the CONVICTION
of experience, the experience that took from
the one her son, from the other her brother,
and from both the ignorance Of war and
slaughter. which is a blessed ignorance.
But armament is for peace, you see! the
old ladys voice rang out, the only sort OF
peace that can be secure, that can be perma-
nent. Peace is born of the other country's fear
Of us. not Of our weakness. America has been a
lucky young country, but she has traded on her
luck long enough. She must now establish her
self as a power with power, and power means
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4 MER1CA as the land OF apology ana
~ not Of the free, is a new vision to
L N patriotic Americans.
ITS because we haven't enough force be-
hind us for independence that we are adopting
an attitude of national embarrassment and hui
initiation" The words come from Mrs. John
A. Logan at a moment Of transition in Ameri-
can life.
The transition from the woman who wept
upon the mere mention of cannon to the
woman who has allied herself with a mans
movement the Navy League which DEN
nitely demands armament for the United
States. is not so sudden as it is unex-
pected. 1t is not sudden, because woman has
been learning the European
war is teaching her-that peace at any price
is impossible Of achievement. 1t is unexpected,
however. because the Woman's Peace party
has seemed to be the mouthpece for all Amerl-
can women. and the peace party expressly op-
poses increase OF the nations detences. But all
American women apparently are not OF the
peace party mind, for here is the Woman's Sec
ton of the Navy League, organized for the
purpose Of cultvatng public sentiment in favor
of larger navy and army and munition sup
ply, anu lIluS Dl 4lB A6 al NS ~ '4+4'"'~ p
ure possible to bear upon Congress TOR appor-
tionment Of the necessary funds.
To insure the United States against the
possibility of being invaded is the Woman's
Sections duty. The following is its pledge;
Il pledge myself to think, talk and work for
patriotism. Americanism and sufficient national
deiences to keep the horrors Of war far from
Americas homes and shores forever.
In these days of world strife and peril
will strive to do my share to awaken our ma
ton and our lawmakers to the dangers Of our
present undefended condition so that we may
continue to dwell in peace and prosperity and
may not have to mourn states desolated By
war within our own borders
In so far as l am able, will make my home
a centre of American ideals and patriotism and
endeavor to teach the children in my care to
cherish and revere our country and its his
tory. and TO uphold its honor and fair repute in
their generation
Since July 4, when the idea was first made
public over half million women have prom
jsed to serve this first woman's national de
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and soldiers is not practical Peace and arbi-
tration are the only sane solution peace is
the only economic and humane principle to
aspire TO. But this plea for disarmament is
premature. | think Disarmament presupposes
universal peace and universal peace is so lar
off that we don't need TO consider it at all
Peace dependent upon ability to take care
of ourselves is what want, what the Navy
League. OF which / so heartily approve, es-
tablishes as its premise We not only need
navy and army and munitions, but we need the
fine courage and physical bravery. too, for our
bows and men that will enable them to protect
themselves.
ALSO. it seems to me the loyal thing. the
patriotic thing, to stand by our government
in its egort toward preparedness. We have
too long tied their hands. after giving them
power: we have too long allowed the public
sentmentality to stand in their way. To me
il is almost a crime to oppose our officers OF
government in this. They are men who have
thought this out carefully; they know the sci
ence of war as lay people never could. But we
have forced them into passvity, and now we
stand. a nation unprepared. The peace that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-22
Mrs. Ralph Beaver Strassburger
member of the Committee.

military power. Armament is insurance against
invasion. We insure ourselves personally;
much more do we need 70 insure ourselves ma.
tionally. Armament insurance even goes fur.
Their than provision if we are invaded; il viii
keep invaders away, as fire insurance or III.
insurance will net prevent fires or death.
American women have not thought enough
about their patriotic duties. They have gOn.
abroad and become so cosmopolitan that ii.
United States has not meant Fatherland to
them. 1t wasn't so fifty years ago. A mother
trained her sons for citizens and soldiers FIRST
for professions and social life second. an
astounded at this attitude about raising your
boy to be soldier OF course. you hope he'll
never have TO be soldier, but it is shameful to
suggest that he is not at his counuy's servic.
first OF all.
