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Evening journal., 1913-08-11

provement has taken place Miss Couton declares that
much still remains to he done Each of the 367
stitutions in the South bearing the name college or
university" she says firmly believes that it is pre-
destined to become the leading institution for higher
education in its community. Nevertheless. with all
the education boards foundations associations COM
missions, and conferences working directly or indi-
recty In behalf of the Southern college and the de-
velopment of its efficiency there remains the hope
that many sham colleges may within the next
twelve years be induced to stop comforting degrees
and become good preparatory industrial schools;
that others may die from lack of patronage that
the righteous remnant may thus be encouraged to
continue to strive after enlargenng ideals Of
standard and of service"
The American public doubt, will give hearty ap-
proval to such sentiments
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AT rHE Foor oF THE cLAss-

From the Dover State Sentinel
I'm the matter of prison discipline and
prison administration we are again at
the foot of the class. The fact that we
have no adequate prisons. and no ade-
quate prison management. does not ar
que that we are not an exceptionally
moral and law-abiding people. Il docs
mean that as a State we have neglected
to provide an adequate public system
Tor the control and reformation of the
convict. II occurs TO MS to say. at this
time. that we have too long retained the
whipping post and our faith in its ade.
quate protection OF the State from law
breakers That opinion has been foster
ed by our courts Is il not time To dis
card the post. and If necessary TO ne.
model our prison discipline!
The same fault that spoils an our
educational efforts. is spelling onr Of.
iorts in dealing with the criminal popu-
latlon OF the state. The effort is spread
over too great n territory. A great cen.
tfal prison is, in our opinion. the start
'hg-pont Tor prison reform. We have
no suggestion rs TO where such a prison
should be built. but arc ready 60 saw
that nothing short of a State prison viii
answer Then we agree with our CON.
temporary. The State News a. 10 tbe
general idea oi such an institution. n
should be situated in State farm. Iso-
iai'd confinement in IL sEould be totally
abolished Prisoners should De given em
pl'Nmont and paid for their work ID
should he, 20 far az possible work in
The open. Other states have shown that
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GOSSIP OF THE COURTS
BY FLANEUR.

those days the empire consisted of
Great and Little Poland. Galicia,
Poldolia. Ukraine. Livonia, Lithuania,
Black and White Russia, Polesia,
Pounnerania, Ermeland Courland,
MOldavia, Walachia, ,Bukovina, Bessar-
abba and Prussia. Under the So
bisiskis and Boleslaw (Chroby) the
great empire was in the zenith of its
glory. Stanislaus II. August Ponia-
towski, vainglorious, handsome, and
weak. was the last king. In 1795 he
was forced to sign the decree for the
third partition of Poland, which put
an end to his kingdom.
There were three partitions Of
Poland. The first one was affected
in 1772. the parties being Frederick
the Great of Prussia, Catherine II Of
Russia. and the Empress Maria
Theresa. BY this partition Poland
lost about one-fourth of her terri
tory The second division took place
in 1893, the partitioning powers be-
ing Russia and Prussia, and by this
transaction Poland became reduced
to one-third of her original propor-
tions. The third partition was enact
ed in 1886, again between Russia,
Austria. and Prussia. Napolean later
established what was termed the
Grand Duchy of Warsaw, in order TO
soothe the sensibilities of the Poles.
In 1915 the Congress of Vienna rati-
fed the partitions of Poland with the
exception thar the City of Cracow. in
the old Polish province OF Galicia, in
what is now Austrian Poland, was
constituted into a so-called republic.
all the rest of Poland being formed
into the Congress Kingdom" under
the Emperor of Russia as King Of
Poland. This condition obtained
until 1868. when the Polish insurrec-
tion put an end to even this small
vestige of Polish liberty.
The exploitation of treasure trove
seldom is successful, though the lure
of such undertakings is "A constant
temptation to the speculator and the
adventurcr. Another addition TO the
list of failures is now to be made in
the winding up Of the company form
ed thirteen years ago TO dredge the
sacred lake of Guatavita i'm Colombia
The reputation of this lake as re-
pository of Jewels and ornaments of vast
wealth has persisted for centuries and
has been frequently referred to by trav-
eleis. rom Father Simon to Alexander
Humbolt and Mowbrav Morris The
lake is situated in the mountains. about
half a days Journey on horseback from
Bogota. and lies about 10000 feet above
the sea level
The origin of its rcnutcd vast wealth
is the practice attributed TO the ancient
Indian tribes residing in the locality of
casting vessels and ornaments of pre-
cious metals and also offerings Of gold
dust and precious stones into the
waters as religions rite a computa-
tion obviously more or less guess work
of the value of the treasure at the
bottom Of the lake, made in tine early
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ODESSA FOLKS HAVE VISITORS

