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Evening journal., 1915-08-17
REGRETrABLF IABoR DISTURBANCES

THREE of Wilmngton's large and representative
industrial plants affected directly by strike
OF maohinists that declared yesterday others may
be affected directly indirectly by the labor trouble
The strikers demand an eight-hour day and a twenty
per cent increase in wages. That demand the en-
ployers assert is equivalent thirty-tvo per cent
increase as compared with wages under present
hours
It is pity the local industrial field is Disturbed
by such conflict between employers and employees
We express, we feel sure. the sentiment of the entire
community when we say hope the contendng in
teress soon Will reach basis of understanding that
will be mutually satisfactorily and that will enable
the plants to resume the orderly transaction Of bus
ness
Evening journal., 1915-08-17
OUR NATION AND WAR MTrNTToNs

A DVoCATES Of world peace should not become un-
duly alarmed because the War Department has
asked American manufacturers of war supplies for
definite information relative to their productive ca
pacity in event OF this country becoming involved in
war.
II is information that should in the possession of
our government as part and parcel Of the movement
looking to preparedness for Past experience has
shown that our government depends largely upon pri-
vate manufacturers for its munitions. That is
true even in time of peace. the government factories
cannot begin to supply the needs Of the and the
navy. As many American plants tied up at this
time by contracts with foreign nations IL Is all the
more important that the matter of turning out sup
plies for government be inquired into care
fully.
Evening journal., 1915-08-17
Whaf the Seamen's Act Has Done
(From the New York Tribune.)

When the directors Of the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company announced
two months ago that their fleet could
by no means survive under the pre-
posterous conditions of an act sup
posed to have been devised for the
benefit OF American seafaring men,
there were not a few who made light
Of the complaint and laughed deris-
lively at the intlmation that hcfore
November the ships would probably
be sold or leased or transferred to
some service that would suffer less
from the restrictions Of the seamens
law.
Now we learn tnat the Atlantic
Transport Company has already taken
over FIVE of the vessels Of the trans
pacific feet-the Manchuria, Non
golia, Korea. Siberia and China The
last sailing of any of these ships for
an Oriental port is announced for
next week in future they will all
be turned to account in the Atlantic
trade.
II Is possible that those who were
so scornful Of the original threat may
be dismayed al the outcome, but ii
will surprise no one who has duly
considered the unavoidable conse-
quences of an act that was passed
without the slightest regard to expert
advice and experience. The rule that
no ships shall be permitted TO leave
any port in the country unless sew
entry-hve per cent. of the crew speak
the same language as the officers
were alone sufficient TO seal the fate
of many ships under American reg
istry
Evening journal., 1915-08-17

military nations to obtain. wherever
they can. the materal with which tc
defend themselves against aggressive
military nations that threaten theii
existence. The United states has al.
ways contended for and supported
this principle. not so much for the
protection of the rights of its mer.
chants as for its love OF liberty and
from consideration for its own de.
fence and preservation.
The United States has realized
that unless this principle is recog-
nized and upheld there must be i'm.
mediate abandonment of all thought
of anything like permanent peace in
this world. all hope of the very eNis-
tece of the less populous races and
the smaller nations which have con-
tributed so much to civilization. Fol-
so long as there exists an aggres.
sively military nation. prepared for
and bent upon conquest. denial tc
other nations of the right to pur-
chase munitions in the markets of
the world would inevitably result in
one of two things.
Either non-military nations would
be crushed out of existence or every
government would be compelled to
draw the life blood from its people
in an effort to build up and equip a
military machine for its own de-
fences. For neither. the one thine
nor the other do the American peO-
pie and their government stand.
Evening journal., 1915-08-17
EDUCATION BOARD AND PUBLIC FUNDS

(NITY COUNCIL is the law-making body of our city
~ When 1t appropriates certain amount Of money
Tor the maintenance Of public school system it is
the duty Of the Board Of Education to live within that
amount The fact that IL does not think the fund ap-
propriaed is large enough 10 meet our citys educa-
uonal needs does not warrant II in going ahead
and making unlawful expenditures and contracting un-
lawful debts. 1t should do the best it can with the
money 1t has at its command. Having done that it
viii be free from deserved criticism on that score
II Is unfortunate for public schools that the Bay
nardCooper control Of the Department of Education
is exceedingly unpopular with the masses of our peo-
pie and that It has not the confidence and respect OF
City Council. Under different management the de-
partment no doubt would fare better in the public
mind and in City Hall. The fact that the manage
ment is unpopular and that It lacks the confidence OF
Council, will not excuse IT, however in continuing to
make unlawful expenditures money and to contract
floating Indebtedness for the city to pay
Even II litigation be necessary, the Board Of Edu-
cation should be compelled to live within its appro-
priation.
Evening journal., 1915-08-17
A COSTLY POSSESSION

