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Evening journal., 1914-07-11

cago business men to the Capitol TO
persuade the Senate TO cut the fool
ishness and nim-ham out of the VIII
son-O. KID antitrust measures. IL
is a remarkable exhibition Of agile
political readiustment. For the sake
of harassed business and sunering IN
dustry we hope that it is genuine and
that it will bear genuine fruits
Fortunately there is at hand an
acid test of the Presidents new pro
fessions. He excused himself to his
Chicago visitors for approving the
compromises with Mr.. Gompers writ
ten into the Clayton bill on the
ground that they were intended mere
lv TO leealize the existence and oper-
otions of labor unions and similar or
eanizations. as such. That is a point
of dispute between him and the fol-
lowers of Gompers. the latter MAIN
tanning that the compromises are In
tended to exempt labor unionists
1 from the operations Of the Sherman
law II the Clayton bill should be
passed in its present form the courts
would have to decide whether Mr
Wilson had outwitted Mr.. Gompers
or Mr.. Gompers had outwitted Mr.
/ Wilson
! But in the case of the sundry civil
/ appropriation bill now in conference
there is no dispute about the license
given to union labor-a license tC
/ which business men and all Other
classes Of producers Disseminated
against rightly object. The sundrs
civil bin fatty forbds the use o
money appropriated in it in the nro-
secution of union laborers and or
ganizations of farmers for violations
of the Sherman law The Language
of the exemption is as clear as it,
intent Is vicious Mr. Wilson is or
record as condcmning the exemption
as indefonsible in principle. Vet hi
signed the last sundry civil appro
priation bill, which contained a sim
liar exemption.
What will he do now? VIII HI
make good on his own conscientiou
belief and on his new professions o
friendship for business by yetoini
the sundry civil bill? Or will he hedg
and falter again and let the Com
pers element I'm Congress have it
J way? Words will not count in sue
II an emergency The President vii
have to stand or fall by what he doe
to prove the sincerity of his chang
of heart and his solicitude for
square deal all around, even for tn
long submerged man Of business.
Evening journal., 1914-07-11

Time was. when railroad fare was
paid by anybody who was anybody, he
apologized for it, Tor nearly everybody
had pass. The theory was that the
railroads must run trains anyway. They
might just as we'll run them full up. It
didn't cost the railroad anything more
TO carry an extra passenger tree, SO
large and small shippers, newspaper and
magazine men, friends of the manage
ment, railroad men from other roads,
politicians, grafters and others all rode
free.
lt took the strong arm of the law to
finally stop this practices TO convince
the railroads that free pass was as
bad for the user as 1t was for the rail
road, and that it was unnecessary TO
give away one of the chief commodi-
ties it had TO sell. The theatres have
gone through the same transformation.
a papered house is now the sign OF a
poor production.
The newspaper is the last of the
three more or less public service insti-
tutions to realize the short sighteduess
of trying 10 sell a thing that it is at
the same time giving away. 10 give a
certain amount of space in conjunction
with certain amount of paid adver-
tising, no matter If the free advertis-
ing pretends TO be news, produces Hue
tuatng and unstable values in the
newspapers chief commodity-advertis-
ing space.
Ire advertiser who gets one hundred
/ lines of free advertising in connection
with one hundred lines Of paid adver-
tising is buying his advertisement at
/ lust half the market price. This is m-
! fair to the advertiser who pays the full
price. the advertiser whose line of bust
ness is such that he asks no favors
such as are so freely given to theatres
books. automobiles, steamships and
other commercial enterprises
This does not mean that a newspaper
shall not review book or play, or de
scribe in its news columns anything
that has real news value to the public
provided the matter is written in th'
same way that it would be written d
no advertising possibility were at
tached.
No corollary is so well established al
the one which teaches us that the news
paper which is most compliant IN regar'
TO free advertising is always the weak
est newspaper
The service that a newspaper shoul'
offer to advertisers consists in publish
ing clean, strong. well-printed, intel
ligently arranged newspaper, which ma
a real and countable circulation IN IN
homes where that advertisers good
would naturally be bought. II shoui'
print the advertisements legibly an.
attractively, and give them the ful
measure of circulation and co-operat
Evening journal., 1914-07-11
Something For Nothing In
The Newspaper Business
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.l

