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The Washington bureaus of the railroad labor organizations which the other day commanded In Prussian ver nacular that the American transpor tation system the very arteries of tho nation be given over to them on their own terms and conditions lravc read tho writing on tho wall tho writing by the hnnd of the American people answering, In the American fighting spirit, threats and Intimida tions. The leaders of these organi zations therefore Issue the following statement: "To prevent any misunderstanding as to the policy of the organized rail road employees we unite In a definite assertion that we have no desire, and had none, to Impress upon the public, by violence or by threat, our proposal that the railroads be nationalized under 'tripartite control.' " Tlie American people will accept that disclaimer to- what It Is wortlL Hut while determined -to take no threats from railroad organizations or any other organizations, the Ameri can people nro perfectly, willing to concede that the claim for more wages is a separate and distinct question. They nro perfectly willing to consider the question with fairness. They are porfectly willing to begin tho discus sion calmly and coolly where Mr. Wabren S. Stone began It the other day at the foundation. Now what are tho simple, plain fundamentals of this matter of rais ing wages to meet prices and then of raising prices moro than the wages were raised, and then of again raising wages to meet prices, and so on around the vicious circle? Original cost Increases are cumu lative. They multiply from the start to the finish. The origin of our ood Is the farm. Nearest to thnt farm origin ns a cost factor Is the trans rortntlon machinery which must begin right there to move tho original pro duction on its many Journeys to the ultimate consumer. Begin at nn Iowa farm with n bushel of potatoes at an original farm cost of a single dollar. Shoot It, If you please, with orlly tho added cost of transportation and labor, straight to the retail distributer In Immediate touch with the consumer, nil other middlemen being cut out. Call the labor and transportation cost half a dollar. Then, although tho retailer should he a philanthropic agency, or a socialist government, or anything you please, that retailer, even If will Ing to forego any profit, except n nom Innl profit to preserve the business, cannot sell the bushel of potatoes for the mere $1.00 represented by original cost plus transportation plus labor pins nominal profit. Why? Because merely to avoid a heavy loss the distributer must add something for the potatoes bought nt the farm hut lost on the Journey; the lotatoes for which he has paid freight and labor charges as well as the farmer's price, but which have rotlcd or otherwise spoiled In the dlstrlbu ter'ti depot; the potatoes for which the distributer has paid tho farmer, has paid the labor nnd has paid the railroad, but for which the distributer may not get paid by the bad debtor. If an ndequato sum to cover this wastage Is not added to every bushel of potutoes that Is handled, then every bushel of potatoes thnt Is lost through the economic wastage will wlpo out tho nomlnnl profit on many bushels of potntoes that are sold and paid for by good debtors. So add n nominal 4 per cent. or 0 cents a bushel for nominal profit and 10 per cent. or 15 cents for economic wastage. Now go back to the farm. Add to the farmer's orlglnnl price of $1 half n dollar for his sharo to meet his increased cost of living. Instead of half a dollar for transportation and labor, put In n dollar for their lidded shore to meet the Increased cost of living. Thon your bushel of nota. , toes In the hands of the distributer cannot, as before, ndd merely the 0 cents of nomlnnl profit. It cannot add imerciy mu in renin to cover ceo Niomlo wastage. Kvery luisliel 0f po tatoes that Is now accounted for by cconOptc Wastage means a loss at tho V 8 distributing point of J2.D0. Every xmch Dusnn of potfttoM, therefore, on the, . old 15 cents added for wastage would wlpo out the nominal profit nnd wast flt:o nllownnco of nearly forty bush els. To bo exactly where ho wns on the old basis, therefore, tho dlstrihu ter must) now ndd 10 cents for tho nominal profit and 26 cents for the rconomlc wastage. Thus, oven going straight from tho farm to tho consu mer through only a single distributer, tho bushel of potatoes that was $1.71 becomes $2.85. The farmer, tho rail way nnd the labor got a dollar moro; but the consumer paid J 1.1 4 more. Hut consider tho cumulative cost when those potntoes, as they nlways do, go from the Western farm to the great Westorn market; from tho great Western market to the -distant Job ber; from tho Joblcr to tho whole saler; rrom tho wholesaler to the re taller and then to tho ultimate con sumer. Kach time tho bushel of po tatoes pase.from one of those hands to tho next It must taka on enough nominal profit to preserve the oper ating ngency; It must take on enough moro to cover the economic wast age. And If each time tho profit milled Is only nominal profit and the wastage Insurance Is of the nar rowest possible margin, say thnt 10 per cent, tho cost must bo increased by 36 cents or more. Five such sep arate handlings would ndd about $1.75 on top of the $2.00 of the farmer, the railway and rho labor put to gether, without any profiteering or even profit anywhere nftcr the bushel of potatoes left the farm. When railroad wages nro - In creased, railroad traffic rates must be Increased