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THE ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL.
Madison Square Garden Could Be
Made n National Centre.

To ME EDITOR OF THE SvN-Sir: A
memorial TO Theodore Roosevelt should
properly be one which would be of real
service, not only to the community where
he started on his wonderful career. but
rs far as possible to the people of the
whole country. whom he served so well
and for whom he sacrificed so much.
To my mind such a memorial should
take the form OF great convention and
exhibition building. There are many
exhibition and convention halls and
buildings throughout the country. but
there Is not one, not even in New York
that is really national and meets the
demand The nearest approach TO such
structure Is the old Madison Square
Garden.
Diana looks down from the tower OF
Madison Square Garden upon that sec
ton of the city where Theodore Roose-
Welt spent his childhood. and she has
witnessed from her lofty position the
disappearance OF old landmarks and the
construction in their place OF innumer-
able modern structures on all sides,
while she has had 10 be content with
the same old building. There has been
| much talk from time 10 time OF tearing
down Madison Square Garden, but the
| sentiment OF the community seems TO
have saved II.
There isn't another spot in town for
| which there Is such sentiment II Is
because Of this sentiment that sug-
geet We replace the old Madison Square
Garden with n modern structure. where
national and international organizations
will hnd ample accommodations for their
meetings. conventions and exhibitors
and last but not least where We can go
annually and eat peanuts while We watch
the greatest show on earth
| Let Diana adorn the new building
make her the proudest girl in New York
and build a memorial TO Theodore Roose.
Welt OF which the whole nation will bs
proud. OSCAR F. OsTBY.
| New YORK, February 8.
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An Unexpected Literary Triumph
Of the BOlsheyiki.

Nowadays If man drops his col
lar button on the floor. or encounters
cocktail insufiiciently cooled, or
bumps into needless pedestrian ig-
noring the rule Of the road, he seldom
curses. Instead he mutters "Bolshe-
vik y adopting the pronunciation that
at the moment seems best suited to
his mood. The word comprehends
and includes all violent explosives !;
Its use absolves the user of profan-
ity; 1t meets the requirements OF a
disturbed and harassed spirit, ex-
presses the hopelessness Of con-
f1rmed pesslmist, records the anger
Of an enrnged and helpless citizen.
Whatever Is distasteful, alarming,
violent, is Bolshevik; whoever runs
counter to the pet theories Of con-
vinced thinker Is Of the Bolsheviki.
The Russian has applied to us term
of denunciation, ridicule, condemna.
ton, that Is on everybody's lips.
Statesmen In the chambers OF legis,
lation pronounce 1t with rhetorical
emphasis. Children in the nursery
utter 1t with complete confidence. II
echoes In drawing rooms and bars
It Is heard in the street and in the
boudoir Whenever complaint Is to be
registered or dissent proclaimed, this
invader from afar has been adopted
and naturaliZed
This double jointed alien threatens
to absorb all other terms of adverse
criticism and censure. 1t Is taking
| on airs as a necessary part OF speech
1t Is conquerlng honest Anglo Saxor
words on their own field: and Anglo
Saxon words have long been held ir
honor by those who take pride II
their vocabularies Of reprobation. The
political philosophy Of lENINE ant
TRoTzKY fails to attract IFS, but thu
party designation under which they
first appeared to western observers
unQueStionably caught on. The for
mer popular pastlme of TRANSFORMING
English into Russian by adding SKY
to every other word has ceased L
attract. That sport fiourished In the
days Of the Cars. 1t may be that 8
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OUR CIVILIAN SAILORS.
They Wonder Why They Can't Bring
the Soldiers Home.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sfr: Our
civilian sailors are still looking for Jobs
and yet any civilian ships OF the United
States that are selected to bring our
troops back from France or England
have our civilian sailors thrown out Of
them and navy crews put in their placer
British ships come in nearly every day
manned by British civilian sailors and
carrying our troops. II British civilian
sailors are coed enough TO bring our
boys home, why aren't United States
civilian sailors?
The British steamship Cedric with a
British civilian crew got In with 3,069
United States officers and men.
The Italian steamship Duca D'Aosta
with an italian civilian crew also got
In with United states troops
1t Is the same way with French ships
and French civilian crews carrying our
troops.
/, What Is the matter with United states
civilian crews that they are not allowed
to do the work that the civilian SAIL
ors OF foreign countries are depended
on to do? The navy is giving back a
few cargo ships each month, but 1t takes
over ships for transports nearly every
day and throws out the civilian crews.
have been ousted from three ships
in the last three weeks because the navy
grabbed them while they were getting
ready for sea. They are the Paysandu,
the Santa Olivia and the Clio was
sent from one to the other as fast as
they were taken over, but the navy kept
up with us. II 7 was a drinking fellow
where would he?
GEORGE A. MCDEMoTr.
NEW YORK, February .,
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Americas Tribute to Roosevelt.