in presenting as attractive COPY as nos.
sibly. All this is as much a part of
the legitimate service that a newspaper
renders as programs, seats and music
are a part of theatres service or as
iced water, electric lights and dining
cars are part OF railroads service
II IS time that a strict line should be
drawn between the service that news.
paper should render, and the service
forced from 1t by some favored adver-
tlser al the expense of others not so
favored, which Nitiatcs and weakens the
value of that newspaper as an advertis-
ing medium.
leading advertising agency recently
sent out to the newspapers an advertis-
ing campaign for a wel-known brand
OF smoking tobacco. IL is given 10 only
such newspapers as agree to give free
insertion to the first advertisement.
Many newspapers have accepted this
proposition. II they should follow such
request TO its logical conclusion,
where would they get oify If the FIRST
insertion is given free, why not the sec
ond How much advertising should be
paid fory Why is it not equally logi-
cal for a man TO order ten tons of coal
/ thd first ton TO be free, or ten bushels
of potatoes, the first bushel TO be free 2
( This is an extreme and aggravated case
! of free advertising-in that IL is free
/ display advertising rather than free
reading matter-but the principle il
| the same.
The Public Ledger believes that it 10
better advertising medium because Of
its policy of presenting news as news
! and ADVERTISING as advertising. charQ-
ing for advertising space a fair and
equitable price and rendering for that
price the fullest possible advertising
service that a newspaper can honestly
render. IL believes in this policy, first
because all advertising patrons should
be treated alike; second, because the
printing of advertising matter as news
is a betrayal of trust TO its readers
and third, because if an advertiser can
be induced to use newspaper only by
large concessions, then that newspaper
is too weak as an advertising medium
TO engage the respectful consideration
of advertisers.
Without character neither man nol
a newspaper is worth anything. Char
acter consists in adherence to a certain
standard of conduct Every one knows
the difference between right anC
wrong. Every one knows that a mar
who will accept bribe is untrust
worthy While no one can blame Al
advertiser for taking all he can get, thu
newspaper which writes itself down al
being willing to prostitute itself to
the sake of advertising patronage mus
in the end forfeit the very advertising
that IL has sacrificed so much to get.
Evening journal., 1914-07-11
Special Rights in the
Use of Panama Canal
CFrom The Washington Post)

mental influence, and by gunboats, il
necessary.
The negotiations looking to the ac-
Guirement of immense oil fields in
Colombia by European interests are
we'll worth the attention Of the United
States government II it is planned
to give Colombia special privileges in
the Panama Canal. which will be en-
ioyed by European interests compel
ing with Americans, the fact should
be brought TO light These interests,
once established, will be backed by
European governments, and the
United States might then be con-
frUnted with treaty obligations which
it could not evade.
This government has had sufficient
evidence in the last few years TO
warn II against entering into i'm
rrovident or carelessly drawn
treaties. Foreign nations stand upon
their rights as a matter Of honor. rs
the United States should. They do
not hesitate to insist upon their own
Interpretation of treaties. There is
no hin. of surrender on their part,
whether they are right or wrong"
II the United States enters into a
treaty granting special rights in the
Panama Canal to Colombia, It may
be sure that foreign business inter
osts will find a way to profit by these
special rights at the expense OF
American citizens and American COM
merce. The ENHANCEMENT OF the
canal in such fashion. destroying is
usefulness to Americans. might easily
arouse a sentiment in this country
fer the brushing aside of all sucf
! treaties. even at the cost of war
Evening journal., 1914-07-11
an IMPORTANT CIVIC DrTy.

NTEXT Saturday will be the first registration day
~ for the November election That fact should be
borne in mind by all Delaware men who wish to par
tcpate in the exceedingly important election that win
be held this year
u may be urged by those who prone to pro-
crastination that there will be ample opportunity
later to register That is true but there is no
telling what unfortunate circumstance may intervene
10 prevent availing himself of those later dates
In any event, it will take more time and entail no
greater Inconvenience for person to register on
next Saturday than it will for him TO do it on August
OF September 10, October a. the other days on
which the registration books will be open.
This is year in which every patriotic American
should regard the elective franchise as a thing of
great value to be exercised for the protection and
welfare Of his country an those in whom he has
either remote interest
Evening journal., 1914-07-11
BROCksON's FUTURE.

