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?Vero ?orli ?ritoac
rir?t lo I.*?.t? the Tniili: Ne**??Editorial?
? Ad?er1i?rments.
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a M -an pur, hn-e merchandi?-e ad?erti?ed
in Till: TR1B1 M with aii??.lute ?afrt> ? for
il rUeaatlafactioa result?, in any ca?e THE
1KIBI M guarantees to p.?-- ><>'ir aneaej
hm k an-an reaeeal So red tape, no nuira
bluiK. Wt Btllha B*0?d promptly if the ad
?rertNer ?iuc? in'1
Face the Facts!
al ? ? t the
i . ? by the
way
liii to pre1
? surely
the exist? ? I '
lie disap] I' or thi -aey of
low in power,
ty m the (on-iir.r*
If they carry it on.
If they wai : to avoid such an uns,.
campai.*!, issu?, the Republicana must show
they are not l ?
arc willii g them forth. Messrs.
Bai nai 1, Brack? son and
the other gne? a memorial to
irging i thorough in
?
?
the v ; extravag
\ . ? f pul
expr roducive
? ful ire. If,
on the other hand, the p ey ha?
i - carefully and ] pent in the
pub!; just to hav? ,he men
who
irhicl ?.:?'. nably the case aa things
DO*
I it the facts! If any men or any
part] be hurt by the exposure, ao much tlie
woraa for them. AI least, there will be
through the likelihood
of '??? ?? -tire.
William P. Hepburn.
v? illian* P. Hepbui n will be remei
-, it of th? nmmon
rut. He had ??ua.iti? s which set him apart
in the H ,-i ?? Repr?sent?t, i, which
? ody he exercised an influence based solely
en hi.- '.c:.-o*.ul gifts and character. He
rever BOUghl leadership in tl
f-en.-c. H? w ' ich
uanally ?? n 1 ????.?. He
wa- no .--"'? . hi inter
? ? ,-. : hit political
8<J\anccir,< ;.'. H?
rnd held his freedom a? a publi
above a... ency to
powers outside the Hou
Mae to th< ?? :?? ? might bring
him. Thus he disqualified himself for ad
-. ri' ? ? ? - which ? erioi to him in
quail' ? ? might easily ob
Mr. Hepburn hat been frequent
acribad n a Mol th< old
>ch?K>l." He
rice he
itics a .
of i860, al " 1 incoln wa? norai?
H
? mit ol it a li ' ilonel. H<
t?
and
; with
I? ?va,
heath
their a
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powei
little ?i. ?
He riskted
blackli ting
authorit;
, ., ?
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IN - .
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iltimatel) I
Hepburn (hit middk
ha-l the cordial j m put h) ..f rt
jrauag Rep?blica .,< him
liuur out, in the cloak apon* .?
the floor, his heartfelt, puturc.squc. snr
ilonit-ally humoroi;*? ivmnicntB on the* un?
fairness of the one-man jwiwer regime.
It ifl ploiiMire to ???vail the?-.? memories
. f ?i public man win? always re.-pei-tcd him-?
?elf and his cAtw, who walked hi* way
alone, bowed to no oeje, and by Um force of
Ma ?haraiter an?! Acting ?'tialities atone
kept at Lay the potent ei.einu*I who would
have i.'tn trlii<l to turn nn?l ret??! him.
He w;,' i man as well aa a public n in.
That ought to le a sufficient epitaph,
More Education than Politics.
1er the new athniniatration of the
Board of Educa! certain there will
be harm?-!.y between City Hall and Fifty?
ninth streit. That is eminently desirable.
The squabbling over funda and appropria?
tions which baa existed for many months
has not helped the schoola tor benefited the
?*y Economy has not lu en furthered.
and '.'ne school servicie has, undoubtedly,
l?e?n Ivarmed unne*cea*nrily.
Miracles i'i the way of i,?*??**on.?t*"uction
mprovement cannot be expected so
.1 the utiwiel.lv Education .Board of
forty-six members cs I*h< city may
? Willcox and '
? ? ? ion to educa
than to pu,. ' I I :.
trou!.. for their ]
ilution. Tl to the new
mai?'*
. .
circumscribe it
.and make i 1
? ild. Now .
