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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-02
The Making Of OfIcers In the Col
leYes.

Massachusetts with characteristic
public spirit IL setting the pace In
preparedness Tor the States of the
Union. In her great university there
has been a mobilization of able bodied
students for military training. and
1915 begins with the Harvard Regi-
ment OF Infantry nearly a thousand
strong. Captain CONSTANT CORDIER OF
the regular army has been detailed by
the War Department TO instruct the
undergraduates in the school of the
soldier and to deliver II course of lee.
lures. Out Of such excellent material
officers should he provided eventually
for q national army, When the Mas.
sachusetts Legislature meets early In
January a special commission ap-
pointed to determine the military re-
sources of the State will present n
report recommending, among other
things. Federal control of the militia.
n State constabulary to relieve the
militia Of police duty, courses of mill.
tary instruction in all the colleges of
the Commonwealth, physical training
In public schools. summe training
camps for schoolboys.
II the other %populous States follow
the example Of Massachusetts a long
step forward will be made toward
a rational system OF preparedness.
In a revised plan Of military policy
attributed to Secretary GARRISON We
notice that he seems to have dropped
the alternative proposal made In his
recent report to reOrgnnize the mill
tary departments In various educa-
tional institutions, and to be depend.
ing upon the plan first put forward Of
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-02

than the water was running through
the MAINS" That was n of those
fool things that will happen with
such schemes that start out so well
with low rates and no business man
agement.
The present condition Of the En-
poria waterworks may be gathered
from what Old BILL In ungrammati-
cal sorrow now writes.
"And when It Is done We will still
have dirty water we will still have inn
pure water, and the state Board Of
Health can 40 into the court and COM
pei the commission to put in a filtration
plant at the cost OF $4,000, And when
this Is done we still will not have plenty
Of water. A drouth will blister our
lawns and kill our trees and flowers
To ave this calamity the raising
Of money by taxes will not do; for
I'VE win have to pay for them now. in
stead Of taking twenty years to do IT."
He ices only one way TO save this
monument to municipal ownership.
And tina as to vote bonds.
Thus again Kansas falls before the
might Of plutocracy. and a beautiful,
radiant dream vanishes.
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zled as TO the incidence Of responsi-
bility. They have posted or their
bulletins a New Years greeting signed
by General Manager IoNo to its en-
ployees, in which they say:
you are TO be congratulated upon
the TACT that the Pennsylvania Railroad
has closed another yesr--the third In
successton-without a single fatality 10
a passenger as the result Of q train &C.
cident.
You have made a record for safe rail-
reading which. I believe. has never been
equalled. and In this great honor every
employee shares"
The Pennsylvania Is one railroad
on which the excellent regulations
written in the book Of rules are In.
telligently construed and obeyed by
the men TO whom ultimately the
safety Of the travelling public must
be entrusted.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-02
when william waldorf Aston Ran
for Congress.

II WILLIAM WALDORF Aston had
been elected to Congress when ne ran
against ROSWELL PErTIBoNE FLOWER
would the Anglomania which after.
ward carried him TO England. led to
his repatriation. and has now brought
him a barony. have developedi His
disinclinatiOn TO things American was
fed by other Incidents. but the hu-
initiation of that defeat was a capital
factor in his alienation from the land
of his birth,
LEVI L. MORTON had been elected
to the Forty-seventh Congress. IN
1880, and had resigned. The district
was Republican, and Mr.. Aston had
served parts Of 1t as an Assemblyman
and n Senator. Mr.. Aston confidently
expected success, but he neglected nc
effort to win it,. His canvass Is still
recalled by the survivors Of the two
parties for the personal activities Of
the candidate. But the political cir
culnstanccs were against him, and Mr..
FLOWER went into the seat Mr.. Nor
TON had vacated. President ARTHUR
sought to recompcnse Mr.. Aston by
the diplomatic appointment he con-
ferrpd on him. but the modification Of
that beating was never fully over
come. and by many has been cited
Ms n determining cause In Mr.. AsrOR's
Anal remuneration OF citizenship.
Actually Mr.. AsroR had no cause to
complain OF neglect In the politics of
this country. He made progress rap
idly; he might have gone far. Other
matters Influenced him. but il il
questionable whether any Of them
was as potent as the refusal Of the
voters in 1881 10 send him to Wash
ington In deciding the our he sub
seQuently followed.
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TOO MANY TO COUNT.
Camera Might BE Used in Tally at
New Works Busiest Corner.

