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THE NEWARK POST Newark, Delaware Published Every Wednesday by Everett C. Johnson Address all communications to The Newark Post. Make all checks to The Newark Port. Telephones, D. ft A., 92 and 93. We want and invite communications, but they must be signed by the writer's name—not for publication, but for our information and protection. Entered as second-class matter at Newark, Del., under act of March 3, 1879. The subscription price of this paper is $1.50 per year in advance. Single copies 4 cents. JANUARY 23, 1918 WIN THE WAR By a vote of fifty to nineteen the United States Senate passed a res olution in favor of postponement of the carrying out of the order of the fuel administration. The vote cannot be called partisan, for weighty Senators of the Demo cratic side generally aligned them selves with leading Republicans in this condemnation of President Wilson's Administration. As to the fuel administrator and his fantas tic remedy for a situation due to gross inefficiency on the part of the executive government at Washing ton, it may be that that gross in efficiency conceivably brought about a situation so grotesque as to need a grotesque cure. We are not just here dealing with that question. The stupendous interest of the Senate's vote is in tne fact that it cannot be regarded as any thing less than a clear-cut vote of lack of confidence in President Wilson's Administration. There seems no doubt that but for tech nical intervention by one Repre sentative a similar vote would have been cast in the lower house. It is high time that the President should realize that the era of un critical support is at an end and that his Administration must shape its course very differently if it is to regain and maintain the confidence of the country. A series, nay a habit, of ill-judged appoint ments and of tenacious support of appointees who have failed to con vince the country of their efficiency is part of the existing evil. An other part 'is lack of timely com prehensive action, due to the per sistent failure of the President to follow the course of all the other countries at war by calling to his aid in a real war council those who are by common consent the ablest men in the country, whatever be their political affiliations. Radical change in these two respects can alone remove the loss of confidence which is reflected by the dramatic action taken by the American Sen ate. Under any other system of demo cratic government such a vote of lack of confidence would be follow ed, as a matter of course, by a change of Cabinet and a reorgan ization of the Government. The fact that the President of the United States is placed by the chief activities of his office in a position corresponding to that of prime minister throws upon him a responsibility to the Congress and to public opinion of which he is not divested by the loftiness of his office in its other phases nor by the permanent period of his tenure. Mr. Hitchcock, a Democratic Senator, of Nebraska, truly said on the day of the Senate's resolution: * * the whole thing points to what is becoming pub lic knowledge that we have no co-ordination in our Govern ment; Doctor Garfield does one thing and another department of the Government does another thing. This situation this morn ing speaks strongly for some sort of reform in our Govern ment, and eventually we will be forced upon the necessity of locating powers somewhere for the 'purpose of bringing about co-ordination * * * it's ut terly 'impossible for the Pres ident to do everything." Refering to the need of a war council, he added: "If we had such a Cabinet (meaning a war council above the Cabinet) now things would not be in such disastrous shape and orders such as this would not be necessary.'* Does the President want Amer ica to be efficient in this war? Does the President wish to restore confidence in his Administration? If so, his course is mear. So is his absolute and unescapaible respon sibility.—Public Ledger. it * SCHOOLS ENLIST IN W. S. S. CAMPAIGN of in to as of if Letter From State Commis sioner To Teacher Every school teacher in the State of Delaware has been called to the colors to help bring to a success ful issue the War-Savings cam paign which has been undertaken throughout the nation. Professor A. R. Spaid, State Commissioner of Education, has taken the leader ship in this movement and is ap pealing to every teacher for active co-operation. The following letter has been sent by him to every teacher in the State : January 12, 1918. To the Teachers of Delaware: Mr> Henry P. Scott, Wilmington, has been appointed by the Treas ury Department at Washington as State Director of the War-Savings Committee. Ex-Governor Charles R. Miller, Mr. Hervey P. Hall, and Dr. G. Layton Grier are the direc tors of New Castle, Kent and Sus sex counties, respectively. I have been appointed a member of the War-Savings committee, and have been given the responsibility of organizing all the schools into thrift associations. As usual, the teachers are in a position to do ex cellent service. They can do this without interferring with the reg ular school work. The proposition is simple and the literature ex plains every detail. The work can begin at once as the thrift stamps and war-savings certificates are on sale at all post offices. Read the newspapers for directoins and ex planations, and use the lessons on thrift in your school as soon as received. 