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New-York tribune., 1918-02-13
Sabotage Inverted

The resolution adopted by the Cooper
Union mass meeting regarding Senator
Browns bill permitting the State Indus
during the war is true. The bill would cab
rogate all the protection secured to women
and children through long, hard years of
public endeavor and throw them back
upon the mercies of unscrupulous employ
ers of every sort" It would do more. 1t
would affect men equally unfavorably.
The only recourse from injustice on the
part of employers would be an appeal to
the power of labor unions-that is to the
ultimate balance to the power of the en-
ployer class, the strike.
AS a fomenter of strikes this measure.
If it became law, could not be excelled by
the agents of the J.. w. w.
On its social side the bill is thoroughly
pernicious. 1t would make possible the
reintroduction of the evils of child labor
and the sweatshops and the canning fac
tories-all the vicious oppression of help
less workers which the police power of the
state has gradually but successfully been
invoked to stop. Such a backward step
in ordinary times would not be contem-
plated by the most reactionary of legis-
latures. There is no more reason for
taking it now that the country is at war
The experience of other warning countries
is that the health and safety Of the work.
crs must be maintained, else production
suffers and the war programme of the
country suffers. Last year Governor
Whitman vetoed this same bill. He should
not be put to that troub's this year. It
should never get that near to the statute
books.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-13
An Apology to Senator Hitchcock

In last Sundays issue of The New York
Tribune Review Senator Gilbert NJ Hitch
cock was gratuitously and most unfortu-
nately criticised in contributed article
from Washington which ought not to have
been printed. The writer repeated a lot
of suspicious gossip about the Senators
motives in critfcising the conduct of the
war. That was bad enough, but to bring
Mrs. Hitchcock into it was objectionable,
for two reasons. One of them was a rea-
son of taste. The other was a reason of
fact. The Senator's wife is not German
American woman, as alleged in the article
Her father was native born New York
er, of native parents, captain in the
Civil War and later respected member
of the Nebraska bench.
Our own Washington correspondent C.
W. Gilbert, telegraphs: Senator Hitch
cock handled the declaration of war for
the Administration in the Senate when
Senator Stone failed. l know him we'll.
He is actuated only by desire to see the
war effectively prosecuted and is doing a
courageous public service. l urge prompt
correction as an act Of justice"
We offer our sincerest apology to Sena-
tor Hitchcock, and we give the correction
greater prominence than the error re-
ceived.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-13

the necessities of life" says carefully
considered article in "The New Republic"
I'VE cannot do this through individual
efforts nor through the mechanism Of pri-
vate enterprise. 1t is one that must sooner
or later be undertaken by the state"
Since we cannot permit famine prices,
which alone would rccoup the speculator
for the steady drain of expense which
storage houses would entail, the govern
ment must undertake the task.
1t is a sign of the times. And mean
while "The New Republic" is doing excel
lent work in pointing out just what gov
crnment administration of industry and
government interference with business
mean. By the time it comes it will be Il
costly experience perhaps, but if we have
six months or year more of it it is highly
probable that the nation will have learned
it's lesson exceeding well--will have come
to see that the type of mind and character
which can be successful politically, the
politician type, is as incapable of success
fully conducting business enterprise as
il we were to turn the government over to
poets and painters.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-13
The State Police Plan Spreads

Under the pressure Of war needs the
merits of state police force are becom-
ing more generally recognized than dur
ing peace times. 1t was this pressure
of war needs which produced the passage
of the bill last winter creating this states
force. In New Jersey, on recommends
tion of Governor Edge, the Legislature Is
debating the enrolment of state police.
Now comes Governor Withycombe of Ore
gon in advocacy of state constabulary
to patrol the huge lumber districts and
shipyards which the National Guard is
protecting at present-a work for which
that body is not precisely fitted and which
it performs at considerable expense ana
with much sacrifice on the part of it's
members.
From the results attained after several
years experience in Pennsylvania, the
New-York tribune., 1918-02-13
Rurnaniia

