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Evening journal., 1915-08-09

scale Of rather bewildering magni-
tude. some of the points Mr.. Shaw
makes in the Cleveland case may be
noted.
For instance the managers Of the
Cleveland plant in their Bulletin No.
l covering the first four months Of
1915 show over S3S 900 revenue above
operating expenses. From this sum
there is deducted $4,000 for bond is
terest while the balance of upward
Of $4,000 is set down as net profit
Here Mr.. Shaw permits out that the
interest for four months on The 81
10000 of outstanding bonds is it.
self $4,000, or $4,000 more than the
entire alleged quarterly surplusage
over disbursements. Furthermore ap-
plying the Wisconsin Railroad Com
missions accepted percentage Tor de-
probation the light plant should have
charged off $4,000 10 this amount for
the four months. whereas it CHARGED
off just half that amount.
Adding to these items the loss to
the city in taxes of $4,000 for the
quarter, Mr. Shaw succeeds IN rlaking
a pretty strong presentment Tor his
assertion that the municipal light
plants alleged quarterly net profit of
$4,000 Is in reality a quarterly net
loss of S25 600, all of which is taxed
out of the peoples pockets so that a
very small fraction of the electricity
users may have the service for less
than 1t costs TO produce it.
To be sure, there are the collateral
personal advantages to patriot poli-
tlclans to be considered.
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estimate how much Of success has
followed German method. And atcr
all, is it not pitiful showing in the
face of the cost? The other day Ger
man official figures fixed at $500
square miles the portion of France
which was in German hands This al
ter year. is all that Germany has
of the France that she sought 10 de-
.stroy. and seeking, defed civilization
All the advantage of that belgian
violation melted into nothing at the
Marne. All the treacherS, inhuman-
ity, crime went for nil when the
French armies returned to the charge
France was to be destroyed in six
weeks and now after nine times six
weeks France is neither DESTROYED
nor destructible. Her armies out
number the Germans in the west and
her British allies are slowly but sure-
ly bringing new levies 10 the field.
For the $500 square miles of French
territory now occupied Germany has
expended in casualties above 2.OOO.-
600. Her killed, wounded and cap
tured on the western front, the flow
er of her manhood. almost equal in
numbers the population of the con-
quered district, and her total casual
ties number above half the popula-
ton of Belgium that was before Aug
ust / 1914.
And so, after all It has not worked
this German principle. this German
idea. II is conceivable that a nation
may gamble away its honor and lis
title to the respect of mankind for
victory. II is conceiva Bile because
Germany has first preached ana tbnn
employed this doctrine But what If
the result is failure? What if the
success that was sought slips awayg
And the success has slipped awav No
victory beyond the Vistula can blind
mems eyes to the fact that the stake
for which Germany sacrificed all of
/ her moral assets by invading Belgium,
has been lost.
There is God in Israel after all
This, and this beyond all else. is the
CONVICTION that must arise in mems
minds on this anniversary. All the
Things that men have believed. trusted
reverenced in the years and the cen
turles that have gone before are NOT
empty superstitions, vain homes. They
are not deadwood that Prussian ef-
hciency can sweep into the fire. Right
IS right. even though the Kaiser send
S'OOO'OOO men armed with 42-centi-
metre guns and sustained in the air
by hosts of zeppelins to disprove II
Carlyle is fond of repeating the
stories Of the long years in wbicf
the Duke of Weimar steadily refused
TO accept Napoleonism. although the
thing rose and filled Europe and there
seemed no limit to its power. ut can
not last" he insisted, "it is not lust. -
And it did not last
After a year of war, after 4.OOO.-
VuO Germans have been killed wound
ed and captured, after the advance
to Paris has faded to the retreat of
the Aisne, after ten months when the
western battle line Of the Germans
mas not moved forward an inch from
the place to which it was iune back
one month after the first shots un-
der the walls of Liege. one thing is
certain. From the Belgian venture
there was no profit. there was no
military gain, there was nothing to
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NATIoNAL DEFENSE AND WORD EArING

