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Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1916-07-29
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Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1916-07-29
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Vttr1HDs ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
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From he Npccfdior


Professor !. Jolly scut 10 tho Time a ct
ter on experimental he and Professor II. II
Dixon have conducted on The ~aiNsntAGe.
and disad, ~antaces of swimuItns in ciShcs
d subject which msy be Of importance
to any one Who travels hS sra In 'hesr
day,
The popular notion Is that clothes orac
d swimmer down, but tho maximum
drag NJ an ordinary sailor
clothes IN sea water Nf shown 10 he only
four ounce. Thts MAS after all air had
been expelled from the clothes In prsc-
,ice the DRAG for a considerable time would
he less, At irst there would even he a
sustaining fore. fronI the clothes 81
course, for = shor, and sharp hurst o.
suin,ming clothes would obviously Ne a
great impeachment.
The most important result Of the .N,
periineHts. however, Was 10 show that 4
clothed person In the sea loses warmth
very much less rapidly than an unclotheC
person. The explanation is that fshrics
placed against tho skin stop the circu!s
ton and prevent tho body warmth frou
being carried M by the water with d
great amount NJ clothing II ,n,9ht be pos
sihls IN keep fairly warm even Ia N.rS
cold water. The moral is. Keep on you,
clothes. and II YOU have u iifc belt or III,
saving ~sistcost keep on plenty Of them.
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Another Valuable Contribution IN
Real Preparedness ~.

