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Evening journal., 1915-03-08

The conference report on the naval
appropriation bill, which Congress ac-
cepted went little way toward re-
pairing obvious deficiencies in the
naval service It provided for the
establishment of a much needed re-
serve composed of honorably dis
charged or transferred sailors It
also retained the Senate amendment
reviving the grades of admiral and
vico-admiral for the benefit OF the
mmander-in-chiof and the second
in command. respectively. of the At
lantic, the Pacific and tho Asiatic
fleets. American officers in American
or Asiatic waters will no longer be
outranked by foreign officers with
commands of much less importance.
These two minor concessions to the
reeds of a modern navy arc, Of course,
welcome. coming as they do from a
Congress which has shown so little
concern about our military unpre-
paredness But what a pitiful re-
sponse they constitute 10 a nation
wide demand for measures which will
really modernize our system Of de-
fence
The spirit in which the admins
tration has triled with the whole
question Of preparedness is partly IL
Illustrated in the muddling of the plan
to put the control of the purely mill
Evening journal., 1915-03-08

Possibly it is because they believe
they will be able to control the Sen
ate longer than the House and admin
istrative branch of the government
that the Democrats are now so anx-
ious for a cloture rule.
II has been pointed out that there
has seldom been a dictator in the his
tory OF the world who did not argue
that he used his power for the benefit
Of the people. Power Is Invariably
abused in the name of virtue. Many
good men. in fact, use their arbitrary
power in a good cause. but usually
they merely create a precedent for
the wrong use of power later on
The majority of the present Senate
may feel that in advocating a cloture
rule they are doing something for the
people of the country. The sole effecl
however, viii be TO endanger libterty
and freedom of discussion The pres
ent Democratic majority may delude
itself into thinking that il will not
use its power wrongfully, but even
admitting that it will resist tcmpta-
tion, what assurance is there that
cloture. once established will not
later on he used TO wreck the Ameri-
can institutions?
Forty-two of the Democratic Sona-
tors have signed the petition for an
Evening journal., 1915-03-08
Running the Railroads Into Deb
lFrom the New York sunD

There is rejoicing in the portion of
the business community most con-
Cerned with the financing of corpora
tions over the improved prospect for
providing railroads with capital
through the sale of long time bonds
at a reasonable rate of interest For
several years past the carriers have
been forced 10 resort to the CONNER
cial money market TO obtain their
funds through the issue of short time
notes. and these temporary expedients
have resulted i'm a threatening at
emulation of embarrassments. If
note issues can be largely done away
with and railroad financing is put on
some basis of permanencc, the trans
portation industry can be managed
more in accordance with long range
and comprehensive plans.
Nevertheless there Is not too much
cause for rejoicing in the prospective
development of satisfactory market
for railroad bonds. Capital liabilities
of a fixed charge nature, whether ac-
cruing from the sale of bonds or the
sale of notes, are already in toe large
proportion to the liabilities which can
be adjusted to suit the circumstances
of railroad traffic and costs of opera
ton. The goal to be aimed at in
railroad financing is the provision oil
capital through the sale of stock.
An evil relic of the earlier days OF
railroad promotion and expansion Is
the political obsession about stock
watering. Because round amount
of bonus stock was issued in the pasi
the railroads today find themselves
in a position where it is almost i'm.
possible to sell stock instead OF bonds
/ and notes. Politics will not allow
! them TO meet the market which would
offer for stock Federal laws. STATE
| laws the odicts Of regulating commits
/ sions and the decisions of courts have
all tended TO a uniformity of restric
ton on the increase of railroad stool
Capitalization except through the salt
of new shares at par or high.
BUYERS might readily be found fo
shares at price which would b'
satisfactory from a business stand
point. The railroads would benefit b.
financing themselves through the is
sue of a class of securities which di'
not create a mortgage on earnings
The public interest would be servel
BY processes of railroad fnancin;
which would tend to keep down tn
ever growing burden of railroad in
debtedness. Stock which would carr
with il no absolute assurance of divi
dend return has always found pur
chasers who regarded the risk of re
duced or passed dividends as NOR
than compensated by the probabilit
that under good management the rat
of dividend would average higho
over a series Of years than the rat
of bond interest.
Nevertheless between mistake
Evening journal., 1915-03-08
IMPORTANT BUSINESS CHANGES.

