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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-01
THE GERMAN CAPTAIN KIDDS
Their Naval Policy Plain Piracy, Says This
Reader.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir; Some Of your readers do not appear
10 understand the difference between Eng
lands policy In notifying neutrsls that they
should he careful while IN the war zone ana
the deliberate threat made by Germany
Great Britain offered TO aid ships in every
possible way, while the Germans adopted
far different course.
The right Of a ship 20 use the flag OF an
other nation IL we'll established rule,
which violates no treaty and which is ire.
oucntly used By all countries IN time OF
war
German submarines have absolutely no
right to sink an English ship without CIV
ing the crew and passengers time TO get
safely away. This rule o. naval warfare
has always been recognized in the past, ana
the plea that submarines cannot RISK giving
p warning etc, is mere absurdltY. Inc
German government q az much guilty OF
piracy as we're Blackboard Captain Kidd
Morgan and other cutthroats Of their type.
Germany, the despoiler Of Belgium, is
indeed In a poor state when she finds II
necessary 20 bewail her lack Of food sup
plies. Perhaps if the lives OF the countless
thousands butchcred by her prot"sstona.
murderers could be recalled the world would
have more sympathy.
A good American cannot wish success 20
Germany. We have absolutely nothing III
common win the Germans anu owe du'V
luteIy nothing 20 them. Germany has done
more harm than good 10 this country
Glance over list Of our prominent brew
ers. liquor wholesalers. etc, and you WAL
appreciate my meaning
Germany is in fact, an absolute mon
archy. This is due 10 the fact that Prus-
STA contains far more people than all the
other states put together; moreover IN
Prussia the King IA practically despot.
The German Ambassador why not call
him a press agent?, DR.. Dernburg. who Is
a Hebrew by race, and Herman Ridder will
never convince US that Germany has d.
vine right 10 grab everything desirable from
the rest OF the world. The Neutrality
League will be quite unsuccessful.
read Richard Harding Davis's letter IN
Yesterdays paper. Thank God for journal
lists Of his type; fearless and unafraid he
stands as shining example Of all that IS
best in American life. John Burroughs, the
venerable naturalist, and q number Of other
writers and citizens deserve the utmost
praise for their patriotic and conscientious
effort in replying 10 the professional Ger
man letters writer's. All thanks TO them for
their noble work. ,. ". :.
Hartford. Conn, Feb. 2S, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-01
Bill" Kennel.

Lieutenant Bill" Kennel Is now on
hi. seventh Mayor. That is to say,
twenty years ago to-day ne took his seat
beside the little gate which leads to the
suite OF offices in the lower northwest
corner Of City Hall and has since mind
ed his own business and said nothing"
The late Patrick Keenan, gave him this
advice. Bill" took it and has kept 1t,
not literally, but just as it was meant to
be kept.
This is something Of a pity, because
Lieutenant "Bill" has had exceptional
opportunities TO back up philosophy with
anecdote. 1t has been his duty and priv
lege in these twenty years to escort the
citv's chief executive on sorties of every
description, and at all times to act as
buffer between the Mayor and those who
would importune him. He has escaped
the crank's bullet, has survived countless
dinners and has withstood the vagaries
of those strange and irascible gentlemen
elected TO employ him. And he remains
friendly and loquacious in four Ian
guages. But he uses his vocabularies as
a cavalry screen to test the enemy and
conceal the mobilization Of his own
thoughts. Not even those seven mayors,
perhaps they least of all, have known
what went or in the trenches under
Bills" generous thatch Of hair grown
silver white in service.
The mutabilty Of human, including
political. fortunes; the vanity Of popular
favor, the ubiquity Of the insane-on
these and similar premises one might con-
struct a point of view appropriate to
the tall police guardian. But in the
mean time the community, the poorer in
one sense for the lock he keeps Oh what
ought to be at least a treasure house Of
gossip. is in debt to "Bill' Kennel for
the faithful and discreet performance Of
a frequently dangerous and onerous duty.
lie is one Of those American public SER
wants whose comparative obscurity and
consequent permanence OF tenure permit
them to learn their jobs thoroughly.
Bill" knows his. Some one else will
have TO do the gossiping.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-01
On Physical Characteristics and Mental.
o The Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In this mornings Tribune Henri
eta Rodman quotes remarkable state
ment as having been made by Professor
Harry /. Hollingsworth, Of Columbia Uni
yersity, that observing physical character
istics TO discover special abilities IS a
method Of no value.
Some thousands Of employers teachers,
employment experts and vocational special
lists are using the methods which Professor
Hollingswor;h condemns They hold these
methods to be of the highest practical value.
Some go so far as to say that wide use Of
them would help solve the problems Of
vocational fitness for large numbers Of chill
dren and young people Many important
firms and movements are considering the
adoption Of these methods
In view Of these facts, is Professor Hol-
lingsworth's ipsc diXit sufficient for him
self, for The Tribune for those who have
a vital commercial or social interest in
vocational problems? For one, | should
like TO have proof. II, as Professor Hol-
lingsworth admits, extreme differences IN
physical characteristics indicate differences
in mental traits, what s his proof that the
finer gradations do not also indicate pro-
portionste differences? Is he prepared to
prove that man with the physical char
acteristics Of Jan Kubelik might be Won
Hindenburg or that a man with the physical
appearance of Woodrow Wilson might be a
Gyp the Blood? ARTHUR NEWCOMB.
725 Riverside Drive, New York, Feb. %,
1915
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-01
Do American Laborers Exist?

