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The sun., 1916-02-15
WILLS AND APPRAISALS.

A>.HA nnibGART, who d'-l August 10.
- .rt, f?-,-Hd {" urphew- and niecc~
CURTIS NcK UrlBROOk. who died
vugu.' 3. i'li .rtt &N-.i.- - his father,
E,u,'t II Io.hrupk
i:MILlE REHTSI'IM who dini
rlnuarv % l9i", left 3it,-l7 To- her nus
hand for ~" and then tu h'r so.. Louis
Ter ~ hmtnn
NHs JANE \ AlI.GEu who 4i.t IN
Brook yn On -, loh"r q, l'r s,G.t tOi nf
whl,h st5."oo goes 90 son, John g
NlIg"o
ADAM HESHlrH, w.o di"l in Hrooh
s5alli OF wh!rh s,7NGt ro"s :" a son.
John " lI"Urirh, Lutheran charities .ai
h"qurs,s aggr"patiug 5000.
FRNEk u. McDONAr.D tr an estate
appraised AT sl39,;la, Of winch Ia. gave
fi-,nt- 20 hi dtUGht"r, Catherine NJ,
bona,d. and si".hte each +" his daurr,ar
Thoro.a VI u Reilly, aud four sons
Nn accounting b. IA" executor. ~ ,hc
ssiat" Of lidt"'d " shepard, snuuiug \
balance of '1t'.hiS, NaI approved yestor.
d., hy SurrpEt'" E,tohaui IN Erpnkl,n
SrrIri'lc- ya'u"i At s'1@.NiO. 80 htpr bror
t,Irucl oS S.r 80 Oh, B"puk,gu TuJ.' com
pauf as trustee rorsnu5L prnprrI ' rcn
c,tit" and "ush 80 "a" value ~ s@,n. O3i
arc ptil' h"ld h' th" executors, ana thit
does u"' ith" in'n arruu1t My,jvai
so,,Iri'ies of IA" rtr vain" "f sa@, 500 au,
-cnl,, holdings valued - Ss2.1NH. Nhicl
arc 10 he hood uutt' coudi' Ions make 4
pc, shlc to dis pose of them ~ . reason
able price"
The sun., 1916-02-15
MRS. SANGER TO GET
TRIAL NEXT MONDAY
Editor of "WOman Rebel
Wins Fight to Defend Birth
Control Articles.
STORMS TIE T.. $. COURT

Mrs. Margaret ". Sang"-, editor or
the lvomdr R"b.'. appeared before Judge
A. q. Dayton IT. the Crlmlaal Branch or
tic tnitcd S.A;ss District Court yester-
DAY to make hcr weekly demand that she
he placed on tr!a FOR using the mails In
her advocacy Of birth control and other
subjcc's which the Govcrnmcn: considers
improper BE Of the Governments
rolucta:. q - bc used as an instrument In
giving publicity to sex theories at thls
anomaly Of "A prosecutor luatA 10 prose-
cute and u dctrrdnnt anxious to be
tried. Assistau, United states Attorney
Harold \. Content. however, assured
Mrs. sanger Yesterday that ;he case
would positively e. on trial neN, Mou-
uay,
with Mrs. sanger were Mrs. Rose
Pastor stokes and Mrs. j. sergeant
Cram. the latter bearing a letter from
Dr. Hermann NJ B!ggs. state Health
Commissioner. indnrsiug birth control
ON her way - the Federal Building
yesterday morning Mrs. sanger was
caught la subway blockade at Astor
place aud t,l.phoned 20 Mr.. Content that
She was detained IN the subway" Mr.
Content Immediately had the case put
over tor = week When Mrs. Sanger
appeared and learned wha; had been
done her eyes b!azed beilsery ntly.
Il came hcic." she said. prepared 70
nLNe "A protest ~ being regarded as a.
ohScruc woman any longer. Ta.s Is the
third or fourth Adjournment and its Al
outrng,. Tac Govcrnmcn, is just trying
to t'r- M" .ut."
: 't.v Ia ~
The sun., 1916-02-15
400 POUND MAN WEDS.
Emcr, uitmnn of phiiudciphin sud
Juur Levy. \ctrrss. Married.

