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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-13
OTHER PEOPLES BOYS
Who Is to Blame for the Fact That They
Are a Public Nuisance?

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: People are beginning to wonder what
is wrong with their boys-that is, with other
peoples boys. Why is the ordinary boy so
self-centred and important? Why is he so
frivolous unchartable and in general pub
lie nuisance?
From the time he is able TO walk alone the
average boy is the victim of a system that
practically forces him TO fritter away his
days doing nothing. Instead Of having his
energies directed toward something useful
he follows his own inclinations, thus acquir-
ing early in life a habit Of sloth and dis
obedience. In the mad rush after wealth or
in the struggle for mere existence mis- parents
are too busy to bother about him. Gradually
however, as the boys existence becomes mani
fest his folks usually make some effort to
correct his ways, but as a rule they soon
abandon the task, taking refuge in the idea
that he must be a genius He is then turned
over to some unfortunate school teacher, who
is expected to nourish his original mind. tax
ing care not TO injure it by anything that re-
sembles discipline.
With a grinning little devil on one side and
the fear of public disapproval on the other
the timid teacher can do nothing much except
expose her charge to knowledge, trusting that
the young gentleman will accidentally absorb
some OF it. Happily. the hours of study are
so arranged that the pupil. after school is
cut, can resume his care free ways in the
alleys and on the streets and has no diff
Guilty in forgetting most of what he has
learned.
In the course Of time the prodigy sprouts
into preliminary manhood, and his folks-no.
not his folks, but other people not particular
ly interested in him-are made painfully
aware of their own insigniacance compared
TO the independent attitude OF Americas
future citizen.
OF course, the teacher is not to blame, nor
can the boy himself be held responsible; it's
the way he started out. IL is the atmosphere
Of his own home-the way he is bred and
raised-that makes him what he is.
JAMES SHINE.
Billings, Mont. March 8. 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-13
A Worker Envies Prison Luxury

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Consider these headlines: "Westches-
ter Prisoners Are TO Live in Style" Wait
ers in Seven Downtown Clubs Ask Higher
Wages. 50 for Three and One-IIalf Hour
Day and No Dishwashng Demanded"
When will the time come for the working
women of New York State to receive living
wage A prominent publishing house adver-
tises for bright girls. So a week
And how many working girls boarding
places are as comfortable and as pleasant as
the model prison described in to-day's Trib
une? Every cell will be light and airy and
will be fitted with a wash stand and running
water, cot and n writing desk" Ye gods!
I speak feelingly. | have been trying to make
both ends meet on a salary OF SO week.
Is there any reason why the women OF New
York State should not be protected by our
laws? IL is an outrage for any wealthy
firm TO ask it's workers to try to exist on SO
week INDIGNANT WAGE GARNER.
New York, March 7, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-13
A Reader Who Regrets Silence

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: Do you realize that the h''
James W. Wadsworth has been in T"
United States Senate for over year. q
as far as | know has never opened his no.
on any OF the great questions wnlea ~
come before it. so that the Republca" :
the Empire State have been unrepres'l-
in the upper house while worlds hl'"~
has been in the making and, as sem
O'Gorman knew that he was gong oV| =,
has taken no part in the debates, sh' !.
greatest state in the Union has had % -
dure the humiliation Of being reP'e'''~
by fgureheads? r.A
Considering the ancestry Of M I.
worth, | am at loss 70 account W.
silence and apparent indifference o.
these critical times, and feel that re
an explanation TO his constituents
can give one. 10
The Republican voters Of the s'a"'
ever. have themselves 20 blame IN p"
ing represented by David Jayne hL
Robert Bacon. as they had the oppof.-
to put both OF these men in the p.''tr ~
Messrs. Wadsworth and Calder ana !"
to do so. failure which think wv
eefe'Y ''S's' 90 REPUBLICAN
New York. March Q. 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-13
President Carranza

