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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-02
That Socialist Vote

To the Editor of The Tribune.
SIR: The estimate Of Hillquit's vote is too
large BY $4,000 or more. There are about
10000 normal Socialist votes in New York
City; add about as many more to the Hill
quit strength, and you will come somewhere
near the Socialist vote this year
A vote for socialism this year and every
other year is a vote for anti-patriotism. for
every real Socialist is a traitor 70 this and
every other government on earth, with the
possible exception of the Sociaist-mob au-
tocracy OF Russia.
A vote for socialism is a vote for the con-
iscation Of private property into collective
wealth and the political rule of q state bu-
reaucracy, under which We would be ruled
every hour Of our lives under bossism a
thousand times worse than any one ever inn
agined Tammany Hall 70 be; bosssm that
a Socialist machine would force upon us; a
system at once OF dull and hopeless slavery;
at the mercy Of a Socialist state boss, with
concentrated power given to them through
their control of the brains of their com
rades." just as they are now controlled, with
state rations for food and pleasure; a tryan-
ny more hopeless and more hideous than the
world has ever known. with progress at an
end And this is what vote for Hillquit
means, and vote for any other Socialist
means the same thing. Think it over.
F. G. r. GORDON,
Secretary American Anti-Socalist League.
Utica, y. y. Oct. %, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-02
German Opera Here
Those Who Attend Ii Must Not Be
Called Traitors
10 the Editor of The Tribune.

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: J, Harold de Polo has asked the
question. Would German opera be given in
England, France or Italy?'
The answer is yes" for there have been
several performances of Wagner's operas in
England since the beginning OF the war. par
ticularly Sir Thomas Beecham's performances
Of Tristan and Isolde"
As far as other German music is con-
cerned. has not Mr.. Toscanini, as patriotic an
I.alian as ever drew breath, and who so
valianty led his band into the jaws Of death
in order 20 inspire the soldiers, played the
German classics during the last few years
Has not Sir Henry Wood played such music
10 crowded houses since the beginning of the
war? Have not even the hated Germans had
French and Italian music played during war
times, and have they not renewed their con-
tract with Mr.. Herman Jadlowker, a Russian,
and the most popular tenor at the Bcrln
Opera House, 10 continue singing in GEL
many.
II Mr. de Polo would like more statistics,
we know that Mr.. GattiCasazza has dis
prnsed with the services OF the only two Ger
man artists who have made themselves OBJ.
noxious to this country. He has also elimi-
mated from his repertory all opera by mod
royalties lie has retained only the operas
Of Wagner. whom all musicians and dis
eliminating music lovers know to have been
the greatest operate composer that ever
lived. The glorious operas OF Wagner are
TO be sung mairiy by singers who are not
Germans; for instance. by Olive Fremstad, an
American; Florence Eastman, an American;
Clarence Whitehii, All American; Julia Claus
sen, Swede. and Jacques Urlus, a Hollander
Has not our great leader told us that we
should not hate the German people? Why.
therefore, should We bear malice TO great.
musicians who passed away from this world
many years ago How can the beautiful
compositions Of Wagner and Beethoven bear
any relation 10 the actions Of the present
Kaiser or the Prussian militarsts? II one
knows anything Of the life Of Wagner. he
must realize that he suffered for many years
By reason of his tendency to fight for liberty,
and that he was "A revolutionist and exled
fer many years because Of his hatred OF
autocracy. Wagner himself, were he alive
to-day, would surely be one OF the frst TO
start the revolution which we all pray may
come about in Germany.
Shall we, therefore. be called traitors who
love the beautiful in all arts, and who
patronize a certain tvpe OF music. caring
no: whether it be German. French. Italian or
American. but simply because it is beautiful
and uplifting spiritually?
New York, Oct. %, 1917. EMILY BLOCH.
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The Tribune has received the following
communication from City Magistrate
Joseph E. Corrigan, independent candidate
for District Attorney:
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: As the end OF the campaign ap-
proaches it must be obvious to you not
only that the race for the District Attor-
neyship is between Swami and myself, but
that there is better chance of saving
that Office from Murphy than there Is OF
saving any other.
In these circumstances I feel justified
in asking the help of The Tribune, not so
much on my own account as because the
continuance in Office OF Edward Swami
would be a public calamity.
The attention of both the press and the
public has been so focused on the Mayor
atty that there is grave danger that many
voters may overlook the evil involved in
Murphy's domination of the District Attor-
ney's Office. Yours truly,
Oct. 81, 1917. J. L. CORRIGAN.
The Tribune disagrees with Mr.. Corri-
gan's diagnosis of the situation. 1t be-
lieves that the real struggle is between
Judge Ransom and Judge Swami. 1t be-
lieves that Mr.. Corrigan made grave
mistake in entering the contest, and that
he would have rendered far greater SER
vice to the community by uniting rather
than dividing the anti-Tammany vote. 1t
does not question the integrity of Mr.. Cor
rigan. 1t does not doubt the sincerity
with which he holds to the views expressed
in his letter, and it recognizes the fact that
could he be elected he would make an eff
cient, honest and fearless District Attor-
ney. But it does not believe that he can
be elected, does not believe that his vote
will equal that of Judge Ransom and it
means to do all that it can to persuade the
enemies of Tammany to vote for Judge
Ransom, whom it regards as entitled to the
support of every anti-Tammany citizen of
this town.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-02
Cost of Milk Production

