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Ruwia's Galician Campaign a
Model of Sound Strategy.
Russia's canipalgn against Germany and Austria
Hungary has been Um sensation o? tin* war. 11
tot under way quietly, d?wol??i?r?l smoothly and
has never been ?**ri?>usly cheeked. In iiitelligyne?
ait conception and eMrfj of execution it ?-tumis out
far above anything which the Germani have ac?
complished in their invasion of France.
An ualyala of the operations in the saetera
theatre of war will show that Rnaalfl has dearly
.?utgeneralled both (?cimany and Austria-Hungary.
Neither P?erlln nor Vienna could believe that the
Cast's mobilization would be complete enough
within a month after the declaration of war to
.tustlfy a Russian ???Tensive movement. Germany
therefore fell Into the error ?>f leaving an Inade
?iuate defending force on the Buaslan-Eaai Prus
??an frontier, ami Austria-Hungary committed two
a>f its three armies, in Galicia to.a hazardous in?
vasion of Southern Poland, instead of keeping
id? in within Mpporttng distance of the third army.
w?tet was assigned to defend Laemberg. Both
those mtocalculat! ; ? played directly Into Russia's
hands.
The real Russian attack was to be made through
Kastern and Southeastern Galicia. In order to
mask it the Russian forces In Poland, stationed
te the south of Ivangorod, on the Vistula River,
?ielded to the Anstro-IInngarian attack and ell
slowly back to the neighborhood of Lublin. Great
Austrian smcesses were reported In the newspapers
of Vienna and Berlir. and it was assumed in b-ith
those capital.? that Russia had been (brown back
aieflnltely on the defensive.
So far as Berlin was concerned, thai illusion
was quickly dispelled by the second Russian mask?
iDg moveiueut?the invasion and occupation of East
Prussia,up to a line running south from K?nigs?
berg to Allenstein. The Inadequate German fron?
tier anny was defeated and disported and Germany
had to Interrupt the campaign In France In order.
10 transfer reinforcements to the eastern front.
?'eneral von Ilindcnbiirg gathered a big force and
drove the Invaders back to the border. But hat
effort, due to political clamor and not based am
sound strategical considerations, engrossed mosl
of the German strength in the east and prevented
effective German co-operation with Austrla-IIun
gar> in the critical campaign In Galicia.
The Russian attack, facilitated by the blunders
of Berlin and Vienna, swept np from the southeast,
smashed the Anstro-llungarian army east a ml
>outh of Lemberg and forced (be evacuation of the
Malician capital. Then the armies of Generals
Dankl and ?on Auffenbcrg, whicb had been drawn
into a dangerous position in (Southern Poland, were
attacked on the front and Bank and driven back
with enormous loeses Into the triangle formed by
the Sau. the Wtatoka and the Vistula rivers. Jaro?
slav, an Important fortified city on the San Blver,
was taken by assault, and I'rzeniy?-], the first class
fortress further up the course of the San. to whicb
remnants from the army of Lemberg had retired,
was isolated and invested.
Przemysl can hardly encape the fate ??r U?ge
snd Maubougc. The Russian armies are now well
beyond It. They bav? sd%'aneed thirty mile? west
of Jaroslav to RXat-tusow. along the railroad to
Cracow, and their outposts are reported ie> have
crosse?! the Wist oka River and t?. be nearly ui> to
Tni'iiov, which is only aboul twenty-five miles east
of Cracow.
The slight resistance offered to the Russian ad?
vance weal of Ja ros la i Unikales thai the Austro
Hungarlau forces bave ?mattered, some taking ref?
uge in Praemysl, some heading for the Carpathian
Mountain imsses and some rallying on Cracow. It
is doubtful now Whether the latter city can laa- held
very long by the disorgani/.cd An sir?? Iltjngai?aii?.
if they an- driven out In the directicm of Brfiuu,
the wholj province ?>f Galicia win be cleared and
the Russians will have aceompllabed In less than
two months the first long Stage of their mardi
toward Berlin. They will have ?otapicred a terri?
tory more than two hundred miles in extent, from
east to west, and \\i" hav?> aceompllabed that great
task without h single serious reverse.
