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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-06-30
A Patriotic
Sufragette

She can't go to the front-but she
will carry the flag on the 9th and
over the front door at her home will
be extended "Old Glory"
This one-for instance. size Axe
feet. mounted on an eight foot flag
pole with window brackets. Our pa
triotic special CSC. Or you may Sc
lect from the following:
Silk flags mounted on sticks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30
Approval.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: ] have stood It as long az | poss bly,
can without approving OF your manly edi-
torials and the many excellent letters in
your valuable and patriotic paper, OF which
! have been a reader for many, many years,
and coming as do from the good old state
where we have thrty-eight electoral votes
TO cast for a man who will take good care
Of US the next four years. and, who had he
been in that chair down at Washington the
past three years Mexico would have been
Strengthened out and there would have been
no sinking OF the Lusitania on May 7, 1915,
or other brutal and cowardly murders OF
Americans, / especially approve of your ed-
torial in yesterdays Tribune, CASH" and a
letter signed by member of the Order OF
the Cincinnati Also letter signed by John
Porter Of Brooklyn, y. Y.
A MEMBER OF THE LOYAL LEGION" OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Wilkes-Barre, Penn, Jan. q, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30
WHAT PRICE FOR OUR DEAD?
1t Should Be Very High to Accord
with German Precedent.
To tho Editor OF The Tribune.

Sir: If Germany should finally agree TO
make roparation In tho Lustania and similar
cases the question will arise what form this
rcparation should take. II may seem that
this ~ merely question of tho amount OF
"a money indemnity and that the settlement
might be left TO the well known fairness and
generosity Of Germany. But the Germans
have their own methods of computation IN
such cases and, no doubt, would want to ap-
ply them with characteristic German thor
oughncss aud consistency. And it Will be
seen that this might result in such penalty
that We could never allow Germany to impose
il upon herself
The indemnity oxactcd from France has
attracted more or less attention, but II must
be remembered that in 1871 Germany had
had comparatively little experience In such
matters and she may not have given the
problem sufficient thought. later case
gives a better example OF German thorough
ness The facts were stated by Dr. lycnaga
Of japan, in the course of an explanation
why Japan is at war with Germany.
In 1897 two German missionaries were
murdered by a Chinese mob. Within two
weeks German warships entered the harbor
OF Kiao-chau, landed marines and took pos
session Of the fort. And Germany demanded
rcparation as follows: Two hundred thou
sand taos OF silver, the rebuilding OF a
chapel destroyed by the mob, the reimburse
ment of expenses incurred in occupying Kiao-
chau, the punishment OF the assassins and
local officials, the transfer of Kiao-chau TO
Germany as n naval base, railway concessions
and exclusive coal mining rights in Shantung.
"Since Cain killed his brother" says DR..
Iyenaga, "the world has never seen or heard
OF such an extraordinary demand as this
reparation for the murder of two holy min
istcrs Of the Gospel"
And most of the demands were granted,
including the lease of Kiao-chau for ninety
nine years Perhaps all the demands would
have been granted had not the peacc-loving
Germans magnanimously receded from some
Of them.
If the murder OF two missionaries called
for such reparation. perhaps some mathe-
matician will be able 20 calculate what
reparation would be appropriate IN the Lust
tainia case. We might have to take ninety
nine year lease Of Germany's place in the
sun. She might, perhaps have so little real
estate that we could not locate her on a
moonlight night d.
New York, Jan. 81, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30
Stealing from the Future.

