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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-21
U AT AUCTION.
Public Offerings Yesterday In Man
haitian and The Bronx.
lat II VESEN STREET
BY Joseph =. Day.

l25TH ST, t5-t7 ", n :, 2Ii = LeuoN av,
iOxgg.ll, two 4 sly tnmts and stores
q sage ngt VI q Hawke ct al: due
t6T.s26. 20: taxes, Sc, tiO.s0; to the
plaintin ,..... SIS. OoC
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TRANSFERS.


with name and address OF lender and
attorney. II attorneys name is omitted
address party OF second part)
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SMALL LOFT IN WEST GOTH ST.

on the south side OF Twenty-ninth
street, 1885 feet west Of Broadway. a
three story store and loft building will
be- built for Mrs. Mary Fareira at a
cost of about $4,000. 1t will a a
frontage Of 65 feet ard a depth Of ss.s
feet. Randolph n. Almiroty Is the
architect.
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SEALED BIDS viii he received by the
Roarl Of water supply. a. It's Offices.
~ enty-secoud roor Municipal Building.
park Row. Centre and Chambers streets,
S,w YORK CITY. uutil II A. NJ. on Tuesday.
Angus 81. 1915, for Contract l5A, Tor fur
nishing and erecting water-pipr equipment
fot onerallug valve, IN the shafts ~ ne
civ tunnel 81 the Catskill aqurduct, In New
YORK CITY The equipmrn' consists Of iron.
copprr and brass pipe. pumps, valves and
httiuEs
4, the above place and time the bids will
h, publicly opened and read. Pamphlets.
containing information for bidders, and
coniraC. drawings can he obtained 80 the
above address. at the office OF he Serrs-
tary. by dopositing the sum Of ten dollars
$50 IN cash or It's equivalent FOR each
rumphleL For further particulars apply 20
The ofnce Of the Principal Assistant Engi-
nepr At the above address.
CHARLES STRAUSS. President.
CHARLES y. CHADWICK,
JOHN T. CALVIN,
Commissioners OF the Board OF water
Supply,
RAI.fH r STANTON. Assistant Secretary.
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East Of Flfth uN, between Fourteenth aut
ll0'h sts.l
7iTH IT. : 8. '7i ~ l~' av. g5NlO.. 2-Wu
whitlock to Trt'c Guar \ Trust co. -,
SWAY, AUG II. duc rs per bond 90. $500,
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ELEVATOR ron THEATRE.

Thomas W. Lamb, architect for the
Broadway and Ni~nety-seventh Street
Realty Company. has filed plans for
Installing an elevator In the I'VE story
Riverview Theatre. at the southwest
corner Of broadway ard Ninety-seventh
street. to connect with tine roof garden
IL will cost $40, 200.
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John NJ. Richie, president Of the Man
hasset Park Company. Manhasset Park,
l.. l., has sold three lots on Nassau
avenue to J. i, Nelson. who In going
to improve the property with IA seven
room house.
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PORT RICHMOND APARTMENTS.

The Sewell Agency has SOLD to the
Il. +. q. Realty Corporation Of Manhat
tan the plot. 50xl02. on the north
east corner of Harrison and Sharpe ave-
avenues Port Richmond, Staten Island.
The new owners will erect an eight
family brick apartment house.
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George Earle Warren, trust officer of
the Columbia Trust Company, was
elected vice-president and trust officer
OF the company at a meeting Of the
board of directors yesterday
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COUNTRY DWELLINGS RENTED.

John T.. Scott las sublet Tor william
c. Ivison the Arthur +. Cosby house
on Keene lane. WoOdmere, l.. l., TO
j. Markham MARSHALL.
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SIX R A ON 81 FEET.
Will he Built on 15Oth street
Near Amsterdam Avenue.

On the north side of 159th street
300 feet west of Amsterdam avenue are
TO be built six private garages for Jo-
seph II. Banks as owner. The total
frontage will be Ga feet and .he uni
form depth 20 feet. Robert NJ, TAFT Is
the architect,
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Uptown.

Manhattan Island, north OF llOth St
llITH ST, 5 s.. 800 . "a AZ, 75s = blk
Nautilos Realty ca to REM + Fcui,r A
anO, Far RockaWay, /. |. demand. 4 y e.
Jan ~. 1914 attys. Feu!er 4 Macs
100 BMay........,,..... .......S ,uup
lSSTH ST, II :, h0 " st Nltho't, AZ, g0NTj
Nicholas j BotsHCos To oscar Hiasr.
AS " llGth It. pr mtge $4,000. due g.,
per bond. Aug Il; atty, 4 - Go i,h
.-..... .... f1Uuu
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OPERATOR BtYs N BRONX.

