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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-10
81 Where the Exemption Boards located, their per-
sonnet and places of examination, and corrected quotas
to be called for examination for first call
FIRST DIVISION
Thirst, Second and Third Voting Districts)

George c. Edwards, chairman; F. a. Bartlett secre-
tary; Dr. Samuel NJ Garlick examining physician. Office
NJ 2 4. building sss Main ST. Tel. Barnum 1914 Ex-
Quota to be sent war; 452 Probable number of
nations necessary to get quota 1856 Total division
Jistration 5.774.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-10

During the week s4s vessels arrived
1T French ports and 934 left.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-10

The Japanese House of Representa-.
tives decided to send five delegates tc
America to study the Country.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-10

To the New York fans who think
the Giants have the pennant sewed
up: Don't get too nifty. Remem-
Der, the Giants have 1 5 more games
to play than the Cincinnati Reds be-
fore the season ends. And a lot OF
things can happen in Is games.
The sun., 1917-08-27
THE FINAL PUNCH.
That VIII Be Delivered by the United
States.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr: All
this peace talk is futile pine.
Now that the United States has Joined
issues with the German autocracy there
can be only one settlement. and that
on the standard American terms. "un-
conditional surrender"
All other points can be settled after
ward, and to quote the idea Of Judge
Day when in Paris in 1898 'as the
victors decide
As soon as the Germans realize this
as the only end agreeable or acceptable
TO ourselves and the Allies II will in
tensify the struggle somewhat. but It
will force the fighting to a shorter
surer end. The rival objects are clean
cut and irreconcilable. and there can
be no compromise even II section Of
the British people should prefer to save
monarchism. The people up here have
done wonders, even, compared TO their
limited resources as to men. They can
not do much more. The European coun-
tries have all their cards in play. To
cap the climax the Americans must
give the final smash. and the more in
tense and irresistible it is the sooner
the desired finish. A. L. EDwAR
TORONTO. August c5.
The sun., 1917-08-27

It has been because she lacked the
men and the munitions, not because
she lacked the will. In every form Of
war time activity that did not demand
great masses Of men she has been un-
tiring. indefatigable. Her submarines
have laid every nation under tribute.
Her aircraft have darkened the skies
and poured out woe and desolation
upon English cities. Always they have
done and still they will continue to
do all the equipment of the German
aeronautical department permits.
Unless mere counsellor Of rash
ness 1t Is unlikely that MIcHAELIs
could speed up" the war. Supplies
Of oil sorts are running low, and the
action Of the United States will make
them lower. Proclamationso Of increased
frightfulness may he in the main
treated as bluff. If Wow HINDENBuRa
had had the men, and the material to
move his famous line nearer to Paris
he would have done 1t, whoever may
have sat in the Chnncellor's chair.
No mere influence emanating from
that authority is going to enable him
to hold 1t where 1t Is unless men and
material are forthcoming. And Ger
many, under any Chancellor. is near
Ing the end Of her supply Of both.
The sun., 1917-08-27
Chespness by Decree.

In the tuneful drama OF the Mikad0
the late w. s. Gn.BERr set forth Il
theory of the omnipotence of sover-
eign power which has many paral-
lels In the United States to-day.
The Lord High Executioner having
RECALLED the Emperor with all the
horrifying details Of the execution OF
II Second Trombone, 1t turns out that
the supposedly snuffed out musician
was the EmperOr's son. Being con-
fronted with threats Of something
humorous with boiling oil or melted
lead" the Executioner confessed that
the Second Trombone still lived, but
as the all powerful Mikado had de-
creed his death he was just as good
as dead.
Just at present we, through n gov.
crnment of commissions and dictators,
are decreeing the deaths Of conspira-
tors against the public veal on every
The sun., 1917-08-27
who Sold the Mean Liquor?