Mccoy went home with Mrs. slocum
and will spend some time In Cam
bridge Mrs, G. F.. Coppage had her
son. Edward Coppage Of North Caro-
lima. for a visitor last week. Daniel
W. Corbit is spending some time at
Nantucket Island, Mass. Miss Mil
dred Hopes. Of Wilmington. spent
last week here. the guest Of Miss
Helen Watkins Miss IIilda Clothier
has returned TO Wilmington after a
weeks visit with her grandmother.
Mrs Morgan Mrs George Whittock
is spending several weeks at Ocean
City. Md Miss Henrietta Mullison
and Miss Dorothy Christine. of Phila-
dclphia, are visitors at the home of
Mrs Stidham.- Mrs. George p. Rhodes
has been staying with friends IN Will
mington- Miss Georgia Enos. Of Phil
adelphia. visited her parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph H. Enos, over last Sun
day.
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with The Paragraphs:

young millionaire has been bitten by his pet mon
key The latest bulle ns declare the smian to be do
ing as well could be expected under the circum-
stances.-Norfolk Vrgnian- Pilot
II the New York gunner don't learn to behave it
will not be safe for cowboys and miners to continue
the old Western practice Of visiting Broadway for the
vacation period-Trenton Times
The Germans explain the indifference Of their gov
ernment TO the Panama Pacific Exposition on the
ground that the fair not advertised Think Of Cal
ornia having TO face the charge Of neglectng to ad-
vertisel-New York World.
Chinese conservatism has been believed lie deeper
in respect TO the position Of and In the insti-
tutions which peculiarly domestic than IN any
other phase Of life And yet they have sent bigamst
to JAIL in Shanghai!-Scranton Times
There is one overshadowing why Great Brit
ain will never be lined up against the Monroe Doc
trne and why jingo talk about British hostility to
that doctrine is sheer we'll as abysmal e
norancc. That reason is Canada So long as Rritain
has much territory IN this hemisphere as we have
she is going to stand with for that doctrine-Wash
ington Times.
Evening journal., 1913-08-11

