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officers and others have registered com.
plaint that new money was not pro.
vided.
II banks develop tendency to offer
for redemption money not 90 unfit that
there may be question as to Its fur
ther usefulness. the assistant United
States treasurer In charge OF the sub,
may reject it. He is likely also to
admonish that bank against continued
careiessness Of that sort.
whether subtreasuries should make
a practice Withdrawing MT notes rom
redemption and turn them back into
circulation is a problem OF expense.
The cost of sorting Is considerable. Il
would be necessary to double the tofce
the New York subtreasury. and double
the space where the work Is now car.
ried on.
Displeasing to Banks.
Such a policy would tend to displease
banks. and convey to them the impress
sion that they were not receiving from
the government a suff1cient quantity Of
clean, new notes to meet the demand of
the public for a sanitary and clean
money. This would be q grievance
against the administration that II
would not hear the last OF until the
cause was removed.
The IS United States note 10 as a rule
the note Of notes In best condition
when received for redemption. except
the notes of very large denomination.
little used. and Of small account in the
problem Of redemption. This seems due
to a practice of banks of keeping them
neatly stored away. where dirt and
rust and thieves will not break in. as
their stock of reserve notes. Conse-
quently when offered for redemption
| they show little wear.
The washing machines utilised to
wash paper currency clean as new were
conceived and set up and operated as
a hoped-for solution OF the redemption
problem, expected to meet every eQua-
tion. But the washing machine has
made many enemies. and washed money
| Is under wide criticism, just and un-
jusa
Evening star., 1914-10-11

tho European war becomes more
n bitter the question Of the neu-
I 4 trality of Holland becomes daily
more important. With the enormous
number of troops that Grmany mas
been moving to the western theater
of the great conflict there has oeen
continual hazard that Hollands neu-
trality might be violated at that point.
An equally great, If not greater. dan
ger lies on the west, where strip OF
Holland territory cuts Belgtum's great
seaport of Antwerp from the sea. Snlps
cannot pass up the scheldt without
passing through Hollands territory.
This has been q great temptation De
cause it would make 1t exceedingly
easy for England to send reinforce
ments to Belgium by this route, were
il not for the strip Of Dutch frontier
that tntervenes. Great Britain, how
ever. has given formal promises that
she will make no effort to send her
ships into the Scheldt.
Another danger from the side OF the
allies has resulted from the fact that
British and French warships have
stopped all steamers bound Tor Dutcn
ports and taken from them conditional
contraband" cargoes, such as grain,
copper, lead and even silver. This has
been on the plea that Holland might
not be able to prevent the further
shipment of these articles to Germany.
AS a result the Dutch government has
made vigorous protests. and the allies
have relaxed somewhat in their vigi-
lance against such shipments.
1t was one of these seizures of cop
per from the United States that result
ed in a resolution of inquiry by the
United States Senate.
But the most interesting feature of
the Dutch position in war is the an
cient. but powerful method of defense
which forms the little kingdoms chief
protection against her enemies-the
sea. Instead Of wonderfully construct
ed fortifcations Holland places her
Two lines of these defenses. vast strips
of territory that can be inundated by
opening the dykes. are Hollands chief
reliance against the modern cannons
of her possible foes.
The advanced position of these two
main lines of inundation lies toward
Evening star., 1914-10-11
THE BATTLE LINE
WITH MODERN AIRCRAFT

