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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-06
German Underwriters a Menace
(From the New York Trlbune).

question. There is another aspect
The value Of an American investors
insurance is jeopardized through re-
insurance with German companies.
The assets which these companies
have available here are inconsider-
able The assets which they have al
home are problematical. They car
pay little or nothing out Of their
home resources while the war lasts.
BY the time it ends their only assets
may be deprecated German govern
ment obligations.
Mr. Hurd the president Of the Law
yers' Mortgage Company, put the
matter bluntly when he sad. on
Wednesday,: 1T seemed to me that
as a matter of cold business the lin
surance) policy Of any company de-
pending in any way on reinsurance
with German companies is not desir-
able" A German company's guarantee
is not desirable in itself The unre-
stricted activity here of companies
giving such guarantees is even less
desirable; since their agents are put
in a position to secure information
which should be withheld from our
enemies and their business represen-
tatives.
The Senate Commerce Committee
will make a mistake II It accepts Sen
ator Frelinghuysen's amendment. II
we are going to cut off trading with
the enemy. let us make a complete
Job Of It. No exceptions should be
tolerated in favsr of domestic con-
Germs which may find 1t convenient
to pool interests with German under
writer's.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-06

The most convincing answer TO
Senator Brelinghuysen's proposal to
continue the practice Of reinsurance
in German fire insurance companies
is the resolution passed by the Law
yers' Mortgage Company. of this city.
That company has decided not to
place mortgage loans on any property
insui ed by a fire insurance company
which reinsures any part OF its risks
in German concerns. That is at once
sound patriotism and good business
policy.
There is no good reason why Ger
man concerns should be permitted to
do business here during the war. It
is one of the penalties Of war that
trading with the enemy shall stop.
The agents of the enemy associa-
tons here, when they reinsure risks
written by American companies, be-
come entitled to a knowledge Of the
plans OF the plants on which they
become joint insurers. Whether they
always exercise their privileges or
not is beside the question. They en-
Joy it and can enforce it. Moreover,
to allow German companies to con-
tinue in business here Is to keep
alive a system of enemy agencies
which might easily be turned into
centres of espionage We do not in
tern German civilians But we must
see to 1t that they are cut off from
their ordinary business associations
with Germany. It is folly to permit
them to remain modified in a bust
ness sense.
That is the political aspect Of the
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-06
With The PaFaqraphers

The impression prevails widely that II the seectve
draft law were hot in force, then citizens who now
come under its operation would not be subject to call
for military service This is a mistake Under the
upon emergency, summon civilians 10 bear arms. In
some States the maximum age limit to 40 years.
that the requirements in such more
exactng than III under the seecye draft law That
any persons, capable OF bearing arms positively
immune to summons for military defensive purposes
in times of public need is a false supposition. The
United States is not miitaristc nation but all OF its
citizens have and must accept common responsibilities
Christian Science Monitor.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-06

Neither the fact that the Industrial
Workers of the World boast that
they are outlaws defying every legis
lative enactment designed to protect
property and life nor their record Of
lawless Violence and murder absolves
the government from safeguarding
them. The murder OF Little, one Of
the society's executive committee. in
Butte, Mon, is not less a murder be-
cause Little was a fomenter OF DIS
order, and possibly the tool OF Prus-
sian enemies OF the United States.
than II would have been If he had
led a peaceful and lawabiding life.
The authorities declare that they will
seek out and prosecute his assasslns.
and this is their manifest duty, even
though the authors Of the crime pro-
claim themselves vigilantes and pre-
tend to act for the public veal
In this case as in other recent in
stances OF mob disorder. the real
question involved touches something
deeper than the conduct aud the pur-
poses Of the victim of the outburst.
Why are citizens of Butte convinced
that the vigilante committee should
be revived? Why in East st. Louis,
ILL.,, and in Chester, Pa, did mobs
form and terrorize the towns? Why
In New Mexico did It appear neces-
sary to powerful elements in the
community to institute a system OF
deportation that nobody can defend?
In our opinion the answers to these
questions may be summarized In
these words: The authorities. throL gh
laxness, through stupidity, through
corruption, through mistaken lcnty,
tolerated disorder until the popua-
tions they servo lost confidence -
them and In the law and regarded
themselves as privileged persons, In
formally commissioned to do as they
pleased Criminals and their hangers
on were emboldered to infracton OF
tho law: men who suffered fro n their
depredetions looked vainly to the Of
ficials for protection until they wCro
convinced that theft. defeGcs NUT
came from their own efforts. When
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-06
SAYS RAILROADS Can
spare MEN FOR France

