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Evening journal., 1915-04-30

The conflict now raging between
Ypres and the sea is likely to be
known as the second battle of Ypres,
and Dunkirk. on the coast, seems to
be the German objective, as before
The first battle of Npres lasted all
most month, from October l6 to
November II, and General Iofrre de-
scribed II as the greatest battle Of
the world" From the sea at Nieu-
port-Bains through Dixmude. Ypres,
Armentieres, and to La-Basseo, south
west of Lille tho firing line or front
extended. Locally the conflict I'm the
north was called the battle OF the
User, but General Joffre speaks com
prehensively OF tho entire operations
as the battle of Ypres.
lpros was once the capital of
Western Flanders As the crow flies
II Is thirteen miles from that place
TO Dixmude, and from there to the
coast ten while the distance from
Ypres almost due south TO Armen-
there's is twelve miles and about tho
same to La Bassee. The Lys runs
through the hily southern part Of the
region and the User winds through
the north. which becomes aat and
marshy as the stream approaches the
sea. Before the war Ypres had a
population of about $4,000. Between
the ancient town and DiXmude is the
rather extensive forest Of Houthulst.
five miles southwest of the forest is
Bixschoote and a less distance to the
southwest is Iizerne, on the left bank
of the Nprcs canal Both these small
towns figure in the latest dispatches
from the battle line. The strategical
Importance OF the coast towns which
the Germans were lighting to reach
last October and November was thus
illustrated by General Baron Won
Ardenne in an article that appeared
in the Sachsischer stats Anzciger:
IF the English watch on our naval
positions Borkum-W m-Wilhelmshaven-
Helgoland- -Brunsbuttel. is almost i'm.
possible in the present circumstances
up to now IL has not been at all
successful-it will become quite i'm
possible when Belgium and the north
coast of France right down to the
mouth of the seine are In German
hard " In the course Oi
time we shall he in possession OF
Calais thirty miles west of Dun
kirk, probably also OF Dieppe and
Havre. At Calais the Channel mar.
rows down to a width of 2225 milea
Our 10 inch howitzers have range
OF fourteen miles. The range of oui
IL inch howitzers is still greater. Eng
land can expect still further artillery
surprises. Even II We cannot shoe
from the French coast 70 tho Eng
lish. a safety zone can be made foi
German ships which will cover NOR,
than half the navigable water. In th,
Evening journal., 1915-04-30
Aidnich's Place in History
lFrom the lion Trade Review.l

A ponderous Senator like Thomas
H. Benton, of Missouri. who wrote q
large volume entitled Thirty Years
View" was known principally on ac-
count of his grandiloqucnt speeches.
But his book OF "reminiscences and
his speeches are almost forgot
ten and even men who are fairly we'll
versed in the history of their country
know very little about. the achieve
ments OF Mr.. Benton. I'm fact. there
is not much TO know. He belonged to
an age when oratory Of his style was
popular, but through it very little
of permanent value was accomplish
ed.
An entirely different type Of Sena-
tor was the late Nelson W. Aldrich.
who, like Benton, served 80 years in
the United States Senate. lie never
boasted He seldom spoke at length.
The grace of the orator Of the old
school was not his He talked more
like a business man He was in
cisive and spoke to The point. His
memory was marvellous and his
knowledge Of details Of legislation
especially on the tariff schedules and
financial questions. was vast lie
was little known 10 the country. for
he seldom spoke outside the Senate
chamber. His face was almost un-
known to millions of his countrymen
Evening journal., 1915-04-30
Submarine Warfare a Failure
CFrom the New York SUM-

That submarine warfare" on Brit
ish shipping is tactically a losing
game has been indicated by the fail
ure of the Germans TO sink merchant
steamships of large tonnage and to
interfere with the transportation of
troops across the Channel The At
lantic liners and tho trOopships are
SO well protected IN the Irish Sea
and the English Channel that the
submarine commanders. daring and
reaourceful as they are, have not
been able to score at all To some
extent the speed of tho great passen-
ger ships is their security. but troop
ships must keep well together and
proceed cautiously, their safety de-
pending upon the vigilance of the
attendant warships. An examination
of the list of merchant vessels de-
stroyed will show that most OF them
were small freighters and the build
ers on the Clyde, TYNE and Tees are
turning out good many more
freighters than the Germans sink.
This fact seems 10 be a demonstra-
ton that submarine warfare" is not
a success. The case is even worse
for the enemy when the sinking of
merchant ships by mines IS thrown
into the scale. for sometimes it is
hard to determine the exact cause
OF destruction.
In the first three months Of this
year forty-eight British ships. in
Guiding fishing vessels, we're lost
through the operations of the en-
omy; their tonnage was 130S5S. In
the same time 125 ships with tom
mage of 267,612, exclusive Of vessels
under 100 tons, we're launched from
the building yards but il must be
Evening journal., 1915-04-30

