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Evening journal., 1916-11-08

THE average total family income, including wo-
men and children. is between $500 and $500 a
year in the United States. according to statistics
given out by the American Society for Thrift. Be
tween 1900 and 1914 the increase in the.
tail price OF food about 60 per cent while wages
increased little less than 30 per cent. No matter
what may be the Of this condition the moral
plain: The average American Of the future must be
thrifty
Our population is increasing at the rate of 4433 a
day statstcians estimate that within a few years
this increase will reach 10000 a day. There will be
greater for thrift
A movement is foot in the National Educational
Association the official organization OF school teach
OF America devising plans OF teaching thrift
in schools. This means beginning at the founda-
tion, points out the American Society for Thrift and
the results in the happiness prosperity, and security
OF the future American will be beyond comprehen-
sion.
There are over 10000 workers in America II
each worker began to dime day the ag-
gregate accumulation would reach $146575O,976 a
year. or If each saved a dime week the total would
he S20SS19317 The saving OF dime month by
each worker would amount to S4s.1S9,O9S, and only
dime a year would $4.O1575O. American So
clety for Thrift statistics show that ninety-fve per
cent Of men arc dependent upon their daily earnings.
on others. for support at the Of CO. and that
not in thirty who retires with a competency
is able to retain that competency to the close OF life
These things for the patriotic American to think
about This a nation OF manifest destiny, but there
are evil days ahead people begin at once the
practices Of thrift.
Wilmington has several splendid savings institu-
tons which should be used by thousands Of Della
wareans who do not use them We trust that the
above facts and figures will influence substantial
number OF them TO do So
Evening journal., 1916-11-08
DASTARDIH CONSPIRACY AGAINST SENATOR
1vpoNr errrrur,nc

duPONT SUCCEEDS
n yERYTHING indicates that the political conspiracy
+ to prevent the reelection Of Col. Henry A, du.
Point, Republican, 10 the United states semitic has sue.
ceeded.
me unofficial returns for our State are far from
complete. but in most Republican quarters IL is con-
ceded that Josiah o. wocot the Democratic opponent
Of Colonel DUPONT, has been elected by a safe pIu.
mlity.
Whether Congressman Thomas W. Miller. Republic
can, has recollection been defeated by Albert
r. Polk his Democratic opponent is still a matter of
doubt Both the Republicans and the Democrats claim
The CONGRESSMAN
Charles Evans Hughes probably has carried Della
ware by a small plurality.
The indications are that John G. Townsend Jr, the
Republican candidate Governor has defeated James
II. Hughes. the Democratic candidate; that David J.
Reinhardt Republican candidate for Attorney General
has won from Armon n. Chayior, the Democratic can
didaie. and that William }. Swain, Republican candI.
date for State Treasurer. small plurality over
James Lord the Democratic candidate II may he that
the Democrats have elected the Lieutenant-G orernor
The State Auditor and the state Insurance Commits.
sIoner.
With many election districts yet 70 he heard FROM u
s impossible to say NJ this writing whether the Repub.
lcans the Democrats win control the LEGISLATURE.
That the friends Of senator DUPONT and the ,ther
Republican candidates who we're attacked by the Re
publican Party -Wrecking conspirators indignant
because Of the apparent Of the despcabe
spiracy Is made manifest in all quarters. While Il IS
impossible AT this time to anayze the returns with
any degree Of accuracy everything indicates that the
-Wreckers worked hand-n-glove with the Demo
rfsts in al three counties. The Republican slump in
the city Wilmington and IN New Castle county
was especially pronounced n Indicates much crooked
political WORK in many districts. and a rigid invesga
ton may follow the receipt Of complete returns by
the friends of the Republican candidates who were
hutchered by men who profess to he Republicans.
General A. R. Benson, Republican State Chairman.
wisely declines to make any concessions TO the Demo-
Gratis pending the receipt OF fuller returns. He real
ICES however that senator DUPONT the chief target of
the party wreckers, has suffered defeat as result Of
the dastardly conspiracy against him.
Evening journal., 1916-11-08

