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Evening journal., 1914-11-28
GEMS OF THOUGHT

The pen is the tongue of the mind.-Cervantes.
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wonder men dare trust themselves with men,
Shakespeare
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Whoever hath ambition to be heard in a crowd
must press and squeeze and thrust and climb with
indefatgable pains. till he has exalted himself tn
certain altitude above them.-Jonathan Swift
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Il is often from pride than from deficiency Of
light that obstinatey oppose the most received
opinions We find the first places taken on the good
side and will have nothing to do with the last-La
Rochefoucauld.
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II is no small commendaton to manage little
well. He is good wagner who can turn in a little
room. To live well in abundance is the praise not Of
the person. l will study how to give a GOOD
account Of my little than how to make it more
Bishop Hall.
We talk of human life journey. but how various-
ly is that journey performed There are those who
come forth girt. and shod, and mantled to walk on
velvet lawns and smooth terraces where every gale
IS arrested and every beam is tempered There are
others who walk the Alpine paths OF life against
driving misery and through stormy sorrows, over
sharp Affections; walk with bare feet and naked
breasts, jaded, mangled and chilled.-sidney Smith
Evening journal., 1914-11-28
The Administrators
Responsibility For Mexico
From De Washlngton Pos

dency. is logically bound to restore
peace in Mexico.
Il cannot in the face of the world
permit others by force to govern, or
any one whose hands are stained
with blood through assassination to
rule there
1t laid that rule down to Huerta. IL
should apply to Carranza. to villa, to
Zapata, and to all others who seek
power in that republic. Has this
administration thrown logic, consis-
tency. the interests of our own peo-
pie and those of the nationals of other
countries, to the wind in its dealings
with Mexico?
Is it to continue its dreams and IL
lusions as to peace to be brought
about by permitting bandits and MUIR
derers to equip and arm their forces
for revolution and insurrection, Tor
plunder and slaughter?
viii it ever realize that it is beina
"doped" with phrases as to "the up
/ lift" to be accomplished through the
work of assassins, and drugged into
fatuous hallucinations through talk oi
"constitutionalism" by would-be die
tators, ambitious bandits, and veteran
| plunderers?
Are such characters as these its in
struments to reform. to uplift, tC
bring to Mexico and its people a con
stitutional form of government anC
permanent peace?
Is il not time for the administra
tion to display some regard for thu
rights and interests of the people o
other nations even if it will persist II
sighting those of our citizens in Mex
/ leo?
Is it not time it acts for civilization
rather than continue a plant instru
ment in the hands of those who prof
by disorder, and would mount to poll
tical power through blood and flame
Evening journal., 1914-11-28

for the Wilson administration; does It devove
upon us to explain excuse it's failure to keep its
aute-eecton promises
Two things clearly apparent in the present sit
uation. One is that the Wilson administration has
brought hard times instead prosperity TO the Amer
lean people Another is that the cost of living has
not been reduced, kept stationary, but that y
has been increased Therefore, think IT eminenty
proper in view of the Wilson promises, for all men
who suffering lack Of work and the high cost
of living to demand explanation from the President
and also from the Democratic leaders in the several
localities affected by hard times and high prices When
a political confidence game has been played upon the
American public it Is up to those who played 1t to
explain their conduct That is why we told Mr. Bay
ard to direct his pertinent question to the fountain
head of present-day Democracy.
Evening journal., 1914-11-28
PAYS WIFE'S SUPPORT
THEN Taxes MONEY

Following the statement of Special
Agent Frank Stout, which was replett
with sensational details, Judge Church
man, in City Court today, held William
Jones, defendant. in a mons support case
under a $500 bond to keep the peace, and
announced that if Jones gives the secur
ity and then leaves the jurisdiction o
the court he would sue the bondsmen
Jones was arraigned as the result of nu
merous complaints by his wife, the for
NAL charge being breach of the peace.
"Ihere is no good in this man." th'
court said. 81 hold him in $500 bond
and if he runs away I'll sue his bonds
men"
Mr. Stout told the court that the de-
fendant has been making a speciality Of
meeting his wife and taking the money
paid for her support after it had been
given her. lie then stated that the wife
who is little more than child, is living
with a family in King street and that
she and her child were almost burned to
death when their bed caught fire.
J Mrs. Jones has come to my office
and informed me she is afraid Of heI
husband Mr. Stout declared, in com
| pleting his remarks.
Evening journal., 1914-11-28

