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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-10
The Loss of the Lusitania

the Germans deserve all the names that they
have been called in that press There is, how
ever, one thing that should have pierced even
the thckest skull, and that is that If the
Germans say they are going to do a certain
thing they will do it.
After the German Embassy had taken spe-
cial pains once more to warn the Americans
not to use British vessels for their trips
abroad, it would have been the duty Of every
newspaper editor with grain OF reason left
to sound the alarm; instead of that the pa
pers thought it fit answer to repeat their
stupid phrase of German bluff" which ap-
parently had become a watchword.
If the press had done what it ought to have
done many of those who lie at the bottom Of
the sea to-day would be alive. Will the press
learn a lesson now?
SIEGFRIED JACOBSSOHN.
New York, May s, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-10
What Did Mckinley Do?

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Our citizens have been murdered 1t
seems to me that there is but one duty for
the President of the United States-not to
fortify himself with the moral courage neces-
sary to withstand the clamor of an indignant
people," but to ask himself the plain ques-
tions:
What would Washington have done?
What would Lincoln have done?
What did Mckinley do?
And in this hour when the nation mourns
some of its most honored men, we-the Amer
icans-are obliged to calmly witness the re-
joicing of the aliens within our gates-for-
eigners and perjurers to their oaths of allegi-
ance alike-who celebrate in the public places
the calamity which has deprived US of our
brothers.
Stop! Vanderbilt, Frohman, Klein are no
more! And think and, having thought, dct!
JULIUS LOYAL SEWARD.
New York, May s, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-10

many so-callcd moderate drinkers in the
world. and the moderate drinkers are apt
to think that such reformcrs as Colonel
Maus have an exaggerated conception OF
the evil they are fighting But then there
is the other view. the view expressed by
Colonel Maus's illustrious colleague and
co-reformcr. Sir Victor Horscley, who
will not allow that any drinker can be
moderate, and has lately declared his be
lief that absence Of exaggeration "is the
most attractive feature OF teetotalism,"
that "there is no eXaggeration possible in
total abstinence" but that controversy on
the subject is difficult for the plain and
Obvious reason that such human defects
as exaggeraton and bias are the early
and common consequence Of taking drugs
such as alcohol"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-10
"American-Ge

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Already the American-German is be-
ginning TO defend the sinking of the Lusi-
tana and German pressure and bias Will al
most Immediately be noticed from Washing
ton. Yet this country apparently fails to
realize how far the stealthy invasion by this
MOTTO be-naturalized nation has progressed.
What Of the sagacity of a government that
fails to heed the German law of July p,
1918, concerning imperial and state national
ity, which permits a German to become nat
uralized in another country without losing
his original nationality. Article 20 of this
law stpulates as follows:
Whoever, before acquiring a foreign ma
tionality, shall, on application to the com
petent authorities of his native state, have
obtained the written permission TO retain
his German nationality does not lose it,
Baron Won Richthofen, speaking on this
subject before the Reichstag, made the fol-
lowing statement:
I'VE are happy to remark that the bill per-
mits Germans who, for motive of an economic
kind, are compelled to acquire foreign ma
tionality, TO retain at the same time their I'M
perial nationality. . AS regards GER
tain countries the new situation that the law
proposes TO create is very desirable. | con-
fine myself to mentioning that in England
merchant is not admitted to the London
Stock Exchange unless he is British sub
ject Moreover, in the countries of Latin
South America it is not easy for a German
without the nationality of the country where
he resides to compete with those possessing
such nationality"
An international law review comments on
the foregoing as follows:
That which is new and apparently with
out precedent is legislative disposition in
viting nationals to secure abroad through
Fictitious naturalization certain material adj
vantages reserved for natives of the country.
A text like Paragraph of Article 25 is a
direct invitation to fraud and to perjury"
etc. A. j. +.
New York May 8, 1915
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-10
Who Invented the Airship !?

