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Evening journal., 1915-02-18

he is battling desperately not TO give
the country law based on his ori-
ginal conviction of what was needed,
but to rush through any sort of
hodge-podge which will, politically
speaking. save his face"
The House form of the bill is just
as obnoxious as was the Senate form
or any other Of the earlier variations.
Il is proposed now to give the Ship
Purchase Board life of two years.
But If the board should purchase in
termed ships (and they arc about the
only available purchases in sighD it
may be two years before the right
to operate such ships is adjudicatcd
in the British prize courts or before
boards of arbitration Then the
ships acquired arc to be turned over
to the Secretary of the Navy, who,
with the approval of the President.
is TO decide whether they arc to lie
retained in use as frcighters or con-
vcrtcd into naval auXiharics.
So far as the navy's needs arc con-
cerned it would be much better to
let the Secretary buy auxiliaries at
first hand. So far as giving aid to
American shippers is involved, buying
a lawsuit in the British prize courts
would only be a joke at their ex-
pense. The creation Of a government
owned merchant marine would be a
serious blow to our present shipping
interests and would deter private
capital from going into shipping
ventures. in spite of the temporary
inducement of very high freight rates.
Who would benefit by the passage
OF a ship purchase bill? So far as
we can sec, only those who want 20
sell their ships because. war condi-
tions have made it impossible to ope--
ate them. The great government
ownership scheme really tapers down
to mere purchase scheme. and the
House bill is just as vicious as any
of its predecessors because it retains
the purchase clause. The President
/ has fallen far when he can allow
his prestige as party leader TO be
] tied up with what looks like a mere
project for the relief of a small class
Of foreign ship owners and their sell
ing agents in the United States
Evening journal., 1915-02-18
Hollands Warning TO Germany
CFrom the New York SUM

II may be taken for granted that
the importance OF the note OF the
Netherlands Government to Germany
protesting against the posting Of Brit
ish home waters as an AREA of war"
and sounding warning that Ger
many will be held responsible for
sinking Dutch merchant ships is not
lost upon the Government at Berlin.
Holland is a small State and as
military nation is insignificant, but
if she were 10 cast i'm her lot with
the Allies tho strategic value of her
territory to Great Britain and France
would be very great. Warships Of
the British navy would have access
to the West Schelde. and an eXpedi-
tionary force could be landed in Zee
land or at Rotterdam. II would
become difficult for the Germans to
hold Antwerp and Brussels. and an
Anglo-Dutch army could invade Ger
man soil by the Rhine Valley.
While il may be assumed that the
Germans would throw an army across
the frontier as soon as hostilities
became inevitable, II would have TO
reckon with the compact and effective
Dutch army which might be expected
to hold 1t own until REINFORCED by
troops of the Allies. II must be con-
sidered that both Great Britian and
France arc now ready with troops for
campaign in German territory by
way of Holland. While strong
British fleet watched the mouth of
Evening journal., 1915-02-18
GARDNER DISCUSSES THE
SHIP PURCHASE BILL

From the Washington Post.
IF the executive branch of the
government is going to take charge Of
and supervise every bill that comes
up in Congress, then we might as well
abolish Congress" said former sena-
tor Obadiah Gardiner, of Maine. a
member OF the International boundary
commission. at the Willard. Senator
Gardner was one of the most loyal
supporters of Gov. Wilson for the
Democratic nomination and among his
most active lieutenants.
"The people of my part OF the coun-
try are opposed to the ship purchase
bill" continued Senator Gardner.
Years ago was closely identified with
the building industry at Thomas
ton. Nc. and at that time the ship
builders. who employed some 1900
men. insisted that If we were TO build
up great American merchant ma
rinc the government must give them
free raw materials. This did not hap.
pen. and the ship-building industry OF
Maine was abandoned and the ship.
yards TODAY are grown over with grass
This BILL as I view il. is socialistic in
It's tendencies: IL is a step toward
government ownership, to which am
Evening journal., 1915-02-18

