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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1915-09-23
RICH IN RESOURCES
Russia Faces Indefinite Future Of
Warfare Undismayed.
"The Most Powerful Country of the
Future" Was Just Finding Itself
When War Broke Out
Wealth Untouched.

washington, D. C.-With the great
est wholesale destruction of treas
ure In all history taking place. with
war-wrought economic losses piling up
In such stupendous aggregates as no
panic ever caused, the question as to
how long each of the belligerents can
stand the fearful strain upon its re-
sources Is becoming as important and
fully as interesting as are any of
those more stirring questions grow
Ing out of the purely military phase of
the world-war. In bulletin just is-
sued, the National Geographic society
sketches the pre-war economic condi-
ton of Russia, which, having expend-
ed 00,000,000, having lost hundreds
OF millions Of dollars in foreign trade,
and cities and provinces worth hun
dreds of millions more, is facing an
indefinite future of warfare undis
mayed, confident. The bulletin reads:
Commercial and industrial revolu-
tion were stirring in Russia before the
war; the work of opening it's magnif-
cent domain was being rapidly carried
forward; plans for developing it's al
most unlimited resources were in
process of confident organization;
modern cities were springing up like
mushrooms in rich Siberia; textile,
metal and other industries were lay
ing firm foundations, and foreign trade
had been brought up to about $780,
100000. What has been called the
most powerful country in the future
was finding itself, and was preparing
to enter upon the centuries of expan-
sion that it will need to exhaust the
possibilities of it's boundless natural
wealth.
About two and one-half times
larger than the United States, with
an area of S,650,00O square miles and
a population of 170,O00,O0O, which is
increasing at the rate of 100000
year. Russia's natural resources re-
semble those of this country, and are
proportionate. 1t has nearly 900, O00,-
600 acres of forest-compared with
the 544,400,000 acres of the United
States-much of which, even now, is
carefully administered, and which, one
day, will be the worlds first source of
timber. 1t has 250,00O,00O acres of
land under cultivation. while this
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1915-09-23

Maj Gen. George w. Goethals, gov
ernor of the Canal zone, arrived in
New York recently on board the s.
S. Pastores. He said he would offer
his resignation to take effect in No
vember. Colonel Goethals is accom-.
panied by his wife and son Thomas,
and is here on leave of absence to
visit the Panama-Pacific exposition.
The colonel expects to be put on
the active army list, and IL this is not
possible, he will ask for his retire
ment with the rank of brigadier-gen.
eral. He told newspaper men that
he intended to visit the exposition as
a private individual, and desired that
no fuss be made about him by any of
the officials. That Mrs. Goethals is
anxious to leave the Canal zone per.
manently was shown by remark she
made shortly after the ship left quar-.
antine and started for the pier: Il
hope never to go back" she said.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1915-09-23
The Main Difficulty.

The manager of a factory recently
engaged new man and gave instruc-
tions to the foreman to instruct him
In his duties. A few days afterward
the manager inquired whether the
new man was progressing with his
work
The foreman, who had not agreed
very well with the man in question:
exclaimed angrily:
Progressing! There's been a lott
of progress. 1 have taught him
everything 1 know and he is still an
ignorant fool."-Chicago Herald.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1915-09-23

country has cultivated area of
about twice as great; but Russia can
expand her farm lands twenty-fold and
still leave virgin land to the future.
1t can become the granary and the
stock farm of the world.
Scarcely two score years have
passed since Russia began with seri-
GUS purpose the task of her internal
development. Progress, during the
first thirty years of this period was
hesitant. In the last decade, however,
it has doubled its foreign trade. of
which Sc per cent is exports; still
this foreign commerce is less than half
that of the United States. But Rus
sia before the war had scarcely be-
gun to gather steam for the prose
cution of her tasks. There remain
hundreds of millions of acres OF fat
lands to be brought under the plow;
tens of thousands of factory plants to
build; rich mines to be opened; great
railway and canal systems to be
built; millions of home-builders to be
moved into Siberia, the silver East
of the cars empire, and many mil.
lions of illiterates to be educated to
higher standard of life and eff
cheney.
Russia is vast storehouse of raw
materials, and must for many years
remain purchaser of machinery and
manufactured goods in increasing
quantities. Yet the mills of Russia
consume s130.000,000 worth of raw cot
ton annually. and Russian iron and
steel rails have already found their
way into competition in the markets
of the world. Germany bought more
from Russia than any other three
countries, and sold to the Russians
about half of all their imports. These
two empires did tremendous, thriv-
ing business with one another before
the war, and great stream of Ger
man capital flowed into the northern
empire for investment. England, Hol-
land, Austria-Hungary and Italy, in
the order named, followed Germany
in business with the Russians. Ger
man trade promotion was thoroughly
organized throughout the land, and
in Riga, Petrograd and Moscow names
of thousands of German firms could
be seen.
Russia. as are but few other great
nations, is self-sustaining in the mat
ter of raw materials; but the Musco-
vite emSire is dependent upon the
factories of other lands for every step
that it may take in the upward scale;
it is even dependent upon foreign
manufactures to maintain standards in
its wide-sweeping territory as high as
they are today. There is fabulous
riches awaiting transmutation by Rus
sian industry, but Russian industry
has hardly passed the BIRTH
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1915-09-23
THIS DOG CATCHES FISH
Water Spaniel Supplies the Needs OF
Owner and Neighbors In
Indiana.