to tnko euro of tho wages. Therefore, those cumulative railway costs, which mint bo multi plied all along the line, begin nt the very fountnlnhend ot charges against the ultimate consumer. Mr. Stone snld the other day that what tho railroad workers needed now was not nn Increitfc of wages but n reduction of living costs. It is what nil other workers need, It Is what the nation needs. But you cannot reduce living costs you must mul tiply living coets when you begin to ndd to the price of tho nation's food nt the food's very, source. And you cannot magnify the cost of a nation's food at Its very source without dis counting the purchasing power of dol lars more swiftly than you can mag nify the quantity of those depreciated dollars. Slash tho cost of living nnd In that very Instant the problem will be solved. Mr. Wanton Moves to Establish a Dictatorship. Representative Thomas L. Blan- ton, Democrat, of the Seventeenth Texas district, a former Judgo In the Texas Judicial system, offered the other day In tho House a Joint reso lution "declaring that n state of an archy exists In the United States, authorizing the President to free In terstate malls and traffic from further unlnwful Interference nnd to ade quately protect citizens In their prop erty rights." The President of the United States has to-day, as he always has had un der the laws of the United States, ample power to 'freo Interstate malls and traffic from unlawful Interference. CnovEB Cleveland did not need n declaration by Congress to protect the malls In Chicago In 1804. The President of the United States has to-day, as he always has had un der tho laws of the United States, ample power adequately to protect citizens In their property rights so far ns tho giving of such protection Is the concern of the Chief Magis trate of the nation. To declare "n stnte of anarchy ex ists tu the United States" may mean something and may mean nothing. If It means something It means that gov ernment has censed to function, and Its lngicnl Implication Is that our con stitutional Institutions should be su perseded by n dictatorship. If this Is Representative Blantos's meaning the declaration Is ridiculous. Any President ambitious to estab lish a dictatorship would welcomo the adoption of a resolution, legally worth 1cm though it mignt be, drawn as Representative Blanton'b Is. But how would American citizens generally characterize such a project? Military Training Propaganda. The House Committee on Military Affairs will begin formal hearings In September to establish a military pol I Icy for tho United States. Congress now has beforo It threo bills to sorve as the basis of our future policy, two identical bills presented by Senator CuAMBEnLAiN and Representative Kahn, and the third, presented by Secretnry Bakeb, embodying tho War Department's Judgment of what a military policy should be. Army officers estimate that 85 per cent, of tho American people want n syetein of universal military training. If this estimate Is correct the people can got It only In ono way. They must make their desire known. If tho peo ple of this country are under the Impression that they cannot get a military system such as they desire because Congress is indifferent to their wishes let them recall their re cent experience In army affairs. Tin rn two ffk nan lr InnWAil nm If the army afr service that had been built up during the war would be practically wrecked for lack of offi cers. The Intelligent expression of pub lic opinion caused Congress to add 9, COO officers to the commissioned personnel of the army. This not only saved .the nlr service but also tho Motor Transport Corps, the Construc tion Division, the Tank Corps and the Chemical Warfare Scrvlco from itL taw Obliteration except An organisations on prtper. MllUary training propaganda should bo revived and preached. But It should he preached on the lessons of tho war and not on tho old arguments of tho pre-war era. There nro so many men and' women In this country now who know what real war is no progress can bo made by talking or writing "old stuff." Mltltary training propaganda must ho based on the ex perience of tho war. Astounding Growth of the Life Insurance Business. Tho record of, now llfo lnsuranco written In tho first six months of 1010 by sixty-four American companies tells n story of flnnnclal operations bewildering In Its tremendous Implica tions. Every month has seen nn as tonishing Increase In tho amount over tho corresponding month of any pre vious year, and the total of new In surance for the half year Is nearly twice the amount ever put In forco In n similar period In the country's history. These tables, prepared by the Insurance J'rcs, which set forth this wdriderful tale of thrift and pre vision, my be nccepted as substan tially accurate nnd give tho figures for preceding years: JANUARY. Compa- New Tear. nles. business. 1916 E4 103,690,395 1917..; E4 129,431,207 ISIS C4 111,5J3,10 1919..., - St . 224,124,052 renni'AnT. 1S1 77 1102,077,2311 1917 77 121,859,762 mS.V C9 132,572,192 1919 DO 269,172,220 MARCH. 1910 C3 1129,010,921 1917 03 166,270,430 1918 S3 140,979,633 1919 63 261,165,747 Arntt 1916 .17 1109,771,622 1917 67 145,731,215 191S... 65 137,691,136 1919 55 249,738,210 MAT. 1916 66 1130,144.793 1917 56 172.304,324 191S 61 168.366,408 1919 '.. El 239,363,276 JUNE. , 1916 ,.. 63 3110.171,918 1917 63 148,796,745 191S 64 166,854,808 1919 C4 303,678,831 Recapitulation ot these figures shows tho totals for the six months periods to be: BIX MONTHS. JANUARY-JUNE. Compa- New Year. nlca. business. IMC E3 3761,090,910 1917 V . 