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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-17

world, the least considerate of peoples
small convenience, a great city in spite OF
uncounted obstacles and stupdities--our
hopelessly elongated and narrow site. for
example, our street plan that serves no.
body, our building plan that messes every
thing, ourselves who fall over one another
in scrambling haste-why, by all means,
should we not take as symbol for our city
of Magnificent Nuisances our choicest and
most unmitigated affront to comfort and TO
common sense?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-17
Doctors and the Draft.

A serious defect in the draft law is
pointed out by one of our most distin-
guished surgeons, DR.. w. W. Keen, in a
letter to "The Public Ledger" Of Phila-
delpha. While exemption is provided
for farmers, farm laborers and workers
in certain industries essential to the sue
cessful conduct of the war, engineers,
chemists, physicians and all men of sci
ence are under the same statutory obi
cation as the common run of citizens to
serve in the forces if called upon for the
duration of the war. "This," says DR..
Keen, lis repeating by draft exactly the
mistake of England in 1914, by accepting
such experts who volunteered" He sums
up the results, as shown by Great Brit
aims experience, as follows:
"First-Such geniuses as Bragg and
men in physics and chemistry in Great
Britan-men doing work like that of Sir
Humphrey Davy or Sir William Ramsey,
and in their laboratories worth whole
brigade, were soon killed.
"Second-The government was soon
obliged to recall all such men to their
expert work.
"Third-We have had to send over nu-
merous hospital units, not to work for
and with our own troops, but to make
good the shortage in the British and
French armies. Their civil populations
also are in dire need of more doctors"
DR.. Keen does not pretend to describe
all the unfortunate consequences of this
short-sighted policy, but confines his re-
Elections entirely to what must follow,
and has indeed already followed, the
actual demands on men of his own call
ing. The drain is felt to-day in many
places, though nothing like the number
of medical men required in Europe has
as yet joined the colors.
Nor must the medical students be for
gotten. Fourteen years ago, when our
population was much less than it is now,
there were 27,6l5 medical students in the
country; in 1915 the number had fallen
tc 1876, and last year to 1921. Yet
the exemption boards have no statutory
power to exempt medical students, whose
numbers will naturally diminish at an
even greater rate while the war lasts.
Where will we be" asks DR.. Keen, 'in
two or three or four years from now"
And surely there is no exaggeration in
his answer: Even one year hence we
shall be in great need. Doctors cannot
be manufactured overnight. Five years
are needed for college and hospital. Gen.
eral Crowders idea that taking a student
from his well-ordered, comprehensive
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-17
Yanks, Not Yodlers
No Swagger Sticks or Manufactured
Mechanics for Our Soldiers

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Death of the Sammy" nickname, as
reported in your Associated Press dispatch
from France, gratifed every sensible Ameri-
can. The only reason why many people at
home stood for it was because it had been in
timated that the troops in France really liked
it. All due thanks for the evidence that the
climate of France has not turned the heads Of
crowd of sensible Americans. Sammes
Old Ulysses Grant would have choked on a
plug of tobacco at the sound and George
Washington would have swallowed his false
teeth!
Now for the swagger sticks! Whoever the
half baked idiot may be who tried to start the
fad of carrying these foreign contraptions,
there is every reason for hoping that the
gentleman will develop little common sense
in the front line of trenches at an earlv date.
Swagger sticks are all right for the British
Tommy. He invented them and has natural
right to his walking accompaniment. For
Americans they are an affectation as out of
place and sure to seem ridiculous as an ultra
English accent from an American in London
drawing room.
Let's fight the war like lot of Yanks, not
like crowd of Chautauqusn yodlers
PAUL MACK WHELAN.
New York. Aug Is, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-17
The New British Empire
ditor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: When David G. Bsille sets out TO
strike blow at British provincialism, he in
cidentally defeats his own purpose by Civ
ing Scotland boost at the expense of Eng
land and Wales.
This is natural, of course, he being Scot
but he does England an injustice when he
declares that her population has shown little
initiative and attributes her progress to Gel
tic and Hebraic stimuli"
A perusal of the names of the leaders of
British colonzng, scientific, literary, politi-
cal, military, religious and business enter
prise reveals the fact that England, Scotland
and Wales, and Ireland, too, have all con-
tributed in a fair proportion.
As to Celtic stimulus, one may as well
refer TO Norman or Saxon or Danish or
Roman, as all undoubtedly left a marked
influence on the British character. That the
Hebrew in a racial sense has made a contri-
button TO the empire | confess is new TO
me. The historians have failed to mention it.
As a matter of fact. the inhabitants OF
Great Britain. including England, Scotland
and Wales, the founders of the empire as we
know it to-day, are racially one and the same
people-a conglomerate people Of Saxon, Gel
tic, Norman and Danish blood II the word
English" persists, it is owing to its literary
associations and is generally so understood.
AUSTRALIAN.
Bayonne, N. j., Aug. II, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-17

