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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1916-05-11
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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1916-05-11
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Evening star., 1916-03-19

MOST big league
~ ball-players must
make hay while the
sun shines. for they
begin to slide back into
the bushes in their
thirties: at forty they
are grand old men,"
But not all athletes die
or play out in their
youth. Alfred Brown.
the champion long-dis-
tance swimming cham
pion of America among
professionals. enters
his twenty-sixth sea-
son this year. He was
the first to swim the
Panama Canal, and to
make the 22-mile trip
between the Battery
and Sandy Hook in
New York Bay. And
he's stronger than ever
to-day.
Photograph by Tanenbaum.
Evening star., 1916-03-19
Where Hughes Stands on
Preparedness

DIFFICULTIES like these, however,
have long since been ironed out All
sides can now clearly unite on the Su-
preme Court justice. But what does Mr..
Hughes think of the United States and
the world as it exists at this present mo-
ment? On emerging from the clustered
life he has been leading for five years,
he will find country thinking of other
things than life insurance iniquities and
public service wrongs. What are his
ideas on preparedness, on Americanism
on the hyphenates? Would he go to
war over the Lusitania or the paper
blockade? Does his soul harrow at the
chance of Japan descending on the Pacific
coast? ,. ,.a-
Temperamentally, Mr.. Hughes would
requirements in the present crisis. He
would be an ideal figure, one would say,
to address arbitration leagues and peace
conferences fact, he has done that
very thing.
One statement we can positively make
Mr.. Hughes is certainly not peace at
any price man. He put himself down
on that issue as far back as 1908. In
January of that year he addressed the
Republican Club of New York on ma
tional issues-this was really the creed
upon which he stood for the presi-
dental nomination. Every word Of that
address was carefully weighed. National
defense in 1908 was not live ISSUE
mores the pity,-yet Mr.. Hughes de-
voted to it one entirely satisfactory para
graph.
Evening star., 1916-03-19

President, practically instructed the Re
publican convention to nominate M.
Hughes for Governor. In spite of this,
the impulsive President and Governor
Hughes had their little difficulties; in par
ticular, President Roosevelt insisted on
"helping" Hughes get his legislation
through at Albany-his assistance taking
the shape of using the Federal patronage
to punish the Governors enemies. But
Mr.. Hughes did not like this proposition
at all: the use of patronage for legislative
purposes did not agree with his political
convictions. So the Presidents advances
met with chilling reception. Many po-
litical observers believe that only the fact
that President Roosevelt selected Taft
as his successor in 1908 prevented MIR.
Hughes from becoming President at that
time.
Evening star., 1916-03-19
AL B E r T f .
DOW ES, the

AL B E R T f
DOW MES, the
amateur high diver
whose sensational work
from lofty platforms
has long been an at
tractive feature of sum-
mer carnivals. took up
athletics in 1893. He
has since held promi-
nence in gymnastics,
football. basket-b ball.
and baseball. He won
the international high
diving event in San
Francisco last July,
and there is no man
in America able to
outpoint him. He has
a companion in Joseph
A. Ruddy, who has
been a water polo
player for twenty
three years and was
picked in 1915 as the
best in the country.
Evening star., 1916-03-19

GEORGE BOTHNER first competed in 1856
thirty-one years ago-and won his first cham
pionship as amateur wrestler in 1888. 1t was only
a few weeks ago that he was challenged to combat
a championship asprant outweighing him by over
one hundred pounds, and came off on top. No, an
athlete need not die young. The trouble with too
many, however, is that prosperity works their un-
doing. These men prove that simple living wins.
Evening star., 1916-03-19

