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The Welsh Germans '
T ,N >V\R TIME?EMISSARIES Of THE i,Ci\ ERNMENT?THEIR
g-Pj \,rH_i n f REMEDY ??F FORCE?THI ?PPEAL TO PATRIOT?
J?1_\.H\T THE PRESS HA8 HONE?THE LU81TAN1A "J! Uli
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London. July 'J
Thi* ?*'*?" ' rtoriou**- ,hp (iov'
?ltd""-'*- aOtoaXoi aml <*''c,v''''''
?T ,. ,v( n mil Of the South Wl
"V v,r - "' r'f-MT? am
Sciman' e?d Mr. Arthur Hender:
a. three CaMaet Minist??? ?M ?
?L to C?r.',.'T to parley with
? ?? ?re hailed on their return v
i-n from * timorous House of I
lT,?nd froix Sunday Radical pap
??r ire "stt?cesafal," we arc t
V;''. ..? n irrender m?
..! 'tame thing, ?he? ?re success
It is ?'???*-'* ' ' *?** rnd * con??'c,
von ?*?*? '""^ The '
nifht bt saeed n th? same ?
H H net B?ual to reckon a surren.
? ? triur-rr*
Striking in War Time.
The a\*a\ truth is that tl
Ml Errisnsries si net its
have dealt with thi? strike as see
of tOmSS ?'- ! ?v*? becn ?*?**?' w
,n UM of | ace. Thi
?bout the war. They forgot thai Soi
Wale? h?d been proclaimed under
Mur.it'.or.s Aet ?? > forgot that I
conflict was a? ' nger between min
j and own**-*, but between mutineers I
the Goverr.rr.f it With the colli?
owr.tr? the mo** had Quarrelled ab?
??aces. The Government which p
claimed th*m under an Act of Far!
* ment they ?wfl? I "hey were outlaw
Tkty were liable under the Proelan
ttea to ptesecutioa. They demani
thi withdriwal of the Proclamatn
It hi? be"' withdrawn; not in ter
but in ?feet; the Government Em
rtr;f? ai| it no penalties i
disobedience should be enforced. T
conduct of the wi eieney
the Fleet, sooner or later, the hor
o? England, the faith of England
her A:::es, the good name of Er.?rla
the vorld over, .ill were at issue a
?I ist? been ssei ftced or impaired
their capitulation. By all means, let t
Ernissa* ? treed with laurels.
The Emissaries' "Triumph."
Thty went to South '>'? v
buiido:-. What did I
with Ar:.':?ar ... :
?iboDi'r ! I not hi
them is victors. What did the Eren
Rtrolu'.. : ?riei do with their own d
feated ?? We all know. Ni
105 ti . rs in E
ropt ?er? bst! eiTiipa; and he ma
good his worda. On land, the be
Ambassu . *a heth
againrt ' ur German Well
.cms to thil
with lr. Bi ght that force is no rem
dy and o be of Abcrnethy's opinio
that the second heal r> n ?
j the pat:.??? ? kea it beat. And the
remedy is to give in to the rebel
which ti
fea
iin?t their wil
- the most
?
no ace I ll force
ount of busii V
war and to thi
???ade? hit hopkei | m, "Bus
cess as usual." it did n
asphyxi?t?
: the eyi s which sa
?one toe ? fore; to ci
rations!
to keep ' |y for war.
With that maxim the En
wtnt to Wa'.- - Bus ?al. < !oi
? t.y whi
mtins; r no mai
ttr by w| g of principles an
ideas which are the foui
of nit,'
*bat r. ? future. They seei
never ' i
"herber ? t was to go?
trn or to bi gov4 rni d; whether Law o
is to rule. Law
?tU you ? lion in time of wa
?tainM ' not merely lllecra
but seditious, and perhaps treaaonabli
rstriot legal obliga
I lion. 1 '? do no
?i of any kind. Bu
Mpstri'-- treachery t
country tnd to King. It is levying wa
ajtesst 1
*r?tmy, | i aid and comfort"
? ?hich bj ijtion of the Unite
The l'vmed> ?if Force.
As tr. | no n medy, I ?fil
Jjote whi n, who know
"lies ard
??bor, ??id ti
nly 'o enforc?
? tl
aen une
??d incurred
?ould ha? other t<
t? back to '
The net ,. Theii
""?I**? h? 17<? ,,,.,
tint. Tl :: grievance
*.*???" *'?? Hut il
thty had I
?lorgar. .
conduct of . ?on? the las?
"vt been a i . would have
?o?t Um
tie ?Ma .
Mr. gJoy ? , , grcat crct|;t
"by agreement
?"?fier than , rendered
Jrs,lt)'e ?wnera, "who
,,*c.ed '?< ?? rvedly in the
ihi t,?
??'J- pea bt sacrificed,
'?y have, a*, any rate, done what they
??uia to redte,,, th? Welah name from
sfi! *nr?ri??t'ne obloquy the 200,000
?Inert have brought upon it.
The Appeal lo Patriotism..
fjtJt\. ?'? tent patriotism of
every appeal
le. and ma,!. n .am. T hey
Cua? ? t''a' ttu'ir insurrection was
*vX ? Wlth delight in Germany and
2* dismay by the at
ma.iP the ''?'?'! ?>t. England the
i?/ '""
and of naval power; that in
T? iyr'-*?"?"> 'i war was revolution.
*?!*,'.- ?at they refused to listen.
???, ? t!xf Government refuged to as
?n...11* -**?'? euthority, and to day the
?suon a in whom resides the power
?* authority of Government and
??re || ti -, ? ? ' ;. ... I.?ndon. or
"?.'n South Wales? I, it Ministers
0," or ?? '?' issue of to-day only.
?ttn?,UCtf"'*a' Mnke ?*? the n,ot*"'r of
?y Bore, "ne act of w.
I? th Vrnrntnt ,nv>te? other a?
i a "ie Governm? I
Wi*'"' ? "? s h,'s ?*??? ?*?'-??'? W1,h'
i?~' weakness. No WOB?
?. i ' ieprecates criticism.
aJf* ' ? If in its firs, hour of
?r?^ ''t**t' li any strong! :
to* ''' " ,h"n ??''' Ministry which
r?Tlnr''ttT*i ""J'eide rather than fa?
