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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-22
stricken land and the expense of costly

stricken land and the expense of costly
relief work
The food waters devastate rich cotton
fields, cutting this important cop down
by hundreds of thousands of bales. Corn.
alfalfa. sugar cane and rice plantations
are ruined Orange culture is blighted
Great quantities of lumber are now being
supplied from the hardwood forests OF
the delta When the floods sweep over
the land costly sawmills and millions OF
feet of lumber are destroyd. Thousands
of poor lose their homes. together with
all the produce of their labor. and must
face the unhappy circumstance of having
to begin their struggles for themselves
and families all over again. Thousands
of these people were rescued from impro-
vised RATS and from the roofs of their
submerged homes after having gone hours
without food during the flood of 1917.
After each flood the development of the
whole rich territory receives tremen-
dous setback. The railroads suffer heavy
damage. When the waters OF the Mis-
sissippi spread over the delta fou. great
transcontinental lines and Two of the
principal north and south lines of the
country are forced to suspend operations.
Freight. passenger and mail communica-
ton are indefinitely interrupted on the
railways. Here Is another large element
OF loss, and one which bears generally
upon the whole country.
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These Rich Lands delt
W xyrA land
xxdSC dSk GAIV11ts hnfI,

These Rich Lands delta lands. These
Have Vast Extent. both BOTH in extent and
frutfulness. than either the celebrated
valley of the Euphrates or the Nile,
which favored places Graded luxurious
civilizations thousands of years ago, and
which have produced in abundance down
to the present day. The Mississippi delta
has twice the area of Holland, once the
wealthiest country of the western world.
1t Is as large as the combined areas of
Switzerland and Denmark; larger than
the Kingdom of Belgium, and one-half as
large as England and Wales.
The river turns and twists through this
rich valley for total length of LOGO
miles, and has total fall of 259 feet
during low water. and of 321 feet during
high water. 1t has played many queer
tricks since records have been kept of Its
actions. digging itself channels In great
seni-circular bends, only to cut through
these bends with its flood waters and be-
gin building them all over again. accord
ing to different patterns. In its shifting
career it has swallowed plantations on
it's banks permitting others to be de-
veloped where formerly had been its
channel. which, in turn, We're swept away
with a change in the rivers Wh!ms.
This varia bility Of the rivers channel
has been a continual Mississippi problem.
1t not only has been responsible for the
destruction of large improvement values
In property and levees and discourage
ment to the efforts Of planters along its
banks, but also has been a grave hand-
cap to the development of Mississippi
navigation. Mark Twain. who followed
the river as a pilot long enough to be-
come Fascinated with its obstinate de-
termination for showing itself in unex-
vic IN Lott fo ta hay
been greatly surprised on each return to
the Mississippi to find that 1t still re-
manned in the United States.
Despite the threatening. moodish river,
conditions in the delta have shown con-
siderable progress since 1880. In that
year the lower valley had a populat on
of 4.5,G04. and there We're 1,619, 721 acres
under cultivation, which were valued at
$50. 961 ,133. At the census Of 1910 near
ly twice as many people, S9.I2o, were
valued at s174 1S7, $50, were then cult
waited. During the same period the value
Of personal property on the farms had
increased fourfold. from s12,776012 to
$50. 115.&9, while the railway mileage
grew from 500 to $500.
This growth was achieved in the face
of repeated flood disasters. Forty foods
have been noted upon an incomplete
record dating from IT'S. Eighteen floods
have been recorded since 1868, Of which
lasO-1913. The flood which occurred in
the spring of last year set the highest
high-water mark that has been observed
on the river. The Cairo gauge registered
a rise of 54.7 feet.
\ :.
Destruction of property with each dis
aster has been enor1nous-so enormous
% as to sap the
pronertv Iossec strength of the
whole country. 1t
Are Enormous. is estimated that
the delta flood Of 1912 wiped out more
than siO.OOO.OOO worth of property. while
the food of 1913 caused abe loss of over
$4,000 1000 more Nor is this taking any
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Miles of Railroad
Left Under Water.