The first comment that must follow
the German and Austrian announce
ment of a Polish restoration is that
the Central Powers have abandoned
all hope OF a separate peace with Rus
STA. IL was because Of the hope of
such a peace that the Polish question
was adjourned for more than a year
As long as there was no positive
pledge on the Central Powers there
was the possibility Of a bargain with
Petrograd on the basis of the status
quo ante, and all through the war
Germany has alternately cherished
and put aside this hope
BY the decision to recreate "A PO-
land Austria and Germany close the
way to negotiation i'm the matter of
the provinces taken from the Car by
the successful campaign Of 1915. Such
a decision speaks volumes for the de-
termination Of Russia. so often re-
peated at Petrograd, to stand with
her Western allies to the end.
Nor Is II less plain that in restor-
ing a part of Poland. the Russian
part, Germany and Austria have
raised a new problem for themselves.
In Galicia there are not less than
five million Poles: in Posen and the
Prussias there are nearly four mill
lion more Cracow, in Galicia. is an
old Polish capital. and nowhere has
the dream OF a restored Poland been
cherished more steadily than in Po-
lish Galicia
The single solution Of the Polish
question, So far as Russian, Austrian
and German statesmen are concerned.
has been to leave each Of the three
States in the possession Of a fraction
Of the Polish race; this supplied p
common policy for all three. But if
one fraction Of Poland. and by far
the largest. achieves even a measure
OF freedom. will the Austrian or Ga
lician Poles remain content to live
outside the frontiers of a free Poland?
No one can believe this. The truth
Is that once the liberation Of Poland
has begun it will not end until all
the regions inhabited by Poles are
gathered under the Polish sovereign
ty. A hint OF this is found in the
promise Of autonomy for Galicia. But
the Austrian problem is far simpler
than the German. Thus Austria could.
If she chose turn over Western Ga
licia to the new Poland without af-
fecting the general Austrian situa
Evening journal., 1916-11-08

B Poland on the frontiers of Germany
but in the very heart Of the TeutoniC
populations of Central Europe.
At the very outset of the war the
/ Russians promised the restoration
not of Russian Poland, but of all Pc
/ land. the reunion of Russian. German
and Austrian provinces. once portions
of the Polish Kingdom. Russian pur-
pose was to enlist the loyalty of Rus
sian Poles. So far as we can judge
this promise was accepted by the
Russian Poles and did thus accom-
pl.sh its purpose. But will the much
moro restricted promise Of the AUS
TRANS and Germans win the Poles
away from Russia? One may doubt
IT,, although il is plain that Germany
and Austria are bidding for Polish
recruits.
Actually, It must be plain that the
Germans and Austrians have had re-
course 70 very dangerous expedient.
If they win the war they VII have
raised up a permanent menace on the
east, a state which will seek. as Sar-
dina sought in the last century, as
Serbia sought in this, to reclaim
other fractions OF it's fatherland. II
they lose the war they will have sup
piled to the Allies the warrant for
the erection Of a Polish state under
Russian protection which shall in
clude Posen, West Prussia and East
Prussia. which shall give to a free
, Poland not merely Warsaw and Lub-
lin, but Cracow, Dantzig, Posen and
Konigsberg
PROFESSIONALLY the raising of the
Polish question will awaken echoes
n London and Paris, where the Poles
have many friends. II is plainly in
tended to SOW dissension in the AL
lied camp. but. like many other Ger
man calculations, it seems unlikely
o succeed. Actually, the Germans
and Austrians have burned a bridge
behind them, a bridge that they have
hitherto hoped might serve as a way
for negotiation with Petrograd. They
have declared for the permanent sep
aration from Russia OF an area a
quarter as large as Germany. with a
population of above 100000
Looking TO the future, however. we
may believe that they will find that
the immediate profit, whatever it may
be, will hardly weigh against the
eventual peril the Polish question has
for them both
Evening journal., 1916-11-08

