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Evening journal., 1915-08-21
Dover BLACKSMITH SHOP
DESTROYED BY fire
Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
Dover, Del. Aug. PA blacksmith
shop located near the Scott canning
factory in the northern part of Dover
was burned to the ground yesterday
with all the contents.
Harry Wood. the Ridgely, Md. man
who was arrested on Thursday after
noon for driving a car while under
the influence of liquor, was fined $40
and costs on the State charge and a
fine Of IS and costs on the town
charge
Charles Reed, who was arrested on
Wednesday charged with the larceny
of six bushels of wheat from John E.
Pratt, was held in $500 bail for the
October term of court.
Evening journal., 1915-08-21
CHARGE FORMER COLLECTOR
With $4,000 EMDEZZLEMENT

GEORGETOWN. Del. Aug 21.-
Charged with the embezzlement Of
$4,000 Of public funds. during his term
Of Office as a tax collector in the
ninth district, Elwood Wescott, Of
Nassau, was lodged in the county
Jail in default of S2500 bail. He is a
wagon manufactures.
AS his bondsmen recently paid
over the shortage to the county his
arrest came as a surprise. He al
leges that he lost $4,000 in a fire.
which destroyed his home. books and
considerable money. Without the
bookc. he asserts that he was unable
to tell who had paid their taxes and
who had not paid their taxes.
Evening journal., 1915-08-21
Germans Lose Another
Trench IN The ARGONNE
By The United Press.

PARIS. Aug. 21.-French troops in
the Argonne drove the Germans from
a strong trench position near st.
Hubert by exploding a mine and then
rushed forward and occupied the
trench under hot enemy fire.
The war office, in reporting this
engagement in this afternoons com
munication. said the Germans made
two feeble attacks against French
positions at Frise. on the Somme, and
In Lorraine. Both attacks we're re-
pulsed. IAN intense cannonade. oc
Cured during the night between the
Disc and the Champagne region" said
the communique. ARTILLERY duels
also proceeded in the Vosges."
Evening journal., 1915-08-21
.BREST LITOVSK NOW
MENACED BY Germans
By The United Press.

BERLIN, Via Amsterdam. Aug. 21.
The early fall of Brest Litovsk fort
ress and the breaking Of the Russian
center was forecasted today by mill
tary critics here. in commenting on
the capture Of Novo Georgievsk and
a garrison of 5000 Russians.
The Germans who invested Novo
Georgievsk are moving eastward to
join the forces of Prince Leopold of
Bavaria. who is striking at the Rus
slams of Brest Litovsk. Field Marshal
Mackensen is concentrating large
forces against the outer works of the
fortress.
Evening journal., 1915-08-21
Central West Whipped by
Storm That Leaves Death Trail

no loss OF life had been reported in
those sections between st. Louis and
Lake Michigan up 10 noon.
The heaviest damage outside of
Texas was done in Arkansas. Miss
ouri, Mississippi certain sections OF
Louisiana, Kansas and Wisconsin.
Train service was badly interrupted
throughout the central of the storm.
Many washouts we're reported. Wires
both telegraph and telephone-were
put out of commission. Many bridges
were carried away or badly damaged.
In some cities and small towns in
the immediate path of the blow, there
was considerable damage through
high water. Many persons we're saved
from drowning only by warnings from
horsemen, who rode ahead of the
storm.
Evening journal., 1915-08-21
By The United Press.

CHICAGO. Aug. 21.-Lashed over
Middle Western States in crack-the-
whip fashion with Galveston as the
point Of turning. and Wisconsin and
the top Of Illinois at the extreme end.
the West Indian storm which did so
much damage in Texas and other
points was wearing itself out today
on Lake Michigan.
From Galveston on up to St. Louis
the wind and floods and heavy rains
that went with the storm. left trail
of death and heavy damage to prop
erty. ST. Louis today appeared to have
been the point where the final destruc-
tive fury was broken. Points north
from Missouri metropolis. suffered
heavy crops and property damage. But
Evening journal., 1915-08-21
England Is Silent About
Reported Convoy for Arabic

day as soon as Captain Finch makes
an official report
1T may be necessary to withhold
certain facts from the public at pres
ent' said one official but this is
only because it would not serve our
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Evening journal., 1915-08-21

officials. She was struck on the star
board side. about 100 feet from the
stern. One torpedo did the work.
Fortunately for those on board. the
weather was fair and the sea calm.
But the item which counted for most
in saving so many of the passengers
was the splendid teamwork and ef-
ficiency of the crew, which managed
to load sixteen lifeboats and lower
them safely before the steamer sank.
Evening journal., 1915-08-21
ITALIAN AIRMEN
DEFEAT AUSTRIANS.
Thn ITnilnd D.

