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THE SUN, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1913.
ttU.
Movhay. NOVBMBRR IS, 1910.
I worth nnytMn(r practically, would ni.d skilfully avoided ruining any tndi-Jsuoh freedom from harsh exposure ns
have to ! simple. direct " tinoti' um- I tldtial I food name by assailing the the rover of n patriotic purpose o
bored With Correlated si 1 1 .l r-t : and repute of nn entire school. Pops not ' tneoi military iictfposwlon will afford,
to do effective ll would linve to III j tlH finished Oft Of thtg aCPUfflpllBhment 1 NOM the lean there w ill he jealous
test I be iimv tariff lionnl with some- , appeal P. tho traln.sl Intelligence Of I watchfulness OVPT the application made
THE WOUNDED IN THE WAR. W gMt war it" per cent, of
thing mi'
i ovi-r the
t nearly lllso roal power
gcheritiloa than the mere
! B I pOiDtTC nut bOW this ni'i -psary power
aiaWlid '. . I'ofl OfBes New Tofi a
necm.l I AM Mai mm . , ,
- - r I power to study. Imosllirate i.n.l report
sui.-i ri,ii.... I'T Mail, FMilil I from time to time. No one hnfl vet
DAILY, It Month
l'All.Y. Pi i Vesl
Hrs i. V, Hi r Month
H'SDM do Can. i. la i. Par MmiOl...
PlfNUAY. I'T V-ar
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DAILY AM) HI MIIAT. Ptf Moata.
PoSS.01 Hates.
i.tt.v. rr Month
t'NUAT, I'm v mih
lAit. AND M . UA V. Per Month.
1 ft
ail
(ll be beatOWCd Without an amend
o mptit of the Constitution.
m no ,
teachers, pupils nnil parents?
Loose talk Is Hip TOCntlOB, the nvo
ention. Hip prutuMlOtli the trade, the
tank and the amusement of ewrtnln
lye of reforiiiPr of other folk"' hnl.lts.
It sustains a groat Industry and sup
potts In ptivlahlp luxury not a few
well clad and persuasive otl7,ns. It
Tm: rvr.MV'
Till KVKNIN.
1 hi. i. i;m.m
i n. I't Malta
. per Vonr.
If I n mutter how good J the Inten
tion of the Mil WfalPh Senator Cork s special InununJtlPs and prlvl
1 8 ' POHtelf asks us to help ImplWft 'f end " ,l endangers (ho good
""jits defects nro flagrant and almost I name of a few hundi m Innocent
ts sroleanne. it hoi mil eraatea n step-I aetaoolg ifla If only fulfils Its mission.
i Krurttii)lpat Mo. l at
to he
All i h k-, money orders,
BMI I'.iva ! M Tilt St B,
P.:'. lahf I 1 dly, ... . i linir Son Isy, hv th
pu i PrintlnR , . i Putlthlna Ao. latloti at
Llo s i.--. i i :r-". in the Rorouan of Mtn
hattan Mw VorM PrftfSnl anil Trp
urr, wlltliuii c, H"i. k. i Naaaati trt.
i Prealdrnt, Bdward V. MHchall, 15
M mn i Mr 0 ri'tar., C. K. uatMai
NaaMu itetat
i.o:nt m ofti . Binnaham Roaaih l Anm-
dc p'ri-pi. atrand I
rarti in... - it a- ! la MlchndUr. off
t:i" lu (juttr dfiptpinbrt
waahlniiton ntti p. HlbtM BulMlaa
BfMklJrn 'in l$i LItngiion Btrt.
if otir ffit4t Mho fat or V irlfA frit
tcfiptt tliunfmitoiu tot atfoffcaHea with
to kVt r'irrtrd urt,.!r MlaflMNl tti'V niKl
o oatdfl ttvit stampA for that r ' 't o"
Ad Attempt to Re of Assistance to
Senator (iore.
Tc nro honoTad by a request from
Senator QoM to lOatM to Mm nnv
le ofmnlara hot it aim duplicate I t Brooklyn friends must 'earn t.
existing iiene'ef of Informntlon, mch he phlloaophlcal,
as Hip consular rpport system as to I
trade eoiMtttiona abroad and tin- mill-1 Red Vlrtor Rends the Vrll.
tifariniis etltrltlei of Brother Un- Ulumlnnttnc the fnrart with the in
of the proceeds nf such a loan.
If there ate latent plans for the
diversion of any part of such rpvenii"
to a ClovmweM plunire into h mys
terlous soeliillstic mpritintllp marine
sppcnlsfJon It will he well for those
liarhorlnir such pro.lpots to trim ship
for storms ahead.
The Dnnlsh steamer Vltilnnd's p-
0pa after belnir pwaiiad from this
l.lrtt t pen Mr. As(1alth's BrltMi
Ilenth ltutp of 2t Per Cent.
Tn the Rntfon or Tub hcn r: a
rtataraant lias reoently appeiifed In a
numtoar of Journals on no i. . at iu
thorlty than that of the Prims Minister
of Bnyland to the effeci that 84 nercent.,
or practically onefourth, of the woutuhsl
HrlMah il(lie:i die as in unavolila i.io
raatllt of their srounds, Tim Idea la fur
Iher davatofpad fo the rtTict that t.'ii.s
tarrlbla mortality is largely due n the
Incraaaed use of artillery, reiaitttnf Iti
frlirhtrui Wounds, WhlCll re nlmoyt nl-
wmys tnfaetedi ai d w hich the nirri o is
:ire inn'h To handle successfully. Thai
Htntf men! hai been so often made and
!;:ih K'::e so lOllff UnCon r-iilicted tint 1
port to Norfolk by two British war-, appears to he I epted as a settled fact
chlno nio.tu fh.il T.'nl,.H' I . I ,. I NeVPI t !iel(ws, tSe H ll"lll(" I t.hllt OI1P-
nde of Now York Is not WorklM as
j well en this side of the Atlantic as on
I the, other.
those hit net'islied. In the pTPSnt w
the tiit.il o donths Is i't jut cent. 1-Vr-inefty
orie of three bit died ; nw one of
f( nr.
f the death rate nf the woiindod In
t.mKi hoapitali Wna actuaMy It PJf
ceni the total mortality would bo tmil
terrlh;r, fot on adding killed in h!t
tls 123 per cent.) to this '.'4 per emit,
we Should have a figure M oo'er 40
per cent for the total of deaths from
battle Injuries. Tils llsure 1 rronous
on its face,
The error may be shown In another
FARMING AS BUSINESS.
Te or 5eprt of Tlmhprland" Af
ferts Pmflt Pcrnntases.
To tub Editor or tub Cum rtir: The
New Ilt.itland firmer his been liVlhB
alotiB tOO contentedly on a 1 per cent,
business basis, a successful merchant
never (rues afoot when he can rifle. Ac
tive Working capital must earn 1 per
cent, or hettsr. A lare part of the farm
homo should be looked at as Stock In
hand. If the farmer doesn't work to
velop that as a business mm snd Keen
one else uitfimteiy um
COLUMBIA STUDENT
BODY U. S.'S BIGGEST
Enrolment Ts Now 10.172
Fncnlty romprisi's orj
rorson".
of Ti'p OjTffS Of that extra I per cent The bu'inees ALIENS A T?E TO 1Y. V1DEI)
uermmai any iat, furm,r K ,,,,! be paying himaelf fair
In
EtUI Mi fit Ac, worktnr
1 . 1 . . 1 . . . nr , . . t. i ..---1 1 .