GERMANY is sorely disappointed. Thanks to the
- strategy Of Grand Duke Nicholas. General Won
Hndenberg has failed to bottle up the Russian army
IL cost tens Of thousands of German lives and mil
lions Of German treasure to carry this failure and
the end is not yet.
That Germany has Warsaw and a large part Of Po-
land cannot be denied There is no doubt however
that with the Russian army at large and already be-
ing gotten in readiness to strike another blow. the
possession Of that territory will be expensive men
and money. and TO weaken German offensive
in other quarters notably the western front
Evening journal., 1915-08-17
GEMS OF THOUGHT

How near to good is what is fairl-Ben Jonson
.-.-.:
Keep thy friend under thy own lfe's key.-"Alls wen
That Ends Well"
.-.-f-s
is easy TO be wise for others than for our
selves.-Rochefoucauld
.-.-e-.
Don't do anything till you do it and then when you
have done II, stop doing it--Gillette
.-.-.-.
How much lies in laughter: the cipher where
with we decipher the whole man-Carlyle.
We know greater characters unless there is in
ourselves something congenial TO it.-Channing
Evening journal., 1915-08-17
sMITCHING THE COWS nan.

THE ALUMNI NEWS Of Delaware College contains
the following terse and pointed editorial:
We wonder tn al with the greatest number OF Alumni
in city living in Wilmington, and the next largest
in Philadelphia. how long these two venerable COM
muntes will continue 10 emulate the cows tail in the
matter OF Alumni organizations.
That should impel Delaware College men in this
city and in Philadelphia to bestr themselves and to
get rid Of the cows-ail reputation that been at
taohed to them by the ofioisl paper Of their alma
mater
Evening journal., 1915-08-17

The rumor Of Ambassador Maryes resignation brings
Senator Jim Ham Lewis into view to urge the promo
tion OF Minister Vopcka, whose fame in his present
post in the Balkans rests upon the wearing of
dollar shirts and his using the telephone 10 de-
cline invitation from the Queen Of Bulgaria But
there must be other deserving Democrats"
Evening journal., 1915-08-17

4 MA The Association Of Amer-
= fasAIa lean Advertisers has ex-
! NIW aninsd and certified 60
che cireulation of this pub
} hentien. The figures % circulation
y oontained in the Associations ~
port only are guaranteed.
I Association Of American Advertisers
Ma 4lH whIishsIi BIdu. 4 =. cl1
Evening journal., 1915-08-17

The Association si
American Adrortia-
ers Ia composed OF
aii the great advos-
tiaers OF tnin coun.
try Tho Associa.
tior endorses orly
such papers az sub
nit 20 its exnmina.
tion az any Eomtnt,
and positive proof
mukt be submitted
The accompanying
certificate. No. 4t5t,
has been inAsd n
tAia pspas.
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ing Of pace by their stables racing mon.
who were always alert for the upraised
arm and the waving hand, the signal
from flying car that trouble ha1 lit On
the radiator and that "A stop had to
be made next turn.
They did things. those pit men. Let IL
be tire trouble and they had a new
wheel on In thirty seconds Let IL he
need of gssolene and the tar was fun
In ten seconds. Stretching "A long con-
crete length across from the grand stand
and divided into sections, II was the
busy spot Of the afternoon, a spot where
miracles were performed while a mar
thought twice. And In the end the pit
received with such generous praise as
1t could summon those defeated heroes
who descended into 1t from their dead
and silent cars.
The race with all OF its thrill and
stir, it's clamor and roar. its frverish
excitement. was over II done with n
4 L. NJ, and then began the rush to
trains and cars, one heard many things
In that pell nell stampede for hOIne hut
somehow the thing that seemed most TO
voice itself was this:
IL men can safely twiddle their fin
gers at death while travelling lO2 miles
an hour where will the thing stop"
When the late Harry Grant won the
Vanderbilt cup Race in 1910. the last
great race New York saw until yester-
days, his average speed was G2.S miles
an hour. Gil Anderson beat this by
forty miles to the hour. At this rate,
given the man. the road n tho car, one
may breakfast in New York and dine
quite easily In CHICAGO.
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Only six Cars Finish.