BV The United Trcss.
PARIS, Aug. 21.-An Italian air
squadron pursued a group Of Austrian
aviators along the Adriatic. forced
them to give battle and brought down
three of the Austrian planes, accord
ing to Turin dispatch to the Figaro
today.
Evening journal., 1915-08-21
MORE BUSES FOR
EASTERN SHORE.

Two large electric busses owned by
the Cambridge Service Company,
passed through Wilmington last night.
bound for Bishops Head. Md. The
cars attracted much attention.
Evening journal., 1915-08-21
EVANGELIST AT
SWEDISH CHURCH.

At Swedish Baptist Church, Evan
gelist Nygren, of Brooklyn will speak
tomorrow evening on the subject.
The Iron Gate" II will be his last
sermon there.
Evening journal., 1915-08-21
By The United Press.

By The United Press.
LONDON, Aug. 21.-Full details Of
the circumstances surrounding the at
tack on the White Star liner Arabic
with a loss of life now estimated at
between 40 and so we're promised to-
Evening journal., 1915-08-21
RUSSIANS CRIPPLE GEKMAy 1EPPEIrs.

by The United Press.
PETBoGRAD. Aug 1.--A German zeppelin, heavily laden
with bombs by the Russian anarcrait
while approaching railway center wilma. east Of Koyno
Tho crew was captured
Evening journal., 1915-08-21
SHIP NOT Conveyed
WHEN HIT BY TORPEDO
BY the United Press.

LONDON, Aug. 21The White Star liner Arabic being
conveyed when she tOedOed and sunk by German ubma
ne according statement passed by the bureau this after
The statement it sad authorized by the Admiralty
Evening journal., 1915-08-21
REcoYEn rwo ARA8Ic rIcTMs.

HHNUfLh l1lNlIt w
BY United Press.
QUEENSTOWN Aug M.-Bodies OF two victims or the
Arabic brought today
and placed in margus to await ldeanaestoa
Evening journal., 1915-08-21
AWAITS BERLIN
VERSION OF ARABIC SINKING;
SITUATION CONTINUES TENSE

International Break Viii Be Pre-
Ucntcd By the Statement That
Germany Did Not Intend to Dis
regard American Rights on High
Seas. Kaiser May Declare Ship
Tried to Ram Submarine.
Evening journal., 1915-08-21

242 crew. She sank in ten minutes.
From the most accurate information
available there were at least twenty
FIVE Americans aboard. The White
Star Offices in London state that
20 American passengers sailed, and in
Liverpool 1t is reported that there
were some Americans in the crew.
The Arabic was torpedoed without
warning, according to the White Star
Evening journal., 1915-08-21

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21-The
White Star liner Arabic. of 15,SO1
IONS. torpedoed by an unseen German
submarine while sixty-five miles of
Fastnet light on her way to New
York. may complicate still further
our relations with Germany, accord
Sng to the general opinion here. Four
hundred and twenty-three persons
Evening journal., 1915-08-21
SUN AND TIDES.

AT EVENING JOURNAL OFFICE
Evening journal., 1915-08-21
WEATHER

Rain tonight and probably
Sunday.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-27
Preparedne,, anal EfficiencY.

The New Republic draws a very pertinent
indictment against our great captains Of indus
try, and one to which only a plea of guilty can
be entered. Many excuses may be offered in
extenuation or palliaton, but none can remove
the onus Of the charge. II is simply that ordi-'
nary prudence has not been exercised by the
men at the heads Of the great institutions OF the
country. For example, II was inevitable that
an Increased demand for iron and stael would
follow any resumption OF enterprise, thus max
ing pig iron a staple of which any surplus accu-
mutation would find ready use when the bust
ness OF the country took upturn. Instead Of
proceeding along this line and providing a
serve supply against the time when It would be
needed, the blast furnaces were shut down and
men thrown out of work.
What is true of the iron makers is also true
oil the railroad men. Instead Of taking advan-
tage of the lull in business to make improve
ments and provide facilities for the increased
traffic. ali work here ceased until such time as
swelling business rendered imperative extern
sions needed to handle the traffic. This charge
can be continued through and against all
branches Of industry. 1t is not pleasant pic
ture, but It is characteristic and 1t shows lack
of any element of preparedness OF efficiency in
the general management Of American industry.
Events have awakened the people OF the
United States to better realization Of the ex-
tent to which they have neglected those things
which in themselves are fundamental and vitality
necessary to a continuance of prosperity. With
the new spirit aroused by the ambition TO par
ticipate an important, IL not dominant, factor
in the business OF the world will probably come
such readjustment OF home affairs as will cor
rect the condition which the New Republic
bases its indictment. Preparedness should not
halt at merely making ready the defense Of the
country, but should be engrafted onto the indus
try and commerce OF the nation. so that no
future time will find us blamabe as at present
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-27
Land loan BIN Not Remedy.