There are some of us who remem-
her the last Polish insurreotion in
1868. under the able leadership of
Taczanowski MieroslawsH and Les
zcynski, and the famous reply made
by the Russian ambassador in London
to Lord John Russell's complaint as
as to the treatment of the Inflated
Poles by Russia. that "he had better
turn his attention to Ireland"
Since then matters have not chang
ed for the better in Poland The pa
tience of the Poles is exhausted, and
they are only awaiting for a favorable
opportunity to revolt A commission
has laid the grievances of that down
trodden people before the conference
of ambassadors sitting at London It's
members represent the Polish Social
list party, the Polish Peasants League
the Progressive party and the Profess
sions Independent Organization. This
shows that the present movement es-
sentially is a popular one. Heretofore
all effort at the restoration of Pol
ish freedom was confined to the aris-
tocracy, but this time the democracy
has taken the matter i'm hand
The Poles are prepared to demon
strate that II is i'm the interest of
peace to Europe that something must
be done to satisfy their legitimate
claim for constitutional freedom. They
are supposed" to live under a con-
sttution granted by Russia $50 is
Fhland), but conditions have grown
worse instead of better. They have
reached such a stage of evaporation
that they are fully determined to start
revolution at the very first favora-
bic opportunity that offers itself
There are today 100000 Poles in
Russia, 100000 in Austria (Galicia) g,
100000 in Prussia (Posen). and g.,
100000 in America The latter are
thoroughly organized to give aid to
their ill-used brethren at home. The
preliminary cause of Polands down
fall was its inability to govern itself
There was a time when It was one
Of the most powerful empires of Eu
rope But no sooner had the kingship
been made an elective one than trou-
lie and internal strife Drea1. u was
the jealousy among the great Polish
magnatc1 as TO who should be elect
ed king which finally led to the call
ing in Of the neiehboring rulers TO
aid in restoring peace with the result
that they swallowed the country by
partitioning it among themselves.
Napoleon /, who bofriended that
nation, whose women he so greatly
admired tried TO save the country.
but it was doomed To give Flaneur
readers an idea Of the power of the
Poles in the seventeenth century:
They annihilated the Swedish and
Russian armies. took Moscow and re-
duccd Russia TO so abiect condi-
ton that they offered TO make the
Polish crown prince. Wladislaw. son
Of King Sigismund TIT. their Gar.
Sweden making a similar offer TO an
other son Of that Polish ruler In
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part Of the nineteenth century. put it at
SO, 600. 900 600
Various attempts have been under.
taken from time to time to recover his
supposed wealth. and the Spaniards are
said to have lowered the waters to
within fourteen feet of the bottom.
when the banks on either side fell in and
brought their labor to nauqht. The
modern effort to retrieve the treasure
was commenced by a native company in
Colombia about twenty years ago. but
progress was slow on account of the lack
of proper plant and the absence of di-
rection by scientific engineer.
After spending $1,000 the native
company invited the cooperation of
more expert assistance, and the Eng
lish company which now has been
wound up was the result. This con-
Germ. which possesses the very un-
romantic name of contractors" was
chartered in 1900, with a capital OF
10000 pounds, and took over The
work OF the native concern. II was
arranged that, if the treasure we're
found, the capital the latter had ex-
pended and the capital to be adj
vanced by the new undertaking first
should be repaid and that then the
profits remaining should go so per
cent. to the English company and Al
per cent. to the old Colombian COM
pany
The lake is, or was, forty-six feet
deep at the lowest point. and the
plan OF the engineers was to drain
Il by means of tunnel through the
mountains LOO feet long and carried
down zoo feet below the level of the
surface of the water. The cost was
estimated at 100000. The drainage
was successfully accomplished, but
instead of a clear bottom the explor-
ers came upon twenty-five feet OF
mud. Their work took much longer
than expected. and the lake was not
emptied until 1908, and then kept
partially reflling through heavy
rains and subterraneous springs.
Meanwhile a few ornaments and
jewels had been found which suficed
to wet the appetite of the seekers.
But by this time all the available cash
capital of 100000 had been spent and
more money was wanted. The capital
of Contractors" accordingly was in
creased from 10000 pounds to $4,000
pounds in 1904, and still farther to
10000 pounds in 1908. When the rains
had ceased and the springs had dried
up, fresh difficulties arose, for the mud
set hard and water was not available
to slice the mud away through the
tunnel that had drained the lake. An
attempt was made to carry the tunnel
from the edge of the lake to the CEN
hnfn
would more eXpeditiously get away
from that point, but there never was
enough money available to finish the
project. But nothing daunted an
other company Of moneyed adventures
has taken up the search.
(Couyright. 1913, by A. D. Jacobson). .
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Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
ODESSA. Del. Aug II Miss Eva
lnsolo and Mrs. Victor Tush were
married al the mause on Wednesday
by The Rev Edward A. McLaurey. The
young couple were given a serenade.
The Rev and Mrs. John NJ Arters.
of Portland. Maine, are spending their
vacation with Mr. Arters parents the
Rev. and Mrs. John A. Arters, here
The Rev. and Mrs Charles *. Gibson,
of Nescopeck. Pa, have returned home
after a visit at tho home of Mr.. T. j.
Middleton They were accompanied
by Mrs. Gibson's aunt, Miss Clara
Ewell, who viii spend a week with
them-Mrs. Slocom has returned to
Cambridge. Md. after a visit with her
sister. Mrs. w. Mccoy. Miss Louise
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GEMS OF THOUGHT

