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Evening journal., 1915-10-18

sacre, it fails to fire the public simply
because a neutral nation, such as the
United States, which has read and be-
lieved the Enthusiastically veraci lus le-
ports of the German atrocities in Bel
gium and Northern France, can find no
new words and feel no new emotion at
beholding the Turk faithfully initiating
the IeIton in the task of eXterminat-
ing a population, with incidental eNcur-
sions into lust and thievery. A nation
whose own women and children have
been murdered by German naval ofli-
GERS knows no fresh horror wnen 1t
learns that the Kurd is following the
example of the German.
This thing that Germany has done in
the world is not a mere injury to writ
ten law. II is not mere thrust of a
sharp sword through paper promises
and parchment pledges. This is but a
minor detail. " hat she has done is to
bring us all in the Twentieth Century
back TO the conditions of the Dark Ages.
She has permitted her soldiers to assert
the doctrine that womens honor is not
inviolate when a German purpose can
be accomplished by permitting a brutal
soldiery TO terrorize a helpless popula-
tion. She has authorized her sailors to
proclaim on the high seas a doctrine no
pirate ever asserted She has scattered
the bodies of women and children oyer
the seas because they happened to
come between her and purpose.
The German phenomenon which has
filled the world for more than year
now is nothing but one more assertion
of the principle that might is right, vio-
lence the mere warrantable accessory
of a nation which has gone forth II
conquer a world All crimes have be.
come mere acts of heroism and devotion
when performed by German soldiers OF
sailors; all the restraints that civiliza.
tion, human development, religious evolu.
tion have imposed upon men have been
abolished and repealed in so far as they
hamper or even seem to hamper the
German soldier embarked upon his crH.
sade for power and for empire.
This shameful and terrible page oi
modern history which is unfolding in
distant Armenia is nothing but an echo
and an extension of the main story. tn,
central narrative which must describe
the German incursion into Belgium four
teen months ago. That was the deter
mining act. that was the signal to Turk
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COUNTIES SHOULD PLAY
FAIR WITH BALTIMORE

From the Salisbury News.
One of the most burning questions
which will come up for settlement be.
fore the General Assembly in Annapo.
lis next winter will be what action the
Legislature will take regarding the
Home Rule program for Baltimore
City. There is no doubt that Balti-
more City should be given fair treat
ment at the hands of the county mem.
hers and that the ideas of Mayor
Preston for the enlargement of the
city's boundaries should be treated
with fairness and liberality. Senator
ial courtesy should not stand in the
way of the development of the me.
trop0lis of our State. Highlandtown
and the water front in and around
Baltimore which now lies in Baltimore
and Anne Arundel county should nat
urally belong 10 the City of Balti-
more and the members of the General
Assembly from the counties should
not be influenced by the courtesies
which usually coant against ideas
like this, because perhaps, the Sena-
tors from these two counties might
object to the enlargement of the city
boundaries.
Every Marylander should have a
pride in his metropolis. Il should be
TO the interests of the counties to
have big city in Baltimore 1t is un.
fair not only to the city but to the
entire State to throw an iron band
around the commercial growth and
greatness of Baltimore. The small
representation which the city has i'm
the Legislature compels it's citizens
to rely on the fairness of the county
members to get any legislation at all.
This matter of enlarging the city's
limits is a vital matter to a great
commercial community like the Mon.
umental City, and there should be q
Wilderness of scope on the part of the
members of the General Assembly re.
garding this vital matter which nat.
urally comes with an extraordinary
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TRuTH WILL OFT.

