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Evening star., 1916-10-19

A. Dorsey of Seat Pleasant, Md.
Harold G.. Sowders of Cleveland. Ohio,
and Frances NJ. Deitrick OF this city
Harvey s Drumheller of Bangor. Pa.
and Theodosia Bray Of Pen Argyll, Pa.
Henry NJ. Koehler and Sadie o. Pea
cock.
Evening star., 1916-10-19
School Children Sing America"

The ceremonies were begun by chill
dren from the Woodburn School sing
ing america" Following an invoca-
ton by Rev. John r. Huddle a flag was
raised by Miss Harriet B. Joy and Miss
Helen Hodgkins under the direction of
Miss NJ. ]. Ramsey. Short addresses
were made by Mrs. Gaius NJ. Brum-
baugh state regent, d. A. r, for the
District of Columbia: Mrs. Alexander
NJ. German, state historian; Mrs. George
P. Conway, chairman of the state COM
mittee on the preservation of historic
spots; Mrs. Velma S. Barber. secretary
of the same committee, and Mrs. A. G.
Wilson, founder of Our Flag Chapter.
Written messages were read from
Mrs Matthew 7. Scott, honorary presi-
dent general and Mrs. George T.Guern-
sey, state regent of Kansas. The Star
Spangled Banner" was sung by Miss
Evening star., 1916-10-19

tuberculosis was known in Egypt
1900 years ago.
Evening star., 1916-10-19
Gold and Silver Laces

Important offerings OF the
newest flouncings and band
ings at special prices.
AT s1.e5 YARD
Metal lace fiouncings embroidered
on silk nets-biack and silver. black
and gold, ecru and gold, white and
silver and white and goid-18 inches
wide-usuaIly $1.75 and $500.
AT eoc TO s1.15 YARD
Metal bandings-3 to 6 inches
wide-embroidered In gold, silver,
black and silver, white and gold
and white and silver.
AT s1.oo YARD
36-Inch metal cloth, In plain,
fancy stripe and crepe effects
gold, silver, light blue and pink
exceptional value.
AT s1.65 YARD
72-inch silk brussels nets, In
black, white and colors-a value not
to be overlooked.
Evening star., 1916-10-19
Special Prices
SILK UNDERWEAR

New styles, we'll cut, carefully
sewn and high quality materials
secured before the advance In the
cost Of silks and offered at prices
which cannot be duplicated.
sLiP-ovER CREPE DE CHINE
CORSET COVERS, $1.e5-Flesh
color and white-embroIdered In
dainty coiors, with sleeves.
CREPE DE CHINE AND WASH
ABLE SATIN CORSET COVERS,
S1co1ln new styles with filet and
German val laces, or hand embroid-
ered-made with ribbon straps, In
flesh color and white.
CREPE DE CHINE ENVELOPE
cHEMiSE, S2.95-Yokes Of fiIet
lace and embroidered oreandie In
sertion trimmed back and front
others trimmed with cream lace In
sertion and rose buds and lace
straps.
CREPE DE CHINE ENVELOPE
cHEMISE, s3.95-Empire style,
hand embroidered yokes, finished
off with lace Insertion, edglng and
wide ribbon.
-cREPE DE CHINE GOWNS,
A.5o-Trimmed with wide cream
back and front and kimono sleeves
in flesh color and white.
TAFFETA SILK PETTIccATS,
$2.6s-Ruffied and tailored fiounces
all the new changeable shades
blue and green, green and blue,
green and cerise, purple and green
usually 1896.
HEATHERsLooM AND SAT.
ZEN PETTicOATS. $1.4e-Taiior-
ed and plated fiounces-navy,
black, kings blue-aiso Dresden
Pettlcoats, In green, blue and law
ender. Usually $500.
HEATHEReIooM AND SAT-
ZEN PETTIcoATs, eee-TaIIored
hounces-in black, navy and green
and stripes. Usually $1.o0.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-10

new measure for insuring a pure supply,
many useful reforms have been effected.
But even here the difficulties are obvious.
A great deal Of our milk and butter comes
from other states where the laws are laXer
and the impossibility of securing perfect
conditions at the source has led TO make
shifts. 1t is true that more rigid rules
with regard to pasteurization have accom-
plished much, but the conditions even now
arc not wholly satisfactory.
Sooner or later it is probable that the
question of Federal supervision will have
to be considered Everything is apparent
ly tending that way and possibly it offers
the only reasonable solution. Be that as it
may, an inquiry into the present state of
the milk supply might be of service If only
to secure a clear idea Of a problem that
must sooner or later be dealt with more
effectively than it is dealt with to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-10
What the Public Should Pay.

