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Evening journal., 1915-01-28

Representative Fess. OF Ohio. IN a
speech in the House. recently quoted
the President as having said at ln-
dianapolis. There is nothing the
matter with business except a state
of mind" and he further quotes tins
accompanying consolation given Dy
the President. 81 never was in bus
ness. and therefore | have none oil
the prejudices of business
What are the "projudices' OF Dusl-
ness? So far as can be ascertaineu.
business has never objected 10 any OF
the well-established governmental IN
stitutions. Il has not objected TO inc
enforcement of the law. 1t has given
its hearty approval TO the sherman
law and other statutes designed 70
prevent monopOlies.
What business objects to lts as
elimination and constant hecklhg
What is known as big business Is
i'm the position Of the proprietor OF
small corner grocery store to Whon
the policeman has taken a disllkc
Evening journal., 1915-01-28
Beginning at Home
CFrom the Washington PostJ

pressed for nitrate for the manufac-
turc Of explosives soon after the war
began mad il not been for her three
large cyanamid plants. Nearly all
the countries of Europe have en-
gagged i'm the manufacture OF nitrogen
taken from the atmosphere. mus
making imports from Chile unneces-
sary.
Thomas A. Edison. when asked 10
plt pare a list of the worlds greatest
inventions since the electric hght.
wrote down. first, wireless and
second. nitrogen from the atmos-
prero. making nitric acid and cyana-
matchmaking rs Independent of nj
trate deposits in Chile"
The United States. from 1883 II
1913. imported 6,516.031 tons OF Chil-
can saltpeter. with a value of S2O5'-
971 PAS. The fertilizer bill of the
country IS $120,O00.000 annually. II
is quite foolish to talk of the whole
sale purchase Of Chilean nitrates
when all the facilities are TO be fount
AT home for the manufacture Of th'
modern substitute which the whole
world IS now using.
This country should help itself an'
/ its own people before it helps others
/ The Development of the water poWei
of the country. as provided by tn
J bin unanimously adopted by the Sen
ate committee on commerce, Woul'
bring about the establishment o
many cyanamid and nitrate plant
in tie United States, and would saw
the farmers of the country a larg
part OF the Sl20OOO,OOO annual fer
tilizer bill.
Evening journal., 1915-01-28
Abolish The War Tax
From the Cincinnati EnquirerJ

The present Congress, or the COM
abolish tic obnoxious war tax.
II has no. place in the financial
measures of the country; it is de-
serving OF no place. and as long as
il remains in existence IL will con-
tiuue to be a burden and an embar-
rassmont to active business. offending
public sentiment and arOusing pub
lie resentment in every one of its
operations or applications.
Nothing contributed more to the
Democratic defeats last November
than this most unpopular tax.
Its existence is blight upon Dem
Ocratic PROSPECTS and an ever-pres-
ent reminder that il owes that eX-
istence to a Democratic Congress
urged to enact it by a Democratic
administration.
The very first act of the admins
tratiOn at this present session of
Congress should have been to call foi
a revision of the revised tariff and
the repeal of the war tax levy.
There is no use of any political
party attempting to evade its re
sponsbility TO the country in rogarC
To financial measure of this char.
acter
Il should not require any great
courage for a powerful political party
to do right, to be open and cordia
with our people, and it is alway.
wisdom and the very best policy tC
do this.
The Democratic Congress did no
expect the breaking out. Of the Euro
Evening journal., 1915-01-28
coon NEWS FOR THE OLD.

Es administered body blow to Osler and oslerism
that cannot fail TO be appreciated by old men and
old women the world He asserts that mans best
work is done after he is 60 years old and submits
statistics to prove IT,
His figures arc based upon the work of coo of the
most important scientists, statesmen and Old World
famous men. They show that only five per cent of
them accomplished their worlds work before the age
OF 40; 10 per cent between 40 anc so; 20 per cent
between so and 60; 30 per cent between go aad 20;
81 per cent between 20 and so and per cent after
they had reached the age OF so.
No gray-head or bald-head has te blush at
such an old-ago efficiency showing the pre-
senod by President Bryan.
Evening journal., 1915-01-28

