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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-15
England's Airship Programme.

A curious development of aerial war
fare is the marked change in profess
sional military and naval opinion out
side of Germany toward the rigid type
of airship best known as the Zeppelin.
The German General Stairs tactical
mistakes had much to do with popu-
larly discrediting the type of dirigible
1t had done most to develop. That Is,
in their raids over Great Britain the
Germans used type of Zeppelin not
perfectly fitted for such a military
purpose. for, owing to small capacity.
these craft were not able to climb
guns or fighting planes, and owing to
the inflammable nature of the hydro
gen gas with which the bags were
filed they were peculiarly and fatally
vulnerable.
The British Air Ministry and Ad-
miralty were quick to discover these
weaknesses of the Zeppellns, with the
result that several of the great Ger
man air raiders were put down over
the North Sea by British airplanes
launched from cruisers. and on one
occasion an American flying boat de-
stroyed Zeppelin in the same area.
Up to the time the armistice was
signed the Germans had continued the
development Of the dirigible so that
their latest type had a speed of sew
enty or eighty miles an hour, cell
Ing" of $4,000 feet and a rate Of climb
superior TO any plane. The Allied Of
f1cers who made tour Of Germany's
naval bases after the armistice was
signed said that the condition Of the
Zeppelin sheds, the ships themselves.
and the personnel attached to that
service was the best presented by any
of the military branches they studied
in Germany; this being corroborative
proof Of the information the Allies
had as to Germany's intense interest
in her lighter than air ships.
The improvements In the lIghte-
than air craft between August, 1914,
and August. 1918. were much more
marked than those of the heavier
than air craft. The maximum speed
incre7 sed from fifty miles an hour In
the dlrigible to seventy-seven and six
tenths miles an hour; the endurance.
at fOrty-fve miles an hour, increased
, from twenty hours to ITS hours the
total lift from thirty tons to 66.84
tons; and the "static ceiling" or
greatest height reached, from 5000
feet to 21,O00 feet. The alrplane
speed in the same period increased
only from eighty-three miles an hour
to eighty-five miles; the endurance
from four hours to twelve and five
tenths hours, and the ceiling" from
1900 to $4,000 feet. The best pro-
fessional opinion as to the relative
merits OF these two craft is that above
10000 feet the dlrigible airship can be
mannuvred with the same ease al az
lower attitudes, whereas the airplane
above that altitude climbs very slowly
and puts the aviator to a physical
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-15
-saak -
Strange Thing: Kind Words for
Tax Collectors.

In justice and equity THE Sun
feels that the Collectors of Internal
Revenue In this neck of the woods
have earned and should receive pub
licly the thanks Of the citizens re-
porting to them on their incomes
during the year 1918 for the help
fulness and exceptional fairness these
officials have shown in the discharge
of their duties.
1t is n violent departure from Gus
tom to speak kindly of tax gatherer,
but the circumstances render II not
only possible but a matter of simple
right so to do in the cases Of these
gentlemen; and the spirit they have
displayed has been generally charac-
teristic of their numerous and over
worked aids.
Without abating single degree of
the obligation they owe to the Gov
eminent in the faithful performance
of their duties, the Collectors of
Internal Revenue have scrupulously
protected the rights of the individ-
uals who fell within their jurIsdic-
lions, crdcavo-!ng 10 safeguard the
taxpayers as well as they safe
guarded the Treasury. They have
demanded for Cesar what was Ce-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-15
The Flags at the Union League
Club,

Not quite year has passed since,
on March 90, the Union League Club
presented to the dark skinned fighting
men who were pleased to dub them
selves the Buffaloes a stand of colors.
Officially the 367th Infantry Regi-
ment, the organization then promised
that when the fighting was over 1t
would return the banners to rest in
the club house as q perpetual me-
mortal of honest service under the
flag.
This pledge was redeemed yester-
day with appropriate ceremonies, al
though the entire regiment could not
be present. The Buffaloes had kept
their word to bring the flags back with
honor untarnished. Their representa-
tives had the proud consciousness of
duty well performed. They could look
their friends Of the Union League
Club straight in the eye and truth
fully tell them that wherever the ex-
igencies of war had taken the regi-
ment it had been faithful to the trust
reposed in it.
The historic fabrics that now rest
in the Union League Club will be a
permanent inspiration to all to whom
their story is told and their presence
in the institution from which they
were sent forth in hope and to which
they were returned In glory will con-
tinually remind not only the members
of the club but others as we'll of its
unceasing fidelity to the principles of
its founders.
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LOCAL WEATHER REPORTS.
EVENTS TO-DAY.

