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SAINT SWEENY.
II He Did Not Bring Rain, He Is
Noted In Irish History.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir; That
there Is many true word spoken in
Jest" is exemplihed by the letter of
Alfred Hickman in THE SUN OF July 26
anent the citizen who identified the
saint who brought the rain as Saint
Sweeny."
Saint Sweeny was a real flesh and
blood saint. He was nineteenth in sue
cession to Saint Patrick in the See Of
Armagh. and succeeded to the arch
bishopric In A. d. 715. "The Four Mas
tiers, as also the Book Of Leinster, states
him son Of Cronmall, son Of Roman Of
the Ui-Niallain.
THE Leabhar Breac calls him In-Sui,
that is the sage. His death is set down
as occurring June 21. 729 (recte 1907,
on which day his festival Is mentioned
In the Martyrology of Donegal.
"All the lists have him sitting fifteen
years but that in the Yellow Book OF
Lecan, which assigns only twelve"
In Irish the name is spelled Sublime,
but has been Anglicized Sweeny. which
approaches very nearly the true pronun-
citation In the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
at the date A. d. Ss2 the death Of the
celebrated Sublime, son of Maelumha,
anchorite and scribe OF Clonmacnois, is
recorded as follows: "In the same year
S92 died Swifneh. the most learned doc
tor among the Scots" This clearly indi-
Gates the contemporary pronunciation Of
the name. He was one of the three
Irishmen who visited Alfred the Great
in S91. WILLIAM M. SwEENY.
ASTORIA, August /.
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Judge presiding over the trial in the
Ford case has been referred to any
precedent for permitting college
professor Of history and political
science to testify TO his opinions con-
corning the implications conveyed In
accusing person Of being an anar-
chist and as to whether certain Ian
guage imported that the person who
used 1t was or was not an anarchist.
Ever since the late THOMAS NJ. Coo
LEY, one Of Americas greatest constl-
tutional lawyers, was Chief Justice
Of the Supreme Court Of Michigan
the courts Of the State have enjoyed
high reputation throughout the
Union, and we know nothing but good
concerning the Judge before whom
this famous case is being tried; new
ertheless the latitude which he has
allowed counsel in the introduction Of
such opinion evidence as that given
by Professor DuNNINo will be re-
garded as excessive by most conserv-
alive lawyers.
The general purport of Professor
DUMMIES direct examination was to
the effect that many expressions used
by Mr.. FORD in his publications con-
corning the war were wholly incon-
sistent with the idea that he could be
an anarchist. Assuming that such an
opinion can properly be received as
expert evidence, 1t may be somewhat
helpful to the jury; but how they can
be aided in arriving at a just verdict
by the statement Of the learned wit
ness that EMMA GOLDMAN Is a very
competent literary critic or that there
must be lots of heathens and pagans
in the United States, including pa
gan or two in Columbia University,
Is not very clear to those who regard
a judicial trial as a serious proceed
ing and not comic opera.
However, 1t is only Just to Pro-
lessor DUNNINo to say that he may
have been tempted too far afield by
the license Of weary counsel, tired out
by q long trial in midsummer. AL
though the Professor candidly ex-
pressed the hope that he might re-
ceive as much rs $500 for his services
as an expert witness, the tone Of his
testimony-or so much Of 1t as has
come to us here over the telegraph
has been impartial throughout.
The real question is whether such
evidence ought to be received at all.
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General Pershing Buses the Babies.

General PERsHINa kissed with skill
and precision the French babies sub
mitted for his caresses at the Ameri-
can military review held at the Bots
de Vincennes parade grounds on
Thursday. His staff tried to stem the
tide Of enthusiastic mothers who
brought their children forward for
his salute. Perhaps some members
of his military family recalled HOB
SON, the victim of public OSCILLATION,
and feared for PERsHING a fate like
that of the Merrimac's skipper. But
PERsHINo took a broader view; q
buss for baby did not alright him.
Time was when kissing the babies
was a familiar occupation among
American politicians. A kissed infant
was counted as one vote made sure,
more perhaps. Where the sanltarians
have not yet penetrated with their
don'ts the practice may still survive,
but hereabout 1t has declined. The
man who kisses his own baby nova
days does 1t at peril of ostraclsm by
the baby's trained nurse; jewels of
this profession shudder as mothers
kiss the children it was their privilege
to bear but is not their right to train.
A stranger who endeavors to let his
lips touch an infant invites some
thing worse than an accusation of
attempted kidnapping; he lays him
self open to denunciation and assault
by the baby's protector.
The suspicious will see in General
PERsHINa's good humored salutes to
representatives Of the hope Of France
dark shadows of his future, symp-
toms Of an approaching plunge into
politics. This will be unjust to the
American captain. If he decides to
appeal to the voters he will not sneak
upon them by the OSCILLATION route.
If he Is hereafter lured into politics
he will, unless in new environment
his acts give the lie to his record,
make frontal attack, with more buff
fets than buses in 1t. Meanwhile
there are in France a few happier
mothers than there were before Gen.
eral PEBsHINo overrode his staff and
against its protest pressed his SOL
dierly lips on the flesh of a few ba-
bies who wondered what the fuss was
all about.
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THE RACE TROUBLES.
Disregard Of the Fourteenth Amend
ment Assigned as tho Cause.