Consure is the tax a man pays to the public for be-
ing eminent-Swift
.-.--.-.
The company of just and righteous men IS better
than wealth and rich estate.-Euripdes.
:-.-.-.
There is nothing easy but that II becomes diff
cult when YOU do it with reluctance.-Terrence.
good book is the precious lifeblood Of master
spirit cmbamod end treasured up foi a life beyond
Milton.
We are all clever enough at enjoying famous man
while he is yet alive and at prasing him when he is
dead--Mimnernus
What want is the heart and gayety OF social in
tercourse the frankn that spreads ease and anma-
uon around H. the eye that speaks afability TO all
that chases tmdity from every bosom and tells every
man in the company 10 be confident and happy-Chal-
mers.
Evening journal., 1913-08-11
SULZER AND TAMMANY.

TT, as has been asserted Governor Sulzer, Of New
York, used campaign contributions made by his
political friends to he had suffered in the
stock market It a highly reprehensble thing for
him to do II in addition to that he made false re-
port to the State authorities relative to the campaign
contributions and omitted from the list those which
he had used for his personal speculative purposes It
doubly reprohensive and an act meriting the
condemnation Of all right-thinking men.
In Of the fact however that Tammany Hall is
engaged in upon the Governor, IL perhaps will
be we'll for the public to suspend judgment until all
the facts in connection with the charges have been
brought out by judicial or legislative process The
people Of the United States have no desire to assist
Tammany Hall in the destruction OF Governor Sulzer
unless the facts brought out shall warrant it, No
one imagnos for instant that Tammany Hall is
actuaed by any high regard for political professional
personal morality in its mercess attack upon the
Governor It is after his political head merely be-
Governor suzer has refused to permit Boss
Murphy to dictate his executive policies and the dis
pensation Of patronage That does not place the fight
against sulzer a very high plane. STILL if through
the agency of Tammany it can be shown that Sulzer
is an unworthy man and unfit TO serve as the oxecu-
tive of the Empire State the public will be in
clned to sympathizo with him because Tammany re-
veaed his character It is the matter, rather than
the manner in which the public is interested
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sorrnERN roILreEs mpRoyE eRFArLY.

VAT e have received from the United States Bureau
w Of Education a report made by Miss Elizabeth
Avery Coulton secretary of the Southern Association
Of College Women, which shows many interesting and
encouraging facts relative colleges in the South
States II is stated that in 1900 only three South
ern colleges had standard requirements for entrance;
this year 100 announced standard admission require
ments.
Not only in entrance requirements but also in libra
ries laboratories buildings and equipment of all kinds,
as well in the extremely important matter Of the
training and ability Of the faculty Miss Coulton notes
marked improvement she attributes the advance
chiefly TO two agencies, the Carnegie Foundation for
the Advancement Of Teaching and the General Educa-
ton Board The former did its most valuable work
through publications which revealed the wide varia-
ton in college standards that prevailed in the South
while the latter has been especially helpful through
the founding Of professorshps Of secondary eduoa-
ton to aid high schools in their relation to the
colleges.
Together with the betterment in entrance require
ments has decided increase in the amount OF
college work represented by the degree In 1904 ac-
cording Miss Coulton. the A. b. Of only two South
colleges represented -four fun years Of college
work while by 1914 graduates of least twenty-five
colleges viii have completed four years Of standard
college work
Although emphatic in her declaration that great inn
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POLICE SPORTS