ffffIl ~ % ''fNIH".fI 'N.fittJ
People in these days often get good deal
Of credit for much that they have never done,
and Count Zeppclin's claims as the inventor
Of the great airship which bears his name
having been challenged the other day has
rather increased my interest in two drigible
balloons invented as long ago as lS5O-on
by q Mr.. II. A. Bell an Englishman, and the
other by Il Frenchman named PGtin. both Of
which were illustrated and described in "The
illustrated London News" Of that period.
These aerostatic novelties appear to combine
in their primitive way many of the leading
features of the modern Zeppelin airship. for
in Bells design, which takes the form Of an
egg. we have in a more clumsy form the
ogiyal ends Of the German vessel, as wei. as
car in the form Of boat, in which the
power plant is carried, and which is used for
landing on water If necessary. If, therefore,
the internal combustion engine had been a.
the service Of the inventor. IT is possible that
very different results might have been OBJ
tanned. but being obliged TO turn the two
propellers Zone on either side in orthodox
manner by hand, he naturally failed to OBJ
tain any specific control over the machine
when il was released from Nauxhall Gardens
in the presence Of an cxpoctaut crowd. As
sisted by the wind. though he was able 20
turn it around, but could not bring the ship
back to the starting place. Another point is
that he used metal frame. "a well as a
metal rudder. which took the form Of q birds
tail. II would thus seem that Bel. anticipated
several of Count Zeppelin's leading ideas
namely, the long. horizontal gas bag, the
metal fusilage, screw propellers and pontoon
car For the idea of the ballOnet, however
we have to turn TO VI. Petn's system for al
though vague, the germ OF it is there right
enough Instead Of employing large num-
Der Of independent inclosed gas bags, as is
done in the case Of the Zeppelin vessel. "
P6,in sought 20 overcome the weight problem
by using four large detached spherical bal
looms. one behind the other. These are held
together by an enormous metal framework
1922 yards long and about 20 yards broad,
which provides quite respectable promenade
for the passengers, and which is used to sup
port the vertical helices for raising and low
ering the vessel Beyond, however. the en-
ployment Of these gas bags there is nothing
in P6tin's system which can be said to re-
semble that of the German inventor, but be
tween them Mr.. Bell and VI. PGtn undoubted-
ly contributed something to the science Of
aerial navigation, which may or may not have
come to the notice of Count Zeppelin and in
spired the manufacturers of his design. But
il is too late in the day now for any one to
make claims Of priority in things Of this kind
The Zeppelin airship will be identified with
his name for all time. but in one connection.
at least. the system OF all three men are
alike-they cannot be depended upon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-10
Husbands and Housewifery.

Mrs. Theta Quay Franks, who has
found that the ancient profession Of
housewifery has suffered a grievous de-
cline. would have her sisters turn over a
new leaf and give the American husband
a square deal. And since she has presented
so vivaciously and appealingly the case Of
the abused. if undeservinG, American hus-
band. it seems only fair and chivalrous
that the side of the American housewife
be heard
Arnold Bennett. among other foreign
observers, has epitomized the latter's com
plant in his picture of the utter absorp-
ton Of the American business or profess
sional man in his business or profession.
an absorption that excludes the details of
from his consciousness. His
wife, in saving his money, in tempting his
appetite, is put in the position of one
playing to an audience that is doing or
reading. She finds the role eminently dis
The time to berate her for turning his
digestive apparatus and his household
budget over to the tender care of ser
wants. therefore, will come when the
American husband begins to show his ap-
probation of a square deal. And then
the scolding may become superfluous since
with the more temperamental sex appre-
citation alone often accompliShes wonders.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-10
Remember the Belgian Women.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: We have been hearing much lately
about English war babies" and their
mothers, but we hear very little of the war
babies" and their pitful mothers in Belgium
and France those poor, defenceless women
and girls whose bodies have suffered such
unmentionable abuses from the Germans.
Those are the women TO whom our hearts
should go out in sympathy, those poor women
beyond the reach Of help. We haven't been
told much about these victims-it is un-
printable-but we are nevertheless finding 1t
all out, and when we become fully awake to
what women must expect whenever an IN
vadng army enters city or town we women
are going TO be heard and listened TO. We
can live without Kultur, and we intend to
put stop to that kind of Kultur. If there
are not enough men to protect women from
the "kultured" men We ourselves will get to
work and find some effective way to protect
and preserve our bodies from them. Our
motto will be: Remember the fate of the
Belgian women" NORA CANTWELL.
New York, May s, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-10
The Coming Tows,
MAY 9TH, 1915