The tribute America paid yesterday
to THEODORE RoosEvFLr was Il spon-
taneous expression Of the respect and
affection this great mans fellow citi-
zens felt for one whose life made them
deeply his debtors.
1t WIS not official in It's Inspiration.
II needed no formal guidance. 1t bore
no relation to politics. 1t enlisted the
support of men of every rice. Of every
creed. OF every calling. Of every sta
ton in life. In all its manifestations
one note prcdominated: sterling, I'M
questioning Americanism.
Its unanimity was amazing. Men
and women with no other thought In
common, divided on all other subjects,
holding antagonistlc opinions. Joined
in praise of ROOSEVELT and shared
their sorrow ut his passing.
Their sincerity was apparent not
less in their acts than in the words
they uttered. They had lost not only
leader, but a friend; not merely a
counsellor in good works, but co.
laborer for national and for individual
well being. Their words were persona
and Intimate. The statesman RoosE
WILT did not hide or obscure RoosE
| WELT the man.
In this intimacy Of feeling the hold
ROOSEVELT had on the hearts Of his
countrymen was best revealed; ant
no man without that hold could have
called forth such tribute as wa.
paid By America to THEODORE RoosE
WELT yesterday.
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PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT

Lloyd George" by Louis u wilkinson
Lit. u, OF Cambridge University. al
Washington Irving High School, 40 irving
George Eliot" by Prof. J. O. Carter
Troop. Ph. D. formerly OF Chicago Uni
vprsity. at p. g. -. Forty-second street
The New Nation" tone OF course on
the Rise and Growth OF Na,ionalism in
he United States'D, by Vincent Gllroy, Al
p. =. "a. i56,h street and ST Nicholas
Russia Moscow. by Mr.: ,Emnie W.
CONSTRUCTION. Including pict,on and
Rhetoric'' zone 81 course on The Art OF
Pubic Speaking"l, by Arthur !. Wester-
mayr, Ill. NJ, at P, s. 81. Hester. Essex
and Norfolk streets
marker. at p. S lb7. St. Nicholas avenue
and l27;h street. stcreopticon News
Life Of Admiral psyIdi Glasgow rsrra-
sherherd D. D, s, who as signal boy in
| with him on twcnty-three occasions, az
T. S. les, ?aS West iOSth street stereop-
The Great West OF Yesterday ana To.
day. Bret Harte and Moody" by Henri.
ysrsity, at bible school Hail. III Ill West West
Fif'y-sixth street.
"Des'ruction, Protection and Restoration
| ~ the Cathelrals and Other Historic Mon.
| Hagaman Hal, LII, d. at st CoIumbl
| Rail. ?i3 West Twenty eighth street
Stcrcopticon views.
| "Eiuc0tion, Yesterday and To-morrow -
| nv pr. I. j. Lansing, at Morris HigA school.
1854 street ami Pnston rord.
journalism, issG.lIg7" by George .Honry
Tr"nts NJ = s. 90, l96th stroet between
Bainbridge ana Briggs avenues
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BLIND FIGHTERS.
The Government Has Made Ample
Provision for Their Care.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir: In
formation has reached me that on sun
day evening last, in a restaurant on
Broadway, near Forty-sixth street,
man and two women appeared and made
plea for blinded soldiers, relating
pitiful stories OF narrowing experiences
They then took up n collection wnich
was reported to be generous.
Attention Is called to this incident
because at the annual meeting OF the
National Committee for the Prevention
Of Blindness Lieutenant-Col Bord-
ley, who Is at Evergreen. Baltimore, an
nounced that the Government had made
ample provision for the proper care. re-
education and rehabilitation OF soldiers
and sailors blinded in the service or
the United States. Therefore any 30
licltation OF funds for American SOL
diers would seem to be unauthorized
and a proceeding that naturally arouses
suspicion OF wrongdoing.
WILLIAM FELLowEs MORGAN,
President National Committee for the
Prevention OF Blindnesa
New YORK. February 8.
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CONSCIENTIOUS DIRECTORS.
The Happy Fate Of Those Who
Wouldn't Fight or Work.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS--Str: That
1l3 conscientious DIRECTORS nave oeeii
given honorable discharges, back pay
and civilian clothes makes fine reading
for our men arriving from overseas. all
OF whom gave up everything and who
are now returning to civil Me, some
badly wounded.
Kansas has come out with n set OF
resolutions branding the action of the
Secretary OF War as "misch!evous. UNI
wise, un-Amerlcan and destructive to
the morale OF every person of the United
States Army" and that the clemency
granted to DIRECTORS placed a premium
on slackerism, cowardice and mawkish
sentime ntality." More States should
follow the splendid lead of Kansas.
You very kindly printed in your paper
of December 20 a protest l wrote to the
Secretary OF War against a reported
release of the conscientious directors
On January received the following
letter from F. p. Keppel, Third Assist
ant Secretary:
Your letter OF December "a has been re
ferred to me. The Department Is sivins
the cases OF tho conscientious objectors now
serving court-martial sentences most care
full consideration. but has as yet taken nc
action. Each case Is complicated by a
variety OF circumstances that make 1t Inn
possible to subscribe 10 any genera! con
illusions on the subject.
II shows how carefully each case hai
been considered when 113 receive honor
able discharges. back pay and civilian
clothes all at the same time.
Sr~l.. ss all
wear his Uniform for three months, blu
must buy his Civilian clothes, as | un'
derstand It but the objector. who Ia no
wiling to sacrifice even his own opinion
FOR the common good. Is given clviliar
clothes. It may be possible that the
Secretary has ordered a civilian suit FOL
each objector so that In A subtle way
they may be put in the same class as
discharged convict. Soldiers. cheer up!
In the draft law of 1917 Congress
provided for the exemption from com
batant service OF members OF well recog
nized religious sects or organization!
whose convictions are against war ol
participation therein. It also provided
that no person 80 exempted shall b'
exempted from service In any capacitl
t1dl tHc tHtAi tNN''4' ~ ~
non-combatant" According to this ther'
were plenty OF places where the mai
who was afraid to fight could go ant
perhaps do good work but these mel
were locked up for refusal to 40 evel
this. It has always been said that not
withstarding reports to the contrary, n
one has been shot in this country. Nor
! is the pity. II few OF these honorabl,
discharged DIRECTORS had been shot
would have Been better for the country
| HENRY T. MONTGOMERY.
NEW YORK. February s.
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EVENTS TODAY.

