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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-02
CONTRABAND OF wan.

What is and what is not contraband of war is as
yet unsettled question in international law It is
practically left each nation to decide the question.
Foodstufs may go non-combatant populations, but
not for the use of armies. Goods that may be used
for military purposes contrabsnd Foodstuffs or
goods consigned neutral ports may be transferred
to neghboring country that is at for military
use and in that case they contraband
Holland is convenient gateway for Germany, and
hence foodstufs and goods sent Holland may have
been purchased for transmission to Germany or
Austria. That was the point of British objection
to importations by Holland from the United States
With guarantees by Holland that the importatiops
will be used only in Holland the objection is waived
Foodstuffs. however, may be sent into Germany for
the non-combatant population. Humanity dictates
that.
War is imperative When German mobilization
was made foreign tourists kept in the country
and for good reasons of state. BY leaving Germany
they could carry information of great value TO the
enemy The convenience of the thousands of tourists
was secondary to the welfare of the state. So the
nations at are apprehensve of what each other
may get from abroad TO aid in the Our laws do
not forbid the citizen from exporting any kind of
goods foodstuns, but he must take all the risks of
capture when the cargo is contraband.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-02


Mrs Elizabeth Montagu was one
of the most celebrated society lead
ers England has ever known, and as
such she Justly deserves to be class
ed with women of celebrity Her
great success was probably due to
her extraordinary vivacity which
chung to her and distinguished her
from the time she was child till
she was a woman of eighty.
She was married when she was
twenty-five to Edward Montagu,
whose cousin described the bride as
''the most accomplished lady he had
ever met" With her husbands ex-
tensive fortune added to her own So
cial graces, Mrs. Montagu at once
set out to be social leader and lost
no time in instffuting a series of lit
erary entertainments at her home ia
Lonuon II never invite idiots to my
parties" she once remarked. and SO
her house became the centre of the
most intellectual society of London.
Her speciality in the way Of enter
tainment was the literary break
fast party" and conversation parties.
when whist, then the fayorite pas
time Of society, was prohibited and
conversation upon literary subjects
was urged.
1t was from these parties that the
name blue stocking was derived.
and Mrs. Montagu and her women
friends were the first e-stochings.
This is explained in two ways Either
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-02
HEALTH AND HAPPINESS
BY DR. LEONARD KEENE HIRsHBE re
a. B., NJ. A., NJ D. Johns Hopkins).

coed as of yore Not so the big fell
lows. These are held up a bit and
lag behind the little chaps.
This is what happens with light.
The red rays are the longest and
jslowe5t and the violet rays are the
swiftest and shortest. The result is
that demons are illustrated in fiery
red and heaven and the sky are
shown always in blue or violet.
A modicum of red goes a great
ways. Most people are passionately
fond of scarlets and crimson hues.
1t excites the human appetites and
emotions
Persons may eat in red dining
rooms because vermillion adds zest to
the viands and excitement to the APP
petite and the inner man.
People who get the blues" are not
the only ones who are infected and
depressed by violet and near-blue
tlnts. Thus the ruling reactionaries
Of certain European country have
their refined dungeons for dissent
ers and radicals.
The theory is that active, progress
sive and creative intelligence are soon
depressed, saddened and made COM
placent in blue and near-blue light.
Blue light was introduced into med
lClUe Dy the laIe fTOlSSSOI VtHbeli, "
Copenhagen. to treat tuberculosis of
the skin. This is one of the estab-
lished methods today
On the other hand, the spitting and
soaring of smallpox patients is pre-
vented by using red glass in the win
dows of quarantine hospitals and
draping the rooms with red hangings.
Copyright, 1914. by Newspaper Fea-
ture Service, Incl
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-02
Drr rnr Red GROSS po ~ ALL.

