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New-York tribune., 1916-07-28
From a Stanch Kaiserist.
ditor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In this mornings edition you have
given prominence to a letter from Con
stant Reader" in which he makes the follow
ing statement at is only the German-Amer-
leans who have conspired, fomented strikes,
destroyed factories, blown up ships and in
fringed the neutrality Of the United States
I wish for the edifcation of myself and other
readers that you would print list OF the
Of German-American citizens FOR
the above mentioned crimes. II you think
the list would take up too much space please
run it serially.
The sterling American contributing editors
indulge in nearly quarter column Of such
loose statements daily, and constant iteration
may have led others TO believe it to be true.
HARRY MASTERS BUCKLIN,
A stanch "Kaiserist" like Senator Gore.
New York July 26, 1915.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-28
WHY We DIDN'T co TO WAR
Distinctions Between Wilson's Waiting and
Grants Vigorous Action.
To the Editor of The Tribune.


Sir: In his speech before the Democratic
Convention, June IA, at St. Louis, Ex-Governor
Glynn produced much American history 10
prove that President Wilson had been only
following American tradition in substituting
diplomacy for bloody war. But the orator
took pains not to 20 into details. The.
might have suggested that there are two
kinds of diplomacy-that OF the present Ad-
ministration, which, after twenty-seven
months, leaves our flag at Vera Cruz still un.
saluted, after fourteen months finds the
crime of the Lusitania still undsavowed, and
the other older kind whose words were not
meant for home consumption" but for the
immediate and careful consideration Of those
to whom addressed, words exchangeabe for
deeds after three days grace.
As all Of Mr. Glynn's cases illustrate this
older kind of diplomacy, the details OF one
will be sufficient. Mr.. Glynn's statement Of
it was as follows: when Grant was Presi
dent during the war between Spain and the
Spanish West Indies, Spanish gunboa.
seized the vessel Virginius flying the Amer-
can flag, and Spanish commsndant in cold
blood shot the captain Of the Virginius,
thirty-six of her crew and sixteen Of the pas
sengers.' Diplomacy adjusted the affair and
"we didn't go to war"
Why did we not? The details will tell. The
Virginius was seized October 81, 1873. Nj
Hamilton Fish was then Secretary Of State
General Sickles our Minister TO Spain. In
those slow old times we did not write notes
we cabled. To quote from +. Benjamin An
drews' United States in Our Own Time: No
vember 4, Secretary Fish cabled Sickles: In
case of refusal Of satisfactory reparation
within twelve days from this date you will
at the expiration of that time, close your
legation and will, together with your seere-
tary. leave Madrid On the 18th, hearing that
ffty-seven men had been executed, he sent
word If Spain cannot redress these outrages
the United States WILL And on November 25:
If no accommodation is reached by the close
Of tomorrow leave Next day Spain became
,ractable and Sickles remained. War was
happily averted. Spain released the Virginius
and all the surviving prisoners. Spain
solemnly disclaimed all thought Of indignity
TO our fac and undertook TO prosecute any OF
her subjects guilty, in this affair, Of violating
our treaty rights
And all this in less than one month Here
was diplomacy, and the only kind Of diplo-
macy that ever kept US, and ever will keep
us. out of war The other sort now in vogue
only postpones war and invites il.
L. L. FORMAN.
New York. July %, 1916.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-28
Everything in the Name.

