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The broad ax., 1915-09-11
Current Comment.

Haiti is an example OF what may
happen to a country whose govern
ment is all politics and no statesman
Star.
The man Of the hour viii be the man
who cuts either with the pen or the
sword the gordian knot into which the
world has succeeded in tying itself
Baltimore American.
There is no gayety in European cap
itals now, and the reason is plain-the
American tourist is touring America
this year. And America VIII be hun
dred millions or so the richer for It,
while the tourist VIII gain something
ON his own account - Philadelphia
Press
The broad ax., 1915-09-11
Wonan's
Charging
Sphere.

At twenty-five q man used to begin
to live. but a woman was on the shelf.
Up to a few decades ago the woman OF
twenty-five. married or single, was
usually passee. II married she for
swore romance and spent her days In
dun and commendable faithfulness to
kinder, kirehe. kueche:' II unmarried
and minus an independent income.
heaven help herI She passed gently
into the maiden aunt stage-household
helper in general to any married sister,
brother. cousin that ever wanted her;
subject to call when there was illness.
dire need, a new baby or busting prep
arations for some important event; to
take errors and omissions meekly and
without complaint. Sometimes she
persisted in being young even at twen-
ty-seven and curled her hair and
squeaked her voice to a childish treble
and trained In a set Of kittenish man.
ners for social purposes. She hated
to give mp the thought OF ever being
married.
And here's her twentieth century
substitute who Is an undeveloped child
under twenty-five. She Is perfectly
willing to marry, but she has plenty Of
interests 20 occupy her II she doesn't
Moreover, she has plenty OF interests
IN addition to home and family when
she does marry.
For there Is one thing that business
and professional interests have done
for the modern woman which makes
them beyond price-that have protract-
ed youth and deferred recognition OF
old age indefinitely. Business and pro-
fessional life do for women what they
have done for men. II takes a man
about ten years TO put a business on
the level OF substantial success. Some
times 1t takes more. occasionally less.
The wei planned business life OF the
average man makes the years between
twenty and thirty hard plugging. At
thirty be begins to have a secure foot
ing, and II be has really lived. II he
has the rich human experience that
falls to the average normal Individual,
he Is a well rounded personality and IN
the prime OF life at forty.
Interesting occupation has showed
ahead woman's prime Of life similarly
The young bud Of nineteen or twenty
Is only pleasant TO look at or to play
with for little while. From twenty
to thirty. If she Is actively engaged IN
doing something worth while, she Is
developing continually. She Is enrich
ing her mind and personality by actual
contact with life, more real than that
viewed from the safe walls OF com
Portable home. She Is building her
business life. facing conflict daily.
learning self reliance. Her soul goes
unshielded through the fires OF expert
ence- At thirty she Is In the prime OF
life, rich In interest and human sympa-
thy and understanding. For it Is not
alone the patting OF baby curls that de
velops womanly sympathy, but work
ing In the world and seeing and expert
enctng what other men and women en-
dure.
Woman's life used to be mainly retro
spective. Before thirty she was al
ready engaged in the gentle occupation
Of reiterating again and again her
youthful experiences and conquests.
The modern woman with an oecupa-
don looks ahead The past Is to her
only a foundation, and her days are
filed with planning for next month.
next year and ten years ahead
The broad ax., 1915-09-11
Train and Track.

The Northern Railway company has
100 miles Of tracks IN Costa Rica
A French engineer has invented q
4ndbox for locomotives IN which q
stream Of water carries the sand TO tie
nis with minimum Of waste
April for some reason not entirely
deAr Il a month in which railway ac-
elcents are at their lowest ebb. accord
ing to the Railway Aes-Gezetts
The subway and elevated trains IN
ne bocoughs Of Manhattan and the
hronI, New YORK city. trayel ever Ssy
: distance equal 10 more than twice
NE eircumference o. the gioia
The broad ax., 1915-09-11

Concealing her identity In cap and
stripe for several weeks, POrtugal's ex-
queen has been working as q trained
nurse In the Third London general hos
pital at Wandsworth, England.
Entering the hospital as a probation
er and insisting that her identity be
kept secret, her majesty has been
working eight hours a day, performing
all the heavy work assigned to other
nurses Every morning she motors to
the hospital from Richmond
For weeks her patients, not recogniz-
ing the ex-Queen, addressed her as plain
''ma'am." Only the sister In charge Of
her ward knew the secret till recently.
The broad ax., 1915-09-11
SHORT AND SHARP.