In the United states we have a
small unscientifcally organized army
with a capable General Star aud a
large navy deliberately organized but
without General staff This does
not mean that the navy is scientiiical-
ly organized: the organization Is in
tricate and tOpheayy. and the lack Of
body of officers charged With pre-
pairing battle and defense plans is a
heavy handicap upon efficiency. The
personnel of the navy is admirable
and the line of battle ships are among
the best i'm the world: and yet II The
navy had to fight tomorrow a board
of strategy would have to be inn
provised overnight. as was done in
the Spanish war. TO decide upon the
character of the operations to be nm
derlaken against the enemy. II is
true We have War College for the
study of strategy and tactics. but that
is not a General Sian.
On the other hand, our little army
badly organized as it is because il
lacks coordination of units and auto
matte means of expansion. woule in
the event of war have the guldine
hand of q competent General stan all
ready with plans of campaign for any
emergency. So il comes TO this. Tho
United States. with its immense iinan-
cial resources and its liberal outlay
of money for military purposes, mas
neither an adequate army nor navy
ready to defend the coasts and ports
of the country The truth is the
United States is years behind in rs
preparations for war. Concerning
the navy Admiral Austin NJ. Kngh
said at the dinner of the Efficiency
Society on Monday night.
at is a singular fact that the or
ganization of the Navy Department
takes no account OF war. War Is on
thing for which no arrangement Il
made. There are seven bureaus n
the department, each with clearly de
fined duties. but in all the elaborat
legislation creating these bureaus an'
defining their duties there is not ON
word, about the duty Of keeping th
navy In readiness for war or Tor pre-
Evening journal., 1915-01-28

pairing plans for war, or conducting
war after il begins"
Great Britain. Germany and Japan
not only keep their navies at all times
in readiness for war practically on
war foOtingl. hut their plans Tor ag-
gressive and defensive operations are
in black and white. and il is neces-
sary only to issue orders when war
begins. BY cOnstrast the United
States navy is never ready FOR war,
although seven days or less would
bring a hostile fleet from Europe and
two weeks an enemy quick TO strike
from Asia. Admiral knight proposes
the organization of bureau 10 be
known as the division of Strategy
and Operation No answer can he
made to the case he makes out for
the need Of a General StaG for the
navy To every officer in the service
the need of such a body has been
known for many years; yet seventeen
years after the Spanish war the cOun-
try has TO be aroused 10 the untOWard
condition so that pressure can be
brought upon Congress TO supply the
legislation required.
W y ullutANaNN W fAf NAoN ~ - aAfH'
as important to give the navy a board
of strategy and operation as more bat
ileships. scout. destroy ers, submlr-
ines and auxiliaries. though it vii
not have homogeneous modern fee
until II gets the additional ships. The
( shortcoming of the army is imperfec
and unscientihc organization. d Is
an army that lacks the full use OF it'
members besides the power to cXpanC
/ 10 war footing The draft OF nill tC
remedy this helpless and dangerous
! condition has been prpared by th'
I War College division Of the Genera
4 STAFF. No time should be lost in bring
ing the plan 10 the attention of Con
gress. the people viii DO the rest j
/ they thoroughly understand the case
for they Will insist upon action b.
! Congress. If preparedness for war j
Ito be taken seriously by the country
1 the creation Of General Stan for th
navy and scientific organization q
the army are Of toe first Importance.
Evening journal., 1915-01-28
The Tribune Wins IFS Fight TO
Maintain the Freedom of the Press
lFrom the New York Tribune.l