The efforts Of the Gcnesee Breed.
crS and Farmers Association. with
the assistance Of the Jockey Club, TO
improve the breed Of horses. and e,-
pecIally 10 produce mounts of proper
character and in adequate numbers
for cavalry purposes, have now been
extended to include the use of a mum
her Of choice mares. which are tn be
mated with the thoroughbred stations
which for u number Of years have
been maintained In the valley. The
Geuesee agriculturi>ts have been fore
mos, In intelligent interest IN the re-.
mount problem. aud the new project
is IL hopeful step in advance over
hat has been done ia The past.
Under the spur III necessity result
,nr from Wal conditions Canadian
breeders have given increased attcn.
ton to the needs Of the military. In the
United States there Is demand not only
for cavalry chargers hut for general
utility horses for the artillery, am
munition aud supply trains. \ great
many horses have been shipped out
OF the country, and It Is an essential
of preparedness that the losses thus
sustained should be made good. while
the dut, Of improving the breed is
constantly impressed upon both deal
crs and drivers.
The mares to be placed in the
Genesec Valley. like the stations al.
ready there, will be kept under par
/ ticularly good conditions. subject IN
the supervision Of the Jockey Clubs
experts. They will furnish n certain
number of foal>, hut this contribution
will be of smaller value than the edu-
cational results Of the experiment
which will not he limited 10 the
geographical section in which il l.
tried. This should have its reflex
generally, particularly II the deserved
government support H. forthcoming
from the United States and thu
several States.
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LAsb have been successful we have
10 personal knowledge. We Judge.
however. from the rumors pervsding
the town, that he has proved n dull
pupil. There arc insistent. reports
that not a few amiable persons de-
voted to the pleasant practice Of ex-
tracing loans Of q permanent nature
from persons of notoriety and easy
habit have approached Mr.. WILLARD
on numerous occasions to meet calm
rebuff not calmly accepted; that the
promoters Of several plausible swim.
dies have labored to interest his
pocketbook in their plans without
making notable progress; and that u
large body Of ingenious gentlemen
perfectly willing to turn his prowess
to- their monetary advantage have had
their line enthusiasm chilled by his
vulgar demand that they reveal ex-
actly what their plans promised for
him. There seems, indeed, little basis
on which 10 ground the expectation
that Mr.. WILLARD has rroftcd by the
chances for Improvement that have
been laid before him. and there Is
reason to believe that he will con.
tinue as he now is. q singularly un.
sympathetic figure among those zeal
Gus friends Of the prosperous who
would rejoice to Q him unstrap his
bill fold.
Regrettabie though II may bc Ia
those NOR or less polite g~rafters.
blackmailers and parasites Of both
sexes and all conditions Of ~disrepute
who have . been accustomed TO line
their pockets and iii their stomachs
ut the cost Of eminent pugilists, the
outlook for their future 80 far AS II
involves contributions from MIR. Will.
LARD Is not bright. He appears to
he hOpelessly set In the middle class
ways Of frugality, s~elf.denial and
forehandedness: his eyes n closed
to the benefits Of intemperance and
the appealing popularity that nj
tnches to the spendthrift: and the
most ardent spectators on other
folks industry and good fortune
seem doomed 10 ply their arts In
vain on the man who brought tn,
championship Of the world back t.
the white race
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Through the exercise of Governor
SAMUEL NJ. RALsToN's executive au'
thority q commission IL IL Senator of
tn United States has been issued to
THOMAS TAGGART. to I'LL the vacancy
caused by the death of BL>JAMIN +.
SHIvLLy, and Senator JoHN WORTH
KERN Is to-day contemplating with
such enthusiasm rs the occasion may
inspire IN him the impending cx"r-
else of his function as the i%ntrodurer
of his new colleague. Mr.. TAGGAgr
has fulfilled an ambition long held
his translation from the health resort
which has hitherto heen his princi'
pal care 10 the smaller chamber of
the Congress must he a source Of un'
alleged delight to him.
Mr.. TAGGART Is n practical man II
Is not disclosed that he aspires To II
temporary abandonment of the health
giving waters and tho charming "a
slnO with which his name is so init
mately associated II Is assumed that
he proposes to offer himself this fnl
M q candidate for election. This IN
tention must, VIC are sure have at
trscted the thought of Mr.. WILSON
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Beside the story OF artist BLAKE
Jocks life all theOrizing on the duty
Of society to persons in whom the
t1res of genius burn out the sense Of
practical things falters aud fails.
Born IN New York siXty.nine years
ago, graduated from the City College
10 1860. and expected TO be II physi-
clan, BLAKELoCK became n self-made
artist, not u product Of the schools,
and worked his way Ia II just reputn-
tion as one Of Americas finest paint.
ers: not II reporter in paint. but
% stimulator of vision IN others gifted
for appreciation. not creation. While
his works conquered the market, sell
ing for thousands. they attained THAT
golden glory long after they had
BASED from his hands; and he, hav'
ing but a great wit to madness neal
allied and no sense of the value OF
money, reaped only sorrow and suf'
fering from the seed Of his art.
Now. after years of peculiarly pain
ful %obscurity, there Is promise for
him of a restoration to life and work.
happiness and hope. Sentimental per
sons have wept over the pathetic re
cital of his and his family'> trihuln
tions much better. some persons VIII,
have In their hearts the love of theil
fellow man as well Ms of art mean u
place the palette and canvas before
the dulled eye and u brush In tn
hand so long ~unoccupied that /
might have become atrophied, AMI u
supply the necessaries of physical life
while the light of genius reNi,e> au'
the hand RECEIVERS It's cunning. u
cynic view. this may meau nothin;
more than gearing up again Il bit .
machinery long idle aud ~pcrrhnn"'
still capable of producing rirh wares
II is worth while, even II there l
never to be another saluble Blahelocb
10 comfort the declining ears Of tlr
creator Of those we have,
But among all the aspects of tn
case, the one that projects most per
sistently Is that which emphasize
the futility Of even honest endeavo
tn amend the constitution Z" the uni
verse In those articles which legislat
for human nature.
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Nc stored More Than Oue Ton Of
Hay.

The new term Of the Mngistratc'>
court which opened In the Municipal
Building yesterday is designed L"
rare for violations of the tenement
house and factory laws, tn" Sanitary
Code, the regulations for the protc"'
ton If the parks. the ordinances en-
forced by the ,irensc bureau and the
regulations affecting the city's bust
ness generally. The offences coming
under these headings generally in
yolve no moral tu%rpitude. and in the
greater number Of cases the accused
appear In court not under arrest but
on summOnst~.
BY handling all such cases in one
court It will be possible to keep the
records together, To establish n stand
ard of law enforcement that will be
! reasonable and uniform and to give
consideration to the needs 0f the
, community in u manner impossible
In q court to which all classes of of
tenders 60. In many instances the
regulations and ordinances bear with
undue severity upon those who are
called On to obey them, and the OK
pprience derived from n great number
of prosecutions will he available for
the intelligent revision Of the codes
Moreover. the convenience and en-
gagements of the business men called
before the Magistrate can be consulted
without detriment to public welfare
a matter OF the utmost consequence
not only to employers but to theil
employees,
The first case called in the cOurI
WAS that Of n man accused of huvin.
violated fire prevention ordinance
by storing more than n ton of hay II
his premises. This gives n prett,
clear idea of the degree of criminnlir,
involved in the majority Of offences
The trial Of such wrongdoers Hloni
with drunken men, petty thieves ant
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Relics ~ the Old Constitution.

