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THE EVENING POST: NEW YORK, THURSDAY, OCTOBER a, 1917.
APPROVES OF RED CROSS
PL AN F OR WAR CHARITIES
DR.
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MORTON PRINCE SATISF IED
WITH RESUL T OF CONTROVERSY,
Chairman of Servian Distress F und
Says Organizations Received Prac-
tically All They Asked for.
UNTO THE L EAST OF THESE
BEL GIUM'S CURE F OR L ABOR DISTURBANCES
W*rkm»' > Comrta Salve Maar Probl em, hy Settling; ladlvldunl Dispute*
Bet ween f?in»lorera and Empl oyee*— Exampl e for the IT. 8.
OBITUARY
By ARTHUR ft. KITRN,
fcsttar far Belarlaa L aw In the Comparative L aw tloreao of the American Bar
Aseaelatloa.
T
HE Russian Democratic Congress, now In session, has been reported to be at
work on a model system of workmen's courts. In connection with this report.
It laInteresting to note that % few years prior to the war, Belgium had already
enacted a well-considered system of workmen's courts for the settlement of disputes
between workmen and their employers aa well as for disputes solely between (
.Workmen or solely between employers. The Belgian law of May 15. 1910,
was an extension of a system of Workmen's Councils or Outsells de Prud'hommes
originating during tha F rench Revolution and continued both In F rance and In
Belgium, to one form or another, since that period. But the Belgian law of 1910
represented an extension and perfection of an older system to a degree never before
attained.
words, collective bargaining, the mini-
mum wage, and other devlaes familiar
to modern industrial experience are left
without supervision.
It is surprising that tha provisions
0f the Belgian law have not been taken
account of aa a possible model for simi-
lar legislation i n the United States, be-
cause its provisions, in many ways, are
well adapted to the industrial situation
existing here.
Tha judges of these workmen's courts
are composed of workmen and employers
sitting Jointly, ejected by an electorate
consisting of both classes, under a sys-
tem of proportionate representation. It
It notable also that since 1910 women are
not only permitted to vote in the elec-
tion of the Judges, but are even eligible
to Sit as Judges themselves.
TWO CbaSaTSB 09 L ABOR.
Another novel feature i s the separa-
tion of each of .the workmen's courts
into two chambers, one for disputes re-
specting workman engaged in manual la-
bor, and one for employees engaged in
Intellectual labor. This Is a wise separa-
tion, and well conceived to serve the
different classes of labor. It avoids plac-
ing all kinds of workmen upon the same
dead level. The separation is maintained
not only In tha determination of the dis-
pute, but also in the personnel of the
Judges who are to determine i t
The workman's courts do not have Ju-
risdiction .in claims for compensation
growing out of accidents, but nearly all
conceivable disputes arising out of the
Interpretation of the contract of labor
and its performance, and the Incidental
relationships between employer and em-
ployee, are covered by tha jurisdiction
assigned to these courts. Appeals from
the decisions of thacourts formerly want
to the Tribunal of Commerce, or, in case
of employment in mines, to the Civil
Tribunal of F irst Instance. Now appeals
are heard by a special Workmen's Ap-
peal Court, composed of such employers
and employees who have had long ex-
perience in tha lower courts, the presi-
dent only being appointed by the King.
Sufficient has bean stated to give an
Idea of tha operation of these courts and
their salutary effect In reducing strikes.
Industrial unrest, and friction between
employer and employee. It may well be
urged that the law-leaves out of account
the maieino of the contract and the fix-
ing of the terms of labor. In other
HOW L ABOR TROUBL ES GROW.
This is explained by the fact that the
L egislature is here dealing with a Ju-
dicial system, and has purposely left to
the parties full freedom of action. But
if it has not thus endeavored to accom-
plish the millennium, it has, nevertheless,
succeeded In eradicating the cause of a
Urge number of strikes.