There is marked difference Of opin-
ion over the immediate practical effect
Of the Court OF Appeals decision on the
alien labor law. Contractors fear that
they will have to suspend work; some
sections of the subway are TO be tenn
porarily abandoned because Of the al
legged shortage of American workers.
Nevertheless. John Gill, of the labor
union which started the case; the Cen
trail Federated Union and Superinten-
dent Sears of the Municipal Employ
ment Bureau agree in saying that citi-
zens for the contractors work can be
supplied in any desired number In
very short time. If that is the case
there should be no suspension Of subway
construction. II, as certain number
of citizens believe, the real issue is, after
all, the padrone system and low wages
against an American scale Of wages,
that question could be answered very
promptly if the labor unions would pro-
duce citizens able and willing TO do the
work which the alien laborers on public
contracts have been doing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-01
A Business Man for President.

To the Editor % The Tribune.
Sir: Why not have successful business
man FOR our next President"
With every reason why We should be on
the high tide % prosperity abundant
crops, foreign manufactures largely stopped
h. the var. which also makes markets for
some - our goods 81 high prices with 40
much In our favor yet we are in the pinch
o. poverty through unemployment.
Lawyers, professors and soldiers may be
all right in their place, but are they the
httest ones TO direct the business matters
Of our great nation?
II We had had intelligent management a:
the head Of our affairs would our railroads
be n their wits end to pay their expenses
and debts, and would there be bread lines
and distress in our cities and country, fac
tories idle and encouragement every
where
The best Governor New York State ever
had WAS h. b. Odell. The politicians and
grafters howled him down. but have never
been able 20 And one definite charge sgain.,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-01
The Prophetic Autocrst.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: More than fifty years ago the genial
"Autocrat 81 the Breakfast Table" wrote
the following, under the title Of Latter
Day Wernings":
when one that hath a horse on sale
Shall bring his merit 70 the proof,
Without 4 lie for every nail
That holds the IRON to the hcof-
When he that selleth house or land
Shows leak in roof or flaw IN right
When haberdashers choose the stand
Whose window hath the broadest light
The recent articles appearing IN The
Tribune from the pen Of Samuel Hopkins
Adams indicate that the millennium "a still
distant, "a do the conditions in Europe the
glorious time when men shall beat their
swords into plough'hares and their spears
into pruning hooks" ). A. MI.
New York, Feb Is, 1918
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-01
\ Progressive Platform.

