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Evening journal., 1914-12-16
CHASING mn nRESnEN.

TILE German cruiser Dresden, sister ship Of the cee-
Il brated Emden. is playing hides go-seek with a
British squadron down Cape Horn. II she sue
ceods in escaping it will be keen disappointment to
the Allies. They making desperate efforts TO rid
the OF German destroyers and have al
most succeeded in doing so
With the Dresden at large the feeling of dsquietude
in shipping circles will continue. Owners of British
merchant ships have not forgotten the great damage
done by the Emden before finally she down
been sunk or nterned in neutral port for the re-
is one of the most brilliant pages in German naval
history II will be remembered for many decades to
come.
In view Of the altered conditions however the Dres-
den will be fortunate, indeed if she approximates
the Emdens exploits. II is likely that the next
official with respect TO her will be that she has
been sunk interned in a neutral port for the re
mainder of the war 1t is scarcely likely tnat she
escape for long the combined efforts Of the British
and the Japanese fleets to put end to her.
Evening journal., 1914-12-16
PRINCTPLEs AND PATCHES.

From the Ohio State Journal.
Before he died General NOgel, the
great Japanese soldier. sent note
to a school of boys giving them some
advice. Here is some of il:
Keep your mouth closed. He who
has always his mouth open shows
that his mind is bland.
Mind what you are looking at One
whose eye is always wandering tells
that his mind is also wandering.
A boy should act like a boy. Avoid
becoming efleminate.
Never indulge i'm luxury. There is
nothing that makes a fool Of a man
like luxury.
II is a shame to wear torn clothes
without mending them. But to wear
the torn part patched is nothing 10
be ashamed Of.
Know what is shame; he who does
not know what is shame is inferior
to dumb animals. s'
These are all sound suggestions
and boy can strengthen his char
acier by observing them Beware
Of the wandering mind A boy might
as well have no mind as TO let it
wander away into all sorts of wild
goose chases. Note also the effect
of luxury TO a boy. II soon makes
fool OF hims II soon makes him
dissatisfied with the plain, real
things of life.
That hint about wearing patched
clothes is good enough, but it is too
| late. Patched clothes are not fash
fonablc. It takes brave boy now
adays to wear patched clothes as VIC
used TO wear them in the red letter
/ days of yore. Then il wasn't bravery
because it was easy to wear such
clothes. for there was no style then
that ruled them out. How neatly the
mothers put on the patches in those
happy daysl A patch was regarded
then as an honor, both to the boy and
parent.
Then. too. the girls didn't shy al a
boy who wore patched pants" VIZ
| remember when coming homo from
a molasses party. with postorior
patch of angry contrast. the dlmpled
damsel whom we conveyed home was
so happy that we can feel the smile
of her jog away across the years. The
young maidens of these decadent days
are not so.
Evening journal., 1914-12-16
The Rights of Peace
CFrom the New York SUM.

tions. respecting the rights of peace.
does not require from them such an
internal disarrangement in their oc-
cupations."
One hundred and three years later
a great Democratic Secretary Of State.
Richard Olney wrote the Spanish
Minister at Washington:
"The citizens of the United States
have a right to sell arms and muni-
tions of war TO all comers-neither
the sale nor the transportation Of
such merchandise. except in connec-
ton with and in furtherance of a
military expedition prosecuted from
our shores. is a breach Of interna-
tional duty"
II is no concern of the nation at
peace who is helped or who is hurt
by this lawful trade. It is for the
Evening journal., 1914-12-16
CHRISTMAS SEALS AND THE WHITE PLAGUE.


