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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-24
4 TRAINING JOB FOR AyrAToRs.

Dr. Alexander Graham Bell. the famous inventor,
has novel plan for providing the United States
government with corps of ayators. He points out
that in OF should need hundreds and
perhaps thousands of aeropanes The machines could
be manufactured, but how are to train and main
tain such army of ayiators? The answer, accord
ing to DIR. Bell, is obvious We must find for
them in peace, and his idea is to use the flying
machine in the posofice service If we had hundreds
of postal air routes with carrying mails day
after day. week after week, should have
vast number of trained aviators accustomed to flying
and intimately familiar with the appearance of the
land over which they pass.
The inventor made this suggestion in address
before the Aero Club of America, which is inclined
TO regard the project favoraby although it has taken
no action.
AS far the training OF aviators goes the plan
seems to be good At least two skilled oper-
ators would be needed for every aeroplane; and
trained brdmen cannot be produced short notice.
But how about the people who to be served by
the proposed aerial postal routes? That aerial
postal service a large scale would be efficient is
doubtful in view OF the fact that aviators and their
machines are subject to many mishaps The public
would doubt be willing to support comprehensive
plan for preparedness. but it is asking almost too
much to make it depend aeroplanes for delivery
OF the mail.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-24
AN AGE OF CHEMISTRY.

The nineteenth century has been described the
age of physics and engineering since witnessed such
trumphs the development of steam and gas engines
and the utilization of electricity of light
heat and power, and a means of communication.
The twentieth century will quite certainly be age
of chemistry. Germany realized this some years ago.
with the results that now evident to all. II
would not be left far behind in the race Americans
must pursue similar course and that at once.
We have yet to convince many of the nations of
the earth that the form of government in which
believe is the best not only for the freedom and happ
of the individual. and the development of the
noblest intellectual and moral standards, but also for
the growth of the country in physical strength and
resourcefulness, and that in the hour of need it will
not be found wanting in the vital matter of industrial
efficiency and solidarity which is the cornerstone of
all military power.
In the terrible world raging, the law
OF survival the ttest will be found inexorable
the of nation it Is with individuals. It listens
to explanations accepts no excuses, and knows
pity Our country is beginning to awaken to
the fact that civilization unarmed by science is at
terrible disadvantage in the event of struggle for
existence, and that this arming cannot be done at
short notice. The result is loud and urgent call
upon the universities, colleges and technical schools
of the land for help.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-24
TAX REFORM PROPOSITIONS.

decided trend toward the single tax Idea is
shown in the taxation reform program submitted by
the committee of the New Jersey Manufacturers
Association in charge of that subject 1t calls for
the abolition of the tax all personal property; the
exemption of machinery and mercantile stock in trade
"a principle already adopted in Pennsylvania); a
reduction, by ten annual stages of per cent each
of onehaf in the tax valuation of buildings and other
improvements, and increase in the tax on land
values to supply the deficiency of income caused by
the foregoing changes
In case the land values do not produce sufficient
revenue, it is suggested by the committee that the
shortage be made up by uniform tax imposed upon
the volume of business the capital invested in
enterprises throughout the State Progressyes will
notice with satisfaction that this is practically the
plan as former Senator Everett Colby, of this
county, advocated in his campaign for governor on
the Bull Moose ticket.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-24
Evening Star Astrologer

Genial traits and pleasant manners
are supposed to bring the greatest
returns while this configuration pre-
walls.
Scandals in connection with schools
and the treatment of children again
are foretold.
Actors and musicians, as well as
artists of every type, have a direction
of the stars that indicate a. period of
severe test in which only the best
equipped will make progress, but
changed conditions in producing plays
and presenting artists are indicated
Again 1t is prophesied that the
United States will win fame in his
tory by some sort of public celebra
ton which is of a literary or dramatic
character.
There is a prophecy that Canada
and the United States will become as
sociated in some world enterprise.
Persons whose birthdate 1t is have
the promise of a successful year.
Those who are employed will be pro-
NOTED or benefited.
Children born on this day have the
augury of a happy life in which they
will gain their highest ambitions.
These subjects of Aquarius have
Uranus as their principal ruling
planet.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-24

