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New-York tribune., 1918-02-25
Invisible Ally Turned Teutons
Back From Paris, Says Noyes
English Poet Tells Free Synagogue That Spiritual Force
Has Acted Unfailngly for the Western
Nations in the Crises

That the power which turned back
the German armies at the Marne and
saved Paris from falling into Teuton
hands was not primarily the material
force of arms, but principally the
spiritual force of the defenders Gin
visible ally" was the belief advanced
by Alfred Noycs, the English poet, ad-
dressing DR.. stephen S. Wise's con-
gregation of the Free Synagogue in
Carnegie Hall yesterday morning.
"The Germans frankly put the in
terests of the state above all spiritual
law. They offered England what seemed
to be advantageous terms if she would
follow suit and agree that her treaty
with Belgium was only scrap of
paper England, however, put spiritual
law above material gain and defed Ger
many. In so doing she acquired on in
visible ally, which seems to act unfail
ingly in crises.
"What saved Paris when the Ger
mans We're only few miles from the
gates? We had no troops there to
speak Of, and yet the Germans stopped
and went back. I am impressed that
there is some spiritual force which has
shown itself time and again in this
war. In London, walking along Regent
Street, | noticed blind man tapping
his way through the throngs of pedes,
trians. High above him he carried a
placard, on which was written in Eng
lish on one side and in French on the
other, am thy shepherd; thou shalt
not want He was we'll dressed, un-
concerned and evidently not a heeear
New-York tribune., 1918-02-25
"Oh Love" Has Its Sequel

PORT CHESTER, N. Y. Feb "a
After the tryout in Stamford, Conn,
last night Of ooh Love-" a musical
comedy, William A. Sheer, one of the
producers, decided that it would be
most appropriate to get married. Mrs.
Eva X; Gleason, a member Of the pro
dpcers' party, agreed with him.
Mr.. Sheer, having heard that mar
rlages were performed in this town
while you wait, called up John Nc
Carthy, proprietor of u hotel here. and.
when the wedding party arrived little
after midnight this morning, the town
clerk and the police justice were in
readiness. After the ceremony Their,
was wedding supper or breakfast.
Mr.. Sheer formerly was manager of
the World Film Corporation. Mrs.
Gleason lived at the Hotel Vanderbilt
in New York and is the daughter of
W: s. Rountree. of Chicago. Bride and
bridegroom told the officials that they
had been previously, though not mu.
tLally married and had obtained di-
V0rceS.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-25
West Point Hazers
Now Court Martialled
Drastic Action Ordered to
Stamp Out Practice at the
Academy
[Staf Correspondence

WASHINGTON. Feb. 24-In efforts
to stamp out hazing at West Point the
War Department has adopted rigid
policy of instituting courts martial of
upper classmen for the offence Cadet
Joseph c. Panzarella, third class
man, is the latest West Point student
to face a court martial on hazing
charge
Panzarclla was accused of compel
ling Cadets Nathaniel A. Burnell, Mau-
rice L. Rosenthal, Robert H. BARLEY,
Daniel p. BUckland, Russell j. Nelson,
Hughes Steele, Henry b. Sheets, Rich
ard Bennison. Martin Loeb. Mark Boat
ner and Joseph A. holly to engage in
strenuous physical exercise and to
"assume constrained positions' in VIC.
lation of the 96th Article of War.
As a penalty. Panzarella was sus-
pended without pay and allowance un-
til August 2S, 1918, and to join the
then third class. The judge advo
Gates Office of the War Department in
dicated that similar punishment was
to be ordered in all cases of cadets
found guilty Of hazing in the future.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-25

pig pig business so whole -hcartedly back
me lndiscriminate condemnation
OF all kinds of business, especially the
So-called big business can in no wise
be justified by the facts. There was y
day when the fundamental ethics which
should underlie all business were for
gotten In a desire to acquire riches.
It was the day of the Get-Rich- Quick
Wallingford" @''~>
Here Mr. Bedford recounted some
personal experiences with "Walling-
lords" classifying their actions as
"dishonorable, though not perhans dis7 7
nonest"; "dishonorable and dishonest.
though perhaps not Illegal" and dis
honest, dishonorable and illegal"
Conditions change with times" he
went on. matters that were consid
cred perfectly honorable and honest
and legal twenty years ago would be
condemned to-day. This is due to the
advance of moral thought and a gen
orally better conception Of the higher
ideals.
Success in business is by no means
measured by the amassing of wealth.
1t is poor and meagre success that is
based on the acquisition of money at
the expense Of character.
oynP"lHy, mercy ana justice should
all be factors in competition, and COM
petition is business. They are begin
nng to shape public opinion, and even
to find their expression in law
"The man of intelligence and imari
nation who fails to acquire character
early in life is doomed to disappoint-
mcnt, unsatistied maturity and old age.
1T is pity that the ambitions are
generally such that not one man in q
thousand cares for the triumphs of
art or letters; in short, that wealth
and its results are the only good yet
conspicuous on the American horizon.
And this begets the greatest evil in
businesses seltishness. Selishness un-
restrained in business life is not the
best policy"
Mr.. Bedford said he believed that
Americans after they have done their
bit in the war and the interests at
home have contributed in full measure
to the victory of democracy, no longer
will be regarded abroad as "nation Of
dollar chascrs."
New-York tribune., 1918-02-25
The Weather Report

