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Newark (Eocmr.g Star
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VOL. I,X XXIV—NO. 108.
FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1915.
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! | JTEA.lt AND FAR SIDE STOPS.
I f The Public Service Corporation, acting under the
authority of the new traffic, act, haa ordered near-side
■tops for trolley cars. The Board of Works may or
may not approve this action, but doubtless will, as
It Is based upon the Judgment of tbe railroad com
pany.
The traffic act was subject to a number of amend
ments In the Senate. The provision In the bill re
lating to near-side stops was not in the original act,
but appeared in a committee substitute. The sub- !
stitute was amended from tbe floor, allowing “the !
board or body having control of the streets in any
municipality” to determine the question.
The advisability of near or far side stops Is de
batable. In New York city, where the change was
recently made. It is claimed by the street railways 1
that near-side stops have lessened the number of j
accidents.
In winter, it is contended, the near-side stops are !
not always advisable, as snow prevents persons from ;
boarding a car in the cleaned space at the crosswalk.
The tendency of all municipalities appears to be
toward the near-side stop as being in the interests of
safety.
The Board of Works will probably give the matter
careful consideration between now and the 16th Inst.,
wh.cn the Public Service order is effective. The sec
tion of the act gives municipal bodies ample power. |
JERSEY CITY AND POLICE DISCIPLINE.
The battle now being waged by Director of Public
Safety Prank Hague, of Jersey Ofty, against the fn- |
fluence of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association is
attracting State-wide attention. After Director
Hague had slipped through the Legislature, under
the eyes of the police outposts, a MU allowing each
commissioner to try employes of his department
Without reference to the other members of the com
mission, he proceeded to try about two hundred
pffleers for sUeged violations of the regulations.
In the oourse of these trials Director Hague an
nounced that he proposed to break up the tnAuenoe
of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association In the
Jersey City poltoe department The chief of police,
Frank Monahan, a former president of the Patrol
men's Benevolent Association, took Issue with Ms
superior officer, and at a Musouet In the olty of New
York criticised Director Hague In no uncertain lan
guage.
This action on the part of the oblef of police has
led Director Hague to submit the esse to the full
commission for review and decision. The chief will
be tried on May 17 on charges now being formulated.
The outcome win he looksd for with keen Interest
throughout the oountry. It Is an extraordinary
situation.
p AN EVENT IN OUR MUSICAL LIFE.
The three brilliant concerts in the First Regiment
Armory this week, which gave Infinite pleasure to
thousands of Newark's music lovers, redound to the
credit of our city by their artistic excellence. They
will be remembered as a really great event In New
ark’s annals, an event that elevated the tone of the
community and will have a powerfnl educational in
fluence.
Even In New York It Is not often that jmch concert
audleneeB as were gathered in the armory auditorium
could be assembled for three euceesstve nights,
though New York city draws upon the entire metro
politan district. The attendance at the three eonoerts
was therefore moit remarkable, while th$ quality of
the entertainment would compare moat favorably
with the best that Is give* In the metropolis.
rv THE TURPITUDE OF JAPAN.
Whatever difference of opinion may exist In this
country In regard to the causes for the war In
Europe, there can be only one opinion ae to the crlsle
In the Far East. Unoffending China, has never In
modem history been an aggressor, and she only asks
to be let alone or treated with fairness and Justice.
On the other hand, Japan Is provocative, aggressive
and utterly unscrupulous, as well as treacherous.
These forbidding qualities have been fully brought
Into play by the opportunity to exploit China. Bound
by treaties with China and with other nations in
reference to China, Japan, with an unfaith charac
teristic of the race, disregards and violates these
solemn covenants and prepares to subject her peace
ful neighbor to calamities. It is as if an armed thug
were murderously attacking an unarmed and peaceful
citizen.
If moral support can do China any good, she has
it in full in the United States, and it will abide with
her. At the same time, whatever sentiment existed
in this country favorable to Japan has rapidly dis
appeared. That nation stands revealed as the faith
less breaker of treaties and the ravisher of a weaket
f neighbor that trusted to her insincere professions
and promises.
A TRIUMPH OVER A GREAT PEST.
Newark and the city’s suburbs have been entirely
free from the mosquito pest so far this year. This
is a new experience, for in the spring in all former
years there was an invasion of swarms of mosquitoes,
the vanguard of more numerous and vicious swarms
in the summer. This welcome change is evidently
due to the diking and drainage work done on the
meadows between Newark and Elizabeth.