?y?n'-t?.!:*?.?-. It has done a
P?aonorable things, but it doe? not
?r?K ?uffers itself t?, be disol ?
"imp-'r.ity. order is the first law
Tr?*,ll not keep i
Uv? '" *,**y ????M 'hinjfs. but thev
? lo bt said. Journalist as 1 am. 1
fhate to say that in this cn?is of 0*1
England owes more to its Press tha
to Ito Government, but beyond ouei
tion it do?'.?. It is to the loyal 1"
',? 'Tho Times" und "I'a.'.N Mail
more than t,-? all other lournala, th?
the reconotruction of the Governmei
and us chief ac!s of energy are du?
1 The Munitions Act is due to the Presi
It is the tolerated defiance of it i
South Wales wlmh is due to lhe Goi
eminent Bat for the Proas tho im
WOUld still be starved of shells, big
exploolvea, machine guns and muf
el.??-, it is in fact -till starved beeaus
such induatrioi cannot be Improvised
it takes months to make up for pa!
There would have been B
V.. onal Rogiatn but for the Press
no attempt to put an end to the in
credible and scandalous WOOtO m OS
penditure; no internment of German
in England eveu now half-heartedl
and Incompletely carried out. It wa
the Press which compelled the forme
rnment to revoke its pcrmissioi
for tie sending of Gi'rman reservist
to Germany; to stop in part the svs
tern of granting licenses to trade wit]
the enemy.
The War Office.
The Press and a few Members o
iment both Liberal and C
.'.nil both of them with minds o
their own have joined in ?'\posin?
...' the inefficienciei of the Wa
Ofl ?. enciei M inist? r
neither deny noi defend, but maintain
lhe incompetents are no
scrapped, but kept in office, and tie
r. under which they wen- able ti
hamper the conduct of the war stil
rs sit silent when ques
i. or return the usual evasive offi
cial answers, in which Mr. Tonnant
who represents the War Office in th?
House of Commons, is expert.
They tried to silence "The Times" b;
a criminal prosecution ?tit. as Theoi
?lore Parker said when indicted in i
United States Court in Boston for th?
crime of free speech, their sword biok?
n their hands. Theil no trie?
lenco "The Daily Moil." The;
burnt it on the Stock Exchange an?
::ere and spread abroad report
that its circulation had gone down b;
half. '! he answer of "The Daily Mail
was to publish the sworn statement:
of two eminent firms of Chartered Ac
I countants, giving tho figures for eacl
of this year, including thi
months of the burnine: for ? ach montl
a Million to 0 Million and i
Quarter.
"The, Times" and "Daily Mail."
Anil it is these two journals, witl
Lord Northcliffe in control, which havi
steadfastly educated the public into i
perception of tho imperative neceooit]
for National Service; which mean:
sooner or later compulsory enlistment
They have even educate,1 Ministers
them, into the same belief
Their hesitations and vacillations an
way. Lord Kitchener
Lord Lansdowno and Mr. Walter Loni
are openly for conscription. Why i:
not Lord Northcliffe in the Cabinet?
Had their conversion come earliei
there would have been no Welsh strike
since discipline for enlistments wouk
? tably have brought with it ih?
discipline of all war industries. Oi
had there been a strike, it would 1her
have 1" en crushed with an iron hand.
The Lualtaula ".Indement."
I do not care to v.r.'.' about Lord
"judgment" except
to say that in most of its conclusions
ether than his condemnation of th?
murdering Germans, I disaient. My be?
ul is that if ihe Admiralty in?
structions to the Li. : been
? i the ship would have gone eafe
ly ?n*o port. Her dead remain un
avenged. They are our dead. Mr.
the cable, considers our
.. to m'' with instant decision
".i meaner and more contemptible ne
than that of the Germans in sink'
?ng the I. Thank you, Mr.
volt: your- and not Mr. Wil
'?.?' true voice of America.
G. W. S.
WEEK OF GAYETY
FOR BAR HARBOR
Dinner Forties on Tuesday Eve=
ninii Will Be Followed by
?Masquerade Balls.
lit? Tclcgriph to Tlif Till'iiu.' 1
Mar Harbor, Me., Aug. 7. Mr. and
Fabbri will give a din?
ner party of fifty preceding Cieir fancy
ball on Tu? ng in honor
? i Fab?
bri. 0 evening at the Swim*
Club ihete will be a Pierrot and
? ' coalnme dance and ?'inner
Mr?. i: Hal! McCornvek and
Mrs. Robert McCormick, jr., at their
Henry Loggett entertained at lunch
, day m h??.n r of Mr?. Ethelbert
widow of the eompoaer,
Mrs. Henry T. Doitic has sent out
cards for a tea on Saturday, August
1 I. Mrs. Dortic will also give a lunch?
eon on Tin ?day.
William C. Endicott, jr., will give a
dinner party of sixteen next Monday
evening.
Count do Beaufort, who has been a
at lalecote, the cottage of Mrs.
John Jacob Astor, concluded his visit
this week.
Among those registering at the
Swimming Club to-day were Mrs. Ir?
ving Brokaw, Misi Barbara Brokaw,
R, 11. Cobin, W. Hewetaon, Miss Eliza?
beth Remoen, Mr?. Charles Remaen,
tei and Henry S. Bryant,
,'i?l Mrs. Cortlandt Field B
" guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ernesto
Fabbri.
M ?. Helen Draper entertn-ned a
of thirty at tea .;? the Swim
n mg Club this afternoon for Mrs.
on Davie, of Tuxedo Park.
Those engaging tables at the Satur?
day i i!:-ice were Mr. and
M re. William Polk, Henry L"ggett, Mr.
and Mrs. Leonard B Kendall, Mr and
Mrs. A. Murray Young, Mn Alber*
Mrs. Arthur Carroll, Mrs.
, Meado Largo, Mi . Hei ry Lime-?
Luce, Miss Man.? Sheperd, Miss Helen
St: gg an 1 Mr? Paul Bartlett.
COSTUME BALL AT PIER
Cottagers at Narragansett
Appear as Immigrants.
