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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1918-06-29

Viviano Brothers lead the world in
their macaroni product, which is the
best on the market.
The sun., 1918-07-18
The Opportunity at Saratoga.

Any politician in the Republican
conference which convenes to-day at
Saratoga who governs his conduct in
accordance with conception Of his
duties treating the present situa-
ton as mere opportunity for job
trading will disclose himself as hope
lessly incompetent for leadership Of
the most unimportant voting precinct
in the remotest corner Of the State.
The duty of the participants in the
convention cannot be obscured by the
ambitions of individuals or the pas
sion of factions.
Nothing Is in order tG-day except
steadfast, unblinking Americanism, of
the undiluted kind Americans are
displaying 5000 miles away, where,
nerved to great deeds by the justice
of their cause, they face in calm con-
fidence and ever glorious bravery a
ruthless and powerful foe. In the
presence of the sacrifices our sons
are making on the battle front. the
federation in political organizations
here would be moral treason.
The nation needs the Republican
party for grave labors of statesman
ship, for the defence of correct prin-
ciples of government, for the admin
istratlon of affairs of vast magnl-
tude on the highest possible human
plane. To fit 1t for this destiny Is
the proper task Of serious leadership.
But neither the Republican party nor
any other party Is needed or can be
endured IL it prostitutes It's strength
to the modifying work of subverting
public necessities for the aggrandlze-
ment of any individual or of any body
Of individuals.
The sun., 1918-07-18

to the Slavs and Poles Of Austria are
not likely to revive loyalty to a de-
cadent Imperialism. The Hapsburg
rule has dragged through too many
years Of misery for its hapless sub
jects to accept only partial reforma-
ton as q remedy against its impend-
ing dissolution.
Baron BURIAS no doubt desires
peace. The conditions Of unrest
within rla-Hungary, the defeat
Of the armies in Italy and the Bal
kans and the growing control Of Ber-
lin over Austrian affairs are all fac
tors in serious situation for the
Dual Monarchy. But n peace with
Germany in Belgium, in control Of
Rumanla and Serbia, and in master
full possession of Russia, is impossl-
Bile. The Central Powers have IN
"atonement" to make, IN atonement
for the mIseries Of four years Of war,
for the devastation and destruction
Of lands over which their ruthless
militarism has swept. Baron b.
RAMS statement falls as far short
Of acceptable terms Of peace rs the
efforts of his predecessors.
The sun., 1918-07-18
Magma Charta Once More.

Mr.. HFrRY f. DAVIS of Washing
ton, d. c., favors THE Sun again this
morning with some further observa-
lions on the genesis and character Of
the Great Charter Of King JOHN
granted to the Barons of England at
Runnymede in June A. d. 1915.
His present letter is designed to
demonstrate the inaccuracy Of n
statement in the article on Magma
Charta in the latest edition Of the
Encyclopaedia Britannica, which we
quoted incidentally as part Of longer
passage sustaining the view expressed
by THE Sun to the effect that the
famous instrument was originally in
tended to benefit the Barons rather
than the common people of England.
That Magma Charta has since been
developed into an immortal declara-
ton Of English liberty has never been
questioned or denied in these columns.
No further discussion Is necessary in
dlsproof Of assertions which we have
never made.
The sun., 1918-07-18
KULTUR IN IRELAND.
A Priests Description Of the Sinking
Of tho Pretty Polly.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Str: Here
10 an extract from q letter from the
parish priest Of Carna, County Galway.
the Rev Father McHugh. 1t has refer
enoe to the sinking OF an Irish fishing
boat of the coast Of Galway:
The report you have Of the sinking
Of the Pretty Polly by . German sub
marine Is unfortunately but too true.
Tho enemy vessel approached to within
few yards OF her helpless victim,
placed q bomb on board her, and in q
few minutes one OF the best and smart
est fishing boats on this coast was but
a bundle Of twisted iron and shattered
timber lying at the bottom Of the sea.
The cruel butchers sent down with the
boat her crew of seven men. Those of
tho crew who escaped being blown into
pieces by tho shell were callously left
in the water to drown. No more brutal
crime has been committed since the
sinking Of the Lusitania, and no crime
that more loudly calls to Heaven for
vengeance. The disaster hangs like q
black cloud OF sorrow over tho whole
countryside. There is an end to the
fishing for this season. The fishermen
who have been fortunate enough to es-
cape have hauled up their boats and
drawn in their nets. They have not the
heart or courage to ply their dangerous
trade while underneath them at the bot
tom Of the sea lie their brave comrades.
The condition OF the dependents Of the
lost men 10 most pitiable. One old man
was SO overcome by the sad news that
he fell of his chair dead. One family
has lost all its male members Tom
Canavan, hard working and indus
trious man. and his two boys have gone
down. leaving black despair the portion
of his widow and her three little girls
NEW YoRK, July II. G. A.
The sun., 1918-07-18
EMPTYING THE BARREL.
How Long Can the Government Get
Taxes From Profitless Businessi

