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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-22
Working for Ensemble Singing.
DR. Of The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: have read with great interest the
editorial on Community Singing" in yester-
days Tribune.
1t is encouraging 10 see the press interested
in musical subject most dear to the people.
The time is proptious and ripe, by using
music properly with the masses, to material
ize in some permanent way the idea of COM
munity singing. Cooperation and under
standing are needed in order to materialze
what undoubtedly is the secret desire of the
masses, to express and understand themselves
through music.
The New Singing Society is very young
institution and is working most successfully
along these lines. We meet on Monday and
Thursday evenings at 209 East Forty second
Street. where we impart knowledge Of music
by teaching to young people theory and
practice combined by pleasant and agree
able method The society is non-business
proposition. it belongs to the people, and it
welcomes everybody. 1t would be happy TO
make it known to the people in order that
everybody should avail himself or herself Of
this unusual opportunity to learn how to
read music and sing. The community will be
must grateIui 10 tue press IL the press Will
keep constantly alive before the people the
happiness, joy and inspiration which are de-
rived from ensemble singing. Teachers, or
ganists, ministers and all kinds of congre-
gational institutions should work together
10 establish In different parts of the city
centres on the lines followed by the New
Singing Society. They will find by so doing
that they will afford to the community the
most desirable and refreshing source of up
lifting relaxation. l.. CAMILIERI,
Conductor of the New Singing Society.
New York, Sept 1G, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-22
An Attack on the Public.

1t is plain that the traction strike is In
its last stages. A week after it began II
had become merely shell. Now a des-
perate attempt is being made to keep 1t
going by mob violence and the blackmal
of sympathetic strikes. If sufficient EVIL
dence of its complete failure were not sup
piled by the uninterrupted service Of ele-
waited and subway lines and the steadily
increasing number of surface cars in oper'
alton, it would show in the present resort
to terrorism-always confession.
The strike is now an attack on the pub
L lie. With it there can be neither sympathy
nor patience. From the first there has
been a singular lack of actual grievances
advanced to justify the course of the en-
ployes. Investigation by the Public Ser
vice Commission has shown them to be II,
the wrong, patiently, beyond excuse or pal.
liation. in several instances. To this vio-
lence has now been added, violence that
bears every evidence of planned, concerted
law breaking. Against the individual law
breakers there is remedy in the work OF
the police and the courts. If the public
must suffer, it can at least be sure that
the guilty will be dealt with under the
law they have violated, and can hope that
the punishment imposed will be stiff
enough to serve as a warning against fut-
ure law breaking.
The weight of public opinion can be
thrown against the continuance, certainly
against the extension, of foolish and
vicious strike which has degenerated into
criminality. But that is locking the stable
door after the horse is stolen. If the pub
lie had been properly safeguarded the
strike on the transit lines would never
have occurred. Fortunately the incon~
venience and hardships Of this one have
been comparatively limted-not through
any desire of the strikers, but because the
marlborough could operate its trains with
men satisfied with their jobs and their pay
who refused to be deluded by the argu-
ments and promises of labor organizers. 1t
might rot be that way another time.
The outstanding lesson of this strike is
that there must be legislation to prevent
the interruption of transportation service,
whether the trouble be over technlcalities,
as in this case, or over weighty matters.
Some form of prohibition of strikes of en-
ployes Of public service corporations and
some kind Of compulsory arbitration law
must be produced by the next Legislature
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-22
Hindenburg.
(Xojor General SIR A. z. Turner, IN The saturdo