Representative Heating estimates from
the census reports that 100000 children
would be affected by the passage Of his
child labor bill. To some that number
will seem small; yet if there are to-
day 100000 children or 10000 children in
the whole country employed under condi-
tons which the terms Of that bill would
change the number is far too large.
The exploitation Of child labor may seem
to make money for certain individuals; 1t
may seem to bring prosperity" to certain
sections and certain industries. II does
not in the end. 1t has come TO be pretty
generally recognized that child labor Is
costly in slovenly output, in material
spoiled. in lack Of efficiency. To keep an
expensive manufacturing plant reduced to
the speed and capabilty of child opera
tives when it might turn out far more and
better goods through adult operatives Is
not the best business sense, and many
manufacturers, having come to understand
this. have voluntarily abandoned the en-
poyment Of "cheap" child labor. But if
the exploitation of children were econom-
ically iustifabe for the employers it Is
nothing short of crime against the ma
ton. 1t steals from the children the time
they should have for play and school; 1t
steals from the nation the value they
would produce in properly developed, not
hampered and stunted, lives.
1t is just as silly to work a child as it
is to work a colt. 1t spoils the man or
woman Just az certainly as it spoils the
horse. It seems high time the common
sense Of this nation recognized regarding
its valuable human stock what has long
been recognized regarding its livestock.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30
Mr.. Koren's Naughty Friends

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The Tribune in a recent editorial
referred with approval 20 the articles on the
prohibition question written By Mr.. John
Koren. and suggested that the Temperance
advocates are not content 20 80 into The
question carefully, exhaustvely and deeply
The Anti-Saloon League has taken suf-
cent pains and made sufficient investigation
i'm this matter 20 be able TO point out the
friendship between Mr. Koren and the sec
retary Of the United States Brewers Asso-
citation, and also some passages in the Brew
ers' Year Book that bear a most remarkable
similarity 10 passages from writings signed
by Mr. koren. The Ant-Saloon League has
gone far enough 10 make clear 20 any dis
interested person who will 20 into the mat
ter with reasonable care that Mr.. Koren,
who is described in tho Brewers Year Book
as "the profoundest student OF the alcohol
problem in America" is not the disposition
ate, unprejudiced, disinterested, scientific
philosopher and friend in general OF the
human race which "The Atlantic Monthly"
which publishes his articles and the brew
ers), would like to have people believe.
We are indebted to Mr.. Ernest Gordon,
author of The Ant-Alcohol Movement in
Europe" who has just returned from Europe,
who knows OF the activities of some Euro
pean agencies that are comparable to the
so-caled Business Mems Associations" and
Manufacturers and Dealers Leagues" under
which the liquor traffic masquerades in this
country, for the interesting information and
sidelichts upon Mr. Koren which have been
published 10 date.
WILLIAM II. ANDERSON.
state Superintendent Ant-Saloon League Of
New York
New York, Jan 10. 1916
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30

iectile's rarabola. and that even this bit OF
efficiency was of ready service to the BALLS
ticians of to-day.
Occasionally one is tempted to read nc
tween the lincs-on ones own responsible
itv. of course. so far as differences are con
cerncd. For instance. Mr.. Pulitzer
only reference to the now notorious oIlac-
tory horrors of war is word OF praise ior
the personal cleanliness of the Belgian
soldiers. whom he visited at tho end OF ms
visit to the French front He sought shel
ter from "A rainstorm with nifty FIcniS'l
rcscrvists i'm "A small room in deserted
house. And he adds, after his experiences
Even the English will nave to SCRUB eN-
cccdingly hard to keep up with the BEL
rians." Then final word about their
heroic service to the cause: Let no one
forget that if the British proudly saved
the French by their retreat from Mons
(which no one seems likely to be allowed
to forgot it is equally certain that the
shattered Belgian army humbly saved the
British on the Yser.'
One more quotation before we leave
this little volume. which stands so mark
edly and interestedly apart In the deluge
of war books. Contrasted with the
breathless struggle for self-preservatlon
in France. says Mr.. Pulitzer, the British
attitude toward the war seems almost
dilettante. "This is unquestionably due, IN
part" he continues, ITO the fact that IN
England very literal-mnded race IS
shipping its soldiers to fight in merely
geographical localities for seemingly alb
stract principles The trouble is that Eng
land has the Channel and France the
Imagination. It is obvious how markedly
stronger the combination would be II
Britain were fighting an invader and
France we're fighting for a sentiment.
An observation worth pondering.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30
Economic lncompatibility.