Art,Nr,r ,llt y j. T.b IT,
Emery TI,uau, ~. H' 3D." :" head a.
IA. Pennsylvania EcId ton company Of
Philadelphia aud Ms Anna smiley
'orkey nf Midal.tpwH. y. v. D., d.v"gc.e
known 10 the stage - Jun. Levy. we.'
married this afternoon AZ III" hon" ~
Mr.. TItmauS mother. 4uN South YER
mont avenue. Immei!d.",r after IN"
wedding the couple started on 'he.r
Honeymoon irr New York
Efforts had boon made 20 i.-.r IL"
ceremony q secret, The par ure' ap-
tecauso IN" Young womai dll Nut hiv"
h"r SEPARATION papers handy they W"r"
unable to got = l!v"us" hN Saturday
afternoon after the hall had been closed
because Of IN" holiday they c1aN"d Reg
iStrar Glenn t. give them ~ lr-ns" a'ter
iuly quali;Nlc according to law. Eui
f.w of tneiv friends wrY' rwar" ~ 'l,s
Tho wedding was planned for ldsi
night. IN, tNI"uEh som" nisrod"rst'ni-
ng about IN" tim" was again DELAYED.
TIN Itt"rroou lpw"v"'. III" Rev.
Trouas W. Davis. Methodist. oi fh'lt-
delpN.a, k,iowu ~ The "has.bdN "a -tur,
arrived AZ N" Ti'WGu nom" and per
toriuc-l tac ceremony.
Alfred Cunp Of ph.l.d~luh.d acted IS
hes, man Mrs - T. l,rvloS of BROOK
lyn. sister Of tn" b"dr. attended h"r.
T,'mau. who Weighs over 90" popN4s,
hal been q familiar figure her" 'or many
seasons Because of his so, NA always
attracted attention ond as daily snn
ht,her on the h"a.l he wa. known I"
'housHnds.
The sun., 1916-02-15
MRS. SHoNTS SUED FOR $4,000
Mote Transactions Dating Back to
IoI. Revealed In Complaint.

Note transactions Involving Mrs. Milla
n Shouts wife Of Theodore +. Shonts
were set forth IN a complaint filed in
-he supreme Court yesterday in suit
10 recover $1,000 from Mrs. Shonts.
The complaint states that on July Is,
1872. Mrs Shouts mad" three months
note FOR 81 .00o 10 the Barytes and Chem
zeal Sales Company. The note was In
dorscd to one Robert Tlci. who In turn
mad, q note for $500 payable to Henry
A. llaiv"s. = cotton goods merchant at
ss " or'h street. Bl.i later made an
o hrr note for $3.50 payable to HaIncs
and gave Mr. Sh"uts's note ds part
of ,a, collateral. The claim was as-
.agu,d tn WNrIm Baxter. who sued Rlci
ard got g judgment fpr S299rI on Au-
gust l6. 1913.
Il i- alleged that Mrs. Shonts has
failed 80 pay the 5000 note. although
il has been demanded. The papers were
served al her home, - East Fifty-cghth
street.
The sun., 1916-02-15
MOORE HEADS PAN.AMERICANS
~oriri, Elects Officers sud \dd. T."
Executive tominittcr.

TIE dpuUal mc.'' = %; the la' Amer
.,li, society held y"st"rlaH li,.ruoun
~ tn. chamh"y o. tou'iu"rgc wh"r"
Niyr-I'rcs!d-ut tlho' ward rr's sided
elected John Eas,rt' Moore ~ president
70 sue e"d ll,.ry White" Corm-' Amot~-
saIoy 20 Franc. aHd Italy The o,l"r
officers .l. .'''d were
Honorary pres >.d"pls Euu"'t Lt. sing
poml"iu da ,;nla of trtIN. houo.ary
.-presidents. Elihu Root. ilcury White,
Andrew carnegie. Nryh'r NJ. Hunting
ton. Robert Macon, lluNd e. iris'onl
ilrst vi""-pr.sid.u; cabot Ward. second
vicc-prrsidtut. Jonu i'arr"ri thiId v e.
president. Archibald cary tuolidgr; >c'-
r-tar>. Harry ERWIN IdrL and treas
urer. Lorenzo Daniels
There wcr" added - the executive
committee the following Charles \
S,on. of Stnu. and Webster company
William cameron Forbes. willard u,
. Stra ght and :. a. Sch'rm"rhuru, gen
eral manager ~ the United Fruit Com
panN
The sun., 1916-02-15
FUNERAL OF M0LLIE FANCHER
Nigh, >rr,i"cs \r" Iirid In Home
IN Brook lSn.

