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The sun., 1917-01-20
'ANTI-TYPHOID SERUM
WEAKENED HIS MIND
u. S. Judge So Decides Case
Of Ex-Soldier Treated on
Border-Rifled Mail.

KANSAS CRY. Mo-. Jan. 1s-Judge
John c. Pollock in the Federal Court OF
Kansas City, Kan. ruled to-day that
Henry Debord. a mail carrier and for
mer Kansas fuardsman. should receive
minimum fine as result OF his con-
viction on n charge of having rified the
United States mail.
The court announced that a medical
examination had shown Debord's men
tality was weakened by an injection Of
anti-typhod serum given him by army
surgeons last July and by the heat at
Eagle Pass. Tex, where he was doing
duty.
IF the Government was responsible
for his condition he should be accorded
leniency," Judge Pollock announced. and
fined him Sl00 on ca ch of six counts 1t
was explained that this was the liehtest
penalty permissible under the Federal
stat utes. but that Debord would he al
lowed to serve thirty days il jail in lieu
Of payment.
The sun., 1917-01-20
PERSHING IS
ON WAY OUT
So Say Army Officers. Who
Assert Outpost Troops
Are Moving.

III rAso. Jan. LIT was unofficialiy
withdrawal operations were under way
at El Nalle. the southern outpost OF the
punitive expedition IN Mexico, and at
san Joaquin, between FL Vale and the
field headquarters at Coloria publan.
Predictions that the entire expedition
will begin its march to Columbus, y. NJ,
within the next seventy-two hours were
made by AMY officers,
All supplies billed to Americans IN
the Casas Grandes. Colonia Dub'an dis
trict and sent to Juarez for transporta-
ton over the Mexico Northwestern Rail
road have been ordered held At Juarez,
and no further shipments OF supplies
will bc made over this road for the
punitive expedition.
Arrangements were also being made
In Juarcz to-day for sending al avail
able freight cars to Casas Grandes TO
bring out the stocks Of goods and sur
p,us supplies from the stores OF the
American Mormons and others who
have been supplying the American troops
in Mexico
The despatching Of four empty motor
truck trains Of thirty trucks each from
Columbus during the past twenty -four
hours was taken hcrc to mean early
withdrawal Tho pitching Of number
OF large tents at columbus for housing
equipment ordnance. merchandise and
other army stores also was considered
an indication of tho early Withdraw al
and arrival Of tho cNrcditicnary column
at the field base
Ia lie
posed along tho border. with hcaduuar-
tcrs at FL paso and san Antonio, a"-
| cording to reports here and In Columbus
to-day
The sun., 1917-01-20
Three Vessels "Armcd Mer-
chantmen." Berlin
Announces.
NEUTRALS HELD AS
PRISONERS OF WAR
lO3 Men Are Described az
Enemy Subjects" Because
They Took Pay.

BERLIN, via Amsterdam TO London,
Jan. l9.-The British steamer Narrow-
dale was brought INTO harbor on De-
cember 81 as a prize by prize crew ot
sixteen men, says an official statement
issued tonight She carried 46a pris-
oners, the crews Of steamers captured
by German auxiliary cruiser III tho
Atlantic Ocean
The prisoner on tho Narrowdals
were from one Norwegian and seven
British vessels. Three Of tho vessels
sunk were armed Britieh merchant
mon
Tho bringing in of the Narrowdale,
the statement continues. had been kept
secret for military reasons. hut in view
Of the statement Of the British Admi-
rally on January i it was decided 10
make the ncws public
The sun., 1917-01-20
TIMES SQUARE SEES
REALLIVE FOX HUNT
REWARD Leaves Wake Of Shiv-
ering Women Before Being
Gagged i'm Cell.