II HAT Representative Franklin Brockson, of this
i State will be renomnated for Congress by the
Democrats seems TO be generally accepted in all three
counties. That he will be defeated in November IS a
toregone conclusion The people of Delaware have
nothins against him personally They look upon him.
however part and parcel Of that Wilson administra
ton that has brought upon the United States COM
mercal and industrial distress that being felt ia
millions OF American business plants and homes
In only one important particular has Mr.. Brockson
manifested independence OF White House dictation
That instance had TO do with the Panama Canal toll
exemption repeater He voted against the President
on that but with him ON practically everything else
proposed from the White House
Next November viii be featured by political revo-
luton that viii retire scores of Democratic Congress
men who have assisted In innictng upon our state
and nation the period Of commercial and industrial
depression from which IL suffers Mr. Brocksor
Will be one of the victims Of that revolution. Th,
people of Delaware In common with those Of man,
other States, heartily tired of Democratic har,
times. They going to vote for return to Re
publican prosperity.
Evening journal., 1914-07-11
GEMS or THOUGHT


So stands the statue that enchants the world
Thomson.
Making all futures fruits of all the pests.-Edwn
Arnold
well written life is almost rare a well spent
one.-Carlyle.
Let the great world spin forever down the ringing
groves OF change.-Iennyson.
Beautiful are the steps of understandings lovely and
peaceabe the paths of the work Of wisdom-From the
Psalms of the West
The most trihng actions that affect a mans credit
are to be regarded The sound of your hammer at in
the morning, at night heard by creditor. makes
him easy six months longer; but If he YOU at
billiard table. hears your voice at a tavern, when
you should be at work he sends for his the next
day.-Frankln.
have grown to believe that the thing worth aim
ing is simplicity OF heart and life. rela-
tions with others should be direct and diplomatic:
that power leaves bitter taste in the mouth; that
meanness and hardness coldness the unforgiv
abo sins. that pleasure exists not in virtue OF mater
ial conditions but IN the Joyous heart that the world
Is very interesting and beautiful place. and that
eonsenial labor is the secret OF happincss.-A. c.
I Renann
Evening journal., 1914-07-11

II you have neglected your kidneys and
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ache. rheumatism and distressing blad-
der weakness, you will find Foley Kid
ney Pills 10 be the honestly made.
healing and curative medicine YOU
need 10 give YOU back your health
and strength They are tonic in ac-
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viii help you. For sale by A. b Dan
forth Market and Sernnd str ADV
Evening journal., 1914-07-11

We wish to remind that Colorado hog-dentist who
boasts that he has extracted teeth from 1900 porkers
hat that Sussex county man who had twenty-four
not cakes two slices Of am eight fried eggs and
four cups of coffee for breakfast one day last week st
is alive and lingering at the trough
Evening journal., 1914-07-11

Somebody evidently threw grit in The coes OF the
machine thar certain Councilmen had up for the
Investigation OF the local Police Department There
is radical difference in the personnel Of the COM
mttee proposed and the committee appointed
Evening journal., 1914-07-11

Since Colonel Roosevelt returned from Europe
neither Clifford Amos Pnchot seems to be able to
artculate the word Perkins AS a summary silencer
the colonel seems to be a rignal success
Evening journal., 1914-07-11

1T is unhealthful to much in hot weather. is
the trite declaration OF Philadelphia physician. It
would be unfair to intimate that he has been re-
tanned by the Quaker City Boarding House Keepers
Union
Evening journal., 1914-07-11

Il becomes more and more evident that Mrs Emma
s4 pAnkhurat Is she Carrie Nation Of Great Britain
Evening journal., 1914-07-11

N The Association Of Amsr-
AIAyAi lean Advertiser haa ex-
W1 nminsd and certified 20
~ the oireulation Of this pub
Ileation. The figrrcs Of circulation
contained In the Associations -
port only are guaranteed.
kSSniatian nf American Advertisers
No. esi Whitehall SIdu. n =. City
Evening journal., 1914-07-11

Ths Association ef
American Advertis.
ers is composed Of
all the great Adyer.
tisers OF thia coun.
try. The Assooia.
ton endorses only
such papers as sub
NIT 20 its examina-
tion at sny moment.
ana positive proof
must be submitted
The accompanying
certificate. No. 4l6l,
has been Issued -
thin paper.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-10-12
THE "ENTENTE C0RDIALE."
Bismarck Once Gave Striking Defini-
 tion of the Term.

