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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-09-11

, troops in the wedge, has passed away.
Again. while the Germans have
plenty Of time TO construct new lines
behind the old, they cannot construct
lines comparable with those that they
have lost. in the limited time at their
disposal. and under the searching FIRE
Of the enemy. The French did not put
a new line in at Verdun, but II was
the most expensive portion Of their
defence. and it was done in a country
which lent itself naturally to defence,
as the Somme country does not. Thus
il is fair TO assume that the later con-
siderable advances Of Foch have been
due to the fact that the more re-
cent German lines have crumbled
more easily and quickly under heavy
artillery fire than did the original
trenches
All Of which emphasizes the fact
that sooner or later the Germans Will
have either to adopt a new policy or
accept the situation and go back to
the French frontier from Mezieres TO
Condo, or to the line Of the Meuse,
with a Belgian front before Namur,
Brussels and Antwerp. A change Of
policy would mean a passing to the
offensive. the concentration Of men
and guns on the Somme front and the
sacrifice Of very large numbers In
new effort
This may happen, II may happen on
the Somme front, or It may be that
the Germans will make their effort
elsewhere, before Nancy. for example.
But the reason this seems unlikely IS
that terrific demands are being made
on Germany for men, Just now, and
for men to be used in the East. Yer
dun cost the Germans not less than
500 600 men, the Somme has cost an
other 10000 and the Russian opera
tions in the East at least a further
100000. In the same time Austria has
lost in Galicia and on the Italian front
not less than 100000 in prisoners and
not less than $4,000 in casualties, in
sum 100000 men.
Since February p, then, the two
great Central Powers have lost 1900
600. In addition they are called upon
now and suddenly to supply troops
to meet new enemy. to hold between
100000 and 100000 Rumanians with
the possibility that 100000 Greeks
will appear at any moment in the
Balkan line. And it is this new
Rumanian demand that makes a Ger
man offensive in France exceedingly
unlikely At the moment the Ruman-
ian advance into Hungary Is going
forward rapidly. the Russian advance
in Galicia has been resumed with con-
siderable success and the Allied
threat at Bulgaria through Macedonia
is unmistakable. Finally the Somme
operation is not only continuing. but
palpably getting new force.
Conceivably the Germans have the
men to hold on everywhere until the
end Of the season. II is unlikely, but
it is Just possible. Then they are
bound to make a new bid for peace.
which will fill the world and have very
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-09-11
They WrangIed
CFrom the Dover Republican,

Not for many a day has the Demo
cratic party held q State gathering
that equalled in turmoil and bitter
wrangling the convention of Tuesday
From start to finish it was a fight
Of the Wolcott faction against the
House of Salisbury. and that faction
dominated the convention to its
hearts content
The talk OF the Democratic press
that everything at the convention was
harmonious and that the various con-
tests were waged in a friendly man
ner is all rot The Kent delegates
knew they were to throw l.. Irving
Handy. their caucus nominee for
United States Senator. long before
they entered the convention hall and
it was only to fool the unwise that
they stuck 10 him for three ballots.
II was all pre-arranged for the Kent
delegates. or enough Of them TO turn
the trick. to Jump 10 Wolcott after
pretending for two or three ballots
that they we're strong for Handy.
The fact that this trick was TO be
pulled of was made known to Will
lard Salisbury as soon as he reached
Dover. and he used all the force with
in him to stave It off, but, although he
held in control many Of the New Cas-
tie delegates. who were pledged TO
Wolcott by caucus action. he could
not succeed in mastering enough
strength to keep his old enemies from
winning out
On the surface It would appear that
the convention nominated a strong
ticket, but when the facts which N
not show upon the surface-facts
which plainly indicate that there will
be hundreds Of Democrats who will
never vote it--are taken into consid-
Grafton. il is decidedly clear that the
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-09-11

