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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-01
ACTION FOR HARBoR DEVELOPMENT.

The short session of Congress, about to assemble
will in all probability river and harbors bill
Next week the Rivers and Harbors Conference is to
meet at Washington, and Newark should be well
represented in it. The committee of the House on
rivers and will hold sittings and the claims
of the municipalities adjacent to Newark bay can
not be too strongly presented to the committee.
The Board of Trade consists OF manufacturers and
business men, all of whom personally interested
in meadow and harbor improvements, for it means
much to every board member The board, as whole
is also regarded the conseryator of the ctys ma
teral interests It is to this board therefore that
Newark citizens look for the efforts to obtain the
necessary appropriations for making the bay naviga-
BILE for large vessels.
And there is time to lose. Only by strong and
persistent effort did Newark get the present postoce
and again the postolce that is to replace it, By the
persisency former appropriations for the Pas
sale obtained If Newark misses its chance
at session it will wait long while before is
given another.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-01
AN ANTI-poUND NET WAR OPENING.

The war upon pound nets that is now being waged
in South Jersey be carried to the Legislature next
month. Atlantic County men have taken advantage
of the Federal law and notified the pound net owners
to remove their stakes at be prosecuted by
the war department for noncompliance In past
years the permitted to remain to obstruc
navigation and nobody paid any attention to them.
The only way the stakes be replaced in the spring
is by Federal permit and under Federal supervision
But meanwhile the ant-pound net men along the
coast are preparing to do battle in the Legislature
They include the representatives of the seaside re-
Sorts the handline fishermen and the water trans
portaton interests. South Jersey legislators are
understood to be unit against the pound nets This
fight is the opportunity of the State and the con-
sumers
State ownership and control of the fisheries on the
coast will just to all private interests for the
abuses that have aroused such feeling in South Jersey
will not exist under State regulation Fish trust con-
troll will be ended and with it the trust tax the fish
of the State. 49,
The consumer will be enabled TO ger fish at rea-
sonable prices the fishermen will sell all their catch
the State will derive several hundreds of thou
sands of dollars of revenue. Moreover there will
be no destruction of fish, but regulation calculated to
largely increase the supply.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-01
Foreign Tariffs

knives. The Importation of firearms
of all kinds without government per-
mission is likewise prohibited.
Salvador.
Export Prohibition on Silver-A
presidential decree of September "a,
1914. ratifies a treasury order Of Au-
gust s, 1914, prohibiting the exporta-
ton from Salvador of silver. whether
coined or in bullion. 3
Venezuela.
Marking of Butter substitutes
The Venezuelan authorities have re-
Gently prohibited, in two cases, the
sale in the country of butter substi-
tutes, because Of failure to comply
with the new provisions regarding
the labelling of such products. The
following regulations Contained in
the recently promulgated pure-food
law should, therefore, be strictly
observed:
1T is forbidden to offer for public
consumption, under the name of
butter, products not composed ex-
clusively of the natural substances
of milk.
limitations OF or substitutes for
butter, such as oleomargarine and
similar products of vegetable origin,
shall not be offered for consumption
without explicit, indication of their
rue composition; and tins and other
containers of such products shall
bear a printed label, in clear and
legible characters, stating the name
Of the substances
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-01
UPLIFT TALKS
CAN YOU FINA NEE YOURSELF?
BY oRIsoN SWEET MARDEN.
Author of Pushing to the Front" Etc
Copyrighted 1914.

A schoolboy being asked to state
the greatest event of the year, said
that it was the fact that he had
saved fifty dollars. And from one
point of view he was not so wide of
the mark. The first fifty dollars he
saves is really one of the most i'm
portant things in anybody's life.
The very idea of a constantly in
creasing savings account of some
kind, whether in the form Of a bank
account, an insurance policy, or some
other method, will tend to develop
conviction in the youth that a
habit of this sort is absolutely i'm
perative, that it is the only way to
safeguard life against accident, to
insure comfort and independence in
his old age and to provide against
all sorts of misfortune which but for
this might place him in most unfor-
tunate conditions.
Every child should be started in
life with bank account, however
small and something should be con-
stantly added to this little sum, no
matter how little. IL for no other
reason than to implant into his mind
the idea of savins, and the larger
idea of thrift. A child should grow
up with the idea that it is absolutely
necessary 10 his respect, his
safety, to have a little money be-
tween himself and want, something
which will stand as a protection. a
buffer between himself and the cold
world in case of necessity, and the
necessity always comes.
I know man seventy years old, a
man of ability, good habits, and a
hard worker, who has been in bust
ness for himself since he was a
young man, and yet today he is not
nearly as we'll off as many of his
employees.
It is one thing to work hard to
make money. 1t is quite another
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-01
Australia.