we are ueNOteu 10 une interests Oh
peace, he said "and we cherish no pol
icy of aggression. The maintenance of
our ideals is our surest protection. 1t is
our constant aim to live in friendship
with all nations, and to realize the aims
of free government, secure from the in
terruptions of strife and the wastes of
war; 1t is entirely consistent with these
aims, and it is our duty, to make adequate
provision for defense and to maintain the
efficiency of our Army and Navy. And
this favor"
"The same national character" he said
on another occasion, referring to the Civil
War, "which accounted for the fierceness
of that strife, in whose devouring flames
were displayed the indestructible riches
of moral strength, is ours to-day. The
same patriotic ardor fills the breasts of
American youth as when they rushed
from field and factory and college in
obedience to their country's summons.
The wives and mothers of America are
as loving, as devoted, as ready to offer
sacrifices and to suffer, as were those of
forty-odd years ago. The men of the
United States are as quick to respond
to the call OF duty, as keen, as resource
full, as valiant, as those of our heroic
past.
Mr.. Hughes once made an address at
the unveiling of a monument to General
Franz Sigel, the German leader who dis
tinguished himself in the Civil War. In
this he said many things about Americans
of German origin which will now make
very delightful reading for that section
of our electorate. In case of his nomina-
ton it is likely that many million copies
of this speech, translated into German,
would be scattered through the Middle
West.
at is pleasant thought said he,
"that the ancestors Of most of those
who settled the country in colonial days
once lived in the German forests; and
we witness here on large scale, and
after centuries of varied experience, what
is virtually a reuniting Of the descend
ants of common stock. There is re-
called to us to-day the notable infu-
ence that our citizens of German birth
and extraction have had upon our
growth and development. We can not
write any chapter of the history of
American endeavor without doing them
honor"
And Mr.. Hughes said this as far back
as 1907, many years before their quota
bifty for presidential purposes could
have been family imagined.
Evening star., 1916-03-19

Clearly, therefore, Justice Hughes
meets every test of political available
ity. But the discussion ends, as it began,
with the query: Will he take the NOM
ination? Hughes and Wilson-that GER
tainly would be treat for our somewhat
jaded political appetites! 1t would be
purely moral and intellectual contest.
There would be no personal maulings,
such as we have sometimes had. The
contest, with those two men as candi-
dates, would reach height of dignity
and decency without parallel in presiden-
tial campaigns.
But, again, will Mr.. Hughes accept it?
In thinking this over, my mind goes back
to a talk with Governor Hughes in the
Albany executive chamber in the early
summer of 1910. MIR. Hughes had Just
met defeat in his struggle with Barnes
for direct primaries. He had just ac-
cepted President Taft's appointment to
the Supreme Court bench. Many people
were aggrieved at this-they regarded it
almost as desertion. Mr.. Hughes was
good enough to explain in detail his
attitude.
An Interview with Hughes
HIS usefulness as Governor, he said, was
over; he had served four years, and
two terms was about as fixed tradition
for the New York governorship as two
terms for the Presidency. He had only
one thing before him-a return to the
practice of the law. This was distasteful,
for several reasons. He would be under
the suspicion of coming his career as an
investigator and Governor into money
MIR. Hughes had no illusions on the
fact that his earnings would be very
large.
Again,-what was even more distaste-
ful,-his every word and act would be
interpreted as a bid for the Presidency.
In going on the Supreme Court bench,
however, he as definitely removed him.
self from political preferment as by going
into a monastery.
Don't be so sure of that interjected
at this point
The Governor wheeled around in
flash. "You mustn't say that!" he en-
claimed emphatically. My remark had
evidently not been pleasing one.
But in thinking of the chances that
Hughes may run, this little experience
naturally comes to mind. He did not in
tend to enter politics when he went on
the bench: but the present situation GER
tainly has its temptations.
Evening star., 1916-03-19
MAGAZINE SECTION for March 10, 1916