A land loan bill is reported all ready to be
presented TO congress Immediately after the holt
day recess, in redemption OF the promise TO pro-
vide better means for financing the farms Of this
country. II the bill is TO be judged by tho
meager outlines available, II will fall far short
OF giving the relief the farmer needs II seems
TO be framed on the supposition that the chiefest
need for money in agriculture is to be met
through the provision that will permit the
farmer to capitalize his operations by mortgag-
Ing his plant This is the course followed in
other industries. in commerce, and therefore it
seems but the ordinary thing to apply II to agri-
culture
A mistaken idea has been fostered through
the publication OF government reports, showing
the increase in the number of tenant farmers in
the country. These reports do not emphasize
the further fact that the condition noted 10
brought about through the owner OF the farm
moving into town. there to enjoy In quiet life
the rest he has earned by years of hard work,
still holding the farm and relying on its rental
for a portion at least of his own living. Thus
the rented farm is supporting two families. In
stead of one. and often the tenant farmer en-
ploys help so that the farm really supports three
families This condition is not the serious
menace to agriculture that some contend.
About the surest way to reduce the farm to the
point where It will support but one family is to
reduce its area. II 1t Is the purpose of the bill
tc enable tenant farmers to become land owners
instead OF renters. then the measure ia merely
class legislation.
The farmer pays higher rate of interest for
the money he must borrow to carry on his bust
ness than is generally charged any other in
dustry, and should be relieved from this condi-
ton. It is doubtful. though. II the expedient
proposed by the administration at this time will
have the effect sought. At any rate, we will
hear more of this measure before It becomes
law.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-27
Women'S Activities

Mrs. Lucretia Roberts Of Santa Crus
county. Arizona, probably ia the only
real live woman sheriff In the United
States. that is. she Is deputy sheriff.
She wears a wide sombrero. carries q
revolver and wears a deputy sheriff 8
badge.
Mrs Addie F. Howie OF the School of
Agriculture OF the University OF WILSON,
sin, says cows have souls and respond
to music when MIXED. II she had her
way the COW stables would have lace
curtains on the windows. and the feed
boxes would be porcelain.
Mrs. Norman Gait. finance OF Presi-
dent Wilson. was elected an honorary
member OF his cisss. 20. Of Princeton, at
a dinner given there last week. She is
the second woman 20 receive such an
honor, the other being Mrs. c. c. Cuyler
OF New York. wife Of a prominent MEM
Der Of the class.
Miss Alice Mccoy won the baby pig
contest in Louisiana. and Maude Phillips
was the winner in Georgia Of the second
prize. a boy having carried off the first
prize. Miss Mccoy bought pig with $40
which she had borrowed from the prin-
Sipui OF lnc SCHOOL. II cost ner " 10
feed It year. and she then sold it
for $50.
Mrs. Ines Aiilholland Boisse-Vain, the
suffragist, says that women should GER
tainly have the right to propose. and her
husband agrees with her. And she adds.
Il did It myself" Her husband says he
had never thought Of proposing to Inez
Miilhoilsnd. because he had never in
tended to marry.
Patents taken out by women in the
United Kingdom during 1914 included: In
Ventions connected with dress. "a; nurs-
ting and medical. "a; mechanical "a;
household requisites, %; games, Il; edu-
eational, u; cooking. 3; total. s; motor
cars and cycling. 7; babies requisites, 6;
garden. 5; needlework, 8; aeropls ne. l.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-27
Editorial Siftings

