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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-21

we cannot afford, therefore, to let
origins get into the atmosphere OF the
United states. We are trustees for what
I venture to say IL the greatest heritage
that any nation ever had, tho love OF
justice and righteousness and human
liberty For fundamentally those arc
the things to which America Is addicted
and 10 which she IL devoted.
There are groups Of selfish men in
the United States. there are lotteries
where sinister things are purposed. but
the great heart of the American people
is just as sound and true as /, ever was.
And it is "A single heart it is the heart
Of America. 1t is not a heart made up
OF sections selected out of other coun-
tries
80 that what try to remind myself
of every day when | am almost over
como By perplexities, what 7 try to re-
member. Is what the people ut home are
thinking about. try to put myself in
the place of the man who does not know
all the things that know and ask my
self what he would like the policy OF t".s
country to he. Not the talkative man.
not the partisan man. not the man that
remembers first that he is "A Republican
or Democrat. or that his parents were
Germans or English, but who remem-
bers first that the whole destiny of mod
ern affairs centres largely upon his being
an American first OF all
III 7 permitted myself TO be a partisan
In this present struggle would be un-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-21
s63.OOO for scnmcn's institute.

AZ tho sixth luncheon OF the hoa,I
of managers of the Seamcns Institute.
20 South street, yesterday II was an
nounced that ::.6l of $4,000 had
been raised to date in tho campaign to
wipe out tho $4,000 debt on the new
building.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-21
The Turtle Ray Incident.

Now, ! cpvet for America this splen-
did courage OF reserve moral force, and
l wanted To point out TO you gentlemen
simply this There IL news and news
There Is what is called news from Tur-
tie Bay, that turns out to be falsehood.
at any rate in what II is said to sig
Nifty. and which II you could get tho
nation to believe II true might disturb
our equilibrium and our self-possessoH.
We ought not to deal In stuff Of that
kind. We ought not to permit things Of
that sort 10 use up tho electrical en-
ergy OF the wires, because It's energy
is malign, its energy is not OF the truth,
It's energy IL OF mischief
1T is possible to sift truth | have
known some things 10 go our on the
wires az true when there was only one
man or one group of men who could
have told the originators OF the report
whether II was true or not, and they
We're not asked whether II was true or
not for fear II might not be true. That
sort Of report ought not TO go out over
the wires.
There Is generally. II not always,
somebody who knows whether that thing
is 80 or not. and In these days above
all other days we ought to take par
tIcular pains to resort to the one small
group Of men or To the one man. II there
things are true or not.
The world ought 10 know tho truth.
but the world ought not at this period
of unstable equilibrium to be disturbed
by rumor. ought not 10 he disturbed by
imaginative combinations OF clrcum-
stances, or rather. by circumstances
stated in combination which do not be-
long In combination. For We are hold
ing--not |. but you and gentlemen en-
gagged like you--the balances In your
hand. This unstable equilibrium rests
upon scales that are In your hands.
For the food OF opinion. as I began by
saying. is the news OF the day. ! have
known many man go of IT tangent
on information that was not reliable
Indeed that describes the majority or
men. he world Is held stable by the
man who waits for the next day to find
out whether the report was true or ut.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-21
An IndiVisibI~ America.

There is in some quarters a disposi-
ton to create distcmpers In this body
polite. Men are even uttering SANDERS
against the United States as il to excite
her Men are saying that II we should
go TO war upon either side there will be
"A divided American ahominable libel
OF ignorance. American Is not all OF &;
vocal just now, II l. vocal in spots.
But | foT one have complete and
abiding faith in that great silent body
OF Americans who are not standing up
and shouting and expressing their
opinions just now, but are waiting To
find on and support the duty ~
America. ! am Just as sure OF their
solidty and of their loyalty and OF their
unanimity, II we act justly. as ! am
that the history of this country has at
every crisis and turning point Illustrated
this great lesson.
we are the mediating nation OF the
world do not mean that We under
take not to mind our own business and
TO mediate whore other people are quar-
reling. | mean the word in a broader
sense We are compounded of the
nations of the world. We mediate their
blood, we mediate their traditions. we
mediate their sentiments. their tastes.
their passions: We are ourselves com
pounded of those things.
I'VE are. therefore, ahls 10 underst and
all nations; we are able to understand
them in the compound. not separately,
as partisans, but unitedly as knowing
and oomprehending and emhodying them
all II is in that sense that ! mean that
America is a mediating nation The
opinion OF America the action of
America, Ia ready to turn and free to
turn in any direction,
did you ever reflect upon how almost
all other nations, almost every other
nation, has through long centuries been
headed in one direction? That is not
true of the United States The United
states has no racial momentum, II has
no history back OF II which makes 1t
run all its energies and all its ambitions
in one particular direction and Americ,
is particularly free in this, that she has
no hampering ambitions as a world
Power,
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Copyright by Underwood
Continued from First Page.