THE administration is said to be contemplat-
ing "gn adequate programme" for national de-
fence to be submitted to the next Congress AS
preliminary this there be certain eating of
words. Josephus Daniels, for instance will have to
mastcate and swallow his speech New York where
in he poked fun at those people who said the navy
needed more and more officers. more submarines
more destroyers. more and faster battleships. and
some battle crusers-of which we have none
When this eating Of words begins the President
himself must have high place at the feast For it
the President himself who took occasion only
last December. 10 tell Congress that there was mo
discuss" the question Of national defence
''The country he said. "has been misinformed We
have not been negligent of national defense We are
not unmndful Of the great responsibility resting upon
US Hypnotzed by these words. reinforced as they
we're by the whole power of the administration.
Democratic Congress resisted any Republican attempt
70 provide more and guns for the army and more
men and ships for the navy; and Democratic Con-
sressmen inaulted the patriotic naval officers who
{ came before committees to teu the truth which the
+ administration has at length recognized with such
! evident reluctance.
8 What hope is there for better result next year7
The treasury grows bare every day by reason
3f the unwiso fiscal policy the administration The
Presidents power over Congress will be weakened
next Congress-weakened not only by the diminished
majority with which he will have to work. but weak
A ened also by dstrust awakened by his utterances
f, OF year ago.
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offset in material profit the moral
loss to Germany.
But even the German aspect is less
interesting than the main fact. We
were all of us most vitality concern
ed in seeing and knowing that the
appeal to barbarism ended in defeat
Appeal to massacre and terror. the
translation to the sanctuaries of old
civilization of the code of the red
Indian. this must fail, or all was
wrong in the world. All that we love,
believe. hope for in spiritual things
was placed in Jeopardy a year ago
when the first waves of the flood lap
ped against the walls of Liege and
Fort Fleron took up the challenge
for mankind After a year we see
the safety of most of these things as
sured. 1t is possible now to believe
that it is not only dishonorable 10
lie, TO cheat, to break faith. TO abol
ish pledges. It is possible to believe
now that even though numbers are
with you and by murder and flames
you seek to terrify the few who face
you, the victory may yet escape you
Since time began there never was
a more wholesome lesson than that
written in the six weeks that lay be-
tween the opening shots of Liege and
the closing guns of the Marne. And
in all the years to come will not
many millions of men and women be.
lieve that the answer to the chal.
lenge of the Kaiser, the insolent
challenge of the man who command
ed hosts of a people in arms. was
the answer which since the begin.
ming has come not alone, not chiefly
from man, the answer without which
faith would go out of life
Evening journal., 1915-08-09
MONDAY AUG. 9. 1915
THE UNITED STATES AND IT'S COLLEGEs.

THE UNITED STATES AND IT'S COLLEGES.
II INTERESTING figures showing tho progress Of col
lege education in the United States have been
issued by the United States Bureau of Education
They form Of the report the Commissioner OF
Education. AS Dr. Claxton is well known in Della
ware and is taking wholesome interest in Delaware
College and the Delaware College for Women the
showing he makes should be particularly interesting
TO Deawareans.
His report shows that there we're 216493 students
In colleges, universities and chronological schools in
1914 This is increase Of 14.262 over.1918 The.
bureaus list for 1914 includes 567 institutions a de.
crease of 20 over the preceding year States or mu-
inequalities 90 the colleges; private cor
porations control 47i Men stll outnumber women
In higher education. There were 1s9378 men in 1914
and 7712O women. compared with 1854 men and
7S 6s7 in 1913. Despite rising standards of ad-
mission and graduation, college enrolment has more
Than trpled since 1890
Receipts during the year totaled s12O579,257, of
mich S1S422,S56 for endowment Benefactions
colleges and universities toaled S26670O17 some
ihing over S2OOOO00 more than in the year previous
Six institutions received benefactions in excess of
million dollars apiece. and 45 universities. colleges
and technological schools reported gifts amounting to
than 100000 In the past seven years the arg-
est increase in income has through State and
municipal appropriations. and the smallest from tut
ton and other fees State and municipal appropria-
18i4 while fees tuition and other educational SER
vices increased from $l5S9os47 to s225O4,529.
The dominant note of The year in higher education
according to the report concentration both in
Internal organization and in relation to State au-
hority The movement in the direction Of authorta-
Tive classification gained momentum during the year.
chiefly through the activities of several voluntary as
socations The junior-college movement has reached
he point where several Substantially Wisconsin,
Missouri. Virginia and daho-have gone record as
definitely recognizing junior colleges in the educa-
tonal system Of the State. The Municipal Unver-
sity of Akron Ohio added to the list of city
gersities. and the Association of Urban Uni
verses," established in the fall of 1914, lends
phasis TO this municipal-university development
Degrees conferred by colleges and universities in
,l1ded 265SS baccalaureate. 524s graduate and 749
honorary. The degree of doctor of philosophy was
conferred the result Of examination by 46 nsti-
tutions 446 and 73 women.
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With The PaTagraphers