Here investments relate to finance.
In Europe they refer to forts.
Be prepared for an emergency, and
ten chances to one It won't turn ND.
The man who doesn't ten an he
knows gives people the privilege of
guessing.
War has brought down the cost Of
rsdium. This VIII cause a gasp Of pop-
ular relief.
Another disagreeable thing about the
weather-people are always wanting to
talk about It
Predicting the end Of the war Is ike
predicting the end OF the world. No
body knows anything about it.
tn be a hard matter to make the
real fighters take any very deep inter-
est In war pageant" later on.
Why do bankers continue 70 talk Of
idle money! Reach out for a dollar
and watch IT amble In the other d.
rection-
Quite possibly the war which the
kaiser says win end In October a the
same one that Earl Kitchener said
would begin in May.
The rest Of the world VIII welcome
the day when Europe Is confronted
with the serious question Of what to
do with its ex-trenches
There wasn't trouble enough ON top
Of the ground so. OF course, Vesuvius,
Etna and StromboI had to contribute
a little Gehenna from within.
II seems particularly appropriate that
the exoneration Of Eve based on Phila-
delphia's tablet declaring Noah caused
the fall Of man should come In this era
Of feminism.
The broad ax., 1915-09-11
Riddle.

may be made Of brass, paper OF
wood. / may live for a century or be
easily defaced and lost l am given
as a token Of love, and yet the sight OF
me may cause sorrow. Sometimes 1
hold q stream a tree. a bird ana .
bush; sometimes hold only a face. l
NAV look Ike you or Ike your friend.
I NAV be black or white and so small
I may be seen In your eye.
Answer.-A picture
The broad ax., 1915-09-11

Photo by American Press Association.
One Of the features at a recent wa
ter carnival held at College Point, N.
Y, was the swimming feats Of Miss
Katherine Brown, the fve-year-oId
daughter OF Commodore AL Brown, the
champion long distance swimmer Of
the world The little tot not alone
swan a hundred yards in fast time,
but performed some remarkable diving
stunts from a thirty-fve foot stand
especially erected for the occasion.
Miss Brown has been swimming since
she was three years old and Is consid-
cred a water marvel for her age. She
does not alone use the breast stroke
while swimming. but can use the crawl
and the trudgeon as well. The Illus
tration shows Miss Brown on the div
ing board showing some OF her little
friends how to begin the breast stroke.
No need TO say the listeners are paying
strict attention TO her advice.
The broad ax., 1915-09-11

Here investments relate to finance,
In Europe they refer to fOrtA
The broad ax., 1915-09-11

II seems particularly appropriate that
the exoneration Of Eve based on Phila-
delphia's tablet declaring Noah caused
the fall Of man should come In this era
Of feminism.
The broad ax., 1915-09-11

Be prepared for an emergency, and
ten chances to one It won't turn up.
The broad ax., 1915-09-11

There wasn't trouble enough ON top
Of the ground so. OF course, Vesuvius,
Etna and Strombon had to contribute
q little Gehenna from within.
The broad ax., 1915-09-11

The man who doesn't tel all he
knows gives people the privilege of
guessing.
The broad ax., 1915-09-11

War has brought down the cost Of
radfum. This VIII cause a gasp Of pop
Mar relief.
The broad ax., 1915-09-11

The rest Of the world wiz welcome
the day when Europe Is confronted
with the serious question Of what to
do with its ex-trenches.
The broad ax., 1915-09-11

Another disagreeable thing about the
weather-peOple are always wanting to
talk about It
The broad ax., 1915-09-11

tn be a hard matter to make the
real fighters take any very deep inter
est In a war pageant" later on.
The broad ax., 1915-09-11

Predicting the end Of the war Is ike
predicting the end OF the world No
body knows anything about it.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-07-26
death comes SUDDENLY
TO JAMES ". SHAFFER

John w Shaffer. Of No. 1903 Lam
caster avenue. contractor, died un-
expectedly at his home yesterday. He
was IS years old.
Mr.. Shaffer had been i'll for some
time. but he was thought to be
convalescing. He was planning to go
to Bowers Beach to stay the re-
mainder of the summer, but a turn
for the worse came Saturday and yes
terday eliminating in his death.
Mr.. Shaffer had been in the roofing
and carpentering business for many
years. and was widely known. IT
one time he was a member of the
Board of Education. For many years
he had been a tenter at Brandywine
Summit Camp. He is survived by his
wife and one son, Carl Shaffer, who
is manager for a big asphalt and paw
ing corporation. with headquarters N
Baltimore.
Funeral services will be held at
the late home tomorrow evening, and
interment will be made at Barratt's
Chapel on Wednesday morning.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-07-26
RAID Chinese HOUSE;
Get many WITNESSES