1 it t u s men In the domestic Held, It rivalled radiance of his ovn glorious ' here, announced to-day that he has dls
does not nbol'.sh the parallel work! thatch. Vtrroo Mt him k sees far Rltd I coeerad a hitherto unknown substance
which It duplicates. Most of all. 1n plaar Into the politics of 1MB, The .,.' e
els. with Mil
he uronth and
most Incomprehelialble manner It tlo I Democrat! are to hp hopelessly Split I development of snlmsli can sbsotutsty
tit . vacup and sen, nil functions of hv Keiiruarv : the Ronuhlicnn are nl- I . cmitrolled.- Wetci gaspates fivira
, . , , I ! ( OlM'l(il'V (('
Unas proniorion nun imp sppcinc an- ready torn of conflicting amnittons,
vlsory function In rpvard to th tariff I etmfdttd by selfish counsels. ed Vic
ached tlleii We tmil the Senator will tor Is n pessimist, but lie is compel led
pardon us for wylng that his Inter-1 to icknowledga the fart:
national Trade and TarlfT Board ! wrs,, Smmiha am mm mmmrnt m.
seems to us tin awful muddle of lozls
111TIVP pnterpnse. e hums,, mm iu vlm vl(tor rrt gatarmtnatlon to win
slmp lfy. even 1f he has to becln 111
over again,
Meanwhile It remains true that itn
change which, in our opinion, would ' til s consrttutlonnl amendment shift
Improve the working pfflcioncy of uis
hill creatine nn International Trade
11 ml TarlfT Hoard. Tbls measure was
Introduced by .Mr. C,onr. last January;
end ns hp has bcetf rce!p,',t(sl from
Oklahoma fir thp tprm ninnlng to
1991 tic doubtless impnds to push it
lit fho comini; first session of thfl
Sixty fourth Col, press.
A carefttl nnd respectful pxamlna
tlop of Senator (IntiE's plan to rcmore
tariff milking from partisan politics
nnd t establish It upon a basis of
Intellicent Investigation and scientific
tonstruction. at an entJinntPd addi
tional pxppnso to Hie GovernniPnt of
flOi,0(s; a year. Inclines us to the
opinion that the Intelligent Senator
lutglit greatly Improve the bill by
dropping, it altogether.
First, as to nou-partisansh1p :
The six members ,if the tariff board
ore to be ihosen for "special fitness"
nomlnateci by the Tresfdent and eon
firmed by the Spnnte. The term Is
six years. Senrttors and Hcprpsenta
tlves are excluded. "Not moro than
three members of sMid board shall be
members of any on? political party."
the spat of power, rurely advisory I
tariff commissions can study and lu-
vcsrigntP nnd rp'-omniend scientific I
and non-partisan tariffs till all !s
blue, nnd Congress can leglttate un- j
scientific and partisan In riffs all the
same, to enrry out partisan theories.
10 promote pnrtlsitn ends, or to fry!
the fat.
1 m. ..... , .1 1 1 ,,, a., .-u c . h. ...... 1 .
eon to plunge into the i-Ampalan with . ... . . , " '
, n 'nun , ,i ll,-l, III
i ITS".. Meeettc! eiis tried to bulre Its
Were he not hound to conservatism flattened pookctl ik, and at the rnv-
aOd dedicated to sobriety of statement J"
! 1 1,0 hi oh rliiMaa of hie natlnnal "Ckete
- M . lotteries were rot so bated of the mor-1
eti:ilrmimhl.. Mpbuock of the flaming . ,,,, M thry -ro now , ,nrly
topknot might be KlpeCted of optl-i histors-. one of struggle for the bare'
ndsni. Nobody els can hope to tind i moans of existence the tvdlege of New j s'irire
vim and vicor In the army of social ; .Tcrsey
luatlPS that fimahl in 1102 Under the' device
.... , ... . . i for n Presbyterian school to earn Its
si ,i i n in i 1 1 K' I ll n'.im-i nun nn,. ,1, i, in.
fourth the Bmrllth wounded dil is en
t rely erroneous.
'Tn the wars of Hie Middle Ages, when
arinlo- were antlreLy -v- Miout a sanitary
servt' e of any kind, u ; prohabll that
nearly nil the seriously wounded lone
thlrd :m a Mile) died. While there an
no statistics of thuse armies, there srl
sacettant reaaoni for believing thad II !!
ier cent, of the woutided perlabadi in
lei-ent wars tin death rate o'' thl
WQUndld has declined greatly. In the
Crimean war, thl 'Worst t recent times
from a aanitary standpoint ll per osnt
I of the UnglVsl wounded died and 10
par cent, of the Russian, of the French
! wounded possibly 2.", per rent died, but
; t ot of -I., ii Sounds ; they dil d r even -
: thing from frost bite tn typhus, in our
I own c vll war 14.1 per cen of 1
wounded died; In the Franco-Prissl.tn
war 11 per cent, of uae Ocrimin abounded
perlaliedi in the gpamibAmarloaa wai
ters than I per rent of our wounded
died : and in tiie Msnchurien eampalgns
and honorables who held the death rata or tne wnuntwa was aooui
But In hastv pudding davs ' l,"'r r,n' ,
I. ... Ill 1.. . ., ,'n.n I 1 ., .... M i
gradual decline in the percentage of
deatha from wounds, due, Urtthout douht,
to the great advances la medicine and
past half - et t ary nnd
controlU J - -.Vcie.i
lo
An elixir of this sort might come tn
handy .lust now to the keepers of the
Hull Mnoe. who j, dwindling al.irm-Inslv
V regarded lUCh money raising I r spplicatlon to ll are of armies
os as tt perfectly legitimate way j de-.ths among the wound. ,
,, ... , ', , . ... which had (le.'l.;.ed frs-ui .1.1 per cent.
silent and darkly musing. The do.
living. And Who shall eay that the
"eminent divines" of the eighteenth
century were less admirable canvass-
ranks of the Itopnblicans. But VlCTOllefl than their successors In the good
lerailnatloll 10 win Is exismdcd in the
cans. But Victor
Hp rockets to sll
knows the truth.
the warning:
"All those who attempt to pose as
reformers when they are really not TP
farmers are besten."
Mr. Mt BOix-K ought to know II".
Tuskegee's Maker.
Dr. Boom t. WAaRHtoTon's work
nmong the merulers of his race svas
based on the belief that the DegfO
would win social and political ad
vancement oniy after he htid achieved poling us a reformer, was beaten to a
economic Independence and stability. I fracalo in Kaaaaa In 1914,
He bold that time was better spent ,
In dpmonstratlng the capacity of the, olumhla t'nlvprslty.
black man In those callings that are; Tbe wv npon (,f h(, ,,,.,,,,,,., r
now oHfn 10 inn. ...a.. u pcub "K" 1 rnimh. m.versitv IllumltiM n.anv
year 1MB? In the lamented past the
pleasure of gl .tie was enhanced by
seme prospect of getting.
Call drive r Kirvpt r-.ermsns' last
hope. Vewsgoper aeadltae
Decidedly ivn outer line In Oar
Riany'e W'ar of defence. Such wars do
not cominon'y produce the far flung"
Isittle line.
Srav There Is no reason to thuik t,hat i ... u.
the death rate of the British wounded ' () nfn nil the benefit and enjoymei
is aurerent rrcim in.
Wounded. N a , the
so per einti of their WOUItded return to
duty, It would manifest 1 be impossible
f r 2t per nt. of 11. em to die ai d 10
; cent reti.ru to duty, even with at.
the retnarfcaible German efUctete'y. It
S probable that Ifl per cent, do not be
oomi aide to do full duty again, but
there I little doubt that It per cent, re
i ovSr, either Wholly or In a disabled con
dition. It appears to ho true that nearly ot.--thlrd
Hi- British OftVera lilt In battle
die, ineilv on the field. It til reported
ta it i:, France up to July is .i.jm otn
pi i had been killed and 1,101 wounded.
