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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-01-30
ST. JOHNS CHURCH

Services Sunday, January 81, sun
day school 10 a. m. morning prayer
and sermon IL a. m; evening ser.
vice and address 8 p, m, Rev, h. T..
Lewis, Rector.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-01-30
NOTICE TO CITY WATER USERS

In cases where 1t Is possible to
take care Of the surplus water, per.
sons are advised to allow at least
one tap on each service to run con.
tinuously during the extreme cold
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-01-30

ADV.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-01-30

weather in order to prevent freez-
ing. G.. w. LINDQUIST.
Commissioner of Water Works.
ADV. ~
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-01-30

Mrs. Isaac Quincy OF Logan was
a Hyrum visitor on Wednesday and
many OF her friends could not re-
frain from calling her Lucy Allen, as
OF yore, no perceptible change has
come with the years.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-01-30
AT THE METHODIST CHURCH

Soylces for Sunday, January 81
Church II a. m; Sunday school 10
and union meeting at 1880 p. m
Como and feel at home.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-24
French Cure" Resorts.
lFrom The Dmdee Adrertiser.

(FrOm The Dundee AdrcrfiSeT.)
There are not a few, and among them are
to be numbered some medical men, who re-
gard the waters and baths Of such places as
Contrexevile, Vittel, Plombercs and Luxeuil
as essential for the successful treatment Of
certain disorders. Those whose faith in such
matters is beyond shaking may be treasured
by the intimstion, given by the French gov
eminent, that the railway authorities of the
various thermal resorts have received instruc-
tons TO allow foreign visitors of allied and
neutral countries TO enter the towns. The
railway, however, must be used, and excur-
sions in motor cars are forbidden. Several
other formalities are imposed upon visitors,
the chief of which is that, in order TO take
walks or drives extending for several miles
outside the town special permits must be OBJ
tanned. The usual "cure" can, in short, be
undertaken. but only under restrictions that
are not unreasonable.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-24
A Democratic Admirer.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: am one of the many Democrats who
have been reading The Tribune during the
last six months or so, and feel compelled
to express my admiration of the mastery
way you handle live political topics. Your
staff correspondents article on the ostrich
like methods employed by the Barnes reac-
tionaries at the Constitutional Convention
leaves nothing to criticise; your readers are
proud of their paper.
The Trbune's articles on the European
war are photographic; they touch the inner
core of political aggression and reveal the
utter lack of Christian principle.
am much interested in a letter of one
of your correspondents about capital pun
ishment, and indorse every word OF it. You
cannot develop Glove to the neighbor" in the
heart of man or nation who commits muir
der, adultery, theft, bears false witness and
covets everything or anything that belongs
to the neighborl Penalties are the only
things that will restrain people capable of
such crimes. The law of love
cannot be enforced; it can only be adopted
voluntarily. G. W
Brooklyn, Aug. 90, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-24
Three Good Provisions.

BY its adoption of three important pro-
posals the Constitutional Convention has
made it possible for this state to adopt a
rational system Of handling its finances
which ought to reduce expenses materially
and make certain tina. improper eXpendl-
lures would be a very small part OF each
years budget. These proposals provide
for the issuance Of serial bonds instead of
the present long term bonds, for the adop-
ton of a Governor made budget and for
the adjustment of the emergency mes
sages which the Governor may now sign
to expedite the passage of legislation.
The serial bond proposal substitutes a
rational, scientific way of paying off state
Indebtedness incurred for improvements
for the present unscienti6c, rather hap
hazard method. 1t should make it possible
10 avoid issuance of bonds which outlive
the improvement they were issued to pay
for, and at the same time TO avoid the
collection of excessive contributions to a
sinking fund for their retirement, as IS
the rule at present. An inevitable result
of the system would be greater care on
the part of the electorate in sanctioning
bond issues.
The Governor made budget is not, in it
self, cure-al for the evils of the states
mishandled finances, but it would help
much. 1t gives to the Executive power TO
fix the maximum of appropriations for
state departments in a bill submitted by
him TO the Legislature, thereby doing
away with legislative log-rolling and the
loading of appropriation bills with blind
items covering "pork." This proposal also
requires that special appropriation bills
originating in the Legislature shall treat
only enc subject in each BILL and these are
tc be subject to the Governors veto. Thus
in them also it would be hard 10 cover in
items of improper expenditure. Full re-
sponsbility for the totals of the appro-
priations would be centred on the Execu-
tive, and properly, because he would have
power to deal with them adequately,
which he has not now.
Adjustment of the emergency message
would yield opportunity for scrutiny Of
appropriation bills by legislators and the
public which does not exist now, when
most Of the measures are rushed through
bv a quick rollcall at the wind-up Of the
session, unread and usually imprinted. 1t
would also deprive the Governor Of
certain power of coercion which some
Governors have. not hesitated to use for
their personal or political advantage.
These proposals are all good and repre-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-24
Crank on a Gunboat."