r TITLE by little the true character OF Woodrow
II Wilson is being learned from the mouths and
pens OF his close friends
Col George Harvey recently explained in his "Trag-
edy Of Mexico" that Mr.. Wilson regarded himself as
"divinely appointed to serve humanity in new and
strange ways" omnipotent" and "infalble" and as
above all law
And now William Bayard Hale close friend of Mr.
Wilson and one of Mr. Wilson's special ENJOYS to Mex
leo, has published accurate and exhaustive essay
Woodrow Wilson's self-sufciency and pride of opn-
ion After praising extravagantly Mr. Wilson's char
acter, Mr.. Hale says:
1T is the most serious criticism on Mr. Wilson that
he has shown disposition to surround himself
with high-olsss This the best-founded Of the
charges against him when he head of the Unyer-
sty OF Princeton. His Cabinet is a Cabinet Of molly
coddes. AS gathering of political curiosites it might
be notable. AS council Of national direction it is
contemplate. There is in it a single man whom
the countrys Judgment called to his There is not
in it single who apart from his office. would
be listened to with any special respect in gathering
Of a dozen average Of affairs anywhere"
Discussing the Lusitania incident, Or. Hale said:
I'm the presence Of a crisis the like of which has
Aced few Presidents. has Mr.. Wilson summoned the
g$atest and best Of the natiop to council? Has he
done what Lincoln did when the clouds grew black9
What the Premier Of Britain has been doing? What
prudence would dictate to any head OF nation at
such timegather about him representatives of the
wisdom Of the people? No For days after the Lusi-
tana tragedy Mr.. Wilson cut himself OF from all hu-
man contact and communication. The circumsantial
narrative of the isolation during that week of
selfsuhcent man. moving in lonely thought through
the silent corridors Of the White House while nation
Of 1oooooooo waited upon his decision was given out
by his secretaries with apparent pride in the olympian
detachment of their master. That isolation was not
temporary. It was characteristic. II is the perma-
aent condition in which Mr.. Wilson lives"
Those close to the President know that he even re-
sented bitterly the suggestion that in the nations rave
crisis he consult sach experienced statesmen as
Senators Root and Lodge and that he tried deliberately
to humiliate the Democratic statesmen who advised
him TO consult those men,
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With The Paragraphers

Three times New York man tried to register and
told he dead Again the bitter strug-
gle for existence.-Baltimore Star.
Some persons haven't forgotten that William Jen-
nngs Bryan and the Democratic party tried 10 do
the American dollar what the has been doing 10
the British pound sterling.-York Dispatch
The British Board OF Trades analysis of the business
failures in England during 1914 shows the total to
have been less in number by 491 than in 1913 a de-
Of IA 1-2 per cent. and less also than in any
OF the three preceding years This paradoxical show
ing for the year of the great panic Is explanabe
by the prompt of the moratorium when war broke
out and of the rediscount by the Bank Of England.
with government guarantee, Of non-collectible loans
due from abroad-Lancaster Examiner.
Evening journal., 1915-10-18

The Continental Products Company. an American
concern, has completed a large meat-plant Ososco
Brazil. This company began the erection OF the plant
in 1913. the year the Underwood tariff law went into
II is built the unit system and can at any
time be extended without interfering with operations
The products will be exported largely to the United
States Several shipments Of frozen meat have al
ready been made. This is one more plant which finds
it advantageous under the Democratic free pro-
vision meat 10 go abroad to operate pay foreign
labor low wages and send their products TO this coun
try to compete with the domestic supply and the gov
ernment gets no revenue
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ARMENIA
lFrom the New York Tribune.l

and Kurd; tomorrow it will light the
fires in the Balkans and Bulgar soldiers
may prove the ready imitators of Prus-
sian grenadiers.
Beyond all else the German episode
is an attack upon civilization What
ever be the incidental issues as between
nations and races, they have been
drowned out in the food of German vio-
lence and crime. II is the war for civili-
zation that the French, the British, the
Italians and even the Russians are
fighting in Europe today. Unless Ger
many is beaten there will be establish
ed. for all time the gospel of violence,
/ there will be established the doctrine
that not alone men but even women
l and children have no right to life or to
honor when the strong man goes armed
to accomplish his purpose, be it dynastic
OF national.
The piteous appeals of Armenia for
aid will not fall on deaf ears. But in
this country they will fall upon ears
that do not hear and cannot hear the
real message. Not yet in this country
IL there any wide recognition Of what
German supremacy would mean. what
German success would mean, to the gen
erations that are to come and to the
civilization that those who have gone
before have labored for. fought for, died
for Only dimly still do the mass OF
Americans perceive the central unity
that binds the Turks 10 the Teuton and
makes Armenia but another playground
Of slaughter.
4 Fortunately for us. for the world
what is not perceived yet in America is
} fully grasped in France and Britain. II
lis because of this that the futile whin.
ing of small number of Americans fol
peace. the whimpering of the weak anc
and the hystcrcal protests of the timid
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THE sOuTH IN THE SADDLE.