?srsi ', '? T: r Tu'Hi':e.l
Narragansett Pur, Aug. 7. One of
the moat novel ?vi-nt.? of the Bl
lure was a costume ball to-night at the
? ??rough Bathing Pavilion on Ocean
rent] five guc
tended the dance. Many of them ap?
peared in the costumes of immigrants,
repreaenting several nationalities. The,
dancers wore togas of red, gtieti and;
blue. Before the dance many dinner?
were g ven a* the villas and 00 the I
plata of the Casino. During an inter
mission in the dancing supper was ?
served at the pavilion.
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert 1!. I. Goddard
ined ?.t dinner Henry da Pont.
of Wilmington, Del.; labeth ?
Hudeon, of New York, and Mr. and
Sturgea, of Norraganaett
Among other? who gave dinnero be-I
fore lhe dance were Mr. and Mrs. Ken-'
". Murchison, Ml and Mrs. Row?
land Hasard, Mr and Mrs. Dai
Mr. and Mrs. Powell Evans, C.I
A. Porter, jr., and C. G. Curtn. '
TEACHERS' PENSION
FUND BANKRUPT
Controller Blames Apathy
of Members and Board
of Education.
PAYROLL, $98,000;
AVAILABLE, $58,000
Forty Per Cent Cut in Monthly
Allowance Purposed to Meet
$40,000 Deficit.
The P iblic School Teachers* Retire
i ment Fund is bankrupt. Thi? wss an?
nounced yesterday by Controller Pren
| dergast, who said it was "no temporary
' difficulty, but the final bankruptcy."
? For the depleted condition of the
? fund's treasury he blames the Board
j of Education and the teachers.
Consequently, the 1,500 beneficiaries
? of the fund, scattered in all parts of
? the world, will receive thi? month only
80 per cent of the nmounts they have
nonata*? got. Ann for the rest of the
year their allowance will be cut in
half, to make up for the $10.000 ?hort
i.ge which the fund faces.
"The monthly pension payroll," OOgO
Mr. Prendergaot, "amounts to about
?98,000. There will he only $58.000
available. The Controller will be com?
pelled to ranke this sum go as far as
it can, and he purposes paying the an
i nuitants this month only a part of the
; amounts they have been receiving in
th? pas'.."
Mr. Prendergoat made clear yester?
day that the situation was no new or :
sudden development. He said he and
Cher city officials had foreseen the
crisis for a long time.
"I mad? repeated efforts to bring the
Board of Education and the teachers to '
realise the seriousness of the situa?
tion. For some unaccountable reason
no very determined attempts were
made to provide legislation that would
produce greater revenues for the fund
until early this year.
"The responsibility lies with the ?
Board of Educat.on and the teachers. ?
For the most part, the board's attitude
has been one of apathy and indisposi- '
Don to approach the subject in a com?
prehensive and vigorous way, while the
teachers, through their organizations,
have opposed every change which in
? volved the least additional financial
burden on their part." i
Mr. Prendergaot made public a his?
tory of '.he fund. The amount paid to
retired teachers in 11*14. he explained,
was 11,198,618.86, and at the beginning
of the y?-ar there were 1,549 on the re- ?
tired list. The teachers now contribute i
1 per cent of their salarie? to the fund,
i while the actuarial cost of the benefits I
provided in the law is nearly 15 per |
cent.
"That the city assume the burden of
paying lhe difference cannot even be
considered." said Mr. Prendergast. He
also told of attempts to provide bills
to relieve the fund which always
brought opposition from the teachers' i
organizations.
SOCIETY DINNERS
ENLIVEN NEWPORT
Mrs. George S. Scott, Mrs. N.
Butler, Mrs. Twombly and Mrs.
Fletcher Ryer Entertain.
Ill? T?!?|riph to Th? Trlhimr ]
Newport, R. I.,' Aug. 7. P.egistered
at the Casino to-day were .'?lis? C. E. |
Purleigh, of NVvport; Mrs, Thomas:
Harret! and Mus Barrett, of Hender?
son. Ky , guests of Mrs. Theodore K.
Gibbs; Mrs. Harold Godwin, of Roslyn, ;
.?f Mrs. Roderick Terry, Mrs. P.;
V. Hourignn, of Washington; Mrs.
William Swanoin nnd Miss Juan Coven- '
try, of Kansas City; Mrs. A. F. Ma
cruder, of Washington, v.siting Mrs.;
Newton Culick; E. W. Dwight, of Phil-'
adelphia; E. Victor Loew, of Tuxe?!o
Park, guest of Oliver Gould Jennings; !
Mr?. Tilden, of Milton, viiiting Mrs.
R. II. Weld; Hairy S. Black, Miss M. J. ;
Aehelis, Miss F. L. Stewart, Mr. and
Mrs. P. W. I.ivermore, Percy Pyne and i
Charleo T. Mathews. of New York.
Mrs. George S. Scott gave a dinner
a? Belmead to-night in honor of her.
. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Pratt,!
? !" New York.
Mrs. Hamilton McK. Twomb'.v, Mrs.
William Payne Tnompson, Mrs. Fletch?
er R\er and Mrs. Nicholas Murray But- i
lifj' entertained at dinner? this evening.
Mrs. Eugene S Reynal and ' Mrs.
Frank K. Sturgis were luncheon host
to-day and Mrs. James Lauren?
Van Alen gave a children's party at
Wakehurat
Mr. and Mrs. Philip W. I.ivermore
are the guests of Mrs. French Van
(ierbilt at Harhoarvirw.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert SeJgwick nnd
Henry R. Sedgwich and Robert Sedg
vick, jr., arrived yesterday for a short
stay.
Frederick H. Prince, jr., J. Gordan
I'ouglas and Cyril Hatch will leave on
Monday for the military camp at
Plattsburg.
Ogden L. Mills arrived by motor
day from New York to join Mrs.
Mills, who is the gu^st of her mother,
Mrs. W. K. Vandcrbilt
Miss A. R. Walker, of Washington,
and her brother, John G. Walker, of
Richmond, are at the Muer.ch.nger King
for a few weeks.