Ye, who shrank with holy zeal
From sound or sight Of The naked steel,
Harness furnished and oaked with rus,
Ye scrabbIed for gain In the soraid dust,
Your Wanted spear In the days Of Old
Was nicked and dulIed in your search for god
Ye spoke Of Chris, and turned, blindeyed
From bis sh.l-wreeked house. where ms cags,..
died.
Ye sought with gifts to hide the Stain
OF women shamed and their babies slain.
Ye talked Of Peace and IN, Crime Of Fore,
To turn the boar in BIS bloo5-cnz.d courx.
Oh mark the end Of the road ye trod
Where the blind sea echoes ne voice Of Col
Ye dreame5 By night Of the spoken word
T torn the edge Of tn, falling sword
Ye dreamed by Truth AMI The voice Of Eray,,
To hold tn, beast in his reekine lai,
Ye cried aloud Of your Purposs clan
And answer came through the submarine.
In vain your woe and the tears ys :hsd,
The sea holds fast to your ncw-ma5e dead,
And thought or powder and speech and shell
Must scathe the land where the killers dwell.
He holds to peace with a steadfast hand
Whose olive branch Is his strongest brand
Az mark the end Of the road ye troi
Where the blind sea echoes the voice Of God.
FEW.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-10
Unbiased Views on Strong Drink.

Moderate drinkers Off the teetotalers
will allow that such class exists find it
difficult to accommodate their vision to the
modern idea of alcohol as a poison 50
frightfully destructive that even the most
cautious consumer Of light wines or small
beer is to all intents and purposes a sui
eide, nor, in contemplating the manifest
evil of intemperance, can they readily &C
cept the fashionable estimate Of its enor-
nifty in comparison with all other evils.
The drinking nations have somehow sur
vived a circumstance which would be
wellnigh incredible if all the hard things
that have lately been said about alcohol
were true, and in the light of common ex-
perience il is possible TO look forward
without much apprehension to a more or
less alcoholic future.
That is the view of the ordinary
drinker, but it is not the view of the re-
former. Colonel Maus, Of the army med
ical corps, has again been proclaiming his
opinion on the matter. and, as one Of the
most valiant and perseyering foes of alco-
hol, his opinion is Of singular interest.
To his mind "alcohol and military service
are utterly at variance" and his great
hope to-day is that the present war may
result in the rout Of strong drink. Even
il the war in Europe costs ten billion dol
lars" he says. If it destroys five million
human lives and deyastates the fairest
countries of the world, it will be small
price TO pay compared with the value Of
total abstinence among those nations for
succeeding generations" And he is salts
fed that this must be the event Of the
great struggle, inasmuch as it is mot
only a war of men against men but a war
against the greatest evil the world has
ever known"
IL must be little discouraging to Colo
mel Maus 70 learn that none Of the chiefs
of the European arnies are Of his opinion
on the incompatibility Of alcohol and mil
itary service. Rum seems TO be served
pretty regularly to the French and Brit
ish troops beer, brandy, arrack or rum
10 the Germans, and wine, with an occa-
sional dose Of spirits, TO the AustFians.
Nor have the efforts Of abstainers at home
modified the doses at all-even the Brit
ish, in spite Of the violent agitation, CON
tinue to get their two and a half ounces
whenever the medical officers think they
need it.
Colonel Maus thinks "any man has as
much right 20 take hypodermic injection
Of morphia or cocaine as drink Of
whiskey," and he hopes by the time the
war is ovee majority will share his opin
ion. Unfortunately there are still great
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-10
History Repeats.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: History tells of dastardly act com
mitted by a moral pervert that his name
might go down to posterity.
Self-called civilized Germany, to terrfy
its enemies, deliberately torpedoes and sinks
merchant ships with innocent non-combatant
passengers. History repeats itself in ma
tions well as in individuals
c. r. QUINBY.
Pleasantville Station, y. Y, May 8, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-10

