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The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-08
J1oMoBILE WRECKED BY
ColllDlNG WITH OAK TREE

4 1,s STANDARDIZATION car, owned
Ross Miller. a young colored man,
"a badly wrecked Sunday evening
| c9.lding with an oak tree and tel
4'hr pole in front of the Bennett
z on North Ridgewood avenue.
'4' car at the time of the acci-
F-' was being driven by another col
youth by the name of Roy Roper,
was accompanied by two men.
W. u the party was injured.
''p-' says the accident was due to
I ending lights of an approaching
'.icA prevented his seeing the
.7s lI'se to the roadway. The auto
'''"r' alter striking the oak, plunged
so.''' ie,ephone pole a few feet
.'t-er south.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-08
ENCOURAGE EFFORT
TO HELP DAYT0NA
SPECIAL ILLUSTRATED EDITION
OF GAzETTE.NEWS DESIGNED
TO PROCURE NEW RESIDENTS,
VISITORS AND CAPITAL.

Every new resident locating III
Daytona or its environs means added
prosperitv for this section. Every new
visitor means more cash turned loose
in this territory to aid in its develop
ment
It is therefore perfectly obvious
that steps taken to procure new resi-
detnts. new visitors and new capital
sor .bie section should meet with the
hearty support of every citizen inter
ested in the upbuilding of his home
community.
The Special Illustrated Edition OF
the Gazette News, work on which Is
now going forward, will be circulated
throughout the northern, eastern and
western states to advertise the advan'
tages of this section and create inter
est in what we have to offer here.
We must meet the competition Of
other progressive communities that
are striving for development, and 1t
behooves us to support such projects
as this Special Edition, which have
for their object the upbuilding of this
CITY and the surrounding territory.
See that YOU do your share. The
others will do theirs.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-08
TIGER" HUNTERS BAG
TWO WITHIN D. HOURS
ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH Al
LEGGED VIOLATORS OF LIQUOR
LAW ARRESTED HERE RE-
CENTlY-SENT TO DElAND.

The eleventh blind tiger" to meet
his doom in the local jungle within
the past few weeks was brought down,
Sunday afternoon. when Officers MIL
ton and Humphreys arrested Charlie
Mitchell, colored, on a capias from
the county solicitors office. Mitchell,
who has lately been employed by the
McLane Lumber company, was car
ried to DeI.and by Sheriff T.. l.. Smith,
later in the afternoon.
Close upon the heels of the arrest
of Mitchell, another negro, a dray-
man named Avery Minis, was appre-
hended and made a prisoner, Monday
morning. He is charged with the same
offense, that of peddling whiskey IL
legally. Sheriff Smith arrived di-
rectly after Minis was taken in Gus
tody, and carried him, also. to the
county Jail at Volusia's capital.
Mrs. Lester g. Mitchell, mother of
F. J. Niver and Mrs. Harry G. Thomp-
son, arrived Sunday to spend the re-
mainder of the season and at present
is with Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson at
their apartments in the McCrory
building on South Beach street. DR.
Mitchell will probably not come south
| this winter
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-08
BRITISH PRESS IS HOT
ABOUT ADMIRALTY HINT

LONDON BRITISH MERCHANT SHIP WILL BE
EXPECTED TO HOIST NEUTRAL COUNTRY WHEN
EVER AN EMERGENCY MADE CLEAR AT THE
ADMIRALTY TO-DAY ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE
LusTANlA AMERICAN FLAG WHILE PASSING
THROUGH BRITISH PRESS BITTERLY cRIT
csEs THIS suBTERFUoE AMOUNTS TO AN lad
MISSION THAT GREAT PROTECT THE
BRITISH
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-08
Washington About to Warn Germany
American Ships Must Not Be Imperiled
NTH FULL FIGHTING
FORCE IN FIELD, RUSSIA
PUSHES ENEMIES BACK