What will Rumania do? She is in a
trap, surrounded by enemies and by for
mer allies who have gone over to the
enemy. In her case surrender is no re-
Election on her valor. 1t is an inevitable
act of reason and self preservation.
Rumania's participation in the war has
been tragedy. She has been BETRAYED
twice by those whose cause she Joined.
Sturmer, the pro-German agent of the
Gar, lured her on with false promises To
declare war on the Teutonc allies There
can be no doubt that her war plans were
revealed to Germany. Falkenhayn and
Mackensen were lying in wait to crush
her, and when the blow was launched
promised Russian assistance did not ma
terialize. Within a few months her capi-
tai and half her territory were in the
hands of the enemy.
.Rumanla fought on courageously. She
successfully defended Moldavia. But the
Russian revolutionists have now repeated
Sturmer's treachery. They have made
peace at any price with the two Kaisers
and left Rumania isolated and HELPLESS.
Fortunately for her, German policy in
Eastern Europe is now tinged with con-
clllatlon. The German penetration into
Russia has begun, and Germany wants to
restore quickly profitable economic rela-
tlons with the Black Sea region. She al
ready is gorged with Poland, Lithuania
and Esthonia, newly acquired depen
dencies, and has created a new vassal
state in the Ukraine. She is evidently
willing to let Rumania off easy, preferring
economic absorption to political ab
sorption.
Bulgaria's territorial aspirations must,
of course, be satisfied by cession of the
DobrudJa. But the account can be bal
anced by giving back to Rumania her Bes-
sarablan province, most of which was an
nexed by Russia after the war with Tur
key in 1S77-'78. Bessarabia is partly Ru-
manlan; the Dobrudja is largely Bulga-
rlan and formerly belonged to Bulgaria.
The exchange is therefore not objection
able on racial and nationalistic grounds.
And it would be bit of poetic Justice r
Russia, which ruined Rumanian hone.
should now be mulcted to pay the costs Of
peace between Rumania and the Teuton;c
allies.
A little enclave in the Slav world. Ru-
mania has always cherished strong ira
ditlon of individuality and nationalism
She wanted to bring the Transylvanian Ru-
manans into her household and to become
united, distinctively Latin state. It is
her misfortune to have had her national
aspirations wrecked by Slav plotters and
vlslonarles-and to find herself in the end
the victim of a Russian revolution in
splred by the vagaries of proletariat inter-
uationaliSm
New-York tribune., 1918-02-13
Dry Pipe" Sprinkler Systems

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The coal shortage has revealed is
rehance on automatic water sprinkler sys
TENS for fire control. The effective maintss
ance OF these systems has been impalrs
by freezing in hundreds of buildings inN
York lacking fuel. Because of the tempo
rary loss of this protection conAsgstioi
becomes an imminent possbility-the per-
appalls the ire underwriters, and because .
IL the Fuel Administrator allows use Of es
10 prevent freezing of sprinkler systen'
All of these facts have been reported by "
press.
And from these reports the idea has gam"
currency that the impairment of sprinSie
protection by freezing has been due to ID
herent defects in sprinkler systems. Noinili
could be further from the truth. The ID
pairment has been because the water in sf'
Wet pipe sprinkler systems required "
the fire underwriters in heated building
has been allowed to freeze and more or nv
cripple the systems, or else the water '''
oeen shut off and the pipes drained to pr
vent freezing where heat could not be ms'
tanned because of lack of coal. :.
In unheated buildings where water IS ~; ~
pie to freeze sprinkler systems are insts.s
dry plpe," i. e., instead of water the pip,,ss
contains air under pressure which hos sss
smut an automatic water control valve ~.
valve opens and admits water into the plps
when the pressure is weakened by ~
escape OF air through sprinklers opened =
Are.
Scores of sprinkler systems are being y
stored In New York by making them 81
temporarily into "dry pipe" systems al
an interesting fact to contemplate IS tha'
Canada sprinkler systems have been m.s|
better maintained than down here-up 's'. ,'
they are much better acquainted with -, =.
frost. and the sprinkler system faas. :.
north has been on the job, while the "a Vi
iurthsst south has been allowed to Sc. NJ
fect. !. G.. IOAGLANB'
New York, Feb. 6, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-13

pioneer state in establishing this agency
OF public protection, and the few months
experience here, it may be predicted
that no commonwealth which sets up u
state constabulary will regret it. BY no
other force can the rural districts be SO
effectively and so cheaply policed. BY mo-
other force can lawbreakers---the profess
sional criminals-be so thoroughly held
i'll check and their depredations prevented.
Although this states force is only half a
year old it has proved it's worth. Resi-
dents and business men of the country
districts would not be without it for far
more than it's cost.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-13
Protection Against Famine