Aurora, Ind.-James c. Duggens. a
farmer, who lives on the Laughery
Creek, has water spaniel that is
noted along the stream for it's method
of catching fish. The dog has caught
,veral hundred pounds dur 'ng the
last few months for its owner and his
neighbors.
The dog dives into the water and
soon appears with fish in its mouth,
and will repeat its diving for several
hours at a time.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1915-09-23
"Frlskedv Muncie Con.

Muncie, Ind. The nerviest pick
pocket is the one who recently, in
broad daylight, "frisked' the pockets
of the superintendent of police, VIII
lam A. Mcllvaine, of his annual pass
to the county fair. The touch was
made while the chief was in central
police headquarters, and became
known when DIR. Fred L. Bunch asked
Chief McIlvaine for the use of the
pass during the afternoon.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1915-09-23

out of his discovery to spend his last
days without work and then the world
is welcome to it. He is sixty-seven
years old and thinks he has worked
long enough, but until he made his
discovery it looked like years more OF
labor for him.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1915-09-23
A Wonder.

That's bright looking Office boy
you've got"
Bright! Why, that boy has seen
every double header this season, and
he hasn't given me the same excuse
twice"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1915-09-23
Returns From "pead.D

Carthage. Mo.-Mourned for deac
John Hughes, now resident of Cole
field, New, returned here few day
ago after an absence of more tina
twenty years. During that time b
had never written home. When b
walked unexpected into the home I
his aged mother, Mrs. E. Mansfield, /
was Immediately recognized.
1t doesn't take a good locker iol
TO find husband.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1915-09-23

AGENTS-Steady income Large manufacturer of
Handkerhie and Dress Goods etc. wishes representative
in each locality. Factory to consumer. Big profits,
honest goods Whole or spare time. Credit given.
particulars Fresport Co Brooklyn MI.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1915-09-23

century have resulted in the practical
extinction of the animal Bounties
have been paid upon $4,000 mountain
lions in the past 25 years.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1915-09-23
SANITARY and thoroughly
lseful is the verdict of one-half million users of
SMITHS poi RASSLER

which has been on the market but a few months
it nts all the curves OF pot or pan. sample l0c.
Liberal Inducements To agents in gross lots Smith
EovUity Co. - PAdaaarAm Ave-, Danburys Conn.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1915-09-23

No candidate is as radical in office as
he was during the campaign.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-01-13

There must be some graduate
wrestlers in the crowd.
Bill Donovan, new manager OF the
New York Yanks, is in Detroit trying
to secure First Baseman Pipp and
Outfielder High. No deal has been
put through, but Donovan says he is
satisfied as will get the men.
Coy DoIan has signed a tWo-year
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-01-13

to be made as handler of men, in
the bigger arena.
Getting star appointment has not
turned his head a particle, and he
doesn't try to appear as know-it-an.
We're for him, and don't see why he
shouldn't make good. -. .
20. B. Attorneys Frame Defense"
says head in Trib. ..... -...-.- -
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-18