Bismarck Once Gave Striking Defini-
 tion of the Term.
 In the newspapers of today we very often find the words entente cord1ale Most readers understand the meaning of the expression, but 1t is rather diffi- cult to make a translation that ex- presses the exact meaning of the orig final French. Prince Bismarck gave a good explanation when his daughter asked him what the entente cordiale really was.
 "Well," he said, "it is not so easy to define literally. It means cordial un' derstanding, but it also has little different significance. For example,: You were in the courtyard this morn ing when l came from the garden with Nero. Diana was in the yard. gnaw- ing a large bone. My Nero saw her and ran to seize the bone. Then there was a little fight, until I struck them a few sharp blows with my cane.
 "After that the bone lay in the mid de of the court, while both dogs stood off at some distance and looked eagerly at 1t. Each dog. in fact, was as anx' ious to keep Che other away as he was afraid of my cane, and therefore nei- ther ventured to seize it. You see. that Is what they call in diplomatic circles an entente cordiale." - Youths Con- panion.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-10-12
Eorcino the Pronhet.

Forcing the Prophet. T can prophecy with certainty that you will become engaged this year." "Oh that is understood! But proph. esy to me at once a husband. gende Blatter.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-10-12
A LEGEND OF MEXICO.
Origin of the Eagle and ssrpsnt on Its
 Coat of Arms.

Origin of the Eagle and ssrpsnt on lts
 Coat of Arms.
 The coat of arms of the republic of Mexico. which occupies the center or white bar of the flag and consists of q beautiful device representing an eagle perched upon cactus (what in Mex leo is called nopaD devouring a ser pent, is intimately connected with the history of the people. In the begin. ming of the fourteenth century the an. cient Mexicans, or Aztecs, after wan dering for a long time around the Mexican valley looking for place to build their city, arrived after terrible surerings and adventures on the south western border of Lake Tezcoco in 1925.
 There they halted, for in front of them they beheld what naturally they considered an suspicious omen from their gods. An immense royal eagle of extraordinary size and beauty stood upon a cactus growing in the crevice of rock washed by the waves of the lake. In it's talons it held serpent. and It's broad, beautiful wings opened to the rising sun.
 Obeying the mandate of their oracle that there they should build their city, they set to work, and by driving piles into the marshes with no other mate rial at hand but fran reeds and rushes the foundations of the great Tenochit- Ian, the chief city of the Aztecs and the site of the modern City of Mexico, were laid.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-10-12
Thirteenth Century Fire Prevention

Thirteenth Century Fire Prevention.
 One wonders what fate would have overtaken the captured starter of fires in thirteenth century London. for after the blaze of 1912, which lasted ten days, swallowed up part of Lon don bridge and was the cause Of over 1000 deaths, every precaut1on was taken against fires. For instance. all builders of houses were ordered to roof them with tiles, shingle boards or lead, and to stop an outbreak any house could be pulled down Thus, MT. H. B. Wheatley on the safeguards: "For the speedy removal of burning houses each ward was to provide a strong iron hook with'a wooden han dle, two chains and two strong cords' which were to be left with the bedel of the ward, who was also provided with a good horn loudly sounding" And. moreover, every householder was ordered to keep a barrel of water be- fore his door.-London Standard.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-10-12
Iha One Speech M. P.

No member ever impressed the house of commons with his gift of silence more than General Forester. This sen- sible man represented Much Wenlock for forty-six years and never made a speech. One member, Sir Charles Bur- relI. sat for sixty years. restraining himself nobly. He made one speech only in order to introduce bill pro- viding that housemaids should be for bidden to clean windows from the out. side.-London Chronicle.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-10-12
Missed the Name.

