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IN THE VAULT ABOVE.
Jupiter and Capella watch the Birth
Of Another Year.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN--Sh. The
Christmas season OF 1918 has come
again and another year Of the TWEEN
tieth century has almost passed away !:
A year Of feroci0us war and sudden
peace, OF deep depression and Intense
rejoicing. OF initial readJustment toward
normal conditions, has almost been re-
corded upon the pages of HISTORIAN
other epoch will soon commence.
A former epoch, encumbered with the
threatening shadow OF militarism, en-
lIvened with the awakening spirit Of
invention and science, will presently be
replaced by better epoch Of economic
and social reconstruction. Problems
that have been forgotten during the ter
rible days OF warfare will now arise
once more 70 be solved; possibilities
never before imagined will amaze the
minds of those of us who have survived
international conflict national epidem-
les and individual worries.
The Christmas season has come again,
the sun has reached its lowest point In
midday's sky. and the first snow storm
has fsllen--its frozen crystals have
wholly disappeared. A sort OF Interim
Is here, between fall and winter, be-
tween mild days and cold days. between
natures life and It's death.
overhead. amid the darkened, star
lighted heavens, we behold the planet
Jupiter in his golden splendor and the
sun Capella in her golden fire. Lower
down within the darkened armament
the incompatible sun jewel Sirius spar
kles and sclntlllates. and the gorgeous
gems of Orion's constellation CLEAN and
glitter. The month OF January and the
year of 1919 are close at hand--we are
indeed very nigh the time when, rs Anne
Dudley Bradstreet wrote, about the mid
die Of the seventeenth century:
Cold. frozen January next comes in.
Chilling the blood and shrinking UP the
skin;
In Aauarius now keeps the long wished
sun,
And northward his unwearied course doth
run:
The day much longer than II was before.
The cold not lessened. but augmented more.
CHARLES MEYERS HOLMES.
NEWTON, Mass. December 26.
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The Navy.

Nature was not kind TO the return
ing men-of-war's men. Gales delayed
them on their homeward bound trip
across the Atlantic. Leaden skies and
n raw, chilling atmosphere were their
portion during most of yesterday. For
those whose home has been the North
Sea, the weather must Lave seemed
reminiscent Of the gray days Of their
long vigil over there; to New York
and the visitors from afar who
crowded her streets 1t was keen and
resented disappointment.
But nothing so inconsequential as
anclement weather could repress the
greetings That crowded every heart.
IT has been the fate of the navy to
do it's work without publicity. The
character OF Its task made secrecy
essential to success. On day In 1917
the ships, great and small, diSap-
peared from the public. Occasionally
the curtains that concealed them were
parted n little and glimpse could
he had of them. But those curtains
were always quickly drawn together.
and we were obliged to accept on
faith the service 10 man dared to tell
us they were performing.
That faith has been justified. since
the armisilce wnS signed, since the
German fleet came out, bound in the
unbreakable chains the sen might or
the Allies and the United States hoa
woven about them, we have learned
something of their adventures and
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something Of the steadfastness and
high professional skill Of their per-
sonnet. We have the testimony of
Admiral BEATTY, the testimony of the
Admiralty, to the adaptabllty Of off,
GERS and men, to the excellence OF
vessels, to the general fitness Of the
navy. The confidence we reposed In
It has been proved by Its acts. AS 1t
went forth to Its duty bearing with
1t our hopes, so 1t has come back to
us in honor.
Fair weather or foul, In storm W
calm, the navy pursues Its appointed
way and does Its duty. Too infre-
quent are oar opportunities to make
evident our affection and esteem for
it's men. Yesterday we saw the end
ing Of n tremendous chapter In the
annals of an honorable service, and
whatever may befall in the future,
we know we may put full confidence
in the navy.
The sun., 1918-12-27
AL SMITHS DOG.
Information Concerning Imperial
Casar's Predecessor Wanted.