tim,ral services for Noble Fauch"r
were n,H 100 her hou" a len Gates
sv"uur. lr"olf. last uigh'. Sh" had
hocu =, u'lIho' Of the Emanuel iiaptist
Churrh for i.."'.jhr"' years. though
church
Tho 30, N,cry = shaw conducted
ihe e,rvlr'- Ne Std N..s Fanch"r had
discovered the ~,crct Of q happy lif".
Her oh'"riuu". uho real aud her
biightu'e~ added 10 an" hhuriuc~s uf All
who w.l.' =" s"" h"g II" read from the
Eihl" and closed l., reading I'r. Nalhi"
Eahro,ks poem "Surpri o. The Rev
.los"ph T., Rugrull of "a" 'lae~0u \v'ui'
Tr'Shyt"riau Church delivered = PRAYER
lead kiudl, light aud "i;,rhouIng
1laods w"r eunp hv Mrs. Matte Dor
son TIru"r
The sun., 1916-02-15
WILL CATCH LYMAN,
PROSECUTOR SAYS
Arrest Of Fugitive Broker
Likely at Any Timc-Dc-
tccti\cs Draw Nearer.
HUNT FOR HIS ASSETS

Assistant I'ui'rd States Attorney
Stanton said yesterday that TIA" arrest "
pr. John Grant Lyman, atlas John ".
Putnam. uu = warrant charging him
with using th' mails to dcfraud in
v,stors co. oil stocks may l." expected
n any moment
The Federal authorities know that
INmnn was iu Washington .ast Thurs
da, \ report 'hH he was In Btlti-
more wa not confirmed. although IL is
sim hchcv"d that he is somewhere i'll
thar vicinity Pos, bi'icr Inspector
Howard - Mayhcw has charge ~ tho
search Inspector NCQuillau stayed be-
hind to assist MIR stanton to- inquire
,nto the nature ot the brokerage bust
moss conducted 10y Lyman at IS broad
street
Louis H. Thonct. l.ymans manager,
made another statement yesterday 10
Mr. stanton Thonct is out on bail
under chargcs of cousp'ring with Lyman
IN a mail fraud iu which Lyman ~
said To- have profit"d between 100000
and 5000. 900 through the fake sale of
stock on the !ustilmcut plan.
In the meantime a vigorous search
FOR the assets ~ the Putnam company
81 being CONDUCTED 10y John l.. Lvttle.
receiver iu bankruptcy for the concern.
Mr.. Lytt'e obtained from Judge Hand
Of the United States District Court
yesterday an order calling upon the MISS
ing brokers sister. Miss Alice Lyman
of WHIT, Plains. 10 give testimony In
che bankruptcy hearings before Conn
missioner Gichrist No date is set for
thc hearing.
Under the Judges order LYMAN him
self is 10 hc examined II he can be- found
Other witnesses are Thonet. William
curran. former chauffeur for the
broker. Jay Robinson Dun. Eenskorf
lyon 4 co, r. Smlthers. Charles a
Etoneham 4 60. OF Springfield, Mass
brokers through whom Lyman II said
90 have bought stock a representative
of the Chatham and rheniX National
Bank the Atlantic National Bank. the
Eorn Exchange Bank and the Sea
hoard National Bank. In which Lyman
deposited Miss Lillian prago. n stenog-
yapher in the Putnam offices Miss Jane
Jones, a clerk IN the same offices. and
Harry Nicely chauffeur
The sun., 1916-02-15
BRUERE Will QUIT
$4,000 CITY JOB
Chamberlain. Who said Place
Is Useless One. VIII Go
Into Business Life.
no TROUBLE WITH MAYOR

