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Evening journal., 1914-09-24
Biting Off TOO Much
CFrom the washington Post)

be to cause an upheaval in such
organizations.
The Clayton bill now strikes more
vigorously and deliberately at the
heart of business than was expected
even when business was not ham
pered with a great European war. As
if the burden of the European finan-
cial strain and clogged sea COM
merce were not enough for business
and the banks to carry, Congress
would now impose additional hard
ships.
The new currency law has been
accepted pretty generally by the na-
tional banks of the country, although
they have as yet had no benefits from
il. In fact, the only thing accom-
plished has been the resort to the
Republican Aldrich-Vreeland act. If
the operation of the new currency
law is TO be accompanied by an irk-
some condition, inflicted by an en-
tirely different law, some of the ma
tional banks may be driven out OF
/ the new system.
Whatever Is to be done now should
be carefully considered. This is M
time for drastic experiments. The
Clayton hill, duplicating and supple
menting the Sherman law and adding
obnoxious provisions 10 the pateni
and currency laws, Is filled witt
pitfalls.
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woruD RTLIEyR WARS HORRORS.

THE Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist
i Episcopal Church has opened war relief fund
for the benefit Of the stricken millions in Europe May
good fortune attend its efforts. The appeal recites
that the present war disaster is the most stupendous in
the history of mankind. Millions Of men are In war
ing armies Tens OF thousands have been killed and
wounded Penury and misery have suppanted pros
perity and contentment in countless homes Famine
and dcsolaton are stalking side by side
Point is made that in other great wars steps were
taken by the churches for relief work and spiritual
ministry. The Christian Commission was organized
durlue our Civil War. The Young Mems Christian
Association sent a strong stan of workers with the
armies in the Japanese-Russan war. 1t is regarded
as imperatvey necessary that no time be lost IN
raising funds to mitigate human suffering that Is be-
coming more acute every day as the war progresses
It is stated that 25O Protestant preachers
have marched to the front rifles in hand Almost all
the Methodist preachers in Germany are serving as
soldiers It is admitted that the churches are dsorgan-
zed and that Methodist communities are torn ana I'M
noverished II is to place the Board Of Foreign MIS-
ions in position to promptly that the war rehei
fund has been opened in New York with the appeal
for funds directed to all generously persons
in the United States.
Evening journal., 1914-09-24

The various bullets used by armies
OF civilized nations admit of being
grouped in three classes. One of
these classes Of proiectiles is called
the reduced calibre, jacketed bullet.
The second class includes the leaden
balls in shrapnel and the blunt nosed
bullet formerly in use in the British
army and subsequently used by the
Servians. To the third class belong
the expanding bullets, the soft nosed
bullet and the dumdum bullet. Some
authorities speak of the first class
as the pointed bullet. 1t has ~less
stopping power than the other two.
The greater part of the nations OF
the world use the ogival bullet a
pointed bullet whose tip forms an
obtuse angle like an arch.
The two bullets now in use, the
ogival and the blunt nOsed, have a
rotary and a wabbling motion. On
impact they produce a wound like
that made by the blow of a hammer.
This effect seems to be observed at
all ranges, but particularly at 1000
yards Here the gyroscopic steadi-
ness due to rotation is lost; the bull
| let may even turn on its axis and
produce explosive. effects. Lateral
impact seems the only explanation Of
these explosive effects.
The unstable Japanese bullet, un-
stable because it is the lightest and
smallest in use, makes at 500 to 1000
yards perforations which are large
Evening journal., 1914-09-24

When the river and harbor bill was
,enorted to the Senate on June ls'
Furope was not at war, there was
NO suggestion Of extraordinary taxes
in the United States, and a flibuster
seainst the appropriations, indeten-
s;ble though they were, seemed
hopeless undertaking. When sen
tor Garter I'm the closing days OF
the Fiftv-sixth Congress undertook
10 talk the river and harbor bill to
death that President Mckinley might
10 SHARED the necessity of vetoing
II the conditions of his attack were
considerably simpler.
Congress would expire on March =
foO1 and all that was necessary was
tor the senator from Montana to pro-
long the discussion. How well ne
rlaved the part need not be recited'
His speech occupied sixteen hours
with interruptions, and held the SEN
ate in session up 10 the hour OF the
inauguration ceremonies. Moreover
Senator Carter made a good speech :
n speech that stirs the interest when
read today.
This year Senator Burton, who leo
ana managed the filibuster. had nc
impending adjournment cf Congress.
/ 20 cher ciE- Senators kenyon and
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4HAMv LEWIS, WILSON AND THE REPUBLIC.

