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Smyrna times., 1915-09-15

Prayer meeting at ST. Paul NJ. Z.
Church Thursday evening. September
18th, at 7.30 p. m.
Smyrna times., 1915-09-15

There will be preaching service at
Downs Chapel Sunday at 2. As p. m.
Smyrna times., 1915-09-15
FOR SALE.

BAY HORSE. fine size. good driver
and worker, fearless Of all objects.
also 2 york wagons.
W. G. Roe.
Smyrna. Del.
Smyrna times., 1915-09-15
CLAYTON.

All Orders for Subscriptions or Job
Work or any News items left with
Harry c. johnson will Receive
prnrnnt Atlentinn
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-28
Primary Day.

Several circumstances have com
bined this year to deprive Of interest
the primary contests which will he
settled today. The Tammany- Repub-
lean fusion IN the Judiciary ticket has
eliminated from the controversy the
candidates for judgeships. There Is
no competition for an important nomi-
nation except that between District
Attorney PERKINS and FRANK Moss.
The general conviction that the Re
publicans are too intelligent to prefer
Moss to PERKINS has prevented any
excitement over their race. Finally,
the i~ntricacies Of the statute are Suf-
ficient TO discourage all except the
most determined partisanS and the diff
iiculties it puts in the voters way
have ~noticeably abated popular en-
thuSiasm.
This unfortunate situation was
foreseen by those who were not ar
ried off their feet by twaddle about
rule by the people and restoring
the government 10 the voters" 1t is
not less regrettable. however. because
II was predicted. The welfare of the
State Is dependent on intelligent par
ticipatlon in political affairs Of all
who are entitled To have u say. The
Indifference now manifested Is Symp-
fAInaAti. - 400 "a. -
titude among the electors.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-28
THE DISAPPEARING FLAG.
Withdrawal Of Our Merchant Marine
From the Transpacidc Trade.

To TnE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir: 1t
IL an argument. says the journal of
Albany, y. Y, fit only for presenta-
ton to the marines, to whom, accord
ing to popular belief, one may tell
anything that is discredited elsewhere.
to say that because the ships OF the
Pacific Ma. Steamship Company.
which piled between Pacific coast
ports and ports of the orient. have
been sold for use elsewhere, the trade
which they carried will not be trans
ferred to japanese vessels.
That argument originated in the
fertile brain u Andrew Furuseth,
president of the International Sea-
mems Union. who worked with Scna-
tor La T. llette to produce the So
called seamcn's law. which l. proving
TO be a law fatal to the American mer-
chant marine.
II is true. as Mr.. Furuseth said,
that these particular vessels will re-
main under the American flag. but
though they have not been transferred
10 Japanese ownership, the traffic that
they carried under the American flag
Will 20 10 Japanese lines. That is
the important fact.
The withdrawal OF these ships from
the transpacihc lanes leaves only one
steamer dying the American nag in
service between American and Orien-
tai ports only one American steamer.
while our exports last fiscal year 10
the Far East we're:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-28
CHAUMONT CISCOES.
Old Bill HOrnlng Can't Get 1.-The
suns" Recipe for Cooking Perch.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir. What
mortal in these parts would EXPECT to
ma "A New York editor solemuiy rro-
canning the merits of the perch, the
colorful little fellow scorned by anna
teurs but held high i'm the esteem of
ripe veterans like old Bill Horning. of
ancient visage from seventy years more
or less OF cooking and fishing on the
idktS' Bill tells the Chaumont BAY
Sachtsmen how tn cook the dainty NOR
sci. and from his berth as stewar of
the Crescent Yacht Club he has brought
many "A sceptic to a realization of true
worth in fresh water Ash.
nut in the waters OF eastern ontorio
where Secretary Lansing keeps daily
patrol, over eighte n miles from Hen
derson Harbor, out past stony To the
CALHOUN Islands, there is happy hunting
groun for the fighting bass, but the
AXE percl, grown TO great length and
ripe flavor, beats all connections In the
pan. II was famous fishing ground long
neioIe the days Of Ross Flower. in
Natertown, twen'y-eight miles away.
Inc French Noytgeurs tarried often AZ
the Galloups, whore MIR, Lansing has re.
sorted for years, Three hundred wears
ago. in October, 1913, the first white
man, Champlain, stopped over night on
this island while accompanying a band
OF Huron Indians bent on a war expc-
ditIon against the lrouuols villages Of
central New York, That was hye wears
before the first white man fell upon the
houldcrs Of Massachusetts, Bay. Fer
maps some reason for the early failure
OF the Huron invasion may bc traced
To the anxiety OF these hcathens for the
iieshpots Of the lake Champlain tells
us that they spent many weeks after
their retreat In fishing and hunting on
the north shore OF Ontario.
Just "A word about that solemn Offer
TO Mr. Lansing alone. II you will send
YOUR recipe to old BIN Iiorning, Crrs.
cent Yacht club, Chaumout. y. Y. YOU
may receive in return a hit of iuCorma-
ton we'll worth the swap. Ever hear
of "Chaumont C!sCo-s"? BE sure to en-
close a return stamped envelope.
RICHARD t~oUDHLIN.
WArERTowN September %.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-28
Will They Measure Up to the Need
OF the Day?