manager Of the Thalia theater at Ham,
burg Four more children came to the
singer. After Schumann's death she
came TO America. and made her first
appearance in Chicago in November,
1898. Later she became a citizen OF the
United States
And when the diva had been estab-
nshed as one Of the most famous ana
richest operate and concert stage figures
Of the day. with homes in New Jersey.
Chicag go, and California. she met william
Rapp. Jr.. Chicago lawyer and former
newspaper man They were married In
1905. After Six years OF what. In her
pe.i,ton for divorce, she described as
"temperamental differences. they sep
arated at Caldwell, n. J. Her suit was
filed In Chicago in December, 1913.
Because of her prominence. the suit
waa a. soul-rackingly spectacular as
any ever heard in Chicago. A golden
haired correspondent was dragged into
the tolls, and Rapp endeavored to bring
statutory charges against his wife. SO
far did he fail, however. that ere the
ending Of the case judicial encomium
upon the divas life and character was
deliyered from the bench.
Madame Ernestine testified that She
personally, superintended the arrange
nnent and upkeep Of her home; that she
baked and cooked. and even took hand
In the scrubbing and washing.
ptyosus Was granted her last June
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-18
When Gurkhas Shot Gods.

"HOUGH not strict Hindus, the Gurk-
has are very superstitious. 1t 10
on record that the beautiful wife
OF a certain Rajah of Nepal contracted
smallpox.
The Rajah vowed tons of milk and
butter sweetmeats to the gods If they
would cure her. She recovered but when
she saw her Disagreement she killed her
self
The Raiah fell into passion. and had
all his gods set up in a row outside his
walls. Opposite them he ranged his ar
tillery. Having abused the gods and re-
minded them of all the milk and sweets
he had given them. he ordered the guns
to open fire.
Some of the senior officers, Mortified at
the sacrilege. rushed shrieking away, but
after a few gunners mad been cut down
the guns opened fire and the gods were
blown to bits.
All the great Sikh families owed their
origin to the power of the sword. Every
Sikh chief tried to attract followers who
could ride and fight, no matter what their
antecedents were.
Every village became a fort The word
"neighbor" meant enemy. Men titled
the soil with matchbox across the
shoulders
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-18

About four weeks after the memorable
contact of Guy with the stable cross
beam, a telegraphic message speeded
from California to Chicago and Madame
Ernestine, telling that her little daugh-
ter, having arrived at the brashness Of
eighteen years, was engaged to Mr.. Guy
profession, banker and broker.
Madame was pleased. She had seen
romance and liked the color Of it
though she had been unhappy in mar
riage, there was no reason why her chill
dren should not assume the responsibility
of it.
Roses and orange groves; runaway
horses and cross beams, cottages and
youth-such things spell romance.
Bells ring In the city!
Sometimes the rain and the fog steal
away on wings of the night. and the sun
rises to battle the grim old tower with
gold and coral light. Then are the city's
streets broad and splendid. stretching
from the glory OF the east to the purple
of the west; and under last years leaves,
dripping silver, tiny green blades OF
spring are peeping.
The splendor OF new day shines on
the people in the streets; shines pink
against their cheeks and burns in their
eyes, so that they smile as they hurry
along.
And the bells ring softly, like the
whisper of promise fulfilled Oh. tbs
beauty of the bells-wedding bells.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-18

Madame Ernestine Roessler Schumann-Heink
welded Herr Heink, 1882; Paul Schumann,
1898; William Rapp, Jr., 1905.
Walter Schumann Heink welded Miss Daisy
Marcus, of Paterson, N. j., July 16, 1913.
Henry Schumann Heink married Miss Elsie
Straumann, of Paterson, N. j., December 26,
1914.
r. c. Ferdinand Schumann is to wed Miss Mar
garet M. McCann of New York, in June.
Miss Mizzi Schumann-Heink will wed Hubert
Guy, of San Diego in June.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-18

And she vowed that. for her at least,
marriage is not again to be.
Marry again?" said she, 'Ach him
mel. never, never" And a smile
crinkled up round her eyes: suspiciously
near to tears.
And then-so happily-she talked OF
the engagement, just then announced. OF
pretty Mzzi and Hubert Guy.
And the bells ring in the tower above
the city's heart.
Clouds drift down from the north,
where is The Day That Never Came. and
cling round the hoary stones, and shroud
the city. and hang heavy in the gardens.
They brush shrinking faces, like the dank
breath of the grave. and blot out the
past and dim the future. And from their
ghostly fingers moisture drips, drips. like
tears of regret.
But the bells ring! High above the
clouds and their gray hearts the voice of
hope flies out on the wind, rising high
toward the stars. sinking low to the
pavement. The voice of hope, Ginning
of A Day Yet To Be!
3
It was last April. just before Madame
Ernestine's domestic. unhappiness be-
came public, that the engagement OF her
son. Henry Schumann-Heink. to Miss
Elsie Straumann was announced.
The son Of famous Madame had gar
nered some fame On his own account
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-18