Great Britain can afford to lose a
mun;tlon ship now and then, for the
supply of shells and equipment in
the United States is practically in
exhaustible Ships for cargoes are
no so plentiful as they have been
but there are vessels going into the
water from the home yards all the
time. Great Britain, however, can
not afford to have the oil port OF
Tampico closed by German subma-
rine blockade, That would be very
serious matter, for the British navy
must have its oil.
The Mexican wells have been an
unfailing source Of supply. From the
Russian fields it is difficult to obtain
any oil at all. German submarines
have appeared in the Gulf of Mexico.
and Great Britain has sent to the
Carranza Government a note warning
IL not TO permit violations OF neu-
trality by its citizens; that is to say,
not to allow the Germans TO establish
base for submarine operations on
the Mexican coast or to obtain aid
and material at Mexican ports. "Dras-
tic action" is threatened if the warn
ing rs not needed. The situation Is
grave for Mexico. and il may become
embarrassing for the United States
II the Entente Allies ATTEMPT
rdrasNc actiony which might take
the form of virtual occupation OF the
port Of Tampico
II is significant that the British
note was conveyed to the Carranza
Government through the medium Of
the American State Department. al
though there is still a British repre-
sentative in the city of Mexico. This
proceeding implies that I'm London
the Mexican Government is not con
sidered capable Of enforcing the neu-
trality laws against Germany. and
that the Entente Allies may under
take to disregard Mexican sovereign
ty. very much as the authority Of the
Government in Greece has been ig-
nored
How. IL may be asked. could Mexico.
with her pitiful little navy. such
gunboats as the Bravo and the Mo
rales. prevent the Germans from
making a base on the coast Of Yucca
tan or among the islands Of the Gulf
Of Campeachy? Senior Agu'lar. the
Carranza Foreign Minister, has made
brave reply 20 the British note. but
1t is only waste Of paper. His com
plant that the Mexican Government
was mot addressed directly Is mere
hombast. His promise n enforce neu-
trality has no value
II there are German submarines in
the Gulf Of Mexico-and private ad.
wees confirm the British statement
any day may bring the news Of the
torpedong Of an oil shin. or Of
number OF oil ships. without warn
ing: and we NAV hear az any time Of
retaliation by the Allies upon the
Evening journal., 1916-11-08
POLAND
From The New York Tribune)

ton, for all the Poles live in one
vel defined district. and in this dis
trict there are practically no other
races represented.
But the German problem is fan
graver. In the eastern districts OF
Prussia, in Posen and in West Prus-
STA, not only are the Poles and Ger
mans inextricably entangled but to
give the Polish districts back to Pc.
land would be to erect a wall Of Poles
between East Prussia and the rest OF
Germany. the wall which Frederick
the Great broke down in the first par
tition. II was to join East Prussia
to the rest of his State that he en-
gineered that initial spoliation.
Once free Poland is erected IL
Will inevitably draw to itself the
Poles of Austria Russian and Aus
trian Poles together will make a sol
id state Of at least eighteen million
people. and this State will he shut Off
from the sea by the eastern provinces
Of Prussia. Naturally the Poles will
then look eagerly toward a restOra-
ton OF Dantzig, once the pOrt OF PO-
land. and those districts along the
lower Vistula in which there is con
siderable Polish population.
And if there is anything in history,
the people Of the new Poland will also
seek TO redeem Posen, whose million
or two of Poles have waged CEN
tury long battle with the Teuton. and
and have held their ground, and even
increased their land holding and
their majority. Here on a frontier
where the battle between the Slav
and the Teuton has been goin On
for so long it will break out afresh.
As for Russia, If she is unable 20
regain her share of Poland, her pol
icy henceforth is not to be mistaken.
She will give her aid and her help to
the Poles to assist them in winning
back their provinces held by Ger
many as France gave her aid to Italy
to complete The letters unification by
regatning Venetia from Austria.
Nor does the thing end here. If the
Poles are to have their freedom. why
not the Czechs who have developed
a far greater intellectual unity, who
have displayed a far more determined
race spirit in recent years? A new
Poland will seem a promise of new
Bohemia, and such hope, if realized
would raise a free Slav state, not like
Evening journal., 1916-11-08
With The Photographers

Ty Cobb has lost the batting championship but he
has three little fellows in Georgia who still think he
Is the greatest man in the world--Pine Bluff (Ark)
Commercial.
newspaper man spends half his time trying to
T.nt something and the uther half trying TO keep
something else out He sleeps the Of the time
Erie (pal Dispatch
This country spends hundreds Of millions every
wear al the soda fountain. Yes. and perhaps we
would spend moro if it wasn't for the movies
Cleveland Plain Dealer
When Denmark takes that on the sale OF the
Danish West Indies to the United States Il is to be
hoped the election inspectors will not be Germans
Indiana Times 0ndianapolis)
Schumann Hoink's beautiful voice Queed the anger
OF a couple Of roaring lions, but the voices Of some
Of singers would cause the mildest church mouse
10 roar.-Grand Rapids (dich.) Herald
There are rumbling rumors, says New York paper,
that the price OF beer is to be raised to glass
In the stirring words of John D. Rockefeller Save
your penniesi"-St Louis Globe Democrat
Evening journal., 1916-11-08
GEMS OF THOUGHT
ID is truth and Light his shadow. Plato.