The only explanation apparent is that
When a eoidler Is wounded he at once
leaves the Bald : when an ofle er Is
wounded (and not gravely) ho contin
ues at h s post until gravely wour.desl or
killed. In any i-sse. the death rate will
be high. Isitll on the field and Iti hoapltal.
ainea the ..ti.er nations do not give out
t. air losses it is Impossible to nvdte
comparisons.
Fortunately f ir my idea of Mr. As-
q . the Statement WftVOh covered the
.iv up to July, lilt, the British War
riflksi afterfrard gave out the Brltlah
l.oiees to August It, That is for one
year. e 'he British army began Itgut-
ing . . ar Mom in: August is. 1114. Thoy
ars as follows and nro without doubt as
itei: ,v correct as is possible at this time.
The enact hsses tr. our ci il war were
not kr.onn for thirty yearn after the
war closed :
to about 5 per cent., should suddenly
jump to P'r rent, aga'n. it would he
a aurptiilng phenomenon and a con
sum ma: Pui that Would tender many f
the boasted claims of sanitary science
vain. And no explanation of shell Pre,
Intrenehmenti or more matlgnant ln
fectiot.H could dleelpnte the feeling that
PCietVCS bad failed.
But science has not failed, It any be
elated with the utmost oonildencs that
St per c, nt. of the Brltkdi wounded have
not d.e,j. Wktll the ea ; tlgures ha"-
I not ls-en given out, the death rate Is
almost certainly not more than t per j
tent., possibly not that much Why.
I then, did Mr AMfUtth make the st.it.
i mint? The reason s mat by .he term
Kl"vl or tied of
Wounded
Total
Mlsetna
f aunds .
CI rand .
t : .s
stT
1 '.I.eSO
,JJ.4
. . r . ; t
. liuill
hi
pollca Inspector HfsssT. having l "wounded" he meant lo convey quits a
been dismiss, 1 from aid re.ttated ,n ; :;;V-.:,t:. Ml 'LTlt.
the force so often his head muat w.ur , T!) U rrn n..n-.,. ,y has two meanings J
has been retir.sl on a pension, and the I r-;rst. there is the str- .-t, loatcal mean
cltv will save enough In local expenses 1 ing, very cel l en used, which Inc udee
Cnlumhla to make this dlstsoaltlon of hie case 1 all those hit by weapon or missile, bvery
ThU Iironi-lif Ilr Wasui-TO. . . ... l.(.i, 11 th l. DIIUI lit ISOI Col.- WOl'MrU. Ill l.l.e
r -"- - ICIS COUSCOUS. V III) Willi SUCCeSS S'.'Oii.ii' m.j -
IKjrtunltlPS in fields where every factor i (if (he proMwmj f coUre manage.
was opposed 10 mm. I tnmr. Dr. RrTLIrS svs
tois Into iv.nll.ct with many outer .,... ,h .,. , .,. ,jmiBt-llon 1 payers
leaders of the negroes, but he main- J fro,n thf ( lsk of rl,..,Pn,1,. legislation." j ,,,., . he1n s-own by foreign mu-
taincsi u iron, me is-gimiing 01 ma . . tfc distinction la Otllte nilnnlltt.
Ho was not less ...i,.i ,.,- ,. ,.oi , financial method
'rise the term in- lades all hattle oasu I .
There l probably an overlapping here
of wounded and those who died of
wounds, but to offset It there are doubt
less many both dead and WTMindod among
tie list of tl.M7 missing,
1 .s to tin- si uementa that various con-
I dltloni to-day are nutii ard oi. they are
I ge: orally made by pTs ns UTVOamillaC
with the history of other wars. Pol
itics are no dirtier nose than in other
campaigns ; they are neither so dirty nor
so much exp-eed to vermin, as the gig
appearance of typhus from the great
armies teetlfles. Nor do the wounded
lie longer on tits field : they do not aa
a general rule lie so long. It Is a privi
lege of soldiers and war correspondent!
to think that e or vthlng In their par
ticular war was more bloody, more he
roic Bid more f: ghtful than In anv
war thai sver was fought. But
dvlnr wages and Ii iier cent. Interest on
bis stock In trade or else he should want
to know why.
Tr,.os should he reckoned by the
farmer either as a liability or
when he Is looking over his Ito. a in
rade. The old school lumberman has
biassed lentlment loo much to hi own
advantage In his references to fore-try
as something for tile rich man to play
at who wants to keep t.ees to loo . at.
Twenty years ago pOMlbly Hi" portable
sawmill had a pi SCI It. movll n "..to
lot- where the plro tlniher wis dense
and rutting off the largest and ripes'
trees, Kven then, though, selective cut
ting and thinning WOUld have hern In
order If we had known what we know-to-day.
Then timber st.inipage was
worth hut one-fifth of what It Is to-day
arai you could hardly blame Ihc farmer
for letting fho mill onto his land, when
with all the long teaming he got so lit
tle for his logs st the old Water mill.
Hut to-day for him to allow- -in pi. 'side
corporation to come onto his property
and cut clean Is to" much like a forced
sale of the stock in trade. It Is like
leaving n .1 per cent. Investment Which
lie a Ight work at himself and earn good
wages besides for a 1 per cent, one Tim
sum received for hi- lot leemi nig, but
possibly the purchasing agent is not
paying him over a compounded 4 per
c.-nt. for his original Investment Ife
failed :.i get hla I per cent, and bought
a gold brick.
Timber commands enough to-day so
that the farmer Is paid for going Into
the woods ai d can fully edectlng out
that part of the tree crop which Is r.pc
for cutting each Winter nnd also the
COI) of the b. tilling to noli even though
It he ten mltea.
i.oeni banking and agricultural Insti
tutions ihOUId hear a lar-e part of the
responsibility for this actual shortsight
edness. Pan, w Qotosat'iT.
Nxw YORK November in.
ONCE A CAPITOL.
Saie the Hotel Kojal of New Or
leans. Oraadenr in Deeay.
Certain fsCtl and flgurs scie e. .
impreaelvely from the great rm -
I seat information Supplied about ('.' ,
L'ntveralty's year's ictlvitlet by
Nicholas Murray Hu'ler, its ice .
I r. Untie" s annual report, submitted .
the public 5 esterd tv, states the t
total enrolment at ('olumhla ! Il.lt;,
which makes Columbia the biggest in,
sitiution of learning In this , .
The faculty alone hUtnberi !: re--sons,
or rather mors tl-an I be total en
rolment of many lubstsnttal collsgW.
The financial statement alone p.
dlcatlve of the bigness or the nnlvtr-
llty and the e i.le si ore of its werl:.
.!tio IS!" i, the year Het'i Low wns
elected preeidenj of Columbia, the lum
of IS.0lt,iU.3f has bean g.vni Ui ii
insttlui Ion. ( f this amount ale. at ??T .
000,000 was contributed In the adndaia
tr.ition of prealdent Butler, whtnn be
gan In 1101, Last n..r the ash gifts
amounted lo 1114,101 If. Among t.
principal contributor! were William k
Vanderh.lt, 113,7&A for the s trd
cal School site; the estste of lOMgl
Pulitzer, t0,v00 fo- the gchool of Jour-
nailim endowment) Mrs. Samuel tv
Brigham, til". ; the Df and Mr-
Frederic B, le Bund. 110,000; r.
tn'e of Admiral fie.rge W, Melville,
IS.3t0.13, and .ieorge f.hre;, Jl -iO
(ne Of the most Interesting patts ef
Dr. Butler's report deal! with the put -
in- habit of Injudiciously crttbiiatng
University professors and with the baa
taste nnd bid manner! of professor!
who becomi involved in loud atrlfs ovt
1 "a. idelUie freedom."