To THE EprToR OF THE SuN-Sir: The
very excellent letter you quote from In
THE Sun OF Wednesday on the con-
6ition of the negroes in the United States
prompts me to suggest TO you a matter
which have heard discussed a good deal
recently.
That which underlies the whole col
ored question IL of course their treat
ment politically In the South, treat
ment which has been sadly brought to
their own attention by the very different
conduct of the French toward them.
Now tho day of force bills is gone,
but there Is one act of Justice to the
country generally and the colored man
in particular that should be attended to.
II they and others are not allowed to
vote Congress should correspondingly
reduce in the Electoral College and in
the House Of Representatives the repre-
sentation OF the state which allows such
a condition Of things to exist under the
Fourteenth Amendment
That amendment Is honored solely by
its neglect, and yet it extended the civil
liberty of the country's citizens, while
hysteria and Ill tempered zeal are spur
ring on the enforcement OF the last
amendment, which curtails the Ameri-
cans liberty. 1t is, in plain English, an
injustice to the country for very con-
siderable number of electoral votes to
30 from the Southern States as they do,
votes which elected Mr.. Wilson In 1915,
for with the Fourteenth Amendment APP
piled he would have had some thirty
votes less than he did and would have
lost. A STUDENT OF HISTORY.
NEW York, August !.
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THE RAILROAD PROBLEM.
Howard Elliott Tells the Story Of Bill
Yokim and His Colt.
From tAe Minneapolis yonrnal.


In discussing the four billion dollar
railroad muddle Howard Elliott, widely
known railroad executive uses with eff
feet the Lincoln method of telling a
story to clarity the situation. MI
Elliott says
"Bill Yolxim was an excellent fellow
who kept livery stable and set up to
become a great horse expert One day
Bill had a colt coming In which he was
going to break, and a number Of his
friends were invited to witness the per
Torrance. The spectators sat on the
fence while Bill trained the colt It
took him about an hour and half
and when he got through the colt was
dead.
Bill Yokims experience will be re-
peated II we remain passive and per-
init our politicians ob rulers to keep
regulating or training the railroads and
other forms Of public service corpora
lions. They will be we'll trained, but
they will be dead. The railroad must
either be treated as a function of Gov
eminent or as branch of commerce
or business subject TO reasonable regu-
lation. There is no middle ground. It
is impossible in the long run to per-
suade private capital to invest In the
railroads II politicians and Government
bureaucrats are to exercise all the func-
tons of ownership and management
The remarks OF Mr.. Elliott suggest
one or two guiding principles In the
present situation. The railroad prob
lem Is essentially a scientific and tech
nical one which cannot be solved by
politicians or other outsiders. The rail-
road problem is one for railroad ex-
perts, managers and executives to solve.
While the interest Of the stockholders
and shippers must be guarded, demo-
cratic institutions must, as Mr.. Elliott
suggests, be safeguarded in the settle
ment from bureaucratic control and in
reference. The railroad is a public in
stitution and must not be managed so
as to become a menace to democratic
institutions.
The problem must be solved in such
way that the roads will retain the
confidence of the investors and of the
public. The mental attitude of the pub
lie Is an essential consideration IL it
is one of suspicion the railroads cannot
get very far. With the full confidence
Of the public behind 1t the same genius
that built the greatest railroad system
in the world will now pull it out of the
hole and put it upon a sound basis.
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GOWNS FOR WIFE
GOT NAVY 'FAYORS'
Lieut.. Ellert Also Took Sums
From 500 to 500 as En-
listment Graft.

