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Evening journal., 1915-10-02
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A LREADY the spoils mongers elated the
prospect OF large expenditures for military pre-
paredness and laying their plans procure each
for his respective district the largest possible chunk
Of the funds to be expended
Il is precisely this selfish and insular course which
has destroyed the usefulness Of large part of the
funds expended in the and which will have the
effect again unless the charmen Of the naval
military affairs the stout support the rank
and file Of the two houses and the popular support of
their constituents back home
There is little doubt that the serious obstacle
adequate preparedness for defense is the dsposi-
tion Of members Of Congress to rush in with determi
nation each 10 promote the interests of his district
gardess of the general interest Of the purpose
which the money is appropriated.
Evening journal., 1915-10-02
Editorial Opinion
/ MIcKED SHIPPING Bid.

w HNNhLD iNAAAA = ANNR
Henry 3. Joy, in Leslie's.
In the last Congress was passed a
so called shipping bill" A stupid
idiotic. wicked shipping bill designed
TO help the condition Of sailors on
American ships. The result of the
bnl's going into effect has been the
discontinuance Of several American
oversee ship lines and with more to
follow. Through the vicissitudes OF
many Congresses. tie Pacific Mail
Steamship Company has maintained
an uaproftable service TO the Asiatic
ports hoping that light would dawn
on the popular American mind ana
extend to IL government aid to en-
able It TO expand and provide new
modern ships OF greater speed to
compete with vessels of other ma
tions. But in the last Congress the
ignorant representatives of an un-
thinking people voted the Trans
Pacific American ships, after nearly
half a century of constructive effort
10 survive, into "history" and the
boats pass into other services. Sc
that hereafter If an American de
sires to cross the Pacific ocean on
frst-class ship he will sail under th'
Japanese or British iag. Could any
thing be more hopelessly discourag
ing more thoroughly stupid than thi
act on the part Of the American peo
pie? Are you an American? Did yo'
aid in doing it2
Evening journal., 1915-10-02
SATURDAY OCT. 2, 1915
NEEpED-A CRMINAL cnrRr cALrNnAR.

NLLDLD-A thiMiNAL NVthN tAIENDAh
rTNIIERE is growing feeling this county the
Court of General Sessions should dispose Of its
business by calendar and longer subject lawyers
jurors and laymen TO the aggravations that OF
sty attend the haphazard system in use. There
time when there was no calendar for the trans
action Of civil business in the Superior In those
days there objection in certain quarters whenever
a civil calendar urged In due time that civil
calendar into being II is being used today We
doubt that there is any member of the bench the
bar who would like TO return TO the old-time condi
tions. SO it will be with criminal calendar for Gen
eral Sessions IL one be put into effect
lt is not right to compel Of affairs who
needed witnesses for the prosecution the
to abandon all ther-busness affairs and 20 to the
Court House day after days for from a week to len
days in instances waiting for important or petty
criminal case to be called.
We know of an Instance at the present term in
which farmer residing Kirkwood was the victim
Of this lack of a criminal calendar He was a witness
for the prosecution. In obedience 10 he
reported the House for days cooled his
heels there during most Of that time before the
in which he was TO be witness had been called Mean
while a gang Of men he had hired to cut the corn on
his farm had quit work and when finally his court duty
had ended much Of his fodder had spoiled for of
cutting. That was only one OF several instances in
which the lack Of criminal calendar resulted in SER
>-i6us Inconvenience ttlh.ea
Some persons may plead that such calendar is not
practical The same plea was made when the civil
calendar was proposed And yet experience has
demonstrated the civil calendar is not only prac-
tca highly desirable The same satisfactory result
would attend the creation OF a criminal calendar.
Certain it is that lawyers and laymen should be re-
Iieved in some way Of the Inconvenience and loss
they suffer through the present calendaress system
and the taxpayers should be relieved from the expense
that system carries with IT,
Evening journal., 1915-10-02
Our Gain from the Loan
(From the New York Press)