Our own experience within the last
few months teaches us that a surpris-
ingly large number of Important strikes,
in the 8taie of New York and on the
Pacific Coast, originated In disputes be-
tween the employers and a small num-
ber of their employees, which might have
been finally settled by workmen's courts
such as we have been describing. The
tremendous cohesion now existing be-
tween the various classes of our indus-
trial system lends to these disputes, at
first petty, their final huge proportions.
Belgium i s a country with an area
not quKe that of the State of Maryland,
but with a population, anterior to the
war, approximately that of the whole of
Canada, There were, it is true, strikes
in Belgium, as in other countries, but,
considering its highly complex industrial
organization, they were surprisingly few.
May not the legislation of this enlight-
ened little country serve as a valuable
model In solving some of our own Indus-
trial problems?
CAF T. AL AN MUDIE.
Capt Alan Mudie, well known as an
actor in this country, was killed in action
on September 20 in F landers, on the
western front. Capt. Mudle was a na-
tive of Manchester, England, a member
of the family that founded the famous
circulating library in L ondon. Soon af-
ter going on the stage, Charles F rohman
brought him to America to play a lead-
ing role In "The Arcadians" opposite Miss
Julia Sanderson. He was a good actor
and dancer, and he soon became a favor-
ite with the public. He also appeared
under Charles F rohman's management
in "The Girl from Montmartre," and
again with Miss Sanderson in "The Sun-
shine Girl." His dance with Miss San-
derson was one of the hits of this piece.
He was seen, too, with Miss Hasel Dawn
In "The Debutante," and bis last en-
gagement was with "The White F eath-
er."
In the spring of H15 he returned to
England to offer his services to his
country. He was employed first In the
munition factories, and was then given
a commission as a second lieutenant in
an infantry regiment. His ability as an
entertainer made him useful in cheering
up the recruits, and he was kept in Eng-
land for some time. About nine months
ago he went with his regiment to F lan-
ders, rose rapidly, and only a short time
before his death he was made a captain.
PEOPL ES COUNCIL MEETING.
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EVIB GREENE.
Evie Greene, well known some years
ago in English musical comedy in this
country, died last month at her home in
gouthsea, England. She was born In
Portsmouth, and made her first appear-
ance on the stage in L ondon in 1S96,
but it was four years later when she
made her success as Dolores in "F lora-
dora," and after that played leading
parts, such as Kitty Grey, in the musi-
cal comedy of that name; Nan, in "A
Country Girl," and Hans-Gene, in "The
Duchess of Dantzic" Her last appear-
ance was in the revival of "F loradore,"
in L ondon, at the beginning of the war,
when she was the subject of a popular
ovation. In private life she was the
wife of Commander Ernest Kennaway
Arbuthnot, R. N.. who la on active ser-
vice.
Dr. Morton Prince, of Boston, chairman
of the Serbian Distress F und, has sent
the following letter to the Evening Post
in reference to the outcome of the con-
troversy between the Red Cross and the
seventy-four war charities.
In a letter to the Evening Post, on
August 2 last, I called to the attention
of the public the controversy between the
Red Cross and the seventy-four war
charities, and stated the case of the lat-
ter. As my letter was given wide pub-
licity and attracted considerable atten-
tion, it Is only fair and generous tothe
Red Cross, now that it has substantially
yielded to the wishes of the war charity
organizations, that due public recognition
should be given to this action.
"In its recent circular to the war relief
charities the Red Cross gives the follow-
ing assurance:
The Red Cross will accept contributions
of such supplies of a general nature as
you have heretofore been shipping
through the War Relief Clearing House,
and will endeavor to forward them in
accordance with the wishes of the sender,
but can accept them only with the un-
derstanding that where is it impossible
or impracticable to make deliveries as
designated, the supplies will be distribut-
ed by the American Red Cross in Paris
or elsewhere according to the most urgent
needs,
SHOUL D NOTIF Y SOCIETIES.