TO the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Some-many complain that
they not only do not make a profit on the
milk they sell, but actually sell it at less
than the cost of production.
This may be either because they do not
know how to produce cheaply, or because
they do not know how to reckon cost.
The figures given seem to prove this. Each
cows food year is variously rcckoned at
from S2740 to ss4, the average of eleven
cases being $73.29; and the annual cost of
labor for "A COW "a year runs from the 1857
given by one authority TO the s39.5l which
another records. In fact. in one instance it
is given as s45, the average of eleven cases
being S2s.6s. Now, il We combine the lowest
and the highest labor items with the extreme
fodder prices we find the possible cost for n
COW year 20 be anywhere between S3137
and Sl39. That j., the maximum il 1893
times the minimum
/. it dairy farming that dairy farmers need
TO learn, or bookkeeping?
DR.. ROBERT GRIMSHAW.
New York, Oct 81, 1917
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man defeat will be tremendously delayed
if the French, the British and the Ameri-
can High Commands, together with the
Italian, if Italy is to remain belligerent,
as one should now believe, do not initiate
the German method and measurably, at
least. seek to achieve unity of command
in all directions and concentration OF re-
sources on a single front. II Italy can
now be saved and the enemy pinned down
at the Tagliamento, Italian man-power
should thereafter be joined to French,
British and American on the Belgian and
French fronts, and the campaign of 1918
should see the concentration of every man
and every gun available in final effort
to break the military power Of Germany,
as Germany has sought to break the mill
tary power of each one Of her foes sepa-
rately.
The next conference of the Allies, about
which so much is being written, must
achieve a pooling of all military resources,
an agreement for the subordination of all
national schemes to an Allied plan and the
formulation of concerted programme for
the operations of 1918. AS long as France,
Great Britain and the United States con-
tinue in the war eventual German defeat
is assured There is no present prospect
that Italy will not also stay in the war
and by so much increase the advantage OF
the Allies. But an alliance which has
been unable to save Belgium, Russia, Ser
bia, Rumania, and temporarily lost Greece
politically, can need no further illustration
of the weakness Of its strategy either on
the political or the military side.
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Fast and Grow Beautiful
,f,om The Lquissiue cour'er-Joio7.a1

IRON The LQusoilie Courfer-Jon7a1
That many Americans commit suicide over
the platter has been the contention OF p1ysi-
clans for years. That many Of those who do
not succumb TO the burden they put noon
their powers of assimilation are made m5ers-
bic by debauchery which they fondly regard
az innocent because it does not include tip
ping and singing in taverns is "A matter Of
common knowledge among laymen and phys-
clans alike.
Diet and grow healthy! Eat sparingly and
help to win the war. We exhort especially
the housekeepers who are asked 10 sign econ
omy-of-food pledges.
Incidentally and here is the powerful ar
gument the young matron who purges the
fare Of its fairness and abides personally by
the rules she LAYS down may loos at middle
age more like Botticelli Madonna than like
a fat Flemish Housewife.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-02
Which Method ,
o the Editor of The Tribune.