the Elbe for a sally by the German
dreadnoughts. Franco British squad
ron could cover the landing Of troops
in Holland. Use would be made at
once of Dutch waters from the Hook
OF Holland south for torpedo boat
and submarine bases. and an enor-
nous naval advantage would be
gained over Germany A campaign
by the Allies in Dutch-German terri
tory if pushed with skill and vigor
would compel the retirement of the
Germany army from Flanders and
might be decisive of the war In the
early days of the great conflict when
the Allies were being driven back on
Paris and the Germans were carrying
everything before them in all the the
atres of war. pretext to invade
Holland would have been welcomed
with grim satisfaction, but condl-
tions have undergone such a grave
change that her neutrality is now
vital
II is therefore to be assumed that
the German naval authorities will
heed the warning from The Hague
TO have a care not to sink Dutch
merchant ships by mistake. and will
be scrupulous in following the prac.
tice of visit and search. Why there.
fore should not the same circumspec.
tion and formality by German wal
vessels be expected and required in
the case of American merchant ships
aside from any question of strategi
cal values?
Evening journal., 1915-02-18
With The ParagrapherS

Washington officials OF the public health service
claim have discovered that large percentage of
children in tho public schools unable tell
rately in what year they born The officials right
ly insist that this Is important defect which should
be remcdied. When applying for passport.
ragc license insurance policy the individual
must be able TO give date of birth correctly And it
ought TO be a matter of pride with all TO know the
day month and year Of advent earthly scenes and
actyities.-Detroit Free Press.
ID will be difficult for tho Federal industrial commits
sion find needle OF truth I'm the haysack
mony il IS piing up All phases and colors of testi-
mony so in and whatever a gets out OF il will
respond to his prediction before the testimony began
The only way to truth is plain statement OF the case
or issue then let the intuve play freely
upon It, That is the way IL will turn out at last cN-
ccpt that tho question becomes less stained in
its progress toward solution.--Ohio State Journal
Evening journal., 1915-02-18
The House Goes TO The Rescue
of the Presidents Prestige
(From the New York Tribunc.)

The passage by the House OF Repre-
sentatives of a revised ship purchase
bill (the tenth or eleventh edition of
this great emergency" measured will
hardly help the President and Mr.
McAdoo in their efforts to create pub
lie confidence in the Administrations
plans for a government owned and
operated merchant marine. The ac-
ton OF the House was not spontan-
cous. The big Democratic majority in
that body would gladly have lodged
the unpleasant duty of going on rec
ord on this scheme. There was some
serious talk in August and September
last OF legislation TO relieve the ship
ping situation. Then there was some
real apprehension that American ox-
ports particularly cotton exports
would be tied up here for lack of
ships But what looked like an
emergency passed and the House
quickly lost interest in plans to put
the government into business as an
ocean carrier.
II would never have voted yester-
day on the Woeks-Gore bill except for
the unusual pressure put upon the
majority by the President There is
a new emergency" TO be dealt with
now. II is not economic and has
nothing to do with the needs Of
American shippers. II is exclusively
political and personal and concerns
the Presidents prestige as a party
leader He has staked his authority
on the passage by Congress of some
sort OF ship purchase law and is ap-
pealing to his followers in Congress
to save him from the humiliation of
having to acknowledge that he had
coniured up an imaginary economic
emergency and had offered the cOun-
try a remedy in which 1t refuses to
interest itself.
Speaker Clark put the case bluntly
in the Democratic caucus when he
said that regardless OF the intrinsic
merits of the House bill il was neces-
sary TO follow the leader i'm the White
House. That is the subservient spirit
IN which the Senate bill, now side
tracked was pushed The Presidents
pride OF opinion has been touched and
Evening journal., 1915-02-18
We Are Americans
(From Golfers Weoklyl. ]

violation Of neutrality is
a horse of another color.
There is ample precedent
for these shipments: there
is. in fact, no contrary
precedent 1t is not
Americas fault If Ger
many cannot make use Of Americas
munitions; that is due to Germany's
relative inferiority as a naval power,
in spite of her dashing sea raids. One
may be grieved or cheered by the fact
that there is no German port open
for American contraband- the
sympathies of a neutral nation do not
affect International law. The pro-
posals of such statesmen as Messrs.
Hitchcock and Bartholdt and Vollmer
have for their intent compensating
Germany for the naval superiority of
the Allies-and for us to compensate
Germany i'm this or any other way
would be an unwarranted and peril
Gus piece of meddling. As Golfers
said on January 9 land a hundred
newspapers have echoed the state
menD:
Neutrality consists in playing no
favorites. To stop shipments TO the
Allies would be favOritism. Now, We
do not propose to violate out neutral
ity TO please Germany"
What Mr. Barthol0t and his kind
need to be reminded OF is the fact that
they are Americans, and must regard
the present war as Americans or for
felt their right TO be considered good
citizens.
Evening journal., 1915-02-18