Lieut.. Benoit J. Ellert, said to have
been the principal figure in the scanda!
resulting from the purchase by enlisted
men and petty sofficers of commissions
and easy berths in the Naval Reserves
here, was placed on trial before a gem
eral court-martiA in the New York Navy
Yard yesterday. Seven officers and men
have already been convicted in connec.
ton with the charges
Lieut. Ellert pleaded guilty to six OF
the fifty-one specifications against him
He admitted that on December %. 1911
he obtained an ensign's commission for
Chief Yeoman Harry Brlanger for a
consideration. He also admitted having
accepted presents of gowns for his wife
in return for his favors.
A plea OF guilty was entered 10 the
accusation that from March to May
1918, he consplred with Lieut.. B. s
Davis OF the Medical Corps ito obtain
and procure from applicants for enroll
ment in the United States Naval Reserve
Force sums of money for services for
obtaining the assignment OF such per-
sons so enrolled to duty on shore in ana
about the city"
1t was admitted by Lieut.. Ebert that
he had succeeded in securing the en-
llstment Of apprentices and their assign
ment to the Pelham Bay Naval Station
after an order stopping such enlistmens
had gone into effect. He also pleaded
guilty to the charge that August ~
1918, he conspired with Lieut.. ComWah'
der Christopher Marsdon then a dis'rd
enrolling officer. and with Lieut. LOUIS
Pollen OF the Medical Corps, ana WIN
Louis Moskowitz, a Jeweler or 4.S
Maiden lane, to procure enrolment o.
applicants in the navy for pay,
Lieut.. Ellert's arrest resulted from e'',
dence given at the court marital Oh
Lieut.. Davis, a senior medical ohicer
The testimony disclosed that Davis hau
turned the money he had received iol
favors over to Ellert as the man higher
up" The general charge on which RI,
lert is being tried is "scandalous cona.'.
tending 10 the destruction OF the goo1
morals OF the navy"
Tho Specifications aHege that Lieu"
Ebert took 500 from Sidney ) Fern
stein for enrolling him as storekeepeI
second class, in the Naval Reserves anu
that, on April 81. 1913, he took So more
for having him transferred TO the osl -.
provision and clothing clerk. AceordIs
TO lne OlneI bpeSiiSdtlonS i-l''' IA
took sums ranging from 500 TO NV
from many men for various berths in u'S
service.
Tho investigation into the scandal DE-,
gan November IS. and Lieut.. Ebert ~
the eighth accused man to be pa'eu
upon trial. But one more case is pe"s'
ing.
Capt Roy c. Smith IL president oi nv
court-martial and Major John q. 'u.'
retired. is judge advocate. Lieut. LeoL
ard j. Matteson is aid to the judge ~
vocate. Lieut. Ellerts attorneys az
/ r. j. Nova of so Court street, BrocNE'
and II. o. Frackman OF 2ss Brosa"N'
| The trial viii be resumed to-day
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If ammunition were to be seen pro-
ceeding from a Quaker meeting house
the situation could be no moro humor-
ously novel than was that which was
afforded by accident at the Capitol this
week. From the very building. only
fifty feet from the chamber where an
assembled House Of Representatives
voted overwhelmingly to enforce in
drastic fashion the prohibitory laws,
there were carried away to a club
cellar solemnly and with Ineffective
stealth, since the crime was observed,
eight cases whereof the contents were
certified by the unmistakable label of
"Old Tom" in large black letters. An
eccentric Fate added to the farce by
allowing Member JAMES GALLIvAN,
who had recently alleged that many
Representatives possessed private
supplies, to witness the disgraceful
procession and TO enjoy vindictive
at told you So" Mr.. GALLNAN may
now even suggest to Congress that
liquor searches. like charity, should
begin at home.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-02