If any man has believed that the
underground railway system of this
town could be completed without ac-
cidents he was a fit subject for treat
ment In an asylum for the insane or
n retreat for the feeble minded. All
that sane men have dared to hope
was that tragedies should not be
catastrophes, and that when they &C.
CURED We might be spared official
and public hysteria over their causes
and their effects.
At present the record of this i'm
mense undertaking is singularly free
from m~isadventures. The work has
been prosecuted under Unprecedented
difficulties with Il degree of safety that
merits the highest praise. The inter-
ruption to business and pleasure re-
sulting from the undermining OF
crowded thoroughfares has been as
tonlshingly small. Literally tens of
millions of individuals have pursued
their callings %unhampered by The rros.
ecution Of a project that under any
direction except the most skllful and
attentive would have brought ruin to
large districts and discomfort to the
whole population.
In the prosecute ion of this work
two m~lschances have recently &C.
Cured. lamentable in their conSe-
Quences, the contemplation of which
threatens to erase from the minds of
some the splendid history Of which
they are but incidents. They have
been seized on by malignant poll
ticians to further their own despic-
able ends. \ deliberate effort is max
Ing To e~Xaggerate their Significance
and to breed from them Il panic fear.
The officials charged with the serious
task OF protecting the population are
besought to quarrel over precedence,
rights and privileges; 10 adopt foolish
and unnecessary measures, and gem
orally to behave in Il way that viii.
alarm the public in Il degree wholly
without warrant in the facts.
We earnestly trust that the Mayor
and his subordinatyS ana the Public
Service Commissioners and their EN-
ployees will Ice able to resist the
pressure that is eXerttd Ia emhroil
them in a squahhle and TO bring abou.
the adoption of ridiculous precautions
which would tend to tcrrify. rather
than to protect, the population. To
overcome the evil, ignorant and mat
licious influences that now strive to
divert them from good sense Ia folly
will require strength and forbcar-
ance. TIE Sun hopes they possess
these not too common qualities in the
requisite measure.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-28
From Panama 70 the Presidency?

The subjoined series of extracts
from the daily news is incomplete,
but so perfectly representative that
its obvious suggestiveness Is unim.
paired:
"WAsHINoToN, Jan. 4-There Is a
prospect that conditions in the Culebra
cut will remain uncertain for a con-
siderable period owing TO serious slides
in that part of the canal.
PANAMA, March 6.-Another slide
Of earth from the top OF the Culebra
cut has closed the canal to all but
lighter draught ships.
PANAMA, April S.-Another slide at
Culebra cut has tied up the canal.
"wAsHrNoToN. May 1o.-The slides
continue in the canal.
WASHINGTON, June Engineers are
Of the opinion that one great slide in the
Culebra cut will in all probability be
the last movement of the kind.
PANAMA, July 13.-The most serious
slide ever known on the Panama Canal,
lllN has bttn ullutI Why loI
weeks. partly moved nto the Culebra
cut this afternoon, closing the cut to
large vessels.
"PANAMA, Aug. 7.-All trafic was
stopped to-day By another slide in the
Culebra cut.
PANAMA. Sept. 5.-Kroonland and
Finland blocked in Culebra cut. The
canal authorities say that the channel
will be cleared within two days.
"PANAMA, Sept. 19.-Worst slide yet
blocks canal. The channel is completely
closed to navigation"
Into this record of slide blocked
traffic and unlocked slide, of depreca-
ton, explanation and general bothera-
ton, insert from the news ~eports Of
September % this Scintillant passage:
MIR. PERKINS was reminded OF
Chairman MURDocK's having mentioned
General COCKTAILS as a possible Presi-
dental candidate for the Progressives
Is General oETHA a Progressive"
he was asked. Well MIR. PERKINS fired
back. he built the Panama Canal. didn't
he?'"
We do not imagine the name OF the
next President of the United States
will begin with 80" and end with -"
with six letters between. But IL
General COCKTAILS, the progressive
ditch digger. is to become a candi'
date. ana be elected in 1916. II can be
appropriately accomplished by nothing
less than the sort of movement which
is p~ictureNquely called in political
slang n landslide"
General COCKTAILS has IA mans life
time job OH the Isthmus, and when the
final conquest of Culebra is achieved,
rs the country expects 1t TO be, the
Presidency will he too small Il thing
to tempt the commander In chief of
the triumphant shovel brigade and the
navy of mud scoops.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-28
r. 81. John CARNEY Has Fulfilled
the Promise Of His Youth.

