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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-25
MIDDLE WEST BLINDNESS
It Fails TO See That It's Own Jerri-
tory Is Also Open 30 Invasion.
Ia Tho Editor Of Tho Tribune.

To tho Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: prominent New Yorker has recent
~ made tour Of some Of the cities oil INC
Middle West. lie reports that he was "'n"]eu
II the Indifference shown 10y the citizens OF
that REGION i'm the matter Of war and pre-
parodncss their main argument being 'n"t
their geographical position saves them from
all anxiety as 20 preparedness.
oar naval experts have recently made
known The fact that our naval equipment 49,
in many respects, weak and to large cX-
font untitled to defend our scacoasts and
Mexican Gulf cities. But how about the de-
fence of our unfortiicd cities on the Great
Lakcs2 In the event Of the European Allies
defeat. Canada would be the first object Of
the following German attack movement
in which the United States would certainly
become involved.
with a wireless system exclusively IN the
hands Of Germany, the German Atlantic
feet could become fully informed as to the
strength and location Of every ship md gun
ON our defensive lines days before the arri-
val Of their attacking force. \ demonstra
ton on Fortress Monroe and Washington
would so weaken the dcfcnccs Of our North
ern cities that Long Island Sound would,
naturally be the cnemy's first serious oh
icctivc point. for an attack on Canada VIA
the railroads Of New England. rendering the
dcfcnccs at Halifax and Nova Scotia quite
useless. and Simultaneous demonstrations on
Panama. San Francisco. Seattle. Portland
Hawaii and the Philippine Islands would, IN
All probability. be made.
Portable and other submarines could be
transported through the Great Lakes, threat
ching Buffalo, Dunkirk Erie, Cleveland, TO
ledo. Detroit, Milwaukee and Chicago and
ether cities all Of which are practically un-
defended. cavalry raid of about hundred
miles from the Connecticut Valley across
the country could cut of the water supply
q New York City, rendering its defences
useless and worthless.
n is time that our Western people and
politicians should realize this situation, and
every loyal citizen should promptly urge
adequate preparedness throughout tho East.
Middle West and on the Pacific Coast II Will
be- observed that the English general com
handing the Dardanclles army reported that
m, failure Of that campaign was due 70 the
employment Of untricd and inexperienced
troops.
In view q the above possibilities, interven-
ton or any wariike demonstration in Mexico
should be avoided
\ VETERAN or THE CIVIL WAR.
New York Jan. - 1916
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-25
Where Has the Money Gone?

II Senator Thompson, instead of voiclng
loud but highly indefinite charges OF
Doodle and corporate attempts TO stop his
committees inquiry into public service
matters, would make public BRIEF state
mcnt of his committee finances to date, the
situation doubtless would promptly be
clarified. His committee originally had an
appropriation Of $4,000. He says it has
turned back $4,000 to the state, obtained
from the sale Of stenographic minutes OF
It's work. but is now $4,000 in debt.
Senator Thompson maintains that his
committee has been well and economically
managed. Its expenses should have been
less than those of most similar bodies. 1t
has had no counsel fees to pay; its first
counsel was Mr.. Hayward, the Governors
LAWYER. on a regular salary; he was sue
ceeded by Mr. Lewis, n Deputy Attorney
General. also on regular salary, not paid
bv the committee. BY commendabie
stroke Of business the item of stenogra-
phers' work was changed from a liability
TO a profit. These two items. counsel fees
and stenographers' charges, are always
the most expensive part Of legislative
committees work. The question becomes,
therefore, with these eliminated: Where
has the $4,000 gone?
If Senator Thompson would tell the
Legislature and the public where his com
mittee has spent the money 1t had and the
money it is trying TO get everybody would
be- much better able TO form an opinion
about the merit Of Mr.. Sweets attitude Of
opposition toward further appropriations.
Assuredly the public wants no honest,
legitimate inquiry into corporation cussed-
ness called of" or stopped by Doodle
Neither does the public, in these times Of
huge state taxes, want money squandered'
1t is up TO Senator Thompson to Justify
his demands 10y details.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-25
Gardeners Speech.
the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: That Representative Gardeners speech
January = in behalf Of UNFOLDING the arms
of those countries that are fighting for the
principles Of freedom should instantly have
drawn ire from the pro-German mid West
is hardly TO be wondered at. What is 90 be
maryelied ut is the wildness Of statement Of
Representative Stafford et al. Where IN his
speech does Mr.. Gardner include all German
Americans as participants in the constant
wreckage plots Of recent months? Where
does he show himself more British than
American? Why should the Federal Secret
Service be supposed guilty Of Justification
For it is they who tell US Of germ-un-Amer-
lean completely; and. it seems 70 ne, prove
IT'D Why should we rely upon the loyalty Of
Austro Hungarian or German-American citi-
zens when only the other day one Of the
representatives Of these forces assured US
that no such rally, but rather the contrary.
was 10 be reckoned on in the event of trouble
between this free land and the Central Pow
ers?
Germany has insulted both the hard-won
and the rights of mankind, and
they who would uphold her by Withholding
support to the powers that fight for the over
throw Of tyranny are 10 that extent mpli-
Gated in her policies and practice. \. J. +.
New York, Jan. 10, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-25
More Air Raids on England.