DR.. Robert NJ NJ Elroy will be the speah.,
cation Building this evening.
Conference on war savings STAMPS sale
g Liberty street. ESQ p. NJ, to be ATTENDED
by de1egales from nearby counties
;, Meeting of the four Founder Societies
ENGINEERING societie. Building. So West
Thirty ninth street, 80 p. NJ
Luncheon for planning the 81, 900 QUO vir;ory
campaign under the auspices of the Natjoal
Committee Of Northern Baptist LayInen,
Automo I'VE Electric Association. winter
M citing, Hotel Aston.
Danshters Of Ohio. meeting, waldorf
Waldorf-As,oria, S p. NJ
Maryland Society. meeting, waldorf-Astoris,
One Society. meeting, waldor,-Asor.
Haar en- Philharmonic Society. board ueet
ing. Waldorf Astoria, !! A, NJ
American Association OF Dairy Food snt
DrSHg Officials meeting waldorf-ANoT's,
Home. Life Agencies Association. meeting,
Waldorf Asst ora. p. NJ.
Women's City Club. meeting. Hotel McAl?in,
Columbia Comm andery. drill, Hotel Nc
Congregational Church. reception and dln-
ner. Hotel McApin. p. NJ.
Nj Alpin. ! m
, New YorR and New Jersey Plan, Grover,
4 meeting, HOtc. MCAlplu, y. NJ
DANES of The Loyal Legion, meeting. H0Isl
McAlpin, y NJ
Chldrcn's Dress Manufacturer meeting
Hotel M,Alpin, y. VI.
Second performances Of the Ch.ld's 1917
Spring Fashion show. Bush Term'na. s>''
Binding, +. go
Graffiln West Side Y NJ c, A. p
| Victory dinner of the Junior oit,er. OF
the Third Naval district. Hotel Aston =
| sale of paintings from several estates
HOlPl Plaza evening.
! Lecture on engineering o7ganiza;ion ana
its relation 10 CIVIC problems by re
| Lecture on Faith Under Fire DH lF''
zqehm. Carn's!c, Hal I An D...,
Adams cram. at the home OF Mis- 'rEe
Wilson East Sixty-fourth street. 20 F.
under the auspices of the Diocesan AlN-aJ
! OF the CATHEDRAL Of - John the piN..~. ,.
| intercollegiate Socialist Society, cl"ncr 100
Ray Hotel 1875 Madison avenue. 4
/ International MusIc Fcs, wal Chorus mas
cal rcceHtion lS2 Riverside Drive crsaIa.
| Meeting IN honor OF Catherine Br,'an'''
sFy, Carncs!c Hall, sl1 P n. ..A.
! Meeting OF the WomHns pepart We0' - -
National .C1y!c Federation, Cosmopolitan
DISCUSSION on Some. Problem. OF ne H .oi,
Lccture on wireless Tc,crhory' by ~
John v l. III noEa9 eet MG,, Ne Ag'w ,.
Thirty ninth street SIS +, .....-.,,,
Dinner 70 Csc so;a-er :, rWYp''' Of Pubic ~
Rect al 10y Ethel LeEnskA, Aeoaan ia"
Broo,lyn Institute Nj. Maria. IN
in the Russian Revolution. ~ N''
Warrenralh VIII give a recital a. So, w.
Ladies night OF the Canadian ''''. "'.'
h, Aracn Gslicry' sm Fifth avenue c'a 'r
Of painnss OF shpGm rins t ,"g'it Is
Johanscn. luul February %, , ..,
Nrdslcy Stucios ~ Columbia li"-'
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MINIATURE ALMANAC.
Standard Time.
Sun rises. 657 A NJ Sun sets..5.apM
Moon scts.'...S:li A N
For eastern New York and New Jer.
sey, fair to-day, except cloudy near the
coast; fresh north and northwes,
winds; tomorrow fair; little change in
temperature.
Fur northern New England, fair to.d,r
possibly snow tonight in extreme east
portion; fair Tomorrow; moderate north
winds.
For southern New England, fair to.asr
possibly followed by snow tonight In o..
treme southeast portion; fair to.morrov,
moderate northwest winds
For western New York, lair to-day exc.p,
local SHOWS near the lakes; fair TO- morrow
warmer In west portion.
WASHINGTON. Feb. s.--The northea...
ern Texas disturbance OF Saturday n1ornIn,
has moved to the North Carolina coas'
with considerable Increase in intensity
attended by light rains and SHOWS In the
Southern states but without strong winds
of consequence ana It was followed By
clearing weather. rapidly rising pressure
and a decided fall in temperature through.
out the South generally except the Florida
peninsula.
The extreme Northwest disturSanc. OF
the last two DAYS is now over British CO.
umbia In marked form. with rains contlnu.
Ing In the north Pacific States and extend.
Ing into the north plateau and with a fi,,
In temperature to much above normal con.
dipons in the north Rocky Mountain region
and the Northwest There were also lIRh,
local SHOWS In the Ohio Valley. the laks
region, eastern New York and New Eng.
land with very little change In tempers
ture.
Fair weather will prevail Monday east
or the Mississippi River and on Tuesday
In the Atlantic and Gulf States and lower
lake region while In the Ohio Valley ana
upper axe region cloudy weather will So.
In TUESDAY, with snow or rain over In,
northern upper lake region.
II Will be colder Monday in the south
Atlantic states and warmer Tuesday In the
upper lake and western lower lake resion
the Ohio Valley. Tennessee. the east Gulf
and soutl~Atlantic States
Cold wave warnings have bsen Issued for
southern Alabama, southwestern Georgia
and extreme northwest Florida
Observations at United States Weather Ruresn
stations taken at +. II. yesterday. seventy.
NTH meridian timo:
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nation engaged In making the world
safe for democracy has abandoned 1t
as lmperialistic. There Is nothing
imperinlistic about "Bolshevlki," its
derivation or Its derivatives.
How long this fashion will last the
boldest philologer will not dare pre-
dict. The crowd is tickle. The Boil
shevlki are, received by the peace
makers of Paris. They are getting on
in society. Perhaps their progress
will rob their corporate cognomen of
It's sting; perhaps another word may
supplant 1t. Whatever its fate, Dol
sheviki" has achieved one literary tri-
umph, for seldom indeed Is 1t that a
multisyllable word rises to the dig.
nifty of slang term.
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All Attended To.