Miss Rhoda Fullam, ?laughter of
Rear Admiral and Mr?. W. F. Fullam,
has arrived from Annapolis.
1 here have been more than 2^0 box
at reservations made for the in?
vitation tennis tournament at the Ca?
sino opening a week from Monday.
NEW RESERVE FOR BIRDS
President Sets Aside Big
Lake Section in Arkansas.
Washington. Aug. 7. President Wil?
son has signed an order creating the
Rig Lake reserve in northeastern Ar?
kansas for the protection of native
birds. The new reserve, about nine
long and varying; from 100 yards
to a mile and a quarter in width, forms
probably the most important bird res- ;
orvation in the country.
Big Lake is famous for it? vast num- '<
her of waterfowl and plume birds.
POPE MAY APPOINT
IRELAND CARDINAL
Rome Hears American Arch?
bishop Will Receive Honor at
Council of Bishops.
Rome, Aug. 7. The next Consistory
will be followed by a council of bish- :
ops, at which Pope Benedict will ere-i
.veral new cardinals, says the
"Agenr.ia Nationale."
Archbishop Ireland, of St. Paul,
and Monoignor Decearta, private chap?
lain of King Victor Emmanuel of
Italy, it is reported, will be among
added to the College of Cardi?
nals.
MISS MILDRf.D RHOADF.S WHAL.l.EY.
Whose engagement to Joseph Karle Sample was recently announced.
NEWS OF PLAYS
AND PLAYERS'
New Vitagraph Film in
Aid of Increase in the
Army and Navy.
A private exhibition of the Vita?
graph Company's new film, "The Battle
Cry of Peace," took place at the Vita
graph Theatre yesterday afternoon.
About ""?' newspaper men and other
guests of the company were present. The
picture shows the invasion and con?
quest of the I'nited States by an army
from an imaginary country, and it ends
in an alieporical plea for peace throu'h
preparedness. It is elaborately pro?
duced and uses Mr. Hudson Maxim and
his book on "Defenceless America" lo
enforce the lesson of an increased army
and navy.
The "Kick In" company of American
players which A. H. Woods is sending
to London, sailed at noon yesterday on
the steamship St. Louis. It includes
the following artists: Wilton Taylor,
Janea Ileenan, Helen Holmes, Vera
i Einlay, Edith Browning, lLvlen Marqua,
Josephine Williams, Ramsey Wallace,
Noel Arnold and James Lennon.
"Home Attain," a three-act comedy
by Thomas Louden,, goes into rehearaal I
to-morrow at the Thirty-ninth Street !
Theatre. It is to be produced at the
tort Theatre, Atlantic City, on August,
80, and will have James j. Corbett asi
the featured member of the cast. Rosa?
mond Carpentier, Hellen Evily, Elisa?
beth Valentine, Gaston Mervalc,
Thomas Uni h and othera. are in thej
company. Maynard Wane, for several (
yean identified with the Shubert of-1
lice, is makiiij' the presentation.
The Serge ?le Diachilew Imperial ,
Ballet Rusa* when it poes on tour will
have three special trains of ten cars
each. There will he two private earn ?
for Serge de Diaghilew, Nijinaki, Kar
savina, Fokine, 1-Okina and other prin?
cipals, eight Pullman cars for the j
company, orchestra and technical staff,
and twenty bapgaiie cars for the Fiakst
Stage settings and scenery.
MISS DU BOIS A BRIDE
Becomes Mrs. Charles C. Spa
done at Home Wedding.
Miss Anna Du Hois, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Du Bois, was married
to Charles i'ondit Spadone, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Warren Spadone, of
208 New York Avenue, Brooklyn, yes- j
terday afternoon, by the Rev. Dr. '
Frank Maxwell Townley, at the home
of the bride's parents, ISM Pacific
Street, Brooklyn. The attendance was
limited to members of the two families
and relatives of the bride from Boston
and Norwich, Conn.
Miss Du Bois, who is a graduate
from Packer and Vassar, wore a simple
gown of soft white taffeta and tulle
and carried an arm bouquet of Bride
roses. Mrs. Walter L. Wellington, of
Manhattan, n sister of Mrs. Du Bois,
assisted her in receiving.
Mr. Spadone, who is a graduate
from the Polytechnic institute, is a ;
brother of Mr... Hamilton Disston Sax
ton, Miss Thine Spadone and Walter
A. .vpadone.
HORSEMEN RAISING
VANDERBILT FUND
Horse Show Association Will
Erect Fountain Here to
Dead President.
More than $1,000 ha? been gub- J
scribed for the erection of a drinking
fountain to commemorate the late
Alfred 6. Vanderbilt's career as a
horseman. Officers of the National
Horse Show Association have taken
the initiative in planning a memorial
for their late president. It has been ;
said that Mr. Vanderhilt was en his '?
way to England in its interest when ,
j his life on the Lusitania.
Among; the sul.sti ?hers are Edward
T. Stotesbury. of Philadelphia, who
has succeeded Mr. Vanderbilt as pres?
ident of the Horse Show Association;
Robert A. Fairbairn, vice-president;
Alfred B. Maclay, chairman of the ex- j
ecutive committee; G. L. Boissevain, >
president of the Madison Square
Garden Comp?ny; Harry Content,
president of the Long Branch
Horse Show; John McE. Bow?
man, of the Biltmore; Walter
Webb-Ware, of the Lond.-n Horse
Shew, and several other friends an?l
admirers of Mr. Vanderbilt. It is also
expected that many British horsemen :
who knew him when he drove his
coach at Brighton will contribute to
the fund.
Sobaeription? are being received by
James T. Hyde, at lti East Twenty
third Street, or at the li<?riiman Na?
tional Bank.
WARSAW WOMEN
REBURY THE DEi
Get 80 Cents a Day fri
City Menaced by Bodit
in Trenches.
Women and young girls of Wai
are reburying the decomposing bo
of soldierii who fell in the defenc
the city. The men as they died \
thrown into shallow trenches and
tily covered with earth. Their bo
became a public menace and the
thoritiei offered two rubles, appr
mutely SO cents, a day to those
would rcbury them. Women, dr
by hunger and misery, engaged th
selves for the task.