When Cracow is occupied the Russians can |ir.
pare for ??heir next big movement The south wing
of their advance having been secured agai st Bank?
ing operations, the) ??ill probable push a large
army westwaitt fnun Warsaw toward the frontier
of the Prussian province of I'oseu. That is the
shortest line to Berlin, and Germany is already
massing troops between Thorn and Kalisz in order
to meet such an advaace, At any point between
Thorn and Kalisz the Russians would be well west
of the line of the Vistula Hiver, and a German de?
feat in that region would leave all tile fortresses
iu tl?c province of West Prussia?Thorn, Craudenz.
Dirschau and Hantai-j?isolated and compel an
evacuation of all of East Prussia except a strip
akmg the Baltic coast
ffhMcayInaPWife of P^ limpian strategy shows
?that the Invasion of Bast Prussia was only a feint
Intended to mislead the encniy. The line of the
Vistula was too strong to take by assault, and
there was no need < taking it when it ?could be
turned by a movement a little further south from |
Poland into Posen, ?.eneral Hennonknnipf fol? I
lille<l his mission when lie kept a lurge German t
army operating In l-ast Prussln u'hleh could have i
bo-en put tu better service supi-ortlng the troops ?
of Francis Joseph in Galleta. General von Illn
denburg ,/aa put l?y the Berlin War Office in the |
position of reiHirting the killing of I.Vi.OOOHussians ?
on his front anil the rapture of 90,000. It seems J
1 pity that :i geatml who could^lo so nuieli?even i
If only in tin* war liu I let ins?should not have been
dispatched to some |K?int where Ills efforts \v??uld
have yielded greater strategical results. From a
'strictly military point of view East Prussia was
not worth hoKliii'.'. In fe'intiiig tl ere anil Striking
1 ?Vita, full force in Galicia Bussln kept one big ob
? jtxtive steadily In view. In neglecting to back up
\ustrla Hungary and wasting energy In East Prns
ssa Germany contributed materially t<? lius^i:?*?
sensational succ?s.?-.
Villa or Carranza?
The- administration is wise In delaying iii?- de
parluic Of the Anieri?'itn soldiers from Vein Cruz.
Hut after all what is it going to do with tliciii
there'.' 1'se them against Carranza'.' Um them
against Villa? Use them against the man whose
?ikri'ss was only a lew ?lay*- ago the crowning
r-roof .?f the wisdom of the administration's Mexi?
can ?policy T ?Us? them against Mr. Bryan's friend,
I the man who |irevente?l the Constitutionalists from
htrnlng against the admtalstratton when it landed
ti.?..i.s on Mezkan soil? Ha vint, rapported one rev?
olution, will tl ?> administration now turn it** troops
against it ami support anotberl
\Ye- hope for the good of Mexico, as well as for
the interest ..I this country, that the administra?
tion will not have to make the choice; that, on the
contrary, its hopes will be realised of seeing flie
breach between the old and the new rer?lutlous
healed. But it deserves 00 such luck. It lias sim?
ply drifted, it lias had no policy with regard to
Mexico ?in?! Cannot improvise one now when it**;
two chosen Instruments for the regeneration ?>i :
Mexico liav?? fallen-to cutting each other's throat.
Barnes's L.ftect on the Whitman Candi?
dacy.
"The I ii?a Press" reports "a verj considerable
and pen*eptlble waning of Whitman sentiment **i>
state," and commenta that his ??Ii.k.ui was bigg-eat
when it began." That was to he expected. Up to
the time.of .the Wnltnian?-H?ooapvelt -controversy
the I ?1st riet Attorney and.Mr, Hedges were the only
seekers after the Gorernorohlp nomination, and Mr.
Whitman was easily the leader, sine?? tiie'ii the
glamour which enthusiastic press notice?; shed on
him lias been sub]ect?ed t?> careful scrutiny, and Me
bus been invit.-ii t.. measure im to rt standard ol
comparison set by Mr. Ulnman's record of years
of aiit'i-iiossisiu and legislative achievement, The
man who, failing liooseve-lt's indorsement, BCCept-Bd
Harness su*?imrt, could not measure up to thai
*tandanl. Tin- i:?-piibli?-.i.*is upstate have t;ik<n his
measure.