In such brief and infrequent leisure
as the late John Jay Knox was able
to secure, he prepared one of the
best expositions of American bank
ing and financial life which up to 1890
had been published. Mr.. Knox was
the second comptroller of the cur
rency at Washington, his predeces-
sor having been Hugh McCulloch,
who was afterward secretary OF the
treasury. After serving through sew
eral administrations, Mr.. Knox re-
tired to become president of a New
York city bank, and in doing that
set an example several OF his sue
cessors as comptrollers initiated
Occasionally it was my privilege
to have a few moments chat with
Mr.. Knox, and upon one occasion OF
the kind he made brief allusion to a
banking incident in the early life OF
the nation which was vividly recalled
to me by the recent international fin
ancing upon a large scale.
II sometimes think that the most
extraordinary incident in our early
banking life, one which was then
without any precedent, occurred as
long ago as the administration OF
President Monroe" spid he. TT
would be thought today a trivial in
cident and yet. speaking relatively,
it was as large and important as
any of the modern transactions of
which we hear so much.
'I suppose there was hardly man
in the United States excepting those
familiar with our banking history who
ever heard the name of Langdon
Cheeves, yet his name ought to be
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-24
GUBERNATORIAL RACE
WILL BE INFLUENCED
BY BILLS IN SENATE

TRENTON, Jan. 24.--(By Pennsyl-
vania commuter to The Bugle).-A bill
and an accompanying amendment
bearing directly on the situation in
the Republican gubernatorial race will
be introduced in the Senate here in
the near future, according TO reliable
information cleaned from the janitor
of the State House. Opposition to
both the bill and the amendment is
expected to develop along strictly
party lines.
The measures are as follows:
8. 2b6 (Colgate)-Provides that any
Republican running for the office of
governor must be member of the
State Senate.
S. 257, amendment to S. 256 (Edge)-
Provides that any Republican running
for the office of governor must be the
president of the State Senate.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-24
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
How an Early Finan nCiaI Panic Was Averted

traditional. He had a very short, but
q very brilliant, career as president OF
the old United States Bank. He had
had little or no banking training. He
looked like q bespectacled professor
and he was a lawyer and at one time
a speaker of the National House of
Representatives
"The United States Bank found it
self in serious difficulties, only three
years after it had began business in
1917. Almost all of its specie had
been drawn out. 1t looked as though
the bank would have to stop specie
payment. 1 have never been able to
learn who recommended Mr.. Cheeves
as the man who could meet and con-
quer this emergency. He became pres
ident of the bank, however, and when
he found that the vaults were empty
of specie, he went ahead in spite of
strong opposition of the directors. and
borrowed s., 600, 900 of specie in France.
He handled the specie with great
ability. The United States Bank was
saved and within two years he paid
back one-half of the loan and not
long afterward the rest, and the ap-
probation of values and the banks
notes as compared with specie was so
large that the bank actually made
money on this transaction.
"This is one piece of forgotten his
tory, but it is one of several incidents
of which | have learned which made
it clear to me that the bankers of
the early days of the nation were
quite as competent as any OF the
present day."
Copyright, 1915. by Z. ]. Edwards.
All rights reserved)
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-24
4 PROMISE OF CHEAPER FUEL.

