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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-15
MORTALITY AMONG THE ARrsTooRAoY.

Every young able-bodied man belonging to the
aristocratic classes of the nations engaged in war
IS connected with the army, and nearly all of their
youth in the field with their armies
ships. There are many exceptions in Great Britain,
which has no conscrpt system, but it is fair to say
that the majority of the gded youth of Britain
now in military uniform.
The shot and shell that down thousands of
the soldiers do not spare the officers. There
Is no discrimination in favor of the gente-born and
the refined All get the same dose of death-dealing
missiles. And what has the mortality already been
among the thousands of of the German, the
French, the Austrian the Russian and the English
aristocracy?
Probably the Austrian the haughtiest of all, has
suffered and will suffer the most for her losses have
fallen upon her crack regiments. Germany and
France well Russia, not much behind Austria
in the slaughter of their aristocracy.
In thousands of the homes of the European priv
eged classes there is mourning for the dead for the
young who had been nurtured to sustain the for
tunes OF noble houses for the gded youth educated
to maintain class privilege for the darlings of the
drawng-rooms and the favored partners in the dance
If the war goes for several years what toll of
death there will be for the aristocracy of Europe.
And what changes will be made by this slaughter in
the titles and estates IT, indeed the
leaves titles and estates for anybody to succeed to.
The death of young may end direct line of
princes Titles will pass to younger brothers or rea-
tives. Direct heirs to estates will fail
The French Revolution worked marvellous changes
among the aristocracy of France. Their estates
taken and sold public property, and millions of an
cestral included in the estates of the few
owned in small holdings by peasants. One of the
results the present is not unlikely to be sim
of the peasant if ultimately titles and class privilege
not abolished
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-15

Germany has set the example of system and
oroughness in all Of its agencies that relate to the
ally life of the people The United States has set
e example of utter lack of system and thoroughness
, this respect American methods utter dis
redt TO government.
Today food prices in American cities higher
han they are in European cities and throughout Ger
lany, because in the United States there is re-
traint whatever upon the 70 restaer and booster,
-ho laughs at feeble laws all tied up they
/ legasin and absolutely ineffective.
Food prices in the United States in a year of I'M
war-ridden Europe That goes without saying
nd the is the case because European govern
rents treat a crime that which the United States
mpotently permits, the wholesale exploitation of the
population by the designing few who get control of
ne food supplies
Our State governments are even worse. Having
police power they neglect to use it in any emergency
such conspiracy against the food of the people
rhe New Jersey State government has not evinced
any interest in the subject
Governor Fielder, for instance, has made
any reply to the communication by the New York
superintendent of weights and calling his
attention to the fish trust conspirators who heavily
tax the consumers the fish they buy and he
mains blind to the lesson that is being taught
by the sales of fish in Newark the auspices of
Newark MAYOR
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-15
Veteran Newspaper Man on War News

nobility. Mr.. Benefits choice of Paris
as his home ranges the Herald on the
same side.
Mr.. Pulitzer's Slav origin is reflected
in the World. One might expect toll
cradle fairness from the Sun. Mr..
Reick, it's publisher, is of German lin
cage, and even wears a decoration the
Kaiser bestowed upon him. But yet,
I'm thinking how the fur must rub
the wrong way when Managing Ed
itor Luby, son of a famous Irish pa
triot, gets down to revising the Eng
lish flare heads over the Suns dis
patches from the front.
And so, as | run down the list from
the inside, | know about how big a
grain of allowance to drop into the
war news the several metropolitan
journals put under my eye every day.
But I fear their indscreet zeal is go
ing to overdo the thing with the gem
eral public. and create the very SEN
tment they are so industriously try
ing to overbear.
Whatever his sympathies the
reader looks to his paper for informa-
ton: he is due to get mad when he
finds himself supplied with only mis-
information. One is apt to lose his
temper when he finds the editor he
trusts playing him for a fool, and fly
to the other side in their resentment
of the trick.
After have digested the New York
papers stories of the war, ! do not
get my poise till | have scanned the
Evening Stars service to find out
where I am at
WILLIAM E. .SACKETT.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-15
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDA'
Bancrofts Tribute to Famous Orator

which he had given the name of
Everett.
That suggested to me to ask him
If he had often heard Everett speak.
He replied: II have heard nearly
all of those who gained deserved fame
as orators in the past sixty years.
both in this country and abroad. So
I am justified in speaking from ex-
perience when I say that in my opin-
ion, as an orator pure and simple,
Edward Everett never had a superior
among the English-speaking races.
yet his influence was not very
great He never said anything that
took firm hold on the people. And
] think the reason was that his su-
prcme object was not the mastering
OF those who heard him, but the su-
preme mastery of the art of public
speaking. He had a wonderful COM
mand over words. I used often 10
wonder where he got his Evolutionary
training. for / am sure that 1t was
the result of diligent and constant
effort He possessed too, slngu-
larly pure and refined style, and |
never knew exactly where he got
that He was a fine scholar, and there
are the earmarks Of the student in
all of his orations. He was a supreme
actor, also. and we never had. before
him, and | presume never shall again
have, such master of the art of
acting in public discourse. Yet few,
If any, of his speeches are now read,
and YOU rarely see a quotation from
any of them printed anywhere"
copyright. 1914, by E. j. Edwards.
All rights reserved.)
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-15
OUR DAY OF GREAT EVENTS.

