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A Depressing Feature Of the War.

Attacks upon unfortified places by
aircraft have become IA practice In
the war in Europe, although all the
belligerents subscribe in theory to the
obligation imposed by Article % OF
the Hague convention OF 1907, which
declares that the attack or lombard
ment by any means whatever OF
towns, villages. habitations or build
ings which are not defended Is pro-
hibited." Karlsruhe, which "A squad
ron Of twenty-three French aero
planes bombarded on June 10 In re-
t~aliation for the attacks by Zeppe-
Inns upon French and English open
towns, is fortified no more than the
many places In England OF which tn
enemy has made "A target. 1t Is true
that Karlsruhe was the headqua rters
Of the Fourteenth Army Corps before
The war, and contains arms and am
munition factories, but that does not
make It a defended" town, a town
protected by Notifications.
Which side began the dastar dly
business-each side accuses the other
is not material those who protest
against the dropping of explosives
from airships of any type forfeit
their right to the sympathy of neu-
trails when they commit the same
outrage. and they do not Justify them
| aa1,ap Ltr an1Iinn ~ rata1tatlpp ThA
main result of these raids In England
and on the Continent Is that non
comhatants, in most cases women and
children, are killed. No advantage Of
any military Importance Is gained as
n rule, even IL an arms factory Is hit
or the roof Of a railroad station shat.
tered, The damage done can be re-
paired in n few days. Life, however,
rannOt be restored to the innocent
victims, the babe In Its mothers
arms, the father who Is the support
IF n family.
Why, then, Is there persistence In
this savagery? Surely, the German
War Office Is too well served by It's
spies TO make n mistake in the char
acter or the village or town bonn
bardcd, and the same is true of the
French and British authorities. W.
think the answer To the question 1,
that both sides in their desperation
are unwilling to be bound by any
convention or code Of war rules anC
are quick to find warrant for thel'
acts by distorting definitions, Thu
any town that contains n regimen
OF soldiers In quarters or that sup
plies arms to combatants Is attacked
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II Is refreshing to have a public
man speak out as ex-Secretary Of the
Navy GEORGE Won l.. MEYER does when
he says that In calling attention to
naval deficiencies ne has had no desire
to criticise JosEPHus DANIELS but mus,
maintain, nevertheless, that the Sec
rotary rs responsible for the de-
moralized condition Of the personnel
and the decreased efficiency OF the
navy
The idea that Secretary DANIELS
was prosecuted when the truth was
told about some OF his foolish activi-
ties could find n Judgment only in the
brains Of professional and amateur
friends OF peace at any price. 1t Il
significant that OF late these gentry
have stopped talking about the virtue,
of the present Secretary and the vii
lainy Of his critics.
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MENAGERIE OF HEAVEN.
Great Excitement and Probable Loss
Of Life in . Starry Ceiling.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr: May
I ask II the decorator who blazoned
the starry armament on the ceiling OF
the %coneourse In the new Grand Central
terminal has been brought to Justice
for his violation of the laws Of thu
universe with respect to the positions
OF the consultations? II he is now
doing penance for his offences please
consider this letter al not having been
written.
When ! reached New York the other
evening tho sky was overcast. but In
the great of the terminal an
unclouded ceiling displayed the familiar
stars OF Orion and Taurus all IN their
proper places. ! would have passed on
to the street. but evidence OF a celestial
CONFUSION arrested my attention. Re
telgeuse, Bellatrix and Rigei were at
their accustomed posts, and the ancient
hunter Was shaking the lions skin al
the Hyades and Pleiades as OF yore, but
mighty Taurus. leaving Aldebaran and
Alcyone behind. had charged through
space, chasing the Lesser Dog from his
place at the heels OF the Heavenly Twins
and stood threatening the Hunter from
a position unheard Of since the time
Of Ptolemy. CAMS Major had Joined
CAMS Minor in flight, taking Sirius
with him from the sky. and Orion, turn
ing his head without changing the posi-
ton of his body. was looking over his
right shoulder at the threatening APP
partition Of tho Bull.
When about to shake the dust Of New
York from my feet l looked again a,
the painted sky. Orion's left arm was
still raised to ward on an attack from
a position from which the Bull had
vanished, The Milky Way. at freshe,
pitch. had engulfed the figure of the
Hunter. and like the guilty decorators
equator and ecliptio was bidding de.
rance to all the charts of tho heavens
made since the days OF Copernicus.
looked no further for unwonted celcs,
tial phenomena The danger OF losing
my train and dlslocating my csrvca'
Nertebre Was sufficiently imminent al
ready. s. N.
BOsToN. Lnne l6.
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Chicago Arbitrates.

