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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-10
RACING AGAINST TIME AT THE
eleventh HOUR.

ELEVEN n T1OOh'
The ships were allowed hours 10
take on supplies and coal, while the
newspaper man assigned to the big
doings thrust what personal necessar-
les lay at hand into a bag and raced
with time for a train, stopping only
long enough to allow the cashier down.
stairs to supply few hundred dollars
for immediate expenses. How quickly
and smoothly this movement OF re-
porters toward the front was accom-
phshed proved again, as it did in 1913
al the beginning Of the little difficulty
with Spain, that the American news
paper is always prepared TO get into
the thick OF the big news happenings,
and no job is too big for the American
reporter.
Getting his order by telephone at
D. m. TO go aboard the ship to when
he had been assigned by the Secretary
of the Navy. and catching train at .
II m. that Wednesday afternoon, re-
porter of national reputation was at mis-
post at $50 O'Clock the next morning
and dispatched to his paper a fifty
word wireless message covering the
news OF the fleets preparations; later
adding fifty words as the ships
steamed away in the fog. picturesque
description of a scene that was hidden
from all eyes on land. Meanwhile a
half dozen other reporters. keen for
eventualities. were on the job and just
as alert And before getting off the
wireless messages the reporters had to
fairly clash away bandages of official
red tape, that the news might penetrate
TO their chiefs and from news pages
and bulletin boards bring assurance to
millions of anxious readers that all was
well with the navy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-10
N

kkN FR Secretary, there are re-
M ports around that condi-
lions in Mexico City are
very serious. Can YOU find out for us
whether or not these reports are true?
why. yes, III do so at once. Banks
send a telegram TO Admiral Fletcher
asking him to transmit Immediately
report on conditions in the City of Mex
leo"
This brief conversation took place at
o'clock the other morning between
Josephus Daniels, Secretary Of the
Navy, and one of the newspaper men
stationed i'm the state. War and Navy
Building at Washington.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-10

HEN, on Tuesday. April H.
M President Wilson finally
w waved aside his watchful-
waiting policy and decided to send the
North Atlantic fleet to Tampico. he
issued a big order. whose bigness, how
ever. didn't embrace merely the avail
able fighting ships. The single line
bulletin. Wilson orders Badgers Fleet
to Mexico" had scarcely been flashed
from Washington when it put in mo-
ton every department in the big news
paper offices. All down the line from
the editor-in chief to the warders of
the outer gates. the Office boys, every
body was involved in the general
scrimmage.
Rear Admiral Badgers ships, then
al Hampton Roads, began operations
that afternoon under orders to get un-
der way at G:3O o'clock the next morn
ing. In the meantime, from Boston To
San Francisco, the skirmish-line re-
porters were hustling from newspaper
offices. some ordered TO the Texas
border. others 20 take places vacated
bv men i'm Washington bureaus, or
dered to ships because of the sudden
ness of the Presidents decision. and
still others rushed from New York to
board the sea fighters before they
weighed anchor off the Virginia Capes.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-26

Of our own. Germany thirty years ago was about in
the same position in the matter of merchant marine
as the United States is at present The present en-
peror set about the work of commercial advancement
on the sea and the transformation he has wrought is
impressivey brought home to the American as he
sees the vaterland swinging out of New York harbor
with her decks crowded with Americans and her hold
damned with American merchandise worth millions
It is indeed a proud day for the German emperor
as he sees the queen of the leading his great
fleets that divide the commerce of the world with
England But what a commentary it is
merchant marine. In the years before the Civil War
our ships divided the seas with England. The Amer
lean craft disappeared when Confederate warships
built in England, wiped out clipper fleets. From
this blow the United States has never recovered.
Is the American government to continue to re-
main quietly standing by as England and Germany
vie with each other building the greatest ships the
world ever for the purpose of catering to Ameri-
can commerce? Is it not time to wake up?
It is Just as logical for the United States to main
tain its present attitude it would for department
store TO hire wagons to bring in and send out
its products
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-26

CALGARY, Alberta, May 24.-All
Calgary has gone mad over the dis
covery of oil in this section.
On May IA the drill at we'll No. 1
of the Calgary Petroleum Products
Company, located about so miles
southwest of this city, penetrated the
oil bearing sands and Struck OIL at
a depth of 2718 feet. The oil rapidly
rose in the shaft of the well until
it was stationary at about 700 feet
below the surface.
The oil is almost pure gasoline and
is flowing at the rate of from $50 to
200 barrels a day. 1t is computed to
be worth SO a barrel at the well side.
In addition, some 100000 cubic feet
of natural gas is given off every "a
hours.
The proprietors have been setting
up machinery to handle the gas
which they propose to condense into
gasoline. gallon of gasoline can be
produced from every 1000 cubic feet of
gas.
Nothing has been thought of, moths
ing has been talked of but oil. Bust
ness of every kind has been set aside
The law courts are deserted, doctors
have forgotten their cases. store en-
ployes have failed to show up al
work and street cars and municipal
departments had to work short
handed.
At the offices of the oil companies
were crowds of people who wanted to
buy shares A squad of police was
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-26
The EMANCIPATION OF IRELAND.

In his statement made public in Dublin yesterday
John Redmond to whom belongs large part of the
glory of the enactment of the home rule bill by Parla
ment, SAYS:
The union of Pitt and Castlereagh, which was the
cause of Irelands poverty misery, depopulation de-
noralization and the cause of famine boodshed and
dslovalty among the Irish people throughout the
world is dead. It's place Will be taken by a union
founded upon mutual respect and goodwill between
the two islands It will be followed firmly believe
by history of peace, prosperity and loyalty
The words of a high-mnded statesman and pure
patriot as John Redmond is He does not exult in
the hour of victory which brought the Irish dream
of century to a happy realization He utters no
word of defiance to the in Ireland who have been
chiefly instrumental in keeping the land SO long in
cruel bondage
Readers of Irish history will now look back
through the dreary vista of time and note the phases
of the long struggle that followed the detested union
which was so prolific of for the Irish There
is hardly foot of Irish soil that has not witnessed
tragedy In fact, Irish history for nigh century
has been one long tragedy
Nor is it yet ended. Ireland is to experience
not only probably fratrcidal conflict in Ulster, but
also the disorders and violence attending the setting
up of new government, and one of its most serious
problems already foreshadowed in the labor ques
ton There are to be graver responsibilities for Irish
craftsmanship.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-26
Strict About Guns.

Any one who handles a gun in
Germany is held to more strict ac-
countability than in America. A
member of hunting party In Prus-
sian Saxony asked permission of a
comrade to examine his gun. The
owner handed it over. and while the
man was examining it the gun was
discharged, instantly killing young
woman standing near by. The owner
of the gun was sentenced to one
years imprisonment, while the man
who was handling the gun had to
serve only six months term. The
court held that the owner was Grim
inally negligent in not withdrawing
the cartridge. The man who held the
weapon was treated more leniently
because he was an inexperienced
hunter.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-26
A FITTING NATIONAL CELEBRATION.

national celebration of the Fourth is to be
arranged for in Philadelphia and it is proposed by
the enthusiastic promoters that Congress take recess
and convene in old Independence Hall on the Fourth
The President is also to be invited
The idea is poetic as we'll patriotic. Inde-
pendenee Hall the birthplace of the American
Revolution and of liberty The peal from the old
liberty bell on July A. 1876, which announced the
great world event went around the world, and its
echoes are still heard in other lands In Europe
it awakened the spirit that against the feudal
system and destroyed it, and Latn-America was
inspired by it to end Spanish oppression.
In old Carpenters Hall in Philadelphia Congress
once held its sessions and the place is full of historic
interest but independence Hail. with its cracked
liberty bell is the nations most precious possession,
and should be associated with national celebration
of Independence Day. And what better way than for
Congress to meet in the quaint hall for patriotic
pxarcises?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-26
As ..pFAp AS A pooR ~"