corded me again. But have come
here to-day, Of course. somewhat
restrained by sense OF responsibility
that ! cannot escape.
For | take the Associated Press very
seriously. | know the enormous part
that YOU play in the affairs not only Of
this country. but the world. You deal
In the raw material Of opinion and. II
my convictions have any validity.
opinion ultimately governs the world.
TT II. therefore, Of very serious
things that l think as face this body
of men. ] do not think OF you. however.
as members of the Associated rress
do not think of you az men Of different
parties or Of different racial dcrivations,
or of different religious denominations.
! want TO talk TO you as to my fellow
citizens OF the United States. For
there are serious things which as fellow
citizens we ought to consider.
The times behind us. gentlemen.
have been difficult enough, the times
before us are likely TO be more difficult
because whatever may he said about
the present condition Of the world =
AFFAIRS, II Is clear that they are drawing
rapidly TO a climax. and at the climax
the test will come. not only Of the
nations engaged In the present colossal
struggle, II VIII come FOR them Of course.
but the test will come TO us particularly.
DO you realize that, roughly speak
ing. we are the only great nation At
present disengaged? | am not speaking.
of course. with displacement of the
greater or those nations in Europ.
which are not parties to the present
war. hut ] am thinking Of their close
neighborhood to IT. | am thinking how
their lives much more than ours toucn
the Very heart and stun of the business 4:
whereas. we have rolling between us
and those bitter days across tho water
three thousand miles OF cool and silent
ocean
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Europe wtII Turn 10 Us.

our atmosphere is not yet charged
with those disturbing elements whi,h
must be fclt and must pcrmeate every
nation of Europe. Therefore, II Il not
likely that the nations OF the world will
some day turn 10 US for the cooler as
sessment OF the elements engaged?
81 am not now thinking so prepos-
ferrous thought as that We should sit
in judgment upon them. No nation Is At
TO sit In judgment upon any other
nation, but that we shall some day have
to assist in demonstrating the processes
or peace. our resources are untouched .
we are more and more becoming by the
force OF circumstances the mediatlng
nation OF the world in respect 20 It's
finances. We must make up our minds
what are the best things 10 do and
what are the best ways to do them
we must pu, our money, our energy,
our enthusiasm, our sympathy into these
things and we mus, have our judy
ments prepared and our spirits
chastened against the coming Of that
day. 50 that I am not speaking In a
selfish spirit when I say that our whole
duty for the present, at any rate, Il
summed up IN this motto. america
hrst' Let us think Of America before
we think Of Europe, In order that
America may he Mt to be Europe's
friend when the day OF tested friend
ship comes. The test OF friend ship l. not
now sympathy with the one side or the
other. but getting ready TO help both
sides when the struggle IL over.
The basis of neutrality, gentlemen,
Is not indifference; IT is not self-in-
teres' The basis of neutrality Is SYM
patty for mankind. 1t Is fairness. II is
good will at bottom. II is impartiality
OF spirit and OF judgment wish that
all of our fellow citizens could realize
that
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az we have been Obliged by circum.
stances. or have considered ourselves to
be obliged by circumstances, in the past
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-05-14
BUTLER AND BEALEk
STORE IS ENTERED
BURGLARS TOOK DOZEN PAIR OF
SHOES AND OTHER MINOR
ARTICLES.

The general merchandise store of
Butler & Beale, of Carriers Creek,
was entered by burglars some time
during Tuesday night, and several
pairs of shoes and some smaller ar
ticles were taken. There is no clue
to the identity of the burglars.
Entrace to the building was secur-
ed by throwing a large rock through
the plate glass of the front door,
smashing it into Thousand bits. This
morning about dozen boxes were
found fram which shoes had been
taken. There were also evidences of
some other thefts of minor articles
Messrs.. Butler and BeaIe do not
know at what hour the robbery was
done, as no one was awakened. They
notified Sheriff Griffin this morning,
and he at once went out to look into
the case. He telephuned to Law
renceburg for pair Of bIoodhounds
but they failed to come up on the
morning train.
This was the second time in the
last seven months that this store has
been entered by burglars.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-05-14
WOULD POSTPONE
LAND TAX SALES
PROBABLE THAT LEGISLATURE
WILL ORDER THEM HELD
FIRST OF JULY.