General Carranza will soon discard the
title of First Chief and assume that OF
President. His new title has come to him
as the result of the election last Sunday, at
which as nearly unanimous vote was cast
for him as was cast for General Huerta in
the Presidential Northumberland an
nulled-which the latter personally con-
Quoted in 1914.
Carranzas plebiscite carries far more
warrant, however, than Huerta's did. The
voters have legitimatized in his case claims
based on military possession, just as they
were willing 10 do in the case of Huerta.
Carranza has become constitutional Presi-
dent only because he was able to hold
power so long as a revolutionary First
Chief. But Mexico is much more unitedly
behind him than it was behind Huerta
Organized rebellion against his authority
has ceased except in a few sections OF
Northern Mexico. The country ought to
be weary of anarchy by this time and
ready for an interregnum of order and
reconstruction.
Few Americans will dispute the validity
of CarranZa's claims on the Presidency.
He is the one faction leader in Mexico who
has safely weathered the revolution. He
started as First Chief Of petty uprising
in the North. He remained isolated for
nearly a year in the Businesses Of Sonora.
He was easily overshadowed by Villa, who
won the sensational victories which put the
Northern revolution on its feet Yet he
held on. After Huerta's retirement he
entered Mexico City and assumed the
Provisional Presidency. But he lost con-
troll of the military convention at Aguas-
caientes, which, at Villas prompting, de-
posed him and drove him out of the capital.
His star seemed to be setting. But, re-
firing to Vera Cruz, he managed gradually
to make head against the convention fac
ton and with the assistance Of Oregon
he finally defeated Villa in the field.
We have never undervalued Carranza.
He has shown extraordinary persistence
and determination. Our government has
had many unpleasant experiences trying
TO coerce him into doing things which he
didn't want TO do. He is obstinate and
dogmatic. But these qualities have not
interfered with his control of the situa-
ton in Mexico. They may even be of help
TO him in continuing 10 impose his rule,
under a constitutional guise, on a people
whose psychology he seems TO have mas
tered much more completely than any Of
his military rivals.
Mexico's new constitution is an imprac-
ticable instrument 1t is generations too
advanced for the Mexican people. II will
probably remain for the most part a dead
letter. Executing it's mandates as Presi-
dent, General Carranza will probably not
depart very far from the policies which he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-13
DisloyaIty in the Name of Peace

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: If we were at war openly with Ger
many such a meeting as read Of this morn
ing would be rank treason. The Allies were
missed" it is said, and Germany acclaimed.
Since we have broken relations with Ger
many is not such meeting sufficiently near
70 treason to be put stop to? Should not
the mouths of these disloyal persons be shut
by force of public opinion?
think one or two sharp reminders that
there is limit to talk which, if not treason,
is so like it as to be intolersble to loyal citi-
zens would convince these persons that
silence is their best policy. Nobody can pre-
vent them from being fools and thinking as
such, but they can and ought to be prevented
from displaying their shame in this manner.
AN AMERICAN WOMAN.
New York, March II, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-13
Let Ulster Be Coerced!

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial of to-day another
Crisis in Ireland" stresses the statement Of
Lloyd George that ulster must not be CO.
creed" in the granting of Home Rule to Ire
land.
Does it not occur to you that the history Of
human government is the history of coercion
We coerced the Southern States: the French
Republicans coerced the Royalists; England
has been coercing the Irish for centuries.
Do you know of case where complete una
nimity has been expressed in favor Of any
thing? If so, speak out.
Should you adduce case in point 1t would
not avail, however. Majority rule has been
recognized az the only practicable way by
which popular government can be enforced.
Why does the case of Ireland have to be an
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-13
Too Good To Be True

To the Editor Of The Tribune. -,
Sir: The news in this morning 80
that Mayor Mitchell is slated Tor 'ns p,
Secretary of War seems almost 700
be true. With man Of his hne ~ .
patriotism and Of what the hohO' -
country demands, it would mean "s' "a y
thing would be done-and how ..,,5
government reconcile that with ~ !, y
full waiting" policy? ] am air~' -, =
more disappointment added 70 .sIire
daily experience through the ns ns,iia >
the papers: president Wilson ul Ds,':I
Arm Ships in Forty-eigh' How nov. viz
forty.eicht hours later "Pre''deH'
Decides to Wait ,.eiss
The spectacle Of an svowea a. y
Secretary Of War and an agent ~ =, 81
ser may he get the Iron Cross coss:s
man OF the Foreign Relations ~.
in possession of our naval see,s'- Ar ~
enough to make the gods laugh rcIffp
New York, March ., 1911"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-13
Waiting Our Specially