MORLEY was dead to begin with Morley was as
dead as door nall So wrote Charles Dickens some
time in the wayback and then went on to ponder
whether anything dead could be deader or if dead
nail reached the superlatve degree of deafness IN
less perhaps if was a coffin nail
So it is with the Morris Canal Investigation Com
rnittee It had IT'S being performed its allotted mis-
sion uretehed as was its outcome; rendered its mai
accounting and passed cut OF existence. dead as
door nail
That is the way they lock at the matter in Tren-
ton even the Governors onee agreeing that the com
nittee is dead The last glimpse at the remains Of
this extingutshed body was taken when the Legisla
ture acted adversely the canal abandonment bills.
the product of the committees investigation and re
port
There appears to be nothing left which to base
hope Of resurrection, so far the committee is
concerned yet some of the members are evidently
elnging to the notion mat the committee like the
brook is to run on forever and that there work is not
at an end.
The committee consisting of twelve members, was
appointed under the terms of joint resolution,
adopted April IL 1912 Ito make further investiga
ton and report upon the subject OF the Abandonment
of the Morris canal and making appropriation for
the expenses of such investigation and report
1t is recent history how the committee prepared a
report elaborate and artistic in design, with engrav-
ings drawings and other features that aim for typo
graphical beauty and also submitted Legislative bills
to meet certain extraordinary requirements The
Lehigh Valley Railroad Companys interests were ten
DERBY cared under the of the measures and
Newark and Jersey City were given seant consider
alton
There was some doctoring or altering of the bills
that caused much commotion, it will be remembered
and Assemblyman Carlton Godfrey, of Atlantic county
chairman the committee and ntroducer of the acts
experienced few uneasy moments, as result of crit
eism leveled at some person or persons unknown.
As a matter of fact the committees labors con-
Guided with the report the Legislature, and the
Legislature acting on bills which of repre-
sented recommendations. Lawyers that there can
be no other inference the Legislature of this not
having by formal action. extended the committees
lease of life and functions.
The Legislature of 1913 appropriated $4,000, pro-
vided for in the joint resolution of 1912 defray the
committees expenses. The Legislature of 1914 set
aside the sum of $3.50 merely to clear up some in
debtedness and not for the purpose of revving
tinuing the committee in existence, as a few of its
members would like to have themselves and others
believe.
The committee not placed in cold storage for
use when it suited conveniences 1t is nonexstent
body. So let it in peace. If it meets again it
should only be as Lodge of Sorrow.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-26

In "Things I Remember" published
a short time before his death, Fred
erick Townsend Martin relates some
amusing experiences among the
wooers of fortune.
In those days, he writes, | often
used to go over to Monte Carlo, which
was then a camping ground of the
instead of being what has
now become the rendezvous for tour
lists. Monte has never appealed to
nv gambling instincts, but l have
always been interested and amused
in watching the play. 1t is frankly
acknowledged that the odds are
against the players to the extent of
155 per cent. at trente-et-quarante
and per cent. at roulette, and many
have been the Systems" invented to
break the bank.
determined to make tour of the
gambling resorts, and they agreed
that directly one of them lost f1o0 all
should stop and move on
At Spa one of the friends lost f100
almost at once, but the other three
won, respectively ESQ, ESQ and goo.
They made move to Wiesbaden,
where fortune favored them with a
gain of 1900. On the second night f100
was lost and, true to the spirit of
the compact, they proceeded to Ham,
burg, from thence to Ems, then to
Baden, and finally they arrived at
Monte Carlo.
Three of them won small sums. but
the fourth, who had placed ten louis
at a time on the transversal and
guarded it by putting a five-franc
piece on zero, won a great deal of
money. The next night one of the
party lost a hundred pounds, and
they all returned to London.
The tour resulted in an aggregate
gain for the four friends of $4,000
but, sad to relate, each of them lost
the whole of his gains at subsequent
visits to the tables.
The superstitions are many to which
the gambler pins his faith He will
play on the number of the room at
his hotel; he will fancy the figures
of a friends age and he will even try
to tempt fortune with the number of
HYMN. Apropos of numbers, I re-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-26
Couldn't Fool Roulette Wheel