One large. lively fox. very much
frightened, gave Times Square the scare
of its life last evening in the height of
the rush to the theatres. At length
he was locked up in a cell in the West
Forty-seventh street police station, TO
make the night miserable for the re-
serves with his barks and struggles for
freedom. No press agent had appeared
to claim the animal atsthe hour Of limo
tipping to press. Is he n good press
agent? Well. yes and no.
He placed the fox up against the
front OF the Astor Hotel on the Broad
way side. Then he went away. The
hurrying throng first thought II was
dog. then the passersby changed their
minds. Women screamed. automobiles
stopped SO their occupants could see It
all. men crowded around and called
upon each other 20 do something
Finally up stepped Philip pollard
es1 East 1;Sth street. brakeman en-
ployed on the New York Central. He
grabbed at the fox and the fox grabbed
at him. Dollard stepped back to nurse
a cash In his thumb.
Dollard stepped forward again, and
the fox leaped over his shoulder and
ran into the street. Reynard lodged
the automobiles, ran through the black
smith shop used by subway workers at
that point, scattering the workers and
their tools. escaped through the south
ern door OF the shop. dashed over TO
the Wallick Hotel corner, back across
the north end OF the Times Building
with crowd OF men and boys in pur-
suit and a line Of shivering women
stretched out ahead and behind him.
He tried to get into Dowling's saloon.
but the doors were closed. and then he
ran west in Forty-third street
Dollard was in the van of the pur-
suit. and finally he corralled the fox
in an areaway and took him TO the police
station.
After the fox had got out of one eel
and had been taken into custody agair
by the united efforts of ten policemen
he was Gagged in an old ballot box TO wait
for the press agent TO come and take
him away.
The sun., 1917-01-20
LABOR LEADERS
ABJURE WILSON
Gompers and Two Railroad
brotherhood Heads Rcpu-
date 3 Hour Aid.

NAsHtNGToN, Van. la.-FNrred hv Re
publican members ot TIE House Inter
state Commerce Committee to-day 10
state their attitude with regard to- the
Presidents programme for railroad
labor legislation Samuel Gon,rcrs
president of the American Federation of
Labor; w. - Lee, president of the
brotherhood NJ Railway Trainn1an. and
w, :. cartel president W tho Rrother-
hood OF Locomotive Elrrmeu and En-
eineers, lined up squarclv against
President Wilson ther ors,vhUo ally
tn iammins through Congress an eight
hour law last fall
Tho breach of sympathy was so rro-
ucuncod that Mr.. Gompers questioned
the wisdom of permitting tho Govern
ment to regulate working hours for any
except Its own employees or labor work
ing on Government contracts
Sauirmiug under tho attacks which
forced thom to show thoir hands, the
labor representatives hlamed tho rr.si
doUt for ali they object To i'm the PRO.
posed Adamsnn compulsory iuvestiga-
tton hill, They declared tho demand
was the result of gigantic advertising
campaign hy the railroads and that tho
Nudest Wow OF tho Presidents accept
aucc Of tho proposal put forward
through his campaign WAS that u" had
hCon apparently as SusceNtihle tO the
publicity as others who read II
~ wish to cod that 7 never had 70
called the strike order" said W - Loo,
head Of the traiumcn. discussing tho NJ
Grafton Of tho Adamson cieht hour law.
"a strike Of twenty four hours dura-
tiou would have cleared tho atmospherc. ."
declared Gnmrera q little lator "Snmc
/ SlIffpi.IN-L hCr1np ~ g
The sun., 1917-01-20
HAS NEW NAME FOR THE WAR.
French DEBUT, wants Conflict
Gated '".crmau In,asjon.'

rAnis, Inu 10 Jules Roche Rcpuhli-
can Deputy for NrdcChc introduced
bill in tho chamhcr Of Deputies to-day
requiring Government officials, officers,
iudEes, newspapers aud every one
making any public reference to tho war
80 uamo " "'ho Gernan invasion" under
penalties prov ided for those aiding the
Countries hostile to France.
The sun., 1917-01-20
PRICES OF CIGARETTES 60 UP.
Man, Popular Rrands WIN Cost 2
Cents More a Package.