To THE EDITOR Of THE SrN-Sir. |
have talked with many persons regard
ing the police count of pedestrians pass
ing soma Of the busiest traffic points in
New York within twenty-four hours.
The prevailing opinion was found TO he
that II was impossible TO make a fairly
accuratc tally az the places whore large
numbers pass in tho morning M eve
ming rush hours.
The old SUN office corner. having been
reported by the police as the busiest In
Now York. was mentioned on each &C
casion. Take. for example. the evening
rush hour. In that period the sidewalk
is tilled with persons going toward the
Brooklyn Rridg and the subway on
frances, They are walking five or six
abreast as swiftly as so dense a throng
can move. The space between the curb
and tho rark Row car tracks is filled
With pedestrians who have come from
the west sidewalk Of Nassau street and
from rar', Row All are moving fairly
swiftly and many are threading their
way through the crowd At a fast cl,p.
How can any policeman with u tally
ing device In his hand make n motion
for every person who passes. when there
may he a half dozen abreast on the s'dc-
walk and perhaps forty abreast IN tho
street h'Nbnl INC curt y count al
tempted 10y several persons tlying to
count simultaneously at that point would
lie impracticahle. II a liberal allowance
were made for those in the passing
throns that were not "~Fnapped' II IN
probable that 'he estimated total would
yet fan far short Of the actual number.
II was suggested that a Cunera might
he used for arriving at a closer eeti-
mate, Dn the print OF a SNAPSHOT made
IN tho rush period draw "a line at right
angles to tho front OF the building and
count tho number Of persons on that
line, Time as nearly as possible the
number OF such lines that pass within
a minute the point AT which the snap
shot was made, Multiply the number
az lines by the number OF persons on the
limo N the photographs plate and multi
ply the product by sixty to determine
approximately the hours traihc.
That method probably would result In
a more nearly accurate count than any
other practicable plan that could be de-
vised, and IL seems reasonable that IL
would add perhaps 40 or 90 per cent. ia
he lumber reported through tho police
count as passing the old Sun corner in
the rush hours. r.
New IoRk, January !.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-02
Preparing the Child.

In the interesting essay on Ma
tionnl Preparedness and School Eli
cheney" which SIGMrSD MENpELsoHN
contributes to the Educational Re
ricW II IL pointed out that whereas
In New York the school year consists
Of $50 hours. in Berlin 1t runs to
1850. with the result that, assuming
the school efficiency Ia be the same
in the two cities. the Berlin child OF
10 has received school instruction
equivalent t o that obtained by Il New
York child Of IS. The Importance Of
this advantage Is emphasized by the
fact that the greater number Of chill
dren quit school nj 10. and in this
city there Is general complaint thar
the products Of the public schools
are Enthusiastically trained in their
studies, lack the power OF application
and are deficient In discipline.
Mr.. MENpELsoHN's years Of expert
ence In the Educational Alliance have
given opportunity for Il close study of
the effect produced on the pupils by
the system followed here, and he is
convinced that an Increase in eff
cheney In the schools Is an essential
factor Of national preparedness. Ac-
ccpting New York as typical Of the
nation, It Is obvious that the Amerl-
can youth Is retarded in his develop
ment by the curtailment Of the school
year. Against the high pressure prn"'
tice Of the Germans II will probably
he argued that the suicide rate
among school children in Berlin Is
abnormally high but so far rs this
is concerned we have not seen stu.
| tistics on which serious Judgment can
he based. The popular opinion here
is that the children are ovcrdriven.
held TO too high "A standard, and ron
seauently In many cases become de-
| sp0ndent and morbid. But even II the
German schools undertake to do too
much, our educators are not thereby
excused for doing too little.
That military preparedness i'm
posed upon an III disciplined nation,
hastily i%mprovised in an emergency.
must compare unfavorably with the
condition attained by a community
better trained Is apparent. Mr.. MEN-
DELsoHH's plea Is for the improve
ment Of the schools In support of
the whole national structure, and the
effect that Improvement would have
on the plans for defence now engag'
ing public attention gives timcliness
to his analysis Of the situation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-02
Amsteurism In Sport.