Word of this unhappy state of P?i
women was received ycs'irday at
1 offices of the Polish Victims' Re
1 Eund. 1507 Aeolian Building. Clot
; and food, are being collected there
American Poles to ship to their un
?t?nate brtthren. Yesterday contri
tions In money totalled $6,126. Am
those whi gave were T. B. HotTn
? $100; Mrs. E. H. Harnman. $000; >
, Morris Llewellyn Cooke, $131.80;
, Misses Cochroft, $100; "Friends
? Brooklyn." $6,000
The Armenian Relief Society yeai
day collected $700. Those contribu?
were "A Priend of Armenians," $1
John H. Deniaon, $100; (iuerin Sr
ning Company, iflOO; King John Sol
ski Society, $100,
Hereafter, tobacco sent for soldi
in Flanee cannot be directed to i
paiticular person on the firing line.
must be sent tO the Minister of W
who will so.- to its distribution,
may be shipped to Europe throu
the War Relief Clearing House,
Broad Srreet.
The British-American War Rel
Eund acknowledges the receipt of $
MO in gifts. Contributors are F.
Whitridge, $600; J. P. Morgan, $2.c
Mrs. Ellmtt Shepar.l, |200; I.adv H?
bert, $125; Mrs. A. G. Dike. $100; M
Aifreil Coat?, $100: Mrs. George G(
don King, $100; John C. Milburn, $1?
HER PROFANE ORGAh
TOWED TO L0CK-U
Repertory Too Lively to Pia
Near St. Patrick's, Police?
man Decides.
Mrs. Antonia Pappa, of 153 Eli/abe
Street, was fine?! $3 in the women
night court last night, ami sent to t!
Jefferson Market prison in default b
cause she would not stop playing hi
street organ in front of St. Patrick
Cathedral while rervices were going o
Patrolman Weinttein, of the En:
Eifty-tirst Street station, told Magi1
tiate Barlow he found Mrs. Pappa nes
the church door grinding out "Chim
town, My Chinatown.*1 He to'd hi
she was disturbing th" worshipper
and Mrs. i'appa obligingly switched t
the drinking song from "Cavalleri
Rusticana."
Weinstein wanted her artain an
walked around the block. When he re
turned he heard the strains of "Th
Song of Love." 'ron* "Tales of Hot!
man." The woman's answer to threa
of arrest was "The Dance of th
Priestesses," from "Thais."
'Tomo on," .Veinstc'n told Mri
Pappa, "and bring your canned sym
? ? ony along."
"Bring it along yourself," retorte.
Mi- Pappa.
Weinstein looked at the heavy in
?trument and telephoned *o 'he ?tat;oi
for the motor wagon. A line was riggei
to the hurdy-gurdy and it was towe?
away.
SET TRAP FOR PICNICKERS
Nassau Farmers Offer Reward
to Stop Campftres.
Mine?la, Long Island, Aug. 7. After
spending each Sunday guarding their
corn, potatoe? and other produce
against marauding auto parties, the
farmers of Nassau County are now
confronted with picnickers who make
tires and go away, leaving them burn?
ing to set fire to the woods. Manv
damaging fires have recently occurred
from picnic parties.
The executive committee of the Nas?
sau County Farm Bureau Association
offers a reward of $25 for information
of any one leaving or making a tire
which would damage ih; woodland on
their premises.
N. Y.-PANAMA ARMY
TRANSPORT APPROVED
Secretary Garrison Favorable
to Coastline Service.
Washington, Aug. '. Seer, tary Gar
ri?on has approved a plan to ettab'.iih
an army transport set'..ce between
New York ard the Cana! Zore
The transport Sumner, ,a*i over?
hauled in New York, wi!' make 'he
first trip. Southoound th? ?ransports
will ??all at Galveston to ?-nable the
War Department to iupply at my postij
in Texas. I
BIRTH MORE THAN
TRAINING-BURBANK
Scientist Urges Selection
System for Building
Up the Race.
San Francisco, Aug. 7. Only by con?
stant selection of the best can any race
be improved, ?aid Luther Burbank, th?
plant specialist, in an address last
night, before the second national con?
ference on race betterment. His sub- ?
ject wa? "Evolution and Variation with
the Fundamental Purpose of Sex." Dr.
J B. Kellogg, of Battle Creek, Mich.,
>n an address on "Eugenics" saui the
world needed a new aristocracy "mad?
up ot Apollos and Venuses and their
fort?nate progeny."
EavlronOM nt and education alone can?
not, Mr. Burbank said, make appreciable :
progriss in the improvement of the
race. But with favorable surroundings '
and the selection of the best types the |
Held lor improvement is limitless.
"Abundant, well balanced nourish- '
ment and thorough culture of plants or ?
animal?," he' said, "will always produce j
good results in holding any species or i
variety up to its best hereditary possi- i
bilities, beyond which it cannot carry ;
thi'in and lacking which maximum de- '?
velopmi-nt can never be realized. But ;
a sh^arp lin? must always be drawn be?
tween the transient results temporarily
attained through favorable environ?
ment and the permanent results of se?
lection of the best individuals for con
tinning the race.
"Only by constant selection of the
best can any race ever be improved.
No education, no environment of any
nature can ever make any appreciable
progress, even though these same fa?
vorable surroundings may produce
through ages a definite but infinitely
slow increment, which by constant
repetition becomes slowly available in
heredity, but by no means fixed, so
that reproduction true to the better
type can be deppnded upon.
"It is becoming increasingly neces?
sary to impress the fact that tnere are
two distinct lines in tho improvement
of any race one by favorable environ?
ment, which brings individuals up to
their best possibilities; the other, ten
thousand times more important and ef?
fective, selection of the best individuals
through a series of generations. By
this means, and by this only, can any
race of plants, animals or man be per?
manently or radically improved. When
these two lint s of action are combined
all the best qualities of any type are
brought forth und tixed, and the field
for improvement is limitless."