not thrust on the ost-Bismarckian
diplomats. They sought it themselves.
They even neglected to solidify the al
lance which Bismarck had already
constructed for protective purposes.
They allowed Italy to drift away.
The annexation of Bosnia and
Herzegovina by Austria-Hungary was
a direct blow to Italian interests. In
order to get compensation Italy looked
across the Mediterranean and. being
encouraged thereto by Great Britain
and France, annexed TripOli That
brought her into conflict with Turkey,
the protege of Germany and the chief
satellite of the Triple Alliance. Tur-
key was despoiled much against Ger
many's will, and Italy's new acquisi-
tion of territory in Africa brought her
interests more directly than ever into
line with those of France and Great
Britain.
Worst of all, when the moment OF
the great struggle for supremacy ar
rived Germany found herself drawn
into war in support of a distinctly ag-
gressive movement made by Austria
Hungary-the presentation of an arbi-
trary and exacting ultimatum to Ser
via. Italy had no sympathy with that
ultimatum and did not support it. Or
the contrary. she promptly took ad-
vantage of the provisions of the Triple
Alliance compact obliging her to CO.
operate only in case Germany or Aus
tria-Hungary were attacked and thus
avoided participation in a war which
was in form as we'll as spirit an of.
fensive one on the part of her tw,
associates.
Few Germans even can look bacl
over the record of German diplomac,
in the last ten or fifteen years with
out recognizing its wrong-headednesi
and inadequacy. 1t handicapped Ger
many unnecessarily, and that handi
cap drove the government to commi
an infamous crime by violating Bel
CLAN neutrality. Germans are begin
ming to see that they were badl
served by their diplomats. A lette
by Professor Paul Natorp, recentl
published in the "Kolnische Zeitung,
contains this striking admission;
Never, however, would he (Bis
, marck) have allowed II to come {
, pass that when the war became inc
vitable the three greatest powers. out
= side Of Germany and the Unite
States, should be allied in oppositio
against us. And that would probabl
. have sufficed to maintain peace. Fo
4 no two of the three powers woul,
= without being sure of the third, hav
{ dared to attack the indissolubly unite
4 forces of Germany and Austria.
"In this sense / do not hesitate I
4 declare, although a German. that Gel
Y many is not altogether innocent
the outbreak of the war; not tn;
there can be even the slightest doul
: of her sincerest love of peace, but he
, diplomats did not recognize the roa
], upon which alone peace could ha,
\ been maintained, or did not know no
. to conquer the towering difficult,
; which confronted them on that road
y When such criticism of German d
plomacy can appear in a Germa
J. newspaper of high standing it is tin
v for Won Bethmann-Hollweg TO thir
; of retirement and for the leading d
IS plomats of the empire to look abo
IS for non-diplomatic jobs.
Evening journal., 1914-11-28
SATURDAY NOV. % 1914,
NEEDED-A HIGH SCHOOL GYM

NEEDED-A HIGH SCHOOL GYM.
VIZ ILMINGToN HIGH SCHOOL students should
w have gymnasium.
The cit. should provide it quickly possible
We have said those things before, and we repeat
them now
The students are pracncaliy a unit in favor Of such
a building
Communal sentiment is behind their movement
Physical fitness and mental fitness walk handn-
hand in the field of modern education That fact
should be recognized by our city officials and the
High School gymnasium should be provided.
The basketball season is now at hand. The game
is one of the best of indoor sports There seventy
young in the High School who eager to make
the team. There is an earnest desire in the student
body that winning team be recruited. That only
be done by elimination work. the survival of the ht-
test and hard and conscientious practice
The question that naturally confronts the boys is
"Where are we to practice and play home games?
The High School has no gymnasium 1t is asserted
that with the practice charge il costs between $50
and $50 a game to the Friends School gym, and
that there no other large gymnasium in town that
IS open to High School boys.
SO much FOR the basketball end of It. It should he
kept in mind, however. that basketball is only one
rhase OF log gtimate High school athletic work A
suitably equipped gymnasium should be connected
with the institution for the physical training and
benefit of all the students regardless of age and sex
Such gymnasium provided in many other com
munitcs much smaller and poorer than is Whining
ton IN fact in many such communities the gymna
STA is looked upon being important a part o.
the High School layout is the class tn,
auditorium
It is not right that Wilmington should lag so far
behind other communities in the matter of the physi-
cal training of its High School boys and girls That
defect in our educational system should be cured as
quickly possible.
Evening journal., 1914-11-28