The e of athletics has per-
formed its ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
mission. An amateur Of sport Is de-
fined in these terms:
A amateur sportsman IL one vino en-
cages in sport solely for the pleasure,
physical. mental. moral and social bene-
Ats he derives. therefrom, and TO whom
sport lie nothing more than an avoca-
ton
The definition Is slightly slantindic-
ulnr. but there Is no occasion to ana
I'VE II critically. In general terms,
II seems that amateurism In sport
can be defined In few and simple
words. What the amateur cannot do.
however, without forfeiture of his
standing is stated in n long, compli-
Gated code. The negative. lnhibitory
part of the definition requires in the
printing just thirty-seven times the
| space of the section quoted.
1t seems characteristic Of present
day management. in business AMI
government. in Sunday schools ana
libraries. as well ms in sport, TO gov
crn by rules rather than by principle
! tempered with sense. What is ii that
Is temporarily lost r, Spect for prin-
ciple. elastic good sense. or mental
honesty and the pride Of honor that
makes operative the best government,
self-government?
II this c~odification keeps on, the
time may come when every amateur
athlete will need a staff Of athlctico-
constitutional lawyers.
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Who viii Write the Prescriptions;

Mere man would never have dared
predict the war born fate Professor
EMILY GREENE BAIGH Of Wellesley
College In her discourse before the
American Sociological Society fore
told for woman. Naturally Q craven.
he could not have screwed his cour-
age up to the point Of saying that
the preemlnent nineteen-twentieths
would. IN the dawn Of peace. ind
herself a drug on the market" 1t
required the ripe valor Of a woman
to make this terrible disclosure: now
that the future has been opened. let
the worst be revealed:
Men will return not only with I'M
portance enhanced by the glory Of the
battlefield. but with . scarcity value"
He will strut. and blow up his lit.
tie chest; from the shower Of orders,
badges. crosses, honors ne will emerge
more bedecked than the most deco
rated woman. But woman, "being
more necessary. will become more i'm.
portant instead Of less" Perhaps In
primitive times they would have
turned to polygamy: now:
"A third effect will b a great in.
crease in unmarried women.
Another result is that there ia form.
irg under our eye. q new se~x--inter.
national"
A third sex-international Two
have been able to make as much
trouble Al the world could bear what
does the future hold? Nevertheless
we shall not despair: II woman be-
comes a drug IN the market We doub,
not ZONE genius will devise a way to
prescribe her.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-02
Municipal Ownership In Kansas.

EmpOria, Kansas, where WILLIAM
ALLEN WHITE has his temple of pO-
litical philosophy, the source Of his
teachings on commission government,
fruit salad, hOleless d0ughnuts and
the infallibility of the Oyster Bay
prophet, took him ut his word and
tried his theory Of municipal owner
ship on Its wuterwOrks.
Old BILL was tickled he drove
everybody that came to Emporia out
to see those ,waterworks. They run on
his eloquence. They we're praised by
municipal ownership advocates as Il
shining example OF getting something
for almost nothing.
OF course, It WAS not his fault that
the city was running In debt "faster
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-02