"This is substantially all that the war
charities asked for from the very begin-
ning. If the Red Cross will live up to
the spirit and letter of this new assur-
ance, I feel quite sure that every one
will be willing, where it is Impossible or
impracticable to make deliveries as desig-
nated' by the donors, that the Red Cross
shall distribute according to its best Judg-
ment and 'according to the most urgent
needs.' This Is only reasonable. I hope,
however, that for obvious reasons, the
donating societies will be promptly noti-
fied when this has been the case.
"I am jrlad to call attention to this
decision of the Red Cross for the fur-
ther reasons that I have received sev-
eral inquiries from charity organlaations
asking how relief supplies can be sent
to Europe and be distributed according
to the wishes of the donors; and offers,
coming from Paris,' have been recently
made to me to form a new clearing
house and guaranteeing free transporta-
tion and distribution of donations inde-
pendent of the Red Cross according to
the wishes of the donating societies.
"The previous ordef""*f the Red Cross
has given considerable anxiety to many
relief societies, fearing, as they have,
that they would have to go out of busi-
ness. The duplication Of the machinery
of transportation and distribution un-
der a new clearing house organisation
would be a pity, and it would seem now
to be unnecessary.
ATTITUDE OF RED CROSS.
"It is gratifying to note that the at-
titude of the Red Cross is now concilia-
tory and friendly and all that we could
ask for. The Red Cross In Its circular
asks: 'May we count on the cooperation
of yourself and your associates? We
need your help,' It adds. I. for one, can-
not read the first report of the Red
Cross without feeling a thrill at the re-
cital of the vast and multiform work
which it is undertaking. And surely no
one who is a friend of humanity would
be willing to hamper it i n its splendid
endeavor, but will want to render every
help In his power. On the other hand I
would respectfully but earnestly call the
attention of Mr. Davison to the necessity
of helping, In turn, the war charities
by keeping them informed, even if only
by a postal card, of the extent and di-
rection of Red Cross activities in the
field of each, so that they may know
specifically what needs are being cover-
ed. In this way duplication of effort
and waste of money will be avoided.
"At present some, at least. Of the Im-
portant charities are not only totally
disregarded in this respect, but they find
it impossible to discover what specifical-
ly the Red Cross Is doing or professes
to do. They are obliged, therefore, to
mark time and wait, though they might
usefully be devoting their money and
energy to the relief of distress not cov-
ered by the Red Cross. I suspect, too,
that many people are refraining from
answering the appeals of war charities
for particular relief because of not know-
ing whether or not the Red Cross is cov-
ering that field-—such, say, as Armenian
relief.
"I feel quite sure that if the above
assurance pf the Red Cross Is lived up
to, and it will take the trouble to keep
the societies posted as to Its activities
(what, unfortunately, It has too often
overlooked), it will receive from them
the help It asks for. Speaking for my
Immediate associates and myself, we
shall be glad under these conditions to
give it our loyal support and will ren-
der any service we may."
Why Not Electric Deliveries?
> Increased Efficiency—Reduced Cost
(
Because of the needs of our Army and Navy and toinsure the con-
servation of one of our important fuel supplies, awarning has been
sounded against waste in automobile operation
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rats the present system, and -thai these
ready for incorporation in Brie
war is over Now I M the time for
to attack the problem seriously if we
our position in world trade.
Tha Opportunity of t he Electrically Driven
Vehicle.—The increasing shortage in petroleum fuel,
which threatens to become scute, offers a great oppor-
tunity for the wider introduction of electrically driven
vehicles, which depend for their supplies on power
developed by other classes of fuel, or water power
The electric vehicle is by no means, an experiment, for
it has performed most satisfactorily for a number of
years, for both pleasure and commercial purposes, and
has proved itself eminently practical. This the public
does not appear to be generally aware of, as the more
spectacular or sensational features of the gasoline car
have monopolized attention, but impending conditions
will undoubtedly force a wider recognition of the un-
doubted merits of the electric vehicle.