Friend. Of Ireland. dinner. Hotel Com
a. Camp Ere Club. dinner. Hotel commO-
Annual luncheon of the Mount Holyoke
AlumnS Association OF New York and
The, the Lake Il Erie College Alumnr Assoc!a-
The Friendly Grand Sons OF ireland.
dinner. PennsylyHnia Hotel, 100 P. NJ.
End Good Eyes" Safety Institute OF Ann
Metropolitan Museum OF Art, concert
under the direction Of David Names,
Senators william NJ. Calder and James
". WadswoTth: Jr.. will speak on The
wes'meath Mem. social and benevolent
siyth street, near third avenue, 5 P. N.
Annual dinner OF the Vermont Society
a II EoT xo IGph; Coy Clement will speak
Frank Sheridan, pianist, and Miss. Ma
thalie Jacus. soprano, will be the soioists
neas tns .s ws.s End at s sSs 2
The League Of Nations will be discussed
BY George Haven Putnam, DR.. John A.
luncheon OF the League Of Free Nations
Assoc ,lation. Hotel Commodore, 12:t6 p. NJ.
American Museum of Natural History.
mai Work and Play" 1850 a ii f.
Alfred W. Martin will lecture on Tho
War and Moral Progress" Carnegie Hal
Meeting OF the executive COMMITTEES OF
the Assyrian National Association. Hotel
Pennsylvania, 8 p, NJ.
Lecture by Baudouin de Beaumenoir on
Georges Clemenceau." French Branch
y. NJ c. A. s:15 p. NJ.
Victory dance by the lodge members
OF the Prince OF Wales Fund Dance Com
mittee Amsterdam Opera House. 8 P. ".
Brooklyn Institute; The member. Of the
Institute Chess Club will meet for the
to Il r. H. Ill., Art Room. The ofehs.t5a
Walter Dsmrosch conductor, will give 10
It's series of Ave matinea concerts. Prof
NJ. g. Kains win give in the Lecture Han
at an illustrated talk on Easy Crops
10 Grow; Maxim Yields from Minimum
Areas" DR.. Lewis stephen Pitcher will
lecture IN tho Science Room at sib on
This Effect Of the Present War Upon
the Advance OF Surgery"
Medic Surgery Society. dinner Hotel
McAlpin, p NJ.
Penn state College. dinner. Hotel Nc.
Alpin. p. NJ
Phllhsrmonic Society of New York. con
cert, Waldorf Astoria, p. NJ.
Lecture by George Hiram Mann on
.Sa0 an Ideas as Embodied N the CO.
sFTltIon ~ the Cnfted states" EdG6S~
tional Alliance, 1871 East Broadway, S:ib
p NJ
Organization meeting OF the Nelshbors
Club under the auspices OF the Stuyycssrt
Neighborhood House, Stuyvesant and Ninth
streets, T. NJ.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-15

Mr.. GEORGE CREEL. who announces
that he now regards himself as n
private citizen, adds that he intends
to take an active interest in politics
"as humble assistant in the de-
lousing process Of which our public
life stands in need" This Is a pleas
ant indication that Mr.. CREEL here
after, instead of suppressing news, as
his job as Chairman of the Committee
on Public Information compelled him
sometimes to do, will make all things
public. For that is the way to,rid
public life of vermin. The cootle can
not live in the sunshine.
We are now seeing a good example
of the way America, without waiting
for Mr.. CREEL's return to unofficial
activities, proceeds to air something
that needs airing and places a ques-
tionable political theory In the steam
boiler of public discussion. The pollh-
cal larkspur bottle is uncorked and
the contents will continue to be used
until the evils disappear.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-15
Secretary Lanes Fight Against
Democrats.