PeTRoeRAD, s.-RUSsiAs FULL FIGHTING STRENGTH
kw IN THE FIELD THE Pressure
RLED AGAINST THE AUsTRo GERMANS MAKING ITSELF
ELr BATTLE FRONTS
urHERN POLAND, eALIcA, AND IN BUkowlNA RUSSIAN
tRcEs ARE THRusTING TEUToNc ALLIES IN THE
pEArEsT ASSAULT RECORDED IN HISTORY BEHIND
be ARMIES ATTACKING THE AUsTRANs AND GERMANS
OTHER FORCES AS LARGE IF NOT
lRosR THAN THE ARMIES WAGINe BATTLE.
SMASHING ATTACKS OF THE GERMANS SENT TO HELP
AUsTRIANs cARPATHIANs HAVE BEEN CHECKED, AND
RUSSIAN WAVE is AGAIN ROLLING THROUGH THE ICY
|issEs HUNGARY
PETRoGRAD RUSSIAN VICTORY WAS ACHIEVED AT
|ouvDNE A HANo-To-HAND CONFLICT WHICH LASTED
EvEN GERMANS ADVANCED EN- MAssE FIVE LINES
3sEp ONLY MOVED DOWN DEADLY MACHINE GUNS OR
PPALED UPON BAYoNETs OF RUSSIAN SOLDIERS THE
eHNo MOST TERRIBLE THAT HAS YET OCCURRED IN
POLAND. RE-ENFoRcEMENTs COMING UP BEHIND
vsHEo INTO VERY JAWS OF DEATH, AND
1HsMsELves LATER BECOMING VICTIMS OF THE FEARFUL
LAUGHTER
CAIRO suez canal were
battery damaged British avators attacks
a soldiers flew 1872 miles and returned
fty They assembled great heights
BRITISH MENAcED SIDES.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-08
SEATTLE HAS LOWEST DEATH RATE.

8The death United States SHOWN
slight for 1914 the
year. 100000 population Seattle showed the
Invest mortality rate highest
2os and New Orleans S The ne highest.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-08

BRITISH MENAcED ON TWO SIDES.

BERLIN British menaced from the west
the east Twenty advancing south
Pest desene the British army and joining
be
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-08
EVEN THE POSSIBILITY OF
SHIPS BEING BLOWN UP
NOT TOLERATED BY US

WASHINGTON, FEB. 8-THE UNITED STATES WILL SHORTLY
MAKE 1T CLEAR TO An
AMERICAN BLOWN A GERMAN TORPEDO is RE
eARDED WITH APPREHENSION BY THIS GOVERN
MENT ACCORDING TO VIEWS ADMINISTRATION
OFFICIALS
THE LUsiTANA FLEW THE AMERICAN FLAG
GOING LIVERPOOL INTENSIFIED coMPLIcA
r,oNs ARISING DIFFICULTIES OF THE
GERMANS IN DISTINGUISHING BRITISH SHIPS
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-21
Obstacles to the Great Falls Project

A definite step in the direction of utilizing the
| water power going to waste at the Great
Falls OF the Potomac appears to be nearer now
than at any period during the many years in
which the project has been discussed. 1t is init
mated that if the District Commissioners and
officials of the Federal government can agree as
to how the expense is to be divided, Congress
will be asked to make appropriation of several
million dollars for preliminary work. Even
should it be possible to advance the undertaking
to this stage however, the Harvesting of the
Great Falls will be very far from reality. To
begin with it has never been conclusively demon
strated that the project is altogether sound, or
that the investment of $I5,oooooo more that
would be necessary can be justified economically
by the prospective requirements of Washington
for many years to come. Nor have the claims of
those who believe there would be serious danger
of failure of the power in unusually dry periods
been satisfactorily refutcd 1t is possible that the
feasibility OF the project and the wisdom of the
investment can be demonstrated to Congress, and
that the strong opposition which will arise to the
government undertaking a commercial enterprise
that will destroy great beauty OF nature twenty
miles from Washington will be overcome; but
this too, has yet to be done
If the project is coupled with the admission
that it is urged in furthcrance of any contemplated
scheme OF municipal ownership of street railways
and other public utilities, then it will encounter
additional obstacles, for not only has municipal
ownership continued to prove its nefficiency, but
it will number fewer friends in the Sixty-fourth
Congress than it had in the last; and even then
the theory received but little encouragement, so
far applying it to the Capital concerned
But aside from the yet undemonstrated
necessity or wisdom OF the Great Falls enterprise
involving great initial expense and possibly the
placing OF financial burden on the people
OF Washington, the chief obstacle to appropria-
ton for the undertaking by the next Congress
will be the demand for rigid economy in govern
mental expenditures The same cry was heard
in the last Congress, but no one needed it, with
the result that next winter measures for rails
ing revenue to serious Treasury deficit will
have to be adopted. With the certainty OF heavy
additions to the military budget. there will be
little hope for pork" bills appropriations for
undertakings not of imperative necessity.
Very likely the advocates of the Great Falls
project will choose to defer making a definite
recommendation to Congress until a pro-
ptious day, rather than to risk rejection of
their plans that might impair their chances of
success for some time to como.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-21