Representative WILLIAM s. HowARD
Of Georgia, speaking Of the riot In
Houston. Tex, In which n number OF
black soldiers were engaged, says:
II have very grave suspicious that In
this particular instance the investiga ton
will disclose that 1t was attributable to
. very mean grade Of liquor INDUCED In
by negro soldiers"
We are not prepared to say that Mr..
HowARD's suspicious are without foun.
dation. but who sold the mean liquor
to the negro troops?
They did not get 1t at the canteen ,
there is a Federal statute against
selling intoxicnnts to men In the army
or navy uniform: and II they bought
1t from bOotleggers or In blind tigers
the authorities Of the State Of Texas
and Of Houston are not without re-
sponsibility.
The inquiry into this deplOrable in
cident should not end with the punish
ment of the mutinous soldiers. II
they got mean liquor or any other
kind Of liquor in Texas the persons
who furnished it to them should be
punished for their deliberate infrac-
tion Of the law.
The sun., 1917-08-27
OUR ALLIES FLAGS.
The Golden Rule to BE Followed In
Flying and Saluting Them.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir. Mr.
Kempner's remarks az to the respect
due to our flag are timely. Further
more, we civilians should be more OBJ
servant Of the courtesy due to the flags
OF our allies or any friendly nation
when they pass in review in our streets
The golden rule Is a safe guide. Always
show the same respect to a foreign flag
as we would expect it's nationals to
show to ours.
have in mind two handsome resi-.
dences in Montclair. where the British
and French flags are displayed. tucked
on below the Stars and Stripes. a giar-
ing example OF how not to do It. Their
is no doubt of the intention to honor
the flags. but II should he obvious that
no national flag should be so displayed
4 foreign flag may be shown at the
window. The punctiliously correct way
is to show the foreign flag of the same
size as ours displayed beside 1t. Mt the
same elevation and on It's own fiagpoie.
using precisely the same care and re-
spect In handling It, That Is the way
friendly foreigners treat our flag Let
US learn from them good manners In In
ternational courtesy.
s. r.. TOWNSEND.
New YORK, August IS.
The sun., 1917-08-27
May Members of Congress Enlist.

FLOREILo H. LA GUARpIA, being the
Representative in Congress from the
Fourteenth Congressional district Of
New York, has won commission as Il
Lieutenant In the aeroplane division
of the Signal Corps. He is the third
member Of Congress to he accepted
for military service, the other two
being the Hon. A. =. GARDNER Of
Massa chusetts and the Hon. VICTOR
HEINTz of. Ohio.
The question has arisen whether
Mr.. LA GUARDIA can accept his com.
mission without resigning his Con-
gressiOnal seat. Section 9 of Article
III. OF the Constitution is explicit
in its prohibition Of the appointment
to 'civil office" Of any Representative
during his term, and further declares
that mo person holding any office
under the United States shall be n
member OF either House during his
continuance In Office" A lieutenancy
In the flying. corps is certainly not n
civil Office. and there might be reason
able contention that 1t Is not an office
at all within the intention of the
statute.
To enable Mr.. LA GUARDIA to retnin
his seat while accepting the commits.
sion resolution has been offered
granting to him leave Of absence in
definitely. But this Is tainted with
probable unoonstitutlOnality, for n
Representative on leave Is still n
Representative. and may not hold an
other Office under the United States.
The question should he judicinlly
determined at once. even though the
number Of Senators and Representa-
tlves eligible for military service
under modern conditions Is small.
The sun., 1917-08-27

European families. There will not
be immediate openings on an extended
scale after the war, for In its desc
lated condition the land will scarcely
support its reduced population. He
recommends that no one settle there
who is not prepared to face many
trials. As a preliminary to settle
ment, he says, there must be an i'm
provement in sanitary conditions, and
there must be afYorestation, irrlga-
tion and restoration Of the terraces
In the mountains-al work that will
require a great expenditure Of capt.
tai and skilled direction. As 1t II q
question how these changes can be
brought about. DR.. MAsTEIMAN does
not take hopeful view Of the sue.
cessful colonization Of the country by
people Of Europe or America. 49,.
The sun., 1917-08-27
Jim Ham LeWls's ''Establlshed
Proof" Of IncOme Tax Fraud.

That monument Of conservative
craftsmanship the Honorable jim
HAM LEWIS. n Senator Of the United
States from Illinois, with his custom
arg solemnity Of statement said in the
Senate on Wednesday Of last week:
Mr.. President. l may startle you to
tell you that there in the Treasury De-
partment at this hour while am speak
ing is the established proof Of $780,
100000 swindled out Of this Government
by perjury. fraud. deception and differ
ent forms Of commercial and personal
trckery under the income tax returns" :"
When the Illinois Aurora Borealis
delivered himself Of this charge THE
Sun asked why the guilty men We're
not prosecuted. compelled to pay up
taxes and penalties and imprisoned
for their crimes. jim HAM did not
explain the apparent negligence Of the
Administration. but we now have from
GEORGE II. COoKsEY, assistant to Sec
retary McADoo in charge Of income
tax collections. statement that re-
veals the truth about the matter. Mr..
CooKsEY says:
''If We had the proof OF such frauds
we would certainly take steps to recover
the money.
Tho story about the loss to the Gov
ernment Of some $500. 100000 through
the income tax was started by an econo-
mist two years ago.
We looked into the matter then and
found no basis for the report.
II don't know where Senator LEWIS
got his information. but ! do know that
the Treasury Department has no proof
or evidence referred to by the Illinois
Senator"
so jim HAMS startling" announce
ment Of established proof Of "pe.-
jury, fraud, deception and different
forms Of commercial and personal
trickery" Is resolved into the exploded
maunderings Of a stray economist
blown higher than the top Of the
Washington Monument by the Treas
ury experts two years ago. There
never was such an animal
Senator LEWIS poses as the mouth
piece Of the President. We sympa-
thize with the President.
The sun., 1917-08-27