(Xojor General SIR A. r. Turner, IN The Saturday
ReufetC)
had the advantage Of being attached twice
for maneuvres to the German 14th Army
Corps, of which ale Moloch allemand," as the
French call him, commanded the 2Sth Divi-
sion. He had no great reputation as a leader
in the German army, and I saw him worsted
and outgeneralled by Won Kissing, the smart
est soldier | ever saw in Germany, and by
General Won Fallois, a particularly efficient
commander. Hindenburg gave one the idea
Of resolute, pig-headed man, without any
surplus share of brains. One took him to be
utterly ruthless and his square head and
little eyes showed mis- Mongol origin and de-
noted Enthusiastically cunning and cruelty.
While his predecessor, General Won Grone,
and his former corps general, Won Bulow,
received me with open arms and admitted me
freely to all the critiques after each days
maneuvres, Won Hiudenburg only suffered
me because | was there by command Of the
"all highest" and ne would not allow me
within the circle Of his officers at the cri-
tiuues. He was cold, but not actually rude,
but he seemed to enjoy the insulting boorsh-
ness TO which an underlined Prussan junker
treated me on every possible occasion. He
was an aide camp of the Grand Duke of
Baden, who was the soul of courtesy, and |
am confident that Ilndenburg, who evidently
resented my presence on his staff, got the
arrogant junker to make things hot for me-"
was in no way impressed by Hindenburg's
ability. He struck me as typical Hun-tall,
stout and coarse and, like most Germans, a
huge eater and drnker. 7 was told that on
one occasion the officers OF his staff were dis
coursing on poetry n MS presence and com
pairing the merits Of Shakespeare. Schiller
and Goethe. After listening mpaticntly for
time the general could stand it no longer
and thus admonished them: "Meine Herren,
have never rsked making myself weak by
reading poetry, and strongly advise you to
follow my example,"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-22
CFrom The Manchester Guardicn)

The following remarkable appreciation Of
General niesco, the Rumanian Commander
in Chief, from the pen of the Bucharest cor
respondent of the "Kolnische Zeitung," was
published in that paper on August 90:
To the Rumanian officers who of late, in
the expectation or hope OF warlike events,
have been mentioned most frequently belongs
the Secretary General of the Ministry Of
War, General Iliesco. His post is in any
case of particular Importance to the army.
It's importance becomes still greater when the
Minister of War, as the case Is to-day, Is not
a professional man. AS is we'll known, the
Premier himself discharges the duties Of
Minister of War. In such a case the Secre-
tary General is really the War Minister, and
if he in addition enjoys the necessary reputa-
ton, as General Iiesco does, then his in
fuence is also decisive on the General staff.
The grea. warlike deployment Of the Ru-
manian army which undoubtedly has been
going on since the Bulgarian CAMPAIGN is
Justly regarded the personal achievement
Of the present Secretary General. General
Ilicsco, who has scarcely passed the middle OF
his forties, comes from the artillery branch,
Nnlcn he lelL not lnhHJ years SAhNc ANi wv
General staff. Lastly he took up his present
position on the formation OF the Bratiano
Cabinet in 1913.
For what post he is really designated both
by his admirers and public opinion appeared
a few months ago, when General lotto, the
Chief OF the General staff, reached the age
limit and passed into the reserves. II was
then generally expected that General llesco
would be appointed his successor, and it
caused general surprise when General lotto
was charged with the further conduct Of
affairs Nevertheless, even to-day General
Iiesco is regarded-not in military quarters
alone-as the future Chief of the General
staff This has been clearly expressed by an
eminent Liberal in the following words:
I'm view of his great achievements it is
the desire not only of professional men but
Of all patriots who place their love for the
country above the political passions that the
father of modern Rumanian artillery should
be given that great and responsible post, for
which his studies, his experience, and his
entire career have qualified him better than
anybody else. Would it not be piece Of
lunacy to search for a man with such intelec-
tua and professional qualifications else
where?'
According to the views prevalent here,
General lliesco gained special distinction
in the years between 1902 and 1904, when the
Rumanian artillery was armed with quick
firing guns supplied by Krupp. 1t is stated
here also that he even introduced very use
full improvement in the model. and that
Krupps later customers Argentine, Turkey,
Italy and others derived therefrom consider
able advantages. The French military
administration too has paid attention to these
improvements in the course OF the present
war. Since the outbreak of the present war
General lliesco has concentrated his efforts
upon the increase of the Rumanian heavy
artillery. lie found as Secretary General
only half a regiment Of this arm, and in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-22
NOTHING TO ARBITRATE
The marlborough, Having Its Own Union,
Ha, No Concern with Amalgamated.