N ED CROSS Christmas seals have been put sale
N in this city and State. That the movement will
receive generous support goes without saying. The
money derived from the sale is devoted solely to
tho audable and far-roaching warfare that is being
made against tuberculosis.
Heretofore, Oelawareans have responded, heartily
and sympatheucally, to the annual issuance of the
seals. They represent sentiment that appeals strong
y TO tho better side OF human nature They spell hope
TO those men, and children who are so unfor-
lunate to be numbered among the victims of the
white plague In short, the arts.ically printed little
squares Of paper things we'll worth while those
who invest in them for the sake of humanity
Nor should those who sefshly disposed lose
sight Of the fact that personal selhshness should
prompt such investment The warfare against tu-
bercuoss is amol not only at the care and if poss-
bic, the Of those actually afflicted, but also at
the protection of those units of society who have not
contracted the disease. Therefore any man. woman
or child who is not moved purchase the seals by
sympathy for those who suffering from tubercu-
losis should purchase them as a measure of self
protection. While the motive underlying such pur-
chase may not be high based upon sympathy
for sufferers, IL will have for its foundation tho first
law Of nature and the practical result will be the
Evening journal., 1914-12-16
Peoples Column

TO the Editor of THE EVENING
JOURNAL:
Sir-Please grant me little space
in your paper. The great question
that l want answered by the philan-
thropist is: Why ask of me charity
for the Belgians, when there are in
this country millions who lack the
same necessaries that they do?
S. L. BAYARD,
Wilmington, Del, Dec. 10. 1914.
Evening journal., 1914-12-16

wildcat fire insurance companies should not be
permitted to obtain foothold in Delaware There are
enough honest and responsible companies in the field
TO handle all the risks offered The interests at stake
too great for State officers to permit hy-by-
night companies TO write business in any OF the
ties. Nor should Delaware be a party in any instance
TO assisting such wildcat concerns TO prey upon the
people OF other states That would be almost as in
excusable permitting them to fleece Delawareans.
Evening journal., 1914-12-16
WEDNESDAY DEC. I6 1914.
SENATE REVOLT AGAINST WILSON.

M EMBERS Of the United States Senate have admin
AVA istcrod stingng rebuke to President Wilson,
a penalty for his effort TO ignore the wishes OF
Senator OGorman, Democrat OF New York, in the mat
Of the dspensaton Federal patronage going to
that state.
the nomination by the President Of John d. Lynn, of
Rochester, To- United States Attorney for the West.
crn District Of New York State, Senator OGorman
having reported adversely upon tho nomination and
voiced his objections TO the Senators.
President Wilson seemingly had been led to believe
by Secretary Of the Treasury McAdoo and other
friends of Lynn that he could override the wishes OF
OGorman and humltate him before the nation. He
did not know the temper Of OGormans associates in
The Senate. To a they rallied to OGorman's sup
port with the result that the humiliation that the
President had measured out with such careless hand
was visited upon himself and those who had induced
him to open the fight upon the New York Senator
The President does not like senator oGorman and
there are many anti-organizatlon Democrats in New
York State who do not like him. II that combina
ton Of diskes that sought to Lynn down OGor
mans throat The President never has forgiven OGor
man for the attitude he took upon the Panama canal
tolls exemption repeater bill that fathered from
in tho White House. OGorman not only denounced the
repeater as un-Amcrcan, but fought against It and
voted against It a shameful surrender of American
rights in the canal 1t would have been a great pleas
uro the President and his son-n-law, Secretary OF
the Treasury McAdoo, If they could have wrested the
control of the New York patronage from the Senator
and placed the distribution in the hands of his political
enemies The Senators, however refused TO be parties
to such Democratic warfare against Democrat and
to such overriding of Senator and the revolt
against White House domination followed
The result may be far-reaching. and It will be in
testing to note what course the President will pursue
now that he and not Senator o'Gorman has suffered
humiliation at the hands of Democratic Senate.
Evening journal., 1914-12-16
APpRECIATE LUNCHES.

Members of the independence Fire
Company informed THE EVENING
JOURNAL yesterday that .hey wished,
to return thanks TO Mrs. Margaret A.
Kuhns, of ll5 West Ninth street, and
to Mrs. Andrew Hayden, southwest
corner Ninth and Orange streets. and
another woman residing in the same
building. who furnished them with
hot coffee and sandwiches while they
were fighting the Avenue Theatre fire
Monday night.
Evening journal., 1914-12-16
EDITORIAL OPINION

not been spot where business needs
were heard with respect or needed
according to their deserts. The
Interstate Commerce Commission has
followed august example in its con-
tcmptuous disregard Of plain busi-
ness facts. livery one viii hope
that it has been persuaded of its er-
ror and is prepared to make the
amends. which prudence and fair play
demand
Evening journal., 1914-12-16