Si gn Whi ch Protects AutomobUee^eSJfhet
-Margarita Schumacher, in devisus^Kiean* of
ating automobile theft, has dqaajpway with the
chains,.brakes sad oftsr devises. wV
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Electric trucks and delivery wagons fulfill all the requirements/of
fuel saving. They can be made actual factors in the economical
conduct of any business calling for transportation facilities. The
cost of service is low and it can be depended upon. Simplicity of
operation makes for safety. Electric cars have avery long useful Ufa
Our Transportation Engineers Are At Tour Service
The New York Edison Company
General Offices: Irving Place and F ifteenth Street
Telephone Stuyvesant 5600
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MUSIC AND DRAMA
L EAF L ETS F OE SCHOOL S.
rm,
Prof. *eo<» Nearl n* to "Coach" Oat h.
• H n •« Rand School.
Prof. Scott Neertag, chairman of the
executive committee of the People's
Council of America; L ouis P. L ochner,
executive secretary, and Elisabeth F ree-
man, member of the executive staff, will
act as "coaches" at an organization meet-
ing of the People's Council Volunteer
L iterature- Committee of New York at
the Rand School, 7 East 15th Street, to-
night.
The committee, which is to be com-
posed of some 200 delegates and Indi-
viduals, is to launch the drive for 100,000
members-«t-large for the Council. This
number i s to be enrolled during the
present month, according to present
plana More than a ton of literature Is
to be printed and distributed In the cam-
paign.
Prof. . I"« d Wi l l Tr y t s Car r y Oat
r r eaMeol ' a « a* * eat l oaa.
WASKINOTOIC, October 4 (by A. P.).—
Prof. Charles Hubbard Judd, director of
the Bchool of Education at the University
of Chicago, has been designated to edit
a series of leaflets prepared by the F ood
Administration and the Bureau of Edu-
cation for school children, m accordance
with the suggestion of President Wilson
that the pupils be brought into closer
touch with community and national
Ms sis.
Three series of leaflets will be Issued
each month, one for the fourth, fifth, and
sixth grades, another for the seventh and
eighth grades and the first year of high
school, and a third for the three upper
years of high school.
EVENTNO COURSES AT HUNTKR
Msaa l a <<Civf*s» Wi l l Bo far Teach-
er* « f That Sahj eet .
A course In "Medtarral History" will be
given at the evening sessions of Hunter
College on Tuesdays and Thursdays from
7 to 1:20, and a course in "Modern Bu-
ropesn History" on the same evenings
from 8:25 to »:46 by Dr. Dora Asko-
with.
A course in "Civics," arranged for
teachers of civics, win be given by Prof.
Edgar Dawson on Tuesday from 4:45to
(: l t in the afternoon. These courses,
which are sttn open for registration, are
credited toward the collate degree.
L lhertr Bead Meellaa.
A L iberty Bond mass meeting will be
held In the Central Branch T. M. C. A.,
(10 L exington Avenue, at eight o'clock
next Monday evening. Charles E. Mitch-
ell, president of the National City Com-
pany, will be the principal speaker.
"Tiger Rose."
Perhaps the most noticeable feature
in the production of 'The Tiger Rose" •>!
Willard Mack, In the L yceum Theatre,
last evening, was the general excellence
of the stage management As David
Belasco was the director, this was no
extraordinary phenomenon. The play it-
self proved to be a fairly good specimen
of border-land melodrama, in which fami-
liar ingredients have been used with
workmanlike effect hy the actor dra-
matist. It demands no prolonged con-
sideration, but is welcome as a bit of
breesy, stirring, and wholesome enter-
tainment, in which the emotions, at least,
are human and natural, and the story
full of excitement and interest, in splto
Of its somewhat tooapparent artifice.
