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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-24
THE SOUTH IN THE SADDLE
Now Ruling the Country and Willing Continue by Grace OF Any
Northern Element Which Will Call Itself Democatc-No
Convictions Save on the Race Question

enue only" 1t stood for Cleveland and
the gold standard, and then for Bryan
and free silver. 1t would as cheerfully
have voted for the most hidebound
conservative Democrat as it did for
Wilson.
The South is perfectly willing to
form q coalition with any dissatisfied
element in the North, provided that
element Is strong enough to assure
victory and will for the time being
allow itself to be called Democratic.
Every question is Of secondary i'm
portance to the South in comparison
with the one which appeals to US every
day, namely, How does the solution
of this question or that question af-
feet our relation to the negro!
The negro is before US, in the flesh,
tangible; all other questions are the
oretical. We are going to settle this
questionable tangible one-to suit
ourselves. We have no firm convictions
on any other question.
An important question came up
some months back. President Wilson
and his Secretary Of War, Mr.. Gar
rison, agreed that the best way to pre-
pare the country to defend itself
against foreign aggression was to COM
pei every able bodied male citizen OF
military age to undergo military train
ing for stated period.
The President went before the coun-
try and aroused the people to a realiza-
ton of the danger of unpreparedness'
His speeches were very effective. he
came back to Washington ready to
place before Congress his plans to
raise this great army Of soldiers. In
the meanwhile the Democratic Con-
eressmen from the South had heard
from their constituents. These Con-
eressmen went TO Mr.. Wilson and told
him that the South would not for one
minute agree to arming and training
as soldiers the young negro men oil
the South. The king can do no wrong
and Mr.. Garrison was unceremonious'
" kicked out of the Cabinet.
The menace Of the South is real. We
are a menace to ourselves as well as
to you. Thousands Of US vote the
Democratic ticket, but in orr hearts
hone the good sense Of the North will
save us from a calamity of our own
making.
AN OLD CONFEDERATE.
wytheville, Va, Oct. 16, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-24
Sonnet

Lincoln Thou shouldst be living at
this hourl"
Thy reach Of vision-prophet thou
and seer
Thy strong and steadfnst wisdom.
judgment clenr,
Arc needed in this stress. thy old
time power
The ship OF state to save from storms
that lower
And threaten to engulf. Dark reefs
loom near!
No "wstchful waiting" will avail US
here.
That wind-swept tossing ship past
rocks that tower
To guide to sunlt waters-cslm Sc
rene.
Oh, for a leader, fearless, strong and
wise,
OF swift decision, and with insight keen
To see the dangers; scorn all COM
promise;
Restore the honor lost, the faith We
prize.
And bring us back the glory that hath
been!
KENYON WEST.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-24

8. In 1912 Wilson lost Michigan,
Minnesota and South Dakota and
came near losing Illinois. The Pro-
gressive-Republican margins over
Wilson were: Michigan, 216,O77;
Illinois, 235,O93; Minnesota, S3,764;
Iowa, 96,299; Kansas, 1882; North
Dakota, 10 ,261; South Dakota (where
there was no Taft ticket in the field ,
1869. The SO electoral votes OF
this group added to those Of the New
England and the Middle States
groups produce total of 241.
A fourth strong Republican group
is found in the Rocky Mountain and
Pacific Coast sections. In it are
Utah, A votes; Wyoming, 3; Idaho,
4; Washington, Z; Oregon, B, and
California, Is. Four years ago the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS margins IN
those states were: Utah, 29,69o;
Wyoming, 8,4s2; Idaho, 24,416;
Washington, 97,303; Oregon, 25,2o6.
In California there were no Taft
electors on the official ballot and
nearly all the Taft supporters voted
for Wilson. Roosevelt carried the
state. however, by a small margin.
The normal Progressive-Republican
plurality in California is about l5O,-
900. These six states have Sc cleo
toral votes. If they also go for
Hughes his total will be 277-1l
more than a majority.
This computation Of Republican
strength excludes the four normally
Republican states of Indiana, Wis
cousin, Ohio and New Mexico, with
55 electoral votes. In all Of these
the Progressive totals OF
1912 exceeded the Wilson totals: In
Indiana, by 1884; Wisconsin, by
28,927; Ohio, by s3,141; New Mex
leo, by 5,643. It also excludes the
doubtful states of Montana, Colo
RADIO, Nevada, Nebraska and Mary
land, with 20 votes. In each Of these
also Mr.. Wilson's total in 1912 fell
short of the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
total-in Montana, by 1927; Colo
RADIO, by 16, 400; Nevada, by $50: Ne
braska, by 1887; Maryland, by H..
Here are SO votes, majority Of
which are more likely to be cast for
Mr.. Hughes than for Mr.. Wilson.
And every state in this list carried
by the Republican nominee would off,
set an equal loss in the states classi-
fed as pretty surely Republican.
The conclusion is evident. Mr..
Wilson must make a tremendous eff
fort all along the line to win, or even
to reduce the Republican electoral
vote to pit or thereabouts. Only a
very violent political reaction, Of the
sort that has not been seen in our
politics since the early COS, will up
set the natural balance of parties
sufficiently to throw a reelection to
Mr.. Wilson.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-24
"ME AND MINE"
Just Whom Mr.. Wilson Has and Has
Net Protected