hand. The high price Of food has
been done to death by the food law
snickersnee. At any rate. the fact Is
recorded In the Washington des-
patches II not in the housewives
notebook. The sabre true has cut
neatly through the cervlcal vertebre
Of the coal barons, but perhaps 1t
will be rs well for those with empty
cellars to restrain their triumph over
forehanded folk who paid the prices
Of yesterday. It's long way from
control Of the wheat crop to coaxlng
back the Ave cent loaf. a far cry
from the pit mouth TO the coal sold
in buckets to the East Side poor
But 1t Is ordered. The dictator
has decreed that food prices, coal
prices. steel prices, all prices shall
go down. II they don't 1t will only
demonstrate that there Is some nat
ural law more powerful than all the
authority that the Senate and the
House can confer.
The sun., 1917-08-27

The first formal order issued by a
local exemption board to citizens Sc
lected for service in the national army
that has come to our notice bears the
signature Of Irwin kuRrz, chairman; ;
j. GARDNER SMITH, examiner. and
RUDoLPH c. BERGMANN, clerk, and COM
mands the accepted men Of Division 10
to report Tomorrow evening at a
Harlem hall. in Informal dress. to eat
a good dinner listen to some good
speeches, and watch a good entertain
ment. Whether all the exemption
boards intend to issue similar orders
We do not know but this example
should be followed wherever 1t is
practicable. 1t Is an enterprise Of
good fellowship and good citizenship
worthy of imitation in every district in
the country.
The sun., 1917-08-27
The Message From Mare Island.

That the black powder explosion at
Mare Island on July 0 "was not IN
accident. but was due to the deliberate
act Of some person or persons un.
known" is the unanimous finding Of
the naval board which investigated
Che circumstances surrounding it.
The Government Is now endeavor-
tng to identify the persons responsible
for the explosion, and If they are de-
tected they will be appropriately pun
ished. This is matter Of admins
trative routine.
But this affair has another aspect
that cannot he ignored 1t reveals
the audacity of our enemies, acting
through official representatives or cor
rupted tools. and 1t will serve to
Intensity the feeling of antagonism
against the pro- -Prussian agitator In
every section Of the country. The re-
port Of the inquiry Is another warning
to Americans that their foes are not
content to preach disloyalty. but are
engaged, directly or indirectly. In the
commission of hostile acts against us,
not only OH the other side Of the
Atlantic but within our own borders.
The lips that utter seditious senti-
Ments in New York and the hand that
fired the naval magazine In California
are members Of one body, and the sup
preston Of that body. by the exercise
Of every Legal weapon possessed by
the authorities is an immediate and
pressing duty that lies upon the Fed
eral and State Governments.
The sun., 1917-08-27

expected that an army can he pe'lns.
nently held together by those ties on
winch we have too long depended
Il cannot omit Going Justice 20 ths
detachment which was sent on thi, SER
vice. There was in its behavior every
mark of fidelity, obedience. disappgoba.
tion of the conduct OF the mutincprs,
and conviction Of the necessity II
bringing them to submission and pun.
'shment. They made Il long marc n,sr
mountainous roads and through a !ee0
snow with the greatest patience and
obeyed every orGer with alac,ttr
u have the honor to bc WITH M.
greatest esteem and respect your TX.
ceiiency's most obed and hal
scrNt
GEO. WAsHrNuroN
'P. >. | have received ,our fa.u. II
the 26th. instant
his ENcKLLESt'y GovFrNoW - TrS
HEADQUARTERS. NEW WINpsor,
Jan 90, 1851
The sun., 1917-08-27
Evening Schools for Medical Study,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Be-
fore 1891 1t was possible for a man to
get medical doctors degree by attend
Ing lectures at Bellevue after 4 O'Clock
This plan appealed to many workers,
and especially TO teachers, for t en-
ableo them to pay their way: but about
that time students were compelled to
attend morning lectures. and the medi-
cal career was closed to many an i'm.
pecunious aspirant, myself among the
number.
In view of'the great dearth Of doctors
that must ensue because Of probably
long drawn out war. would y not be well
to resume evening courses and prepare
many for service? think many teach
ers, even those exempted by age, would
be willing and able to enter this field
Of service. certainly should.
CHRISTOPHER ]. LANE.
PEARL RIVER. August a.
The sun., 1917-08-27
cERxAxYs sLUNDER.
The Far Rsaching Effects Of the Mis-
taken USe Of SubmArinSs..

