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ION L
DIVIDE EM OPINION
Prominent New York Physicians
and Lawyers Not in Ac?
cord on Subject.
OPERATION IS EXPLAINED
Dr. Woods Hutchinson and Oth?
ers Give It Approval, but
Legal Men All Approach
It Cautiously.
The publication toi mars detail of the
teal tee brought aaulnsl the oterlUsatton
I law m the Mate uf Washington and the
probability that o similar rasa arlll he
brouajhl In this state f> test the constitu
lllty of tie Neu- York sterilization
i?v. m spring, has stimulated
aride m on s? the merits an<i deraertts
<>f o ?? legislation
A I read\ seven states of the t'nlon. YVasti
rton, CsllfornlSi CJcnnaetleut, Indiana.
lews Nov Jersey ami New York, have
?Se reed that tUtder certain conditions
habitual (limn ?snerates, idiots. Ira?
beetles and insane BBTSSnO shall he de?
prive,) of their power to beget children.
the ground that the growth of these
. ?- .r IN population by inheritance is
o distinct dansai to society.
The New York law provides for the ap
'inent of a < ommission which .shall
? .1 study of fach indi
vldtial ' ??"< and '>f the patient's ante
Ms. what Inmates of It? prisons, re
1 stale and charltahle In
Itlona for the mentally defective shall
be atsrillaed to peeve nt their procreation.
In some of the states elted the laws pro?
vide st- rlHsatlon as ;i punlahment for
I not prescribed as a
rfnte, hiit as a police
m s<*k- to pro
teet Itself, iik. ?? i laa paaaarl to preserve
aii'l promet? public health and morals.
Operation Quick and Psinlssa.
The ISOl <a?p la Washington was
cht in behalf of a man who had been
Convicted of atatUtOrj r;ipe upon a child
rears Of age and sentenced to
hf. imprisonment and to undergo an
Operation Which should prevent procrea?
tion The operation commonly performed
in such cases is that of vasectomy The
? i satlon bet?re the court was whether
stunted a "cruel and un
' punishment forbidden by the con?
stitution
operation of rasscteauy is pain
performed in a few minutes, the en?
's (?at I (led under a local anirsthetic.
thiough a skin cut half an inch long and
iing no around infection, no eonfine
iii' : l sosa not deprive the j>a
i nt of iiis .sexual power or desire and
?? any change whatever In
the mual organs. The corresponding
atloa on the female la the removal of
a small section of the Fallopian tube. In
speaking Bf the operation on the male.
expel? Who testified in the Washing?
ton cast described it as "less st-ridus than
'? of a tooth.'' Another ex
j'erform?*d It without
anaesthetic, that it con
? d ahout three minutes and that the
subject returned to work Immediately.
Tl.- court, In view of these facts, held
that it was not such a cruel punishment
?< cannot be inflicted upon appellant for
vorrible and brutal crime of which he
been convicted." The statute was
held constitutions] and the Judgment af?
firm
< Hub hlnson discussed the
SUbJed in ui. interview last night.
In Doubt as to Fsmalsa.
an operation very decidedly bene
ty," said Dr. Hutchinson.
"Not cruel at .ill what we call a minor
operation I am most emphatically in
01 of a law t rovldlng sterilization hy
tiii' ?'?'?ssly criminal and
?min?, d moa Something like six
otates have ouch a law- in force to-day,
and I think from six to ten more state?
. will add it to their statute books thia
cmlng winter.
i '? cour.-,, tiie inheritance of criminality
oj Imbecility, ernlca. ?t is, hoped may he
bed by atarlltaatl at laws, is just as
through the mother as through the
. father. But Bterillxatlon of the female la
h inator operation. Though not danger?
ous, it is somewhat graver than vasecto
my. and in the majority of cases It will
prqbably oe found ?lmpler merely to con
.tfn? the criminal or Imbecile female dur?
ing her reproductive period of life rather
than resort to a surgical operation. But
the confinement of a man during the life?
time of his reproductive faculties is not
by any means so simple a thing.
"Borne of the states have laws calling
for the sterilization of criminals only, but
moat of them are now extending these
laws to apply to the feeble-minded classes
as an II The operation of vasectomy !a
not ;:. an\ sense a 'eruel punishment.' In"
the state reformatory In Indiana It has
been performed on kxj criminals. 750 ot
whom ?ave their consent, most of them
illy suggesting that It he done. You
can MS hy this that It cannot be painful."
Dr. Ilutcninson was asked If he thought
sterilization would lead to immorality,
BUBO it removed some of the perilous
consequences of licentiousness. He re?
plied In the negative.