course of study and putting him in the
army will suffice is absurd on Its very
face. Are we to give over our finest and
best young men to the care OF such hail-
baked doctors? God forbid"
There is, he believes, but one remedy
namely, to apply the rules Of exemption
to brains as we'll as Drawn IN the selec-
ton of recruits. He does not go into
details, but it may perhaps be pointed
out that in Great Britain they have been
obliged by bitter experience to use some
discrimination in this matter. 1t is true
that medical practitioners there, too, are
under the same obligation as other cltl-
zens. but more than year ago II vas
found imperative to provide special
procedure for their exemption from ordi-
nary military service and for the selec-
ton of those who could be spared for pro-
fessional service in the navy or army
with least injury to the civil population.
For this purpose a special committee had
to be selected, composed of professional
men with full professional knowledge of
the conditions.
A little foresight might have provided
against the grave shortage of medical
practitioners and skilled men in other
fields in Great Britain to-day, and with
this obvious example before us it will be
scandalous if we fall into the same error.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-17
Waste

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The communication from "yoI Ps,..
Ii" in to-dsy's issue appeals TO me as an IL.
preston typical of the thoughts Of arg,
number of our patriotic citizens Tie ia
of allowing the great gifts with which Prsu.
dence has endowed Theodore RoosTslt %
be wasted at this terrific crisis in d, b.
tory of our country causes many At:g,ts
men to doubt the wisdom of our estgl
There is not another man in public h,
to-day who has the power and peculiar II
ness to handle a situation-baiIling 10 most
minds-in such skilful and forceful manner
and to force success, despite apparently 10
superable obstacles.
Let US use this Observation-Disclosures nay y
sharper, or heavier, or of higher reputs-s'
there surely is none other so miracuousl
fitted to cut this Gordian knot and Sc, IL
world free. | believe we should send The
dore Roosevelt Somewhere in France" sozt
how; il matters not what official title he IA
bear. He is the man of destiny and viii tx
a way to force back the powers Of 'darG@
where others have failed Let US do i '''
for ! firmly believe we will call on Ro'S
welt sooner or later. Let's 80 it now!
ok PATR1
New York, Aug Is, 1917
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-17
The F Foreign Language Pres,
Never Truly American, and U,u.n
Detriment to the ImmiOrar, =.
To the Editor of The Tribune