TyNHE South is exutng because one of its sons is
found a acting head Of the State Department.
Frank l. Polk, the Counsellor Of the Department.
is grandson Of that Leonidas Polk who both a
Bishop of the Episcopal Church and Colonel in the
Confederate army-and Southern newspapers are roll
ing sweet morsel over their tongues the phrase,
Acting Secretary OF State Polk"
The South has reason to exult When Mr. Polk heads
the State Department the South show almost a
clear majority Of the Cabinet At any rate an even
half Of the group Southern Polk of Ten
nessee McAdoo OF Georgia. Gregory and Burleson Of
Texas, Daniels OF North Carolina.
The South is in the saddle
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Can Caranza PacifyHis Country
(From the washington POST

It is absurd for the supporters of
Carranza. whether they be Mexican or
American. to attempt 10 prove that he
is the constitutional successor of the
Inflated Madero.
Every Mexican knows that no
clause Of the Mexican constitution
provided for the succession of the
governor of the State Of Coahuila or
the governor of any other State of
the Mexican republic to the presi-
dency of Mexico.
Every American knows that Car
rama was only preferred as the
leader OF new regime in Mexico be-
cause he seemed to control the larg-
est number Of troops. control the
greatest area of country and the
greatest number of the people.
Huerta was occupying the presi-
dency under some despotic forms of
applying the technicalities of the
Mexican constitution, but Carranza
only comes to the front by the arms
and power of a revolution and not
through the slightest thread or shred
of a constitution.
Carranza does not require the old
constitution. If he is to succeed, he
will have either to make a constitu-
tion for himself or interpret the old
constitution in such a way that it COW
ers all Carranza does and intends to
do.
Astute and able lawyer as is Secret
ary Lansing he cannot find even a
constitutional tinge to the succession
of Carranza to the presidency. and so
accomplished a dialectitian as is cur
President would not attempt such an
impossible task as seeking a consti-
tutional heritage for Carranza.
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will have no response in the countries
whose men and women and children are
all targets for German Ieppelins or the
rightful victims of German military law.
It is not war merely or chiefly that
France and Britain are fighting 1t is
not simply or mainly one more struggle
for power. Civilization as we know it,
ends at the Allied battle front, aud the
Allied armies are the rampant that pro-
tects not alone their own nations. but
the whole world from more Armenians
and other Belgiums.
There can be neither peace. nor
safety, nor civilization, as our ancestors
understood these things; there can be
no liberty, no freedom, as the Americans
of all generations have understood lib
erty and freedom, until the German
purpose is thwarted and the German
idea once and for all crushed. Armenia.
Belgium-these are but landmarks. de-
tails in German progress toward her
own end. What Germany did yesterday
in Flanders she would do tomorrow in
Massachusetts if the descendants of
those who fought at Concord Bridge
dared to follow the example of their an
cestors and leave the plough for the
firing line.
There is nothing more humiliating,
nothing that breeds bitterness more
swiftly, than to be condemned TO sit
helpless and powerless while such crimes
as those that Germany has perpetrated
in Belgium and encouraged and con-
doned in Armenia 90 forward All that
some of us love- hold worth living for
and worth dying for is at stake, and our
country, which has proclaimed its cham
pionship of these things most loudly,
suffers their injury lease resentfully Is
il too much 10 hope that awakening
will ccme in time to save us from thS
consequences of our blindnessl
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GEMS OF THOUGHT

/ loathe that low vice, curiosity.-Byron
.-.-.-.
hold every man a debtor to his professionalism.
.--.-.-.
Critics are like brushers of noblemen's Clothes
Bacon.
:-:-:-.
Herbert
.-.-.-.
II you would be loved and be lovable-Benjamin
Franklin.
.-.-.-.
Greek architecture is the towering of geometry
.-.-:-.
Not he who has little but he who wishes for more
Is poor.-Seneca ~ ~ o'e
Evening journal., 1915-10-18