Police Sergeant Bayley and a squad
Of officers raided the Chinese restau-
rant at No. 305 Shipley street at
o'clock Sunday morning and arrested
the proprietor Wong Quong on a
charge of conducting a disorderly
house. Twenty-three persons caught
in the place when the raid was made
were taken to the police station and
held as witnesses. The majority Of
them we're colored. In City Court to-
day Quong asked that his case be
continued until tomorrow and his re-
quest was granted.
Quong was before City Court about
six months ago on a charge of selling
intoxicating liquors without a license
at a restaurant which he conducted
at Ninth and French streets. AT that
time he was fined 500 and commit
ted to the workhouse for thirty days.
When released from the workhouse he
opened the Shipley street restaurant
and has been there ever since.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-07-26
"Visif and Search" Precdufion
May Prevent Rupture Over the
Sinking of the LeeIanaw
By The United Press.

By The United Press.
LONDON. July 26.--The American
owned steamer Leelanaw, flying the
American flag and carrying a crew
composed principally of Americans.
was torpedoed OFF the Orkney Islands
according 10 dispatches from Kirk
wall today. The crew was saved in the
ships own boats.
Before sinking the vessel. the Ger
man u boat commander exercised the
visit and search" required by inte--
national rules of warfare. Kirwall des-
patches stated. If official reports
bear out this statement the attack on
Leelanaw probably will not precipitate
crisis between the United States and
Germany The dispatches say the
submarine commander first assured
himself that the steamer carried con-
traband OF war and then gave the crew
time To take 10 the boats. In diplo-
matte circles here. Il was declared, the
Leelanaw incident, therefore becomes
almost identical with that of the
American bark William p. Frye, sunk
ny a AAtA MlNAl NC AAAAhAH AhN 80
not of the same character as the attack
on the Lusitania, the repetition OF
which America has warned Germany
would be considered as deliberately
unfriendly"
The Leelanaw was en- route from
Archangel TO Belfast. after discharg'
/ ing a cargo of cotton at the Russian
port. She found Il necessary TO stor
at Belfast on her return trip Ia
America to take on a supply Of oil fol
fuel and probably for this reason, &C
cepted a cargo of fax from Archangel
to Belfast. Flax was declared con.
trabrand of war by the German gov.
eminent In April. For that reason IN,
German submarine commander appar
emily was acting within his rights IN
destroying the cargo, but oversteppet
the bounds of international law n
sinking the steamer and setting The
crew adrift in open boats.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-07-26
Street PAVING men
STRIKE: TIE UP WORK

Many laborers employed by the
Topeka Paving Company, of Brook
Ign, n. Y. which is working on the
city street paving work, went on a
strike today and tied up the opera
tons in several parts Of the city
where work was in progress. A dis
put has arisen between the contractor
and the men. who demanded higher
wages than paid by the company
There was no disturbance on the
part of the men, most OF whom stop
ped work early today when requests
for more pay we're refused by the
company. About 165 men we're en-
ployed throughout the city in the paw
ing work. In Washington street. be-
tween Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth
streets. only two men continued to
work after the others quit this morn
ing.
A number of Transfers also joined
the strikers.
Frank D. Van Horn. superintendent
% the company. who is in charge of
the work in Wilmington. could not be
located at his Office today, il being
said that he was out of the city.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-07-26

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vice. Your letter will be opened
read and answered by a woman
and held in strict confidence.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-07-26
Police MOTORCYCLE
SQUAD NOW Formed
To Be Composed of Officers
Robinson, McElroy, Ma
honey and Kane
SERGEANT DAVIS TO
BE IN CHARGE OF 1T