To THE EoIron OF THE SUN-Sr: May
l not, as one from the provinces. a
visitor here. expecting TO remain until
after the change OF dynasty, seek some
historical information? have noticed
your editorial note headed al Smiths
Dog" At some time In the dim dis
tant past was not there an appendage
TO the Executive Mansion called PATSY"
or something like that. and didn't he,
or some one connected with him. come
TO grief? 1t seems 10 me have read
something TO that effect.
l See the subject of your note is
named Cesar" which has n fine i'm
perial sound. Notwithstanding imperial
things now are rot exactly In favor,
and so seems well fitted for an Empire
State. My recollection Is that the for
ner canine was. as the present Is. held
In high esteem by the ancient braves
OF the W!gwam. Proverbial philosophy
Is not necessarily true. so that in this
case we need not be disturbed by Plu-
tarch's dictum: History repeats itself.
STRANGER.
NEWARK, n. j.. December 26.
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Unjust Criticism Of the President

From readers of THE Sun who are
ardent friends of prohibition we con-
tinue to receive letters relating to a
recent social event in Paris and In
point Of view substantially Ike the
subjoined epistle:
ITO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-ST.
Shame shame! that WOODROW WILSON
President OF the United States. and an
elder in the Presbyterian Church. should
stand for prohibition for America and
for booze in France. What an inglori-
GUS spectacle he presents to the people oil
America In lifting his glass containins
champagne at the banquet rendered him
by the French Government.
"Not two weeks ago the members OF
the w. c. T. U. and their glorious
brethren OF the Anti-Saloon League sang
songs Of thanksgiving when the Presi-
dent signed the agricultural bill with
its rider for war time prohibition. What
must we think OF Brother WILSON, who
casting all prohibition propriety to the
four winds. boldly stands before the
French people and drinks champagne?
shame! Shame!
III the Synod OF the General Assem-
bly, Of the Presbyterian Church does not
summon President WILSON to trial and
punishment, then I and thousands OF
others for whom speak may lose faith
in the blessings OF Presbyterianlsm.
1T has been said and well said by
one OF Americas keenest students Of
political philosophy that the one great
danger that will eventually undermine
the foundations Of our great republic Is
hypocrisy. mo man can serve two
masters" so saith the CHRIST.
"ELIzAsErH SCOTT TINpALE.
NEW YnaK, December 26."
We priat in full this example of
original and Incorporate Judgment In
order to condemn It along with SINH
lar letters on the same subject which
have reached us.
In the first place, there is no evil
dence that the glass containing cham
payne which President WILSON raised
in response to the toast Of welcome
pronounced by the representative of
his amiable hosts even reached his
lips. There Is no responsible author
fly for the assumption that any of
the champagne entered the eloquent
lips toward which the purely cOnven-
tional gesture was directed.
In the second place, the President
would have been guilty Of an intol-
cradle breach OF good manners and
ordinary courtesy II, instead of rails
ing the glass In response to the toast,
he had dashed the liquid contents to
the floor. or emptied them into his
plate before responding. or even
reached for a carafe containing pure
water and raised that in the air
ostentatiously.
1t scarcely seems necessary to say
these things to correspondent of I'M
doubted good breeding. 1t is not n
case for synod or the General AS
eembly Of the Presbyterian Church,
but for the General Synod Of Common
Sense.
The sun., 1918-12-27
RELIGIOUS REFORM IN MEXICO
Chamber of Deputies Is DIscu.sInr
Changes I'm Constitution.

MEXICO CITY. Dec. 26.--TAe Mexican
Chamher of Deputies is considering
several measures relating to proposed
changes In the constitution. one re-
fo"n refers 70 sections concerning the
I0wcr Of State Legislatures to fix INC
maximum number Of clergy part!ci-
pa,inG in the religious rites and re-
qu.ring that all clergymen bc native
horn MeNiclns. Another amendment
concerns clauses affecting the ma
tlonnlization OF church property.
These measures were taken M hv
the chamber after the passage Of a hin
giving President Carranza eNtraordl-
nary powers inSinanoial matters.
The sun., 1918-12-27
Overheard with Direct Nominations.