CROSBY AND HILLS is of the Oldest largest
~ and most popular mercantile houses in the city
of Wilmington A. v Hughes has had much to do with
making it what Il is today important factor in
the commercial field Therefore, anything affecting
them or either of them is of public interest While
there is widespread regret that William X Crosby is
to retire from active connection with the house the
shopping public necessarily is well pleased that he is
to be succeeded president Of the company by such
a competent and popular man as Mr.. Hughes, now
yice-president, treasurer and general manager
That pleasure is accenuated by the fact that Mr..
Hughes has taken blood into the company in the
person of W j. Reardon, for four general man
ager for r. Topkis Sons. Mr. Reardon has purchased
an interest in the Crosby and Hill Company and will
succeed Mr. Hughes general manager. He has a
host of friends in the Wilmington trade zone who
will be pleased that he has succeeded in purchasing
an interest in and being made the general manager OF
such large and representative commercial establish
ment
We congratulate Mr.. Hughes upon the honor that
has come to him as a reward for many years Of faith
fu service; and Mr. Reardon upon the fact that his
commercial ability found such favor in the eyes o.
Mr. Hughes that it has impeed him to make him one
C. his business associates.
Evening journal., 1915-03-08
EDITORIAL OPINION

ready in effect when the Payne-Ald-
rich bill was passed.
The next extra session was for the
passage OF the reciprocity bill. 1t was
called against the advice Of conserva-
tive leaders. and as il turned out, all
the time devoted TO the measure, all
the agitation and disturbance, was
merely so much wasted energy. Can
ada itself killed the reciprocity agree
ment. the work Of the extra session
being wiped out at one fell swoop.
Finally came the extra session call
ed by the present administration, and
I resulting in the enactment of the
present low tarii law. The less said
about this the better. There has been
discomfort throughout the country
ever since the law was written upon
! the statute books. Revenues have fall
ilen off and industries have suffered.
There has been entirely too much
! legislation. and the country will en-
( JOY n rest. n is possible that the new
Congress may have to be called into
Evening journal., 1915-03-08
THAW IS ON trial
BEFORE Third JURY
by The United Press.

by The United Press.
NEW YORK. March S.-Harry K.
Thaw's third jury trial in his nine
years fight for freedom. following his
murder of Stanford White, began to-
day Rapid progress was made upon
the opening of the trial today toward
securing a jury and testimony may
begin late this afternoon.
Thaw and five men charged in
conspiracy to effect his escape from
Matteawan Asylum. on August II,
1913, faced Justice Page in the Su-
preme Court. criminal branch. A
dozen lawyers defended them, includ-
ing some of New York's most brilliant
legal talent.
Thaw appeared to welcome his triaL
Confidence in his ultimate freedom radi-
ated ia his smiles and general hearing
lie was dressed quietly, but nattily in a
dark blue. serge and light blue tie. His
large dark eyes flashed their interest in
| the preliminary legal iockeying and slit
ing out jury. He also took an active
part in his defense, advising his counsel
about accepting jurors.
In rapt attention. Thaw's mother, Mrs
Mary Copley rhaw; brother Josiah. anc
sister. Mr.. George L. Carnegie, watched
the proceedings
Evening journal., 1915-03-08
JUST AND MAGNANmOus LEGISLATION.