considered that government work has
precedence Of private contracts. The
proof of this is that in normal times
the tonnage launched is about 400.-
600 every three months. AT the pres
ent time All merchant ships of over
100 tons are building i'm the yards of
the United Kingdom and they rep
resent 1887 .467 tons. II is significant
that rush orders for trawlers are be-
ing flied, the navy finding trawlers
indispensable for submarine scouting
work and as sentinels for the patrol
squadrons. also for mine sweeping.
There are no buster places in Great
Britain and Ireland than the private
shipyards, but of course the gov
ernment allows no statistics about its
own orders TO be published. For
every merchant ship sunk by the
enemy from two to three vessels slide
down the ways. and when the gov
ernment asks less of the builders the
number of merchant ships completed
will be almost doubled If the Ger
mans are constantly adding to their
submarine iotilla, so are The British
increasing theirs. and trawlers 60
into the water by the score. In de-
stroyers and small swift cruisers the
advantage in new construction is also
on the side of the British.
From whatever angle one surveys
Submarine warfare" both before and
after the day when the war zone"
was declared. there has been a signal
failure either to terrorize England
or to cut down appreciably her food
and ammunition supplies. Tactical
Grand Admiral Won Tirpitz is a los
ing game.
Evening journal., 1915-04-30
Betting on the War
CFrom the Washington Post)

The essential differences between a
sport and a sportsman have been so
frequently and SO delcately defined
that those who haven't forgotten what
they arc will be at no loss 10 classify
the popular British game of gambling
on the finish Of war. with Lloyd's
holding the stakes and setting the
odds.
That the sporting chance has al
ways appealed to the inhabitants of
Merry England needs small appeal to
history. When parliament closes on
Derby day, and AIRY and 'Arriet ell
bow the peers OF the realm on their
way to the trysting places, less vir-
lie peoples can only look on with
amazement. But with the ban on
racing and cricket and football un-
der rcproach, II might have been sur
missed that the ancient spirit had
been quelled.
Not so. A keener gamble has taken
the place of these pink-tea diver
sions. VIII the war close by August
81. say you? Lloyd's greets the guess
with a challenge. Pay 90 guineas to
that genial company as an earnest Of
the hope that's in you. This is not
betting. but "insuring" II the war
is not ended on that date. you' get a
premium" of G5 los: it il is you've
been protected" at any rate; in
other words vulgar betting" words
-Lloyds asks odds OF II 20 on
the termination of tho conflict by the
date mentioned. Put up or shut up!
OF course, 1t is just the same thing
as insuring a house against fire, or
anything else of that sort. A man
/ in business will have his ventures
powerfully affected by the continu-
ance or the conclusion OF the strug-
gle. Consequently he arranges for
hedge" If it goes on. he receives
bonus that helps cover the loss; il
it ends. the profits of trade will re-
coup the amount of protection money
laid out.
Al that, it's a great game. possess
ing not a few of the thrills that went
with the laying of sestertii by the
patrician set in the good old Roman
] amphitheater days. when men we're
men, always willing to back their
Evening journal., 1915-04-30
Wasting the Peoples Money
lFrom the New York Tribune.l

As the fiscal year draws TO an end
the effects Of the federal administra-
tion's financial mismanagement stand
out more and more clearly. They can
no longer be covered up by vague
assurances that things are going TO
take a turn for the better before June
80 next.
About a month ago Senator Sim
mons. the chairman Of the Senate
committee on appropriations. gave
out soothing statement intended 10
Offset the harsh criticism Of tho adj
ministration's spendthritt policy in
dulgod in by Mr.. Fitzgerald. The
chairman of the appropriations com
mittee of the House OF Representa-
tives. The North Carolina Senator
admitted that in spite of the addition
al internal revenue taxes imposed
hy Congress TO take effect on Decem-
her /. 1914. the Treasury had, from
July /. 1914. 90 March 49, 1915, run
behind $50. 6.269.6Q0. Comparing this
Evening journal., 1915-04-30