twenty cars started in the great ace
and only six covered the fun course Of
$50 miles. How emphatically the Amer
lcan cars triumphed may be determined
by the fact that OF the six nve were
American made and the sixth was
French. With GIL Anderson first. Tom
Rooney second, both in Stutz cars Eddie
oDonnell third I'm a Dusenberg. Pete
Anderson fourth in n DusenberE, and
Tom Alley fifth In an Ogren Special
there was no oom for doubt as to the
durability Of the American racing car
when matched with the best output Of
n French factory. The best the French
men could do was to take sixth prize,
, which Carl l.imberg won in a Delage.
The estimate that 5000 persons saw
l'he race is conservative, since Everard
Thompson, general manager OF the
speedway, placed the estimate officially
AZ 100000. Mr.. Thompson figured that
J',OoO persons were in the long grand
stand and in the boxes. that $1,000
were accommodated in the bleachers or
general admission stand. and that fully
$1,000 persons We're in the infield. Per-
sons accustomed to guessing at the size
"I vast crowds made the attendance
hgure less, but this may be said. that
the tremendous size Of the Speedway
enclosure might have dwarfed the crowd
70 less than its real proportions. Say
mat the greatest crowd that ever wit
messed "A sporting event within an en-
closed field saw the Aston Cup struggle
and II will be near enough to the mark
and fact,
From early morning until midafter-
noon they thronged to the Speedway
fron the Is. II. It's network and from
tlp unfpn1nhila roads Laxu ~ thar,
had any realization of the proportions
or significance of the mighty temple
erected to sheer speed. There were
gdSpS and EXPLANATIONS of anna zemen
When the grim extent of the ourse and
us structural parts was c~omprehended.
In that crowd were thousands per-
haps who recalled the charm OF the
sheepshead Bay racetrack in the DAYS
when the thoroughbred was king-when
Inc names of Whitney and keene were
more significant than the name OF mer
VINO build automobiles. when Colin and
-SySonby and Artful and Beldamc meant
<lnore perhaps than Stutz and Peugeoi
tnd pusenberg. There were thousands
who recalled the soft tones and delight.
hl atmosphere of the old track, with
lawns and trees all green and flowers
ADJOINING round about and no sound
= ar,her perhaps h a bandman's in.
slruucnt out Of tune.
They saw at a glance yesterday tina
me poetry is gone from Sheepsheat
forever What Is there now is "A symbo
~ vO.ent power and ruthless speed
Strength, intensity. determination. al
an" Symbolized in the great raw spaces
IN" AOrmpus yellow stands. the vast in
1eli cut 20 its bone OF clay by the pass
.r Of rapid cars, Even the few sur
wing groves of maple had beer
shcired of their lower branches unit
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rod. SO that he was out OF the race at
los miles
With Resta out OF it, Aiken. who had
been delayed by tire trouble. started out
to take charg. OF the race. Anderson
led at l2o miles, In l hour . minutes
80 seconds At the rate of l03.j2 miles
an hour. When i4O miles had been cov-
erred Anderson was still leader. but by
"A simmer margin. He made the dis
lance IN 81 minutes 10 seconds. which
Is 1880 miles an hour. Altken was
clicked In 50 minutes I second Bur
man was % seconds behind this and
Rooney . seconds back of Rurman. De
Palma then was "A good fifth. followed
by ODonncll. VAN. Henderson. Linn
berg. lie cain. Ilaupt and Alley.
Nearing 100 miles Vail. driver OF the
Milford Special. WAS overcome by the
fumes of burning castor oil and had to
give way to George Thebold, n relief
driver, who was the only relief man used
In the race, At l56 miles IL. Cain went
out of tn" race when he broke the
clutch on the pugh Special.
Aiken was making up ground all the
time, but slowly OF curse. for Anderson
wasn't luafing. When they got to 100
miles Anderson led by 90 seconds. lie
made 1t in 80 minutes . seconds. at the
rate OF l0S1S miles an hour. Aitken
was second, Rooney third and Burman
fourth. just TWO seconds separated the
latter pair. II was developing into a
four Cornered race, with the two Stutzes
against the two French cars.
Aiken shot into thu lead at lS6 miles
and Anderson at that point left the track
for his only stop '1r gasolcne. Aiken
pounded along in great style. He soon
was leading by the better part OF a lap.
He had about a minute On Anderson at
200 miles. which he covered In 1l6 min
utes 81 econds. Rooney was still lead
ing Rurman. DE Palma was NTH.
pDonnell sixth, Henderson seventh and
the others Of the field, which was COM
nrised of eleven cars, trailing. De
Palma didn't last much longer Greatly
Ia the regret of the thousands OF his
rartisans in the stands he withdrew
after 2O6 miles, having frozen a piston.
Aitken was SO far ahead at this point
that 1t looked like a duel between the
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VICTORY IS a TRIUMPH
FOR AMERICAN MOTORS