NEW YORK, Aug. 6.-Vital aid for
France and Russia in the solution OF
their transportation problems and in
creased wa<-tlme efficiency for this
country is obtainable through the
elimination Of duplication Of inspec-
t'on service on American railways in
the opinion of p. z. LOOMS, president
of the Lehigh Valley Railroad,
1T goes without saying" said Mr..
LOOMS. that l believe in overlook
ing nothing which goes to insure abb
sOlute safety for passenger and freight
trains and the crews who handle
them Th's. railroad complies with
all Government and State regulations
and our inspectors are constantly
watching that these conditions do not
change.
as this then not the ideal time to
cut out the duplication and re-dupli-
cation OF our efforts by State and
Government authorities? The State
commissions and the Interstate Com
merce Comm 'ssiOn have hundreds OF
expert railroad men in their employ,
whose only duties are the checking
up of our efforts to protect our OEn
people, the passengers who ride on
our trains and the shipments we
handle Zeal for safety always Is com
mendable. but with the abnormal de-
mand for railroad men abroad exist
ing right now, and the certainty that
we are going to do everything to keep
the railroads moving at the highest
point of efficiency. my point is that
this over and superAinspection Is one
/ Of those luxurles we might forego FOL
1 the period Of the war.
"Then there is the physical valua'
ton work being done by the Inter.
state Commerce Commission. This Is
tying I'D several thousand engineers
and other experts who are needed
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-06

pension unless he had given the company at least ten
years Of service.
It was soon found that this policy also valuable
damper strikes. The older were not only kept
from striking by the fear OF losing their pensions but
by the greater that they could not get another
Job anywhere If they were As. So the policy was
soon taken up by corporations which had pension
system and could not plead the financial liability Of
their companies for pensions a bar to the employ
ment OF old men,
In some OF the cities Cleveland for example the old
men attempted to form organizations for mutual help
and agitation against the age-iimit rules; but they
could not break down the barrier.
Gray hairs were on the blacklist and there was ap-
parentiy hope of relief
Now all this is changed. Any man who looks husky
and ready to do a days work get Job almost any
where The latch-strng is hanging out for labor in
every factory in the country.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-06
RAKER IN AsCENDANCY.

TT is said at Washington that Barney" Baruch was
not placed at the head OF the centralized pur
chasing board because he could not secure the recon-
mendaton OF his associates the Council OF National
Defense That honor goes to Frank A Scott OF Cleve
land, Ohio the home city OF Secretary Newton d.
Baker who discovered Mr.. Scott and brought him TO
Washington His preferment over Mr.. Baruch appears
to be triumph for Mr. Baker against the influence Of
Secretary McAdoo-an6 It may foreshadow the develop
ment Of the Secretary Of War candidate for the
Presidency in opposition TO Mr. McAdoo.
Age, geography, freedom from previous entangling
alliances and from the charge OF nepotism and the
likelihood OF united support from his home State.
combine to give Mr. Baker elements OF strength which
Mr. McAdoo lacks And yet, II Baker, should hear
away the prize have doubt that McAdoo would
conclude that the United States entered this in
vain
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-06
THE NOBLE WORDS OF FRANZ s1GEL.