Prices for cigarettes In the largest chain
OF retail cigar stores in the country will
go up on Monday, Brands ON which n
penny or two a package have been cut
from thelp list prices will be sold AT full
price. Cigarettes that have been selling
for II cents a package, for instance,
will pass over the counters. beginning
Monday, at 15 cents straight. There will
also be fewer extra coupon days.
The sun., 1917-01-20
ALARM IS GROWING.
Uio Dc Jcouriro cots Urports ~
Nptdiur IlCct,

R,o NJ J,Nrrro. Ian - RereNos
Nrmly that tnr Ge,'nau raider 10 now
aidod ry small nce, Of merchant
shirs Of the Allies, rrm"d into auN.l.
iarloe, all maritime South America -
alarmed Ships in pow are mot sailing
and those at sea are making for port,
II ia believed in some quarters that
the raiders are receiving virolcre in
formation from one Of tho small Islands
that fringe the brazilian coast concern
ing the movements of merchant ships
Ilucnos Ayrcs dispatches say two HrI',
ish cruisers have left the Falkland lei
nuds for tho brazilian coast.
Tho british cruiser Glasgow cast
anchor to-day Ht PcInambuco after q
long search Of the northern coast uf
Brazil frr the German raider. TN"
cruiser win put tn sea Immediately -
continue her search
Fifteen cruisers and armed ships =
now searching the southern A'lau'l. for
the German raider. according go reports
received here -Four moro British cruisers
have left Port STANLEY Falkland ls.-
ands, to aid in the search
Tho Truguayar Government has dc'r
matched warghip to- guard the lru.
suayau voas; agains, p"se'hl" ""u'ra'nr
violations
British sailors landed At PernamhuDN
hy the Hudson Maru Coni!rm the rcpo'
that tho ST Theodore has been armed
and ntted out to prey upon commerce or
the Allies They say that the - Ih"o-
dore is now the original raiders COZ
| sort and that all the raids a." conducted
| by both ships together
| No ucws Of either Of tho raiders has
| been received since ON" Of them LEFT tho
| Hudson MRru near rcrnamhuyo week
| ago to-day.
Reports Of additional sinkiugs are so
ing the rounds. but none Of them IA con-
lrmed, Much anxiety is felt about the
5000 ton British Steamship Ortega, on
her way to Pernambuco. IT is reported
from that city that she has returned IA
The sun., 1917-01-20

Latin and Greek as languages will not
De taught Modern languages will be
stressed and experiments will be made
10 determine what methods of teaching
English. French. Spanish and German
CIV" inc most substantial practical re-
suits New methods of teaching literature,
history and civcs will be- tried. and in
ths connection efforts will be made TO
ascertain whether the important ancient
classics cannot be used effectively in
trans,ations
That bugbear OF teachers THE pony"
VIII come into a dignified place. Science.
industry and the domestic arts will be
prominent throughout the school, and
increased attention will be given to
music, drawing and the arts, Mathe-
matics will receive special considera-
ton in the hope of working out ra-
nonal course of study which connects the
study Of mathematics with its use.
organized recreation. play and games
viii be provided. Constant efforts will
o" made, by means OF individual. class
ana school excursions. by means of pic
tul'S, lantern slides charts, maps, shop
ana laboratory, special reading matter
Fhd discussions, to give the pupils suf-
ncicnt contact with their natural in
uuNrial, social, economic. vocational and
domestic environment to famiiarize them
''Al 'h' uses ana demands of the actual
world m which they live. The school
ViI frankly discard that theory of edu-
'lnon known as formal discipline" and
WI undertake to train in the study
o' subjects that are themselves valuable
:. l' believed that a much more Of
i'gNNc discipline can thus be secured
~ iSsuIng the announcement the views
Wy lr Abraham FlcNner and of Or.
'harl"s W. Eliot as to tho defects OF
modern education and as to the neces.
'''. 'oIicrin"s are cnphs sized.
\ modern school," said DR. Flexner.
'N'lld not go through the form OF
'". "ius children useless historic facts
'Fl p"'ausc previous generations of
llldr"u have learned and forgotten
'n'W, and II should also have the cour-
*" not to read obsolete and uncon-
I'Ial classics simply because tradition
had made this sort OF acquaintance n
Nhd uf good form. As for Latin and
'ircN. positive case cannot be made
oH l't either. Their position rests upon
assumption and tradition.
'hnguag"s have no value in them
.'l o.. They exist solely for the Bur
pos" ~ communicating ideas and alb
orcNauug our thought and actor
Continued on Seventh Page.
The sun., 1917-01-20
NAVY TO BRING REFUGEES.
More Than Thousand Americana
to Flee From Turkey.