FRANK CLARK Of Florida is member
of the House Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds. and by all the
rrecedents and emotions supposed to
affect committeemen's preferences and
prejudices he should look with favor
upon the continuing activities of the
Federal Housing Bureau. But CLARK
is persistent in efforts to end all ac-
tivities OF that bureau, even to the
termination of its life. In support OF
a bill to accomplish that purpose
brought in by CLARK and Endorsed by
LANGLEY, the Republican chairman OF
the committee, II was stated that the
bureau had on its payroll in Washing
ton seven months after the signing
Of the armistice 22S employees, some
of whose salaries have been increased
since the signing. For the reason, 1t
must be assumed in the absence OF
any other, that it is harder work to
do nothing in Washington than to do
something.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-02
Negroes Loyal to America and in Need
Of Education.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Among
the causes OF the race troubles / have
not yet seen mentioned the failure to
educate the larger number of negroes
since they have been free.
The enemy planned before the war to
keep tho negroes out. knowing how they
are treated In the South, and they used
such arguments as: What are you light
ing for. to be Jim Crowed after the
warp or: This is a white mans war"
But negroes born in this country had no
other place to go, and the defeat OF the
country would have been a defeat for
them. The Department of Justice has
records showing that the enemy planned
to make them revolt from the service or
to cause the white people to hate them
through showing motion pictures Of
Japs, Mexicans and negroes attacking
white women of this country. 1 have
seen such pictures since the war.
The negroes need work to keep them
Off the streets and out OF jail for petty
crimes, but the work should not be only
pick and shovel work: It should be OF all
kinds, because what they do in this coun-
try is for the country. and not for some
other; nor will they send the money
they get in wages back to some old
country or place bomb under the
plant where they made it.
Educate them how to be good and
work for the country and for themselves.
Some say they have been educated.
but that Is untrue, I have seen thou
sands that cannot read or write; such
are like the barbarians OF Africa there
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-02
AN EXERCISE IN ENGLISH.
How Many Words In the Language
Are Pronounced as Spelled

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuH--Sir: One
often hears. and in fact 1t Is sometimes
pI inted. that such or such a word is
spelled as It is pronounced or pro
nounced as it ls spelled"
Some Of your readers would like to
learn through your columns IL there is
any short, explicit, authoritative for
mula clearly answering the question,
when is a word pronounced as 1t is
spelledT
Has a list OF such words ever been
pUblished2 According to my individual
lucubrations in the matter there are less
than 100 words in our language pro
nounced as spelled" or vice versa. and
all of such words are one syllabled ones
But my ideas on the subject, consequent
ly tho figures. may need correction. Who
can elucidate and will? TYPIsr.
NEW YORK, August 1.
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DON'T FORGET THE THIRD.
A Royal Welcome Due Another Divi,
sion Coming From the Rhine.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr: Re-
ferring to the proposed welcome for the
Second Division I feel we cannot do too
much to show our appreciation of the
wonderful work accomplished by our
boys and the sacrifices they have made /;
80 by all means give them a royal well
come home. Your correspondents over
look some facts, however. in according
the Second Division all the glory for
turning the tide of the war at crucial
moment and further in stating they
were in more battles than any other
American division.
The Second Division was enabled to
accomplish what 1t did at Chateau
Thierry through the support Of the Third
Division. At one time pressed hard on
three sides by the enemy. the Third hung
on with bulldog tenacity, and the off,
stopped the Germans from crossing the
Marine. 1t is now called the Marine
Division, and in this division, to quote
General Pershing. "a single regiment
wrote a brilliant page in American his
tory" on July Is. 1918. This regiment.
the Thirty-eighth Infantry, has earned
for itself the title Rock OF the Marine"
Its members are still doing their duty
as a part OF the Army Of Occupation and
will be among the last to leave for
home.
The Third Division also is the only
division. ] understand, entitled to wear
six silver stars, having fought in six
battles. beginning with the second bat
tie of the Marine.
The Third Division would seem en-
titled to special welcome with the Sec
ond, not because it lost more men than
any other but because 1t gave of It's
best and in so doing actually kept the
Germans from crossing the Marine River
under the heaviest barrage laid down
during the entire war.
These are called Regulars, but the
regiments have been filled in with many
Of our drafted and enlisted men.
X. Z. SMALL.
NEW YORK, August /.
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STRAWS OF FADED GLORY.
Like the Meerschaum They May FIJI
Their Owners With Pride.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: In
answer to the inquiry of E. J. G. relative
to the large number OF straw hats in use
that appear disoolored, may suggest
that the high cost of living may have
driven many persons to the expedient OF
reintroducing their hats OF 1918 and that
the discoloration is largely due TO age
and may be considered by the wearer
with a degree OF pride akin to that Of
the smoker who contemplates from week
to week the deepening color OF his
tneerschaum? H. d. L.
NEW YORK, August 2.
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whltened Emblem Of a Long Fight
for the Right.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Hav-
ing exposed certain frauds in the public
service, I was denied further employ
ment and was dubbed inefficient Con-
tlnuIng the contest through the years
I became very poor and must now use
an old straw hat, which whitened with
p cleansing preparation. Verify. 1t looks
fine. Please make this the style; it will
help me. X. w. Z.
New YORK, August 1.
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EVENTS TO-DAY.