years operations with those of 1919
IA, the loss average about $1,000, 1000
a month. since on March 10, 1914.
there was a net deficit of about S23,-
100000 Adopting the familiar "psy-
Geological" method, the Senator con
tended that the ratio of loss would
certainly decline in the last quarter
of the year, covering April. May and
June.
Il has not declined so far. since on
April "a the excess Of ordinary ex-
penditures over ordinary receipts
stood at Sl0O,033.0 600. and the loss
compared with the wear preceding was
S70.o00,000 for ten months-still ST.
100000 a month. Yesterday the ad-
ministration grew optimistic again
and published statement estimat-
ing the sum TO be collected this year
from income taxation at $4,000. .000
But even ~ $S0.000O00 comes in be-
fore June 30 on the income tax ac-
count il will have TO offset an excess
Evening journal., 1915-04-30
4 coon MAN WITH 4 coon COMPANY.

UNHE DELAWARE TRUST COMPANY has taken an
other progressive step by appointing J. H. Nixon.
formerly of the Haddock-NiXon Company to be its
title and real estate officer. He is regarded by those
who know him being peculiarly well fitted for
the position Although in recent years identified prom
inently with the automobile business, he has had large
experience in banking and real estate handling that
should stand him in good stead in hsnew Office
lie began his banking in Atlantic City and left
the Second National there to become the cashier OF a
bank in Haddonheld, n. J. Subsequently he organized
a bank in Millville y. j., and following that, organ
lied national banks in Atlantic City and Pleasantvc,
~ j. He cashier of the two banks last named.
holding both cashershps for fifteen months.
Since Mr.. Nixon to Wilmington ne has evnced
great interest in the progress welfare of the city
OF his adoption. He has identified himself intimately
with its social civic an1 business affairs Those who
witnessed his work in arranging for and managing
the Wilmington Automobile Show, held recently with
marked success in tho Hotel DUPONT. appreciated at
the fact that he was "lvo wire and a producer
in every of the word.
Expressed in few words this latest development in
his career means that good has become asso-
ciated with good company II should make an eficc-
tive working combination.
Evening journal., 1915-04-30

of expenditure of about s1l4.0OO.OOO.
and there will be $4,000 900 deficit.
Last year there was a surplus of
SS3,7S4OOO, so that the Treasury will
have been set back in one year about
S6f.OOO,OO0 II would have been set
back nearly SS0,000,000 ii the govern
ment hadn't sold the battleships Ida
no and Mississippi TO Greece. Next
year, unless the emergency internal
revenue taxes are reenacted and still
other taxes are imposed. there may
be a deficit of more than S50.OG0,000
Economy has never interested
Evening journal., 1915-04-30

President Wilson He made no pro-
test whatever when the last Congress
increased expenditures by $1l3,O00,-
000 Now he and his party face the
necessity of either borrowing money
on which to run the government or
levying still more taxes. Next year
is a Presidential year. Roosting tax
alton to cover over reckless expendi-
ture will be no more popular with
the country at large than it is going
TO bo in this State. where our own
Legislature has unfortunately follow
cd the spendthrift example of Con-
gress.
Evening journal., 1915-04-30

become one so common that it constitutes public
scandal
We think. however that IT is png Ossa upon Pelion
when those Levy Court commissioners not only refuse
provide the money hat is due TO the trustees but
have the impudence to suggest to them that they IN
bank and their own personal credit to obtain
money to county obligations which 1t is the duty
of,the Levy Court to meet, promptly and fully
Evening journal., 1915-04-30

Judgment as TO the precarious out
come-when the risk was taken by
the other fellow. With these high
handed superiors wasing their yellow
moidores and sterling bank notes on
general results, Tommy in the trench
is furnished fresh incentive for put
ting forth his best licks, looking
for at least an evanescent revival OF
the once popular melody-in case Of
success-of Make Way for Mr. At
kins. Sir"
Evening journal., 1915-04-30

Mr. Manager. get into the Want
Columns early, so that you will have
all the hands engaged you need
Adv.
Evening journal., 1915-04-30

II is mistake to that an the cynical wheeaes
about matrlmony are written By married men, Some
are written by married wor Marquis.
Evening journal., 1915-04-30

MA The Associntion of Anor-
faikiAf icen Advcrtisers has ez-
WSW arnined and certified 20
the cireuIation Of this pub
Ilesti0n. The fiErres Of circulation
contained in the Associations -
pert only are guaranteed.
ASSsdadsu Of American Advertisers
Ma Aisi Whitehall BIiu- n :. CITY
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-28
Gain ShoWn In Fight Against
Typhoid In the Big Cities