member hearing a story about a
friend of mine who was walking one
DAY in the Casino gardens, where he
met an old clergyman, accompanied
by his three daughters
The girls were very anxious to in
spect the rooms and, after much per-
suasion. their father allowed my
friend to take them through. And
remember you are not to play" he
added. as a parting injunction.
When they arrived their guide
turned to them. Look here" said
he, although you are forbidden to
play, l will put on some money for
you. What's your age?" he asked the
youngest one.
Seventeen" she answered.
He promptly put louis on the
number II at the roulette table. The
little ball fell into the number II and
35 louis were handed to the gambler
by proxy.
At the next table my friend turned
to the second girl. Whats yours?"
he asked.
Nineteen she replied, and 10
WELL" said my friend to the third
daughter. Come along, last but not
least"
Twenty three is mine" she an
swered.
A louis was put on %, but unfor-
tunately 26 came up The unlucky
one bore her disappointment like a
philosopher, and the party strolled
through the grounds, my friend walk
ing ahead with sweet seventeen"
"If l were to tell this story" said
he, II should be asked If my name
was Ananias. Nobody would believe
that the numbers of your age and
your sisters came up as they did,
and if your third sister had been
lucky l should have been told to
read the story of George Washington
and lay 1t to heart"
But" replied the youngest of the
three Graces, my sisters age did
come"
Great Scott, it didn't" exclaimed
my friend.
"Hush!" whispered the girl. Lille
told you wrongly, for she is not
twenty-three. but twenty-sixi"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-26

The distressing condition in the
coal and copper regions of Colorado
which compelled the sending of Fed
eral troops to the scene of strife to
quell a formidable rebellion have
again brought to the attention of the
public the absolute necessity forsco-
operation between capital and labor.
No employer today is independent
of the workers in his service. He
cannot succeed alone, no matter how
great his ability or capital Business
today is more than ever a question
of cooperation. The most pro-
gressive employers look upon their
| employees as partners. They do not
take great risks, but, so far as the
success of the business is concerned,
they are partners. No man is strong
enough to succeed in any large way
| without this cooperation.
Business men are beginning to find
, that there is a tremendous loss OF
productiveness because the employer
and employee do not pull together. II
the employers and employees of this
country worked together, hand ana
glove, worked together as partners,
as having the same interests at stake,
instead of feeling that there is a
CAidSHl DClN CCil l4lCllls Llldt NAiNiA -
terests are not identical, there would
be such a tremendous increase of
productiveness would cause an in
dustrial revolution.
1t is unfortunate for the employees,
that in trying to protect themselves
as in the various unions, they nat
urally emphasize this difference be-
tween the employee and the employer.
They unconsciously tend to widen the
chasm between them, when there
should be no chasm.
| Lincoln said, "a house divided
against itself must fall" If the EN-
ployers and employees of an institution
spend their time in arguing and
wrangling it means a divided house,
and the house will certainly suffer.
There is a great deal of difference
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-26
Graft at Panama