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Perhaps you have noticed the
Democratic campaign picture Of the
workman being greeted by his family
on his return from work. With . pict-
ure Of President Wilson before his eyes
he exclaims. "He has protected me and
mine"
think that this picture should only
be exhibited with its two companion
pictures-one Of the drowning women
and children Of the Lusitanis, the
other q picture Of the mutilated bodies
of Americans murdered in Mexico.
"He has protected me and mine"
G. H. HORNE, JR.
Brooklyn, Oct II, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-24
The Republican States

In order to win the Presidency Mr..
Hughes must get 266 votes in the
Electoral College. The great advan-
tage in position which he enjoys in
this campaign is that he can get
more than 266 votes by simply carry
ing normally Republican states. He
can win and yet concede to Mr.. Will
son all the Democratic states, all the
customarily doubtful states and even
some states recognized as Repub-
lican.
If Mr.. Hughes can poll the Repub-
lican popular vote of 1904 or 1908, or
the combined Progressive and Repub-
lican vote of 1912-all these totals
being practically the same-Mr. Will
son, on his popular vote of 1912-the
normal Democratic total--has an ad-
verse balance to overcome of about
100000.
The great strength of the Repub-
lican candidates position becomes
apparent when conditions are studied
in the normal Republican strong
holds. New England has "A cleo
toral votes, divided as follows: Maine,
8; New Hampshire, 4; Vermont, a;
Massachusetts, IS; Rhode Island, 5,
and Connecticut, 7. The excess of
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES vote Of
1912 over the Wilson vote in each of
those states was: Maine, 23,925;
New Hampshire, 1897; Vermont,
SOTO; Massachusetts,, 124,768;
Rhode Island, 14,169, and Connecti-
cut, 1882. The election in Maine
last month and the other develop
ments of the campaign have shown
that the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS re-
consolidation in New England is Writ
ually complete and that these states
are pretty safely Republican.
In the Middle States there has been
a similar unification. The Repub-
lican-Progressive margins against
Wilson in 1912 were: New York,
1894; New Jersey, 55,956; Penn
sylvania, 325,112, and Delaware,
2,252. In all these states the Repub-
licans won in 1914. In the recent
primaries in New York and New
Jersey a strong Republican prepon-
derance was indicated. More votes
were cast in the Republican primary
in New Jersey than Mr.. Wilson re-
ceived for President four years ago.
West Virginia should be added to
the Middle States group. 1t has
been safely Republican for the last
twenty years. The Republican-Pro-
eressive vote there in 1912 exceeded
the Wilson vote by 22,59S-a normal
showing.
These five states have 10S electoral
votes, divided as follows New York,
45; New Jersey, Ia; Pennsylvania,
SO; Delaware, 3, and West Virginia,
s. With New England, they make
Republican total Of 152.
There is a group Of stalwart Re-
publican states In the Middle West
and Northwest. In 1t are included
Michigan, with 10 votes; Illinois,
with 20; Minnesota, with ~; Iowa,
with 10; Kansas, with 10; North Da-
kota, with 6, and South Dakota, with
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-24
HOhICIDES HERE FEWER
NOW THAN YEAR AGO
Reduction of 20 Per Cent Shown
in Report by Police

The number of homicides in New
York was reduced 20 per cent during
the nine months ended September 80,
according to report made public yes
terday by Police Commissioner Woods:
The record of tho first nine months of
this year, compared with that of 1915,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-24