for more than five months. The repairs
made necessary by the disaster cost S41o.-
OC0. The loss in traffic was estimated at
s5JC, goo. The succeeding flood of 1913
cost the same road in repairs the sum OF
100000, and loss in traffic placed at
$4,000. This was but one of the roads
that suffered--but part of a tremendous
loss that proper engineering works can
insure against in the future.
The telephone and telegraph systems of
the delta &C seriously damaged by the
foods. Many cities. towns and villages
of from 900 to 10O0D have sprung up
i'll the delta since 1880. and when the
floods break in upon them damage is done
wholesale: merchants stores are ruined.
streets and other city improvements de-
stroyed. buildings injured and business
shuts down to await the slow process OF
flood recession. one, two, probably three
months.
Nor has al, the damage of the flood
been accomplished during the time in
which its waters remain in possession of
the land. The effects of the floods last
on through the year with almost the
same sternness of the actual water siege
The re-exposed fields are unfit for crop
production. The small farmer is bereft Of
his capital. A great part Of the live stock
has been lost in the general ruin. Fences
and bridges have been torn down. homes
damaged, farming implements destroyed
or carried of-in word. the work of de-
ve1oping a promising southern empire has
to begin its tedious task anew. Such con-
tnual, preventable relapse is too costly
for even the richest among pations to
bear.
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BABY IN AGONY
WITH ECZEMA.
When Six Weeks Gid. Face, Head,
Shoulders and Arms Affected. So
DisHgured Couldn't Tell What He
Looked Like. Cuticura Soap and
Cuticura Ointment Cured.

R. +. d. No. IA, Derita. n. C.-"My
little grandchild took eczema when he was
six weeks old. His face. head and little
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-22
DIET OF FLESH LEADS
TO GRAVE OR ASYLUM
Food Reform Society Agrees With
Samuel Whites Appeal for vege-
tartan Sustenance.

The COW. the calf. particularly the pig.
and yet the gentle spring lamb. as
articles of food. We're pronounced in con-
tempt by the Food Reform Society. an
organization of vegetarian enthusiasts.
meeting in Public Library last night.
Carefully chosen diet of purely vege-
table foods in the opinion of the organi-
zatior and its orators who spoke out in
meeting. is conducive to health. long life
and a peaceful death in advanced old
age.
Flesh Foods Cause of Insanity.
The human race will eventually have
to come to this way of thinking and of
living. or else ST Eliza beths and all the
other asylums will be crowded to over
flowing. said Samuel White In address,
ing the, thirty or more believers present
The frying-pan is filing our prisons.
On vegetarian diet the criminal loses
his criminal instincts
Mr.. White made a plea for intelligent
yegetarianism as against a hit-or-miss
policy OF Just letting meat alone and eat
ing anything else or any other combina-
tons of things. Each being should study
his own needs. he said. and each should
be law unto himself What suits one
man may be totally unsuited 10 another
can remember an occasion when
some potatoes eaten at the wrong time
had the same effect on me. By producing
alcohol in my system. as a small quanti-
W OF whisky. Yet who can imagine
more harmless things than potatoes. as a
rule?"
Simply to put away flesh foods Is not
all that is necessary to be vegetarians
in the true sense. We must use intelli-
gence in eating the foods furnished by
the a hla cd nv,
most Of US need instruction. We have in
the vegetable kingdom every necessity
Tor physical endurance. I believe in the
physical superiority of the vegetarian
over the flesh eater Of equal weight. 1t
has been proven time and again"
Milk Meant for Calf Food.
of milk as a food. declared that while
milk of itself is not harmful, yet it was
and is intended for calves, and not fol
human beings. Moreover. said he, the
cessation of milk consumption by the
race would be an almost sure elimina
ton of tuberculosis.
S. 8. Catella. secretary of the society
also spoke, urging the use of grain:
and nuts as the natural food of man.
Following these talks the meeting was
occupied with general informal discus.
sion of questions of diet. and with the
interchange of experiences and usei ii
recipes for the PREPARATION of toothsome
vegetable dishes. Miss n. H. Wheel
wright. president of the organiZat ton
presided.
We do not desire for members OF
this society only those who are vege.
tarians. We want all who are interest.
ed in any way or who feel that change
of diet. partial entire. would be OF
benefit
IF all were vegetarians there would
be no need of such an organization as
this is. But. unfortunately, all are not
and so missionary work is our object"
If you want work, read the want col
umns of The Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-22