FREEMAN sTREET-Paul A. McGol.
rick has bought aa2 Freeman street, a
fve story modern fiat, on plot AK
90.39.
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ANOTHER BRONX STORE.

John schanakenberg has filed plans
through Harry T. Howell for a one
story brick store at the southeast cor
ner OF Briggs avenue and lsSt1 street.
II will cost 81, 900 aud will cover a plot
2Ox9S.
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bronx.


B~LACKROCK Az. 2~iG5-Charles e Koenig
agt Louis and Louise Diebold, owners
and contractors ............ $40. 90
JACKSON Av, bSl aud Ss3-Louls cohen
agt Flar Realty GO, owners and con
tractors, sTon
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HELP WANTED-MALE.

FIRST CLASS Tool Makers and All
Round MaChiniSts wanted give eNper!eu e
and references; \ hour shop. highest wages
Address TNlON METALLIC CTGE GO
RrLlEannrl. CONN
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BUYER Or HEIGHTS HOUSE.

Nichols j. Botsacos III the PURCHASER
OF 500 West I7sth street. sold recently
by Robert Levers for Oscar Haase.
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SATISFIED MECHANICS LIENS.
Manhattan.

ll6TH ST. 40 W-Samuel CHASER agt
abraham y Leventhal ct al, Apr rs,
1912 n,'"'',' NlsS
Co agt Valentine Lynch ct al, Aug 3,
1915 Thy bond ..,....,..,..,, S22T2s
lirH ST, 222 Wasilkowsky q Levy aTt
Albert E smith ct al, Aug 10, 1918 81, 40i
Bronx.
80 Az, : 200 5 l7?d st. 2jxl?5-Angelo
Restivo ct al agt Moses Hodes ct al,
Feb Ii, 1915 Observation-Disclosures? q. a5S
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SITUATIONS wANTEp-rrMALE.

Al STENOGRAPliER SECRETARY.
twelve wears experience, eight In advent.
references; hours immtteTltl want prr
maurnt position only whore loyalty, ex
pe-ienCr, interest count " -, sun up
ioNn ONCE, 1864 BroA lwav.
Nbl'N'i WOMAN with hiGho-' croIaUfitN
with kuov lcdg" Of ~'rnoGrtphN tud iNp.
writing, desire. position, willing - ,ltlI 80
moderate salary II Opportunity ~ advance
ment T. offered \ NJ sun uploNn once,
1864 Broadway,
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BY Henry Brady.

BEAUMONT Az, cess, . :, SO = ls3d st.
2ONg2ll, . sty frame dwlg also Beau
mont ay, 2.si. p y. u: : 1874 81, .O.llk
90 II, sly frame dwlg also l79th ~,
7s2,7s' T. = " cor Names aN, looMS''
Schaefer. Jr, ct al; due. Sl5.As6 95; sub
TO pr mtgs asgregating $4,000. ad-
iourned to Aug g5.
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MORTGAGES.


with name and address Of lender and
lenders Attorney
Downtown.
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ISrOni.
Bronx.
thorough Of The RrouNl

- 80 '''
TRINITY Az, e 5, l27ll II lt1th II, 20 "a
6b,5N25l N56 l-Wm Meter 10 raul Hoppe,
356 f. 1874 ST, Aug 49,. ~ mtgo 81 80,
i~nstalls, . p g, atty, Il Il Bergman, Itsth
i "a AZ gao li5>S7 sELioGV
yalenzisi to Bronx investment CO. 100
Bwsy. Aus ~, pr mtse, . yrs, Ii9 y e.:
atty. 7 q 4 + 90, l76 Bway ,,,,.. So, 700
GERARD AV, " =, S39.7 II . l6itll 81, g;X
TOWN J Burns to Frelk g Wendell,
1855 Gerard av, Aug -, due Iuly 20,
1918, . p {, attys, Rabc a X, .5s Bwav
DAISBRIpGE AN, = :, 200 = 2Otth -, 5iN
100 --Corlears Realty 60 to Wm +
GIoeds. 29i9 Blinhriige av, Aus ~. 3
yrs. 6 y g, atty, 7 q A T 90, l76 Bway
\ Y a. ALBANY POST RID. n " : lot I,
map ChaS W simmons. South Nonkors,
also lot :. same map Newton Land Assn
to Chas II Pepper, lGS W e3d 81, July Is.
due, SC, as per bond atty, e II Pepper.
100 W SlSt " ,,,,,r,,,., ,., s. n0n
23sTH ST. ., lot Sb, map Hyatt farm:
also ?3Sth st, n .. rs = katonah az, 3iN
irreg Henry ; Moore 10 Emma X Jlu,s.
79b Crotonu Park North, Aug Is, , yrs,
y c. atty. Title q n 7 Co, l1G
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Bronx.