Sitting at the feet of Chairman
HOMER S. CUMMINGS of the Demo-
cratic National Committee, the dis
consulate faithful learn that the Re-
publicans must be beaten in the West
II they are to be beaten at all, and
Secretary LANE, himself from
California, has been fighting for six
years to put through his general
leasing legislation. which provides
TAR the development OF 700,000.000
anres of public lands, including for
ct reserves. coal. phosphate and
Cd lands"
Chairman CUMMINGS must have
spoken hastily, or he would not have
chosen Secretary LANES efforts for
general leasing legislation as an IL
lustratlon of the Democratic party's
affection for the West.
Throughout the six years Secre-
tary LANE has been pushing his de-
velopment projects the Democratic
party lIlC anu
Senate unlnterruptedly, and with
them every legislative committee.
Whenever Secretary LANE has had
10 fight anybody in Congress in the
last six years, he has had to fight a
Democrat. Whenever the Secretary
has had to fight a committee Of Con-
gress, that committee was dominated
by Democrats. Whenever the Secre-
tary has had to fight a majority Of
the House or the Senate, that ma
jority was made up of Democrats.
All Secretary LANES fighting has
been against Democrats, and as the
electors of the West are highly in
telligent body of citizens they will
remember that fact when Chairman
CUMMINGS appeals to them hereafter
to entrust their interests to the Dem
ocratic party, for If Secretary LANES
leasing legislation is to be the test.
the Democrats will never do any
thing for the West.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-15

The Hon. FRANK WHEELER MoNpELL,
who has the Committee on Committees'
designation as majority House leader
is not lawyer nor n college man, but
he Is eloquent, can be witty, is finely
satirical at times, and has a vocabu-
larry not exceeded by that OF any mem
Der; no, not even by that copious one
drawn upon by DR.. TESS of Ohio. But
House majority leaders. having the
goods" as a saying is. do not deliver
them by delivering speeches. The
House majority leader has assigned
to him a handsome room just a step
or two outside the southwest entrance
to the House chamber. There is
where leaders lead. largely.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-15
CASE OF ONE DESERTER.
without Waiting for His Discharge
He Sought and Pound q Job.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. II
was with intense interest that read
Senator Chamberlain's address in re-
gard to the sentences imposed by courts
martial. What will be the effect on
the character of our men and boys who
have been guilty OF some slight offence
--thoughtless in many instances-if
there is not some change in the admin
istration Of military law?
Only recently the following case has
been brought TO my attention. A happy,
clean cut young man, proud to have
served In the navy. did not. for some
unaccountable reason. wait for his dis
charge, but sought job when on leave
He worked faithfully. never hesitating
to refer to his service. He is without
friends and influence, a stranger in this
city
Without warning OF any kind this
young man was taken from his job by
an official. What will be his punish
ment? Let military discipline be read
justed, 20 that leniency and discrimisa-
ton may be evident
FROM A CONSTANT READER.
NEw YORK, March IA.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-15
What Ais the Immigration Service?

In THE Suns report Of the exami
nation OF persons detained oy the po
lice after raid on a house alleged to
be the headquarters of radical con
spirators these facts are recorded:
"RoRKE and GEGAN decided to take
the whole crowd, 141 men and 2l
women, to the Criminal Courts
Building.
"All night long RoRKE with an In
terpreter's aid questioned the Rus
SLAMS.
"Ali OF them denied American
citizenship.
Many Of them admitted violating
the immigration laws in getting into
this country.
The trick successfully employed
was to ship as seamen in Russia or
Scandinavia and then desert ship on
arriving In an American or Canadian
port.
"One man had been In this coun-
try fifteen years
1.-THE others had been here from
one TO eight years"
If 1t is true that many of these rev.
olutionlsts were in the United States
In violation Of the immigration laws
their presence here calls for imme.
diate and careful scrutiny of the i'm
migration service.
That service is maintained to pro.
tect the United States, among other
things, from the intrusion here OF
men and women opposed to our form
Of government. 1t has broad powers
of inquisition. 1t can exclude all ap.
plicants for admission its examina-
ton shows to be undesirable. 1t has
authority, and Is charged with the
duty, to prevent seamen from desert
ing in American ports and remaining
in this country.
1t Is particularly discreditable to the
immigration service, and also to varl-
Gus other agencies for the enforce
ment of the Federal statutes, that
any of these persons should have been
able to sneak into the United States
since we went to war. The Govern.
ment has had practically unlimited
power over citizens and aliens alike
since April, 1917. 1t has spent mill
ions of dollars guarding our seaports
Yet a band OF foreign reyolut!on!sts
has apparently been able to slip past
the barriers and to carry on here a
pretentlous campaign in defiance OF
the Government and all It's men.
The immigration service certainly
and other Federal services probably
need investigation. II they cannot
keep alien anarchists and radical
propa gandists from passing freely
into the United States, the time has
come to reorganize them from top tc
bottom.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-15
RADIO SETS STILL IDLE.
War Restrictions on Amateur Wire
less Operators Not Lifted.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str: Now
that the war is over. why does the Gov
eminent continue to restrict amateur
wireless enthusiasts from operating their
stations?
When the call for wireless operators
came hundreds OF amateurs Joined the
colors, either in the signal corps or In
the navy. These men. many of them ex-
pert in their line. required very little
training, thereby saving the Government
time and much expense
In April, 1917. the Government placed
n ban on all amateur stations, and the
amateurs obediently dlsmantled their
sets in hopes OF using them again after
the war. But now 1t seems that the
amateur Is forgotten, or for some reason
his favorlte pastime is denied him.
Corporal L. FERRY,
United States Signal Corps.
NEW YORK. March IA.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-15
Proposed Changes in the Deer Law