The completion OF the big order for Russian
shoes al the McElwain factory. the laying off Of
100 operatives the work is done a forceful
reminder that but for the conditions the new tariff
would have made the present anything satisfac-
tory year for the employees Nashuas largest
industry. that of shoe makng.-Nashua (N. h Tele-
graph
Mail service by airplanes between postal stations
but individual service, may be counted upon with
certainty just the reliability of such service
has been established and this does not far
away At the rate az which these planes travel dwell
in the mountain and desert places of the
also the high spots of the East will get their mail
with daily frequency and regularity and more than
day where necessity would justify it-Pittsburg
Dispatch
Evening journal., 1915-08-09
CAMPMEETING ENnS.

CHESTER, Pa, Aug. 9.-The Pente.
oostal Church Of the Nazarene ended
its camp-meeting last night at Twin
Oaks. near here, after two weeks OF
services. Rain flooded the grounds
and while It did not interfere with the
meetings, the 'walk-around" was
omitted.
The Rev. Preston Kennedy Of Bing.
hamion. n. Y, preached in the morn.
ing, the Rev c. W. Ruth. an evangel-
Sist from Indianapolis. in the after
noon and Mr.. Kennedy again at night
The meetings resulted in fifty conver-
sions
Evening journal., 1915-08-09

The Turks, allies of Germany, are feeling the
effects of submarine warfare British submarines have
succeeded in working their way beneath the mines in
the Dardanees and playing havoc with Turk
sh transports and other warcraf in the Sea of Mar
mora. With the British undersea operations carried
almost to the gates of the Turkish capital it is not
surprising that the people in Constantinople
rorzed and that the naval commanders the Sultan
are greatly disturbed, Turkey III afford to lose
any craft she has at the present time she has few
ships, in the piping times of peace
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GEMS OF THOUGHT

The poetry Of earth is never dead-Keats
.-.-.-.
Sweetest melodies are this that by distance made
more sweet-Wordsworth
.-.-.---s
Education is only like good culture. il changes the
size but not the sort-H w. Beeoher
.-.-.-.
Men judge us by the success OF our efforts: God
looks at the efforts Charlotte Elizabeth
.-.-.--
In all evils which admit remedy impatience should
be avoided because il that time and attention
IN complaints which, if properly applied might remove
the cause.-Johnson.
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The Chicago Herald, neither applauding con-
demnng the procedure iust predicts" that the
ing Congress viii find it necessary "eher to ourtail
expenditures severely to seek other sources Of
revenue The best bet is the latter course.
A Democratic Congress never "ourtais expenditures
severely" any other way 1t spends money like a
drunken sailor. regardless of the condition of the
treasury and its favore pastme is to issue bonds or
to devise which will be paid. almost in full.
BY Northern Republican States.
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FATALLY WOUNDS BROTHER.

CHESTER, Pa. Ang. 9.-Brantley
McVey, IL years old. yesterday. shot
and probably fatally wounded his g.
year-old brother. Foster. at the home
of their father. Charles McVey. The
boys were hurrying to clear the porch
OF flowers during a storm, and as
Brantley picked up a small rife,
which they had on the porch. he &C.
cidentally touched the trigger. The
bullet went through Fosters lung.
Evening journal., 1915-08-09

The leaders of the Progressive party in New York
have held meeting. had a discussion. and voted, by
slended margin. to retain the partys identity for
the present" It makes little difference what the lead
ers Of the party may vote to do The membership Of
the party has gone back to the Republican ranks.
Evening journal., 1915-08-09

II has long been known that Secretary Daniels had
demorazed the naval service; but II required the
feet maneuvers, with the accompanying disasters to
submarines and other ships, to adduce general evil
dence of it, Now the Eastland horror to prove
that the steamboat inspection service is likewise de-
morazed under Secretary Redhed.
Evening journal., 1915-08-09
DOLLAR ON DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATION.

GSC IXTEEN bills introduced to restrict and restrain
~ the operation of ships and not a single bill to
aid or assist us" Such is Captain Robert Dollars
indictment of the last Democratic Congress- stated for
the benefit Of the Nations Business published by the
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Captain Dollar says the only of the Seamens
bill Is to drive the last American ship from the ocean
He ought to know he has undertaken everything
capable of being done by patriotic American sea-
man to operate his line under the American flag and
now finds himself Obliged to fly foreign colors or go
into bankruptcy.
The Democratic party simply doesn't know enough
about constructive legislation to solve the problem
Its record has been made the party Of protest and
when IL is relekated TO the minority we may look for
legislation which will build up and not tear down
Evening journal., 1915-08-09

Decision Of the French prize court in the Dacia
seizure is unsatisfactory to the United States
Government and it is proposed to make test
settle definitely whether neutral country has right
10 grant registry to merchant ship owned by bel
ligerent. The will be exceedingly important
not only to the United States but also all Of
the other maritime powers The Daoa. it will be re-
membered. formerly belonged to the Hamburg Steam
ship Company. Following the outbreak of the Euro
pean il asserted that it had purchased by
American with German name Great Britain and
France questioned the validity of that transfer and
gave warning that if the Daca received American reg
istry and sailed for Europe she would be seized
prize of Notwithstanding that warning, the steam
ship loaded and sent across the Atlantic. She
was picked up by a French warship and taken into
port That seizure was confirmed by a French prize
court The decision will be protested by the United
States Department of State doubtless at the instance
the who <are interested in the vessel which
the French have declared forfeited Her no
doubt regret that they did not heed the first warning
from the other side
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With Edison in charge Of submarine defence and
Wright to superintend aeropane construction Bosn
Daniels will cling to his old position half way twixt
wind and water"
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FAMILY ESCAPES BURNING BAKERY

EASTON, Md. Aug. 9.-When the
bakery of Herbert J. Cox burned yester-
day, without insurance, Melvin Wright
and family, who occupied the second
floor as a residence, barely escaped with
their lives, having no time to save more
than the clothing they had on.
Evening journal., 1915-08-09

The AeHOcintiun 81
American .Advcrtis.
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all the great advor.
tisers Of shin coun.
try Tie Associa.
tior endorses orly
such papers az sub.
init 20 ia examila.
tiou at any momtnt,
and poAitive proof
must be Hubmlctsd
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certificate. No. 4t5t,
has beet issneS &c
tLis paper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-16
Birmingham's Good Health

Birmingham's low death rate in September-the lowest since Septem- Der, 1905-"speaks for the splendid health conditions of this city," as Dr. R. M. Cunningham says in his report to the city commission.
 There were eight deaths from ty- phoid fever. This number would have seemed small several years ago, be- fore intelligent care was taken to pre- vent disease; but now with all our modern ideas of sanitation in play with rigid inspection of dairies and with other hygenic activities-a death from typhoid should be very rare.
 But as Dr. Cunningham's report shows, Birmingham has been making an excellent health record. As com pared with many other cities Bir- mingham's death rate is remarkably low, and the improved health condi- tions are attributable to the enlight- ened methods and energetic work of the health department under the con- structive direction of Dr. Cunning ham.
 No asset of large and growing city is equal to a record of good health. Schools are of vital concern; modern public utilities play an important part, and living conditions generally are al ways considered, but health conditions naturally come first.
 With the great revival of industrial activity newcomers are settling here in large numbers. Birmingham s growth will be, within the next 12 months, at more rapid rate than ever. And this city's health statistics will contribute in a very considerable degree to the increase in population.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-16
Hazing at Annapolis