The American public is SO surfeited with news of
tremendous events in Europe coming in rapid success
son that the of caamities of another character
happening in other parts of the world would probably
get little attention. In China for example, the catas
trophe of food to drown 90, 600 people would
ceive only passing attention, and probably repeti-
ton of the Messina earthquake would be only briefly
wondered at
And naturally The events of the great European
war; and the itself. unique in the annals of
mankind and people living today witness that
prior to August, 1914 simply unimaginabe.
For years there was vague talk of general European
by those who did have the faintest idea what
war of the nations would mean
The predicted cause for general war was Turkey,
whose expulsion from Europe believed set the
European political world by the ears. Turkey has
hardly been thought of in this except possible
ally of Germany and Austria but it is not improbable
that her fate European state will be decided by
the
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-15

In the spring of 1882 | met George
Bancroft at the door of his house,
which faced Jackson Square in Wash
ington That was his winter home.
He had Just come in from a horse
back ride. In fact, ] was just enter
ing his yard when he rode in | took
heed of his erect carriage lie rode
like an experienced cavalry officer.
He seemed to be part of the animal.
Nothing but his white beard and hair
indicated that he was then well past
eighty years of age.
Mr.. Bancroft was a man Of great
courtesy and refinement, and they
were displayed when he made a gentle
apology to me for receiving me in his
riding clothes. He suggested that we
walk into his rose garden, which was
at the rear of the house, saying that
the early roses were in full bloom and
that he had a great variety of them
which he would be glad to show me.
As we walked along the smoothly
arranged paths in that new garden
Mr.. Bancroft said:
Il attribute my good health. my
interest in life. in people and in the
affairs of the government to the fact.
when the weather permits-and it
must be pretty severe weather not to
permit ride for an hour or two.
These rides have made it possible for
me to know intimately all the sub
urbs of Washington. / am very fond
of riding out on the Fourteenth street
road, especially in the springtime.
Then when / come home | spend an
hour or two with my roses"
Mr. Bancroft pointed to a rose to
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-15
THE JEW IN THE WAR.

In France few years ago young Jewish officer
cations with Germany He publicly stripped of
his uniform and sent to penal settlement for life
He innocent The charge conspiracy and
its anmus that he was Jew Moreover, several
of those who accused him themselves guilty of
treason How Dreyfus indicated and released
is familiar story He is in the French army,
in which his is also officer
In Russia tens of thousands of Jews serving in
the Russian armies. One of them, volunteer has
just received from the the highest decoration in
Russia of ST George, for bravery in battle
upon a jew All nations admire and applaud heroIsm,
all Russia must applaud this wedeserved decoration
The Dreyfus incident valuable to the Jewish
race in France. 1t showed the hdeousness of the
anti-Scmitic sentiment When the innocence of Drey-
fus was proven, and when it shown that he was
the victim of base conspiracy prejudice abashed
and there a reaction in popular sentiment. In
the French army today there many thousands of
Jewish soldiers.
The anti-Semitic prejudice has been strongest in
Russia. The world has been shocked by the brutal
Treatment of the by the connvance of the Rus
sian authorities. Repeated have excited
horror As the Dreyfus incident changed the tone of
public feeling in France, the heroism of the young
Russian soldier and its signal reward by the must
have powerful effect upon Russian sentiment.
Whatever strikes the popular imagination tells
powerfully This incident may have more effect upon
the public mind in Russia than all the preachngs of
half a century.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-15

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
1t is really refreshing, turning from
the anglophoblous New York newspa-
pers, to see the Evening Star redeem
ing it's engagement to treat the
achievements of the warning nations
across the sea with colorless fair
ness and impartiality that seems to
be foreign to them.
One would conclude, upon rising
from a perusal of their columns that
the German warrior is a sort of tin
soldier with toy pistol-that all the
martial skill and courage in Christen-
dom is concentrated in the British
so1diery Even the French allow
themselves to be ignored in their war
reports. London dispatches are their
first page top liners. And one is left
% wonder what on earth the Ger
mans can be doing all the time these
heroes of Britain are doing all the
pounding so sedulously acclaimed.
If the British rulers have seized a
war whose exigencies have made the
nations of Europe Britain's catspaw
allies as opportune for the spread of
an English propaganda in America,
shev have been fortunate in finding a
body of ready made agents in New
York newspaperdom to help them.
The foreign news of the Times, for
instance. is all handled by an English
gentleman who works in New York
1ut lives wholly in the atmosphere of
.cndon The Tribune was owned by
y diplomat who. for many years,
nasked in the smiles of the English
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-15