There have been in the last few
days signs, which. without being com
pletely convincing. supply very mark
ed indication that the FIRST step of Hin
denburg may be 70 shorten his ives
tern lines by retiring from France.
The most interesting sign. Of course,
Is the marked diminution in the
comeback of the Germans along the
Somme.
Something over a month ago Cen
eral Joffre remarked to an american
visitor that the German counter at
tack had lost its bite" This has
been increasingly true since then
What is more significant is the fact
that after a long period OF relative
calm the French have resumed their
attack and have been gaining at a
rate which is truly surprising. Week
before last they suddenly took Maure-
pas in a swing forward that covered
about a mile. Later they took Clerv.
then and most recently they took lie
Foret, and are rapidly approaching
the Bapaume-P eronne road. which
must be nearly dozen miles east Of
the point at which they started their
l.
Meantime. way TO the south and
about Chaulnes they are beginning TO
make material progress, and Chaul-
mes, itself. one of the strong points in
the German line, which has been held
since the days OF the Battle of the
Aisne in September, 1914, is in serious
peril. Still further to the south Rove
is also menaced. In sum, the whole
salient, the big bulge from Peronne
all the way round to the Disc. is
crumblpg, and in the last few days
the crumbling has been more marked
than az any time during the Sommo
battle.
This may mean merely that the Ger
mans have adopted the French tao
tics at Verdun, that they are holding
their lines with very small contin-
gents and selling" back to the French
at a price-trenches and villages
which have no vital strategic value.
The French were limited in the Yer
dun operation by the fact that they
had decided to hold Verdun for politi-
cal rather than military reasons. The
Germans have no such handicap.
Thus the French we're compelled from
time to time 10 counter attack at Dead
Mans Hill, and about the Vaux
plateau, and their situation had be-
come exceedingly involved when the
Russian and Somme offensives inter
vened to divert German attention.
But the Germans, as they withdrew
from village 10 village. and they have
now surrendered some thirty. are not
shortening but lengthening their lines.
II requires more men 10 hold the pres
ent front than it did 10 hold the front
attacked two months ago. The French
and the British are slowly pushing
into the German position and they
have now widoned their original
wedge so much that the earlier Ger
man advantage that Of being able to
direct a converging hre at the Allied
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-09-11
miss MARSHALL and MR..
RILEY Married At LEWES

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
LEwEs. Del, Sept. 11.-on Thurs
day morning a quiet wedding took
place at the home of T. r Marshall.
when his daughter, Marie. became the
bride of Carson Riley Of Easton. Nd.
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. Fred Kullmar Of the Episcopal
Church, at 5 o'clock in the morning,
to enable the couple to catch the morn
ing train for Atlantic City, where they
will spend few days prior to a trSp
to upper New York State The bride
is popular among the young folks Of
Lewes. The couple will make their
future home in Easton, where Mr. Ri
ley is engaged in the automobile bus
mess.
Ike funepal services of Greengury
Davidson. who died on Tuesday at 81.
Agnes Hospital, Philadelphia. were
held in the NJ. F. Church yesterday.
The deceased is survived by a widow.
two brothers, James Cooper Davidson
Of Slaughter Neck and Phillip David
son Of Broadkiln Neck. and one sister,
Mrs. William Stephens. OF Milton.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-09-11

ticket nominated Is the weakest that
the Democracy of Delaware has
placed in the field for years.
The success Of the ticket would un-
questionably dethrone the SALISBURY
faction for years to come. if not for
all time And no one recognizes this
fact better than does Willard Sauls-
bury who has held the Democratic
party of Delaware in the palm of his
hand, so to speak. for many years. and
he and his followers are not going to
relinquish their hold on the party
without a struggle and that struggle
will go to the length Of defeating the
ticket nominated on Tuesday. with the
hope of warding on their complete
overthrow until the next election.
when another, and a better. perhaps.
chance will be theirs to retain their
positions as leaders Of the party. To
bear out our contention we can point
to the fact that John F Salisbury. OF
Dover. a cousin Of Willard who is
filed to the brim with the old hatred
Of anything savoring Of Wolcotssm.
even before the convention adjourned,
asserted that he would not only vote
for Senator H. A DUPONT, but would
work for his election.
And L. Irving Handy is TO be con-
sidered also. Mr.. Handy was treated
in rather a nasty manner and, as he
had his heart set on capturing the
nomin9tion for u s. Senator, he may
turn a trick against those who prac-
tically filched from him the honor he
coveted as telling as the one turned
against him
Everything considered. the outlook
for the success Of the Democratic
ticket is decidedly gloomy. We pre-
dict its defeat by az least five thou
sand majority for the Republican par
tv ticket
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-09-11
A FEW MORE DONT'S
Written for EVENING JOURNAL
By JAMES T. cRoZRR.

Don't ever borrow trouble, friend,
But take things as they come;
Don't ever speak q word to make
A sad heart in your home.
Don't fell to try TO please your wife
In everything you do.
Don't fail to recollect, my friend,
She left her home for you.
Don't ever speak cross words to her
To fill her heart with pain.
Don't fail to recollect you can't
Recall those words again.
Don't fail to render thanks to God
For all He does for you.
Don't ever take His name in vaint
Be honest, kind and true
Don't gamble or drink, be kind to all,
As days are going by
Don't ever stay out late at night,
To get home early try.
Don't fail to recollect. my friend,
She's wishing you would come.
Don't fail to greet her with kiss
When you arrive at home.
Don't fail TO own the Lord, my friend,
For time is passing by.
Don't ever fail to recollect
That you must surely die
Don't fail TO be prepared for that:
Some day it's sure to come.
And then If you have done what's
right,
The Lord will bring you home
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-09-11