From the Wilmington Labor Herald.
Those who were I'm town on Thursday
afternoon and had chance TO be at the
police sports had the time OF their lives.
The whole proceeds of the sports are
placed in the treasury OF the pension
fund. IL may almost be said that the
rain stopped early Thursday morning
so that the sports could be pulled of.
And when you have the weather with
you, it's all plain sailing.
Evening journal., 1913-08-11
Peoples Column
WANTS CAR STOP CHANGE.

WANio tAh SiUi AhANUt.
Editor Of THE EVENING JOURNAL.
Sir Can you inform me why the
Wilmington and Philadelphia Trsc-
tion Company Fourth street cars east
and northbound will not stop at the
northeast corner Of Fourth and Mar
ket streets-an important transfer
junction although cars will stop sf-
ter turning the corner. westbound,
at Tenth and Market streets. and
eastbound at Eighth and Market
streets. II strikes me that far-side
corner stops at junction points would
be more satisfactory TO the public.
Rider.
Wilmington. Del. Aug. .. 1918.
Evening journal., 1913-08-11
CARNIYAL FOR YANDEYER.

The Vandever Athletic Club Will
hold a street carnival at vandever
avenue and Church streets on Tues
day and Wednesday evenings. The
proceeds of the event will help de-
fray the expenses of the ball club Of
the All Wilmington League.
Evening journal., 1913-08-11

all that is possible. Under such sys-
tenn the disgrace and discrodit of failure
to provide for prisoners as has been the
cast in one county of the State, would
be impossible
Evening journal., 1913-08-11
Editorial Opinion
MONEY FOR STATES TREASURY

From the Milford Chronicle
The treasury OF Delaware is benefited
by the operation OF the stringent laws
enacted by the legislature OF New Ier
scy, which restrict the business enter
prises incorporated under the general
Incorporation laws of that state The
large companies are forfetiing their
charters in New Jersey. and taking
charters undo the now laws OF Delaware.
which are more liberal.
Evening journal., 1913-08-11

There is desire tho part Of the American peo-
pie to engage i'm with Mexico Nor are they at all
in sympathy with any policy that would procipitate
war An they ask Is that American life and property
be respected by the Mexcans and that the disgrace
ful turmoil and in that faction ridden re-
public shall cease II is conceded on all sides that if
tho United States we're to 20 to with Mexico il
would he such one-sided combat as to he scarcely
interesting. Mexico has navy with which 10 de-
fend her coast against our own and her army and
people are in such dsorganized condition that the
advance OF an American army upon the City OF Mcx-
leo would be in the nature Of a parade From the
very outset the position Mexico would hopeless
No glory could TO American arms from defeat
ing such a foe.
Evening journal., 1913-08-11

The Wilmington baseball team is losing ground It
should brace up and play in better form. The people
of Wilmington wish it to VIZ the pennant They will
not be satisfied unless It doe IT, The season grow
ing rapidly to close. This is the time of all times
for the Chicks to scratch gravel and scratch hard
Evening journal., 1913-08-11

Renters, buyers. builders are quickly
and thoroughly satisfied with the in.
valuable service rendered them by the
Want Columns.-Adv.
Evening journal., 1913-08-11
rNDEReRouND woRkERs smOuLD RE cArmOrs.

TT is unfortunate that the specific Of the death
Of the three in the manhoe at Thirteenth
and Lombard streets not discovered by those who
Investigated the regrettable tragedy It is known that
they succomhed to gas poison but what sort of it
was, where it was generated by what it got
into the is still a mystery.
For the protection Of sewer workers It highly
important that the precise Of the death of the
men should be known As the investigation failed to
reveal IT, It will be well for all underground work
crs to he their guard in future and to take with
them to their places employment light but strong
ropes other devices which will permit them TO he
drawn quickly the surface in they he over
come. There is absolutely assurance that other
sewers are not filled with the same deadly gas.
Evening journal., 1913-08-11


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Tomorrow Mr.. Edwards will tell OF
THE Man Who Would Not Sit Beside
Thurow Weed"
Washington Journal., 1913-09-13
GntidciOnng
bleibt
Die gtbiage SentidlnnoS an Sun
SranciScU.