To Austria the thing about serya doubtless is
It's strongly-devcloped comeback quality.
Evening journal., 1914-12-16
amin One aRROMO OUININEv

Whenever you feel a cold coming on,
think of the full name, LAXATIVE
BROMO QUININE. Look for sigma
ture Of E. W. Grove on box. 25c.
Evening journal., 1914-12-16

The tenor Of Italy's demand upon Turkey would
TO indicate that, matter what she may think Of
Germany and Austria she is particularly impressed
by their oriental ally.
Evening journal., 1914-12-16
IMPROVING THE DELAWARE


From the Philadelphia Press.
The substantial progress of the work
undertaken by the Federal Govern
ment to improve the Delaware River,
as outlined in the annual report, OF
Brigadier General Dan c. Kingman,
chief of engineers for the War De-
partment. is es.eedingly gratifying.
He estimates that at the close of the
fiscal year about % per cent. of the
operations necessary TO establish a
permanent thirty-five foot channel
from Allegheny avenue to the sea had
been completed. Total expenditures
from Congressional appropriations in
the prosecution of the work since the
project was undertaken have been
$17 .9O7 ,466.73.
This outlay includes all the port.
improvements at Philadelphia as we'll
as dredging and the construction of
stone dikes. In view of the import
ance of commerce here, aggregating
81 ,229. .454 1862, in 1913, the expenditure
cannot be regarded as disproportion-
ate. Congress may be expected TO
attach due weight to the recommends
tion of General Kingman. who says
that 81 100000 can be expended profit
ably i'm Delaware River improvement
during the next fiscal year.
While these improvements have
not had a direct influence in reduce
ing sea-going freight rates. they have
been Indirectly beneficial TO shippers
by bringing about the competition of
larger and deeper draft vessels. In
1913 there were seventeen transat-
lantic lines from Philadelphia which
had $40 sailings to more than dozen
European ports. This trade. not
vithstanding the war, keeps in fair
ly satisfactory state, and no doubt
when the conditions of foreign COM
merce begin TO be normal the trans
atlantic service TO and from Philadel-
phia will continue to expand.
HOPE FOR THE RAILROADS.
From the New York Tribune.
The rumor that the railroads will
be graciously permitted to exist Is
good reading. No one will count the
5 per cent increase in freight rates
as a reality until -he Interstate Com
merce Commission actually hands
down its decision But tho confident
reports from Washington warrant
hopes which the whole country will
be glad to share.
Certainly, if the general sentiment
of the country is making itself felt
in Washington. there can be no doubt
of the decision. That sentiment has
undergone a very considerable chang,
in the last few months. War conili
lions have convinced the country O
the mstice of the railroads demands
Unfortunately. Washington of late hai
Evening journal., 1914-12-16

M The Associ1tion Of Amer
faIkvAl lean Advertisers has cx-
NEW aminsd and certified to
the circulation Of this pub
Iication. The figures Of circulation
uontained in the Associations -
port only are guaranteed.
Association Of American Advertisers
No 4isi WhlishsII Bldg. n Y. City
Evening journal., 1914-12-16

The Association Of
American Advortia.
ers it composed OF
all the great acver-
tisers Of this coun-
try. The Associa-
tion endorses only
such papers as sub
init 10 its examina
tion AZ any moment,
and positive proof
must be submitted
The accompanying
certificate, No. 4l51,
has been issued 20
this paper.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-15
THE VALLEY OF FEAR