It Is premature to say that Newark and its neigh
bors will enjoy entire freedom during the summer
i from the annual plague that In some sections has
'made life unendurable; but at least the evil will be
I greatly minimized. Systematic effort in other direc
I tions, including Bergen county, which has now en
listed in the campaign of extermination, will produce
the desired results.
Fourteen years ago a bill was introduced in the
Legislature providing for an appropriation of $300,
000, to be spread over a number of years, to be ex
pended under direction of the State entomologist for
! systematic extirpation of the mosquitoes in the State.
There was much hilarity wlied the bill came up for
debate. It was looked upon as a joke and was de
feated. But that didn’t end it. In the following
week the legislators came back with a chastened
spirit, revived the bill and it became a law. They had
heard from their constituents.
It was not an extravagant estimate to say that
the mosquito, so long associated with the name of
New Jersey, damaged the State in Its property in
terests to the extent of from fifty to one hundred
millions, and it has since been found by medical In
vestigation that the insect was responsible for malaria
and, by its annoyance, for sickness and death. People
were slow to realize this fact. In the last fourteen
years, with an indifferent Legislature and hostile in
fluences In many sections, the cause of mosqnlto ex
termination has made slow progress. Newark has
been foremost In enterprise and set the example for
all the municipalities and counties.
So well advanced Is this great work In the State
that in the next five or ten years It may be truly
said that New Jersey Is at last redeemed In all, her
parts from the curse that rested upon It, and that
will mean many thousands of new homes, a vast
Increase In property values and a great improve
ment In the State's health conditions.
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THE NAVAL PAGEANT TOMORROW.
New York city has prepared a big welcome for
the thousands of sailors that man the Atlantic fleet,
which is to assemble In the Hudson tomorrow. Dur
ing the ten days of the fleet’s visit there will be
entertainments galore ashore for the sailors, while
the millions of land lubbers are being entertained by
the spectacle of the fleet as It Is strung for four miles
along the river. For the sailors there will be base
ball, boxing, vaudeville and the theatres, while the
hundreds of officers will be socially entertained.
Probably the finest sight ever witnessed in Manhattan
will bs the great parade of the sailors of the fleet
on May 17.
This display of our naval power, great as It is,
should not give the idea of invincibility. If we add
to the display all the warships now building and
ordered to he built we would still rank as the third
nation In power. That fact Is Indisputable. And a
number of the battleships In line In the Hudson will
be stricken from the navy list In two years. But the
display In the Hudson will tend to enhance the pride
of the American people in their navy and Incline thdta
more and more to see It made second In power. For
with our extensive ocean frontiers to guard, with also
our dependencies and foreign Interests, this nation
cannot afford to remain third In naval armament.
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HOW PALISADES PARK GROWS.
I With a purchase just made by the Palisades Inter
state Park Commission of quarry lands on the west
I bank of the Hudson, a highway oan now be con
structed around the face of Btorm King mountain far
up above the river level, to make a road that will he
one of the finest Ip scenery In the world. This Is only
a part of the patient work of the commission, which
has acquired more than four thousand acres to add
to the gTeat reservation and made four miles of the
Palisades available for camp sites for the people.
This romantic wild, accessible In a short time by
trolley from the New Jersey hinterland. Is a wilder
ness within a great civilization, a solitude within a
territory oeoupled by millions of people. And from
the Palisades stretches thirty-five miles of the most
picturesque scenery In the East, a stretch that per
haps will forever be a park for the people.
OPINIONS AND VIEWS FROM THE EXCHANGES
Mr. Teft's Arfrlos.
From ths Washington Star.
Mr. Taft, Is In a position where he
can apeak out on topics of im
portance to the country, and Is per
forming an excellent public service In
doing so. He Is neither seeking of
fice for himself, nor booming any
body else for office. He cam afford,
and Is taking, a broad view of ques
tions; mid his largo experience In our
largest affairs sharpens his vision and
gives to his words much weight.
In IiIb latest deliverance Mr. Taft
warns against calculations based on
the unnaturally stimulated figures of
our present foreign trade. Ho points
out Its character, Its rise In war con
ditions, and necessarily Its subsidence
immediately when war ceases. When
articles now taken of us are no longer
needed by our foreign customers, that
portion of our profitable business will
come to an end.
Here, then, arc two points: fl) How
v>ng will the war last? and (2) what
will be tho condition of Europe as to
production nnd consumption on gen
eral lines when peace Is resrtored.