Mr. Whitman lias been -n excellent l>i?tri?'t At
forney, so ?good that even liis acceptan?ce ?>f a Tain
many nomination hen- i<? make .?'-?lection sure in
a hard campaign <li?l not divorce public esteem
fr??in him. Hui that Is not et-ough basis for service*?
in the Executive ('?amber, if there is a better
qualified man in the runniug. 'And.when the man
?\itli tin: lesser r-ualilicationg is the man picked by
Harnes !?? enable him to regain his crip on he
party organization, the reasons against such a*
nomination seem conclusive. Mr. Whitman is a ha1
candidat?- in the- primarle?! because he has been
willing to sene ii> Baraes's stalking dorse. fSrtm
Harnes's closest friends must know whal Barnes
lias cost h,' party. If llicy be true?, loyal Itepllb
llcuns, iln'.v must-tie highlj dubious about support?
ing a candidate who. if nominated, would have t?.
?40 into ;m election Dghf bearing Barnes's brand.
Illnman has the experience necessary for Ih^i
service He is pronouncedly ngalusl Barnes. He
could get Progressive and Independent support
Whitman, if nominated, would bo nominat-ed by
the Harnes elemept As'a Haines nomine?, be
could not hop.-for thi? necessary Independent votj?
to elect him s&alnst a fairly united Denmcracy.
"The Rest of the Ticket."
Obscured by the light lor the Domination i-?r
Governor, candidates for other ??tli?-cs have re
?????veel sea 11I attention from the voters In tin*? pn
mary campaign, ii is l ? i -_r t a time that s(,n.i-usid-,
(?ration be given t" the m?rita Of tlics?? men. 'llni-??
Is, in many instances, ?is sharp ?1 division ?n
Barnes ami anti-Barnes as exists between Whit
man and Illnman. Mr. Wudsweirth, who wants to
be? United states Senator, is pronouncedly 11 Barnes
supporter, and stood ?'iih Barnes against Governor
Hughes. Aside from that, he had a generally go**d
record In the laCgislature and has ability. Mr.
Calder is anti-Hani.-?, with a creditable record In
Congress. It Is unfortunate that neither measures
up to the .standard for this state- se't by Senator
Itoot. Dr. Hill's ma.', be regarded as ? local or
complimentary candidacy.
Of the candhlatee for Lieutenant Governor, s<-n
ator Heacock, <>f Ilion. Is ilie- b(-st. He lias ?erred
eight years in the house over which he would pr
side, and knows its business tlioro-mjlily. He is in
anti-Barnes man. of high Standing upstate. Mr.
Schoeneck. of Syracuse', while possessed <?f some
l-egtslative and general pol?tica] experience, is nut
s.? well qualiiied. while Mr. Sldway is .in unknown
quantity to voters outside Erie ?County.
For the Controllcrshlp, the m?'st Importar?! r*4ticc
on the tiiket uneie'i* Governor, The Tribune prefers
Mr. Strasbourg!-, of New York. win. baa come OUI
against Mr. Harnes, t?> Mr. Hooker, of Bcbenectady,
who is known as the "organisation," ur Harnes,
candidate. Mr. Hugo, of Watertown. i?, ih(. anti
Barnes candidate for Secretary of Stnte and is
I preferable to Mr. Cunningham, of Ulster Count;-.
who has the Barnes support. Mr. Hugo was for
I many years Mayor of Watertown and has an ex?
cellent reputation as an ?xt-cutl e.
Hetween Mr. Wood bury, of Chautaiii-ua Count)',
and Mr. o'Malley. ?f Buffalo, who desire t?> he
Attorney I'oi.erul. there- is litt!?- choice Bach .s
Well i|iialili?'?l. each has a g<n*el official record. Mr.
O'Malley has the experience Of ??lie term in the
?office he seeks. Mr. Wells has no opponent for
nomination for State Treasurer. Mr. Wiliams.
once State Engineer, has merely nominal opposl
| tlon. He served the state faithfully before.
The Conning Tower
0. H. F. To Hi? Book *
llora? a" : Hook I. Kplall? 30.
"l>?-|ejnanam Janumqur, liber, isieeltsrr nilm
Ho, you cocky little bo??k!
Wan and wistful is vour look.
Think you that a Ivricist .
E'er would lead The Bookman's list?
Get y?iu gonel and, booklet, learn,
Issued once, you can't return.
Verses fashioned for a colyum,
Who said you would make a volume.
