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Frank p. walsh's New Role.

II II Is true. rs Washington des-
catches say. that FRANK T. WALSH.
late chairman Of the Industrial Re-
lations Commission. was the man who
persuaded President WILSON to come
ou, for the truinmen's eight hour
day there Is no mystery " any sort
about Mr.. WILSON'S handling Of the
railway situation.
Mr.. WALSH Is said to have an am
hition to become the foremost political
leader of labor. Since the qualitic,-
ilonS ~ u political leader Of labor In
this country have hitherto consisted
in ignorance. class hatred. money
greed and personal laziness. Mr.
WALSH will probably attain the emf
hence he coNcts
But il il tuO bad that he should IN
able ,o make u President of the
United states think he represents
boicS, w%orklnymen. 1t Is II pity thai
honest w%orkingmen have To suffer IN
the public view from such Il misrer-
resentati>r.
The sun., 1916-08-26
Forty Per Cent.

To avert perpleNi,y In soinr eases
the lrainmen are spoken of ns seek
ing II - per cent. raise in wages at
other times the cost of the eight
hour day" for trninmen Is spoken of
uS adding ~ per cent. to railroad
wage bills.
The difference Is explained thus {:
II the railroads could speed up train
operation 81 a> to II" th" present
days work-ten hours--in eight
hours they would he paying their men
II days wage fnr fOur-ifths as many
hours work. Ten hours work. on the
other hand. would cost them one
quarter more than N present-or
wen II larger fraction IL II premium
Is put upon overtime.
Now. II the men have their way
and get time and n half for overtime,
they will receive 37.j per cent. in
cren>r for ten hours work that is,
one and onr-hnlf times onr-Vuurter /,
days pay for tho extra NV" hours
or one and three-eighths times present
pay for the ten hour day.
As terminals cannot Il" shifted nor
divisions measured 4" order, it j.
probable that the railroads would
face n ~ per cent increase in broth.
erlr"d wages should the men get
their fun demands.
The sun., 1916-08-26
MIR. Wilson Raids the Lean 10 Feed
the Fat.

Mr.. WILSON has appealed Ia the
chnirmen of the House and Senate
Committees on Interstate Commerce
in IN efiort to bring about the pas
sage of legislation Ia provide in
creased revenues for the railroads to
meet the cost of the eight hour pny
system demanded Of their employers
by the brotherhopls.
The records published broadcast by
the railroads. showing that the mem
bers of tn" brotherhuodS are well
paid. have not been c%ontrndictcd ar
assaulted by the men whose incomes
they purport to disclose. These rec
ordS show that the brotherhood mem.
bcrs. 81 far rs their money ,nkingS
are concerned. are no badly or they
are, in fact. better of than thousands
and hundreds Of thousands If trades
men. artisans. farmers. clerks and
professional men.
Yet Mr.. WILSON exerts the influ.
'''F vi uiN NV w IulSt lutSt III.
schedules from - to 10 per cent.
without inquiry, without arbitration,
without regard to the merits of the
demands and then exercises his nu'
thOrity to put the burden on those
tradesmen, artisans. farmers, clerks
and professional mon They must pny
the money In the railroad treasures
comes from their pockets: they arc
To furnish the income for the al.
dilional pay that the railroads will
tnrn over, at II profit for their part
in the transaction. Ia their already
well recompensed employees,
There Is No renson why the rail
roads should object to the arrange.
ment there is no reason why the
railroad brotherhoods should object
10 II: but what do the unfortunate
persons who are to be squeezed for
this rich haul think ~ the process
and effects of the raid on their tax
hatirncd pock"thooks that Woodrow
WILSON is engineering for the benefit
of II fortunate few?
The sun., 1916-08-26
Set ~ Oyster to Catch . Mouse.

To rux EmroR ~ TnE Sr>-SU: The
discovery Of 81. A. "" that he could
catch mice with ~ paper when all else
had failed Is reminiscen, Of an even more
curious method OF ensnaring the elusive
mouse. hit upon accidentally by a cook
In u house IN tho country.
She left an oyster on , shelf away from
r~,is,urc; presumably during the night il
opened its shell, ra-ping for water. and a
mouse started in to feed on the d-lirscy
thu exposed, for the ne\t morning the
mouse WAS found with It's head frm =
hc'd In the shell ~ the oyster, which had
been pulled on tho shelf By the mouse IN
it's struggles TO escape.
They were on exhibition for several
days for the benefit Of the srep,irai vi
layers. who came to scon but stayed 10
admire and to observe that they were he
ginning to smell.
There IL no evidence To show that CLANS
can be as cute AS this. but perhaps they
have not Yet had a fair chance.
New YoWK, August -. II J SMITH.
The sun., 1916-08-26