OF the two recent air raids on England
one at least was directed against the bar
racks and works at Dover. This informa-
ton comes. Of course, from Germany,
being much too definite for the British
War Office. The first official announce
r1ent given out in London speaks only Of
an airplane over "the east coast of Kent,
and second bulletin records an attack
by two seaplanes upon the same locality
Localities are 50 vaguely defined by the
Governments Press Bureau that it IS
possible the second raid involved London.
For definite information on that point we
must wait on Berlin, but it is significant
that one cable dispatch conveys the hint
that "a large proportion of London's
population is aware of the exact locality"
The absurdity of the usual official reti-
cence is particularly apparent on this oc-
casion, for the attack, wherever it was
made, took place In broad daylight, and
it Is tolerably certain that the raiders
knew where they were.
II is unfortunate that the censor should
think it necessary to make so much mys-
terry Of the matter, for, as one London
paper, "The Times" remarks, Berlin is
no doubt informed by this time, and in a
day or two, if the censor permits, we shall
publish an accurate account of the locality
from German sources"
Both of these little raids were, in all
probability, undertaken primarily TO feel
out the defences, and may possibly be fol-
lowed before long by something more
formidable. According TO all accounts, no
airships took part in them, the German
and English reports agreeing that only
airplanes or seaplanes were employed.
There never was any reason 70 believe
that the Germans had the least intention
of abandoning their aerial attacks on
ENGLAND. and Of late there has been a
strong popular demand for more Of them.
They always did appeal to the magma
ton of the German people as the surest
and most effective way of Furnishing the
Enftsh.
1t IS long time now-more than three
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-25
GUIDO BACCELLI
The Brilliant Career Of Great
Physician, Senator and Scholar.


O the Editor or The Tribune.
Sir: Allow me .tt-e ol ''e 'a''a''
space Of The New YORK tribune 20 give some
biographical notes q Guido baeeel.i-'''''
.ng glory OF Italy and truly one OF me g'''.'
est scientists Of our day whose DEAN VS.
announced on January I'D.
Born IN Rome 30 tho year ls3-' snd e's''
uate in medicine from that famous uni'e''
s.ty at very youthful age, he became 'ano"
10 the shortest time for his Original ana ii''
found studies Of anatomy Ills Nof'' '--
her more than one hundred ana "4'! o.
them arc used as Textbooks in almost al %
the universities OF the world. some o. "'
most important theories regard me a.1'''
nal circulation. the cure of pleuriis' OF 1887.
diseases, etc. lie introduced ne" me'ho-' ".
cure, as the Inhalation OF oxygen usea '''
the first time with full success and WIKI Ut,
greatest wonder and praise Of many "oi'
renowned scientists at the death pea o. '.V
tor Emmanuel II. the first King OF i''i.
Others OF his brilliant discoveries INCLUDE .'
cure Of ancur.sms the Use Of iodine
tuberculosis the injection cf raenc ae.l "
cases Of tetarus. ,tc.
But whore hi. genius reached the fs'''
was i'm the annlicator Of che cndoye1oli %.
iections. Through this wonderful system O.
-, nan. .ho,ssrds ~ rves doomed p
-. ..-..t.-..... t.,o boer saved Al
,..-ir, -
Italy reali1eI inc s''a'"e'' ,L,s.
Guido Baccelli. and on the occasion q me %.
is .,.,tf-r soem'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-25
General Grant On Preparedness,