"The feeble minded have no self-<on
ItOl in any case.' he argued, "and conse
OUences never deterred tnc criminal. The
dai | terilizatlon In this direction
?dlsible compared with the great
:t will do society.
"Furthermore. It presents a definite so?
lution of the problem confronting those
men or women who are neither criminal
nor feeble Minded, but who have Inherited
diseases ?rhtch they are loath to hand
down t<> ?future generatlona. It has hith?
erto been a choice with these people be?
tween giving op family life or bringing
unfortunate children into the world. Va
aSetsaaj voluntary-, of cours, win bsb>
mit auch couples to enjoy family life
without running the risk of bringing mis?
to the im \t generation.
Teat Case in This Stats.
"There is no doubt a test ?ase will be
bVougbt right away In this state, snd
BSme luda? nH be found to declare the
la?w ??constitutional Such is the fate of
all r<a!i\ progressive laws."
' it should he reasarfcad in passing that
J?r Woods Hutchinson Is a Bull Moose.
J'r. Arthur <'. Brush, of Brooklyn, also
ill ii' h! the advantages of vaseetoniy.
"From B purely sociological stand?
point, said lie, "the sterilization law in
a \'i' food one, ''rlminals of a dapjeit?
??rai'- type ne-. <i ran be reformed. Idiots,
imbeciles and so on can only propagate
their own kind We should either banish
them all to some desert Island or pre?
vent them from, i? rpetuatlng their kind,
to th< Increasing detriment <>f society
They are net only a aroSI burden snd
.eviHiri?? to the public, hut they contaml
nate the sto?k of normal human heil
Take, for instan-', that celebrated I
of the upstate family containing 800 cr
inals. all the descendants of one wotr
"Tht operation ?s a very simple one,
deed. Jt is a minor operation, no dan
whatever attaches to It It surely ci
be considered cruel in the sanen of
pain it Infects "
Those physicians who hsVC familiar!
themselves with the idea ssd psrfoi
anco of vascctomy for th? most v
favor It warmlv. It is not so easy. Ik
ever, to find lawyers who will with
Important qualification uphold the iu
permitting it.
John Brooks Leavltt, chairman of
committee of the State Bar gSOOl at
on the. discharge of criminals, said O?
New York law:
Such an act mist, m in- .iudgme
stand, if at all. -"i tin- general pol
power of the Legislature, if steriltsatl
mast be viewed as a punishment, tl
this act would not be constitutional, i
-anse It empowers a board to imp?
punishment upon a person Who has i
been convicted of a crilll--. This is 1
within the power of th<- Legislature.
"The theory of the act is. hoWOVer, ?
that sterilisation is a punishment, I
that it Is merely a measure for the pul:
weal. There is. however, the constll
tlonal provision that cruel ami IBUSt
punishments shall not be Inflicted. T
Legislature has no tight to Inflict CTt
and unusual punishment on anv pets.
whether convicted of criiu? or not. Th
WO have two questions: |1) Must vas.
tomy be viewed as a punishment? (2)
SO, Is it both cruel and unusual '.'
History of Jukes Family.
"M\ answer to the tust question WOU
be that It does not fall within the delii
tion of 'punishment.1 it does not vu
port to be a punishment, but merel, :
act to protect soci- ty SgSlnSl an .ci n
ted evil, to wit. tin transmission to d
acendants of Inherited tendenciee wtfc
having been foun-i detrimental t j
m the ancestor, are reSBOnably i
be equally Injurious to socict) in tht J
s< endants. and an injury In an ever wni,
ling circle (as, for example, ti.
fam?.v ?. The InJury t?> society
by the descendants of such fan
the Jukes is probubl fai gre -t- ' th.i
any benefit which tic world ha-- as hi
from ?is Julius Cwssrs, Its ?ap?le?
Bonaparte* or. as son,- i.pie ma] thin
Its T. R.V"
The Jukes familv t.- Which llr. L-avi
had reference, has been carefully tract
through live generation! oy Dugdale. ?
NI members of tins family, Tl wen roi
vi--tc?i of crime, ifg w.!. paupers and bej
gais ami over one-ball tic t?meles wei
proetitutse.
"But the Legislature, under tl
of a measure for the public good ' COI
tlnued Mr. Leavltt. "i atmet inflict even
punishment for -rime which Is both inl?
and unnsusL Let it i.t. i that th
constitutional Inhibition I? not
cruel punishments and unusual punish
ments. To be unconstitutional puni.-h
ment must be both cruel and UnUSUS
What can be more cruel than to bang i
electrocute n man" Bxecutioni foi mu?
der, having been usual f?l mal
ti-s. ;t is not Bnconstltutlonal On th
other hand, as civilization advances i
experience there may be unUSUBl punish
ments. which, however expedient, can b
prescribed if they are not truel.