To 1lE EnlroK uF The SCS-S'r. I
have noticed IN the newspapers that the
United States frictte Constitution is to
BE- saved. u Interested me be- susc 7
have in my possession i've log books
an two letter books. both running from
May, 1888. to November. Isti. They
are In a ilhe state Of preservation. not
torn q itrticl. and perfectly legible. !
came into possession Of these books
when bought a house. with It's con-
tents. after the death OF the daughter
and only child OF CAPTAIN Daniel Turner.
who was Captain Of the Constitution
durin. those years and maybe longer for
all | know
! have also q picture Of the Consti-
tuition and "A letter from Commodore
Perry To Commodore Decatur recon
mendiug Captain Turner. then = Lieu
tenant. and the letter II dated March
-. 1915.
There a,e also several clippings from
sid new -ptp.I-, pertaiuinr TO the
launching 90 ;n' Fri. uy captain Tur-
ner and the presentation nf a sword
by tn. Government to Captain Turner
Tor vtlor ~ the hattie of Lake Erie.
thought the Government might want
t. possess these articles and keep them
on the Constitution.
Mrs. II. \. S~cHiEAsoS.
oAkLA>p. cal, March l..
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To.day's Duty.

In the debate In the House yester.
day On Mr.. KAHN's amendment to In
crease. the regular army to 100000
Representative MCKENZIE Of Illinois,
a Republican, asked u question and
made q statement:
why 10 II that my Republican asso-
nates during their sixteen years Of con.
trel Of the national Government under
the leadership Of Mr.. CANNON never In.
creased the military esta blishmcnt?
To-day they ask for an army that
would saddle the country with intoler.
able taxation, while armies on foreign
fields are cutting a other to pieces"
We commend to Mr.. MCKENZIE con
sideration of the thought that error,
Of the past do o Justify adherence
10 q policy inviting national disnste,
and to the fact that the days In which
''armies on foreign fields r cutting
each other to pieces" are an admir-
able time for us to prepare agains'
the skilful survivors coming to thu
United States "a cut an undrilled. I'm
equipped and helpless volunteer force
TO pieces.
That former Congresses did no
provide an adequate military estab
lishment does not relieve the Sixty
fourth Of its obligation; that wa.
devastates half the world to-day doe
not guarantee 10 the United Stutc'
uninterrupted peace In the future.
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PATRIOTIC SUFFRAGISTS.
They Pat the Couatry's welfare
Ahead Of Their Own "Cause."