To tho Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir There has much been said against
preparedness probably by those who are
"too proud to fight ! wonder II any Of
them ever read the views o. one who knew
war with all It's horrors, whose only thought
was, Let us have peace" yet was wise
enough to see that the only way 10 secure
that peace was TO be prepared for war Let
me quote from General L. S. Grants
"Ilemoirs,' page 5i7:
"To maintain peace IN the future II IS
necessary 10 prepare for war. There can
scarcely be a possible chance OF conflict,
such a the last ono. occurring among our
people again; but growing rs we arc in
population, wealth and military power, we
have become the envy Of nations which led
us in these particulars only few years ago,
and unless we are prepared for 1t We may
be in danger OF combined movement being
made 70 crush W out. Now, scarcely twenty
years after the war, We seem 20 have for
gotten tho lessons il taught and are going
on az If IN the greatest security, without
the power to resist an invasion by the fleets
OF fourth-rate European powers for a time
until We could prepare for them. We should
have a good navy. and our seacoast defences
should be put in finest possible condition.
Money spent on our scac0ast defences ia
spent among our own people, and all goes
back among the people
These words from a man who most Ger
.ainly knew his business should be read by
the entire nation, for we shall need pre-
paredness, and need Il quickly after this war,
and we should begin that work now.
FREDERICK 6. GAGE.
Montclair ~ Y Ian : 1915
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-25
Dutch Milk for German Babes

To the Editor of The Tribune. -
Sir: When a German philanthFoP''''.'' 50. !,
as DR. Won Mach. achieves the distiae''o" -.
editorial comment in The Tribune as - -
merits Of his philanthropy 70 might ,.s,r
service 20 the good doctor, and 'ai''-- -, Of
people. to advise him of a possible s0.''
milk supply nearer home than the L. > . o,
have at hand the label from " e. g,,
condensed milk recently purchased .. :" ,,,,.
toll Conn. II originated IN either - 81.
gen or Rotterdam, in Holland. ana "''
featured for a New York wholesale 20 .,,,l
!, occurs to me that if Dr. Won Mach csc. ,,,
TO arrange with the various traHs ,'a..,.,.
comnanies interested in these milk 'A ,PP'~,,5
as well as with the manufacturers 70 81.
he might very possibly secure On S.Df - Ger
plv Of milk for the starving oao''' ,ea g
many at price short Of the ia , .,i.sn
Holland By his government ard 'n'
and leyying to tribute Of all thert mere a. soss
This latter action. If resor'ea ., - m,lisG
surely be justified on the erou",a - ,os,.sis'
necessity. and would be eniiI''
with German policy ..lk vhs'
Why offer TO buy or 10 peg ~
lies at his 00u"D''' F. F. 5. wINcHESl''
Bristol. Conn. Jan. Is. 1910
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-25
Americans Should Learn Spanish.

IRON Tho Philadelphia Ledger)
The conferences Of the Parliamentary cor
presses. now on in Washington, have devel-
oped many excellent ideas Of national rolity
and of international relationships but the
fly In the ointment Of the meetings, the
lunches, the dinners ana al the gatherings
OF the delegates, as truly cordial as they are,
is our wilful, woful lack in the matter e
speaking Spanish or French. which is only
coualed by their ignorance OF English. The
barrier Of different languages was never
more self-evidcu,; and if we arc TO do one
half Of the things we talk of doing in this
issue Of unifying the western hemisphere We
must start I'm to learn Spanish al once.
The worst feature of this indifference TO
the spoken tongues of the countries south Of
Is is that We have been d.lly-dallying over
learning Spanish for decades. Statesmen and
specialists among US have been uttering their
warning cry for years, but have been IN
teeded Or. William 7. Wilson, Of the Com
mercial Museum. has almost exhausted the
language Of persuasion ana adjuration in try
ng TO get our high schools and colleges tc
make Spanish feature of their scientific,
engineering and commercial courses. While
he has recently reported some improve
ment," IL is OF the kind too often described
&. emptly laundering in the index Of cata-
logues, but not actual enough TO keep any
ore worried over It here or IN Latin-America.
The very Institutions that ought TO be thu
pioneers are still sereholy Indifferent, and
calmly turn out engineers who, # they have
"a book knowledge of scientific German or
French. are supposed 10 be equipped indeed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-25
Prosti;uting the Cochran Dignity.