Mrs. Joseph NJ. Donely. Of Jersey City,
is capitalist. Mr.. Joseph NJ. Donely is
wage Garner, and though they remain
husband and wife these two elderly par
ents have locked horns in the sge-long
controversy between labor and capital
Capital in the person Of Mrs. Donely con-
tends that the $4,000 which she has saved
in the thirty-siX years of their married
life is all hers. Labor speaking through
Mr. Donely declares he is entitled to half,
since the wages which he earned as loco
motive engineer on the Pennsylvania Rail-
road and turned over TO her made the ac-
cumulation possible. It is interesting to
note that he doesn't claim it all, on the
MARKHAM theory.
The court has commanded Mrs. Donely
to give her husband an accounting, which
is more Of victory, perhaps, than labor
has been in the habit of recording. But
in the same breath the ViceChancellor has
intimated that what wife owns, she
owns" which is rather discouraging, for
one can't help roofing little for Pa
Donely, though it may be that he ought to
be glad he has a wife who has $4,000
rather than one who has nothing, since
he admits himself he didn't know she had
become a capitalist until his daughter told
him quite recently. And it may be, also,
that Ma Donely, having saved the money,
is slightly the better able of the two to
prevent its slipping through the fingers.
1t is an extremely knotty problem The
marriage contract which would seem to
impel the wife to Glove, honor and obey
the husband doesn't affect it, apparently.
In any case, Ma Donely is standing pat,
and the wseacres are forecasting one
more setback for labor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30
On a Cash in Advance Basis

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Out in the West the United sn''
government. when selling timber on nsn0,'
forests, demands that Payment FOR t.n0" :
made in advance. When the purchaser y
cut nearly all the timber paid for ne 30
fed that it is time 10 make another ps'''
before cutting can continue. d.
Why shouldn't the State Department w
this principle when accepting cash for An'
lean lives? Why not get a good sum ps,s /.
advance By Germany. Austria, Turkey ..
garia. Mexico or any other nation that vs.
to indulge in the murder Of Americans ~
we could save the labor and trouble 0, ~. VI,
ing notes, and, when the number I" -,
taken had almost reached the INN. v -
deposit made, we could merely tI oD' -,
letter notifying the nation INDUCING !" a..
pastime that another cash payment
II the nation no longer desired 70
Americans any surplus money 'N1' Wv
deposted could be refunded. ,ts,l
In this connection it might BE- goo ID
20 appoint a commission 20 de'e'~ al
cash value OF each citizen, based on sa.
health, sex and expectancy OF liie o. co 90 u
dividual Then. II that citizen snO. =.
murdered. it would be a Simple ,.,,,,
look up his or her cash value 10 ~. -
and deduct the proper amount Tom wv
of the numbering nation. -,,.,-nrrs
Now Haven. Conn. Jan. %, 1915
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30
"And the Band Played Dixie. y

Even if we were not predisposed to be-
leve what Bugler Forfar says in any case,
we should have to believe the Lincoln anec-
dote with which he seasoned the dinner OF
the fifteen Duryea Zouaves still able to
answer the rollcall This anecdote tastes
too strongly of the peculiar favor OF
Father Abraham's personality TO be open
to question. Here 1t is in the Bugler's
best style:
at was at the last speech of the Great
Emancipator, made the day before ne was
shot. When he was through speaking ne
said he thought some music would not be
out Of place, and asked the crowd what
they wanted. Dixie was the answer.
The President hesitated, conferred with a
friend for minute, then said. We'll,
we've CAPTURED the tune-I guess IT'S
ours And the band played Dixie.
Precious little pedantry in that mans
soul, But for once he was wrong. we
never captured Dixie From the very
first we gave ground before 1t until by
DEGREES it has marched to the Canadian
border and captured us, practically all
OF us. and enslaved us beyond even the
mower of Great Emancipator to set US
free And we may thank Heaven for our
slavery. since it is something gained tow
ard preparedness to possess the best fight
ing tune in the world.
But one wonders how Lincoln would
have responded could the request nave
been. and had it been, for that popular
favorite of to-day, II Didn't Raise My
Bow To Be Soldier?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30
THE SONG.