The temporizing and sympathizing
of the Federal administration with
the anarchists and bandits of Mexico
are bearing fruits, and now after
twenty months of such puerile treat
ment that country is in worse posi-
tion than when our present admins
tration assumed the control of our
foreign relations.
The United States government
stands arraigned in the court of the
assizes of the world for its failure to
bring peace TO the people of the re-
public to the south of us
II is no defense for the administra-
tion TO plead, as did the first shedder
of human blood. with the query. "Am
/ my brothers keeper?"
The administration took its plain
position as that keeper when il re-
fused to recognize Huerta, demanded
that he should not be a candidate for
the presidency, and that a constitu-
tional election be held in Mexico TO
select a president.
That Intervention, plain. direct, un-
mistakable Intervention, placed the
responsibility of MeXico's peace or
Mexico's anarchy upon the admins
tration through its own act and deed
If II had the right in 1918 to de-
mand a constitutional election in
Mexico, it has that right now.
If it possessed the right it exer-
cised against Huerta then, it had the
power to enforce that right, and il
has the right and power now to en-
force il against any of its proteges
whether named Carranza, Zepata, OF
villa.
Mexico is in a state of anarchy
and the administration having set
its face against Huerta's administra-
tion as gained by force and possibly
assassination; having demanded his
deposition and departure from the
country; having voluntarily assumed
the right to say he should not govern
Mexico or be a candidate for its presi
Evening journal., 1914-11-28

dertaken will be educational. Banking
as it is going to be done in the United
States will be very different in many
important ways from banking as it has
been done in the past II is the task
of the Federal Reserve Board to teach
a large number of bankers their busi-
ness under the changed conditions, and
very valuable instruction is being fur
nished to the banking community by
the boards handling of the matter of
rediscount rates
Il would be very easy to drive a lot
of business into the reserve banks. In
order to force wholesale rediscounting
it would be necessary only to drop the
official discount rates below the pre-
vailing rates for accommodation at the
different centres. whereupon bankers
would rush to take advantage of the
opportunity offered 10 increase their
own lending power. The effect would
be TO initiate the capacity of the gen
eral money market, which has already
Evening journal., 1914-11-28
With The Parsgrsphers

that this would break out Well, If that Is the
case. who put the girls wise that the military cape
would be the fashion this year?-New York Times.
The appointment OF Mr.. Osborn to the Sing Sing
prison will help TO stimulate prison reform all the
country over and may tend to make prison methods
here and otherwise more humane more practical
merciful- Reading Herald
II the Underwood tariff law is great a failure
with regard to production the heavy g?
taxes imposed by the Democratic Congress will ndi-
cate the public will be told by Democratic organs that
the revenue did not materalize because the war has
caused great falling Off in imports. This assertion is
being rehearsed by the Democratic press, which will
soon believe IT, The fact nevertheless remains that
the troubles OF the party in power not
TO the Pittsburgh Press.
Evening journal., 1914-11-28

Eastake Presbyterian Church is Of the best Of
wilmingtons many religious institutions During the
eighteen years that It has existed it has been power
for good in this community. The members of that
church will celebrate tomorrow the fourth anniversary
Of the pastorate Of the Rev. Henry Cunningham. They
have good cause TO be prond of his work. When he
took charge OF ne church It lad a membership Of
approximately 100, while the membership of the Sun
day school stood at about the figure. Today the
church has a membership Of 200 and the Sunday
school an enrolment of 300. Those are large in
creases They show that Mr. Cunningham is ef-
fective religious worker, and one who merits the
teen and support of those associated with him in his
pastoral labors.
Evening journal., 1914-11-28
community Tree plan
MAY Be abandoned