a Staten Island congregation of the
Methodist Episcopal persuasion was
treated by Its retiring pastor last Sun
day night TO nm address Of the kind
described as "stinglng." The gentle
man whose mlnistrntion had failed to
/, produce In his bosom those sentiments
Of charity and brotherIy love which
il Is his professional obligation to cul-
iivate u~siilcd his listeners in great
shape. The members Of the congrrga-
tion were ~factionists: they led br.
.Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde lives: they we're
not, in their ordinary occupation. Ia
b" distinguished from the children Of
darkness: they gos~iped: they were
untruthful. and The fact that So few
~ them turned out to hear the good
IL preach was due to the absence
from their lives of ''the religion Of
JESUS CHRIST"
The author Of this Indictment and
condemnation had labored Il year
among those whom he felt called upon
to dcnounce so vigorously. His heart,
II may he assumed. was in his work.
Yet he had been unable to win them
10 n0blcr lives, and could not even
make the situation toleruhlc for him
self. whose chosen work In life Is TO
90 down among sinners and lead
them to better ways. Meantime other
ministers not less devoted and ron.
Scientious than he. having focks which
do not differ materially from that en-
trusted to this complaining brother.
have succeeded in carrying forward
Their work. not attaining all they
prayed Tor, hut making progress that
encouraged them to p%erscvere In hu,
mility and ge~ntleness.
That congregations are difficult
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not, however, acquired the dignity
and status Of a literary word.

The word. indeed, Is so inadequate
that there Is a tendency to adopt, to
describe the moving pictures, one of
the terms obtaining in other coun.
tries. Germany got "kino." France,
England and Italy have used the word
cinema" with variations; ana 1t IL to
that nppellntion that this country Is
gradually turning. In England. al.
though cinema Is plainly from the
same Greek root that gave the Ger.
mar language klnO, the initial &C" Is
soft. The same Is true Of the word
in French and italian.
II IN to the use Of the word Cinema
ms a substitute for our own awkwar ri
compound that the language ls gradu.
ally drifting. The moving picture art
or industry. or Whatever 1t may lie,
has loaded the vocabulary Of enter.
tainment with some dreadful words.
Such hybrids as 'picturizatlon.' "film.
lzatiOn" and the like are not the only
oAetueIS. II iOOhS INV no u Tekls-
ter" MS II IL used In the cinema atel.
iers in the sense Of depict. were going
to hnd Il permanent home in the Ian.
guage. It has not yet got into any OF
the dictionaries, but there Is every
reason to believe that 1t will. The
speech Of the maj in the street seems
just now vivid Of my word excep,
the correct n
In adopting a new word to descrihF
the art Of the moving picture there
Is an evident desire to get away from
the more ordinary stencils Of the new
processes. IL this tendency there Is
nm indication Of a higher regard foi
the artistic achievements OF the
cinema than Is to be expressed In 1t,
| first crude vocabulary.
The sun., 1916-08-26
Not 10 Overlook the Grand Duchess
Marie. Adelaide.

II IL hc true that because the sub
icc,s nr t'o>srANTINE l.. King Of the
Hell.neS. and the fellow >"vercicn>
uf WuopRuw WILSON can say viii
truth they kept Ms ont of war. these
worthless have earned II rank In his
tory among the %supremely great m"''
nf the world. and that AlnERT of Bel
GUM deserves In be held in odium
for his failure 10 adopt II similar
course. IL should not be- forgotten that
!, woman j. entitled 10 llnn"rs H. high
~ those bestowed upon the Greek
Prince and our President.
She is MARlE-.ApEL>IDl. reiGnin-
Grand Duchess Of Luxembourg.
At the same moment when the Bel
riun ALBEIT adopted that policy
whose execution forever dehnrred him
from competing with CoNsTANIiNt
and Woodrow. MAgIE-.ADELAIpE took
the attitude which now permits the
h%rncketing of her name with theirs.
That the resources of her grand duchy
We're small the power "f resistance
ron-pXiStent in her domain. her opIIr
iunity tn follow the curse pursued 10y
ALERT Of the minu,">t dimensions
these facts cnnnot be- held Ia operate
I" her d,Screlit, I, Is the spirit that
must he taken into account. the q
suits that should he studied: and
MAHir-.ApfI AIDE is by these enrolled
with CONSTANTINE and WILSON IN The
roster which ny the conditions Of it,
compilation j. 81 different from that
which bears the name "f ALUtRr. Sht
kept her country out of war.
The sun., 1916-08-26
Commonplace.