Assemblyman EDWARD A. EVERETT
Of St. Lawrence county has intro
duced Il bill in the Assembly which
provides that any wild deer, other
than a fawn, of either sex, may be
taken during the usual open season
In the deer forests. The passage Of
this bill and its approval by the Gov
ernor would do away with the buck
law, which has been instrumental In
keeping up the breeding stock Of deer
and preventing accidents to human
beings in the hunting field.
To smooth the way for the killing of
the buck law, Assemblyman EVERETT
would cut the present limit from two
bucks to one deer Of either sex. In
the face of the increasing number Of
hunters in the Empire State, such &
provision, in the interest of the pres
eryation Of the game, might be worth
making. But taking the buck law from
the statute books would mean the
rapid determination of the white tailed
deer in New York forests In the
way its relatives, the elk and moose,
were exterminated
Further than that, this amendment
would take away a safeguard for
human life, for to kill buck a hunter
must know what he or she aims at.
In six years prior to the passage OF
the buck law in New York State the
number Of men killed in mistake for
deer, was fourteen. In the four years
that Immediately followed the passage
of the law the figures were reduced
one half. Doubtless these seven men
lost their lives because the hunters
did not make sure to observe the
buck law. Last years hunting season
brought four reports of cases of men
Ehot In mistake for deer.
The repeal of the buck law would
not only endanger human life but also
increase tremendously the slaughter
OF the breeding deer. New York has
had six years Of the buck law and 1t
has done four things: allowed the
stock to breed normally, given an an.
nual surplus for the hunters to kill,
opened new territory and safeguarded
human life.
The Conservation CommI ssion at
tha close Of 1918 made settlements
with violatOrs in cases that involved
twenty-three deer. OF these twenty
three deer nine were bucks. twelve
were does and two were fawns. These
figures give proof that the relative
proportion Of the deer sexes In the
deer forests is satisfactory.
Since 1915 the commission has had
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-15

a deer census made by game protec.
tors, and their observations, district
by district, show the deer population
to be about $4,000. Every year $1,000
men hunt deer. The question arises,
Should the Everett bill repeal the
buck law and permit the killing of
deer Of either sex, how many Seasons
would elapse before the last deer
would Join the last New York State
moose and elk?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-15
HAGERSToWN REJECTS 1T.
4 Majority Of Two to One Against
.-. the 4SsA&-% In a StSev Vote.-...

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: To
find out the feeling OF the man in the
street about the League OF Nations, the
Hagerstown News Agency took straw
vote on the issue. While those voting
were but small percentage OF its Gus
toners the vote on counting UP was:
As for League Of Nations
o5 against.
for anything Wilson wants
what in thunder is tho League OF
Nations7
No soliciting of votes or electioneering
was allowed so those that voted ex-
pressed their opinion without argument
or solicitation OF any one.
SUN READER
HAGERsTowN. Nd, March 10.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-15
SCHOOL LUNCH AID
DEMANDED AT ONCE
Alderman Anxious to Know
What Has Been Done With
$4,000 Appropriation.
EDUCATION HEADS SPEAK
Commissioner Copeland Says
Pupils Should Be Fed
without Stint.