C%hicago's population, which for
about forty-eight hours was deprived
Of it's ordinary transportation facili'
ties. will not question the terms on
which the dispute that tied up Its
surface and elevated railroads is sent
to arbitration. What 1t wants more
than anything else is. to have the cars
in motion. and the resumption OF the
service will put a period to the whole
subject in the minds Of a large ma.
jority Of its citizens.
Whether the absence Of violence "
to he attributed to Mayor THoMP-
SONS firm stand for order, the self.
restraint of the men or an unusual
degree of tact and skill on the part
Of the managers, IL has been a marked
and gratifying concomitant Of the
dispute. That rioting might have he
gun had the negotiations looking to.
ward peace fallen through Is Of course
true. but the fact that the strike was
| carried on without resort to the
bludgeon and the bomb, and wtthou,
necessitating the use Of their club,
by the police, is highly credita bic &c
the men who quit their Jobs and u
their leaders.
The workmen Of Chicago hav:
lived in an atmosphere Of unrest fol
months. and the railway mems strik'
was the gravest incident Of a lonl
series Of labor difficulties. The man
ner Of its termination 10 distinct,
r%eassuring and holds the promise o.
a settlement not permanently unsatis
factory to both sides.
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WOULD YENTILATE
NEW SUBWAY FREE
Kiosk Manufacturers Make
Proposal, but Want Adver-
Using Privilege.
SERVICE BOARD HEARING


~ y" '"pP'' u" "" '''''N'F
subway with ventilating kiosks free ~
charge as a substitute for the offensive
side walk grotines bu,lt into ~, -
-
system was "au' "' 4 nearing "'i"i"
the Public Service Commission yostc.
day.
~. ,uu r.,
'''''-
kins' representing n company which
manufactures the hosks. lie said the
comnanv would no, onIv ,,r,,., Cha.
--.,- =. !.
'e"''ia'or' " !" Wv" eNP""N'' "n'
would ever pay q rental IN return for
advertising privileges. lie stimulated
,ho, 81. ,,,v IN ,bo oo., =, oo,.
80 vn 60 ,ha c,rh H..
Tha Ltosrs .otd NJ 'r~o,,,,,. ua,,,
ho h,,i, oYa- .,h.ay Ill 80
,a,o,va 20 s,,ean f.s, bigh go !"
foe, souare and ~ rood annaara,o.
IL .,a,os.oa ,ba, q, ,,ot-,a,. -.
huh, the ldosks could b. used a. .ms,'
gencv vita
usmhar ~. nna,u N.,
nodol ana sa,d,
.'Th,s ia tho kiosk u,ea IN .on. =, 81.
worlds mos, beautiful ol,i.. W. ~
a-iIiry IN nav an arcbl,sc, ANA a .,rin.
tor for the most suitable design for
New York As an sdyerrSng msd,ur,
,ha.s kiosk, would allev,a,. ,ha hrI'
board svl A.. ventila,or. Win a 90,
AZ IVORY zach would disnlacs 10 ooo on.
| hio fee, OF air an hour"
Aifred Craven the eommiarton.. ch,.,
.nIneer who insis,s tina, ..d.waiL
grstinrs SUNNY ina onIv practical sns
;ne.nen,,ve means OF expell,nS foul Of,
from the subwav did not think much a,
| the kiosk. He said they would b. un.
slightly beaus. a treat many would h.
needle II. also oon,end.S that IN.
nrs.ent me,hoa OF having tra,n, sorc,
haa mir Through thu sratinr. 4. no,o
er.c,ive than fans.
The placing OF air stacka in oarhs And
other omen places was rugrested nv r
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WANT OF HUMOR
A New Cause Of Battles. Murder and
Sudden Death.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Str: The
chief cause OF the slaughter OF brave
men In Europe Is that those effete dent
zens OF the Old World are lacking In a
sense of humor. Only men who take
themselves too seriously could carry on
organized murder to such a hideous
length. Here is the reasoning:
We are all lucky TO be alive, nations
as we'll as individuals. There Is no fun
in being dead. The desire 10 cut short
the life OF a fellow man is so grotesquc,
so abominable that only the dullcsi,
most stupid OF mankind can cherish 4.
That being so, the poor devils that do
the slaughtering should rebel and give
the laugh of d~erision 10 the ego,lstic and
humor lacking ruler who wants 10 make
them food FOR shrapnel In other words,
they should strike against war. The
Germans with their sense Of thorough
ness, the English with their logged de-
termination. are too much wrapped up
In themselves: their viewpoint Is too
somhre.
We Yankees are the lads who take the
saner ground, for we get too much ont
OF life, feel the Joy OF living too keenly
TO want to abhreviate existence, We may
bristle up ferCcly, but we do not really
want TO fight unless II Is impcrativoly
necessary. We are not towards, hut
there is too much work to do and too
much enjoyment ahead of us to want to
engage In the tnhuman business OF ex-
termination. Fighting among men Is
ridiculous because II is out Of place. II
belongs TO IA cruder period of the worlds
history. The man who challenges an
other to fight makes himself a laugh
ing stock, and even In hot hlooded South
Carolina, where such things used 10 be
pulled N frequently, Its exercise Mt
this period would cause a forfeit OF citi-
zenship.
In another generation the nation that
tries to bring on war will be either
laughed out OF court or realize a world
wide combination OF other Powers
against IT. r., u, SMITH.
WAsHINGToN, n, C., June l6.
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in effect provided chiefly by Great
Britain itself. Again, the means are
probably not altogether lacking in the
United Kingdom for placing large
amounts Of our securities at the dis
posal Of the British Government and
British finance, which could employ
them as collateral for the negotiation
Of loans in this country. At the last,
can be had to outright Dor.
rowlngs abroad on the faith and
credit OF the British nation; and the
probabilities are that British credit
will be found to be good for great
sums for a long while yet.
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II as BILLY SUNDAY wrote