In making urgent appeal to club women and
church societies for aid TO the Red Cross work in
Europe the American organization of that worldwide
humane agency very justly it unfortunate that
SO many temporary committees for relief pur-
poses have sprung into existence Many of these
composed of foreign-born residents and raising
money only from their own natonalties and for their
fellow countrymen abroad but in addition there are
various American associations which have been
formed to solicit contributions, and American indi-
viduas clubs and chambers of commerce in Europe
are sending requests to this country for funds
As the Red Cross points out, all these numerous
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-02
SALARY INCREASES IN CITIES.
JAMES SAITH. III.
FOUNDED MARCH /. 1sse.

If there is any large municipality in the United
States in which official salaries have not been in
creased since 1907 it would be interesting to know
their names And no doubt there are hundreds of
small municipalities in backwoods sections in which
official salaries since 1907 have remained unchanged.
Punkville, however is not Philadelphia or New York
Chicago Newark.
In the large cities salaries have had the trend of
wages, and that is upward, as everybody knows The
cost of living has gradually increased and every
crease made corresponding cut in salaries and
wages. Everybody knows that To compensate for
this increase salaries wages have been advanced
The street laborer of the Board Works, as we'll
the Office clerk the City Hall, gets than he
did in 1907.
And with the growth of the city the duties of
officials have increased. For example, the city clerk
performs three times the duties he did ten fif-
teen years ago. and is now one of the important
of the city government. In no other city does
the city clerk compare with Newark's city clerk in
the character of his work and his responsibilities.
1t is well enough known that the salaries of public
officials do compare with salaries paid by private
corporations. Recently Louis Hood resigned the
prosecutorship to take position under private
poration for much higher salary
The pay of Newar1s financial officers, with their
great responsibilities, is small The salary of the
head of Newark's important legal department does
not exceed the income of lawyer of average ability,
and is only fraction of the incomes of lawyers from
large private corporations.
The compensation of police justices is about
one-haf that of New York police judge. Through
out the whole salary list of Newark the finger cannot
be put upon single position where it be said
that the duties and responsibilities do not the
salary In that respect Newark has been alike fair
economical aud businesslike.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-02
BIRTHDAY OF NOTED WOMEN
OCTOBER
Elizabeth Montagu
1914
EIizabetI, Montagu
copyrighted 1914.
Dr. MARY MAnsHAL!

MARSHALL.
because the ladies actually did wear
hme stockings in imitation OF
Madame de Polinac, a French ae-
tress. who frequented these enter
talnments, or because the men wore
blue stockings--part Of the everyday
Informal dress of men Of the time
instead of black silk stockings of full
evening dress.
For fifty years Mrs. Montagu kept
up her supremacy in London and al
though she was sometimes laughed
at, still her generous hospitality was
always acceptable. Among the men
who made her drawing room famous
were Joshua Reynolds. Horace Wal
pole Burke and Garrlck. DR.. Johnson
once said:
"She diffuses more knowledge than
any woman 1 know, or indeed almost
any man.
In 1871. when she was sixty one
Mrs. Montagu built the house in
London which contained the famous
Feather ROOM the walls of which
were covered with the p1umage OF
birds and in which she used to give
breakfast parties for 700 guests at
once. But she remembered the poor
as well as the rich, and one of the
May day sights of London in those
DAYS was to be seen at Montagli
house when the generous lady al
ways invited all the chimney sweeps
Of London to come and eat plum
pudding and roast beef on her lawn.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-02

tools, all of which can be supplied by
American manufacturers.
In the commercial centres where
there is an established trade, prac-
tically every artical of utility
of American manufacture can
be found in the stores and shops,
many of which are advertised as
American, showing that the products
of the United States are favorably
regarded by the trade. Another i'm
portant consideration is the large
number of American citizens residing
in the province, many of Whom favor
American made articles, especially in
wearing apparel, furniture, office fur
|niture and supplies.
"A large, portion of the musical i'm
|struments, especially those OF me-
chanical nature, typewriters, adding
and calculating machines. sewing ma>
chimes, cameras, ETC., sold in this mar
ket are of American manufacture.
Shoes are supplied largely from the
United States, the most important
shoe stores in Vancouver being
stocked almost entirely with Amer
ican-made footwear
There is demand in British Column
bia for American-made furniture
Styles in architecture and the plans
and arrangement of homes, especially
in the matter of furniture, are inf1u-
enced largely by the customs prevail
ing in the United States The bulk
of the stocks of furniture carried by
the large wholesale and retail dealers
in Vancouver are imported from the
United States and the trade depends
largely upon the United States for its
supply of home furnishings
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-02
If YOU HAVE THE BLUES WEAR
RED FOR A TONIC