(FTom Ihc boston HcrdIdJ
Marketmen have a way Of saying that the
ultimate consumer eats with his eyes For
getting Ovid's famous caution against reli-
ance on mere complexion, he insists on the
rosiest apple the waxiest pear, the yellowest
orange, when the juiciness and vinous flavor
that take the connosseur usually come with
fruit of dingier look. But even the market
men hardly see how we tend to eat also
with our ears. Apart from the poets, who
have been in the secret since the first mortal
ate ambrosia, only the manners of food-brsnds
have really studied this detail Of applied psy-
chology; they know, for instance, that plain
molasses will sell better as honey-drip than
as blackstrap. In truth, any food well named
is half sold.
Some one has given this hint to Uncle Sam.
And from now on the dogfsh, the weed and
wolf of the sea, will be dogfish only while
he swims his rounds, harrying the herring,
swapping off the plump bodies of mackerel
caught in gillnets, stripping 70 spine and
head the cod and haddock hooked on the long
bottom-lines. Once he gets on ice en- route
for his hoped-for market he will be gray
fish" Even if you do not know the color
OF MS BIllly Sh4h, sOu SnAiiNS 4NA bSS N''N
name: Dogfsh, greyhound, grayfsh.
Down on the Cape the weirsmen handle
barrels on barrels of fish that the Indians
called "squitteague," or sound to that eff
feet. The squalid name did not attract the
summer residents. Nor did another name,
reached by queer twist of folk-word lore,
"squid-egg" Nor did third alias, weak
fish," make any better selling point. Then
some bright wit began to call the squit-
league "sea trout; and forthwith a mere
change of name assured palatable fish
Of its deserved market among the summer
colonies.
For the sake Of the fishermen whose pre-
fsrred catch the dogfsh now is decimatng
as well as for the sake of getting another
wholesome FISH to a hundred thousand tables,
let US all begin to eat exclusively with teeth,
tongue and palate-and help Uncle Sam put
the grayfish on the menu.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-28
The Decline of the Lawyer.

One of the most wholesome items of
progress in the last quarter century has
been the eclipse of the dogma of legalism.
The doctrine that laws and lawyers and
Judges are sacrosanct things, to be spok-
en- of with bated breath and never touched
by unordained hands, has gradually de-
clined until we are now disposed to view
them all as human and fallibe. 1t is often
asserted in England and France that the
war has ended government by lawyers. We
were and are tending toward the same
conclusion here without the interposition
Of any special catastrophe.
Just how and why this condition has
come about was candidly discussed by Mr..
Samuel Untermyer in an address last night
on 1.-THE Lawyer-Citizen, His Enlarging
RESPONSIBILITIES" The decline Of litigation,
and with it the diversion of the great legal
minds from pleading to business law, is
traced by him, with the conclusion that
"the influence of the lawyer is waning
and there is some justification for the sus-
picion in which he is held:
eve are too much inclined to per-
nit our views to be moulded by the in
terests we represent. We have no
right to allow the source of our re-
tainers to blind US to our duties of
citizenship or to lead us to adopt them
as citizens. 1t would not be a re-
proach TO be known in the community
as a corporation lawyer if those among
us who specialize in corporation law
were outspoken in our denunciation Of
corporate abuses and earnest in cham
pioning reforms, as we should be-"
1t is apparently Mr.. Untermyer's hope
that new spirit will presently enter into
the bar and convert the members into
allies of legal reform first and their
clients advisers second. Perhaps his hopes
will come true, and perhaps the blame
which he lays at the door of present-day
lawyers is justified.
There is something to be said on the
other side, however. The transformation
in a lawyers work has necessarily, we
think, modified his point of view. He has
ceased to be a quasi-judicial officer, stand
ing in the eye of the public and the courts
as a figure of impartiality and leader
ship. He has become a plain business
man, and it seems a little excessive to ask
of him a much higher note Of altruism
and public service than we expect from
any other plain business man. At any
rate, the point the community has rightly
fixed its mind on is the point of change,
and until the new altruistic school of law
yers arrives upon the scene it proposes
New-York tribune., 1916-07-28
Fruits of Quackery.