To the Assistant District Attorney
she told how u seemingly harmless
Irritation. begun when she was IL. had
led ~ acquaintance with the man.
lie promised to marry her.
Her family did not like him and
ordered her to quit receiving him.
He promised TO marry her when his
rich father died. and she went to live
with him.
She gave him her e%arnings-p-
spectacle. these.
He told her he needed more money.
and showed her how she could get
IL: drunken men, he advised her,
were more liberal than sober
She supported him: she cooked for
him; she mcnded his clothes: she
washed his silk collars ~ that the
laundry would not ruin them.
He got from her weekly her so of
decent money. the $50 she received
us II bonus from her employers for
three years faithful work, and from
$50 to 500 II week more.
She was a graduate of high school
NJ II business college. received II wage
! higher than that we have been told
drives women-to the street. and lived
at home with a family intelligen,
enough To recognize his kind: 81 she
went to the devil.
And she stuck to him three years
until she learned he had other women
working for him In the same trade
ana II wife who made II impossible
for him Ia marry her.
The sun., 1916-08-26
Naming the Pictures.

When the unexpected triumph Of
the cinematograph went around the
civilized world and brought into the
languages seteral new terms, 1t was
our own speech that Jared the worst.
IN" continental nations gained II short
or II meIodi0ns word for the new
science, while such m Alnmanugrable
mouthfnl MS knowing pictures" WAS
the best that the Englisl, language
could do. or course, popular usage
soon abridged this to the shorter and
more expressive "mOvie," which has
The sun., 1916-08-26
Mr.. cHoATE,s POSITION.

He Corrects the Impression That He
IL Unfriendly TO Governor whitman
and Gives His Reasons for Prefer.
ring Bacon TO Calder for Senator.
To THE EDITOR or The suN-Slr: I
understand that in your issue Of Fri
day last In referring to me as one Of
Mr.. Bacon's committee, you classed me
as one Of "the foes Of Governor Whit
man." II this Ia SO I beg you to cor
rect It. I have been and still am ar
earnest supporter Of Governor Whit
man, and am heartily In favor of his
reelection. He has made an excellent
Governor and is entitled to a second
term. I have read the narrative of his
g~ubernatorial record which some of his
friends recently put In circulation. and
| regard II as unanswerable. I also
believe that to turn him down at the
primaries would probably lose the
state to Hughes.
On the other hand. I support Mr..
Robert Bacon for the United States
Senate because l regard him as ad-
mirably fitted for that exalted Office
and incomparably superior to n
o'her cahuiud'o '"at na'e "ea'u
named. lie Is a man OF mgr character
n s'rohg ana one OF
wnom tne people OF tne STATE wouio
be proud IN tnaN POSITION beiore ne
neid any PUBIC once ne nao oecoIne
Versed IN american aHairs
In business n MS experience IN
tne last ten years mas adrhirsoiy quail
ned MIN for tne senate AZ assistant
secretary OF sta'e' an SECRETARY Vi
State ana az A"'passaoor 10 france
II py ms spiehoiu services III pro-
noting the success Oh tne american
III rar's' ~" ny MS no
less spiehotu services !. no''e III rous.
ing our people 10 the uu.y Oh na''ohaI
deience' ne mas hot ny pecon'e one OF
our oest Known ci'iZehs AT nome anu
ABROAD put mas aequireo d oeep anu
The sun., 1916-08-26
THE EIGHT HOUR DAYS
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The sun., 1916-08-26

T" ruE EDITOR ~ THE STN-Nir' over.
heard two North Carolina National Guards
men just back from Camp Glenn. the
North Carolina mobilization camp, talking
with a number Of citizens on the street
to-day, and On" of the Gunrdsmcn said
very earnestly, II have never Yet voted
the Republican ticket, hu, | am going to
vote II .traight this IAN
A weatherbcaten gentleman on the edge
az the group remarked, you must have
been down On the border" The Guards
man replied. NO. but rye been to a worse
place. Camp Glenn"
The weatherbcatcn gentleman then said,
well, ! am just back from the border,
and every one down there IL going To vote
the Republican ticket" A NEW YORKER.
.AsuEvIiIE, y. C.. August ~.
The sun., 1916-08-26
THE TRUTH ABOUT MEXICO.
Ae~rarianism, snd Not Religion, the
Paramount Question.