he retired as Governor, that period seems
almost like ancient history.
Just consider the financial leaders who
figured in his Investigations. They COM
prised such once familiar phenomena as
Edward H. Hartman, Thomas F.. Ryan,
J. Pierpont Morgan (the elder, James
H. Hyde, James w. Alexander, John A.
Mccall, Richard A. McCurdy, Chauncey
M. Depew, George J. Gould, John F..
Dryden. A few years ago we had all
these people at every breakfast table, but
most of them are becoming dim.
In Hughes gas investigation, SO ancient
an aggregation as the STANDARD Oil
crowd formed the object of this scrutiny.
As Governor, Thomas c. Platt, John
Raines, Patrick II. McCarren, Thomas F..
are now dead-constantly impeded his
reforms. Certainly the United States
seems to have lived century of history
since these figures and Hughes great
issues occupied SO large space in the
American mind.
But the people, though most of us are
now thinking of other things, have not
forgotten the vigor, the honesty, the in
difference to personal advancement, and
the rigid devotion to duty with which
Governor Hughes pursued his ends. The
details of his struggles may not now
seem such pressing issues: but his char
acter is as important, and as much needed,
as ever.
How Roosevelt Helped Hughes
THE present situation places all these
circumstances in new light. That
men so different as George w. Perkins,
Theodore Roosevelt, and even William
Barnes should now speak favorably of
Mr. Hughes as presidential candidate is
disinterested tribute to his political
value
For Mr.. Hughes has not always met the
approval Of these men. He made many
of his strongest points in the life insurance
investigation, as already indicated, at the
expense of Mr.. Perkins. Mr.. Barnes also
came to the front in that same all-em-
bracing proceeding. Mr.. Hughes two
terms as Governor represented also q
continual contest with Barnes, then the
most influential boss in New York State,
and the Hughes famous appeals to the
people" were really directed against
Barnes.
Mr.. Hughes relations with Colonel
Roosevelt, though never strained, were
interesting. In 1907 Mr.. Roosevelt, then
Evening star., 1916-03-19

FRANK KRAMER, the greatest bicycle rider of
all time has equally noteworthy record for
victorious longevity. He won his sixteenth con-
secutive national title last fall and, though his re-
tirement is occasionally announced he always comes
back smiling, like Sarah Bernhardt better than ever
Another is Bud Goodwin, a veteran swimmer who
captured the American three-mile championship at
the Panama Exposition, and has been a contestant
for twenty-five years and title-hoder for fifteen
New Britain herald., 1916-05-05

Washingto D. C., May Eff the shade of the smokers pipe were of as much moment as the hue of Sai- 1adv's spring costume the possible shortage in the meerschaum market
 might have attracted as much atten- tion in America, since the beginning of the war, as has the interruption Of our aniIine dye trade with Germany, for the main source of the worlds S supply of this earthly mineral liens 1n the zone of hostilities. The National Geographic society in it's war geogra- phy bulletin issued today, gives the following little known facts about the nneerschaub mines of Eski-sehr, the moslem city of 10000 people which lies 200 miles to the south of Con- stantinople, on the banks of the Pur- sak Su, in Asia Minor:
 "Meerschaum, which derives it's name from the fact that particles of it were discovered floating on the Black sea, giving rise to the belief that 1t was petrified sea-foam, has been dug from the alluvial deposits in the plains near Eski-sehr for thousand years. Some of the meerschaum beds located about eighteen miles from the city. have as many as 2,000 openings. Here 4,O00 Kurds and Persans, in groups of from three to fifteen, bur- row through yard-wide holes to depths of from twenty to 200 feet, working night and day under flick ering light of oil lamps. The Jumps of mineral clay which they seek is commercially valuable in nodules as small as a hazel nut, while occasion ally pieces as large as apples are found.
 When the meerschaub is first brought to the surface it has grayish or yellOwish tinge and is so soft that 1t can be scraped with a knife. In the summer it is left to dry in the sun, but in the winter it is placed in ovens where it is subjected to a steady tenn perature day and night for nine days. when it becomes snow white and loses two-thirds of it's weight. After being rubbed with flannel and poll ished with wax it is wrapped in cot ton and sent to Austria or America to be resoaked in water until it is
New Britain herald., 1916-05-05