Henry Bruere announced yesterday
that he intended 20 resign on May !
from the oifice OF City Chamberlain. TO
which he was appointed by Mayor
Mitchell in January, 1914. lie will a'-
cept an executive position N tho A'neri-
can Metal Company. MIR Bruerc has
not yet tondcred his formal resignation
TO the MAYOR. but the lattcr viii accept
IL. according TO an understanding
reached some time ago.
Mr.. Bruere asserted tha; he is leaving
the city employ to advance his personal
financial interests The suggestion that
q late estrangement between hlniS lt
and the Mayor in contrast 10 their early
close- association might have prompted
the resignation was decrted by roth
Mayor Mitchell. expressing his regret
over his associates Resignation. charac-
teri2ed Mr. Bruere "a the ablest man III
the city administration.
II am more Interested in pubic SER
vice than In any other activity. SAID
NJ Bruere. The uu".Itaii'ti's uf pub
lie office ard the uncertainties 81 private
cont ributions to finance any field OF con-
sultirg work have decided tho to accept
q splendid business offer. "i'li the pro-
vision that 7 may max" governmental
Sor< my aNocatiou. Though ! war "a
he free 20 Represent NY views ! mu>'
say tina. have never been rest ,ctcl ~
any way hy those whose cou;i buttons
made possible my field work o. consult
ing Al my free time Will % a. tive dis
posal OF tho city administration.
Ci'y Chamberlain Eruerc's Intended
resignation was talked of almost yea
ago Late IN l'li II" surprised ia" city
officials by stating lis belief that hs
tl2 .0OU office ought to be- abolish"
that tie administration ~ the city
treasury ought TO be combined with tho
comptrolers office. Mr. Brucrc has
been closely identified with the city adj
,niuistration for about eleven years
Before he came TO Sew York he was
interested in social s.r,irr worf in the
International IiarN"strr company.
Nj Bru"rc is Just past h.s thirty
fourth birthday. IN l"o5 h. became
secretary and one "f the organizers ~
tho Bureau of city Retirement later
the Bureau "f Municipal Research. avid
aided Mr Mt.h,' In tho investigation
- the otii If borough President John
= Ahcaru. IN thS .uNcstIgdtiru he and
Mr.. MutchI met Eoce'tly he devoted
4 largr pant Of his time tr invest gat.rG :
tho pnlic. department ." l~ noW pre-
pariug yuiu..rpg- i'pnr' 'or the
Mayor or the last 'wr wear. work In
the ;wcn'y.eigh' ".', departments autiri-
which report VII n" tu.-h.d about
April -.
Mayor Mt.hI sal4 he had not con
sidered She question %" NJ Erucrcs sue.
cessor IS fec mon. sad tho Mayor
posses Mr. RTIcr'.s ability 20 analyzs
and organize. j, would he hard to M
his rlac"
The sun., 1916-02-15
HEIRESS TIES UP ESTATE.
Refusal Of Miss kitchinK to Take
100000 lausrs Complication.

II Mis- Edith klt,hinS persist. in
refusing tuc .cGayy Of sio,"p0 or more
Of IA" estate Of h"r uu'lc, Francis +.
Ripley, i, Will l." possibly a year before
,hr estate is sottl"d. Th"r" are oth""
relatives, distant cousins but the nnai
disposition Of the estate Will be made
hy the Surrogate,
George Ildicu, s"cr"tnr! - the Ham
!ltnn Trust Company, liro"N.>n. admin
,strator OF III" Ripley estate. said 'h't
II was impos sibla now to tell what would
he the outcome Of the pc NJ tr situation
caused hy Miss KltchiugH refusal To-
take her uuclcS money --"tt!n"d," SIN"
call. il.
W. don't huuw nhat calm 'h"r"
are upon tn" r~tHt" ~ yet. !.c said.
$50 one can te. thlt for som" time,
and il would De ridiouluus for me :"
guess a, whl, Will happen
The sun., 1916-02-15
L" CRASH INJURIES THREE.
Local Hit. Exprcss Snd Ti~s lp
Third Avenue Line.