Part Of his life was spent on the stage;
he was especially noticed in Blanche
Bates company In "NObody's Widow.
His career had been varied before that
time. Several years were spent abroad.
acquiring a knowledge of languages;
later he became supervisor Of boat con-
struction for the Cramp & Sons Ship
and Engine Building Company. New
York.
After his stage experience. Henry be-
came captain of detectives for a New
Jersey agency; in 1912 he ran for the
Office of assemblyman on the Democratic
ticket but failed to win; he then went to
Central America In the employ of the
United States government He Is now
clerk of the recorders Office at police
headquarters, in Paterson, N. J.
Miss Straumann was school teacher
The groom was twenty-eight. she was
younger They were married December
26 and went to live in the home that
Madame Ernestine bought them for
wedding present. She was beamingly
happy in their marriage.
More happiness came to her with the
announcement in March of the engage
ment of her fifth son, r. c. Ferdinand
schumann, to Miss Margaret NJ. Mccain.
The young woman is the beautiful daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph J. McCann-
New York and a society girl. She met
Mizzi Schumann-Heink when they both
attended the Mount st. Vincent convent,
and a year ago she visited Mizzi and
Madame Ernestine at their country estate
at Grossmont, Cal. 1t was there that she
became acquainted with her husband
to-be.
Schumann is in business at Ell Cajon.
near San Diego, Cal, where they will
live after their marriage in June.
ANY Californian will aver that his
state is surfeited with roses and oranges.
and that there are no truer concomitants
of romance A bungalow in the orange
shade, a runaway horse, injuries, tender
nursing-could there be outline more
true to tales of love?
The bungalow Of this story Is the six
room cottage that Madame Ernestine
built for her daughter in the orange
grove near Grossmont in the FL Caton
valley. MizzI and her friend, Miss Ger
trude Nieman. of New Jersey, were living
alone in the bungalow, cooking on
smoky oil stoves and sleeping on Navajo
blankets, and listening to photograph
records of Madame Ernestine's voice for
evening entertainment.
And all on a day, when Mizzi rocked
peacefully on her cottage porch. horse
dashed through the. orange lanes and
into the open door Of the stable, knock
ing the rider over the crupper TO the
Follow fuss. linen and sympathy
Then days OF recuperation, then the IN
jured Hubert Guy. of San Diego, reclines
on a Navajo blanket and looks into a
pair of dark eyes and a piquautly smil-
ing face Finally rides about the FL
Cajon valley, when the horse that had
run away walks beside another horse
that bears . gtrlish aAsR.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-18

Kline Katayaria. a young fsherwoma1
OF Anjomura. in the province of Shima,
Japan, and 100 others, applied to the
naval authorities TO be attached to the
navy, as they desired to be engaged in
clearing the sea at the mouth of Kiaochow
hay of submarine mines. Those patriotic
fisherwomen are engaged In fishing at Q
depth OF more than twenty-five fathoms,
and they can swim under water ffealG
~ u rough woatAee.
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Madame Having Tried
Matrirnony Three Times
Is Now OVerjoyed at
Seeing Her Children
Wed at Rate of Two or
Three in a Year.