o the Editor OF 1 ne Tribune.
Sir: In connection with an appeal for
funds from the Henry Street settlement
it seems pertinent to inquire whether Us
work is being carried on in the spirit sdvo-
Gated by the "Ihc Survey" of which MISS
Valid is an active representative and OIL
fetal, or in that Of the Peoples Council
upon the staff OF which her name appears.
In the first case, social work in the last
Side IS being prosecuted so as TO enlighten
its darkness upon the right method OF SOW
ing what The Survey" has well character
lied As "the FIRST question Standing
gained among the clients of the settlement Is
used TO turn indifference and ignorance
and disloyalty into an active support oil tho
great war for democracy.
On the other hand. is tho matter Side
tracked and fraternal relations made the
chief end with those whose favor is thus
won for friendly social work by practically
eonceding that their position is correct, as
maintained by the Peoples Council, thas
"war cannot conquer peace except thss
kind which the proletariat must fight for 40
its first question: against our own "sutoe-
racy" and "plutocraey"?
"Under which flag. BeZonianT"
ERvING WINSL0ws
New Haven, Conn, Oct. "a. 1911. .,
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You purchase mercnAndlss advertised In TIE
TRIBUNE WITH absolute ssfeyfor n dissatisfaction results
IN THE TRIBUNE guarantees 20 pas your money
back UPON request. No nd No clubbing. We maze
good promptly n the advertiser does not.
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FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 2, 1917

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Tho Associated Press exclusively entitled 10 the uso 'or
republication o. all dispatches credited 10 u or ho
credited In this paper and also the local news o.
Spontaneous origin published herein.
All ghts OF republication Of al ether matter herein arc
also reserved.
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catered At II. Pos,c-ce at Nrs YORK Second CEs'
Mall Matter
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For District Attorney

The Tribune has received the following
communication from City Magistrate
Joseph E. Corrigan, independent candidate
for District Attorney:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-02

rlilceS IN tne East.
1t is essential to take the situation as it
Exists on the military side as the basis of
calculation. Even were Italy to be
crushed, Germany could not win the war
against Britain, France and the United
States unless these three nations should
consent 10 give up struggle which they
could not lose II il were pursued. Russia
and Italy, even if Italy were permanently
removed from the war now, have lasted
long enough TO destroy Austria's value as
an ally TO Germany. and Germany must
stand or fall alone in battle with three
nations, two Of which in wealth and in
population vastly exceed the Kaisers en-
pire.
Napoleon failed at the task which the
Kaiser has undertaken. He could not de-
feat Austria, Russia, Prussia and Great
Britain. Louis XIV failed, with better mi
tial advantages, against Europe more
completely disorganizcd. Nothing is more
eloquently illustrative Of the situation than
the fact that every German success is i'm
mediately used in Berlin and elsewhere by
every German agent as the basis Of the
hotation Of peace propaganda
On the other hand, it is plain that Ger
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-21

For state. news read The Forum.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-21
GARDENING AND OUR
! NATIONAL FOOD PROBL EN-
How One School Answered the Question,
By A. z. HAMILTON.