Elsewhere on this page to-day is
printed letter from Mr.. Lindon Bates,
ir., the local Progressive county chair
man, setting forth the reasons that he
sees for continued loyalty TO the Progress
sive party.
At time when both Progressives and
Republicans are studying carefully the
still underlined frontier which for the
present at least divides those who were
once united. this frank statement de
serves careful reading.
The letter itself WAS written ny Mr..
Bates at the request Of The Tribune,
which thanks him for his courtesy and
his frankness.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-01
Neutrality or Impartislity.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: lie Temps" % Paris published or
February IL letter from Rome, italy,
under the title OF Real Impartislity." Ac-
cording TO Jean Csrrere, the signer Of the
letter, impartiality does not consist in re
framing from expressing an opinion. bu.
in stating the truth. May be permitted
70 quote the closing paragraph OF Mr.. Car
rere's letter:
There was once a man IN public life
who illustrated ossuistic neutrality In a
manner which will always be remembered
He was model official, g gentleman In
every sense according to the standard OF
his day, All excellent diplomat, and in the
depth OF his heart he was not Indifferent
20 Justice, for, on the whole, he liked good
men better than bad ones. However. since
he was fond o. ease did not wish TO en-
danger his reputation, and wanted TO live
on good terms with every one. he re-
Trained from taking sides, on an unforget-
table occasion, and WAS satisfied with wash
ing mis- hands. His name was Pontius
Plate" d. J.
New York, Feb rs. 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-01
Hostages or Hornets7

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Referring 70 your editorial OF 70.
dav on the subject Of Half Million Tons
% Hostages" Is Il not true that a number
c. these ships, such as the Vsterland, were
auxliaries OF the German navy. and as
such are so equipped that in case Of any
"unpleasautness" arising between the
United States and the Hun" government
these hostages might prove hornets" in
stead Of hostages ard cause some disturb
snce 20 the peace Of the citizens OF New
York? II these ships have ordnance, as
some believe. they could put up" some lit
tie fight, could they mott +. /. G.
New York Feb %, 1918.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-01
a. p. THE PEOPJ COLUMN For Public Debate

his Administration, and the finances o. our
state we're never so successfully managed
as by him He had made money for him
self and knew how to make II for the state
There Is no need 70 have Mexico bleeding
and In suffering at our doors and We need
not intervene with soldiers, ether, while
vast investments there are IN almost hope
less condition.
VIII II not be wise for US to nominate
ard elect for our next President success
full, capable business man?
H II. SWIFT
MllIbrook, " Y, Feb. %, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-01

II Is no canary's breakfast that Our Editor
enjoys. There is grapefruit; and " Our Ed
tors son. hurrying TO school, has left his por-
ton, there are grapefruit. And sweetbreads,
broiled and toast, with a mysterious gam
boge sauce. Three helpngs Our Editor has, but
when there is broiled chicken he starves him
self on half bird Then there are fresh rolls.
and fine strawberry Jam, and cubic acres o.
toast There is coffee. too, but Our Editor 40
stains. Sometimes, though, when there isn't any
company, Our Editor puts lump Of sugar in
a cup and pours on all the cream the rest
haven't used up for the coffee.
He puts on his 1909, one-cylinder. battl.hlp.
gray overcoat and his green gray fedora. He
kisses his beautiful wife goodby, and start, FOR
the office. Sometimes he stops next door to ses
how Grandma. who is 81, slept; but often
Grandma comes over for breakfast 70 tell Our
Editor herself. Grandma hasn't had a sick day
In her 81 years but she had a little cold the
other day. She reads all the current stuff. es.
pecially Our Paper, and when there is an IN.
usually good piece-a Macedonian Cry or q
Clarion Call-her kind eyes shine III.
prouder than ordinarily.
MORE COMING TOMORROW
F. p A.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-01
Straneline the Merchant Marine