Twenty-Five years ago thousands oil
American boys knew Frank on Gun
boat" They followed wholly human
hero down the Mississippi and across the
Plains to don Carlos Rancho" Those
were the golden days when "Cudjo's Cave
and Three Scouts" were the only rivals to
Harry Castlemon's" volumes.
The generation that was young with the
books of Harry Castlemon," the pen name
of c. A. Fosdick, obituary notices inform
us now. was brought up on the Civil War
Its fathers and grandfathers had fought
the battles. The struggle for Round Top,
the last charge of Pickett, Lees final re-
treat-these were repeated with tin SOL
diers on the home driveway or fought out
in the nearby woods as Boy Scouts now
seek wisdom rather than action in the
forests.
It is a shock to the middle aged to dis
Germ at times how the whole texture OF
childhoods fancies has changed. How
little the games that all boys played are
played now! Does any one now give Uncle
Toms Cabin" in the barn with an admls-
sion fee of ten pins? Is Clusters last stand
preserved even in poster memories Of the
present generation Of short trousers?
These are speculations interesting now
only to oldsters. Fosdick's heroes have
gone with the later book children Of G. A.
Henty. But the older boys in their fortie5
u,;ll remember Fosdick gratefully. He
made a great world real for them-his
books were wholesome, vigorous, manly.
They did not shrink at the incidents of war
they were only a by-product of a great
age, but an interesting and not wholly
useless by-product.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-24
The Loss of the E-13.

1t will probably be contended that the
German commander who destroyed the
helpless E-13 in Danish waters was but
following the example of the British IN
the case of the Dresden. But while there
is no doubt that the Dresden was sunk IN
neutral waters, there is every reason to
believe that CHILEAN neutrality had been
thoroughly and persistently abused by the
Germans themselves; indeed, it is probable
that the island Of Juan Fernandez had
been used as a German base and it was
undoubtedly in German hands at the time
The abominable thing about the destruc-
ton of the E-13 was the wantonness of the
deed, the savagery with which the German
turned his machine guns on the I'M
fortunate and helpless crew after the
vessel had been abandoned.
The murderous method of German naval
officers is one of the most remarkable
phenomena of the present war. There can
be little doubt that it is deliberate. Quite
apart from the exploits of the submarines,
it is apparent that great pride is taken In
destruction, even when nothing is to be
gained by it. The Germans have rarely
taken prisoners at sea or even attempted
to make rescues. When British de-
stroyers set out to pick up the survivors
of the Butcher the incident was described
in the "Deutsche Tageszeitung" with the
contemptuous remark that they "had moth
ing else to do" The deed was regarded
in short, as confession of weakness.
In their helplessness on the sea the
Germans seem to have grown desperate;
but it is peculiarly difficult to account for
the Staying of the defenceless men of the
E-13, because there was nothing whatever
to be gained by the slaughter. In word
it is clear that brutality is a deliberate
and carefully considered policy of the
German navy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-24
Cotton and the South.

