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collectively represent the wisdom, OK.
perience and knowledge TO determine
these matters properly

collectively represent the wisdom, OF.
perience and knowledge TO determine
these matters properly
Secretary G~ARnsoN's "Outline'
purports to he the rough draft Of a
military system and nothing more /;
1t remains for Congress, following in
te%lligently, we hope, the advice Of the
General Staff, to organize the system
and provide for its expansion in the
event Of n war Of magnitude. To
find officers for General THROWS M.
tional Volunteers, which Mr.. GARRr.
sON calls the Continental Army, will
be the great problem. 1t may be
taken for granted that the power of
appointment will be given to the Pres.
ident. General UPrON in the intro.
duction to his military Policy Of the
United States," which was n critical
study Of blunders in raising and
operating armies from 1915 to 1865,
proposed that the National (Federal)
Volunteers (Mr. G%ARRIsON's Cont.
mental Army, be Offered and sup.
ported by the Government, organized
on the expansive principle, and con.
sist In time Of peace Of one battalion
Of 200 men to each Congress district.
Secretary GARRISON proposes to re-
cruit this force "territorially accord.
ing to population" which Is the same
thing In principle. The Secretary's
plan is 30 plainly tentative that no
n should fall foul Of his suggestion
that National Guard officers, ex.army
officers, and young men Of the mill
tary schools and Of colleges that pro-
vide training in the school Of the SOL
der, &C., would be available for ap-
pointment to the Continentals.
BY all can let there be construc-
tive. as distinguished from destruc-
tive. criticism Of Secretary GARRI-
SONS proposals when Congress meets.
We differ with the Army and Nary
Journal when 1t says that If General
UPTON were here to-day "he would be
the first to take issue with THE Sun
on its assertion that the Garrison
plan squared In any way with his
ideas OF national defence" We be-
lieve, on the contrary. that General
UProN. recognizing the unalterable
opposition to a large standing army
In these United States. would see In
Secretary GARRIsON's plan the adop-
ton Of his own proposal in n basic
way, and that he would put his val
liable professional knowledge at the
service Of Congress to insure the or
g~anization Of an adequate army OF
national defence.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-17
The Iron Crescent?

The appearance Of the Kaiser as IA
Muhib nj Islam, or a sort Of Madhi
or khnlifa. the Messenger of MoHAM-
MED, the joint commander with ALLAH
Of the military operations Of the
Faithful in n Holy War. would pre-
sent serious difficulties to a ruler who
took himself less seriously in the
theological aspects Of his leadership.
There is no reason to doubt, however.
that If such a situation should arise
WILHELM would prove fully equal to
the occasion.
But would eve he continue to
bestow the Iron Cross with one i'm
perial and royal hand while the other
was busy in distributing crescents Of
the same metal?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-17

Or. HOWARD. u. :. BIGGEST BIO Man
HoR~E GIFTS AFTER DR. Howard, l.. =. ID.
RECTOR or ENToNoLpG y.~-LANGuoRNE, Pa.
Nov. Ill sincerely and honestly doub:
whether Or. Howard. United States Di-
rector OF Entomology. could. without prep
aration and improInptu, give accurate sci
entlhc definitions OF the terms. soul
thought or emotions said Professor
Research Institute. yesterday. Hunger.
sex and fear are universal emotions
whether In mosquitoes or men.
For a United States Director OF En'o-
mology to deny the existence OF such
emotions In insects and bugs simply be.
cause human beings possess such emo
tons o: fear. sex and hunger says Pro.
fessor Walters. seems such n s~tupendous
display OF concelt and objectionable ig-
norance on the part OF our Washington
Director OF Entomology that all the good
bees and ants from the Atlantic to thr
Pacific are holding their sides with laugh
ter j use tho terms soul and 'life' as
synonymous In this sense I assume that
when you slap "A mosquito you annihilaie
a sou, My definition OF a soul wh.the.
1t be Dr. Howard's or that OF n mosquito,
appeared IN THE SUN OF November 9. 1915.
During the past twenty-five years pub
fishers In this country have issued some
I'VE books on psychology written by me
and ] am in the habit Of clearly defining
the terms used in my books"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-17
Neutrality, A British Professor and
an American War Tslker.