A nationwide wave of Indignation nat
urally follows the murderous anarchist
protest at San Francisco against prepared
ness. Doubtless that is one of the very
results which the insane fend who perpe-
trated the crime desired. 1t is not neces-
sary 70 clamor for the punishment of the
persons guilty of this outrage. The Cali
fornia authorities will take care of that.
Meanwhile the public has task of its
own to perform if we are anywhere to be
freed from the menace of the criminally in
clined, sensation seeking crank. No little
share Of the responsibility for this sort of
thing rests upon the American habit of
dealing with public questions. Our entire
public spirit is characterized too much by
excitement and emotion and too little by
the exercise of reason.
In discussing almost any public question
we WELD to hysteria, megaphonic scream
ing and wild gesticulation to gain the sup
port of the crowd for our movement. The
average propagandist, whether he espouses
the cause of pacifism, free speech, prohi-
bition, equal suffrage, birth control, patriot
ism, the suppression of the white slave"
traffic, or opposes tobacco smoking or leads
a religious revival, thinks he must become
a fiery agitator or play the mob orator, ap-
pealing to prejudice distorting the truth,
exaggerating facts and striving to win the
dav by a rush of red-hot enthusiasm and
an appeal to the partisan spirit.
1t is in such an overstrained emotional
environment that the incipient maniac is
easily pushed over the edge of sanity into
violence and boodshed. 1t is unfair to
blame personally the leaders Of the "anti-
militarist" agitation for the slaughter at
San Francisco. They have only followed
the traditional American method Of public
discussion, and most of them are serious,
intelligent people whose one aim is to do
away with the killing of human beings any
where. The chagrin and pain with which
they must look upon this murderous deed
committed in the name of their own cause
ought to be enough to disillusion them.
This is a severe lesson as TO what sort OF
reaction may be expected from a certain
type of mind, when people make pseudo
scientific, spectacular bid for popular SEN
sation, carrying papier-mache dinosaurs
about the country and telling the ignorant
and un-Americanized that the movement for
adequate national defence is all Macha-
vellian conspiracy of greedy munition
makers to involve the country in war for
their own personal enrichment, and that
we are all about to be delivered up to the
slavery of military tyranny.
We shall have the menace Of the crank
so long as we enjoy and encourage quack-
cry.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-28
Children's Manners.
To the Editor OF The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: There is good deal of nonsense writ
ten about the poiteness Of children to their
elders.
Who likes to be called mddle-aged or old ?
Who would not rather be greeted by children
with shrek Of delight and Hello old
SPORT" than all the hat raising and bowling
Of heads?
The manners Of our children are all right.
Gain the love and affection of the children
and their manners will take care of them
selves ED HAYES.
New York, July %. 1916.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-28
Withdraw from Mexico.
or OF The Trihune.

To The Editor OF The IrlbUne.
Sir: Thousands of level-headed men will
agree with your correspondent who urges
that for the several good reasons mentioned
our troops should now be withdrawn from
Mexican soil
Keep to our side of the fence, but keep it
right with sufficiently increased regular army
TO prevent another Columbus iasco. That
was the time 10 catch Villa Let us profit
by this lesson if we can.
SONS AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1868.
New York, July 25, 1916.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-28
Standing Behind.
r of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: | am gratfed TO read that president
Wilson stands behind the construction pro-
gramme of the naval bill as it passed the
Senate VIII he stand just far enough be-
hind it to kick il into the gutter, as he did
Secretary Garrison and the Senate army bill
before getting dressed TO march in the pre-
paredness PARADE?
". SCOTT CAMERON.
Southampton, y. y, July 25, 1915
New-York tribune., 1916-07-28

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For National Unity.

New York, July 25, 1915.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-18
BUSINESS CHANCES
TRUsTEE'H HALE,

THOSTEHH y bAlxh.
Tho undersigned. trustee for the es-
tate OF the Sargent Hdw. q Fur. Co.
of Sargent, Custer county, Nebraska,
will offer for sale, and sell at public
auction, to the highest bidder for cash.
subject to the approval of the under
signed. the stock OF hardware, furni-
ture and fixtures and tools, that will
invoice about six thousand 06.0o000 dol
lars, said sale to AXE place In the store
room where said property Is located. on
Wednesday. the 22d day OF March, A. d.
1915, at o'clock in the afternoon OF
said day.
The undersigned trustee reserves the
right TO reject any or all bids at said
sale. There Is only one other hardware
store outside Of this one being operated
in Sargent. and this affords q good op-
portunity for anyone desiring to en-
gage IN the hardware business. Any
one desiring to examine said hardware
stock before sale date can do 80 by call
ing on the undersigned at Sargent, Eeb.
REMBMBER DATE OF SALE.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22D, AT 5AR-
GENT, NEBRASKA, AT 2 O'CLOCK
p. NJ.
A. F. PHILLIPS. Trustee.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-18
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

r. l. Dimick, 2Ss Ida. frame DWELLING.
1900; Drake Realty. and Construction
stuccO dwelling, -, 20; Drake Realty and
Construction company, frame and stucco
dwellings as follows: 4SlQ Mayberry ~ ~
lz2s Barker, 50, go; NJ, Garrison, 1851
Fort, frame dwelling. $500; Omaha Ice
and Cold Storage company, 4s02-z4 Norm
Twenty-third. brick barn. N,3o.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-18

no AD TAKnH ron LESS THAN
a TOTAL or zoo on LESS
TRAN ioo PER DAY.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-18
SWAPPERS' COLUMN