William T. Collins, chairman of the
Board OF Aldermen gave the two sides
In what he termed the school lunch
squabble." chance to fight It out at a
committee hearing yesterday at City
Hall. Gustave Straubmuller Of the
board of superintendents. and Mrs.
Dmma Murray, chairman Of the school
lunch committee OF the Board of Edu-
cation. spoke for this body. and Miss
sally Lucas Jean represented the Child
Health Organization, Women's City
Club. Academy of Medicine and various
other agencies which desire to speed up
the crusade against malnutrltion. Mr..
Coilings, though he announced that his
committee could not command the board
TO act In the matter, appeared much in
terested in finding out what had or had
not been done with the $4,000 the city
fathers appropriated January 1 to start
a bureau Of school lunches.
Mrs. Murray and Mr.. Straubmuller
pleaded that the direction Of school
lunches ought to be kept within the
Board OF Education. and the only
progress they we're able to report since
January 1 was visits OF inspection to
establishing luncheon at the probation
airy school for bad boys Miss Jean
argued for comprehensive plan of
luncheons for every school. the plan to
be managed by an expert. Health Com
missioner Royal s. Copeland. who was
there on some other matter. took q hand
In the lunches discussion, and from
what he said It was clear that lie
believed noon lunches for Father Knick-
erbocker's boys and girls should pe
under the control OF some one with
VISION" big enough to make a big thing
success. He refused to commit him
SELF In so many words. however. when
Miss Jean asked him II he didn't think
the undertaking was too great to be sad
died on the already busy domestic SCI
enoe department OF the public schools
as has been suggested by the Mrs. Muir
ray side.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-15
HAGERsrowN. Nd, March 10.
A Pessimist at the Custom House.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir. There
are three standing and time hoRored
jokes In the ornate and beautiful Gus
tom House building at this port namely
the elevator service, the telephone SER
vice and the clocks
Which of the three is the biggest and
screamingest Joke is a subject Of ami.
mated discussion among the employees,
brokers' and other hahtants of the
building. SMILAx.
NEW York, March II
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-15
PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT.
NANIIATTAS.

American Ideals as Embedded IN thu
Constitution OF the United States" ~
George Hiram Mann, thu Educat.Anal Al
lance, lG7 East Broadway.
Current Events" by Nelson r. Mead.
Pm. II. Of the college u he City OF
New York, Cooper institute, Eighth stree,
and Fourth avenue,
politics OF Reconstruction," by L!rIey
NJ kcasbrg. Th u Sew York Public
Library, hamilton Grange Branch, sos
The Genius oil Modern irish Drama
py F~rdcr,cK Pauldlng y. NJ c. 4, Har-
lem branch, o West i25tA street
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-15
Sam Browne Belts.

Many n Sam Browne belt rises and
falls on the breast of returned Off
Ger whose guilty conscience tells him
he is violating orders. but whose fat
tened pocketbook and imminent dis
charge from the army counsel pru.
dence in the purchase of new uni
forms. The Sam Browne belt, per-
mitted in overseas service, taboo here,
marks the jacket of the wearer In
delibly. The tailor's art is useless
to remove those deep worn creases,
and the best of uniform cloth will
fade a little in sun and snow and
rain where It is not protected by the
leather of this favorite Harness..
General ORYAN interprets dlsci-
pline and regulations with unassail.
able accuracy, with unimpeachable
precision, when he orders the offending
belt removed from the manly forms
1t Compasses yet even his authority
cannot obliterate the marks OF its
former presence. Though 1t be not
worn, stir shall all beholders know
1t once was worn, save only on jack.
cts that have never known it.
The officers whose uniforms worn
without the Sam Browne belt do not
come up to army standards OF neat
ness, but whose return to civilian
dress is near, are in a bad situa-
ton. If they cover their honorable
service stripes with leather, General
O'RYAN will get them II they don't,
some other superior officer may re-
buke them for untldiness.