How vou will be torn and squeezed
When the reader is appeased!
Moths and bookworms will devour
All those lines of light and power:
Should arise one ? 2 K
Whether I am grave or gay.
Say that he who runs this Steepl?.
Sprang from free and honest people.
Say that I am short and stout,
Nor recluse nor gaVUbont;
Add that I possess, alack'
Silver Threads imoU| tho Black;
That, although my temper's warm.
(Quickly vanishes mv storm;
And mv vears?thai i remember:?
hve-and-forty next December.
?Adv't.
it is Bruno's wlat thai we atari a ?cues of
??Things women Do Better Than Men.' The? keep
?white shoes In good condition, for one thing. And.
as Bruno answers, they have no rivals in mussing
| ti|i a newspaper.
win.i. wi; i.i. BIT?. WHAT I?
; s,? Wl.at i? fuiinl?-r than lha ?-!??? i ? --1-- ot ant I ad nain
polltlclaaa ?feewing raatatmeni ai tb? ?i*? >>f
'pork barrai appropriation? wham the* ere really achias lo
get n rhaare :?> drala the barrel themaeltraat
I W. VAN VALKENBl'ROH.
Manager Met ?raw was Interviewed by Edar, the
alert ?Witrib, last night. "What do you think." our
I'cprcsa-ntative naked him. "of the likelihood of the
Bravea Assuring under the ?trem?** "Well," re
s|M>n?l?sl Mr. McGraw, "these -nains aren'i what
they're cracked up to be."
from the evening papen oi ? ?. -1., i ?. - -- s. r.iii;
"James now pit.'hing f?>r Boston. Mcmnis doubled
?to left, scoring i^al 1 in*-; and Baker."
THE DIARY OF OUR OWN SAMUEL PEPYS.
September 24?Up, ami to my office, and meant
to labour, bul did start reading Coulbgsby Dawgou'*
"The Raft," and did not slop for '_' hours, and thus
far I Und it a good book, and an exceeding well
wrote. Came ?'. Kiegi-iman the barrInter to so?> tue.
and he sait Ii he i- great 1* disgruntled at the wo?
of the world, ami I am. too, but I trust I bear it
better than he. To tin* courts with S. Spaeth, and
we played lui ?lark, and 'iad ?l setts, eacb of us
gaining ':. Home t" dinner, a frugal on.?, of hash
and peaches, and to the office until late, carpen I >r
?ng at pleasantries and crotchets, bul with, I fear,
a bungling hand.
?EV?Early up. am] i" the courts with s. Spaeth
again, anil beat blm, but nol without great pains.
hut 1 did feel so ze-tful that [ rode out to play with
Gertrude Miller, ami we played will Beebe and
Mistress Phyllis Hedky, and .oak a sett each, ml
then 1 and tin- ladies to an apothecaries, and I had
2 iVnHer of chocolate soda-water, weakwtll that t
am. Home, where I fourni <;. Kie-.? and w. Trum
bull and their wives, and we had dinner, an iu
dlfferenl good une, too, and I to the office, leavingI
them all in their meTimeiit, Mistress Kate being
especially droll, and with -i new mustard inloiired
gown on. To tin- office, and il Te came into the
car a man carrying a great bobby-hone, like one
I had whi'ii a lad, o it made me Pel old and sad.
so I was not for working at ail. but did my ?lint,
nevertbelosti, and s?, home ami to bed.
'Hie Nobody-Home thing may httvc originated
with Pope, as this Stalactite of Sapience pointed
out some months ago; but Tad ma> have speared :t
from 'Mrs. Felicia ||cm?nis's "The Better Lund."
Remember "Nol there, not there, in* child!"?
WAR'S PRONUNCTAMKNTOS.
v.? meed of praise would I begrudge
The ?stanch defender* of Maubeugc.
S,\i .M.
From the postmaster al Kcunehunk, .Me., t.. the
editors of a new encyclopedia, in answer to a re?
quest for information: "The Lafayette Blm, under
which Genera] Lafayette sat when pasaing through
here, still stand-."
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"WHOM ARE YOU? SAID CYRIL."
I Kr,,m A s M llutrhlasoa'a ?'The ''Nan Heart." I
'Weil, what does it matter whom i,,? uy \jr
WiuforJ would cry.