T., the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: In your editorial Of September IA you
rather criticse the Interborough for not ac-
ceptins the arbitration proposed BY the fu0i'c
Service Commission.
This hardly seems 10 me justihed.
Tho PETERBOROUGH, for the purpose OF secur-
ing the uninterrupted and dependable service
that the public demands. made contracts IN
dividually with its men, and the last few days
have demonstrated the practical wisdom Oh
the scheme 1t has, In fact, substituted lot
the union an organization Of its employees
acting through their committees and subject
to the new contracts, but this was the voiun
tary act of the men themselves, and no one
will contend that they had no right TO leave
the union If they wished 70. As cohse-
ouence, the Amalgamated has now no relation
whatever to the Interborough. There IS no
dispute between the company and its en-
ploves and no strike on its roads, which are
running in a peaceful and normal way. IN
other words, the lnterborougn ana us nie"
have nothing to arbtrate.
The strike is confined to other lines, IS
purely sympathetic and for the purpose OF re-
establishing the unions control over men VINO
have chosen another, and to them more de-
sirable. way of safeguarding their interests
and the elimination of the union from the
company's lines is merely incidental to the
mems action.
The strike on the surface lines was, as
YOU admit, complete violation of the settle
ment of August 6, and it would seem that the
companies are justified in declining 70
negotiate further, by arbitration or other
wise, with an organization that has shown
such small regard for its engagements.
A strike can only properly be called for
the purpose of protecting or improving, IN
some fair way, the position of labor. The
present strike has no such purpose. II Is
strike of labor leaders for the purpose of re-
storing their authority over men who no
longer have any need or desire for 1t, and
quite apart from the breach OF good faith in
volved, is self-condemned.
IL is now proposed TO extend the sympa-
thetic strike to trades connected with street
car operation, in order to force action by the
authorities to compel the Interborough men
to reinstate the union on its lines.
1t is hard TO conceive a more arbitrary or
tyrannical proceeding, and this city can III
afford to submit its transportation service
to the dictaton of the irresponsible and
arrogant labor leaders that have produced the
present situation.
When the trainmen, through Mr.. Wilson.
blackjacked the United States government
into a hasty legislative Endorsement of their
demand for higher wages it was expected that
echoes of this shameful episode would be
heard in other labor circles. This is one OF
the first, with probably many more to follow,
particularly il this one succeeds, and It IS 20
the interest of the community and of the
country TO see that it fails. c. II. l..
New York. Sept. Is, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-22
In Memory of Nathan Hale.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: September % marks the lAo'n So"
versary of the execution of Nathan hS's
a spy. | do not think that the iae' SUI. si,
be overlooked, but the tragic enc u In
patriotic, educated young American fail
called to mind and the statue IN Oiy On.
Park bearing his inspiring last dee'A' os.r
81 regret that have but one NE vi a,
for my country" appropriately dee0tS''0'
least a wreath placed thereon. =. M.
At Huntington, Long Island elose c"n,sjn
shores Of Huntington Harbor, wnete oa Iftins
Hale was captured, is splendid On M.
fountain in his memory, sppropri".'s'',
scribed. while at Halesite, near huh'.n s, /,
on the beach, at the very spot OF "r
supposed TO be the location, oil Dis ~iIss a
stands huge bowlder which bears - - 70
Latin inscription, the following peI'".ps'Ts nt.
Hale. "Uis ancestors we're the Hales Oh -
England. He was born at Coventry r.,,ays
June G. 1855. Graduated from laie No, srt.
September 8, 1873 Enlisted as Ne --s An.
TN Connecticut Regiment, July o. 90 fem.
pointed captain in Continental Af' e'n,.nber,
Der |, i775. Volunteered as spy esp'e .hore,
i776. Captured by the British, on 'n's ne. Sep.
September, 1916. Executed at ne" i0'A
TENDER %. 1870" u.,.. in
On another side appears: "Na'h 'n .na,her:
everlasting remembrance" On sun ..,i,s.
directed nv the Colonial Society OF nu ,a,n
ton in i905.' kALrn ="
Brooklyn, Sept. 20, 1910
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-22
LET DUTY REPLACE LIBERTY
This Country Suffers Because Liberty Is
Construed as License.
Ia thn Editor Of The Tribune.