bill which passed the House of Representatives
last week by impressive majority, aud which is
now before the Senate committee public lands.
holds out to the American consumer, including the
army of two million motorists, the promise of cheaper
gasoline and other mineral oil products, and of re-
duced coal bills say nothing of protection for the
phosphate and fertilizer resources of the country 1t is
known as the general development measure and forms
part OF the conservation program of the adminisra-
ton
As explained by Secretary Lane of the interior
department the purpose of this proposed enactment
is to open up for public the large OF coal
oil phosphate and potash lands which lying
unworked because OF the inadequacy of present
statutes TO every person who has given any thought
the matter the leasing system and the intelligent
utilization of the fuel deposits remaining under
government ownership are imperative economic
need for the whole nation
It is argued that such policy will afford conf
petition with the fuel monopoliss and thus insure
lower prices to the consumer; that it will divorce
transportation from productlon that it will insure
cheaper rates in areas where the mines not
opened leased; that it will prevent waste, and
guarantee better treatment of labor that 1t will
enable Independent coal companies to take leases
fields large enough to make profitable competition
with present monopolies, and that it will bar out any
favoritism inasmuch as the leases will be awarded
through advertisement and upon competitive bonus
bids.
Under the laws they stand today. eight citizens
may form themselves into association and take up
as much as 100 They may then, in succession,
without limit restraint, take up many
I60acre tracts as they fit. BY almost criminally
lax methods the valuable oil deposits of the country
used by rich and poor alike, from cook stove to
automobile and from automobile to battleship' either
have found or will find their way into monopolistic
control, which means exploitation and extorton.
Let us hope that the United States Senate will
get tired Of supplying wordy replica of the in
Europe in time to consider this worthy for
the public benefit before the session ends
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-24

are trying to persuade the real world
of fact, of men and women possess
ing human frailties, of nations pos
sessing national and racial ambitions,
that they, the pacifists, and not we.
who face the facts, have Interpreted
conditions Alright.
That the United States is not pre-
pared to resist invasion, for instance.
is not to be denied. That the United
States has in past national crises
paid an enormous price for her un-
preparedness Is a common observa-
tion of history.
Ultra -pacifists like Mr.. Bryan are
today arguing for perpetuation OF
an error that has cost this nation ur1-
told lives, untold destruction of prop
erty, untold humiliation-the error OF
believing that a nation, unamed and
unframed, is a fit adversary for one
that has prepared itself for war. And
the error becomes three-fold more
perilous to America in view of what
other nations have done in recent
years to increase their own offensive
power.
The former secretary OF state is
discredited. His disregard of the OBJ
legations due to his former relations
with the man whose policies he helped
frame but now assails. and his per-
sistent blindness to the realities of a
perilious national situation, rob his
counsels OF the value they might
ofherufisa DoSseaa
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-24
UPLTFT TALKS
THE PHILOSOPHY OF NoN-REsIsTANcE
by oRIsoN SWEET MARDEN.
Author Of Pushing to the Front" Etc
Copyright. 1918.

Some people seem to think that the
policy of non-resistance means the
of a f1abby, spineless,
easy-going character. In proof of
their theory they point triumphantly
to the Hindoo people as good examples
of the result of the non-resistance
philosophy. Because the Hindoos
have been a non-resisting, easy-going
people they have never accomplished
anything of note, they say. They are
under the dominion of Great Britain
because of their negative philosophy.
This has prevented them from devel-
oping the positive. creating, produc-
tive faculties which would make them
a dominant instead of a subject race.
This theory sounds plausible enough,
but 1t won't bear examination. There
are plenty of proofs that the phil
osophy of non-resistance is not
necessarily negative. Take the
Quakers, for example. They have
always been virile sect, yet the
cornerstone of their religion is non
resistance. They do not believe in
lawsuits, in war, or in retaliation.
They have always overcome the
temptation to strike back, to pay in
juries in kind. Yet they cannot be
accused of being flabby, backboneless.
Quite the reverse; they are a people
of decided opinions, vigorous resolu-
tions, stern conduct. Nevertheless.
did not the peaceful, non-resisting
policy of their great leader, William
Penn, do more to conciliate the
American Indian than all the powder
and shot of the nations that prac-
ticed the opposite policy-the policy
of force?
The nations now at war, all the
nations. neutral and warning alike,
will never live in peace until they
put into practice the policy Of nom
resistance. The higher our civiliza-
ton, the more the brute is educated
out of US, the less we are inclined to
antagonize, to quarrel, to use brute
force to settle our difficulties. 1t is
the nature of the brute to retaliate, to
strike back. When nations reach a
higher state of civilization, wars will
cease automatically.
The policy of force. of resistance, is
as destructive to individuals as it is
to nations.
There Is nething so shortsighted. so
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-24