The Legislature abolished State
conventions and made candidates for
State Office subject to nomination ut
party primaries by law which was
adopted In 1913.
In the five years that have passed
since this statute was enacted. the
system Of direct nominations has been
thoroughly tested in practice.
The fixed opinion of those who
| have impartially observed its opera
ton Is that IL has not produced re.
suits justifying Its retention, while in
| losing the State convention the peo-
pie of the State have been deprive
of an institution naturally adapted Il
their instructive political methods and
peculiarly suited to their needs.
The effort to fill the place once
occupied by the State convention
through the holding Of unofficial con
fercnces has proved unsatisfactory.
Those who attended these gatherings
were unable either to speak with rep.
iVStutut4NC duNlIulllN VI W ACT WIFI
binding force.
An experiment worth trying has
been tried. The conditions in some
States have been such as To make the
innovation successful. In New York,
however. 1t has failed dsmally.
Dissatisfaction with the direct nom
ination Of candidates for State office
and the Indirect enunciation of party
doctrine at unofficial conferences has
been shared equally by men OF all par
tisan affiliations.
1t has not been case in which
Republicans complained of n law
enacted by Democrats, or Democrats
found fault with a code defended by
Republicans. Men OF all parties and
men OF 10 party have Joined in ud-
verse criticism of enactments which
we're designed TO eliminate bosses
but which actually did no more than
make difficult the expression OF the
political desires Of electors within
the organization through which they
those to make their influence felt.
Scarcely had the law been enacted
before its defects were made apparent.
and for years there has been an insiS-
tent demand that II be repealed and
the convention system restored. This
demand has been unheeded largely
because of the reluctance of legisla-
tors and executive officers to appear
in opposition Ia legislation which bears
the stamp of reform.
But now, direct nominations having
been honestly tried under the same
protection Of penal laws which guards
the ballot on election day, and having
been found wanting even among those
whose hopes for their success were
highest, there Is a prospect that the
State will have the convention system
restored to 1t, under safeguards CON
corning the election and seating Of
delegates that experience has proved
desirable, and that politics will return
to its natural channels, wherein pop
ular opinion can find free and easy
expression.
The fallacies that underle the d.
rect nomination project have been
amply exposed. The device Is fail
ure. The Legislature that is about
to convene should respond 10 the pub
lie desires and make the amendment
Of the election law It's earliest bust
ness, lin order that the State may he
rid Of failure and nuisance, and
enjoy once more the agencies of party
organization Of which the voters are
now deprived.
The sun., 1918-12-27
Louis the Bible Student.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN--Sir: Keep
the Bible an 1t is. The next thing some
one will d" will be TO dress up Michel
angeles figures In costumes of the lat
est Paris fashion plates on the plea
that the world cannot understand the
Last Judgment" as painted by the
master hand!
And so with NIL the other master
works OF centuries ago! II is folly!
LOUIS NJ. EMsHEMIus,
Supreme Spirit OF the spheres
NEW YORK, December 26,
The sun., 1918-12-27
FOR DISCHARGED MEN.
Ex.Soldiers and Sailors Should Have
Emblems for Civilian Wear.

To THE EpIroR OF THE SUN--Sr: II
seems to me that men who have been
discharged from the army and navy
should be given something in the way
OF an emblem TO wear on civilian clothes,
showing they have done their duty.
1t IS rather hard for those of US who
have given our faithful services and have
been released and returned to civilian
clothes and civilian duties 20 have
nothing to show the difference between
US and those who have not had the priv
ilcge OF serving.
GEORGE GARDINER Fry. Jr..
Boatswain's Mate. L. S. y. R.F.
New YORK, December IS.
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Let Him Come In Ont Of the Rain.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN--Sir: Now
that the Food Board mas removed the
lid. II seems to me high time to nomi-
nate Mr.. l.. Sugarbread OF this town
70 be pastry cook to the inmates OF your
Hall OF Fame. Lots OF people are get
ting new jobs nowadays.
J. II. MERRIcK.
PHlLApEIPHIA, December rs.
The sun., 1918-12-27

Laying upon Won TIRPITz the blame
for the failure of submarine warfare,
Captain PrRsEUs very Interestingly
declares that the author OF unrc-
stricted U-boat campaigns bluffed
everybody by giving the boats high
numbers. making IL appear that a
greater number were in commission
than were actually afioat. Won
TIRPiTz may have trIcked the Ger
man people. but the naval authori-
ties knew how many U-boats were
in operation all the time.
The sun., 1918-12-27

Naval fashions change in twenty
years. The good old Oregon, the giant
OF 1885, threw a broadsIde Weighing
$500 pounds. The total weight Of steel
flung by a hroadside from the Penn
sylvania is 1865 pounds.
The sun., 1918-12-27

With nationwide bone dry prohibit
ton effective on July !, only half as
much moral courage will be required
this year for the framing of the usual
New Years resolution.
The sun., 1918-12-27

The Count OF Monte Cristo declared tho
world was his
"a case OF SSt-determInation," he eI-
plained simply.
The sun., 1918-12-27
Postal Company to Fight.