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir: Have
we no statesmen in the dominant polit-
ical party in Washington?
Must we have another tax bill formed
by that fantastic fnancier from North
Carolina. whose leading idea seems to
be that as the North wanted this war
and he didn't. We must pay for it by
such drastic methods as will deprive US
of a chance even to make a living. let
alone profits. from which to pay taxes?
It seems to be regarded In Washing
ton as almost n crime to make n profit
on anything. yet without profits on Il
great variety OF things. where is the
money to come from to meet war ex-
penses?
Everybody who is making money.
whether legitimately or otherwise, Is
characterized as a profiteer, and a prof
iteer is no better than a robber, no mat
ter how small the profit may be.
A way not to win the war and to ruin
the coustry is to stop or cripple all in
dustries not regarded as essential, and
few are. Probably rs per cent. of the
industries OF the country are non-essen-
tial so far as food, shelter and clothing
are concerned. True and broad states
manship should endeavor to promote the
welfare of all industries. encourage peo-
pie to buy luxuries so called. as well
as necessaries. and thus keep the wheels
of business constantly on the move. to
the end that the nation may have huge
surplus fund in the shape OF profit to
meet the demands of the war.
Keep drawing from a barrel at the
spigot and allow nothing to now in at
the bunghole and the barrel will soon
be empty.
Our enlightened statesmen in Wash
lngton appear TO be doing their best to
plug UP the bunghole while keeping the
spigot open. NJ. I. X.
ASHLAND, n. IL. July "a.
The sun., 1918-07-18

From the BUrG'o Evening Heps.
Some day, John nm I'm goIn to set my
From this ere path, an sure as you are
born
I'll time my steps an happen round your
Jus, middlln' sun. when your or dinner
horn
Is calm YOU: When soap suds trick your
eyes
TN happen in an see your glad surprise,
An hear your greetin', honest, true an
tr!ef;
Here's company, ma! Pu, in another
leaf"
sinca I've been out fer this new patent
This combination pain knife an pen
'Mongst other things I've found l had q
sight
or things 10 learn. particular OF men;
An this ! found: that hearts are mighty
few
As big an good as in the breast Of you
An words like yours are scarce as happy
Here's company. ma Put In another
LEAH"
love you, John an I respect YOU too,
An ailus VIII, an want to praise you for
Your friendliness, an fer the things you
swannv, John, king could do no
more
why. ali his frilis an all his nunkics too,
An royal hands a-tootin' "Howdv do"
Amt half ms much as your one sreetln'
Here's company. ma. Put In another
leaf"
JOHN d. WELLS.
The sun., 1918-07-18
THE CORNFLOWER
should Knot OF Red and white and
Black Go with II?