Ou N?**au street 'Raapberr* Milk shake .||
Flavurs, :..-.?
? ONE-ACT PI \V: BY kAI.OW.
l-e-MMi ?n-laaid... ??lian. Aiinl Mar|{urcl.
s? ene: Nr? I eVe- Merkel.
oli<.; haro ta the market It'a quite a crowt)
Aunt .a,ilium i: Whan I waa a Blrl ?i wee n? i?..|llun
for ladle's to ?u t?> market .nut ?.
(irlnmlo: Civ.? it time. ;,,?! anything will coooj ?,to
fashion again.
Okvar: That sign aays IPs .. farmer*! wagon. n<???
?ailing r- ?
Aunt Margaret: UndHcatieg ?. basket labeled >,.-?; /??.,.
I.i n. Ho? much is th.a leaaket? Ara i ?.? freah?
Orlando: Pearhea aren't Peai bea If they're to?
l??cullar ihing about ma; but I don't lik,.? tham ir
ih? y i. too freah
Oliver: .. load ?I chicken* They've got ice
around them.
Aunt Margaret: it they ?r? atorase chlckena.?you
know atorase chlckena. they don't uata anything
like as a*ood as a chicken that haa Just i>een_
[pointing to s0i,ir bird* labeled Freeh Rilled
Chickens, jo* //,.,, n,,w mucb iri, . ,ii;i t.hl, Ullb..
Au- ihey freah?
i 8ev*rral "?<>?< ??ur, hnntti )
.tun? Muronrit: L?ni it lovely that they have thcaa
nie? markattsT The} ara m? much cheaper than
?On *-?*?*: '?'? ?'" right except aetUni th?
thln-n horn?, l wlah tliey'd deliver; then you boys
wouldn't have
Orlando: Couple more crates. Aunt Hag, and they'll
think we?'i? commuters,
Oliver: Oh tbere'l ?h?. lUndalay. Shea, neu .:?? lor
the wintar
Aui?< Margaret: You'll t?e atad enough t?, ,.a ?tsm
young man. If I know- tpuktny up ??mc corn
labeled Oreen Com. 2l< doz.,i Is thia corir tender'.'
I wonder If I've gut tOOUgfa without?How much
u> it? Is it freahV
[Orlando: C.ea-, will >ou listen to the noinV.' ?Jet a
bunch v* women together and it beata a boiler rat
tory. Ain't it the truth '
_ I-,'tint |
"i.ivc ma' tin- lowest placa?: or if l?,i m.?
That kmeal place to.? bigh, rjake one more low
Where 1 may sit."
Christina RoatKttl
JIOW ?I ne.M lo (In- |;|s| |j||?: ?In;
r. I'. A,
gentlemen: r tlemen?
THE PEOPLE'S COLUMN
An Open Forum for Public Debate.
GERMAN LITERARY DEFENCE
A Few Sample? of Teutonic Criticism
at It Reaches This Office.
To the K-litor of The Tribune.
Sir: For the opinion of the large
majority in this country we can only
? xpreaa contempt, since it is composed
of the veritable offscourings of Eu?
rope. Let me remind you of the cele?
brated dictum of Professor Garnach, of
Dresden: "The population of America
comprises home eighty-live millions,
many of whom are humaii."
We Germans thoroughly indorse
him, and I feel confident that America
will have cause to regret her inex
euaablt attitude toward our glorious
Fatherland. The German memory is a
long one.
Deutschland ?ber Alles.
OSCAR BERNER.
No. 312 West 50th st.. New York,
Sept 22, 1914.
Casting Pearls Before the Office Cat.
? i to u.1 ft?/ the O.-A L. D. CM
Mr. Samlers, German-American Liter?
iry IWene-e Committee, 183 William
st,, New York. N. V.
Dear Sir: As an American citizen,
1 have noticed with disgust the great
partiality and the unneutrality of the
New York press. I really think that
they are paid by the British govern?
ment. In any case, it is dead sure
that the German government is not
eloing anythi.ig, while the British gov?
ernment has been known for playing
, an underhand game for the last two
hundred years.
