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Evening journal., 1915-05-07
sEcIRITY TRrsr cHANcEs.

BECAUSE Of its age high standing and the enormous
- business it transacts anything that affects the
Security and Safe Deposit Company is of general
public interest It has been only few days since it
was announced that L. Scott Townsend had resigned
treasurer of the company become vice-president
of Laird and Company. Since then there have been
other changes that worthy of comment, most of
them based upon the retirement Of Mr.. Townsend and
made necessary by it,
John S. Rossel for instance, one Of the best-known
bankers in the State and also Of its most public
spirited citizens reres secretary OF the company
to devote more time 10 the Office of vce-president,
which he already holds also TO his duties trust
officer Mr.. Rossell like Mr.. Townsend has grown up
with the Security Trust and been part and parcel OF it
for many years During that time he has been recog
nzed generally of the capable Of the small
group of deyoting its time and energy to the
work of making the company OF the leading
banking institutions on the Demaryia Peninsula. No
knows him will doubt his ability to size to
whatever responsibilities may come to him as
result Of the reorganization Of the executive staff He
has been succeeded secretary by Harry j. Ellison
who has been assistant secretary whose competency
is made manifest by the fact that he has been selected
to hold the major position vacated by Mr.. Rosseh We
also notice that Henry S. Townsend is the rounds
Of the ladder and bound upward he has been elected
to succeed Mr. Ellison assistant secretary.
Levi L. Maloney, who for years has been assistant
treasurer succeeds l.. Scott Townsend treasurer.
That selection will be pleasing to the patrons of the
company as Mr. Maloney has grown up under the tut
elege Of Mr. Townsend II we're. and is a firm be-
lever in his publicbe pleased policy He began work
for the company as stenographer years ago. Dur
ing the intervening time he has comported himself so
pleasngy to tho directors and others interested in
the welfare of institution that he has up step
by step until today he holds Of the highest posi-
ons Of and responsibility in its service We con
gratulao him upon this latest advancement and feel
sure he will manifest ample ability to meet the re-
quirements Of his office We also felicitate Clar
ence r. Buck another tho bright young men of tho
Security Trust upon the fact that he has been elected
to succeed Mr. Maloney assistant treasurer.
with the executive and working staff thus reorgan
lied and with l.. Scott Townsend continuing in asso
citation with the company vice president, although mo-
in an active capacity, the company should continue t'
grow in popularity and financial strength, because th'
changes made give OF continuance of thos
policies have made h successful in the past an'
grounded il 80 firmly m public esteem
Evening journal., 1915-05-07
IApAN AM CHINA.

MILITARY activity in Japan shows that the Mikado
IVA is ready to to armed force If be neces-
sary to compel China to accede TO the demands that
the japanese imperial government has made upon the
Chinese Republic The Chinese officials realize that
acceptance of the Japanese virtually would make
China dependency of Japan They are doing their ut
most therefore to the sovereignty and dignity Of
their nation and threatening TO wage hopeless
war in support Of the stand they have taken
If such a conflict come TO pass-and the indications
are that The first blow will be struck in very short
time-the sympathy of the world will be with the Chi
nese who simply resisting the aggressions of ia
pan and endeayorng to preserve their national in
tegry The Japs fully conscious of the helpless
ness OF their Celestial neighbors. Neither the Chinese
army nor the Chinese navy could make successful
stand against the land and water forces of Japan That
is the pitiable part of the whole thing Japan may OBJ
tain new territory and valuable concessions as result
of such war. She cannot however, derive any glory
from defeating and hHmilating such foe
Evening journal., 1915-05-07
Inquiries Concerning PeIIagra
(From tho New York Tribune)

II is not surprising to learn that the
Investigators of the Public Health Ser
vice have failed to establish a casual
relation between pollegra and dam
aged maize. The disease has been
found so frequently among people
who never eat maize that the old the
ory. in the opinion of some of the
most competent observers. was ex-
ploded some time ago. More notable
is the tentative conclusion that il is
caused hv an improper diet or a
diet insuficiently diversified, and the
almost unqualified conclusion that it
is not an infection.
This is clearly ai variance with the
opinion OF DR. Samhon, whose extern
sive researches led him to believe that
Il was an insect-borne infection. anal
oeous in some measure TO malaria.
He found, however. as others have
found after due inquiry. that the dis
case was far more Widespread than
was formerly supposed Il is remark
able that in his textbook of psychiatry
published about thirty years ago
Spitzka dismisses all discussion OF
pellagra insanity on the ground thai
Evening journal., 1915-05-07
Under THE WILLOW.

