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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-20
WAR AND THE FALL ELECTIONS.

If war with Mexico shall be in progress when
the fall elections take place will furnish an argu-
ment by the Democrats to support the administration
by eleeting Democratic candidates. That argument
was successfully used in 1864 during the Civil War
and it defeated Mcclellan for President 1t was used
during the war with Mexico and in the War of 1872.
Whatever the sins of the party in power may be they
may be condoned in great national emergency calling
for united nation.
But the present situation does not compare with
former emergencies The Civil War was the greatest
crisis the nation faced At the time of the Mex-
can War had a comparatively small population
and small resources. In 1912 fought the might
of England. Today we are to discipline third-cass
power almost contemplate in its resources and dis
tracted by civil 1t is therefore not improbable
that if the threatening shall be prolonged
until the fall elections it will overshadow in its infu
ence the administration acts that have so deeply
angered the country.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-20
THE RISK OF SPECIAL SESSIONS.

There were two special sessions of the Legislature
last year. and the exercise of ordinary common sense
would have made both of them Unnecessary. The
Governor is to call the Senate in special session next
Friday confirm nominations for prison. labor com
mission and State prison inspectors. and the repre-
sentatives of commission government well the
discredited Morris Canal Committee trying to
get the Governor to call special -ession of the
Legislature.
In the case of the Senate it will be necessary only
the senators To be in session few minutes, for
confirmation. and there will be other business to
transact If the Legislature should be convened in
session there can be no limitations that not self
imposed upon its activities The Governor, therefore
has very good reasons for refusing to recall the
Legislature.
The impudent request for the Legislature to meet
and pass the canal bill after the exposure of its
crooked character if granted would open the door to
the grayest scandals. the Governor knows The
graspng that did not stop at forgery would
stop nothing force this bill through, and If it
should be enacted the Democrats would go 10 the polls
in the fall with record worse than any party has
had to carry in election in this state
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-20
o. PER CENT. OF SHIPS RAILRoAD-owNED

All but per cent. of our coastwise steamers are
either owned or controlled by the railroad interests
Commissioner of Shipping Chamberlain testified to
the Senate committee that only per cent. of this
tonnage could be permitted to the canal because
of the clause of the law excluding railroad owned or
controlled steamers
If there is, claimed shipping trust it is com
posed almost entirely of railroad owned or controlled
ships that under the canal law cannot use the canal
unless they pass under Independent control But the
impudence of the railroad interests in using the argu-
ment of a shipping combine trust for the passage
by Congress of the tolls repeal bill is not greater than
that of Subsidy considering the fact that the rail
roads of this country have been entirely built by
government and State subsidies.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-20
Earthquake Led to Tecumseh War

driving the white man out of the
region.
1t was to be war of exterI1lina-
tion-a war that was to rid the West
of every soul save the original saw
ages. But the Indians were not
united. Some tribes and nationals"
We're at enmity with Others and some
We're disposed to be friendly to the
settlers.
Tecumseh travelled from the Gulf
to Canada. visiting every Indian
village; pouring forth wondrous ora
tory to the listening saVages, in his
effort to enlist them in the combina
ton. With him went his one-eyed
brother, THE Prophet. weird
medicine man who accompanied
Tecumseh's speeches with great
handmade miracles and and other
supposedly divine manifestations.
Some tribes Joined the alliance.
Some-notably the powerful Creeks
held out against it. Tecumseh's
threat to shake the whole earth, on
his arrival at Detroit, and to knock
the Alabama wigwams, was repeated
everywhere, and almost everywhere
it met with unbelief.
Yet on the morning of the very day
ON which Tecumseh had declared he
would reach Denver. rumbling
sound swept the earth throughout
Alabama. The ground shook and
shivered. The lightly built wigwams
everywhere tumbled to earth
The historic Earthquake of New
Madrid on the Mississippi caused
these phenomena. But to this day no
one can tell now Tecumseh had
known beforehand the precise mo-
ment when the earthquake would
occur. or, indeed, that it would occur
at all. 1t is a complete mystery. Yet
the facts are unquestionable
1t eliminated in the famous battle
of Tippecanoe, when General (after-
ward PresidenD w. II. Harrison, at
tackled the federation's chief village.
during Tecumseh's absence He In
fiicted terrific defeat on the Indians.
This defeat shook the tribes faith in
Tecumseh's inspiration" And the
federation crumbled away until it
was no longer a menace.
Tecumseh revenged himself by
joining the British in the war of 1Sl2,
and inflicting fearful slaughter along
the frontier G
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-20
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
The Conquest in Which He Took the Greatest Pride