Australia.
Marking of Collars-The following
decision has been rendered by the
customs authorities of the Common
wealth of Australia, under the COM
nerce Grade descriptions) act, 1906
In the case of collars with the whole
of the external portion composed OF
pure linen and with interior filings
of cotton provided for stiffening pur-
poses only, the words Linen and
cotton" will be accepted, even should
the cotton predominant as regards the
weight of the collars as whole.
When the external portion is not
composed wholly of linen and the
total weight of all the cotton in the
collar is greater than the weight of
Ithe linen the words Cotton and
linen" must appear.
Prohibition of Importation of Ger
tain Drugs-An Australian decree of
September Z, 1914, prohibits the i'm
portation of morphine, cocaine,
heroin, and their derivatives, and of
prepare lions containing more than
specified amount of such drugs by any
persons not specially licensed. The
importation into Australia of opium
(raw or prepared) is absolutely pro-
hibited.
Canada.
Temporary Prohibition of lmporta-
ton of Cattle-OWing to the prev
alence of, foot and mouth disease in
certain portions of the United States,
the Canadian Department of Agricul-
ture promulgated on November 8, 1914,
regulations prohibiting for six months
from that date the importation of
the following animals and products
originating in the United States:
| Cattle, sheep, swine, or goats, or the
flesh, hides, hoofs, horns, or other
parts of such animals Except cured
meats, lard, and tallow); hay, straw,
| fodder, and manure. The prohibition
does not apply to dressed meats fresh
| or cured) in car lots, en- route from
one point in the United States to
another. Such products may pass
| through Canada in bond in sealed
| cars, provided the steps and running
| boards of the cars have been properly
| disinfected.
| Ecuador.
Preparation of Invoices-ln order
| to avoid delays and the possibility of
! fines, exporters when preparing in
voices for shipments to Ecuador
should clearly indicate the exact
| nature of the merchandise. In all cases
where arbitrary trade names are en-
| ployed, therefore, the character OF the
after the trade name.
| France.
| Customs Regulations for Meat--A
| presidential decree of August 2, 1914,
changes as follows the regulations of
May 26, 1888, governing the Tadmis-
sion of meat into France: Meat OF
bovine cattle and hogs, fresh or re-
| frigerated, must be imported in whole
carcasses, which may be shipped en-
| tire or cut into halves or quarters
according to the usage of the trade
The original regulations also pro-
! vided that the different cuts should
| fit exactly, with the lungs connected
naturally, and that the interior walls
| of the breast and abdomen should moi
bear any traces of scraping
Greece.
Prohibition of Importation Of
Weapons-A Greek law of July 80
1914, prohibits the Importation, man.
ufacture and sale Of certain weapons
including stilettos, dasgers anC
spring or double-edged pocket.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-01

About a year before the death OF
George Westinghouse, he delivered an
address in Atlanta, Ca, to a great
gathering which represented what
was called the Southern Business
Congress. This address was one Of
the few which Mr.. Westinghouse
consented TO make, although he was
many times invited to speak BEFORE
important scientific or public bodies.
In the course of Mr.. WestinS-
houses address he spoke of the in
conceivable wealth, as yet unde-
veloped, or only in part devel-
oped, which the South possessed
in its water power II some part OF
the energy, which is in the Southern
streams, especially those which flow
from mountain sides, were captured
and converted into electric energy
then, Mr.. Westinghouse predicted,
the South would become the greatest
Industrial region in the world.
A few days after Mr. Westinghouse
returned to New York, he told me
that he had an hour or two of leisure
on the afternoon of a certain day
which he named and that he would
be glad to have talk with me about
the possibility of industrial develop
mant of the South through the utili-
alton Oh It's water power. ne HsAe'
enthusiastic in his exposition not
only of the enormous natural re-
sources which the South possesses,
but also the manner in which these
could be economically developed
through the initial energy that is IN
water power converted into electri-
cal energy, for, he said, science had
now shown how electric energy may
be carried many miles to economic
advantage and then utilized for
power and also for lighting purposes.
He said that he was certain that the
time was not distant when a ma
jority of the railrosds OF the South
and all of the highway trolley lines
would be operated by electric energy
into which the water power OF the
South had been converted, as well as
many of the Industrial plants.
l asked Mr.. Westinghouse il he re-
called a visit made in the spring or
1892 to the banks of the Niagara
river where the work which. when
completed, was the s greatest power
plant in the world, was under way
II recall 1t very WELL" said Mr..
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thing to be able to use the results OF
our efforts wisely.
Tens of thousands of people who
are poor today, living from hand to
mouth, without homes, have earned
money enough to have made them
independent II, they had used good
sense in guarding their earnings.
The thrifty youth is shielded from
a great many temptations which
come to the idle, the purposeless, the
spendthrift. Those who see only q
good time in their spare change, in
the balance of their salary after pay
ing the necessary expenses, are la
Bile to fall in with all sorts of EVIL
associates and acquire bad habits,
while the youth who is trying to see
how much he can save, the thrifty
youth, is always trying to make the
best possible use of his money, and
his imagination does not picture ALI
sorts of good times in the expendi
ture of his spare change.
The great majority of people in the
world are just getting along, NOT
making much Roadway, never got
ting much of a life momentum, just
existing, ploddlng along. with very
little or no Improvement in their con-
dition from year to year.
Now, if you can merely earn q liyz
ing during your few productive years
what will you do when you have
reached the period of diminishing
returns; what will become of you r.
you have not stored up something
for life's winter? You will be out
in the cold. Do not despise a small
beginning. There is infinite mean
ing In your little savings. They are,
the germs of greater fortune. AZ
great many people would be sur
prised at the vast accommodations
made in a lifetime by the continual
and persistent saving of petty
amounts which they despised. ~
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-01