Conference on Country Life, Horace
Mann Auditorium, $3.50 A. NJ
Combined aerial and aquatic sports, au-
spices sperry Flying Corporation, Pat.
chogue.
OF jamaica" lecture by DR.. NJ. A. Howe
New York Botanical Garden, p. NJ.
Annual outing and field day employees
OF Bloomingdale Bros, Bronx Exposition
Park, East l77th street and Bronx River
Presentation Of medals and decorations
to nineteen officers and men of the A. e.
f. by representatives OF foreign Govern
ments. Sixty-ninth Regiment Armory, Lex.
ington avenue and Twenty-sixth street.
10 A. NJ.
Old fashioned box picnic supper party.
General Civic Centre. Central High School
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METHoDIsTs GET $113,74o,ooo
New York Gave S7,2I3,oOO to Gem
tenary Fund.

The Methodist Church announced yes
terday that S113,740.000 has been sub
scribed to its centenary fund. the largest
sum ever secured by any religious body
on any pretext In addition to this the
Methodists Of the South raised S54, 0OO,-
900 and 1t 10 probable that in the early
fall S19.0O0.000 moro will be raised in
the North.
The Methodists of New York con-
tributed $7,219,000. Cincinnati, centre
of a district in which Methodism is
strong, had the banner record with $751;
75s,000. The next big campaign under
taken by the church will be to procure
100000 new members.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-02
A Miniature7

The most selfish man that ever ex-
listed between the sun and the full
moon, he is forever preaching unself-
ishness.
The politician most disloyal of all
politicians to those who have been Of
service to him, he is eternally prating
of service to others.
Tho most fluid Of opportunists. he
is continually talking of adherence to
principle.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-02

slider the head of the group, is brought
to trial. II CAILLAux is innocent of
the charges, as he has always insisted
he was, he should welcome the oppor-
tunity to clear himself of a suspicion
that must otherwise always attach to
his actions at a critical time in the
national life of France.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-02

There are many good men in Canton.
No hand picked candidate. whose only
claim for appointment rests upon his po-
liticaI Affiliations with men higher up,
should be tolerated. We will not name
any OF them, for the Times plays no favor
ties. What we do want is something more
than rubber stamp or an uneducatsd
leader of a band of ex-robbers. pro-
gressive province like Kwangtuug should
have a progressive Governor.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-02

The picture Of Mayor CULLEN OF
Newark selling army bacon shows a
fine figure OF a man with an eye as
persuasive as when he spoke for vol
unteers before the draft and persuaded
many to join up-perhaps the son OF
the woman, his first army food pur-
chaser. who. the picture shows. wears
a mourning band on her arm.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-02
The Sun Calendar
THE WEATHER.
MINIATURE ALMANAC.
Standard Time
Bun rises......5:52 A NJ Sun sets.,...su,pv
Moon sets. II :1SPM

Eastern New York and New Jer,.v
Fair to-day and tomorrow: little chans.
in temperature moderate north wind,
becoming variable.
New England--Fair to-day md to.,r..
rows little change in temperature; moa.
crate northwest winds.
western New York-Falr to-day ana q.
morrow little change In temperatprs,
gentle, variable winds.
WASHINGTON Aug. 1.-The pressir. 4.
high over the western upper nike reslos
and is low along the Atlantic seaboayd
and In the north Rocky Mountain reKinn
During the last twenty -four hours genera
showers and thunderstorms have occurrsd
east of the Mississippi River, except ia
portions OF the east Gulf States and ira
lake region. Showers and thunderstorm,
have also occurred at scattered points IN
tho Rocky Mountain regions and the MI.
souri, Valley: Temperatures are abov,
New York, in the Central and west Gull
States and In the north Rocky Mountain
region, elsewhere they are below the sea.
sonal average.
The outlook Is for generally fair weather
Saturday and Sunday, except local shower,
and thunderstorms are probable in tina
south Atlantic States and on SATURDAY. in
the east Gulf States. Tempera,ur.
changes will be unimportant.
Observations at United States Weather Bu.
reau stations taken at p. NJ. yesterday, sew.
enty-ffth meridian time: