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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-09
POWERFUL NAVY Is
AMERICAN POLICY
United States Will Continue to Remain
Strong on the Seas.

United States Will Continue to Remain
Strong on the Seas.
A powerful navy we have always
regarded as our proper and natural
means of defense. and 1t has always
been of defense that we have thought,
never of aggression or of conquest.
But who shall tell us now what sort
Of navy to build? We shall take leave
to be strong upon the seas in the fu-
ture as in the past. and there will he
no thought of Offense or Of provOcatiOn
In that. Our ships are our natural
bulwarks When will the experts tell
us just what kind we should construct.
and when will they be right for ten
years together. If the relative efficiency
of craft of different kinds and uses
continues to change as we have seen
1T change under our very eyes in these
last few months?
But | turn away from the subject
1t is not new. There is no new need
to discuss it. We shall not alter our
attitude toward it because some among
us are nervous and excited. We shall
easily and sensibly agree upon a policy
of defense. The question has not
changed its aspects because the times
are not normal. Our policy will not
be for an occasion. 1t will be cOnceiv-
ed as a permanent and settled thing
which we will pursue at all seasons
without haste and after a fashion per
fectly consistent with the peace Of the
world, the abiding friendship of states
and the unhampered freedom Of all
with whom we deal. Let there be no
miscOnceptiOn. The country has been
misinfOrmed. We have not been neg
ligent of national defense. We are not
unmindful of the great responsibility
resting upon us. We shall learn and
profit by the lesson OF every expert
ence and every new circumstance. and
what is needed will be adequately
done.
close, as | began, by reminding
you Of the great tasks and duties Of
peace which challenge our best powers
and invite US to build what will last.
the tasks to which we can address our
selves now and at all time with free
hearted zest and with all the finest
gifts of constructive wisdom we pos
sess. To develop our life and our re-
sources. to supply our own people and
the people of the world as their need
arises from the. abundant plenty of
our fields and our marts of trade. to
enrich the commerce OF our own states
and Of the world with the products OF
sur mines. our farms and our facto-
ries. with the creations Of our thought
and the fruits of our character-t this
"a what will hold our attention and
our enthusiasm steadily now and I'm
the years to come as we strive to
show in our life as a nation what lib
erty and the inspirations OF an eman-
cipated spirit may do for men and for
societies. for individuals. for states
and for mankind
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-09
AMERICA FACES NEW
MARKETS FOR TRADE
Merchant Marine Must Be Built Up t,
Meet Opportunity.

Merchant Marine Must Be Built Up to
Meet Opportunity.
1t is of equal consequence that the
nations whom Europe has usually sup
piled with innumerable articles of man
ufacture and commerce of which they
are in constant need and without which
their economic development halts and
stands still can now get only small
part of what they formerly imported
and eagerly look to us to supply their
all but empty markets. This is partic-
ularly true OF our own neighbOrs. the
states. great and small. of Central and
South America. Their lines of trade
have hitherto run chiefly athwart the
seas. not to our ports. but to the ports
Of Great Britain and Of the older con
tinent OF Europe. I do not stop TO in
quire why or TO make any comment on
probable causes. What interests MS
just now is not the explanation. but
the fact and our duty and opportunity
in the presence OF IL. Here are mar
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-09
SELF GOVERNMENT FOR
FlLIPINOS IS URGED.
President Says Senate Should Pass
Measure Now Before Senate.

President Says Senate Should RasS
Measure Now Before Senate.
And there is another great piece of
legislation which awaits and should re-
ceive the sanction of the senate. l
mean the bill which gives a larger
measure of self government to the peO-
pie Of the Philippines. How better in
this time of anxious questioning and
perplexed policy could we show our
confidence in the principles of liberty
as the source as well as the expression
of life; how better could we demon
strate our own self possession and
steadfastness in the courses Of justice
and disinterestedness than by thus go
ing calmly forward to fulfill our prom
ises to a dependent people, who will
now look more anxiOusly than ever to
see whether we have indeed the Hber-
atty, the unselfishness, the courage,
the faith we have boosted and profess
ed? l cannot believe that the senate
will let this great measure of construc-
tive justice await the action of another
congress. Its passage would nObly
crown the record of these two years
Of memorable labor.
But | think that you will agree with
me that this does not complete the toll
of our duty. How are we to carry our
goods to the empty markets Of which
| have spoken if we have not the
ships? How are we to build up great
trade if we have not the certain and
constant means of transportation upon
which all profitable and useful com
merce depends? And how are we to
get the ships if we wait for the trade
to develop without them? To correct
the many mistakes by which we have
discouraged and all but destroyed the
merchant. marine of the country, to re-
trace the steps by which we have, it
seems almost deliberately. withdrawn
our flag from the seas. except where.
here and there. n ship of war is hidden
carry it or some wandering yacht dis
plays it, would take long time and
involve many detailed items of leSis-
latiOn. and the trade which we ought
Immediately to handle would disap
pear or find other channels while we
debated the items.
The case is not unlike that which
us WueIl our owl -COullu6Hl
was to be opened up to settlement and
industry. and we needed long lines Of
railway. extended means of transpor-
tatiOn prepared beforehand. if develop
ment was not to lag intOlerably and
wait unfortunately. We lavishly sub
sidized the building of transcOnti
mental railroads We look back upon
that with regret now. because the sub
sides led to many scandals of which
we are ashamed. but we know that
the railroads had to be built. and if
we had it to do over again we should
of course build them. but in another
way Therefore | propose another
way of providing the means of trans
pOrtatiOn. which must precede. not
tardily follow. the development of SUI
trade with our neighbor states of
America 1t may seem a reversal 81
the natural order Of things. but it is
true. that the routes of trade must be
actually opened-by many ships and
regular sailings and moderate charges
before streams of merchandise will
flow freely and prOftably through
them.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-09
GOVERNMENT ECONOMY
is VERY IMPERATIVE
Urges Systematic Reorganization to
Gain Greater Efficiency.


Gain Greater Efficiency.
Before close may say a few
words upon two topics much discussed
out of doors upon which it is highly
important that our judgments should
be clear, definite and steadfast?
One of these is economy in govern
ment expenditures. The duty of econ
omy is not debatable 1t is manifest
and imperative In the appropriations
we pass we are spending the money
Of the great people whose servants we
are-nOt our own. We are trustees and
responsible stewards in the spending
The only thing debatable and upon
which we should be careful to make
our thought and purpose clear is the
kind of economy demanded of us.
assert with the greatest confidence
that the people of the United States
are not jealous of the amount their
government costs if they are sure that
they get what they need and desire for
the outlay. that the money is being
spent for objects of which they ap-
prove and that it is being applied with
good business sense and management
Governments grow piecemeal both
in their tasks and in the means by
which those tasks are TO be performed.
and very few governments are organ
lied. venture to say. as wise and ex-
perienced business men would organize
them if they had clean sheet of paper
to write upon. Certainly the govern
ment of the United States is not
think that it is generally agreed that
there should be II systematic reOrgani
cation and reaSsembling of its parts
SO as to Secure greater efficiency and
effect considerable savings in expense
But the amount of money saved in that
way would. | believe. though no doubt
considerable in itself. running. it may
be. into the millions. be relatively
small-small. mean. in proportion to
the total necessary OUTLAWS Of the gov
eminent 1t would be thoroughly
worth effecting. as every saving would
great or small
Our duty is not altered by the scale
Of the saving. But my point Is that
the people OF the United States do not
wish TO curtail the activities Of this
government They wish. rather, to en-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-09
SAYS SHIPPING BILL
Is VERY IMPORTANT

It Should Be Passed to Profit by Open
ed Gates of Trade.
Hence the pending shipping bill, dis
cussed at the last session. but as vet
passed by neither house In my judg
ment such legislation is imperatively
needed and cannot wisely be postpon-
ed The government must open these
gates of trade. and open them wide.
open chem before it is altogether profit
able to open them or altogether rea-
sonable to ask private capital to open
them at a venture 1t is not question
OF the government monopolizing the
field. It should take action to make
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-09
GATES OF TRADE MUST BE
OPENED.

The government must open
these gates of trade, and open
them wide, open them before it
is altogether profitable to open
them or altogether reasonable
to ask private capital to open
them at a venture. II is not q
question of the government mo-
nopolizins the field. It should
take action to make il certain
that transportation at reason
able rates will be promptly pro-
Vided, even where the carriage
is not at first profitable, and
then. when the carriage has be-
come sufficiently profitable to at
tract and engage private capital
and engage it in abundance, the
government ought TO withdraw.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-09
1--WE NEED SHIPS; WE HAVE
NOT GOT THEM"

The United States, this great
people for whom we speak and
act, should be ready as never
before TO serve itself and to
serve mankind; ready with it's
resources, it's energies, its forces
of production and it's means of
distribution. We are
not ready to mobilize our re-
sources at once. We are not
prepared to use them imme-
diately and at their best, with
out delay and without waste.
To speak plainly, we have
grossly erred in the way in
which we have stunted and him
dered the development of our
merchant marine, and now, when
we need ships, we have not got
them.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-09
TRAINED CITlZENRY FOR
DEFENSE.

We must depend in every time
of national peril upon
a citizenry trained and aceus-
TONED to arms. We
should encourages such training
and make il a means of disei-
pline which our young men will
learn to value. Il is
right, too, that the national
guard of the states should be
developed and strengthened by
every means which is not in
consistent with our obligations
to our own people or with the
established policy of our gov
eminent.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-09
WEST LUNENBURG

Mrs. e. w. Hastings visited her
sister in Waterford last Sunday.
w. HI. Carpenter was in Lancaster
last Friday on business.
Mrs. Gertrude Carpenter was a
business visitor in st. Johnsbury
Friday.
There will be a box supper and
spelling school at the school house
Monday night.
Ray Bennett was in Whitefeld,
N. H., last Sunday.
w. H. Carpenter has his new gar
age nearly completed.
Fred Lord of Groveton, N. H., Wis
tied his parents last Wednesday,
making the trip in his new car.
Mrs. Pearl Blood has been enter
tanning her brother and wife from
Littleton the past week.
Patrick Guyette of East Lancaster
visited James Nichols the past week.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-09

ton for trouble. This is assuredly the
opportunity for which a people and a
government like ours were raised up,
the opportunity not only to speak, but
actually to embody and exemplify the
cOunsels of peace and amity and the
lasting concord which is based on JUS
tice and fair and generous dealing.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-09

upon hesitation and makeshift End
formulate genuine policy OF use and
conservation in the best sense Of those
words We owe the one measure not
only 70 the people of that great west
ern country for whose free and sys-
tematic development. as IL seems to
me. our legislation has done so little.
but also to the people OF the nation
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-09

The Is ceLt piece was made
famous by the American Liver
Tablets. the rerfect laxative.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-05
REALTY NEWS
PHIPPS BUYS CASTLE
HOUSE ON 46TH ST.
Rounds Out IL, 900 Foot Plot on Madi
| son Ave.. Broadway Corner for
Apartment Site...Big Bronx Deals

The Henry Phipps Estate added
Castle House on East Forty.six
street to their long list Of holdings yes
terday. and thereby completed owner
ship to one Of the largest and best 10.
Gated plots in the vicinity Of the Grand
Central station. Peasc & Gilman nego-
tiated the sale OF the property for Or.
James Bishop. who purchased Castle
House only a few days ago. II Is at
"a and IS East Forty-sixth street. Q
hve.story building on plot 4oxl00.5 ad-
Joining the southwest corner of Madi-
son avenue and opposite the entrance
TO the Rtz-Carlton Hotel. II was once
occupied by the Mrs. Osborne Company.
dressmakers, but recently has been &C.
cupied by Vernon Castles dancing
school.
The Phipps Estate. which is New
York corporation holding title to the
vast properties In this city owned by
Henry Phipps, owns the corner Of Mad
ison avenue and Forty-sixth street adj
Joining the property purchased yester-
day. It Is an altered dwelling on o lot
twenty feet on the street and 1905 feet
on the avenue. The estate also owns
q plot 1ooxi00 abutting at the north
west corner II Madison avenue and
Forty-nfth street. They have there
fore a plot Of 10000 square feet which
will be held under short term leases
until suitable improvement for the
whole plot can be arranged.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-05
PHELPs.sTOKEs ESTATES SELL.

WARREN STREET.-Robert T.
Rainey has sold for the Phelps-S Stokes
Estates N Warren street. "a four
story loft and store building. on lot
c5X92.l0, located 1898 feet west OF
Washington street. The buyer will
occupy the structure at the expiration
OF the present leases. The sellers &C.
quired title TO the property on Thurs
day from Sarah Halkett.
WEST 18TH STREET Reilly &
Dahn have sold for Rae Marcus. 532-
53i West l35th street, a six story tene-
ment on plot 4oXloo. The purchaser
gave in part payment his country
home in Crawford, y. j.
WEST NINETY FOURTH STREET.
David krause has resod FOR Mrs.
Pauline Frank 20 West Ninety-fourth
street. a four-story dwelling. on lot
l6xl00.s. The seller purchased this
property from the estate Of Edward
Mitchell two months ago and re-
modelled il.
WEST EIGIITIETH STREET-Mrs.
Bertha Ritter has sold l6l West
Eightieth street. a five-story fiat. on
lot 20x1O2.2. near Amsterdam avenue.
HOUSTON STREET-Mary Jain has
sold TO Joseph Personeni &c West
Houston street, two-story tcne-
ment, on lot 25Xe0, near Thompson
street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-05
BUSINESS PROPERTY LEASES.

The Libman Realty Company has leased
through Myer Bondy the fourth loft Ia
IS West Thirty-eighth street to NJ. Gross
for a term OF four years.
Daniel Birdsall & Co have leased n
loft at 10 to ~ Blocker street to Robert
Rogers. offices In the Bartholdi Building
Broadway ana Twenty third street. to
Kun. Nathan l. Fischer; . loft at ~ East
Tenth street. to WeitE Brothers: a loft AT
IS East Seventeenth street to Duhssrn n
Phaiz. and loft at 26 West Fifteenth
street to the Fleischnlck Manufacturing
Company.
Goodae. Perry a Dwight have leased
the parlor floor store Mt CT West Twenty
third street TO the Novelty Slide Company,
and space NJ 40 West Twenty eighth
street to Elscnberg 4 Goldberg.
The Louis Schlicp Factory Bureau has
leased loft for term OF years IN 1871
West Twenty-fourth street TO tho Jagcn-
berg Engineering Works.
Henry Trenkmann has ieascd moor
In <07 Rroomo street to the Ehrenberg
Brass Manufacturing Company and a
floor IN 42s Broome street TO tho May
Michaelson Novelty Company.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-05
new HEIGHTS APARTMENT.

A ten story apartment house will he
built at the northwest corner OF Broad
way and I46th street as the result OF a
Zeal closed yesterday. The Broadway
4 I46th Street Company is the buyer.
The company WAS formed for the pur-
pose OF improving the corner. which
contains four lots fronting 9s.11 feet on
Broadway and 100 feet on the street.
II Is one OF the few Broadway corners
in that part of the Heights that have
not been improved. The northwest cor
ner of Broadway and li5th street is
the only other property near the 14eth
street subway station that is Yet to be
improved. The realty Is bought from
Pauline d. Riggs and William Oothout.
who have held the corner for may
years. The new apartment house will
be the sixth ten story house to be built
in the Heights.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-05

EAST 2SGTH STREET-Lauter &
Blackner have sold for Sadie Byrnes
To John wilkins the plot, l3JNl50, on
the north side Of East 23Gth street.
925 feet west OF oneida avenue; also
SO ana e. East 236th street, two new
four-story fats. on plot ,2Xl00. Mr.,
wilkins VIII improve the Oneida hvc-
nue. site with apartments. He gave
In exchange 1919 Trinity avenue, a
hve-story fiat, on plot 36Xl0O.
NARMION ANENtE-The Denver
Realty Company has sold Ia Harry
Rather the plot 66xli9 on the west
side OF Marmlon avenue, 33l feet
south Of l80th street.
olsTH> STREET--Joscph kurZman and
Jacob Langsan have bought from
Thomas ]. and Mary V, Coyne the
plot OF over seven lots on the north
side OF 2lsth street, extending through
to 2l7th street, i05 feet west oi
Barnes avenue. with frontages OF loo
and rs feet respectively, and depth
OF 22s feet.
MORRIS ANENIE-The three-story
brick dwelling ~ 2GiG Nnriis avonu.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-05
HENRY MAILLARD TRACT SOLD.

The Henry Maillard tract, which COM
prses most of the two square blocks
bounded by Walton and River avenues,
165th and Mcclellan streets, have been
sold. 1t contains in all about ninety
lots and is valued at about $4,000.
1t has been in one ownership for great
many years. The property includes the
TWO block fronts on the south side Of
Mcclellan street, between Walton and
Gerard avenues and Gerard and River
avenues. The frontage OF the former
is 200 feet and Of the latter 23O feet. 1t
extends along Walton avenue for q dis
lance of about $50 feet and has similar
frontages on both sides Of Gerard ave-
nue. and the easterly side OF River ave-
nue. The tract Is situated but one block
from the proposed elevated and sub
way station, which Is to be located at
River avenue and l61th street,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-05
sCHIFr FREE or RECEIVER.