since the operations cover SO large an
area, of our own units. Nevertheless,
the tactics adopted for dealing with
hostile air craft are to attack them in
stantly with one or more British ma
chimes. This has been so far successful
that in five cases German pilots or OBJ
servers have been shot while in the air
and their machines brought to the
flying corps has succeeded in estab-
fishing an individual ascendancy which
is as serviceable to US as it is damag-
ing to the enemy.
"How far it is due to this cause it is
not possible to ascertain definitely, but
the fact remains that the enemy mas
recently become much less enterpris-
ing in his flights. Something in the
direction of the mastery of the air al
ready has been gained in pursuance OF
the principle that the main object OF OF
military aviators is the collection OF
information"
1t has been the policy of the British
aviators not only to seek Information
of the disposition and movements OF
the enemy and to transmit this infor
nation promptly to the place where II
would do the most good, but to nght
the German aeroplanes Immediately on
their appearance in an effort to pre-
vent them gaining information "nlcn
would be useful to their side Al tne
outset of the campaign of the BRUSH
revolutionary force there must have
been a marked numerical superiority
of German flying machines, put .hls
has not kept the British alrmen Iro.i'
assuming and maintaining the omen
sive- and from this the necessary oe-
auction is that the British airmen nave
excelled in enterprise and efficiency
The retirement of the British from
Mons to the Marine in the race OF an
overwhelming German force, ana ;ntant a, .me
was made possible by the rapid. com
n1ete and trustworthy reconnaissance
performed by the men in aeroplanes.
The British airmen have not beer
hurling bombs. Damage done by bombs
from aeroplanes has been negligible
from a military standpoint.
The Zeppelin dirigible has not yet
justified itself. 1t has dropped explo'
sives with the result of wrecking some
houses and killing non -combatants. but
it has had no effect in the campaign
except to increase hostility in England
Belgium and France to the German
arms and also to influence sentiment
hostile to Germany in neutral coun.
tries.
One of the practical pieces of work
to which the aeroplane was put by the
British, and the fact of which has only
that in an official report. was conveying
the British expeditionary force across
the channel to France. 1t was only q
day OF etwo ago that the British ad-
miralty issued a statement that, while
the expeditionary force was being
moved abroad. a strong patrol to the
east of the Strait of Dover was main
tained by seaplanes and airships of the
naval air service and the airships. pa
trolled steadily between the French
and English coasts for twelve hour.
and also on the end further east. witt
the assistance of the Belgians. tenn:
porary seaplane base was established
was kept up between Ostend and the
English coast so that it was thus i'm
possible for the enemy's ships to ap
proach the strait without being seer
for very many miles.
Evening star., 1914-10-11
NapoIeon's Pen-Wiper.

A CCORDING to the biographer OF
Napoleon. his breeches were al
ways of white cashmere. 1t often hap
pened that two hours after leaving his
chamber the breeches were spotted
with ink by reason of the Corsican's
habit of wiping his pen on them and
of shaking ink all around him. 1t was
favorite trick of his to strike his
pen against the edge of table. and
OF course. the breeches suffered.
Furthermore. it appears that, how
ever the great man dressed in the
morning, that was his dress for the
whole day, since he would not change
his toilet until nightfall. The inside OF
his boots was lined with white fus-
tian.
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NO1 AND READY. TO CUT DYKES
TO MAINTAIN ITS NEUTRALITY Y

Germany and Is known as the Grebbe
line. 1t extends from the Waal, across
Zuider Zee. The other line of inunda-
tion, and by far the more important
one, runs from Muiden, on the Zuider
Zee. through Utrecht and Kuilenburg
to Gorkum on the Mas.
This entire tract of country can be
waters have spread over the face of
the land a chain of forts, bristling
with guns and with concealed lines of
ltelephonic communication, will be left
sticking out like islands to repel any
invader.
In this way the whole of the north
Of Holland could be turned into a vast
island from the Mas to the forts Of
Zuider Zee. Were the necessity to be-
come even greater great stretches OF
this remaining island could also be
flooded by breaking down the seaward
dykes to which Holland owes her very
existence.
In case of an invasion the Dutch
troops after making their resistance
at the frontier would fall back behind
the first of these fort-studded lines.
That strip of inundation is only about
eight miles wide and the peril of mod
ern warfare. for it lies in the fact that
both the allies and the Germans have
siege guns that can easily hurl their
projectiles over it. In that case the
Dutch army would abandon Rotterdam,
Delft, Leyden and The Hague and make
its final stand behind the second line,
which practically represents the water
forts" of Amsterdam. Here the Dutch
are confident they could hold out
against the strongest foe.
Such sacrifice, of course would be
ho Into
ing "Liever bedorven dan verloren
land" (Better damaged land than a
lost one)
The Dutch burghers say they would
no more shrink from such a tempo
rary ruin of their carefully titled fields
than did their forefathers in the great
fight for freedom against the Span
iards: For the battle of Leyden, when
the Dutch raised the siege by opening
their dykes and letting the Atlantic
fight for them. is one of the most glori-
GUS memories in the history of the
Netherlands.
Evening star., 1914-10-11
Short