America has become Apologize and that
because we have not had the necessary force
back of US for independence If we had Mill
tary force we should not have 20 accept ma.
tional embarrassment and humiliation We
should be able to stand up and demand our
rights and we should get them, too Arbit'i'
ton can never be complete CT true without red
blood and physical competence back Of it.
Paper documents are only symbols, after all
and without the verify there the symbols ar.
worse than useless
She rocked a moment there in the twilight
thinking
"Oh. l want peace so much she sald' but
want real peace, peace with a foundation OF
rock. And I'm so glad when thousands OF won
derful women get together IN this great patti
otto movement for their countrys defence Inc
men will listen to them. you know. Women
have a wonderful power over men, and men
are the legislators. And then our America Tor
whom Revolutionary and Civil War mothers
have given sons and husbands, will stand really
free. free of her enemies, and OF that oyerhanS'
ing. horrible fear. And think the mothers Of
the other wars are deserving of that dontyo'
the satisfaction of knowing that their saef'
flee was not in vain, that the freedom ther men
died for is permanent
And these are the reasons for the woman
Section of the Navy League the reasons 0,
peace. everlasting and absolute the reasons o'
justifying the past, of insurng and securing
the future.
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fence organization They embrace wcmen
from all states of the Union, from all sorts OF
organizations. of all kinds Of minds and tastes
but with the one common and consuming
aim, to protect the United States from her enc
mics.
Mrs. John Cumming Story, president of the
Daughters of the American Revolution, the
woman in the United States who, officially, at
least, has all the patriotism of our grandmoth-
ers and mothers, as well as ourselves. to an
swer for, heartily endorses the Womans Sec
ton.
A small, cameo sort OF person. she is dis
tinctly what we call "gentlewoman," and
even in her strong opinions she is gentle never
cordemning the other person, but always up
holding her own beliefs. This time she does
not denounce those who cry for peace at any
price but she very firmly advances the oppos-
ing means of producing peace-milons for
defence She talked very earnestly to me
about it.
You know" she said, women have had this
sentimentality about preparedness too long, /
believe. They have mistaken sentimentahty
for sentiment, and sentmentoty about guns
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-22

OF course, there were other things, many
OF them, which l wanted to ask Susan Glas-
pell, after reading her last book, Fidelity
These questions might be called the stock
ones-what is your philosophy of life for
women? What do you believe about mar
rage? What is the matter with our fiction?
But the answers would not be the stock ones
Of that felt sure. A certain tonic quality
in Fidelity" is guarantee sufficient that Susan
Glaspell accepts valuations of words and deeds
only after she has tested them herself.
As walked down the gangplank OF the
boat and stood on the wharf Of old Province
town / was wondering if l would have any
difficulty in finding Miss Glaspel | did not
have. Provincetown knows its celebrities.
Down along" was the direction given me.
Its the white house with green shutters
and red sills and window boxes volunteered
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-22
Rv MARGARET BREEDON

rs a long way TO
90 down to the
IL tip end OF Cape
Cod for the definition
of a word. But when
the word to be defined
is fidelity" and the
person to make the
definition is Susan
Glaspell. it is worth
while. l say this de
spite the fact that /
came back from the
tip end of Cape Cod
without a definition OF
49,. ,xrcrd
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Bv SARAH ADDINGTON

A MERICA as the land Of Apology. and
n not Of the free, IS a new vision to
L N DatriotiC Americans.
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operating mostly in West Virginia
near Tia" border, always lraNclhnG
,@Nt. and often iN small squads. some
times rrpurt,i of prisoners Lost
Al th, independent commands opcr-
at.ug in West Nir-lnia near the Union
lines had a deadly foud with "A loyal
organization. probably made MP 90
lu!oni't mouIta.ucorS, known rs the
Jesse Scouts" These men. recognized
hy a white handkerchief knottcd about
the neck. gave and received no quar-
ter, The C~onfcdcratcs profossrl to re-
gard them a. Nor" banded asSasSins.