WAsHINGToN, Jan, 19.-Word received
to-day in cablegram from Ambassador
Elkus at Constantnople that the num-
ber of Americans seeking to leave
Syria and Palestine had grown from a
few hundred to more than a thousand
caused the State Department to arrange
with the navy for indefinite use of the
cruiser Des Mones and the collier
Cesar TO bring the refugees out.
Barcelona, Spain, the nearest neutral
port. has been selected as the place at
which to land the Americans for trans
shipment home on commercial liners
Oncials estirate that at least one trip
of the Cesar. now nearing Beirut with
$500 tons of relief supplies on board.
and two trips of the cruiser Des Moines,
also on her way there, will be required.
The sun., 1917-01-20
LOST AVIATORS
FOUND ALIVE
Lieut.-COl. Bishop and
Lieut.. Robertson Exhaust
ed in Mexican WildS.
FOOD AND WATER GONE
Men in Terrible shape From
Long Fast and Hard
ships.

WELLToS, Ariz, Jan. 1e.--Licut. Col.
Harry q. Bishop and Lieut. w. A. Rob
ertson missing army aviators exhausted
from walking four days in the wilds Of
Sonora, Mexico. withou; food or water,
were found yesterday more than 80
miles south Of the horcer ny civilian
searching party from Wel,ton.
Lieut.. Robertson was brought back
here to-day by the searchers, Lieut.
Col. Bshor. too weak 20 walk, VAS left
in charge o' four scarchcrs in tho
Rosario Mountains, where he was found
last night at 10 O'Clock
Two sandwiches and two oranges each
was all the food the men had tasted
since they left the North Island aviation
base at San Diego January 10 on their
fight, Robertson told the searchers.
The only water they had was taken
from the radiator OF the airrianc
Robertson said, and It was exhausted
four days ago.
The sun., 1917-01-20
MANY KILLED IN
POWDER EXPLOSION
Brifish Minister Of Munitions
Announces Accident in Fac
tory Near London.

LONDON. Jan 1s.-The following Of
ncial communication was issued to-
night
''rhe Ministry Of Munitions regret to
announce that an explosion occurred this
evening at a munitions factory in the
neighborhood Of London.
"N s feared that tho explosion was
attended by q considerable loss Of rfs
and Of damage TO properly"
The sun., 1917-01-20
Abraham FleXner and DR..
Eliot Explain Idea of New
Curriculum.
EFFORT TO EXTEND
WORK ALL OVER L. S.
Fitting of Youth for Real
Tasks of Life Is Phi
= mary Object.

The General Education Board. founded
end richly endowed by john n. Rookie
fefler. finds reason TO believe that pres
ent day teaching in the elementary and
secondary schools-the teaching of chill
dren from TO l9 years-is a failure. II
finds that boys and girls are burdened
with useless information and are not
taught those things which would assist
them to take hold of workaday life with
4 quick, sure grip.
Therefore the boar rd announced yester-
day through its assistant secretary. DR..
Abraham Flexner, that it will have in
operation by next fall an experimental
Ton school at Columbia University main
tsined by funds OF the general board in
cooperation with the Teachers College OF
Columbia In this new school, a mo-
nentous experiment in the history of ed
ucation in the United States, the the
cries of what modern education should
include will be tried out slowly and care
fully. The vast resources OF the foun-
daton are back of the project. and
among the possibilities is a complete re-
form Of educational methods in this
country.
Innovations and reforms that may be
startling to educators who retain the
historic traditions of pedagogy will he
given fair test. all in line with the
general boards theory that education
must BE- modernized because it does not
now make children effective members of
society. As matters stand children are
turned out not knowing how to use their
eyes ears or hands. The senses are not
trained Perceptive faculties are not
developed Useless and obsolete SUBJ
jects are emphasized. The necessities
Of modern life are neglected.
The sun., 1917-01-20