DOGER W. BABSON. a business sta
tistician Of Boston, said to a re-
porter:
This war is going to lower prices
Our market will be glutted with grain.
shoes and SO forth. Thus prices will
come down. And they who now boost
prices are as short on honesty as
Stubbs was short on stature
Stubbs. lawyer, was pleading in
strange court, and so short was he that
when he began his opening speech the
Judge said to him:
Stand up. please, Mr.. Stubbs'
am standing up. your honor
Then stand on a chair
Your honor, I am standing on a
chair"
Evening star., 1914-10-11
SCIENCE NOTES.

Prof. Pierre Boutroux of the depart
ment of mathematics of Princeton
University has remained in France in
the service of the French government.
DIR. Erwin Baur Of Berlin, who was
to have been the Carl Schurz Memorial
professor at the University of Wiscon-
sin. has returned to Berlin from Port
Said. He will not come to America
before the end of the European war
The United States bureau of mines.
in cooperation with the geological
survey, has undertake additional and
more comprehensive investigations
pertaining to the problems of mine
caves and surface support.
The Smithsonian Institution has is
it's relation to tuberculosis by DR.. Guy
Hinsdale, one of the prize essays pre-
sented in connection with the WASH
fngton tuberculosis congress.
Toward the end of the present month
Delavor's comet will be an evening OBJ
ject for observation.
DR.. w. S. Bruce Of the Scottish spits-
bergen expedition has returned in the
Newcastle on July for scientinc ex-
ploration in Spitzbergen.
DR., Wilhelm, professor of astrononv
at Berlin, who holds a doctors degr 4
from Oxford. takes objection to the
movement to renounce English degrees
on the ground that 1t Is unwise to pro
claim a divorce from the learned world.
DR.. e. Haynes Of the Lick observa-
tory has been made associate professor
of astronomy at Beloit College and d.
rector of the Smith observatory.
Prof. r. H. Yapp has been appointed
professor of botany in the Queens
University, Belfast.
Since the discovery OF well preserved
skeletons of ancestral horses in ths
eocene formations of North America
naIeontalogists have been anxious to
Compare the skulls Of those specimens
with one from the London clay OF
Harwich, which was described by DR..
Owen in 1858.
Prof. Frank II. Constant, formerly
of the University OF Minnesota, be-
comes head Of the department OF civil
at Princeton University.
succeeding Prof. Charles Mcmillan.
who has retired and been elected pro-
fessoI emeritus.
Evening star., 1914-10-11