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-S!r 70 r
correspondent "E. s. F." who reru'!
SO aptly to his brother-in-law W',r a1.
monished that the Yale blue corn.
flower he was wearing va. ka.-.r.
oiumen, and who may continue eo %
ramole TIL the butcher cuts hi'7
down. probably would have gr. a gn.t
deal OF fun out Of life-as long al. ts'"
would have let him live ha3 b." E9:a
from Germany TO England during -
wars OF the Roses. Imagine tho .,y :
putting on red rose one day ard d
white one the next and EC'',r- Us
goats OF both York and Llrrn.'D~
A story Is told OF cockncg sthrag
who when asked by Magistrate -
explain why the prisoner At 'as bar
had assaulted him replied
HI never done nothn', y"r porsN p,
Is brother was Jung lawst wn., a. :
III only tied a moose in the end - "'
whip and dangled hit hin fr..' o.
face"
Evidently "E. s. f" loves .,.o. 3
combination of black and wG.'n
red worn on the lapel Of the coa' $50.
attract considerable attention J.., 0o8
even in New York city.
WALLACE WrE.rss
NEW York, July II.
The sun., 1918-07-18
COPENHAGEN,
That's Word Mlspronounced b,
Many HighbrOws.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: The
letter Of your correspondent Ally" in
THE SuN OF July IL has hit the nall
on the head. think the same as he
does, that there should be an effort made
to enlighten the public concerning the
pronunciation of several words now in
general use. Take, for example, the
name of the capital city OF Denmark.
which is very often mispronounced not
on.y in general conversation but by lee
tursrs as well.
I happened to be dining one evening
at the home of friends. and during the
dinner spoke OF visiting Copenhagen
some time previously. In speaking the
word l gave the "a" in the penultimate
the long sound. My hostess smiled and
said, You mean COPENHAGEN" giving
the letter the broad sound OF "a in
father" or course. politeness forbade
any argument on my part. although
was certain OF the correctness OF my
pronunciation. as the dictionaries after
ward proved upon my referring to them
at home. Since that time l have heard
1t often on the platform and elsewhere,
and II always makes me feel like re-
marking. please don't give that word
German pronunciation" for it is de-
cidedly German and not English.
II any one will take the trouble to
refer to reputable dictionary he will
find that there is no authority for CIV
ing the said vowel the broad sound II
should be pronounced like the "a" in
page"
The Danes spell it "Kjohenhavn," but
when a Dane is speaking of 1t in Eng
fish he pronounces 1t as II II ware
spelled Copenhagen. just AZ We Amer
leans should. and not Copenhagen, as
the German people do. +. V.
EAST CALAIS VT July II
The sun., 1918-07-18