Mr.. H. e. Waterman, Brooklyn,
Wis. writes: 81 had very peculiar
cough for several months. the result
of cold on my chest. and l finally
became aware that l had catarrh of
the bronchial tubes. Every night
and morning | would cough and raise
a thick. yellowish matter which was
very disagreeable | took medicines
which were prescribed for me, with
little or no effcct, and as my trouble
srow worse and worse. I became very
much discouraged. The druggist ad-
viscd Poruna. and as / had noticed
IL advertised quite freely. I thought ]
would give it trial / soon found
tLat il was doing me a great deal of
good, and l took only a few bottles
before ! was perfectly we'll | feel
yery thankful 10 Peruna.r
This is a typical case OF bron-
chial catarrh. Many people are sub
jCct TO chronic cough, caused by ca
tarrhal bronchitis.
Those who object 10 liunid medi-
cine can now obtain PcrunR Tablets.
Evening journal., 1915-02-18
Save MONEY BY making The
BEST COUCH medicine At Home

Money spent for the old-style. ready
made cough syrups in bottles holding
only 2 to 1-2 ounces is very largely
wasted, because most OF them are
composed principally OF sugar and
water Yet you have to pay the same
price as If it was all medicine Stop
wasting this money. You can make a
better cough medicine at home at one
fifth the cost Merely go to ~ 3.
Danforth's drug store and ask for ,
ounces (50c WORTH of Schiffmann S
Concentrate Expectorant Mix this
with one pint of granulated sugar and
one-half pint Of boiling water. which
makes a full pint DC ounces). This
new, simple, pleasant remedy is guar
anteed to relieve the worst cough Or
cold. Also excellent for Bronchial
Asthma. Bronchitis, Group, Hoarse-
ness and Whooping Cough. One bot
Evening journal., 1915-02-18
EXPECT TNANYCOLLEGE
FRIENDS FRIENDS At Dinner
Judge Woolley and PreSi-
dent Mitchell to be Speak
erS at Alumni Banquet
TRUSTEES CALL
MARCH MEETING

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
NEWARK, Del, Feb. 1S-According
TO the early acceptances that have
been received by the committee of
which DR.. W. Owen Sypherd is chair
man, the attendance at the fifth an
nual banquet of the Delaware College
Alumni Association, to be held at the
Hotel dupont next Saturday evening.
will be large. Many graduates will
have an opportunity of meeting Dr.
Samuel c. Mitchell, the new president
of the college, for the first time. II
is likely that the endowment fund
committee viii have report TO make.
Judge Victor =. Woolley, president of
the Alumni Association, will preside
and Josiah Marvel will act as toast
master. Informal remarks will be
made by Judge Woolley. Henry 3.
Thompson. Egmont Horn and others.
Former Governor Preston Lea.
chairman Of the board of trustees OF
Delaware College. has called a meet
ing of the board 10 be held in the col
lege on Tuesday morning, March ,.
It. is likely that the matter of options
on a large area of property for tho
extension of the college. which agents
of The board have been working on
for a week will be discussed at this
meeting and It possible that some an
nouncement will be made relative TO
the plans of the board in this partic-
ular. AT tho present time options
have been secured on all the proper
/ ties with but three or four exceptions
and these may be closed in a few days
/ without resorting to condemnation
! proceedings. While no figures have
been given out it is generally believed
that The total cost Of the properties
on which options have been secured is
/ between 100000 and S250.000.
Another matter that the board will
/ likely discuss is the bill introduced
some time ago in the Senate by Sena-
tor Honecker TO repeal the law OK
empting Delaware College fraternity
houses from the payment of a town
tax. II is understood that many OF
the trustees favor the bill which is
being urged by the Town Council
These trustees are of the opinion that
the fraternity houses should be taxed
the same as they are in many other
towns where colleges are located
Unless the matter is adjusted in
some way it is likely that rival dele
cations will 20 to Dover for and
against the bill.
Evening journal., 1915-02-18
NrIrrRALs hi No Mo0n roR rRIrLNG.