. deal of overhauling;,
'and the admin. " it l a deal
ing.
Th'a ? ... ,-n li?
the entire i I rnunicipal goveri
?*. \*.. ?-,.. v.- be sur?
? the public's r""d will so I? ng si
. iut that work h I
hailing ?'.i*
?
?
? ?
'! hat
i ? nuer, who,
. . ? Mr. Willcox 1"
??
? ,. j refused, though
a e ;i Teutonic
name Thi a i '
fair : I j pi ated propagai da
'unhol) m? - i imple n ?? h
Teutons in Milwaukee.
: I . ' ! 1 a
?alien
i* ;? dispatch t'ri.rn Milwaukee published
anuary 31. I' wat there stated that
.? i 1II? ?? 1
v.h.) could nol i
Germa that the circulation of the
? i* i?papers "in man? es ?
English."
The fact*? appear t> L> that tl
'ment ? ? ? it city, as of all other.-;
,with a i,?..... foreign-born population, pre
? ? : . ? .-;...i a f >n urn lai
? ? ? irily Germai at well
l* ii sa of thei
lines*, with
n-boi-n customers that lest than ."i per
cent ol it i in ha ? ri transact busin?
two Gei man dailie
puhli-hed in Milwauke ? y the Bame
company. A Poli h daily, according to the
official circulation figu d with the
ent ' ii t?lier, had a cir?
culai .uni within
of their total, while the
circu .. every English daily,
one, was given as larger thai 'lie total of
1 ? ?lies.
What the Merchant Marine Needs.
Mi-. \1? \ai.ucr R. Smith, the edil
"The - " tin- v.ritten us a
v.Inch the following i- an
1 ha- e read
lip] :
I I, and
ttractiv?
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tbe countiy, will ;
the i
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v? - ? . to Mr. S . ?
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?
|y ? .: - .
? erned the \
a,
more than take
tl
!'?
from shipping are phenomenal. <)
ftlier day one .?! Charles vV. '?
stean uni?
of 100 pel V ?
??'y all oui
ican steamship Hi e
iiragemenl
from the Pacific, the I.a
severe
K\ "ill pet
ipam
?
have ? end g tal aid to \
ican ships, which will I e expo i
romp ? ..? .?? ,? th the ahip
1 mc of th?
Our vi t more 1
fixed charj
ny othi ? It
?? La]
injuri? . ....'?
? have
momic
or drop ;...
. ? !
Th? i
the I
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marin?- as mosl
time i ?.
postal Subvention?, and, where necessary,
other forms of sul-siily to eiu-ouraj*e pri?
vat?' owner.? to keep our fini* afloat. We
,-rcatly prefer that kind of aid t? ? tax
more costly and <lciiiorali/.m<* i"\pcnm?'n.
m governmenl oarnerahip ami operation.
*t| for tli'' prisent Administration ship
purchase -chem?-, it is pure political hun
combe. Money from the Federal Treasury
was never needed less than it. is now to
stimulate Bhipbuildinf. <?>ir shipyanls,
have orden* ahead for a >ear or two. (?ov
eminent work would only rn-w?! out work
for private rnnerrns. Until natural SCO*
nomic pressure for the enlargement of our
merchant marine ceases no artificial gov?
ernmental pressure is re?niireil. The A<1
miniftration's revised shipping bill, ko far
as conrern?! the building of naval auxil?
iaries to he used aa merchant vessel-, is,
therefore, only a trick t?> confuse the pui
.ic and to cover up a pvoss politic.nl mis
judgtnant on Mr. Wilson's an?! Mr. Me*
Adoo's part.
Toy Fashions and Teddy Bears.
None of u- knew it. perhiips. i: those
diatanl days of childhood, hut then arc
fashions m toys. These fashions are de
,',...! ?-.,- may be 101*0, not by the fancies
n childiah heart.-, whose demand for ??;<!
favorites n i ?? ronstai I as an
in human nature, bul iti part by parents,
ust.ally mothers, already the slavei of
fashion, and in part by the dealers, 'he
Worth-- and !'? ; ' and I .-"11"! : toyland.