of waterways does not suit the interests of the
railroads. The waterway is the competitor of the
railroad which explains the systematic destruction
of the canal system of the country. The railroad
approves of water terminals only when they are
railroadowned and controlled. The railroad does
approve nayigable stream that carries freight
at competitive rates And therefore the railroads
do not approve of river and harbor appropriations.
Every newspaper that is under railroad influence
a rabd opponent of river and harbor bills. Those
who favor such bills the constituents of
gressmen and representatives of the shipping in
terests Nearly all newspapers that not susceptible
to railroad influence demand river and harbor appro
priatons, and they reflect the public sentiment in
their localities The members of Congress generally
compelled to yield to this sentiment. They cannot
do otherwise.
If the railroad view prevailed at Washington there
would not be any improvements for the waterways
of the country, md the highly important harbor i'm
proyenleDts projected for the New Jersey waters
tributary to New York Bay must be abandoned For
the railroad interest has blocked this improve
ment. and it would cut off Federal aid by
strangng the appropriation bills in Congress.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-15

THE newspaper does not rise above
its editor said Chester S. Lord, for
many years the distinguished editor
of the New York SUM- in a recent adj
dress before the University Press
Club.
THE reading of newspapers has
come to be an absolute essential in
the daily routine of every intelligent
person.
THE things taught by the news
paper are the things of the moment.
THE editor indicates the papers
policy and the paper is just what he
makes it. If the editor stands for
honesty and integrity his paper will
be an expression OF high ideals"
This, of course, is no more true of
the editor of a newspaper than of the
head of any other business. 1t is in
evitable. And 1t is fact that every
employe should keep IN mind from
the time he enters a business. even
II il be in the humblest capacity.
Some day he may be at the head of II.
But even if he isn't, in so far as he
is Identified with it, he inevitably
leaves his stamp on every piece Of
work that he turns out.
There Is such thing as habit of
excellence.
And the habit of excellence gives a
satisfaction and happiness which
nothing else can give. 1t gives one
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-15
LABOR NOTES

There are 722, Ss5 coal miners in the
United States.
There are n labor temples in Ger
many.
Britain's coal mines employ 100000
men.
Bradford. England, painters get 1S
cents an hour.
Madras, India, has an electric street
railway with Ia miles of track, em-
ploying 700 persons.
OF the population of Hungary more
than 70 per cent is engaged in agri-
cultural pursuits.
Clock-making in the Black Forest
of Baden and Wurtemburg employs
$4,000 persons
The wages of an English meiropoli-
tan police constable range from s6.37
to 1857 per week.
Between sc. 900 and 10000 men are
employed in the metal and machinery
trades OF Switzerland.
Under English law century ago
membership in a trade union was a
felony.
Great Britain and Ireland having
not much over half the population of
the United States, have about 100000
more union laborers.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-15
THE MAINE RESULT.

1t is likely that the Democratic victory in the
Maine election will be felt in other States. Maine
was a Republican stronghold for years The achieve
ment of yesterday, therefore, notable
The Underwood tariff issue until the war
started. The Republicans fought the tariff, de-
carng it antagoniste to the doctrinal standards of
the past in Maine They asked for reyerson to the
Republican rule of protection.
Mr. Rooseyelt's visit to Maine seems to have
been failure for the Progressive vote appears to
have sumped heavily. II would that the
Colonels stay in Maine did result any good for
his party.
In Democratic quarters the Maine election will be
pointed showing the drift Of public sentiment
regarding the national administration.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-15

his own unqualified approval OF his
efforts; all his faculties say Amen"
to the finished job. When one feels
within him power to do what he un-
dertakes as well as it can be done,
it gives satisfaction beyond the
power of words to describe, II is a
realization OF nobility, the divinity of
the mind There is no false note in
the make-up OF the man who has
ingrained in the very fibre OF his be-
ing the habit of excellence. Every
thing rings true, his character Is solid
and substantial, and his work bears
the stamp of his character.
The reason why so many OF us make
such botchwork of our lives, doing
such little things when we might do
great things, is that we only give part
of ourselves, a portion of our ener-
gies. TO our career. We do not fling
ourselves with all our might and main
into our calling.
No one can do great things who is
afraid to put the weight of his whole
being into his work. Do not bring
part Of yourself. n mere 1.-THE of your
energy to Your task: be all there.
Fling yourself with all the power YOU
can muster into your life work
The very reputation of being dead
in earnest, of being all there in every
thing you do, establishes the faith or
people in you, and is a tremendous
success asset.
And the man who works in this
spirit will leave the stamp of a whole
man on his work.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-15
Noted Women Whose Birthday Is Yours
SEPTEMBER Is
Sophia Dorothea, Adelne Whitney
BY MARY MARSHALL.
'othea, Adeline Whitney
Cop, rlglited 1914.