Up to September 80 last there had
been 80 arrests for homicide, n con-
victions, 20 discharges and 43 cases
still pending. For the same period
last year there were 12o arrests, AZ
convictions, II discharges and two
cases pending.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-24

you can purchase merchandise ad'
yertised in THE TRIBUNE with aoso-
lutte safety-for II dissatisfaction re-
sults in any case THE TRIBUNE
Guarantees to pay your money back
upon request. No red tape. NO quio-
bIins. We make good promptly II the
advertiser does not.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-24
PHILADELPHIA BUYS
7FAMOUS PAINTINGS
McFadden's Purchase Ca'leu
Years Biggest Transaction

London. Oct. 2S.-It is announces
that John II. MeFadden, the Phiiaaet
phia cotton magnate, has purchases purchases
seven paintings by Constable, k S,1,De5
Raeburn, Morland, Crome and "i's ~
All are regarded as pictures OF ~. va
first rank, and the sale is eonslee'eSs
the most important art transseu0" v
tho year.
John Howard McFadden Is ,presider'.s
of the Philadelphia Art CLUB, ano y,
widely known for his contributors ~
medical research work. In VIZ "a,
endowed a laboratory in Liverpool ~
the investigation Of cancer. ne r,,.
trustee of the jefferson Medical 20
lcge, in Philadelphia, and a direeso,,s
special researches at the Royal S0s's'
srn Hospital. Liverpool -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-24

Owned and published daily by the IT'D
une Association. a New YORK coIpo
ogden Reid. President; .. Eeihor So,
-. pr.s,dsnt: Richard IL. Waldo. secre-
,srv. p. A. suter. Treasurer. Aoo.ess'
,r-,hn,, building, 1854 Nassau street NC"
work.. Telephone. Beekman 5000
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-24

Uttered at the Postonice at Now 1orA 90
Second Glass Mail Matter
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-24

1.-THE warning advertisement came
from the German Embassy, and was
signed Imperial German Embassy"
Ed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-24
Il Was Official

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Will you please inform me
whether or net any official warning was
given people sailing on the Lusitania
on her last trip by the representatives
Of the German government? Was a
warning published in any New York
newspaper that was official7
CLIFFORD J. FULLER.
New York, Oct. IL, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-24

SUBSCRIPTION RATEs.-By MAJ. ro
age Paid. outside OF Greater New "a
-. Co., M 4, .7sllDHly only. mo- ~
pay Svn : mos i25lDaly only. mos. sev
n1D s' - $50 Daily only. year. SEQ
bAhy SIN -. / aslsundsy only. year 30
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-12-07

dren to be supported or to ala nus
band who has been unfortunate ana
is down and out to struggle to his feet
again.
The more incentive a woman has to
earn money the keener her desire Is
to push her way through the hardest
of obstacles to obtain the highest sal
airy the work she is engaged at has TO
offer. The girl or woman who has no
incentive takes only enough interest
IN her work to get through with 1t and
draw her pay, content to scrape to-
gether enough to keep the wolf of
want from her door and n shelter over
her head. She makes no struggle for
advancement, yet wonders why others
elbow her aside, reaching the higher
salaried positions.
Two SalesgirlS may enter the employ
of a firm together, both being placed,
we will say, at the lace counter. One
girl will not take down heavy boxes
to show other patterns of lace unless
the tioorwalker's eye Is on her or the
customer complains. She looks de-
family at each patron as she ap-
proaches, making her feel that she Is
going beyond her right if she fails to
be suited with the two or three selec-
tons which have been laid apparently
grudgingly for her to choose from.
The other girl feels an interest In
each customer that approaches her.
Her eyes and lips smile a welcome.
har N nj
ter how difficult making choice APP
pears TO be- causes that customer to
look for her when next she comes to
purchase, refusing to be waited on by
anyone else. One girl grows popular
while the value of the other girls serv-
ices decreases In accordance with the
seeming dissatisfaction of patrons and
the lessening amount of her sales. The
obliging girl becomes in due time head
of stock, then buyer, with constant
rise of salary. every penny of which
she earns. She grows intensely inter
ested in her work, doing 1t the best
way 1t can be done. This insures COM
fort and happiness for her loved ones
as we'll as herself. The grind of toll
no matter now ndfu or depressing,
should never rob woman of her am
bition to do something greater or bet
ter to increase her earning capacity.
One correspondent asks: "Should
woman keep her thoughts continually
on work or might she be pardoned if
she looked to matrimony to escape
life of toil?" In reply, I would say
that those who wed simply to SHIFT
the burden of support on a mans
shoulders are usually back at their
positions again sooner than they ex-
pected, with another to support. The
working girl, of all others, should look
well ere she leaps into matrimony lest
she jump from the frying pan into the
fire.
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PRINCESS CHOPS DOWN TREES
Alice of Greece Does 1t to Keep Her.
self in Fit Physical Con-
dition.