THE new year confirmed the good
news that peace was at hand
4 The leaders Of government In
England had no doubt come to per.
ceive very clearly how essentially i'm
possible II was TO conquer America
now that the alienation of feeling be-
tween the two countries was complete
and final. and all thought Of submis-
sion or accommodation out Of the
question.
Their generals had seldom been beat
en- in battle. as II was.
Burgoyne had won action after &C.
ton In the northern forests only to
ind himself helpless at last.
Howe had had his way easily enough
at New York and on his expedition
against Philadelphia.
CORVALLIS had moved freely. almost
VIGOROUSLY. into the trap at York
town.
The unpalatable fact was. that Brit
ish troops could control only SO much
Of the country as they actually occu-
pied. and that 1t was out of the aues-
ton to occupy all of it.
with Washington always at hand
alwaye rendy to strike. and always
able to make the stroke tell. II was
not safe even to attempt the MAIN
tenance Of extended lines.
At any rate. England had grown
weary OF the unnatural business; the
House OF Commons had declared
against the war: the new ministers
were resolved to end It. even at the
cost Of granting America her independ-
ence: and II had become only a mat
ter OF terms.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-21
A Sound Basis for Prosperity.

This hustle and stir over war orders and activ-
ity IN a few stocks is not real prosperity Though
real orders will bring gold wheat will bring II in
greater amounts. The business of the country
is arousng itself from its paralysis and getting on
its feet 1t needs confidence and capital The
swelling up OF the market quotations OF a few in
dustrials is not in itself indicative Of easy times
throughout the country. The war order activity
appears rosy but its roses are the flush of III
health. .1-f
The recuperation of the United States during
the past months may be traced in the steady
easing Of the money market, in the slow but sure
liquidation OF indebtedness in general Tetrench-
to be found in the great crops now maturing to
meet an urgent demand of foreign trade. The
time Is near at hand when the industries of the
Columbia Ss.A-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-21
Need of a Branch Postoffice.

Several months ago Postmaster Praegcr while
declaring that he had not been convinced of the
necessity for the establishment of branch in the
old city postofce, offering all the facilities of the
main Office promised the committee of Pennsyl-
vania avenue merchants petitioning for the branch
that he would keep his mind open on the subject,
and invited them to their request at a
later date. Time has not diminished the needs of
the merchants, has it made the main post
Office more accessible; So taking the Capitals
efficient and genial postmaster at his word, these
Pennsy lvania avenue business men are about to
place their before him again, fortified with
details, illustrations and arguments.
With the growth of business transacted by
mail, due chiefly to the extension of the parcel
post the merchants of the city today have greater
need Of adequate postal facilities within easy
reach OF their places of business than they had
when the city postohicc was centrally located
Certainly they should have no difficulty in prov
ing the hardship and inconvenience that being
compelled to transact their extensive postal bust
ness in remote section of the city entails At
present nothing approaching adequate facilities
arc provided within a considerable radius of the
old postofice, where large amount of business
is transacted.
The Herald hopes and believes that Postmaster
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-21
Case Against Germany Is Proved.

That Germany has committed an act of war
against the United States in the deliberate killing
of our citizens bound on peaceful errands on
evitable conclusion now that the circumstances OF
the sinking of the Arabic are known The rights
of this neutral nation have been dehed in the face
OF the solemn warning of its government that an
act such as that of Thursday would be regarded
as deliberately unfriendly" in effect act OF
war. The American people must therefore be
prepared for such action by their President and
his advisers they may deem wise and fitting in
dealing with an unfriendy power, already at war
with nations with which relations friendly.
For our government must act to fail would be
to abandon not only those things for which we
have contended in the name of civilization and
humanity, but to abandon we'll sacred
rights as a nation and to proclaim that nation
at may kill citizens at will.
Those who are seeking the slenderest and most
ignobe of excuses for avoiding open break
with Germany profess to believe that an apology
and disavowal OF the act of the submarine COM
mandcr would render continuance OF friendly
relations possible Not only is it nconceivable
that this would satisfy the American conscience,
in consideration of the crimes against that Ger
many has been guilty of the high seas, and
has not disavowed; but there is scarcely the
smallest possibility that Germany will apologize
and disavow. Repeated defiance and disregard of
contentious preclude any such expectation,
were it improbable that she retains sufficient
respect for us to mpel her to refrain from insult
ing with such palpabe hypocrisy.
The suggestion of possibility that the Arabic
being conveyed has been practically dis
proved a circumstance that should cause no re-
greet, since not many Americans would welcome
being disarmed by that technicality, when the
wanton murder OF more Americans is the one
outrageous and outstanding issue.
The country will wait patiently while the Prcs-
dent deliberaes upon of action, conf
dent that he will uphold the nations honor and
ready to give him their full support.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-21