The decision of the soft coal miners
and their employees TO compromise their dif-
ferences rather than to undergo long and
costly strike is eminently sensible. Under
the agreement reached the workers Will
gain certain advantages in higher wages
and working conditions to which they are
well entitled. These will increase the cost
Of production Of the coal, which increase,
Of course, will be passed along to the con-
sumers.
If only that increase be passed along,
the public will have no legitimate ground
for protest. The selling price OF any com
modify ought to be enough to cover wages
and cost of working conditions adequate
to meet present-day living costs and con-
ceptions of social justice. The trouble has
been, in the past, that what was passed
along TO the consumers included not only
the increased cost but an increased per-
centage of profit for the employers. 1t Is
to be hoped that the operators IN the
bituminous field and their colleagues who
produce anthracite coal, now confronted by
a similar demand from their miners, Will
see the business wisdom, as well as the
Justice, of abstaining from this method OF
bleeding the public.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-10
More German Logic.

In attempting to justify the German
method of conducting submarine warfare,
some one described as competent Ger
man authority" makes most heroic effort
to wriggle out of the German Prize Code
published in the summer of 1914. 1t Is
not true, he tells the Overseas News
Agency, that the code countenances the
arming of merchant ships. 1t seems to
do so only because it provides that the
crews of such ships must be treated as
prisoners of war. His explanation IS that
this is done in order that the crew VIII
not be made to suffer because of obedience
to instructions in violation of law which
arc issued by superiors.' In other words,
il is merely an example Of that gentleness
and magnanimity so conspicuous IN Ger
man warfare.
There is another paragraph in the code
that is a little troublesome. 1t provides
that eff an armed hostile merchantmen
offers armed resistance against measures
regulated by prize law, resistance must be
broken by all means" The other bellig-
ercnts accept this of course, but 1t does
fit in we'll with the new German assump-
ton that armed traders have no recog-
nized status. It seems rather TO accept
armed resistance as something TO be OK
pected. The argument of the competent
German authority is that inasmuch as re-
sistance "must be broken" resistance must
be wrong, and inasmuch a. resistance IS
wrong Germany cannot recognize 1t as
right. and inasmuch as Germany cannot
recognize it as right it is clearly absurd
to say the "right of resistance IS con
coded" in Germany's rules, no matter what
the rules seem to say.
That is the argument implied in the
competent German authority exposition
Of the German code. and 1T is perhaps as
potent and convincing an argument as
could be made under circumstances so
lmanifcsty difficult.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-10

The mass meeting at Carnegie Hall to-
night TO discuss Mayor Mitchel's legislative
programme for reducing this city's taxes
represents strong and vigorous demand
for relief from unfortunate conditions
which only legislative action can remedy.
In that demand all classes in the commu-
nifty unite. Not only property owners are
concerned. Every business man. every rent
payer, is affected by the fact that the city
now pays money for services and improve
ments which are not directly beneficial TO
the metropolis. They arc unjustly taxed to
Just the extent that money collected in
general taxation, Of which the city justly
should have a share, is spent without any
apportionment for New York.
There is evident on the part Of the
Legislature disposition to enact measures
which will help the city in some degree
The city demands, and is entitled to have
help in the highest degree which the wis
dom of the local officials and the legis,
lators can write into specific statutes
Several of the local legislators have
pledged themselves to support all the bills
favored by the Mayor; other. have pledged
a qualified support.
There is bound to be some difference oil
opinion over the merits Of any propose
when it is reduced to the form of statu
tory verbiage. Over the merit of the gen
eral proposal there is no room for doubt
New York has been overburdened ant
must have relief. On that all the law
makers elected from this city can agree
Having agreed on that, there ought to be
no practical difficulty in their agreeing
on pretty comprehensive programme foi
/ legislative action.
New York expects them to do this The
city demands help, and the demand will be
vigorous and sustained. No legislato,
/ from the metropolis will do his duty TO hi
constituents if he fails to give his utmos
support to that demand
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-10
Huntington. n. Y, Feb. %, 1916.
A Save America Campaign.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Is there any reason why the news
papers of America should not start "Save
America campaign? BY this mean for the
newspapers of the United States 10 suggest
that all Americans form A union, whose slo-
gan shall be "Savc America" and whose pur-
pose shall be to prevent the possibility of the
United States from becoming embroiled in
this frightful war BY refraining from sailing
on any armed vessel at this time. This in no
sense TO SAVIOR of warning" but simply a
suggestion that the people OF the United
States unite and stand shoulder TO shoulder
in an endeavor to prevent thousands of our
men from being sacrificed. to say nothing Of
sparing the anguish OF the mothers, wives,
sisters. etc.
Surely every American who loves his or her
country would be willing to cooperate in this.
II you think there is a particle OF merit in
this will you not give it all the publicity
possible? r. NJ. GIBSON.
Philadelphia, Penn, March 7, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-10
A NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Give Military Training and Build
Up American Ideals There.
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: When an assassin fired his bullet
into Theodore Roosevelt at Milwauaee II did
not deter Colonel Roosevelt from making
the speech that he was prepared TO denver
No power on earth could have indicated TO
Theodore Roosevelt at that hour whether he
would live 20 complete his address. lie was
there TO make that speech, and he made IT,
That is the type Of man that this country
needs in this great hour Of crisis to guide
direc. and mould its destiny.
1t is apparent that the present Admins
tration will not secure 20 the people OF TINS
country either an efficient army or ar en-
cient navy. II We get into the war We Will
have to depend upon unsystemstized volun-
.ocr effort on the part Of the country a.
large.
II would seem impossible, in view OF the
natural antagonism Of free people to
military establishment, that We should ever
have universal military service. But may
We not secure, in practical, systematic
way. military security along lines OF demo-
cratic simplicity, in this way?
Under our Constitution, may not Congress
establish national university? May not
that university become affiliated in demo-
cratic way with every high school, so elect
ing. in the country, May not the national
government provide for each high school IN
the country a military instructor and give
TO each high school accepting such military
instruction a per capita allowance for each
scholastic year? May not the graduates OF
these high schools receive free education IN
the national university OF broad and com
prehensive character, yet building upon the
military training initiated in the high
school? May not this university be estab-
lished in some central state, like Missouri,
in the midst Of hills and forests and away
from city life May it not be so munih-
Gently, nationally endowed as to draw TO its
bosom the best spirit in American life!
Would this not be the true scheme for the
creation and perpetuation OF American
ideals?
There cannot be shadow OF doubt that
we have permitted and encouraged alien i'm
migration more rapidly than it was possible
for assimilation. There is not shadow o,
doubt that our politicians have used these
alien masses for corrupt, sordid and selfish
purposes.
The hope Of the American nation is IN
securing some system that will bend the
youth Of the nation away from material,
sensuous and profigate living and incline
the youth Of the nation toward the spiritual,
the moral the upright, the sublime.
NJ L. MALEvlNSKY.
New York, March 2, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-10
Conditions in Our Diaries.