Against the official conduct Of Il.
ST. john GArrNEY. American Consul
General at Munich. it is now alleged
only that he has behaved i'm a per.
fectly natural and unaffected manner.
Il is charged that he has Permitted
his personal prejudice against one
Power 10 attach him firmly Ia the in
terests of another, and that his bias
has obtruded itself in the transaction
Of his official duties.
This was Ia have been expected.
politics vas a guaranty Of his unfit
ness for any job requiring or dc>erv-
ing the exercise of judicial ar diplo-
matte qualities. lie was Introduced
into the public service to reward him
for his partisan activities. and his
continuance in the consular service
since Mr.. WILSON became President
has been one OF the piquant minor
mysteries of the Administration.
The conduct Of General
GArrNEY in the past year has been
irritating 10 neutral Americans and
offensive to the nationals of several
countries with which the United States
Is Mt peace. There existed no sutti-
cient reason for his original appoint.
ment, nor for the retention Of his name
on the state Department payroll ; ana
since August /. 1914. a number of in
cidentS have occurred. that would
his immediate and uncerc-
monious dismissal from an office he Is
temperamcntaIly Incapable of admin
satisfactorily.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-28
CHILDREN AT WORK
In INDUSTRIAL SHOW
Public School Display Of Va.
catiOnal Classes a Fca.
ture at Garden.
GERMANY'S PLAN PRAISED

Ihe main hoor OF Madison Suu,r.
Garden resembled yesterday a rie,,,.
workshop when more than a ,bo,,..,
pupils from the public schools shot, -,
vocational classes lnaugura,cd a nr..u
cal demonstration OF the things t1ev
taught as n Of the features NJ -,
American Industrial Educatio, f., ,o.
ton and Conference, which Is ia -,
tinue this week.
Lathes, motors and machines OF VAR.
Gus kinds were in operation and a..
pupils conducted their work as -
class rooms. Little girls were bps,
making winter bonnets and dresses ,,5
the boys were On hand to show the vi.
tors the production Of carpentry md
woodwork, plumbing. sheet metal AMI
copper work. pottery, electric wiring
printing, boats, canoes. sails, wnoder
toys and bookbinding.
Under the personal supervision OF %,
&. Ward Champion, who Is at the head
of this system, the pupils ytsterd,y
from Schools ca. Manhattan: So. Queen
and the Manhattan Trade School FOR
Girls demonstrated their work. To-dsv
demonstrations will be by pupils from
the School for the Blind. School for tbs
Crippled and School for the Deaf
That the Industrial c~ontiuuato,
school is winning victories for U.rmany
in peace and In war and that this kind
of training must be provided for extern.
sively in America II the nation is 10
withstand the shock of Information,
competition is the opinion of Dr. A.ber,
A. Snowden, Industrial expert of the
National Association OF Manufacturer,
who presided at the employers meet.
ing held at the exposition last nigh,
He delivered a brief address ON "Th4
Manufacturing Industry II industrial.
Education"
"lf | were asked to name the one kind
Of training that has been of mos, ser.
vice to Germany In this crisis Of her his.
tory" said DR.. Snowden, Il should no,
place at the head the military dr!..
though that Is an important and FAR
reaching factor. but instead the Uu.yei-
sal industrial training which ha. made
of every person engaged in industry ~
Germany a skilled and efficient crafts
man. II Obliged to narrow the choice
down To- the one form Of industrial.
school that has meant the most &, Ger.
many 1t would be the industrial con.
tinudtion school
And what the industrial continuation
school has done fur Germauy's indus.
tries the commercial continuation ,,Noo
has accomplished for her commerce
The German victories In war and IN liz
t-%ruational trade competition are vic.
tories OF the industrial continuation
schools"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-28
Job for the Bureau Of Municipal
Research.