/ to them that he took the greatest
pride in the conquest by Union Pacific
civil engineers and skilled artisans of
the great floods.
These floods threatened completely
to destroy the colossal irrigation
works of the valley and to ruin many
thousands of acres which had been
subdued to highly profitable cultiva-
ton. Damage of that kind was sure
to ruin thousands who had invested
all their capital in these reclaimed
lands.
by order of President Roosevelt.
Mr.. Hartman said, the government
engineers and forces attempted to
prevent complete disaster and to con-
quer the floods, but they were unsuc-
cessful. Then the President COM
munieated with MIR. Hartman, seek
ing the aid of the Union Pacific engl-
neering corps. Thereupon Mr. Harri-
man gave orders that the entire
available forces of the Union Pacific
should at once undertake to conquer
the floods and to control the river, SO
that the millions of property could
thereby be saved. He gave orders
that this work should have precedence
over every other-even train
schedules-and that there should be
no hesitation about the cost. 1t was
nip and tuck when the Union Pacific
forces began this work. At last they
conquered the great river, which
saved the Irrigation plant, and they
prevented the devastation of thou
sands of acres of reclaimed land.
That, Mr.. Hartman told these
gentlemen, he looked upon as his chief
achievement in railway construction
and operation.
He was asked if the government
had ever reimbursed him or the Union
Pacific Company. He smiled with a
characteristic expression, shook his
head gently, and said that, although
President Roosevelt had recon-
mended that an appropriation be
made to reimburse the company, it
was not made. Instead the govern
ment was making preparations to at
tack the Union Pacific Company with
intent to disjoint it."
Copyright. 1914, by DR.. E. J. Ed
wards. All rights reserved)
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-20
Noted Women Whose Birthday Is Yours
APRIL 20
Dnah Maria MuIock, Mabel Wagnals
APRIL 20
BY MARY MARSHALL.
copyrighted 1914

Which would you rather be-
woman who is successful though not
a genius, or a woman who is a ge-
MUS though not successful? Appa-
rantly you will have to be one or the
other, for there are very few Char
lotte Brontes or Elizabeth Brownings
who are great enough to be both.
The very streak of genius in a woman
is likely to bar her way to success,
and there are a goodly number of the
most successful women who had
nothing of the genius about them.
Among the latter class was Oman
Maria Mulock.
"She is not a genius" wrote one OF
Miss Mulock's biographers, and she
does not express the aspirations and
ideals of a woman of exceptional
genius. She is tender. philanthropic,
energetic prs ctica1-and it is because
of these characteristics that she has
gained such wide popularity"
Dinah Maria Mulock was born
hinety-eight years ago today in Stat
fordshire, England. She was thu
daughter of a country clergyman, but
when she was twenty years old she
lett home to go to London, where she
hoped To have greater opportunities
for developing her literary abilities,
for she was convinced from he- girl
hood that literary future was in
81 ore for her. Her first success was
won in writing children's stories
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-20
lock. Mabel WagnaIIs

Her nasterpiece-"John Halifax. Cen
tleman, was published when she
was thirty-one. II has been summed
I'D as 1.-THE noble presentation of the
highest ideals of English middle class
life.
Miss Mulock's later work became
more didactic and lost in literary III.
terest with this development. Two OF
her volumes Sermons Out of
Church and "A Woman's Thoughts
About Women'-met with consider,
able success. During the latter period
of her life she returned to the writing
of children's stories, and THE Little
Lame Prince was among the best
of these stories. 1t seems to be char
acteristie of women of literary
achievement to marry late in life
and Miss Mulock was no exception to
the rule. Miss Mulock was thirty
eight when she married Mr.. Craik, a
partner in the publishing house of
Macmillan q Co, with whom she had
been long associated.
writer of the present day who
was born on April 20 is Mabel Wag-
nails. She is native of Kansas City.
Mo. Her first reputation was gained
as an accomplished pianist She
studied music abroad and made her
debut with the Theodore Thomas
Orchestra when she was twenty. She
has written several novels dealing
with musical life, such as Selma, the
Soprano" and is regarded as an an-
thority on the use of musical terms.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-20