A resolution was lately introduced In
the House of Representatives calling for
the appointment Of a committee "to In
vestigate and report as speedily as prac-
ticable (a) whether conditions prevailing
in diaries and dairy products seriously
menace the health and property of the
people of the United States; CD whether
Federal inspection and supervision, either
alone or in cooperation with state and
municipal inspection and supervision, are
necessary to the reasonable protection OF
the health and property of the citizens OF
the United States; (c) if so, then the best
and most economic methods Of inaugural
ing and enforcing such inspection and
supervision
AS to the reality of the menace, it is
hardly to be disputed. The results of an
inquiry by the Bureau Of Animal Indus
try have been quoted by the author of
the resolution, Mr.. Linthicum, of Maryland,
and they show clearly enough that very
large proportion Of the creameries
throughout the country are grossly insani-
tary and unclean. Thus it is alleged that
more than 81 per cent of the cream con-
sumed is contaminated or decomposcd or
both, that nearly 73 per cent SIS not pas
teurized, but is made into butter TO be con
sumed in a raw state" and that a consider
able number of all dairy cattlc--the per-
centage not estimatcd-are diseased. 1t is
hardly necessary to point out that as dairy
products are the most widely used of all
human foods so they may be the most dam
gerous vehicles for the Transmission Of in
fectious diseases. The necessity for cffec-
tive supervision is, therefore, sufficiently
obvious.
We in New York are much better Off
than the consumers Of most other cities.
The supervision Of dairy products has
grown more and more cXactng in recent
years and there is not the slightest doubt
that. in spite Of violent opposition to every
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-10
Rearranging International Law
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: II is said that the English merchant
man has a right 70 carry guns and yet at the
same time to be treated as a peaceful ship.
He has such right as against US "a neutral),
but has he that right as against Germany,
with whom the English nation is at war?
Let US see how the thing both guns and
notice. would work from the English stand
point The submarine come. to the surface
near the armed merchantmen, halls him and
notifies him that he has one-half hour 10
escape in his lfeboat,. Now it is up to the
merchantmen to do one Of two things, either
escape or open fire (of course, he can't do
both, for then all his people would be in dan
ger OF destruction from the submarine).
II he avails himself OF the notice and
takes to his lifcboats he doesn't need his
guns II he uses hi, guns he isn't entitled
to the notice, for If so entitled the German
BY giving the notice, is simply presenting
himself as a target TO the English merchant
mans guns. In short. the guns on the mer-
chairman and the notice by the German are
inconsistent. If the guns are carried the no.
ticc should not be expected. And If the
notlCe ~ fcpuiicu loi al H'"''N PSiP
viz, 10 enable the people to escape (the only
purpose for which the notice can honestly
be required then the guns are unneces'
sary.
They can't require the notice for one pur-
pose and use it for another, ostensibly 70 en-
abb, them TO escape, and yet when the pinch
comes, they arc TO do as they then choose
escape or open fire, and the German is not
10 know which, There is no question OF ex-
prdenry or Of honor or OF abatement OF
right here involved. II is simply the qucs-
ton whether an armed English merchantmen
is entitled to notice OF proposed attack by a
German submarine, tho two nations being al
war with each other and according as this
question is decided certain results follow.
r. YOUNG.
Huntington. n. Y, Feb. %, 1916
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-10
An Old Family Quarrel.