Inc food situation, the coal famine. tho
threatened ice famine. and heaven l,,,o,,
"hat other threats and prospects of these
parlous times, draw attention to the az.
tremely small stocks of foods and sunn,;as
that are usually available. They have re-
vealed to an unheeding country how ex-
traordlnarlly delicate has become tha d;s
tr'ouuon system for all that the nation
consumes.
All the coal yards of New York carr,
enough coal for perhaps four or five davs,
needs. And the same in other great cities
10 have two snowstorms in succession and
tie whole nation shivers.
1t all the railway trains were slammed
this morning and the motor cars put ont of
business a large part of the population
would be starving at the end of four or
five days. Of such a necessity as mill
there is never even a twenty-four hou,.
supply ahead. In an extraordinary wav ve
have developed the industry of food pre-
serving, and timed and bottled foods
might keep us alive for FORTNIGHT ;f
other supplies were to fail.
All this sounds ominous enough at q
time when the whole world is threatened
with scarcity. And timid souls are tron.
hled. Like the prudent household of pre-
capitalistic times, we shall have to make
provision for adequate reserve stocks of
New-York tribune., 1918-02-13
Too Much Publicity
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

~ VIZ A@NAeoi vi Inc lr1Dune.
SIR; l wish you would stop printing stuff
ABOUT Scott Nearing, the Peoples Council
ana other matter of that sort They would
all ole OFT in short order if The Tribun.
and other loyal and respectable newsnaners
would quit exploiting them. 1t is onlv the
publicity that you give them that keeps them
gong at all They would be harmless if thew
nao only such publicity as they can get
from the nacifist press. cannot see anv
sScase for mentioning their dsreputablc
qolngs IN the columns of The Tribune at all
nai.h anl not interested in what they say or do
Me'ther .n are any other busy patriots; take
that space to tell us more of what is ha;n,
aonc to push the war, what the Red Cross is
aoins' the Y. NJ. C. A.. etc. Say. would
o'e happier If were sure l should never se.
IN. .ne nj name OF Nearing again or hear it.
ooy Ihe Tribune every morning, but / would
New-York tribune., 1918-02-13
HoU the Junker,
Will Die
THAT the Junkers will die b,,a !.
come to be platitude in \
J;,o: ~