II is obviously the duty of the Ru-
rcau of Municipal Research to in.
vestlgnt" the office of the City Cham
berlain aud devise for II a system Of
bookkeeping under which frauds Of
the kind that has JUS been disclosed
in handling the City'S money shall he
impossible. Plainly, If n subordinate
has opportunity to make out and cash
checks drawn 10 non-cXiStcut persons.
and his fraud can he kept up without
discovery for four months, loose and
unbn>incsSIikc practices prevail in this
important bureau, They should he
corrected at once.
Had this theft occurred in any other
division of the city government Tnr
Sun would not call OF the Bureau Of
Municipal Research To intervene.
The Chamberlain is HENRY BRvrRr.
who has frequently confessed that he
is not worth the salary he is getting.
In addition to this Mr.. BRuLRE finds il
impossible 10 give serious attention
TO such trlvialities MS doing the work
that Is assigned 10 him, because uf the
stern necessity which compcls him 10
tell everybody else in town, officials
and private citizens, how to manage
their affairs. Ills useful Intellect
cannot be wasted on the sordid task Of
protecting the city vaults when moth
ers beseech him for instruction in the
art Of rearing babies, dogs look 10 him
for advice as To the wagging Of their
tails and chefs appeal Ia him for dlrec.
tlons as 10 the boiling of water.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-28
n

\ lucky man Stcfansson is
The world had thought that he Nas friz,
But he was not. II now appears
That he has been for several years
Exploring round the Arctic regions.
And means 10 stay there with his l,gluns
First M you'd think his lot, perhaps,
tncnr'ablc was II chaps
The hands and face up there, YOU know.
And one can't see a movie show.
Hut pause and let your reason range
Before you say you'd not exchange
Just think! Stcfansson never heard
OF 'watchful waiting, that rare bird.
"A scrap Of paper" to his mind
Il Just n scrap with naught behind
II Or Dumb4t you should mention
II would not gain the least attention
N"r aud ITS rumors freeze up there
His mind Is on the polar bear.
Ana Arctic circles poles and seals.
And whether an he mix congeals
HIS only plotting's on a map.
Stetans'on Is a lucky chap
M,rRCr MORRIS.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-28
IRELAND'S RULE.
Would the German Mastery Re More
IrkSOme Than Britain's?

To THE EDITOR ~ The SUN-Sjr: Nj
the Irish. both in ireland and I'm this
country. who favor the INVASION OF Ire
land 10y the Germans should he made to
live under German rule. They would
then learn a great many things II whlch
they scent to bee denscIy ignorant uoN.
The present rule Of England would
sccm as nU'd ne mothers milk COM
pared with German military domination
The Irish are within reaching distance
Of their des.r,s. and 30. at u tim, when
the whole structure oF civilization seems
10 De trottiug, they should unite whole
huartolly with ENGLAND In The war thcir
reward would hoe forthcoming 200 the
event of ultimate victory. From Germany
all they would get would be ~ scrap ~
paper g. r. Is.
NEW YoRK. Sup,Cmbcr "a
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-28
LAWLESS NEW JERSEY.
Under the Vice and immortality Act,
who l. Not q Criminal?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sir: |
quite agree with you that the average
citizen has a rather hazy notion about
the Vice and immortality act. Let me
instance a case.
\ New IOrk business man lives in
this county in the summer. Men of mis-
standing we consider a decidedly desir-
able acquisition TO our community and
We feel tina they should not be put in
the position OF being law breakers be-
cause Of "a law that most people think
in some OF It's respects obsolete. II the
business man Is an ordinarily
being few sundays pass while he Is
mere that he does not In some re-
spects fracture the blue laws.
notice he has an automobile. II
he requires his chauffeur TO drive him
on Sunday he is forcing another to
violate this law. II he allows his cook
10 serve cooked food on sunday an
other offence has been committed. II
e sails on the Shrewsbury, plays golf.
tennis. solitaire o any other game on
his own premises on sunday he IL "A
law breaker, II he comes up to Long
Branch to attend a theatrical play or
a circus on any day OF the week he is
encouraging others TO violate this
statute. II he plays the piano IN
his wi home. sings about the
house or starts a talking machine on
sunday his neighbor may haul him into
court and subject him to "A penalty
should he desire to go to the city by
train the railroad could not lawfully
takc ham on sunday had il pro
viously run a train in that direction that
day. Until the newspapers combined
a comparatively few years ago and
forced an amendment to this act the
very hoy who delivered his Sunday
paper was liable to arrest.
our business friend is OF course not
unique I'm this respect. | confess ! am
sometimes rcmiss myself and II Is
noticeable about here and elsewhere
that we seem 20 be IN the majority.
The gentlemen who are back of the
EFFORT - rave the act repealed are men
who have had some years experience
with its operation. They know its Diff
Cultlcs of enforcement, its cumbersome
methods OF prosecution and it's made
uuat" penalties. They do not feel that
members of the Legislature OF any party
should hesitate to repeal an act that no
uue observes fully II probably no com
munitN In the state desires should he
riIidlN observed. Every state and every
commun ~ finally gets the kind of laws
IL really wants, and LEGISLATORS have
but to bc shown the wants of the peo-
pie 10 grant them. II the newspapers
~ this state and Of New York city and
Philadelphia would only investigate this
matter thoroughly and then frankly
publish the result II their investiga-
tion there woul soon be such a call for
repeal or revision that nc legislator or
party leade- would have the nerve to
oppose L. 7. V. ARRoWsMITH.
Director of Public Safety.
Lose BRANCH, y. j., September 25.
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the Marine is obvious upon a little re-
Election. 1t was Won KLUcK's march
along the British front to the south
east that gave General JoFrRE his OPP
portunlty and thought on that battle.
II was a daring ,Snture by the Ger
a commander, for he exposed him.
self to n turning movement. The now
accepted explanation of it is that the
transfer of a large body of troops to
the eastern front compelled the Ger
mans to shorten their line in the west
for a new offensive at the weakest
part Of the enemy's line. Well served
by his intelligence department, General
JoFrRE lost no time in hurryIng reen.
forcements to the front and striking
at the German right wing diverted TO
the southeast.
The battle that ensued was in the
open, neither army being tied to a
fixed position. With the superiority in
numbers which the Allies enjoyed their
successful offensive could be termed
a drive" al inept expression. by the
way, which the amateurs have coined.
But 1t is altogether too much for
Paris and London to expect that the
Germans, who have made use of the
interval Of a year to elaborate their
remarkable system of entertainments,
can now be expelled from them in
short order and driven pellmcll to.
ward the Rhine. beaten, d~isorganizcd
and demorallzed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-28
~Nthenian Slang.