An express train on Ia. Third avenue
elevated line was struck ny a local tra,n n
At the 1874 street station Yesterday
morning. Three persons were injured.
and N. line was tied up for three hours,
Def, tive brakes and icy rails are sand
TO have been responsible, TN. injured
are
Bt-HIER CHARLES moiormar -. gol
HouryN"!l avcnue. Tho Rr'uN i'i'' Ir"
rieht leg and fractured sku'.; Fordhsm
HoSpltd..
LANOI AN,.ELo. Is. 10 Et>' Eight.
ninth street GUS from E'a.s on i''" ani
hands. home.
STEW ART AIBEHT 1 kno,k k"d uncon.
scious. Foriham ii'spitd.
The wrcrtag" spread across both
tracks and It was after !" oclock be-
fore il had been cleared away,
The sun., 1916-02-15
SOPHIE LY0NSS HOME FOR MEN
Plans SIOO.OOO shelter for ncn-
plOyed strangers.

DETROIT. Feb = Mrs. Sophie Lyons
Burk-. once lln.wn ~ III" Queen "f
the croohs" ana who a few weeks ago
offered a So, "a" site for "pathiiudcrS
club" has added I" this ofi.r and Is
ab"u, to build a home tor unemployed
men,
Ms. Eurlr abandoned her uutor;uus
career years ago and IL now worth nt
least sj0o.nnu accumulated in real rs-
tate and by III" sale of her book, "WhS
crime Does Not Fay ~ her new
offer She says:
The property -h, g.N" w,il ,n-
crease IN yaluc rapidly aud | am WILL
iue t. MAX" financial contributions too
ward th" erection % suitable buildings
which will cost approximately s!U0,"u".
bu, the public must do is share" \
nnrnr for 900 men Is n"rd-d now.
This home would pc for stranger
who come To- the city, not necessarily
liru'ed AVID DISCHARGED c"uVirtS. but
young men vino hav" no r",umm.uGg-
tions. few friends and no u"aUs. They
would be given shelter there until they
obtained honest employment
The sun., 1916-02-15
SENIOR HONORS AT vASSAR.
First and second List Announced
at PouE

PorGu HEEpstr. Feb. li.--Senror horors
at Nassar Wrr. announced at the senior
parlor to-uiE Eht a. follows
First---ituth Hyde, Phoebe Briggs,
I.uella Cole, Mildred Allen. Ruth Corn
well. Mildred Druien. Alice Duschak.
Gertrude Folks. Priscilla FoH'le. El"auor
Goff. Lois Holla way. Elizabeth Keller.
J-rniar1ta kellcrs. Miriam Marsh, Mary
McsScr. Agnes Nicholson, Marion Rob.
bins. Amy Sea SholeS Helen shaw.
Dorothy Stahler. Margaret Stuart, Mar
gate VoSe. Ruth Walker, Grace MARY
Watson. Mar W"lles, Ann Whiting and
Marjorie Woolscy
second--MiTna Besser. Helen Chan
dler. Ellzabeth Jackson. Margaret Mott
Dorothy Sagendorph and Miriam Wat.
son.
The sun., 1916-02-15
FREE SUGAR REPEATER IN.
Il kitchim Introduces n Wr>Uiuii"n 1"
Amend TnrlH Law.

W..IlHo"o~. Fob /, --l.epres sruta'ivo
k.irhIr nt,odured IN the House to-day
resolution r"pnl'ns the free sugar
c!aus" ~ the Underwood tarilf law in
acco. dance with tn" decision Of tho
WAYS aud Mcnus Committee,
N.ior'ty leaders realizing that d,iii-
rlI'.r- m.gN b" met IN III" adoption OF
the resolution, AZ" preparing for action
on j, -, du 'alIy date, Il ~ rot in.
puonhni" t'lr' - caucus "ill hr held. and
II Is c.rtau tdat the res button viii g''
tive right Of "HN oN"r pending legislation
Iu IN" House
THIS drs<" 'or haste = said 10 m
due IN part to "uposi'ipr expected III
In. senate. where several Democrat,
~ proba hIN 'ik' nn dgpr"sSlV" st ,rd
against the rejection of the free sugal
principle,
The sun., 1916-02-15
FIRE DRILL SAVES VILLAGE.
Sag Hsr"or Watch Case Factory
Men AID ImNheNuRie ENrce