Perhaps no one has ever really pos
scssed as great dignity as the Hon.
Rourke Cochran assumes. Yet the impress
sion of it once received from Mr.. Cochran
+. profound and lasting, so much so that
dignity in the superlative degree has be-
come popularly associated with his name.
For example:
4 man in the autumn Of life but still
robust. wearing silk hat and frock
coat and possessed Of stately carriage
bumped into stranger on the street with
in day or so, while young woman, his
confederate, picked the strangers pocket.
An accusation was made. The elderly gen
teman burst into blaze Of indignation.
The Young woman, TO avert q scene, took
him bv the arm TO lead him away. But the
victim still demanded his arrest. Where
upon some passerby interviewed with the
supplication. Don't arrest him; that's
Bourke Cockran." And the artistically
assorted couple moved quietly away with
$50 in cash, Pullman ticket to Chicago,
a half dozen railroad passes and check
for $500.
We know that Mr. Cochran will be pro
foundly shocked TO hear that the part
which he has brought to such state Of
perfection on the stage Of life could be
prostitutcd to a criminal end. But this,
alas. is ore Of the inevitable disadvan-
tages Of true progress. Every valuable
human invention or improvement appears
10 be fashioned to serve almost equally
the benefactors and the enemies Of man
kind 1t is just as true Of a dignity which
nhibits and prostrates as it is Of the gun
si,encer or chlorine.
But society can protect itself in a meas
ure by restricting the employment Of such
devices to those duly licensed as respon-
sible and experienced persons. And in
he case of the Cochran dignity we should
strongly urge that legal monopoly be
created in favor Of the former Congress
man. There Is really no one else wholly
TO be trusted with its manipulation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-25

London was .radcd by Yep
pclins. but it is highly Improbable that
the temporary immunity of the metropolis
was insured by the perfection Of defen'
siyc measures. The raids 50 far have
bccn Of increasing intensity. and IT IS not
unlikely that the next will bc on greater
scale than any hitherto heard Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-25

Or. Cook reports that the Inhabitants of
Porneo are not Wild at ali. But then, he
has lust returned from Europe with the Ford
pilgrims, and such judgment is purely
relative.
The President has named John F. Snnott
Postmaster Of Newark, and yet Newark is
nearer than New York TO Bound Brook.
Wilson's Speeches Reaiy.-Heailins
Preparedness.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-25

You can purchase merchandise advertised
in TIE TRlBl NJ With absolute saie'>-,Ur
IL dissatisfaction results in any case 'hE
TRIBUNE guarantees To pay your m"",'
back upon request No red tape. no gum
bling. We make good promptly II the au'
Vertiser does not.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-25

SUBSCRIPTION nAus-N Mail. ro~t's' r'i. outside
o. Greater New Work
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-05-26
CARE OF COWS WHILE DRY
&c. A. Hutton, Division OF Extension,
University OF Tennessee.)

&c. A. Hutton, Division OF Extension.
University OF Tennessee.)
Dry cows require Just as good care
as those giving milk. Investigations
show that about two-thlrds of the foe
tai growth takes place during the last
three months before II Is born. This
means that about fifty pounds Of
growth takes place in ninety days, or
five-ninths of a pound per day. Ma
terial for this fowth must be fur
nished from theI food eaten by the
mother.
In addition to This the COW usually
gives some milk'for at least half Of
this months period, and she is gener-
ally expected to put on little surplus
flesh while dry,
Dry COWS are usually considered as
being on vacation. but they are real
ly worked about as hard as when Civ
ing milk, and should be fed and cared
for accordingly. It is especially well
to provide plenty Of foods rich in pro.
teln, for this element is largely used
in the growth Of the foetus. Cotton.
seed meal, wheat bran, linseed oil
meal. and legume hays are especially
good. Being laxative they also serve
to keep the cows system in good con.
dition.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-05-26
JUSTICE COMES HIGH