feel themselves a definite part of our
second line of defense. -
How can this be done? Can the
raising of vegetables and cereals sup
plement school work. or must the
children sacrifice school training in
such cause?
do not propose to answer these
questions, but here is the story of an
experiment successfully carried out
In correlating garden and school, work
in such a way that they supplemented
each other admirably, an experiment
which, if duplicated and reduplicated
on large scale, would not only help
solve our national food problem, but
the great question of how to humanize
and make practically interesting the
routine work of our common schools"
This experiment conducted in the
spring of 1914 and serving as the basis
for similar experiment this spring,
was directed by the teacher of mathe-
mates and his wife at the Interlaken
Preparatory School for Boys, near La
Porte, Ind.
The pupils are the sons of profess
sionaI business men who in their
homes have never been accustomed to
work.
This teacher thought it practicable
to correlate his grade work in arith-
metic with the practical outdoor farm
work which the boys were called on
to perform as a regular part of their
school duties.
Arithmetic and Gardening.
Boys" he said to his pupils in coun-
ell assembled, how would you like to
garden this spring and learn arithmetic
by measuring boards for the hotbeds,
counting and weighing seeds, calculat-
ing the number of seeds you need for
a certain sized plot, and working out
-. III kNRva He
up in the making of first class gar
den?"
These fifty-two boys. ranging from 8
to IA years of age, welcomed the pro-
posal with reclamation.
First came debates as to the major
proposals involved. 1t was decided that
before any work was begun research
must be made. Committees were ap-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-21
TO CLEAN UP
Dickinson Plans Week In Which TO Put
on Summer Garb.

Dickinson, N. D.. April 21.-Mayor
Alfred White of Dickinson believes
that cleanliness Is next to Goodness.
and has designated the week beginning
April 80 as clean-up week.
There is q general desire to keep up
the reputation that the queen city has
gained as one of the ,cleaneSt cities in
the state, and. as last year, there will
be general response to Mayor White
proclamation.
Weeds that are one OF natures re-
plies to the fertility of the western
SOIL will have no place this year, in-
asu1uch as there will be general use
of these lots for home culture in the
interests OF FOOD Conservation"
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Envelopes for Seeds Made.
Envelopes to hold the seeds were
now in order. Each boy made his pat
tern after standard size and con-
struction had been determined in open
debate. These patterns were drawn
accurately and to scale, with the as
sistance of the mechanical drawing de-
partment.
One dozen approved bags were made
by each boy, and one of the boys made
nearly his whole dozen, one by one, be-
fore he discovered that four or Ave
could be cut from the pattern at once,
provided the edges were pinned or
fastened so as not to shift. This item
greatly delighted the son of famous
engineer, who was one of the garden
gang. s..
When the envelopes were finished
the commercial department was re-
quested to .typewrite the following leg
end on their backs, to serve as a guide
to the boy in his planting:
This bag is for. seed
Name of owner.
Distance between rows.
No. of rows.
No. of seed per inch or foot in row. ~
Or ...
Length of bed, in feet or inches.
Width of bed, in feet or inches.
No. of seed per so. foot or SO. inch.
No. of seed needed.
Standard weight (grm) per-.
Weight of seed needed.
This may all seem extravagantly de-
tailed, but remember, this was not
merely gardening, 1t. was arithmetic,
regulation lesson work, correlated with
other activities that intensified Interest
in the purely mathematical problems
involved.
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the following of certain standard prac-
tees.
The boys had plotted their gardens,
decided what they wanted to plant and
1t only remained to know how seeds
should be distributed.
So the boys were set to calculating
how many seeds of a certain kind
should be distributed in their garden
rows. and to facilitate distribution of
seeds they were given the problem Of
determining how many seeds there
were to a gram in weight. All calcu-
lations were made in the metric sys-
tenn, as this was one of the lessons in
arithmetic that they were supposed to
learn in their grades. '~'
The seeds were counted into bags,
and ten bags of the same number of
seed each were weighed and the aver
age of these weights taken as a stand
ard for seed distribution. From their
calculations, the boys drew up the fol-
lowing table, copies of which were
placed on the several bulletin boards
and constantly referred to by the boys
in making their own, individual calcu-
lations.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-21