It is announced that hazing at the Annapolis Naval acadmy, which has exposed that institution to some un- pleasant notoriety in the past, has been definitely abolished by the stu dents themselves. According to news paper dispatches, the lead in this re- form was taken by the first class, al- though the second and third classes acted with them almost unanimously. Midshipmen declare that hazing has ceased and will not recur, because the student who indulges in the prac- tice will incur the "severe displeasure of his associates" It is stated that midshipmen now in the academy be- lieve the institution has been put in bad light before the country by haz ing and its continuance would not only keep the academy in disfavor, but jeopardize the careers of many students.
 The midshipmen seem to have reached wise conclusion and they have taken the only effective way to stop hazing. Such reforms must come from the students themselves, else the practice will continue. It has been shown in the past that the severest penalties and a number of scandals which have been created at Annapolis by hazing have had only temporary effect. Hazing soon broke out again and was as bad as ever. It may be that the midshipmen are in earnest this time and mean what they say, but there will be considerable skepticism until time has tested the strength of their resolutions. Brutal mistreatment . of new students cannot be too severely condemned, but certain amount of hazing is almost inseparable from the schools and colleges of this country, and the worst forms of it have been a blight on both the military and naval academies of the United States.
 When hazing was abolished at the University of Alabama, certain regu- lations were imposed on freshmen with the time-honored purpose of teaching them to keep their place" Although these regulations constitute . mild form of hazing and are rigidly enforced, they do no harm. Perhaps the most onerous law for freshmen to obey is that which compels them to wear green cap as proof of their verdancy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-16
MHERE AMERICA PLAYS

From the New York Telegram.
 "In Vacation America Harrison Rhodes gives an account of leisurely wanderings among the various holiday resorts of the United States, in which the author en- deavors to seize the peculiar flavor that dfferentates Newport for instance. from Bar Harbor, or the Massachusetts beaches from those along Long Island sound. Fresh water resorts and inland vaifeys claim another crowd of holiday seekers. Life at the ever young Greenbriar, White and other Virginia springs is pictures as is that of Saratoga and the White Mountains, and even the city dwellers with their roof gardens and amusement parks. Then come descriptions of the winter resorts of Florida, the Carolinas and California with their carnival life days and nights.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-16
LIVE AND LEARN

From Tit-Bits. ! With a sleepy yawn the guest who had arrived at the hotel on the previous night lmped into the dining room for break fast
 He did his best with the bacon and to- matoes, but gave in at last. and went to sleep on a soft in a corner of the room. When he awoke he found the hotel pro- prietor standing near, looking at him curiously.
 Didn't you get enough sleep last night?"
 Didn't I get enough sleep. repeated the other, sitting up suddenly as though galvanized into life. Tell me one thing what on earth do you stuff your mat tresses with in this placer
 stuff 'em with? Why, the very best straw it is possible to get in the whole of this country
 "Ah, now I understand"
 Understand what?'
 "Why, where that straw came from that broke the camel's back"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-16
Italy a Disappointment

The announcement that Italy finds herself unable to assist her allies in the developments in the Balkans again brings to the fore the question of the effect which the participation of Italy in the war has had.
 Italy has been the disappointment of the war, for the entente powers, and for all visible good she has done might as well have remained neutral. Austria is as powerful now as she was the day Italy entered the war. Italian pressure did not check the drive in Galicia or relieve the hard-pushed Russians, nor have the Italians ac- quired any considerable Austrian ter ritory.
 It is true that they have been fight ing under great difficulties, but as magnificently prepared as the Italian army was supposed to be, it seems to the far-away observer that great CT showing should have been made.
 It has been reported from time to time that an expeditionary force had been dispatched to operate against the Turks, but so far this force has failed to develop. Possibly its opera tions are hidden by the censor, but had anything of moment been accom- plished it would have been heralded to the world.
 Now it is announced that the 1tal- ians are too busy to send any forces to the Balkans as the new Austrian offensive is keeping them fully oc- cupied. Just what the Italians have been doing is mystery which only the end of the war will reveal.