For many reasons it was difficult for
the British government to declare cotton
absolute contraband. 1t was not so much
the consistent British position in the past
that counted, though that has been much
insisted upon by some critics. Cotton has
become so important an ingredient in the
composition of explosives that it would be
perfectly justifable to reverse decisions
that were reasonable before its possibili-
ties were known. But even during the
Russo-J apanese War Great Britain pro-
tested vehemently against Russia's action
in placing cotton on the list of contraoand,
and since the present war began the gov
eminent have repeatedly declared their
determination of keeping it on the free
list. 1t is possible that in sticking so long
to this policy they may have had an
eye on the possibilities of
the future, but the probability is that
what they chiefly unprecedented was the re-
sentiment of our Southern states. Be that
as it may, it was awkward to be obliged
to repudiate such ill-considered promises,
and only the strongest popular pressure,
brought to bear mainly by the efforts Of
chemists and others who knew how sui
cidal the policy of the government was,
could have effected THIS belated change Of
mind.
Now that the decision has at last been
made and formally proclaimed by Britain
and France, it is clear that there was
little cause for uneasiness as far as this
country is concerned. The South seems
to have accepted the new condition with
wonderful equanimity. The Southern
papers generally take it for granted that
our government will protest, but they
were prepared for what they saw was
inevitable sooner or later, and the general
opinion seems to be that the South will
not suffer more than the rest of the coun-
try. There cannot be the slightest doubt
that if Great Britain and France had
declared cotton absolute contraband in
the early days of the war there would
have been a great outcry, and on this
ground the hesitation of the British gov
eminent may easily be accounted for; at
present, however, the people of the South
are prepared for whatever embarrass-
ment the new decision may involve, and
the comment of Southern editors shows
clearly that there is very little resent
ment. Besides, they know what the power
of the Allies on the seas means to them.
In all probability the Germans among
US will endeavor to stir up trouble. Herr
Ridder has tried his hand at that already
with provocative sneering at the pusil-
lanimity of the South. But the Southern
states have little love for our Riders and
Vierecks and the disinterested sympathy Of
such propagandists will be thrown away
to no purpose.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-24
A German "pAccuse."

What is the patriots duty when the die
has been cast? Ii were hard TO say, but
acquiescence in the course of action de-
cided upon is perhaps the better way,
even though his conscience disapproves.
In England George Bernard Shaw has
spoken out, and has been allowed to speak
with that respect for free speech which IS
perhaps the greatest of all England's Writ
ues. And, on the other side, a German
has protested-not in Germany, however.
He went to Switzerland to publish his
"TAccuse zines Deutschen"; it was stopped
and suppressed at the frontier. We have
the word of an eminent Swiss jurist for II
that this is no hoax, that the man VINO
wrote this exceptionally able and eloquent
accusation of Germany's leaders is really
what he claims to be. And now we have
his remarkable book in an English transla-
ton, 81 Accuse from the George II.
Doran Company.
As an analysis Of the diplomatic moves
and counter-moves, evasions, delays, dou-
Ole-uedllHSS, PupllO uOHioio anu 'NNiN' IA
elements of the four weeks preceding the
war, this anonymous Germans work has
permanent historic value. Austria'S is the
direct responsibility. he holds, but she
would never have assumed it without the
activity of Berlin behind the scenes. Not
the dead Treitschke, nor the living Bern
hardi, but the German Crown Prince drove
the empire and its Emperor into this world
W, r; it was he who threatened his fathers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-24