And no*' I see one of the lowest and
indecent exhibitions that I have ever
read in print. The New York Tribune
has sunk to the lowest level to which
a newspaper can sink. You probably
noticed that they entitled s letter
which you wrote? them with the follow
ing caption : "Respectfully Referred
to the Oflice- Cat."
To you, gentlemen, I wish to say:
"Do not throw pearls before swine!"
JAMES PARRETT.
\?w York, Sept. 22, 1914.
Mme. Jean Alcide Picard.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: To show you how reliable I
consider your news to be, L dare you to
publish the address of "Mme. Jean Al
??ide Picard," whose story appears in
this morning's issue of The Tribune, as
! Iijuc ways of verifying this story and
il i- my honest belief tl*Bt that story
is the invention of a reporter's bruin
??ml that this woman does not exist.
Thi- 1 itrle talc Is so full of nonsense
thai to one who is familiar with French
and German life it reads like a lot o.
trash, and the British dog who con
ce.cted it ought to lose his job.
AN AMERICAN.
?Jean Alcide I'icard is the son of a
Paris publisher. He is connected with
Charles Scribner's Sons, of this city.
Hi.? name is to be found in the New
fork Directory. As a member of the
lestrvs attached to the French General
Staff, he is now at the front. Mme.
Picard, his wife, is serving in the hos?
pital corps. Her Paris address is 9
Rue Haute Feuille.?Ed.]
Who'* a Liar?
To the F.i?tor of The Tribune.
Sir: Who's a liar How many times
was Von Kluck defeated and how many
times did he surrender How many
times was the Crown Prince killed
How about the Kaiser Wilhelm der
Grosse? WIRELESS ST JAMES.
The "All-Lies."
i To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: I have just finished reading
vnur editorial of to-day's date "The
Development of the Russian Attack."
1. as well as everybody, know that the
"N. Y. Tribune" worships the All-Lies
and their noble All-Lie the Russ. Yet,
t is amazin;: that a supposedly self
respestini paper (as your? claims to
!.. should write such damnable rot
and idiotic scribble as the above men*
t'oned editorial containa. Man, one
?hould reslly believe you insane, that
you. in the face of facts?of indisputable
i realities -attempt to ssacrt such plain
lying and impossible statements! 1 am
| sure you knot* that you are lying?but
your hate for Germany and her valiant
and faithful ally must stund as an ex?
cuse for it.
Washington, Sept. 17. 1914.
The Dash Is Ours.
Tribune.
Sir: You Old English-! What
is vour Price? TRl'TH.
New York, Sept. 24, 1914.
By Postcard.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: What a liar and jackass v?>u
are on war news. M. O.
New York, Sept. 20, 1914.
GET RID OF "BOSS" BARNES
Vote for Hinman and the Republican
Party, Is a Vote-fvs Plea.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: I hope the enrolled Republi?
cans of New York will take H?lvantage
of the opportunity offered next Monday
to forever get rid of "Boss" Barnes.
For years we have recognize! that
his influence was evil. We have said
that "Barnes must go." Now comei
the time to act
He pretends to fool the people by
statyig just before the primaries that
he has retired, but he still dominates
the party, just as his partner in poli?
tics, Murphy, continued to rule the
Democratic party even after the
"dummy" Osborne was made chairman.
Kill Barnes by voting against his
candidate. A vote for Hinman is a
vote for the Republican party and a
vote against bossism.
Republican voters, do your duty.
ALBERT MILLER.
New York, Sept. 24, 1914.
MUZZLING ORDINANCE A JOKE?
The Unjust Case of the Muzzled vs.
the Unmuzzled Dogs.
Ti the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Is the do-; muzzling ordinance
a joke or is it to be enforced eventu?
ally?
I am the owner of a common dog, und
since September 14 this dog has never
been out of doors without being prop?
erly muzzled. On the evening of Sep?
tember 16, while properly muzzle?! and
on a leash, he was attacked by an un?
muzzled bulldog, and, accordingly, ?nv
dog bad no opportunity for self-pro*
tection.
Is the muzzliig ordinance drafted to
show partiality?
The police officer who resides within
a few doors of my home own., a a?../,
and only this morning the police of?
ficer and his dog were seen by the
writer on the street, and, of course,
the police officer's dog was not muz?
zled. M. H. It.
Brooklyn, Sept. 24, 1914.