Tho Supreme Court or the United States
will adjudcate the controversy between YER
mont and New Hampshire, rendering for
these states service similar to that which
wears ago it performed for Alabama and
Georgia and for Maryland and West Viz
ginia Ono state may not sue another with
out permission Of the nations highest court.
Not long ago the Green Mountain state OBJ
tanned the requisite right 10 sue the Granite
State over the boundary argument which has
caused many vexng and some serious diner
ences between them. New Hampshire says
the boundary is at the top of the western
bank Of the dividing river; Vermont claims
il is at the thread Of the channel.
Into the strip between these lines work
man fell from bridge. Did he fall into
Vermont or New Hampshire? No ono knew.
The damage suit was settled out OF court
and the boundary issue continued. Mills
stand upon the disputed strip and botn
states claim tho taxes. One large concern
has big deposit in Vermont bank held in
escrow until authoritative directions arc is
sued for payment The controversy even
had much to do with the rejection of Yer
monts application for admission to the fam
ilv of states under the old Articles Of Con
federation. In 1880 and again in 1913 the
states tried 10 reach an agreement, and the
latter failure leads now TO this effort TO
settle the question for good and all.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-10
Another Buchanan.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The letter in The Tribune OF to-day
under the above caption reminds me Of a
little incident that occurred near the close
of President Buchanan's term of office
There was a pretty squally outlook at this
time, as everybody knows. | was a college
student then. and on starting out one morn
ing to recitation | met an elderly Irish
man on the street. He was stranger TO me
but he stopped me and made inquiries about
the state of the country | explained 10 hin,
as we'll az / could, and he concluded the in
terview By saying. "Well, Mr.. Buchanan is
just like my mother-no man at all"
c. II. RIGGS.
Bristol Conn. March 4. 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-10
The Marseilles -Rhone Canal.
CFrom The Springfield RePubhcaH)

Completion Of the ffty-mile Marscllc.-
Rhone canal. which will permit small Mcd-
tcrrancan steamers 10 enter the Rhonc River,
indicates that not quite all Of Frances
energy is being consumed By the war. 4
four and half mile tunnel through the
Rove mountains, the canals chief obstacle,
has been successfully bored, practically end
ing the six years Of labor put in on this
great public work. Unlike the Turkish rail
roads in Palestine. this project seems to have
been pushed 20 n conclusion in spite of the
war rather than because Of II. Yet its ad-
yanlagcs where huge armies arc depending
on watcr-bornc munitions and food can read
lily be graspcd To the French canal system,
already the most extensive in the world, i.
will be an addition of prime importance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-10
Tn to Senator Brown.

Either Senator Browns mysterious
moves at Albany mean that he Is using
his power as Republican leader to strangle
the woman suffrage amendment IN COM
mittee or that he and those who stand
with him are subjecting the suffraglsts
TO a futile, irritating variety Of hazing
by delaying action on their measure.
Neither supposition casts any credit On
the majority leader. Neither course IS
fair to the suffragists, nor particularly
safe for those engaged in the undertaking.
The suffrage issue has long passed the
stage where fun can be poked at 1t, where
legislators can afford to cast 1t aside as
trivial, where familiar parliamentary
tricks can be used to smother it. If SEN
ator Brown, the leader Of great party S
representation in the upper house of the
Legislature, does not understand that, 1t
is time he woke up. There were more than
half million votes cast for equal suffrage
in the recent election by men who deemed
it a great and vital matter. Many Of
these voters consider it so important that
they are willing to put this issue ahead of
any local questions, party loyalty or the
qualifications of individual candidates for
Office No wise party representative would
think for moment Of needlessly antago-
nizing these voters.
Why the delay by the Senate Judiciary
Committee? Senator Brown, who ID
parently is the sole cause, can end 1t. II
he wishes to clear himself of accusations
Of petty spite, of malice, and worse, of
using his party power and position to ( hit
a measure he personally opposes, he W
promptly take steps to bring the suffrage
amendment to a vote In the Judiciary
Committee and see that every facility is
given for fair discussion and early vote
by the full Senate.
His present course can only result IN
arousing bitterness against himself, his
colleagues and the Republican party IN
a year in which no candidate, nor that
party itself, can afford to throw away
a single vote.