THIS IS the day which the German proclamation
declaring British French Belgian, Dutch and
Scandinavian waters war goes into effect Upon
the method by which Germany endoavors to enforce
that proclamation viii depend whether the United
States Italy, Holland Norway. Sweden. Denmark and
tho other neutral nations be dragged into tho
solf-dcfonse against the activities Of German
submarines in destroying tho merchant vessels and
subjects OF such neutral waters.
Before Germany torpedoes any such craft it will
be well for her TO count the cost of assault
upon tho dignity of the nation involved. They
clearly in no temper TO submit to such a system of
warfare That is made plain by the protests already
voiced against this proclamation and so-oaed subma-
rine blockade SO long the Germans confne their
destructive work the ships and subjects Of the
ons with which they at war; it is not the business
OF the United States Of any other neutral Power
interfere The instant however, that she sends her
warships running amuck among ships and subjects of
neutral nations which do not recognize the binding
force Of such blockade is proposed she is invit-
ing disaster
The next few days should show conclusivcly
whether the threats of Germany with respect TO nou-
trail ships be carried out The fact that sew
cral American ships now on their way to the
makes the situation intensely interest
ing TO Americans, overwhelming majority OF
whom in hearty sympathy with the tenor and pur-
pose of the warning sent TO the German Govern
ment by President Wilson
Evening journal., 1915-02-18


To the Editor Of THE EVENING
JOURNAL.
Sir:-Pormit me to thank you for
your outspoken attitude on public
questions. Your recent editorials on
the Child Labor situation have
aroused attention to a most important
subject. and ring true. And so does
your editorial of yesterday on no
Back Stepping or Side-Stepping' on
proposed changes in the marriage
laws. To all Of II ] want to give a
most hearty Methodist "Amen!'
This State owes a debt Of graft
tudc to Senator Gormley. Governor
Miller and to the Rev. r. l.. Jackson,
o. Hanover Presbyterian Church. for
tic noble fight they made to save our
state from the disgrace of clandes-
tine marriage. Our proposed amend
ments do not for a moment contem-
plate tearing down a single bulwark
they raised. but smoothing the harsh
ness out of some of its minor Prov
sions. and actually Strengthening the
grip of its wise safeguards.
For instance, the very heart or the
GOrmley marriage law consists or the
following provisions;
L. A personal visit TO the issuing
magistrate by the applicant.
3 A sworn statement OF facts ny
the applicant.
2. A delay of twenty-four hours iof
residents and ninety-siX hours LOT
residents, for publicity reasons.
T. Requiring the marriage license
book TO be open for inspection.
Note how the proposed amendments
strengthen these wise provisions.
These amendments still require:
/. The same personal visit TO the
issuing magistrate before issuance OF
a license.
,. Tho same sworn statements OF
! facts by the applicant
3. A delay of seven days for all
/ persons before issuance Of licenses
( for publicity reasons.
4 4. The same requirements as 10 keep
] ing the marriage license book open
for inspection. and. in addition there
/ to. the notice of application shall not
/ only be open 10 inspection. but the IS
suing officer is required to publish
the notice Of application in the local
papers in addition TO posting the list
Evening journal., 1915-02-18

tie will make enough homemade
cough medicine to probably last the
whole family the entire winter
Children like it, it is so pleasant TO
take 1t is unlike any other cough
medicine. and positively contains no
chloroform, opium, morphine or other
narcotics, as do most cough mixtures
Keep it on hand in case of emergency
and stop each cough before it gets
firm hold. The above druggist has
been authorized to return the money
in every single case where it does not
give perfect satisfaction or is not
found the best remedy ever used In
fact, any druggist in this city will
sell this new remedy under the same
guarantee. Absolutely no risk is run
in buying this remedy under this posi-
tive guarantee.
Evening journal., 1915-02-18
TnAT MIGGINs p0RTRAIr.

A S THE EVENING JOURNAL has been requested to
Il receive 81 subscriptions from those who desire
TO join in the enterprise of raising fund with which
to purchase portrait of former United States Senator
Anthony Higgins. to be hung in the State House,
wish announce that We stand ready to accept all
such subscriptions the money TO be turned over, at
the proper time. to the committee in of
organization.
Mr. Higgins Of a prominent Delaware fam
ily He of the leading lawyers in our
State For many years he the recognized Re
publican loader in Delaware AS United States scna-
tor he distinguished himself by the way in which he
sought the interests of his State and ma
ton We think it only fitting that his portrait
should hang with those Of other distinguished Della
who have rendered noteworthy public service
There was time when thousands of Delawaroans
followed the political leadership of Mr. Higgins. There
fore there certainly should be enough men and women
who hold him in pleasant recollection to make the
present portrait movement an unqualified success.
Evening journal., 1915-02-18
AGAINsT sECREr MARRIAGEs.