JEROME Az, 2iGg, store-Henry V singh
to Chas Rosenbiuth, SS2 e l7Sth st, lC
yrs from Oct |, 1913; atty, Nathan
schwartz, zoo Bway .... 5000 to 81. SOC
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West OF Fiftn av, between Fourteenth and
10Th s's.l
Az : " cor SIN 81. 25.5NlO0. Or
mtge, s3O.O0O-Jno n pHtk Mullen 10
Jacob Ruppcrt, a copru, 1879 81 az. Aug
10 demand, y e., atty. Y q co, l5G
$50. 900
NEST End Az ~ = 7Gi : iO2d II. 2ltN
lOO-rhas Mollcr to Arthur e Bostvi,k
eNr. Douglas Manor, /. |, Aug ~, due ~
per bond. atty, 7 q co. l7G Rwav
80. 0Op
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ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGES.
Manhattan

S7TH ST. 900 w-Union Dime saw Bank
to Robert Wilson. i7G Lincoln pl. Brook.
Ign; attys. Murray. + & H.. 81 wall
S;TH ST. so2 WIN : Le,ehtori to
Equitable Trust CO. 81 Wall st attys
Equitable Trus, co. 81 Wal st at,y,,
Murray, = &M. q wal st, ,ls.Ooo
I sT bio 'O Tr scs W w. w0 b'ss C oGt, 20
MURRAY. T. a II, 81 Wal ST.. sl3l. 900
9th ST, . 365 " 9Th av. 2ONlOo.5-
Chelsea Exchange Bank to Rose Brown:
$40 W Ssth st. attys, Goldsmith, Il, VI
sTH Az. " $. 2sIo $ i2oth st. 2s.ioxiOo
-Mutudi Life lns Co TO Frances Weiscl,
Ill Madison av. a;iy. Geo Hahn, u
'.TTh i.''s =. rs w.Harrie, $ jane; TO
AAnnie, quinn $50 SIN av' atty u .cA
18TH ST M Benz l. prandner 30 c
Bertram pIante, 76l Lincoln pL. Brook.
7TH ST, iss Eos galway to EmisrSnt
Ind Saw Bank. 81 1t; atty.
SAD ST, sso E-Domenica Emanuel TO
New England Equitable Ins Co. 50
ioTH ~. : Z cor 2is,h st. isxioo.Ti,iie
Guar and Trust co to Josephine T. Car
penter Bar Harbor. Me; atty. T.G GO.
40 Emigrantii. ctaoin sbrdlnu cmfwypp
RlNINGToN ST. n .. 20 " Attorney st. :ax
100 Emlgrant Ind SAY Bank to Richard
LatherS, Jr, 4 ano, trus .............t
Sd AN, = W cor l1Sth ~. 25Ni0O-Titie q
4 T 80 to y Y Investors corp S35. 0O0
lOlST ST, 5 :. jlO.l1 W ist av. 80 lxlO0 IL
Harris kanler to Morris " Bedcr. 500
BEEkMAN pT. . >. 20 i0th -. 20NlOO-
Lena ID Mayer. exr. 10 Maurice A
mayer '''.''''....." S2,OOO
Bronx.
l. T Il r co to walter S Gurnee & ano.
HVnsoN MTG 90 to WIN F clare $4,000
MURPHY. Edw W, to ArvId SwaninE-
SO L Es, Grant. trustee. to GIANT
ARNOLD. VIM G. admr, to Mary \
i;Eyte ''' i.....'' '..-. $500
JEFFEllS. Augusta. TO VIM 9 Ar.
hu.n ..'t.'.. s..t... -...... ........ s3.aOO
sTGMsON Ida r. to Abr Karmel' ~, 800
WOI.t Mary l.. 20 REM J carr. Jr....ti
l.ASCH, Jno :. adinr. to Jno : Iarsch 81
GREENRAtM, DsNii. 10 Margt KnoN. 81
\. TRUST 90 to city Mtg Co...-..,sl
SAME to
CITY MTG co Angelina cham.
SAME to Columhia Trust 60. trus. So. 900
tAlit'f'l HOLDING GO. INC. to Mae W
n h"riagh1 $3.50 '',.' VI
FAI.TER. Emma, Ct al. 10 Fredk G Wen
e o s o o 81 o o . . . f. . o q o. e . e 70 o DO s o r = tNNN
The Washington times., 1915-08-12
THE ART OF SWIMMING