the delta flood Of 1912 wiped out more
than s40O00,OOO worth of property. while
the food of 1913 caused abe loss of over
s10.OOOO00 more. Nor is this taking any
account of the great amount of human
suffering. the tremendous loss to the
country in future supplies from the
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In 1872 the flood incapacitated 6l1 miles /:
of the st. Louis Iron Mountain and |
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council, Is TO give a dinner to the scout
masters Tuesday evening. Tag day plans
will be considered.
The Chamber of Commerce banner was
won by Troop No. - Karl X. Locke,
scoutmaSter.
Scouts have qualified for merit badges
as follows:
Howard Derrick. Troop 81. firemanship
and pathfindng: Thomas Cullen. Troop
Woolf. Troop l. scholarship: W. Clinton
Ailard, Troop 81 pathtindins; Howard
Galley. Troop n. pathfinding; A. l..
Blakeslee. Troop 80 masonry: Raymond
Scagss. Troop IS frcmanship; Aaron
Rippey, Troop 81, pathfinding: Walter
JeX. Troop %, swimming: Philip Nc
Kenny. Troop 81. pathfinding: Charles
Thurtell. Troop 30. lifesaving; Chantry
Davis Troop ]. scholarship and handi-
craft: George Sheriff Troop 80. path
finding. scholarship and lifesavine.
Communications have been received
from troop scribes as follows:
Troop No. 16.
''rhe regular weekly meeting of Troop
l6 was held at its headquarters in Ingram
Memorial Congregational Church. with an
attendance of thirty scouts. The meeting
convened at o'clock. and was divided into
four periods or half an hour each. Roll call
and reading of orders from the new
bulletin board were taken up during the
first period. reading of the manual dur
ing the second. international Morse sig
mailing during the third. and drilling dur
| ing the fourth.
Many pleasant hikes are being arranged
| for the spring and an active and pleasan,
| summer is looked forward to by the
troop. The first hike will probably be
| taken March 2s. The troop has been re-
| organized. and is speedily regaining its
| former high standing among the troops
| of this city.
''All orders viii! be posted on the bulle.
| tin board. They will be kept in a box
| for reference after being removed from
| the board, and also news concerning
| future meetings.
"Gordan Grodes assistant scoutmaster
| has been made adiutant and treasurer
| of the troop. In the future meetings will
| be held eIc cry Thursday evening at /
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Other comparisons may serve to show
the Importance Of the conservation and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-22

Destruction of property with each dis
aster has been enormous-so enormous
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-22

The new scoutmasters' manual is now
at headquarters. 1t is artistically bound
in cloth and illustrated with half-tone
photographs made in the field and head
quarters. Plans for scout meetings are
laid out and work in the field fully de-
scribed and Illustrated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-22

The Boy Scouts are assisting in the
distribution of "go-to-church-on-Apr
posters.
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The local headquarters staff and the
members of the merit badge faculty are
assisting the national committee on merit
badges to revise the merit badge tests
SO that they may be of greater value to
the scouts.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-08-08