Land sales for delinquent taxes
will probably be held this year on
the first Monday In July instead Of
the first Monday In June. The house
has already passed an act to defer
the sales until that time and 1t is
practically assured of passage In the
senate. This does not change the ex.
listing law with reference to land sales
except to postpone them for month.
The penalty on taxes has already &C.
crued but the taxes on real estate
will simply have another month of
grace. They can pay, if the bill be-
comes law as 1t now seems certain,
any time before July l and their lands
will not be sold for taxes. So far as
this county is concerned the bill will
have little effect for the reason that
practically all of the taxes have been
paid already There are always few
tracts of land to sell and would be If
the sales were postponed a whole
year.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-05-14
POULTRY RECEIPTS
ARE HALF HEAVIER
WILL BARKER SAYS THAT THERE
ARE MANY MORE HENS
AND EGGS.

II do not believe that am exag
gerating the facts when | say that
our receipts Of eggs and other kinds
of produce are fifty per cent heav
Ter at this season this year than they
were at the same time last year,
said VIII Barker today.
"Of course we are covering more
territory, and have more houses thar
we did a year ago. But in the same
territory that we had last season the
receipts are considerably heavier this
year. Furthermore, l believe that
the other produce men Of the city anG
county will bear me out in these
statements about the much heavier
productions of hens and eggs this
spring"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-05-14
GAS VICTIMS LEFT
INVALIDS FOR LIFE
THOSE WHO DO NOT MEET LIN
GERlNG DEATH HAVE PER.
MANENT LUNG INJURY.

LONDON, May 11.-A report by
Field Marshal French on the use of
poisonous gases by the Germans,
made public today, says:
Gases have been elected from
pipes laid into our trenches, and also
generated by the explosion of shells
especially manufactures. The German
troops who attacked under cover of
these gases were provided with es-
pecially designed respirators which
had been issued in sealed pattern Gov
ers, fact which points to long and
methodical preparation on large
scale.
"Since the Germans first made use
of this method of covering an ad-
vance by cloud of poisoned air,
they have repeated it, both in offense
and defense, whenever the wind has
been favorable.
The effect is not merely disabling
or painlessly fatal, as suggested by
the German press. Those victims
who do not succumb in the field but
are brought into the hospitals suffer
acutely. A large proportion die lin
gering painful death. Those who sur
vive fare little better, for in the case
of injury to the lungs it appears they
become permanent invalids for life.
These effects are known to the Ger,
man scientists who devised the new
weapon and to the military authori-
ties who sanctioned its use.
Il am of the opinion that the Ger
mans have definitely decided to use
these gases as a normal procedure
and that protests are useless"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-05-14
SEEKS DAMAGES
HALF A MILLION
SUIT BROUGHT AGAINST w. J.
OLIVER FOR ALLEGED BREACH
OF CONTRACT.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, May 12-Al-
leging breach of contract by failure
to turn over 100000 par value bonds
of the Knoxville, Sevierville & East
ern Railroad, the Manhattan Life In
surance Co. today began suit. against
W. j. Oliver, of Knoxville, in federal
court to recover damages Of more
than 100000. According to the dec
Iaration filed, Oliver sold the CON-
plainants the 100000 bonds, agreeing
to take therefor property in Philade-
phia and New York City, and to fur
nish an indemnity bond for $4,000,
guaranteeing prompt payment of in
terest, also to apply the earnings of
the railroad for it's betterment Fur
theremore, the insurance company
agreed to lend Oliver $35O,00O on the
real estate in question for a period of
five years, and Oliver agreed to i'm
prove the property. Breach of con
tract is alleged in that Oliver failed
to deliver the bonds and that in June
last he made proposition to John W.
Green, receiver for the Knoxville
Bank ( Trust Co., to reduce the
bonds to 100000 first mortgage and
leave 100000 second mortgage bonds
outstanding, and that the bonds in
question were delivered to Mr. Green.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-05-14
MUSSEL SHOALS
DAY IS SUCCESS
VISITORS AND CONGRESSIONAL
DELEGATION TAKE PART IN
RIVER INSPECTION.