ftOIONEL HENRY A. DUPONT. senior United States
" Senator from Delaware. distinction in the
Civil War as an officer in the Union army. Therefore,
his practical and productive interest in behalf of the
Virginia Military Institute at Lexington Va. possesses
elements Of fairness and magnanimity that cannot fail
10 command public appreciation.
In June 1864. when the Union troops operating
in and near Lexington. they destroyed the library,
scientific apparatus and quarters Of the professors be
longing TO the institute. Colonel dupont there at
he time In common with. other Union men, he did
lot think the destruction warranted as the prop
srfy had not been used for military purposes
In recent years Colonel dupont became interested in
project to have the Federal Government make rest
ution for such wanton destruction of educational
property He finally introduced bill in the Senate
which directed the Treasurer of the United States "a
pay 100000 the institute in settlement OF all claims
for the damage done by the soldiers BY giving "a
The bill close personal attention, the senior Sena
tor succeeded in getting il through and IL sent ia
the House HI followed IL there and exerted his inau-
ence with such good effect that last Wednesday it
WAS passed BY the significant vote of 1s6 20 ST.
Many members Of Congress have praised Senator
Evening journal., 1915-03-08

theory of government regulation
which places prohibitive price restric-
tions on the sale of stock and gov
ernment regulation in practice which
has aimed at the curtailment of rail-
road revenues, the railroads have
been driven to raise their funds
through the issue of fixed charge OBJ
legations. Offerings of bonds and
notes can be sold through ADJUST
ments to legal and market conditions.
either by permitted discounts from
par or by the arrangement of rates OF
interest. As a result railroad capital
requirements which earnings must
meet have been increasing out OF safe
proportion to the requirements which
may be varied in ordersto meet earn
ings.
such conditions are wrong. They
make for more creditors and fewer
owners. They pile up fixed charges
as against contingent charges and ii
is under this load that railroad
finance breaks down I'm times of strain
In the last year or so the growing
catalogue of railroads in receivershiI
is list of properties which have be-
come involved in difficulty from the
same cause. an excessive burden ol
interest bearing obligations. Yet wher
reorganizers seeking to put the Grip
pies on their feet scale down tixeC
charge obligations, they face the ne
cessity of raising new capital by thu
sale of fixed charge securities.
Progress has been made since thu
middle of last year in solving tn
railroad problem which has held on
a menace Of economic disaster for tn
country. Railroad credit has beer
strengthened by a new turn or regu
lation which is establishing a polio.
that admits a principle OF expansion
in the structure of rates for railroa
service, but the solution Of the prob
lem is far from complete.
There is urgent occasion FOR con
ceding to the railroads larger meas
ure of earning power in order {
make financing through the sale q
stock more attractive to investors.
is of no less importance that the rail
roads should be allowed to put thei
shares on the market on the bes
terms which the market will afford.
Until a very little while ago I'll
whole tendency of regulation of tn
railroads was TO deprive railroa
, ownership of the hope Of profit Whi
is wanted is a policy of regulatio
which restores the hope Of profit an
! conduces TO stockholders rather tha
bondholders and noteholders. Nc
3 II i'm these days. when regulation hs
, been carried to such an extreme. ca
: IL be pretended by the crusader
, against railroad capital that there
r any danger OF capital waterir
! through stock issues sold for the ac
ual money which the market will G.
l change for them.
Evening journal., 1915-03-08

once more the great value of the wireless telegraph
as a lfe-savng and property ysaving agent has been
demonstrated This time it is in rushing assistance
to the imperiled French liner La Touraine which.
loaded with ammunition and carrying PSI persons in
cuding the crew. caught fire in mid-Atlantic 1900
miles west of Hayre, France. In response to
calls the Rotterdam. Arabic, Cornishman, Swanmore
and British cruiser began rushes for the ill-starred
liner The Rotterdam the first TO arrive. AS she
promised stand by, messages were sent to the other
rescue ships that their services not needed Only
a few years ago before the inventive genius of Mar
cosi ortod itself such favorable conditions would
have surrounded ship ahre hundreds of miles from
land The fun extent of the damage 10 La Tourane
will not be known until she reaches port and is un-
loaded and surveyed With the nature of her cargo
considered. she has been wonderfully fortunate in
emerging at all from the destruction that threatened
her.
Evening journal., 1915-03-08
ADJOURNlNC At LAST.