ttc, AWMILL BILL" SCOTT. Levy Court Commits
~ sioner from the Seventh district is under the
willow He has been defeated in his effort to obtain
reelection as a member of the Board of Town Com
mssioners of Townsend The revolt of the voters OF
that progressive community in lower New Castle Is
greatly to their credit They should profit by it, We
congratulate them upon having at last thrown eff the
Scott collar. II has been chahng their nocks for
long time No doubt they will feel reer and more re-
spectacle in every way that they have put an end
to his career as a municipal officer
Scott made desperate effort to obtain reelection.
o rallied all the friends he could in the effort TO save
himself from defeat and incident humiliation. His ef-
forts futile Nothing he could do could save him.
Public interest getting rid of him as commissioner
is shown clearly by the fact that although as rule
only from FIVE to seven voters participate in mu-
ncipai election in Townsend this time more than 100
votes were cast. majority Of them beng against the
Levy Court Commissioner, who heretofore has been
regarded as the political boss OF the town.
The annual revenues of Townsend are about $500
Last year the Scott administration spent more than
S13OO or about s4O0 than the total income. That
nfuriaed the taxpayers. They decided to have hus
ness administration and the retirement Of Scott was
the first important step in that direction
Evening journal., 1915-05-07
The Bio Gun Controversy
(From the New York Sun

British service journals that "the high |
explosive charge which the Is inch
gun can carry through the thickest
armor anoat is very nearly half as
large again as the charge in the 1875
inch gun
Mr. Daniels in his brief prepared
by Admiral Strauss admits. as he
must that the bursting effect of the
10 inch shell is greater than that Of
our IA inch, but we have little
doubt" he adds that the destructive
effect Of the IA inch will be quite suf-
ficient for its task" The task, how
ever is not only to smash and pene-
trate the thickest armor at extreme
battle range, which Mr.. Daniels or
Admiral Strauss, estimates TO be 12,-
600 yards, but to deal death and de-
struction around in the interior of the
ship struck. Moreover, there should
be no doubt at all about the COM
parative bursting effect of the two
shells If the secretary claims the SUI
periority of our IA inch gun. IL may
also turn out that the admiral's opin-
/ ion that 10000 yards is the extreme
range of armor perforation is some
what in need of revision.
In his report Of the North Sea fight
in January. in which the German
cruiser Blucher was sunk, Admiral
Beatty. whose flagship the Lion used
1875 inch guns. says: I'VE began to
hit at a range of 1900 yards" This
statement has no direct bearing upon
the question OF the range at which
thickest armor car be perforated but
it does disprove the theory hitherto
held by some of our naval experts
that good shooting cannot be done at
a greater range than $1,000 yards (:
and further. it suggests that il the
Queen Elizabeth's Is inch gun has a
longer range than our own powerful
IA inch gun. armor smashing by the
British battleship might begin at a
greater distance than 10000 yards
Anyway we shall know more about
big gun ranges and armor penetration
J after the war is over.
Evening journal., 1915-05-07
srgMiRINEs AND TRAINERS.

~ ERAiAN submarines playing havoc with the
" English fishing feet in the North Sixteen Of
the trawlers have been sunk within less than three days
and the end is not yet The British thus far have
found no effective way IN which put end to the
destructive activities the under-sea boats OF the
Kaiser and the trawlers may be compelled to abandon
the fishing grounds to escape destruction.
The course adopted by Germany with respect to
those fishing clearly reduce the food supply
of Great Britain to the extent TO which the rawling
feet contributes to it, There is denying the effort
is being attended by that is far from sasiac-
tory to the British people
Evening journal., 1915-05-07