Reports that Germany intends to vio-
late Switzerland's neutrality to attack
France or Italy have been frequent OF
late. The German Minister to Switzer-
land has said the fear was groundless.
il has been asserted that heavy German
forces were being mobilized on the Swiss
border. and that Italy was strengthen
ing her defences.
Gen. Willie stated positively on Janu-
airy that Switzerland would defend
her neutrality against either group OF
belligercnts, cooperating closely with the
other group to do so. 1t was officially
announced on Tuesday that the second
division OF the Swiss army and parts Of
the fourth and fifth divisions would be
mobiliZcd on January "a.
The sun., 1917-01-20

"Thc answer which the allied nations
collectively have iust given to President
Wilson is perfectly clear in this respect.
For our mart, We have nothing to cou-
ccnl We were attacked. We Rre de-
fcndiuS ourselves Hut VIC are not will
ing TO bc Obliged to defend ourselves
rcrpctunIly against fresh attacks. There
fore We arc determined to have rcrara-
tinus for the past and guarantees for
the future"
'you feel that tho President was JUS
tined I'm putting to tho brlligcrcnt how-
crs the questions which he asked" the
correspondent inquired.
"It will not he from our side said
President roincarc, that will come any
rcpulse Of the generous ideas OF Prcsi-
dent Wilson regarding the International
agreement to he concluded as soon aS
peace IL signed In order to assure re-
spect for the pledges given. On the
contrary We shall very willingly asso-
cla,c ourselves with his noble Intentions
IIut I'm order that such understanding
later may produce their full. benencent
effect we must begin by restoring the
rights violated and by protecting Europe
against peace which would contain
the germ of further outragcs."
Tho correspondent asked President
roincare whether France felt the return
OF her lost provinces, Alsace and Ior-
raine. as well as the restoration of BEL
gium, essential to tho conclusion of q
satisfactory peace
"1n our reply" said President Poln.
, care, "we also have spoken OF the restl-
fnoutiu,sed o,, aecosd pao~ \ iii !
The sun., 1917-01-20
FOOD CRISIS DESPERATE,
PRUSSLAN LEADER SAYS
DR.. Won Heydebrand Tells Diet Rural Population Is
Suffering Grievously and No Ameoration
Is in Sight.

LONDON, Jan, ls.--Reuter's Amster-
dam correspondent gives the following
excerpts from the speech OF DR.. Won
Heydcbrand, the conservative leader,
before the Prussian Diet:
our economic situation is rich in
deprivations and sacrifices. We may
calmly state this, because It is known
abroad what We are now compelled to
demand from our population"
Declaring that the rural population
must make greater sacrifices than pre-
viousiy, Dr. Heydebrand continued;
The rural population is not yet
inbued with the consciousness OF the
needs of this great time. The reply Of
the Entente Powers to President Wilson
ought to be placarded in all communes,
so that the people may recognize what
Will confront them If The war is lost.
sees No Hope for People,
The town populations ae suffering
eTievously, 1t is sad to see how long
women have to wait for couple 81 po-
tatoes and how, for the simplest OF nee
essaries. town dwellers must pay aoso-
lutely exorbitant prices. These prices
must also continue for long time after
the war"
The reference OF Or. Won Heydebran nd
in favor OF the unrestricted use OF sub
marines was far more moderate than on
earlier occasions, and was not char
acterized by attacks on the United
States. He said
III we are TO win a victory il is abso'
lutely imperative to use the weapons
which give us the possibility Of winning
a victory aeains, our toughest and
strongest adversary. England.
II our military authorities, the higher
command, and the Emperor find It suit
able and timely to make the necessary
use OF unlimited submarine warfare, tbs
German and Prussian people will be pre-
pared to bear the consequences"
Herr Friedhere urged vigorous pros
ccution OF the war and increased sub
| marine activity. He said:
Cooperation IL Demanded.
We must expect from ALL reutrals
that they shall not lay stress on theii
own interests where for US 1t is fight
for existence. Such interests must not
prevent US from gaining a peace that
will satisfy German aspirations and
The sun., 1917-01-20
MOBILIZATION OF
ALL SWISS URGED
Federal Council, HoWsVer,
Regards Army Command.
er's Plan as ExcessiVs.