whether they mean that the Postal
telegraph lines have been turned over
- the Bell Telephone Company we do
not know" said Mr.. Deegan. There
appears to be no lengths TO which the
Postmaster General is not willing to
go and apparently the Bell Telephone
ana Western Union companies are
quite willing to join with him in put
ting the Postal company down and
out. We have no representative on
the operating board and we were not
requested to select one.
Mr.. Burlesen should explain now
whether these orders mean that he in
tends to interfere with the present
separate operation OF the Postal com
panys land line system. We believe
that II he goes too far Congress itself
Will act. Only n few weeks ago Con-
gress passed a criminal statute against
Interference with telegraph lines.
III the General attempts
70 close any OF our offices or run our
wires into Western Union offices we
shaH appeal TO the Public Service
Commissions Of the various States
Ihese bodies have always been IN
/ c!ined to protect their perogat!vrs,
. and we are informed that the Gov
eminent Is now in controversy with
the commissions OF Nebraska and
Indiana because OF acts done theo-
retically In exercise OF war powers.
Iubiic opinion caused the Post
master-General to drop for the pres
ent at least, his plan for the unifica-
ton OF the cable systems under Gov
eminent control, and we are confident
the public will not tolerate an ATTEMPT
to wreck the Postal Telegram svss
TEN, If that is the intention"
Mr.. Bethel said last night that he
had no authority to sneak for tho
The sun., 1918-12-27

Italy gives cash prizes TO her wheat
farmers. but offers nothing quite as
attractive as sees bushel.
The sun., 1918-12-27
N. Y. BANKER IN LIST
OF WOUNDED IN WAR
Major Francis NJ. Weld Write,
From Base Hospital IIeIx
Rapidly Recovering.
NEWARK OFFICER KILLED
Brooklyn Politician Among
Those to Fall in Action
"Sun" Man Hurt.
NEWARK OFFICER KIIIrn

Among the severely wounded ms,
toned in yesterdays casually u...
was tho name Of Major Fiaucis v
Weld. who in civil life is senior nav,
ner of the firm of White, Weld &C.,
a member OF the Chamber os foo.
merce and banker. He was s,rpap d.
the foot by Il machine gun bullet y,
vember s, in the fighting Mt Hill y.
north of Buzancy, and is now 3,
Blake's Hospital In Paris
In letter to his wife. written q "a,
days after his arrival at the bosnr,,
Major Weld said he was improyt,.
rapidly In the fighting at um o.,
he said his battalion was in sumner, q.
the contingent leading tho charge ~,
day after he was wounded his r.r.
ment was sent tc tho rear ana p,
NAMED there until tho signing Of III.
drmistice.
Major Weld is n graduate Of Ir,-
ward, '93 lie entered the OFF,,
training school at Fort Orlo,hor,o
Ga. last year and was commission
a Captain. He went to France Ct,
April with the Upton Division and uss
transferred in August TO tho GOSH In
fantry, and II short time before b,,,
wounded was promoted to Major n,
the Second battalion of that Regimen.
Newark Man Killed in >ct,oo
Lieut.. Albert Gurtlor. SIG Hyr,.-
don street, Newark, killed I'm ,c.io,
October %, went TO France in I,ro
1917, with one OF the first contiug.r,.
OF American troops az a private n
the 357th Infantry. He was commits.
stoned for bravery last Angus, IL
was in the engagements at Cantfr,v
scissors and Nerdun. He was 2Sycsr,
old, enlisted eight years ago ana saw
serN ice in the Philippines.
Corporal Frank Y. Sullivan Of "a
Marines, killed in action October
was active in politics in Rrooklyp He
was twice a candidate for the As.
sembly in the Twcnty-th!rd dlsfrir.
and at one time was an officer ~ the
Twenty-thIrd Assembly District Deno.
cratic Club and one Of United states
Marshal Powers chief llcutenan,a
shortly after tn" war was declared ta
enlisted in the Marines with his friend
Corporal Nat Solomon, 49, Dom
street, who died Of wounds October II
a War Department telegram 70.
ceiVed yesterday 10y Philip Tou~.l!rt
1865 Briggs avenue, Tho Erurz IN.
nounced the death Of his sor. Lieu.
Arthur +, G. Toussaiu' october
from pneumonia In q base hospital in
France. Lieut.. Touss AL. Was % me.
engineer and received hi, u
f. degree from Cornell II, W., IS
years old and was commissioned Lev.
tenant in August 1917. He was sr..
overseas last January as in inspector
of small arms and machine guns
brooklyn hoy Among Wounded.
In the lighting in tho Argom.o To..
est, October Z. Lieut. William cogrt
of Battery l., 105th Field ARTILLERY
was wounded by shrapnc, II. tplH n
his experience IN a letter written from
a base hospital to his wife. who ,.vo5
at 355 Chauncey street. RroofUr
Lieut.. Court * Is years Old lie served
on the Mexican border hut dii rot re-
Ceive commission until after n.
United States entered IN" war H
was made a Second Iiou,nrar' a.
Camp Wadsworth and was PROMOTED
in France
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His Speciality.