WASHINGTON. Feb. 24.-There have been local
rains and SHOWS in the northern Rocky Mountains.
Elsewhere tho weather has been fair and un-
seasonably warm, especially east of the Rocky
Mountains. In the Canadian Northwest there has
been change to lower temperatures, although the
fall has not been great.
The weather In the Washington forecast dis
trict will be generally fair Monday but local
rains probable Tuesday in the east Gulf
states. Tennessee tho Ohio Valley and the lower
Local rains also probable Monday and Tues
VIII &c conue tp u'r in ali Nd dscs ff1 eseept @ ba @
be Slightly colder Tuesday in the lake region
the Ohio Valley. Tennessee and The east Gulf
states.
r's Forecast, for for Special loeass.mNor:hern New
Eastern New York-Fair Monday. slightly colder
New Jersey Eastern rennsyvaap p soathern giguS New
England-Partly cloudy Monday and Tuesday. NOT
Western PENNSYLVANIA Western New Yorl-Cen-
orally fair Monday Tuesday probably rain and
not SO warm
Local Official Record. The following official rec
ord fiom the Weather I'ure@i shows temperatures
during the last twenty four hours. in comparison
with the corresponding date of last year
lsls 1917; 1918. 1917
{ m. NJ 49,. 5 = ,. ;. m. M. ..... is ! 4
II m. 49,. - 45ll D. In ~ A.
Highest temperature yesterday. 80 degrees "a. .
p. M }; lowes,. II Cat a M average. A. aver
ass for same date las; year IS, average for same
date last thirty three years %.
Humility
a MO p NIL 5 p. M. 60
Barometer Readings
a. m. so l p. M. 29.do S p. m. 20 63
Local Official Forecast. Fair to-day; partly
cloudy Tomorrow; moderate west TO northwest
winds
New-York tribune., 1918-02-25

Nor was he advertising any meeting.
He seemed unrelated to the rest of tho
world, some one apart
Later in the day, returning home, I
was passing Charing Cross. A great
crowd had gathered at the station, for
the first Franload of wounded was due
from the south. Presently it arrived
and its woful cargo of wounded poured
out OF the station on crutcheS or in
ambulances. Then came little crowd
OF egian refugees, homeless, penni-
less and apparently dumb with terror
and apprehension. AS they streamed
into the street | saw them look up.
Into their agonized faces came light
and smile. | turned to the direction
IN which they were looking, and there
was my blind man, caught in the great
crowd and transported to the very
place where the Belgians must pass.
And high aloft he held his sign, the
French translation turned to the Bel
gians' view.
~ say this is one of the things which
had impressed me most concerning the
presence on our side of an invisible
ally. That blind man did not know the
way to Charing Cross; the crowd had
carried him there. He did not know
which way his sign was turned-the
English side, which the Belgians could
not have read, or the French, which
they could and did with such evident
consolation. There was more to it than
mere chance; there was that which
goes to show that whatever spiritual
force there is is helping the cause of
justice"
DR.. Wise, who was to have delivered
as his sermon "An Answer to the
American Bolsheviki," postponed his
address,. explaining that it would not be
IN keeping with the reverential spirit
which had been awakened by the re-
marks of Mr. Moves
New-York tribune., 1918-02-25
Muldoon ests Plan
To Restore Officers
Brigadier General Vaughan His
First Patient; May Rejuve-
nate Oilers