One by-product Of the Eastland
disaster in Chicago is the revival of
interest in swimming. It is believed
that if more of the victims of that
disaster could have swum many more
would have been saved. Hundreds
were caught and crushed under the
vessel, but scores of others were
plunged into the water and drowned
only because they were not able to
keep afioat until help came.
Washington has been fortunate
this season in having a Red Cross
life-saving expert here, but, after
all, the best life-saving provision is
that everyone who attempts to go on
the water should know how to swim.
No one who cannot swim has much
right in canoe or a rowboat.
Beside all this swimming is a rec
rcation and an exercise of undoubt-
ed benefit. There are ample facili-
ties in Washington for everyone to
learn, and even the schools of some
cities are now making provision for
the teaching of the art. An art it is.
and not many are born to the water,
but everyone can learn enough to
keep afloat and reach shore, as we'll
as to indulge in a healthful and in
vigorating exercise.
The Washington times., 1915-08-12
State of New York
Ones $125 a Person
Average Debt for Each Acre, In
cluding City, Now S47.s0,
Saws H. l.. Stimson.

NEW YORK. Aug. l2.-New York
State. and its subdivisions. exclusive of
the city Of New York. owe SIS for every
man, woman. and child. Including the
city. the per capita debt is SIPS.
The average debt for each acre ex-
elusive of the city is $3.50. Inclusive of
the city the average debt per acre is
$47S0.
These figures, compiled by Henry L.
Stimson. former Secretary of War. are
made public by James w. Wadsworth.
tr. United States Scnator-elect The
statistics exclude private indebtedness.
such as mortgages On farms and the
like. and also the proportion OF the
national debt which New York State
must pay.
Bonded Indebtedness of the State and
the counties. cities and towns outside
of New York city totals $S2, ,3SO 1856 80.
OF which slo9 eco, 66o Is owed by the
State: S.O,9t5.645.A by the counties, and
sl92. .l74.4 .69 by the subdivisions of the
counties.
The gross funded debt of the city Is
81 ,3l9. .Ss2 l5l.I5. from which is deducted
1874. Isl. 24s.75. representing the sinking
funds. which leaves net funded debt
for the city of $s9o. .6OO,902 Added to
the net State debt. outside New York
city. the total for State and city Is
N.SS7 .ssl. .ssS.ss.
The Washington times., 1915-08-12
THE COTTON DISCUSSION

The Declaration of London named
cotton among the articles that
should never be placed on the con-
traband list; and frequent allusion
is now made to that fact as if it
had a bearing on the policy of the
entente powers. The powers could
not agree on this proposal, however,
and the Declaration of London be-
comes as to cotton a sort of contract
that was drawn up by the lawyers
for the powers, and not signed. 1t
has no weight whatever as a restric-
ton on the action that the allies
may properly take.
Cotton is, if not the only, certainly
the best known, substance for use in
making certain of the explosives
that are of the utmost Importance in
modern war. 1t has been estimated
that the daily consumption of cot
ton in ammunition is 1000 tons. AS
suming that Germany and Austria
are using half the ammunition that
is being consumed in the war-and
the sufficiency of their stocks, COM
pared TO the pressing needs Of the
The Washington times., 1915-08-12
sEABOARD'S FINANCIAL PLAN

The success which has marked the
efforts of s. Davies Warfeld's plan
TO raise for the Seaboard> Air Line
galway, of which he is chairman,
some $23,0OO,0OO, would seem to dis
pose of the theory that financial in
terests are loath to engage in new
commitments at a time when condi-
tions throughout the world are dis
turbed. The institutions which have
underwritten the Seaboard issue of
bonds are the strongest in the United
States, and the fact that they are
willing to undertake the financing of
the company may be taken as an in
dication of the faith of financial in
terests in the future of the South.
Following the outbreak of the war
with low prices for cotton, wide
spread depression prevailed as we'll
in manufacturing lines. Business
generally was at low ebb and the
railroads operating in that section
had a hard time to make both ends
meet.
Conditions, however, are improv.
ing there as elsewhere surely and
materially, and far-seeing banking
interests are becoming as optimistic
over the future Of Dixie as they were
before.
The Washington times., 1915-08-12
BETHLEHEM STEEL
BUYS IN BAL T|MORE
Company Purchases Factory To
Be Used For Filling War
Orders For the Allies.