Knioker-whRt does Burleson approve OF
Bocker-Government phonership.
The sun., 1918-12-27

Even Jack Frost could not resist
the temptation to greet Uncle SAM S
returning armada.
The sun., 1918-12-27
|BURLESON INITIATES
FULL WIRE CONTROL
Orders Postal Telegraph Com
pany to Submit to Opcr-
ating Board.
CALLS FOR Z. S. SURVEY
Depgan Says Public Service
Commissions Help May
Be Asked in Fight.

The Postal Telegraph Company re-
oeived yesterday an order Of Postmas-
ter General Burleson. which 1t looks
upon rs the beginning of direction Of
its affairs by the Government. The
order, dated December 20, follows:
The operating board appointed I'M
DER Order No. 2479. dated December
10. consisting OF Union n. Bethel, f.
A. Stevenson, G. NJ. Yorke and a. f.
Adams, Of which Union N, Bethel is
chairman, is hereby directed to assume
the operation Of the telephone and
telegraph systems under Government
control"
Postal company officials see in this
order the intent to put Government
control, which for five months has
been wholly technical, on a practical
basis. They fear the merging Of their
plant with that OF the Western Union
so thoroughly that acknowledgement
will become impossible and permanent
Government ownership inevitable.
Survey Is Also Ordered.
The order was one Of two served
on the Postal company. The other
instructed Mr.. Bethells operating
board as follows:
Make complete survey Of all land
line telegraph and telephone systems
and parts thereof, the supervision
possession, control and operation of
which were taken over and assumed
by the President in his proclamation
Of July 20: and, In connection with the
operation of said systems. report from
time to time to the Postmaster-Gen
eral rs 10 what changes in the method
OF operation and in the personnel will
result in increased efficiency and
economies"
The proposed survey, T. was pointed
out by William J. Deegan. secretary OF
the Mackay Companies, is n necessary
preliminary to changes on large
scale. The second order served to
confirm the impression made by the
first that the Postmaste General is
ready 10 attempt to unity all of the
land and water wire communication
systems under Government ownership.
Mr.. Deegan said that II these orders
mean what his company fears the
Postma ster General will be opposed at
every step. He said that Public Ser
vice Commissions OF every State would
be asked TO prevent the closing OF
offices OF the Postal Company and any
other interference with it's business
that will mean inconvenience TO the
public.
The sun., 1918-12-27

London once, 4O-43 Fleet street ~
Paris once. Rue de Ia hlchouiere' VI"
Rue du Quatre Septembre.
Washington once. Munsey building
BROOKLYN once, Room 202, Eagle bulIo-
d. ana street,
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Method Applied.

NEW York. December %.
The sun., 1918-12-27

II our friends rho favor W touh mana.
.crjn,s ord iUustrgtjons for pubicd ton trish
10 kdre reiected articles returned iheV mw'
IN all cases send stamps far thGt phrpose'
TELEPHONE, BEEKMAN 1900.
The sun., 1918-12-27

publi.bed daily. including Sunday, by the
sun Printing and Publishing Association'
$50 Nassau st, borough OF Manhatton. \: I:
PrssIdont. Frank A. Munsey, $50 Nassau ST.
vics president Erwin wardmRn; secretary
Ri, TitherinEton Treas. VIM. 1. De"aT''
ali OF $50 Nassau street
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-13
BACHELOR SLAIN
IN HIS STABLE

GOSHEN. Ind, March 13.-Appar-
emily murdered, the body of Isaac
Bashor, "a years old, d bachelor. was
found lying back of horse in the
stable on his farm near Nappanee,
Elktart County, this morning. Bash
or was wealthy and lived alone. His
throat was cut and there were sever
al gashes in his head. He was last
seen alive last evening, driving from
Nappanee to his home. Perry Miner,
nelghbor, found the body.
No Weapon is Found.
Coroner Holdeman has returned a
verdict of murder No weapon was
found and the residence was undis-
turbed. Surviving Mr. Bashor are
four sisters and one brother. Offic-
ers are working on a cleW given by
neighbors, who say they saw suspic-
ious persons in woods on the Bash
or farm soon before the murder is be
lieved to have been committed