After rappng the army General staff for
suggesting as an expert body that citizen
soldiers should be given a year OF training,
instead of six months, as proposed in the
Chamberlain bill, one OF our professional
friends winds up with:
Better wait, anyhow, to see how the
World Peace League is going TO come out
with its international congress, its arbitra-
ton and disarmament"
II the national tradition in military af-
fairs is TO be held sacred then by all means
the country should wait. 1t waited until
actual war TO do anything in 1872 and was
almost whipped out of its boots by hand
full Of invaders. II waited until Sumter
was fired on, and had TO suppress rebellion
at the cost Of thousands of lives and billions
of treasure. II waited again in 1898, and
had fever camps for its reward, a huge debt
and a pension bill which grows constantly
ever longer. For two years and n half
America has been most busily Whiting. Talk
we have had for bigger army, bigger navy,
and tho talk goes on. Plans without num-
Der have been launched and the ship Of
state is in the same defencelcss condition
il was before the blue prints were made.
When it comes 20 waiting for the horse
to be stolen before investing in n lock for
the door the United States government has
developed marvellous skill. Our contempt
rary needn't worry. His advice is supernu-
GUS The chances are n hundred TO one that
when old Mars comes up to the church he'll
be whiting for the promised soldiers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-13

pursued as First Chief. In such course
lies his safety and Mexico's. The country
needs tranquility and chance to resume
industry. Experimentation with the fan
tastic reforms of the new constitution can
we'll be postponed until financial stability
is restored and labor and capital are al
lowed to profit by the abnormal war de-
mand for Mexican products.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-13

Bagdad railroad at Suez and at the Per-
sian Gulf, this railroad to be linked up
ultimately with the railroads in Egypt
and in India.
When Turkey entered the war holy
War was proclaimed against the inner
and the Germans planned to harness the
fanaticism Of the Mohammedan TO the
world plans Of the Teuton and conquer
British and Russian territories by TURK
ish armies, trained differed and equipped
bv Germans. Nor did the German scheme
pause at Egypt; it dreamed further eX-
tension along the African shores OF the
Mediterranean and contemplated repeat
ing the triumph of the Arab successors OF
the Prophet, who carried Islam from the
Arabian Desert to the shores OF the Az
lantic facing Gibraltar
To expel the Turk from Islam by sepa-
rating him from Mecca, to restore the
Arab to the place he once occupied, 10
confne the Turk TO Asia Minor by erect
ing a French protectorate in Syria, Rus
sian province in Armenia and British
colony in Mesopotamia, with an extension
Of Egyptian territory to Palestine or the
creation of an Independent Holy Land
these have been the conceptions or the
Allies This has been their answer to the
German success in capturing the Turk
and thus the machinery Of Islam.
One more circumstance should be noted.
The German scheme Of Mitteleuropa,
which underlies the present policy OF Ger
man statesmen as it was the chief pur-
pose of Pan-German activity before the
war. was based upon the creation OF
great state which should extend from the
Channel at Calais to the Gulf of Riga on
the Baltic, and from Hamburg and
Bremen to Suez and the Persian Gulf. In
realizing a very great portion of their
dream the Germans have been checked at
the frontiers of complete success. They
did not take Calais, they did not take
Riga, their supremacy in the Balkans was
partially blocked by the Allied occupa-
ton of Salonica, and the British by occu-
pving Basra. near the head of the Per-
sian Gulf, and repulsing the Turkish at
tack on Suez, closed the doors OF the Mid
die European empire in the Near East.
AS long as the Turks hold CONSTANT
NOBLE and the Bulgar and Austrian armies
keen omen the road from the Danube to
the Golden Horn Mitteleuropa is a fact.
Neither the fall of Bagdad nor the exile
Of the Turk from Mesopotamia, Armenia
end Syria would destroy the German
scheme utterly or erect an adequate bar
rier to future resumption of the German
advance. Mitteleuropa will be abolished
only when the Serbian barrier has been
restored along the Danube and to the Ser
bia of 1914 are added the lands of the
Austrian Serbs, Bosnia, Herzegovina and
Southern Dalmatia, together with Monte
negro.
After all, war is in a measure thing
Of omens still. and it must be a real
augury Of greater successes to come for
the British to open 1917 with victory
precisely at the point at which they suf-
fered disaster year ago. And once more
the East discovers that the Briton, some
times defeated, does come back. AS for
the Turk, at The best he will now have to
recall the divisions he has lent the two
Kaisers in Galicia, Lithuania and the
Balkans and send them to Asia to hold his
Arab dominions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-13