At last the long delayed, carefully
kept secret Is broadcast; we now
know how the United States Treas
ury is to get the money to pay the
continuing war rate OF Federal ex-
penditures. 1t has troubled millions.
but Papa BANKHEAp. Senator from
Alabama, chairman Of the Committee
on Post Offices and Post Roads, knew
oil the time--and at last has told.
The Senate was discussing the Post
Office Department appropriation bill.
Senator KING inquired by what
amount the pending bills items ex-
cccded those in last years bill.
Papa BANKHEAD replied noncha.
lantly, as one should who knows how
to get all the money everybody asks
for, about s40.0O0,000, exclusive
of the good roads item" Then fol
lowed this colloquy, and 1t should
! he deeply studied, for 1t reveals the
fascinating secret: it strikes ava.
shackles, brings balm, good tidings
| plenty ON earth to men:
"Mr. KiNG--And what Is added b,
way OF Appropriation for roads?
"Mr. BANKHEAp-Two hundred mill
ion dollars in three years-$50, 900. Oot
this year and s75.o00.00 during each O.
the two next fiscal years.
| Mr.. KIN0-Has the committee having
this bill In charge taken Into account tn,
ways and means by which the revenu,
is to be obtained to meet these rapid.
! increasing expenditures?
Mr.. BASKHEAp-That is tho bushes
OF the Ways and Means Committee O
the House and the Finance Commute,
OF the Senate. They will attend I,
that"
So there you are! Now hideou
nightmare ends; sweet sleep attends
No longer need taxpayers grow pal
and faint as they face revenue tn,
collector: they will he met witt
vreafhed smiles and told:
My dear sir, he OF good heart
Go pay your butcher and grocer
your pew rent; buy your wife a new
gown, the Riddles new shoes. That ha
all been attended to-"
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II President DowLINo OF the Bor-
ough of Manhattan succeeds in open
ing Fourth and Park avenues for
through traffic by April l. the city will
have new north and south thorough
fare which should considerably relieve
congestion on Fifth avenue and Madi-
son avenue 1t is estimated that between
GOO and 700 vehicles an hour will use
the new highway, and IL necessity
should arise the police can establish
regulations which VIII increase this
number The difficulty is that with
the rapid increase in traffic in New
York streets the new route, even II
utilized TO it's full capacity. will soor
he as conGested as the present road
ways. and further means OF reducing
congestion will have to be found.
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THE FIRST WHITE WAY.
Niblo's Was the First New York
Theatre to Use Gas.
From Cos Loptc.