The declaration Of Secretary Dam
iels in his letter to President Gar
field of Williams College that the
United states is mounting naval guns
that would "shoot further, shoot
straighter and hit harder than any
naval gun now in use by European
country" was challenged so quickly
that MIR. Daniels after consulting
Rear Admiral Joseph Strauss, Chief
OF Ordnance. now makes a supple
mentary statement TO confound his
critics. They would hardly be con-
Wnced by his argument, and they may
be inclined to doubt the accuracy of
the information upon which he relies.
Mr.. Daniels states his case thus:
"The 14-inch guns of the Pennsyl-
vana will get through the maximum
armor afloat, so far as our knowledge
goes. at range of 10000 yards The
Queen Elizaheth's 10 inch guns will do
little more than that. If our informa-
ton is correct as to the velocity Of the
British Is inch gun, the IA inch guns
on the Pennsylvania will range a little
further than the Queen Elizabeth's 10
inch gum
II the range Of the IA inch guns, OF
which the Pennsylvania will have
twelve in her main battery when she
is commissioned i'm 1916. have a longer
range than the IS inch guns (eight)
which the Queen Elizabeth is now
using in the Dardanelles. there is moth
ing more TO be said-the case is
closed But upon what evidence does
the claim of superiority rest? Our
ordnance department should know
what are the range and explosive ef-
feet upon maximum armor of its IA
inch gun, but is Admiral Strauss
really sure about the limitations OF
the British 15 inch gun. The experts
! in England consider il TO have &c
! per cent increase of efficiency over
/ their 1875 inch gun. and 1T is curious
that they rate the latter piece as
better than the German IA inch gun
Il was recently said by one of the
Evening journal., 1915-05-07
Improving The Reserve Bank Map
IRON the New York sunl

eral Reserve Bank. Events are now
showing the futility of this, and events
will demonstrate the imposslbility or
seeking to adapt the Federal Reserve
system as a whole to any artlncial
theories or prejudices. There never
was any reason for making twelve
reserve districts instead of eight Inc
minimum number would have been
less EXPENSIVE and more in accord
qnce with "the convenience and Gus
tomary course Of business than lne
maximum; but the legitimate INFER
ehce from the Federal Reserve map
was that unnecessary districts haa
been created for politics.
Representative Robert j. Bulkley
an Industrious member Of the fiouse
Banking and Currency Committee un-
der Chairman Glass, seemed TO DC
the reason for the designation OF
Cleveland as a Federal Reserve CITY,
Comptroller Williams was an obvious
reason for the designation OF hlcn'
mond. If there was any other rea'
I son than Senator Hoke Smith iol
/ The selection OF Atlanta II was no.
apparent and Postmaster-General Bur
Lesson suflcod TO explain the choice
of Dallas. In passing over Baltimore
Pittsburgh and New Orleans the re
serve organization committee gave OF
fence 10 more than sectional and 10
cal feeling. II offended the facts o
established banking and business
communications.
Only a partial correction OF tn
mistakes of the organization commit
tee has been made by the Fedora
Reserve Board, but the improved ap
pcarance of the reserve map is
promise of further desirable change
According to the official announcement
the shifting of district lines was ap
proved by a unanimous vote OF IN
board. which is a result creduable I
Secretary McAdoo and Comptrolle
Williams. who had to reverse then
selves. More than that, It is toke
that the Treasury members do nc
, dominate the board at present, dc
spite the exceptional power and pres
tige which they possess.
II may have difficulty in cuttin
, down the list of Federal Reserve eli
| les, although the board hints that tl
, number of districts is subject
, change. and as the number is slread
at the maximum change could onl
be ado in the nature of a reductlo
q Nevertheless the board has given ~
! ther proof Of its intention and abili'
, to subordinate political to bushes
o. considerations the task Of maxim
o. the Federal Reserve system 1T Il
country's requirements. Banking al
e currency reform merely commence
= with the Federal Reserve act.
G must be a continuing process II II
- to conduce to the general welfare.
Evening journal., 1915-05-07
rnE rREYE ANn rHE GrLrLlenr.

DRESlDENT WILSON has declined positively to per-
NIT the Freye to be settled in a German
prize court He insists that reparaton for the sink
ing of the American ship by the Prnz Eitel Friedrich
be made through regular diplomatic channels and
without further delay 1t is thought the German Gov
ernment will accede to that demand as il does not
wish to bring about rupture with this country.
Nor should government fail TO demand full repair
alton for the sinking of the American steamship Gulf
light by German submarine. That craft which was
hying a large American flag, torpedoed without
warning. There absolutely for such ac-
ton by the commander of the German submarine. In
view Of the testimony already in hand. it will be
less for him to plead that he did not know it an
American ship All the evidence in the would be
against him were he to raise such contention Ber-
lin should be given to understand clearly that this
work of destroying American life and property must
-ease
Evening journal., 1915-05-07