MOUNT VERNON, N. Y, Feb a.
Brigadier General Cecil c. Vaughan,
of Virginia, commanding the 58th In
fantry Brigade, has been the first pa
tient, it was learned to-day, in a new
course installed at William Muldoon's
sanatorium, whereby, it is hoped, run
down army officers can be brought up
to 100 per cent efficiency in twenty
days.
General Vaughan has just finished
mis- twenty-day course and will appear
before the War Department for cx-
animation on Monday. If it is success
full in his case, it may be that the War
Department will send other officers
here.
81 have told the Surgeon General of
the army" said Mr.. Muldoon to-day.
that | would take army officers when
they began to show signs of nervous
breakdown and put them through a
short course to restore them to health.
SO far it is only an experiment. Gen
eral Vaughan's condition, when he is
examined at Washington, will decide
whether it is to become anything
more"
New-York tribune., 1918-02-25
Iron onic of War
Needed by World,
Says Hamilton

Declaring that Germany was "the
best friend the Allies ever had" Cosmo
Hamilton, writer and lieutenant in the
British Royal Flying Corps, spoke
on "The Iron Tonic of the War" to five
hundred men at the Central Branch of
the Young Mems Christian Association,
Brooklyn, yesterday afternoon.
"The world needed this war" Mr..
Hamilton said. eve were suffering
from supercivilization, and had to 90
under or come up. We were afflicted
with an1mia Of the brain, weighted
with superAuous fat both of mind and
body. We had lost Almighty God in
pursuit of the almighty dollar; we had
forgotten how to pray. But Germany,
by bringing us into this awful conflict,
has unwlttngly been the best friend
we ever had. Men and women all over
Europe are now drinking the iron tonic
OF the war; 1T Is getting into their
blood, giving them strength, courage
reverence, making simple, wonderful
creatures of them.
Gentlemen Become Men
"Before August 4, 1914, the bows in
Oxford lolled around in fancy waist
coats, driving high powered cars and
drinking high-priced wines. But on
August gentlemen went out of Europe
and men came in. Now, those Oxford
dudes are dying every day for England; :;
they are drinking the iron tonic, instead
OF champagne"
Mr.. Hamilton emphasized what he
called "the rebirth of the women of
England during the war"
They used to be afraid they'd soil
their t[ rocks or diis&rrange. their hair.
Now they're working twelve hours a
day and are fit as fiddles.''
Warning of the sacrifices and priva-
tons ahead of the American people
during the remaining years of the war
was issued by the speaker.
you've got two, three, maybe five,
years ahead of you, gentlemen" he
said. Food shortages and fuel short
ages will be the normal order of things.
You may have to wear paper boots and
insufficient clothing. But that does not
matter. You will suffer, but you will
gain, and emerge hard, clean, straight
standing men. War develops the best
in men and throws off the superfluous.
The whole world ls taking it's dose and
benefiting; America is just beginning
to taste it,"
New-York tribune., 1918-02-25
'SquareDeal' of20Years AgoNow
illegal, Declares A. c.. Bedford

They were the bad old days twenty
years ago as we'll as the good old days.
What passed as fair business then has
now become sharp practice, if not
downright illegal. There is new
spirit in competition, and it's basic
elements are sympathy, mercy and JUS
tice.
For SO much A. c. Bedford, chairman
of the board of the Standard Oil Com
pany of New Jersey, for many years
John d. Archbold's right hand man
and finally his successor, stands as au-
thority. The young men of DR.. Eaton's
Bible class, who heard him lecture on
Business Ethics" in the Madison Ave
John D. Rockefeller. Mr.. Bedford is a
Baptist), went forth fully informed in
the principles of the modern square
deal.
Get it out Of your minds" Mr.. Bed
ford told the class, chat business in
the United States is dishonest"
"To judge from what one often
hears, as expressed by public opinion,
1T would appear that business opera
tions were conducted generally with
fine disregard of moral principles. that
the law was needed to compel busi-
ness meu from doing those with
whom they dealt. and even that pos
sibly business successes were condi-
toned upon taking advantage of every
opportunity to cheat. deceive and de-
lude.
"But how would it be possible for
houses to keep on doing business with
the same people for ten, twenty or even
forty years unless honorable and fair
dealings were so customary that they
could be taken for granted?
"a more widely circulated -miscon-
ception of mercantile morals is dis
seminated by the press. Modern Jour
nalism concerns itself with the ex-
ploitatlon of the exception. College
professors have lent their authority
to popularity created impression, and
even one now high in authority. no
less than the President himself, in an
interview once said: THE corporation
problem resembles a society of burg
lars, legally organized to plunder.' r
wonder what he would say to day, with
New-York tribune., 1918-02-25
City Employees to Help