To u EDITOR OF the SvN-Su- The
%souuduess OF the contention that all
language is by, of and for the people
il not In the least obscured by your
apparent inability to distinguish be-
tween the people and the rahble and
see a difference between their dialects.
DO they have any slang in ultra
classic BOSTON or In Olympian London
They did i'm Athens In the time Of
Plato and II never compromised the
character OF Greek.
Isn't the grievance really this, that
the whole Eugllsh world Is diseased
with the thing that Jefferson called
democracy" but which is really moth
ing bur an oristOcracy ~ vulg lrity?
When YOU say I'm effect "odi profanum
Nulgus ct arveu.' the reference l. not
10 a normal and proper Nulgus but the
hell which hath enlarged Itself and
opened rs mouth without measure nut
torlng mutt
HowA ARR NJ C~ANoUNE.
New YORK. September -.
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Whatever may have been the iutcn-
tions of the Government AT Sofia the
Bulgarian mobilization has So far re-
solved Itself into the purpose orig,
inally stated. an armed neutrality.
If Bulgaria wished 10 discover
what effect such "A warlike movement
would have she should no longer he In
doubt. With n partially modified
RumnniHn army on the north, Serbia
In readiness to rci"l nm invasion ON
the west. Greece modelling her land
and sea forces on the south. a strong
naval force threatening the .Egean
coast and Il Russian fleet lowering
along the Black Sea shore. Bulgaria
discovered that she would he isolated
In the Balkans. Relief from this
isolation through an Austro-Germnn
drive from the north has not mate
rallied, while an attempt to break
through to the west would have
brought on An attack from Greece.
perhaps liumanla. Bulgaria had good
reason to halt.
The credit for the rapidity of the
counter action Is due In no small de-
gree To NENIZELos, the Greclan Pre-
mier, who is no doubt the dominant
figure in the Balkans. In expressing
Il willingness 10 accede to the Bull
garian demands for Macedonian ter
rltOry and seeking expansion in the
.Ege1n Islands and on the Asia Minor
coast he has looked after the vast in
terest of his country. while in holding
that the agreement with Srrbin Is
something more than a scrap of Inper
he has shown 10 the world that there
Is at least one country in Europe that
believes in the sacrcdness Of treaty
obligations.
Bulgaria has frankly announced her
Intention To rIin possession of a art
~ Macedonia, NENIzEros has ms
frankly expressed himself that while
he may approve Of this ambition ne
opposes the method Of acquiring the
coveted territory, The Government
NJ Sofia, which is noiorloIIS for
blunherS IN diplomacy, has apparently
accepted ms decision and il recon.