"Now, as the medical men assure u
that vasectomy Is entirely palaleas, it i
obvious that, however UBUSUSl, it CSBBO
be ' ailed cruel, imieas it be cruelty t'
impose upon a man trw consclouenee
throughout his life that he OBI
baye any ohlldren, This is a psychologl
cal question which should be det?-i mine.
by experts In psychology before it can b
pasped un In courts of la'-v
Psychological Question Involved.
"As a psychological question it mlgh
have to be decided by experience, by i
careful study of the results of the opera
tion in individual i ases. Until ?t Is foUM
by such an examination, carried on dur
ing a course of years, that a oonscioUS
b'-ss of inability to beg.-t children op?
erates upon the health os character, of :
person in a detrimental WBJ S coi. t o?
law might well hesitate to dectdt
is not cruel. Thus. SUCh I law ?
present be hei?i to be unconstitutional foi
the reason suggested, WhOTQSS :j| ?' fCU
years, and as th. res lit Of an InvestlgS
tlon that no such detrimental results fol?
low from such an Operetten, It could the!
be upheld as entirely within the oonotltB?
tlonal powers of the legislature."
?"liarles A. Boston, who is a msmbai 01
the committee of the State I'-.-i Assorts
tion. of which Mr. Leavltt Is chairman
though he did not care to discuss tin
merits of the New York law BSCSUBS 0|
his unfamillarlty with Its provisions at?
tacked all legislation of the klrd as un?
wise, If not unconstitutional. Not so lotg
ago Mr. Boston told the American So?
ciety of Sanitary and Moral Prophylaxis
what he thought of the sterilisation law?
on the statute books of t lie diff?rent
statep, those antedating the enactment of
the New York measure He expressed
the opinion again last night that such of
theee laws as were penal that is, those
which prescribed sterilization as a pun?
ishment for a ?rime?wer.- undoubtedly
i (constitutional, and that those laws
which did not BfBBSribs It as a jiutilsh
merit, but as a measure for the pretend? I
good of society?, though probably consti?
tutional, were unwise.
The penal laws lie considered unconsti?
tutional, becsuse sterilization be consid?
ered a "cruel gad unusual" ?,urilshini tit
within the meaning Of the constitutional
prohibition. The other sterilization laws
he considered unwise, because in enacting
them the legislatures took for granted
what biology had failed yet to determine,
n.'-meiy, that criminal tendenciee were
trarsmltted from father to SSI
Inheritance or Environment.
He was convinced himself, he said, t ? St
crime was not the result of inheritance
but of environment? and when it came io
u questlOB of mental defer tlveln-ss he
thought .t highly debatable Whethei a
tendency toward delusions could be In?
herited. The only Mat-- sterilisation law,
to his mind, would be on>- restricted to
congenital idiots, and these, h< pointed
out, had such few opportunities to pro
crests that such a law was unnecessary.
The most dangerous of the laws now m
farce srhlch might be considered consti?
tutional, Mr BoStOB thought, was the
indiana law. it left th. determination of
who should he Sterilised, he said, to the
board of managers, warden and attend?
ing physician 'if a prison, for instance.
the physician being the on?- to perform
the operations, at $.1 ?ach
"What un Instrument In the hands Of
ignorant or unscrupulous persons!" ...aid
he. "Suppose the collateral relatives of a
rich man should wish to prevent ins hsv
ing lineal sescendgnts to whom to leave
hi: mon<\v. They might trump up a
? harg<- -if Insanlt) against him an?l ha ?
him committed tS SB asylum It has be. n
does before (nice there, II would not be
hard for th?- authorities to deprive him at
ins power of procreation. This ** merely
a samrle of the abuse of such a law made
possible by the absence of proper BSl -
guards.
"On tbs other hand, a law lik< the
New J?rs(> lav, which provides (or the
most canfni examination into th.- history
of every individual ?ase b) expert? he
NATIONAL (?CARI? POSSIBILITIES.
BMOADXKR OENERAL H'flN 0. BDDT COLONEL DANIBL APPLbTI??
fore the performance of the operation Is
practically usetesa Ti>< Bafegusr?
der it Inoperative "
* h. m , u . limai , of Wellman a. w. li?
mai . when il" t? t ' ??- In ? Bi
Washington had bi i n bi oughl t"
in argument which will
appeal to a greal many othei lawyer?
Hen ? the n .1! point, to
said i., "it la no) wtu ther the 01
is painful, Bui a hi thai the effe?
mus? be ont id? red r '? ruel and,
pun ah ment,' in the onstttutlonsl m< an
|Bg Of ? It 1- surely 'untlsllSl.'
and It deprlt of "nc of I
Bui 1 lh( ?url ran
w bn has don? tl irdl i. 'W ? ?
life i,.; 1 u Is h mi 11 perl
me thai ii ? \ in him
Will takl : :tit ot bis lif" for puni
so long :?s su, h pualshment 11 I
he b.is committed "
Chauffeurs and Men Patrons
Volunteer for the Jobs.