The gifted A. B. C's and their COL
leagues from Latin America, familiar
as they all are with capabilities OF
interpreting constitutions TO mean
anything and everything. will never
strain their conscience by asserting
they conferred authority upon Car
rama through his right under the law
of his country.
There is nothing to this assertion
of Carranza being a constitutional
successor to Madero. and his friends
were i'll advised to make such an as
sertion.
He has been placed in position for
recognition because at this time he
is supposed to be stronger in the field
of arms than either Zapata or villa,
and that it is hoped by many nations
that he can bring peace to Mexico.
The anarchy, chaos. the terrible
crimes against humanity that have
followed the downfalls of Diaz- and
Madero called for someone to be
placed in authority in Mexico to COM
pei peace.
For the reasons given above Car
rama has been given the preference
and the opportunity.
It is to be hoped no mistake has
been made and that peace, law and
order will now soon return to that
unhappy country; but yet these
hopes are mingled with many mis-
givings in the minds of persons quite
familiar with existing conditions
throughout Mexico.
We sincerely trust that this time
the Mexican policy of the present ad-
ministration will be free from the evil
results so apparent as consequences
of the policies Of the past thirty
months.
Evening journal., 1915-10-18

LSIFrY-FIvE persons were killed and ia were in
jured by the most recent Zeppelin AFRAID Lon
don. OF the killed Al non-combatant men.
men and children, including babes in the OF
the wounded, III were noncombatant men, women and
children, including babes in the
II is strange that the German officials who Civ
ing countenance and support to this killing and
babylling work do not realize that each such aerial
outrage merely infuriaes the British and strengthens
their determination to the through to sue
cessful conclusion regardless Of the sacrifice Of men
and money needed to accomplish it. Il also is strange
that those officials do not realize that each such
outrage throws the civilized world that much the far
ther out of sympathy With the German Woman
killing and babydlling held in adherence by all
civilized peoples
Evening journal., 1915-10-18

Mdshipmen of the three upper classes in the Naval
Academy at Annapolis have agreed informally that haz-
Ing shall be abolished in that institution That action
will give widespread pleasure the American peope
Who for years have viewed with regret the many un-
pleasant incidents that have resulted from the haz-
ing system.
Evening journal., 1915-10-18

AAeA' "a aAohAN " 6A0W anu AuGlGUN
enlarge the influence of the whole
State.
INCREASE IN LIGHT RATE.
From the Dover State News.
If the members OF Town Council
find it necessary to make a slight in
crease in the electric light rate, in
order to place the Dover electric
plant on a paying basis. no resident
OF the town should utter a word Of
complaint. We all know we have
been getting our electric current far
too cheap, and certainly we cannot
expect the town to furnish current
at a rate that means a loss. The
people Of this town are broad-minded
and public-spirited enough to CO.
operate with Council in this matter.
and to agree willingly to pay the
slight increase that may be found
necessary. No manufacturer would
sell his products for less than the
actual cost of production, and GER
tainly the town cannot be expected
to do it.
Evening journal., 1915-10-18
Spirit of the Delmarvia Press

situation and conditions. Give Balti-
more a chance to grow and thereby
enlarge the influence of the whole
State.
Evening journal., 1915-10-18
Heating the Kitchen
From the Furnace

Many of the 4,5OO Wilmington kitchens in which
the gas range used twelve months in the year.
heated during the winter months in the same man
ner as the rest of the house.
If it be by steam hot water, aradiator is used;
ii it be by hot air furnace register is used We
Evening journal., 1915-10-18

work in every respect Payment can be made in
monthly instalments if desired and in order to fur
ther reduce the expense will purchase your dis
Carded coal stove.
This offer, which expires October 81, is made
Tor the purpose of demonstrating the superiority of
gas as a cooking fuel throughout the year.
Evening star., 1915-10-26
Gymnasium Glasses
Now Open

The schedule is designed to meet
the needs of all men and boys.
Business men will find classes to
fit their needs at convenient hours.
First-class equipment. All work
done under expert supervision.
Every man needs regular physical
exercise in order to reach his maxi
mum efficiency. No better place in
the city to get it than the Associa-
ton Gym.
Free Physical and Medical exami-
nation and prescription Of exercise
for every member who uses the Gym.
Dues only SIS year. Investigate
today. Present this ad to Member
ship Office for free trial.
Y. NJ. c. A.,
1886 G Street Northwest.
Evening star., 1915-10-26

Skillful blind readers can pass their
finger tips over the raised type OF their
Evening star., 1915-10-26
DIVORCE SUITS FILED.
Actions for Legal Separation Art
Brought in D. c. Supreme Court.