FAITH IN THE BAYONET
Why an Old Soldier Rates It at Su?
perior to the Automatic.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In an article in your ?ssuc o''
September 20 it was stated that it U
unquestionable that an automatic Colt
is superior to the bayonet in a charge.
Well, having been in a few ?-craps and
used both in Afghanistan, Zululand,
Egypt snd South Africs, in my opinion
the bayonet is best, for the following
reasons: First, ,t never misses fir?.;
second, you have not to reload ?n th?'
midst of a struggle, which is a difficul:
operation in *> conflict; third, you: am
munition does not run down; * lurtt
your magazine or chamber does no*
get blocked or stuck with an , n.pty
cartridge. Tharea'ore. 1 think the old
bayonet cannot be discarded. I huvc
seen Zulus, Kaffirs, dervisnes, Nubians,
! Sikhs and Araba ?topped by the bay?
onet when all else failed; and the
Boers could not stand against it
I _ . . ? . W. G. KELLY.
Hoboken, N. J., Sept. 24, 1914.
SEEKS SECOND WILL POLICE UNCOVER
IN CUTTER ESTATE GREAT VOTE LOSS
Cousin of Drug Man's Widow
Has Beneficiaries Sum-?,
moned to Court.
Another effort to prevent the probati
of the will of Mrs. Amelia Gertrud?
Cutter ?m file in the Surrogates' Courl
?as made yesterday when Gco?ge W
.*?'. Lent, a cousin of the testatrix, ob
t.tine?! from Surrogate Cohalan an or
di r directing several persons to appeal
in the Surrogates' Court and be ex
amined as to their knowledge of an
other ?will, which it is alleged Mrs
C'.tttr-r made.
The' testatrix was the wife of Henr*
T. Cotter, one of the founders of Hege
n-.nn & Co.. now known as the Riker
Hegeman Company. Her husband lef?
his entire estate, valued at about $1,
500,000, to his wife, who survived hirr
only a. short time. Mrs. Cutter lofl
bequests to .several persons who were
mentioned in her husband's will as con
t ngent legatees who were to receive*
the bequeets only in case Mrs. (.'utter
predeceased him. The bulk of her es
tur?- she left to her executors to b?
.1 tributed among charitable Institu?
tions.
tests have been tiled against the
wills of Mr. am! Mrs. Cutter on the
ground that they elid not have testa?
mentary capacity when they made theit
will?. Mr. Cutter was eighty-four years
old ?ben ho died and his wife was more
than ?eventy. One of the contestants
ot the will of Mr. Cutter was James
I!. Montgomery, author of "Ready
Money " und other plays, who is a
trrandson of the testator.
The linier issued yesterday requires
the presence in court of Or. Henry W,
Frauenthal, McMaster Mills, Frank M.
Tichenor, George H. Taylor, Mcssmore
K?n..!:i!l and Robert Goellnicht. Tiche
as the uttorney for the Cutters,
ami Mills, manager of the PISSS Branch
of the I'nion Tru-?t Company, was
named as one of the executor-.. They
; i.il Dr. Frauenthal were among the
I eneficiaries under the will now on two.
SEEKS $100^00 FOR POOR
N. Y. A. I. C. P. Hopes to Pen?
sion 500 Widows This Winter.
There are five hundred dependent
widows with children in the ci*y whom
the New York Association for Improv
ini? the Condition of tin- Poor hopes
to pension during the coming winter.
j*. N. Bliss, jr., the president,
ai o announced yesterduy that the as?
sociation will attempt to help families
de titute through illness or chronic in?
sanity.
This programme requires $100,000 in
addition to its regular income from
ten thousand contributors. Mr. Bliss
announced that the Rockefeller Foun?
dation had pledged $20,000 a year for
ten years to the pension fund, Starr J.
Murphy wrote:
"We are impressed with the impor
? m? e of the work of your visitors in
ministering to these families, believ?
ing that this patient, careful, personal
m rviee is even more important than the
material relief."
EDISON SOLVES ACID NEED
Wizard Deprived of Carbolic
by War Makes His Own.
West Orange, N, J., Sept. 25.?
Thomas A. Edison has overcome what
threatened to be t serious problem as
a re.-ult of the European war. Large
quantities of enrboli*. acid are used
in his work--, which, when running on
ful1 time, employ six thousand men
?And women. This product was obtained
'y from England and Germany.
impossible to get any from the
latter country, while England hesi?
tated to ??end a supply because the
seid is SSSC in many explosives.