You can purchase merchandise advertised
IN THE TRIBUNE with absolute safety-ior
if dissatisfaction results in any case IHE
TRIBUNE guarantees to pay your money back
upon request. No red tape. No auibblinH. We
make good promptly If the advertiser does not
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-13
Against Pirates

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Why hesitate. Mr.. President? You
have power to arm ships against pirates
arm them, WILSON ID. LYON.
New York. March 5, 1917
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-13
CANADIAN RATS.
FOREIGN RATS.

In.-rrd At u. Patorc, q, New York " ssc0od Gas
Mail Matter.
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-17
Americans in Open Boats
Are Shelled by U-BOat;
Wounded in Hospital

London. oct. Thames Tringor, of
Roanoke, Va, according to dispatch
to the Daily Chronicle from a British
port, was killed by shrapnel fired by
German submarine upon the open
boats of a torpedoed British steamer,
on which the American was employed.
Another member of the crew in Trim
sor's boat. a fireman, was wounded
by shell from the submarine and
died as he was being placed upon a
rescuing ship. There were twelve
Americans among the forty mine sur
vivors landed at a British port.
Byron Wood. one of the American
survivors, said that eight survivors
had been taken to a hospital suffering
from serious wounds.
I'VE We're attacked at o'clock Sum
day morning by two German subma-
rines." said Wood. we tried to
escape by Zigzagging. but it was no
use. They got our range and soon
shells were bursting all over the deck.
We succeeded in launching two boats
on the starboard side. those on the
port side having been shot away.
When the nearest submarine was only
a quarter of a mile away she sent six
shrapnel shells at us, only one o.
which took effect. The approach OF
the rescuing ship caused the subma-
rines to dive.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-17
Tunnels, Arches and Crypts
Gotten Ready For EX-
pected Air Raids
CARD INDEXED
Metropolis to Close Schools
During Latter Part
of Month
BY Associated Press

London, Oct. 17.-Londons bomb
proof shelters are being card-indeXed
in preparation for further German
raids. Sufficient tunnels, arches.
crypts. easements and substantial
buildings have been inventoried to
accommodate one million persons.
In making this announcement to-
day, Sir George Cave. home secretary.
declared an advisory board of promi
nent surveyors will be appointed soon
to make a canvass of bombproof shell
ters in greater London. He said the
government had decided to make 1t a
regulation under the defense of the
realm act to require every one pos
sessing a bombproof shelter to place
Il at the disposal of the public.
The decision of the educational au-
thorities to close all the London
schools during the last week in Octo-
ber is perhaps the most interesting of
the many steps being taken in antici-
patton of the recurrence of German
raids as soon as the moon is up again.
Air -raids-shelter placards are being
distributed throughout the metropolis
tan area.
Many substantial forms of relief
for afraid victims and their rela-
tives are announced as a result of a
conference of the mayors of the vari-
Gus London boroughs.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-17
City Will Offer Tree
to State For Planting
in Park on ArbOr Day

Park Commissioner L. u. Gross
announced to-day that he will offer
to the State Board of Public Grounds
and Buildings a tree to be planted
in Capitol Park next Thursday dur
ing the observance of Arbor Day as
an official representation of the city
of Harrisburg in the tree-planting
work which will be done on that day.
Mayor Bowman and other city Of
ficials will probably be present at
the official ceremonies and Commits
sioner Gross stated he will consult
with state officials at once to learn
the kind of tree most desirable for
planting.
Assistant Park Commissioner V.
Grant Forrer reported that the
planting of the river slopes, from
Maclay street south. will be started
tomorrow morning. The banks were
riprapped during the summer
months. Shrubbery and other plants
of varieties similar to the ones plant
ed along the slopes south of the
Hardscrabble section will be planted.
Mr. Forrer said
other planting in River Front
Park is progressing rapidly it was
announced. Many trees were placed
in the strip of parkway south of the
Cumberland Valley bridge, and
shrubs and other plants have been
placed at the bridge at Front and
Mulberry streets.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-17
Russian Navy Engages
German High Seas Fleet
in Battle in Gulf of Riga