The scene is laid amid the forest wilds
of Alberta, where the lovely and semi-
civilized Rose Bodon is the plague and
the darling of the sturdy Scottish factor,
Hector MacCollins, whohas adopted hew
She i s the idol of the scanty male popu-
lation of the district, among others of
the romantic young F rench Canadian,
Pierre L a Bay, and the rollicking, hard-
bitten mounted policeman, Michael Dev-
lin. A grim doctor, Dan Cuslck, Is one
of her slaves, and no one is much fonder
of her—or more distressed by her nagan-
ism—than the good old F rench priest,
F ather Thlbault The doctor comes spe-
cially to warn her of the danger of hold-
ing secret Interviews in the woods with
strange young men—he has an observ-
ant eye on his rounds—and bids Mac-
Collins also to keep a sharp lookout
adding that he himself can play sheep-
dog no longer, as he Is about to leave the
neighborhood. Then in a queer fit of
confidence (obviously due to a necessity
of the dramatist) he proceeds to explain
that he has discovered the whereabouts
of the scoundrel who years before had
stolen his wife from turn, and abandoned
her to disgrace and death, and that he
lb starting off post haste to kill him.
Meanwhile report has come of a mur-
der close at hand, and tha policeman,
Devlin, arrives hot-foot, in pursuit of
a young engineer whohas shot a strang-
er at sight in the woods near by. No
cne knows either victim or executioner,
i-ut it soon becomes plain that Rose is
deeply Interested in the escape of the
latter, and is ready to exert all her In-
fluence with her guardian, t he priest, the
doctor, and her rover, Pierre, to bring
I* about.
It Is at this point that the plot begins
to thicken, and the dramatic action to
mtrr*. To enter upon details would spoil
the story without serving any good pur-
pose. It is enough to say that the whole
of the second act is devoted to the searoh
for the fugitive) whom Rose—who no
longer conceals her passion for him—has
contrived to conceal In the cellar, and la
capital melodrama. The hunt is conduct-
ed la darkness, while a furious thunder-
storm rages without, and upon the deple-
tion of this storm and its manifestations
In wind, rain, lightning, and thunder, Mr.
Belasco has lavished all the mechanical
resources of his art. Crises In the chase
are revealed in succeeding flashes, and
the suspense of the audience IS main-
tained at full tension up to the moment
of the final escape. It i s upon this act
that the future of the play will mainly
depend. In the concluding act—which
provides opportunity for another ad-
mirable set—the interest flags a little,
partly because of anti-climax, partly be-
cause of confused and shambling con-
struction, and partly because of accumu-
lated improbabilities. Here Rose, her fu-
gitive lover, Bruce Norton, and Dr.
Cuslck are all assembled In a deserted
log hut, and all fall Into • trap set by
the astute Devlin. In preliminary
dialogue Norton reveals that he la the
younger brother of Cusick's dead wife,
and that the man he shot was his sister's
seducer, whereupon Cuslck at flrst wants
to strangle him—for anticipating his own
vengeance—but soon embraces him and
promises to aid his escape. Then Devlin
pops In (from concealment) and arrests
the whole lot, but narrowly escapes death
at the hands of Rose, who covers him
with his own pistol, while Norton makes
a bolt for it. This piling up of complica-
tions provokes Impatience, rather than
Increases suspense, and managerial wis-
dom would command a vigorous com-
pression of superfluous closing scenes. At
the last Norton returns with F ather
Thlbault, and the curtain falls upon his
betrothal to Rose and the prospect of his
ultimate pardon, through the Interven-
tion of the church and his newly-founJ
brother-in-law.