The Tribune has won its fight 10 vim
dicate the principles of free press. TneI
Supreme Court of the United States
handed down "a decision yesterday sus-
tanning US in our resistance to a for
midable process of intimidation employ
ed against us by the executive depart
ments aud in the lower Federal courts.
All the power of the present admin
istration was eXerted TO cOerce two
members Of the Iribuncs staif, Mr. Bur
dick and Mr. Curtin, into giving testi-
mony which the Secretary of the Treas
ury assured (whether rightly or wrong
lly) would help him in disciplining
Treasury employees suspected of having
dNulged information about department.
al activities without authorization from
him. At his instigation the Department
of Justice called AIR. Burdick and Mr..
Curtin before Federal grand jury, and
the district attorney for this district
demanded that they disclose the sources
! Of the news Which they had secured and
i published about proceedings taken IN
certain smuggling cases.
On their refusing TO testify and claim
ing immunity on the ground that what
the Department of Justice rcsorted Ia
the unusual eNpedicut OF getting pre-m.
dictmcnt and pie-conviction pardons fol
them from the President and then claim
ing that such pardons automatically IN
validated the immunity plea. The tW,
witnesses declined to accept pardons
or to testify on the theory that they
had been pardoned, whereupon they
were brought before a Federal dis
trict judge in this district and were
adiudged in contempt of court
The peril of such procedure to
the liberty of the press is obvious.
What the Secretary of the Treasury
aud the Attorney General combined 10
do (even perverting the Presidents
pardOning power for that purposel
was to establish an irOn-clad official
censorship within the executive de-
partments.
A star chamber regime was TO bC
set up, under which the public was C
depend for all its news of what th'
various branches of the governmen
We're doing on cOmmuniQues colOreC
to suit the ideas of department heads
There is Treasury Department
/ regulation which forbids any EN-
, ploye To divulge Information of
public nature without proper au
thorization from a superior officer
: That order may not have been in
tended at the outset to interfere Wit
the legitimate activities Of the press
But Que abuse Of the proper purpose
. OF such a provision has been followe
by another. and under this admins
tration it has been seized upon by OF
ficials overanXious TO regulate all tn
channels of publicity in order tc ella
2 down the lid of a universal censor
ship. terrorize Federal employees an
n prevent newspapers from pubiishin
IS news of an exclusive and non-vise
II sort. even though it might deal en-
: tirely with acts done by public OF
e fcials in their official capacities.
s. If the newspapers are to be dc
II barred from obtaining and printin
d news from sources inside the govern
r, ment service, the press ceases 10 fuI
d fill its duty as the free mouthpiece
Evening journal., 1915-01-28

The Senate Philippines Committee
has refused to indorse the i'll chosen
language of the Jones bill preamble
The original declaration of the pur-
pose of the United States TO recog-
nize Philippine independence has
been modified I'm a way which will not
please the Filipino politicians whose
interests Mr. Jones has been cham
pioning.
Commissioner QuezOn, who repre-
sents the aspirations of the political
class in the islands, told the Senate
committee not long ago that he was
much more concerned about the en-
actment OF the preamble than about
the enactment oil the bill That att
rude is natural. since il is the pros
poet of getting control of the govern
ment and exploiting il which keen!
the agitation for speedy relin
quishmont OF American sovereignty
The original Jones preamble sai'
Evening journal., 1915-01-28

pean war.
Their tariff schedules failed TO pro-
drce the necessary revenue by rea-
son of the effects of that war upon
our imports.
Our intelligent people are aware
Of this failure of the revenue eXpec-
they are all aware that the Demo-
cratic doctrine has been for genera
tions tariff for revenue.
The right thing. the proper thing,
the logical thing to do. is to revise
the present tariff schedules. and 10
change them so that the country may
secure the revenue it requires.
The revision being upward, nc
business will be depressed. no in
dustrios injured, no workingman
made idle. but. upon the contrary
tries be promoted. workingmen will
understand that their condition will
be bettered.
From a political point of view il
VIII be better for the Democratic
party If il do this at once. and not
permit this blot upon its administra
( tion of the government to remain
/ Progressives and Republicans nigh
taunt or sneer at a new revision. bu
! they could not help but approve an;
/ praise the remedial operation.
The voters of all parties, the busi
ness interests of the nation especi
/ ally. will heartily applaud the Con
( gress which ends the altogethe
/ abominable and utterly undesirabl
war tax.
Evening journal., 1915-01-28

faction of a majority OF the people Of
the United States. they might as well
stop counting the months before the
American Governor General embarks
and get down seriously to the task OF
working out their own salvation. In
that case they need no reminder Of
the purpose of the United States not
TO abandon them before they can real
ly take care of themselves.
There are provisions in the Jones
bill which might help the Filipinos 10
greater self-dependence and larger
political experience. They are the
only parts of il which are worth
while. The preamble is not only Of
no value in itself. but tends TO dis
suade the Filipinos from a whole
hearted experiment with the larger
measure of self-government which
the United States is willing to allow
them.
Evening journal., 1915-01-28
Taking fhe Virus Out
of the JoHes Preamble
CFrom the New York TribuneJ