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN--Str: Your
editorial article Cotton Shipments and
Our Soldiers" leads TO q prediction that
after the war Germany will admit her
use OF submarines for destruction Of
merchant ships to have been one colos-
sal fatal blunder. Of absolutely no ulti-
mate value or help despite staggering
damage to worlds shipping and large
loss Of life through, methods more BARI
barous and inhuman than practised by
Captain Kidd or any other pirate.
When from the start of war Ger
many, though having one Of the worlds
strongest navles. made no use Of 1t to
protect her vast merchant marine. but
ordered this to intern in ports Of neu-
trails. It was \done because Of the fact
that she was able through ships Of neu-
trail lands and through trade with ac-
jacent neutrals to obtain needed articles
and at the same time continue the eI-
port of home products without exposing
German shipping to any hazards.
What immense quantities Of varied
articles she has in this way obtained
from us through Holland and other
SOuhss hCop udS Ouiy Dccu iSoihSo Sh'SS
our declaration Of war. We as neutrals
were nnconcerned. and England, though
alive to the facts. was in no position
to interfere in International commerce
between neutral countries without risk
ing these perhaps going to extreme Of
war to resent interference.
Yet though benehting by this condi-
ton Won Tirpitz In February. 1915,
started the submarine destruction Of
merchant ships. and the system Of con-
spicuously painting the nationality Of
vessels on their sides ever since has
been an immense aid to his submarines
in spotting victims from afar.
Though exercised to the greatest pos
sible extent this submarine destruction.
appalling in loss Of tonnage, cargoes and
life, has totally failed to accomplish its
purpose. Even the most enthusiastic aG-
mirers and supporters Of Won Tirpitz
now doubt that 1t ever will succeed
Efforts here by pro-Germans through
strikes and destruction in ammunition
plants. destruction Of other supplies for
the Allies, even organized active dis
order here in Germany's behalf. would
simply have met with necessary and
adequate steps to stop them. We would
have voiced our Indignation at the Cen
trail Powers for mitigating and encour-
aging. but would have punished the
actual perpetrators and never have gone
to war to punish also the instigators
abroad.
Therefore. besides failing to accom-
plish its purpose. the submarine caused
our entry into war. thereby adding our
punitive powers. and causing the end
Of imports from US through adjacent
European neutrals, VITA, added possibil-
ity that necessity may now compel Ger
many to encroach upon property Of
these neutrals to such extent that they
in self. f.pfeservation also make war on
Germany.
Such seems Germany's colossal blum
der in use Of submarines. 1t may per-
haps he later asserted that otherwise
she might have even won the war
ADoLPH OPPENHErMER
SEw YORK, August 25.
The sun., 1917-08-27
NEGROES DOWN SOUTH.
A Northern Commentator Urged to
Make Personal Investigation.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir:
noticed In THE SUN Of yesterday a letter
from Mr.. W.. Il. Reed Of Hartford,
Conn. The Negroes Of the South"
Absolute ignorance OF the South,
Southern people and the Southern negro
sticks out in every line.
My advice to Mr.. Reed would be to
take trip to Georgia or any other
Southern State, meet the people. study
conditions, &c, for a week or two and
come back and write another letter.
l too am a down East (Vermont)
Yankee. but know the South. and that
Is why ! am sorry friend Reed writes
such stun on hearsay from n negro who
will probably be around again to make
a touch" to get back to Dear old
Georgia. II. w. HOWE
New YORK, August so
The sun., 1917-08-27

DEAR SIR In the letter which did
myself the honor of writing to your EN-
eellency. the 23rd instant. ] Informed
you Of the revolt OF the Jersey troops.
and OF the measures ! intenCed to pur-
sue In consequence have now the
pleasure to inform you that Major Cen
eral Howe, with the detachment under
his command. surrounded the mutineers
in their quarters on the morning of the
?7th. brought them without difficulty to
an unconditional surrender and had
two OF the most active instigators i'm
mediately tried auG executed II was
not judged necessary to extend tho ex-
ample further, as there was every ap-
pearance OF genuine contrltion.
II hope this will completely extinguish
the spirit of mutiny. II efYectual meas
ures are taken to prevent it's revival. by
rendering the situation OF the soldlery
more tolerable than 1t has heretofore
been. Without this IT may be smoth hered
for q while, but 1t must again break out
with greater violence. 1t is not to be
The sun., 1917-08-27