What's an optimist?''
"A man who tells other people not TO
worry when things are coming his way
Baltimore American.
That telephone girl was very polite.
must say"
How so?"
Couldn't give me the number l want
ed. but offered me the choice of several
other nice numbers. Courier
Journal
where are we going for our holidays this
otto-well-er-there's Turkey.---Punch
you have had seven appropria lions for
that river complained the chairman OF
the committee. What does II drain,
anyhow"
1.-THE treasury" answered Congressman
GrabalL-Judge.
A lady selected some purchases In a
store, asking that they be kept for her
until the next day. When she returned.
she could not remember who waited on
her. After puzzling over the matter she
approached one and asked?
Am I the woman who bought soma
embroidery here yesterday
''Yes'm," replied the girl. stolidly. and
turned to get it.-Christian Register.
A certain father who Is fond of putting
his boys through natural history exami-
nations 10 often surprised by their men,
tai agility. He recently asked them to
tell him what animal Is satisfied with
the least amount Of nourishment'
The mothr' one of them shouted. con-
ndently. 1T eats noI sus hYt holes
Youths Companion.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-21

In May. 1882. General Clinton was
superseded at New York by General
Sir Guy Carleton. who was instructed
to assure the American comma nder-in.
chief Of the governments determine
| ton to seek terms of peace. and who
was of the noble spirit to like his er-
rand
On the 18th Of July the British gar
r!son at Savannah was withdrawn and
sent to New York.
In August. Washington received
from Carleton definite assurances that
the independence of the United States
was to be conceded as a preliminary
of peace, and in September the French
who had remained in Virginia Joined
the Americans on the Hudson.
In October they embarked at Bos-
ton for France.
BY the close of November tNovem-
Der 80. 1882 a provisional treaty of
peace had been agreed upon: and on
the 18th of December Charleston was
also evacuated. and the South left free
of British troops.
Carleton. when he felt that peace
was indeed assured. began to disba nd
the loyalist regiments enlisted in the
British service and to despatch many
of his regulars to the West Indies.
to Nova Scotia. and to England.
No one doubted any longer that the
end of the bitter business had come
at last: every one waited impatiently
for the treaties which were to con-
stitute it's formal conclusion.
Monday, Difficulties In Peace For
mutation.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-21
HISTORY BUILDERS.
The Commissioner Who Refused to
Be Recalled.
Written Expressly for The Washington Heraid)
BY DIR. F.. J. EDWARDS.

! DC l\CSdHCu.
| Written Expressly for The Washington Hcrald.)
BY DIR. F.. J. EDWARDS.
ANY one who has the time and thu
patience, together with keen percep
| ton of hurnor. could find in the archive!
| of the State Department at Washington
sidelights which would reveal phases OF
the character of many men who were
prominent years ago in public life" SAID
| the late Frederick W. Seward to me al
a time when he was speaking of the
negotiations of our treaty with Mexico
by means of which we gained California
and New Mexico. Mr.. Seward was AS
sistant Secretary of State under his
father during the administration of Pres
ident Lincoln and President johnson. He
was again Assistant Secretary of State
for a part of the time when William NJ
Evarts was Secretary.
II did not have much time to look into
the archives of the State Department un.
til the last year or two of my service as
Assistant Secretary of State, but / did
hear and occasionally confirmed by ex-
animation some very interesting and
rather humorous things OF which the
public had no knowledge.
There is. for instance, the case OF
Nicholas Trist. There Is nothing in the
history of our State Department which
compares with II in one respect. Trist
was a good deal of a man, and he had a
strong leading toward diplomacy. l think
he was a friend of James Buchanan;
certainly 1t was under Buchanan's service
as Secretary of State in President Polk
administration that Trist became chief
clerk.
After Gen. Scott had captured Chapul-
hy cit Of
Mexico. Buchanan believed that the time
had come to begin peace negotiations
with Mexico. He was very fond of
Trist and believed him competent to serve
as our peace commissioner. Trist went
10 Mexico in 1S4I and he was not long
in reaching Gen. SCOTS headquarters
Nearby the peace commission was or
eanized. for an armistice had been agreed
upon. so that sufficient time could be Sc
cured for carrying on negotiations. Trist
obeyed the instructions which Buchanan
had given to him by asking that Mexico
cede California and New Mexico to the
United States. but his proposition was
violently repulsed by the Mexican COM
missioner. When Buchanan found that
Mexico would not cede California and
New Mexico he sent word to Trist that
he had been recalled. Trist paid no at
tention to that command. but he did not
inform the Mexican commissioners that
he had been deprived of his authority.
He negotiated a treaty with the commits
sioners whereby the United States agreed
to pay Mexico sl5.00o,O09 for California
and New Mexico. Then he hurried to
Washington with the treaty. He was re-
ceived with cordially. No mention was
made of the fact that he had been re-
called. and soon afterward he had the
qualification of knowing that the Sem
Mt haI ratified ha ha in,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-21