Qua"ircil in Missouri. the Confed-
crate hlshW hacker, had mu,h the
san" rcputr with Tia" Union forces.
II" and his had lasted over from the
m%urderuuS days of the little civil war
in Kansas, when john Brown took a
terrible revenge upon the pyu-slaVcry
men 10y drdgsiuE "A household az such
from their beds at dca. of night and
staying them without mercy. as the
Hebrew prophets slew tn" priests of
iiaal, ana IN the same spirit of doing
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Gods VIII. Both sides tried to restrain
tn" independent ORGANIZATIONS. and Lee
was especially severe IN holding them
to account.
"FrightiuInoSs" was no more a pol
icy of IN" civil war atloat than ashore.
The United States Government at first
declared that il would treat the com
morCo destroying Confederate navy
as pirate ,h.ps, and it's officers as pi-
rates, but this decision was aban-
donri. Because the United States
had not signed the. Declaration o.
Paris in 1886 and the Powers would
Rot permit us to sign il In 1861, the
Confederate ]privatccrs had the usual
privileges of m~en-of-war in foreign
haIhurs.
They captured and destroyed hun
drods Of American merchant ships. So
That for "A time the American lag was
almost driven from the seas. but they
did not destroy passenger ships nor
CauS" hundreds If men. women and
children To- drown They dd HOT shell
or torpedo ~d"'rnrr',~s merchantmen
without Warnlu-.
They w,r, ea.r than G'crmluy's
submarines hu, far lpas Formidable IN
armament, The SUm,c" in a career
of about six months DESTROYED scvcn-
teen merchantmen, The Alabama in
less than two Years destroyed seventy.
Half a dozen other less famous craft
took toll Of American Slipping. and
ON" Confederate cruiser was stll n
terror to our merchantmen in the Far
East for mu.tUs afiu" \ppOmnttnX he
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quest that his body hc given up. tho
answer was that h." bad been buried
under his nigccrs" The General who
ordered that burial told the story not
II Z AT u club in Boston. and pro-
tested almost with tears in his eyes
that he honored Shaw for his hero
ism, n hoped that tho people Of
Massachusetts would not hate him for
what lie had done so long ago In
that very action, az the ConfpderatcS
advanced beyond the fort after mid
night amid the groans of their
wounded foes, an officer suddenly fell
out of line, FASTENED across the field.
and gave water to a wounded Union
soldier who had given the Masonic
call for aid.
The great armies, the regular COM
mands on both sides, reprcssod looting
as best they could, and treated civilians
with decent consideration. That
women We're rarely If ever mulcstcl in
any fashion is the testimony f vet
Grams. Tho Shenandoah Valley suf-
fered from the torch, and there were
instances of looting and vandalism on
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Cutiss Company Building Huge Machines for England.
Aerial Guardians Soon May Number 10, OO0-Prob-
lens Sir Percy Scott Faces in Defending Citv

So much for one phase OF the way
In which Sir Percy Scott intends to
a with Zeppelin attacks in the near
future. But this does nvt tell the en-
tire story, because the acroplancs to
co their best work must be able to
outmanmuvre the German dirigibles
and IL needful should have the bower
or mounting above thor big enemies
50 as To drop LEGENDARY bombs right
down on top of them, just as the dar-
ing Warneford did. This means that
the flying machine :, ust he able to
work its way skyward as fast as pos
s.b'c in order To beat the big d.rig,-
Die IN the common effort to get above
the clouds or gain the point of van
taSe. In short, in the language Of
inc SKY. the aeroplanc must lie able
To climb quickly. Its capacity to
deal II serious blow to a Zeppelin
hinges entirely upoa the flying ma
chine reaching a position where 1t can
drop bombs upon its bigger foe.