To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Kindly permit one who Ia,
many years Of his life in active r'''
editorial work to add his pro,es. ~ ~
already uttered against the publies,,o. '
newspapers in the German langu,e.
study of German literature is ons ~,
that of German newspaper ouits 49,"
| do not believe am going too far -.
say that there has never been issued !, -,
country any newspaper Of Teutonie -,
ter that has not been absolutely un.Ar.-'
in its teachings and influence. The 49,
of all German newspapers for not Lea, ~
thirty years has been 70 Germsn,e ii. =.
pie of the United States and in So
communities, where the Germar.borp -.
lation is large this influence Ia, -
wrought much political trouble and Ia,
riously undermined the stability OF ON, -,
American ideals. The cities Of 81 I,'l'
Milwaukee and Hoboken are fair ex,r,iAr
of this. Your correspondents are rsS,
demanding that an end be put 10 tie -.
nicious practice of Germanizing the A..
Another objection to newspapers pyi,,.,
in the German language-and. let ne a. :.
those issued in any other foreign to,,r.N
is this: Newspapers are not expoupSs,, :,
literature; they do not teach their reader, =
perfect themselves in any language: thsv -.
not linguistic educators in the senss a..
books and belle-lettres are. When on. :.
members that the American people are ,n.,,
ing hundreds of millions Of dollar, sv.s.
year in a public school system that /, ~
signed to educate the people TO beeon. ,.,I
Americans and TO make the LANGUAGE :.
America their own, the counter inhu.n,, -
a mass of so-called newspapers (m.,v :,
them not news" papers at alb become,
serious drawback.
1t is natural that person should r,,S -,
newspaper printed in his mother topsu. a.
preference to one issued in the laueu,o, :,
his newly adopted country, because |, /,
easier for him to do so; but it does not N.
low from this that it is good for him. a,,,
it tends TO keep him back in his new d,y.ios
ment. And for this reason would eye, =
so far as to prohibit the publication Of a.,
newspaper in any foreign Language. II an.
wants TO read a newspaper in a forsr
tongue, let him subscribe TO one publisheSn
a foreign land and thus get the real tain,
The City of New York is Overlooking MI
so-called newspapers printed in Germaa. h,
brew, Italisn, Greek, French, Spanish. RI.
sian, and possibly in other Babelssc,
tongues. Not one of them is in any sers
true American newspaper; all Of them .r
to hinder their readers from becoming Ars
leans; each is an interference with the t,,a
ing of our schools and an obstacle in the Vu
of learning American ideals. As "rsu'
papers they are useless; as editorial tsaa.
ers dangerous. Why not suppress then a.
and let our foreign born people and he,
children get their news and editorial uplA
from American journalists?
FREDERIC W. PANGBOR
New York, Aug. Ii, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-17
Peace With Victory
Whatever the Price, No Other
Settlement Can Be Accepted

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: After three years of this terrible
warfare the desire for peace is universal, and
yet those who are active in proposing peace
without victory are undoubtedly frightening
this conflict. Our enemies believe they are
now the victors and can dictate terms of
peace, and their agents are reporting every
indication of weakening in their opponents
Is it not natural that they should believe
that this weakness comes from those who
are terror-stricken-that count their losses
in men and money, and results to a great ex-
tent from the warfare that has been waged
on non-combatants The bondage of Belgium,
the homes and lives wrecked by air raiders.
the thirty-five hundred passengers, adults and
babies, murdered on the high seas-is it not
possible that the Teuton thought is, "A little
more frightfulness of this nature and we
win?
And now we see movement by the head
of the great Catholic Church towards peace,
when hundreds of its churches have been
destroyed, its affairs and relics defled and its
priests and nuns slain. We are getting to-
gether mighty army and spending millions
III btAShNt VI bAt ilBHNo VI all ptOpleS, SO
that in future such unspeakable crimes
against the Church and humanity by so-called
civilized nations, with their unholy alliances,
shall be impossible. Can We win this fight
with the battle cry of Peace without VIC
tory!" which means victory for the Teutons
and peace with dishonor to us? These were
not the words of Washington or Lincoln.
When we then unsheathed the sword il was
matter Of stern duty, our duty to God and
our duty to man.
For three long years we have stood for
peace, under the strongest proyocations we
have ever known, and We still desire peace
for all nations, but it must be a lasting
peace. bought, be the price what il may,
with victory. A. RAFTER.
New York, Aug. l5, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-17
Our Peace Terms

To the Editor of The Tribune. ,.,j
Sir: Your Ding must have been ln'Fi,, =,
when he drew The Tribune's cartoon .n :.
this mornings issue under the heading
Peace Terms" =,
| put six of them on the windows y -. :.
place of business, under which was 80 -,
From The New York Tribune this n0i' a.,
The first expression | heard was Vn' r,,,
a very prominent Philadelphia WY rs,
reading it came in and said 1t was ' is. "a,
inspiring thing he had seen since Wv ~ !
commenced. His further comment was. 20,
get a cinder in my eye nothing will ''' :.
me until | get it out The Kaiser ,..,,l
cinder in the world. He must be elinlll' ar.
Keep it up, Mr.. Ding! Your Hear so,i,
toon was a powerful sermon wlthoo' Nj
First Hearst, then the Kaiser. ,.tSycs
'eml" RYERSON W. JEN"''
Philadelphia, Penn, Aug. 10, 1911
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-17
Any Club to Kill Food Control