HEAD WAITER DISMISSED
Demand for Increase Follows,
Then Walk-Out?Penitent
Ones Taken Back.
Tw? ntj ala aaltora, m< ludlng
nail Pabal ? ? 'ortlandi I
at HSd he B
strip k late
. n dining room 1
bund:ed i" opl? aa croa
William Arraa 1 ganase) of the
boj, i. was la the all
:.. d bun all tbe
oui
He bun I? d to th?
? ?
recruit' d free girla : th? oda I
tain. 001 It
b< preas? d Inl
tomoblle parties, who aere In th<
room, off? ed th?
fetirs. which iceepted Men
patrol
a sh"i t 1 ?n. . ?? thing vvns running
amoothly Tue e teats m emingl;
king I
naturell
in explaining ih<
Mr, Arraa aatd 1 hsad aaltei Pred
erlck Me; .-i . ha I ? red ip t > hi*
Btandard ? I it rdo be ?as
l?dst ni'-d thai Ma m nrl? 11 would
.11 Igbi
A Bhoh Urn? 1st? 1 the m 11
had by r?verai of the
watt* , -. .aanded ISB per cen?
cr> aSO \1i a 1 ins BBld 1 ? PSM
no attention lo tht m, and he pi 1 un ,;
that soin, one bad 1 it ths Idea Into the
waiters' beads to rtrlas, thinking to put
iiiin at a dli adt ntagi
Ait'i tn? trait? - bad lefl 'be dining
root? the.- p. id ?1 n.. ? . Ida the
hotel tO fUaCUSS Ib'-lr affairs W'lul. they
nan ongsged la loud oontrerastlon, Pat?
rolnian Kiev, of the KtrsfBbrtdga station,
oid'r. d them to disperse. TIN men ,|>
Blurred al first, but when Prey threat
OBMBl to s.-nd for th" icmiv BSd aii.-t
then all they moved awaj Latter, four
of the wait? ra re? arm d ai d aaki d II1
Arms to be allowed to x>< to work Mi'i
a few word? of adrice he allowed them to
return
in apsaklng of ths arr.iii latei Mr krrai
said he did not ? vi"- 1 trouble from
lit" men and bad not communicated with
the police l?e said he earn cted
the men aould ask for t h?! r job
and ;: lie did nol blaui" tl?, in. I
leatd? ra, he no iM pul them to worl
The hot. i 1 one ef the Isrgv 1 In Th?
Bronx and is a gresl rSBOrl for the golf
era from Van I'ortiandt Park, a number
of whom were la the dining room when
the a altera walked oui
1 s
SERVICES IN NEW CHURCH
Broadway Presbyterians to
Have Vested Choir of Boys.
The .. m Broadway Pri 1 bj lei an
Church, at 111th street, of which ths Rev.
l>r. Walter i; Buchanan la the pa 1st
was us, d loi public Bcrtices fni the tlrst
Hate yesterday. <<,?? ,,f the striking feat
area Of the new chinch Is the stail f..i .i
vested choir of boys sn Innovation u
Presbyterian churchea In this country.
Tiie chinch propei has a Beating capadt)
of 1,100, and th r? Ii a apadoua audlto
rinn) on the lower Boor, a gymnasium,
bawling alleys, .1 kitchen and a drill
room. Th, church will be dedlcati
The pi> s.m . hurch grew from tl.Id
Fourth Avenu? Presbyterisn, which ?as
at rjd su, et Thal 1 hurch wo - aold - 1
- ral ] rara ago for MoAOOO Tl.
building coal about |s)0,SOe, North >,f in,.
ohurctt a b sin. ? building bas been built,
the !i ' "U" oi v, hidi ta t., be d? voted 1 1
; he endow men 1 of ti., chui ph
YELLOWSTONE PARK LECTURE.
Dwlghl BImendorf took ? delighted
Carnegie Hall BUdlence through Velio?
?lone Park last Bight, and Will guld? th? Bi
on the same loin n?y this afternoon. ||c
spfiit hi" seventh summer in th? park
this \iar, and bis i amera, brushes and
colors, w n h ,, mot,on picture i am? 1 .1
well ? snipped bun r<ii the leetut ?
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BH1G \l'li:i: UKNKH KL BAMUKL M
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ORYCE m AS . '
BMnsH Mmmi
I ?iiiiiniiril from tir?l page
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to the Kl t M
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BRYCE NOTED AS AUTHOR
i
Ambassador'! Books as Widely
Known as His State Work.
