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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-27
A Vital Issue Imperative.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Ex-Congressman Dwight is reported
as having discovered some Root sentiment
in the Midwest | have lived there several
years and my home is still there. | have
relatives and friends in four Of those states,
Oklahoma. Nebraska. Kansas and Iowa Lots
Of folks would like to see Root Secretary OF
State under Roosevelt again, but as far as
his candidacy for the Presidency is concerned
nothing doing"
Recent reports from there indicate that
the rank and file Of the voters will have TO
have something mere clcar-cut American
than the tariff as the vital issue. and they
are looking for man not so much tried
and-true Republican as for some one VIII
they know can lead the nation back from the
disintcgration OF national spirit OF the las,
year and half. A tried and true Executive
is more to their liking. or course, they ad-
miro Root-so do but not for President.
Three weeks ago a group Of laymen and
ministers coming from the West to the Gen
eral Conference of the Methodist Epscopa'
Church at Saratoga, ~ Y, took a straw vote
on President. Three men received votes
Hughes. 20; Roosevelt, a; Wilson, 26. Not
much Boot sentiment in those representa-
tiyes of thousands Of Methodists.
II the cold guard" resent Roosevelt it is no
more than the resentment of 100000 voters
toward the "old guard" in the same connec-
ton, and those 100000 votes are needed to
elect Republican President this year. |
think we shall have A chance to see whether
the "old guard" have the interests Of the
Republican party at heart or more selfish
interests.
am Republican my father fought in
the Civil War, but ! refuse to have it pushed
down my throat. If the Republican party is
ready to stand in this crisis as it did when
1t first came into power, | am with it, other
wise join that Vulnerable company who will
help to teach the leaders that we must have
something vital and worth while to follow
Let US put America first, secure adequate
preparedness, cut out some Of the pork, and
we say out West, come through clean.
AN AMERICAN FIRST. LAST AND ALWAYS
New York, May 20, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-27

mans till they honestly believed themselves
supermen, very large and theatening minor
ity Of the Germans were Social Democrats;
and, second. that that minority would have
been far greater had not the materiallstic
success OF Hohcnzollernism led the middle
classes to think it less evil than Social De-
mocracy. If Hohenzollernism held by so
slight and insecure a majority before the
war, when it had all the msterialistic argu-
ments. what chance will 1t have against lib
eralsm when the war shall have been so pro-
lcnged MS TO bring sharply home TO the Ger.
mans these immediate results of Hohenzol-
lenism, hunger, poverty and the loss of their
colonies, their commerce and the best of their
manhood; when, instead of supermen. they
find themselves Inundated and looked down
on outlaws; when unscrupulousness and
frightfulness have brought them not victory
but contempt?
This, then, should be the purpose Of pro-
longing the war-to incite the Germans b.
hunger, poverty and shame to change their
own system of government, peaceably if they
cam forcibly If they must
HENRY VI. HOWE.
Bedford Hills, y. Y, May %, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-27
The Little Ships.

The harbor's full Of little ships
On either side they lie.
With their noses pointed at the tide
And their booms against the sky;
And maybe it's brigantine
And maybe it's bark
But mostly it's a steamer tramp
That's gone upon a lark.
Across the oily water.
Their gunwales weighted low,
You see them in the evening
As down the bay they go,
With their decks all neat and shipshape
And some pretty signal flags,
For when a ship puts out TO sea
She dons her Sunday rags
And its England, England, England"
The little ships all cry,
For she's their lady mother,
And they will not let her die;
For England is in trouble,
But the little ships are true,
So the little ships go dancing,
And the Sea she dances, too
TRpr cTuO"cONr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-27
A Broken Down Aviation Corps.

Whether the woful condition of the army
aviation corps is due to ignorance, incom-
petence. favoritism and general misman-
agement on the part of the Signal Corps,
as is alleged in a long confidential COM
munication" sent to members Of the Senate
Military Affairs Committee, or to other
causes. immediate betterment is needed.
And that betterment obviously should be
the result not of tinkering with the present
methods of handling the matter, but of a
drastic reconstruction of the entire avia-
ton system.
Somewhat more than 100000 has been
spent on the aviation corps up to the pres
ent tine. The net result, in 1914, when
Vera Cruz was occupied, was that the
country had available for service five
pilots, three aeroplanes with a couple Of
extra engines, and two old motor trucks.
The aeroplanes lacked spare parts, had no
instruments for measuring altitude, and
were incapable of reaching an altitude high
enough TO enable them to surmount the
mountain ranges inland from Vera Cruz
In the present Mexican expedition the
situation is scarcely better The 1st Aero
Squadron started with eight machines
underpowered and in such bad condition
that at the end of month only couple
were in service and they were rated as
dangerous. New ones ordered, and some
Of them eventually assembled on the Dor
der, were of the same old type, with too
little power for long flights with two men
aboard. The Aero Squadron has no ar
mored machines, no bomb-dropping devices,
no machine guns or other accessories for
real military operations.
The army bill now before Congress con-
tains an appropriation of S1,000000 for
the aviation corps. For that sum Of money
much may be done. New and adequate
machines and military accessories may be
acquired and, what is more necessary, men
may be trained for pilot service. This
country is fairly well equipped to turn out
machines. but it takes longer TO turn out
q competent aviator than it does to build
his machine. II is obvious, though, that
this money should not be spent as previous
have been spent BY what
it has not accomplished the present system
of handling the aviation corps is proved to
be wrong. A new one is imperative.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-27