bluntly that IL was the purpose OF
the people of the United States 10
withdraw their sovereignty over the
Philippine Islands and 20 recognize
their Independence as soon as
stable government can be establish
ed Such "a statement permits q vast
amount of self-deccptiOn on tine parf
of the Filipinos. The present insular
government is stable and the native
politicians contend that IL would re-
main stable were power To be trans
forred to them next year or the year
after. Yet only the merest fragment
of minority in this country has any
idea Of abandoning our task of civili-
zation in the Philippines inside the
, span Of one generation. Many OF the
best Judges say that IL win be two
generations az least before the Fill
pinos viii De- able 10 master the rudi-
ments Of elf-government. as Ameri
cans understand IL.
The new preamble adopted by the
Evening journal., 1915-01-28
Preiudices of Business
CFrom the Washington Post)

Such a policeman could make It very
unpleasant for the gFoceryman by
announcing new rules for guidance
every day. If the groceryman were
about TO make sale to a customer,
the policeman could call him outside
TO argue about the size of the awning,
or he might insist on seizing his
weights and measures to determine
whether they were accurate or insist
on his appearance at the police sta
tion once or twice a week to answer
questions as to his costs and prices.
Business has no prejudice against
the rules Of the game. Its only preju-
dice is against having the rules
changed every time "A new party
comes into power. It does not OBJ
iect TO the enforcement OF existing
laws or even the enactment of con-
structive new laws. It's only pre-
iudice is against legislative persecu-
tion-against new laws which destroy
profits and make the payment of'good
wages impossible.
Evening journal., 1915-01-28
GIRLS! GIRLS. YOU MUST TRY This!
DOUBLES BEAUTY OF YOUR HAIR

lightful surprise awaits those whose
hair has been neglected or is scraggy,
faded. dry. brittle or thin. Besides
beautifying the hair. Danderine dis
solves every particle of dandruff;
cleanses. purifies and invigorates the
scalp. forever stopping itching and
falling hair. but what will please you
most will be after a few weeks use.
when you see new hair-fine and
downy al -yes-but really new
hair growing all over the scalp. If you
care for pretty. soft. hair. and lots OF
"a. surely get 25-cent bottle OF
KnOwlton's Danderine from any drug
store or toilet counter and Just Try il.
Evening journal., 1915-01-28

Senate committee abandons the
Juggling phrase "as soon as stable
government can be established and
simply declares that the United States
will grant independence "when the
people Of the Philippines are fitted
therefor" That is franker and hon
ester and leaves no doubt as 10 the
reservation by the people OF the
United States of the right TO make up
their minds in their own time and in
their own way whether or not the
experiment. of native independence is
worth trying.
Reduced 10 that degree of in
deiiniteness, the Jones preamble can
have little value TO the native agita-
tors who are clamoring for its pass
age. If they must wait for division
of the spoils until the educational
/ process is completed TO the full salts
Evening journal., 1915-01-28
For s5 cents you can make your hair
Iustrous. ilufiy and abundant.

Immediate?-Yesl Certain?-that's
The 10Y of it. Your hair. becomes light.
wavy. funy, abundant and appears as
soft lustrous and beautiful as young
nirls after a Danderine hair cleanse.
inst try this-moisten a cloth with a
little Danderine and carefully draw IL
through your hair. taking one small
strand M a time. This will cleanse the
hair o, dust. dirt or excessive oil. anu
in lust "A few moments YOU have
doubled the beauty OF your hair. de-
Evening journal., 1915-01-28

In the Philadelphia Inquirer of January % there ap-
pears what purports to be an interview with Senator
dupont on the effects Of the Underwood Tarin act on
the recent elections in State We find. upon re-
ferrng to the American Economist of January 10, that
il is really copy OF letter written by Senator du-
Pont in reply to request from the general secretary
of the American Protective Tarin League.
Evening journal., 1915-01-28

The Wilson administration has done at least one
good thing That is to put William jennings Bryan
in a position that has enabled the great mass of the
American people TO take an intelligent measure OF
the man aud TO ascertain his political official and
personal shortcomings. There never has been time
since Mr. Bryan broke into the limclght the boy
Orator of the Platte" that he has appeared smaller
in the public eye than he does present when
pyng the exalted office Of Secretary of State.
Evening journal., 1915-01-28
.TuE HEIREss OF HOETOWN.v