I . ? ? m< ct h y
. , d
MorUmoi : s ticen one
n the
is a i
, ? -.W I, to
I'nited Ststei i- |bi
The Aim in (
lions
...
theme
Si ilth
The Hd ipli ? ' wi
th- ...hi
- , ? ? i,* used
in . . worhl
r, reflects Mr. I
i v lalon
|fi i
V ?? ill's
\ rs t " (1177) i ?
tfrloa
temporal j Blograpl ?
Mr i-1 ?? wa bom In Bell ist 01 Ma)
10, im He a from Oxford
In ISO ' onoi man. end foi llfti 1 s
? 1 i.-iw in London In
he took his scat in the House of Com?
mons Rli '- fie I ttv
career of a publicist snd lltterstt 111
In irait of parllaBM ntary I
life i- -i -I-..--I as l'n.b-i secretary sfl
rorelga affairs (IMS), sa ''ban
celloi for th- Doch) of Lancaster (MSI)
end ss on sldi nl of tl 1 Board of Trade In
the Roeel ? 1 BM nl of III 1 He
,i - - 1 .1 -
1 wii.i n hi had held foi thlit?-?-M
I months In the Campbell Banaerman mln
? . rjoi In th- 1 'niied
? -
Mi [ ? -? , Of profi ?' ; rol lea i n
and bolo- honorar] ilsgieei from
man ? : H< has bi en 1 siled
?tie- mo ' retas til? living RrurHehmah,"
one biogi s, "would
1 - ;?? hi 1 he hoi I.ti horn III
Ireland; son of s Scotch fal ind irisl,
raethsi snd educsted In Glasgow, whence
be wen; to Oxfo d
\ .. member'of the Csbinel In I8SS, Mr.
? took ? large pan m framing th
s<. ond Home Rule bin
Mr httment as th BiItlah
Ambassador to Washington attracted
ttenl .-tu- tlmi H
? ! . !- . ? i- ?. 1 dUl hit gel) tO
t he des Ire to send to l ittry < n- if
: foi- n, . t puMli rtv n tmon 1
the "? ? ? neni ?ned .it t he linu wei e
Lord svers if ose most
promlni nl In B Itlah public III tin
? lot- Bryc< ??? l rded 1 pe telly
titt-.i foi carryini forward the ere if
good feeling between lh< t-v.mirles
an.i : .1 biIngtns i" a - ulmli stlon the
desire 01 1 --tl ? Id? oi th. v at. t im ?
treat] of arbitration which arould take
the place or the Hay-Pauncefot? treat)
li ft nnratlfk d bj the s? nate,
Mi Bryce went to Mfaahlntton under
mo 1 favorable conditions. H, 1.u-ed a
cordial farewell In London from the i'ii
Kilin Society, made up ot niin\ promi?
nent Americans and Iraders ho British
public life, and was similar!) welcemed
on ins arrival -it Hew fork by th? than
lean bran h ef the Pilgrim Society, in
Washington he at once took active pan j
o. dii lo natlc work, and at the asms time '
found lime t.ntliiue hi- llteiary labors. I
M1 Bryee said el the Utas to s friend.
1 1 am particularly sled to ceeu bach Is
America Is order t.. continu.- m) Baser*
ration of Arasrlesn public affairs snd lo
round OUI the conclusions st?ted in my
sarllei .\ork." Tins resulted m his writ*
it.K extended additions to "The .\m?>rl
can Commonwealth," which have been
PUhl] h? i ante to this country. '
VERBECK Mm
NAH GUAB
Asks Colonels to Indicate
Mail Preference for Succt
sors to Himself and O'Ryai
DIX WANTS INFORMAT
Officers Declare Action Is IV
Unusual and Governor Shou
Have Asked Opinions a
Conference in Albany.
a departure in the present Netl
Guard inix-iip lias ibSsn taken
Brigadier Qensrsl William Vert
tli" adjutant general.?-lilef of staff "i
New York National (iuaid. in BCS>
a psrsonal communication to ?liffe
coinmanfliti? officers, SSklnf 'hon
writ? hini their preference tin- app?
men! gg the adjutant general, chid
staff, and SlSO whom thsj favor
appolntmenl ?is the succ'saor <d' M
I J, neral .lohn F*. I i'IJyan. rSCSI
rendered supernumerary b) Oovsi
Such a communication, it is da ?<
has never in fors be n isnl "'it by
ad infant gsnsral, and the BTSStSBl I
prisa i? expraaaaad by Bfllcers
opinion is also expressed thai Oovei
Dix has made another militar) 'dun
m authorising the sanding out of a
a lett? I
< lancrsl V? rbsch a iki ofll
Brigadier i isneral Bamui i
Welch, "f Buffalo, commanding the
i ? . ids, for th? ?JA? ? ol lb?