RED FOR A TONIC.
What would life be without color?
Just as red as the life blood of higher
animals and green the very same
fluid for towering plants, so there
must be something in each and every
hue of the glorious rainbow upon
bodily conditions of health.
Sickness is often a skeleton OF
dusky MEN, which, clothed with life,
color and complexion, becomes, as II
by fairy wand, youth, health and
beauty.
Color is not understood by chem
lists or physicists. Nor can psycholo-
gists, savants or metaphysicians ex-
plain the curious effects upon some
persons of red, violet, blue, yellow
and green.
1t is an extraordinary but we'll at
tested observation that flashing scar
let upon certain people is like shak-
ing a red flag in a mad bulls face.
These vermillion hues tone up, irri-
tate, excite and stir the human emo
tions as no other colors do.
What little is known about colors
comes from the physical laboratories.
White light is a mixture of short
legged and long-legged soldiers
called waves or vibrations AS the
legions of the light, as the long-legged
and short-legged privates and officers
march on the double-quick from the
sun, the electric light or any source
of illumination, they all march along
evenly as long as no opposing force
OF obstacle intercepts them.
If. however, some large obstacle or
an enemy blocks their passage, this
militia becomes struggling band.
The little fellows. who are short apd
swift escape interference and pro-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-02
THE MOTORING TAX PROBLEM.

The question what form the tax on motoring
shall take bids fair to be of the chief points of
controversy in conference on the revenue bill sub
committee of the Senate finance committee wants to
substitute for the gasoline tax of twenty-five
cents per horsepower passenger automobiles, to
be paid by the owners, and 81 per horsepower on
sales to be paid by the manufacturers.
The latter tax. naturally. will be added to the
price of the car SO that the motorist will practically
pay $1.25 per horsepower which on forty-horse-
power machine would mean $50 year. But the
term passenger automobile evidently exempts COM
mercal vehicles SO that the objection to heavy tax
on business obvated This is essentially class tax
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-02
THE ONE THING NEEpFuA.

The ship registry law has added virtually
nothing to American commerce. About all the ships
that have under the United States nag by virtue
of that those operated by the Steel, Oil and
Fruit trusts, which engaged in commerce
already. 1t ia transfer of colors The urgent
need that remains is government-owned fleet of mer
chant ships. But the steamship combinations con-
Quoting Congressional lobby and newspaper fight
against the government mercantile marine bill and it
begins to look if they would succeed in blocking
this wholesome They putting up
specious arguments to show that the ships are not
needed but their real motive is that which actuates
big business generally opposition to everything in
the shape of government ownership or control of
transportation.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-02