To II EDITOR or The SuN-Sir: THE
vexed question in Mexico lie. not the
agrarian. but the religious question:"
says Mgr. Kelly. and further: Religion
and religious freedom are the aus Of
the whole fight 1t is a fight against the
Catholic Church." He goes on to say
The villistss and Zapatistas are not
opposed to religion, except that they do
not want the priests to work much among
the people, to have the distribution Of
charities or to have Catholic institutions.
such as schoor. Now to prove
to you that the Mexican question Is not
the land question I will say that there
are millions and millions Of acres Of land
which the Government Is willing to sell
to the people at . couple Of pesos an acre
II the people only care TO take up Its
cultivation.
, Having lived in Mexico and speaking
the language, II seems to me that I am
qualified to take issue with Mgr. Kelly
az to the accuracy OF his statements.
There is but one religion In Mexico. the
Roman Catholic. Charity. as we under
stand II In America. does not exist in
Mexico. schools for the education of
the mass of the people? I refer you to
statistics showing the iiliteracy Of the
common people. Religious persecution?
There If none. I refer you to the speech
OF one Of the delegates quoted In THE
Sun Of August 22. In which he calls at
tention to $4,000. 900 voices tCatholic)
crying In the wilderness.
Carransa. villa and Zapata are all
trying to break the power Of the priests
In order that the Mexican poems may
The sun., 1916-08-26
trying, inclined to petty rows, torn b,

trying, inclined to petty rows, torn b.
mean 5ealousies, is notorious. Every
man Of the cloth knows this. But
most Of the ministry without sacrifice
Of honor or compromise with their
consciences keep at their labors, sus
tanned by n high spiritual purpose,
and strengthened by the inherent no.
bility Of their calling; and these men,
Of whom little Is heard beyond the
natural bounds Of their engagements,
are the true shepherds Of that weak
and erring humanity which is period.
icnlly lambasted by their less patient
and less useful colleagues.
The sun., 1916-08-26
4 Philadelphia Report ~ Montreal
Melons Grown In Jersey.

To THE EDITOR OF TIL SrN-Sir:
Anent the melon controversy Mclons
equal to the famous Montreal variety are
now ripening in n little south New Jer-
scy town, namely Vlneland. \ New
Yorker named Louder who drified down
there for his health is growing the
species. | think, originally from Mon
treal seed. His melon patch. artifcially
irrigated. produces specimens weighing
from eighteen to twenty pounds. \
German bloodhound and a man in q tent
with a gun are constantly on guard.
New York gets all these melons.
PHILADELPHIA, August 90. A. T..
The sun., 1916-08-26

The Democratic politician was asked
ii Judge SEAsrHy had purchased his
place AZ ~Easthamptor 80 as 90 no thrown
into MrmHy's compauy.-N"us Of the
ddy.
OF course the Democratic politician
replied that he thought hi. probable.
lie explained that Mr.. M%uRPHY's place
at Good Groru,d was only twenty miles
away and the two men often en-
changed wireless messages Hhsc on
tier respective golf courses.
The sun., 1916-08-26

We are sure that there are Two COM
hdtants who would like to see the cad
az the war: the French airnan who
dropped a wreath to he placed upon
his soldier fathers "A in A'slce
and the sympathetic German who few
owe the French lines L. let fall a note
saying that the wreath was resting
upon Colonel F'EyRE's grave. The
truths OF the Mar are stranger than
any fiction that will ever he written
about IL.
The sun., 1916-08-26

To rnr EpIroR ~ TuE sunni ~"
question ~ the collection ~ out Of town
checks could he settled by a m"iotate tH\
that would he a source " prnni +" iA'
Federal Reserve banks,
The suggestion is that n tax of one con-
ON each check shat he levied, the money
DERIVED from such tax To he turned over
10 the Federal Reserve banks to pay IN"
eNpense Of collection. w
GgrENwrH. Conn. August ."
The sun., 1916-08-26