BALTIMORE. Aug. l2.-Anpouncs-
ment is made Of the purchase Of the
plant of the Detrick & Harvey Ma
chine Company, on East Preston street.
by the Bethlehem Steel Company. In
this Charles NJ Schwab has finally car
ried out n plan which he has had In
mind for ycars--thc location of one OF
his subsidiary plants in an Eastern sea-
board city 1t covers several acres and
Is one of the most modern here.
1t Is understood that Immediate pos
session will be taken and that the plant.
for the present, will be used exclusively
for the manufacture Of munitions OF
war for the allies.
Negotiations were conducted with the
lehem company, 1t was learned. visited
Baltimore last week and made thor
ough inspection Of the plant.
The purchase comes as the result OF
a study Of conditions in and around
Baltimore BY Mr.. Schwab and the fu-
ture advantages which this port would
be in a position to offer steel and other
industries. He has been here more than
once surveying the field, and. upon the
occasion of each of his visits, rumors
would arise as to the possibility of his
either purchasing the Maryland Steel
Company or erecting a plant of his own.
Baltimore is expected to increase the
foreign commerce of this port 1t 10
believed that large part of the prod
ucts turned out by the new Bethlehem
subsidiary will he shipped direct from
here to England, France and Russia, In
stead Of being sent by rail to New York
and other points.
The Washington times., 1915-08-12
"JACKING UP" THE FORCE

No one believed there was any
need for a sweeping shake-up in the
Washington Police Department. But
most folk will agree with Major
Pullman that there is sore need of
Hacking up in some quarters.
All the evidence of this fact need
ed is the wave of petty thefts that
has swept the city for several
months. This monotonous success
sion of daily minor robberies has
been attributed to many causes, and
householders have been warned suf-
ficiently to be more careful. The
remedy lies in more alert policing.
The heads of the department,
rightly, have refused to listen to all
the gossip that followed the grand
jury investigation of few members
of the force. Major Pullman an
nounced he did not wish to listen to
tales "a mans wife's cousin had told
about this or that policeman" He
announced he wanted only informa.
tion that persons would be willing
to swear out warrants for.
That is we'll enough so far as in.
dieting anyone goes, but if the Police
Chief will listen he undoubtedly will
hear enough to convince him that
there is laxity and lack of "pep,
as some one called it, thai does not
need affidavits to be substantiated
The Washington times., 1915-08-12

Of the mess hall. at least three-quarters
Of an hour away.
Among the rockies were mighty foot
ball coaches and players. a champ high
jumper. lawyers of the first magnitude,
sons Of United States ambas ssadors, pos
sible mayors Of Boston. teh attorney for
the L. S. Steel Corporation. polo play
ers whose reputation goes across the
seas to India and back again, Harvard
football captains. and others.
The long-awaited motor machine gun
troop arrived shortly after noon in a
swirl Of dust UP the Hudson valley.
Among those attached to the motor
train are Percy .. Haughton. the Har-
Rex Flynn. Beer" Wheeler. Norman
w. Cabot. J. H. Farley. Robert Bacon.
jr.. and p. c. Millman
Private Robert Bacon. OF Company c,
this time last year the ambassador OF
tria in France. has hardened into a
first class doughboy. or infantryman
He was very hearty in his praise of the
work and had much to say Of its prob.
able influence in American affairs.
Bacon's Protest.
tust before supper in the mosquito
barred tents preceding General Wood!
| speech, Mr. Bacon gave his first inter
view since last fail while working with
knitted brow over the intr.cacios o.
his pack and poncho.
Mr.. Bacon has two sons In camp.
Il am here" Mr.. Bacon said, .ns ,
protest against this country's unpre
paredness. l hope that the idea bacl
OF this camp will strike into the peopl,
out there. said the diplomat wavin,
his arm north, east, south and west
| This Is the first time I've spoken TO
publication since last November. Sint,
that time I've been almost CONSTANT,
in Europe. l know therefore how Eu
rope looks upon us now. Also l know
my own country. SO / may maintain
| that l am familiar with both Sides
| My notion Is that our country shou!t
| not sit around idly waiting for trouble
| We should take a stand. u position.
| don't mean by that that we should hur
ry off TO war with anybody or join tn,
allies. Our present military condition
means that we couldn't even II W,
| wanted to do so.
| But We must take q stand, neutralit,
under the circumstances being lmposS.
Bile. We cannot accept assurances from
nations whose own people say that the.
will not be bound by any treaties
the emergencies Of war arise"
The Washington times., 1915-08-12
What Senator Hoke Smiths Plar
Would Accom- plish.