Petrograd. oct. 1.-THE Russian
war office has completely lost touch
with the Russian forces on the Island
of Oesel. it was officially announced
to-day.
One German dreadnought which ran
into the Russian mine field defending
Oesel Island on October . struck a
mine. the statement adds. After the
explosion the warship made for the
coast and its ultimate fate is not
known.
Naval skirmishing is continuing in
the waters around Oesel Island. off the
Gulf of Riga. Russian patrolships
had encounters with German torpedo
craft.
Two German torpedoboats were
sunk. two others were damaged and
one Russian torpedoboat went down
in an engagement on Sunday in Soela
Sound, north of Oesel Island says
an official Russian statement issued
to-day. The Russian torpedocraft
sunk was the Grom destroyer of
LOO tons. built in 1914-1915. speed
thirty-four knots, complement ninety
three men.)
a fleet of zeppelins is reported over
Moon Sound, northeast of Oesel Island.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-17
WAR LOAN FUNDS
TO STAY HERE
AND AID TRADE
Money Subscribed Will Re-
main in Circulation Around
Harrisburg =.

Upon the authority of treasury of
ficers. it can be said that all the
money subscribed to the Liberty
Loan in the Philadelphia Federal Re
serve Bank district. which includes
Harrisburg, will be expended by the
government in that district.
1t will be left on deposit in the
bank of the district and drawn out
for purposes of local expenditures.
This means that the more money
subscribed in the district the more
the government will be able to ex-
pend upon munition contracts in
Pennsylvania and the greater will
be the amount available for labor
and the purchase of materials
In the Pennsylvania district much
more money will undoubtedly be
spent than is subscribed, but it also
follows that the more general and
extensive are the subscriptions, the
greater will be the expenditures.
None of the money subscribed any
where is to be tied up. in the treas
ury. The subscriptions will be left
in the local banks and withdrawn
as needed to pay for work performed
in that district or sent to other dis
tricts where the governments obli-
cations are most pressing.
lnlS is also true OIL Ine SUMS
which are to be lelJ to the allies
They are to be advanced to pay for
supplies purchased in this country
Will Keep Money i'm Circulation
All the money subscribed WILL
therefore, remain in circulation, and
no drain upon business or curtail-
ment of legitimate business credit Is
at all probable.
Since the heavy eXpeditures by the
government mean liberal wages to
labor and reasonable profits to all
manufacturers the loan is expected
to promote all forms of production
and business and WILL therefore,
prove Immediately beneficial to the
subscribers. These are facts, treas
ury officers say, that should be borne
in mind by subscribers In addition
to the fact that the success of the
loan is absolutely necessary to win
the war and to enable this nation to
do its part in winning the war.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-17
"HOW'D YOU LIKE TO BE THE
ASH MAN" IS NEW SLOGAN
Displaces Tirneworn "Iceman'' Phase; Rear Yards AL
ready Congested; Youngsters Haul Ashes to
Dumps and Scatter Them to Four Winds

Time was when the hackneyed eX
preston. How'd you like to be the
iceman?' was quite popular. Now it
has been put away on the shelf for
good. Not that the recent killing
frosts had anything to do with it.
either. Nor the way the "Usaacs"
showed under the Gettysburg officers
on the Island Saturday. ITS just
that a more popular phrase has come
into use in Harrisburg among the
younger set" TO make a long story
short, "How5d you like to be the
ashman?"
With the advent of winter still two
months away, the accumulation of
ashes already has become sufficient
to cause a congestion in rear yards.
forcing many parents to give out con-
tracts to lads with express wagons,
who haul away the ashes. to the near
est dump at so much per. Other kid
dies" are also signed up indefinitely
to drag away" the refuse for just
plain board and keep. AS a result the
youthful ashhaulers take the shortest
cut to the dumping ground. and throw
the ashes to the winds at the nearest
possible point.