in their power. The belief that they would
be held in check by "the sentiment of the
world" was dismissed by him as "a
dangerous and most misleading doctrine"
And so it has proved.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-10

There is the matter of the Presidents
golf playing Saturday morning. There
was a lot of easy talk about that yester.
day. How could he do it," folks asked
Why shouldn't he have done it? Perhaps
he had not slept all Friday night; perhap;
in no other way could he gather his
nerves. And perhaps, going round the
course, some unusually wise thing &C.
Cured to him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-10
American Stupidity.

70 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: II in the new sea disaster the lives Of
more than a hundred Americans are lost
many Of them will have to thank the we'll
known stupidity of the American press for
their fate.
Let US admit for the sake of argument that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-10
THE PRAYER OF AN ANGUISHED MAN.
w W

The PRA1Eh UT Az ANutiohED Hh''
W. W.
Oh God, why is it given me,
In this dark, fearsome hour,
To guide the helm of State, oercast
With shadows fierce and dour?
Have pity, Lord, and strip from me
The sceptre Of my power.
Stain not my hands with brothers blood.
Dispense these clouds that lower.
pray this cup may pass; | pray
Thee take away this blight.
If not, God grant that l may act
With justice and for right.
r. l.. BURDIcK.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-10

We wonder how the Lusitania massacre
affected the Presidents golf. Our respon-
sibility in this crisis is less than his, yet
since Friday afternoon we have been
hardly able to hit a tennis-bal over the
net. We fear that our mind, like Mr..
Wilson's, is a single-track affair, and that
no idea will go through until the block is
open.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-10

All the bleacher cries Of Take hin
outw will not remove the President from
office. While he is in Office his judgment
must determine the nations course. He
needs a lot of standing-by. Eventually
you will have to stand by him. Why not
now?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-10

The motto of the neutral nation is I've
Should Worry" The motto Of the jingOes
is eve Should Hurry" But we should
not hurry, and especially should we no,
hurry the President.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-10

1t seemed unlikely that Germany would
attempt to sink the Lusitania. Almost
as far from possibility as that, If you
asked anybody a year ago this lovely May
morning, there could ever be another
great war.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-10
announcement for Honesty.

John Dahlgrcn. released from a Mime
sofa penitentiary at the end of long
sentence. decided there was nothing in the
life of crime. He went to Chicago, got
work as a shoemaker. and saved money.
Finally he went to Milwaukee and OBJ
tanned work there, hut was discharged
after the police had told his employers
he was an ex-convict. Discouraged,
tainted by friends and acquaintance, he
relapsed and is again doing "a bit" for
this backslding.
Is the responsibility for this more
Dahlgren's or society's? The tendency
in prison administration now-hailed
everywhere as "prison reform'-is to
treat the copyicts as human beings, to
give them some measure of self-govern-
ment, to put them on their honor; in short,
to endeavor to fit them by giving privi-
leges and responsibilities in prison for the
resumption Of honest life when released.
Yet this is futile if there is to be no gen.
eral disposition to aid the individual who,
once at liberty, honestly tries to live down
his past. The public evidently needs edu
eating as well as some of its old-fash-
ioned prison administrators. If this waste
material of humanity is ever to be any
thing but waste there must be more
Mrs. Booths and more Fords to encourage
and help released convicts as well as more
Osbornes to help the men inside the walls.
Count Won Bernstorf's "Let them think'
was not meant, apparently, as an encourage
ment to neutrality of thought He had bet
ter have taken a leaf from President VIII
sons book.
7. r., if memory is not at fault, huge
~ enjoying the limelight also when the
Titanic went down.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-10

