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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-09-25

avoid the dangerous voyage around
Jutland were considered spaSmodical-
ly from 1900 ON, but it remained to
| the military necessities of a great en-
pire to bring about the realization of
| this advantageous waterway for trade.
Any number of baShful beginnings of
the projected way were made before
the construction of the present canal
was undertaken by the first German
emperor. Kaiser Wilhelm /. laid the
foundation stone of the canal in 1887.
and the costly avenue was formally de-
clared open by the present emperor in
1895. Tie original canal has been ex-
tensively improved.
The canal crosses the peninsula
from Holtenau just beyond the north
ern suburbs of Kiel to Brunsbuettel at
the mouth of the Elbe, at sea level,
the locks at either end merely serving
to neutralize the tides. 1t is sixty miles
long, with n depth of more than thir-
ty feet, and a width sufficient to pass
the largest men-of-war. A steamer
takes between eight and nine hours
to pass through the canal, thus bring
ing the advance German naval base
at Helgoland within easy reach of the
Kiel headquarters. The whole way at
night is lighted by electricity. The first
cost of the Baltic ship canal was $780,
100000. Other millions have been ex-
pended in its improvement.
Great imperial docks, arsenals and
navy yards are located at Kiel, as are
also admiralty headquarters and the
Imperial Navy academy. Foreigners
were not admitted to the docks and
yards. Many thousands Of visitors reg
ularly attended Keller Woche Kiel
week.. the great German regatta held
each year during the latter part Of
June. This regatta was an event Of
first Importance in the world Of inter
national sport. and yachts from all ma
tons interested in water sports were
annually entered in its famous races.
The yacht Hohenzollern, housing the
emperor and the imperial family, build
ed each year the central point Of the
gay. rich. cosmopolitan throng of
sportsmen.
kiel Is one Of the oldest towns In
Holstein. The older parts Of the town
are badly built, having twisting, mar
row, indifferently paved streets and be-
ing fianked by gnarled, time tortured
buildings. The new town. however, Is
filed with handsome structures and
Is well planned. The city has grown
in every way. industrially, commercial
ly. socially. artistically, since becom-
ing naval headquarters for the empire
and Of the greatest sport event upon
the German sport calendar.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-09-25
Pen and Brush.

Years ago Jack London rode OH freight
cars with the famous hobo A-NO.-1 to
get local color for his fiction.
George Meredith. i'll spite of the dis
tionaries, always insisted on spelling
Judgment with an "e"-'.judgement"
Miss Ina Coulbrith. who was aSSoci-
ated with Bret Harte in the Overland
Magazine. has been crowned poet lau-
reate of California
August BenZiger, who has painted
the portraits of Cardinal Farley and
Charles NJ. Schwab, is the son of 4
Switzerland publisher. His father was
much disappointed when the boy stud
led art
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-09-25
Pert Personals.

Reason CarranZa can't hear the voice
of the people is because he's too busy
admiring his Own.-Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
D'Anrunzio is not only a great poet.
but great advertiser. Who but he in
the big war has been able to get Aus
tria or any other nation to set a price
on his head?-Pittsburgh Press.
1SadOrl Duncan doesn't like the
clothes our women wear Well, to tell
the truth. we're not so much stuck on
some of them ourselves. but at that
they strike us us being a little more
appropriate than the ones IsadOra
doesn't wear.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-09-25
Current Comment.

Soon the banks will have so much
money they will have trouble to get
their safe doors shut.-Philadelph
Press.
For the first time in his history Uncle
Sam assumes the position of being the
greatest export nation in the world.
His coat fits little snug across the
chest-Detroit News.
Now that the San Francisco fair has
set the example by burning $1,000, 900
of its mortgages, let us hope that mort
gage burning will become one Of the
popular home pastimes.-New York
Sun.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-09-25
Echoes of the War.