- T'' PD

= y ~, ARD
'..-.~ '.' - convict any boy or
~ carrier.
-.Hr travis. cnlored. wanted in
T 49,, Fl county Ma. for grand lar
-v"s arrested here Thursday
I'd w8s turned over to the Ala
u ""thU:itie WHO arrived for him
."r-erday. Travis is said to have
a"'en certain costly articles near
il -wton, Ala.
AS y mark of esteem to the mem
e. of the presidents wife, whose
9Th occurred the day before, flags
II over the city were displayed at
alf mast throughout the day yester
.ay. The colors were thus displayed
N the National Bank of Commerce
nd American National Bank build
ngs; 1.-The Thiesen, Brent and govern
nent buildings, and at other points.
Joe Gagnet, a creole, and a barber
,y trade. was arrested by county au-
thOrities on the charge of assault, the
allegation having been made by a
white woman who gave her name as
Myrtle Lee, and her place Of habita-
ton as a number on West Zarragossa
street. Gagnet furnished bond.
Eight steamships were anchored in
the stream last night and another one
to join the fleet within day or two.
The Dutch steamer Veenbergen, which
is loaded and ready for sea, was the
latest OF those moved. This vessel
went under the coal chutes and filed
her bunkers, then was steamed to the
stream and dropped anchor.
Thirty-two cases were docketed in
the city court yesterday morning, and
fines imposed aggregated $57. Five
cases were continued. nine were mol
pressed and one defendant was turned
over to the county.
1t will be general payday at the
city hall today. Bills which the city
has contracted with merchants and
others during the past month will be
paid. and quite bunch Of checks were
signed up yesterday by the mayor with
the intention of issuing them either
today or Monday.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-08-08
DENIES HAS BEEN OFFER
OF SHIPS TO GOVERNMENT

New York, Aug. 6@Julius Krutt-
schnitt chairman OF the Southern Pa
cific Railroad issued a statement to-
day denying the report that negotia-
tons were in progress between the
United States government and the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company for
the transfer Of the steamships MSn-
churia, Mongolia, Korea, Siberia and
China Of the Pacific Mail feet, to
transatlantic service to be operated
under government protection to take
care of cotton and other exports to
Europe and to bring back Americans
now stranded there.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-08-08
1900 BOXES

Whitman's fine candy just
received, to be given away.
One free with each cash
purchase of Is cents or
more. The Crystal Phar-
macy.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-30
Joseph MIMI.

Joseph L. Mum, who passed away yesterday at
his home in East Orange, counselor of remark
able ability and was so recognized by all members
of his profession For many years he the brains
of his political organization in Essex well of
the county government, for which he was the legal
adviser.
With abilities so far above the ordinary Mr. Mum
could have taken a commanding position, not only
in his profession but in public fe if he had devoted
his energies to the attainment of that object but he
was Indifferent personal public distinctions and left
to others to seek public honors He preferred pri-
life and the society Of his friends. In his quiet
way as county counsel and in other capacities Mr..
Mum left an indelibe mark that will preserve his
memory among his fellow citizens.
Possessed of exceptional physical strength he was
also mental giant and combined with these at
tributes extraordinarily even temperament.
self-poised under trying circumstances, it was
impossible TO rufhe him in arguments in court or in
debates discussions of any nature. He would take
his own time and pursue his methods in handling
propositions and his well-measured conclusions
seldom wrong.
So retentve was his memory and alert his legal
mind that it a common saying among lawyers
that he could cite decisions quote authorities and
precedents ohand and with reference to law books
To read once was all-sufhcient for his purposes
Lawyers perplexed problems in doubt as
to procedure would frequently call upon Mr.. Mum for
it seemed to make little difference to him From his
store of knowledge he would cheerfully impart the
sought
In political matters he was almost prophetic in
judgment and advice, and his views invariably
sought by the leading of the Republican party al
few years ago, before any important step taken
His skill as mathematician equaled, if that were
possible, his qualities lawyer. He a wizard
with figures and could make mental calculations with
marvellous precision,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-30
LOVE RHYMES TO DOVE.

Secretary Bryan's bland assurance to a Presby-
terrain gathering in Chicago yesterday that love not
dreadnoughts and siege guns will bring peace to
warning Europe" would make Europe ring with
laughter in its if uttered by any European
foreign minister. The American public has become
almost resigned TO Mr.. Bryan's iuanites but this
unctuous official opinion of their secretary of state is
most trying to the popular patience.
II shows mawkish sentmentality that is utterly
of place in high official entrusted with the gravest
national responsibilities and calling for the highest
qualities of character especially at this critical time
in the affairs of the world Mr.. Bryans vapd
ances afront common sense. But why is he in Chi
cago talking in this foolish vein when he should be at
his oft-abandoned post in Washington?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-30
THE CALL OF THE DESTITUTE.