futile and so productive of discord
and misery as resistance. 1t takes
more out of ones vitality. robs one of
more energy than all ones work. Re-
sisting robs more people of happiness,
makes more people inefficient and
prematurely old than almost any
thing else.
Don't go through life with a chip
on your shoulder. Quit resisting, quit
finding fault. Make the best of
things. Encourage and praise those
about you when they do we'll. Don't
scold them when they make little
mistakes. You will be surprised at
the magic effect of this change of
mental attitude. 1t will not only
make you an infinitely more agree
will actually lengthen your life. The
hard wrinkles and deep lines in your
face-that coldblooded expression
all come from this very resisting
habit, this combative habit of trying
to make everybody do as you want
him to do and to regulate everybody
to your way of thinking.
! know of no one thing that ex-
hausts ones vitality and tires one
more than resistance. How tired. for
instance, a sermon or lecture makes
us when we are all the tine pro-
testing in our own mind against
what is being said. And have you not
noticed how tired you feel after
talking with some one with whom
you do not agree, some one who is
always arguing, resisting When
we disagree with others, we are key
ed up to tension which exhausts
vitality very rapidly.
We must get into harmony with
those we have to associate with.
Life will never yield its best. to the
resister We must make friends with
our environment, harmonize with it
instead of combating and antagoniz-
ing it, or we can never do our best.
Those who go through life with a
resisting attitude, thrusting a shield
in front of them to protect themselves
from the shafts and stings which
they are sure are being leveled at
them, are never happy or successful.
We should not regard life as a bat
tie, but as great cooperative ef-
| fort in which, to get the best results
we must be bound together in one
common bond of sympathy and
brotherhood and purpose
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-24
JopyrlghL We,
NJ MARY MARSHALL.

Mary Virginia Ellet Cabell, born in
Lynchburg, Va, in 1929, gained fame
as an educator.
Her father built the first suspension
bridge in the United States and in
vented the steam ram. He also built
the first bridge across the Niagara
River below the falls, and his daugh-
ter was the first woman to cross 1t
before II was completed.
In spite of the fact that her father
was very talented and very busy
man. he took the keenest interest in
his daughters bringing up, and him
self educated her. She was an apt
pupil, and by the time she was fif-
teen she read French and German
fuently. As for English, she had
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-24
Oddities in Today's News

! That is the edict of the student body
and n vigorous crusade is under way
to have the Objectionable emblem
of effeminacy put out of commission
for the time being. Possibly the for
nation of the Harvard regiment has
something to do with the present cru
sade. Possibly also the recent action
of Percy Haughton in discarding his
much discussed wrist watch was a
factor.
However that may be, wrist watches
are the particular bane of the red
blooded students who are in the hunt
for "sisses'' They demand that Har-
ward men carry their watches and
handkerchiefs in their pockets, and
the Students Vigilant committee in
tends to see that they do.
New Hospital Porter Told to Turn On
Lights Rings for Fire Engines.
NEW YORK, Jan. 24.-Sigfried
Rathfelder is the new porter in tho
German hospital Stanhope street and
ST. Nicholas avenue, Brooklyn.
He went to work Saturday, but
Edward Stohlman, the superintend
ent, did not see him until last night.
1t was dark in the hospital halls and
the superintendent yelled to the por-
ter to turn on the lights.
Ten minutes later three fire engine
companies had arrived and it was
with the greatest of difficulty that the
nurses prevented a panic among the
$50 patients. They were quieted only
when they learned that the firemen
had failed to find blaze and had
left the building.
Rathfelder, it seems, didn't ask
where the electric light switch was
located. but seeing fire alarm box
in the hall thought that would do as
well so he pulled the hook.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-24
Our Plain Duty.
st. Louis Globe Democrat.