Many tides will ebb and flow over
the wrecks before there is an end to
the submarine controversy. - Boston
Herald.
The outlook for Christmas toys is
said TO he brighter. Europe, however,
has no outlook for Christmas joys
Detroit Free Press.
Piercing battle front of 800 miles
constitutes The toughest problem in
long division yet tackled by military
students.-WaShingtO Post.
Figuring the cost of the war in mon
ey is easy, but some day they will have
to figure the cost in human life, and
then it will he different.-Philadelp
Press.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-09-25

PnOtO by American Press Association.
GEAR cleft AND GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS.
his invasion of Germany, his seizure
of Galicia and his destruction of the
Austrian StromghOldS.
The power behind the throne that
appears to have brought about the
shelving Of Grand Duke Nicholas is the
same power that Shelved General Su-
kOmlinOff. the late minister of war
This power is the national council Of
defense organized by the dunla. This
marked the inauguration of Il new era
in Russia. perhaps an ERA of legiSla-
tive supremacy and control, although
the duma li;iS since been dismissed.
Hitherto the duma has had but little
power, but the war has changed this,
and the duHia has secured the ear of
the car, who. il is asserted, has really
always ben in favor of parliamentary
forms of government.
1t is not believed that the ear will
be the de facto %encraliSSimO of the
Russian forces. for he lacks the quail
ties that such Il position demands rs
well as the experience. 1t will be diff
ficult indeed for the ear 10 find Il real
successor 10 Grand Duke Nicholas. for
the present war has not brought to the
foreground any MuScOvite officer quail
fed to take his place.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-09-25
Science Siftings.

1t is possible to determine by means
of y rays whether a picture is an orig
inal, restoration or a fraud.
The candle power of the sun is rep
resented by string of figures begin
ming with Is and followed by twenty
seven nOughtS.
BlOwholes and pinholes in castings
are caused by overheating the metal
while melting. Pinholes are nothing
but small blOwholeS.
BY means of IL microphone the YER
Ialntest sounds. such as the fall of a
FEATHER or of very delicate piece of
tissue paper. may be heard distinctly.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-09-25
The Royal Box.

King Nicholas Of Montenegro cannot
De induced to buy a new hat. He
thinks his old hats are the best friends
he has.
queen Victoria in the early part Of
ner reign was presented with q bed
stead made of gold by the maharaia of
kashmir
The car is probably the best whist
player to be found on any throne.
"nen times are normal a game of
cards Is constant recreation of his.
DE plays with cards specially made
rom linen. with a watermark OF thu
imperial eagle and crown.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-09-25
SHORT AND SHARP.

A loss of appetite can generally be
cured by work.
When well nursed q crouch becomes
like upas tree.
Opportunity taps lightly, but you can
always hear the knock Of temptation.
In most cases the clouds that hang
In your heaven are Of your own max
ing.
The shot that never hits the mark
makes as much noise as the one that
pierces the bullseye.
How frankly each of the European
powers admits the heavy losses Of its
enemies!
AS we journey through life we find
that gold bricks are not, all presented
in the same kind of wrappers.
Pegoud was a trick f1ier, but he
couldn't find any trick that would fool
the eternal attraction Of gravitation.
A contemporary says it sis impossible
for a fellow to nail his hat on his
head" Depends on the kind of head.
The trouble with some people is
that they continually try to get even
with some one instead Of attempting
to get ahead.
FOrty-two tons of gold would sound
like Il good deal in ordinary times, but
when it comes to paying for war sup
plies it is mere bagatelle.
Time was when the wise man refused
to buy horse that would not stand
without hitching. Now he buys an au-
tomObile that is self starting.
Ninety millions of dollars lost to the
animal industry Of this country in one
year because of the cattle tick Too
much tick in any line of business is
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-09-25
BRIGHT BRIEFS.