general, chief of statf He also ?
offlcen t,, bi him know whether >'?
prcfei Brigadier (lensral John G im
commanding the 2d Brigade ol Bro?
h n, or Colonel Daniel Apph ton, ? ??
manding the Tt! [nfantrj
h.ittan. for th.- BfhV ' <>f ni.i lor gene
commanding. General Verbecki fi
ther state-- m hlo Isttei that Goven
Dis desires the Information he t
asked 'ii,, r.- is a common "i i-i
lb.it ' |?n? i.:1 Verb." ll Will lian?! it. I
: {nation in ?> fee da
Action of Dix Called Snub.
in m| eaklni of the k Uei In
un "|f'?. 01 .-aid "if i o.?. mot i
sired to know th? "-nttiii -lit ..i .
? ommsndlng onacst - I th Nal on
.. a hj did ne not 'nat ii a i
? ammon courtesy, snd ask th
tlona of un htmsell when na weni
Albany <-ii N'ovemhei I. as we su
pos. d t.nfsr with him persona!
on these 'mi othas grave eubj?
.?o lion ?f ' ,o,>?? por irt at that tli
was nothing more than a dire t sip
to officers 'a h o ?a , given the be
pan oi their lives to sen I?
National i iuai'i. '
Another office! said. 1 do not gno
what the National Guard is coming
und? 'be pressai adaalalatratlon i
affairs. It IE b id ?uoukIi that tl
National ?iuard should be
knowladgs f"t sonn- atatsen da
whether It is a division, wind bei
actually ?xist-? or what it is. as i
order hSS b? I 0 PB? ' ,v> ,1 to date 11
?hing H otees the Goi arnoi rial
banded ths division on October 29 Tl
l.tt.-i is little short of an insult, i
i.pinion, under th< circumstance
and i ha\o in-1 ..ther offlcsra e*ho hav
ama opinion The isttsr placa
offlcsra m b wry embarraaalng posl
lion."
sun anothsr gald: "No officer ohoul
.-? nd su answer to fj? BSTaJ 1
letter until a mestlng of attests is baa
in aach brigade, and the matter dia
cuassjd, if Gsnsral McCoskry Bui
v.,?!? m in tivo command th, ra wouli
i>e oomethlng doing, and no i
i \, n If In- bad to X" to Alhanv an>
Isas ins csjBjnlsslon in oesklng tin
right. Ths National Guard BSSini t,
Bi in the power ot a few paid OttCSTO
who' are Dimply turning it upsni,
?low n."
Confuaion Hurta Guard.
A pin tkularly Brail known qflkott bsm
this to sav In i otninoti courtes) |?
GOTOIBOT OSkCl Sul/.er. why does uol
BOT l'K lefraiii frotn inaklnjj
further changes in officers.' Hurel)
Governor Dut has countsnancsd aiasngli
ConfUStoa In 11?. - National Gusrd with?
out making mattet:? wdrS? I lit
utterly devoid ot Judgment of in? own
that be Bsscsi to i" so easily led into
tethering all kind of Bchemaa hurtful
to th?- National Qusjrdl The prsssnl
bituaiioii of affairs is Incomprshsnalbl?
and an mi iitlce to the National
Guard."
It is believed that replies will be sent
bj Boane officers who are aiwavs mors
or less anxious to gel in out of the rain.
Borne uttcsra are not particularly
favorable to Gsnsral Wslch He la a
lawyer bj profession, and Joined lliu
National ?iuard as lirait lieutenant in
iCompanj i of the 65th Regiment, of
Buffalo, Mi?) 28, l*7:i lie became
brlgndtsr gsnsral, Ith Brigade, on June
!''.. 1911, During the war with Spun
he was In the .service of the I lilted
States as colonel of the 60th Nsw Vork
Volunteers from May 1, 1808, to No?
vsmbsr l'.'. 180 Gsnsral vrsk b holdi
the brevet rank of inaj?>r general for
meritorious oerviCS of mor,, than
tweiit>-the years. He is the third
senior brigade commander.
Brigadier Gsnsral John <:. Bddy is
up- senior brigade commander in the
Btsts, and received the brevet rank of
major gensral in ISKks for meritorious
service of more than twenty ?five years.
Colonel Appleton, the senior colonel
in the state, is a member of the linn of
!? Appioton A <'o.( hook publishers,
He Joined the 7th as a private in ?'oin
panv K on October .'11. 1871? and has
served continuously ever since, par.
forming all dut) upon which the Tt Ii
was onlrred.