speaker is 5000, but 'I have had TO difficulty in reaching 0,o00 people" Gladstone at S3 scured thte triumpes of his life. Harrison had a cold ex- terior, but warm heart.
 So spoke an American, now almost forgotten, who once played no small part in the government of his country and in the shaping of it's economics.
 One modern thought ilIumines the Speech. MT. Depew at S2 sees clear ly that railroads cannot operate under 48 masters. He advocates ar centralized federal control, which for many years railroad managers generally opposed with bitterness, op- posed in fact, until state commissions became no longer mere adjuncts Of railroad arrangements.
 MT. Depew had not entirely separ- ated himself from the things of the world. He is not beyond a spice of malice. He pauses in his reminiscent way to speak of Washington's fare we'll address:
 When thls yoar that message was read, it was so pat to times and con- ditions that it seemed as if Washing ton had been reincarnated."
 Thus MT. Roosevelts insisterce upon European complications, is quietly compared with George Wash ington's advice to avoid such conl- plications.
 Men never are infalliblc, and at S2 Iepew is no exception. He says: "A nation prepared tu defend, or enforce it's rights, need never have a war"
 Interesting phrase, so often heard and as entirely without foundation in events. How can it escape the atten- ton that the nations at war are pre- cisely those which have the greatest military establishments for defense, or to enforce their rights?
 An interesting man is MT. Depew, who enjoys the affection of multi tudes of those who have not shared his views. The world will wish him d ripe century,
New Britain herald., 1916-05-05
Neerschanm Makes Pipes
 And Houses F0r Workers

so soft that it can be cut like cheese, pipe shape, elaborateIy carved if de- sired, and fitted with amber stems from Germany. Before the war the value of Eski-sehr's meerschaum eX- ports was more than $13,000,00O an- nually.
 Even the most aesthetically in- clined of our American millionaires would hardly consider the luxury of living in a palace built of meerschaum as within the range of their fortunes, yet there are many unpretentious houses of this material in the Spanish town of Vallecas, near Madrid, where a coarse variety of this substance is to be found. On the other hand, the Moroccans, just across the straits of Gibraltar, find that still another va riety of meerschaum fathers freely and they use 1t, perhaps sparingly, as a substitute for soap.
 "The chips and saw dust of the meerschaum pipe factories make an excellent cleansing powder for remov- ing stains from costly fabrics. An in- ferior pipe is also made from these scraps, the fragments being bound to- gether with some solution and then molded into blocks.
 "Meerschaum is found in Greece and in Hrubschitz, Moravia, as well as in Asia Minor, and to @ limited extent in Pennsylvania, South Caro- lima and in the upper Gila valley, near Silver City, New Mexico.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-05

Consul Charles S. Winans, at Nu- remberg, has prepared the subjoined paragraph showing the speed of Ger man trains:-
 The fastest German train is said to be the express train (D-zug 2O) between Berlin and Hamburg. It takes 1914 minutes to cover 178.2O miles, and has consequently a speed of 5515 miles per hour The express train (D-zug 8 on the route between Hanover and Prussian Minden takes 43 minutes to cover 3976 miles, The third fastest train is the Munich-Nu- remberg express (D-Zug 79), which has a speed of 54.S6 miles per hour. Then comes three express trains mak- ing the journey between Berlin and Halle at the rate of 548O miles per hour.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-05
BRYAN IN 1916 AND 1920.

It is true, as the Philadelphia Bull Ietin points out, that during twenty years William Jennings Bryan has been either the dominating or chief figure in five democratic national con- ventions in succession. An honor that ever occupied the limelight of public life.
 In 1896 he made himself the nom inee. Four years later, in 1900, he 1y consented to give up what could have been his; in 1908 he again nom mated himself, and in 1912, not so long ago as to be entirely forgotten, he guided the boom of Woodrow Wilson through the front door of the na- tionaI convention and saw to it that it came out with the nomination for the presidency.
 Now, Bryan is on the toboggan. He is sliding down toward the bottom of { the pile. His star which for twenty years has been at the zenith of the heavens is rapidly on the wane and the Bulletin finds that if he is to go to the national convention in 1916 it must be through the back door or on proxy. All this because Bryan has failed, almost ignominiously, to ob- tain recognition at the primary cleo ton in his own state. Says the Bull letin:-
 "On1y a year ago he was secretary of state; he was supposed to be the political guardian of the president; he was credited with being the master mind of the administration, and un- ouestionably his personal hold upon his party throughout the country was still such as no other one man has had in modern times, not even Grover Cleveland excepted. ''It is seldom that in less than 1 tWelve-month an American politician Has mad so long and hard fall. What VIII De the pretense or the ingenuity by which the discarded Peerless One will once more attempt to land on all A fours, if he is to be persona grata
New Britain herald., 1916-05-05