The Sheik Abra Cad Abra, whose re-
searches in mathematics have won him
renown nom scholars In all quarters
of the globe, has directed the attention
Of students everywhere to a curious
ana significant fact with respect OF the
decade IN which those who follow tn"
Christian calendar are living. The sum
OF the digits in each year gives the cor
rect number IN the twentieth century
OF tho succeeding ear.
Thus. the sum of the disits in 1915
is Is. the number IN the century Of the
present year the SUR Of l+9+l+6 IS
IT, the number in the century Of next
year, I'll" results are equally accurate
for every wear from 1910 to 1919, and
confer upon this d"cId" a peculiar and
unrivllled emInence.
Sheik Ahra Cad Abra may be con-
suited every day between o'cloA at
the corner OF Broadway.
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attaching cadet companies" to req
ments Of regulars for intensive train
ing in all positions from private to
commissioned officer. Perhaps the
two methods could be blended, but
certainly It would be fatuous not to
encourage such movements al are re-
Elected In the promising Yale batter
les. the Harvard infantry regiment
and In other notifications Of students
throughout the country of which a
good deal will be heard later.
We do not forget military schools
like the Southern West Point. az the
Virginia Military Institute at Lexing-
ton Is known the Pennsylvania Mill
tary College at Chester, the Culver
Military Academy, and lesser schools
Of which almost every State has one.
The graduates Of the best Of these
institutions would make capable reg.
mental officers in a national army.
but the supply Is limited. Officers
and officers, and still more Officers,
by the hundred and BY the thousand,
will be needed II the emergency
comes. The country must turn to
the colleges and universities to e
force West Point and the State and
private military schools. A. the
student enrolment runs up. we be-
lieve, to 10000 and more. there is an
abundance Of material for the max
ing Of officers in these institutions.
1t IL simply n question Of organiza.
ton and the detail Of army officers
on the active and retired lists.
1t Is not generally known In this
country that the cadet system in the
schools Of England and Scotland.
Elton, Rugby. Harrow, Marlborough,
st. Marks College, Bedford. Bede,
GlenalmOnd, Ioretto and the Edin.
burgh Academy, to name the princi-
pal ones, has been a godsend to the
empire since the war began. In some
Of the schools battalions for the train
ing Of officers were organized Atty
years ago. This ri the case at
Eton, Harrow and Marlborough. The
school corps is often attached to ter
ritorial regiments for drill. target
practice and manPuvres. Three thou
sand Etonians. 2.4sS old Marlborough
cadets and 2.156 Harrovians have
served with the colors In the war.
and hundreds Of them have been dec
GRATED for valor. proving the sterling
worth Of such material. The empire
owes q debt incalculable to the school
battalions. known now at home as
Officers Training Corps.
When the great number OF colleges
In the United States is considered
the list flls Y pages OF small
| type-it will be see that we Amer
leans are in an enviable position to
develop officers for q national army
| from the student enrolment. No other
country In the world has ready NJ
hand such a reserve.
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Where GOOD Rules Are IntelligentIy
Obeyed.

In the rwenty-four months endin,
on Friday the Pennsylvania Railroad
operated ver Its $4,000 miles of track
2.4OO.O0O passenger trains and as
many freight trains. II served half
the population Of the United States,
S8l ,o72,ll4 persons riding over Its
lines, aud In these two years not one
passenger was killed In q train acci-
dent. The sections east Of Pittsburg
completed their third year without
. fatality to n passenger, and In i've
Of the last eight years 52O, ON, OOO pas
sensers have been carried on these
divisions without a single One being
killed In q train accident.
Who deserves congratulations for
Tits admirable recordi Tho PeunsyI-
vsnia's operating ofhcials ere not pux-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-02

Two Of the solicitors for alleged
charitable societies who were arrested
in the subway confessed that they
knew nothing Of the organ izntions for
which they we're agents. and admitted
that they received so per cent, Of their
takings as payment for their work.
Their incomes from this source
amounted 10 s3j a week, and r Of
them in a particularly good day mad
got SIG as her share of the plumber.
In these cases II Is evident that char
ity not only began, but scrupulously
stayed. at home,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-02
International Law.

Am or am ! not7 ! do not know
have q mama and am much talked
about.
But peace and war and treaties come and
20,
That I exist | cannot help but doubt,
Great men have srid I eas the finest thing
Mans ingeHuity had made on earth;
But when IN. world goes mad and has
its Ming
can't believe they really gave me birth.
II I must die who was not ever born
I'll he on. thins At least, accusing
wrath:
Feared and remembered by a race forlorn
That Dreamed OF me but did not keen
the faith.
BpwAnD q. VAN ZILI.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-02

Thursday Will be Pan American a.
at columbia University IA N"w w.
President Butler hHs madA rpeclai
raucomouts for tho entertainment Of
delegate.
Friday wiz he spent ~ Sow ItaN,
as rr.' 80 tho president aud faculty ,
ale University Saturday tho delcgat.
VIII go TO Boston a. luncheon gucs
Of President Lowell vt Harvard. n
dav VIII hC spc"t there and IN Rosio'
Th'a will end tho tour so Gar as II h.
boon planned
William Jcnninrs Bryan VIII srrs,t :
fore the educational sectior ~ tho =.
American tongre~, on tho rhicr,
commercial education on Mondar
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-02

~ the Germans invade Egypt they
will first hs Obliged to cross All arm OF
the sea fifteen miles wide which tho
British have caused 10 be flooded over
the desert cast Of the Suez Cana'"-A
returned missionary.
Provided. Of course, tn" waters do
not part and permit the Teuton host TO
pass dry shod,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-02