Naaemeine 9eadtluiQ finoet cine,
in Der n&0lniihen 3citina~ perof-
fentIihte, oitf bic SaltinJ Der ocu.
id)en Regisrnng geacriiber ser 9lis
Iteluug III Sm 5ranrisco bcsuqlishc
pffi5i0ie aumOgebitng. Ills rbcini-
ite glatt ltclt felt, oaB Die Yuiidi-
Jung, es bereite lid an oQi ocntiGct
Amtslteam Gin Observation-Disclosures
Dor, imrihyig let.
gS miro tci Der &unogemdlg be.
font, ooB nil elmer @ieoersrlpdguna
Oes GntidiuNes Der Oelttldea Hcaic-
rilug, cine Neteiliguna al DER Alls-
itellnnq ab yulebnen, niht ji redllcn
lei.
SnoeiIer foirO Die 6rage Der &C.
teiligllng nj Ser 4Ipeua Yaciiie.
gll~lslteaun1 rod anOornnJ AMI ia:
.lebbnfteite erortert. Cs mebrcn iidl
neueroitgs ole 5timmcr pclds cine
Gad)priihuig Der 9~(blsbmupg fir not.
met0ig ernhteten.
Washington Journal., 1913-09-13
3tppelin
nutergegangtn

8erlin, ii. Sept. 0ie I6mer-
ltc 2uftiHifffataitropbe, Die lid ie-
mails ereignet bat, cine Gataitropbe,
Die nit groBem bis iebt nod nibt
,enOgilltig feitgelteaten &erluit BON
Wienldenleben n%erbun0en mar, bat
Den Stol5 ser oeutihen Marine, Oas
W1eilterpe& 3eppelin'ider aonitrnf-
ton, oas Niarineluftihiff e T. nit
Dem gr0Bten Sell ieiner geiammten
Neiabulg perni1tet. 9tur iiebelt
Mann, BON 81, Die iih einidlieBlidl
Der 9ffi3iere dn 9oro b%efanoen, iinO
nit fnapper Got Dem To0e eiitron=
men, Die iibrigen baben 3Deifellos IN
Ser 0oroiee, iiber Ser Oas Suftidiff
pom @er0erben credit fpuroe, ibr@rab
q%efunOen. 81 0en Gotten gebOren Der
ais G6ef Der Section fir oas quit
f%ubrtDeien ser Marine sur Dienltlci
ltltng fommanoierte aopitdn MteBs
ina, Ser ifou felt 9lpril 1894 in Der
Murine ltanO, 9berleiitnant 3. 2.
Same uno 0berleutilaut 3. @. 6dns.
Selmlltb Srbr. bon Malt8abn, ebert
falls BON Der Seftion fir 9liftfa6r.
pelen.
DoS ltnqliid ereignete iid gegen
NbenO in @erbinoung nit ben gro.
BEN Serbit-W lan0pern Der So6ieeflot
te, 0ie III Ser Nor0iee am 81. glnaul,
bcgomnen baben uno ieBt auf Dem
S66epanft i6rcr gntpidhung lteben
etiDa % 4ilometer BON @elgolan0.
gs mar oas erite Mal, ons Elm Sitft
frclSer aftib al Den Warinepanouerr
beteiligt ipuroe, nnO oieier 2uftfreus
ser mar IS f., Der crit i'm Sftobet
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bon ser MISUNDERSTANDING abge
nommen mo in DENT geiteat NOR
ben mar.