IN THE EDITOR or TIE S~uN-Sir: In
yi,.w of the recent astounding events
on the Mexican border. a definite line
has at last been drawn those
Of us who believe In at least ~easOnao
prepa rcdness and those who adhere 10
the fatuous principles OF pacifism
In tho former class will be found an
overwhelming majority Of the women
Of the country. regardless OF political
or social ideals. and yet tho idea seems
to have gone abroad that tho woman
suffrage movement as q whole Stands
against preparedness.
Az a matter OF fact suffraeists In
general are not for peace at n price.
Some Of them no doubt advocate the
doctrine OF pacifsm from the narrow
view which sees only the Injury to the
cause OF equal suffrage that u FOL
low a lapsc into the barbarism OF war.
BW the majority ! know v come to
realize that aggressive barbarism can.
not be controlled bX idealisn alone. ana
that as we stand To-day. the prepared
ness which means protection In the one
vitality pressing need OF our country.
General Leonard Wood has said that
the women Of the country a render
incalculable aid to the forwarding OF
real preparedness and II thisb be 50. rest
assured that the suffragists arc doing
and have been doing their share.
To say tina they are opposing pre-
paredness merely to stand four squar
with their now discarded theory that
women's votes can abolish wal Is ~
unjust as II is untrue.
EDITH McvicxAn.
NEW YoRK. March 20.
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and Its possibilities. IN the event Of q
close struggle In Indiana next No
vembcr. cannot have failed to arouse
his interest. The delinquencics Of
Indiana politics, the bipartisan char
acter of It's offensivchcss, are per-
haps only better advertised than
those qualities In other States: yet
II Is not ~ community In which n
stern idcalist would choose an emil
neptly practical man as hts running
mate in q tight election.
Mr.. TAGGAEr Is, individually, u prac.
teal man and he would confer q
favor on the White House II he were
to announce that his sole object was
TO serve his country only until the
election of Senator SHNELY's success.
o cnn be accomplished In the regu.
lar manner.
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WHAT LONG ISLAND NEEDS.
A Mere Commutef Counsels the Man
e Of Its Railroad.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Let
an observer tell Of the things that we're
not in the tieup On the Long Island
road on March Is.
Car lights. neither storage electric nor
even oil han lamps tlanterns). except
the latter kind possessed by the rear
guards. Exits. tunnels TO streets there
| should be. every W. to three city
blocks, marked by signs and lights.
| spaced on cach side of tracks. Under
the conditions existing on Wednesday
people had to leave the trains and walk
| many blocks to get out of tunnels. and
then climb slippery iron fences.
In the tunnels they walked IN punches
OF tens. fifteens. twentics safety inches
would care for three people at most
| The railroad did push out one outgoing
train on the only open track with en-
CINE in the rear. No headlight on train.
suppose the train had caught up to a
| bunch of fifteen there would have been
some scramble to tind i've safety inches,
what?
stay on the trains said the railroad.
Yea. some stayed. $50 A. NJ. until
I o'clock, in unlighted. non-heated cars,
the cold In which Was super.nduced BY
We, floor and cold. damp tunnels. with
March the premier month for pneu-
monia. Sure. stay on the trains: a few
exits would cost too much.
What WAS and rs wanted?
\ couple of he locomotives, electric
storage II they are made. or the old re
liable steam Better near xiatior
by gas or steam than TO 1irt with
triple pneumonia. not to mention busted
ENGAGEMENTS. nerves, or al least one
of the commandments. The said "he'
locomotives to he permanently IN the
Vanderbilt avenue cut In the tunnel
Teteptpnp nrrauyererfs Arc also re.
CURED IN the tunnels for tra.nmen 70
tell or troubles and TO send for help
II was rank ~rottenness to hold thoS,
passenger In the tunnels from two I.
three hours with the up track clear 4
run shuttle trains o.. and with one
locomotive AZ least in the tunnel at III.
tine.
Finally. but not least, II is required
that telephone COMMUNICATION from .
base OF reliable Information to eart
and every station on the road he estab
lished. the station ag"uts TO relay tn
aiyices TO trainmcn ami they to the pas,
sengers- The Latter tnei, can decid,
their chances on the road or take othe
4 means OF conveyance where possibl.
Wood>!de power station knew OF tn
extent OF the aniag az once and thu
almost assured lengthy hloctadiny q
the road.
The railroad will say. at Won, han
pen again II has happened three
times IN my personal experience withi,
about twu years. once on the hotties
day In a century" or ,hereabout. AM
a. tunnels are not built for the storas'
Of the Commonwealth. please publish tn,
needs required Tor quicker relief In tn,
future.
YouR REApEr rHrRrI-srx YEARS.
NEW YORK, March 20.
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AZ the Gates Of Avlous, sad To- The
streets Of so0s..