Sir: am interested in the correspondents
in your journal anent Human SWINE anu
would ask why should the good WORK DC
confined to the parks?
Surely the need for some propaganda j.
shown by the conduct Of citizens Wherever
they happen to be.
On the ferryboats, on the elevated Trans
and in the subway the filth thrown sOous "
people who ought 10 know better IS appsilhs
Il is quite a common sight TO see mo'h.'
and several children eating peanuts ana SEQ.
tering the shells all over the decks or n0O''
of whatever conveyance they may be on III
Just look at the way in which man VIZ
throw his newspaper into the street ""'-
finished with it. 49,.
| think this country has ITSELF 70 0iam'
for this state of things, and If hsd sh!
thing to say in the matter | would hls' ~
o;nmend that the monolith in the hsiDO-
known as the Statue Of Liberty be olo"n %.
high or removed 20 some other SITE anu
figure of Duty put in its place.
You invite to this country the ohscour ,r,s
If the world. and all they understand By h0'
erty' is "Do as you like" o.
| disagree with Mr.. Hornaday IN inc pr
portion of human swine TO decent peoP.' 80.
would place the figures in inverse ratio " -,
Teach the people coming here tna' Wv,
owe this country debt they can never repa,'
and probably in fifty years you VIII nave
really good set of people in the WHO'S "
the United States. ,,..
One thing more-why does the city pl's.
all those notices on its garbage carts s0. w.
health and clean city, and then coilee' sa
filth in open wagons which allow the wv
and dirt TO blow all over the place
Univ ' A. J. BEVERLEY
New York. Sept. IS, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-22
When Low Visibility Saved the English.

TrOm The Iinc8, LOndOn.)
In the four days battle of June, 1866, the
Duke of York attacked vastly superior force
in such a way that only part of it could
come into action; but then, after severe
and inconclusive fight with that part, he
turned 10 engage the cnemy's fresh ships
The result was severe though not dishon-
oring defeat; it was greeted at home with "a
perfect fury Of recrimination." The Dutch
account OF the action ends with a sentence OF
which we seem lately TO have heard an echo:
"God was not pleased they should
be utterly defeated by the Destruction of
their whole Navy, which appeared as I'M
nvoidnble; for the shattered Remainder OF
them miraculously escaped by the Favor of
q thick Fog"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-22
Around Forty-second Street.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: | would respectfully suggest that a
male quartet be provided for Forty-second
Street in front of the subway entrance to
the Forty-second Street Building to drown
the profanity of the taxcab drivers as they
banter words. If something drastic is not
done in this direction the section will be
unfit for any save the most hardened to
travel.
OF course, they block the curbs for long
periods at time, so that no other vehicle
can make stop. but this seems TO be a
chronic condition, particularly around the
rush hours The fruit carts also do a thriv-
ing business in front of the subway entrance
Of this we'll known thoroughfare, and it must
be quite convenience TO be able 10 shift
your shop to the point where the crowd is
thickest. ALIEN TAYLOR.
New York, Sept IL, 1916
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-22
Where Are the Eisenstarcks?

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: May ! again ask your kind coopera
ton in our. work by giving space to the fol
lowing urgent case?
We are in receipt of a letter from Mr.
Abraham Eisenstarck, Russian prisoner OF
war In Germany, who is very anxious TO To-
cate the members of his family, who all came
to New York from Warsaw, and whose names
are Solomon Eisenstarck, his brother, and
Moses Eisenstarck and Simon Miorno. his
uncles. Thanking you for your past kind
nesses. FELlX NJ. WARBURG,
Chairman, Joint Distribution Committee.
New York, Sept 10. 1910.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-22
Watchful Rainbowing.

