The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-18
Josephus Daniels, Editor Of
 Uncle Sarn,s Navy, 3 Today.


 Hon. J osephus Daniels, secretary of Uncle Sam's navy at Washington and editor of the News and Observer at Raleigh, N. e, will receive the con gratulations of his cabinet colleagues today. the happy occasion being the of the great editor. statesman and tar at Washington. D. C.. MT Daniels Is popu1arIy known in Washington as managing editor of the navy, and it must be admitted that he has accom- plished quite a lot of editing since that March day in 1918, when, armed with his trusty blue pencil, hs took charge Of the navy portfolio. One of the first things he did was to draw 2 blue mark across the words star board. and port, and in the mar gin substitute therefore the words right and left Old tars held up their hands in horror at this innova-- tion. but in practice 1t Has worked we'll. Even greater consideration was created in naval circles shroughout the watery world when MT. Daniels, with one fell stroke Of his blue pen ci1. erased alcoholic beverages from the list of refreshments supplied to officers on war vessels.
 MT. Daniels has admitted that there is great similarity between his past and present jobs. since it is the chief duty of both a managing editor and a, secretary of the navy. ito know where hell will break loose next and have man on the spot. Hon. Jo- sephlls proved that f,e was q mighty good prophet when he had "a man on the spot at Vera Cruz s
 While Secretary Daniels is as. pat riotic as the next man, he is inpa- tient of that prevalent brand of pa- triotism which the English call s.swank.'' Of this boastfuI attitude MT.
 
 and forever with the silly boastings Of the stripping that we are able to lick any nation on earth. The North Carolina statesman has been more successful than most of his pradeces- sors in eliminating hazing from An napoIis. r our hazer.sA in the opin- ion of MT. Daniels, is essentially a bully. and must necessarily have a streak of innate cruelty. The United States navy has no place for youths of this kind,
 Tosephus Daniels spent his youth in Wilson, N. C.. where he was educated at the Wilson Collegiate Institute. and where, at the age Of eighteen he en- tered Journalism as editor Of the Will son Advance During that period he studied law, and at twenty-three was admitted to the bar, but did not prac- tice. Tn 1885 lle went to Raleigh, the capital of his native state, to become editor Of the State Chronicle Two years later he was made State printer. and shortly afterward he married Ad- die w. BagIey. Her father vas Maj. W H. BagIey, and two of her brothers entered the navy. One of them, Worth BagIey, ensign in the navy, was kill ed in the Spanish-An7erican war. Twenty years ago. after brief ex- perience as chief clerk in the Depart ment of the Interior at Washington, MT. Daniels consolidated the State Chronicle and the North CaroIinian l with the News and Observer, and, as editor of the merged Journals, became the most commanding figure in North ICaroIina journalism. AS an editor
 MT. Daniels has always been fearless in his denunciations of wrong, and on one occasion he was fined $2.0OO for contempt of court and threatened with l jail. On an appeal Mir. Daniels was vindicated and the fine was remitted, In 1908 and again in 1919 MT. Dan iels was in charge of the publicity l department of the Democratic na- l tionaI campaign committees. The Secretary of the Navy. t'seasick es ofT1cio,'' as Mir. Dooley says, is q I stauneh advocate of peace, but he holds that peace must be backed ur with authority and means to enforce 1 it.
 I The latest Zeppelin airship. the L 2 24. built for the German Navy. com pIeted successful trial trip at Fried richshafen.
 l Every street car in St. Louis stepped l for three minutes to honor the mem. ory of the Americans who lost tieil lives at Vera Cruz.
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