ali of it TO be spent in the United
States. and we have lent it because
it is not possible for nations to trade
among one another with overwhelm-
ing balances of goods flowing in one
direction without an utter demorali-
zation Of exchange. Foreign ex-
change shooting wildly out of and
back into its normal range is as bad
for the buyer as for the seller. The
buyer cannot buy on contract with
any assurance of what the goods
bought by him will cost him when
they are delivered and he comes to
pay. The seller cannot sell for fu-
ture delivery with any assurance that
the medium with which he is to be
paid, fluctuating i'm value with the
rate of exchange. is to yield him, when
he makes his delivery and takes his
pay, profit or even enough to cover
his cost.
Under such conditions, international
trade on both sides becomes not
legitimate business, but a reckless
gamble. Business on a vast scale can
not thrive as a mere gamble. Either
this country had to do its part in
stabilizing Paris and London ex-
change or prduent and substantial
men had to withdraw from the gigan-
tic foreign trade, leaving it to the ven
turesome and irresponsible, with all
the risks and disasters that must
follow to our industrial, commercial
and financial welfare,
There never was any other choice
to be made for both our own advan-
/ tage and our own safety; there never
was any doubt that it would be
made, and yet for a while the Ameri-
can people were as shy about as
suming this new role Of being q
lender in Europe as a boy is about
: going for the first time upon dane
ing floor We had borrowed billions
of dollars from England and France
with never a qualm; but when in
an almost miraculous opportunity It
came to lending a few hundred mil
lions to them out Of our now incom-
parable wealth, we had cold shiversl
But now that the first step is taken
and it is only the first-we shall
become persistent and prodigious
lenders to all the world, in war and
in peace. We shall come to the time
when we shall be owing nobody, when
everybody will be owing US. Our
place in the sun" will be secure
one in the financial power builded
upon the battleields of Europe with
the plows Of our farms and the tools
of our factories.
Evening journal., 1915-10-02
BuIgaria's S Bitter Choice
From the New York Press

No palmer and more pointed warn
ing has been given in diplomatic
language by great Power 10 small
nation than the solemn inimation
Of coming events uttered by Sir Ed
ward Grey TO Bulgaria in the House
of Commons:
If Bulgarian mobilization should
result IN Bulgaria assuming an
aggressive attitude on the side of
our enemies, we are prepared to
give our friends in the Balkans
all the support in. our power, in
manner that would be most
welcome TO them, in concert with
our Allies, without reserve and
without qualification
This pronouncement, amounting 10
an ultlmatum without a TIME limit,
comes at dramatic, possibly the de-
cisive, moment in the world strug-
gle II comes at a time when the
Allies have assumed the offensive in
the west, perhaps for the final phase
of the military operations which are
70 decide whether Europe is to be a
democracy or a militarism; when the
progress of British armies in Meso-
potamia is approaching the gates of
Bagdad, to thwart German ambitions
I'm Asia: when the Russians are
steming the tide OF Austro-German
invasion in the east and a mixed AL
lied force is blocking +he projected
German dash across Serbia to relieve
the hard-pressed Turco-German de-
tenders Of Constantinople.
That the Allies are prepared to
carry their threat to Bulgaria into
prompt and effective execution can
be inferred from the vital nature OF
the issues involved Sir Edward
Grey's words have been heard in
Sofia, and they have given courage
to that section OF the Bulgarian peo-
Evening journal., 1915-10-02
SPIRIT OF THE
DELMARVIA PRESS
THAT NEW RURAL sERVI(

THAT NEW RURAL SERVICE.
From the Newark Post.
During the last week. there has
been considerable half-cocked COM
ments on q news article in last weeks
Post telling Of the discharge with
out notlce" Of three of the rural car
rlers without smack OF reason. the
Post was accused of trying to make
political capital out of the affair. Our
modesty forbids such assumption. If
this paper can ever make Republican
votes as fast as the action Of the
Democratic POstoifice Department,
we shall take command and try to
change the policy OF our Levy Court.
The rural delivery of Newark is per-
haps better than any community Of
its size in the county. Our carriers
on their own initiative had given us
auto service, making it possible for
every rural patron to receive his mail
by the noon hour. The new regime
welll II is based on gross ignor-
ance Of conditions or shameful lack Of
business sense. Take your choice.
There isn't A. Democrat anywhere
say the new system will give as good
I service. Making political capital
Fudgel One of White Clay's most
prominent Democrats said this morn
ing. that the action was utterly fool
hardy; that it gave his party absO-
/ lutely no chance OF boosting of a
business administration. AS to our
I comments on the Civil Service, We
stand hitched It still remains a po-
litical action, pure and simple. Sucl
summary discharge is not in keeping
with good business-and is to our
mind, very poor politics.
Looking at 1t entirely from a po-
liScal standpoint. we express our
opinion that this Democratic action
has served our party.
Evening journal., 1915-10-02
A NEW ssc CANDY.