Science has come to the rescue of
the Fairy Story. The little folk, y
which common sense has long since
relegated to nursery tales, have been
released by certain modern thinkers:
busted off and placed on earth again
though many hundred years back.
In the folk tales the fairies are al
ways represented as living in green
mounds. They pop up their heads
when disturbed by persons treading
on their houses. They live on ia
miliar terms with the people about
them when they treat them we'll and
punish them when they treat them
i'll. Alliances. are formed between
fairies and men and the fairies even
hire themselves out as servants to
the men.
The fairies are remembered as a
small race, the men about four feet
tall and the women much shorter.
Both men and women commonly
dress in green, although the men in
some places are now and then re-
ferred to as little red men, on ac-
count of the cone-shaped red hats
they wear.
So much for tradition. Now for
science.
Modern archaeology. declares DR..
Thorstenburg, according to the Chi
cago Tribune, has established beyond
all reasonable doubt the prehistoric
existence in Europe of one or two
nom Aryan races of pigmies, very
dark, very short, some with long
skulls surviving in the Welsh. some
with round skulls surviving in the
Lapps.
Most of the British mounds show
by the way they are built and by the
bones found in them that they We're
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-20
Baroda Likes American Education

himself Is one of the few Indian
princes who has personally travelled
in the United States, and it is owing
to several visits in this country and
the American acquaintance so made
that American influences have
played such an important part in the
remarkable development of his
state.
1.-THE State of Baroda," continues
Mr. Baker, "eXpends about one
twelfth of its annual revenues for
educational purposes. About 100000 is
expended every year on the erection
of new school buildings.
There are already nearly 1000 edu-
cational institutions of all kinds
within the State, which includes 1851
regular primary schools. In the latter
, are at present 127,S04 boys and 60,569
girls. Free and compulsory educa-
ton was started in 1898, Immediately
after the return of his Highness the
Maharaja from his European and
American travels, the boys between
the ages of seven and twelve and all
girls between the ages of seven and
ten being required to attend school.
During the past ten years the
number of males in Baroda who can
read and write has increased eight
| per ttlll., dHi lllt IuIlDSI VI ItJualeS,
| 343 per cent. With the exception of
the States of Cochin and Travan-
core, in the extreme south of India,
Baroda now has a higher percentage
of literacy than any other part of
India, the census of 1911 showing 175
males and q females out of every
1000 of the respective sexes who
could read and write.
English education in Baroda,
though not yet widespread. has also
made great progress. the number of
males knowing English having in
lcreased from eighteen out of every
10000 in 1891. to ninety in 1911. while
English education among females for
| the same period increased from one
to five per every 10000. The number
of printing presses in Baroda has
risen from nine in 1900 to twenty
three in 1910 The last census of
Baroda, 1911, mentions that newspa-
per circulation in the State had more
than doubled in ten years, and that
there is now harly any village, even
III the remotest district, where a
newspaper of some sort is not to be
found"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-20
THE HUMOR IN THE TALK.

The wisdom of permitting the anarchists to as
semble and talk instead of clubbing and dispensing
them was demonstrated at Carnegie Hall last night,
when big Bill" Haywood and other anarchists
spouted The talk they INDUCED in is the best kind
of antdote for their doctrines, for it appeals to the
humor of men. Haywood promises a general strike
of workers all over the country If with Mexico
Is declared He would have the army and navy strike
The man who would listen to this talk without a
laugh has no sense of humor. And yet Haywood
somehow manages to make a living by it without
working.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-20
HAnrMERsrErN MUST KEEP HIS BARGAIN.