II II tempting to conclude that the
lowering OF the typhoid rate in De-
troit In 1914 was due in part al least
to the chemical disinfection OF Its
water supply. At all events, water
can hardly be ruled out as source
OF typhoid infection in Detroit. past.
present or future
Cleveland. where the water supply
has been carefully chlortnated
throughout the year. shows a graft.
Tying decrease over 1913
Boston In the only city In the
group TO show higher rate in 1914
than In 1918. the increase being due
70 a milk-borne epidemic in Jamaica
Plain
Bsltimore continues 10 reduce its
typhoid rate. and for the third year
In succession makes a new low rec.
ord
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-28
Pointed Paragraphs

The viso Ruy and the fools mon
cy are soon married
Nine-tenths OF a mans talk 10 OF
no earthly importance.
A wife IL very dear TO the ex.
bachelor who formerly saved his
money
A womsn's idea OF woman hater
is any man who fails to admire her.
An orator Is willing to raise his
voice II his audience raiEes the cash.
And many a girl falls to make a
catch because she does too much
angling.
It's a case OF matrimonial cyspep-
STA II a husband and wife fat TO
agree,
Occasionally q bachelor lives TO
marry the daughter OF the man who
turned him down.
When Il comes to calling men
from their beds. the FIRE bell puts Il
all over the church bell.
The horse may become extinct IL
time, but the donkey VIII remain
with us until society has ceased TO
be.
II girls cultivated their disposi-
tons as assiduously as they do their
compIexIons fewer marriages would
be failures.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-28
FAITH AND VIOLENCE
~ Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. by Frank Crane)

All noise Is waste.
II you could bottle up the roar of the
locomotive and retain the rattle of the
trolley car, you would have that much
more power.
The woman screams loudest In an
argument who is least certain she ID
right.
We raise our voice in contention in pro-
portion as we are uncertain.
The man who wants to fight, or to bet,
Is not quite sure of himself.
The religious fanatic is afraid Of his
suppressed doubts. IL he believed abso-
lutely he would not want to prosecute.
who lights the fagotf
Not the full faith. but the lurking doubt"
The boy, coming home on dark night,
whistles, not because he isn't afraid, but
because he is.
When a labor union resorts 10 violence,
and when an employer refuses to arbi-
trate, il means they have strong doubts
as to the justice Of their positions.
Violence always implies lack of trust
in ones cause.
Militarism is the expression Of the con-
seriousness Of injustice.
All our buster, brag, and blow are ex-
plosions OF our hidden cowardice.
The man who knows he is right is
quiet. He abides the decision of destiny.
He trusts in the inevitableness of the
higher laws.
Justice has no sword. We don't hang
men and imprison men because we know
what to do with them; it is because we
don't know. Every prison expresses our
ignorance, impotence, and indifference.
The effective school teacher, who. per-
fectly controls the pupils. Is low voiced.
1t is the weak mother that scolds, slaps
and TRADES.
II is faith we lack; faith in the great,
irresistible. cosmic powers Of right and
truth.
Millions of men have fought for the
truth, for their rights. They are In for
gotten graves. One man refused to fight,
gave himself up, and was crucified. He
transformed the world.
1t is the alf-believer who wants to de-
fend the truth. The whole-believer
smiles when the truth is assailed, know
ing that it Is almighty, and needs no de-
Tense, but will defend those who believe
in it.
Be still II you are not sure Of your
self, act as if you were.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-28
FILTH MEANS FLIES AND
DEATH!

Flies love to feast on filth. and
then get into the house and wipe
their feet on your cake or on
baby's bottle. Screen the house!
IL is true they are natures
scavengers. but they spread filth
and disease in doing stheir work.
And besides IL II better to do
your own scavengering by keep
ing clean than TO have the ny do
Il for you: for not only Is a ny
dangerous companion, but
clean people are beginning to sus-
pect that those who have flies
about them are dirty housekeep-
ers,
n. therefore. you wish to bear
a reputation for cleanliness In
your neighborhood. be sure that
your trash and manure heaps are
frequently removed and that
your house is properly screened!
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-28
A Poem a Day.
JAMES wHrrcoNB RILEY
tWethsst airy speiegyD