I
Nenrloa etc I on. tied On.
fr Butler's refercneee to tv swn
j Hearing case in the University of pnn-
aylvanl i are very thinly :.lp1 Indeed.
I I le says :
j ".Ml this WOUl 1 be amtl5lng wets ft
I not s.ci It illustrates onos mors how
m.Kh the public at l.rge has still to
learn a- to t ,e s.gmti it a an 1 pti
pose of universities. Ths notion wbtak
is sedulously cultivate. l in some uuar
ters that there are powerful IntereMb
Ananctal, sconomla slid toctit, shlch
Wish to . urb tiie proper fret lom ef
spec, h of university professors in
America probably has little or no jn.
tlflcai on anywhere, s, far as '''um-
bia Fnivcrstty is cotc-eriied 1- 1 .is
work at TuskcL-eo.
admlntatratlva and
.f Anierl"an c'les
concprtieil with the progress of the
lope is pestered w ith internal dissen
rtie aetei from trasMaptos
it is evKjent IUBI ii ine metnnersnip o.iicks in ine Liinesi si.ues ii.au m hsfnuae of failure to realize It iti
tverp confined to the two principal those with whom be could not agree, j Jirju,flre Congratulatlona to presi
nsrtv oittanlMtloBs, Rcmibllcan and ns to methods! their dispute was mer i .... . ..,...
- - - I ; II Ml 11 I .n - I I I HI 1 ' . "i,
educators win hive sincerity empbs-
DetnOcrattC, Mr. Gonr's tariff board the means to be used, not the end to
WOUld a'iwnys he In a tlcndlock poUtl-lbO sought. Ills belief was support's!
ally nn the other band u Prcsldpnt t.y the Intelligent Judgment of thou--id
Senate belonging to a parljf which MtflU of citizens vhn sasv in Tuskegee
airea.iv mm mm uwuuvra m aar.is insam iimnumm wn nw " " collegiate business management ...
noar.'a non-partisan urlff hoard could of praaalng problem. !n,r,ss,.,i bv the full exis.sition
DM the school's snccess ,len,l on . ml m hi. a hnrlMl svstssn The an-
nltles. all those who are 'ounded. Home
of these ,11.. soon, some later.
There is a second meaning of the word
"wounded." and a meaning made corn-mo-
by l"ng and widespread usage. II
i is the meaning used ty most if not a.i
For any political corporation ant I writers on miiltars ststlstlcs. With this
lous to get into dht American mu-. t:.. word or tsrm includes only
nlclnalities offer a splendid coure of. """ ...' V .'.:,'.'" .....
insirui'tion. ,,,
ategorlco, the
careful ...el unprejudiced student
knows 'hat sue VlffWS are fakes. The
American wlto thlnka that wounded men
never lav on tiie fl. Id for days has evi
dently nevr read the sior: of the gee
.end Bull Kir and .'old Harbor Men
To Titr Bl Ivor or Tiie Ht-.v.-Bin The
Rsattls Daily nmr, commenting upon
the fact that the lioi.d Royal in New
( IrleanS Is to be torn dow n to make
Wa) for a modem skvs rat r, reviews
the history of ti.e hotel f : um rises sue
I tion days, and sa) B ;
i a wonderful iiis p .vss i.p Hstel Royal
latnossaays; xnere tne Tenuence oac-1 justification whatever. Tliai thers s-
I weodemsa," wha had iravslled down ths..g, elements In the population whk .
j Misiiisippl with i.i- po,-K, . f..n of amsei-jdg desire to curb t.ie proper freedom
in dollars, met tl.e descendant! of the,of speech of tmP'ersm professoil ',
Arcadians, ths Dnn from Cubs snd Me-j however, Indliputable,
loo snd the , r.ltdren of thl Virginia Cav- . lenulne cases of the Inv islon ef aei
wounds .. pal -rirw
as under
.tl atid die .s .eroi.-allv
trar.1 or Napoleon
s!'il hy son.o honest envy.
Not only collegians but business
men Inclined to sceptical regard of
i to a nos;).- .. . ... u ,,,,i , au.
All thoes hit are divided Into two . ',' ,'.,'.,,'' .',..'
killed" and "grounded. , ;. , . '.. . ... ... v....
erect that moiety niemlrsliip into
;i plurality at any time When the ex
piration of a term permitted by the
simple expedient of splpeHug for the
vacancy n Prohibitionist, a rnhorlte.
;i Boclallst, or a member of any out
lying organisation.
Next, ns to the scope of tbP pro
posed board's operations and Its sc
inal power in influencing the forma
tion of the schedules:
As nilobt be expected of so good n
rsmstltutionnl lawyer us Senator (iosr..
bis bill makes no attempt to Invest
he propospd international trade nnd
tariff boanl with any legislative pow
prs svhatover. or would he give It
nuy pracHcsl functions of any sort
beyofld the ordinary warrant to con
duct InvesfJpaUons, to bold hearings
und coropcl testimony, to meet regu
larly fonr times a yenr, or oftencr 1f
the Fr-sklont caUs, and to travel. In
the person of the members or the
board's employees, anywhere In this
country or abroad In pursuit of In
formation. The duties of the board of
six commissioners at $7.roo ach are
"to study nnd Investigate"; "to re
port from time to time"; "to consider
the conditions of domestic and for
plgn commerce and wsya and means
ror presenHng the same"; "to submit
recommendations for the proper ex
pansion of foreign commerce"; "to
render such other assistance to the
committees of either house of Con
grass as may be from time to time
rejqulreU"; and so on. vaguely and
interminably throughout marchlug or
ilere that march to no definite or
pmcti'.'al conclusion.
Vow, Tnn Sir is not greatly im
pressed with the Importance of add
ing thus esi.cuslvply nnd ostenta
tiously to the. fungoid growths upon
the body politic. In recent years
there has grown np In new depart
ments of the Government, in oobv
missions, in bureaus, a stupendous
mass of mnchtneff for the eo'ilectJon
if Information, for study, investign-
ion. recommendation and reporting
from time to time." Some of It Is
iseflll : much of It is unproductive of
insults except ns it causes ths Oov
Vim onl printing presses to groan nut
lillllonn bullions on the taxpayers,
i he lulls shops yawn for a very large
,.i-i ifp of the laboriously so-
1 1 rod and Imperfectly coordinated
lutput, Much of this tremendously
only research and collection could
',e dlspcuised with, Much .f it Is
unfruitful. The enfiro system, UU-
lumui'n to ti.c governmental methods
if a genorutlon ago, Is coining to he
one of those "efficiency" devices
,f cnlnliiglllg and cross referencing
winch so elaborate that in the
il tin y ho. uiue the miisier Instead Of
tin- Mtpvillll of the establishment.
Wo -ban- wiili most business men
of lutulligt'iico an.i many broad minded
gtatesmon ll nrtetlon 'bat. few
things are mure desirable for this
snunt ry than the complete divorce of
griff in. .king from partisan polities,
s measure promising subsiantlol prog
rcss in thgt direction would receive
jiir hearty support
HucU a measuio, however, to be
Dr. Washington's energy and is-r-
nual deficit is a lixiur lu
sonsllly. or was he able to Install niln,(,ti bnt Columbia's of last year
organization competent to continue it
Such questions Will b BUSWPred In
the not remote future; It Is to be
hoped that the institution in whl li
he labored for ruore than a genera
tion possesfss tho apparatus and per
sonnel peeps. ry lo its continuance
nnd growth ns a memorial to this sen
sible and Interes-tlng educator.
was on'y fl 3,500, in contrast to tic
142,000 of the previous year, 'lifts
and bequests in li'14 svere Mllll
little more than half of those for the
year before the ar begat), Attention
of municipal finance boards Should
l directed lo this paragraph : "So
accurate are the budget forecasts thin
the difference betwpen the estimated
Congress will have a hard time keep,
ing down appropriations this session.