Along misty beaches where the great wnd-yOces
thunder challenge the
And echoes the countries where they died
sounding
! and all the breakers
t is pleading for the memory of noble heritage;
Twas womans it, n a lost heroic
Its call is sounding
Mine eyes the glory Of the coming Of the Lord;
lie ramplRg uagc the
the fatefL Gghtnng of His terrible ft uod
His wrath is marching
is troubled
Belgium n her beauty lies all trampled
And still proud defender lift the pen of the brave
soul is marching on,
great united nations hold the foes advance;
the the soldiers
Its call ) sounding
hare read gospel wn IN FURNISHED of steel;
deal rith Ny NTH you deal;
Hero born the serpent Nth
God Is marching on"
My country-oh, country! earghed once ands strong
A shield the deencecss and a the wrong
to the ringing echoes of that mighty marching song
s on
The free
Their died burning homes upon sea-
BY Christ who died for mercy, it nothing unto thee
While God is marching on?
He the cnur
s the hearts before His
be swt, SOUL Him! He jublant, nv feet
God Is marching
MARION CoUTHouY SMITH =.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30

was on safer ground when in
the first Lustania note it was argued
that without an inevitable violation OF
many sacred principles of justice and
humanity" it was manifest that Sub
marines cannot be used against merchant
men" That that original contention has
been absolutely abandoned is clear enough
to Germany's foes. But it is vain TO OK
poet them to submit TO new and pre-
posterous rules for Germany's conven-
fence. on the pretcnce of adapting Ger
many's methods TO the sacred principles
of Justice and humanity. The methods
and principles are essentially Incompatible
and our attempted bargaining with Ger
many is therefore bound to fail
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30
Distressing Conditions.

TO the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: I write this letter to impress upon
you the Importance of the night schools. The
large attendance shows how interested the
people are, especially IN trade work. Ono
thing that I cannot understand is why the
Board of Education cut the night schools
down TO three nights week from four
nights. Another was the disseminating Of
the civil service class. Some of the classes
have their teachers only once or twice =
week. The rest of tho week the class must
depend upon one of the pupils to take charge
OF the work. Naturally the class does not
receive the proper instruction.
Trusting that this will impress upon you
the distressing conditions ~ the night
schools. EDWARD RICHARDSON.
New York, Jan. %, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30
Privileged.

The word explains to certain extent the
quality Of Mr.. Ralph PulitZer's sketches Of
what he saw at the front in France and
Belgium, which Harper & Bros. has just
published in book form. He was person
ally conducted by the military authorities,
lust like the war correspondents, but he
was personally conducted to places where
the correspondents were forbidden to go.
Incidentally he finds the term that exactly
describes the scope of the correspondents
activities since the japanese began TO con-
troll them. Their work has been "stand-
ardized."
They see only what it is judged well that
they should see; and in return they are
made comfortable. They need not worry
about automobiles, meals and lodging. Even
binoculars are supplied TO them by the
courteous officers who have them In charge.
Hence n certain uniformity in all their
books which is growing increasingly per-
ceptible Hence, also, the quality which
distinguishes Mr.. Pulitzer's little volume
from all of the others.
But there is more that makes it so emil
nently well worth while. \ gift Of con-
densed description, for one thing, which
packs each page with all the information
il will hold while never overlooking it. The
opening chapter, for instance, "Ovcr the
Front in an Aeroplane." is as graphic a
moving picture of human flight as has yet
been written, entirely apart from the con-
sideration that Mr.. Pulitzer is the only
civilian 10 whom that adventurous priv
ilege has been granted in this war.
1t was not the only one given to him by
the French government, but it was the
most exceptional one Of all, since the fight
ing in the air is the only remaining Gle
ment Of the struggle whose dangers still
are incalculable in this war of scientific cal
citations. which determine the range OF
artillery fire coming" rs quickly and as
accurately as that Of the shells gong
Fritz Krcisler has told US that his trained
ear soon learned to find the acme Of pro-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30
WHAT APPLES DON'T IN
Rural New Englands Exper;.,
Confutes the Pessimis,s
To Tho Editor Of Tho Trlhn.A