haI
come TO be a platitude in Al
discussions Of German inte,n]
affairs. That they will also die impud.,|
IS shown by recent utterance ~ ri
'Deutsche Tageszeitung, the orpan !
Count zu Reventlow. This paper v,|
deeply disgusted with the course of NJ
peace negotiations at BrestLitovsk
clamored, naturally, for the in,med;..|
and unceremonious annexation of M
Russian Baltic provinces and had n
patience whatever with the government.
dallying with the plan of giving the no,,
lations a chance to decide their ov|
future political status
Even the whole project of diplomaS|
negotiations with the Russians is renpl
sive to the 'Tageszeitung." Its solutiu|
instead, is for the military to step in, seD|
the diplomats about their business asI
then carve out with the sword as bio
hulk Of Russia as can be digested in Il
German nav without age-long poltci
dyspepsia. Just which of the militia,
leaders is to carry through this astounj|
ing operation the editor does not say bu|
he is evidently looking for the right g,sl
eral. In the first week of January \
printed an editorial under the astonis
ingly impudent caption: "Where Lingeu|
York;"
This is an allusion to the welI-knovl
incident at the time of Napoleons disaJ
trous retreat from Moscow-when c..
eral York, commanding a part Of the P.u
sian auxiliaries attached to the Frena
army, disobeyed the orders of his wed
King and went over to the Russians, ii
inaugurating the War of Liberation.
other words, the Junker editor is calr
for volunteers to head a military rebelhd
against the Berlin political control.
And a rebellion against the Kaise,
Here is how the editor expresses
loyalty to H. M: "Love for the Hohs
zollerns is yet Observation-Disclosures We.
And the "Berliner Tageblatt" ironica
regards that to-day yet" as particular
beautiful" The Junker editor goes on !
say that the German people feel that ths
burden is already heavy enough, and
heavier one they will bear ssnevermos
Of all the examples of unconscious hsI
NOR with which the Germans have rel
galed the world since the war began-andg
many they were!-this idea of rebeliu]
OF the Junkers against the Kaiser and hs
government certainly deserves the pei,
nant. The imputation behind it is th
the monarch exists to carry out the VII
OF the Junkers, to annex all the territon
that they demand; but if he is so weak
to listen to the voices of the great masss
OF common folk who long for peace, ths
the Junkers will rebel, capture the recall
cltrant Kaiser and bend him to their will
That would certainly be a spectacle thsl
would make this troubled world lauGE
itself young again. But unfortunately
cannot believe that the threat Of tb
Junkers is anything more than stag
thunder.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-13
Into the Melting Pot
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To The Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: The suggestion of DR.. McElroy, of
Princeton. which appeared in your issue of
the sth inst, that the statue of "Frederick
the VIE" at Washington be melted up and
ased on the battle front, is admirable NV
suggest that the base of the statue he
u'lllzeo , Tor figure commemorative of Edith
Caveli' and that the inscription make mem.
sa .ion OF the changed and improved use Of
Dorn tne foundation and the public location
Aso ., 1910. f. NIL.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-13
What the President Need.

10 the Editor of The Tribune
SIR: An impartial view of our affairs in
ouces the belief that the President is not in
need OF any further grant of power. but.
rather' something which, unfortunately. can,
not be conferred by Congress-the will;no-
ness to select men of skill and trained ;ntei
lagence to produce results from the sunsrh
energy and the marvellous resources of this
wonderful country u PMS
New York, Feb. s, 1918 >
New-York tribune., 1918-02-13

ault 1T cold if could find as good paper
that would make it policy to give all the
paclfsts thorough treatment of silence
silence and more silence until the war ;s
over. You gave them two or three columns
OF space to-day for nothing that they could
one, don't like it. -. pAKrp o'
Mount Vernon, Feb. II. 1918
New-York tribune., 1918-02-13
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spontaneous origin published herein.
All rights of republication Of matter herein arc
also reserved.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-13

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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-01-04
WEST DOVER.

j. j. Snow and SON were business visit
ors in Wilmington Wednesday.
Miss Blanche Jacobs of Wilmington is
working ut Leon Hcscock's and caring
for Mrs. Hescock and baby daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Snow and daughter
were in East Dover over Monday night
guests of Mrs Shows parents, Mr. and
Mrs. f. IL. Holland, who were celebrating
the 25th anniversary of their marriage on
that day.
The spell of cold weather which visited
lis last week is still unbroken, Tempera
lures have fallen as low as "a to % de-
grees below zero and the highest report
ed between Friday, Dec, 2S, and Wednes-
day night, Jan. 2, was Is degrees above
zero. The oldest inhabitants fail to re-
call period of as cold weather which
lasted so long The village school, which
was to have opened on Jan. 2, has been
postponed for II time, at least until Jan,
7, on account of the cold weather and i'll
ness in the home of the teacher,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-01-04

and retiring room. The building has
hardwood floors throughout.
Andrew Peterson has completed n
twostory dwelling house OH Locust
street
Fairvicw street was improved by the
construction of two story brick resi-
dencc by Albert johnson.
A two-story dwelling has been erect
ed by James NJ. Trucll on Highland
street.
Ernest S. Hall built one-and-a-half
story house and a garage on Putney
road.
A one-and-a-half story dwelling has
been added to Tyler street extension by
Harriet ID. McRae.
Ouerations on Organ street were con
fined, to the rcmodolng OF n house
Owned by GEORGE $. Holden.
In West Brattleboro building opera
tons have not been very active and
So 900 will cover the amount expended
in that line. The greatest amount was
paid out on the academy building which
underwent repairs.
c. y. Mason has built an attractive
dwelling on the old creamery site and
Fred Brown, who purchased the Charles
Dunklec place, made extensive repairs.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-01-04