'Compared with others, this country has al ways been known as a nation of spenders, not a nation of savers. Before the war began, France, for instance, had some 12,000,000 bondholders, whereas we had only about 370,000. If France had not been able to rely on the savings of her people, the war might have been lost long ago. The War-Sav ings Certificate campining should have an effect in making America, too, too, a nation of savers and thus have an effect far beyond the mere purposes of the war." A FEW FACTS OUR PROBLEM—The estimated of a a a is population of Delaware is 234,819, and we are expected to buy through thrift stamps and war certificates $4,696,380 ' This is savings worth of "Baby Bonds.' at the rate of $20 per capita. AFTER 5 YEARS—Should we buy our full share, viz, $4,696,380, that large amount will be returned to the citizens of this State Jan uary 1, 1923, and since each five dollar stamp will have been sold at a little over $4, of this principal amount, over $800,000, will be pro fit made through the interest. WHAT IT WOULD BUY—Fix ing the price of a comfortable home at $2,000, this interest would buy for the Delaware people over 400 homes, or it would pay the 1, 100 school teachers a salary of over $700 a year. YOUR WORK—Arouse the in terest of your community in this thrift campaign and report your success to your county superin tendent. Cordially yours, A. R. SPAID, State Commissioner of Ed ucation co-operating with the State Director. H. P. SCOTT, State Director. Youth's Companion Calendar For 1918 The Youth's Companion Prac tical Home Calendar combines the beautiful with the useful. It is especially sought for by busy peo ple, because it gives at one glance not only the days of the current month, but those of the month pre ceding and the month following, all on the one leaf. At the same time the calendar is decorative in design and suitable for a place in the best room in the house. It is given to all readers of The Youth's Companion who have paid their subscriptions for 1918. A ; EXAMS UNDER HONOR SYSTEM Idea As It Prevails At Dela ware The Honor System was explain ed and discussed by students of Delaware College at Chapel exer cises last Wednesday, preceding the mid year exams which began on Thursday. The idea of the sys tem as in effect at Delaware is as follows : When a man has an examination scheduled he reports at the time specified and at the room specified. The professor who is giving that examination gives out the ques tions to all who come and then leaves the room, designating where to leave the papers upon comple tion. After the professor leaves no one is in the examination. They have absolute liberty to do any thing which will not disturb the other men and which will not con stitute a breach of the honor pledge. When a student has com pleted his paper he signs the fol lowing pledge and deposits his pa per: "I have neither given nor re ceived any aid in this examination, and if I have seen apyone act dis honorably I will report it to the Student Council." The students all reel the serious ness of the duty Which devolves upon them and it is expected that these examinations will clinch the honor system so that it will tinue to be a power for good for years to come at Delaware College. Those who spoke to the student body were Donald P. Horsey, Harry B. Alexander, Garrett R. Cantwell and F. Bayard Carter. It was announced today that the tickets for the Junior Prom would be placed on sale Monday of next week, and will be limited to ninetv couples. The floor in Old College Hall is too small to accommodate a larger number. The tickets will be limited to the three upper class es of students and faculty and alumnae, freshmen to be provided if any are left. con Cï - oKL 1 CH OF ROBER T SOMERS BROOKINGS (Continued from Page 3) j , „ etc. they have now an advantage ; nt V hIr^Hpr h0lesale merchanta in other cities. ; sue cess from the beginning, and now , "The Station was a financial vr - 4 " i Ä <0? i, ■ *• TV*'-' S*'' ?v*; a; 2* : A- 'Æ A £ ' j < ■ ' v,i gl Interest Paid on all Deposits 2 per cent, on Check Accounts 4 per cent, on Savings Accounts NEWARK TRUST AND SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANY NEWARK, DELAWARE yields an income of nearly half a million dollars a year. It has tracks connecting with every railroad that enters St. Louis. Chambers of Commerce of other cities have visited it with an idea of adopting its time-saving and money-saving advantages. "When Mr. Brookings and his partner determined to endow Washington University, they as sured it a certain income by giving to it the' Couples Station. Mr. Brookings is still general manager of the Station, but turns over his twenty-five thousand dollars