shouldn't girls and boys inherit the
tendency to marry? Why shouldn't their
mothers marry and remarry. forgetting
the horror of cruelty and unhappiness?
Anyway, that's the way a careful con-
sideration Of the case Of the marrying
Schumann H 1 ks impresses. Three
times have wedding bells rung for the
famous Madame Ernestlne; twice has I'M
happiness settled down on her home.
bringing regret and despair. Her life
has ever been toll and hardship: eight
times has she paid the awful price Of
giving new life 10 the world.
Yet she came out of the courtroom in
Chicago after the trial Of her last suit
for divorce in June. smiling over the
nuptial plans Of her daughter. pretty
eighteen-year-old Mizzi. Her romantic
engagement to Hubert Guy. the San
Diego. Cal, young man. made the singer
feel young again, she said. The couple
will probably marry next June.
Although the misery of the days in
-uicago, when her former husband. Will
liam Repp, sought to black her with
counter-charges IN his cross-petition were
still fresh IN memory, Madame Ernestine
was overjoyed at the marriage last De-
cember of her son. Henry Schumann-
Hetnk. to Miss Elsie Strausmann, of Pat
in New York for wedding present.
The engagement of her fifth son, R. g.
Ferdinand Schumann. Of San Diego. Cal,
to Miss Margaret NJ. Mccain. society
girl. OF New York, announced very re-
Gently, is causing Madame Ernestine un-
their wedding in June.
Madame Ernestine Schumann-Hei
cherished the dream Of some day becom-
ing q grand opera singer when she was
a homely little child. She played about
her fathers home In Vienna, and wished
for the time when she should become
famous
At the Ursuline convent IN Prague her
voice was discovered by nun, who as
signed her to sing tenor at mass. A
former prima donna visited the convent
and heard the voice. She gave the still
homely young woman a few lessons. and
local fame led to a trial before the d.
rector Of the Vienna Court Opera Soon
after came an invitation to sing In the
Royal Opera at Dresden. There she
signed a three-year contract. But love
came IN and Cancelled the contract. After
her marriage the homely young woman,
whose charm of personality wrapped her
round with fascination more attractive
than beauty. moved to Hamburg. There
four children were born, and there she
spent the wretched first years Of her mar
ried life. and there 1t was that Herr
Heink abandoned her with her four
babies
Through all the poverty and heart.
ache the little mother kept her family
together. She found place IN the stadt
theater at Hamburg. and from there she
made her way to fame.
Love came the second time. When
she was Just past thirty. Madame Ernss-
tine married Herr Psul eehumann. ssees.
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By WINIFRED VAN DCZER.

uSdIl!
The cold. dead fingers of fog
clutch the grimy stones Of the old
church tower and swirl grave-clothes
round the tops of buildings and the
reaching arms Of trees. From their
ghostly tips moisture drips, drips. like
tears of regret.
Streets are secret lanes. sneaking out
Of obscurity vague as the past. into OBJ
security dim as the future. Drenched
pavements hold saffron lights, wavering:
last years grass hangs soddenly on the
curb: in dry fountain basins last years
leaves rise and iutter despairingly. and
sink again.
People loom IN the ohscurity and are
caught among the shapes and lights in
the pavements; they hurry out of shad
ows. The clammy fingers clutch them.
too, weighing their shoulders, sagging
their chins. Fog films them. PUSHES
round them: they are gone.
It Is a night OF unreality. when hap
ptness slips along the pathway Of the
years to forgotten day. and only the
tears are left, dripping. dripping.
But the bells are ringing! High above
the rain and the fog and the grimy stones
Of the old tower they are ringing. like
the triumphant clang of the spirit above
the tired heart!
Does the inclination to marry run
through families the same as predisposi-
ton toward science or light hair? Spite
Of domestic infelicity and dreams all un-
realized, why do women marry and re-
marry, finding themselves more and
more mismated with each new husband?
Why do they trip down the steps Of the
divorce court to congratulate their
daughters sbout-to-be-married? Why do
they lay aside preparation Of their petit
lions to buy houses and country-places
for their sons wedding presents?
Why do daughters. living with the Wis
ION OF their mothers unhappiness con-
tinually before their eyes, promise to
assume her burdens and small chance Of
happiness Just as soon as they're old
enough legally to sign the registry In
the marriage license clerks Office? Why
do sons, with no memory of home life
excepting priyation and disappointment.
take unto themselves wives and the re-
probabilities of homes and families when
the echoes OF the classroom are still
ringing in their ears?
Is 1t because of innate tendency toward
matrimony and home making?
Babies stand on tiptoe and play the
piano with weak little fingers. In blaz-
ing, fiower-perfumed halls their mothers
have wooed smiles and tears to the lips
and eyes of thousands: friends say the
baby inherits musical instinct"
Boys show a peculiar curve OF chin
that is like the curve of their fathers
and their grandfathers' chins. and people
say they show the Nook of their an
cestors." Or children show mannerisms
Of speech. oddities of walk. love of re-
Ngion or weakness for crime and it is
~ that u their heritage" % Why