with the fact of the increasing number
of women who are engaged in industry
both here and abroad, with the increasing
demand for political power, and the new
idea of "woman's place When it is re-
membered that co-education and the
womans college were established hardly
more than half century ago the progress
of wonan's influence in modern civlliza-
ton is without historical parallel, and 1t
has been achieved. thus far at least, with
out the dreaded surrender of what the
world is pleased to call "womaniness.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-27
The Only View of the War.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: thank you for your editorial o.
o-day, May "a. which. like others OF yours
sets forth the true view Of the war--it seems
TO me the only view which persons Of any
moral sense can hold.
To speak of it as an ordinary war, entered
into BY the Allies from the usual more or
less unworthy motives, is to miss the deep
significance Of the issues. The facts are
well known By this time; it has been made
plain that Belgium and France were forced
TO fight in self-defence and that England
could not in honor refuse her support. And
20 repeat, how can any one with moral sense
fail TO see this. and TO understand that 70
talk of peace is to show a culpable blindness
and indifference 10 principles?
LOUISE HENRY.
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Pro-Ally, Pro-Preparedness, Prof.. r.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Three Of my four great grandfather
were soldiers Of the Revolution. and ono
)who died just seventy years ago. was
reader Of The Tribune.
One of my ancestors fought in tho trencl
and Indian War. one was both Colonial ohI
State Governor Of Connecticut, and one wa
burned az the stake By an English Queen
and an Of my connections by ties o'
blood or marriage $50 far as / know a.
heart and soul with the Allies -pro-Bfitsn'
pro-French. pro-prepsredness and pro-Roc e.
welt. AN AMERICAN FARMERS WIFE.
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A Wonderful Counsellor.

IRON me NWinONtid hfpHOltoh
When President Wilson visits New York
Colonel +. NJ House is always called upon
and consulted. Was there ever the equal OF
this man from Texas at keeping the conf
dences that are reposed in him? The whole
world now knows Colonel House as the man
Of silence and mystery. Other men wear out
their welcome. but House is as much in the
confidence Of the President as he was at the
start Of this Administration. Some men stick
closer than a brother and come to be too
much Of good thing. but the Texan keeps
away from Washington. but is always within
call from the White House. He doesn't want
Office or anything else within the gift OF tn t
President Nobody ever got any news out Of
Colonel House. The confidential journeys
that he has made at the request Of Mr. viii
son have been numberless but the light
which has come from them reached only one
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-27

fruit so long as Mr.. Daniels remains at
the head of the Navy Department and his
ideas of adequacy and efficiency continue
TO prevail.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-27

The English version of the Rostand poem
printed in The Tribune yesterday under the
title "Buelow Ueber Allies" was written by
Nine. Frances c. Fay Credit TO her was by
an unfortunate error omitted
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-09-22

tie of it in yourself. To the man or
woman incapable of self sacrifice
and there are many such-the hero
or martyr appears to be only fool.
To the man or woman whose only
idea of success is the attainment Of
the things that show and mayhap
make neighbors a little envious, the
men or women who will quietly, un-
mostentationsly, give years of their
life to study and meditation and prac-
tise in order that they may create a
great book or picture, are also fools.
And yet, life would be. ;savorless, in
deed, but for those who, like the Grip
pie, can find good things within them
selves to brighten the lives of their
fellows.
And so the cripple, showing the
man-stuff even in the midst of Gala
nifty, by his example is doing his
part with the makers of that other
great good thing-the Joy of Living.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-09-22
Number Decisions.