63 965,336,171 1918 64 949,570,514 1919 64 1,794,404,173 This astounding Increase In amount of new life insurance Is attributed to the operation of n number of factors. Tho Government Insurance of soldiers and sailors revealed to hundreds ot j thousands of men the possibility of carrying heavier insurance than had been considered practicable nnd con verted other hundreds of thousands to belief In It. The Insurance com panics urged all soldiers nnd sailors to keep up their Government Insur ance, pointing out to them thnt they wero not likely ever to get such a bargain again. The result of this wns n great Increase in interest in life Insurance and a strengthening of confidence In tho corporations that write jlfe insurance. Another factor has been the growing adoption of group insurance by com mercial and Industrial corporations. many of which take out policies cov' crlng thousands of lives. Jn the ng grcgate these group policies amount to an enormous sum, and they are be coming more populnr with employers nnd employees. Peoplo havo had money to spend, and not all of it has gone for cphem crnl luxuries. Men who enrn wnges have found their Incomes .so high they could snve, and many of them have elected llfo Insurance ns the best means of saving. The sober cxpla' nations of tho virtues ot thrift and tho passionate appeals to the public to refrain from buying in competition with the Government made during tho war continued to bear fruit nfter tho armistice was signed. The habit of saving, indeed, once acquired, Is hard to break. A man tries to beat his own record ; he seeks to make tho contribution to his nestegg tor each month larger than Its predecessor; ho thought of tho future In 1017 and 1018, nnd ho can't help thinking of the futuro In 1010. Tho terrible loss of life caused last year by Influenza, particularly among men and women In the most vigorous period of life, deeply Impressed tho community. Among thoso who es enped the dlsense, as well as among thoso who were 111 but survived. there has been a marked demand for llfo Insurance. In . thousands of American house holds once afflicted by extravagance of living, conditions Improved during the war. Domestic science in Its prac tical application made a famous ad vance In this country In a few months, Despite tho high cost of living, con' slderable permanent economies hnvo been effected In a high proportion of the 20,000,000 households of America, n fact which mitigates the present sltuntlon to n marked degree. Thousands of business and profeS' slonnl men havo Increased their llfo lnsuranco because they have rccojf nlzed thnt a dollar Isn't worth what It was worth a few years ngo. Men who In 101-1 believed thnt ?10,000 would keep their widows In comfort until their pons were able to enre for them have grown uneasy nt the stead ily mounting cost of living fall of THE SUN MONDAY, lh6 dollar and have sought to pro vide against hard times for those they love by taking on moro Insurance. It Is Interesting to obsarvo that roost of these men. Jiavo figured tho decrease In tho dollar's vnluo at B0 per cent, and In unnumbered cases they havo adjusted their life Insurance accord ing to this calculation. Another factor contributing to the tremendous demand for Insurance Is unquestionably the Imltatlvo faculty lu mankind. When ono Individual takes out n life insurnnco policy or Increases his life lnsuranco a number of his friends are likely to follow his . . , C .all . . cxumpic. oome or ins associates nroi sure not to want to bo outdone by him, nnd they won't be If they can help It. In such casos wounded van ity serves an excellent purpose For tho Insurance bought up to Juno DO none of tho money prohibi tion Is to save to citizens was paid. If tho promise of continuing thrift the figures we havo quoted contain Is fulfilled In tho future the sums In volved in new Insurance annunlly will mako even the totals of tho Liberty Loan figures look mall. Life In Nassau County. j Nnssnu county offers to tho homo- seeker n variety of opportunities no other political subdivision of New York presents. Within Its bounds there Is no closed season for hus bands pursued by Irate spouses. Its jail Is managed on an adaptation of the 8ovlet or Bolshevik principle. which confers on Its Inmates such freedom ns the residents Of no other penal Institution enjoy. Tho bright lights glow In Nassau's urban nnd rural districts from sundown till sun up, nnd politicians tako Joy In a seven day week of twenty-four work ing hours n day. To the familiar delights of llfo In Nassau has now been added tho pos sibility of visits to tho homo keeping householders of 'stem but polite offi cials diligently searching for gam bling houses. The relentless servants of tho law, animated by pure zeal for tho public well being, pop Into tho homes of law abiding citizens harm lessly engaged In tho fascinating In door sport of paper hanging nnd In door decoration, examlno with minute nttentlon to detail the bucket of paste lest It conceal a roulette wheel, search under the kitchen sink for domlnos, nnd gunerally submit the premises to tt scrutiny proving nt once their en thusiasm In the cause of the right and their skill In their profession. If nothing Is found to Justify ar rests tho householder Is not chilled. but there Is n general feeling among wrtaln conservatives of the county that when tho District Attorney's agents nro not rewarded by the dis closure of even n set of poker dice the