The accusation brought against a
Pittsburgh firm of conspiracy to de-
fraud the United States government
by providing inferior steel for the
Panama locks-said to be the revival
of a charge originally brought three
years ago-serves to accentuate the
fact that on the whole the. work has
been done with a scrupulous fulfill
ment of contractual obligations that
is rare in the history of public works
in any country, and that shines by
contrast with the gigantic frauds
shamefully perpetrated under the de
Lesseps regime.
Eiffel designer of the famous tower,
was paid $120, 900 francs to build
ten locks before 1890. There never
was anything to show for the pay
ment, except a little beautifully con-
structed machinery, too slight of
structure to be utilized by the Amer
lean occupation. When the Compagn1e
UniVerselle went into bankruptcy
and the new France company was or
ganized in 1894, Eiffel subscribed for
stock to the value of 100000 francs,
after the courts on February 8, 1898,
had imposed a sentence of five years
Imprisonment and a fine of 10000
francs.
Until recently there lay at La Boca
a fleet of eight or nine dredges, and
some launches, for which the French
are said to have paid $22, 100000.
Long files of little Belgian locomotives,
too light for the work, rotted to
pieces in the jungle. Snowplows were
found at the top of the great divide"
at Culebra 1t was evident, as
George Morrison. of the Canal Com
mission, said, that a great deal OF
this machinery was made to sell.
The cost of office buildings, with
a private residence and a country
seat for the company's manager, is
said to have reached the prepos-
ferrous total of $5,250,000. The man
ager had a parlor car that cost s42,-
600; his salary was $4,000 a year and
$50 per diem additional when he was
| in the field. A bathhouse for one of
fetal cost $4,000, a pigeon house for
| another cost $4,000.
One of the chief sources of profit
to the contractors was the practise
of dumping the spoil from the dredges
underneath or beside the latter in
stead of depositing it upon the banks.
! This enabled the dredging to be con-
tinued indefinitely, a clause of the
contract with the dredging firm pro-
viding that the price per cubic yard
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-26
UPLIFT TALKS
BY oRISoN SWEET MARpENt
Author Of "Pushing to the Front" Etc.
c.,,.,rizht 1914.
PULLING TOGETHER

between the strength of a lot of wires
that are twisted into a cable and the
same number of separate wires.
The employer and employees in many
concerns are like the many fine wires
twisted into d mighty cable, capable
of supporting a tremendous weiRha.
In other business houses they are like
so many separate wires. There is no
unity of purpose. Every one is for
himself. looking out for his own in
terest, caring nothing for the others.
This is the kind of house that goes to
pieces in hard times or panics, while
the other house is like the cable that
does not part. When times are hard
il holds firmly together; if goods re-
main unsold on the shelves, it pulls
with might and main to reawaken
trade.
/ know of no one thing that will
nav an employer so large a dividend
as cooperation between himself and
his employees.
There is an enormous amount of
ability which goes to waste and is
never developed in many of our large
business houses because of this lack
of hearty cooperation between the
heads of departments and the em-
ployes, for the reason that the pro-
prietor never took pains to arouse
their ambition and call out their
ability.
one of the great financiers says:
Labor and capital should never be
arrayed against each other. The solu-
ton is in profit sharing. 1t should be
so arranged that every employe
would participate in the profits. /
think that in this way the greatest
step to prevent dissention between
labor and capital would be taken
Business men are waking up to the
Importance of conservation of human
energy Employees and employers of
the future will come together as
never before. They are finding out
that their interests are identical, and
that no man can rise to great
eminence in business today except on
the principle of cooperation.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-26
Prints Tickets Quickly

cts for outside points. Thus may be
seen the reason for the huge racks
of tickets seen in all railroad sta
tons.
By the use of the tesserograph, all
this mass of printed matter, which
must be gotten up months in adj
vance, is obviated. The machine
prints, stamps and produces tickets
in a seconds time and with invariable
accuracy. Besides, it keeps track of
the mileage and the amount of money
paid for the tickets.
The machine encloses a continuous
strip of cardboard, whose color varies
with each class. Each ticket bears
in printed characters all the matter
found on ordinary tickets, the COM
pany's name, the price, date and train
number.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-26

should increase with the height of
the water above the normal level.
Costly Baldwin locomotives were
ruined by the undermining of the
tracks. The whole story of French
enlargement is that of devious
fiscal transactions 5000 miles away,
robbing right and left a multitude of
investors, who held from one TO Ave
shares apiece.
Colonel Goethals has brought to
book an official in the department of
supplies and the government may
prove its case against the steel COM
pany. But these instances appear to
be unique, and with the eyes of the
whole world on us, and the tolls COP
troversy pending, it is a matter OF
patriotic gratitude that the great
work has been finished virtually scot.
free from scandal.