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The role of the United States as
the consistent defender of the rights
of neutrals now and hereafter is not
pleasant, but 1T is one prompted by
plain duty. This country must not
waver. 1t is easy to understand
British impatience with our position.
We felt the same way toward Great
Britain's insistence on its rights
during the Civil War.
We were fighting for national eX-
istence then, even as Great Britain
thinks 1t is fighting now. But we
were compelled to regard established
international law and we must insist
on all belligerents in the present
struggle regarding it now, whenever
our rights are involved. If Great
Britain establishes an actual blockade
of German ports, it will be the duty
of the United States to see that 1t is
real and impartial, no matter what
bitter feeling 1t may provoke.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-24

read many of the best works Of Eng
lish literature.
Her parents took her with them to
Cuba and to Europe for two years,
where she studied. Then her parents.
who had been so thoughtful for her
happiness and education, died within
a week of each other, and the care
of two younger children and her
grandmother fell ON her.
So she went to teaching to support
them. But all the time she found
time to increase and enlarge her own
education.
After her marriage to Mr. Cabell
she and her husband opened a suc-
cessful school for girls at Washing
ton, ID. c., called the Norwood 1nsti-
tute.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-24

To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
Sir-Police Commissioner Donnelly
has proposed what particularly In
view of the coming celebration, when
we may expect increased arrests for
trivial offenses), is a broad step for
ward and one in line towards ad-
vanced police regulations, that is.
night court.
A great many citizens, who in the
past, have--although well able to give
bail-spent the night under arrest for
technical violations of the law, will
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-24
Tho Butchery of War.

From the Chicago Journal.
The casualty lists published in Ber-
lin contain 2,535,76S names. or these,
5SS,S96 are reported as killed-doubt-
less this includes all known to have
died of wounds-1, ,566, $40 as wounded
and missing, 1851 are prisoners, and
24.0S0 are dead from various causes,
probably exposure and disease.
Only Prussian casualties and those
of the imperial navy are published
in Berlin. Bavarian, Saxon and Wur-
temburg losses are set down in lists
published in the capitals of those
Kingdoms Prussia contains 10000 900
of the 65,000.00 population of Ger
many. Assuming that losses have
been in proportion to the population,
German casualties reach the hideous
total of 4.12S,125.
The human mind cannot imagine
the misery represented by such fig
ures. 1t can scarcely grasp the mere
physical depletion of man-power
which they set forth. Yet this is the
blood drain on single combatant. To
reach the total cost to humanity, add
to these figures the French, Austrian,
British, Russian. italian, Belgian.
Serbian, Montenegrin, Bulgarian and
Turkish losses.
Was the Austrian archduke worth
@uoh . prica2 -..--.--4--
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-24
THE BUGLE

Published daily except Sunday when
ever We have the time TO get IL out.
Our editorial policy, circulation and
advertising rates are nobody's business.
steuArt N. Emery, editor.
Readers favorinG us with contributions
should give full name and address In
order to facilitate tracing the RESPONSE
billty in case of libel suits.
Callers always welcome in the Bugie
officer after checking guns and blackJacks
at the dOsT.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-24

A State organization made up of
trades whose members are employed
directly or indirectly in the liquor
business has been formed in Boston.
A committee has been formed in
the Edinburgh (Scotland) area of
Midlothian to secure labor represen-
tatives in Parliament for that con-
stituency.
Fourteen out of eighty-six directors
of industrial schools in this country
are women, and forty-eight of the 200
school S of art are in charge of
women.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-24
Favors Police Night Court

welcome the establishment of a court
of the kind implied in its title, which,
under the sensible plan of Commits
sioner Donnelly. will entail no extra
cost or expenditure to the city of
Newark.
I am of the opinion that he should
receive the approval of all citizens in
this behalf and as a member OF the
bar of this State, / feel that 1t will
be a step in the proper direction.
Yours respectfully.
NICHOLAS f. PERROTTY.
January "a 1916.