AHHVA hNAafN -
From the Washington Post
The adjournment of Congress viii
oe a welcome relief to shc business
men of the country and TO the people
generally There have been sessions
almost continuous since 1908. In all
the time that mas intcrvened. Con-
gress has been oat of session only for
two or three mouths az slg gc. when
the plain intent Of the Constitution
was 10 provide For occasional ces-
sation of legislation ior periods of
nine months.
There have been three extra ses-
sions in the past six years. Not one
of these. as 1t proved, was necessary
Not one conferred any benefit upon
the country. The first session, il is
true. resulted in the enactment of the
Payne -Aldrich law. which brought
about an era of prosperity. There
was equal prosperity. however. under
the protective tariff law which was all
Evening journal., 1915-03-08
edison SPURNS RUDDERS
While Factory BURNS
Br The United Press.


WEST ORANGE. ~ j., March s.
Fire, for a time threatened TO destroy
what was left of the Thomas A. Edi-
sen plant here early today. The gold
plated master records were endan-
gered and only after hard work on tho
part of volunteer firemen we're they
saved.
Edison was working in his labora-
tory when the fire started. Mrs. Edi-
son found him standing ankle deep
in water directing the fight against
the flames. In her hand she held a
pair of rubbers.
Here. Thomas, put on these rub
bers," she said.
"No time for rubbers now" he re-
turned, as he shouted some new di-
rections.
Thomas Edison. you'll put on these
rubbers or you'll so straight home. 4"
The inventor abandoned the work
while he adjusted the rubbers.
Evening journal., 1915-03-08
SEWING CIRCLE MEETING.

An all-day meeting of the Sewing
Circle of Grace NJ. e. Church will be
held tomorrow in the social hall.
These all-day meetings arc being held
every month in place of the weekly
afternoon meetings that we're formerly
held. Members of the circle each take
a box luncheon and a general social
time is enjoyed until 4 o'clock. when
the business meeting is held.
Evening journal., 1915-03-08

warke confusion in Europe has been increased by
revolutonsis in Portugal, who have proclaimed that
Northern Portugal has seeded from Southern Portugal
and set up a republican form of government OF its
own with General Antonio zavier Correia Barreto as
its president The Portuguese Republic has had a
stormy time Of it since It set up upon the
ruins of the throne OF King Manuel OF the muir
dered Carlos The Democrats Radicals. at the
head of the present secession movement AS Portugal
is national ward Of Great Britain il is not unlikely
that British diplomacy will be called into play TO assist
the Portuguese Government in weatherng the present
crisis
Evening journal., 1915-03-08
FINES FOR Bad LANGrAGE.

In City Court today Judge Church.
man imposed number of fines for
the use of improper language on the
street. John Stevens and James Muir
ply we're each fined 81 and costs for
speaking improperly. at Front and
Shipley streets and Nellie Walker for
a similar offense at Second and Tat
nall streets.
Evening journal., 1915-03-08

session for some emergency legisla-
tion due to the European war. but If
so the call should be confined strict
" to such emergency legislation.
II is high time for the country to
have an opportunity TO digest the
heavy meal of legislation which has
been forcibly fed TO It in the last half-
score of years. II Is high time for
business to be allowed TO push for
ward rcsolutely 10 prosperity with
the minimum amount OF restriction
Evening journal., 1915-03-08
duPONT sTRIKE NARROWs.

II is understood that while all Of
the striking carpenters have not re-
turned to work at the Carney's Point
Of the DUPONT Powder Company, the
strike is practically over. The men
who refused to report for duty last
Friday are said to have been marked
off the books as employees and their
places filled. On Friday night there
were but 200 strikers who had re-
fused 20 return to work. Their
places are being filled.
Evening journal., 1915-03-08

dupont for the maenanimous spirit that prompted him
to take such acute and effective interest in such egs
laon They do hesitate to assert that it will have
a softening and beneficial effect both sides of the
Mason and Dixon line and make largely for the sodar-
ity Of American citizenship.
Evening journal., 1915-03-08
WHEAT MARKET AGAIN BREAKS.