There win he demands for expenditures
f,.r rivers snd harhors. ood roads and
public buildings. RepreisslnHvi Jotiv
.1 FiTSQSaAlD,
In pork we trust,
uwing t the genera, u-e or tronoites
t'lere Is a larger proportion of WOUndS I
of the he. ul, and head wounds a!e par-
n seems to ee .r-u. - me class "K:.iet is mane up .,. (nos.. . .,..,, th. .n
lish. d that the belligerent avlatora in - . serbxisly injured to die on the Tri).r . ,,,, (trwit(r , of ar.-.rv
Europe conduct their part of the flaht- Held I e class -wounded eludes nowtnan m verhefore ; conaequentl y there
ir.g With refreshing chivalry so far the ren. .-..ler who icet. hosp-.ta.s. nf ,, w, ,
" ,.., ,. lei. o ea.-h ,.ther are 'bese s..n.e also die T-.e.-e ws elaes.ty . . ,,v,):,;v
concerned, but there Is nothing to In- ., .,ia, there are m.vt.v
dtcate tbn' their example has o far opportunities for nfuslon of terms
been followed l the councils of thllf in the use ..f thl! word "srounded" with
I i the two meaning!. Mr. Aaquttli. possl-
super lor. My not very familiar -with medloo-mUI-
tar st.it .st -e and terms, us-d tile w rd
wad the first meaning, When bo aald
that 34 1 SIS of the wounded died l
ae meant t-i convey tho Information that i
'-'4 per ent. of a.i those hit in Uftl ,
d.ed ; ither on the field or later In hos- I
p fal. In hi! claOllfl Stlon of woutided
are Included the claps "killed" ome
:l per cent.) and the class "died of
It is nlwavs lmocsslbla to tell I'l"' -m-i is' , ..-na 4 pel cent.), When be
I u.l-r-. wr.o naa inra--. n ttu w--..-..i,,- ,,,
nave not cnangea greauy uirougnouT , -t.-nush iie.iiia. Aiaitm and mih-ippi
it ages, They tight aa bravely, endure 1 tn tt.p old Preach city by the side of the
Psther of Waters, lakewus he met ine
gamblers of thl Mississippi pscketi an i.
If fortunate enoagh to sseape from th-ir
rlutchss, I. .pr mt rhose of the Motel
HO) Ml.
Some rich man might put some of
bis wealth to good use In buying Up this
old hotel and Its s.te snd turning t
over to the Government so thai this
famous structure might be preserve. I
ns a historic relic,
t saw this old hotel in Ifi I ft. and was
l by iii". si
presented of ancient grandeu
' "" ' "-" ' '' ' presented of
leo niav ini-r. aee .'.e jir-';oi i ion
l...av I..O no. . ... in to-, -our.' of 11, h
killed, s.nce a nan bit hy one bu..et Is ,,,,,', nova, M lw.., ,, a rard that was
verv Kkely to be hit by several others I prnted to me when I went through
of the stream pouring from this diaboll. tne OId t.,Kt ,,he Hotel Royal and the
cal machine. Hoil cotMtttlone lu Burope ( t,ou Hotel ate the same):
are a. so una, ns giwsys, i
But with the ncreass in deadlinssa of
freedom are s-i r-iro ,,s to n
almost non-eslstsnt, It may bs doubte.
whether mote than two such esse! havs
o- currsd In the United Btstes In the pn:
forty years. It Is a mlsnomt r to snpl
I the high and splendid t rut 'sesdett
i freedom1 to eshlbltlons of bad testo
i and bad mspners Tno serloui sch.
arly and responsible Investigator : r
a demagogue, and demagogues ,-'i jid
not he permitted to take l is natni If
vain."
I r. Butler fl'.ds th it th re" rat
1 of Intercollegiate football has heeti -reived
With great satisfaction by
tacla it I dents, the fasulty. the trustee i
gone to public.
siii,oi of .loo run t is in plana
a hen Hussla or Yale may oomo bock.
MR. ANGF.LL'S OPINION.
Income nnd the Income actually col
Ctty Pensions. lectori and the difference between tht
Of the various pension funds for budget appropvlntlonsnnd the amount I j f-'xplaliis a Mlsc..nce.ptlon of HI
the tKtnetit of municipal employees actually expended are u'most always' ideal
now calling for contributions from the rerjr Inconsiderable." j ..
taxpayer's pocket the Bureau of j in n time when the rule of reason I . 7e'.Tr-Vi '' "r'p- .'-sPp TitiT's. .- of
Municipal Investigation and Statistics . ,nM n ruoru ..r less obstructed by the j jovemo) r 13 you wrote me, 'n the head
tells the Comptroller that: 1 willingness to ruin of some professors, line, as saying that "the policy of arm-
. ... - , .... , i I In Is a mistake,"
-In eftort, all the systems were ae- OOlumms mis nan :ts oaperiencn in j Nf iv , (y not n,pr.,y did 1 not
tabttthed in total disregard of the pfln- : free speech. Never, sr. the report in- ny ,., i the address with which the
ctplea of mathematics and rh. pra-tloa. forma us. have academic cntlcs mn TX"? w'ord'to .Ty
exrerlencs and tiuelneos methods of so severely criticised by he non-sea-,' ; ; ' . f ,rmln-7 1 srss
nesweni lr.aure.nco comnanlee." I demle world. COiUmhla S mil. MgS I very careful to
Since 1905 tho public treasury has
been depleted In the sum of $2i.714,
000 to support these benefactions,
end the burden Is rapidly growing
heavier. The police fund called for
$193,000 ten years ago; for lOH It re
quired 11,450,000, Annuities for In
capacitated employees having thirty
years service to their credit cost $81,
000 Jn 1D13. and more than three times
declare that, for a'l I
have been crammed and Jammed with , knew, it might he necessary Srsstly to
. . In, -eease the ftrmid fOCCSS Of the l nltSd
Protestant commnnicntl..ns, In most j B.It , that thai was not
insfanops, Tir. Bt Ti.KS snys. exhibit-1 en.
int- n horil.rv hnwnl on lnftccunit rr- '' n.d, that I tvm not oprc. tn pr?pf&'
. .s .l. l.i, ii I ni-sfi. but DrpnrednMii by half men
VI x k,i vp. pes
;itvh Hut of coursH pw-nm of ttMIO
"r.vfal iKirrwrif"H of TltW Of stupid
ity." Often tbOM who nt'n-io the Tir"
ft"sor of itMniiic-e.y nro dni!izoKuc,
ur". incompiei prpr-nnwi.
Th prpar0tlnff" wg ar TWf
lectiniT tht prepare. 1 nrvs ? poGy,
In our HtM a nfUlon'i intort mil
nchtu ran nvT l-e prott.-ii by nrir.-
ftlono. ISO 01. t71 01 :n i'.hu r.fs n" ngn
;.tif;tk: of LhOtje 1 . r 1 of Wiirwl."i hi -n-(
flu irti all who dlfl on the flM or tn hOeV (
I'T:t:. Mi-ri ta aip'-ak of thr-ei j ;rnr i
nf woundl m rrr1't. th firm to .t.jo!