PARIS, Jan. l9.-Gcn. Willie, Com
mander of the Swiss army. wishes to
mobilize all Switzerland's military
forces according to Bern despatch
to the PeHt Pdrsicn. The Federal
Council is said to regard such measure
as excessive.
The sun., 1917-01-20
VIII he Opened Next Fall.

The new school. which will open with
part Of its classes in the fall OF 1917.
will admit boys and girls from years
o. age up. II is stated that tuition fees
Will be moderate and that there will be
free and partly free scholarships, II
will he subject to the authority OF Co
.nrb,a University and Teachers College,
and tho general management of the
school will be vested in an administra-
i've committee composed OF James T..
Russell dean of Teachers College Otis
W. caldwell. V. Fverit Macy. Mrs. Will
'ard \. Straight. Felix NJ. Warburg. Ar
'hur Turnbull George +. Vincent. Wick
lie Rose. Charles p. Rowland and
Abraham FleXner.
The directors of the. school will be
Prof otis W. Caldwell. now head OF
the department of natural sciences in
he School OF Education OF the Uni
verSity of Chicago. He will become also
'rofessor OF EDUCATION in Teachers Col
l'ge. The country will be searched for
aa,e and resourceful teachers in all the
dm"rent fields OF elementary and Sec
ondarv education.
The sun., 1917-01-20
THE STORY or 4 boat. ses.

ns told by Capt. Won PerkeiaheisN, do
scribinE HIS experiences on an is day voy-
age, This Ia tac, first time story has
l. Uoat rngared In Warfare. Now appear.
ing IN The New York Wovsl ever, day.
UegIn reading Il -morrow.- Adu. NJ
The sun., 1917-01-20

"a afeguard the world from uoe and simI-
lar catsstrophies.
Paul Breitenbach. Pyussisn Minister
of Public Works. said
THE gigantic events OF the war neccs-
sarily affect state machinery, The GOV
ernmcnt and Parliament must come 10
an understanding and settlement, nut
there can he no question that the entire
state machinery needs fundamental
change. We demand that everybody do
his utmost for the fulhlment Of his duty
in order TO help our armies to victory
The Socialist organ ForIcdoifs says
that four miners federations have tele-
granhed 10 the war feeding department
protesting against the reduction Of the
weekly potato ration from FIVE 10 three
pounds The teleerams say that turnipS
are not substitute for potatoes and
ask the authorities TO reestahlish the
former rations
The Cologne Gazette. commentinE on
the note Of Secretary Rslfour. says
THE note is falsi1cation Of history
apparently aimed to wipe out the bad
impression made in large circles of
Americans and neutrals by the Entente 5
Iude reply 10 President Wilson Nat
uraIIy Baltour suppresses the fact that
England possesses a world empire which
certa inly was not brought together by
peaceful means He suppresses the fact
that a ring was drawn around Ger
many which was designed to exclude us
as far as possible from the distribution
OF colonial territory still TO he disposed
Of. lie invents FOR this purpose a story
of Germany's lust for world empire
without giving the least proof Of his
charges.
"Our sword Il Stronger"
we now know exactly the aims 81
the Entente and our answer viii h'
by deeds We do not want peace sucI
as they offer. not even hy neutral media
ton We ourselves viii obtain suCl
peace. our sword VIII prove stronger
than their lies"
/ Tho Cologne Volks.citpno SAYS: "Our
reply to English arrogance, distortions
and menaces must be the sword an,
torpedo Then tho British will abandon
writing notes and the world will b.
4 freed from tn" covetous tNrant who hai
/ too long been allowed TO stretch hi
arms around tho earth and who 70
centuries has not shrunk from vicke,
and inhuman means to satisfy his lus
for power and expansion"