God is truth and light his shadow-Plato
s-:-:-s
You must therefore love me. myself and not my
circumstances II we are TO be real friends-Cicero
Follow truth; do your utmost TO find it out Let
II be your guide wherever it may lead our-From a
speech by the Archbishop Of Canterbury
.-.-.-.
BE honest with yourself whatever the temptation.
say nothing to others that you do think and play
tricks with your mind OF all the evil spirits
abroad at this hour. in this world, nsncery is the
most dangerous.-J. A. Froude
--.---=
We find this great precept often repeated In Plato
DO thine own work and know myself" Of which
two parts both the and the other generally COM
prehend whole duty and consequently do each Of
them complicate and involve the other: for he who
will do his own work Alright will find that his first
lesson is 10 know himself and he who rightly under
stands himself will never mistake another mans work
Co his oWn.-Mon taigne-
Evening journal., 1916-11-08
Editorial Opinion
TIMELY LESSON FROM FOtTBALL

From the New York sun.
The almost passionate desle~upon
the part of the public to turp now
from pestferous politics to some
thing of real Importance is indicated
by the fact that more than ono hun
bred thousand football fans haze APP
piled for tickets for the Yale-Har-
ward game at New Haven on NDvem-
Der 25. AS the Yale Bowl seats only
about seventy thousand spectators. a
large number of disappointed enthus-
lasts are already lingering their rec
turned checks and preparing to haunt
the football bulletin boards when the
day of the game comes around.
AS a poultice to heal the blows Of
party antagonism college football is
national blessing at thts crisis. As
a people we've been a good deal stir
red up Of late in way that was
not conducive to mental or bodily
comfort. Every man in the country.
and nearly every woman, has been
taking part in the great Presidential
game and kicking. either publicly or
privately, the political ball as it hur-
tied from side to side. It's a nerve
wraclying and temper destroying ma
tiOnal pastime and it is a satisfaction
to have it replaced by football en-
deavor of a less general and more
restful nature.
While speaking of this. II would be
timely suggestion to urge upon all
the people of the country the earliest
possible abandonment of such friction
and i'll feeling as the Presidential
contest has of necessity engendered.
After every great intercollegiate foot
ball match the opposing teams, and
their respective supporters, make
demonstration designed 10 express
the resignation of the losing side to
the outcome of the game and the in
tentiOn of the victors to be modest
and generous in their hour of victory.
let us follow now as a people the
custom that prevails on the collegiate
gridirOn after a heart breaking battle
royal and rise to a full realization OF
the fact that, whether we are Demo
Gratis or Republicans. vanquished or
victors, we are all Americans and are
not to be permanently alienated from
each other through the temporary
disintegrating influences Of party
strife. If the other fellows got the
ball and kicked the winning goal.
don't sulk and grumble and imagine
the republic is coming to an end be (
cause your team went down to defeatA
If you don't like the result OF thf
game, remember that there1l be an
other four years from now and that
during the interval il is your duty 10
fulfill all your obligations as a pa
triotic American citizen. no matter
which political party may be in
power
Evening journal., 1916-11-08
A PRIZE CONTEST.

VXTHEREvER two or three Democrats are gathered
w together In the name of woodrow Wilson there
in the midst OF them will be found this assertion; He
kept us out Of war" We hear it in this commu-
nifty frequently and frequently wonder whether
these Democrats know what they talking about.
Consequently we offer prize Of years subscrip-
ton to this paper 10 that Democrat who will give us
satisfactory answer to these two questions:
l. What country or countries have wanted to go to
war with the United States at any time since Wood
row Wilson became President?
Q What did President Wilson do that prevented
any such country from declaring against us?
This prize contest ought to he useful II should clear
IN the public mind regarding the exact manner in
which "he kept us out of war"
Evening journal., 1916-11-08