1t Is pot surprising that American
rule in Porto Rice IL unpopular when
minions of the law interrupt a meet
ing between two native editors lin "A
c%ocoanut grove at sunrise" Senior
BALBAs and Senior TORRES had come
with all the paraphernalia of pistols
and seconds and n gallery tn take
shots at each other. Why was ro-
nance crushed in the bud? At least
Il cocoanut might have fallen.
The sun., 1916-08-26
the attitude Of true neutrality to work

the attitude Of true neutrality to work
against him."
Could there he a sharper condem.
nation Of "watchful waiting? And
finally, ns throwing light upon what
Mr.. TAFT thought Of Mr.. WILSON'S
d%eplornble muddling, let this 20 into
the record CT Is from II statement Is.
sued at Milwaukee,. March II, 1857 :
~ am afraid that CARRANzA cannot
he depended upon. CARRANzA Is Il
personal coward. VILLA Ii ut heart
an outlaw and always has been an
outlaw"
The sun., 1916-08-26

The Administration has kept the peace,
II has o unto Mexico ss we would
be done by.-Sccretdry Of War NEWTON
DiEHt BAKER In a Maine speech.
All the same we hope General CAR.
will not send a punitive expedi-
ton into Texas or otherwise intervene
In behalf of Mr.. WILSON.
The sun., 1916-08-26

Major General JOHN +. O'RYAN has
surrendered one Of his two salaries Of
$1,000 a year; and his compensation
now more nearly accords with the
value Of his military services than IL
did while he was paid at the rate Of
$4,000 a year.
The sun., 1916-08-26

Two whales appeared to-day of the
north end Of the beach and entertained
hundreds on the boardwalk for over an
hour. They travelled slowly southwark.
-TtdinOs from Spring Lake.
What a pity that there are so few
Of these travelling entertainers nova
days.
The sun., 1916-08-26

The sixth hole on the Ekwanok
made with n mighty drive Of 1s1
yards. Forever and n day the tale
will be told at the nineteenth hole"
but your true golfer disdains to be
impressed by such a tyro's triumph.
The sun., 1916-08-26

The Kaiser will hardly approve Of
shout: we might now cry. 'Deutsch-
land, Deutschland unter alles.' Our
future lies under water" And what
would Won TIRPrrz have to say to- such
a slack witted enthusiast?
The sun., 1916-08-26

Setting sail for somewhere east OF
Suez" the Hon. VICTOR MURDOCH says
that he could not honestly cast his
vote for either WILSON or HruHEs. MIR.
MrRHs'K Is In the hapless position of a
politician without a compass or a life
preseryer,
The sun., 1916-08-26

Tho Oldest l~nhahitant writes To- THE
SrS asking If the late JAMES BrcnANAN
Was highly praised because "lc kept
ns out Of war" Examination Of soy
cral standard reference books does not
disclose that he was highly praised.
The sun., 1916-08-26
Injustice "a = Frank Statesman.

From m Nonf9o"IcTV Idrcffs'r
senator Ttllman says: ~ Woodrow
Wilson makes al s,OW word speech III he
thanked II vote for hiin,' We suspect
the Senator WAS misan"tsd. We wouldn't
think he said "blanked,'
The sun., 1916-08-26

The French have issued an army
order for the destruction Of boards. and
at this evidence Of the sdoption ~
i~rightfulncss Grand Admiral NoN
TiRrITz can hardly he restrained.
The sun., 1916-08-26

To ruE EmlroR o. Tue SuN-Sr' Your
editorial article 'Thrce Tests Of Mr., Wit
som l. God. hut didn't the makeup man
leave OF the hnsl line and FOUND want
ing? j, I NEWTON.
NEW SuRk, August -,
The sun., 1916-08-26

To TIE EpIroR ny Tnn SuN->ir: The
Betsy Flanagan cocks tail was no doubt
a shandygan or a mixture Of beverages,
for there II no evidence that II Was an
appetizer or a short drink containing a
highly aromatic constituent,
CuurAGu, August "a. ~STICkLER.
The sun., 1916-08-26
An OyrVIO0ked Reform.

Mrs Outlstc--Do YOU know what time
II h."
Dutlstc-Ycsh, uidcar. I'm starting
movement TOR the eight hour night
The sun., 1916-08-26

The French army may rid itself Of
100 tons of useless weight by remo>-
ing it's whiskers. but what will he the
weight Of the barber supplies needed
To- keep them from returning?
The sun., 1916-08-26
What Ais

knicker-whats the matter with Con-
sress, anyway
Bocker-Too proud In go home,
The sun., 1916-08-26

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The sun., 1916-08-26

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The sun., 1916-08-26

It now appears that though the
eight hour day may have the Sanction
of Society II could not carry a single
county in California in November, 1914.
The sun., 1916-08-26

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