Here are some British opinions,
quite direct to the point. gathered
by an American correspondent Of the
Spectator Of London from the columns
Of the Spectator itself. We print
them without comment. In respect OF
source. substance and form they are
sufficiently Impressive standing alone
Lord CRoMER-1t Is perfectly reason.
able to maintain that active interference
on the part Of the United States can
only be Justified In the eyes of Ameri.
can citisens by arguments based not on
sympathies but on interests.
viscount BRYcE-No call for active
interference by the United States.
Professor NicHoLsoN-What Amer
lea owes to others Is to support. so far
as her duty to herself will permit. the
law Of alton as against arbitrary vio-
lation BY military power.
The whole case rs to the duty Of q
neutral GOvernment-and government
tai duty should be clearly d%ifferenti-
ated from the impulses and express.
sions Of individual sympathies-is
presented In the foregoing opinions,
particularly in that OF the distin-
guished historian. political critic and
economist last quoted.
Who suppOses that when Professor
NICHOLSON thus defines the duty of
America to others he mea that 1t is
our Governments part to support the
law Of nations as against arbitrary
violation by the military power Of
Germany but not as against arbitrary
violation by the naval power OF Great
Britain?
These sane and lucid perceptions
by eminent Brltons are In strong ron.
trast with the frantic ideas Of an
American citizen who writes from
Boston to the Spectator under the
signature MORRISON !. SWIFT:
THE Allies are fighting tho battle Of
America II Is ingloriouS. stupid n base
for Americans to permit this TO be done
without rendering help. . Ger
many has long entertained the design
OF subtugatlng and enrichlng herself
with both American continents. The
policy Of neutrality is therefore wholly
shameful because we have no right to
permit other nations to make all the
sacrifices require to save us. .
The American mind has been drugged
into this comatose condition by the false
stand taken by the Washington Govern
ment . We have already de-
servedly lost tho worlds respect. Tn
der the blessed reign OF WILSON We
have become a sapless n%onentity nation,
actually more ready TO fight Great Brit
ain to increase the profits OF our pork
packers, who are already gorged with
wealth taken by monopoly from the
American people, h to fight Germany
to ave the worlds democracy. 10 ave
our own republic and 10 avert the flu
ture militarizing OF America on a CO.
iossal scale and n single handed war
with Germany on our own continent al
vast and terrific as that now consuming
Europe"
This likewise is sufficiently impress
sive in its abominable way to require
no comment.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-17
The Tiger Should Promptly Send Il
"NOte" to Yale and Harvard.

To THE Enron OF THE S~uN-Sir. Docs
the influence OF Mr., Wilson st!ll linger
ut Princeton" No matter how strong
a team Princeton may have, when it
meets Yale or Harvard II almost in
variably falls down. one Is almost
tempted to say lies down.
How similar is the attitude Of the
United States toward Germany and Eng
land
Princeton should take measures TO rid
itself of this malign influence or it viii
find itself regarded by the public i'm the
same con'emptuous way that the United
States has comc to be regarded during
the administration of the Great Waiter.
Would II not he better for Princeton
to play tn" game by correspondence"
NEW fORK. November Ii. 4. |. H.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-17
Simple Way To Cut English Red Tape.

To II EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir. Il
is a well known fact that the British
army il in urgent need OF arms. ammu-
milton and other munitions OF war pro-
duced in this country.
Let the British Government he mott
fled that the sailing 81 vessels cuntaiu-
ing war material from tbs country con-
signed 10 English ports IS To- he made
co.nCideut with the sailing OF Vessels
with merchandise for the tn.tod States
now detained at Rotterdam.
This would undoubtedly produce inn
mrllit" results. FAIR PLAY.
NEW YORK. November l6.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-17

Admiral Lord FISHERS d~eclination
TO make personal explanations az
fecting national interests when the
liz in the midst of n great
VAR should be taken to heart by the
ex-First Lord Of the Ad-
miralty. who, by the way. is a soldier
by profession and not a sailor.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-17

Stromboli is emitting a great volume
OF pebbles, ashes and lava.-Thc necs
from Rome.
1t is a sad state OF affairs when not
even the centre of the earth can re-
main neutral.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-17

A fresh water Congressman asserts
that whenever this country has been
menaced by a Merrlmac 1t has found
a Monitor. History proves, however.
that 1t has always required consider
able time and money to obtain our
monitors.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-17
WALTERS.
The Professor Of Psycho- Ply siOlOgy Of
Plant Life Interviews Himself.