SHOE shop. tools. machinery, good loca-
tion; will trade for good motorcycle
Box 803 Humphrey, Neb.
UNDERWOOD. No. q and smith Pre-
mier, No. 2, for what have your Al
dress g. G. 1916, Bee.
WHAT have YOU to trade FOR a beautiful
Persian cat; will consider a good female
cat 8. 9. 59A Bee.
ONE Eastman Kodak; will consider pure
breed chickens. OF what have your Box
GOOD small cook stove. trade for chick
ems. disc record. or what3 Address >
G. 104e, Bee,
GOOD roll top desk and chair, to swap
for-what have your Address 3. C.
1851. Bee.
HAVE S8s gas range, good an new, to
swap FOR coal range; same must be in
good condition. Address 9. G. 1854, Bee.
WILL trade my new typewriter for health
insurance. Address 8. 9. l0le Bee.
HAVE one Eclipse gas range; will trade
for bird'seye maple chiffonier ana two
pairs OF girls ball-bearing roller skates
for one Plymouth Rock cockerel. 3. G.
$50. Bee,
WANT to swap Victor and Columbia
records for others. Address 3. g. lOss,
Bee
s-FOOT refrigerator and ehoe case to
trade for Ford chassig. s. Q. 6e1, Bee.
6PASSENGER car to trade for Ford car
or Ford chassis. s. c.. $50. Bee.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-18

CARD OF THANKS.
nIRTHs AND pEATHs.

Births-Thomas and Anna Trygar,
South Side, girl; John p. and Maggie
Wfchert, 2eN North Sixty-second. girl;
John and Agnes 1mig. hospital, boy; w.
J. and Jennie Stewart, 2615 South Thirty
second avenue, girl: Charles and Nellie
Lambinson, lVO4 South Thirty-seventh,
girl; John G. and Freda Darby. 56S2 South
Twenty-third, girl Edwin and Myrtle
Gembrel. Boil Emmet. boy: Ernest and
Mildred Ellis. 521 south Twenty-first ave
nue.. girl.
Dealls-Nrs. Sarah Wagner. 76. ilA2
North Sixteenth. Harold Marlin g., hos
pitai: Ella SheliingtOn. 81, hospitals NJ.
o. Froistad. 80. hospital: Elizabeth Ben
ford. ls days, 32l5 Harney; Charles A.
Dailey. 10, 242i Hartman avenue; Wayne
Madison. 3O24 South Eleventh. Henry
geamon b6 hospital
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-18

DESKS DESKS DESKS
and traded. J, c. Reed. ia07 Farnam
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-01-19
General Fred Is. Wood
Writes of Nat. Guard
Tells Laymen Reason for Existence of Guard and Results
Be Gained by Memberships Citizens Urged to Assist
and Encourage Military Companies

| 8. Don't discharge man be-
cause he tries to do his duty a.
a Guardman.
9. For remember that those
who do no military duty them
selves (99 out of every hundred
persons) may experience the
feeling of doing a public duty il
they put a young man in the
ranks and make it possible for
him to serve there.
1t is fully realized that these
things cannot be done in all
cases but where it is practicable
or even possible, we hope that
civic pride and love of country
will dictate that it should be.
What Is Gained By The Indi-
vidual?
l. A military training, pro-
gressive in character, that will
develop his self-control and self
reliance.
2. Habits of order and dis
cipline- 1t teaches today to be
courteous and gentlemanly to
all persons to be subordinate and
respectful.
3. Gives him a knowledge of
organization and system.
4. Ability to, and experience
in the command of men.
5. A good physical develop
ment and how to take care of
himself in the home and in the
field. How to avoid those agen-
cies harmful to his health. A
military training aims to give
the individual a manly bearing
and a knowledge of how to
guard properly against unsani-
tary and harmful agencies;
teaches cleanliness, neatness and
order; how to breathe; to stand;
to walk; to run; how to fit shoes
and to care for his feet; how to
render first aid in case of in
jury, life saving.
6. An opportunity to learn the
use of fire arms, how to take
care of them-safety first in it's
full sense, and then how to
shoot.
Z. Certain nights are devoted
to the school training at war
game maps and sand table,
where technical problems are
solved in an interesting manner.
These will teach a young man to
think and act more quickly and
with decision than any other
course of study.
These are but few thoughts
for your consideration.
The gain to- the State and Ma
ton is an assurance of con-
tinued life, for when the mari
tai spirit has fled, the Nation is
dead"
Fred B. Wood.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-01-19