When William Nblo opened his new
theatre at Broadway and Prince street
back on Independence Day. 1928. he
celebrated the double occasion by a
patriotic display OF gas lights which
Haunted the name OF "NIblo" far and
wide and immortalzed It in stage as
well as gas history. An admiring pub
lie gasped from respectful distance,
watching the red, white and blue shadows
cast by the rows Of gas Jets spelling
the proprietor's name.
Gas had been used for the first time in
New York city i've years before, but to
the owner of Niblo's Garden goes the
credit OF first using gas for illuminating
n theatre
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Four men who murdered and robbed
the ticket agent at the Intcrvale ave
nue. subway station on November Il,
1918. have been tried. convicted and
sentenced in the Supreme Court in
Bronx county. In this crime the law
has proved no lnggard. Speed In the
punishment OF criminals IS OF the great
est Importance, and the preventive
effect of these successful prosecutions
will he far greater than would be
the case II the convictions had been
long delayed.
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To the Army of Occupation in German

Symbolic soldier OF the fires,
Go. mount your guard In Germany.
Leave. II you will, your gun behind,
But take to every darkened mind
The torch y lost. tho torch You found
Upon the nations battle ground,
Take 20 blinded German eyes
This vision OF a freemans prize,
And 10 the ears that still can hear
The gospsl of your faith make clear,
symbolic soldier Of the free.
They neel your Hight In Germany.
Mark we'll whom your command is from
go. occupy until I come"
FAsNr DE- GRoor HASTINGS.
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Although there are 1901 idle men
in Vienna, when the city called for
II 900 workmen to clear the streets Of
snow only 1872 appeared. The expla-
nation of this Is found in the fact that
the idle men receive fifteen crowns a
day each from the Government, and
with this income many OF them can
see no reason for labor This situation
throws n strong light on the diff
culties encountered in supporting men
out of work, to solve which calls for
craftsmanship OF as high order as that
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SAYS COSTA RIGA THREATENS
Has Forces on NicarnEuan From
tier. Report.

MASAGUA, Nicaragua, Feb st II
mi-ofrlctally reported tina, Frederic A
Tinooo. President Of Costa Rlca. IL
threatening the Nicaraguan frontier
with forces commanded by N'cara yuan
exiles. II Is stated also that Costa Rica
is not being threatened from Nicaragua
and that Nicaragua never has had less
men under arms han ut the present time.
1t is asserted that the Nicara guam
Government has no military ambitions
and is only DESTROYS OF being able 70
carry out the financial plan formulated
by the Government and the State De-
partment at Washington