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TELL THE CAPTAIN.
A simple Remedy for Objectionable
Motion Picture Conditions.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuS-Sir: II
Mr.. Arthur Fisher Is anxious 10 see an
Improvement in the moral tone OF the
motion pictures shown IN his neighbor-
hood all he need do Is complain to the
captain of his police precinct. who will
make "A personal Investigation. II he
has anything on the show the captain
will have the offending manager ~
court. If he hasnt the officer viii drop
the hiut that as objections are being
made perhaps a little more care would
he advisable. And the tone Of the show
will improve.
This Is the most effective and expo
ditious way Of improving theatrical aud
motion picture outward morality. l'ut
let there be no silly attempts al i'm
provsincnt by additional legislation
which Is bound t. be futile. You can't
improve the morals Of a people by fiat.
\ few hundred additional policemen are
much more effective. Il. NJ. ELtsn.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass, December 5.
The sun., 1916-12-10

Hood River and Hudson River apples
our esteemed Ore0onidn seems willing
to rest the case on pulchritudc:
'Onc may perhaps shut his eyes and
find moderate satisfaction In n New York
apple. but who wants to deny himself the
pleasure of knowing what Is going into
his mouth? Nobody but n grower Of
barrel apples, with his uneducated palate
n his old fogy notion that the eye has
no share In solution OF the great problem
OF good eaters. Why. every competent
cook In the world knows better"
Nevertheless. We prefer to the apple
Of the eye the apple Of the mouth. The
mouth Is the court of last resort In
the question OF the comparative merit
of apples.
The sun., 1916-12-10
Alarming Shrinkage OF the Five Cent
Sandwich.

TO THr Eoiror or THE S~,S-sr: \,
one large Adjustment, where hun
dreds OF downtown men take their daily
luncheon In the wait on yourself room.
the hmm roll sandwich used to he quite
an enjoyable repast for the small eater.
The sandwich IL now but a ghost OF its
former self just n small roll, slit in
the side and IL piece Of ham inserted
about the size OF n postage stamp. |
figure that the whole sandwich costs the
proprietors about three -quarters Of 4
cent at the outside. which leaves "A com
Portable profit of our and one-quarter
cents on every nve cent sandwich. Would
not a grand Jury probe bring these
Tniscreants to a sense Of right? T.. =.
ONION HILL, y. j., December s.
The sun., 1916-12-10
DISHES MADE OF CORN.
Fifteen Appealing Items That Tool
First Prize In Connecticut.

To THE EDITOR or THE SCN-Sir. }
was interested In the editorial ar'icls
corn in the Kitchen" IN THE SrN,
whirh we Connection people are able
10 e almost a. soon a. you New
Yorkcrs,
Las, Saturday | was jude AZ a corn
show held AT the annual meeting Of the
New London county Improvement As
socia,ion IN Norwich. conn. Thinking
you might d" Interested IN tac direct
uses 90 corn ~ food Tor humans as we'll
a. It's indircc; uses, | am sending you a
list Of the fifteen food products exhibited
by II huusekeepcr. Miss Mabel Hag-
berg. This exhibit won first prize and
each item of it was mos, p~alatable:
T. Rhode Island johnnycakc.
=. Baked corRcake.
.. Baked tohnnNcake.
4, corn %fritters.
i South Carolina cornmea. bread.
IS tornmeHl mullins.
:. Old fashioned steamed corn bread.
5. Cornmcsi ginger bread,
.. Boston brown bread.
10. Corn relish.
II. AIMED corn.
IL. Cornstarch blanc manE.
10. Cornmeal musii.
II, Baked Indian pudding.
IL. Cornmea! doughnuts.
Other collections included popped corn,
old style hulled corn. corn soup, corn
chowder, hominy and ns.i cakes.
May ] call the attention OF your read
ers to a valuable collection OF recipes
published by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture as Farmers Bulle-
tin No, sos entitled Corn Meal as a
Food? This may be obtained free OF
charge by any n interested in the
subject. MAUD r, HAYES.
state Home Demonstration Leader,
Connecticut.
SToEEs, Conn, December Z.
The sun., 1916-12-10
Germany's Good Faith In the Arabia
Case.

= The torpedoing Of the Peninsulur
and Oriental passenger steamship
Arabia Is not a cas- for reparation by
Germany In this cas- the one .Ameri.
can passenger on board was saved.
Nevertheless, the incident is viewed
with concern by the State Department
because it brings up the question
whether the Imperial Government Is
living UP 10 the assurance which was
made in It's note Of May :. 1916, deal
ing with the sinking of the Sussex in
the English Channel. that 'in accord
ance with the general principles OF
visit and search and the destruction
OF merchant vessels. recognized by
International law, such vessels, both
within and without the area declared
. naval war zone. shall not be sunk
without warning and without saving
human lives unless the ship attempt
10 escape or offer resistance"
The new German Foreign Minister,
ALFRED ZIMMERMAN, In his note OF
December 4 explaining that the com.
mander Of the submarine who torpe-
dOed the Arabia believed that she was
a transport. says that II the Ameri-
can Government can present evi.
dcnce to show that she was really
II passenger steamer "the action of
the commander would not have been
In accordance with the Instructions
given him." and 1t would he IA case
Of n rcgrettable mistake from which
the German Government would
promptly draw the appropriate conse-
quences." The translation of this last
sentence Is not felicltous, but the
meaning evidently Is that the German
G"\'rnmeht would bc mnswcrablc for
tn" blunlrr "f irs naval uhicer.
l'ut here no question Of repmratlon
- Involved. ahe Issue turns frs, upon
VI" good faith OF the Imperial Gov.
'rn'9"nt and in the second place
The sun., 1916-12-10

TO THE FDIroH or THE SrN-Sir: As
the Wall Street people are going to
make this n record Christmas for their
employees. and the banks always give
a bonus 20 their employees. somebody
should influence the railroad companies.
entering New York through Jersey TO
give their poor drudging clerks some
Increase in pay.
A good bookkeeper gets only So,
many less, II payable ~scml-monthly,
20 YOU a imagine what it Is for a
family man in these strenuous times.
Il. -. W.
noBoKEN, y. j., December 3.
The sun., 1916-12-10
America and Belgium.

That peace Is going tn come To the
world only through liberty, us Presi.
dent WILSON remarked. Is Il charac-
realistically American conviction. The
history of our country has been the
inspiring story that II Is because the
through the triumphant outcome Of
q war wagcd for freedom. has repeat
edly sacrificed its inherent devotion
to pacifism To the end that liberty
might he established upon stronger
foundations. We abandoned peace In
1912 that the freedom of the high eas
might be guaranteed. VIZ waged
civil war In the early Cos that the
debasing and illogical institution Of
human slavery might no longer rem
der absurd our p%retensions rs Il free
dom loving people. And only Il few
years ago we entered into armed con
ihict for the avowed purpose of giving
liberty to the crushed victims of Span
ish cruelty in Cuba.
II We have at any time waged var
from Il less worthy motive than love
Of liberty. we have been. as a nation,
punished for all our lapses from u
highest ideals, but We IA still proudly
assert that no great Power the world
has known has had, or has to-day.
cleaner hands than ours. As we look
back rs n people on the sacrifices that
our %fOrefathers made In the sacred
name of liberty we have reason not
only for national dissatisfaction hut
for the belief that what this country
has achieved for the cause Of human
liberty Is, in this clOuded hour Of the
worlds history, the most hopeful in
dication the earth vouchsafes of an
ultimate universal peace.
But we are confronted ut this crisis
by the possibility that the great sac.
rifices that our peace loving nation
has made upon the altar of liberty
are not mt an end. We are Mortified
by the spectacle presented In certain
parts of Europe by the overthrow of
all the modern safeguards that had
been apparently placed about human
freedom. In what was supposed to
he n of the most highly civilized
corners Of the earth we see manhp.l
slavery r~elntroduced. men, women and
children subjected to horrors that rem.
der the worst Of medieval atrocities
compa ratively unimpressiyc. We wit
ness the light Of liberty going out In
Europe and the realization IN to
us that there can come no peace on
earth until whatever freedom the Old
World recently possessed has been re-
stored despite the might OF those who
have overthrow It.
Are there In this country to-day
Americans so narrow minded. selfish.
se~lf.centred. materialistic that they
dare assert that the reestablishment
of human slavery on the continent Of
Europe is Of no concern to the people
Of this country?
The sun., 1916-12-10

Perusal Of the yearly literary mas
terpiece Of that ever fascinating au-
thor. DAVID +. HousroN. leads us to
the unavoidable conclusion that Amer.
lea. in spite Of the forebOdings Of the
high cost experts, Is not going to
starve to death. The Secretary Of
Agriculture assemblies in table form
the amount Of food produced per cup
ita and we take the liberty Of con.
densing n page Of figures into n few
lines which show the yield Of the
land to each person last year:
The sun., 1916-12-10
Reform Begins.

To THE EDITOR on THE SuN--Sir: TME
SUN deserves great credit for the valu-
able space 1t has given To 'The All Year
Hog or the man in a street car who
sits with his legs crossed and does not
think or does not caro- about the an
noyance. Inconvenience and trouble he
causes others.
Thousands and thousands appreciate
What THE Sun has done TO eliminate
the nuisance. n, c. LANE.
NEw YorY, December =.
The sun., 1916-12-10

Changing the titles Of nat house JAM:
tors to apartment house s~uperintend-
ents may have enhanced the dignity Of
their Jobs, but 1t did not affect the
nature of the incumbents.
The sun., 1916-12-10

because girls dream OF movie heroes
with wavy hair and caressing eyes "a
husbands. they decide marriage Is a fail
ure when theiS plumber or carpenter
spouses Arc commonplace.-Mtss TiERA
FARRow. Divorce Proctor Of kowsos CITY.
Back TO the melodrsma: in II. honest
worth, though clad In humble raiment,
The sun., 1916-12-10

According to DIR. II. NJ. Row.. presi-
dent Of the American Automobile Asso.
citation, the pedestrian Ia the most dam
gerous ind defiant factor In street
traffic. At any rate. he has not run
over an automobile and killed any Of
It's occupants.
The sun., 1916-12-10

The evolution of the great war may
yet give another significance to what
the Kaiser In his congratulatory mes
sage to Field Marshal MAcKENsEN calls
"the ever memorable capture of Btu
charest." The Bear Of tho Ural. the
steppes and the Caucasus is still to
he reckoned with.
The sun., 1916-12-10

When the French Chamber Of Depu-
ties passes n resolution. 344 to 100. ex-
pressing approval Of the Governments
conduct OF the war General JorFRE
seems to DO secure In his glory. for
the present At least.
The sun., 1916-12-10

Chief Magistrate McADoo says that
Broadway Is free from p~ickpockets and
other unpleasant characters. a con-
siderable part Of the thoroughfare has
been practically impossible for even
the most virtuous since the construc-
ton Of the new subway began.
The sun., 1916-12-10
\ ,,Ul Mule.

MarvsriNe correspondence san i'Gn"' -
icls,
JcreIh'ah jackson. negro hp'' Hr 'H'
former member of the United STA =
airy, was Kicked by a mule ,es''rtJ'
mule kicked Jackson on the h"tl
broke It's leg. Tho NIUE was shot .
Jackson Is back a. work.
The sun., 1916-12-10

Where the year appears In brack.
cts the Department of Agriculture
wns unable to estimate last years
supply.
There are important omissions
from the list. Secretary HousTo>
leaves out all the vegetables eAcep,
the dear old potato. but admits in the
text that the other garden truck pro-
duced last year was valued ut S2l6.-
UOO.Os|, or more than 81 worth for
every person.
Although the figures are encOurag-
ing, the fact is that the fat Of the
land Is leaner than II was d genera
tion ago. In 1900. according to Mr..
HoUsTON's own tables. each American
had about thirty pounds Of meat more
than last year: or. Mt least, 1t was
being produced for him. He had
twenty gallons more Of milk. 1t Is
hard to tell the exact condition Of
the butter supply now: in the ten
years after 1909 ii fell of two pounds
per person. The Secretary says. how.
ever, that dairy farming is lncreas-
ing in almost every section. largely
because it is the most economical
form Of agriculture SO far as soil
fertility Is concerned"
The hen is evidently the most eff
Client Of all the producers. having no
over lean or over fat years. She lays
only n egg per year per person more
than she did sixteen years ago. She
has not been affected by the sort Of
stimulus which caused the orange con.
sumption to increase 200 per cent. in
sixteen years and the apple to grow
in favor. We have no Hen Day. In
stead Of Eat m egg a day. advisers
yell Boycott"
The sun., 1916-12-10

The report that Colonel ROOSEVELT liz
going In pursuit OF devtlfsh next
spring Is not worthy Of belief. Colonel
BRYAN caught and picked all the devil
fish long ago.
The sun., 1916-12-10

Germany calls the deportation OF
Delgians "a social necessity" What
ever the adjective may mean, the neces-
sity mentioned u evidently one that
knows no law.
The sun., 1916-12-10

Ma1or-Cieneral HUoH l.. ScoVr's
shoulders are broad enough To carry
any responsibility, but why did not
Secretary BAKER deal man fashion with
the state OF the National Guard?
The sun., 1916-12-10

King CONSTANTINE. who has fire.
qucntly asserted that he did not want
TO fight anybody. seems nov to be In
danger Of fighting everybody.
The sun., 1916-12-10

Fro" the Bdrnssrilis Whetston..
The latest Item In the high cost OF Nv
Ing to advance Is Limestone. Tho prices
next year will DO advanced from 70 csnts
10 50 cents o ton.
The sun., 1916-12-10
Bakers Proclaim Their N~utrs'rty

Prom ie Bakrrs' Wseiiy
English plum pudding and GERMAN
sclbrodi The American bakers srs ! 49,
. neutral people.
The sun., 1916-12-10
Why She Walked.

Lady Macbeth explained the sleep scene.
~ am merely walking to work." she
cried.
The sun., 1916-12-10

kmcker What is nextc
Bocker-Dpen chimney week.
The sun., 1916-12-10

Commissioner DrLLoN's experiment
In the sale of eggs ~reconciles US to his
failure to take over the handling OF
the milk supply Of New York city.
The sun., 1916-12-10
New Assumsnt sos . Great Woman IAHxer.

ehylock demanded his pound Of hesh.
But we're boycotting that" Portis a.
planned sweetly.
The sun., 1916-12-10

teaches that wsvy hair and caressing
eyes do not mean marital happiness.
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u. S. MEANS WHAT
1T SAYS WILSON
President Addresses Cadets al
West Point Academy.

West Point, N. Y, June 14.-Presi-
dent Wilson, making his first address
since the presidential campaign began,
discussed preparedness, militarism,
Americanism, the causes of the war
in Europe, peace, the Monroe doctrine,
divided allegiance and the ideals of
America. He declared it is the present
imperative duty of the United tSates
to be prepared, adding mankind is
going to know that when America
speaks she means what she says"
The president said the United
States should not be clustering ma
ton, a nation with "a chip on its
shoulder" but calm nation, which
will withhold it's hand as long as pos
sible and strike only for victory.
The presidents address ran through
the almost entire list of subjects dis
cussed by former Justice Hughes in
his telegram accepting the Republican
nomination, and he declared that the
United States is ready to join with
other nations to see that the kind of
justice it believes in is given.
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London,s White Tnwer-

The White tower is the very heart o.
the ancient Tower Of London, being
indeed the citadel. or keep, dominat-
ing all the other buildings, which were
really intended for its defense. By
reason Of it's color and size the White
tower is the most conspicuous part of
the grim old structure, but in some
ways its appearance is singularIy de-
ceptive. 1t looks a complete square.
yet there is difference of eleven feet
in the length of north and south sides.
and its height is not above ninety to
ninety-two feet, although it looks con-
siderably higher. Even Pugin, the
architect, was deceived and laid-and
lost-a wager that the White tower
was over $50 feet high.-London Mail
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-06-15
HUGHES ''UNDILUTEDD
AMERICAN, he SAYS
Expression Takes Place Of Ted
dy's 'Dnhypnenated.'

New York, June 14.-"Undiluted
Americanism" is to be the slogan of
Charles Evans Hughes in his cam
paign for the presidency. He coined
the phrase in a talk with newspaper
men. He said:
II stated my position very clearly
in my telegram to the convention. My
attitude is one Of undiluted American
ism, and anybody that supports me
is supporting an out-and-out American
and an out-and-out American policy;
absolutely nothing else"
Mr.. Hughes dictated his statement
in response to repeated requests of In
terviewers and in the face of his pre-
viously announced determination to
say nothing further on the issues of
the day until his formal notification
of nomination. He met the correspond
ents by appointment, and after discus.
sing his plans Informally for a few
minutes dictated the statement stand
ing in a group of about forty newspaI
per men and other callers.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-06-15
GREEK ARMY DEM0BlLIZED
King Constantine's Filtration with
BuIgars Nipped by Entente.

Athens, June 14.-King Constantine
decided to order the complete demo-
bilization of the Greek army.
The Rehabilitation follows the
blockade of the ports of Greece by the
allies and the placing Of an embargo
on Greek ships in British and French
ports. The steps were taken as re-
suit of the occupation of Greek fort
resses in Macedonia by Bulgaria at
the end of May after negotiations
which were opened with Bulgaria and
Germany by Premier Skouloudis, and
on June 8 the British government
announced that steps would be taken
to prevent Greece from providing the
central powers with supplies. The
blockade was the result, and on June
10 King Constantine ordered the
twelve senior classes Of the army to
be demobilized
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-06-15
We nrae town boards to have mark