tories, the wooden factories, the men g
underwear factories, the wooden glove
factories, the meat packing establish
ments, the barbed wire establish
ments, the arm and ammunition fac
tories, the powder mills, had such
vast amount of work for their en-
ployeS as now, and never were they
making greater profits nor their work.
ing people better wages,
The sugar planters of Louisiana,
many of them preparing for bank
good profits from their current opera
tons, and so it is with the beet sugar
people of the North and the West.
Brought on the verge of ruin by
the tariff legislation, these interests
have been given relief through the
failure of European sugar production
by reason of the call to war of the
producers on that continent
The cold weather has largely aug
mented the demand for coal for home
uses, while the calls for coal for ex-
port will grow greater now with every
month that passes. f
The countries of South America
the countries of Southern Europe
deprived of the British, the Belgian
and the French coal supplies, the
ocean steamships, relying now more
than ever upon coal from the mines
of the United States, these combined
guarantee a continuance Of heavy de-
mand for the black diamonds of coal
districts east of the Mississippi river
The pottery trade is said to be
very good, the iron and steel inter
ests are steadily increasing the per-
centage of working capacity, and
with the placing of the railway Or
pav. H..
terests are sure to run we'll up to
maximum capacity.
There is now a most encouraging
outlook for a growth of the volume
and value of business in every day
that remains of the present year and
a most spirited start in January upon
the business of the coming year.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-01
AMERICAN LIFE ic5HftEAP ON MEXICAN BORDER

The wounding and killing of people on the Amer
lean side of the Rio Grande by Mexican bullets con-
tinue. total of forty-one persons have been thus
injured. Yesterday soldier Of the Ninth Regiment
was probably fatally wounded and Mexican she'll
pierced the custom house at Naco Arizona.
Our troops line the border, but they cannot pre-
vent these ourages they forbidden to act
More than a hundred Americans have been killed in
Mexico and in no case has reparaton been exacted
Mr. Bryan has them all on file in the state depart
ment Both the Governor of Texas and the Governor
of Arizona aroused by these outrages have threat
ened to use their militia on the border and have
been hushed at Washington. few hundred American
lives can be spared to the dove of peace.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-01

From the Washington Star.
Today q meeting will be held
in New York to consider the
matter of the national defenses
to hear discussion of their &C
tual condition, and suggestions of
What should be done to bring them
up to date. In attendance Will be
business men, capitalists, lawyers
and others who do not make what Is
called a business of politics. They
take sides in campaigns, as other citi-
zens do, but are not hide-bound par
tisans.
December 29 the United. States
Safety League will meet in Chicago
to consider the same subject. This
organization is non-partisan, and has
in view, not Gliding any party for the
conditions that exist, but presenting
to all parties and to the voters of the
country regardless of parties the ma
tional duty in matter of profound
national concern.
Let US al welcome these two move
ments. They will go far toward
siiencing the charge that the demand
for a congressional investigation II
the actual state of our martial es-
tablishment has politics, sort Uf
cold professionalism, and an equally
cold commerciaHsm in it; that only
politicians, soldiers and sailors, anu
men with army and navy materials
to sell, are backing it.
The charge, of course, though
blatant, is ridiculous. Whatever the
deficiencies in our defenses may be,
they are not imputable to the pres
ent administration. They are the
product of years of shortsightedness
on the part of the national authori-
ties But the administration has
great responsibility. 1t should sup
mort the proposed investigation, and
respond to any duty 1t may reveal
What should be done should be done
promptly and thoroughly.
The European war has thrown
fierce white light on all army anc
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-01
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
A Talk With the Late Geo. Westinghouse