A drunken brawl in which an In
dian killed a white man started u. S.
District Attorney William NJ. Spence
from Seward, Alaska, on a 1000 mile
trip by boat to Unga, near the west
ern tip of Aleutian Islands. He went
to see whether Simon Verskin, the In
dian, should be brought to Seward for
trial, with he necessary witnesses, at
a large expense TO the government.
Verskin claims he shot in self defense.
Administration of justice comes high
in Alaska because Of the great dis
tance involved in the transportation Of
witnesses and prisoners. Recently the
Government for an alleged statutory
offense at AttuIsland, where his school
was located Fees and travelling ex-
penses ran to $4,000 all told.
The coast guard cutter Tahoma
was wrecked while enroute for adj
ditional witnesses and several Of her
crew were drowned. The boat carry
ing the prisoner to the revenue cut
ter upset and the prisoner had his lea
broken. The total cost Of the trial
was said to exceed $4,000 besides loss
Of life. The prisoner received jail
sentence Of several months.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-05-26

Statistics compiled by the bureau of
foreign and domestic commerce show
that there are more than $4,000, 000,-
900 worth of exports shipped from this
country during period of eight
months. This exceeds the correspond
ing period for a year ago by about a
billion dollars. The value of imports
for the same time was increased $780,
600, 1000, making the total about ST.
29O, 100000.
Customs officials recently held up
the baggage Of A. Kallman and found
it to contain a quantity of bird Of par
adise plmnes which he was endeavor-
ing to smuggle into this country from
Mexico. Federal Judge Burns, be-
fore whom the case was tried, ordered
plumes originally came from India and
were valued at $4,000.
Endeavoring to attract the notice Of
spectators, prospectors and buyers
real estate agent Of Parana, Brazil
calls attention to the towns chief as.
sets in the following naive way; "The
river Parana is the most watery in the
state, one Of the most extended in the
world. 1t is navigable until to this
state for ships of great profoundness;
it is also sufficiently fishful.'
A meeting was held In New York
recently at which plans for world
court congress to consider and settle
if possible, all international differen-
ces were discussed. In a speech advo'
eating the movement, J. H. Hammond
Of New York, declared no other ma
ton in the world to be in the service
able position that the United States
is to forward plans Of this kind. II
such a court had been in existence
when the archduke and archduchess Of
Austria were murdered war might
have been averted, was the opinion ex-
pressed by ex-President Taft.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-05-26
NONRESIDENT NOTICE

j. L. Edwards. Administrator Of Ike
Taylor, deceased, VS.. Money Hod-
dleston-In the Circuit Court Of
Haywood county. Tennessee.
In this cause it appearing that the
defendant, Money Huddleston, is JUST
~ indebted to the plaintiff, J. L. Ed
wards, administrator of Ike Taylor,
deceased, in an action of damages,
the true amount of which has not vet
been ascertained, and that the said
Money Huddleston is a nonresident Of
the state Of Tennessee, and it further
appearing that an attachment has
been issued and levied on the proper
ty Of the said Money Huddleston, it
is therefore ordered that publication
be made for four consecutive weeks IN
the Brownsville States-Graphic,
newspaper published in Brownsville,
Tennessee, requiring the said defend
ant to appear before the Circuit Court
at Brownsville, Tennessee on the
Fourth Monday in September, 1916
and make defense to the said suit, or
the same will be proceeded with ex-
parte. This the 4th day Of May, 1916.
% BIZ. CAPELL, Circuit CT. OK.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-05-26
POSTAL NEWS BULLETIN

Larger postal savings deposits will
be accepted at the post Office. This is
made possible by an important amend
ment to the postal savings act just
approved by President Wilson. A pos
tai savings depositor may now have
an account amounting to 81 600 upon
which interest will be paid. Formerly
$500 was the maximum amount he
could have to his credit. This enlarge
will be very gratifying to thousands
Of depositors who have already reach
ed the old $500 limit and are anxious
to entrust more Of their savings to
Uncle Sam. Another feature of the
amendment that will avoid further
embarrassment to the public and to
postal officials is the doing away with
the limit on the amount that could be
accepted from depositor monthly.
Under the old law only $500 could be
deposited in a calendar month. The
amendment abolishes this restriction.
While the Postal Eayings System has
already proved signal success as is
shown by the fact that moe than half
a million depositors have over eighty
million dollars standing to their credit,
still it has fallen short of meeting the
full demands of the public because of
the restrictions that have been elm
mated. Postmaster General Burleson
and Third Assistant Postmaster Gen.
eral Dockery have been tireless in thei
efforts to secure a modification Of the
limitations and the new iberalizing
legislation is particularly gratifying
to them.