A very backhanded compliment to
the American soldiers is that conveyed
in the numerous dispatches from
France declaring that they are too
proud. too valiant or too impetuous
to dig themselves in" One corre-
spondent with talent for efusive
gush quotes soldier as saying: I'VE
came here to fight, not to crawl Unto a
hole and look at the Germans through
spyglass." II they went there to
fight they will fight in the way to do
the enemy the most hurt and them
selves the least. Suicide doesn't win
battles.
The sun., 1917-08-27
PUNISHING THE KAISER.
Cruel and Unusual Penaltie. for the
Author Of War.

To THE EDITOR oF TnE : >> !
have no objections to sentence i'
Prince Of the Powers of pa'fu'~, q
81. Helena for llfc. but before su.npw'
him OF ] want II sec him ami s N
Salwart sons carrying hods OF "le'
and mortar under maimed iie!u,a 'as''
masters with rawhides, uphuiidina hs'
GUM
This reminds met might be "'NW
serve notice on the cusses ;'it
brussels. Antwerp anG os,enL re de,
moIished before their retreat Nr shsn
be Obliged to requisition tn" property
alien enemies in America to rein 1rsa
KINGSTON, August :5, r G
The sun., 1917-08-27
Colonies In Palestine.

Refugees returning to America and
Europe from Palestine report the con-
ditions in that country as desperate
owing to the poverty Of the people,
sickness due TO the unhealthful cli-
mate lack Of food and the failure of
all resources. OF the soil. To the war
and the 1nefticiency Of the Turkish
Government Is due much Of this suffer
ing. But the question Of how far the
lack OF natural resources Is respOn-
slble for these conditions Is an in
teresting one in view Of the many
plans advanced for the colonization
OF. the land after the war. This Is n
problem not only to the ZlOnists, bu.
to France, on account of her inter-
ests In Palestine, and to England on
account Of the proximity Of the land
to Egypt and the Suez.
4 number of attempts at settle.
ment In Palestine, all inspired by
some religious motive, have been
made by Western people. In 1856
some American settlers founded \
colony at Jaffa. The enterprise
proved failure, many of the colo.
nists dying and others moving away.
A few years later IL pietist called
HOFFMAN led several parties of his
followers, most Of them from Wiirt-
temberg, Germany, and founded the
Temple Colonies Of the Holy Land.
This was really the beginning Of the
German colonies that have since
proved so successful in the Holy
Land. or the Jewish colonies the
most thriving at the beginning of
the war was the one Of Zmmarin on
Carmel, founded by Baron EDMUND
~ llOTHsCHILD there were also some
successful colonies In Judea, among
the Galilean mountains and In the
Jordan valley. --....
Dr. +. w. G. MAsTERMAN, who dur
Ing his twenty years residence in
Palestine made careful study of
conditions there, in an address be-
fore the Royal Geographical Society,
London, told of the reasons Of the
failure Of most Of the COLOMBIA ton
schemes and discussed the suitability
OF the country for Western settlement.
IT has no mineral wealth. There Is
no copper gold, silver or coal, and
the iron deposits are not worth work.
Ing. 1t Is upon agriculture and live
stock that the land must depend.
One Of the difficulties facing agricul.
turists is the great fuctuatIon in
amount and distribution OF the roin.
fnll. Another Is the hot wind. the
slrocco, In the autumn and the lote
spring, which often proves disastrous
"a the horvests. Palestine suffers
severely from the great scourpe
OF the tropics. malaria. There are
many cases of Ophthalmla, and there
have been In recent years many epi.
denies of cholern. smallpox, fyphus
and typhoid fever.
Palestine, DR. MAsrERMAN SAWS. 1,
q moderately fertile land comma rod
with other parts Of the Near East
kut there are very considerable areo,
Ehicp are clima,ically unsuited tt
The sun., 1917-08-27
II Is Rather Mid.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir. The
term kaiser connotes all that is vile
and vicious to-day.
Let our pro-Prussians be known uni
versally az "Kaiserites" and no one
can possibly fail to classify them May
they be anathema J. II. MERRIcK.
PRours NECK, Me-. August 90.