What Is The National Guard
1t is the Organized Militia. Ar
armed and equipped military or.
ganization of men who have vol.
unteered to serve the country
as soldiers in time of need, q
part of the country's line of de-
Tense.
What Is 1t Good For?
That depends upon it's train
ing and efficiency. If unframed
undisciplined and unreliable it
is good for nothing. If trained
and efficient it will prove a force
on which the country can rely,
with the Army, for the defense
of our lives, liberty and prop
erty, and it is to help make this
body efficient that these armor-
les are being constructed.
What Is Being Done Towards
Efficiency
Men are enlisted after thor
ough medical examination; reg
ularly drilled in the duties of a
soldier; taught to shoot the
Army rifle; to obey orders; to
take care of their health and
body by proper hygienic and
sanitary rules, etc.
What Is Gained by The Country?
First. A military organiza-
ton which can be relied upon,
at much smaller cost to the
tax payer than a standing army
of equal size.
Second. The added value of
man who brings into civil life
the lessons of organization; work
systematized and discipline &C
quired by military training. Any
business man recognizes the val
ue in an employee of what has
been described as ''The para
mount Military Qualities loyal
ty and discipline.
Now what can you do and
what should you do as a citizen
to promote the efficiency of the
National Guard?
1. Give the organization your
moral support.
2. Encourage young men to
enlist and to do their full duty
if they do.
3. Give the man who serves
faithfully credit for public
duty we'll done.
4. Give preference to a man
who is serving or who can show
by an honorable discharge that
he has served.
5. Let a man know that a dis
honorable discharge marks him
as a man who cannot be trusted.
6. Make it possible as an en-
ployer for a member to attend
camp, his range work and his
weekly drills.
Z. Give him this time if you
can without loss of pay.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-01-19
ANOTHER SPLENDID SAFE.
TY RECORD

The Chicago & North West
ern Railway Co. points with par
donable pride to the splendid
record they have made during
the year just passed by not hav-
ing killed a single passenger.
This is a splendid demonstra-
ton of the effective results OBJ
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-01-19
tanned through the persistent

tanned through the persistent
and active work done by the
Safety First organizations main
tanned by this company and the
cooperation extended from all
employees. this line being the
pioneer in this great movement.
and is also attribuated to the
extensive double tracking to-
gether with the complete and
modern signal appliances with
which this line is fully equipped.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-01-19
ton. 1T is very inconsiderate,
to say the least"

The jewelry shop Of Emman-
uel Savit on Bright street was
entered by burglars and $4,000
worth of his stock stolen.
Every American going into
such a business knows the dang
er he runs, not only for himself,
but of compromising the police
force" declared Chief CIubem,
after obtaining the details Of
the crime. 1T is very incon-
siderate, to say the least"
AS John Darklamp was cross
ing the park pond yesterday on
a foot bridge the rotten sup
ports gave way and he fell into
the water. His body was recov-
cred.
every American using a
bridge knows the danger he
runs, not only for himself, but
of comp1 omising the Depart
ment of Bridges, said Bridge
Commissioner Crafty, when the
incident was brought to his no
tice. ut is very inconsiderate,
to say the least"
Seven children died last week
of typhoid fever, the germs hav-
ing been introduced into their
systems in polluted water from
the State reservoir.
Every American who drinks
water knows the danger he runs,
not only for himself, but of COM
promising our scientific inspec-
ton SYSTEM" said Governor
Squealer last night. ''It is very
inconsiderate, to say the least. !"
Be kind to the Government !;
pay your taxes promptly. and
without complaint; do not Of
fend it; try to earn it's confidence
and affection by never being in
considerable, to say the least
New York Sun.