Dr. Kellogg said that instead of
build'ng up an jristocracy of Apollo?
and Venuses "we are actually building
up an aristocracy of lunatics, idiots,
paupeis and criminals. These unfit
persons," he continued, "already have
reached the proportions of a vast mul?
titude .500,000 lunatics, ?0,000 crimi?
nals. 100,000 paupers, 90,000 idiots, 90,
000 epileptics- and we are supporting
these defectives in idleness like real
aristocrat.? at an expense of $100,000,
??00 a year. This mighty host of mental
and moral cripples is increasing, due to
unrestricted marriage and other de?
generative influences, at a more rapid
rate than the sounder part of the popu?
lation, so that they are bound in time
to constitute the majority unless some
check is put upon the increase."
Dr. Kellogg proposed a "scheme for
race betterment." This included the
establishment of a "health registry,"
on which should be recorded the results
cf an annual health inspection of indi?
viduals made by a bureau maintained
by tho state for the purpose, and of a
I "eugenics registry" to accomplish in
behalf of race hygiene "what the health
registry would seek to do for personal
health."
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WALSH SEEKS THIRD
TERM AS GOVERNOR
Offers Experience and Service
to Massachusetts Voters.
Boston, Aug. 7. Governor Walsh to?
night announced that he would be a
candi cate for renomination for a third
term. II" seeks office again, he say?,
to give the voters an oporMnity *.o
approve of his work. Former Con-?
rressman Frederick S. Deitrick, of
Cambridge, who is stumping the state
on a walking tour, is the only other I
announced candidate for the Demo- '
cratic nomina' ion
Governor Walsh's statement relates
that his service in four annual cam- (
paigne and his duties as Governor have i
resulted at times in much physical
exhaustion, and add?:
"Of late I have often wished that the
burdens and responsibilities of the
policies I have stood for might be
taken up by some other member of my ;
own political party in sympathy with !
my views. But I al?o appreciate the :
fact thai my party accepted me I
candidate for Governor when it did no*,
especially need my particular'services.
To decline to be a candidate now might
appear to be denying it my experience ,
ami servie?."
ERIE IN MOURNING
FOR FLOOD VICTIMS
Thirteen Funerals Held and
All Business Is Suspended.
Erie, .\ug. 7. Thirteen funerals of
victim? of Tuesday night's flood were
held to-day and trie was a city of
mourning. All business was suspended,
and only the work of clearing away
debris and disinfecting wreckage pro
ceeded
The wrecking force was increased to
2,000 men to-day. The state police
?rare kept busy hooping sightseers from
impeding the workmen. Mayor Stern
asked officials of the railroad that
inter Erie to cancel Sunday excur?
sions, a* the city would be unabl?.- to
care for visitors and they would delay
the work of cleaning up. The railroad;
complied immediately.
Occupants of food houses were or?
dered to move to-day until the dwell?
ing houses had been placed in a sani?
tary and safe cordition.
A team of horses engaged in hauling
debris ran away to-day, throwing out
the ?driver and breaking his neck.
AUSTRIA SENDS SYMPATHY
Eastland Loss Moves Foreign
Office to Express Regret.
Austria-Hungary has expressed her
sympathy for lhe United States in the
sinking of the Eastland. This state
ment ?ras Isaued yeaterdoy at the Aus
tru-Hungarian Consulate ?ieneral here:
"On the occasion of the staggering1
disaster of the Eastland. the Austro
Hunganan Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Baron Uurian. has requested Ambassa?
dor Pentield to convey to the United
government the deep felt sym?
pathies of the Austro-Hunganan gov?
ernment."
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AN ENGAGEMENT.
Mr and Mrs. H P. A. Clausen, of
Brookline, Mass., announce the engage?
ment of their daughter, Miss Frances
Marie Clausen, to Joseph Shattuck Ely.
Miss Clausen wa? introduced to society
last November at a tea gi en by her
parent? at the Somerset Hotel, Boston.
She is ?pending the summer at Sharon
Springs. N. V Mr Ely l? a ?on of Mr.
and Mrs. F. W. Ely. of Greenville,!
N H. He was graduated from Williams
College in 1910. No date has been set,
for the wedding. j
LIBRARY ASKS $811,440
Cost for 1916 $79,531
Greater, Estimate of Trustees.
The New York Public Library ha?
asked the Hoard of Estimate for an in
crea?e of $79,631 in its budget allow?
ance for 1916. The allowance thi? ye?r
was $731,909, with an issue of special
revenue bonds during the year of
$12,700 for the expenses of four new
branch libraries opened late in 1914.
The totnl amount the trustees say will
be required for next year is $811,440.
Salary increases are reque?ted for
135 employes, 24 being assistants,
clerks and other employe? at the admin?
istrative offices and 121 at the branches.
An increase of $32,750 is requested for
books. The books in circulation for the
year ending June 30, 1915, numbered
10,121,854, which exceeded by nearly
1,300,000 the circulation for the pre?
vious year.
CARDIN?TgIBBONS
LUNCHEON GUEST
S L. Parrish Entertains at Shin
necock Golf Club?Dance at
Suffolk Hunt.
(By Telegraph to Th? Trl! >u,* 1
Southampton, L. I., Aug. 7. - A lunch?
eon was given to-day to Cardinal Gib?
bon? by Samuel L. Parrish at the
Shinnecock Hills Golf Club. Among
the g*uests were Bishop D. J. O'Con
noil, of Richmond, Va., and Bishop
Charle? E. IIcDonnell, of Brooklyn; '.
the Rev. W. W. Battersholl, of Albany;
the Rev. Thomas J. Leonard, Father ,
Arthur Leonard, Colonel S. E. Tillman,
Miss Katherine P. Tillman, of Prince- i
ton, N. J.; Mrs. Thomas H. Barber, Mr. !
and Mrs. Morgan J. O'Brien, Dr. and
Mrs. Edward L. Keyes, Jame? C. Par- ]
rish, Admiral John Hubbard, Dr. and
Mra. Arthur Newlin, of Philadelphia;
Miss Sarah Lee, of Washington, D. C; j
Mrs. William Mortimer Grinnell, Mr.
and Mrs. Francis Burrall Hoffman, Mr.
and Mrs. Outerbridge Horsey, Mrs. ;
Charles R. Henderson, Miss F. J. Rapat
to, Miss Katherine Budd, and James B. I
Townsend.