&, ENAToR JAMES HAMILTON LEWIS Of Illinois,
concluded a recent speech in the Senate with
a tribute to President Wilson in which he said: 1--WE
on this side the chamber who behind him often
likewise differ from many Of his methods and do not
agree with all his systems but with the sincere purpose
that animates his life he is coming to the rescue of
the Republic which he seeks redeem to her old days
when she was honored by all men, beloved by all ciu-
zens"
SO our country is not today honored beloved by
all of us! Take notice, all you citizens that do not
love your country in these days folk did in "her
old days. Wilson is going to make you The New
Freedom" came from the White House not long ago.
The "New Patriotism" is being fashioned there now
and will be ready free distribution TO de-
generate Americanism that does not know how to
love its country until Wilson shows the way. Perhaps
one of the enets Of this New Patriotism will be dodg
ing Memorial Day exercises
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NEM YORK,s BlG BIRrHnAY pARrY.

NEW YORK city Will be 300 years old on October
IN 81. The Eurppean war is not to be permitted to
interfere with he celebration of the event although
it will modify its nature. The military and naval fea-
lures are to be largely eliminated Historical pa
geants and parades will supplant .them AS York
always has bee the premier city of the United States,
the celebration naturally will arouse the sympathetic
interest Of all Americans
The event not only commentaries the entry of
New York city into the commerce Of the world in
1914 through the granting Of the charter by the
States Netherlands reviews three centuries of
dustriai and commercial progress The members Of
the commission have decdedshat this is particularly
opportune moment to hold such a celebration when
the country is IN need OF reinsurance and of a new
stimulus in commercial and industrial activities.
The big event will come on the evening of October
81 which is Halloween A giant pageant, the largest
held in New York and which is planned TO
pass that Of the Hudson Fulton celebration, will
be held Hundreds of floats portraying the early days
of Manhattan Island when it inhabited by In
dians its later development into a Dutch settlement
and trading post and its marvellous growth will be
drawn through miles Of streets brilliantly Illuminated
with thousands OF electric lights. reviewing stand
will be erected in front the public library at Forty
second and Fifth avenue, where Governor Glynn
and Mayor Mitchell will review, it were the history
and rise of New York. On October 2s there will be
automobile parade for decorated pleasure and
mercal vehicles with prizes for the handsomest dec
oratons In both classes OF cars Plans form
uating for a commercial exhibit to be held in No
vember
New York Is not much for parades. AS a rule II
is too busy to hold them. When. however, it does de-
eide to take few days off and engage in revelry il
works upon a large scale That was demonstrated con
cusively in recent years in the Dewey parade ant
the Hudson Fulton celebration If this birthday part,
nations metropolis Is to eclipse the latter ther
II viii be we'll worth seeing
Evening journal., 1914-09-24
Modern Bullets
From the New York Medical Journal.

with explosive exits. and in the soft
viscera wide track showing a great
deal of laceration. These effects are
probably the result of the bullets
course, which is a tangent to the
curve of the trajectory Before 1t
takes curve, at very short ranges,
il has effects less severe, but here its
stopping power is less. In this re-
spect it is much inferior TO the blunt
nosed bullet. The action Of both
these types of modern bullets on the
human body would at first sight seem
70 be the same, but careful inspection
of wounds during the Balkan war
shows that wounds caused by the
sharp nosed German or Turkish bull
let were on the whole more favorable
for speedy healing than those caused
by the blunt nosed Servian bullet.
There is, however, a marked defect
of the pointed bullet. The result of
shaving off the tip and shoulder to
fine point is to throw the centre Of
gravity very far back; this peculi-
arity tends to make the bullet travel
On its transverse axis. This effect
/ increases wounding power by In
( creasing the area of the wound
The dumdum bullet has a jacket
and a core of lead, but its special
/ quality is the projection of the lead
/ beyond the mantle. When It strikes
en- object the soft lead spreads out
in the shape of a mushroom, hence
the bullet causes wounds that have
! great stopping power.
Evening journal., 1914-09-24