?
esale toy buyers from ail
land. They ?re trying to
. !? c -..h;,
toys thej will feature for thii year's
??. ;. I -.in',, of it. girl and
hoy--, thej an- - readj preparing for next
?
But wait a moment. The prosped !?<
not all as fair ai fairyland, it i true
the] ;.r.' pro] . . ? ? ? ' ??
whal a I I ri tins ' -'Educational t.,
in the lead," wi are told by the *.
. "Parenl
that * of ?hen children ma
. bj their - . We are
,
t<
the I
li ;?. ?? .1 .* a-., ? ? con piracy
is to thi
? a '? 'laus .ti*"
principal. < Ir if it an in.*' nil
? low in .toyland the example Bel by I
.- Daniels in the t.av y'.'
Of course tin teddy t?;.r i- :? compug-a
recent embodimenl of juvenil? joj
Wi grizzled ones didn't know- it. w
righl name, in our bur.fd pa t. Hut,
?'or all that, it- pedigree i ;?> ancienl ami
able as that <.f the doll thai I
and w.-ili.- and Bleeps, the pleasure of
? acquaintance wae also denied us. Ii
? , ulterior motive lurking behind H
? jet black eye-: no scheme for up-,
turb its repose; il passive ?ffe 'i-.,
cloak? no moral design. It stamis four
.-(j.iare to the world for whal it ?a ;? gen?
uine, honest-to-goodn? - - pla irthii g.
"They Bay ithc reference i-- to tht
of toy fashioi i that the teddy bi ,'
teller for yo long, jk.- ,,,-, .',,-. ,,,,
i mid lie difficult to believe that the
toymaker of Nuremberg ever -aid any
thn *? ilk. thai aboul hi- handiwork What
eed ia a change of Administration at
gton.
i . ? ni Court] R ?. I
thieve-' ib i, ., ? : butt tC
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et the* . ?? fcaai ri.m hold l fa
iply!
. a . a.
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Super Scholars.
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educatioi that awed,
produce a claaa o? aupei ri tiii?
? ?' ? ? : ?? i ,, , - ,
? a
, m the graduate
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"hoi
gh es t req
graduate
parture thi I
?wi, linn)?'' ?? ? .
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?i. . piepo
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Prince! i fi
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arate
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irger, I
amend a gi
s than .
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?ial,
. ? >ut a bun
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Prii recognis?
a
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educa i
the great?
The Daniels Handicap
ribun?
Will Presid I " pe
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it the M y
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r York, Foe M. I I;
THE HONOR SYSTEM
How It Has Worked and What It
Hob Done at Amherat.
11. Ida Editer <>?* The Tribune.
Su : I he honor sytem is no. a "spy or
.raffh" aysteaa when saaeeMfaL I must dis?
agree atrtini-ly with a corresponden.'* opin
ion. At Aniherst where It is a Baseplate
au.Tess it m a cot-ninunity law. Freshmen
fear it; Betuors ara proud of it. In four
y.Mir it does rr.-uK in "placing a man on his
honor."
A utiiilent body which regard? informing
us "uafaekleaabla and unsportstnanlike" li
not Bnder th?* heaar system in spirit. The
Vault i? in the application not In the iyi
t. a, Itifurniiiiif is a duty, properly regarded,
as honi.ruble h?. the duty of a citizen when ho
hit? h thief Ht work. Dishonor lies in not
informing, just as in the case of the citizen,
accessory to crime, whom the law punish-vs
Th" honor ". item ponlahes dishonor, the
penalty hittiiii: the man who cribs and the
limn uho witholils report equally. ?uch pun
iahnent Is seldom necessary.
If'.a a matter of attitude. Men can be
herded inf.. examination like convicts urdor
guard, the ??uard taking re?ponsibility. 1 inj'-r
th hoi SI lyaten ?hi iii-tructor leaves the
room. It l-i one ef lifa'l bifrrr*,Ht moments for
. fr.- bman. Peeling for the first time the
full re p .i il ' of honor, he -rea?eta ac
eordinf nature, lie ij bi afraid to
.',. pe? laugh mid ehat and pan
cigaref'e-.. In summertime they ir" ont under
Iba 'ri ? dev, ?.;. out of I'?;.!' m'o rt*
sponsibilil . i sed by
hut 1 . rour years
..* ..11 ? ? ling uninfluenc. .1
Whs i ,; i ? . of 1 ".:Jcnt
toward lav in after life? Shall ; regard it
pe?. "..?i! i ? ? ill be
leave it 1 ? ?