President Wilson's telegram of congratu-
llation to William +. McCombs, Tammany
Halls candidate for United States Sena-
tor. recalls the best work of those eminent
rainbow forecasters Of other years, James
X. Jones and Calvin S. Brice. How could
the naivete of this light-hearted prediction
be surpassed: 81 congratulate you most
warmly on your nomination by the Demo
Gratis of New York for the United States
Senate A united body of progressive
voters will be behind you"
"a united body of progressive voters"'
How rhetorically ingenious! Why does
Mr.. Wilson shy at the capital and In
sinuatingly substitute the lowercase p!
Why does he not venture to say what he
would like to say: "a united body of Pro
gressive voters? For if the President
has studied the returns of the 1914 election
| in this state he must know that he cannot
Democratic candidate for any office can be
successful this year-unless he begins by
annexing the entire body of Progressive
voters who acted as a separate party or
ganizaton two years ago.
Even then it would have to be conceded
that changes in party strength due to
deaths and the creation of new voters
would offset each other, so far as the two
major parties are concerned, although the
Republican vote in 1914 constituted more
than AZ per cent of the electorate and the
Democratic party only about 40 per cent.
Mr.. Wilson must know further that even
/ if he or Mr.. McCombs should get the entire
Progressive vote of 1914-other changes
IeuualiZirg one another-the Democratic
party here would still be in a minority.
After capturing all the Progressive pro
gressives it would still have TO attract q
certain percentage of Republican progress
sives.
If Mr.. McCombs gets 100 per cent Of
| the Progressive vote of two years ago for
/ Governor, plus the Democratic vote, and
Mr. Calder gets 100 per cent Of the Repub-
lican vote, the Republican plurality will be
over 100000. If Mr.. McCombs gets 100
I per cent of the Progressive vote for United
States Senator two years ago, plus the
/ Democratic vote, and Mr.. Calder gets all
the Republican vote, the Republican plu-
rality will still be about 5000.
! But what prospect is there Of Mr.. Nc
Combs getting 100 per cent, or so per cent,
or even Is per cent, Of the Progressive
vote? He had the good sense not TO offer
himself as candidate for United States
Senator in the Progressive primary. Mr..
Calder was a candidate in that primary
and he defeated Wilson adherent, Mr..
cambridge Colby. Mr.. Calder is now the
Progressive nominee. II he has the united
tody Of Progressive voters he probably will
not worry about that other united body Of
progressive voters" which Mr.. Wilson pro-
lphetically disccrns behind Mr.. McCombs.
II the Progressive vote Of 1914 for Sena
TOR is added to tho Republican vote. the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-22

You can purchase merchandise advertised IN
THE TRIBUNE with absolute satefy-ior
II dissatisfaction results in any case me
TRIBUNE guarantees to pay your money PACK
upon request. No red tape. No quibbling we
make good promptly if the advertiser does not
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-22

joint plurality over the Democratic candi-
date becomes 130,079.
This matter-of-fact demonstration OF
the handicap under which Tammany's can
didate for United States Senator labors
this year is hardly to be confuted by any
watchful rainbowing on Mr.. Wilson'S part
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owed ,na published daily BY Tie Trisun' A'soe''u0l'
New York cosposatiou. ogden Reid F'rsloei'' " -
- -. r.-ti.,t. Richard H. waldo Secretary
r sy,.- rr,ssur,r Address TIiburs Building 4''
Nx..u Street New YORK Telephone. Beskmsn seo''
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yo,e,,d At N. PosoTce al Sew York " seoono ''A'
Mall Mater
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FOREIGN RATES

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SUBSCRIPTION RATES-lS MAIL f07''s'
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Hiking at III Degrees.

Now, a mile and half does not seem far,
but we had been on the train seven days
and we were loaded with an eghty-pound
pack and rife. They gave the order for the
"route step" and we started. At the finish
fourteen men had dropped from heat pros
tration. My own mouth felt like dry ashes
and the perspration trickled down my body
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1916-04-07

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bans Nonf luffcoc2 / 1913. Doit'
mans blcp iorhsrt Al a@'iitcrcnoe ut.
torncp General Trancla Mnrphp,
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met ti0ligcre Sorcucoc Stntcra Sc
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mco Ell aria anllrren ll9c
mos ham, huorpoo Sc 10 WtGnos
&cnncr oGioo grcb inb. Gonnicrcl
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