FLORENCE, Ala, May IA
crowd of between 5000 and 10000 peo-
pie, the unqualified endorsement OF
the scheme by senators and represen,
tatives, perfect day and fine dinner
were combined today to make Mussel
Shoals day a splendid success. The
visitors left Florence landing at 8
o'clock this morning on the govern
ment boats Lookout, Colbert and De-
catur for the canal and returned at
5 o'clock in automobiles. Both trips
presented panoramic view of almost
unsurpassed beauty.
The members of congress and gov
eminent engineers together with the
reception committee occupied the first
boat and inspected the proposed dam
sites, completing the trip to Lock 8,
on the government railroad. They
returned at 1880 to the beautiful
grove, at Lock 6, where a barbecue
dinner was served.
The guests of honor were seated at
tables facing the Tennessee river,
which at this point resembles an In
land sea. The speakers stand, vehi-
cles and houses from Florence to the
canal were decorated with flags. The
absence of Secretary Garrison, while
regretted, detracted nothing from the
enthusiasm OF the crowds.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-05-14
COLUMBIA GETS STATE ASSEMBLY
JUNIOR ORDER AMERICAN MECHANICS
CHARLES w. RAMBo WIRES SEC RETARY soWELL THAT He IA,
SECURED NEXT coNvENTIo OF BIG FRATERNAL ND
DER TO MEET IN TIL "DIMPLE" NEXT MAY

Secretary Ashley Sowell, of the
Board of Trade, received this after
noon a wire from Charles W. Rambo,
stating that he had secured for Co.
lumbia the honor OF entertaining the
1916 state convention of the Junior
Order of United American Mechanics.
This means that Columbia will
have to provide accommodations and
homes for 500 delegates of this great
fraternal order, when it meets in an
nual convention here next May.
Mr.. Rambo, who is the delegate
from the local lodge of the order,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-05-14
SAD DEATH OF
JOE BORUM, JR.
THREE MONTHS OLD INFANT
PASSES AWAY SUDDENLY
FROM PNEUMONIA.

Joseph Belmont Borum, Jr, the
three months old little son of Mr..
and Mrs. j. B. Borum, passed away
Tuesday morning at 1890 o'clock
after a short illness with pneumonia.
The little fellow had been ill but
twenty -four hours when the Death
Angel came to take him from his de-
voted parents.
The duration of his illness was so
brief that the news of his death,
which spread over the city this morn
ing, proved to be distinct shock to
the friends of the parents. They
were stricken with grief at the pass
ing of one, in whom so much fond
pride and anticipation was wrapped
up.
The funeral services took place
Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock at
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Borum in
Riverside. They were conducted
by DR.. ]. C. Molloy, of the First Pres
byterian church.
The interment was in Rose Hill
cemetery Immediately after the fu-
neral services. The pail bearers will
be Fred Latta, James W. Thomas, Joe
Anderson and Looney Walker.
Carriages from Cakes & Nichols.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-05-14
RESCUE WORK AMONG
SURVIVORS GOES on
Al ING IRISH COAS /
STORIES TOLD BY TRoSE WHO
WERE SAVED ARE VERY
CONFLICTING.
RESCUED NUMBER Gas ONLY
Among Those Who Are Still Missing
Are Mr.. and Mrs. Ebert Hubbard,
A. G. Vanderbilt and Other Nota-
bles on the Passenger List.

QUEENSTOWN, May 1O-A smear
of flotsham on the face of a calm sea
twenty-three miles from this port
marks the grave of the Cunarder Lu-
sitania, victim of a German subma-
rine.
One hundred and forty-nine of the
1850 persons who persisted with the
liner lie in improvised morgues in old
buildings that line the Queenstown
harbor. They either were picked up
dead or succumbed after landing.
The GAS survivors of the disaster
here are quartered in hotels, resi-
dences AMI hospitals, some too badly
hurt to be moved Two groups left
Saturday afternoon and evening clad
in misfit clothing fir Dublin, by rail
and thence by boat to Holy Head
The injuries tosome are so serious
that additional deaths are expected
and nearly all are too dazed to under
stand fully what has happened.
The survivors do not agree as to
whether the submarine fired one or
two torpedoes. few say they saw
the periscope and many attest to trac-
ing the wake of foam as a projectile
raced toward the vessel.
The only points in which all con-
is that the torpedo struck the vessel
a vital blow amidships, causing her
to list almost Immediately to the
starboard. In this careening fashion
she plowed forward some distance,
smashing the lifeboats' davits as she
did so and making the launching Of
boats well nigh impossible until head
way had ceased.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-05-14
NEW HOME
WILL Be READY FOR
OCCUPATION JULY |
ALL BRICK WORK is FINISHED
AND BRICK WORK is AL
MOST COMPLETE.
PLAN OF The new RESIDENCE
Four Rooms Downstairs, Same Num-
Der Upstairs, while Broad Hall Runs
Through Each-AIs Convenences
Have Been Provided in House.