Everyday Assorted Chocolates have
been added to our candy department.
A three layer white and gold box con-
tanning forty high-grade cream CEN
ters, nuts and fruit pieces. 29c ID.
Triola Sweets. Each box contains
Crushed Pineapple, Strawberries and
Whole Raisins in Cream with thick
chocolate coating 29c box.
Danforth Dependable Drugs,
Market & 2nd Sts..-Adv.
Evening journal., 1915-10-02
ANEW FREEDOM.r

nosTAAsTER-G GENERAL BURLEsON has forbidden
The Of the mails to who sold lucky
stones
Secretary Redhed recently gave a Cleveland firm a
blowing up for advertisement inserted in certain
papers describing a bomb
Joseph Davies, chairman Of the Federal Trade Com
mission has threatened small manufacturers of agri-
cultural implements with dire proceedings if they make
any attempt TO regulate prices
skclton Chesterfield Williams. the Simon Legree of
banking cracks his hacksnake whip daily over the
shoulders OF some nofensve bank
Secretary McAdoo continues to demand nqusitorial
powers in order to determine the incomes Of corpora
tions and individuals.
And the star-spanged Banner, oh, long may il
wave"
Evening journal., 1915-10-02
GEMS OF THOUGHT

Thy mercy great above the heavens and Thy truth
reacheth unto the clouds.-Psalms cviii 4.
.-.-.-.
He who serves the public is a poor animal; he wor-
res himself to death and one thanks him for it,.
Goethe
.-.-.-.
IL Is curious thing how people surprise us. In our
vanity we begin to think know them TO the utter
most. and then day possibly by accident possibly
IN moment of emotion, little secret door swings
open in the smooth panel of their secret lives and We
see within long long corridor with other doors and
passages opening away from it in every drection-the
vast secret chambers of their lives-David Grayson
Evening journal., 1915-10-02
With The Paragraphers

Progressives in many States are busy with pad pen-
sill and reports OF the 1912 elections see If they will
get place in the primary election What's the use?-
Davenport Times
Mr.. Bryan declares the work he has mapped out for
his remaining docs not include the occupying Of
any political position" Many others are of the same
opinion-Pitsburgh Dispatch
Why worry about Thomas Riley Marshall resigning9
But Vice-Presdent in the history OF the country
resigned and that John c. Calhoun who quit
become United States Senator from South Carolina.
Keokuk Gate CITY,
Evening journal., 1915-10-02
coLLEerING sTATE REYENuE.

DELAwARE's financial condition is such at the pres
~ time that it is not surprising that Attorney
General wocott is forcing TO terms those business
who have failed to take out State licenses and
pay the tax thereon.
During the last session OF the Legislature it was
made clear TO everyone that under the budget adopted
the and the expenditures of the State would
neck-and-neck during the ensuing two years It
will be realized, therefore, that It is important that
of the state anticipated that time shall
be wasted through neglect collect It, The activity
of the Attorney General is in keeping with that policy
It should win tile approval OF all who have the fnan-
cal interest OF our commonwealth close at heart
Evening journal., 1915-10-02
CuCKnn InrRNAIIsM

vENHE cuckoo is a bird that never builds nest Of its
own II lays and matches its eggs and rears its
Young in nest bunt by other bird.
We recte those asserted archaeological facts for the
purpose of giving point TO an assertion we wish TO
make to the effect that the Every Evening is journal
lstc cuckoo IN it's advocacy of a Wilmington water
front the Delaware river
Approximately three years ago CITY Council was
considering, behind closed DOORS Wilmington water
front deal with certain ltoral owners OF Cherry rs
land marsh land. THE EVENING JOURNAL began a
FIRE upon those star-chamber proceedings. compelled
The Councilmen and the marsh land owners TO omen
he doors and show their hands defeated the scheme
and began an aggressive fight for a real Wilmington
waterfront the Delaware
The Every Evening the Morning News the Sunday
Star. certain City Councilmen and other city officials
and the old Wilmington Board OF Trade combated THE
EVENING JOURNAL at every step. Under the aus
pices Of this paper the Wilmington Waterfront Assa-
citation formed with between 1000 and 1000 mem
The scheme the marsh-land owners was driven
out Of City Council
Under the auspices Of THE EVENING JOURNAL. Z
referendum vote taken in this city in 1918 IN,
Delaware river waterfront question That referendum
combatted by the Every Evening. the Mornnl
News the Sunday Star and certain Chamber of Com
merce influences. Notwithstanding that opposition
the waterfront by vote ranging from to {,
to 1. Since then City Council has not done any
thing effective toward carrying out the mandate o.
the people.
We were informed several weeks ago that the Every
Evening had decided that THE EVENING JOURNAL
was right and that it wrong in its waterfront
policy and that It lager to switch over and get on
the right side Of the proposition.
Il has done so, but instead of doing it in a manly
sraghuorward way it has played the cuckoo act laid
us eggs in THE EVENING JOURNAL nest and now
making frantic efforts to hatch them without being
caught in the act
We wish 10 say to the Every Evening that We VOL
come It into our waterfront nest It peases MS nro
foundly that its foresight at last has caught up with
It's hindsght on this important matter AS ulayer ii
the role Of the cuckoo it is pronounced success
Someone should make it a present of a cuckoo clock
Whaling LI.rnaLon. y. -oco.l.
Evening journal., 1915-10-02