II he wrote II as BILLY SUNDAY wrote
certain pa sa ges in BOB INGERsoLL.
These noble lines are in every
good mans" memory:
The walter roared It through the hall
We don't give bread with ono fshball.'"
VIII some historian Of American
literature tell us the exact date OF
THE Lone Fishball"? Probably Mr..
COILS is a mystifcator and an adj
mirer Of Father PRoUT. But Phila.
delphla should he faithful to catfish
and wafiies and not lay s%acrilegious
hands on the proudest monument, ex-
cept the Sacred Goldfish, Of the Cod
Ash Belt.
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70 THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str: with
a genius limited to other and far diff
ferent matters, who shall say that
m should receive political e%nfran-
chisement In the premier State OF the
Union? Who shall say that II would not
mean confusion and interruption, instead
of clarity and acceleration, to the polit-
zeal machine? Why, II saphead voters
In the state of New York are in the
majority and should he hocuspocussed
into giving women the privilege to
vote, YOU will find that man will very
soon be In ms helpless n condition as a
fly on its back in the fall. T. Il. w.
GLEN RIDGE, y. j., June l6.
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Buffalo Cross Roads, a village four and
A half mites from l.ewishurg Union ooun-
ty. Is so named, according 70 historians,
because the last buffalo killed In tho great
Bunalo Valley OF Union county was shot
near IN. place. The skull ~ this beast,
a large hull. was hung on a pole at a
point where pubic highways crossed,
hence the name. This hunslo was Killed.
II is asserted. IN the early part Of 1900,
This village Of Buffalo Cross Roads was
the home OF a tanner by the name ~
chamberlain, who Is sald "a have hsen
the FIRST person IN the United states IN
start the canning ~ fruits for commercial
purposes, Mr. Chamberlain hogan THIS
fruit preserving as an experiment for his
own use, The products were pleasing "a
the taste, and hs made shipments NJ good.
TO New York city, whore a demand soOi
arose for all the surplus fruits he wa
able to supply.
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"No American citizen" says Mr..
BRYAN, car note without deep con
Germ the manner in which war ques-
lions have intruded themselves into
our politics-overshadowing economic
issues and stimulating agitation In
favor OF enlarged appropriations for
military and naval purposes.- The
concern Of citizens Is about the use
that political demasogues and hyphen-
ated Americans are making Of the wal
to promote their personal interests
and compromise the neutrality Of the
nation. As TO the effect of wkr dis
cusslon in strengthening the army
and navy for emergencies there Is q
general approval Of II among thought
full men. Mr.. BRYAN Is talking bun
combe.
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from ne Greenport R.pue ncan Walchman