WHILE early returns the national election ind.
W Gated landslide for Hughes, Republican caudi.
date for President, late returns upset Renuhlica,
claims and left the Presidential situation in doubt.
In fact President Wilson developed such surnr,s,ng
strength in unlocked for quarters that at noon today
both the Republican and The Democratic national cam
paign managers were claiming the election, some OF
them by the remarkably narrow margin of one vote.
There has been nothing like il since the celebrated
Hayes and TiIden campaign.
Evening journal., 1916-11-08

President Wilson says that any man who revives
the issue Of sectonasm is unworthy of the confidence
OF the nation We wonder If that is one reason why
Secretary of the Navy Daniels forfeited whatever
hdence the country has had in him. Among his ap-
pointments which the President has approved, are
Chief of Naval Operations Benson Of Georgia. Chief Of
Steam Engineering Griffith, Of Virginia; Chief OF Ord
nance Strauss. OF Virginia; Chief Of Supplies and Ac-
counts McGowan OF South Carolina; Chief of Construc
ton and Repair Taylor. Of Virginia; Judge Advocate
General Mclean OF Tennessee; and Chief Of Naval
Military Affairs Magruder. of Mississippi Under the
leadership Of Daniels OF North Carolina, the sectional
ism issue seems TO have been very effectively raised
for the advantage OF the South.
Evening journal., 1916-11-08

Look among the Want Ada today
and see il the very place for you r.
not advertised as needing a chauffeur
and. II not. why run a Want I'D Of
your own and tell the owners that you
are in the market now and you will
soon ne fixed for the entire auto sea-
uon.-Adv.
Evening journal., 1916-11-08

The London Cabinet has not yet degned to make
answer to the American note OF May "a in protest
against the British interference with American mails
But Sir Richard Crawford attache of the British
Embassy at Washington TO New York TO
discuss the question with the business men OF that
city Il would appear that the British Foreign Odce
holds higher opinion Of the American business man
than Of the present American administration
Evening journal., 1916-11-08
The Cloud in the Gulf of Mexico
(From the New York SUM

feeble Government OF Mexico for
failing in its duty of neutrality. The
United States may incur a dual re-
sponsibility: on the one hand. to keep
the Germans within the law Of the
sea, as laid down by Mr.. Wilson in
his notes; and. on the other hand. to
deal with Intervention in Mexico by
the Allies.
Evening journal., 1916-11-08

Before the Wilson tariff bill was passed the United
States was selling fifty million dollars month more
goods 10 foreign countries than we bought from them
Eight months after Wilson's tariff bill was passed
the United States buying ten million dollars more
goods from foreign countries than we sold to them
This sudden change put over two million American
working men out Of jobs. Then came the war; and
we all got jobs making war supplies. What will be-
come Of our jobs when the war is over?
Evening journal., 1916-11-08
AsBURY CHURCH SUPPER.

A sauer kraut supper will be given
by the Epworth League Of Asbury NJ.
f. Church in the class room tomor-
row evening.
Evening journal., 1916-11-08

Az governor Of New York. Hughes was the first TO
bring about the passage Of the Workmens compensa-
ton Laws.
Evening journal., 1916-11-08

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Evening journal., 1916-11-08

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Stock Market

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.St.r TIE flrst half hour. steer leau n1.e
-, a.. ADVANCE to sou, the hignest PHI reS
sircs 1910. Two other stocks reslst.d
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;rnums for old and new Marine po oiuts
rmha n.AmericanN Sugar rose p S..as
IN the extra cash and stock oN s,',+her
And other specialties mace ~. "a rtth
%.aawav The movement coincioeo W.. w,
the publication of the terms OF the a M
pritish loan. Bonds were steaoy, "a
inrs. however, being limited !arse's -
Aneio- French IS and Marines. ,,hor
'The deadlock in the railway arsct
conferences was without mater1al en- 70
~ quoted values at today's open.ns S,,ai.
vestment shares held hrm anu a,'ipment
st,.s comprising the war and equ.pt a hiv
rroup manifested strength, h
paldwin Locomotive. Air Brake. Sr
chile Steel, and the more active u. n.y. -. a
ard accessories. There seemed 70 Dc .. .
moderate demand also for Corn oaho,
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p.adin1 was again the most consptus
oMs stock among the rails but re ,ted
later with other leading shares. o snae
states steel held steady Witnih q
ton OF yesterdays close. = .-