Point number one is beyond the
range of prophecy. Those beat quali
fied to express an opinion are the
chariest about doing so. They mod
estly reply when questioned, "It is
anybody's guess."
Point number two is more inviting
for speculation. Great as have been
the dislocations and the losses thus
far. they have not paralysed the In
dustries of the countries engaged In
the war. Visitors report both manu
facturing land agricultural activity,
and the ajflrtt of push 1# still notice
able. Great numbers of men are still
at work as before the war began.
The close of the struggle, then,
whether It comes this year or next,
w ill not present a picture of exhaus
tion. Europe will probably still pos
sess the elements of a rapid rebound.
She will come again under restored
peace, and strive to make herself
stronger than before.
Mr. Taft's object. Is to warn against
a too great trade optimism on our
part, in tho way that wnr lias
brought us much prosperity, peace
will take it away. We shall then have
to get down to eases, contend with
old rivals for trade in old fields, and
can only hope lo win by superior
offerings. We must produce the
‘‘goods" and deliver them in form to
please customers, and upon terms
meeting their ability to buy. The fu
ture Invites, but does not promise an
easy road or a short cut to unex
ampled prosperity.
Embattled Plans of Troy.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
A landing party of the allies on the
plains of Troy, it is reported, has
captured 8,000 Turks. "Seven cities
claimed great Homer dead," and the
researches of Schliemann, Doerpfeld
and others seem to establish the fact
that there are nine layers of suc
cessive settlement known by the
name of Troy. Since the Turks in
1306 swept down upon the site which
Constantine favored for a new capi
tal It has lain a rubble-heap unten
anted. Yet the plain through which
Scamander flows in Mount Ida's
shadow has never lacked its legend
ary hgreet, riling up to do battle
with eaoh other In every drifting
storm-cloud or sea-mist under the
aegis of divinity.
Again In the awakened fancy,
while the allies and Turks are fight
ing. one hears tho keels of Agamem
uou grate upon the beach, us tho
men of 1.200 ships of Aulls In Bocotia
make a landing; again the bodies of
the slain are heaped about Patro
clus fallen, and Achilles drags Hec
tor at the tailboard of his chariot
round the city walls. Once more the
mighty wooden horse disgorges mid
night ruin upon the thoughtless mer
rymakers and their aged king.
Meranon and his Ethiopians, Penthe
silea and her Amazons, Nestor and
Cassandra, Ajax und the great Odys
seus, Iiaocoon, and his sons—these
and the rest in a crowded pageantry
rise unbidden to the mind’s eye with
the etory of battle renewed some
three thousand years after the events
of which Homer gave us the grand
and simple chronicle.
Mankind has never tired of the re
telling of the story. like Adam's fall
—and similarly occasioned by an ap
ple—the fall of Troy seems to belong
not to one race or nation, but to all
the world. It Is the common modern
inheritance, through Celtic legend of
that Brutus who founded Britannia,
through Dlotys of Crete and Dares
the Phrygian to Boccaccio's "Filo
strato" and Chaucer's “Troylus and
Cryseyde," and Shakespeare's drama.
Even the blind bard whose stylus
was not unequal to the epic history of
Ilium would find himself appalled by
the cosmic amplitude of the struggle
that has now engulfed the plains
whose streams ran red with the blood
of Homer's fighting men.
Inspiration
Though the world is harsh and the game goes wrong
And the skies are far from clearing,
And out of the vast uncaring throng
There’s never a word that’s cheering;
Though fortune shun me soon and late,
And Destiny jolt and shove me,
I’ll keep my nerve and I’ll laugh at fate,
While I have a friend to love me!
If I have one friend who is leal and true, (
One friend who will not alter,
I’ll fight the world and the devil, too,
And never my heart shall falter.
Though I know despair and I know defeat
And the clouds hang black above me,
I’ll fear no fate that is mine to meet
While I have a friensi to love me?
—Berton Braley.
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HEALTH AND HAPPINESS
BY DR. LEONARD KEENE HIBSHBERG.
A. B., M. A., M. D. (John Hopkins).
When Is a Parasite Good? Wlien It’s a
Kindly Symblon.
Nature, like the cart driver In
Aesop, whips up Its horses, but also
puts its shoulder to the wheel, God
not only helps those who help them
selves, but also lends double aid
when two living creatures are each
helpful besides to each other. Co
operation, however. Is of various
sorts. Symbiosis Is a formidable and
tSrrifying name which means two
animalcules or plants living In each
other so as to be mutually helpful in
each other’s growth and well being
and In no way harmful.