(iylrgr !n hOflpttali
j A:.1 thfr n go ram .r th
: tiw of th0 tATtTt. THos Uvlnv on th j
1 ffi' iiavi- for th most pint rt(otvvl
tVOUntta thar 1 e nf'nlv fatal; as j
1 fr th ohrn, t'i fur'-tii fUkV ii,
ttsipnrtun' tv to tuny th nninl f dAtll
Tln-sie who rc.ii'h th1 Jinsjut.tlt nr as
1 nil r t f- inp rv. y mi,n1'f1 nnI ,
the miriron Imw at la4t an oppor
tunity to exi rvinr fhir skill It. ftfte:npt
(ctve thm. Th mfMura fW
.ifny of thi MnltAry ft-iff uttfj of tn
s.t.' of iian:t:irv rtffltOft In jr"tirpal ! .
not rh Wholt inimbrr of di ;tt!ja fron. i
tllltU) 'RouTldf, h it tl pTt : Lre :
rlo.iMis aninnir t;'i'e w:m rrach h;i;.iV
If SS per oent. Ue (juikly on the Acid
II mnnot oe hvold-'it . .f 2T prr nt. of
Tvho ream hOffpHAlt die it Is a
natter of gtravt -on-'-ni. f"r WW
ltti cUtlmlrigf IhkM not nore 'han r per
Cftfit. 'Of thJe Should IV-. I ft lar-nrs.
then, thnt Mr AWJUlth WM WTBCt in
tatft!nnt an h updemtood th tsrm
'Nrcnifidc4M ; but orfTir. tn th tiusl thnt
the world in iwitraj han boeoroo aoiu
nifii to a- other dsftndtlon of rl tOTilVi
wf.i;oT:is t ht-r lt;i '.- n a (rrt-tter1
I ItlcreaM in Uie fstcLlltlcfl kix'.uu Vt'
1 I'n! 1 1 c intent kio n nun ami
s,rtnor th1 titnlt try exj'TtM h; rut:
I gvhogid of tiie ordnttnes f-x.p'vtH. Thr ro I
I suits of sanitary sitlelsney ar psrbaps
I i-'n in more strictly rnodlosJ flsidi !
Witness tit rsdirtton of trn-td .n tho
I Jt;1tin a:my, frrw ',Vm) fa"'? nntl
7.otM dooths in tho Boor wr t. l.Oofl
t,i-. and lOdKittis In tiie pr"ienr wat.
i lint sanltory sol ones hso Its vlotorios in
hondllnjr ths wounded sloo. Not only
in ctilloctlnsj thotn QuicXly ond trons
porr thorn comfortably to hospital- in
the r-.ir, h it a. In saving twonty nvon
out every ittu.d,,'l woundod h' in
othor wars would havs died.
llrltlsh eourafO la what it ha aln-ay
een. I'.r.r.f-h I-oh In bftttlo ar.-i Svbout
wiit Miey liave always beotii TPho daath
rat of tho woundsd in hoHT'.fa.j 1.1 vary
much than 01' 0I1L Why? Hvau
1 ; itlsh modlcasl otti. t n are oompotstit and
maji'1 UM of ths u: ovr;ec and Imptove
lUOnU tu.oI in eanltury riiTir 4iurSntj
the ha-lf onttjry. ThO Hani m!gh
otn pt. isouti norsi
Th butldtbf formerly known as th Bt.
Louii Ho: a.u rct--i tn 1ISI by th
improvement usna. Tn soinca u eom
m'iuJ hy M:. Pr niny. a . 1 1 -; r .
arehlttct in th the- -ite bought th
buii'iinf and Sisd It tmr tht eapitsi .
mo ! :n ltii"n Ro Iff Winn th Usglt
Isturs ocut'iei tbfs, hotel S:-it House
th dams room arai floartd aver s ! v I
With th h,ot. p-r snd used for "Ivlne
of rh isip:!v bo.n. Whits th hotel !
u'"t th S'rit Capital General
Phil IhsrtdaPi iur:nr ths trout) ssoms
pr:'.d of rOeonStfUOtlOlli HroT out tho'
Leytslaturs in !: n at ths poin of thi
bsyonst; ths i!nn osi prentded e-r by
spikr a. wiitSi apho sftsrward bscam
Vgvor St th tty of Srr Or!"at- ar I
then ( lotfsrnar of t.ouii'Hna. Th n' i
tuttanal on nt.ieT, of 'r tramod in
thf very dams fonra h Constitution ','
ths Ptii ;itmn, rovalty sad fsmoui
n srern bsnqustel 'n 'hi sams hott
ham Pedro. Emtiror of PJriri;. nn-1 '
tfttrward ht f rrnirlon WOTS i tT'i 1
Itfnry t".y WSI banOUStSd on ot SCSSlon
, a r-a sf its.OOfl ;nR', Boulsngtsr
I tbODlMlTOa, fMrful, iHThnpa, of heluR Inf In Burope
: ...,n L.-n t. htr an uvt I It had I'i t
that U fh rtort rnnr A '.I thU hu ! . . ... I OWO armet
hICIa llu , nf Ii aWldOHI Mmt t oiurnrua nnor- Intaroatlonal potlc
hem oivon.piUhaii without the aid of 1 .ttll lt, iaooo atudenu, Us plen-l wi.irh nation could hav
nrtunrles. nnd lu consequeu.ro somo of I MaAlvnMfmt nmi eoninnnt end its I Mil - Bslglumt
'incioni corpn oi aawinisiTiiiur. um
Ould have boon H'ure !f he h...- convsyi 1 an erranenne: Idoa
11
fur ; ..or
rto
:d
I tt Mr.
bS s . i .f tha Tt'ir!tns. t:; l-n.-h
tn ilennn! Tht -ustr; itit ami lV-i-- I
Mnni ara possibly not tju.r ho snVisnt ,ruM bs hnuKiit at .t comparatively mo.i
ln sanitary arTalrs and ths f9srbtana axiid rats figure, sud i urae ths :ovem
Turu ara at 111 lve go , ntant, or a wealthy mam or a syndicate,
-an he no qu ".at tha "ot , "r n organ iier nt popular sunsmption,
or .-
. regards the wora of
of Journalism Dr. Butkr
"Tli" thr e yrar" oxp 1
has alroady been had fuse
changes of policy, not vv ry uroi
Important, which will und .
rroatos tha aflfeittlvcncsji of
j , journalism .'."i maks tt a re-.
rest or tne university mop m
mora helpful than a present,
rea'ly bt-en demonstrated Uih
training f such iottrnalisi
ar contomplatod when 11 skii x
faction more thus Is required
supposed at ths 1M. and tn
cant ration of energy a:d r
make this possible it will I
eti to restats th rondltfottS i
to th School of Joum t'
our' ptudanta somewhat n
and somewhat mops effect vei
iti tha ppeltmlttary sulj
Important Htpa im .. o
tho past year at Columbia
of eancor and tiie pos dh 11 fa
dtUtn a- a (lire. 1-r I'r.it.
Wood, head of the Cmcker Ii
or Kesearch at . lum Ma,
' directing tin- researt'ti.
i "it has boon shown,' Dr
I porta, "tha; in f-ro"fr t-
suits from radium In i : t
It
Mr V"
.i'.-..r ,1 n.n.P t, . i
i hsve no ! mbt thst the hutlglna , ... . ..... ,. .. .
laid aaatnst u. if the arwi
skin, or burleil In Mu- tut.v .
t.. J. pn m .i1. il The ( v
tn taks 1 1 rvar ali'l tlfeserVS
of our hii.-nri - ii monuments
rjKAni.es T Heoeaa
iBATTt-S, Wh- . Soven ber 18.
or alllan -p. ,
defended it-,
France? i
the pension funds am practically bank
rupt awl all ef them will be unloss
thry are roforml.