The new sheriff's residence, which
is being erected on East Sixth street
will becompleted andready to receive
the county bailiff and his family by
July l., if the work receives no back
SET
The carpenters are now putting the
roof upon the residence. 1t win all
probably be under cover by the end
Of this week All of the stone and
brick work upon the residence has
practically been completed. AS soon
as the roof is on, they will start upon
putting down the floors, ceiling and
doing other inside work. This is
rather more slow and tedious than
the work outside, aud consequently
not so much speed will be made.
The residence is structure Of
which the people of the county are
going to be proud 1t is a credit to
the county court, which ordered it's
construction, TO the committee, which
supervised its building, to the con-
tractor, who has built it, and to the
people who are going to pay for it.
There are four large rooms down
stairs, three of which will be used
for sitting or bed rooms by the sher-
if and his family, while the fourth,
which adjoins the jail proper, win be
used as an office by the turnkey
There is a broad hallway which runs
through the hall north and south
Leading upstairs there is a broad
stairway, which starts near the end
OF the hall Upstairs there are four
big rooms, which will be used by all
of the court juries when they are
needed. In providing for the comfort
of juries which are locked up for the
night, much of the aversion to ser.
vice on juries will be taken away.
There are large porches In front Of
both upstairs and downstairs.
The roof OF the new sheriff's resi-
dence will extend over to and con-
meet with the roof of the old jail.
while the first floors of each will be
Joined by q concrete hoor.
The new residence is Of red brick,
while the corners are faced with buff
brick.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-05-14
MONUMENT TOLATE
ROBERT {. CHURCH
VERY HANDSOME MEMORIAL TO
LATE FlNANCIER ERECTED
AT ROSE HILL.

The Maury County Trust Company
has just had erected at Rose Hill
cemetery very handsome $4,000
monument over the grave of the late
Robert c. Church, former president
of the Maury National Bank
The monument is of a very plain,
yet elegant style, made of the finest
Vermont granite. 1t is of the Renais-
sance type. At either end of the
monument are five Doric pillars. The
base is 1O1a feet by 51s feet. The
monument was designed and cut by
the McNeel Monument Co. 1t was
first shipped in the rough from the
granite quarry in Vermont to Mariet-
to, Ca, where 1t was chiselled to its
present dimensions. 1t was then ship
ped to Columbia, where it was put
up by the local branch of the CON-
pany.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-05-14
NAMES usuRpEo sY WOMEN.
(London Chronicle


Mary Is not by any means the only
name that has been borne by men
and women alike, writes a CORES
pondent who has dipped into our old
parish and other registers. Sir Pat
fence Ward was Lord Mayor of Lon
don in 1880. Eve Sliffhton is men,
toned In will of the Sixteenth cent
ury, and Grace Hardwin was an old
land owner in America. AS to male
names usurped by the women in.
stances occur as to feminine Philips
and Georges, and in one case a
daughter was duly baptized Noah. A
god-daughter Of the Duke OF yelling
ton was named Arthur in his honor,
and in Effingham Church Their is
monument to Timothy, wife of Rich.
ard Msbanke.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-05-14
COL. WARREN FOUND
srasR
DEAD IN HIS YARD
DEATH OF CITIZEN OF MONROE
COUNTY ATTRIBUTED TO
HEART FAILURE.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, May 12.-Col.
Jake Warren, 70, one of the best
known citizens of Monroe county,
was found dead in his barn yard near
Sweetwater this afternoon, lying be-
side his saddle horse which he was
about to ride over his farm. Death
is attributed to heart failure. He was
in the Confederate army, serving as
scout under Gen. Joe Wheeler. He
was a native Of Tennessee. served
two terms as trustee, two terms as
sheriff and also represented Monroe
county in the legislature, and was
the county's largest individual tar
payer. He leaves q widow and one
nieoe.