Justice j willard Preston, our Police
Justice. is spoken OF as being one OF the
best officials this village has ever had.
Recently the Justice has been a very
busy magistrate and he has In every In
dIvliual case dispensed with good Justice
Mr.. Preston, although receiving but
small recompenss for his services, sits
upon the bench with much dignity and
Is never sw~rved from duty and right.
His father before him, tho late Levi
Preston, was also n good Justice, and tn
present judge naturally inherits many OF
his fathers good traits OF character and
judicial Judgment
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To THE EDITOR OF THE suS-sfr; Apropos
Of the adjectivsl use OF the word enemy"
upon which "Philologist' and -. f."
have commented In THE SUN. ! would say
that the word 'friend' was formerly, and
perhaps II stu, also used as an adjective
Al example OF this use OF 'friend' Is
furnished by the expression "frienl In
dams" which Is to be found In a Connecti-
cut legal enactment OF March Is, l7O5-04,
See page ass OF THE Pubic Records "
the Colony OF Connecticut From August,
1889, to May. 1906" G, w LEWIS,
BRooKLIsE, Mass, June 10.
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SHOWS PAINTINGS BY
AMERICAN ARTISTS
Montross Gallery Opens Ey-
hibit-Will Continue
During Summer.

The Nontross Gallery Ia showing .
lean paintings which are 10 be kept o.
view during the summer months. In -.
first gallery hang three Characters,
by Maurice Sterne. There IS
the large Sacred Dance Of the Fle
ments." "A Woman Undressing ard
Bazaar Bells which tust.nes somewhs'
more a the two others the Egypt
character the painter has impaired 20 r
Of his work. Childe IIassam shoT
three delightful works re~presentstN
Of the artist IN his various phase
There is the usual Gloucester wa,e'
front. with tho houses nesting on the
shore about the church and tho sta
piers rising into the air. County Fsi
IS a stu life study. brillian, IN 90
II Is tho simple vegetable contr'hI'
10 the u fair that the artist o..
selected, The eggplant. tho apples ~
tho green peppers make an attrar'.N-
decoration. Then there Is from the ga"
artist a view of tho cliTs AZ Cai
shooting down into the blue water
Allen Tucker tries In The High RI!'.
ing" TO demonstrate tho poet!ziuc =
Of n snowstorm on "A skyscraper, o
rather on half a skyscraper W. ''"
uncovered steel bones OF the nto's''
appealing 10 heaven 10 he hid t''
are partly concealed by the snow "
Tucker may not have shown thar -
a snows;orm may make stee, CoHr'.p
ton poetic. hut he d!d succeed {" 20 '-.'t
his SNOW scene wonderfully v'y'. ''.
truthful. This is especially true PIE
blown snow on the balcony. j. N
other pictures are Walls, show =
White and family mauve walls '''
a tropical sun, and The Mo- show 3
a group of almost shorn poplar
ing before a driving wind NJ ,
three pictures form a notable lH' "'
tho collection.
Carl Mclrhers's Church ir'"-
has tho evening sun glowing '
2ildcd rcrcdos until the post ~ '.'
ture falls into tho almost G' '''
background j. Alden Wr'~ has "...
IN. autumn afternoon and .1" -..' s..
Jet IS treated hy J. W Tr,.. q
tlsO sends a Wow ~ still ".'
the nickeriug lights from ne.
called "lIarhor Lights" N'."'
tam, ph'oN aud other old 'osl.'
ers are among tNc blossoms '...
mp Elliott pairror0 Ids "NN...
william J. - ,'NrUs sends 'H.
traits. one f. the r"i lu.,'rl
such a bad hum0r tNat sho HIS
per lip drawn down tjCNt over .o'
to keep from saying what Sic
to the spectator IN fTnUt az ~"
and the other Is The ln'N
Inns" Both ~ them l'. wN-'
estIng specimens OF Mr. ,;,lrar'
"Tuc stage Of lIn' IS a 1.
piece hv e. Nyr'r,m lllr'm..
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7 g Ws'terson. = tH'ior ~ Atrh,son.
has an unusual memory lie can take q
mans measurement for a suit OF clothes
and never put down a figure. From collar
band to the length Of the trousers tn,
measurements he takes are engraved on
his mind and he then proceeds to cut this
suit from memory
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A Good Reason for Cheerfulness.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Str: Let
us be OF good cheer, A fortnight ago
only two persons stood between MIR,
Bryan and the Presidency, now there are
one hundred million. Amen
u, J, HUTCHINSON.
NEW YORK, June 10,
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NEW York, Juno IS.