Funny, isn't it, how a man heats up
when he gets Il cold shoulder?
The banks are being embarrassed by
too much money, but nobody else is.
il as effectively as some one else
would.
The war game of the Atlantic fleet
will be under no perfunctory scrutiny
this year.
People usually find it easier to pay
q duty to society than to pay one to
humanity.
The man who is always blowing his
own horn in nine cases out Of ten
knows only one tune.
Life is like a ball game. 1t isn't
every fellow who makes hit that can
bring a run over the plate.
Attempts to make hay the day before
the sun shines are as apt to be failures
as those Of the morning after.
A Brooklyn man beQueathed 9S cents
to his daughter. Wonder what the
beQuest was marked down from.
II the average man would only keep
q well controlled mouth the rest Of his
faults might be endured without I'M
usual difficulty.
Science invents new ways to kill In
battle, and surgery exhausts its ingenu-
ity to save the wounded. War is at
best an inconsistency.
It's only in golf championship tourna-
ments that the poor players are elimi-
mated. The rest Of the year they clut-
ter up the links frightfully.
The handkerchief Is now being added |
10 the wash rag and the common towel |
and the street car strap as q peril to !
health. But there are some risks We
lust have to take.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-09-25
PUBLIC HONOR TO
THE HOOSIER POET
Whitcomb RiIsy's Birthday to
Be Celebrated In Indiana.

The It'll of October will be red
letter day in the city of Indianapolis
and the state of Indiana and for the
popular Hoosier poet, James Whitcomb
Riley. 1t is the sixty-sixth anniversary
of the birth of the poet, and it - going
to be celebrated all over the state.
Indiana's governor, Samuel Ralston,
has issued a proclamation setting aside
the 7th of October as Riley day and
urging that all the people Of the state
arrange in their respective communi-
ties, in their own way, appropriate pub
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-09-25
DR.. CONSTANTIN DUMBA.

Ambassador to Whom Objection Is
Made Has Been Here Two Years.
DR.. Constantin Theodor Dumba, now
persona non grata at Washington. has
heretofore been Il singularly successful
diplomat and one generally regarded
as remarkably keen and able. He
has been the Austrian ambassador to
the United States a little more than
two years. succeeding Baron Hengel-
muller in March, 1913. He had served
as minister to Sweden for several years
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-09-25
DUKE NICHOLAS
{ A GREAT GENERAL
His Retirement as Head of
. Russian Army a.SurpriSe.

One Of the greatest surprises Of the
war was the recent taking over of the
leadership of the Russian forces by
the car and the transfer of the erst-
while commander in chief, the Grand
Duke Nicholas, to the Caucasus.
Many have been the conjectures as
to why this change was made, for the
Grand Duke Nicholas is generally re-
garded as the greatest of the Russian
generals and one of the greatest SOL
diers produced by the war, whose mas
terly retreat owing to shortage of am
munition has aroused even greater adj
miration among military experts than
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-09-25

DR. CoNsTANTN THEoDoR DUMBA.
before coming to Washington and was
regarded as eminently we'll fitted for
promotion to larger responsibilities.
He has taken lively interest In Ia
Dor matters In the United States and
looked after the conditions of Austrian
and Hungarian laborers In the mines
and mills with great care. For DAYS
he attended the sessions of the indus
trial commission when labor questions
were considered, and he listened with
interest to the testimony Of the wit
nesses Of his own nationality. The
ambassadors wife followed him to the
United States a month after his arrival
here. and in the Yulee mansion, ON
Connecticut avenue. just opposite the
British embassy, they have entertained
In brilliant fashion on many occasions.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-09-25

and a fire which damaged the mansion
In recent years. She and her mother
will select the furniture. The manor
Is now being prepared for occupancy.
Phillipse Manor was built about 1854
and is one of the oldest houses standing
In the state OF New York. 1t was erect
ed by Frederic Filipse. one Of the
wealthiest resident patentees on the
Hudson. In the latter part of the sew
enteenth century 1t was known as the
Filipse- His Castle. The Filipse or Phil
npse (as the name was anglicized) fam
fly were Tories during the Revolution
airy period. and the manor was con-
fiscated and has since passed through
several hands.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-09-25
Short Stories.