Though Sophia Dorothea was wife
OF King George H., and though she
lived twelve years after her husbands
coronation her name is not to be
found in the list of English queens
Still she was the mother of King
George Ills heir and she was the first
cousin of the king. her husband. The
story of why Sophia Dorothea never
became queen Of England is the story
Of her life
She was born in Germany, Septen-
Der 10, 1866, and at the age of six
teen she was married for court rea-
sons to her first cousin who later be-
came king of England. OF her two
children one became George IL and
the other became the mother of Fred
erick the Great.
The failure of the marriage OF
George and Sophia was in ali prob
ability due to Georges misconduct
He set his standard of conduct from
that Of the prohigate French court at
himself with as many women as he
chose after the fashion of the Bour-
bons he found his wife was not the
docile, long suffering creature that
many of the Bourbon queens proved
to be. A model queen, according to
the standards then prevalent, would
have crushed her jealousy and 81
fenced her anger, she would have de-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-15
Women Feel Wars Hardships

cause arises, as in our Civil War,
women are ready to make supreme
sacrifices and to give up their nearest
and dearest for their country's sake,
But more and more they are coming
to resent the wrong that is done them
in wars for which there is no excuse
but political ambitions. At the time
of the Boer war this feeling found
strong expression in England. Women
of humble and high degree cried out
against giving up to the sword the
sons they had borne in agony and to
seeing them mown down by the guns
of the enemy
The revolt is likely to be more bit
ter and of greater force in this need
less conflict that is now convulsing
Europe. Women have been helpless
hitherto. they are helpless now; but
their voices raised in solemn protest
must be heard. The time will come
when governments cannot go to war
at their pleasure at the cost OF
women's bleeding hearts.-Indianapo
| lis Star.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-15

In the streets of Paris and of Berlin
and of st. Petersburg. along with the
throngs of men, filed with what they
fancied to be the spirit of patriotism
and shouting wildly, were crowds OF
weeping women and children. War
had been declared and war to women
does not mean glory.
To them it means parting from nus
bands and sons, from brothers and
lovers, possibly forever. 1t means
heavy fear and dread; it means
heartache and misery; it multitudes
| It means poverty and want because
OF the taking away of the bread,
winners: 1t means for uncounted
thousands widowhood and desola-
ton. Whether to the waiting. tear
ful wives their warriors are brought
home dead, or are left, unknown,
on the battlefield; whether they come
manned and broken, or whether they
return. finally, living and well, with
| t1ei~ place in industrial life lost
whichever is any soldiers fate, the
women who love him suffer.
| ItNis greater and more bitter sur
fering than any ruler has right to
| inflict upon them save for a most
righteous cause. and no such cause
exists in Europe today. When such
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Evening Star Astrologer
/. Copyright, 1914,)

to commercial interests, but II is
prophesied that prosperity will follow
a season OF depression.
Fortunes to be gained through COM
mercc and trade with Southern re-
publics, the stars foresiladow =
While this confignration endures the
health may be seriously AFFECTED. Dis
eases of the digestive apparatus and
mental disturbances are common
when Uranus is unfriendiy. The
mind may be seriously affected by the
rule Of this planet, held to be power.
full in its influence on the intellect.
Impulses toward hasty speech and
severe judgment should be restrained.
Travel and change are not favore
ably guided. Although a the aspect
operates to increase the activity OF
the mind, restlessness and desire
for new surroundings may be the
chief results of the mental condition.
Persons whose birthdate 1t ie
should beware of new enterprises.
Their year Is likely to be troubled
one, but wise precautions may pre-
vent loss of property and other mis-
fortunes.
Children born on this day are SUB
Jects Of Virgo and their principal
ruling planet is Mercury. They are
likely to be thoughtful, reliable and
industrious. They are usually strone
advocates of peace measures.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-15
THE OPPOSITION TO WATERWAY DEVELOPMENT

The improvement of the rivers and harbors of this
country is vital to its development. Ours is vast
country with two vast fronts and many harbors
while the country is trayersed by many important
rivers To utilize all the harbors and streams for the
use of the people requires large annual appropriations
And what Congress has appropriated is only small
fraction of what is necessary. The appropriation by
Congress is known the river and harbor bill.
There is always vigorous opposition to these
appropriations and they fought tooth and nail in
Congress- And there is reason The development