tThe following poem was written
by Robert y Burdette and dedicated
20 the beloved "Hco.ier Poet" James
that time lived a, Bryn Mswr. Pa.
lie afterwards went 20 los Angeles.
Cal. where he resided until his
tindo. was Nov ~. issi)
I got TO thinkin' OF him--as some
times n Teller will
OF the night he give lectur' TO the
folks In Shelbyville.
An We set up ontil daylight as them
iecterers sometimes do
A talkin' OF hundred things that
mightn't in'trcst you;
mind the things he ratified on that
night. In boyish giee.
Recitations he reelted to an audience
How I laughed ontil the landlord come
an asst Us 20 he still
So got 20 thinkin' OF him. an that
night In shelbyville.
Then he'd Kind O. Quit his nonsense.
an We'd settle down n spell,
TIL Jim 'ud turn upon me an begin
agin--" Dew tell
Bout the time ! went TO Franklin
fer the Baptist college folks"
An I'd stretch my mouth acrost my
face. all ready fer the jokes;
But he'd branch OF In story bout
the Merry Workers band.
rha' s nlss ySSg TS sSSrseis snaers,snd:
4 cd hear myself swalierin'. the
room 'ud seem 50 still
So I got 20 thinkin OF him. an that
night at shelbyyiile.
I got 20 thInkin' Of hiui---like twas
Jest a year ago
Fer time. that nies so fast In dreams.
In alminicks II slow;
a.
turn here and lectur'n' there.
An n wrltln' on the railroad cars
In taverns--ev~r whore.
PrIntin' poems In the papers. speak
In pieces at the fairs,
An him an me a-travelin'. now and
then. around In pairs
An he seemed 90 think at he was
no account at all. but still
night at sheisyvilie.
n got 20 thirkin' OF him. an the
happy DAYS Gone BY
TIL the sweet ''old Fashioncd Roses
seemed to bloom sg'in--an' die!
An hear him talk ag'ln bout MY
Pride THAT Il 10 ne"
when he'd come To 'y;rigshy station"
jes' 70 have night weth me;
kin see him settin' down agin 10
give the Prince n rock
when ''The Frost was on the runkin
and the Corn was In the shock,
An hear a iaughin' voice loved.
with music In Its TILL
So got 20 thinkin' O. him, an that
night In Shelbyyiiie.
so 7 set here an 7 wonder N 7 know
lest what n means
when 7 see 'efn print his poetry In
all the magazines;
when Y see him ON the platform with
the James an Howetls set.
An hear the people sayin' Hes
the hest one OF 'em yet"
An. 7 keen a winkln' back the tears
that makeNry fool eyes shine.
Fer 7 couldn't feel no prouder et he'd
ben n boy OF mine:
but he. test the same old Riley. an
hell be the same Jim stiil
AT he was the right ct him an me
set M at Shelbyvine.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-28
We Will Throw Away $1,000
Tie We Fail of Our Duty Here

Valuable work bids fair to be inter-
rupted, and $1,000 thrown away, unless
the board Of estimates restores to the
budget the item for completing the sew
age disposal survey.
Engineer Hubbell has completed most
Of the preliminary work. at an expendi-
ture Of $1,000, and this work, unless it
q followed up will probbaly be lost.
BY dumping our unpurifed sewage into
the Detroit river, we are not only violat-
ing an international treaty, but we are
endangering the lives Of citizens of the
down-river towns.
We may be as cynical as we please
shout the lives of the citizens Of Am
herstburg, bidding them look out for
themselves, since they are no country
men Of ours--forsooth, brotherly atti-
tude; but can we be so careless Of the
people of Wyandotte and Trenton?
Mr.. Hnbbell has found an average of
10000 typhoid-causing bacilli in 100 Gu
Bic centimeters of water at the mouth
Of the river. where there should be not
more than 500 Of the dangerous B. coli I;
and he believes, and reasonable citizens
must agree with him in believing, that
Detroit Is directly responsible for this
condition.
Our own water supply is menaced by
pollution Of the st, Clair river and the
Ike above Belle Isle: but we are in no
poGition to regard the mote in our
hrothsr's eye. or the spelling Of our wat
- By his garbage. while we take no ac-
count Of our own beam. and continue to
eentaminate the waters of the cities be-
low us.
Il Is point of honor with US to do
N in our power to live up to fair treaty.
Moreover, we have got to do it in the
lang run. and we might better do it now
than wait until we are made to do it
By the strong arm Of the government.