To TIE EDITOR OF THE ~SrN-Sir: Here
is a stickful II you think IL readable and
newsy. ! 40 no thlnk II n kindly thing
for DR.. Howard to cal American natu-
ralists bad names. as 1t Injuries our SCI
enCe. Hence my reply. WALTERS.
L~ANGHoRNr. Bucks County. Pa. No
Vember 10.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-17

FROM me Idfrobe idIdRcs.
Hears are getting :" plentiful I'm the
Brandy Camp, Elk county district. th,,
they ar" becoming 4 menace. declares g.
=. M'Alisirr io SAYS tho bears will o.,
in a 'ornilo.i and roll over and break
me stalks To get the juicy ears. Mach
damage has been done In this way
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-17

The trouble with the Italian demand
that the methods employed to check
submarine warfare in the English
Channel and North Sea be adopted in
the Mediterranean is, aside from the
fact that difficult local conditions
exist in the Mediterranean, that Eng
land could not spare the pursuing
ships and italy does not possess
enough Of them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-17

When the French War Office omits
the usual daily bulletin. "a it did on
Tuesday. wen the artillerymen on
the western front must be having n
lucid interval.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-17

He knew more about the war than I
dld.-FRrpERicK PALMER. tpdr CORE
%spondent, after trip 10 oyster Bav.
The prerogative OF omniscience.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-17

There remain only three or four
we'll known Republicans without
Presidential boomlets.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-17
The oldest Of Uathnpd..

To THE EDITOR or TINS SU>-Nr' Who
was "p!ck" and why was his "hath,nd" :,
queer T.. WuIrr
NEW YORK. November Il,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-17

Never should this country he forced
on account OF unpreparedness 10 rem
der unto CESAR the things that are
not C.EsAR's.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-17

MARITIME must go.-Trcnton despatch.
The Plainfleld farmer knows it. but
he has had the time OF his life at
Washington.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-17

O Gossip. what sins are committed
in thy name.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-17

Postmasters in all parts OF the
country have suddenly abolished free
delivery Of their opinions.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-17
WHITMAN HOLDS Up
MOHANSIC SEWER
Tells Merchants Associatio,
lie Won't Act Until Lcgi,.
laturc Meets.
CONTRACT rs AWARDED