| person had come out for Christ,
| There was something wrong, and he
told the people so. The ministers sale
thev didn't know what it was, thai
thew were doing their best. A story
leaked out concerning a judge, the
chief usher at the meetings.
at finally came to the ears OF the
Baptist and Methodist preachers.
They went to the judges office, told
him they had heard certain reports
about him. He admitted they We're
true, made public confession in the
meeting that night, when hundreds
shook his hand wishing him God
speed, and sixty people came out for
God as the result.
"The crisis is here in these meet
ings," said the evangelist, "and
don't believe it's my fault. l frave
tried to be true to the light God.
has given me. But there's something
wrong!
"You can go forward to victory or
back to defeat. Would that the church
member who has been compron1is-
ing himself would come out and take
the position he ought to. The christ christ
ian life means that man shall stand
four-square for Jesus.
"a beast can live for itself, but
God has placed US here to make the
world little brighter and better.
Don't go back, Alexandria, to defeat!
81 dare stand here as an ambassa-
dor of Christ and call on you to sur
render to Him! l know of good men
and women who are trying to live
good lives, but they're lined up with
the wrong crowd. 1 call on you to
come out! God loves you, and l ask
you in the name of Him to come out
and make a public profession! To
stand still means failure. To come
out means a glorious victory! Will
you come?
While the choir and audience sang
''Where He Leads Me l Will Follow"
twenty-five went down to the plat
form, took the hand of the evangelist
and started in the Christian life.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-09-22
woULD-BE CoNGREssMEN
w. L. Hamilton. Independent. ard
Joseph L. Crupper Candidates
in 9Th District.

Congressman Charles C. Carlin, OF
the Eighth Virginia District, will ba
opposed by two Republican aspirants
for his office in the next. election. They
will be as zephyrs compared to the
whirlwind which will make Mr.. Car.
lin his own successor.
1t has become known that friends
of William L. Hamilton, an "indepen'
dent Republican" held meeting and
indorsed him as their candidate fol
Congress.
Joseph l.. Crupper, the regular Re-
publican candidate is still in the field
The Republicans who favor Hamilton
over Crupper say they are opposed
to the convention plan of nominating
the party's candidate "as the con-
ventions in Virginia are control led bj
handful of self-appointed Leaders
for the sole purpose Of dividing tn
Federal patronage among themselve:
when Republican President is elect
cd"
Mr.. Carlin's friends realize that 6
split Republican vote merely means
a larger majority for him on election
!day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-09-22
CONRAD, THE coBBLER

While the cobbler unused, there passed
his pane
A beggar drenched by the driving rain.
He called him in from the stony street
And gave him shoes for his bruised
feet.
The beggar went and there came a
crone,
Her face with wrinkles of sorrow sowr
A bundle of fagots bowed her back
And she was spent with wrench anc
rack.
He gave her his loaf and steadied hel
load
AS she took her way on the wear!
road.
Then to his door came a little child
Lost and afraid in the world SO wild
In the big. dark world. Catching it up
He gave it milk in the waiting cui
And led it home to it's mothers arms
Out of the reach of the worlds alarms
The sun went down in the crimso,
west,
And with it the hope of the blessed
| guest;
And Conrad sighed as the world turn
ed gray:
s'Why is it, Lord, that Your feet delay
Did You forget that this was the day?
Then soft in the silence voice h
heard:
cliff up your heart, for I kept M,
word
Three times I came to your friendl
door ,n,,l, 60 -
Three times NJ, shadow was on you
floor.
I was the beggar with bruised feet
was the woman you gave to eat;
I was the child on the homeless street
Edwin Markham
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-09-22
Aided by Russians, The!
Repel Germans and
Bulgarians
HOLD THEIR POSITION
Army Driven Back by Tentuns now
Fortifying Itself in Place South
of Petroseny.