Mrs. Annie Hill has filed suit for
limited divorce from John B. Hill.
charging cruelty. Alimony is asked
Attorney James A. OShea appears for
the wife.
Separate maintenance Is asked in
suit filed by Mrs. Rosie Collins from
William Collins. Attorney ]. H. Stew
art appears for the wife.
Suit for a limited divorce and the
sequestration of the property of her
husband. Charles e. Gray. has been
filed by Mrs. Nettie E. Gray. Attorney
r. Newton Donaldson represents the
wife.
Mrs. Mary E. Bradley has filed suit
for limited divorce from her husband
Arthur Roscoe Bradley. Attorney Car
ence w. Tignor appears for her.
Evening star., 1915-10-26

he has been a model prisoner for
years. He would be pardoned but for
Evening star., 1915-10-26
PRESIDENT SETTLES
PATRONAGE DISPUTE
Chooses q. s. Attorney and q. S.
Marshal for Western New
York District.

President Wilson today settled a pat
ronage and political dispute in west
ern New York by nominating Stephen
Lockwood of Buffalo for United States
attorney of that district and John D..
Lynn of Rochester for United States
marshal Of the same district.
Cause of Dissension.
These two places have caused dissen-
sion for nearly two years. One of the
democratic organizations of Buffalo.
backed by Representative Smith, stood
out for the nomination of Thomas E.
Boyd as United States attorney. Sena-
tor O'Gorman gave his approval to
Boyd and asked Attorney General Nc
Reynolds. now on the Supreme bench,
to name Boyd. Mr.. McReynolds held
out against Boyd. The anti-organiza-
ton element in New York backed John
d. Lynn of Rochester for the position,
and about a year ago had him nomi-
mated. Senator O'Gorman refused to
permit his confirmation by the Senate,
was still holding on. President Wilson
d1d not give Lynn recess appointment,
but the United States court retained
him, owing to important business pend
Ing In that district. Lynn is still act
ing as United States attorney.
Differences Are Adjusted.
President Wilson gave orders that
the difficulty was to be settled satisfac-
torily to all the democratic elements,
and Assistant Attorney General Gra-
ham was put to work to untangle the
knots. The nominations today are the
results of his work. 1t Is stated that
Senator OGorman will be satisfied, and
will see that the two men are confirm
ed. Lynn swaps from attorney to mar
shall and Lockwood becomes attorney.
Lockwood is a member of an old and
distinguished family of Buffalo. His
cousin, Daniel Lockwood, nominated
Grover Cleveland for mayor of Buffalo,
Governor of New York and President
of the United States. He is a graduate
of Princeton, and was a member of the
organization that aided in promoting
the interests of Woodrow Wilson fer
President. His father was state Judge
for many years.
Evening star., 1915-10-26

Blind persons make excellent typfsts
if some arrangement is made for over
coming their
Blind Persons Make lack of vision.
Excellent Typists. ed in New York
business Offices turn out exceptionally
neat and speedy copy by receiving die
tation from the dictograph. Machines
are now coming into use among the
blind which enable them to write rapid
shorthand, which they read with the
aid of their own fingers. The practica-
bility of this was demonstrated in Lon
don last year at the great International
Congress for the Blind. The entire re-
ports were taken by a blind stenog-
rapher, who afterward Transcribed
them upon a typewriter.
Many of the unfortunate men who have
lost their sight in the European war
are now being cared for at the Blind
Soldiers and Sailors Hostel in London
This worthy Institution has been or
ganized and chiefly financed by c. Ar
thur Pierson, a wealthy blind man, who
for years has been furthering the ef-
forts made in England to educate the
blind for self-support. Blind soldiers
will be received gratuitously at the
hostel. taught to read by the Braille
system. and given thorough instruction
in some definite trade or occupation.
All of the instructors are blind, and the
occupations at present include carpen-
try. shoe repairing, mat and basket
weaving, massage, typewriting, tele-
phone operating, and outdoor work on
a ffteen-acre farm attached. The scope
of the outdoor work includes market
gardening and poultry raising.
A similar institution has been opened
for the blind soldiers in Paris. The Ger
man government has already made ar
rangements to have its blind soldiers
attend massage schools free Of charge,
while the minister of education is for
mulating plans for a thousand blind
soldiers who are in need of some means
Of earning a livelihood.