salary to the college. And this is not Mr. Brookings's only philanthrophy. The Mercantile Library, an old in stitution in St. Louis, was badly located in an unpopular section of the city. It had very little endow ment and was not patronized suf ficiently to provide funds for its upkeep. Mr. Brookings was elect ed a member of the board of direct ors and immediately began to use his business acumen for the ad vantage of the library. Bonds were floated sufficient for a new build ing, accommodating the library and having large office space. The rent received was sufficient to pay its bonded indebtedness and taxes, and provided sufficient funds for the library's maintenance. In 1913 Mr. Brookings gave an additoinal million dollars to erect a medical department in Washing ton University. When he was elected president of the trustees he canceled the University's in debtedness out of his own fortune. "Although Mr. Brookings has never married, he has a large and beautiful country home at Crystal City on the western banks of the Mississippi. The estate is large, and over it a herd of deer at will. roams It is noted for beautiful gardens and immense oaks. There is a large library where Mr. Brook ings spends most of his time when at leisure, and his art gallery is surpassed by few in America. "The life of Robert Somers Brookings should be an inspiration and lesson to every ambitious American boy. It teaches that man may overcome difficulties by pluck, industry and intelligence, j and that he can . rise from poverty to success by his own efforts. It i ; also teaches that man does not live I for himself for Mr. Brook- ( ; mgs believes that the accumula tion of wealth or wielding of , power for personal ends and glory j a does not constitute one's duty to the world. His life shows that as much energy and intelligence should be given to our duties to humanity as to our own personal aims." »» MASQUERADERS AT PLAYHOUSE Founded On Katherine Cecil Thurston's Novel Lots of people before and since Bobby Burns have wished they might see themselves as other do. Sometimes it is possible to do so, as Guy Bates Post has proved. When Richard Walton Tully de cided to produce "The Masquer ader," at the Playhouse, Wednes day, January 30, matineee and night, a play founded upon Kath erine Cecil Thurston's popular novel of the same name, he chose Mr. Post for the star part, or rather parts. For in this play Mr. Post appears .both as a drug-soak ed member of Parliament and as a rising editorial writer. Both men are supposed to look exactly alike, and P is out of their bargain to exchange stations in life that the complications of the drama arise. himself if his makeup as the two men were sufficiently alike and yet Mr. Post was anxious to see for sufficiently different. An ingen ious photographer solved the dif ficulty. —Adv. R. T. JONES FUNERAL DIRECTOR i - I ( Second Hand Furniture tSOUgnt ana oOld j Upholstering and Repairing to as to Want Advertisement) r e Far Sala. For Hurt, Loot a*d FOB BALE — New two and one half frame eifht room dwelling . „„ 25 Cs" d " c * NEWARK TRUST AND SAPr DEPOSIT CO. E Beal Estate Department al so, or a in FOR SALE—Pure bred stock erels—Barred Plymouth Rhode Island Red, and Wh# Leghorn of the famous U Eglantine strain. $2.00 each G. w. Murray' Phone 252-J, Newârl CM Roc os ai tf. WANTED — A stenographer first class office girl. Mustb { good penman. Apply i n 0 „ handwriting stating experien, and salary expected. Permanei position for the right person Apply XYZ ui el tf. Newark Post. to FOR SALE—New 9-room housi barn and chicken house nearly nine acres of good laj about one mile from 12-5-tf. e 1a postofflc WELLER'S 5-10-25c ST0R1 on f FOR SALE—Eight room house t Delaware Avenue, conveniences, heater this year. Apply ISAAC R. JOHNSON, Newer All modej pipelei New îor 12-5-tf. 'ie FOR SALE—Small place, 28 JOSEPH KEMETHER R. D. 2, Elkton, Mi acre 'ai le l-16-4t-pd. FOR SALE—Berkshire pigs, sevs to eight weeks old. l-16-2t. \le 'PHONE 19. FOR RENT—Dwelling house, 14 West Main. Six rooms and ball Electric lights. March 25th. Apply Possession pro Hr E. D. SANBORN, Depot Roai 1-23-3L pre .et NOTICE wa he The Public Sale of Person Property on the J. B. Cazier Hon Farm advertised for Tuesday, Jai ß uary 22nd, has been postpone 0 f until February 1, 1918. Mt. Vernon Farms, Ik W. S. Armstrong, Auc. ott; e\i. wa tha cal on A Vicious Vest noi toth *rjzn [giv •um poi the RAT CORN me *» T* ■ w Dm4t la 1 to leg ing g l II twltoh k> toto. - - Ge M.K he! / in ele ex< JOHN F. RICHARDS Delaw«« wi1 Newark Wi C( BUILDING LOTS FOR SALE Buy a lot on the installmenl plan. Five dollars per front fool Lots 50x150 feet deep, and P*?' ments $5.00 monthly. Only a fe* more left at this rent all your life when thru tM Building & Loan Assosiation yo< can own a home in 12 years? Gd to see me if interested. T. F. ARMSTRONG. Owner Mi Ca Why P'f leg price. Pic Ph noi Ph Te vei He jec mg at WILSON tio on Co tio to Gr FUNERAL DIRECTOR sy] tio ed ca] flu leg Prompt and Personal Attenté Wi he tent at cemetery Appointments the B * 1 Ch WI Co PICTURE FRAMING