1t was a notable triumph for two
American motor car makers. because
the Suites ran one. two, and the
motors In all the other cars that fin
ished. save the Delage. that came home
sixth. were made by Fred Duescnberg
Of Minnesota. The Stutzes not only
proved that they were able to stand
the strain Of the fercest competition
but showed also hat terriically fast
motors alone will not necessarily I'LL
the bill.
The air was filled with the sounds OF
popping connecting rods AS one after
another Of the proud French speed
beauties succumbed to the terrific
pounding they were getting, The pace
that the French cars set made the race
fast indeed. but the fact that never
before has such average speed been
attained By any car in a race OF this
distance proves the quality or the Stutz
cars most emphatically.
The race was run about as had been
expected by a great many. The French
cars were pushed hard from the start.
the idea being to make the going so fast
that those who followed must crack.
1t was. however. the pacemaker who
cracked, because after Resta had 10
quit Just after passing 100 miles 1t
was Aitken who took UP the burden
and tried to make n killing, with the re-
suit that he was nut Of IT after going
2&2 miles, The hardest luck In the
whole race was that of Bob Burman.
who was driving IA magnificent race
in his Pengeot, With only two laps tn
go. and right on top OF Rooney, he
broke "A gear In his transmission and
had to stand there while Anderson and
Rooney won as they pleased,
Victory without Luck.
The Stuts team, which Harry Stuts
himself managed, let nothing fall to
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WIN me ranKhess OF burning OH,
scoTcheu n,etai ana sAsoiene. AZ speeu
increased blue stroke STABBED from the
EXHAUST pipes ana AZ times Who'e shee's
OF name darted IN the wake OF these
turns thev became by a beautiful iIlu.
sion no longer hre chariots held To
earth but soaring. shiinnering aero
planes, Light playing on the ehafnelleu
cars seemed literally to lft them from
the dark track where II rose from the
level and made the SWIM. silver hEing
machines, against a gloomy BACK
ground. The illusion passed instantly
when they swept down from the banked
turns and struck rward on the level
stretches, But 1t was wonderfully beau
tiful while It lasted. the most beautiful
spectacle OF the roaring afternoon.
There was another curious illusion
produced by the great race--tho illu-
sion of safety. Not II accident, how
ever trivial. married the success of the
race meet. but somehow after watch
ing the reckless precision of those flying
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,;,Lor hI., tho !. ,hfrtyoi,h, ,,n,.
,ra ,n,L ,nir,, rnn ,r, nr,,ef,h s.nnnt.
a. nato Ma 'chan,. A, ,or,v ,n,,.. n.
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- '", q. "'
~. .l 49,, u. H. ,nn
wv s,a"' ""S "N."t ''",s, i",
INV '"' l 7'"" 49, "''',N ~ .'."'
una IA Nil\. was pr"N'l' ma, put tn's
s'u'@ OUT OF me ru'l''it' iiA'p" IN me
Sehrlhs was "a tH!S ''Ih' h"N'ne th'
mrs, '" " Ser,rS "i 'r""'leN WV" ms
spark plugs lie t"ipt SlN minutes al
The pits,
All this time I.esta was certainly
looping Il. He was timed for The twenty
second lap In 90 seconds. witch is nearly
10 miles AN hour. the fastest time made
by any car at the track, Lap after lap
ne was making better than lO7 miles
To tho hour. so il WAS mo- wonder when
no had IN corn, off at the wenty-niuth
In .,,,,.,y miles fnr "A t,re chaupc
NTH ,as, hin, ,weut,.sev.n seconds
w.. i,,,Ian,auv ,h, l,ai ,yrich v,en, "a
M ,nlars,, "a u,a in mo nf,v.,iyhth
:" H .na, i",i.,., Ua> u,aIr ,,r,aI uith ,
NV 'n"t : -, Co..
."1",,',"e ~ w., W ,n 4, oan,orra
~ VA! W q e. "'N'"H "
The time NJ s'NtE mics was ~ MN
utes ~ seconds Tor anderson rms
was al The rate OF IVA" ihlleS an hour'
but ltestas would nave beef raster
Aiken VINO was ON 'as' ana putn-
Ing up tires, hau 10 make ms lourth
change AT about siNty-iour miles FIESTA
had IA stern chase from SIXTY 10 elshlS
miles, where Anderson araln ied' cover
Ing the distance III ~ minutes ~ Sec
onns' al ,he r"ua VI n"",'' n'''rs an
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luck. The cars were driven as care
fully as was consistent with maintain
ing speed enough to he In the hunt at
all times. 1t IL worth while noting
that Gil Anderson, the winner. stopped
Just once in the race, leaving the course
at lS6 miles for forty seconds to take
on gasolene. lie did not change his
of the car and to he merits of the
Silvertown castings ms well, For that
matter. Tom Rooney. the second man,