popularity by breathing, by snorting ilre'
Thus says his German accuser. AND war
for what? For a place in the sun! Yes
but still more for places in the shadow Tor
all the other great powers-in utter dark
ness for England.
No bitterer arrangement of Germanys
diplomatic incl ttude has been issued by
her enemies than this exhaustive study OF
the causes. remote and immediate, of this
war for power under the guise of war
for Kultur from the pen of German foi-
lower of Kant, an unquestioning believer
in the practicability of the Kantian Gov
enant of Peace. In some details the book
has been proved to be wrong by subsequent
events Git was written in February OF
this year,, but in its large outlines its
argument stands for future reference as
well as for consultation to-day. The author
makes ingenious use of antthesis to prove
the inconsistencies Of German claims, as
when he remarks upon the lack of percep-
ton which allows of the glorification, on
the same screen in the same German thea
ire, of the arch-franc-tireur Andreas
Hofer side by side with the pictorial de-
nunciation of Belgian peasants heroically
following his patriotic example in endeav'
oring to stem the invasion of their father
land. And on the subject of terribleness
under the plea of necessity he wakes elo'
quent, not only on account of its victims,
but also on that of its effect upon the
young German manhood obeying orders.
81 Accuse" has been prescribed in Ger
many. 1t is likely that it is circulating
there none the less, secretly, perhaps in
manuscript. 1t is sure of its ultimate
effect, but not until after the war. Patriot
ism of this kind belongs to the future
rather than the present. In the crisis ones
country must be held right until the
danger, even when deliberately invited
has been overcome Then, and not before,
comes the time for accusations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-24
We Are Warned.

The following communication, bearing
the postmark of West Hoboken, has been
received;
We got Russia. We will get England Then
we will get the head Of your rotten paper
You been warned before.
Yours truly,
AN AMERICAN.
The statement is true. The Tribune
has been warned before. The warnings
have been consigned to the waste basket
whittier the present letter would have
been directed but for the belief that read
ers of The Tribune might be interested
10 learn Of the turn now being taken by
propagandists whose spiritual and mate
rial inspiration has been disclosed by our
neighbor "The World" in recent publlca-
tons which constitute patriotic public
service.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-24
Successful State Business.

The states venture into the insurance
business under the workmen's compen-
sation act has been wholly successful
in its first year. The State Insurance
Fund report shows that employers who
took out their insurance through this
agency obtained it 20 per cent cheaper
than those who bought it from private
casualty companies. Its expense was only
II per cent Of the earned premiums. The
report declares that it is now operating
at an expense ratio of II per cent and
expects to make even a further reduction
in the next year. The Insurance Depart
ment allows casualty companies to devote
1873 per cent of premiums to expenses,
although the experience of the state fund
has shown that II per cent would be q
pretty accurate allowance. With all this
the state fund has set up a loss reserve Of
over 100000, a catastrophe surplus Of
100000, and established a surplus Of
$4,000.
This success may have been due to two
things-the absence of politics and dis
trust by many employers of the casualty
companies, instilled by their policy of
fighting claims before the compensation
law was adopted. When the state fund
was established technical experts were
put in charge of it, and in spite of the
d;reful injection of politics into other
phases of the compensation work, admin
istration OF. the insurance fund was kept
on a clean, scientific basis. 1t is encour-
aging TO realize that this could be done.
1t goes to prove that what some choose
to call "socialistic" activities Of the state
needn't be half as bad as they're labelled.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-24
A Powerful Whistle.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The international policy Of this eOuH.
try reminds one OF Lincoln's story OF w
Mississippi steamboat that had a 2O-ho'''
power whistle but only 3O-horsepower 81
CINE. at was good boat in some respee,s
said Lincoln, "the trouble with It was w s.
every time the captain blew the whistle w
boat had TO stop" "A
We blew the whistle 10 Mexico -. !.
stopped. We have blown three times "
Germany, and p. ,,
GEORGE L. SToWELS
Dorset, VI, Aug. q, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-24

sent an advance in governmental methods.
They ought to be part Of the new con-
stitution.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-24

That Travis H. Whitney should prove the
crack shot of the local heroes at Platts-
burg will surprise none of the various in
vestigators of the Public Service Commits
sion, although it may inspire caution.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-24

Scheme to Float American Submarines
Headline.
Heaven knows they need it!
Not William the Great, but William the
Red.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-24