of its five passengers Immediately
jumped out and the car proceeded on
its way at faster clip
Hearty pursued in a commandeered
taxicab, and fnally halted the fugi-
tives. One of these, who was in uni
form, said he. was Frank Helleher, of
Company X, 306th Infantry, Camp
Upton. The others gave their names as
Raymond Strang, PIT West f34th
Street, and Cornelius Nye, 2s6 East
164th Street. They were charged with
stealing an automobile left by Joseph
Horan, a salesman for the Taylor
Motors Company, at 134th Street and
Amsterdam Avenue. Magistrate Bowie.
in Washington Heights court, held the
three in $4,000 bail each for examina-
ton TODAY.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-25
Women Enroll as Nurses
Many Offer Their Services to
the Red Cross

College women from all parts of the
,ouhtry are sending in their applica-
IONS Tor enrolment in the Vassar Col
sese "Plattsburg for Women" where
nurses Will be trained this summer un-
Ter uer tne auspices of the Red Cross and
sne council of National Defence for
service IN war hospitals.
nar Inc course has been designed to pre-
pare women for important posts in mil
iioary and public health nursing. Fol
,o;wHing ;Hg their training the candidates
Nh enter the best hospitals through
~ ~ me country, where they will com
tae.e theIr work and take the degree of
registered nurse. " f9 " %
,xho huoitsge t women of perfect physique
nv trao nave been graduated in the last
zen years are fit candidates. Thev
snouid send their applications to thu
ssg sscaui.lng headquarters, 106 East Fifty
second Street.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-25
Red Cross Knits More
Work of Atlantic Division Is
Increasing Each Month

The output Of war relief articles
made by the local chapters of the At
lantic division Of the American Red
Cross Is increasing each month. In
December, 1917, more than double the
material turned out in the month pre-
ceding was sent in.
In the last few weeks the Red Cross
has sent to France $4,000 sweaters,
$500 wristlets and 12.5OO pairs of
socks. The number of surgical dress
lngs inspected at the division ware
house for export during January was
3,703, ,692.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-25
Welfare of Community
Will Be Chief Interest
Now, He Says
Opportunities for All
Work for Public Good Rather
Than Wealth Will Be
Rewarded

George w. Perkins, of the United
States Steel Corporation and Interna-
tional Harvester Company, yesterday,
in discussing economic and sociological
reconstruction after the war, had this
to say:
1--WE are beyond question entering on
period where the welfare of the COM
munity takes precedence over the in
terests of the individual, and where the
liberty of the individual will be more
and more circumscribed for the benefit
of the community as whole. To my
mind there is nothing more certain
than this; | believe that the sooner the
cepts it and prepares to shape his own
course accordingly, the more success
full his career will be, the better off his
country will be, the happier he and
every one else will be.
The Dollar Is Fading "
"Our only decorationAth almighty
dollar-is not as highly priced as it
used to be. The man of exceptional
ability, of more than ordinary talent,
will hereafter look for his rewards, for
his honors, not in one direction, but in
two: First and foremost, in some pub
lie work accomplished. and. second
arily, in wealth acquired. In my juog-
ment, the fashion of acquiring wealth
simply for the sake of possessing it has
about reached its greatest height, and
the fashion of performing public ser
vice for the sake of it's performance is
coming into vogue. If I am right, then
the problem of the man of the future is
not how he can acquire a very large
personal fortune, but how he can ac-
qulre competency and at the same
time fit himself to be an all-around
citizen and render some worth while
public service.
Opportunities Are Offered
"In my judgment, the period that is
upon us offers large opportunities for
individual thought, initiative and ac-
ton. 1t calls for original thinking, for
constructive work, for constructive
statesmanship. Men of sober minds,
clean, healthy bodies and stanch cour-
age will find a myriad of opportunities.
to make distinctive places for them
selves in the great new period upon
which We are just entering and which
carries so much promise for humanity.
THE political party that fails to
recognize all this will fail at the polls
1t is not enough in these days to appeal
to the people on the principles on
which a party was established half
century ago, or on what it accomplished
Tor the country twenty five years ago.
The people are no longer interested in
what happened yesterday Their whole
interest IS centred on what is going to
happen tomorrow.
"A reconstruction period is at hand
1t is not simply local. nor is it merely
national; it is international, world
wide. The mighty changes that are tax
ing place in Europe tell us this with
unmlstakable voices. The man of the
future must realize all this. He must
be ready to adjust himself to the new
conditions that are crowding upon u.s."
New-York tribune., 1918-02-25
Catholics, Protestants and
Jews Participate in Pres
entation Ceremony
Officer Accepts Edifce
Recites Remarkable Record Of
$4,000 Men Who Have
Been in Cantonment