Chief of Police Black today an
nounced that Patrolmen Mahoney and
Kane have been detailed TO do motor
cycle duty, and they with the present
squad. oficers Robinson and McElroy.
will constitute the squad created by
the Police Commission some time ago.
Sergeant Joseph A. Davis, late of the
United States army. will be sergeant
and have charge of the four men.
''-.~-l~,r-' Willard S. Sharpless.
who has been doing special duty at
the police station since his recovery
from wounds inflicted by Peter Kra-
kus, is transferred to street duty and
Patrolman Davidson, who is recov-
ering from wounds at the Delaware
!.t-., .s named in place OF sharp
less as special officer. The orders be-
come effective this evening. Included
in the general orders issued today
were a number of changes of Off
GERS from one district to another. I'm
der the new orders. the men will serve
under the following captains:
CAPTAIN Evans, j. G. Riley Dut-
ton .. Morrow. McGillion; 3, Veasey
Mammele: 4, Serson. Reese; o, Pur'
cell. Mcbride; s, Jolly, johnson; Z
Maloney Donlon;' S. McGranary, zeb'
ley; 9. Burns. Collins; 10, Sheehy Gill
ing: Il, diMare, sharpless; II. j. J
Riley, Kelley: Is, Sworter, Payne; IA
sweeney, Kempski; IS, Walker, West
is. Warren. John Scott; II, Elliott
Palmer: Is. Bullock and one to be as
signed.
Captain Kane-l, Burchenal. Crozier
2. Fox. S. T. Brown; 5, Abrahams, Mas
sew; 4, Mcl<eown, n. Brown; 3, Lewis
Bradford; g. Snyder, Gamble; 7, Virder
England; s. Barr, Mclaughlin; Q, Daw
son. Crussemeyer; 10. Todd. Peterson
II. Wallace. Edward p, Flynn, Lefasf
ion; 10. s. D. Scott. Biscoe; IA. Jakr
howski. Hawke; Is. Tesla. ]. T. Scott Il
Carey, Long; II, Mcdaniel, Jordan; Il
Sutton. one unassigned.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-07-26
VATICAN AIDING Wilson
FOR Peace. IS Reported

ZURICH. Switzerland July l0.-Ac-
cordng 10 the Neue Zuricher Zeitung.
rumors emanating from Vatican circles
to the effect that representatives of the
bellgerent nations will soon meet IN
Switzerland TO discuss informally the
conditions under which peace negota-
tons could be begun are pcrsistently
current.
President Wilson is said to have mi
tiated this conference.
CONSTANTINOPLE, June 2S.-A
dispatch from Carlo says that a num-
Der of Egyptian notables have ap-
preached the Khedive asking him 10
induce England to conclude peace
with Turkey. because the war against
the Caliphate was contrary TO tbs
religious sentiments of Mussulmsni
living under the British flag.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-07-26
FIX SCHEDULE FOR
Water BOARD WORK
Charge TO individuals or
Corporations Higher
Than Estimates
DOES NOT APPLY TO
REGULAR PROJECTS

At the meeting Of the Water Com
missiopers this morning II was de-
cided TO change the departments bank
from the Second street branch to the
Tenth street branch of the Whining
ton Trust Company. This change was
made for convenience, the latter
branch being closer TO the depart
monts Offices.
Employers liability insurance poll
cies ordered sometime ago we're re-
ceived and approved by the board to-
day. A special feature OF these poll
cies is the protection of the commits
sioners when doing any work for the
board, as we'll as insurance of the de-
partment's employees against injury
and death
The following resolution offered by
Mr. Coke and seconded by Captain
Wilson, was adopted:
Resolved, That this department
shall charge according to the follow
ing schedule for all materials fur
nished and work performed with the
exception of regular extension OF
maintenance operations:
Material actual cost plus Is pei
cent; plumbers. 20 cents per hour
] helpers. 40 cents per hour; laborers
80 cents per hour; caulkers, as cents
per hour; drillers. As cents per hour
drivers, 40 cents per hour; teams. AZ
cents per hour; PAYERS, SIS cents pei
hour; meter testers, 20 cents pei
hour. This schedule is subject tC
change without notice"
II was explained that frequently the
department is requested to do plumb
ing work for individuals In order e
do this work and not do il cheaper
than regular plumbers, this schedule
which is really higher than plumbers
charge, was adopted. hoping ii would
be the cause of individuals employing
Irregular plumbers TO do their work.
According to the City Treasurer
report there remains in hank 10 the
\ credit of the department S13,89S5 SO.
The weekly payroll of Sl.S39.1S ant
the monthly payroll of Sl,3S5 were
approved and ordered paid.
Chief Engineer Hopes reported
having installed hydrants at Lancas
ter avenue and DUPONT street, Shall
cross avenue and Union street. an,
Seventh avenue and Coleman. The
lpumpage for the week amounted t
49, $4,000 gallons
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-07-26
BANK IN TEMPORARY QUARTERS.