In Japan children are served first
at meals.
Italy consumes less tobacco per cap
ita than any other civilized nation.
The average Mexican family lives on
the produce Of less than ten acres of
land.
Australians public debt is $27S for
each person: that Of the United States
is only Sill person.
A billion tons of coal are consumed
annually throughout the world In in
dustry and in the homes.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-09-25
Recent Inventions.

A can opener Of German invention
slices on the entire top of a can.
To teach children how to use cleo
tricity for cooking is the purpose Of a
recently invented miniature range.
An Ohio inventors screwdriver is
provided with jaws to hold a screw
and can be adjusted to several sizes
and positions.
A two faced dolls head has been
patented. each having a different ex-
preston. one being covered with the
hair when the other is exposed to view.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-09-25
ELSIE JANIS BUYS OLD MANOR

She Will Refit Famous Colonial Place
Near Tarrytown, N. Y.
Miss Elsie Janis, the popular actress,
has purchased PhillipSe Manor, the
famous colonial place near TarrytOwn,
N. Y. 1t waS one of the first of the
old manor houses erected in that 10
cality. 1t has the old floors with wide
boards, the tircplaceS of other days
and is of the quaint architecture of the
period in which it was built
Miss Janis intention is TO preserve
the house aS il stands. adding what
ever restOrationS may he necessary to
restore the ravages caused by decay
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-09-25

A loss of appetite can generally be
cured by work.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-09-25

When well nursed a crouch becomes
like upas tree.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-09-25

Opportunity taps lightly, but you can
always hear the knock Of temptation.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-09-25

In most cases the clouds that hang
In your heaven are of your own max
ing.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-09-25

When We kick ourselves we never do
il as effectively as some one else
would.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-09-25

The shot that never hits the mark
makes as much noise as the one that
pierces the bullseye.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-09-25

Funny, isn't it, how a man heats up
when he gets cold shoulder?
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-09-25

The banks are being embarrassed by
too much money, but nobody else is.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-09-25

The war game of the Atlantic fleet
will be under no perfunctory scrutiny
this year.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-09-25

The bigger the steamship. it seems,
the quicker the sinking when Il Subma-
rine sends torpedo to its mark. Yes
sells Of moderate size often float long
time
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-09-25

How frankly each of the European
powers admits the heavy losses Of its
enemies,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-09
r. Hopkinson Smith.