proprietor of tho dwelling should at least apologize. Treating prur Addicts. It is n good deal hotter for tho city of New York to use nn existing hos pital building, like Sea View, for the treatment of non-crlmlnnl drug ad dicts than It would be for it to build another Institution for their enre: Statistics collected by Health Com missioner Copelanii Indicate that the city has twice as many hospital beds for, tubercular patients ns there aro patients. Consequently tho diversion of Sea View from tho use for which It wns erected should not lnjuro nny unfferer from consumption. Sen View Is one of the best hospital plants the city owns. It stands on a fine site. Its buildings ami equipment arc modern. It was originally de signed ns a hospital for sufferers from tuberculosis, to be managed by the Health Department. Subsequently it was turned over to tho Department of .Charities. Dr. Cofeland now an nounccs that the Institution will be taken In charge by tho Health De partment once more. This change In the character of Sea View will remind somo readers of The Sun that the city owns a farm purchased to provide facilities for the rehabilitation of Inebriates. Could not this Institution, the reason for whoso being will of course be removed by prohibition, be made to play a part In tho reformation of drug addicts? It will be a worth while exercise In mental Ingenuity when Washington ceases so much to trouble the dally prints to start a guessing contest on what Is tho most frequent subject of telephone calls. In this city alone thero are -4,000,000 telephone calls dally. Variety can be given to tho con test thus: What subject Is the most and what tho least frequent of call? Nobody celebratod the transit armls- tlce In Brooklyn In the fashion of last November by tearing up a transfer, In soma Industrial disputes the strike breaker has to fear personal violence, but In the theatrical row he hai only to face) stags fright. All Belgium Is nrosperous. lleadllite of yeiterdaiA The sunshlno after tho storm! With those great fleets ot buses, what would become of the freedom of the streets? The Moral ot an Illlnela Disaster. Haunt Pulaikl corrtipoiutenee tt. Loult Re public. Fifteen hundred persona reside here, tut no one hai had a bath In ferty.elghl hours. A conauraer left hla fauoet open all night and morning found the town's supply tank empty. That la one reaaon why (oiks de. sort the rural dlitrlct for city Ufa. Kansas Candidate for the Dig league. From tU Bthtt Oatittt. Mlnneapolla Is Coming right to the front as an amuitment centre. A croquet league has recently been organised. Credit to Whom Credit la Due. from the Buffalo Htvi, To Joeeph. ha of ancient fame, We hand the bay and chant th rhanta: for ha pulled oft the "food trim" game Without the aid ot storage plant AUGUST 11, 1919. THE SOARING PRICES. Comments on tho High Cost ot Food and Railroad service. To Tiia ItMTOs or Tita 8jn Sir: You sUta that "ArKentlna exceeds Its Im ports for the month of June, 1919, ovpr tho corresponding month of tho year previous by some 7,7,78." Also, "Mr. Wilson's administration must let the American people havo their own wheat (which also means corn), And as corn stays up or g-oea higher all food will stay up or go higher. If It does there Ml!) bo hell to pay," Well, there is hell to pay already, and why 7 With all this claim of enormous (tain stores In this country why Is It that on Long Island we are compelled to buy rotten, worm eatsn corn from the Argentine for our cauls and chickens at enormous prices? I complained to my feed man and he told me that Argentine corn Is arriving In hues quantlttts nt the grain elevators In South ISrooklyn, and that ha cannot buy a bit of good American corn, Are wo to be the dumping ground for this League of Notions" If It Is the will of Mr. WllsonT No, thank Clod, for we hare a few men tike Mtnator Lodge who are looking after not only our Afnerlcanltm but our future population. If we focd our chickens nnd cattle on this worm eaten corn the future (fenera tion of chickens wilt be whnt our fu ture generation ot cltlsens will it, due to present Inefficient nourishment, duo to high prices caused by our present officials at Washington. Cut the prlca of wheat and lower prices must follow. Oh I for a CI rover Cleveland or a Theo dore Roosevelt In the White House. Thera would not then be this bluff about Oovtrnment ownership by tho railroad unions. It would ba "(let out and work or there will really lie hell." CvnnNn Lhntii.hon. Day Ktionie, L. I., August 9. Taking Care of the Deficits, To Tub HntTon or'Tile Sl-n Sir.' The threat of the railroad brotherhoods to force by means ot a highly organized union class legislation of a destructive character la a blow at the foundations of representative government. The plan for Government ownership as set forth in the bill drawn up by the unions is nothing more than political ownership. Tho board of management consists of five representative of oper ating officers, five representatives ot the union employees and five politicians ap pointed by the Ptesldent, who will un doubtedly veto with the. unions nnd who need not know anything about rail roading. Their talk of a division of surplus Is roL Under dovernment control the roads are now run at a huge deficit, and under Government ownership there would be no surplus to divide. Their plan contemplates any deficit to be made up by the Government, but who In the end would h required to help foot such a deficit but they themselves Indirectly? Nw YotiK, August 