SAC HAERoR, l. J.. Feb. lt.--Fire drill
IN the watch cas- factory of Fahys & Co
~ believed to have saved the village
from destruction b. iire early Yesterday
Nine business buildings were destroyed
a. a loss ,stimtted at $4,000
The villag" water supply proved made
auate. so the alarm at the watch case
factory was sounded. the operatives hur-
rled from their homes, organlzei as
taugh, in Tn" fir" drll. MANNED a big
pump in the factory, helped III" tircnen
with hose and saved the rest of the VII
lage after four hour fight.
Water fruzc on tho iiremons clothe a
AMI several were overcome by exposure
Women and girls made huge kettles OF
coffee and :, rvcd cups 10 the nrrmcn
The sun., 1916-02-15
CLUBBER SENT TO PRISON.
Moran Gets Indetcrminate sen
tencc for Beating Reporter.

Michael Moran. formerly policeman
attached to the oak street station VINO
was convicted Of assault in the second
degree n month ago. went to the penn l.
tcntiaty under an indeterniuatc sen
teuce given Yesterday by Judge Rosalsky
in General Sessions The maXlnlnm term
is three years and the minimum within
the discretion of the parole board.
Moran. who was on duty in Park Row
last October. clubbed Edward Denice. n
newspaper reporter ~ his trial Moran
denied the beating. but admitted he had
injured the complainant In an argument.
Morans record showed that he had been
up three times on charges for assault and
twice for intoxication. Once I've assaulted
his sergeant.
The sun., 1916-02-15
SWARTHMORE VENUS
EXCELS WELLESLEY'S
Perfect Miss Willptt> Has a
Figure Better Than First
Venus. 'TiS Said.

TuliAnilIIr.. Feb IL Swar,hn0rr
College offiv,s,S rake the declaration
to-day that Miss Margaret Wil'eus. ON.
of tire co-rds - 'hd' institution. whose
home Is iu Tlen'on, y. j. < more
ncArly ak. the perfect standard
asc!i,,d to the measurements of the
Venus dc Milo than any g.ri student Of
Wellesley or any other college.
They adl tina: in addition 10 The 'act
that III" composite Venus OF Swarth-
more - closer to th" Venus require
rruts tltu the published measurements
OF the composite Venus of Wellesley.
Miss W;liettss figure exc".s tho bes,
that Wellesley has 10 produce.
t. prove their contentious Swdith-
moro officials have presented q 'ah,c Of
figures ~ .he'r composite Venus
Here : the tahl"
The sun., 1916-02-15

As IN" result NJ IN" decision of sur
! ogate Fowler holding that cot. Delaney
y kauc was rasi lcu' uf Newport his
New York estate was appraiS Scd N"ster-
day at si2.26i. lie gave personal effects
valued al s2.Sio TO his wife, Eleanora
/ Kane and left so,S7a each 10 hts
sisters, Louise I.angd"n Kane. Emily A.
* JAY and Syhil Kent Kane, and 81
'd2 each 20 his nieees. Caroline and
Helen purothca Kane. Col. Kane left
other property valued ~ about 500, 00O.
The sun., 1916-02-15

AnrOun ncemcn, was male IN thr Sur
iuga' = Court yesterday that there will
hn settlement out of court of the " i'll
contest by nine heirs AT law of Edwin
-. Br.ucherh"n. whp 'ied in the Bloom
:u@dal, ASYLUM, leaving $4,000 N
c.rriti and $4,000 to his friend I'd
ward Il, l.ivcrnore. WHO died before
lin.
The sun., 1916-02-15

Nh' Smith college club ~ New Noi,
" II contribute usuuuta TO "Shikcspca ~
year 10y = celebration ~ tho tcgr-u-
teNriN oi the dramltiSt'" death iO-mOr.
row nigh; IN tho Womon'S ln.vcrs,t
club ioG East Fifty-sc'ond street Al
fred Brown ana Miss Elsie IIerndou
l>earus, = Bcn Greet player. VII talk;
Miss Grace May Hoffman viii Sug
.\f'crwarl thor" viii Ne Informal dam,
Ing, Tickets may be bought At the door
The sun., 1916-02-15
w,.l...ev ".