Cardinal Gibbons also attended the
f?te champ?tre it Bridgehampton this !
afternoon, given for the benerit of the
Church of the Most Holy Rosary.
The Count and Countess Jean de la
Greze, of Paris, are visiting with the
Countess's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Steele, also Mr. and Mrs. E.
Skiddy von Stade, who arrived to-day.
?Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Rea and Mr.
and Mrs. Goodhue Livingston, returned
to-day from Newport, where they have
boen for a cruise as the guests on the
yacht of Mr. and Mrs. C. Ledyard
Blair.
Mrs. E. M. Home wa? the hostess to?
night at a dance and supper at the pa
I vilion of the Suffolk Hunt Club. Music
was by the Russian Balalaika Or?
chestra.
Among t' ose present were Mr. and
Mrs. Sydney Br?ese, Miss Fr. nces ;
Br?ese, Mrs. Harry W. McVickar, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry H. Rogers, Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Brokaw, Mr. and Mrs. Good
hue Livingston, Mrs. August Relmont,
jr., Mr. and Mrs. W. Scott Cameron,
Mr. and Mrs. J. Seark Barclay, Mr.
and Mrj. A. W. Cochrane, Miss Kath?
erine Porter, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Beard,
Mr. and Mrs. ('. N. Bliss, jr., and Mrs.
F. Burrall Hoffman, jr.
At the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club
to-day, an old and young ^uard's 18
hole handicap match was played, one
prize for men over fifty-five years of
iiK?', and another prize for men under
fifty-five. The prizes were given by
Charles Steele and Edmund P. Rogers.
LENCX G0ESJ)UTD00RS
Country Clubs Thronged After
Many Unpleasant Days.
illy Tdrgnjili in Th? Tribu:.?. I
Lenox, Mass., Aug. 7. Outdoor activ?
ities were brisk to-day because of i
pleasant weather following inclement
da'-s. The Stockbridge Club, with Mrs. i
J. Woodward Haven as hostess, had
the largest gathering of the season.
Miss Hope Palmer won the weekly '
putfng contest at the Hotel Aspinwall
from a large entry.
Dr. John A. Hartwell won the golf
sweepstakes at the Lenox Club, return
in a net score of 81.
In the finals of the Heaton Hall ten?
nis cup for mixed doubles Mrs. Wini?
fred Rice and Howard R. Shears beat '
Mrs. Charles R. Gay and Winifred Rice4!
10 8, 6 3, 6-4.
Mr. and Mrs. Julian Codman, of Bos?
ton, gave a dinner party at the 1 enox
Club. Thatcher M. Adams gave a din
ner party, entertaining for Dr. and Mrs.
William Holland Wil.ner, of Washing?
ton.
The Secretary of Commerce and Mrs. '
William C. Redfield, Humphrey F. Red
field and William Averett. of Brooklyn,
are guests of the Misses Redfield in '
Pittstield.
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, who has
be^n visiting Mr. and Mrs. Harry Payne
Whitney in Southampton, is now with
Mrs. Alfred G. Vanderbilt at Shadow
brook.
Haniel von Haimhausen, counsellor
of the German Embassy, and D. L. Al?
gara, of Washington, are guests of Am?
bassador and Mme. Constantin T. Dum- ?
ba. Dr. and Mme. Dumba gave a din?
ner to-night.
President Arthur T. Hadley of Yale
University i? visiting with Mrs. Albert
A. Sprague and Mr?. Frederick S. Cool
idge in Pittstield.
LINER NEW YORK SAILS
Brings 145 Saloon Passengers,
Including Prominent Actors.
(By i"th!e to The IM
London, Aug. 7.?The New York
sailed to-day from Liverpool, with 145
s.iloon passengirs, including Surro?
gate Robert L. Fowler, the Hon.
Mrs. Frederick Guest, Mrs. A. B Fry,
John R. Quain, Canadian agent gen?
eral in London; the Rev. E. G Bart
lett, Charles Blow, the Rev. Cornelius
Deeney, Mr?. Ireland, Harold E. Nah
Walter H. Reeves. Captain T. Donald
Tod, Hubert Wood? and Edgar
Wrightington.
A small party of theatrical people
also sailed for New York. In the
party were Louis Calvert, wno goes to
play in "The New Shylock"; C. M
Hallar?!, who plays the leading part
in "Sealed Orders" at the Manhattan
Opera House, and E. D'Auban. who
will be the stage manager. Hallard
signed his contract just before the
train left London.
RUEF~SEEKS~FREED0lv1
Former Political Boss Again
Asks Parole from Prison.
San Francisco, Aug. 7. A petition
for the parole of Abraham Ruef, 'or
mer political leader, who is serving a
fourteen-year sentenced in San Quen?
tin for offering a bribe to a San Fran?
cisco Supervisor, is again before th?
Hoard of Prison Directors, it was an
r.i'unced today.
Ruef has ierv?d four years end ve
months, which, with credits for good
behavior, constitutes half his sentence
His last petition was denied on *
??round that it was against the board'4
rule to parole a prisoner until ha had
served at least half hia ?entence.
ABORN TO OPEN
OPERA SCHOOL
Student Classes Will Master
Roles and Then Give Public
Performance.
Young Amcr'can singer? will ?oon
have an added opportunity to ?tudv
grand up ra roles in th.s country. Mil?
ton Aborn will open a conservatory in
the Century Opera House under the
name of the Aborn Classes for Oper?
atic Training. Mr. Aborn's operatic
experience has covered thirty years.
Mosl of this time he has been his own
stage director.
"ft has been my intention for many
years to establish a school of this
sort," Mr. Aborn said yesterday. "I
know there ?s a wealth of operatic
talent in America, and feel sure it can
be trained and developed as well hire
a? abroad. Thi? is a most propitious
time to try the experiment, the exodus
of American singers to Europe being
halted by the war. I am negotiating
with two cenduc'ors of standing and
experience, an operatic coach of recog?
nized ability and several teachers of
voice placement and tone production
"The curriculum will be arranged on
a plan ne\4ir tried :n this country be?
fore. Each pupil will be assigned to an
appropriate role in one opera. The
group of pupils assigned to the cast of
one opera will be trained as a class.