To TIM EDITOR oF THE SUN--Sr: Tho
several departments of the Federal Gov
crnment. under New Freedom, are as
follows:
The Executive
. The Judiciary
g. The senate
: The House NJ Representa-, ye.
p. Representative House,
Who pays the bill for Number ., and
why? w. o. sCoTT.
NEw YoRK, January I.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-02

Finds a - bill Of 1775-Jersev CITY
mans discovery in old Bible may net
him 81, OoO.-Ncrspopcr headline
An incidental dividend on the re-
newed study of the Scriptures.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-02

AZ a result OF the European war tho
motion picture industry throughout the
entire world is facing probable cXtinc-
ton unless some substitute is found for
metoleic acid. hydrochincnc and bromide
of ferricysnide Of pota ssium-Dsnr'r
despatch.
At last il tho gravity Of war brought
home to the masses.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-02
Hold for Athletic ReYiYalihfa.

To TYR EDITOR OF Tun SrN--Sir. Instead
OF botheilnc with sinners of the Insignia
cant sort, why don't the Row, Bi!ly sun
day and MS kind 70 abroad and prevail
upon the heads ot the warning murj.rsrs
10 hit the traIl >" ". w. O'CoNSoR
FosT PLAIN, January I.
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And Not by Kansas Alone.
From he Minneapolis B.uer Roy.
wanted--A new iew which viii make
possible to enforce the old onea
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-02
ROOSEVELT Is for HIRAM Johnson hrsi
Newspaper headline.

VIII the oyster BAY Colonel leave
nothing to the Nebraska Colonel? 1t
VAS the Boy orator OF the Platte
who devised tho scheme of promoting
his own nomination ny a parade of
stalking horses none OF whom by the
remotest possible chance could have
been nominated.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-02

Professor Scorr NEARING thinks
New York Is the worst city in the
universe" 1t is encouraging TO learn
that this eminent voice thinks al all.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-02

n ou, friends ,8ho favor Us uIh manu-.
SCRIPTS and tiivs 1t rafioas fov ps6'icdtion utah
~ hare rejected articles returned hev must
N all cases seN1 stamps for that pbrpose.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-03-15
ConsueIo Vanderbilt, pudo ser
reiua de Ukrania

La hija del muitimuIlinoraio WI
liam K. Vanderbilt, Consuelo. Du-
Quesa dc Marlborough. pudicra habe:
.'eGadn " ser, mUtatis-mut&nd,s, Il
rein de U;rania, Y como tai babe
desempgHaGo imDortarte papcl en- l.!
gran coufIagracion europea, 81 ei pri-
MGR Duquc dc Marlborough huhics 70
,ido Ago mas idca!ista dc 10 aug fut.
II !nglrs. en- general tienc pocu 4.
imaginative : mUcho menoS de idea
!is;a: por CSC aqYc! Duuue no uUdo
;cr rey de Ukrania. Para compro.
bar csc dc;ecto hritanico, bas-2rl
rcco"dar que Lord B~eacomfield SEN
pre- lamcNt6 Ia Ialta de tale, cuG-
.iGaGes en- el dGcimo quinto Lord Rer-
by, norque su ~ausencia tue {! mott
30 de que dicho Par De Inglatrrra,
rchasasc cl trono heitnico, cuundo
este lie fuc ot"ccido en- 1859. antco d
quc fucsc llumado 4 q el Princip,
Cui;;crmo de Dinamarca, cue accpt1
"a Corona y, RENO con eli nombre d.
Iorg2 l..
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-03-15
LA PRENSA CARRANCISTA Alta
ca A LOS "REACCIONARIOS"
correspondence especial para IL rREN>l

Correspondence especial para IL rRi.N>i
GIENICO. IS de Ma-Zo.-La Uori-
cia lei ataque 4 Columbus se die q
corocer hast" 81 a maHaua de ho..
III Pueblo. 6rgaao scni-oficiaI
del go"ierno carrancista, Ia publica
dicierdo cac ha.hia el gopicrro aqexi-
.qno pedi5o 9ermiso al &c Washing
ton. para que pasaser tropas cu~ral-
..stas a territorio americana. en- cas,