Several ofBcerfl expressed the opinion
that it was an excellent idea to Kft Hi"
opinion of commanding officer? as to
who rould best lie appointed to (ill the
high plaies of major general and adju?
tant general, hut thai It should he
done In a different manner than that
proposed by ?ienernl Verbe, k
TO KEEP ALL, SAYS PUPIN
Columbia Professor Looks for
No Interference.
Professor Michael 1 T'linin. of <"oluiii
bia University, Who Is a native of Servia
and president of th.- Slavonic Immigration
Society, spoke last nli?ht before the Put
Ile Komm of the < hurcli of the Ascension.
10th street and Fifth avenue, on "Tin'
Bsikan Revolution."
lb- sal?! he belk ved tin- Balkan allies
would i?- allowed to kee>? the territory
the) had conquered except Constanti?
nople, Sal?nica ami the Dardanelles; that
the Turks would b<- shorn of pow-r, and
thus relieve Kurope of one of its most
troublesome problems, and that Servia
would secure a seaport OH the Adriatic
coast.
lie denounced as oUtrsgCOUS the ntti
tltde of Austria toward the Servian de
msnd for a seaport, saying Austrts wss
ungrsteful, as sin- owed her political ex
Istence to Servis. Austria, he .said, would
never dare to make war on Bei via with?
out the h.-lp of C.tmany, and Oermsny,
h?- was sur.-, would not engage in sny
such adventure. II, thought there Would
in- a speedy and peaceable adjustment of
differences and that th.- world would be
the h.-tt.-r olT b.-rails- of thl Balkan i ? ? o
lutlon.
The speaker aald the light wai no? for
territorial conquest, nor for the ;*k.
dis? ment of tic- countries against Turkey,
? ?ut wss ?? protest ol the i.pie <?f the
Balkan States agalnsl Uve hundred years
of oppression On the put of th.- Turk
The Turks had continued to oppress the
nan-Mahometan portion of the population
of its provinces, although ti- European
powers had promised them certain In?
alienable rights, -aid the speaker, and
lulgai ians and < lr< eks had
i- --ti wsitlng ti' i ? inlty s h- n I
could take up arms aid Mph; for the
rights of th.-tr bn ihn n
510.000 IN RELIEF FUND
Cleveland H. Dodge to Send
That Amount To-day.
, ', . . ,. f . i.
?. s ??! I!- |C ,,
intii ops sid 1st sis ' it 1
-- : -i >i. i i able to-day for |
? Heai i i-i-'. Mr. i '?- -
ready been collected,
bill ? ? .-I *!.'..???'.
He lid ll'il !
< i-i Bal il di' Aii i i ? i es
? . i:- v f u. Charit
? o- .-? i:-. .. ? ? :.i b
nded man Red i rosa sorel) m c<ia i
in :? cabli ?:-. lo I G , Mr.
?-? to |H- j
of I
- Il c- . ? . -,,i Mann- j
nople. I
I'p .t i ? Mi i... i-. ? um! ' I
c. i\ -d no r- ,
a:: proba t.i
? r i i .
? ? .
?]? III s.-l .
M t.. lleve lh< ? en a- worrh ?!
? ? ? i ?
tere in
v;i i ?
th- natur..l pi I '1- g
i a? is held i", i
il' F n tmllrt of C i ' ? i
-?? the i n
i Ib) i
?.'Itfe. -'if,
th.- Bulgarians take Constantiaople tl
? ill be tfothlng I - I rm th- m. I
eral Dimltrf, the seoond In commsnd it? {
the Bulgarian arm ws pud sted from
Robert l ot:. c.> ?
Should rioting takr place tn Constant!
Mr. Dodge bsM, he believed B?ro?
or tmerlcan ' '
,- sted
-?
AID.S TURKISH RELIEF WORK
Oscar Straus Receives Appeal from
the Grand Vizier.
? Straus. B ItO :s dim tfa |
? ? amona; the American mloetoi
rats? ' ? for relii f work
In Tu ? | ) , v.
fron i\ lai ill i
,t k- v. urging blm to do m it be
could to aihvi.it- conditions.
Klamll Pacha i eld his pn -? i I offli e ?
sheii Mr Btrsus 'irst wenl to Turhe;
A me i le m minister.
Ml Straus pointed OUI that !
the mlsslonarj itins
foi relief work woul
Tut ks -.f theii Intei est
th.- country, end might Iherebi avert the
d ing? rs which, throat, n th< Chi
thi event of s holy way breaktns oui
?