Washington Post; Two or three mil
lions having passed from slaughter to
casualties. they have now come down to
the point where they are only recognize
able as statistics
Pittsburgh Dispatch; Secretary Lane
phrases IL finely when he says The
American instinct for improvement serves
the whole world" Uncle Sam Is the
worlds pace maker.
Brooklyn Eagle; Beset by rebel Chi
canery, Japan ehicanery and Yuan Shih
Kainery, the case OF China is a sad one.
But what can be expected OF the Orient,
where yellowness IL universal?
Philadelphia Ledger; Secretary Red
fields proposal 20 give the government
power to oonfiscate foreign merchandise
n offered here IN unfair competition is
another illustration OF the extraordinary
ravages which the bureaucratic idea can
make in minds ordinarily capable OF sane
ratiocinAtion
Baltimore American: As the richest
man IN Detroit. Henry Ford might medi-
tate upon the fate Of the richest man IN
Brussels. Mr.. Solvay. ''the Carnegie Of
Belgium" who has just been sent 10
prison for insulting a German officer
The Carnegie OF Belgium can have little
illusion a. to what an individual million
sire can do to settle world problems.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-27
Tips on Home Topics

Boston Transcript: Fortunately when
the Ancona note was sent to Austria
there was nobody around the State de-
partment to slip a tip to the German am
bassador that Uncle Sam was bluffing.
indianapolis News: The way those
diplomats think that they can fool the
plain people by few unnecessary notes
Is almost as naive as the way the poll
ticians think they can fool the plain
people by a good deal OF unnecessary talk.
New York World: Though the total
number Of immigrant aliens TO this coun-
try fell TO s2s.7OO in the last fiscal year
from 1,21s.4OO the year before. there Is an
element of interest in the fact that PA. 472
were between the ages OF "a and IS and
only 29.246 above IS. That should mean
the addition to the country OF a good
quality Of productive immigration.
Springfield Republican: Secretary
Lanes plea for federal support OF rural
schools in large sections Of the United
States whose educational facilities are in
adequate has a pitiful side. There will
be precious little federal support Of rural
schools, probably. while an additional
hundred millions of dollars a year is
being used on a larger army and navy
Civilization even In this country, COM
paratively remote from the area Of world
conflict. Is being checked by the war and
its influence. so benumbing to all pro-
gresslve social and educational move
ments
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-27
Ireland, RsNiving Industries.


Wars crimsoned spurs are stirring the dor
mant manufacturing ginger OF Irishmen. Ire
land in spots responds to the impulse in an en-
couraging fashion. spirit of reciprocity
prompts the government to foster war industries
in the country in exchange for Irelsnd's contri-
button TO the fighting forces of the empire. In
Dublin and Belfast new factories are turning out
clothing supplies for the army. Toy making
and cigaret factories have sprung up In many
cities and are actively competing for outside
trade hitherto controlled by so-ealled enemy
countries" Carpet making is another industry
stimulated by war conditions and commercial
glass factory is projected in Dublin.
In a way these industries small begin
nings, holding the promise of bigger things.
Their importance to Ireland cannot be over-esti-
mated. The lack OF Industrial opportunities.
outside of Belfast. deprived most OF the youth
of chance OF becoming skilled tradesmen. prac-
tcally restricting them to agricultural labor. and
ia the prime cause OF continued emigration.
Should this industrial squirt prove a permanent
revival OF Ireand's by-gone manufacturing skin,
It may be truthfully said that some good sprang
out OF evil.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-27
LIGHT AT EvENTIDE

Margaret Anderson in Southern Magazine.
We are. too tired to WORKOUT up the
tools;
Too tired for muslc-let the old harp
rest:
Once. for such idleness we had been
fools,
Now it is wisdom-now tits only besti
Give us a little spot-out there in the
sun:
A corner where the fire is warm and
bright;
A bit Of bread and broth-and we are
And ready for our journey in the night.
No, no, we do not miss the labor now;
It's strange. perhaps, but all the music's
nauGht;
We do not feel the snow that's on tho
brow,
The trembling hand brings not q trenb-
ling thought
We like the little quiet, sunny spot;
We chat and doze: we sometimes dose
and dream
The firesides good--we never get too hot
And very good our bread and lentils
seem!
And-no-we do not dread the trip to
come:
One will go first and see it-how II is:
Then. wait nearby, to call the other
home.
And lead along the darker passagesl
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-27
People and Events

western benefaetor whose Identity Is not dis
closed bequeathed $4,000 10 Kate Ciaxton OF two
Orphans fame. The beduest came as a pleasant
surprise to the actress.
The Adironkacks contributed u000O0O worth Of
young trees for the countrys Christmas joys. The
Christmas tree will long escape Indictment
a. enemy OF the forests.
Dollar bargain day at Madison. &. D.. caught Frank
Womleacher and Miss Jennie Nelson in the jam and
. q marriage followed. search for more bargains
wound up the eventful day.
Alderman Migan Of New YoFk City boasts OF
marrying record Of thirteen couples thirteen min
ues The performance monopolises the scoreboard In
Gotham's matrimonial speedway
Albert Bruder Of ST. Louis breaks into local print
with fermentation his unsuccessful chase for =
wife lie claims 20 have been jited $50 times though
he has yet attracted movies scouting for freaks
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-27
Row to Prepare.