IN these days Of subtle influence against this gov
eminent and its war, when certain German-Ameri-
cans in Delaware and elsewhere have displayed them
selves all German and not American ct all, except
that they made their fortunes here, people often
wonder what the old Germans Of 1S4s would say.
They were the Germans who came to this country
because they could not make Germany free, the Ger
mans who bravey fought in the Union armies to pre-
serve the Union and free the blacks.
One Of the most notable OF these old Franz
sge The last speech he made to COMMUNICATIONS
was in German and paragraph bears upon this very
subject.
II almost appears II the old soldier had prophetic
vision Of what might happen and wanted to forewarn
his countrymen His words might well be taken to
heart by every man in this country with a drop Of
German blood:
POLITICALLY am an American and moth
ing else; but ] am proud to be a German.
would consider myself less than man were
70 forget the tremendous sacrifice made by
the immigrant Germans in defense Of their
new Fatherland Shall this blood have flowed
in yain2 Shall we attack this country to
which we gave all we had to give? This coun-
try is our country out interests its inter
ests. Here We are here Will our descendants
be- here we shall stay. The Union, and
forever"
II man can't fervenuy echo the last three sentences
he ought to leave this country II he can't live up
to the sentiment thus phrased he may be a citizen by
birth or naturalization, but he is enemy in heart
and in fact
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-06

badly There is work Of a vital nature
for them either here or abroad, but
the practical value OF what they are
doing now is, to say the least, ex
tremely questionable.
"Aad finally we have the so-called
full-crew laws, imposing upon the
railroads extra men for train service
which experience has proven abso-
lutely unnecessary. Happily. New
Jersey has taken the lead in making
the law Less burdensome by permit
ing the reduction wherever the rail-
roads can show the extra men are I'M
necessary. Pennsylvania IS expected
to suspend the law during the war. II
other States which have enacted this
foolish legislation will follow lsuit,
not only will our man power be in
creased but the efficiency Of the rail-
roads greatly improved"
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-06
AMERICA FIRST, LAST,
AND ALL THE TIME.

We gaze on the sky starlight night
And wonder why the stars shine so bright;
Let's pause for a moment and look at our Flag
Whose stars constantly twinkle-boys don't lag;
For red calls for valor, the blue means truei
The white speaks for justice and the world bows to
you
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-06
WHAr GERMANY rs Won

From the New York Sun.
Three years ago today the two EN-
perors OF Central Europe had just
embarked on the incendlary adven-
ture which set the whole world in
flames What has It prohted them or
the people over whom they ruled?
The Berlin Tageblatt in its review
OF the three years says that the leu
tonic allies have captured and now
hold about 54S,737 square kilometers,
or rather more than $3.50 600 square
miles, Of Entente territory. Aside
from this # offers no evidence of pro-
fit from the torrent of war which
Germany loosed upon the world.
Is Germany more respected than
before that fateiHl day when the
scrap OF paper was torn up and the
great guns opened upon Liege? Are
Germans better beloved. or more
eagerly sought as citizens by other
nations? Are German erudition, schol-
arship and invention moro highly es-
teemed? Is German trade thriving
and rapidly extending In all parts OF
the wOrld-Or likely to in the mex
quarter century?
That 10000 square miles OF hei
neighbors' territory-every acre o.
which she will have to surrender
represents today the German gair
from three years OF war Of unex-
nmpled savagery. What is the price
she has paid?
The price in money spent, in lives
sacrificed in men crippled for life
and made charges upon their com.
munities. colossal as Il is, by nc
means measures to Germany and the
Germans the real cost Of their En-.
perors criminal ambitions. In these
respects the other nations OF The
world have shared with the aggres
sor the burden of a bankruptcy ok
penditure. But Germany will for year,
have to pay and pay again in costly
isolation.
The price she has paid at home 70
, milltarism Is heavy The burden o
bankruptcy. Of starvation. of sorro'
and sacrifice grows daily heavier, an
stll the war lords procla m that Gel
many is victorious
The shadow CT defeat broods owe
the land, but not for years to com
| will Germany understand how cost
that defeat has been and how criml
nel was the lust for conquest whic
imposed on the world the red mad
ness OF tho three years just ended.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-06

entertain affection respect for young
who asks her to marry him he may claim exemption
from service. wedding resting upon such a
foundation an exceedingly precarious social under
taking.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-06
GEMS OF THOUGHT

The truth is that are our best when we try TO be
H. not for ourselves alone. but for BRETHREN
Anonymous.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-06
THE KIND On pEACE TO GIyE GERMANY.