i'll getting at all into a national con- Vent1on ot his party?"
 very fair question, that. It can
 be answered only with a prophesy
 but we venture to remark that the Peerless One will be found on all fours
 in 1920. Just what will be the "pre-
 tense'' or the Ingenuity Bryan him.
 self knows. Ii may have something
 to do with the question of Prohibition
 and we believe that is about the an-
 swer. Tn some manner, in some way,
 Mr. William Jennings Bryan will rise
 in all his glory to the emergency, pro-
 claim himself a martyr in the eyes of
 all the good folk of the nation, tell
 them he has striven for honor and up-
 righteousness, and To and behold he
 will be proclaimed the hero of the
 with tinge of the old fire, with a lit
 tie mingling of the cross of gold and
 the crown of thorns, and all his
 enemies will be crucified. He may De Ie11edI S1llS HIS dCL HOW. ASdVc IL to William Jennings Bryan. He is down and out in 1916, but only death can keep him from getting to the front gain in 1920. There are four long years in which to drive the nails in the fences. He will spike them all. Down the ages, when the history of the whole affair has been written and handed from generation to gen. eration, it will be seen that William Jennings Bryan was different in his make up from James J. Jeffries. It will be seen that he possessed the "comeback' quality. And this is not because we are hide-bound Bryan people. There are some things about the old gentleman,-he Is that, al- though he does not yet admit his lost youth,-some things about him we do not like. But we are forced to hand him the laurel wreath when it comes to perpetual performances. For twenty years he has been out in front of the troops, and in all that time the snipers got him but once; that was this year. They practically ambushed him, too, because the shots were fired by men in his own state. When brother soldiers shoot at man stand ing in his own baliwick it goes to show there is treason somewhere. And William Jennings Bryan will make use of this occurrence later on. Watch and see! He will be at the national in 1920; that is if he is alive and strong enough to go, or we miss one of the best little bets ever And he'll go in through the front door.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-05
3. MCMlL.l. ]. IAN 199-2O1-2O3 MAIN STREET.
The PacifiSt Vacuum.
(TOledO Blade. !


 According to the political dopestcrs down at Washington, the Middle West is nearly at the point of secession over preparedness It hates the programme as tramp hates a bathroom. Every thing bigger than a pop gun looks to it like militarism. That is the stuff the dopesters are issuing.
 The Middle West is no more blind than the rest of the country to the fact that the world is leaving Nith war. It could hardly so so, since it is fact that the world is heaving with war. It could hardly be so since it is supply ing a big part of the sinews of war, the steel, the copper, the wheat and corn. The Middle West is not fool It is as much concerned for tho cOun- try's security as the people on the coast are for their cities and sum- mer cottages. A vote on preparedness would bring the Middle West shouting to it's support.
 The political dopester is a straklee creature with a passion for drawing facts will not fit his theories so much the worse for the facts. Just now he seeks to locate the pacifist centre of population. The Middle West is the Victims -~-
New Britain herald., 1916-05-05
Depew at S2.
Bridgeport Farmer.)

Chauncey M Depew at S2 retains the gift of felicitous statement He had a birthday, April 30, and the Montauk club of Brooklyn honored him with birthday dinner The aged statesman was appropriately reminiscent. Prophecy is for young men, History for old. Twenty is the most important age in the life Ct a young man. The silver wedding is the happiest of matrimonial cele- brations. Twenty-Five years is the climacteric in business and the pro- fessiOns. The number of persons who may be addressed by one