European school children have learn
ed that war is service. war is work.
They have learned that this work and
service is not alone for the men behind
the guns, but for women and girls in
the shops, for meme and boys on the
farm and even for children in the
home garden patch.
THE school children of Europe are
learning a. new history. From keen
experience and observation they are
discovering that the destiny of nations
may be determined not so much in the
storm Of battle as in the silent miracle
OF field of potatoes.
1t ia a hard lesson. this of the dig
My Of hard. manual labor done in the
quietude of farm life. Boys and young
men thrill at the thought of battle line
and aeroplane, and face cheerfully the
long dreary marchings through slush
and snow. helping drag cannon if need
ba
But pulling weeds! Only in Europe
has the war against weeds assumed
vital proportions and only there the
tragic Importance of gardening has
been driven home hard and sure.
America faces q food problem. 1t
may never become a tragedy, as it has
in%some sections of Europe. but it's
gravity is bound to increase steadily
from now until some time after the
goat war ends.
"a mobilization of our available agri-
cultural resources will at best mitiE
gate and render, actual danger less
acute. Hunger always stalks in the
wake of war: and while America may
mo- starve. a large share of America
WIN have to pull in it's belt. How
can we help lessen want and distress?
Work for School Children.
There are some twenty million
school children in the United States
A ina iority of these children are of
gardening age. All of them would be
wholesomely benefited by work at or
gained gardening. There is potential
enough in these millions of children to
do a very appreviable share in the
feeding Of our nation while they may
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-21

stitution; said law is a general law,
operating in every part of the state
uniformly when applied to like condi-
tions and circumstances, and is in no
sense special legislation. The classic
cation of common schools, so far as the
same is provided for in the law under
consideration, is based upon reason,
and Is not arbitrary, unreasonable, or
discriminating.
Appeal from the district court of
Trail county; Hon. Chas. A. Pollock,
judge. .s
Affirmed.
Opinion of the court by Grace, J.
Robinson, j., eoncurs in result.
Carmody & Leslie, Hillsboro, attor-
news for plaintiffs; p. G.. Swenson,
Hiilsboro, attorney for defendants.
From stark County.
Ella Clark, plaintiff and respondent.
va. Northern Pacific Railway Co., a
corporation. defendant and appellant.
/. Where a person, who receives in
iuries while a passenger upon a rail-
way train, is induced to make settle
ment of and release his cause of action,
against the railway company, by rea-
son of false representations of material
facts made by the claim agent during
the negotiations of settlement ana
prior to the execution of the release,
such settlement and release may be re-
scinded and avoided, even though such
false representations were made with
out knowledge of their falsity and
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-21
DECISIONS OF
SUPREME COURT
Erom Ransonn County.


Alfred M. Kvello. ct al, plaintiffs
and appellants. VS.. City of Lisbon, ct
al, defendants and respondents.
Syllabus:
/. A finding and declaration by the
city council which is based upon and
refers intelligently to the plans, speci-
fications, and estimates is a prereq-
uisite to the levying of a special as
sessment for the erection of a stand
pipe under the provisions of Article 20
of Chapter A of the Compiled Laws
Of 1913. Such requirement is held to
be mandatory, and not to have been
complied with in the case at bar.
! 2. The provisions of Section 1926 of
the Compiled Laws of 1913, which re-
quire a personal inspection of the lots
sought to be assessed for local i'm
provement and a determination from
such inspection of the amount to which
they will be benefited, are mandatory
and are held not to have been complied
with in the case at bar.
Action to set aside special assess
ment.
Appeal from the district court of
Ransom county. Hon. Frank p. Allen,
Judgment for defendants. plaintiffs
appeal.
Reversed.
Opinion of the court by Bruce. Oh. J.
Rourke, Kvello & Adams, OF Lis
bon, n. D., attorneys for plaintiffs and
appellants.
chas. S. Ego, P. H. Butler, and j.
". Backlund, of Lisbon, N. d., attor-
neys for defendants and respondents.
From Morton County.
j. Blumardt. ct al, plaintiff and
respondent, VS.. Chas. Mcdonald, as
sheriff, defendant and appellant.
Syllabus:
/. A proceeding for the condemna-
ton and destruction of Intoxicating
liquors unlawfully imported into the
state is not civil action within the
purview Of Section 112 of the state
constitution, limiting the jurisdiction
Of justice OF the peace in civil ac-
tions to causes where the amount in
controversy, exclusive of costs. does
not exceed two hundred (S20O1 dollars.
2. An appeal win lie from the jucg-
ment entered BY a justice Of the peace
in such proceeding.