The West Eighty-second Street Realty
Company. Harry Schifr, president. has
made settlement with creditors at IS
cents on the dollar. payable 46 cents cash
within sixty days; 10 cents, note. at twelve
months. and 10 cents. note. ut eighteen
months. The receivership has been va
Gated. and the property involved Ia to be
returned to the company. J. Clarence
Davies was appointed receiver on NpveT-
her 81 last and has since had the man
agement of the properties.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-05
CONNECTICUT aEAL ESTATE YoR SALE.
Country Estate For Sale.

The Sturteyant farm. In Brookheid. Conn. on
the State road from Danbury to New Milford.
Five miles from Danbury. II. miles from Brook
field junction railway station oS miles from New
York city. on direc, road to the BerxAhires. About
IS acres OF land Is-room house with steam heat
and improvements Ice pond and Ice house. en-
ginc house. siio. tobacco barn. hay. horse and
cattle barns and all necessary farm buildings for
immediate occupancy. Land In me shape. The
house Is located In beautiful grove of trees and
commands the view w and down the beautiful
Housatonic valley for miles II Is one OF the tncst
places In Western Connecticut and will be sold
cheap 10 quick buyer To settle AN estate. Address
tho administrator GEORGE WAkENAN Dam
bury. Conn.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-05
ST. NICHOLAS AVE. GARAGE.

Plans have been filed by Francis Aver
kamp for the construction OF a two story
public garage on the east side OF ST.
Nicholas avenue, IFS feet north OF i6o,h
street. for u. Scholer as owner. II will
have a frontage OF 25.5 feet and depth
OF ll5 feet. and has been estimated to
cost $4,000.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-05
NASSAU ST. BUILDING TO GO HIGH
Five Floors TO he Added "a rs story
Postal Life Building.

The fifteen story ONCE building at the
southwest corner % Nassau and Liberty
streets. one OF the pioneer Office struc-
lures OF Nassau street, will be Increased
to twenty stories. Demand for space
In the building has led to the decision
of adding five stories to the structure.
Plans for the new floors were put on
record yesterday by Theodore q. VS.
scher, who estimated the cost OF the i'm
provemcn' ut $4,000. The Postal Life
Insurance Company owns the building.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-05

has been sold. The house 10 on the
east side Of the avenue. occupying .
lot 1S.4xio6. between 1854 street and
Kingsbridge road.
FEATHERBED LANES. II. Frank
enheim has sold the plot on the south
side Of Fcatherbed lane, near the
junction OF Nelson avenue. known a.
lot 81, for Annie T. Morris to David
Kaufman.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-05
Eth STREET, Mrs.
SALE IN BRONX TRADE CENTRE.

August Kuhn has sold the northwest
corner Of Third avenue and lj2d street.
1t consists OF a plot fronting 9S.7 feet
on the avenue and 1863 feet on the
street and measuring 1iJ feet and 100
feet on its northeriy and westerly lines
respectively. On the site are four
three-story frame houses. facing on the
avenue, and two-story frame dwelling
on the street. Close to 100000 is said
to have been paid for the property.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-05
TRA AIDE IN IRVING PL. DWELLING.

The five story dwelling AT the north
west corner OF Irving place and Eight
and offices at an estimated cost OF IS, 500
John Healy Is the owner. Harrison g.
Wiseman is the architect. Opposite the
dwelling. at the southwest corner. Is the
New York Telephone Company's build
ing and on the southeast corner Ia Huy-
ler's factory.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-05
NEWARK HOUSE FOR BACHElORs

Louis SchlesinEcr has sold for Daniel r.
Woodruff and Gilbert r. Woodruff, exccu.
tors. TO DR.. J. Z. II. Guthrie and Judge
Patrick J. Dolan, rs East Kinney street,
between Broad and Orchard streets. New
ark. n. j.. four story dwelling on lot
l9xl20. The new owners will eNpend
about $4,000 In rcmodsiling the property
for bachelors apartments.