recall In Its worst forms" This move
ment. which has come to be extern
sively known as Townleyism. from the
name Of Its principal agitator, is
insidlously threatening the judiciary.
and Is all the more dangerous because
its real purpose In this respect is not
manifest to the ordinary voter. 1t is
satisfactory to be assured that the
legal profession Is aware Of its men,
acing activities and is taking effec-
tive measures to counterfeit them.
If the American Bar Association
had done nothing else. 1t wouid be
entitled to a large measure Of public
gratitude for the work of its commit
tee to oppose judicial recall. New
York is represented on the committee
by Judge ALPHoNso T, CLEARWATER
Of Kingston, formerly County Judge
Of Ulster county and Justice Of ~
Supreme Court. Among his legal
brethren he is as well known and
highly regarded for his ability and
learning as he is among laymen for
his eminent public services.
The sun., 1918-07-18
DOGS.
A Pacific Philosopher on the Inter.
esting Canine.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir. Let
tiers on the dog that appear from time
to time in THE Sun are always inter-
esting.
1t goes almost without saying that a
person who has no love for DOGS or in
terest in them is devoid of the milk OF
human kindness
Our canine friends save human life,
they help man in his work, they protect
households, they aid man IN his sports
and diversions, and besides all this they
provide an unfailing amount OF amuse-
ment, companionship and instruction TO
the family. from the baby up to the
grave and reverend grandfather. Even
busy paterfamilas himself considers his
old hound mn integral member OF the
household and laments his passing with
almost paternal grief
The value OF the mere study o. a
dogs traits. habits and ways is great
enough 10 justify ones keeping a dog.
Cats. dogs and barnyard fowl are fas-
cinatng subjects for study. Their wa VS.
throw interesting side lights upon the
ways of man.
Dogs have a certain sense Of honesty.
DO not all dogs. even puppies warn the
household. by barking, OF the approach
OF strangers? BY thus acting the part
OF watch dog tand almost all dogs are
watch dogs). they pay for their board
and keep. so TO speak. And who knows
hut that dogs have some dim idea OF
this? l do not myself believe much in
keeping n dog as a watch dog. People
with good consciences do not bolt and
bar to any great extent Indeed, many
keep open house" in an actual as well
as a figurative sense.
Dogs are nuisance and constitute
supernumerary Appendices to a house
hold when too much attention is be-
slowed upon them. When n dog Cor
any other animaD has affection Law
ished upon 1t that ought to be lavshed
upon a child, then ! say. kick the dog
cut. Too many people worship at the
altar of poodle.
Here IN a verse OF "doggerel" Cthough
hope 1t is a little better than dog
gereD that may carry some~appeal to
those who are well disposed toward
dogs:
More faithful than a friend. no matter
who,
To gree. me- and dost ning thysslt about
AS thou hadst lost thy wits why this ado Z?
Why make more fuss DER me than DER the
stew
Thou hadst at supper timer I have no
doubt
Thou lowest me. fond dog. not as the
rout
or men, but with affection strong and true.
Man loves but those who love him in re-
turn
a few cod words will send him from the
door
or the best friend he has f5revermora;
But for thy master thou. good dog. dost
yearn:
His seed Of kicks and curses only reaps
The loving ardor OF thy frantic leaps
CHARLES HOOPER
SEATTLE, Wash, July 10,
The sun., 1918-07-18
WHAT TONNAGE MEANS.
A Clear Explanation Of Terms Con
fusing to q Landsman.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS--Sir: With
out going into all the voluminous details
of the rules governing ship mea ement,
about which there is considerable mis-
understanding on the part OF the pub
lie, the general rule is that the gross
registered tonnage of a ship is her total
cubic contents expressed In tons OF 100
cubic feet.
The net registered tonnage OF the
same ship is arrived at by deducting
from the gross registered tonnage the
cubic space occupied by the engines.
boilers. fuel space and crews quarters.
also expressed in tons of 100 cubic feet
The lightweight tonnage OF ship Is
an altogether different matter. and Is
the number OF tons of 2.240 pounds
weight which the ship can carry on her
official load line. and this tonnage in
cludes cargo. fuel. boiler water, stores.
equipment, &C.
The displacement tonnage is still
another feature, and represents the
weight of water which the ship dis
places, and which of course varies as to
whether she IL in light condition or in
loaded condition.
AS a practical example take the case
of steamship OF 5000 tons gross reg
istered tonnage.
This means that the cuhical contents
OF this steamship, including machinery
space, boiler space fuel space. crews
quarters. &C, will measure 100000
cubic feet. Her net registered TONNAGE
Will probably be in the nelghborhood
OF g. 800 tons which means that 10000
cubic feet Is deducted from her gross
registered tonnage as the space occu-
pied by machinery. boiler space, fuel
space, crews quarters, &c, leaving
available for cargo approximately $780,
900 cubic feet.
The lightweight capacity OF this
steamship would be about 5000 tons,
which means that It will take n load of
5000 tons OF 2.240 pounds OF cargo,
fuel. boiler water stores, SC, to put
her down to her official load line.
The displacement of this same
steamship. that is to say, the weight OF
water which she would dsplace In her
light condition. would be approximately
1000 tons while In her loaded condition
at full draft the displacement would he
approximately $4,000 tons, l. e., the
weight OF water displaced when light
plus the weight of the cargo, fuel. &c.
OF 5000 tons would make a total
water displacement of 10000 tons.
OF course practically every steamship
varies, and the illustration have
given above represents about the situa-
ton on a modern cargo steamship not
built for speed and practically every
steamship works out differently, depend
ing on the fineness or shape OF the hull
in It's relation to the load that she will
carry in weight, as naturally a steamship
with fine lines will not carry anything
like, the load that a steamship with
coarse lines will carry. for the former,
because OF her fine lines, will submerge
with q given weight faster than the
latter. d, T. WARDEN.
NEW YORK, July II.
The sun., 1918-07-18
On the Roll Of Honor.

Colonel RoosEvELT's place in the
hearts Of his countrymen denies to
him solitude In his grief. Their deep
respect and unfelgned affection in
spire feeling that wears no aspect
of intrusiveness, but records the sem
timent he has evoked by lifetime
spent in the service of others. SO in
the hour which brings the report Of
the honorable death of his son Lieu
tenant QUENTIN ROOSEVELT, all Amer
leans give voice to their sorrow. and
claim the right to speak the thoughts
that fill their minds.
A good and Brave young man, type
Of the millions Of proud Americans
who man our ships and hold our
trenches, this worthy son of worthy
father died as 1t best BELTS a man to
die. He gave his all for his country
and his fellow men. in gallant combat
with the enemy, intrepid In his duty,
serene in the consciousness of his
performance to its uttermost of the
task that was laid upon him. Nor
can any parent refrain, in the day OF
his bereavement, from rejecting thar
the sacrifice cannot have been in vain
when the purpose in pursuit Of which
It was made wns of such untroubled
nobility.
In the death of men like Lieutenant
QUENTIN ROOSEVELT and Lieutenant
w. VERNON BOOTH, Jr., the whole
spirit Of America in the great cause
to which we have dedicated our all is
brought out rs n message written in
letters of fire. They are Of our best,
these young men transformed by khaki
to maturity, the children Of liberty
grown in n day to giants for right
eousness. We mourn for them, but,
rs we mourn, their dauntless souls
strengthen us for the attainment Of
victory, whatever its price.
The sun., 1918-07-18
Baron Burian's Peace One nslve.