How an army in the field gets its
food from day to day is an interest
ing story that is told in the special
war edition of the Scientific Ameri-
can, from which the following ex-
tracts are taken:
The supply train of an infantry
division carries two days field and
grain rations. In the late afternoon
or at the end of march or close of
combat the division commander
directs the field trains to move UP
Immediately in rear Of the troops, and
informs the commanding officers of
organizations that one days rations
have been ordered to designated
place. An orderly is sent to that.
place to conduct the wagons to the
organization; after being unloaded
| they return Immediately and. join the
grouped portion of the ration Sec
ton. That same night, or early the
| following morning the empty wagons
| are refilled from the supply train.
and this latter secures a renewal of
| it's supplies from a designated point
on the line of communications, or is
reloaded from train pertaining to
! the line of communication If the dis
] lance from the end of that line OF
| the zone occupied by the troops is so
great as to warrant the use of a
train.
There are two methods of supply
ing an army in the field
l. BY consignments of supplies for
! warded by the service of the line Of
communications and distributed as
| q hive briefly indicated. and
9. BY utilizing the resources of the
country.
1t is generally necessary to utilize
TO the fullest extent the food, es-
( pecially the forage, available in the
theatre of operations. In former
times the invader possessed
the right of booty and pillage. the
resort to which was most unfortunate
| for the army, as 1t embittered the
/ population and compromised the
safety of the troops in an enemys
country, and in the event of any
real or imagined injury being done
them, it gave rise to redress and re-
prisals. 1t furthermore caused the
| interruption of all commercial trans
actions and stores were not offered
| for sale, as private individuals were
compelled to submit their supplies to
| the rapacity of the enemy. These
evils were in a measure remedied by
not taking directly from private in
dividuals. but by making upon the
civil officials certain demands called
acquisitions for specified quantity OF
supplies necessary for the troops
The local authorities could apportion
the demand among the inhabitants
\ according to the known means OF
| each. or could procure the stores by
purchase. The former practice OF
spoiiation thus assumed the milder
form of a war tax. regularly ordered
: aud collected, This eventually led to
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-02
WHITMAN ON A BARNES PLATFORM.

Mr.. Barnes, displaced Republican State chair
man in New York, has left load for Mr.. Whitman
to shoulder 1t is the Republican State platform,
structed by Mr. Barnes, The candidate foregovernor
cannot repudiate the platform mere piece Of
paper" He will have to acknowledge it and de-
fend it,
The platform champions the trusts against Con-
gress 1t the legislation by which Congress
gave the country the new banking and currency act
In brief the platform antagonizes the sentiment of
at least seven-eighths of the voters in New York
State. Mr. Whitman cannot ignore his party plat
form He will have discuss its declarations, and
what will he say? e,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-02
In Land Of Jokedom

There is quite a change in the
weather remarked the Optimistic
Individual.
There always is added the
Cheerful Pessimist.
Paramount (after few puffs) =
thought you said these were choice
cigars.
wissahickon-That's what said
my wife's.
"A mad dog ran into the smithy
today" said the village blacksmith
casually.
"Heavens" calculated his wife.
what did you dor
"Aw--we shooed him.
This we may say for Mexico's
One time first chief whose sway is
sliding;
Who now is weighted down with
woes
And with the end may be collid-
ing;
This may we say--that one might
mention
Him of course, we mean Car
rama
Unlike his fellow conntrymen-
Ard get him in single stanza.
And likewise him who soon may
billa
First chief; referring now to Villa. .
syilla is, pronounced Vega.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-02
AMERICAN wAsrEFuLNEss AGAIN.

The famine in imported dyestufs due to the en-
barge German trade directs attention to the fact
that enough material is going to waste in this country
produce all the chemical dyes that it Coal
tar dyes obtained from the by-products of coke
ovens the coal reclaimed, but benzol the basis
of the material for coors, exists only in the
gas With the equipment its recovery is easy,
American manufacturers declare that it would not
pay because they have enough tariff protection"
Well, the is giving them all the protection they
could ask for and is likely to do so for some time
what the matter with their getting busy to capture
the American market by putting to use what is now
thrown away?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-02