9. V. Tl. B. Consumers Keep Ahead of Producers. To Tita KDtTon or Th Sun Sir; For high living nnd high coat of living there Is but one cause 100 consumers to one producer. The producer Is a fifteen hour day man, the railroad and shop men work eight hours a day. Tho 1 farmer boys are in the shops and on the rail roads. Why? Because they can get moro money for eight hours than they can for fifteen hours on the farm. On eight hour labor you can consume more goods than the producer can produce in Ms weary fifteen hours a, day. CARnONDALX. CarbondaLK, Pa., August 9, Onr Profiteering Epidemic. To Ttit EnrrORorTHB Scn Sir- Your editorial article taxing the Government with entire responsibility for the high cost of living Is Illuminating, but It doesn't fully explain the Intricacies or tho little game of passing the buck to the ultimate consumer. It may be true that Increased freight and passenger rates mean a billion dollars a year added to our living ex penses, but that doesn't explain why 1, a summer resident In a community sur rounded by farms, am obliged to pay more tor farm products here than I would pay In the city. To be explicit, 1 nm paying 75 cents a loen for eggs from a neighbor of mine to whom the increased cost ot shipping them to tlie market means nothing. Tuesday's Sun quotes the highest price In the city as S3 cents. Corn on the cob purchased from the farmer, whose only expense In marketing It Is In peddling it from door to door, has been coaling me from 60 to 70 cents a dozen ears, which la about double the city price. All other produce Is proportionately the same. Undoubtedly tho fresh gathered fruits of the farm ire mors palatable, but that Is beside tho question. Taks the matter of Ice. The Ice here melts Just as rapidly as any other Ice, and yet my bucolic Iceman, reared In the realms ot rustto simplicity, charges me 60 cents for a piece of Ice that would cost me 10 rents In the city. And this same Ice was cut Inst winter practically atmy own front door. SilintBam. Grbznwood Lakk. August 9. Government Ownership Irony. To thr Kditor or Th Sun sir: '. read with Interest the plans ot the rail road brotherhoods for tho future man agement and ownership of the railroads. Perhaps It would be a good arrange ment However, while we are malting plans we should not stop with railroads. The Government should take over farms, There la no doubt about their Impor. tanoe. Issue bonds to farm owners at a valuation to be fixed by the courts. Employ farmers at skilled labor wages. Give them a share of surplus earnings, If thero Is a deficit owing to weather conditions, mismanagement or any other cause let the Government stand that. In my younger days I was a loco motive runner. I got an engine after firing throa years and was a successful engineer, and quit railroading on account cf the death of my father. I found that It took more than three years to lenrn farming, and 1 am still learning nfter twenty years. A farmer Is a skilled laborer, at least as much so as a loco. motlva engineer or ft conductor. As a skilled laborer he should have skilled labor pay and hours. . The Government should not stop with railroad and farm ownership, but these two Industries are Important and de pendent- on each other In serving the people. Therefore, It might be well to to' these first before taking over mines, stores, barber shops, Ac. Constant Reader. Hackbttstown, N. J August 9. Up to the Consumer, rrom On Loultelllt Courier-Journal. A Western brewer of near beer puts a ticker on each bottle saying: "Don't rnlx with this beverage or It will be In toxicating," All the customer wants to know 1 ksw much yeast he means. SOCIALISM MASKED. Jddge Clearwater Warns of the Spread of Dangerons Doctrines. To tub Editor or Tub sun Sir: The war, the treaty of peace, the League Of Nations have so absorbed the atten' tlon of people east of the Mississippi that comparatively few of them are aware ot the subtle as Well as open advance, of socialism In the vast terri tory west of that river. Not many law yers know that th heresy of judicial recall has been written Into the con stitutions of Arizona, CallfornM. Colo rado, Kansas and Nevada and came near being mnda a part of those of Arkansas and North Dakota, or that It has made rapid advance under the forms of con stitutional amendment and statutory en actment In other Stntos; that working under these guises It hns confiscated to State control many private industries. occasionally under the protenco of com pensation, but In tho majority of cases without that mask. The American nar Association at Its coming meeting In Doston In September will receive tho report of Its committee to oppose judicial lecall and the sub versive doctrines of socialism. Tn adoption of the report will be strongly uiged and violently opposed, the oppo sition being predicated upon tho com mittee's denunciation of socialism under whatever aspsct. The committee, which Is composed of a representative from each State, Territory and dependency of the Unltod States, outspokenly classes the doctrine of judicial recall and th recall of judicial decisions by popular vote as merely a phase of socialistic propaganda, It contends that the dis ciple ot Marx openly advocating the abolition of constitutions, tho right or properly, private control of Industrial enUrprlscs, tho Institution of the fam ily, and who Is hand and slova witn the anarchist and the last phase of Bol shevism, the parlor socialist, who pre tends to shrink from this or thnt par ticular doctrine of Mnrx while