This condition bus boon Invited hy
the city by Us reck'.oss disregard for
enporlenr. nnd Its fnlluro to tske ud
vsntiiifp of the easily Rcepss'.ble sl itls
tlca of Inaurance, No firU-nte ror
f.orntlon would emhnrlt In n scbenio of
tsMieflts without attempting to count
(ha cost; jet the city did this, nnd
now while It pays heavily In .'ash f..r
in blunders, tho nvipionts of pensions
thomselves nmr suffer as 1nn.fnt vic
tims nf Its stupl.Uty.
Where do stand In the world co-n-
iu lonnlns for academic seclusion, hut i blnstlonsl Who is going to r. on our
menus to 1 of and for the poople. ide m demandlni ,t mora elvlthasd sea
" . . . . I law? Who against And If we
In a few more years her restored foot . .. a. SWBr xhrm. ,,w;ion. how km
l.all team may he ahle to heat Yule
and Harvard, placing this town on nn
eqnal footing as nn educational cen
tre vith CnrnbrldKw. Mass., ami Now
lliiven, CODS.
A Storm Brit Ahead.
An incidental advantage to tha Ad-
l.i.i'i-.cl solely up.m Its
fari-o without reference ! uu in mane oe euuemeni i at ine per-
i ent iko or neatna a.i.'.ni; tne woui aeii
le nOW grater than In other re.-. t
warn. T'.ls le wholly erroneous In what
ever sc.srt it may nave neen intendeu,
whether refrrrintr to the wtwle number
1' deaths or to thoee dying In hosplta'..
1 The tft.hle t;c'ow wlil ilenvo etrate the
, fallacy of each a BtSteitteRt. in tl.l
i table the Btw nolumn s.ves the total of
1 battlS casualties (except the mlasi ngl
iint.ri killed snd woundsd. 'Pie second
gives ti.e percentage ,.f those hit who dl i
1 nn the field. Theve we commonly term
"killed " The third column srlves tho
parrsntas of the hit who dio '.. hoapl-
lals. 1'heee we class as "died of
sounda
lum of the ssoond and third : this
I Mr. AMUtth'l cl:ifH "died of w-o-milH." !
It Is the sum of thoee killed and those
MIDDLE AGED RELIGION.
l Noclect of the I hnrt h fne to In-
dirferenre nr to Matured Intelleet?
we pretend w defend ur cltliem or
their trade at set?
If this country, while enlurainit lie In
fluence In. say. S mth An. erica, pile! UT
frrcat unnamrrts and manages to create
tho idea RinonR the more expansive Eu
ropean nations that it mean! to ns ita
military power to exact preferential
commercial advantages tor Itself ond In
eome imeaaure esoludo Europeans com-
msrclally, it .may well nnd Itssif em-
of the wounded eoidler has vaesly lm
prnAsd since thi Middle Aio', and p-ir.
tlctllarly in the last asventy-flvs years
And this Inrprovsment ie most clearly
Indicated by the decline in the death
late the WOundOd In hoRV la .-. VVhy,
there was a time when honpltals tiiem
aelves Incesaaed tin den t ti rate, by the
fad that everv Inmate wag eun to le-
genns of his fellow luftsrera, and wai ! To thi Eniron or Ths Mtm -sts s
very apt to contract pome hospital die-1 eT-ni of the lending rellaioua Journals r
eane. tyvholdi typhus or dysentery, ' have recently published irtleli s com-
The soldier wounded at thnt fajnous I rnentlne on the dlmcultv that t1 church
inoountera in reaching or retaining ita
hold on tl'.e men of middle ate Tv
wrltera seemed o Imply '.hat men of ma
ture years are art tn be ho hound up In
worldly attain as to cauas them to no.
leet the religious stssoelationa of the
church. It apparently does not occur
to them that because men of middle !;fn
are at the maximum of their mentality
ey are artier .niiiih. i to welsh nun
to kill . c .
. e.ven nmoimi of redlum (.
Ulstanes has heeti de-i rm at ; ai
hseti shown th.it la oed' r to '
Isfaetnry results mucl In ier
must in- given . d nvu h -'
nf radium used thai had be. pr.
supposed, i .(her pliaess rf rr '
vestlgation have been the ei i
hy the staff of a larir- liuml r
advertised Vnnen cur".' hr-
sis or druss. All ; th -
it to h.. absolutely valu
i vi-lio illo of won "ils all iii-.' iS rs1ilt.n
ministrations rrana cnange at rmnt breiiea in goutn America in csiiy ana from battle injuries
rceardinc adeauata eo.i.pnicnt for ns- SBirvatlng wars against great European
tlonal defence will he the cover such
Loose Talk.
How unreasonable nro fhnso resi
dents of Brooklyn who object to hav
ins nn enthusiastic social reformer
circulate the report thai the cirl pit-
t.llu In ,,t,a ..f tllO hid. K't.ii,ll4 Vlsll
rnrt whose patronage an.nses sjnnce or hy J ... t lead api stlon
suspicions ,,s to the moral tonn en- f theories of Uplift to tariff revenues.
forced by Hs proprietor! ' to P"W,fl
..n.,i ,.,. iti, era tion of management resulting In a
luvjr a. .no to 1 1 -in -,
the explanation that the accusation
nations! wars Which Will serve no real
immune to ua and which some definite-
action will afford tc a prohahiy In- ! nses of policy might have avoided,
evltahle ti.illd Is I Bond i"sues In! My whole peinl " ,h,kt rmi In the
s ..,... I lasl resort are lor tho defence not prop-
lues of pence an never popular. On I ( H,.:lU., of , ,,,,,,,,-y but a policy, I
the eve of a Presidential election 'Vy
Impinge upon Intllscretlon.
Whether made neceaanrjr by extrav
was circulated hy the reformer with
out facts to back 1t tip. Tl.ey are
unresponsive to lbs thoroughly satis
factory acknowledgment 'hat it was
merely n rumor. They hold the oh
vlously reactionary opinion that the
reformer should not give currency to
derogatory tales uulesa ho bus evl
donee to siippuri Ibenii If reform Is
thus to he shackled, whence will romu
tho material itii inch in aliock the
sensation seeking BUtUlurat More
over. It should not i- uverlooked thai
the reformer retailed Ids rumor In I
such fashion si to pacapo entirely the
posalblllty of prOSNUtlOU for slander.
ii sitniiie truii. which Amsrlcan history
particularly IllUStratSS. If it arma
ments an. to he effective, 'he people of
this country, tho world at larso and ths
prospective snenvy must know what pol
icy tho arnuwnenta stand bihlndi ra.i-
lfiK that, this Country wilt light tlrsl and
laid out what It was fighting for after
ward. And that is not tho way to defend
detlcit that can only he nui.le pood bv national Interests
., . i .i i What ivery country uesds as well ns
the Government's appearance in the t. is a foemuWon f !
llussoJaparessa tt
RUSSO-J -tpii. i
ir.'tnt VOr, Bilt
Victory HI' n)i!m had one Phaive In
tlire for Ma life. The trail of maim-',
aoldlan that l!nel t .1. roadej hh!n.1 t !i
rnar.'h "? NiijM;etin'a tlrarul An.v iror'
'. n a nil nhiirnlriirf,.l, and oiif . each
I four tlld (f tMe nv.ur.ile-1 who esoftped
tin juv of death at Balaittava ttvo out
! of e!x rooovorod. Of the Garnwui
tvAiisutad In Ifli "1 In eolt ik. .
The last column gtvsa tha L,Uw,t ,,!..,', sr.'i'ce. one 'of each
tflV.ve died. Ti.e ipldler who la wound, d
tn l'rah.-e lo-d.'..;- and lU'es o reach a
hoepltal lias n.neteen chancea out of
Swsnty for his l.fe.
te-t US hear no more of Increased mor
tality nnwrnc the wounded. There has
tieen no Increase, but, on the contrary,
a great dei-reasn Sanitary aclsn, e han
rutftrlpped the art f killing, The test
tuts has hentn the shell.
kfgnteAl, 'or.ra.