HE extent of the theater of the
war, the length of the battle
lines, the size of the armies en-
gagged, the number of separate yet re-
lated engagements and the censorship
make the task of covering the immense
struggle In a news sense one of
tremendous difficulties. There are so
many phases Of this vast battle-aRe
that 1t Is mighty work to follow
them.
There are many phases in this
world-crash which are new to war.
phases and conditions with which men
schooled and skilled in the art of war
deal with in a practical way, There
are new weapons and engines on land,
new weapons and engines under water
ana new weapons and engines in the
sky.
Aerial warfare from the time of the
invention and development of the aero
plane, hydroplane and dirigibIe was
theoretical and academic. Anchored
balloons were used to a limited extent.
ana with certain measure of success
Tor observation purposes in the Ameri-
can civil war. the Franco-Prussian war;
the Spanish-American war and the
husso-Japanese war. The aeroplane
played some part in the Italian -Moroc-
can war, the Mexican revolution and
the BaIkan-Turkish war, but the meas
ure of their achievements does not
seem to have made much impression
on military observers or to have had
any marked influence on the result of
campaigns. But in this worlds war
the ships and chariots of the sky have
the history of this war shall be writ
ten. the work of the aeroplane will be
shown to have been brilliant. daring
and effective. The aeroplane has
already proved itself an exceedingly
valuable auxiliary of armies in the
field. and the dirigible may yet prove
it's capacity, but it has not yet done
this. While the aeroplane has fulfilled
all reasonable expectations as a scout,
the dirigible is still in the promissory
these lines have been cast in metal, the
dirigible may have proved so destruc-
tive that it will have made good"
One feature of the war is the praise
that from authoritative sources has
been meted out to the British aviators
of the Royal Flying Corps. More in
formation as to the service performed
by the British airmen has come to light
in the published accounts than Of the
work of the French or German h1ers
This is perhaps due to the fact that
Gen. French has written the most in
formative accounts of operations In
France, and in these accounts he has
written of the accomplishments of the
Flying Corps The following extract
from one of the reports Of Gen. French
shows the value of the operations OF
the aeroplanes:
ITO give a rough idea of the amount
of work carried out it is sufhcient to
mention that during a period Of twen-
ty days, up to the 10th of September
a daily average of more than nine
reconnaissance flights of over 100 miles
each has been maintained.
THE constant object OF our avlators
Of the enemys forces. and incidentally
Evening star., 1914-10-11
Generous Little Soul.
he Boston Transcript,

from the Boston Transcript
Mother-Bobby, we're making up a
box of broken toys to send to the poor
Bobby (returning with armfuD-I
didn't have any broken ones, mamma. 50
smashed these.
Evening star., 1914-10-11
EDUCATIONAL.
IN WASHINGTON.
THE UNIVERSITY
PREPARATORY SCHOOL

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Evening star., 1914-10-11
The Other Point of View.
From Judge.

From Judge.
so you are taking summer board
ers this year?"
Yep; we didn't have to, but my wife
loves to hear 'em talk that city dia-
lect."
Evening star., 1914-10-11
Nothing to Worry About.
From the Atchison Globe.

From the Atchtson Globe.
Hoity-toity is another word that has
gone out of use, and there is no occa-
sion to worry about it.
Evening star., 1914-10-11

It matters little what 1t is that you
want-whether a situation or a servant
"a want ad In The Star will reach the
person who will fill your need.
Evening star., 1914-10-11
Middle Course Attempted.

TO pursue a middle course. redeeming
what is unfit and returning at money
to circulation But in offering this re-
fit money for reuse. banks, disbursing
Evening star., 1914-10-11
George Washington
University
Law School
.ins goth Wear $3.50

its Sept. 30.
Member Of the Association Of American Law
Schools, which requires strict standards for "a.
trance and course. This ensures a select student
body and maximum credit from other law echools
throughout the United States for work done IN tho
school,
Instruction according to the raost widely ap-
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In the best modern law schools and BY lawyers
In active practice.
Three-year course for LII. B. degree: oDe-year
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Evening star., 1914-10-11

COLLEGE OF VETERINARY
MEDICINE.
Recent legislation by Congress- has increased
the demand for veterinarians. The o. 8. Bu-
reau of Animal Industry, various states and
city governments and the army offer places to
graduates of this school.
II you prefer life out of doors and scien-
tifc degree address
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Evening star., 1914-10-11
NATIONAL
UNIVERSITY
LAW SCHOOL

Evening Sessions Exclusively
l6th Year.
OPENS OCTOBER 1. $50 Pm
For catalogue. application blanks. etr.. address
the Dean, at the Administration Onces, SoutAsea
building phone Main e617. or after octo~se
At National Law School building. sl8-sls liza
ct. NV.
Evening star., 1914-10-11
t Personal Equation.