II that rotten rock vein that the subways to
cave in in New York city extends very far then surely
an exceedingly important section Of city rests upon
very unstable foundation and immediate steps should
be taken to protect the buildings which cover it and
the of thousands persons who nhabit it or are
drawn thither for business and pleasure
Evening journal., 1915-10-02

Count Bernstorn. German Ambassador to the
United States. scouts the OF Turkish outrages
apon the Armenians. The mere fact that he scouts
them should impel Americans to believe that they
true.
Evening journal., 1915-10-02

Wheeling threatens to secede from West Virginia if
the State government attempts enforce the prohib
ton law in that city and Ohio county More foolish
aik-and besides what other State would Wheel
ing?
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17

GIenwood canyon, where the road follows the
Canyon of the Grand River to Genwood Springs.
At Rifle, the highway turns northward from the
railroad through Meeker, Colo. Vemal Roose-
velt and Duchesne, Utah to Provo and Salt Lake
City. At the Mormon capital it has several con-
nections westward, both to the north and south
of the lake, via the Lincoln highway through
Reno to San Francisco or the road by way of
Tonopah to either Los Angeles San Francisco
A look at the map will show that the Pixies
Peak Ocean to Ocean highway crosses the CEN
trail part of the United States in line straight
as the contour of the country will permit; that
it traverses section rich in natural resources,
of diversified commercial agricultural and mining
interest; of varying topography; a section Of the
United States of historic associations, and that
it cuts through the heart of the Rocky mountains
and makes accessible magnifcence and grandeur
unrivaled in all the world.
To demonstrate the feasibility of this highway.
there was held last summer official inspection
trip from St Joseph to Colorado Springs, fol
lowed by reliability from that point to Salt
Lake City. Regarding that portion of the road
between St, Joseph and Colorado Springs a mem
Der of the official party said: ''This tour holds
no dreariness, WEAKNESS, no monotony. This
is pleasant thoroughfare. The meeting that was
the fOrerunner of this trail was held in March,
1912, and so busy have the promoters been that
you can speed along the whole way at a rate of
from twenty-fv to thirty-fve miles an hour
and we did. Markers everywhere tell you when
and how TO turn. Hospitality greets you on
every hand. There are long, level stretches in
Kansas; you'd be disappointed if there weren't.
You run through them just long enough to get
enjoyment out Of the scene, and then you dip
down into the most delicious valleys and around
wooded trails and through bosky delIs. You
always think OF toiling OK teams and clouds of
dust and a dreadful thirst when you turn your
mind toward western Kansas. But the real truth
is that travelling through this country-and east
ern Colorado as WELLS delightful surprise You
get just enough of everything you've heard about
as being there, and never too much. You see
jack rabbits, and prairie dogs, and sod houses
and tumble weed-and silos and cornf1eIds-
cornfelds extending as far over the divide as you
can see-and wheat until your eyes get tired of
distance. Eastern Colorado is the biggest sur
prise. You fascinated throughout by the
scenery, the spirit of the country and the history
told you by men and by silent landmarks and
tokens along the way"
THE trip from Colorado Springs to Salt Lake
City by auto the Pixies Peak Ocean to Ocean
highway leaves the memory full Of pleasant i'm
pressions.' said Of the members of the reiia-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17
Oriental Water Bottles.