TfssnTsroTov, t 0,, N'ovemter 11.
Itescarch In Mens fines
Oilier verv Import I ressae '. t
being done at Polumh'a, Presl sr.i
ler mentions espee Uly thst In ' -of
oceanic chemistry Pro's I '
Nslson, together with a itro ;r
ItUdsntl, ale a w -rh lipi '
whl. h have for . I elr . m the b'
in the Ignited Stat, of perl tin Vc
of chemical Ir lui'ry that ' " '
Peninsular war 5S.7Ft)
Mmssn war. E.... 14,410
rivl, war. If Ili.lM
Prunf s-Oarmani o..i'i7,as(
Anglo-Bosr, H :4.7o
19
ll
11
IU
fl
. 171. 101
. esQ,oee
. as'.?.-'.
I.I
I :,
mafket nsu borrower, Kven as u meas
ure necessary to the furtherance "f
M. popular a movement as that for an
ndcfunte navy and army, the tendency
to look BBknnee at 1t and to Inquire
minutely Into lust how much ami how
little the war preparedness prOgrutUIUO
is responsible, win ho very strong nnd
iii naturally bo pressed with em
burniseilng Insistence by the party in
opposition.
Vet with tha. disagreeable feature
quite ijieal table, tha Imposition of n
bond Issue fo meet a deficit of equivo
cal origin will be much alleviated by
Which the world cannot mistake. What
do the armaments of tips country stnnd
for wild reference lo South America, sea
law, Japan and the open door In Asia
and the support of pome International
code for tin prevention of crude aggrn
gjon by any nation?
These are not s'n.ple questions. They
will need a sreat leni of discission on
tho part of the American people and are
not getting .' Bui a decision concsrn
mi; theme ns as ne. essary for security SS
buttlsshlps, and with. nit lueh a deeislon
Rttlntlteil.
The total of deatlis from battle ln
juries In the llrltlsh army Is "f..a per
cent, of all tlsiee hit ; ra'Jier more than
Mr H.Uit,h etat'-d In July. But It is
Impossible to d!tennlni at present what
proportion of these deaths isv.ir on the
Held and what later In hospitals, for n .
mformatlon on tiieso points has bean
given outi i' has besn stated that the
proportion of "k.lUd ' was lech. In for-
mer war the avsrags was :. per cent,
of all he. If we estimate tha killed at
per cent, we shall have per cctif.
dying of wound". Till! rate for all hit
would ilgure out a rats of about B par
cent, of the wouu.icd (il percent, of ths
whole). Jt is vcr- probsjbls that 'he
death rat! f tho wounded In liuapltals
will prove to be nhout l per cent, in
stead f -'i psr cent, Itistend of Ins
erenslug the death rate ,,f tlio wounded
hag ds reased greivtly, fjsuii one lu ihrer
t
America will Ret Into the same kind of or four In the old warn to one lu twenty
muddle that Kurona manages t '. Ic
ever many battleships "he may have.
That la not an itrpunient against Lattle-
rhips ; 1. ta an argument 'or smnethltig
else a welt. Norman AfOgtts
NBW i'osic, November 14.
at nressnli
A ' i le'tl.e tr.ti.1 of deaths from bnttls
Injuries his not dsrnaaed so rnarksdlVi
it ts aieo oonalderably ie..s in the Pa
nlniular aiat Prlmean wars shout one
third of all tlio.se hit dlvd, otn the lloht or
AdTanee Onarfl of the Grand Army of
Prophets.
To ma Bnntoa oeTHB Bpn -gtr.' with
the T'pesldenttiil aleetlon lws thin a
year off I want to make a prediction as
to the candidates of the various partial
in 191I
rEMei-aT!c:
Tor Presides.
WemtroT WIlSSS of "New .Tistisy
For Vtes-Presldsnti
Thmess ll. MaesHnll ot lrAtana
srrr-iil lessi
far PrlltdSMi
Charts! W, I'slrhnnks of ln.tli-.
i'n- Wee Prealdent,
WflUSTn B. Ban.h Ol t1ah
r sue aglBITI I
fer PreaMsm,
ITtrsm W .'ohnnon of I'a't'.vnla.
I'm Mes-Presl4snU
UlffeM V'h tu t ..- I si.naylvanla
Another three eoenssed fight, wlil.h
means "Alison : T.oit'F a'l "
iNngPSK'DgMTi
PmiiAPatrBtAj Mevembir 13.
.... . ...... , vti-rfi ueriuinv 1'roi sherrpr
before arriving at that time or life, una uvr making n
,..11.1 an .-iM.n-u ic.n no ,v,.n..strv ! C V
many trioi men re-m n ouisnie. , ,,,.u ,,v( , ., . .,
In common with the (treat mass of Involvsd i. 'ho Impro
mankind In thl country, 1 have the brake shoes us.,i . . ,
irreatest rsspeot and veneration tor . hemic il utilisation
Christianity, the reunion of I'lulst; hut waste with n view to
when we scs enurcnss usnlcated t. tha
Most High desecrated hy the preieuc
of giscalled evangelists whose ribald
jrsts and blasphemous utterances
disgusting to those alio abject to a
merger of the church and vaudeville,
when instead of pastors who "allure to
brighter worlds and lead till Way" we
them on every hand drat:.::' n potltl
tuetrie! that dent
l'r. HttTr.in Ita! foun
Ible to mere ise larp.
gasolene from crude
covers.1 a pr. " ess t' r
Itantlal port Ion of rr .
some of the basic mat.
the manufacture of i
I .. Butler suwe-
Ir.to the church. Is It any wonder thit novelty hi reeo
IlOW tlle.l
hun h
so many men refuse t
leadership .
If a man holds aloof from the
Is ho to he branded as a mlaeiahlo Klin
tier? Home years ago I became aasn-
cl ited in bustnsas iii. twu gentlemen,
iiot'i of whom wero prumlnvnt In chiirch .
Work, one ii hush ottlelul In a c in ii
church, Iho other prominent In tan .-nn-day
schools of that city and hu Htate, 1
Shortly after engaging In the "i .
venture one of the partners i'iiutloiri
me to I on tny guard BgN I -' the no. I
aiht member, who. he sal.l, v iv n in
mitlga.e.l l.a" Th.. nir
I me I'. I'onndeuee that Hie other ..
I of tho lli-in w as a (rand r.lSi ,1 1 a
I ghortty L'unviticed thai lnli were an-:,
truthful in this lilllnuee, I.' th.' chni
I would purge Itsolt so h . a .
havs an attraction f. . i no-,-prefer
to ii .Id t'omiPUtllilll itl
Spirit uiiart from those aim .
the atsc't. 1 1 v i. iic th
gPBINOrtgl P Ma - . Noli mi
inei.i of cours. -a ih - .- .
Scholars Whose wo: 1. VVO'.li I
rooted toward nc i . r
gresg hut wh i woul i ' ' '"
tion eii research worh w'l
of f.irt ' cr dlsllnet . . bj
grees at d other hoiioi
preatdi.nl Hutler - t
must receive before Sot n
n.oncx to pteel tin. rxp.'i
of ti.e latrclmsc. pi .e ef t
for Hie Preshyti . in Host
1'iilleun of I'bvslr " s . ;
au-1 Broadwio nod 1 st '
un - piojei : v dl fall .hi OIU!
I 'Id lb- recouunriids II il 'v.
iber s on leaehlug Polutnh a '
beln prepare all. us f.
leilablp
for ii,' .