"it docs not occur in America" Osler.
even in the last edition but one Of his
Practise" spoke of pellagra as a dis
ease which had not been observed in
this country. And although II is
known now that there are many
thousands of cases here, scarcely eight
years have passed since il was first
recognized as anything but rare dis
ease.
Pellagra is generally regarded as
distinctly endemic disease. This, OF
course, does not by any means dis
credit the belief that it is due to faulty
nutrition, for though some investiga-
tors lay great emphasis on its limita-
ton to definite areas. II may we'll be
( that local customs and conditions nave
strong bearing on dietetic habits.
! The fact Is that very little is known
about is as yet. II will be seen, from
what has been said. that only quite
lately has il come to be a subject OF
thorough investigation. The old pop
ular theory has been cheerfully aban-
doned. and It may be we'll that the be-
( lief that it is an infection must be
abandoned too.
Evening journal., 1915-05-07

II has not taken the Federal Re-
serve Board a very long time to be-
gin TO undo the financial gerrymander
OF the country for which the Reserve
Bank Organization Committee pro-
vided. This committee, consisting of
the Secretary Of the Treasury, the
Secretary of Agriculture and the
Comptroller OF the Currency, com.
Plcted its labor about year ago and
the preliminary revision which IS
work has undergone at the hands of
the Federal Reserve Board will in
crease the public confidence felt in
the policy shaping for the direction
OF the new banking system.
The most substantial change Or
dercd in the reserve bank mar trans
fers all the national banks in the
northern half of New Jersey from
the Philadelphia district TO the New
York district Banks in southern Ok
lahoma are assigned to Kansas City
instead OF to Dallas, and some banks
IN West Virginia are transferred from
Richmond to Cleveland For the time
being the board suspends action on
several very important petitions for
a redistribution OF reserve bank con-
nections. particularly tho requests TO
make Baltimore and Pittsburgh re-
{ serve bank cities instead of Richmond
and Cleveland There seems, how
ever, ground for believing that the
Federal Reserve Boards line of ac-
tion is bound in time to result in a
more intelligent rearrangement of the
structure Of the new system
With the addition OF the transferred
rr to l. aiants IA fft
the New York Reserve Bank, already
the largest and strongest in the now
organization, will become still larger
and stronger. Gauged by it's resources
J Il will be almost twice the size Of ths
! Chicago Reserve Bank and abou
equal TO the Boston and Philadelphia
Reserve Banks together. This is as Il
should be: for. political marplots Il
! the contrary, New York is the coun
try'e financial centre. and its reserv,
bank should. in relation to the others
be proportionate TO the financial su
premacy of the city.
But details and consequences of tnl
alteration Of the Federal Reserve ma
are not Of so much significance as tn
light which it throws on the purpos
of the Federal Reserve Board. Moth
ing develops this more clearly thai
the map as The Reserve Bank Organi
zation committee drew it in stubborn
adherence to a programme whicl
could not be justified either by an
thority Of law or by reference to bank
ing experience.
All the indications were that on
of the principal endeayors of the com
nittoe had been to restrict the siz
and resources of the New York Fed
Evening journal., 1915-05-07
EDITORIAL OPINION

ain nor any other country will need
TO encourage polysamy. Nor would
any Of the nations risk the verdict
of the civilized world by adopting
such a policy. Civilization has per-
manently fixed standard of morals.
/ This standard prevails in all civilized
countries. The hands of the clock OF
civilization are not to be pushed back
ward. even as a result of this barbaric
war.
Clergymen in England have called
attention to the immortality which
they say is more of a curse than the
Evening journal., 1915-05-07
Peoples Column
MATERIAL CLEANUP
AND SOCIAL CLEANUP

AND SOCIAL CLEANUP
TO the Editor OF THE EVENING
JOURNAL:
Sir-The city authorities should be
commended for what has been
done during the past cleanup week.
II is a great improvement to our city.
1t is very pleasant to the eye to see
clean streets. clean houses, clean
yards, and whitewashed and painted
fences, as we pass up and down our
streets.
But yet, the work is not complete.
There are so many places of vice and
uncleanness as we pass up and down
our streets that it mars our pleas
ure of looking on the beautiful.
May God so enthuse the hearts of
the city authorities. that they will re-
turn and finish their work and make
this city clean one indeed.
Respectfully,
X. f. McKINSEY.
Wilmington, De-. May 6, 1915.
Evening journal., 1915-05-07

evil of intomperance. There is no
doubt that this is true. so far as Eng
land IS concerned The government
is acting sensibly in prosecuting those
who preach the mischievous doctrine
of legalized immortality.
From the national standpoint, there
is no need for any of the warning
countries to worry about the future
generations. There are 460.000,000
people in the countries at war. There
are not more than 3 per cent. in the
field Not over 10 per cent. of these
will be killed. The desolation and
suffering will. affict Europe fer many
years, and many of the best men will
he lost. but the problem of repopula-
ton will take care OF itself without
encouraging immortality.
Evening journal., 1915-05-07
SIZES 4
From Answers.