of loo feet and in the deepest part
extends back no feet. The basement,
first and second floors will be devoted
to the automobile business, while each
of the two upper floors has been di-
vidcd into nine suites for living pur-
poses Fircproof construction, even to
metal window sashcs, has been used on
the basement and first two floors, but
wooden partitions are used in the two
upper floors.
In the basement there will be a serV-
ice station. battery room and repair
shop, which may he entered from either
High street or Main street. The heat
ing apparatus has been installed in a
good sized room at the front of the
building and consists of two Quincy
Wht.r" Tube boilers. There Is also n
hot water tank which will SUPPLY the
building all the year round. On the
High street floor will be n surply store
and large area devoted to cars in
daily use. The show room il 10 be on
the second floor, which may be reached
from the street by short incline with
out the use of elevators.
These three floors are Of cement and
of such construction that there will DC
no possibility for noise from the auto
mobile DEPARTMENTS TO drift to the liv-
ing floors above. They are connected
by stairways entirely separate from
those leading to the apartments. Plate
lass windows in plenty allow ample
liaht in every quarter OF the building
by day, and electricity viii be used at
night.
Entrance to the apartments on the
/ top floors is gained from High street
and owing to the sharp incline in the
street but four or five steps IN add,
ton to two flights of stairs are neccs-
aary. These lead into wide corridors
extending the length and width of the
building, from which suites of three.
four and five rooms open. Both floors
are divided the same.
No expense has been spared to make
these apartments modern i'm every de
tail. They are finished in hard wood
of the popular green mission and Elem.
iah shade, the bath rooms being white.
Each has kitchcnette thoroughly
equipped, hot and cold water, set tubs.
dish cupboards and gas stoves They
are also wired for electric stoves if
one desires to uaa them. Nearly every
apartment has a porch adjoining and
the fire escapes on the east side of the
building are spacious and easily reached
from any one of the rooms. All of the
rooms have hard wood, polished floors.
The walls are tinted the prevailing
cream shade with white ceilings.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-01-04

weight so that all danger of settlement
has been averted.
Below the street floor, i'll the base
ment and subbasement, there are nine
spacious storage rooms. Two of these
contain 5000 square feet each and all
may be entered from the rear of the
building.
The heating apparatus comprises two
No. A Mills Water Tube boilers con
structed by the H. B. Smith Co. There
is also a 500-gallon tank from which
continuous hot water will be supplied
to the tenants. The chimney is III
feet tall. The coal pen will contain
200 tons.
Plying from the basement to the top
floor is an electric elevator roomy
enough for several passengers and
capable of lifting heavy loads. This
is operated by l2-horse power motors
and will rise at the rate of 200 feet
n minute. Electricity also is used for
lighting.
Facin" on Main street are four stores,
two north and two south of the en-
trance. With the exception of that
at the corner of Flat street, which is
bright and roomy, they have been 50
laid out that the stores may be divided,
double sets of doors having been in
stalled. Like the Offices, corridors and
apartments on the fifth floor they are
finished in hard wood, stained in mis-
sion and the walls are tinted a deep
cream color. All of the interior work,
in fact, is identical with that of the
federal building. Ample basement or
storage room is provided with each
store.
On the Flat street side is large
space intended for, and which would
make an excellent location for, a res
taurant, with kitchen and refrigerator
rooms adjoining. This also is within
easy access of ladies and men S re-
firing rooms. At the rear of this is a
small store 20 feet square.
The second, third and fourth floors
are devoted to Offices, there being 90
rooms on each, which may be paired
up or rented singly to suit the lessees.
They include quarters varying in size
from unusually large to small, On the
fifth or top floor attention has been
given to living quarters. These, like
the rest of the building, are modern in
every respect and may be rented single
or en- suite. Each contains private
bath. There is meter room on the