changed only one tire In the race. Just
about the 100 mile mark. Eddie
O'Donnell. who drove the car that came
home third. was another who made
no tire changes. In fact he did not
cave the track for any cause IN the
$50 miles. Rooney and O'Donnell used
the same tires AS Anderson. Indeed,
all the tires ave those of Alley were
silvertowns. Alley drove his Ogren
without change. incidentally II was
claimed by the Ogren camp that It was
Alley. not Pete Henderson. who finished
fourth, as two laps had not been
counted for Alley. a protest will be
made on this point.
When the race started there were
twenty cars In the field, as neither the
T.. n, p, nor the Erwin Special came to
the line. This made five rows of four
cars each, which spun around for IA
warming up lap, n then almost at the
stroke Of ~ O'Clock crossed the line to
begin the battle. Resta, who had the
pole. kept on streaking along. and 1t was
plain 10 be seen hat he meant to make
the pace a hot one. He was barely
warmed up for the first mile, which was
covered Just IA trife better than 100 miles
m hour. Aitken and the other Peugeot
rivers, with Oldheld close up, led the
van. The three Stutzes. Anderson,
Rooney and Cooper. were right there at
the tail end Of the first division,
milford pressed Resta hard for n lap
or so and Oldfeld WAS right close Al
his tirss. Almost before the race was
on, however, both Milford and OldHeld
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Stutzes and Burman for the place
honors. They were having "A seesaw
fight and to show how close ii was these
were the positions at 22O miles: Aiken,
121 n a. seconds Burman. 12S
minutes IS seconds Anderson. l2s min
utes $3.50 ecOnd Rooney, l2S minutes
So seconds, The leader was doing l03. 81
miles an hour and the other airs just
about l02. 35 miles an hour
Peugeot IL Out NJ II.
Anderson and the others had a chance
to make up ground on Aitken a few laps
later when he stopped for %gasolene. That
cost him only 80 seconds. however. and
he was still leading when at 242 miles
the catastrophe came. He rolled up to
his pit and started TO Ak the spark
plugs he thought were at fault. As he
stood there the water came gushing
through his exhaust manifold in streams
and that finished the career Of the
Peugeot.
All eyes then were on the great
three cornered fight that Burman and
the Stutz drivers We're making. Tom
Rooney. the novice ns u driver In the
big time events led the field ut 26o miles,
led by courtesy OF hundredths OF a sec
ond that is. for the Monograph showed
the same actual time for all three
ars at the wire. They were trapped In
I52 minutes IL seconds each. although
the order was Rooney. Burman. An
derson. This was at the rate of 1925
miles an hour.
The break In the race came about
twelve miles further oil. First. Rooney
went In for gasolene. and the next time
around thurman stopped for the same,
His pitwork was slow and IL took a
minute and q half before he was under
way again, splitting a whole lot OF the
| fuel over everything. BY that means
| he lost nearly n lap and n half to An.
derson. and Rooney, who had been he.
before, passed BuIman and was "a good
were. Anderson. 1853 Rooney
2&t:50. and Burmar. 2:4h 80.
This Was really the foreshadowlng OF
the end. Anderson's car was runninr
beautifully and IL was clear that unless
ne had had tire trouble he would be the
, winner. He left the fighting all TO Roo
| ney and went ahead his own way. driv-
Ing smoothly lap after lap, At soc
| miles his time was 2:i5 ;32. at the rate
Of l02. I'd miles an hour. far ahead OF
the Chicago board track record for that
distance OF 81 81 miles an hour. Rooney
was second. 256 %. and Burman
2:j7: 81. They were in the same order
and proport.onately the same distanC,
apart at 320 miles. and again at $40
Then came Burmsn's breakdown and
while he was glopmily surveying his
car Anderson and Rooney finished and
the race was over.
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BURMAN'S CAR TAKES FIRE.
Peu9eOs Racer BADLY Damaged
Two Mechanical s Injured.

The Peugeot car which Bob Burman
drove in the Aston cup race caught fire
In its garage at the Sheeishead Bay
Speedway last night and two mccha-
nicians were burned about the hands and
face as they extinguished the blaze,
George Farrah. -, of - Fourth
avenue Brooklyn. was sent to the Concy
Island Hospital, and Eric II. Schrader.
20. Of BELMONT venue Chicago, WAS
able to start FOR home after treatment,
Il is believed leaking rasolene caused
the trouble, The racing car was badly
dama9e~.