From Answers.
Every foreign
on the princiole.
is constantly on
secrets, and inI
taken to baffe
Very shortly [
ting paper ii W
was quite poss
paper to give u
secret by simpl
OF a mirror. Id
cial world had I
Of such a thin
office used a So
| important docui
Then speciallI
blotting paper V
not found to be.
and a return to
contemplated. r
ed the simple
absorbent roller
was run up an
document once
spy in the wor.
his hand at de
sions.
Evening journal., 1915-05-07
III MIR. WILSON
REALLY GETS ANGRY

From the New York Sun.
Mr.. Wilson is represented as vexed
by the conduct of the chairman of
the Commission on Industrial Rela-
tions disappointed in the character
Of the investigations" that body is
carrying on and determined not to al
low himself to be involved in the un-
edifying Rockefeller row now
IN progress. We sympathize with Mr..
Wilson. Moreover, we shall take the
liberty of pointing out to hin, a
means of avoiding a recurrence Of the
nuisance that annoys him.
In his next address to the Congress
three lines urging the repeal Of the
statute under which this useless COM
mission exists will induce the law
makers to end its career. 1t can be
abolished with a saving of money &c
the taxpayers, no. injury TO the public
service and without prejudice to tho
governments efforts to bring about
peace and harmony in the industrial
life of the nation.
II Mr. Wilson is irritated by tn,
acts Of Chairman Walsh to poin
at which the President will advocate
cutting off the commission from thu
pay roll, Chairman Walsh may ge
credit for real public service.
Evening journal., 1915-05-07
AUSTRIA MAY STAY TO THE END.

From the New York Evening Post.
We hear little Of Anstrias suing for
a separate peace. The absurdity Of
such a development from the stand
point of the general situation is con-
hrmed by what we are learning of the
intermlNture of German and Austrian
troops along the entire battle line.
Hungarian regiments are described as
taking part in the fighting in Fland-
ers, and 1t is a Bavarian army that
holds the center of the Austrian line
in the Carpathians north of Uzsok
For Austria TO dissolve a partnership
would thus become a physical impos-
sihility. II would mean a withdrawal
OF Hapsburg troops from the west
across German territory and a with
Evening journal., 1915-05-07
WAR BABES.

From the Washington Post.
Maudlin sentiment and yellow SEN
sationalism alone can explain the
pleas of certain sociologists and eco
nomists in England that the ban be
lifted from immortality for the sake
Of repopulation Polygamy was per
mitted in Germany after the Thirty
Years War. hut conditions AT that
time were vastly different from the
conditions of today
No matter how much longer the war
continues neither Germany. Great Brit
Evening journal., 1915-05-07

The net result Of the suit of William Barnes. Jr.
against Colonel Roosevelt to be that the Amer
can public is being resaed to the washing OF lot of
soed linen and the colonel is being permitted to ex
perience once the exquisite pleasure of being in
the spotlight and the pages of the newspapers
The testimony indicates that Barnes was in no proper
position to go into the complainant in such a
suit.
Evening journal., 1915-05-07
PASS

PASS
Are your neight
Pass
Do they smoke?
Are they bottle
Don't they do as
Pass
Are your wages
Pass
Are the prices
DO the wife al
Cause the turke
Pass
When NJ. ID. fnd
Pass
Got the mumps
Measles, Group
Lest we all fly
Pass
Are the lights a
Pass
Paint 'em green.
Close up all th'
My! Our town
Pass
No matter what
Pass
Goodness sakes.
My! What are
Almost anythini
And the judge is
Pass
Evening journal., 1915-05-07

drawal of Ger
Carpathians acr
an unscramblin
as the dissolutiC
II would simpli
future if Aust
many until the
granted.
Evening journal., 1915-05-07

II is a wise man who can reconcile the conflicting
statements issued with respect to the events in the
Carpathans the and in the neighborhood of Hill
No 60 on the western war-front