The estimate of families in need in New York
city is $4,000. Most of this restitution is in the
crowded East Side. And poverty is the increase.
Nor is New York the only city that exhibits these
alarming conditions, for they present in all other
cities and towns except perhaps where industry has
been stimulated by European orders. They exist
to large extent in city. And the winter has
hardly begun
New York we'll afford to take of its desti-
tute, and ordinary prudence, if not charity, should
prompt adequate relief. In many ways citizens of
city do much to help the needy. They
find necessary jobs to do about their premises
their business places to give temporary employment
TO worthy in need
few dollars earned may tide family over
week, may save an eviction from home, may bring
comfort and hope to the desparng If the thousands
of the well-to-do In Newark should find contrve
ways to give few days or a few hours employment
to men or women out of work they would be doing
the best kind of charity.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-30
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
The PathOs of a Shattered Dream

be entirely constructed within the
boundaries of New York State
ut was expected that the building
of the railroad and the placing of its
terminal at Dunkirk would make
that town the great distributing
point for traffic which passed
through the lakes to and from the
West.
But had it not been for the OBJ
legations of the charter the eastern
terminal Of the Erie railroad would
have been from the first at some
point on the New Jersey side, d-
rectly opposite New York city
Mr. Brown was among those who
selected a place, at PieFmont, N. Y.
as the eastern terminal of the Erie
He supervised the construction of
piers and arranged for barges and
towboats by means of which traffic
could be brought to or from New York
city. He expected to see q. great city
grow up at this place, and he used to
come to spot nearby and look across
the river, picturing forth in his i'm
agination the growth OF the big town
''It was early discovered, however
that 1t was vital for the success of
the Erie railroad that it should have
a terminal opposite New York CITY,
and by some rather skillful strategy
that terminal was secured at the point
between Jersey City and Hoboken
The first terminal Of the Erie was
practically abandoned. There were a
few dwellings and shacks and that
was all. The great pier did not re-
sound to the movement of trucks more
than two or three times a week.
This almost broke Mr.. Browns
heart. He lost all interest in the
Erie road, and he used to come to
this point and sit here by the hour
looking sadly across the Tappan Zee.
dreaming of what the city he had in
mind might have been, and with sad
patience submitting to the fact that
it was not to be. In that way he
passed his time day after day, and
there was real pathos for those of us
who saw the old man thus dreaming
of what might have been"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-30
VOL. Lxxxu.-No. 2ss.
MONDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 80. 1911.
BILE QUESTION oF NATIoNAL DEFENsE.

The paramount question of the hour is that of the
national defense It is now revealed to the American
leople as never before that against any great
ower this country is practically unprepared and at
such great disadvantage that would be unable to
resist determined invasion And the country is at
asst awake TO the situation.
New York bankers lawyers and business
who have formed a committee of sixty to Initiate
movement for educating the public on the question
If national defense doing patriotic service 1t
just this element to which the peaee-at-any-pric
isionares look for support of their dangerous propa
ganda. Several of the men interested in the plan
we're in Europe last summer when the war broke out
and had a near view of the suddenness with which
that calamity comes and the value of preparations
10 meet it. AS one of the committee says, 1.-The
pacifeist who wants to abolish the army and navy of
his country to insure peace is simply doing away
With any hope of peace"
But much than that-they exposing this
nation to great ealamities. The richest country in
the world and except China, the least defensible
present to other nations the opportunity and the
temptation that will nfaliby be taken advantage Of
We may be prepared to submit to the grossest
afronts, insults and wrongs, but these do not
insure nation from attack. China knows that by
long experience.
Congress at every session for years has been be-
sought to increase the national defenses Instead of
doing Congress has actually stood out against
arging the navy and providing for its proper equip
ment Numbers of warships tied up
because there to them There is
hardly any forewarning of a war, and if war should
come these ships would have to be equipped with
green crews or remain useless. As for army, all
of it that could be gathered together to oppose a
hostile force landing coast could be
swept away by a single corps And at present mill
tary experts take no real account of the National
Guard defensive force against trained foreign
troops