Evidently the part of Rose has been
fashioned expressly to fit the attractive
personality and limited artistic equip-
ment of L enore Ulrich, who fills It with
a delightful piquancy, plenty of spirit,
and much picturesque action. But she
often mumbled her broken English In
a fashion that mads her practically In-
comprehensible. The language In melo-
drama Is not often precious, but she
should remember that It has its occa-
sional value as an interpretation of ac-
tion. Willard Mack, the author, has fur-
nished himself with a fruity part in the
character of the hard-headed and amor-
ous policeman, and embodied It with unc-
tion and effectlvs realism. F uller Mel-
llsh was delightful as the old priest, Pe-
dro de Cordoba waaan excellent Pierre,
and Thomaa F indlay, as the Scottish fac-
tor, was satisfactory to eye and ear,
William Courtlelgh as the doctor, Calvin
Thomas as Norton, and Jean F errell aa
a squaw, helped with others to complete
a characteristic Belasco cast.
DINNER F OR TAMMANY MEN.
Hy Ian. Cr at « , a a * Saalth te • •
•C Baal Bat at a
Judge Hylan, Charles I* Craig, and .Al-
fred E. Smith, Tammany candidates fa*
Mayor, Controller, and President of the
Board of Aldermen, will make addia—p
at a dinner tohagiven l a the Hotel BUt-
more on the night of October IS by th*
Real Estate Ken' s L eague for Hylan.
At a masting called hy Joseph &
Schwab, chairman of th* L eague, s i i f
Blast 52d Street, last night, a dinner com-
mittee waanamed aa follows: IsMor H.
Kempnsr and J. Arthur F ischer, Manhat-
tan; Henry A. Meyer, Brooklyn; Henry
Robltsek, Th* Bronx; George JT. Ryan,
Queens, and anntnsj
H, I I I M—IH
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1* AM
The Sleepy Hollow Gauntry d u b will
give an open-a^s^serfefmaace In ft* Oar*
dan Theatre, at Wsraarmigh, aa Cfsafn
bus Day, October IS, for the benefit of
th* Soldiers* and Sailors' dub, at Osat-
nlng. N. T. Th* Washington
Players have been engaged i s
Mollere's comedy, "Sganarelle,"
other one-act piece, for which
settings have been designed to fit the
outdoor theatre.
M nrring«». I n ttemortam, I
the Neto Tor* Evening- Post
he telephoned te 4M9.
L ANODON— DOUGHTY — On
day, October a, 1117, at Brooklyn,
N. Y-. Edith Doughty to Robert Getty
L angdon.
I^L OYD—F ML D—Oa Tuesday,
t, l s n , at Brooklyn. Dr.
Mortimer L loyd t o Mr*
L ynea F ield.
Bshlhttsea Opeas Te a n w t w at
CLARKE'S ART ROOMS, S W. 44th St.
I msa ANTttlUSM. Th* i mpar t aat sale
hy AscrJaa eeataaaaar* Oet. l at h, at Si.lO
F. at.
—So that It can be easily moved a
new mllklng-stoel is strapped to Its user
and has but a single leg.
NAROANE8—On October «. 1*17.1
Nargaaee, in hi s seventy-first year. A
mass of requiem will be aalshtatsd *Jt\
the Church of th* Missed Sacrament, V
Broadway and 71st Street, on Saturday.
the sth. at 10:10A. M. Interment at
Calvary Cemetery.
Services—"THB F UWBRAL CHUHCJjr*
(F rank K. Campbell'a), B"w*7. ««th SJt:
Bamer, F rank, Thursday, t P. ht
Dana, Hannah, time later.
F eldman, Harry B-. time later.
Komple, Jacob, time later.
McOlll, George W., Thurs day, J", at
Thompson, Ann* C.. l ymgi a stats
Wontera, J. F raud*. Thursday, lft A If.
HBMON—SON* OS* TUB
TION In the State of New
With regret announcement la
the death en October a, M l, ef A* *
van Velsor Htbeen, a rastahar of tats
Society. _
OL TTBUSTT. Prastdewt.
rw To»*>-«
Putnams
2W. 4$*S St, JssJ W.«t el m Ave.
Stationery : : Engraving
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MAHTOR—In loving memory of
ly beloved brother. William F .
who died October 4, l Ht .
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