advocat ing allied doctrine, are, to use a homely pnrnBe, but soup from the same kettle; that a socialist Is a socialist whetner ho Is the npologotto professor of a uni versity befogged by sentimentality or tho paid creature of Lenlne advocating destruction of civilised government The members of the commltteo have been somewhat startled at tho character of letters received from members of tho profession who radically disagree with Its conclusions and warmly coramHia this or that feature of socialism as bene fiting the race, although admittedly de structive to Individual and personal rights and Interests. It psrhapa may be well for lawyers untainted by this alluring delusion so to arrange their engagements as to permit their attend ance at the meeting. A. T. ClbArwatxr. Kingston, N. Y., August 9. HA MMERS TEIN'S COURA GE. Losing Two Theatres, He at Onco Planned Two Others. To tub lioiTOR or Tub Sun Sir: Many stories havo been told regarding the late Oscar Hammerstein, but I doubt If any incident related exemplified his Un daunted courage under adverse condi tions nnd his unbounded confidence In his ability to overcome obstacles better than the following: A number of years ngo Hammeratoln built on Broadway between Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth streets tho wonderful structure containing two theatres which were then known ns the Olympic nnd Criterion nnd ore now known as the New York and Criterion and which were considered at the tlmo and even at the present day as among the finest struc tures of their charscter In New York. A few years afterward the New York Life Insurance Company started fore closure proceedings against him, and on the day when the property was offered at foreclosure sale at public auction m the Ileal Estate Salesroom instead of at tending tho sale he dropped Into the of fice of a friend. I happened to be In the office at that tlmo and was surprised to see him there. Kitting down he commenced drumming upon a desk with his fingers and hum ming a tune. 1 looked up In surprise and said I "I cannot understand you, Mr. Ham- tr.ersteln. Here Is your life's ambition going under the hammer to-day and you are sitting down and humming a tune." Turning to me he said, as It he did not lavo a care or trouble In the world. "What's the dlfference7 It's all In a lifetime." Hesitating a minute, I was dumfounded when he said, "I'll tell you what .I'll do. irll bet you new hat that In six months I'll have a new the atre either built or under construction." Needless to say I did not take him up on tho bet. He would have won, however, as Insldo' of the six months period he was breaking ground nt the northwest corner of Forty-second atreet and Seventh avenue upon which ha erected the Victoria and Uepubllo the atres. The above Is certainly a wonderful example of self-confidenoe. and I thor oughly believe that he no more under stcod the mesntng of the words "down and out" than our brave boys In the re cent war understood the word retreat. Hartib I. rmtxtpg. Nbw York. August 9. New Jobs for Aviators. eacrtmtnto nrrttpondent San rranoleeo Chronicle. nice growers at Colusa are contracting with a loeal company for an aerial patrol lb protect 19,000 acres of rice from th ravages ot ducks, geele and mudhene. It Is believed the regular Bight of airplanes ever the fields at low altitude will so frignlen th birds thst they will leave tor other parts. The Ships That Drought Them Over. These are the ships that brought them over, And all through lite, will their names remain) Sheering west from the cliffs of Dover, Into the waete wltb the sunset slain. Slipping from nrest In a Channel rain. Tiring swift as a khaki rover, With pulse a-awlng to the engine strain These are the ships that brought them over. The Calamares and Hercules, The Hanta Ana and I.ucksnbaeh; And lifting far on tha topping acaa. Day dreaming they'll see the Aneon's staok. Tha Daltlc under tha firing wrack, Swinging west to ihe land of clover. No more to travel on war's red track These ar th ahtps that brought them over. The Pocahontas and Muecatlne, The Nansemond and leviathan; And ever westward the spars would lean. And days seemed years on tha tossing span. On the Henderson atralned eyes would aenn The mlaiy west where dreama would hover. And hearts were gay on th Itaptdan, These are the ships that brought them over. TnoMis J. Mpuar, WAR SCHOLARSHIPS PRINCETON'S PLAN Endowment Will Bo Provided ns Tribute to Each Son Who Died in Service. , NASSAU A MEilOKIAL HALL t y Work Already Begun Trans forming This Historic Building. PnivexToN. Aug. 10. The work of nrnvldlner a fitting memorial to the) Princeton men who lost their lives In the great war, the first stop In the pro gramme of lha endowment committee which Is engaged in raising i,uif,uw for the university, began this week with the operation of surrounding the bronze tlgsrs which flank the steps of Old North with a coveting of timber and sand bags to protect them from possible Injury during the alterations to Nassau HalL Nassau Hall, in which Washington re ceived tly thanks of the American peo ple and where the Continental Congress met at the close of tho revolution, has always been the centre of Princeton col lege life. It Is for this reason that It has been chosen to enshrine the memory of Princeton's dead and It la doubtful whether the trustees and ntumnl would have dared to suggest alterations for any but this high purpose. The changes wero made necessary and accepted by all alumni becauso there Is at present no single