AGAINST SECRET MARRIAGES.
To the Editor of THE EVENING
JOURNAL
Sir-There is much that can be said
in favor of the present marriage law
of Delaware. as compared with the
law as it was a short time ago. The
time feature of the license has acted
as a check on hasty marriages. There
are some defects in the wording OF
the law, whose effect is TO prejudice
the minds of many good ministers
against the law itself. There is too
much red tape" With this phase
Of the controversy, the general public
is not familiar.
The present law is not too stringent
in the matter of safeguarding the in
stitution of marriage. IL the law is
to be changed it should be simplihed'
and IL should be modified 80 as 10 do
away with the secrecy feature OF mar
riage No honorable minister of the
gospel wishes to be party to a Sc
crot marriage. No doubt parents
generally throughout the state would
prefer n ldW lndl WIZ hidhN n'Ni ~
marriages difficult. if not impossible
This feature Of the law could be
obtained by requiring the would-be
groom to make application for the IL
cense at least ten days before the IL
cense Is granted. The clerk whose
duty it is to issue the license should
be required to publish a notice OF
the application with names of the
parties. in the local papers of the
county, said notice to be published
at least four days before the license is
issued.
Application for the license could be
made in writing so as to avoid trou-
ble and expense. Ten days. at least
should intervene between the appli.
cation for the license and the i-su
ance Of the same. so as to insure pub
licity in communities where there ar'
weekly papers, but not daily papers
This would work hardship to no one
who has a right to enter the marriage
relation, and it would protect all part
/ les concerned.
The license should be made etec
tive upon its issuance
Yours truly.
GEORGE A. COOKE.
wilmington. Del. Feb. 16, 1915.
Evening journal., 1915-02-18
PEOPLES COLUMN

Of applications on the walls Of his Of
fee.
So you see, Mr.. Editor. that in your
fight to preserve the sanctity If mar
riage you have the most cordial sup
port of every Methodist Episcopal
minister in our city.
Most cordially yours,
VAUGHAN S. COLLINS.
St. Pau's Methodist Episcopal Par
sonage, Wilmington, Del, February
IS, 1915.
Evening journal., 1915-02-18

Some fifty gentlemen, including FIVE
members OF Congress (Messrs. Bart
holdt. Vollmer, Barchfeld. Lobeck and
Porter. desire Ito rcestablish genuine
American neutrality" free from com
mcrcial. financial and political sub
sorvience to foreign nOwers always
excepting Germany. Meeting at
Washington, the fifty have declared in
their preamble: "The shipment Of
arms. ammunition. and munitions OF
war, under conditions now prevailing,
is unfair, unneutral. and in violation
of Americas ethical ideals" Now. all
this reminds one of the resolutions in
troducod in Congress by Senators
Hitchcock of Nebraska. Works of Cali
fOrnia, and othcrs-rosolutio in
tended to forbid these exports to Eng
land and her allies. Yet. If Germany
controlled the seas. shipments OF arms
would be, by Germaniacal logic,
neither unfair. unneutral,' nor un.
ethical. There are a good
many genuine Americans
who regret the fact that
shipments of arms and
munitions are consigned
from our ports TO the
ports Of England and
France for use against
Germany. Austria, and
Turkey: these persons
would like to feel that no
American individuals or
corporations profit by the
war. But to find in the
actual state of things a
Evening journal., 1915-02-18
GEMS OF THOUGHT

Love in its esscnse is spiritual swcdenbors.
Little pains in due hour employed great profits
yiod.-John Phillips
.-.-.--
Immortality is the glorious discovery Of Christianity
William Elory Claiming
:-.-.-.
Oftcn the ck-ofi is empty in those whom nature
hath built many stories high.-Fuller.
Evening journal., 1915-02-18

Two Kentucky women. trial before a mere man
jury. have been convicted selling their votes and
yet there those who continue to assert that men
the only creatures earth who size up to
the practical opportunities which with the
crcise of the elective franchise We imagine that in
The long run. voters grade up about like men
voters aud that those who look for electoral perfection
either OF the sides will be sorely disappointed