THERE has been recurrence of-peace talk during
= the past week o: Delawareans doubtless realize
that most OF It IA pifhe. For instance Borah In the
United states Senate anxously asks that this govern
ment announce its peace aims. To Eorah the only
answer is; Peace Will when the people OF the
democracles Of this world decide that they have by
force, mado this earth safe for them and their chill
aren
Then there is Michaelis, the new German chancel-
Tor who asks for honorable peace for Germany and
wines that the Allies are bent on making hard terIas
Tor his country.
Il might just well be said right now as later
that Germany entitled to no consideration whatever
There isn't anything honorable decent about her TO
command the respect the mercy OF the demo-
cratic peoples who spending their substance and
giving their blood 10 make the world safe for liberty
md unsafe for tyranny
Germany prepared for forty years to ravage the
world and then exploit st.
With cod-blooded elaboration she started this fright
ful II anybody had any doubts about this at the
beginning the overwhelming evidence has long since
made IL a certainty.
For three years Germany has violated every decency
In human life.
For three years she has violated every law Of God
and man.
Not In the heat Of battle, but with COOL ordered de-
liberation she has practced crimes that are not sur
passed by the beasts OF the jungle
Nothing has been too barbarous nothing too savage
She has slain the nnocent-the mother with the
babe on her breast The doddering old man. the child
at its play.
Her thirst for blood has been Unsuitable; women
have been her FIRST choice as victims She has MUIR
dered robbed burned devastated without reason heart
essy History cites nothing in the dark ages that is
worse than the German record in the lands she has
oyerrun-a record dreadful so shocking that to the
md Of time history viii tell Of It with horror
An honorable compromise peace for this dasardly
,utlaw among nations?
thousand times no.
We think that most Deswareans viii agree that I
aishonorable peace is the best that Germany is en-
titled TO- 1t is the only kind Of peace can under
stand Reprisals she would understand better. bu
democraces civilized people and they cannot de
lcend to such depths OF infamy
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-06
QUA GAIN FROM THE WAR.

From the philadelphia Inquirer.
As a result OF this war we shall
have a country for more efficient In
every respect. We shall have immense
plants that can be turned from war
like pursuits into establishments for
peaceful occupations. We shall lean
the much needed lesson Of discipline.
We shall tiirn out young men better
trained physically, boys far more
capable CT grasping responsibilities
and less given to the sOftnesses OF
life. The breed OF Americans will i'm
prove.
We are a wasteful natio,n-fear-
fully and wickedly wasteful. We shall
study In the school Of economy We
must supply our allies with food dur
ing the period of the war. That means
that much land now unproductive
will be made to yield crops We shall
learn the secret of intensive farming.
so that with the restoration of peace
food will be produced in larger guam
titles. We shall practise self-denial in
many ways and that Will be good for
us ALL
For many years our share in the
Ocean-carrying trade has been slight.
With our shipyards turning out stan
dRrdized vessels, we should acquire a
considerable merchant feet. We shall
be- ready to compete for foreign
trade.
We are going 70 pass through a
period such as will try mems souls,
but It ought to work out for the fu-
ture peace and prosperity Of the ma
ton.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-06

Russian say they're not bothered by sent-
ment when killing Germans. There are some Americans
who can learn something from these brave Russian
women.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-06