When Oscar Hammerstein four years ago agreed
with the Metropolitan Opera Company not to produce
grand opera in New York or Boston for decade
the language of the contract seemed plain enough,
and when about a year ago he announced that grand
opera did not mean opera in English and that he
was going to build opera house in New York and
give performances in the vernacular the pubic was
astonished at his audacty The decision of the
Appellate Division that Hammersten must live up to
his agreement is unanimous and logical While the
public appreciates all that he has done for popular
entertainment it does not admire his way of seeking
escape from bad bargain and he is entitled to no
sympathy.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-20

From The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Merely by way of supplementing
the regular appropriations for the
Russian army the czar's government
has added sec, 0000 600 TO the usual esti-
mates for that great engine of war.
Europe is gravely discussing extern
siVe changes and Improvements in the
equipment and organization of the
Russian artillery. especially and Ger
many and Austria Hungary are care
fully noting the reports of the mass
ing of Russian troops near their
frontiers.
An such incidents direct attention
to the huge bulk Of the Russian I'm.
pire. 1t is by far the greatest con
nected territory under any dag. Tho
only empire more extensive is that of
Great Britain, which lies IN widely
separated parts of the earth. The
population Of Hussia's vast realm is
much greater than that of any other
country inhabited by people chiefly
of European blood or origin
The Russian standing army is by
far the largest in the world. The
Russian revenues are also greater
than those of any other nation,
though not larger than those of all
parts of the British Empire taken to-
gether. Russia grows the biggest
wheat crop in tho world and the lar
gest rye crop
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-20

ecumseh-wonder-w worker and In
dian man of mystery"-stood facing
the solemn war council of the Greek
nation in Tuckahatchie. Ala, writes
Albert Payson Terhune. Behind their
chiefs were ranged thousands of Greek
warriors. On the consent of the
Creeks to join in a plan of Tecum-
seh's hung the success of that plan.
And the Creeks would not consent.
Argument, threat, eloquence-Te-
cumseh tried all and tried them i'll
vain. He declared then that the
Great Spirit authorized his plan and
he babe all Indians to help in fur
thering it. The Creek chiefs sat
glum and unbelieving. Big Warrior
foremost sachem of the nation,
openly doubted that Tecumseh was
inspired by the Great Spirit, or, in
deed, that the Great Spirit was in the
least concerned in the matter.
A murmur of dissent swept the
council. Tecumseh sprang to his feet
and shouted:
You do not believe that the Great
Spirit has sent me here? You shall
know. ] leave Alabama this day and
I travel northward to Detroit. When
/ Itbtb 1JtllDlA 'ildll Sioi1J lililte
upon the ground. And when l stamp
the whole earth shall rock and every
lodge in your villages shall fall
down."
He named the date on which he
would arrive at Detroit, and departed
from the council, leaving behind him
wholly incredulous audience.
Tecumseh was, perhaps, the great
est Indian who ever lived. There are
mysteries about him that have never
been cleared. His followers and many
white men believe him to be more
than mortal. General Harrison de-
clared that the man was fit to be an
emperor and that but for the United
States he would be one.
When the pioneers, early in the
nineteenth century, began to settle in
the Middle West the government on
many preteXts seized or bought for
| trifling sums enormous tracts of land
there from the Indians. Tecumset
bitterly resented this. To clear the
West of its invaders he hit on a
/ scheme of combining all the Indian
tribes into a mighty federation and oil
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-20
rnn orrooME or AWAITING AND wAroHING.o

[, If the administration had adopted definite and
Arm poley at the inception of the troubles in Mexico
and resoluely carried it out there wouldn't now be
any emergency of to confront. The admnistra-
ton has simply Numbered into the present crisis The
.SSaitng watching policy which means no policy at
all forfeited the respect that strong power should
tommand in a country like Mexico, for it was inter
preted as fear The signal failure of the do-nothing
.poiicy was predicted and it has brought about that
.Qrhich the administration feared and to avert which
il submitted to outrage and murder of American
citizens in Mexico
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-20
LABOR NOTES