Although nothing definite has been de-
cided on as TO the advisability of having
q community Christmas tree in this
city during the holidays, it is thought
that the money necessary for such a
purpose could be used to assist those ont
of work and in need of help at this
time. II was also said by one resident
who is interested in charity work that
if community tree We're TO be had this
year it would be better if a living
cedar or pine tree could be planted and
used yearly as a community Christmas
tree.
The question Of having the tree again
this year will be decided upon in few
days.
Evening journal., 1914-11-28
near INJURY when
machine BOOM BREAKS

Work on the Third street bridge
abutments is being rushed. Contrac-
tor James !. Vincent put in the first
beam yesterday and as soon as the
concrete is poured additional beams
and parts of the new bridge on the
south side will be placed in position.
While at work on the bridge yesterday
several men had a narrow escaps
from injury when the boom of the
hosting machine fell and crashed
through the roof of the hoisting en-
gire house.
Evening journal., 1914-11-28

ordinary facilities are inadequate.
There is plenty of room in the general
banking situation today to satisfy the
borrowing requirements of the moment
on reasonable terms. Artificial en-
ployment of reserve bank resources Is
not to be countenanced at any time,
and certainly not in the present criti-
cal juncture of the worlds affairs.
AS a financial regulator the Federal
Reserve Board has already begun to
justify itself
Evening journal., 1914-11-28
SILHOUETTES AT THE
JUNIOR BOARD DOLL SALE.

The presence of a silhouette artist at
the Junior Board doll sale, on December
4 is not to he looked upon as a "stunt
at charity show. Silhouettes were cut
at doh sale in 1907. and this is the
first time that it has been possible Il
present this feature again. Selwyn, whC
is rare artist in black paper portrait.
urc. comes from New York especially
for this sale. and will be there from 2.3l
o'clock in the afternoon until after sup
per.
The doll sale is widely known as b
place to purchase dainty and attractive
dolls. also aprons, fancy and plain; art'
and crafts goods, candy of all kinds, an,
always very delicious cake. candy. ie'
cream. The mcru for supper. serve,
after $50 o'clock, includes oysters, raw
fried panned, patties; chicken Gro
qucttes. chicken salad. potato salad, col,
ham ard tongue, rolls, hutter. coffee, tea
cake ice cream.
Evening journal., 1914-11-28
Use HANDCUFFS TO
BLOCK death threat

George Mcfarland, who says he is
a brakeman of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road and who gave Havre de Grace,
Nd. and Pittsburglr~as his home, V-as
sentenced to ten days in the work
house by Judge Churchman in City
Court today on a charge of drunken
ness. Mcfarland was arrested at
French street station yesterday by
Special Officer Wheatley. When re-
moved to the police station McFar-
land declared he would commit sui-
eide and the officers on duty to pre-
vent the prisoner injuring himself
placed hand-cuifs on him. Mcfarland
abused the officers throughout the
night. This morning he was rational
and said he had been injured in a
wreck.
La Flor De Durstein Segar. Look
for the name on the band. Durstein,
e. Second.-Adv.
Evening journal., 1914-11-28

been suddenly and abnormally en-
larged by the reduction of statutory
reserve percentages.
BY its refusal to lower the redis-
count rates the Federal Reserve
Boards response to certain Southern
and Western demands for such action
is in substance this. Recourse to the
reserve banks is not to be taken orig
inally. but ultimately. Reserve bank
facilities are to be ayailed of only as
Evening journal., 1914-11-28
FIRE APPARATUS AND DANGEROUS SPEED.