Guest of the Doctors Gate home from the theater)-Hurry up, old chap. and let me in. Absentminded Doctor (who has forgotten all about his wis., itor)-Who are you? Guest-Mr. Trane. Doctor-Missed train, have you? Well. catch the next-London Mail
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-10-12
DONALDSON SCHEDULE.

The Prospector office for job work.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-10-12

Subscribe for the Prospector.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-10-12
Sinking of the Caspian Sea.


 Geologists claim that the Caspian sea is continually sinking. Known to all schoolboys as the largest interior body of water in the world. the Cas- plan is about 730 miles in greatest length and 330 miles in extreme width. It's area Is estimated to be 17OOOO square miles, while the area of Eng land and Wales is 6S,000 odd square miles. These figures give clear idea of. the size of the Caspian. Notwith- standing its size. parts of the sea are very shallow. In the southern portions. however, a depth of over 5000 feet has been registered. Our physical geography tells us that the present sea Is part of vast oceanic water which at one time extended to the Arctic ocean.-Westminster Gazette.
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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-02-03
THE CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE
A REAL WOMAN MARTYR

the matter drop. hate a 'nagger,"
but Dick is rather inclined to emu
late his mother and sulk a little, and
1 am always trying to have matters
cleared up where we can begin anew.
l told Mrs. Smythe Il hate that
way of spelling Smith, that both Mr..
Waverly and l would be glad to see
her and her husband
Dick was late getting home and
we had to eat our dinner in a hurry:
1 told him Mollie had gone out and
that the Smythes were coming to
call on us. He did not say anything,
but l think he looked relieved. Up
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Chapter LXVIII.

l was very. glad yesterday when
one of the women in the hotel called
me up and asked if Dick and were
to be home in the evening. I thought
it would tide things over little if
we did not spend the evening alone,
as when Dick left me knew he was
angry with me and thought perhaps
he might forget the subject of our
mornings talk.
When Dick and 1 differ I never
know if it is a good plan to refer to
the difference afterward or just let
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RY cAPT. RoRERT QUINToN


A few of us were hunting along a
river in the Solomon Islands, when
the whole surrounding jungle sud-
denly resounded with the yelling of
scores of savages. A shower of ar
rows hurtled over our heads. 1t was
worse than useless to attempt to es-
cape to our boats, for the savages
could shoot at us, under cover of the
trees, without exposing themselves.
We dropped down behind the bank,
just as a second volley of arrows sped
over our heads. The head-hunters,
thinking we had taken to our boats,
dashed forward and received a vol
ley of shots from our guns, which
brought down several and made the
others dart back into the bushes.
This was not because they were
afraid. 1t is their custom, when they
are losing, to run away as though
they had given up the combat, but
this is only ruse, for invariably they
will steal back, like a tiger stalking
its prey, and make a new attack.
Knowing this, we stealthily hitched
a rope from tree to, tree, about 80
inches from the ground, directly in
front of our position.
For a few minutes everything was
deathIy still. Then third series of
TIE H0NEECCU
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wild yells suddenly resoUnded upon
our right hand and so close to us that
we were thU.derstTuck. AS the saw
ages das.ed forward the foremost
ones landed OH their heads, over the
rope, and our crew cut them down
as they struggled to regain their feet.
l came in collisitsI with one of the
savage beasts myself and he instant
ly aimed a blow ct me with his war
club. Tie helmet l wore helped to
break the blow At about the same
instant he struck me cut him across
the face with a cutlass and he never
struck anyone again, l can assure
you.
The head-hunters now retired as
rapidly as they had come. Four of
our crew were killed outright in the
skirmish and every one of us was
wounded more or less severely.
The strangest case of all was that.
of Fijian who received a poisoned
arrow through the calf of his leg.
The leg shriveled until all the muscle
disappeared and the skin appeared to
be drawn tight to the bone. He did
not complain of much pain, and the
leg, after time, filled out again and
became as well as the other.
(Capt. Quinton's next adventure,
to be printed in this paper Wednes-
day, concerns a marine battle with
cannibaIs.)
MIC OE A VXyTEE
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turies-old fighting fashions of band
of Solomon Island head hunters.