BY The United Press.
CHICAGO, March S.-The wheat pit
went today on another rampage, with
prices soaring. Following the per-
sistent news from Europe that Greece.
Italy and possibly all the Balkans
might be lined up on the side of the
allies by summer, wheat opened today
at LA is for May and S1.17 for July
futures. Shortly after noon prices
jumped to S147 SIS and S1.1SS-S for
May and July respectively. These
prices represented advances of 6 5-S
and 3-S respectively over Satur-
| davis close.
Evening journal., 1915-03-08
SPIRIT OF THE
DELMARVIA PRESS
CONGRESSMAN THOMAS

CONGRESSMAN THOMAS
w. MILLER
From the Harrington Journal.
Thomas w. Miller, former Secre-
tary Of State. took up his duties as
Congressman at Washington last
Wednesday. General George W. Hall
succeeded him as secretary. That
Congressman Miller will make a most
capable official at Washington is
generally admitted. AS Secretary OF
State he did his work with efficiency,
devoting his entire time to duties o.
the office. When he rendered his res
ignation every detail of the Office was
cleaned up to enable his successor
TO start with a clean desk.
Evening journal., 1915-03-08
ELLA THACHER UNIoN MEErINc.

The Ella Thacher Union of the
w. C. T. u. will hold its monthly
meeting al the home of Mrs Hutchin-
son. No 1914 West Tenth street on
Wednesday afternoon.
Evening journal., 1915-03-08
PRESIDENT TOO BUSY TO
VISIT EXPOSITION.

BY The United Press.
WASHINGTON. March S.-The
President today declined the invita-
tion to him to visit the San Francisco
exposition "at present"
Evening journal., 1915-03-08

The Association Of
American Advcrtis.
ers 10 composed Of
All the great adver.
tisers Of this coun
try. The Associa-
tion endorses only
such papers as sub
NIT 20 its examina
tion at any moment,
and positive proof
must be submitted .
The accompanying
certificate, No dl5l,
has been issued y
this paper.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-09
AMERICAN NOTE SENT TO GERMANY ! TODAY-LANSING NAMED SECRETARY
 UPSTATE AID INTERIM BY PRESIDENT
Byan Resignation First History of State Department Direct
 Result of Clear Issue With Chief Executive Foreign PoIcy Says His Affection for Wilson is Unchanged

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New Britain herald., 1915-06-09
MORE WAR ORDER
 J TALK IS HEARD
Strange Foreigners Said to Be French Government Representatives in L
 This City Recently.

Within the past week two strangers March 17, 1915, to- investigate man. ufacturing conditions in this country, paid a visit to this city and during their stay they made their headquar- ters at the Hotel Beloin. To MT. Beloin they gave the names of Reive R. Balleux and Alfred A. Gehret Throughout their stay they kept close tabs on the manufacturing conditions in this city, particularly at the New Britain Machine company and the North & Judd company. . .ts
 To MT, Beloin they confided that they tried to place an order with one local concern who refused to take it on account of the large amount of business that the firm has on hand They left this city Sunday with Tor rington as their destination. They also planned to visit Waterbury and Bridgeport befort taking their depar- ture for France. . s..
 Another mysterious stranger ar- rived here shortly after 5 o'clock yes- terday afternoon in company with an interpreter. The strangers approached a local citizen and inquired the To- cality Of the New Britain Machine company. It was rumored that the ernment but the company are reti- cent regarding information concerning the matter.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-09
FIFTEENTH BIRTHDAY.
of Bethlehem to Celebrate
 Tomorrow Night.

Star of Good Will lodge, No 9, Or der of Shepherds of Bethlehem, will observe its fifteenth anniversary to- morrow evening. The following pro- gram has been arranged:
 Address of welcome-Mrs Henry Juengst, commander.
 Song-Mr. Thompson
 Recitation-Miss Laurie Botham. Recitation-Miss Eva kingo. Piano solo--Miss Goodrich.
 Iialogue - Independence Bell" five girls.
 Quartet.
 Recitation-Miss Agnes Corr. Recitation-Howaru Botham. Piano solo--Miss Goodrich.
 Solo-Miss Mary La Rochelle. Recitation-Miss Helen Chapman. Recitation-Miss May Bollman. Song-Mr. Thompson.