Bucharest Sept. .22-The battle IN
Dobrudja, between the Danube and the
Black Sea, continues with intensity
along the whole line. Official an
nouncement was made here yesterday
that the Russians and Roumanians
have repulsed the German and Bull
garians in all their attacks, infilct-
ing severe losses on them.
Roumanian troops which have beer
retreating in Transylvania have halt
ed their retirement south of Petro'
seny, the statement says:
Sofia, Sept, 20, Via London, Sept.
22-Stubborn resistance is being OF
fered by the Roumanians and Rus
slams to the attacks of the Teutonlt
allies in the great battle now in prog
ress in this Roumanian province Of
Dobrudja.
The War Office announce that sc
far the defense had maintained ltsei1
in its strongly fortified position.
Berlin, Sept. 22-On the Roumaniar
Transylvanian frontier, says the Ger,
man official statement, the heights
on both sides of Vulcan Pass have
been occupied by the Germans. In the
province of Dobrudja, southeastern
Roumania fighting between the Rus
sian and Roumanian forces and the
German and Bulgarian troops has
come to a standstill.
In Macedonia, the statement adds
the French sustained important losses
when they were attacked by Bulgarl'
an troops in the vicinity Of Florlna
Paris, Sept. 22-The repulse of vio-
lent Bulgarian attack on the Kaimak-
calan peak, with heavy losses to the
attackers, is reported in an official
statement given out by the War Office
In the region of the Brod river the
Rulgarians forced their way into the
village of Boresnica after two attacks
had failed. They were driven out by
the Serbians in bayonet fighting.
Further progress for the Allies is
reported on the left wing, where they
have reached Hill 1850, three miles
northwest of Pisoderi.
Athens, Sept. 22-The Greek mill
tary officials regard the capture of
the Kaimakealan Plateau by the Rus
so-Serbian troops as the most i'm
portant military event in the Balkan
campaign up to the present. The
height, which is $500 feet above sea
level, lies in Serbian territory and
constitutes the western door post to
Serbian Macedonia.
The local Serbs are jubilant over
the capture of Kaimakcalan, which
they consider rivals the mountain
feats of the Italians.
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- o %c @ S rc % 90 f" ~ "
6 Mr.. Business Man:
{. While it is true that you
. have been in business for many
o years, and that your establish
. ment may be the best of its
9 kind in Alexandria, do you be-
9 lieve that everybody knows
9 you, or of you?
o It is a fact that there is not
o a city in the country into
o which either Mr.. Hughes or
o even Mr.. Wilson could not
@ 20 unrecognised by a great
o many people. 1t is just as
o much fact that there are
o many people here who have
. never done business with you
@ who have never been intro
@ duced to you.
@ New subscribers are being
o added to this newspaper daily
q and the Gazette is perfectly
@ willing to introduce you to
o the people whom you do not
+" Know-Who do not. know you
8 in a business way. Such SER
8 vice constitutes one of the many
@ values of local newspaper.
o It provides you with an oP-
o portunity of being introduced
(" to prospective friends every
o day of the week. Quietly, in
9 sistently, it is. keeping your
Q name before people whom you
o ought to know. That's the,
o the great value Of advertis-
9 ing; and that's what produces
9 the psychological effect that
@ brings results. You do not
. need to take a great deal of
o space or spend great deal
9 of money, but you do want to-
9 keep everlastingly on the job
Q for there are new people COM
Q ing here all the time and there
Q will be more coming. And it's
Q good business to be the first
" to get to them.
@ Yours for service,
o THE GAZETTE.
=: @ @ g g o o @ % 80 @ %
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-09-22
lsriJ Wuh
Foe Sale.

The choicest building sites around
Alexandria, situated on. Braddock
Heights. Fine, roads and accessible
to the ;Electried Line. Prices moder-
ate. 1t will pay yonto look them over
before ideciding upon the location of
your home. For particulars see your
local Real Estate Agent or N. Lind
sey and CO., Inc. 1-218-12t.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-09-22
VIRGINIA NEWS
Around the Old Dominion
State


Three foreign warships have again
appeared off Cape Henry to pursue a
campaign of watchful waiting for q
supposed German merchant submarine
now reported nearing the coast. Fol,
lowing report that submarine was
sighted 275 miles southeast Of tho
capes Wednesday proceeding north
several allied warships steamed north
I'm the nope Of getting sight of: her
1t is said there are ten allied war
ships strewn out along the coast wait
i, ing for a chance to capture or sink
the German underwater craft.
Miss Bette West, one of the best
known women in Norfolk, and mem
ber of a family long prominent in the
county, died Tuesday afternoon as the
result of burns sustained when hel
clothing caught fire from gas stove
Before aid could come, her body was
mass of flames. For several hours
Miss West fingered in agony, which
was relieved by the administration OF
opiates.
Horses were on Tuesday sold by the
Mound for the first time in the Win
chester market, when Scott Grant, a
local dealer, delivered 26,68O pounds
of horseflesh to C. G. Grove, OF
Martinsburg, w. ", for 2 cents per
pound. There were in all q horses,
the average weight of which was l,3oO
mounds. A two-year -oldcolt weighed
1,490 pounds.
The Navy Department announces
that during experimental firing on
the battleship Michigan off the Vir-
ginia Capes the muzzle of l2-lnch
gun was blown to pieces. One man
was resiously injured.
information has been received in
Christiansburg of the death Of Leroy
Quesenbury, at his home near Snow
vile, Tuesday, 1t is stated that Mr.
Ouesenbury, who spent the day IN
Radford on reaching home went to
the stable. When he did not return
to the house one of the children went
to call him and found him hanging by
|
trace chain from the rafters, dead /.
Dependency is though to have LED
him to take his life. He was about
ffty-fve years of age.
Joe Browder,. engineerman; w. A
Thomas, master mechanic, and K. Dan
Thomb, round-house foreman, were
killed in a wreck on the Virginiar
Railway, four miles west of Alberta
Wednesday afternoon about 6 o'clock
T. w. Etepp, fireman, was seriously
injured. The crew was taking Grip.
| pled engine from Adsit to Victoria
and it is evident the wreck was due
to the tender leaving the track.
ma.