Dorset, w., Aug. 81, 1915.
Evening star., 1915-10-31

two young men seemed always on hand
to dart into the street to rescue 1t. after
which, of course, it was a natural thing
for tete-a-t6te to follow. When she
ordered soda-water, the boy brought it
out to her cart, where she slipped it with
perfect insouciance. If she had sample
of dress goods or a spool of thread to
match, the dry-goods clerk brought it
out to her This curbstone service was
courtesy, it seemed, which tradesmen
always showed ladies in her former Ken
lucky home.
IN less than year, though, Logans-
= town seemed to pail upon Vivian.
She had riddled the hearts, in quick sue
cession, of most of the available young
men, meanwhile keeping her own whole.
and she was probably looking for new
worlds to conquer. So the next fall she
entered Goodwin Seminary, where she
studied music and French. After that she
went to Europe. She was gone altogether
more than two years. Wesley Clapsaddle
occasionally spoke of her being in Paris
or Vienna or Rome, where she was being
finished" in music, art, and the Ian
guages.
One day, as | stood on the First Ma
tional Bank corner with Val Hentzpeter,
the cashier. he said isn't that Clap
saddles girl?'
1t was. She was driving with great
facility gaudy little orangered French
automobiea gift from her aunt. after
ward learned. Just opposite us she gave
Evening star., 1915-10-31
Clapsaddle's Girl
By EIMORE ELLIOTT PEAKE
illustrations BY Douglas Duer
illustrations by Douglas Duer

their arrival, the family came to church
in fine carriage-that was before the
automobile bug had added every third
mans brain-behind a span of high
stepping black horses, driven by a darky
boy whom they had brought with them
from Kentucky. They also imported
cook, couple of maids, and an outside
man-all black AS you may imagine,
their plunge into our social pool made
quite splash.
Clapsaddle invariably wore silk hat,
white waistcoat, and frock-coat. Add to
these pair of hourishing burnsides, a
deep voice, and the manners of Chester
field, and you have an impressive figure.
Hence, when he announced, at a reception
rendered him by the Commercial Club,
that he intended to add wagon-hub
plant to the box factory, and intimated
that a favorable site might bring to
Loganstown another factory in which he
was Interested, Main Street hummed the
next day with talk of boom.
There were in the family two sons
then in college, two little girls, and Louise
Vivian, sixteen years old This young
lady fluttered the young people as much
as her father had their elders, and her
beautiful clothes must have inflicted
many pang of envy.
She spent most of her time in a little
red dog-cart drawn by spotted pony.
She could be seen on Main Street at al
most any hour of the day after ten, and
made pretty and picturesque figure.
If she dropped her whip or glove, at least
Evening star., 1915-10-31

the steering-wheel quick turn, and the
car whisked around half circle like
rabbit and stopped exactly at the curb
She was the handsomest woman | ever
saw, but she appeared entirely unaware of
the admiration she commanded. Unlike
her mother, she was democratic to the tips
of her fingers. She now shook hands with
Hentzpeter and me, chatted a minute over
her homecoming, and passed on.
Wallace Brand joined us moment
later. AS her high-heeled pumps twinkled
along the sidewalk, he watched her with
a whimsical smile, and said:
Gentlemen, there goes the most dam
gerous woman that ever lived in this town.
For most women men are called only to
work and live. She's the kind they fight
and die for
1t was about this time that Clapsaddle's
prosperity began to wane. People had
discovered that there was more smoke
than fire to him. He was visionary
in business. 1t had leaked out that it
was his wife's money-and the last OF
it-which financed his Loganstown enter
prses. He had since borrowed heavily
without disclosing the true state of his
affairs.
People began to stop calling on the
Capsaddles and failed to replace Vivians
name on their invitation lists.
We were entirely unprepared for the
next act in Vivian's drama. When Charlie
Holt, my clerk, slipped up to my desk
one morning and told me that Vivian and
Wallace Brand had been married the
night before, | was dumfounded.
Brand was thirteen years her senior,
and the longest-headed young fellow in
town-a man who loved work as most