ALBANY, Nov. 16.-Gov. Whi'r,, h
decided to postpone until the Leg sl,,r..
meets In January further action 10, a..
plan to erect sewage disposal plant. >,
the Mohansic insane hospital and
Yorktown Heights training school ?,
boys. This action is taken a, ia. d,
stance Of the Merchants Associate, nj.
New FORK city.
No time will be lost by this d.,,
Gov. Whitman said to-day. Al. .,.
weather is coming on and little ,or,,rr
ton work could be done before .rr,
In any event. The Governor n,t.s
PLAIN. however, that he considers ,..
position taken by the Merchant. Ns.n
citation and the New York CITY autb..
ties ON this question as unteul1ls ,,5
he insists that no pollution Of the w,ie
of Croton Lake would result from ~.
construction of the disposal plants.
The Governor points out that the ST..
institutions are overcrowded and ma,
these two new institutions were cs,,L
lished to relieve New York CITY and
that thus far there has been "A, a.,
iendituro OF more than s75O.Ooo TO-
them. The Governor further shows a..
the Legislature last year passed a las
providing for the abandonment, Of ~.
Mohansic state hospital site. bu, ma.
Gov. Glynn vetoed the measure a, -
solicitatloh OF the Mayor OF New "
city and his Health Commissioner. n.
i~oldwater.
Gov. Whitman in his letter to Wn',
Fellowes Morgan. president Of m. Ma,
chants Association. says.
The trOton water for soup. tim.
been subjected to diSlnccc;on by I'm.
chlorite of Hme-a comparatively Ia.
process-which destroys suhstln'o~,
all the micro-orRanisms witch MAY h.
contained in the water supply,
81 do not desire to force my no son,
views in a matter which vitality o.,
Germs the city of New York. and AS 10.
seems a strong feeling against tie i'm.
mediate completion of the project nav.
decided that II Is best to POSTPONE :ur
ther action, AZ you have requested I'm.
Ill the Legislature meets on January
In the meantime | shall ask the heads n.
the various departments OF the city md
State concerned to study further ~.
situation and report TO me for my cul.
ance in advising the Legislature is %
any needed legislation"
II became known Yesterday tla' ,s
board of managers OF the stat" Trlurg
School for Boys have awarded the con
tract for the erection of a sewage as.
posal plant at that institution. EiI, 90.
the work were advertised to he ore,. -
on November . and We're ST. opened. hu,
1t was not believed that the coutrt-
would be awarded so quickly. ON 10.
vember 10 Corporation Counsel Lamar
Hardy obtained an order from Jg.'t.
Jsenuh .lfrartipp Nh. hoard 80
TO show why they should not io re-
strained from taking further stems IN
the matter.
To become valid the award mast 70
signed by Gov. Whitman and he has ~.
nounced that no action viii hr 'tE,
until the LEGISLATURE meets IN Jti.trr
The amount of the contrac, " '''
$40 and Frederick y. LEWIS v.s 30
successful bidder.
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100 Nassau street, In the Borough Of Man
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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-02-17
Statement e."
INSURANCE.
Statement M"
FEES PAID TO SHERIFF. CLERK OF
COURT, REGISTER OF DEEDS AND

BOARD OF AUDIT.
No. of To Whom
Warrant. Issued.
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Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-06-11

the powerful limousine. On uptown
they went, the only thing preventing
the limousine from escaping being the
fear Of pursuit by traffic police IL the
driver let out speed. They we're con.
tent to manage to keep just far enough
ahead to be out of danger OF having
Kennedy overhaul them. AS for us,
we followed as best we could, on up
town, past the city line, and out into
the country.
There Kennedy lost sight alto.
gether Of the car he was trailing.
Worse than that, we lost sight of
Kennedy. Still we kept on blindly,
trusting to luck and common sense in
picking the road.
was peering ahead over the
drivers shoulder, the window down,
trying to direct him. when we APP
preached a fork in the road. Here
was dilemma which must be decided
at once, rightly or wrongly.
AS we neared the crossroad gave
an involuntary exclamation. Beside
the road, almost on 1t, lay the figure
of man. Our driver pulled up with a
jerk and was out of the car In an in
slant.
There lay Kennedy! Someone had
blackjacked him. He was grooming
and just beginning to show signs of
consciousness as | bent over.
whats the matter, old mann" I
asked, helping him to his feet
He looked about dazed moment,
then seeing me and comprehending, he
pointed excitedly, but vaguely.
"Elaine!" he cried. They've kid
mapped Elaine!"
What had really happened, as we
learned later from Elaine and others,
was that when the crossroads was
reached the three crooks in the limou-
sine had stopped long enough to speak
to an accomplice stationed there, ac-
cording to their plan for a getaway.
he was tough-looking individual who
might have been hoboing ii to the city.
When. a, few minutes later, Ken
nedy ond Elaine had approached the
fork, their driver had slowed up, as II
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-06-11
THIRD EPISODE
The Vanishing Jewels.