The yer troubled Balkans exhibit
n war within a "a To them the
conflict Of the great Powers II but an
ndded complication In the net of Nm.
cient rivalries. And this view. which
undoubtedly prevails not less In the
minds of Balkan statesmen and com.
manders than In the feelings Of the
masses in the minor belligerent ma
tons on the side of the Central Pow.
ers, must make most difficult the task
Of the Kaiserliche und Koenigliche
leaders of the Teutonic alliance.
Could there be n nor proud, rest.
less aud unmanageable ally than Bul.
garia? II she Is to contribute TO Ger.
man interests, those interests must he
shown to encompass her own. II Is
not surprising that at the recent, sec.
ond proclamation Of Prince WILLIAM
of WED. ut Durazzo, us Mpret of AL.
bania. Bulgaria IA not represented.
She did not want TO he represented,
nor did the Kniser want her to he
but the coincidence Of mOmentary de-
sire does not predicate harmony OF
ultimate purpose.
A deceptive. temporary equilibrium.
The rest, as the books of ~so.called
natural philosophy used naively "a
name II. of infinite motion. A wal
with u dozen fronts still balances
about the point where 1t began, the
Balkans are the heart Of the world
! And the army of Bulgurs al the gate
q! Avlona Is a weighty factoe In thu
future of that e,erlastingly vexntiou'
problem If the Adriatic littoraI
When II l. solved and settled. ths
millennium will he upon W.. Nh!
the detiner> Of the terms Of peace
when their opportunity arrives. MAKE
II better job Of 1t In the Balkans thai
their predecessors did
They will not be able. however, Il
l~pgislute out of the Balkan people
that fierce temperament which prob
ably. rather than any deep strihin,
or widespread prcpagandi>tic con
spiracy, accounts for the attempt Il
assassinate NJ. RArosLAvofI, the Bul
yarian Prime Minister. IL SOMA a
SUNDAY. II tho attempt n mnrde
has one significance VI regard ~ Bu'
garian popular feeling. it H. only fai
Ia give M equal, opposite stcniicapc
10 the prompt attack upon the would
bc ASSASSIN by Bulgarian ~by>tandcr'
defending the Premier's person. HUI
garia's nerves are on edge.
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WORK FOR COLONEL HARVEY
should lie Undertake the suppress.
sion of villa:

To r,tL EDITOR on THk suS-Su. I
note with grave concern that that great
military genius Colonel George u. Me
Cl-llan Harvey IL disturbed. II the
midst Of IA golnng expedition At Aiken,
over our mad Il entur-' IN Mexico.
rise 10 nominate the Colonel TO 20
get villa. With lMs wide experience In
warfare, both military and political. II
ought To he easy Tor him and ! KNOW
HE disintcrested patriotism (which
alone hss doubtless provoked his recent
attacks on his old Idol. President VIII
SOM Will ris" Ia the occasion. even
though he might have To- give NJ the
strenuous activities ~ the msshtc for
the musket.
Sick EN-. Colonel. and take that other
hero. Colonel Thomas Hannibal Birch.
late Of the Jerseys but nov of Lisbon,
u fnish the JOB l. II HNMiLroS.
NV Iul,k. Mar Il -.
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Senator La FoLLxrrB nourishes as
strong a prejudice against VILLA as he
does against our merchant marine.

For the furtherance OF that branch
Of human knowledge Of which man
kind stands most in awe. pure mathe-
mates, the study Of which ranks high
est and has fewest devotees, the Swed.
ish prof ssor Baron MAGSrs GUSTAV
MiTrA0-LErrLER. Of the most dis
tinguishcd mathematicians Of his age,
has b~equeathed his whole estate. a be.
quest that is likely TO prove Of ma
tcrial as well as scientific profit. II Is
curious that the fame Of great mathe-
maticians should depend generally on
the application Of their discoveries to
more concrete sciences. such as astron-
omy. mechanics and even philosophy.
and IL may he possible that to posterity
as well as to the present generation
MiTTAG- LErrLER should be best known
as the friend and enconrager of SONIA
kovALEsxr. another remarkable mathe-
matician. whom the public remembers
only for her more commonplace writ
ings and the misfortunes Of her life.
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To Ing EDiron ov rHr SUS -hN. Clocks
need oiling az well a. bicycles, sewing
machines. a.. The most practical way
TO oil a clock IL to omen the front door and
insert a small oil can, the kind generslly
used for oiling bicycles. from which the
top has been removed, Or course the can
mus, he placed IN such \ position that
II viii not Interfere with the movement OF
tho pendulum, II the oil Is permitted IA
remain inside the clock for u few days the
dry works viii soak up enough oil TO keen
them running without friction for q lons
period, In this way not only Is the Me
Of the clock prolonged. but accurate time
l. assured. w.
SEW NuEk. March 20