With the death of Francis Hophnson
Smith contemporary American life loses
one of its most picturesque figures, for
rarely did a man so we'll look the parts he
plaved. Engineer, novelist, artist, these
he was, and even as his profession con-
tributed TO his work as writer, so did his
brush and charcoal serve his pen. he
could be modern. as in "Tom Grogan" and
"Caleb West" in which the novelist drew
unon the experiences Of the engineer; but
he was at his best in his favorite pose,
that of the Southern gentleman remem-
boring and celebrating ante-bellum days,
and regretting their passing. To that
mood we owe the most popular, and the
melowest. of all his books, Colonel Carter
of Gainesville"
If the vein ended in cliche and pdstiche
in his Kennedy Square" many years
later, it was only because the genre which
he had helped to found in our literature
had run its course and exhausted its re-
sources. Again, it is to the artist that
we owe one of his most charming early
books, now almost forgotten, the always
ENJOYABLE "A White Umbrella in Mexico"
Almost to the end of his long life Hop
kinson Smith returned from his summer
holidays in Europe with an exhibition or
his water colors. He followed Thackeray
and Dickens with charcoal and pen
through the vanishing London Of their day;
he told much of his own early life and
struggles in "The Fortunes Of Oliver
Horn" His was life Of many interests,
much success and many honors, and of
much benefcence to the friends he made
in his books.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-09
THE AID. WRITER'S PROBLEMS
Truth a Bit Coy at Times-Ml
Adams Interesting.
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The articles by Samuel Hopkins
Adams regarding honest advertising have
been of deep interest to me- and I have not
missed one. | have thought that il Mr.
Adams had been intimate with the internal
workings of department store he might
have put things differently, for the problems
that confront the sd. writer of a depart
ment store are many and complex. Some
times the we'll where Truth hides seems to
have bottom
! I wish also to commend heartily the arti-
Gle by Lew Hahn in The Tribune OF April I,
for he evidently knows exactly what he is
talking about. 1t is the dishonest spots" in
With every intention of playing fair with the
customer and the store, put customer first,
because was brought up 70 consider the Gus
toner first. It Is an eternal question as to
whether your statements are As true as you
want them to be.
Now, every department store buyer likes
to be esteemed as "big" buyer No man
or woman wants to go into the market and
be classed as "piker" therefore, the temp
tatons TO plunge are often irresistible,
though occasionally one finds the buyer who
errs on the other side and is too conserva-
tive TO keep his department strong. He
thinks it better judgment to lose few sales
rather than be overtaken by disaster at in
Iventory time. II has probably been the ex-
perience of every department store ad writer
to meet the buyer who in going through his
stock finds heavy line of certain articles
which he has forgotten, or thought had been
Sold ought TO have been sold, anyway, and
Immediately ne is seized with a sort Of panic.
Anything to Tighten stock right away An
adj Immediately! A big one; prominent! So
many Of this worth so much, for so much.
That is where the ad. writer must be careful
about comparative values
Again, perhaps It is a small line Of gar
ments a little past the style, but desirable
to many customers, but hardly enough TO
advertise. Late corners will be disappointed,
and it is certainly not good policy 20 adver-
tise such line, especially if the store draws
from "a suburban trade
The writer OF this was brought up by an
old-fashioned, conservative merchant, a man
of honor He taught that customers re-
quests were TO be gratiied always, and that
it is better for a customer TO find things a
little better perhaps than the advertisement
represented them, pleasurable surprise, i'll
possible for the woman who comes in an
swer 20 an advertisement. LIB.
Bridgeport, Conn, April :, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-09
NEW YORK STATE FIRST
Mr.. Whitman Should Work Without
Thought Of Washington.
.he Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: In your editorial to-day on the direct
tax issue YOU refer TO the Governors "Presi-
Dental aspirations." Don't you think that
.bis "Presidential aspiration" 1870 talk
which started prior TO Mr.. Whitmans elec-
ton. is somewhat premature? The majority
If those who helped TO elect him Governor
voted for him as the one man with the re-
ouisite qualifications for retaining uhe
prestige Of New York, the Empire state
from the shameful state to which the pirate
hands disguised as Statesmen" had sunk IT..
II is impossible for the Governor to do more
than make a fair start in his programme Of
reforms in two short years, with the Legs
lature in session about half Of that time.
The hich-mirded citizens who charged
Mr.. Whitman with the trust OF raising the
Government Of the State Of New York to
level which would entitle it TO its rghtfu!
nIscc a. lender Of the other forty-seven did
M. Mace this trust in his hands to serve
merely a. boost to his personal political
ambitions, to be lightly cast off and dele
gated 10 a possible incompetent in two
Years time. Any Governor OF New lorA
State knows that by faithfully serving the
people who horored him, instead of betray-
ing them. as some have done, he is reason
ably certain of reward in the form OF re-
nomination and election Mr.. whitman
knows this and should be keen enough 70
realize that if he puts the interests OF New
York State first and does the job that his
fellow New Workers are looking TO him to
do his chances for realizing his ambition
will be a hundredfold greater than if he
allows his ambition to cause him to desert
his trust when but half fulfilled.
Mr. Whitman is young yet and can well
afford TO acquire the advantageous training
in affairs Of state which four years at Al
banv would give 70 him. In fact, | am sure
many will agree with me that a successful
record as county prosecutor and two years
as state Executive do not give the broadest
qualifications for the Office OF Chief Execu-
tive OF the greatest governmental institu-
ton in tho world. I am confident that in
this letter | am voicing the sentiments OF
thousands OF others who, Ike myself, voted
for Governor Whitman 70 put New forks
house in order first and not with any idea
of voting him "off the job" before it was
done. II. MEADOWS NlCHOLSON.
RrooLlvn April g. 1918,