You can purchase merchandise advertised
In THE TRIBUNE with absolute saicty-tor
IL dissatisfaction results In any case The
TRIBUNE guarantees TO pay your money
back upon request. No red tape. no qub-
bling We make good promptly If the ad-
yertiser docs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-10

Das ist des Deutschen Vaterland,
Wo Eide schwort der Druck der Hand,
Wo Treue hell vom Auge blitzt
Und Liebe warm in Herzen sitzt-
Das soil es sen,
Das, wackrer Deutscher, nenne dem!
Ernst Moritz Arndt
Translated, it goes about like this:
There is the German Fatherland,
Where the oath is bound by the hearty
hand,
Where Faith shines brightly from the
eyes
And in the heart warm love lies
That is your land!
That. noble German, call your own!
Etwas satirist, Herr Arndt, was!
Speaking of blood thirst-as who Is
not?-the Orpheum Theatre program
Denver, carries this ad; Don't Nil your
Wife. Let the Western Columbia Laun'
dry Do the Work"
OF course, we might have set that item
as an excerpt, and put headline on u
Domestic Finish"
The Woolworth of Wordiness Is d"
tanned by a publishing house when az
vertises "the regular gold embossed
leather bound, gilded all around de LUNG
Edition"
OF course, the jubilant Germans warhe0
passengers about TO embark. In the sa"is
way the marlborough should warn ."
passengers that state Of poor veh'l"
ton exists in its crowded cars and 'nS'
persons absorbing bacilli do so at l. o. T.
"Be fair" counsels the Kaiser, ANU
he might add, las we are all rather O''!
over here, suppose you furnish S''o
the fairness
Germany, we are informed, IS haVns
a large sign painted, to be stuck up ae'V'.
the universe. The sign says "Veroo'e''
Crack. crack! went several thous""'
yesterday, under the STRAIN
Let Samuel Taylor Coleridge have 'n'
last word this morning.
THE very deep did rot: o Christ.
That ever this should be"
F.P.A
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-10

The Woolworth of Wordiness IS az
tanned by a publishing house when az
vertises "the regular gold emooSse0'
leather bound, gided all around de LUXE
Edition"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-10

Let Samuel Taylor Coleridge have '''
ast word this morning.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-10

OF course, we might have set that i'e'D
as an excerpt, and put a headline on u
Domestic Finish"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-10

The very deep did rot: o Christ.
That ever this should be"
F.P. A
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-10

T. R., if memory is not at fault, was huge
ly enjoying the limelight also when the
Titanic went down
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-10

Speaking of blood thirst-as VINO Is
not?-the Orpheum Theatre program
Denver, carries this ad: Don't Nil lou'
Wife. Let the Western Columbia Laun'
dry Do the Work"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-10

Crack. crack! went several thous"'"
yesterday, under the STRAIN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-10

Entered at Posor-e az 500 Yorb S'eoud G.
Nal Na-e-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-10

Germany, we are informed, IS haVAs
a large sign painted, to be stuck up ae'V'.
the universe. The sign says "Veroo'e''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-10

"Be fair" counsels the Kaiser. AND
he might add, las we are all rather oOs!
over here, suppose you furnish $3.50 o.
the fairness"
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-23

The contributed the other
two will 500 VOTES FOR EACH DOLLAR OF CASH
SALES AT THEIR RESPECTIVE STORES, but will
given purchases of less than one dollar.
No direct relative of connected with firm
employee firm interested in the contest will be allowed
participate a contestant.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-23

VOTES WILL BE COUNTED EACH TUESDAY and the results
announced the following day. transferred from
contestant to another after being cast.
The votes will be counted each week ballot box placed in
the uazette-News office where ballots be
time