| 1t seems evident that any stick is good
enough to club to death real food control
legislation at Albany. Senator Brown. one
of the stanchest opponents of thorough
going measure, declares that opposition has
been registered by the Mayor and Con-
troller of New York City to the terminal
markets provision of the proposed legisla-
tion He hopes "the authorities of the City
of New York will withdraw opposition to
such desirable proposal" But if they do
not, he would be willing to eliminate the
entire provision for terminal markets on
the objection of any New York City
Senator.
The plain truth undoubtedly is that Sen
ator Brown would be more than glad to
eliminate that provision on such objection
or on any other excuse. No more mislead-
ing statement of the attitude of the au-
thorities of this city than his could be
made. They do not object to the establish
ment of terminal markets-far from It,
They object to the establishment Of mar
kets under provision of law by which the
cities of the state would pay half the cost
and the state the other half. The result
of that would be that New York City
would have to pay not only half the cost of
the markets established here, but its heavy
proportion of the states share of the cost
of markets here and in all upstate munic-
qualities. Senator Brown from his study
Of New York City's financial condition
must realize what burden that would be.
This city's proposal is not a demand for
the emasculation of any food control legis-
lation. 1t is not an argument against the
establishment of terminal markets. It is
merely plea that each city which would
receive the benefits of such a market sys-
tenn be compelled itself to pay for the bene-
fits thus obtained, not saddle part of the
cost on the overburdened metropolis.
The legislators should not be taken in by
this or any other specious plea. There is
spectators and middlemen, to drastic
food control bill. There is in the food sit
uation here a compelling argument for Off
cial intervention to keep food prices where
they belong The public of this city is
tired of being bled to make profits for food
extortioners. The only hope of relief lies
in a drastic bill authorizing the State Food
Control Commission to smash spectators
and break price rings. For that they, and
municipal authorities, too, must have
power to buy and sell foods, and there must
be adequate rights of supervision and reg
ulation, accompanied by a provision for
market systems. Such relief the legisa-
tors are disinclined to give, and Governor
Whitman appears disinclined now to insist
upon. There is too much politics at AL
bany, and too much attention is being paid
to the rights" of special interests. It is
high time to stop these tactics and pass a
genuine food control measure, if the rights
of the public are to have any consideration.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-17
No Side Taken Regarding the Va

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your article in The Tribune Of Asg'''
Is in reference TO the American Legal "
fence League was fair and proper, except u
it gave the impression that !, as counsel %, !,
the American Legal Defence League, de's''"
Miss Emma Goldman and Alexander BeTLHr
and that, therefore, other members Of "
American Legal Defence League, ineludissH,,
Governor, are in sympathy with the ylsEs Y
Miss Goldman and Mr. Berkman. As ns'N'
of fact, the American Legal Defence Lsas'
was in no wise interested in the defence v
Miss Goldman and Mr. Berkman, they oeis
defended by me merely in my capacity I"
their attorney. -.
The American Legal Defence League ~
stood at all times for one thing only the ca
stitutional right of free speech, free pres
the right of the people peacesbly TO ssssn''
and petition the government Il has |"
way taken sides with reference 70 the WI
conscientious DIRECTORS or the draft
HARRY WEINBERGEa
New York, Aug. 10. 1917
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-17
Canned Hash
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor OF Fhe Irlbune.
Sir: You may rave all you want, but it
is all in vain Civilization as we have known
it" and other canned hash does not go. Your
sputterings about Alsace- Lorraine going back
to France made my sore lip crack. France
was able to keep Alsace-Lorrsine 200 years
after she stole it from Germany, but she will
be lucky If she gets part of the "Alsace-Lor-
raine' back that she has lost in this war.
France is rotten and decadent. The United
States, Japan and Russia are in for beating.
New York, Aug is, 1917. JUSTICE.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-17
How They Went to the Clul ""

To the Editor of The Tribune. Ian r.
Sir: As there has been much diseu'' !, d,
garding the loyalty and PATRIOTISM !, ri
various nationalities in our country; ,;,, .
be interesting to reprint these " Ysb
the Civil War, published in "Ihe a Sy ssr
Sun" of August 80, 1891, and IN
ton Globe" September 81. 1897
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-17

You can purchase merchandise ld'srtssd m .i,i,s
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-17