At 9 o'clock this morning the Sec
ond street Office of the Wilmington
Trust Company opened for business in
temporary quarters in the old Ross
Building. No. 2O6 Market street The
dasks at the Second street office was
started at noon on Saturday as soon
as the bank closed This morning
John 2. Healy and Son contractors.
commenced work on the alterations 10
the Second street office. The buildings
in the rear have been removed and the
foundations for the addition are par
TALLY finished. The window frames
for the basement are being put in
place.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-07-26
BESSIE HAMILTON.
Ressie hamilton bad returned.

Bessie Hamilton has returned.
This fact became known dehnitely,
this afternoon. when il was reported
that the daughter of Mrs. Anna NJ
Hess. who has been missing for near
ly three weeks was al her home. No
917 lowering avenue. Mrs. Hess de-
MED this and said the girl was at the
home of Walter Parker. OF Ardmore.
Pa. where she was bound when last
seen In Wilmington, more than two
weeks ago. A doctors automobile
which was in front Of the Hess home
for more than an hour this afternoon
was regarded with interest by neigh
bors. who declared they believed
something had befallen the young
woman.
Despite the reports that Miss
Hamilton mysteriously returned "a
her home here this morning, no one
is known to have seen her enter the
Lowering avenue home. Mrs. He's.
emphatically denied that her daugh
ter was there, saying that a docto
had been called to attend herself "
have been suffering a nervous break
down. said Mrs Hess, land the doc
tor is here TO Sc me-"
Mrs Hess declared that she ;earne
of her daughters return when Mis-
| Hamilton called her on a telephon
| from Ardmore, about 1890 o'clocl
this morning. Bessie said Hello
mamma. said Mrs. Hess. 4 an
back here safe. | have been az AT
lantic CITY with friends. Please CONF
up TO see mel
Asked If she intended to visit hel
daughter at Ardmore. Mrs. Hess de
clared that she did not Il am to,
! in 10 make the trip" she said.
I Miss Hamilton, who has been songh
lby police OF Wilmington and Philade
phia since her disappearance nearl
three weeks ago. left her home here o
,iJuly 7 to return TO the Parker home, a
Ardmore. Not receiving any letters frol
her Mrs. Hess, her mother. BECAME wol
lred and telephoned the Parker hom
\ She was told that her daughter never r'
turned there The police then were not
fed.
II was reported early today that III
missing girl had been staying at III
home Of friends at Forty Acres TIL
was denied by Mrs. Hess, who said I'll
leirl knew no one there.
Speaking to an EVENING JOUR
NAL representative early today Mrs
Hess said she believed her daughte
was dead and someone prevented he
letters reaching here.
How Miss Hamilton came to be a
Atlantic City could not be eXplaine
by Mrs. Hess this afternoon.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-07-26
American RED CROSS
Will WITHDRAW help
Because of Lack of Funds 1t
Cannot Maintain Doctors
AT Front After Oct. /
MAY CONTINUE
BELGIAN UNITS

WASHINGTON. July 26.--American
Red Cross doctors and nurses will be
withdrawn from the European battle
field October l, because of lack of
funds to maintain them longer at
their stations.
1t is possible that the two units in
Belgium, where the greatest need ex-
lists. will be continued. but the other
fourteen detachments will return to
the United States. The Serbian sanl-
tary Commission and other work sup
ported by special contribution will 90
on as long as those contributions are
available, but the general fund col
lected in the United States, amount-
ing to s1,56o,OOO. will be exhausted on
October /.
The Red Cross has sent to the war
ring countries S67 persons engaged
in humanitarian enterprises. OF that
number, seventy-one were surgeons
and 253 nurses, while forty-three
were members OF the Serbian Sanitary
Commission. England, France, Rus
STA, Germany, Austro-Hungary, Ser
bia and Belgium each received one OF
more units, which means one or more
complete hospitals with doctors
nurses and other attendants. with all
necessary supplies and equipment.
Thousands of w bundled and sick hav
been cared for. Financial aid was sen
also To- hospitals aud other institution
IN many countries and supplies Of band
ages and drugs have been rushed TO tn
war zones by every steamship. The ad
ministrative expenses of the huge under
taking have been paid by the Red eros
itself and not taken from the fund con
tributed Tor relief.