interesting echoes here in the United
States. where the machinery is being
organized at this very moment. Such
a peace will not be based on the
war map" Of Europe, but on the
peace map of July, 1914 We have
covered a good deal of ground since
last May.
But If Germany cannot hold on un-
til fall on all fronts, then she must
shorten her western front because it
is the front from which she can most
easily draw men and it is the only
front on which she is entirely upon
enemy territory II is small comfort
for the Hungarian. for example,
when Pennsylvania cities are falling
rapidly. that Germans still hold Lille
and St Quentin It is little solace
to the Austrians that, when the Ital-
ians have got Garizia and are nearing
Trieste. when Lemberg is again in
peril that Antwerp and Brussels are
under German rule And the Bulga-
rians, whose loyalty is vital 10 Central
Power purposes. will hardly be pre-
pared to give up their own territory
and Macedonian villages. while Ger
many is using twice as many men to
defend the western front. as would be
required if she would shorten the
line
Finally. it is q secret nowhere that
Hindenburg has always looked upon
the East as the decisive field, that he
regarded with extreme disfavor the
use of all available German reserves in
the campaign in Belgium and toward
Calais in October and November, 1914,
and the equally costly operation be-
fore Verdun this year One or two of
the corps that were sacriacedd at
Ypres. would have enabled him to
take Warsaw, in October, 1914; Rus
rian successes in Volhynia and Galicia
would not have come this year If the
troops sacrificed at Verdun had been
available.
We have manifestly come about to
the time when Germany must shorten
her lines. To retire from the Dwina
and the Beresina to the Niemen and
the Vistula would release some troops,
but it might involve the abandon
ment of much of Galicia and it would
not set free anything like the men
that would be available if the western
lines we're shortened Hence the
growing conviction that we may see
at any time now the first great change
in the western lines, since the original
German purpose was totally defeat
ed at the Marine and the effort TO re-
sumo a campaign in France checked
from the Disc 10 the North Sea. Ac-
tually, on the second anniversary Of
the Battle Of the Marine. its real mean
ing is at last becoming clear and the
magnitude OF German defeat in that
conflict is being disclosed.
Nor is il outside the bounds Of ordi-
nary hazard to risk the guess that
before snow flies the German lines
will have been contracted in Northern
France. and all but a thin pairing of
French territory west OF the Mouse
will have been redeemed"
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-09-11

Pennsylvania has passed laws the subject The prn
cipe has been adopted in New York city, where the
city has collected damages in several from
ers OF buildings that have caught FIRE Owners have
been compelled TO pay the cost Of exn gushing the
IRE for the water the salaries. and the rental
for the apparatus.
One Of these days will wake up to the fact that
hre loss is needless waste. The people Of Europe
have long ago discovered IL and Americans. including
those in Delaware will avail themselves OF that dis
covery and utilize Il for their mutual safety and
benefit
II is the purpose NJ those who in charge Of tho
nation wide propaganda to reduce largely the number
Of fires to observe October O. this year Fire Pre-
vention Day. Deawareans should cooperate in that
movement and dedicate that day the removal from
their premises Of inhsmmabe waste matter and to
the placing ~ additional safeguards about nhammabe
matter that is waste.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-09-11
With The Photographers

The dove Of peace gets lot Of Advertising but the
stork continues to deliver the goods-Arizona Ga
zette
An electrical engineer claims 10 have a plan for
stopping torpedoes Our idea would be TO get out
of the way in order not to stop EMIL Psso CTex)
Times.
The society editor OF the Winfield Free Press lays
down this rule Of conduct So live that when the
paper at night you will not fear either the news
gathered by the police reporter the stories the
society edtress tels.-Kansas City Star.
Last Sunday in Detroit, where the Worlds Salesman
ship Congress has been in session this week. many of
the members occupied pulpts Of the city churches and
preached sermons II such they could be called, the
ethics OF craftsmanship Was this carrying religion
into business business into Observation-Disclosures
IN h Herald
citizen. writing in an exchange complains Bit
terly about picture show pests. He asks, why does
have 10 be bored TO death by know-it-all man
who sits behind. and in loud voice in
forms the entire theatre Of the next scene 70 be
shown on the screen. There does not appear TO be
any remedy for the bore unless the picture houses
should be induced 70 throw straight talk" to
the fresh individual the screen Perhaps then il
would miss its mark-Selms (Ala) Times
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-09-11
GEMS OF THOUGHT

Had ! dozen each in my love alike had
rather have eleven die noby for their country than
one volupuously surfet out of Acknowledgements.
Life is like walking along a crowded street; there
always seem to be fewer obstacles to getting along
the opposite pavement and yet If one crosses over
matters rarely nded-Thomas Huxley.
.-.-.-.
True humanity consists not in a squeamsh ear; IL
consists in starting shrinking at tales of mis-
cry. but in disposition Of heart TO relieve it, True
humanity appertains rather to the mind than the
nerves and prompts to and active en-
deavors to execute the actions which it suggests -
Charles James Fox
-.--.
Life is a narrow vale between the cold and barren
peaks of two eternities We strive in vain 70 look
beyond the heights We cry aloud and the only ans
is the echo Of wang cry From the voiceless
lips Of the unrepying dead there comes no word: but
in the night of death, hope a star and listening
love can hear the rustic Of wing.R. G. Ingerson
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-09-11
Are The Germans Planning to Leave France7

Iron dc w York Tribune..
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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-09-11
NOBODY CAN Get
SOUSED At GETTYSBURG
By The United Press.