villa Mon Repos. Corfu, Greece
the English Princess Alice of Batten-
berg, has spent the past summer chop
ping down trees to keep herself fit.
The Princess Alice is thirty a cousin
of the Queen of Spain. Shortly she
will take her children back to Athens
for the winter season and give up fell
ing trees TO begin again her work of
encouraging the Greek women to earn
their own living by home sewing-the
Princess Alice's own particular hobby.
The two eldest little girls, Princess
Marguerite and Princess Theodore.
eleven and ten respectively, are as
brown as their mother and as strong,
though they have not been chopping
down trees. They have been swimming
every day for an hour and half in
the warm translucent water of the Cor
flu Channel. Prince Andrews wife
herself is fine, strong swimmer now.
but 1t has not been long time since
Sheldon Whitehouse. who was then
secretary of the American legation,
pulled her out of the water and saved
her life when she had gone down three
times
The villa of Mon Repos, the sum-
mer place of Prince Andrew and the
Princess Alice was the favorite coun-
try residence of the late King George,
who left it to his third son. but I'M
fortunately he failed to leave the
means to keep it up.
Prince Andrew Is colonel of a cav
airy regiment-not a lucrative en-
pIoyment. Princess Alice also is not
rich, and the pair, who for royalties
are poor as church mice, have four
children, all girls, sad prospect these
days when Europe is full of royal
girls and short of royal boys to marry
them.
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With that malignant envy which tlEHs
pale
And siekens when a friend prevail
Which merit and success pursue with hate
And damns the worth 1t cannot initiate
About the sorriest experience n wom-
an can have Is to gather around her
coterie Of women whom she calls
friends, knowing there is not one
among them who Is or would be all
that that sacred term implies. One is
always on her guard with a stranger
but she whom she trusts can break
down the gate of reserve and in n
burst of confidence win from her most
carefully guarded secrets 1t Is al
ways the so-called friend who gives
the outside world an intimation that
she could unfold a scandal We're she
so inclined and in the end betray the
confidence which has been vested in
her.
It is a rare thing for a beautiful
woman. If She has also popularity and
wealth, to gather about her woman
comrades who honestly admire her
fairness of face. her wit and pleasing
personality, rejoicing that she has such
advantages over them. If she trusts
any one of them with the knowledge
that she dusts a little powder on her
nose to take off the shine, the men
who admire her will be informed, I'M
der the ban of strict secrecy, that her
complexion Is not her own by any
manner of means-she paints and
rouges outrageously, and is perfect
fright without her makeup.
If she unwittingiy confesses to the
woman friend who seems to sympa-
thiZe sincerely with her because of
headache that she took powder to
relieve it, ere she realizes it the story
is insidiously spread about that the
discovery has Just been brought TO
light that she is a dope fiend who
might we'll bear watching.
If she incautiously takes a glass of
wine because of over-fatigue in shop
ping. intoXication is tackled on To the
list of vices she is charged with. If
all who claim to be friends were true,
there would be no heartaches among
luulueuS btCuuSt VI II iIIulh
having cut her out with her best young
man.
Friendship is one of heavens
choicest gifts from woman to woman.
The trouble is it is hard to discrim-
mate which is spurious, which is real.
Young women form new friendships
quickly. Older women do not. The
latter winter and summer new ac-
quaintance ere admitting her to the
intimate circle of friends whom she
holds near and dear.
Close friendships between women
can be a blessing or curse. The
stronger will power leads the weaker.
The one IS made the puppet of the
others designs, and influence which
yields veal or Woe. a wonderful
panacea and yet cruel thing may be
this thing called endship-lamblike
in its tenderness or like a wolf in
sleeps clothing. \ woman should not
believe absolutely that another woman
is her true friend until she has proved
her to be such. Those we cannot
trust we are better off without
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-12-07
Umbrella Lonu in Use,