Banging away at my typewriter the
next day. In Kennedy's laboratory, |
was startled by the sudden, insistent
ringing OF the telephone near me-
Hello" | answered, for Craig was
at work at his table. trying still to ex.
tract some clue from the slender evi.
dence thus far elected In the Dodge
mystery.
"Oh. Mr.. Kennedy I heard an ex.
cited voice over tn, wire reply, my
friend. Susie Martin Is here. Her ia.
Their has just receiver message from
that Clutching Hand and"
Just moment. Miss Doage," in
terrupted. This is Mr.. Jameson"
Obi" came back the vn,ce. breath
less and disappointed. let me have
Mr.. Kennedy-quick."
I had already passed the telephone
to Craig and was watching him keen
ly as he listened over IL.
He motioned to me for .ad and
pencil that lay near me.
Please read the letter again, slew
er, Miss Dodge" he asked. adding,
Just yet. But Sant II exactly. You
say 1t is made up OF separate words
and type cut from newspapers and
pasted on note paper?"
handed him paper and pencil.
"All right. now. Miss Dodge. go
ahead"
AS he wrote he indicated to me by
his eyes that he wanted me to read.
did SO:
Sturtevant Martin. Jeweler.
No, 1894 Fifth Avenue. New York City.
Sir-As you have failed To deliver the
$4,000, I shall rob your main diamond
case at exactly noon today.
THANK you. Miss Dodge" continued
Kennedy. laying down the pencil.
Eyes. understand perfectly--signed
by that same Clutching Hand. Let
me see." he pondered. looking at his
watch. 1t is now half-psst eleven,
Very well, | shall meet " and Miss
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-06-11

elaine, equal to anything, uId so, ans
Craig bent down and cranked the en-
gire. II started on the first spin.
"See;" he exclaimed. There wasnr
anything, after all"
RE took a step toward the taxicab.
"Mr. Kennedy--look outl" cried
Elaine.
Craig turned. But II was too late.
The rough-looking fellow had awak.
ened to life. Suddenly he stepped up
behind Kennedy with a blackjack. As
the heavy weight descended Craig
crumpled up on the ground uncon.
sc;ous.
With a scream, Elaine turned and
started to run. But the chauffeur
seized her arm.
Say. DO" he asked OF the rough fell
low, what does Clutching Hand want
with her? Quick! There's another
cab likely to be along in a moment
with that fellow Jameson in it,"
The rough fellow, with an cath,
seized her and dragged her into the
taxicab. Go ahead" he growlet, in
dicRting the road.
IL away they sped, leaving Ken
nedy conscious on the side Of the
road, " we found him.
What are we to do?" asked help
lessly of Kennedy, when we had at
last got him on his feet
His head still ringing from tie force
OF the blow of the blackjack Craig
stopped down. then knelt in the dust
OF the road, then ran ahead bit,
where 1t was somewhat muddy.
(which way-which way?' he NUT
tered to himself.
thought perhaps the blow had af.
fected him and leaned over to see
what he was doing. Instead, he was
studying the marks made by the tire
of the Clutching Hand cab
More slowly now and carefully, we
proceeded, for a mistake meant losing
the trail of Elaine.
We came to another crossroads and
the driver glanced at Crag. "Stop!"
he ordered.
In another instant he vas down In
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-06-11

In doubt which way TO 60. Craig had
stuck his head out of the window as
! had done, and, seeing the crossroads,
had told the chauffeur to stop. There
stood the hobo.
Did car pass here. just nova
big carr" called Craig
The man put his hand to his ear, as
If only half comprehending.
(Which way did the big car go?" re.
peated Kennedy.
The hobo approached the taxicab
! sullenly. as II he had a grudge against
cars In general.
One question after another elected
little that could be construed as intel.
ligence. If Craig had only been able
TO see, he would have found out that,
with his back toward the taxicab
driver, the hobo held one hand behind
him and made the sign OF the Clutch.
ing Hand, glancing surreptitiously at
the driver to catch the answering sign,
while Craig gazed earnestly up the
two roads.
AT last Craig gave him up as hope
less. "Well-go ahead-that way" he
indicated, picking the most likely road.
AS the chauffeur was about to start
he stalled his engine.
Hurry" urged Craig, eXasperated
at the delays.
The driver got out and tried to crank
the engine. Again and again he turned
II over, but somehow it refused to
start. Then he lifted the hood and be.
San TO tinker.
What's the matter?" asked Craig,
impatiently jumping out and bending
over the engine, too.
'rhe driver shrugged his shoulders.
Must be something wrong with the
ignition, | guess" he replied.
Kennedy looked the car over hastily.
81 can't see anything wrong" he
frowned
We'll. there Is" growled the driver.
Precious minutes were speeding
away eS thov argued Finally with his
characterie'ir onwEy Kennedy put the
taXio3b p '7ide
T o." rc "a Miss
DO orro INT spark