In VI new text book for av!ators
Grover G. Looming, instructor IF aero
nautiCs IN the Unite: states Army
Aviation Corps, has brought out viz
idly the Importance Of this manpuVrc
In the military flying machine. AS he
puts II, The faint between aeropllne
and aeroplane Is whore the real test
u superiority Is certain to be found.
and both n moral asccndcncy and
command of the air goes to the pilot
whose aerOplanc and whose skill per-
init him To climb over AID tu dumi-
nate or drive the enciny out Of the
sky. For tactical observation and for
artillery work 1t becomes of the ut
m st importance to consider that
climbing speed after all may prove
the most vital criterion of SUPERIOR
ity.'
Apropos Of this very matter. the
latest United States naval specifica-
tons demand scapllnes capable II
making q speed Of eighty miles an
hour or better. with "A radius Of action
of at least seven hours. and ability
To climb with full load $500 feet in
twenty minutes. THIS is a tremendous
advance over the mechanical poss.bil!-
lies Of two or three years ign.
The success OF this particular cvu-
luton hinges mainly upon engine
power, and m this direction a Won
dcrful stride has boon made over the
original Wright hiplanc. That ma
chine had 4 motto Of - horsepower.
while to-day Glenn Cur,iss is turning
OUT motors capable of developing l60
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LII a.mics do so; yours did
yours ON both sides in your
civil war of fifty years ago"

CIVIL war or my years ago,
say some OF the apologists of
those who have reduced much Of Bel
GUM To ruin.
Historians Of the civil war. how
ever, give little countenance to this
view, and veterans, whether Union or
Confederate, who talk of these things
to-day agree that incendiarism, ra-
pine, plundering, the killing of pris-
oners and the slaughter of civilians
were not ordinary accomplishments of
raid and invasion during the civil
war.
Libby and Andersonville are remem-
bered with bitterness by the North.
and are accounted for rather than
excused by the South on the ground
that the C~Onfederacy was too poor to
feed its own soldiers well, much less
its prisoners. Ii was said of Sheridan
that he declared that the Shenandoah
Valley should be so swept of every
thing edible hat not even Il crow
would fly eel il from mountain
range to mountain range, but he
never carried out his threat. Even
the responsibility for the burning of
Columbia. s.. c., has never been
definitely fixed upon the North
ern invaders. The incident Of Fort
Pillow is called n massacre by North
ern historians. but greatly aoftened in
Confederate annals. Lees army in
the Gettysburg campaign did lay at
least one Pennsylvania town under
contribution.
1t was the presence OF Colored
troops at Fort Pillow and elsewhere
hat put the humanity of the Con-
fedcrates to the sternest test. AT first,
when Col Shaw tool command of
a c0lored regiment at Boston 10
march southwark. the Confederate
authorities announced hat white off,
GERS of such cOlored regiments should
suffer IA ~disgrHceful death If captured,
but this threat. like Sheridan's
touching the valley, was never carried
u
Shaw Himself fell in an assault on
Fort Wagner, South Carolina. and
when "A flag Of truce was sent To the
victorious Confederates with a re-
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A FAILURE OF FORESIGHT.

lived very long among the men
who do things looks hack with
some degree of regret upon not exactly
what he has lost, but what he might
have had If his foresight had been as
good as his hindsight." said n DOWN
town lawyer. Il am one of these, and
II didn't happen a great while age
either.
AN inventive friend Of mine who
had given me his legal business 10 at
tcnd to came around one day with a
new thing In doing something or other
To rubber and told me if | cared to go
in half with him | could do so by put
ting up a certain mount Of money. The
amount vas small enough. hut | hadn't
any io spare a'l less Ia lose. and told
him I was satisfied with the legal part
ui my connection and didn't care 10
risk any Of my hard earned saving.
He wasn't broke by a whole lot and
told me he Wasn't Offering the chance
To- anybody else and I'll better take IL.
but wouldn't he persuaded. He gave
mo "A gentle laugh of scorn and went
his way.