THE OLD MEN ARE NOW HAVING THEIR INNINGS.
I n Wilmington and elsewhere the war has reopened
the doors Of industry to the old men, who for years
past had been systematically barred from employment
BY the great American corporations.
Thus there is one bright spot least in the dark
clouds OF war
THE Pennsylvania railroad has just announced that
age viii no longer be barrier employment in that
corporation lthas been a rigid rule Of the Pennsyl-
vana that no man As years age should be hired
but now they are ready to take men up TO 20 II they
are in sound physical condition.
The Steel Trust used an even more rigid rule
that no unskiled man 50 and no skilled man over
% should under any conditions hired but with the
physical stoppage Of immigration and the enormous
expansion OF the steel industry orders this rule
had TO be thrown TO the winds
These are not isolated examples Before the war
began almost every large corporation and many small
ones mad set up deadlne against men OF middle
age II got so that 40 who lost his lob had
no chance for unemployment matter how vigorous
and Weli-preserYed he might be- And IL he was over
90 there was nothing ahead except odd Jobs support by
relatives organized charity the poornouse over the
hill. 1t reached almost the proportions of a con-
spiracy against the fathers and grandfathers
The discrimination against old men started with the
establishment Of pension funds Men over As became
liability for the companies; they started in to ar
range things that could possibly come I'D for
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-06

No wonder milk is high. In this weather most OF It
evaporates as it leaves the COW.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-06

Here We talking about conservation and old Sol
goes and wastes all the heat he has in summer.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-06

Yes Lord Kitchener is alive-in the memory Of those
who cherish him.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-04-30

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE rrxru
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR pm =
SouRrf txxI FLo RID CHANcERY.@
CO-PARTNERs DOING BTsIHFs pSiAGs:
ENNIS HUDGINGs. VERSUS NJ a
NOTICE OF MASTERS SALE
Under and by virtue Of final decree rem
dered IN the above entitled cause on the 18th
Jehn ). Edwards Judge Of the Circuit canrt
Of the Tenth Judicial Circuit In ana far PIP
county. Florida, in Chaneery sitting. IN favor
II W. Is. Ennis and Thomas Hudcings "a
partners doing business as Ennis A Hl,S,inSs
against NJ. L. Bryant: /. the undersigned
special Matser in Chancery. will sell at pub
lie outcry before the courthouse door in me
city oil Barlow IN said county and State be
tween the legal hours Of sale on Nondav ~.
4ih day Of June A. d. 1917, same heIng "a
nrst Monday in said month and a legal sales
day Tor cash 10 the highest and best bidder
the following described personal property sit
usted IN foik county, Florida particularly
described as follows:
One lot tinware
One lot glassware
One lot crockery
Furniture and fixtures
Foul showcases
One refrigerator
one case eyap. apples
One case peas
one case washing powder
One case pickles
ono sack lima beans
one case esap cream
enc case cOmd milk
ono corn
one iron safe
one case salmon
enc case safdiues
one case oysters
three cases can beef
one case matches
Two sacks Hour
ono case soap
0o-lhs bacon
ENu lard
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-04-30

these figures, says the report. are
considerably above any recorded dur
Ing the preceding fifty years. and are
within measurable distance of the
general European ratio. which for
many years has been considerably in
excess of the British.
THE marriage rate was the high
est on record; the birth rate was the
lowest on record; the death rate
from typhoid fever was the lowest
on record; that from influenza the
highest since 1896. The average ages
of both men and women marrying
were the highest on record; that of
men was 27.3 years; women. %. ..
The infant mortality rate was the
lowest on record
\ rise in mortality among the
aeed of both sexes is noted 1t is 4
feature that has appeared in the sta
tistics of other belligerent countries
and is regarded as reflex of the I'M
usual stress and anxiety of the time
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-04-30

Claiming that their Everglades
land is not subject to taxation for
drainage purposes and that the tax
levied is unlawful and excessive, ]
A. Gates and nineteen others have
brought suit in the Federal Court
to enjoin R. b McLendon, tax COZ
lector of Dade county. and the tax
collectors OF Broward. Lee and Palm
Beach counties from collecting such
taxes or from selling their lands for
ron pa yment of such taxes. The case
is an outgrowth of the suit of j b
Showalter Ct al. VS.. the Trustees OF
Internal Improvement Fund. in
which the State Supreme Court found
verdict for the trustees.