We urge town boards to have mark
ed, before evidences of these sink
holes and springy places disappear, the
place of their occurrence, and some
time during this year to have the side
bitches well opened alongside all of
these points so that surface water will
be carried off promptly and freely;
and in the worst of these places, there
should be put in a line of four or six
inch tile at the side of the road which
is next to the higher grounds, draining
out to some suitable outlet, backfll-
ing the trench with coarse gravel or
small stone. Care as to surface drain
age and placing of tile at these spring
holes will yield astounding results next
spring in the battered condition of
road surfaces.
If several times during the summer
you will have the road superintendent
60 over the roads in their charge i'm
mediately after rains, mark the. points
where water is held in the bitches, and
when the roads dry out, deepen the
bitches so as to enable the water to
get away from these points, good re-
suits will also be secured. The trou-
BILE with all roads this spring may
be summed up in the few words
"lack of drainage"
We trust that your board viii give
this matter serious attention and that
they will set aside as much of the
town s road money as practicable this
year to securing an Improvement in
drainage conditions. We can think of
no way in which road money can be
spent to better advantage than by
marking these spring holes at this
time, curing them with open bitches or
tile drain, or both, when they dry up,
and after rains this summer marking
all places where water stands in the
road bitches, afterward correcting
these road bitches so that water will
flow freely and quickly along and
away from the road.
We sincerely hope that the town
board will take up these matters and
direct your pathmasters accordingly.
We believe that this drainage matter is
much more important than just run
ming over Of your road mileage with
the road machine without the drainage
attended to. Road grading and road
dragging are excellent if drainage is
first provided for, but practically use
less if it has not been provided for.
IF you cam get both the drainage and
road machine work done, by all means
give up the road machine work.
We may say that few of the state
highways have not been entirely free
from the faults pointed out above, and
we are going to make this year even
greater efforts to make certain that
state roads built in 1916 have proper
drainage, both surface and tile.
Cannot everybody working together
make 1916 q year distinguished in the
road history of Wisconsin by the fact
that more intense and intelligent ac-
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-06-15
Humor In Architecture.

Up and down England are to be
found hundreds of examples Of the
humor of ecclesiastical architects of
past age, from the snarling grif1ns
worked into the stonework of Henry
Wis chapel, Westminster abbey, to
the dun cow and milkmaids in Durham
cathedral. A cat playing a violin can
be seen in the Wells cathedral, and in
Hereford cathedral two cats, apparent
ly performing a violin duet Boston
Stump" is crowded with fantastic
carvings, among which may be men
toned wife chastising her husband,
a teacher Gaming a pupil and an or
chestra composed Of bears playing an
organ, bagpipe and a drum.-West-
minister Gazette.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-06-15
THE MARKETS
Chicago Live Stock.

Hogs-Receipts 1900. Quotations
ranged at $9.5OQ96O light shipping
$9.45@9.65 heavy packing and $500
$50 good to fancy pigs.
Cattle-Receipts 5000. Quotations
ranged at $9.75@1O.5O good to choice
steers, $765@S.4O good to choice beef
COWS, and $11.25@11.75 good to choice
zeal calves.
Chicago Cash Grain.
Wheat-No. 3 red, S1011a.
Corn-No. 3 mixed, 69c; No. 2 white,
731z @731ac; No. 2 yellow, 75A @75%c
Oats-No. 8 white, 10000.
Flour.
Flour-Spring wheat patents, Min.
neapolis, wood or cotton, $500 to re-
tail trade; Minnesota and Dakota pat
ents, $5.20@5.4O; jute straight, $1,000
6.20; first clears, jute, $4.40@460; sec.
Und clears, jute $3.2503.4O; low grade
Sute, $3.10@3.30; soft wheat, patent,
jute, $2.90@3.00; soft wheat, patent.
S4.9e@5.10; dark, $3.75Q40O.
Eggs.
EAotSs IAACy OIuludEy uTSLS, ZUCs
first miscellaneous, cases returned.
191a@201sc; miscellaneous, cases in
cluded, 20@21c.
Butter.
Extras, 29c; extra firsts, 2S1kc;
drsts, 271sc; seconds. 2s1zc.
Potatoes,
Potatoes, bu., $109@1.16; new po.
tatoes, bu., $1.6o01.9o.
East Buffalo Live Stock.
Dunning and Stevens. live stock
commission merchants, East Buffalo,
N. Y, quote as follows: Cattle Re
ceipts s cars; market steady. Hogs
Receipts Is cars; market strong:
heavy and Workers, $1,000; pigs, $3.50.
Sheep-Receipts cars market
strong; top lambs, $120O@12.50;
yearlings, s10.00@10.50; wethers, s7.75
$500; ewes. SR.z5@7.2R. yeala. $1teOO