CAMP UPTON. N. Y, Feb 24.-The
new inter-denominational church was
formally turned over to the canton
ment to-day. Services held in connec-
ton with the presentation were par
ticipated in by Catholic priests, Pro-
testant clergymen and rabbi. The
ediiice which will be called Church
sHeadquarters,' is the only one of it's
kind in any of the army environments.
General Johnson, the division COM
mander. in an address in which he &C
yepted the church for the camp, de-
sslared that the chaplains, religious
workers and organizations were respon-
Sible in great measure for the high
moral calibre of his men.
; "Out Of $4,000 men who have passed
through this camp since it was estab-
iished," said General Johnson, "but
fftythree have been court martialled,
and Of these only ten committed Grim
inal offences. Leaves to go into town
have been given to as many as $4,000
men at once and practically every one
returned TO camp on time
Such a church as this is only possi-
ble as an outgrowth of war conditions,
when an upheaval unifies religious
thoughts. There are forty creeds in
this camp. At first you may have held
sout against the Protestant, the Catho-
1ic, the jew the Mohametan or the
Confuclan, but you have learned they
are men like yourselves.
you Will be shoulder to shoulder
with YOUR comrades in Europe some
day. The Jew will then lay down his
life for the Gentle, the Catholic for
the Protestant. War doesn't allow the
petty things of creed to divide men.
As commander of this camp, could
never have looked favorably upon this
church If it was to advance any propa-
ganda or creed.'
The Rev. DR.. William Adams Brown
secretary of the General Wartime
Commission Of the Churches, presided
The invocation was spoken by First
Lieutenant James J. Halligan, Catholic
chaplain of the 30Sth Infantry. Her
man Eldridge, representing the Y. Nj.
c. A. conducted the responsive read
ing. Father Lawrence Bracken, acting
chaplain of the Depot Brigade and rep
resentativc Of the Knights of Colum-
bus, read from the Scriptures. Prayer
was offered by the Rev. DR.. William T.
Manning, acting Chaplain of the 302d
Engineers, and by Lieutenant James NJ
Howard. chaplain Of the 304th Field
Artillery.
made by the Rev DR.. John F. Carson,
rector Of the Central Presbyterian
Church, Brooklyn, and benedictions
were given by Rabbi N. Blechman. rep
resenting the Jewish Welfare Board,
The music was provided by the Depot
brigade Orchestra and the Y. NJ. C. A,
Quartet.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-25
Appointed by Lincoln,
Postmaster, 81, Resigns

LUDLINGTONV1LLE, N. Y, Feb. "a.
Joshua Griffith, who received his ap-
pointment as postmaster Of Ludlington-
vile from President Lincoln, has re-
signed. He Is eighty two years old and
believes that he has the longest record
of service of postmaster in the country.
When MIR. Griffith announced his re-
tirement the government abolished the
Ludlingtonvillc office and will hence
forth distribute the mail by rural de-
livery from Holmes.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-25
Acting Mayor Smith Plans War Saving
Society in the Board Of Aldermen
Each Member Will Be Urged
to Set a Good Example to
Voters by Regular Pur-
chase of Thrift Stamps

Acting Mayor Alfred E. Smith will
urge the aldermen at the meeting at 2
o'clock tomorrow afternoon to form a
war savings society Of their own. The
representative of each aldermanic dis
trict will be asked to set a good ex-
ample to the people Of the city by be-
coming systematic purchaser of war
savings and thrift stamps.
The move in the Board of Aldermen
will signify the opening Of an inten-
sive drive in this city to enlist one
million New Workers into war savings
societies before the opening of the
next Liberty Loan campaign. Then
the machinery to foster the thrift cam
paign will devote its energies to aiding
the third Liberty Loan.
The war savings committee pointed
out again yesterday that the thrift
campaign should be supplement to
the Liberty Loan plans and not a COM
petitcr Arthur H. Ham, manager of
the war savings societies bureau, will
direct the concerted attempt to boom
war savings societies.
City Employees to Help
Under Mayor Hylan's authorization,
it is understood, Mr.. Ham has already
begun to organize societies among the
city employees in the Controllers Office
and in the Tax, Water and Correction
departments. In private industries the
society idea is spreading rapidly. The
largest is in the Metropolitan Life In
surance Company, where $4,000 en-
ployes have Joined.
The elaborate organizations through
out the country are already producing
results. The total sales of war savings