The destruction Of the Cathedral Of
Rheims puts Germany again on the
defensive as an exponent of the spirit
of savagery in war The ruin of that
beautiful monument of medieval art
Is a piece Of vandalism which reduces
German military methods to the level
OF the Goths and the Huns The
cathedral stood for seven centuries
unmolested by the many armies
which have made northeastern
France their battle ground. To de-
stroy 1t wantonly would have seemed
a sacrilege to the brutal soldicry Of
the dark ages, when war was at its
worst. The crime Of battering it to
pieces was left to a nation which
boasts that II has a mission to i'm
pose its culture" on the rest Of the
world, and which describes the pres
ent war as a war on its part for the
protection of Western European
civilization against "the semi-baIbar-
GUS Muscovite."
In view of the storm of criticism
aroused by the destruction of Lou
vain, the German military authorities
might have been expected to deal
gently with Rheims. Wireless dis
patches received yesterday from Ber-
lin say that "orders were issued to
save the cathedral" and such orders
would have been in harmony with the
expressions of regret over the Lou
vain Outrages contained in the
Kaiser's letter Of September ia
President Wilson. IL is good to know
that some real Germans over in Ger
many appreciate the enormity of the
shock to civilized sentiment involved
in laying waste buildings Of priceless
value which are, besides, speciiicall,
listed for protection by the rules o
war. Some of our own neutral
German-Americans seem to regarC
the Kaiser's annoyance at the vandal
ism practiced by his soldiers as over
squeamish and unworthy of rea
war Lord" From the columns o
the New Yorker Herold' of yesterda
we clip this curt, unsympathetic com
ment on the destruction at Rheims
"The far-famed cathedral in Rheim
has evidently suffered through tn
German bombardment, but as the fort
ress and city are essential to the sue
cess of the German arms (at leas
according to the view OF the Germa
General Staff) this regrettable even
cannot be considered in any othe
light but as one Of the unavoidabl
consequences of the present action.
When it comes to thick-and-thi
militarism even General Won BerI
hardi has nothing on some of our ea
German fellow citizens.
The cannoners at Rheims appai
emily followed the theory of the NE
Yorker Herold" and disregarded Of
ders from Berlin. They must haV
made a target of the cathedral, and
so doing they broke the rules of wa
contained in The Hague convention
October IS. 1907, just as flagrantly
those rules we're broken on variol
occasions in the earlier German ol
erations in Belgium, 1t is true thi
Rheims is a fortified town, but it h'
Evening journal., 1914-09-24
Germany Continues fe Violate The
Humanifies as Well as the Rules of War
rTrihr
lFrom DE New York Trlbunel

not been a fortified town in the COM
plete sense in the recent fighting.
The French did not try TO defend II
a couple of weeks ago when the GER
man forward movement was in prog
ress. They are not now using It's
forts. for the simple reason that the
present German line runs inside the
northern fortifcations Rheims itself
has been an open city.
But even If it had remained foru-
fed town in the proper sense, the
Germans were bound under Article
XXVII of the rules Of war to spare
the cathedral That article reads;
"In sieges and bombardments all
necessary steps must be taken 10
spare, as far as possible, buildings
dedicated to religion, art, science or
charitable purposes, historic monu-
ments, hospitals and places where the
sick and wounded are collected, pro-
vided that they are not being used at
the time for military purposes. It Is
| the duty of the besieged to indicate
| the presence of such buildings or
places by distinctive and visible signs
which shall be notified to the enemy
beforehand"
The Rheims Cathedral was being
/ used as a hospital and a place of del
tention for wounded German prison
ers. It flew a Red Cross flag, which
must have been discernible by the ar
tillery officers giving the range to the
German batteries. IL was also fam
Gus "historic monument" and "dedi-
Gated to religion" If any building IN
a bombarded city was ever entitled &c
immunity, this cathedral was. It stood
out as a vast landmark and could mol
have suffered materially unless th'
fire OF the German guns had been di'
( rected at it intentionally. Its de-
struction cannot be regarded as a mis-
chance, due to ignorance of its posi-
ton and uses. 1t was, on the con
trary. a direct violation of rules o
war laid down in a general interna
( tional treaty.
? The French protests cannot be dis
- missed as mere lamentations over tn
. inevitable ruin of war. They rest ol
) a legitimate grievance against Ger
Z many. We can imagine the horrine
r. protests which Germans would max
- if an allied army should wantonl
t batter to pieces the Cathedral of Col
4 ogne. The chief trouble with Germa
t militarism has been that it has neve
r entertained the idea that German
Q might have to suffer from the sam
- terrorizing methods that it has bee
n prepared to apply on foreign soil. |
l. breaking the rules of war 1t is er
= couraging other nations to brea
those rules later at its expense. RI
= prisals in war are unfortunately con
v mon, and Germany may yet find thi
:. out. We hope not, for humanity
e sake. But it is the most crushing
n all rebukes to Germany's pretensio
r to be conducting war for the d
# fense of European culture" that Il
S public opinion of the world is M
"a ready to believe that France an
J. Great Britain will ever do to Cologr
II or Munich what she has done to Lol
IS vain and Rheims.
Evening journal., 1914-09-24
THuRspAY sEPT. e. IeI4
THE STEAM no MAKE CHAMBER MOVE AND
pROCRFSS