vou hear of him? Why did YOU come To- me- '
81 came To YOU for YOU are the one man
that would advise me. told YOU that had
a store in the East before came here. left
good friends behind me, and one Of them IS
in the telegraph service. Here's a letter that
! had from him yesterday. It's this part
from the top Of the page. You can read it
for yourself
This was what NcNurdo read:
How are the Scowrcrs getting on in Your
parts, We read plenty Of them IN the papers.
Between YOU and me ! expect TO hear news
from YOU before long Five big corporations
and the two railroads have taken the thing
up in dead earnest. They mean it, and you
can bet they'll get thcrc They are right deep
down intoit Brcthcrton has taken hold under
their orders and his best man. Birdy Edwards
is operating. The thing has got to be stopped
right now.
Now read the postscript.
OF course what give YOU is what learned
in business; so it goes no further. II S queer
cipher that YOU handle by the yard every day
and can get no meaning from.
McAlurdo sat in silence for sometime,
New-York tribune., 1914-11-15

with the letter IN his Estlcss hands. The
mist had lifted for a moment, and there was
the abyss before him
Docs anyone else know of this;" he
asked.
81 have told no one else
But this man Your friend has ne any
other person that ne would be likely To-
write to,"
Vol dare say he knows one of two
more.
"Of the lodge"
Its likely enough.
81 was asking because II IS likely that he
may have given some description OF this fell
low Birdy Edwards then We could get ON
his trail.
"Wcn its possible. But ! should not
think he knew him. He is Just telling me
the news that came 20 him hv WAY of busi-
ness. How would he know this Brcthcr,on
mani"
McNlurlo gave q violent start. BY
GOSH" he cried. I've 60, him! What fool
| was not TO know il! Lord. but were IN
luck We will tiX him before he can DO any
harm. See here, Morris, viii YOU leave this
thing in my hands
Sure. if YOU will only take it OF mine.
I'll DO that. You can stand night back
and let me run il. Even your name need not
bc mentioned. III take it AL on myself. as
If it were 90 me that this letter has come.
VIII that content YOU;
Its JUS, what ! would ask.
Then leave il at tha, and keep your head
shut. Now I'll get down 90 the lodge, and
well soon make old man Brcthcrton sorry
for himself.
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New-York tribune., 1914-11-15

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To he coucindcd next SmGcy
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-09
CLAIM DEFENSE OF
CRACOW STRONGER

Petrograd, December S.-(via Lon
don, s.15 p. m.)-The Bourse Gazette
quotes a thigh authority" today as
saying the defense of Cracow, the CAL
ician stronghold now being attacked
by the Russians, has been stiffened by
additional German troops.
THE German plan of using only
German troops in the northern cam
paign along the Vistula river and of
sending all the Austrians to the de-
Tense of Cracow has been changed,
says this authority. ''The need of re-
Inducements caused the Germans to
withdraw Austrians from Cracow to
Lodz Hence the two armies are again
mixed"
This same authority makes state
ment in line with the official commun-
ication of today which indicated that
the withdrawal of Russian troops from
LODI soon would be announced. He
says the Importance of LODI as a basis
for military maneuvers has now been
lost, owing to its position at the point
of an angle extending into territory
controlled by the enemy and on account
of the difficulty of maintaining COM
munications with the rear. These cir
cumstances, he adds make the con-
tinued occupation of Lodz more of a
hindrance than help and when active
operations in that section are resumed
the Russian front probably would be
Strengthened.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-09
GADSDEN

Gadsden, December S.-tSpecial. J
The 100000 good road bond issue was
successful by majority of three votes.
according to the decision of Judge j.
e. Blackwood In circuit court this
morning. The count of every beat in
the county showed that 1880 had voted
in favor of the bond issue and 1877
against 1t. 5. McGaughy, chairman OF
the committee which waged the cam
paign for the bonds. stated this aft
ernoon that the programme for road
building will be carried out. It was
rumored that those contesting the vote
would carry the contest higher.
The condemnation and destruction
of one of the five slaughter pens of
the city was ordered by the council
last night following the report of DIR.
II. L. 1son, city milk and meat in
spector. Revolving conditions were re-
vealed in this report. Request for per-
mission to hold a street carnival and
to have the license reduced from $500
to s100 week was made by the Iron
Molders union.
The $4,000 improvements on the lob
by of the new federal building are
nearing completion. An oak finished
vestibule was installed at the maiI
entrance to the building today.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-09