Mr. Edison has overcome the diffi?
culty by making his own acid in the
Silver Lake Chemical Work?. It is i
'?.aie! to be superior to the imported!
t?rt?cle and to effect a large aaviog.
25 Per Cent of Men on Enrol
ment Lists Can't Cast
Ballots.
Police Commissioner v.. ?:? ?? ?*??>?**>
crating in every way for an h?Mi
election on primar*) day. The mes il
der him have be? g the earel
ment books, an.I .*?. far have found til
removals amount to 25 per cen* of ft
registration. It thougbt that A
number who have lost their vote *.a tb
way will reach :''> per cent. LiiU ?
these men an? fut i hed by t?* ?d?1
to the election inspectors in ta* ??
rious d.stricts.
'"So much frau?l was ?liaco???"?*? I
connection with th" voting St tie ?
stitutional conven' " ?aid tb? too
tnissionei iii s report to Mayor Miwjr
yesterday, "that eemcd to b? ft
duty of the ?"?riff the tin.
ment lists befor? Bf P"J"?
election next M Istl Ttr??'
tion has therefi ?"lese B1 *
police in ever?. ?
the greater rity.
-The toi . !**? ff;
?560,000. I';. . to-day the ?w*
have turn. : ' aaSMS of St.*
sons enroll? " er *****'
moved since re . al ?u'\'*'
Some e.f the ''set f*m
in the sain?* election .? ?trict, and s*
therefore, be entitled tu vo*.?**.-M "'
vast majontv are nol entitled to ?jj
If the lists had rot been vended ?*
if not all. o m,Pt ""
been voted on." .,
The Mayer expressed h.iB*??*
much pleased ?' ?'?? work done Of ??
police. *'U ?1 to Uiw?
same precaution* to g.ntrd the ??*?*:
election .i- tare WOU to "fttaWS mPW
eral election." r declsred.
Commissi?nei Woods sato ***
would h.? no iit". of ????""I
of the fon o? tt0r.lt* .j
"I have d? "Vas
ever chsncc ?"'? oi ^zl
between politici.n . stid I riK"^vf?
menders, ni ? '< l*?*V
will be cff- * i -
of the police ii their *.*xu,9m'
places." ?--aval? -at*
Although, *"*: "uaS
.1 told his captains ne "0'''ft\
iv trainier any i *! ?' '""?P *>
relation to * ' ,n 'JVj,
tnct might nfakc h ? task ? ***T
one, not a man ha I asked for ?
Policemen will ? oot\ m^%sy,
eiutside thr po'l ng l,!*i0k 9mt\
Mayor Gaynor w; . ? in off? gmfrt
not perm.t th.- ' ' ''''*'L?
places except .-fl*rT11
TAX HEARINGS TO BEOP0
Public Invited to Attend Br?
ings of Budget Commit^
For the first time in N'c* To[*\,|
tory the public is invite**4 ?* ?f??^?
on department climates !?* ^^
budget of I?I15 bi-Tore the ??r^
mittee of the Board ofq *? ^e,?
Room No. 710. Municipal Hu '?^-tj
and right, from now ?*n. *'^?i*i'*'?
ceptior?.')f Saturday. <- xs%*^m*dm
ar.d oth-rs interested W|U f.aj *\
when different departmeo?
taken ur. .. r#o0r< ??
The sub-committee *'11. ^Vlloes^
full committee the ?'?!I7JJ
for the various depart mes? rTAsi
as complet.-?!, and will P/7^*
thee,, tentative ?I'*'*?"^^.?^
budget in printed '??'*g?, sSfJ
changes as the full c0**^ml)eS*t
reel in the tentative bodge? ^j
before October 20, for gesersi
tion. __?
Suffragists Invest in Y^i
Mr?. S,an!.-.v Merorm^kjjffij
the N'ational Am'ricaa???^.*"
money was sent fro m ? ???j?^?j
the President Ar.*... "'^V?AlB
ton bale fund. Mrs. ^?J^M
the -sulfrng.st? are PWI^J, le?f
their in-estment u.it.l coi?w*
back to its normal "?S*-*"*