"THE HEIhENN UT hui Wv "
"The TIeiress Of Hoetown' is the
title Of a three act comedy that VIII
be presented in the New Century Club
on the evening of February Is by
members of the Young Peoples So
ciety Of St. Paul's p. E. Church.
An orchestra has been secured 10
furnish music for the play which Is
said TO be delightful in every way.
Following the presentation a dance
will be given.
Evening journal., 1915-01-28

electric voting device that viii reduce from forty
Eve to ten minutes the time required record the
roll call questions that come up in the House of
Representatives in Washington is to be installed at
a cost of $4,000 So the of the Democratic
majority is affected, wouldn't it be simpler and less
expensive have President Wilson telephone it from
the White House to speaker Champ Clark?
Evening journal., 1915-01-28

It matters whether William Ewart Gladstone
William Watson applied to former Sultan OF Turkey
the title OF Abdul the Damned" The thing is that
most persons believe IL and that il is up TO Abdul to
disprove H.
Evening journal., 1915-01-28

Il may encourage Clifford Pnchot. arch-conserva-
ZIONIST to know that there is falling OF in the sup
ply OF Presidential timber in the Republic OF Mexico.
Evening journal., 1915-01-28

Mention OF the fact that you are a
Want Ad reader is a first-class nitro
duction TO real estate agents and own
ers OF all lginds.--Ady-
Evening journal., 1915-01-28
PLAY A SUCCESS.

The three acts comedy, bllly >
Bungalow" was given on Monday
evening in the Opera House by tne
Junior Auxiliary Of ST. Annes Epls-
copal Church, Middletcwn. The house
was crowded. and the play was voted
tho best ever given by local talent
The proceeds were Sl65.15.
Evening journal., 1915-01-28
Give the Navy General
Staff, Reorgsnize the Army

CFrom I'D New York sun
Evening journal., 1915-01-28

The Association Of
American Advcrtis'
ers is composed Of
all the great adver
Users Of this coun
try. The Assoc la
tion endorses only
sucn papers as sub
nit 20 its examina
tion &C any moment
and positive proof
must be submitted
The accompanying
certificate, No. 4i5l
has been issued tt
this paper.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-06-29
700 SERBS HALT
Ed AT CHICAGO
U. S. Officials Question Trainload
Bound for Europe.

Chicago, June 26.-Seven coaches
containing about 700 Serbs, who
were said to be on their way to Eur
ope TO join the army, were stopped
in the railroad yards by federal Of
ticials last night.
The cars were cut out of the
train and the federal inspectors
questioned the passengers through
interpreters.
Excited by the break in the jour-
ney, the Serbs swarmed about the
federal officials in such crowds that
a train man sent in a riot call and
two patrol wagon loads of police re-
sponded.
Those who were unable to prove
that they were not American citi-
zens who were violating neutrality
by enlisting in the army Of bellig-
erent nation, were ordered into a
car.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-06-29
RAILROAD WATER
TANK COLLAPSES
Hampton Has Combination Earth
quake and Flood.

Hampton, Ia, June 26.-"Am /
dreaming or do my eyes deceive
me?" were the thoughts of loiter-
err near the Minneapolis e st. Louis
station Thursday evening at 6:15
O'Clock when he actually saw the
big railroad tank from which water
is drawn for the locomotives, begin
to tip over toward him, the supports
give away and the whole come
crashing down. In the falling box
car was also wrecked So far as
known no one was hurt, but had it
happened at other hours when many
are in the vicinity, some injuries
would have resulted.
Wreckage was strewn all about
the station and to a distance of half
a block to the east. A baggage
truck standing on the platform was
forced against the freight room door
and the doors broken down, the
truck overturned and one wheel
wrecked, Dirty water was thrown
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-06-29
GIVE Mr.. BRYAN
A GOLD WATCH
Everyone in State Department Con-
tributes to Fund.

Washington, D. c.; June &C.
Employees of the state department
yesterday presented former Secre
tary Bryan with an engraved gold
watch.
Everyone in the department con-
tributed to the fund and the presen.
tation was made by Cone Johnson
solicitor of the department, accom-
panied by First Assistant Secretary
Osborne and Third Assistant Secre-
tary Phillips.
In accepting the watch Mr.. Bry.
an said he would treasure it par
ticularly because he recognized that
it was given as g. personal token and
not as IAN expression Of political at
tachment.''