Another table SHOW. 80, comparison
between the WELLESLEY COMPOSITE
Venus and Miss Wi.'"t's
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-05-19

The primaries In the republican
states north. east and west. have not
shown any enthusiasm for the Roose.
welt presidential candidacy. In fact
a far greater leaning toward Henry
J. Ford has been shown, n man abso.
lutcly without political aspirations
than for MIR. Roosevelt. As little rs
you may think II, this shows the poo.
pie are not In sympathy with MIR.
Rooseyolts wild and incorporate
views on militarism. on preparedness.
and our relations with foreign coun.
tries. It shows that the people as a
whole are Tor peace and for peace
measures, rather than a rabid foreign
policy, and an unyiclding diplomatic
position that would prccipitatc Us into
war. Reasonable preparedness Is all
the people OF the United states are 20.
ing to stand for and those high Of.
ficials who think otherwise are going
to find Il ont as soon as they have
an opportunity to express their views
at the polls.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-05-19

most practiced seer on earth, a few
years ago, would have deemed incred-
ible and impossible. Yet wireless
telegraphy has become in so short a
time so universal a utility II receives
but the slightest interest from the
people OF today. Instead OF paying II
homage as a thing transcending all
the belief and comprehension OF the
generations past, we accept II as a
commonplace. This is partly because
the human mind, In the mass. will not
be interested long In one thing. The
twentieth century has wrought. even
In its infancy. so many seeming mir.
acles single one OF them can hold
popular attention but briefly. Con.
siderlng how much has been done In
the twenty years Just past, how much
more may be done In the next twenty?
What magic will signalize the next
two decades? WIN the elixir OF life
be compounded? VIII the philosoph.
er's stone be quarried? VIII T. Roose-
vent hush?-State Topics.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-05-19

The house naval committee re
jected President Wilson's five-year
warship building plan because of the
frequent changes in naval construc'
ton. There are so many new dis
coveries. so many improvements, so
many greater things are being done.
that within five years, the entire
naval construction OF today may be
entirely out OF date. This is great
AEGEAN age OF discovery and inven-
ton. and we may wake up some fine
morning to find that vest pocket
apparatus has been invented that will
render absolutely useless our great
armies and navies.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-05-19
WIRELESS TELEeRAPHY9

Tioga Herald. Lately while tho
wireless telephone station at Airing.
ton, near Washington. was talking to
the station on top OF the Eiftcl Tower
in Paris. France, the station at Homo.
lulu broke In and informed them that
they had heard every word being said.
This Is n distance OF $4,000 miles.
or all the marvels science has made
available TO man. wireless telegraphy
is far away the most marvellous. Com.
pared with the seven wonders Of the
ancient world, wireless telegraphy is
as a dream palace TO n pigpon. For
a man In New York instantly TO con
vey message through 5000 miles of
embarrassed space TO man In Eu'
rope is to do thing which even the
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-05-19

Editor Cook Of the Rockdalc Re.
porter has climbed into the Tom
Campbell senatorial band wagon. lie
says In the current issue Of his pa.
per: AFTER listening to the speech
of Tom Campbell Tuesday the editor
is convinced that that gentleman is
the man to trim Oscar. and we do not
now mind stating that we are for
Campbell against the field In general
and Colouitt In particular"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-05-19

The Waco Times.llerald says
Every government since the foundS'
ton OF the world has had to rob Peter
to- pay Paul" There are plenty Of
ways. however. to rob Peter and make
old Jones put up for the freight with.
out pilIng up multitudes Of needless
official positions with lat salaries at
,a.h.h
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-05-19

They say preparedness for war Is
against war. In other
words, II YOU don't want the other fell
low to jump on you. be so we'll heelcd
he will be afraid to. That may be
all true. but as usual thing when a
fellow Is thoroughly heeled, he feels
like doing little jumping on him
self.