room In the building largo enough to serve the purpose of the required memorial. For thla reason the partitions Immediately behind the Iron doom are being removed to make a large high room about thlrty-slx feet square) which will b finished In panels of whit marblo In which the names ot Princeton man who have fallen In the recent war and other wars of the United States will bo engraved In gold letters. Memorial Scholarship. In addition to the Memorial Hall proper, the committee plans an Individ ual memorial scholarship to each onu ot Princeton's fallen sons, and bearing his name. Each scholarship will hate be hind It a fund ranging rrom five to ten thousand dollars, tho Income ot which will be used to make It possible for some deserving young man who might other wtso have not boen able to obtain a college education to come to Princeton and perpetuate the memory and the spirit of saorlfice and service which actuated the student or alumnus thus commemorated. Said Henry D, Thompson, chairman of the endowment committee, "We be lieve that our Princeton boys who gAve their lives would prefer to have their memories thus perpetuated In the spirit and to feel that their sacrifice was In a sense the means of assisting anothor perhaps lesa fortunately situated young man. The construction of the Memorial Hall and the founding of these scholar ships marks the first step toward car rying c;t the programme ot the en dowment commute. Wc have no hesita tion In carrying Into Immediate execu tion this part of our programme." Fnnds Already Am liable. Mr. Thompson continued: "Funds for twelve of thesn scholarships havo al ready been placed at the disposal of the university by the claaamAtes, friends and relatives. Indeed, I am confident that we can carry through not only this but overy Item In our programme. "Nobody has suffered more from the war than endowed colleges like Harvard, Yale and Princeton. The, decline In tho purchasing power of money means In ef fect that such endowments as existed, and for the mest part they were Inade quate, have been just about cut in half. Ths burden, of Course, falls upon those ho enn least afford It nnd who have been of greatest service to education, llio faculty, and wn cannot allow this situation to continue. Their salaries have likewise been cut In half. "Wage earners In many lands nre to. day receiving more thnn the salaries paid to university teachers, it may take tin some time to get tho full fourteen million, but the six million which we need for oUr faculty will, I believe, be forthcoming In a relatively short tlmo, GREEKS DECLARE FOR PAN-EP1ROTIC UNION Many Thousand Meet in Bos ton; Laud G. O. P. Senators. Boston, Aug. 10. Resolutions declar ing for the union of Thrace, Northern Kpirus and tho twelve Islands of tho VKgean Sea with the free kingdom of Greece were adopted to-day at a mass meeting of delegates representing 126 Greek communities and 88 societies In tho United mates'. The Question, 11 wns declared, was one of vital Importance, and unless solved justly would drive the Greek people to war against Uulgarla. Several thousand Greeks, ninny ot them from distant points, were present. The meeting was held under the aus pices of the Pan-Eplrotlc Union of America and the National Pan-Mace dono-Thradan union. Secretary of fltato Albert P. Inngtry presided. Speakers included Archbishop Hodosto lou Alexander of New York, head of tho Greek Church in this country, and Yr. Charles Fleischer, Dr. M. M. Hlchler and Mlran Sevaaly or this city. An Impressive feature was a memorial Service for Greeks who lost their lives during the war. Tlie service was con ducted by Archbishop Alexander, assist, I ed by fourteen Greek priests. iiesoiuuons aiso were adopter? com mending Senators Lodge, Tlrandcgee, King and Moses for their stand "In de fending the Just cause of Greeco before the United States Senate," and protest ing against the "unwarranted statement' of Senator Thomas of Colorado "In be half of delivering Thrace to Bulgaria In violation or tne principle or self-deter, mlnatlon," FRANCE TO GET HOSPITAL. American Committer for Wounded Will I.envet Memorial. The American Committee for French Wounded, which came Into existence In August, 1914, will perpeti'sto Itself with a memorial hospital In France to he rresented to tha French Government, nc cording to Mrs. Wallaco W. Cumnock and Miss .Toon H. WCilte of Kvanston, 111., war workers who returned yester day by the Cunarder Orduna from Liv erpool by way of Halifax, where the ship stopped to land 1,000 Canadian soldtors and their wives. After leaving Halifax the Orduna stopped nnd burled at sea William Gun dey, a steward w' o had been many years with the line. Capt. Taylor officiated at the services. Oundey fell through the elevator shaft opening and wns killed two days before the liner reacliod Hal ifax. Anirrlciiit Ship Illanliled, HAtir.vx, N. R Aug. 10. The Amer ican stenmer Westmead, bound 'from New Or'entis and Norfolk fir Genoa, put In here to-day for repairs, Hir air pump wns broken and engine trouble had developed. It Is expected ahe will be delayed about a week. iThe Sun Calendar THE WEATHER. MINIATUnn ALMANAC .i . nifuruaru limp. Sun rStei......l.t A M Sun a'li w, ... oon set .! A M r or eastern New York and .ew r soy Fair to-day to-morrow fair Ta warmer: gentle, variable winds For New Rngland Fair to.d. row fair, rlnlng temperature la' ite" w"d "" ouii..t t!,,;,;;i For western New York pr i0.j.,. . ri.oD.owwin!..,h,,,, ""' ".'ist dKaTOa. fete. yr tlnulng on a weeterly tour.. tS. . this evening la apparently South ?"