Chamber of Commerce should represent all the.
n business activities OF its community. Virtually
all the bees in its hive should be workers without a
single drone Each should be so placed and employed
that his private business made driving power in
the commercial associations public business The
whole membership should constitute the entire work
Ing organization.
These are the ideals and standards OF the sci
ence and art Of organizing commercial bodies and
applying the principles and methods Of business and
the full capacities Of business men in a given COM
munity to the development all It's resources and the
promoton of its ull-orbed welfare This is the first
stem in the movement of the Wilmington Chamber OF
Commerce to make itself more efficient for community
work II is having bureaus workers instead of
few officials and committees the draft horses OF
the organization
OF the new changes in the organization the out
standing feature the membership council This Is the
intellect and will that initiates measures or new poll
cies and refers them to the entire chamber 1t viii
he so large that It will represent every business in
terest The membership is 20 be distributed among
six or seven main divisions, which subdivded into
trade groups.
The scope Of this system is co-extensiye with the
entire memberslAp II looks like altogether adequate
method for the development Of workers universally
and the a-arovnd expansion Of the work Of the cham
ber 1t increases every members opportunity LOT
rendering practical service. II makes the chamber
much more democratic and representative of all WI
mington The machinery for the development an'
application Of power appears admirable But ne
mechanism was ever invented or will ever be fashion
cd that moves of Itself Il must be fed with fuel an'
supplied with energy. The steam to make the reor
sanitation of the Wilmington Chamber Of Commerc'
move and progress is the resolve of every member
that he will work. work strenuously and ntellgenty
and work everlastngly.
Evening journal., 1914-09-24
With The Paragraphers


indication the which Blease has It in"
for South Carolina is to be found in the announce
ment that he has made Of his expiring authority
to call extra session Of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Virginian- Pilot
In spite the vaor of her soldiers, il is now appar
that Austra-Hungary cannot be very effective as
an ally of Germany Those who knew anything Of the
country expected that It would be. There is no
such spirit of loyalty and patriotism inspires the
Germans, the French and the English On the contrary
the 10000 Savs in the dual monarchy are as hostile
in the Germanic influence their brethren in Rus
sia and in the nearby Balkan States.-Indianapolis
News.
When Napoleon said women ought not to NEEDLE
with politics. a woman answered. Sire. when women
are liable to have their heads cut of il is only
tura that they should wish TO know the why
With this quotation Miss Blackwell effectively joins
a strong statement by Lucy stone "The government
takes a womans out TO be shot, and then puts its
bloody hand in her pocket to help pay the bills "
The two great peaceable elements of the human arce
women and laboring men, viii day have voice
in politics that will make war impossible No wonder
the Kaiser said women should conhne themselves "a
church. cooking and children. If had theii
fair share influence the Kaiser would not hold his
job n he loses his job is likely TO be lost alsoHar
pers Weekly
Evening journal., 1914-09-24

President to its reckless provisions?
We doubt IT,
Senator Burton has won a splendid
victory Perhaps its full effects may
ho displayed in new and proper
system of river and harbor improve
ment. Should this not turn out to
be the case his brilliant struggle has
been amply repaid and the admirable
rules and customs of the Senate
which made his stand for justice to
the taxpayers possible have been
abundantly justified.
Evening journal., 1914-09-24
MARYLAND HAS
OLDEST CHURCH.