In Germany there are 65, 1O2 carpen-
ters affiliated with the union.
Thirty-one women in every 100 in
Cohoes, N. Y. are employed in fac
tories,
Fifty-six women carpenters were
disclosed in a recent census of Eng
land and Wales.
In Austria 14,513, or 961a per cent,
of the printers are organized.
Gold miners in the Transv&al nor
malIy employ 100000 hands.
Unemployment insurance in Hol-
land covers 70, 4St employees.
In Illinois the average salary of the
a, $50 women teachers is S643.l0.
One-third of Canada's $50 strikes
last year were in the building trades.
The employment of persons under
sixteen in Germany is controlled by
special laws.
The American Federation OF Labor
is against the extension of militarism
in the United States in any form.
Wages of seamen the world over
have been almost stationary for six
ty-nine years.
The Farm Laborers Union of Eng
land demands a minimum wage OF
S4S6 a week.
In Montreal, Canada. union carpen-
ters have increased wages twenty-siS
cents an hour since 1900
Wages for farm laborers in India
range from $2.50 to IS a month.
On May II. at Detroit, Mich. Anal
gamated Meat Cutters and Butcher
Workmen of North America will con.
vene.
Boston. Mass, machinists employed
in the printing press and paper max
ing machinery industry are aSitatini
for an eight-hour day.
British railway companies have de
cided to negotiate with the repre-
sentatives of the men direct so tina
the present system of Cancellation
boards will be displaced
of 5000 women and girls employee
! in the confectionery factories of New
York city. one-half of that numbe
receive wages under So per week; one
| fourth, less than $3.50 per week. ant
| three-fourths less than $3.50
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-20

s my country may she be right, but right or
wrong, my country.
- That is the spirit that will back President Wilson,
sfsongress or any other force, in with Mexico,
Where the honor of Old Glory is involved, or in a
ssonHict with any nation earth
- An insult to the flag any action affecting the
Honor and dignity the country must be atoned for
Even If It is case of someone blundering, and the
knowledge that is cruel and all that Admiral
Dewey said of it, the patriotic blood of the American
soldier and sailor is aroused calls for satisfaction
In a nutshell 1t is My country, may she ever be
right but right or wrong, my country"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-20
prorresslyes and Free Tolls.

From the indianapolis Star (Prog)
For more than one reason the I'M
adertaking to commit the Progressive
party through the nation to the eN-
emption of American vessels from
tolls through the Panama canal is to
. b.. deplored. In the first place the
question Is not rightfully a party
question and cannot he such except
bv strong-arm tactics of the very
species that drove Republicans and
- Democrats alike into the Progressive
movement 1t is in the Progressive
party of all others that individual
conviction on a matter like this should
enjoy free play. In the second place,
the free tolls question Is not right
.qfully a national issue, because to a
great extent ii is a sectional issue.
The Pacific and Atlantic coast cities
demand free tolls as a weapon with
which to fight the great central por-
ton of the country and that position
ests supported by senators and repre-
sgsRntatives from the sections, regard
less of party. The folly OF making a
national issue ON any such conflict of
interests should be apparent TO the
dullest comprehension
HufFrhe avidity with which certain
Progressive leaders fly into censure OF
The Wilson administration on TINS
4444HeStlOO GBeltlS To- SuESt0A Il hNoii = w
o,fhake capital against the President
Whether just grounds can be estab-
anshed or not, but wise craftsmanship
does not proceed in that way. Both
T6n the exemption of tolls and on the
Mexican policy the air is fun of spe-
CHIC or implied charges against Presl-
dent Wilson that are as yet supported
only by rumor and sheer speculation
4. Us.,ator Rornh's Monstrous Mistake.
=, Erom the New York Sun.
o'9aThe one pernicious thing was sale
s.oy. Senator Borah. OF Idaho, when he
spoke of the Presidents move toward
.sEampico. We have started on a
march to the Panama Canal. and We
viii not stop until we get there said
ne. and he amplified in such words as
these: "Once our flag goes UP In
Mexico, il will never come down
ut means that before we arc through