. talent? College rains for
eitizenship. Of conai de rabie imj irtanee
where ii is neceasai 'i training in honor.
Kea York, Jan. 1,1916. ALUMNUS.
Some Opinions on Gary Schools.
! To the Editor sf TI i Pi I me.
IB a ' i'.uary 10 appeased
? .-'icle under ? ??? of Alie" Harrow?.
assertion v
? -.....? i. ry, Ind., are rongly
?
-merit, for
? ?' ?? .* ! would !
know und lo pul.li-li the fact, to
:.
: ru'!..' ? h 11 I'.' | ' I'ublir
v ith fea exeep
a, aftei
a
s matt?
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11 ? i ? i q ? ? '
a ? i ippoi i the clain thai ?1!
pan. person
.i offered ? opinion
of fin unn.-4ir.oii ? songer
? took hia pipe out I hi. mouth and.
of a minot?
of '1,0 i, ??.ho had boon
campine on hi? land n*e.re 'fine boj -, i.ot 1 ik..
1 at nH- Pbey .an turn their han.l
?o an]thing
j.,.. | ,., ? , the pipe became
an expert on tho rival nen! of '?.? rv. Ind..
-a- i at explains I \'
ho had roa.l The Tribune to any extent he
would hie. o known that tiiere are in the land
Ii, ng on,i- city boy arhe eau turn
hand to pretty nearly an-.thin?,. even
-, ,,i, , ? ., ho;, - of *?? 0? Theodore
' ,ii Purroj Mitchel ara ibln
?ng example
Really. Mr. Editor, I thin'r. >our wri'er
-rive ua the o| ' "r*?* ana a llttli
tre convent sat, than the
n with the i aquired a min
ghti
MRS. FREDERU K /.. LEWIS,
. M thi r ' Anti Gai ' eng it?
's, v.. Jan 12, im
Funds for Negro Education.
the Edit e Trih .ne.
to appeal to y our read? rt
;? behalf of Mrs. Mary McLeod Hethune.
wort :,? Daytona, Fla., tor ho*- rae
becoming ea< rear bettet known to tho-?
? .?'.. atior.. Start
age "with a little rented cabin.
, **!-. a tioila!' a:nl a half and a lirm
l,. ii." to iiue'o ,.-... ? | - . .
? ? own effort
fellow negroes and in part
hel| .: ??:.--.. trail - ichool
girls 15' n.|iil
? ? ri 300
i i children,
'i h? i ? for m
irge par!
ceive
? . i < illy Burgici
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lion 1
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B to the tui ; ?ntme
? ??..
II ? '.-. .ir-.
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[1 take an ? rise
part of tli Bel
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?er. to
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Prohibitionists' Fancies.
To th? Editar ef I - . ,,,,.<.
i h.-ro ? iiing pethi
ligned
ad ? . ? ..- . "
the good
'ew Hai
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Ferae; But S'ew
Ham) hue ha? t... n a lieei i
Bving been aban
a fair exa
? .-tiotiB that arr- eon?
prohibition a..
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; or? a drunken hu? Bad B it
-? mess Ii
Kansas, 1 rtte al
pride 1 ? prohibi?
ai - for drunken
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n Port I
luring 1914 Whal
g such facts as 1
be made temp?r?t
bile 1 expet -nee of
. ?
in not
prohibit HI
a
THE NEWER FREEDOM?
i ? --,-t"~*"**~~~-' ?asaaa ? ~.*
IT IS NOT '1
ILLEGAL TO MURDER I
AMERICANS.
THE BRITISH BLOCKADE
In Principle It Is Sustained b]
Manv Authorities and Prvcedcnts.
To the Editor of Tha Tribune.