AID FOR STARVING ?JEWS
Planned to Use $80,000 Left from the
Kishineff Fund.
p. legates ol the P< der i lion si Orii nisi
.tews of America mel In the Chryetle
Btrcel Becrestion Hail yesterday after
end dlscuseed means ol aiding the
hundreds of thousand ??: starving and
sick .r.ws throughout the Balkans and In
T?rke) They decided to call s *.?
conference of the federation and Its allied
organisations to meet at the educational
alliance, Bast Broadws) aad Jeffei
street, al ~ ?''* p. m on Sunday, Nov.m ?
! ? 1
it all? then ' ed thai Jacob
Si biff, wi ..f the K
i iff massacre fund, use the N0.OM remain
inc Item that fund foi the i-lnf Of I >? I
Jews ..t this time k
WOMEN MME APPEAL
FOR BALKAN REOOROS
Wife of Russian Ambassador
in Washington Tells of Greece
and Bulgaria's Need.
PRESIDENT APPEALED TO
jWife of Servian Minister in
London, Herself an American,
Tells of Suffering and Un?
necessary Deaths.
! i-'r.-m The Tribal I
Washington, Nov. is,. Two darns*
guished women, Mm--. Bekbmoteff, wit? or
the Russisn tmhaesador here, sad Mme.
Blatas Qroultcb, wife ol the Bervlaa
MI nie ter Ib London, but an American by
l.ntli, bave written letters to Prei
Taft in the Interest of the general np
peal of the American Re1 ? rom to*
funds to aid the sufferers In the Kalkan
Ume, Bakhmi I man) >ears in
'?i - ??? and Bulgaria end baa been ap
! ..n ? ? .1 elstiss of
those countriei Herlettei b m follows:
Not em bei ,;, Itlf
To His Excellent y, President Par! '?
Idenl Ame It an Red ? lehing
ton
Dear Mr. Presldeni in addition to
general appeal to ibe American pi
v.bi. I sending oui to s list Is ??
?
o ild iik-- to stati that i
ii-, i-e . able dlapatuh t rom
i lei lenes hu \ In? rbai the
need Is
- i din ctly to hei all I
lather i also repi esei t the Bui
ga r?an Red ? i oss and am Infoi med t
thai ? ondil
llOSt
? oua Balkanlc wlntei la closing
m upon the poor, unprepared people,
thousands -.1 -bk and wounded ma) d a
Ittle help Hospital ?
piles, clothing and many other ti
are Kr<-.-tiv needed
ii -. ? | ed n in) ears both lo On
and I ' ???? assl ted ii
?cenes of hardship and suffi
and knie-,
coming from there cannot b< ? ??
? -v-r. and ! ?
? ?
i 'hi 1st Ian heal Is. An v ???-.
ma) be i '?-..- -I din'etly
to tliclr d<sl
R< .! i 'i -i-- with th< of I
? ? ?
ih || - int to
?
?
itiignedj M \i;ii. B?KHI1E1
Mme. Or? s studenl In su h?
?
ton her marriage, and Is familial wits
Balkan situation In n
Her letter I s folios
To HI
I lit Am- Mean Red Cn Og
ton, D
11. ,ii Mi IT. -i??? tit. Having
the 1 .....
., i;, .i i -, ,,v.
peal to yo
; i Vic t Ii an Ri
Red
-
?
i nd well oi
has i ? ndi red aid
abroad i and
(bat ! i ? ,..,-.- ?' auffei | '
< Inly lat? l> ?t >? : ? . a
the R
:'iak-- --ti
??
the t<
n. M in t1 ?!????? mill
H
? a bom. since tl
. . almos) '
?
-?r wound? ? ??'?"'
lai c- -fib- sick ' i
?era requin Ihe
same In atmei I
I
-
w hen I
?? mis
?
thi Red ' '
hospital supp i?
prevent dreadful suffi
.- . i i v i ! .
\\ - then ' ?
through n t-.
i'b'. of th- v
an si mletli ? should i>. , i
could no
The sick and wounded must I
for, and I Cross wi
for Miuiv months rhe i I ??' les*
perate and v> I -'
iH.iv- re send rl
?my
-
M \m:i. i?i Nj ?
(Mme. Blavko ?
i 'onI ributloBS may f s '-"tit to i
cat, li--il < TOSS, W SI hlngtOI . "'
ii B> '-. g, R i . r -.- ofnee. L'nli
ties Building Neu I m * < I
local Hid Cross tn-asurer
ENGINE KILLS MAN, MAIMS GIRL
Binghnmton, S, *> . Mo
- .i. of Honeadale, Penn e as
Mies Ruth Simpson, ol rlallsteed, P
badl brulaed and Mr. and Mrs hi
i Mv.-v, of Halo teed es? api -i s I
?eral s i -o kawaaas
11 \.- ran tin m dou I
this afternoon
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