Sir; Your correspondent, Edyar nm
NOM IN commenting on your ed,ori,, ."n'
AN Apple a Day" expresses ,n,r.' 'uut''
the editor Of The Tribune and a. '"' "a
missioner Of Foods and Market, -. 60, '''.
rash ns to edvise eating ono s,a,' -
Just think Of the malic acid in az : ca
year." ne cxclaims. "The pul, % =, apD''' q
is 1T for food, but the san r. ,,,. ' s'rl'
clares. And, again, ne warns q, rs. ~ O.
loosen tho teeth. 'P9'i
Mr. Brinkerhof. had h. been eo,,.,.
the unsuitable appetite Of tho sv,r,.. ~, . .
for apples, would have commended 80 ,'a'''
gentlemen for 80 "rashly" limiting a.. '.'
diet. 'Pp'
In the cities where fancy Oregon ,..,..
displayed In tho store window, ,,J ....'
40 cents dozen n man Of moJe-s,. 80.
might feel constrained 70 d,,ii. o.. -.
among his entire family; but VIA, ~, y.
farmers Of Now England, New Yo,t a. ~.
Jersey, the natural home Of the apple a..
this superior Favored fruit F. often , 49,
on the market because the Orego, man -
the trick Of packing and advertising bi,,,.,
ucts? Is it any wonder that these far,,.,,
with their collars filed with biz. Ped ,,..,
apples, bring forth every evening rom 10,
cayernoUs depths o. apple fragrance ,,,.
heaping milk pans Of luscious Baldwin A.
pippins, 20 be consumed between the bos,,
Of and b. tho tired farmer, his two So,
and the hired man And = neighbor s,,,.
in down goes Tom or Harry for another "a,
ful But, horror o. horror, Not only ~,
pans OF apples. but two pitchers OF clear. u.
adulteratcd apple sap have come 70 f,o-
the cellar and gone down tho Threats q ~.
rash men. Think Of the male acid ,s.r..
ls,ing through the blood corpusces Of ,.op
husky farmers, who, II Mr Brnkerhof's i.,r
are we'll founded, should be laid lor beer.
this. or. if able to move a. all, should s.y.
toothless Jaws unable TO mssticate even s,s
apple a day.
Mr. BrnkerhoF should apologies for Il,
blunder and commend she drastic Initiate.
you propose in the consumption of sDplss
CHAS. A. KlMBALL.
Mountains de, y. J., Jan. 70, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30
Attracting Useful Birds.
lFrom me Providence JoHrnal'

1From The Providence Journal
How 10 attract birds to the northeastern
United States, the subject Of a pamphlet
issued by the Biological Society, contains in
formation Of interest to the owners Of large
areas OF land. The economic value OF birds
"a destroyers Of insects is familiar and the
general disposition is 10 do more for the
protection Of bird life than enforcing the
laws against the pot-hunters. Making reser-
ystions on which birds are not 60 be inter-
fered with is one OF the plans now in favor.
What can be done for little expenditure Is
indicated by the report of two years opera
tons on "A thirty-fve-acre sanctuary "a
census" showed seventy pairs Of purple
martins, nineteen pairs of house wrens, eight
pairs OF robins, and other birds bringing the
total number up TO 1T pairs. And this was
accomplished without any unusual effort
There is nothing TO prevent the converting
OF every farm into Sanctuary" Birds
soon learn where they are safe from traps
and shotguns, and the planting OF shrubs
and trees which afford suitable shelter and
the distribution of food should be congenal
work TO those whose interests are furthered
by the birds attracted. Evergreen trees are
especially desirable because they provide
refuge throughout the entire year The
birds which stay in New England summer
and winter-the bluejays, for example
should be given consideration both in the
maintenance of small groves and in the scat
tering Of food when the earth is frozen or
covered with snow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30
A Gasoline Users Strike.
or OF The Tribune.

TO the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Why DO We bother our heads about
what tho government viii will not do in
the matter Of regulating gasolene prices ,
The monopolists run things 20 suit them
selves. and defy the government. In this
case. why not give them some Of their own
medicine? Let car owners appoint day for
the laying up OF every car possible in the
country for the entire day. Let this be done
from time to time until the price OF gasolene
comes down. ARTHUR 5. GREENE.
Port jefferson. L. l., Jan. 26, 1916.