By The United Press.
GETTYSBURG. Sept 1t.-This is
not a dry town. but sightseeing par
ties on the battlefield must be reason
ably so. The licensed guides have
been instructed by the Battlefield
Commission 10 prevent booze parties
carousing on the held This is the re-
suit of several parties Of the sort
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-09-11
TO RECEIVE BIDS.

The Public Building Commission will
receive bids on September 20, for coal.
to be used in the building during the
coming winter.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-19

is generally known in political circles
about the attitude of Col. Roosevelt.
The colonel wants to go as Republi-
can delegate from New York and his
enemies in the Empire state raise no
objections. He has also announced
his willingness to support any of the
suggested candidates, with one or two
exceptions. While Col. Roosevelt will
not have what might be called a
chastened spirit, it is stated that he
will attempt no dictation. He will be
satisfied with the conventions choice
of candidates, but will insist on firm
platform declaration for prepared
ness.
Col. Bryan, on the other hand, will
make a platform fight for what he
regards the traditional Democratic
policy" That is, he will oppose a
large standing army and an increase
in the navy. He has never publicly
altered his stand on this question, but
Mr.. Wilson's nomination at the st.
Louis convention is a foregone con-
clusion.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-19

A petition has been circulated at
Woodland to raise their high school
from a ten to a twelve-grade school.
Holland has opened a free night
school to teach English, American
history and civics to foreigners.
The public speaking class organic
ed at the Grand Rapids Junior high
night school now has 20 members en-
rolled.
A coy and CHEEKY rest room is be-
ing fitted up in every school build
ing in Holland. Each is furnished
with furniture to make it seem home
like and as restful as possible.
Dartmouth established a course in
military sciences.
Several young men connected with
the system magazine will give ser
les of lectures before the business adj
ministration course at Olivet College.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-19
SELLS
VARYING AMOUNTS
Of FARM PRODUCTS

Ten thousand correspondents of the
bureau of crop estimates in the de-
partment of agriculture have reported
what they sold off the farm in typi-
cal year. Taking all the reports to-
gether, out of every hundred dollars
worth sold, $40 represented crops, $50
live animals, $40 the product of ami
mals-such as milk, butter, eggs, and
miscellaneous items.
This is the national average, from
which different sections show a wide
variation. In the cotton belt, for ex-
ample, out of each hundred dollars
worth of products sold, SIS was
crops; $14 live animals, 81 animal
products and 81 miscellany; while in
New York $53 of each hundred was
animal products, s14 live animals, $27
crops and Sc miscellany. In Vermont
only $63 out of the hundred was live
animals, S12 was animal products and
$22 was crops.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-19
Traverse City Likes Commission
Form of Municipal Government

gineer is appointed for one year and
is paid 81 400 per year. 1t so hap
pens that their city engineer is not an
ex-conductor for railroad but is a
real to goodness civil engineer, who
owns set of engineering instruments
and knows how to, and does, use them.
Under his supervision and from his
surveys, there was some paving with
tarvia macadam on 7th street at a
cost of $1.62 per lineal foot. All side
walks are laid by the city under his
supervision and costs the property
owners 45 cents per square yard.
Sewers are also under his charge and
the average cost for a sewer eight
feet deep, for trenching, laying and
brick filling is 35 cents per lineal
foot. The cost of sewers is appor-
tioned SO to- the property directly
benefited and 1-6 to, the city at large.
In picking out their employees, they
try to employ only residents of Trav-
erse City and their sub-bosses are all
men with families and tax payers,
thus they all have a vital personal
interest in the work and a desire to
have fair days work for fair days
pay.
Water is metered and costs $500
per year for not to exceed 10000 gal
Ions.
How do the people like the commits
sion form of government?
1t will be recalled that the last
mayor under the old form was a
Democrat and was removed by
Governor Ferris, a Democrat. That
crowd do not like the change. AS can
ha eaan the elections are nOn-Darti-
san. the best man winning. / find the
sentiment of the best people, regard
less of politics, is much in favor of
the new way and against the old.
They say:
"We are getting more efficiency and
better service, more to show for our
money, better results and no graft
ing"
The better class decidedly do not
want to return to the old way.