.,..,,d at IN. Postonce At New York As Second Gas
Mall Matter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-17

owned and published dsib by Ths Tribune ASsodslon
New York Co-porstion Ogden Reid President !" ,ei
Rogers President Richard II. Waldo. Secretsyi -
Suter Treasurer Address Tribune Building. l't N~
stree. New York Telephone. Boekman 5000.
The Detroit times., 1917-01-06
Members of ID. A. d. A.
Would Like Perma-
nent Building
URGE STRUCTURE
FOR EXPOSITIONS
Vast Amount of Work
Necessary to Put on
Annual Display

Members Of the Detroit Automo-
bile Dealers association again urge
the erection OF building in De.
troit sufficiently large to accommo
date an automobile show such as is
10 be hald In the Billy Sunday tab
crnacle on Grindley feld this year.
The show will open Jan. 90. and
will be by all means the largest
exposition OF it's kind ever held in
this city. and the managers are con
vinced that II will rival any auto
mobile show ever given In New
York or Chicago.
However. the d. A. u. A. doesn't
like the idea OF looking for a new
building each year. The tabernacle
is only temporary structure and
will be torn down after the auto
show. So next year Il will be nee.
essary to find a new place in which
10 house the big automobile exposi-
tion.
To put the tabernacle in cond!.
ton for the event Is costing the
Wcntinued o. rsge Ffvei
The Detroit times., 1917-01-06
III. Nj. Nahakian Ac-
cused of Taking
$8,537
CHARGE,
POLICE DECLARE
Rug Man Was Buying
PretentiOus Home,
1t Is Said

Detectives will ask for a warrant
against Howard NJ. Nahakian. man.
ager OF the Detroit store OF Naha-
khan & Davis. rug merchants, charg-
ing the embezzlement OF ss.537.
Nahakian. nephew OF the head OF
the firm. was arrested Friday night
by County Detectives Conn and
Good, following a long investigation,
which included an auditing OF the
books OF the Detroit store, kept
by Nahakian.
7, is alleged that the embezzle
mcnts extend over period OF one
year. The detectives declare Ma
hakisn has admitted the shortage. $
Nahakian Is 80 years old. and
has a wife and two children. He
has been purchasing a pretentious
home. II Is said. and failing TO NEE;
his obligations on a salary OF s35
week. resorted TO embexzlcnent.
Nahakian resides AT No. IS VIII
son-aye.
The Detroit times., 1917-01-06
Tumulty and Baruch
To Be Heard
Monday
REP. WOOD TO
BE RECALLED
Will Be Questioned On
RumOrs Involving
Wilson'S Kin

WASHINGTON, Jan. s.-Fresh
charges which il is said will drag
In more prominent names, were ex-
pected today when the house rules
committee met TO hear what Rep.
Gardner ,(Mass.) has TO say regard
ing reports OF leak OF advance In.
formation TO Wall.st. OF the presi-
dents note to belligerents.
Secretary TO the President Tu-
multy. Barney Baruch and perhape,
Secretary Lansing will be heard
Monday. Thomas w. Lawson also
is slated to appear then.
On the statements OF these men
the rules committee will base action
as to whether IT will report a rule
for comprehensive probe Of the note
leak charges by a special commit
zee. -,..~.,s. ...s..A
Rep. Wood. who started the n6fs
leak probe and who yesterday guve
the committee the benefit OF the ru-
mors he had heard, was expected 70
be recalled by the committee today
10 be questioned as TO whether he
has succeeded in learning Just who
"a. Curtis. New York stock broker"
is. II was "A. Curtis" who furnish.
ed Wood with the 'rumors" he told
the committee about when he named
Tumulty. Baruch. r. w. Boiling. the
presidents brother.in-law, prominent
stock brokers and others.
Basing his charges on "hearsay"
reports and reliable information
Wood, the author OF the probe reso-
luton, mentioned Presidential Secre-
=tarl TumultY. Oft. Kahn of Kuhn,
Loeb & Co: Paul VI. Warburg OF
the Federal Reserve Board. and Mr..
Boiling. brother of the presidents
wife"
Wood became confused when de.
mand was made for supported facts.
He failed TO mention one fact he
would vouch for.
Secretary Tumulty shot state
ment TO the capitol post-haste de-
mandlng an apology from Wood.
At the end Of an hour Wood was
Continued on Page FiveD