Congress advertised on Saturday the
utter insincerity Of the support which II
has been giving to the administration
ship purchase bill by sending to the
President for his signature the La Fol-
te-Alexander seamen's act This act
turns to ridicule all the arguments made
in behalf Of the Wilson-McAdoo pro-
gramme OF creating an emergency mer-
chant marine.
The administration has held that
American shippers could not get their
products transported to Europe unless
the government went to their aid by in
ducing American citizens to register for
eign built vessels under the American
flag, and also by going itself on a large
scale into deep sea transportation. When
the President was authorized last August
to suspend various provisions Of the
navigation laws for the benefit Of foreign
vessels transferred TO American registry
it was clearly recognized that an Ameri-
can merchant marine could not compete
with foreign shipping except on basis
Of lower cost Of operation. The entry Of
the government into the business of
transportation was defended on the
ground that the powerful backing Of the
federal Treasury was needed to keep a
higher cost American merchant marine
aloat.
Now Congress has dropped all pretence
of a desire TO establish 2 deep sea carry
ing trade private owned or govern
mental-whch can hold its own against
foreign competition. The seamen's bill
aims at restricting our deep sea merchant
marine by making its cost Of operation
more nearly prohibitive than ever It i'm
poses still bigger handicaps in wages and
equipment. After inducing American
citizens to register under our flag vessels
which had enjoyed greater economic ad-
vantages under other flags Congress has
now nullifed the concessions it granted
and created new burdens and hsndcaps
on operation. Even if private owners of
shipping ere TO be relieved by the failure
Of the ship purchase bill Of the threat
ened competition Of a government mo-
nopoly they are TO be penalized, as an
offset, by the fresh exactions of the sea-
mems act.
No other interest IL considered than
that Of the small body of sesmen now
employed on American ships Solcitude
for the American producer supposed to
he shut of from foreign markets Is sud
denly forgotten.
An attempt is also made TO increase
the cost Of service on foreign owned yes
sells and 10 drive such vessels out Of our
harbors. The seamen's bill abrogates
treaties Of commerce with about thirty
nations in an unjustifable effort to hector
them into making their navigation laws
conform 10 ours If the President signs
this reckless measure lie will crush out
the last hope Of reyiyiug az American
deep sea merchant marine on any basis
that can last. lie will also involve the
country IN controversies with the rest Of
the maritime world which II would he
the height Of folly to provoke in the
present strained condition of interna-
tiona relations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-01
A Word About Libel.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: A libel suit il nothing TO worry over.
but ! don't suppose that's news to any
newspaper editor. IL may be interesting 10
YOU to know that many o. your readers OF
my acquaintance feel that they owe your
psper a great debt for the service rendered
By your fearless campaign against the
Broadway and Fifth Avenue sale" takers.
HARRY JACOBS.
Jamaica, y. Y. Feb. %, 1915
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-01
Pasted jewels
EPITAPH

ON THE OFFICIAL PATHFINDER
Here lie the bones Of G. B.. s
Where he's gone 70 I can't guess
II to the realms Of peace and love.
There'H be no happiness rbo,s;
While If bcio'r he's found hi, ier.I
cant congratulate the Derfl.
". 4. c.
VIZ would not spoil good epi,srh merely Il.
cause the sentiment failed 20 coincid. With oer
own notions. Our attitude would be nearer thl,
G. r. s! In his intercourse With our neutrality
may he always b. in the right; bu, G. B. 6, righ,
or wrong!
?. 5 while reading the proof; Va vro,.
mentality" bu. the inspired conn made Z. "n.y.
trality," so let II .tsnd.-B l.. T. IN IN. Chicsc
Tribune.
An unknown correspondent sends Us an s5vsr-
easement clipped from English paper. I. I. hs
announcement OF one J. T. Graves, % sh.-.ld rso
sells anything one can imagine costumes, bcyels.
SHOES, sramophones, baby car-iaees watches, limo
leum, cutlery well, there's no use giving a cats
log les his headline tina, interest, Us In NJ
Grsves-the line that brings 50 many solemn
thoughts
GRAVES
FOR EVERYTHING
Ted Robinson, in the Cleveland Plain DeAlsn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-01

Our Editor has breakfast at hslfpsst seven,
or later Some nights he sleeps well, but other
nights he doesn't get TO sleep until three or four
o'clock which is unwise. Il is bad habits tina.
keep Our Editor awake, | think. There are
many problems in Our Town, and many Jobs %
be found for folks who can't find them FOR
themselves. For Our Townspeople have the
habit of coming to Our Editor with their troa.
bles; and the number he has Strengthened on.
is very large, only you have 20 find that gu,
from people who have left Our Town and come
to the city, because Our Editor never gets
around TO talking about himself. unless (: is
about something where the joke is on him. At
any rate, It Is the bad habit Of worrying about
other folks troubles that keep, Our Editor
awake. The doctors say that people who worry
think too much about themselves; but quarrel
with them here. The serenest, calmest, sleep.
INCEST people I know are those who never give
a thought or any other part Of themselves 70
anybody else.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-01