Sir: We. have heard of lata rioli
tests frotn certain Waahingl
sgaiaal the ea laa a? applied bj I
navy, under which American go? ?
r;.eA on r.cu'ral ? ? -???
ports in coun'riei still accei hi? i '
geoda. I'" Wilson Adminiatration ??
of the cominj* storm in thai quart?
,months ago. and politely Informed the Brit
? government tha' it did Bot recognise thi
Orders la Council to hsv? eatabliah d a '.oca
blockade of Geraaay or a right to rmike auel
Since, with minor
international law recognised bj '.he Americai
and Britiah prise courts ha been i :? ?
il ' iv be arorth while to r.utc the ?
of the two leadiag masters of that u-v h
England, a-, deliberately expreeaed by then
to tha outbreak of tha preeent conflict
Profeaaoi Holland in bit? "Lettera on Wu
and Neutrality" aeeoad edition , page 147
in 1004: "It would be diaai 11
owner.? and insurer? were to assume that :
neutral vessel, if destined for a neutral port
:i necessarily .?-ate from eapl .-?
He added tha' thia arai tl ie, ?ugh Lor?
? :;. ;;,f ,;i,'.?*''?* authoi it)
pi te law, might be quoted to the centrar]
erTee! in cases now more than a century old
Hut. Professor Molland continued:
"The United States caaei decided
. . in ?
to hr nidged in carrying contrabai
. ?- theii ?estinatioi na to ?
a/en ibaequently approved by feal
Britain, Chi priacipl? ara adopted bj Ta:;,
in thi eati of the Doelwijk, in 18
supported by Great Brits correspond
?
ny In 1900. [I aai i?d? i - J liter pro
i by tha Institut .!? Droll
? ... . 1896."
N'es? -,, Profi ? r M, liai
. nent t | ithority is Pro'. ? ?
Ige, In his nioir.
? motional law fVol. I!, See. 100 i
?. Iders the i-ighl of a la ?*- ? I i ?.--? - ?
itn good on
....
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"The Amei ? ? I l
questioi e . ft rm itive I
,:? . ontraband I .?
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tr p of conl inuo .- . ??: i |
loctrine I thinl
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?y eargo c
enemy por" :- pi avad, a
? t held pi
I OUI OWI Civil W .:' .?
nothing authority
the right I
argoi an Bh ips foi eircu -.? is or In?
direct carriage of contraband goods I
country was concemrd. the United
States and Britisl aut
when thi G real War oprnril in 1914. I
further appears from thi e Eng
il their view arare aceor?
body o.' Continei ta - ? . .. .
?
'ovcrnmi
Sppli? IOU! ....
. a.? .<? ., ?: . ere al
in doing bo bv th< ,:? ei ?01 - ?
? but in th . respect later op il
I-a? b'
:can vis ? matter of contraband.
v the Loi h Nai al I lonfesem
which framed the oft? tl :
ol I.undo;. . the dod
ible to eont
red all th? asent i
United SI
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I efoie the pieaei I .. I
is not the I
geienl
they do
ternal
t.r.a- BriU
: ' I absolut?
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hapa, meata aritl tha m ol ntinuoua
transport | loubtless s
?our sh'ppers, bu*, it may arell be'.di
ther
?tippe,
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"net
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our own Ai
nt Briti practice
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in mcl futui ?? ' ' ' ' ,J t*,r*v
emanate from V ishil
-. Feh 2, 191**-.
Rebels Not Like Other Belligerents
ro the I
1 Sir: Allow a lawyer fron* '"
count!, ? f oi
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the Mata
? .- fa ?
the'dod tinuous " oye " bul
- au ??. a
cairo lawyer itatement of the
- As J ?'? rsoi Davta ?ys if
?Tin* ? rat ? ?"
?? ' afeder
? Britain to keep
the pie - cratly, of
nee, f?ot
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tain had to i
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Bril n*ate
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tufl
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OTTO UREaSH
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Helo for Tuberculosis San.itorium.
To tl Tribune
I the idm n
istratioi itoriun for
' at G els, Franklin
? . loss of |
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Mercy tVil pra
1 ? - owi bull*
?h ha?
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white plagi regai
;. for th<
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for
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Four Nights of Study.
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