q EVERAL months ago we called attention 10 the fact
~ that Providence r. l., and several other cities
had placed a speed limit upon automobile fire appa-
ratus responding to alarms. Suggestion was made by
as that time that something of the sort be done in
this city, especially in the congested districts. AS
most the volunteer fire companies here have au-
tomobile equipment Of it very powerful and
speedy. we think something should be done for the
protection Of the riding and walking public. Our
former reference this matter recalled TO mind by
the receipt Of the following letter from Dr. II. Chal-
Hickman, of No. 61S Delaware avenue:
TO the Editor Of THE EVENING JOURNAL:
Sr-As a physician who believes that prevention is
better than cure; who has many traumatc
cases; who is a property-owner and a past-drVer OF
an automobile / wish To EXPRESS myself publicly in
reducing the frghtfully dangerous speed with
which the automobile fre-fghtng apparatuses in this
city TO fires. object to such speed because
/ think II is the duty Of citizen to do anything he
possibly do to prevent serious accident and hdeous
injury which later the inevitable results
Of high speed operation of automobile hre equip
ment through city streets
There was a time when automobile races in Fair
mount Park Philadelphia, common. The warn
ing note sounded by Dr. j. William White of that city
had much to do with putting end TO them. l trNst
that my warning with respect to our fire department
will have equally gratifying effect here. What
say is closely related to the safety first movement
When consider the comparatively few persons
who helped TO safety by the heroic remen In this
city Il makes IL all the reasonable to Suggest
that the material loss resulting in delay Of one. two
or three minutes in getting to a fire is not worth the
vent such loss. should rather have my house burn
few minutes longer than to feel that undue speed by
hremen in getting to It responsible for the
wouhdng the killing of some man. woman or child.
Not being fireman. shall not suggest the best
action for our city officials to take TO this
menace which emanates from our fire department
That is something for them to do not only for the
protection persons in the street but also for that OF
the hremen themselves. I also wish It to be under
stood that have only the highest admiration for our
volunteer fireman He is deserving of my praise and
that of all others in community He is concededly
brave honorable and intelligent His work is done
pratutously and we'll Those things do not, however,
remove the fact that fre-hghting machines are
racing through streets at rates of speed that are
entirely fast and that not called for by the
menace attending the fires to which they are going
Sincerely,
II. CHALMERS HICKMAN, NJ. D.
Wilmington. Del, Nov. 27. 1914
Dr. Hickman unquestionaby expresses the views
of many other wmingtonans who, while they admire
our volunteer fremen. think the daredevil speed will
which they respond to fire alarms is unnecessary and
that steps should be taken TO reduce it.
Evening journal., 1914-11-28
BYuin Escaping From Cage,
Attacks Man Before Recapfure

A bear which was being inspected
by circus men with a view of pur-
chase went on the rampage at Wawa-
set Park this morning and before re-
capture succeeded in making a light
lunch of a foot belonging to Bert
Rutherford, of No 26 North Fronklin
street, Philadelphia.
Mr.. Rutherford was taken to the
Evening journal., 1914-11-28
JAIL SENTENCES FOR
unlawful LIQUOR sales

Fines of 500 and sentences of 80
days in the workhouse were imposed
on Fannie Thomas and Howard Cor
don. colored. charged with the illegal
sale of liquor following a hearing in
City Court today. Philip L. Garrett
entered plea of guilty for Gordon af-
ter the evidence of Ernest Brooks,
colored, had been heard. The couple
are said to have sold liquor to
Brooks and Mary Kelley, colored.
In consideration of his plea Of
guilty. Judge Churchman suspended
sentence in one case on Gordon.
Evening journal., 1914-11-28
Loved wife THOUGH
She STABBED HIM

Alice Dennis, colored, was placed
under 500 peace bond in City Court
this morning following the testimony
of her husband, Harry Dennis, of No
515 McCaulley street that the woman
assailed him with a pair of scissors
inhicting a severe cash in the body.
you know | love you. even though
you stabbed me-" Dennis said in an
swer to a question by the defendant
Evening journal., 1914-11-28

Homeopathic Hospital and given med
ical attention. He was severely Bit
ten and his injury is most painful.
The pedal munching bruin was tied
in q wagon while its fine points were
being exhibited The animal suddenly
tore loose from its bonds and assaileu
Mr.. Rutherford. Several men quickly
caught the bear but not until after
Mr.. Rutherford had been bitten.
Evening journal., 1914-11-28
no SHOW SOCIETY CIRCUS,

An entertainment that promises to
he spectacular and interesting IN every
way, will be the giving Of the Society
Circus at the Deaconess Home. No. 307
West street, on the evening of Decem
Der 1. for which some of the features
will be hippodrome races, clever side
shows, unique acts in which rollickinl
clowns viii "star" and a number o.
other startling feats.