Hebron, one Of the Oldest cities in
Palestine, has always been famous for
its Oriental water bottles. made OF
goat skins Here are TO be found large
tanneries. where these receptacles are
turned out by the thousands. Lying
upon the ground in rows may be seen
hundreds of goat skins awaiting pur-
chasers- Each skin is inflated, either
with water or with air, so that the
buyer may know it is perfectly water
tight The majority Of the skins used
come from Arabia, while large num-
Der are also received from the Leb-
anons. They are brought to Hebron
by the camel caravans and are pur-
chased by the tanneries and turned
into bottles They pass through many
processes and a tanner will spend a
week upon a single skin before it is
rendered water-tight and serviceable.
From Hebron these old bottles" are
sent to all parts of the East, thou
sands going down into Egypt and the
Sudan every year They are also used
as RATS. A number of inflated skins
are attached to a light wooden frame,
which then not only readily floats, but
is capable Of carrying quite a heavy
load Such RATS are to be seen on the
rivers of Syria and also on the Eu-
pirates and Birmingham Post.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17
PLAYFUL DOG cHokES BOY
Tragic End for New York Nounaster
That Came With Tug-of-Wsr
Game With Puppy.

Thomas Santerano, five years OF
age, and his cousin, Angelina, aged
seven, were playing in the yard OF
their home with cloth dog. sliding
him down a cellar door and now and
then tying him to elotheslines that
dangled from a fire escape
A real dog, unkempt, lean, and no
lineage whatever, entered the yard
and the children forgot the cloth dog
to play with the stranger.
Thomas, standing on the cellar door.
tipped the clothesline, and the dog
seized it He tugged one way and
Thomas the other the boy slipping
around on the cellar door and laugh
ing In some way the rope got about
his neck. He tugged to free himself
and the dog resisted
The little girl didn't understand
why her cousin didn't shout and laugh
any more She ran screaming into
the tenement When the neighbors
came they found the boy dead They
drove the dog away and carried the
boy to his mother.-New York Sun
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17

which assume q multitude Of fantastic shapes
Each turn in the canyon brings new charms anu
still the decorated walls. the rushing river that
hurIs itself in snuous curves over the stony PED
until at last pass out OF the canyon 0Iecuy
into the delightful resort Of Glenwood Springs
The ride to Rife is most refreshing; IN place OF
the ruggedness of the awesome canyon, we nave
a broad fertile valley, framed by gently rising
bright red mountains Here the Pixies Peak
Ocean to Ocean highway leaves the railroad and
turns north, through country Of quiet, pleasing
but varied beauty, to Meeker, an inland town In
the broad, fertile valley of White river. After
leaving the rich, irrigated land, much OF the coun
try is not particularly interesting, and between
Rangely and the Utah line is the only section Of
desert 25 miles, traversed by this highway. AS
cross into Utah reach
graded road, through fat tableland skirted with
rolling, rocky hills. Jensen the Green river
is surrounded by fertile, Well-cultivated valley
and it is most refreshing to come into this pros
porous agricultural country which continues as
go westward through the Uintah basin To
the weary traveller, Vernal is oasis in a des
ert; some day railroad will through this
country and when it does this will be of the
richest and most desirable sections in the West
We pass through Fort Duchesne, an abandoned
military fort; then to Roosevelt and Myton
both new, modern progressive towns. All the
way from the Utah. line to Duchesne have
good, travelled roads; here there two auto
roads to the railroad; to Cotton, 81 miles, and
the other to Reber, 80 miles The road to Provo
Is through Provo canyon, one of the most beauti
full scenic canyons in the mountains. Provo is
modern city, picturesquely located between the
mountains and Utah lake. and is an attractive
place to visit SPLENDID graded road, running
sufficiently high above the great Utah valley to
give pleasing view of mountain and plain and
fields Of billowing grain, completes the into
Salt Lake City
Other things being equal. the transcontinental
tourist will naturally seek the route Of greatest
scenic interest
Because it does traverse the heart of the
OF and Tfah koz
Peak Ocean to Ocean highway, therefore, holds
the key to the transcOntinental situation. It is
the natural and logical way-and its further de-
velopment is assured by the states. cities coun-
ties and communities through which it passes
Merely drawing line map and giving 1t a
name does not make a transcontinental high
way, and the important fact about the Pixies Peak
Ocean to Ocean highway is that the state units
were already in high state Of development before
any effort was made to attract travel fed
crate for the development of the highway