Personal equations enter into the
problem. The light under which the
critical eye examines paper money
has bearing on its Standardization
as fit or unfit. The proximity Of notes
either better or worse than one in
question has a comparative effect in
the judgment passed upon it. And the
almost universal demand of banks and
individuals for money in good condi-
tion must be reckoned with, and often
times is not to be denied: Money re-
garded as suitable for circulation Dy
people in the south may be regarded as
wholly unfit by money handlers In New
England.
How far the popular demand for
money in good condition or for new
money should be met is one phase Of
the governments problem of redemp-
ton. How far. in the interests Of
economy and avoidance of waste, that
demand should be resisted. and the re-
the negative of the same problem in
another form. The equation Is not
easily figured out with satisfaction to
all concerned. public and government,
popular demand and public interest.
Most all money offered for redemp-
tion to the subtreasuries in eastern
cities is unfit. and in indisputably re-
deemable condition. Not only SO. but
IT bears evidence of having been Of re-
deemable standard for a long time pre-
vious to demand for redemption. There
are many instances, however. where
the government agents accept for re-
demption and destroy money the use
fulness of which was not yet outlived.
This might properly have been con-
sidered fit and returned to circulation.
Middle Course Attempted.
Some subtreasuries have endeavored
to pursue a middle course. redeeming
what is unfit and returning At money
Evening star., 1914-10-11

DR.. E. Haynes of the Lick observa-
tory has been made associate professor
of astronomy at Beloit College and d.
rector of the Smith observatory.
Evening star., 1914-10-11

DR.. wilhelm, professor of ASTRONOMY v
at Berlin, who holds a doctors degr {
from Oxford. takes objection to the
movement to renounce English degrees
on the ground that 1t Is unwise to pro
claim a divorce from the learned world.
Evening star., 1914-10-11

Prof. r. H. Yapp has been appointed
professor of botany In the Queens
University, Belfast.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-02
PARTICAL PARENTS.

Do you not think parents make
when they show partiallty to
a first-born child and an indifference
toward the younger ones?
This would be truly frightful con-
dition to be found in any home, and
should least of all be expected in q
Christian home. The only excuse for
would be when one child
in the family is weak or sickly or in
trouble of any kind and so requires
special sympathy and care. 1t often
happens that one child will be by
disposition and temperament specially
congenial to a parent. In a case the
parent should take special pains to be
thoughtful, helpful and winsome to
the others, so that they could not feel
any restraint at thinking that one is
a favorite. Kindness and attention
to all and real comradeship will help
the rest to come up to the parents
ideal. 1t is inconceivable that any
Christian parent could be "indiffer-
ent" to any of the children. Almost
the cruelest heartaches of life are
those suffered by children who fancy
their parents do not love them. Any
mother who finds herself tempted to
be specially fond of one child must
exert herself to extra thoughtfulness
for the others, and, in trying to make
all happy, will find her heart expand
ing to give all an equal chance of love.
Herald.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-02
ICE CAME EARLY ON
STATES STREAMS
Interesting Data Issued by the
State Water Supply COmmis-
sion on Streams

The first day of December found a
number of the tributaries of the Ohio
river system ard some of the streams
in the upper basins Of the Susque-
hanna full of ice and reports have
reached the State Water Supply Com
mission that some of the streams were
frozen over on Thanksgiving Day. The
only sections which did not show the
effects of the unusually cold weather
were the Susquehanna below Sunbury
and the Delaware.
At Williamsport there was much ice
reported and at one time the river was
covered by thin coat of ice, while UP
the West Branch and along the SHINE
mahoning some streams were frozen.
All have much ice and snow.
On the North Branch the main river
ran with slush ice and some of the
tributaries were frozen, Tunkhannock
creek having much snow ana three-
quarters of an inch of ice.
In the west ice was reported at
Tionesta, Slippery Rock, Connoque-
Messing and other streams reported ice,
while on French creek. in Erie county,
there is strong ice and sleighing was
enjoyed. Clearfield creek. near Dime
ling, is frozen, as the mercury is re-
ported as having gone below zero.
The Allegheny. Monongahela and
Youghiogheny rivers reported much
slush ice, as did the Beaver. some oil
whose tributaries were frozen.