When We compare the tumuIt which
RACES In Europe with the tranquility
which lately abode and still In = great
measure abides here. what friend to his
country can with Indifference behold our
present critical situation7 who knows
hut that ere long the clouds which in our
horizon now threaten US may overspresd
our land and blast all our pleasing pros
poets? Which had II not been for ou-
judicious and unbiased President prob
ably would before this have been the
case.
My countrymen, let US summon all our
circumspection and xamine with s~trictsst
scrutiny the proceedings Of our Cabinet.
lest some evil demon he husily endeavor-
ing 10 overthrow our happiness ana es
cape unpublished. Let us stu endeavor to
observe that neutrality which Is Incumbent
on US. and wi,hal let us IN every proceed
ting and In all our transactions rely on the
protection OF that Being who alone can
give and take away.
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fretful baby on n train between Spar
tanburs and Columbia the other night ~
enlisted the sympathy Of II number Of
passengers that a lady suggested tina
perhaps a "toddy' would bring It relief
II developed that the only man on the
train who could furnish the principal in
gredient was u stanch prohihitionist
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Yrnln IL WilhInnd HtHrtSs.

A toker sent n cork by mail to the editor,
After nve months detective work It was
figured out that the cork Is a stopper and
the Joker wanted his paper stopped. He
had to pay so cents for subscription dur
ing tho time the newspaper folks were
hguring out the meaning Of his Joke.
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How Singular.


Mrs. Jones had a singular hoy.
80 singula was this young JOne
That he never made more than ono moi.
Ana he played his duets ali alone.
At school he was rather erratio,
For. though mentally quick, as . weasel
He would study but one mathematic,
And when sick he had only ono mearel
RoRERr RupD WHITING.
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Were I not restrained BY other du-
ties. with what pride would I don the
uniform OF the Blue Devils" (Chas-
seurs Alpins).- President PoiScARE.
The sincerity OF N. PoINcARf is be-
yond doubt, but there must be more
than one captain OF Chasseurs who
would like to leave the trenches for the
Presidency.
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The Literary Market.

To THE FpiToR OF THE SuN-Sir: 1t
seems to have escaped the notice OF the
photographers that Bryan's book. "The
Peoples Law" sells at 80 cents.
EDWARD II. MARSH.
SPTINGFIELD, Mass. June l6.
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BRYANS OF 1896.
The Peroratlon Of q Young New
Workers. Fourth Of July Speech.

To rHE EDITOR OF THE SuS-S1r: Were
there Bryans In the Cabinet In 1852
The enclosed. 80 appropriate to the pres
ent time. ! copied from q manuscript
book OF essays and press contributions
written by my grandfather. Guysbert
Bogart Nroom. 1t was the ending OF
an address he made on Independence
Day. July 4. 1895. He was then Is
years old. He was a protege OF Alex
ander Hamilton, who CAV him a gold
box pin containing a lock Of his hair,
which I own.
Later. In 1872. ne was ono OF the or
ganizers Of the city Bank. now the
National City Bank. and its nrst cash.
Ter. l have the original resolution In
regard to the subscribing and paying
In of the original capital stock.
Gpopcv vpooA
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Bible Beat Seller at Auction.
From the NiI,rdukee SeniireI

At an auction sale OF q booksellers
stock at Beloit the Bible proved the hest
seller. Not only dii purchasers pay Wei
for tho Holy Writ, hut NAM asked 'htt
a copy be included In parcels made up for
sale.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-17

A street sprinkler In fun operation IN
Main street. Bangor, the other afternoon
ia the pouring rain attracted much eattor
ing attention for a time.
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~ our friends nho favor US rih manu-.
scripts and illustrations for publication uish
TO hare rejected articles returned thev must
IN all cases send stamps for that purpose.
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q, Swear Not by tho Moon.

Romeo was swearing by the moon.
Nothing doing" protested Juliet. 'ths
moon is a dead one
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DAILY. Per Month ~ oo
many par year q 90
SUNDAY. Per Month ...........'' 20
SUNDAY ito Canada, Per Month";. %
SUNDAY. Per = oo
DAILY AND SUNDAY. Per year. . 90
DAILY AND SUNDAY. Per Month. 10
FoRk,es RATES.
DAILY. Per Month ..............'' 20
Per Month .............' %
DAILY AND SUNDAY, Per Month &c. i w
THE EVENING SUN. Per Month";. 70
THE EVENING SUN, Per YEAR,. 2 90
THE EVENING SUN 1Foreign), PerMo. ! %
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All checks. money orders. Ac., to be
made payable to Tue SrS.
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Published daily. including sunday, by the
Sun Printing and Publishing Association at
10 Nassau street, In the Borough of Man
haitian. New York. President and Treas
urer. william c. Reick, 10 Nassau street,
Vice President. Edward =. Mitchell. 40
Nassau street: Secretary. c. L. Luxton. 10
Nassau street.