The antiquity of our old and much
loved friend. the umbrella, is beyond
dispute. The Chinese, who are never
so happy as when juggling with groups
of centuries, date the appearance of
the first. umbrella back to four or five
thousand years before the Mosaic date
of the creation of the world. Sanserit
poets carry many illusions to its value
as a protector of the bare-headed. In
the Chaldaic scriptures of Nineveh we
are told that the umbrella as an en-
blem of royalty adopted by eastern
nations was generally carried over the
king in time of peace and sometimes
in war.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-12-07

There never We're bride and groom
who were not sure that their paths
would be smooth and rose strewn. no
matter hew rough and storm-swept
the majority of welded couples roads
turned out 10 be. They planned, first
and foremost, to be lovers always
that there should never be cross
word or glance exchanged; that the
aim of each should be To make the
other happy; that they would show
the world that the brightness of true
welded love could never tarniSh, no
matter what other disgruntled mar
ried folks might declare To the con-
trary.
If one could lay down a rule for
continuous welded satisfactory con-
tentment and not swerve from it. no
matter how Just the cause of bubbles
of trouble that would rise to the sur
face. all would be well. It's the I'M
expected waves that arise and cloud
bursts that come from an apparently
cloudless sky that deluge the marriage
boat and either capsze it or sink it
altogether. The continuous happiness
of the married state depends upon
love, and was there ever a more fra
gile bough to tie ones hopes to! The
warmest of love can wax cold, the
strongest love can weaken. If
starved. it can soon wither, with sa-
tiety it can become nauseated. How.
then, is the average mortal 10 know
After the honeymoon is well over
and a couple settle down 10 the hum
drum of everyday life, the scales of
infatuation begin to loosen from
welded eyes. \ husband is usually
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the first to get his eyes free from IL
Instruments bandages. though he Is
too wise to let the partner of his joys
and sorrows into the secret of that
fact. He sees in the woman who gives
her hair a haSty brush in the morning
ere she rushes to the kitchen to pre-
pare his breakfast quite a different
person from the dainty. fluffy, doled-
up sweetheart he lost his heart to in
the other days. When he sees her
scrubbing the floor in a ragged wrap
per, or tOiling over a washtub or iron
ing board instead of having the desire
to fold her in his arms and kiss her he
can scarcely refrain from the impulse
to seize his hat and fly from her as
fast and as far as he can get. Home
ly home pictures cool love in the breast
of the men who have admiration for
beauty in women.
The wife finds that life holds disil-
Instruments when ner husbands atti-
tude toward her IS undeniably chang
ing, when he grumbes over the mud
diness of the coffee. the toughness of
In serving them. This provOkes the
angry retort that If he was so over
particular about his meals he should
have married an experienced cook,
which he well knew she was not.
When he answers that every girl who
marries should be able to get up
good meal-''if not. why not'-then
the trouble begins to brew
The first disagreement may be
patched up. another and yet others,
but with each exchange of unpleas-
antries the gap in marital content
ment grows little wider After each
has tossed off the mask of courtesy
all the other little trials of married
life creep in. She finds out he is not
the teetotaler she believed him to be
and that he is close with his money as
well. He discovers she has temper
Nantippe has nothing on her In the
way of uttering exasperating back
talk. But they have taken each other
for better or for worse Each makes
the best of Il bad bargain.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-12-07
Strong M en-.

In order to be strong man one
does not have to shout or scramble or
use rough language; nor need he abuse
people, or defy them, or stand in their
way. He can be a strong man by be-
ing quiet and modest and saying moth
ing. He need not make himself con
spicuous or exploit himself in any
way. A strong man reveals himself
only when there is something to do,
when courage is needed and self-sac-
rifiee is demanded. 1t is necessary to
make these distinctions in order that
the fussy fellows who want TO monop-
olize everything may be properly clas-
sified and If need be, ignored
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-12-07
COYOTE HUNTING IN AUTO
Motorists Run One Down After Chase
at Night on san Fernando Boule-
ward in California.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Coyote hunting
by automobile II night Is the latest di-
version on the San Fernando boule-
ward, Recently Deputy Sheriffs Coop
er and Sweeney saw large coyote
dash from the roadside into the glare
of the machines headlights.
Then ensued race between the ami
NAL and the machine.
Blinded by the glare Of the lights
the coyote dashed at top speed down
the boulevard ahead OF the machine
until the automobile in sudden burst
of speed ran over and killed the
animal.