Colonel Charles Greene was for
many years spoken OF as the Demo-
cratic editor of New England who
was of the greatest influence and
whose printed words in the editorial
columns of the Boston Post were ac-
cepted as Gospel and as the voice OF
the Democratic party by the great
body Of Massa chusetts Democrats,
and, to a considerable extent, by
those IF all New England.
Colonel Greene was of what is
sometimes called the "old school, .
both as a man, a citizen and as a
appearance he was tall, somewha
slender, and when in his newspaper
offices the expression upon his face
was severe-somewhat hard lines APP
parently around his lips and upon his
forehead suggested severity of habit
and rigid personal discipline
And yet when not in immediate
touch with his. newspaper Colonel
Greene was of most gracious and
kindly manner, his smile was charm
ing and inspired confidence, and no
one could laugh more heartily than
he at wholesome joke or "a With
cism in which there was no sting
The colonel worked out for himself
Ac1NA'S h1eatSl PC1oli0I inOlliQuA,
OF editorial and of business manage
ment. He was one of the first to
understand that readers even OF a
severely dignified newspaper were
fond OF little fun, and for that
reason he caused a daily column OF
bright humorous and witty para
graphs to be prepared for publica-
ton upon his editorial page. =
was among the first, IL not the very
first, of American editors to do that
In his business affairs he did not
adopt as sound the adage which
runs, Trust all in all or not at all. ;"
for he was disposed never to give
confidence before thorough trial.
Years ago / was chatting With one
Of his employees, Potter by name, who
for long time had charge of the
composing of the Boston Post.
He told me this anecdote, which had
come under his own observation.
which. he said, perfectly illustrated
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-02
w ages Will Rise


The laborer to an appreciable ex
tent is controlled in his requirement
for wages by house rents and the re-
tail prices of food, both ST which are
largely subject to the pre-. sure of tax.
alton, which, in this country, falls
primarily upon real estate. A living
wage means enough to pay the rent
and provide food, raiment and other
necessaries for a family. There is no
reliable official tabulation which in
cludes dimensions of rooms, proximity
of trolley lines, etc. But it is well
known fact that apartment house
rents in all centres of labor have
steadily increased. 1t is equally noto-
rious that the prices of food and of
many other necessaries of life have
increased and are still increasing.
The palpable cause is excessive taxa
ton.
The Federal government is expend-
ing over billion dollars year, e-s-
elusive of the postal system: the
States and municipalities three billions
more, the city of New York alone
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-02
Coal. OIL. and the war.

! rom the New YORK world.
The Pennsylvania department of
mines reports for 1918 record break
ing production of COAL rising toward
SJO,0O0,00O short tons. This single
American state produces half the coal
supply of the entire country; the
country nearly half the coal supply of
the world.
Coal being one of the three great
war staples, Europe looks with in
terest upon Pennsylvania; part of the
daily war news concerns attempts to
supply cruisers at sea with Pennsyl-
vania coal Struggled out of our ports
on land the warning powers are not
so badly matched in coal resources as
in some other respects. Great Brit
ain, France and Belgium In 1911 pro-
ducing perhaps 350.O00,000 tons; Ger
many and Austria about 30O,0OO,0O0
tons. including Ignite. Elsewhere coal
production is small.
At the beginning of the war a pa
triotic appeal was successfully made
to Welsh miners to forego holiday
usually observed at that season and
TO work overtime Probably British
production records will this year be
exceeded; yet, so keen is the demand
that Italy, dependent mainly upon
Wales for her supply, is obliged to
cut down her railroad service to the
bare essential.
OF the great substitute for coal,
petroleum and its products, the Uni
ted States has an even greater share,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-02
THE NATIONS STOCK OF ARMS.

1t may surprise many American citizens to know,
as stated Congress yesterday that the government
has in reserve 500 900 rifles and 500 field pieces, with
enough ammunition for both arms. This supply does
equal those of OF the great powers OF Europe
But we have no large standing army and we have
the means Of adding to this stock of small
arms in few months all that might need 1t is
not so easy add to the stock OF artillery, and the
attention of Congress ALREADY been called to the
great Importance of increasing this arm.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-02

The United States imports rela-
lively little hydraulic cement, only
$4,000 barrels having been imported
in 1913, whereas the domestic pro-
duction in that year was nearly 3d.
100000 barrels. There is little or
no need to import any cement, for
all parts OF the country are now
fairly well supplied with mills for
the manufacture of Portland cement,
and the supply of raw materials is
practically .ipeThaustiple, A sig,
nifcant feature OF the cement in
dustry, however, is the fact that,
though only about eighty per cent.
of the normal cement producing
capacity of the country is employed
at the maximum. there is often an
overproduction; yet the exports Of