NORTH LOUP. Neb.. Dec. 22.-To the
Editor Of The Bee: When the president
advanced the issue OF preparedness
maybe he had not thought the matter
over sufficiently to determine Just where
the discussion may lead to. II the sub
ject be thoroughly discussed we must
soon arrive at conclusion that pre-
paredness Is not in having on hand at a
dozen different places guns Of an out
of-date type and powder and battleships
TO match. The nation may be crippled
by excessive taxation and within a pc
Rod of ten years have very little to show
for the taxes. The real and true road
TO preparedness Is not the act of show
ing lot OF out-of-date guns and gold
lace. In modern times invention is the
thing that hos counted most to change
the course of war and the fate of ma
tions. What we most need is the proper
preparation for turning out equipment
that is of the most effective design. That
can be accomplished by the equipment
of three or four large plants, located IN
tho districts where transportation may
be best protected from invasion. The
arrangement OF the plants should try
out every new device where Improvement
IS possible But. in addition to that.
those plants should be kept up-to-date,
by which the most advanced equipment
could be turned out in immense Quanti-
ties within thirty days. The country
should be divided into about four mill
tary districts. each having a plant.
would say that these plants should be
located In Missouri. Utah. Tennessee and
West Virginia. with complete transporta-
ton facilities. WALTER JOHNSON.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-27
Distribution Of IAAor

The commissioner general of immigration In
his report 10 the secretary OF the Department OF
Labor. makes several suggestions as to possible
improvement in distributing foreigners who
come here seeking opportunity to earn living.
Some of HIS ideas might be applied to the prob
lem Of the labor already here. The better use
of the government employment bureau can be
achieved through closer cooperation on part OF
state and city authorities. This is an easily
remedied condition Another suggestion is that
railroads be permitted to make such rates TO
laborers in transit as will enable them to get to
places where work is offered. To do this will
require legislation. permitting the railroads 10
establish such rates. II 1t would relieve the
situstion that regularly occurs. when the jobless
man Is many miles away from the manless job,
the needed permission might well be given. Az
any rate. Il is worth trying.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-27
5eoBeeS&
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foEuA renee DEfhAANs
LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. A--To the Editor
of the Bee There Is no other business
man in the world whom / admire 80
much as Henry Ford. In fact. he Is my
idol Mr. Ford is a practical sociologist-
But the peace dreamers have made
laughing stock of him.
In America as we'll as in Europe he
has been given the mitten. officially
The question will soon be asked by many
Americans: rs It possible that the
European nations cannot be influenced
by money!" In reply. l would say that
Europe does no. worship the golden
calf. as II Is done here. That wave has
not caught Europe yet.
The peace advocates OF Europe may
not be classified as sufferers from de
lirium tremens," for the reason that
they know that talk Of peace without a
logical foundation Is nothing but chaff
thrown in the wind.
We know that either the central or
the entente powers will win. provided
that the supply OF shells can keep pace
with the demand Yet those peace
tireamers do not know where to find the
disease. II they cannot locate the dis
ease, how in the world can Mr.. Ford and
his Missionaries find a remedy for the
same Therefore II Is no wonder that
they are not wanted in Europe.
II Mr.. Ford would send a shrewd dip
lomat with millions Of dollars to Japan
and buy up all the ammunition that
Japan can produce. peace would come
coon to every home OF Europe.
FELIX NEWTON.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-27
Twice Told Tales


what do you know OF the character of the de-
fendant?' the Judge asked negro wssherwomsn SUD
poenaed In an accident white man had been
arrested for careless driving OF secondhand car.
Hits tolable," Miranda said.
Have you him drive his betore?'
Yes, sab"
Would you consider him carelessT'
We'll ledge. ez fer de car-dat little thing amt
gwinter hurt nuboddy. but being is all here, l
might well tell 20 dat he sho Is keerless bout
payin' To- his wash"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-27

Following the example OF Waldorf Astor.
Anthony J. Drexel OF Philadelphia has expatri-
sied himself. finding II impossible to live in
America as a gentleman" The action OF q
French court In awarding $4,000 a year ALI
B'ony to Mrs. Drexel will reconcile most Amer
leans TO the loss