The Independent, in its current issue, publishes
an article by Chairman Frank p. Walsh, of the
United States Commission Industrial Relations,
in which he argues that the great phanthropic
foundations. such as that established by John D.
Rockefeller, menace TO the welfare of So
ciety And then the Independent, discussing the
article editorially, informs "Mr. Walsh and those
who share his views" that they are wrong A
perusal of Mr.. Walshs article indicates that his
opposition to the "philanthropic trusts" is based
upon his belief that should be allowed to
accumulate so much money Mr.. Rockefeller
possesses The Independent dsposes OF the OBJ
jections to the operation of the foundations by
calling attention to the fact that ito make assur-
douby sure, the great foundations, by the
terms of their incorporation are subject to Con-
gross, and therefore, to the public will They
have been made the creatures of democratic
sovereignty which call them to account If
their deeds evil"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-21

A merchant OF Linden, n. J.. has been sent to
jail for ninety days for selling ice Sunday in
spite OF his plea that he did not sell the ice but
gave it to person who was in need of it for
a baby. Their may be crumb of consolation in
his item OF for some residents OF Washing
ton who arc disposed to complain.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-21

1t appears that an Interpretation not wholly
Justified has been given TO a letter which Mr.. Jus
tice Hughes, OF the United States Supreme Court,
wrote a friend with reference to the Republican
nomination for President. Justice Hughes wrote
that "as a member OF the Supreme Court | have
right to be candidate either openly tacitly.
j cannot do my work here and hold equivocal
position before the country" He asked also that
mo steps be taken to bring the matter before the
convention" He did not write, however, that he
would decline the nomination. That false i'm.
preston to have arisen from the remark
OF the recipient of the letter that Il understand
from other information than is contained in the
letter that Justice Hughes would feel Obliged to
decline if he nominated. 1t is difficult if
not impossible, for any to eliminate himself
from public discussion in connection with the
country's highest Office Justice Hughes has not
succeeded in doing so, though the statement of
his position as made public is dignifcd and easily
understood.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-21

The Lusitania remained afoat eighteen and the
Arabic eleven minutes after being torpedoed.
And vet it contended in Gernany's note to
this country that the Lusitania would have re-
manned afoat long enough for her passengers to
escape but for the fact that she loaded with
explosives.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-21

The fire insurance and fire prevention commit
tees OF the Safety First Federation OF America
have selected October the date for an annual
national Fire Prevention Day. And just about
that time it will be fathers painful duty to lay in
a supply of coal and start the fire in the basement
furnace
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-21
HOLDS UP NORWEGIAN MAIL.
German Submarine withdrawa
when Torpedo Boat Appears.

Cope hagen, Aug. 2O.-The Norwegian
mail steamer Irma, bound from New
castle, England, to Norway, was arrested
north Of Jaeterens Reef on Thursday by
a German submarine, says a dispatch
received from Christiania today. Just as
the commander of the submarine was be-
ginning to examine the mail a Nor
wegian torpedo boat appeared. and the
commander protested that the Germans
were violating Norwegian neutrality. as
the 1rsna was in Norwegian waters. The
submarine then withdrew.
few hours earlier word had been re-
ceived that the Norwegian government
had protested to Berlin against the re-
cent seizure of mails on board the Haa-
kon VII by o German submarine.