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
Senator Hoke Smith Of Georgia Is re-
ported as delivering himself Of the fol-
lowing at public meeting in New York
city Wednesday evening:
I have determined the only thing
to do is to tell Great Britain to re-
woke the blockade order or she can
nave no neutral trade with US.
! suppose the Senator means all sorts
Of trade bv neutral" trade. What Is
his proposition? This. simply this. and
only this: Mr.. smith would change the
Presidents policy Of strict neutrality
and notify Great Britain that she shall
gain no advantage by reason Of her
superior navy. That Is to say, that
the United States shall he the actual.
but not the avowed. ally Of Germany In
the war.
What would follow such a policy? The
her possessions in both hcmisphercs.
France and her colonies. Italy and her
colonies. and Russia In Europe and In
Asia? Wheat would sell In Chicago at
30 cents a bushel; cotton would fall to
sl5 bale in New Orleans. banks would
call In their loans: railroads would can
eel their contracts for supplies; millions
OF men now at labor in shop and fac
tory and mine would be thrown out of
employment: soup houses would be es-
tablished everywhere the most disas-
preston of our history would overtake
the country.
These calamities would surely follow
II our foreign trade. except with China
sAvoYARD.
The Washington times., 1915-08-12
THE CONQUEST OF CHOLERA

1t would be difficult to imagine a
set of conditions more favorable for
the gravest results to flow from an
epidemic of cholera than those that
have prevailed in Serbia in the last
year. The country has been ex-
hausted economically, a great pro-
portion of the people have been liv-
ing under most onerous conditions,
even on the point of starvation; and
sanitary precautions have only been
enforced to the extent that the mill
tary could compel them. Cholera
broke out, and at first its results
were reported terrifying.
But now comes the gratifying
news that, despite the fearful array
of circumstances, the treatment Of
the scourge with serum has had
wonderful results. The army official
reports say that in 1903 light cases
there were only two deaths; in 157
of the worst cases there were seven
deaths, or "A per cent, while in the
same class of cases, without serum,
the proportion of deaths was So per
cent. In the entire experience with
serum, including light, medium, and
severe cases, deaths were little
over 1k per cent, while in the range
of all cases not treated with serum
the deaths were almost 9h per cent
Such results powerfully suggest
that the conquest of cholera is we'll
nigh a fact. Of course, II will re-
quire decades to introduce the cure
in those eastern countries where
cholera does, it's greatest devasta.
ton. But it will get to them in
time, as the typhoid treatment is
rapidly approaching universal ac.
ceptance in the Occidental world
Typhoid as a scourge of armies ir
the field has been almost eliminated
The Washington times., 1915-08-12
REDF|ELD ACTS TO
END SHIP DISASTERS

Stability tests designed to prevent the
recurrence of such a tragedy as that OF
the Eastland are provided for In new
rules and regulations for the steamboat
inspection service, Just announced oy
Secretary of Commerce Redfield.
Steps are taken also In the new regu-
lations to prevent steamboat overcrowd-
Ing by a provision that increases in pas,
senger-carrying permits may be issued
only after personal inspection or the
vessel, OF which a written record shall
be made. Where inspectors doubt the
stability Of vessel they are author
ized to compel owners to make 'inclin-
ing" tests. under the supervision OF eS-
pert naval architects.
The new regulations, which are based
on recommendations OF the Red1ielu
go investigation, also provide for the
formation of committee of supervising
inspectors from the Atlantic, Pacific
Gulf and lake stations. to study condi
tions on the Great Lakes for safeguard
ing passenger traffic.