!" malca, but Ua lntenalty , ,u,V J Pressure remains high over the lA.""1 glon. and a low ore" the cinimJ i' '" west During the l..t tw.,y? ;Srorl1" Mites and .1 aeati,,a ".?.:"? " east of the Hock ii .r.r.i.1' .V """r look fe for oontlnuea' fair wMthtJ'uV ' r am Tuesday In the central an "vcr'k ern States east ot Che Mississippi niVr .'Ji !i -"""" " ana sent (lu f Sin,. miri,U' 1,01 chsnge'decidViS will be to warmer weather, "nu""f Obswtatlomi t United Stilei w,.,k Bureaa station! tsken at v"l. .S j evenly-nita meridian time! "Brai, Jiiinriu Abtlsni M m' v,;i'l7'nr"' '.J'Mto. M A1t,4r . 2.l 1012 Cl.u Atlantic City.!, It tl c Clex Clur CWr Clnr to.ta tll.ll JO.!! i.&jiifuoro, M nnstnrt ?. OT It IlllffalO..,, 70 Vision...... it 8 8-H SS dotty umrsro... 74 74 lo.fj 1ur Cincinnati 80 K 71 tt W.ll ton sntt JO.tl S0.01 f9M .1I Sl.dl l.w Kit M.oi torn so.it iw.ii .. cinr .- Cleu " JJ- tidy Q-CKj i: a'' . Clone .. Cl.r ,. Cttir floaty West E'" I't. Clly .. ClonCj . Clew .. Cleir .M Clouitr .. I'lOMj . Cleir Heir .. Clear Denver..,.,..... TlMfrnlt ,8 M oaJreston.... Jacksonville,.,! o j.on Angeles..,. ",i inwaiiKe New Orleans,.. j Oklahoma City. 9J rnuiMicjpnia.,, so llttsburr 7S I'ortlamC Me... it Portland. Ore... 7 Ralf fk. m, ft San Antonio,..! so san rsncisoo.. 00 San Diego 71 St, Louis. ,,,,, It Washington,. .. 12 It 70. tl S0.04 jp.m ao.it 7S SO. li LOCAf. WEATHEll nKCOHDS. A. M, I r M. DSrometer 10.11 H.U Humidity Wind direction N Wind velocity i Weather Clear Precipitation ....None II s,w. Cleir Neiu The temperature In this city jMtnJir. ss recorded by the oftlclsl th.rmom.ir 1 shown. In the annexed table: SA, M...41 IP, M...71 IP. 11 t A. l . .1:1 10 A. M...C4 2 I. . , .73 a p. M...;o 4 V. M...78 c P. m...; "P. 1 .It 8 K M...il v v. t . ;i 10 Y. K. -il 11 A. M...S7 It A. II, ,,70 . 1J1. Ull A.M. ...si 7t mi. mi. 6 P. XI. ...71 II P. H li II II M 70 II 1 P.M. ...71. IS IS Mia 71 Highest temperature, 76, at 4 V. V Lowest tempeiature, 60, at CIS A M. Average temperature, !. EVENTS TO-DAY. Meeting, Thonins, A. Edison, Inicji. rated, Hotel Pennsylvania. First c6fleft, Columbia summer mkIM musical festival, (-olnmtili. flnU-.r.Hv ,!.. noslum, 8:16 p. M, ...Columbia summer session, nddrri W Miss Julia Lslhtup, chief of rJerl Chi dren's Ilureau, on work of Vurtau, Itjrui Mann Auditorium, 4:3V I', M, Bernard Richards win oM.tr.., j.!, students of Columbia summer eesilon tji "Jewish Achievement nt the t'esce Center. onco, room but, i-hllnsophr, r.i:30 V. )I. irrncn inuuetrini art oxmbltlon, lle.tl Pennsylvania, all day. ENVOYS' GOLD LACE WORRYING GERMANS Whnt Do Anieiicniis Wear in Foreign Courts? Ask Kram ers of New Uepublic. Br K.vni. it. ron wn:cAn. .Huff Corretponilenl of Tur K CopvrleU, 19IP, all right rtitnnl The IUat-E, ,uc. S (delayed -M American diplomats acci edited tn t'l South Amarkan republics wc.ir u forms? The German (Jovornnieiit i i.-jIS like to have tlmt information us a prec edent for the Cermnn republl If n 1 established that diplomats In Ihe so-fll American capitals may mid do bree' out In gold lnc, trlcornered hats and !" swords and still remain democrats. 1er many may decldx to keep her re ulplo matlu corps In Uniform. A discussion to-day In Wlllielnntraifi a few liourB before I left Berlin brouxM up tho question ot .uniform!- J'orrip Minister Mueller opposed uniforms niA wai fluppnrtcd by Under Secreury 'on llanlel. formoily counsellor of tl.a u'er man Kmbaxsy In Washington ' Haron von Maltsthii. new l'.er o! tha Department of Hip fnr nasi is t 1 stronger in opposition, dc-cmil'ic ti: the diplomats of German j eliould n ' the democratic evening dress as appropriate to her modest position a mom tho nations now ; liehliles It was clifjpfi nnd Germany liad no need 'i ' make a showing any more Utlicru, however, declared foi tentlon of uniforms Km nro w fi ns au example of a republic l ' elgn representatives prouelb ' forms. One former diplomat who ti been stationed toutli of the o'iuj'-i J" serted that even the demvra-i. senlatlves of the, United S'oten America hae adopted gold lae. It " decided to postpone a ilei'lsluii urn 'u' point has been established or rer,n-ii Dr. Wtlhelm Solf. former, y ..oxriof of Samoa and Foielgn Mtni"'e i'"' the revolution, in the lending "llf now for the post of AmbasrjJo' Washington. Prince Max !a htJ" dropped and Henry I!, idemnnn. t' Standard Oil malinger, win i"1' candidate, of Mntlila. Krxberger u been eliminated, ns lins been tu- Warburg, The opposition to Henlemin was bused ehletly on his -oni.e' i'"--Star.dntd Oil. while. Warburg's chanc" nro lessened bv the ant -Sem r f-el.r-1 caused by tho fact that so n,. "a"5 of radicalism are Jews For Counsellor Jlnron I'erd nan) l" fttumni. who married Miss msian Ifoyt of Washington, Is mentioned ; Count Adolf Montgelas, whni-e w" "J Miss Fanny Dickenson Haieitlne oi Grand IUplfls. Dr. llecksher. form" a member of ths Ilelchetng, l urged " a special secretary In Waeh.ng'rn ir economic and Industrial matters As Germany no longer has a raw rw retains only a small army and ,ne I"f treaty forbids the study of n.iiiu- Jects. she will not be representee Washington by either n nswi! tnry attache. Slmpllrlt). ecoi-om' modesty arc to characterize 'tie vv matlo Corpe df the new Genua Australian Jinernor I rgr' I'niTii, Western Auitrnl J Tho Heturtied Sol.K m .Vsso, ndopled n resolution declare oflloe of SLve Governor ' j Ished. The resolution nlw -Governor-General should oo ' lan. A uK . -ion I' ,s II 11- !.)' ,.'V' f ft