The Commerce Commission's trunk de-
c'sioH will enable the Progressives 20 ship
,heir policies without further difficulty
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-01
The Coming Iower
THE GRAND TOUR
Emporis. Kansas.

bmporia, ksnsss.
e Our Town n you have read ia
49,. To,,r" by william Allen White you kno.
W. 7 mean: ~ you haven't. 90 and buy II, and
c c"1 90, II is q great book. ] think | should
''nu haye written that and "Tono-Bungay'
,har any two other books know; except per.
bans "The Home Book Of Verse The ranking
" re .Liros literary and artistic Is harmfG
" .,;ah and modern habit, and ! hets II. III
Iid,t hate it. should be tempted 70 assert
..;.ho,t E. Of q. C., that "In Our Town is II.
.ost American book yet written. m
rortoe Il to this extent Any reader y
g." clio ~ Sapience who buys in Our Town
and saws honestly, that he didn't Ike y MAJ
hago his money back by sending the book to
ms No questions asked.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-01

He lives IT. what tho fire Insurance policies
call the three-story brick end stone dwelling
situate at 927 Excl ange Street, Emporia Lyon
Coyrtv. Kansas. But the insurance people omit
the nice front yard and the big back yard, cor,
tanning vegetables and poultry in season; and
tvo green urns on the front porch and TIE
contents, consisting, 20 quote the Insurance
policies again, Of household furniture, And one
wife, two children and one pure silesisn cook
az their interests may appear.
II good house and you feel that the thinn
In It were accumulated one by one, and that tof
each place Of furniture, each book, each picture
q. It came, there was little celebration, and =
sense Of new Joy at the thought that this
new thing would make life little richer.
When a young pair enters completely FUR
nished home after the honeymoon, when the
addition of new set Of dishes or new rug
means nothing, that pair is entitled 70 much
sympathy. There was a talk once Of honey.
moons. and the ideal places to visit; and 8
Wise Man observed that II II mattered % the
honeymooners where they went, It didn't matter
where they went; and if it didn't matter ~hsr
they went, why, then it didn't matter wher
they went.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-01

Uewa mixed with Dewey Headline.
Some new temperance drink for the nav,
doubtless.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-01

,,ov the stories about Our Town were al
...r;+t.r bv Our Editor, and there were 80 many
co1L. 70 write about what with the Society
ponor.er the Banker, The Tramp Printer, IN,
Reigning Society Queen the Cub Keporter-ths'
our Editor never did get around to writing 4
niscs about himself. For without him Our
Town would be a yellow Emporis by rivers
brin. and nothing more.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-01

Es-.7-. POL ON Pea Hsst''--
Higher education mas rs popular aspects
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-01

inferred al III. Po.ton,. a, New YORK s~cond Ci,''
N..l Mater.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-27
BANKER AND WIFE
SLAIN; HOME FIRED
Captain and Mrs. Robert w. Mueller
of Milwaukee Are the
Victims

Princeton, Wis, Sept. 27.--Capt. Rob-
ert w. Mueller, former teller OF the First
National bank of Milwaukee and com
mander Of troop A, a crack cavalry com
pany of that city, and his wife have been
murdered at their summer home ID miles
from this place. Their bodies were
found Saturday afternoon in the ruins
of the house, which had been set on fire
by the slayers.
The motive for the double murder OF
the couple, who were popular in Milwau-
kee social circles, is mystery, though
robbery is suggested by the fact that
they were known to be wealthy
Not trace OF the slayers or clew OF
any kind has been found. The Muellers
were alone at their place without serv-
ants, and no one saw the fire until the
house was destroyed. Neighbors found
the ruins of the house and later took
from the ashes the two charred bodies,
The Mueller home was nearly Is miles
from the nearest town, on the shore of
Lake Puckaway. IL is believed that the
home was burned some time during the
night.