Further demand for exchange on Ber-
lin was the sole feature of the market
for foreign remittances, cables to that
center being quoted at 9215 with sight
drafts at 80. Dealers in exchange
were practically unanimous in the be-
lief that the recent sensational move
ment in marks was due to German sell
ing of our stocks in this marked to-
gether with the probability of some
loans here for these same interests.
Private advices from Washington
suggested an early decision in the east
ern freight rate case. now under re-
consideration by the Interstate COM
merce commission.
Continued ease marked the local
money situation, call and time loans
being made at the prevailing low rates.
Interior banks bought more freely of
mercantile paper, these acceptances CO.
NEEDING with more encouraging trade
advices.
Unofficial news respecting the steel
Industry suggested better inquiry for
special products, with a continuance of
the deadlock for equipment materials.
November tonnage of the United States
Steel corporation. to be published on
Thursday, was expected to disclose an
other decrease in untitled orders.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-09
FIVE MEMBERS OF
FORCE DISMISSED
Other Important Work of
Weekly City Commits
sion Meeting

BY formal action yesterday after
noon the city commission dispensed
with the services of Detectives Darnell,
Warren and DAILY and Policemen Foley
and Ivey.
BY taking such action the city proved
that~it had the right to discharge an
employe with or without cause. with
or without trial. As far as known the
city has never formally sifted the
complaint lodged against the several
police officers. and the statement is
made that the action yesterday after
noon was taken for the best interests
of the municipal government"
The officers were charged with cer-
tain offenses against the dignity of
the government with which they were
connected. and their cases attracted at
tention on account of the claim that the
city had no right to dismiss them
without a hearing.
The other important work of the
commission in regular session yester-
day afternoon is tabulated as follows:
Appropriated the sum of s441.s7. pay
able to William J. Waldrop, circuit
court clerk, for making three extra
copies of transcript in case of state of
Alabama ex rel James Weatherly VS..
Birmingham waterworks company.
Approved bill of costs in chancery
court in case of city of Birmingham VS..
o. Z. Stadt, amounting to S27.40.
Received communication from the
city comptroller advising of delivery of
public Improvement bonds amounting
to s22.50O to r. NJ. Grant & Co., pur-
chasers, and receiving therefor the
sum of $22,520.62, being, amount OF
bonds at par and accrued interest.
Adopted improvement ordinance No.
S59-C, providing for certain improve
ments on Thirtieth street, Ensley, from
Ensley avenue to Eighteenth avenue,
at an estimated cost of $4,000.
Ordered tungsten light installed at
Ray street and Bessemer boulevard, in
front of new fire station.
Confirmed assessments under inn
provement ordinance No. s25-C, provid-
ing for certain improvements on Four
teenth avenue, formerly Poplar streat
from the south curb line of Twenty
ninth street to north curb line of
Twenty-second street, amounting TO
S2s96.91.
Confirmed assessments under inn
provement ordinance No. 79s-C. provid-
ing for certain improvements on TWEEN
ty-second street south. from Avenue B
to Avenue F, amounting to 15,147.S7.
Adopted improvement ordinance No.
S56-C, providing for certain improve
ments on Third avenue, SOUTH from
ala feet west of Thirty eighth street
to Thirty ninth street at an estimated
cost of 1855.
Adopted Improvement ordinance No.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-09
DAUGHTER OF BISHOP
MURRAY IN WRECK

Baltimore, Nd, December s-(special.)
Miss Anne X. Murray. daughter Of Bishop
John Gardner Murray, former rector In
Birmingham, was an occupant of one OF
the two cars which were in . collision
here this morning and she was badly
shaken up and bruised.
The front of the Murray machine struck
the rear of the Ruhl machine. when II
swung around the corner and skidded
The rim Of a wheel of the Ruhl car was
torn on and several spokes were broken,
while the smashing Of the headlight was
the only damage to the Murray ma
chine.
Miss Murray was also in an automo-
bile accident ON October 3. Her sister,
Miss Clara Murray. is i'll with scarlet
fever.
Bishop Murray is well known in Bir-
mingham, having been rector of the
Church of the Advent in this city some
years ago. He Is now one OF the most
prominent clergymen of the country.