OLDEST CHURCH.
From the fredericksburg Courier
Maryland Methodism had honor
conferred upon it Monday when, at a
meeting of the American Methodist
Historical Society. held in the old
Stone Chapel, the other side Of Pikes-
Vile, it was established beyond a
reasonable doubt that the Sans Creek
Church, in Carroll county, was the
first Methodist church in America,
and that Rev. Robert Strawbridge,
of the same county, was the first
Methodist minister in this country
These conclusions came as a cli-
max to months of search through
ecclesiastical records, in which some
Of the ablest and oldest ministers in
the church we're consulted, were set
forth in a lengthy paper prepared and
read by Rev. John +. GOucher, chair
man of the committee. Interest in
this decision has become intense
within the past few years, and more
than $50 ministers and laymen Of
the three branches of Methodism,
Methodist Episcopal, Methodist Pro-
testant and Southern Methodist, in
cluding many of their wives, made
the Journey out to the Stone Chapel
to hear the result Of the investiga-
/ lion.
New York has for a number Of
years claimed this honor for her old
/ Wesley Chapel, on John street, and
they have already gone so far as TO
/ celebrate the one hundretb anniver-
sary of the founding OF Methodism in
that city and of the memory Of Rev
Philip Embury. whom they claim was
/ the first Methodist minister in this
country. They claim, however, that
the year 1866 was the date Of the
| erection of their church while the
Maryland Methodists are certain thai
Methodism was originated in this
state and in Carroll county at leas
two years previous to that time. Tit
paper which DR.. Goucher read wal
a voluminous affair. and was nle'
with convincing evidences Of tn
Evening journal., 1914-09-24
BELGIUM
lFrom the New York Timesl

land north of the Seine almost to the
banks OF the Rhine, have preserved THEN
name as a people from that day TO this,
but their name as a nation, obliterated
bv Caesar, was not revived until 1890
when the present kingdom was founded
All through the Dark Ages. the Middle
Ages. the Renaissance, and even
through the Napoleonic period, theil
country's identity was merged in that
of the Netherlands. Sixteen years
after the defense of Quatre Bras by
the Belgians the kingdom which united
the people with Holland collapsed and
the Belgians asserted their independence
as a nation.
Evening journal., 1914-09-24
GEMS OF THOUGHT

The difficulty is not so great to die for friend
to find a friend worth dying for.-Home.
.-.-..
Every human soul has the germ of some flower with
in and they would open if they could only find sun
shine and free air to expand in. I always told you
that not having enough of sunshine was what allied
the world Make people happy and there will not be
half the quarreling tenth part Of the wickedness
there is.-Mrs Child.
.-.-.--.
What an immense workman Is God! In miniature as
well as in the great. With the hand he IS per-
haps making a ring OF thousand miles In dame
ter to revove round planet like Saturn, and with
the other IS forming tooth in the Of the feather
Of huming bird point in the claw of the foot o.
a microscopic insect. When he works in miniature
everything is gilded polished and perfect but what
ever is made by human art as a needle etc, when
viewed by a microscope. appears rough and coarse
and bungling.-Bishop Law.
Evening journal., 1914-09-24

It is all very well for President Wilson to talk about
world peace The thought is not new or novel II was
EXPRESSED long before he born it will be express
ea long after he is dead And intervals during all
that time we shall have wars little or big on all the
continents Let it not be forgotten that the world
peace propaganda had reached its height in the world
History at the time of the breaking out Of the present
war in Europe the greatest thing Of its kind IN he
history of the world That shows how much world
nooco camnaien amounts to when It runs counter to
national passion, prejudice and cupdity
Evening journal., 1914-09-24

whole bill will fail in the present cir
oumstances. and while some injury
to worthy projects might result from
this the damage would be far from
irreparable.
But will the House. fresh from the
passage Of the new tax till, with the
elections only a month away. be in a
mood to advertise its contempt for
economy and its violation of its plat
form pledges after the surrender of
the bills defender in the Senate and
the scarcely veiled opposition of the