Not long after he went abroad with
his invention and vas gone tllr~o or
four months, letting me hear from MN
occasionally and saying all was gOius
well. Next | had n Cablegram telling
mo when he was sailing and to mOet
HIM the following week TUESDAY at a
certain dock. | was there when the
ship came In, and he was feeling ~
good that he fairly yelled AT me as he
came down the gargway. And ne had
reason to yell ana ! had reason 10 kick
myself, for he had sold his process ,r
invention for s735.n00 in cash and
S2,250,00 in the stock of the new cor
poration. Nou see would have been
a millionaire that very minute II my
foresight had been worth anything and
! had taken his offer Wen had the
chance, " course it meant some luck
t. me, for the fees grew and | 60,
>so,uoo or more out of Il. hu, $50 900
doesn't make a millionaire, does IT"
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OF h great aeroplanes he is building
for the British GOvernmcnt-Craft de
signed especially for tho defence of
London. Prof. Manly was the engineer
who designed the oto for the So
called "Lnngley's Folly" and super
viscd the building OF that engine when
no one else could be found in this
country capable or willing To under
take the task. The product of his
skill was ahead of the art Of heavier
than air flying machines, and when
Prof. Langley's ~acroplane Il made
III some months ago through Mauly's
guidance that era making craft flew
successfully.
Prof. Maniy's ripe experience has
been of the utmos; value in bringing
the Canadl to perfection. The Canada
IS logically the development ur the
big Curtiss s%eaplanc, ;hc America, bu;
modified ~agrceahly tn the lessons
taught 10y the war and with part'"ula-
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XXTAR conditions have had the
w effect o of bringing tn "A
head the development of
the German oma of the mid
die and upper classes, out of showing
her as present day living and unrest
have made her, The visitor notices
her presence in large centres of the
empire simply because there are fewer
men. and being posed in IN" public
eye one is straightway impressed with
her power and rising influence.
The Teut n woman of past genera
lions did not appear to regret being
Born n wOman She was BATTERED and
satisfied at the place her men ac-
corded to her as mother of the race
ara Keeper of the home. $40 seemed
To have no dreams of "A bruadrucd
sphere in which to work ont her
physic or ccD.pm!c problems. lIut the
pres, nj day activities Of the German
woman outside the hearth. her halk-
Ing AZ the idea Of sticking AT home to
become u housch Id drudge, would IN
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regard for ,he defensive service now
expected of her. Weight originally in
tended To include fuel for an oversee
flight and certain other loads imposed
by the risk Of that trip and safe
guards in case OF 4 fan into the water
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-23

Geo. RamseII, barkeeper Barney
Grogan's old place, fined $50 for sell
ing beer without license. State
couldn't prove Grogan owned place.
Mrs. Augusta G. Trunk yesterday
went to ITO N. 5th av. to claim saloon
and $4,000 estate of dead husband
who deserted her 3 years ago. Found
another widow" married since he
left her in charge.
Henry De Vries, 936 Marquette rd.,
arrested by father, who charged he
was living with girl, showed that he
was secretly married to girl when
brought into court. Father refused
to shake hands.
Rev. Jos. B. Rogers, pastor La
Sale Av. Baptist church, started bus
line for convenience of Sunday school
pupils.
Mrs. Ada E. CantweII, New York,
wants S85, 900 heart balm from A. H.
Jones, Chicago.
Board of review figures show Chi
cago property value increased $311,-
7O3,124 since 1914
City declares temporaytrucein the
wheel tax law prosecutions.
H. S. HawIey, pres. Railroad Sup
ply Co., dead.
Gov. Stuart and staff, Virginia, will
be in Chicago tomorrow, en- route to
California.
RothschiId & Co.'S Social club held
roof garden party last night.
Civil service commission and city
engineers Office suddenly secretive.
Meetings always open. Reporters
barred yesterday.
Michael Ginnane, CPS w. 18th pI., |
fooled two robbers who tried to take |
his 5000, but had teeth knocked out |
Mrs. Ada CantweII, in suit for $1,000 |
against Arthur Jones, attorney, says
he wooed her, took money and mar
Eied another.
. Attorneys in case of Ralph Brum-