There will be several classes, each
working on an opera. As soon as a
class has mastered its roles it will give
a public performance. This enterprise
will be launched on Oc'oher 1. Itlft."
DR. ARTHUR T. HILLS DEAD
Gained Note by X-Ray Work
at Metropolitan Hospital.
Nashua, N. H., Aug. 7. Dr. Arthur
T. Hills, a New York physician, died at
a hospital here to?day of Bright'?
disease. He was taken ill while at the
home of his brother at Hudson.
Dr. Hills was a retired surgeon, liv?
ing at Bretton Hall. For a number of
years he had been consulting surgeon
at the Metropolitan Hospital, the train?
ing school for nurses, on Blackwell'*
Island, where he had attained distinc?
tion for work with the Roentgen ray.
He was a brother of Dr. Alfred Kimba'll
Hills, of ,.-11 West End Avenue, and a
friend of Commodore E. C. Benedict,
on whose boat he had spent the last
two summers. He was a member of the
West Side Club.
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LILLIAN C. PROUT.
Garden City, Long Island, Aug. 7.?
Lillian Comstock Prout, sixty-six years
old, wife of Dr. Jonathan S. Prout, a
retired Brooklyn physician, died here
ye.iterday. She was a native of Staten
Island and lived in Brooklyn until six
years ago. Her father was David A.
Comstock, a founder of the New York
Life Insurance Company. On her
mother's side she was descended^ from
Miles Standish, of Colonial fame.
JOHN A. HEALY.
John A. Healy, a retired molasses
broker of Hammon!, La., died suddenly
last night while sitting in a chair in
the library of his daughter. Mr? Fran?
cis C. Smith, of Bloomtiel.I, N. .1 Mr.
Healy was born at Clinton, N. Y., and
was graduated from Hamilton College.
He had offices in Wall Street and New
Orleans until his retirement five
ago. He leaves two ?laughter', Mrs.
Smith and Mrs. Frederick Sena'!, of
Bloomfield, and a son, A. L. Healy, of
New Orleans.
Tracy Pallbearers Chosen.
The pallbearers for the funeral of
General Benjamin F. Tracy will be
General Leonard Wood, !'. S. A.; Ad?
miral Nathaniel R. Usher, U. S. N ;
Colonel John B. Ballinger, U. S. A.;
Captain Charle? C. Ragera, U. S. A.;
Chief Justice Willard Bartlett. former
Chief Justice Charles Andrews, Paul
Fuller, Frank II. Platt and George Fos?
ter Peabody.
DIED.
Hills, Arthur T. Tracv, Benjamin F.
McMurtry, Geo. C.
In Memorism.
Neil, I dwar<l W.
HILLS Dr. Arthur T. Hills, formerly
of New York, on August 7. tall, at
St. Joseph's Hospital, Naahuo. N. H.
Funeral at Alvirne Chapel, Kudoou,
N. IL, at S:S0 p. m., Monday.
M'MURTRY Suddenly, on Friday, Au?
gust 6. at Atlantic City, N. J., George
C. McMurtry. Funeral from hi.? late
residence, 812 5th av., New York,
Monday at 10:30 a. m. Pittsburgh
papers please copy.
TRACY On Friday, August ?5, at II
East 60th st., Benjamin F. Tracv, in
the 86th year of his age. Funeral
services at Trinity ( hurch, Broadway
and Wall st., Monda,, August 9, at
10:30 o'clock. It is kindly requested
that no flowers be rent.
MILITARY ORDER ??F THE LOYAL
LEGION, Commandery BtOtl
New York Companion Brevet Brig?
adier General Benjamin F. Tracy,
U. 8. V., died August 6. LflS,
Funeral services at Trinity Church,
Broadway and Wall st~ Momlay, at
10:30 o'clock. Companions wili at?
tend. By order of Paymaeter Gen?
eral Edwin Btewort, U. S. N (re?
tired), commander. Brevet Lieuten?
ant Colonel William S. Cogswell,
U. S. V., Recorder.
IN MFMORIAM.
NEIL In loving memor, of Edward
Wallace Neil priest, entered into rest
August ... 1.''"? l!.?tuiem mas? at
Church of s? Edward tho Martyr, 12
Eatt 109th Streu. Monday, August 9,
at 7:30 a. m.
MANHATTAN AND THE BRONX.
RURN8, J? hi . IM East 41th st., Auguit
5. Funeral to day.
LORENTZ. ? ?MM Tiebout av.,
August ."5. Funeral to-day.
M'NAMARA. Michael. 10] West 10! i
st., August 5. Funeral to-day.
BTRACHLER, Alow, 337 Alexander ay.,
Auguat 5. Funeral private.
TADMAN. Re ry, tttt Stebbins, av.,
Augu?t 1 Funeral to-day.
THORNQUIST, Annie. ?KM West 16th
?t., August 4. Funeral to-day.
BROOKLYN.
GOTTHELF, Lou?, 3 11 New York ?v.,
August. 6. Funeral to-day.
GWYN, Julia, 1741 East ?4th st., Aug?
ust 6. Funerai to-day.
LEETE. James, 41 Hanion pi., August
6. Funeral to-day.
KEVIN, Kate. Ml Sterling pi.. August
6 Funeral to-morrow.
PECK. W.lliam, 124 K.ngston av., Au?
gust 6. Funeral to-day.
READY. Charles. IIM 4mh st., Auguit
6. Funeral to-day.
ROBERTSON. George, 104 Linden av.,
August 7. Funeral to-morrow.
SELKREG, Jallo, IM Gates av., August
6. Funeral to .
TIFRNEY, Moaieo, 1-11 S'erling pi.,
August 6. Funeral to-morrow.
NEW JERSEY.
DUBELBEISS. Lauretta, We?! Ho
boken, August 4. Funeral to-day.
KEOSKIE, Aug-.a?ta. Newark. Auguit g.
Funeral to-day.
I KM hi rKlr>.
nil. \*.u?ilil WIN < l.Mr.Tr.nv.
tUS I '? my Troi.?r.
LaoU of ?mall aire for ??.??
Offlca, 10 Baal 21- St. N. V.
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