e ~
Westinghouse There was q splendid
company of men in that party. 4
AS Mr.. Westinghouse said this Y
in turn recalled wildly the manner
in which these men, some of Them
with world wide regulations as
scientists and inventors. made taeit,
and yet visible recognition of MT
Westinghouse pre-. erninence among
them. .l 'f0
II remember saying to you" con
tinued MIR. Westinghouse, that NE
were going to deponstrate the feas,-s
hility of capturing some portion of
the energy which is in the Nlagaras
River and by means of giant tur-
bines convert that into electric
energy, which, through apparatus in
vented by Tesla, could be reduced
to a commercial voltage and then
carried over wires to Buffalo, twenty
odd miles away. l also predicted that
Buffalo would speedily make use %
this energy for lighting and power
purposes and for hauling her trolley
cars. I said, too, that there was no
reason why this energy could not be
carried to commercial advantage,
many miles beyond the boundaries
of Buffalo.
"Wen, we have lived to see that
prediction fulfilled, and it was the
commercial as well as scientific sue
cess of this important experiment a.
Niagara Falls which has at lasf
opened the eyes of energetic men
of the South, and am as confident
now that within few years tina
South will be successfully utilizing
water power for the creation Of
energy for her industries as l was
satisfied in 1892 that the Niagara
River would be made to yield energy
sufficient for industrial plants along
its banks and also for lighting and
power purposes, Including trolley
cars, in the city of Buffalo"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-01
From Everywhere

OF the II ,S17, 424 families in France
before the war, 40 had Is or more
children, and 81 families had II chill
dren each. But 2,651,97S families, or
235 per cent, had only two children
each, while 1,s05,744 families, or 1853
per cent, had no children.
This fall Eben Allen, aged eighty
seven, of Ellsworth, Me-, has dug 100
bushels of potatoes, gathered 100
bushels of vegeta Dies, threshed a
bushel of beans, gathered 40 bushels
of apples and has sawed 21s cords Of
wood, besides doing numerous other
duties about the house.
A bee will visit from so to 100 heads
of clover before getting load of
honey.
Three gray squirrels have made
playfellows of two kittens in Bath,
Me. They run down the trunk of the
tree almost within reach of the kit
tens, and then the squirrels would
dash up the tree with agility that is
noticably amazing even to the kittens.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-01
BIRTHDAY OF NOTED WOMEN
DECEMBER 1
BY MARY MARSHALL
Alexandra Anna Comnena
Copyrighted 1914.

One OF the very earliest birthdays
on record is that of Anna Comnena.
who was born on December 1, 1888.
She was the daughter of the Emperor
Alexius Comnenus l., and was his
especial favorite. Anna Comnera
received a remarkable education, be-
ing trained in poetry, science and
Greek philosophy.
The court in which Anna was
brought up was at a very low plane
of righteousness and effeminacy,
but Anna kept aloof from the cour-
tiers about her, and, though she was
intriguing and ambitious, she was
not guilty of the follies and extrava-
gances of her time. She married a
young nobleman, Nicephorus Byren-
MUS, and during her fathers last i'll
ness she tried to prevail upon him
to disinherit his son and make
Nicephorus his successor.
The emperor was firm, however,
and died leaving the crown to his
son. This only whetted Annals am
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bitlon. She started a conspiracy ~tos
deprive her brother of the throns,
and would have succeeded had it not
been for her husbands timidity. The
plot was discovered, and Anna for.
feited her fortune and her property.
and might have been put TO death
but for the clemency of her brother
the emperor. Al,
It was in this enforced solitude that
Anna accomplished the task for3
which she has been remembered
She wrote a history of her father
reign in fifteen books, which are still
extant, and one of the most valuable
though not always relia BILE, sources
of the history of that period = i
December 1 is the birthday of an-r
other woman OF royal rank, thoughs
one Of very different disposition
This is the dowager queen of Eng
land, Alexandra, who was born q
December 1. She was married N.Y. !.
one years ago to the British prince;
of wales, who became King Edward
VII ~ y
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che Great Cakes

by agreement between the United States and Great
rtan these free from warshps and other hostile
vites by both nations
No demonstrating squadrons rode at rest
Within gun-sheltered harbors these lakes;
Here but the urgency of Commerce wakes
The cloven to song, with keels deePprest
Into their bosoms; hurryng east and west
Trades myriad-hagged Armada neer forsakes
These seas Desolation's hest but makes
fruitful highway of their neutral breast.
o shores and of the fort-sained Earth
What will the triumph of the Future be
When birds build safely in your ev'ry gum
When all the ships nnumerabe that girth
Your shining vasts shall share the ministry
OF Peace and only her blessed errands run!
Charles H. Winke, in the Public.