In his address to the Premiers of
the two constituent parts of the mon
archy, the Austro-Hungarian Foreign
Minister, Baron STEPHEN BuRIAN,
places particular stress upon the po-
sition, or rather the plight, of Aus
tria-Hungary. He says;
THE enemy not only wants to cut
from Austria-Hungary what he would
like for himself, but the inner structure,
that OF the monarchy itself, too, is to
be alta cked, and the monarchy dissolved,
II possible, into component parts"
This apparently is the basis of
his professed willingness "to discuss
everything except our own territory"
The demands of the italian irreden-
fists for the Trentino and Trieste, the
looping off of Bosnia to rebuild
new Serbia, and the establishment of
II Slav state from portions of the
monarchy present matter Of more
RIAN than the fate of Alsace-Lorraine
and the German colonies.
The address affects the same mis-
understanding of the causes of the
war and of the vital underlying prin-
.ciples of the Allies purposes in the
war that has marked previous official
utterances from Germany and Aus
tria. Again we are informed that the
war was forced upon the Central
Powers and that their opponents
demand "our atonement because we
dared to defend ourselves, and sue
cessfully, against their attacks" Re
ferring to the statements made In
President WILSON'S Fourth Of July
address BURIAN says: 1--WE are able
TO approve them to great extent"
Continuing, however, he declares that
territorial aims are, in fact, the only
things now separating the different
belllgerent groups"
The acquisition of territory has not
been the aim Of the Allies, and it Is
not now. From the statements of her
own people, from the disclosures of
her own official documents Germany
undertook the war as an enterprise of
conquest. No man, even among the Ger
mans themselves, believes to-day that
she was the victim Of premeditated
attack by neighboring nations. 1t
was Germany's greed for land and
dominion and the ruthless pursuit of
her deliberately laid plans of world
conquest that gives Importance to
territorial aims" in present peace
discussion.
The interference with the internal
affairs of Austrla-Hungary did not
have Its inception within the Allied
councils, as Baron BURIAN implies,
but in the minds Of the people them
selves, who had been oppressed by
years Of misrule and unjust dlscrimi-
nation. The Parliaments, for which
the address of the Foreign Minister
Is intended, have been forced by the
demands of the oppressed races to
seek remedies for this dissatisfaction
md unrest. A slight rectlfication of
franchise privileges In Hungary and
the, granting of limited concessions
The sun., 1918-07-18
The Thing That "None OF Our Sol
diers Would Understand"

All that is publicly known about
the authorship of the following mes
sage, sent to the French on Monday
afternoon, Is that it was written by
ian American General in command
of the American forces south Of the
Marnc":
I'VE regret being unable on this oc-
casion to follow tho counsels Of our mas
tiers. the French, but the American nag
has been forced to retire. This Is unen-
durable. and mono Of our soldiers would
understand their not being asked to do
whatever IL necessary to repair a situa-
ton which is humiliating to US and un-
acceptable to our oouHtry's honor. We
ore going to counter attack"
We do know this, though: that the
American troops did counter attack ;
that they recovered the lost ground,
although they had been advised that
II was of no great strategic value,
and that they took an additional half
mile from the Germans.
We also know that this courteous
message to Il brave ally, gently re-
1ecting his counsel, but ever so po-
litely explaining the reason why, is
one of the documents of this war that
will 60 into the school histories.
Since JoFFRE's order Mt the Marine
nothing finer has come from a SOL
dier's pen.
"None of our soldiers would under
stand" The tribute to the Ameri-
cans. penned in all modesty by their
commander, reaches the sublime.