The association of two living things
of different kinds—different species—
Is true symbiosis. It Is specialism in
nature, and may be compared with a
legless man with good eyes sitting on
a.n armless, blind man's shoulders.
Bees fertilize and cross fertilize
flowers which are firmly rooted in the
ground. The bee, in its turn, gets its
proper food and albumen from the
pollen of the vegetating thing.
Various Odd Examples.
The lichens, pale, greenish scales
which you see picturesquely clinging
to stones, barks of trees and old
ruins, Is a symblotio association of a
fungus or mold of the green water
plants called algae. The algea can
not obtain their necessary mineral
constituents and moisture from the
soli, but by virtue of its green stuff—
chlorphyl—it makes use of light to
evolve albumens for the sustenance
of both. The mold, on the contrary,
obtains from the soil by its acids all
the water and minerals necessary for
both of them. Lichens are thus among
the most interesting of such double
creatures. By this curious doubling
up It can get Its sustenance either
from a barren rock or a dry, hard tree
trunk.
There are many kinds of symbiosis
in nature. The fish, curanx auratus,
and the medusa or stinging nettle
form a noteworthy one. The fish seeks
protection from Its enemies beneath
the medusa’s stinging draperies,
while the flnny creature, more in
telligent than the nettle, compensates
for this service by finding the
assassins of the medusa and scurry
ing out of their reach with its gela
tinous host.
flymblosls ts. Parsaltlim.
Nitrogen bacteria which live among
the nodules of peas, clover, beans and
other legumes, lead this "symbiotic
existence." In poor soil the legumes
become almost as dependent upon
these germs—which seize and utilize
the nitrogen in the air—as the algae
of the lichen are dependent upon the
mold.
Parasitism differs extraordinarily
from symbiosis. In the latter the two
different creatures mayhap plant an
animal, dwell in harmony together for
their mutual common good. Para
sites, however, live upon their hosts.
There is no exchange of benefits, only
a war to the knife.
Bacteria, when they cause disease,
are parasites. Pin worms, round
worms or tapeworms are neither sym
biotic or parasitic in a true sense of
the word. Hookworms are true para
sites, for they live almost upon man’s
very life blood. Mosquitoes are in
termittent parasites, and carry ma
laria, yellow fever and other animal
cules which they Inoculate into the
blood as permanent parasites.
Answers to Health Questions
B. MacI—Q—Please give a few ex
ercises for the development of muscles
and various organs.
2— During the past year my husband
has gotten stout. He walks a great
deal In his work and claims that this
i3 exercise enough. I don’t think so;
he has short wind when exerting him
self.
3— I have missed the answer to my
question for a meat digestion, still
have aching back and my right hand
tingles.
4— Is it harmful to exercise when one
is tired?
E—My little boy has a lump under
his chin. Would you advise a sur
gical operation on swollen glands of
long standing?
A—1—Physical culture, bicycle rid
ing, massage, Swedish exercise, swim
ming, dancing, running, tennis, base
ball, rowing and canoeing.
2— Walking is automatic and habit
ual. It is not exercise. Short wind
may mean some heart disorder.
3— Try lactic acid bacilli tablets and
more rest at night.
4— Not usually. To be tired often
means the sensation only and,the need
of a new kind of exertion.
B—No operation Is required If sun
light, wholesome food, fresh air and
I lots of rest at night are obtained.
Deep Well at Charleston, S. C.
A well was recently drilled at
Charleston, S. C., to a depth of near
ly 2,000 feet below sea level and at •
that depth struck water-bearing sand
which yielded a natural flow of over
half a million gallons a day of ex
tremely soft water, suitable for boiler ,
supply. I. N. Knapp, of Philadelphia,
who was the engineer In charge of
the drilling operations, realizing the
opportunity afforded by a deep bor
ing of this kind to add to the sum of
human knowledge, carefully saved a
complete set of samples of the ma
terials penetrated by the drill and
sent them to the office of the United
Btates Geological Survey at Wash
ington. The findings of the specialists
who examined the samples were
deemed of sufficient Importance to
warrant the publication of a twenty
eight-page report which was Issued
as Professional Paper 90-IT.
One of the Interesting results of
these studies was the finding of the
shells of oysters and other marine
organisms even down to the very bot
tom of the well, all of which, except
those found within seventy-five or
eighty feet of the surface, belong to
species which lived during the past
ages and are now extinct. The shell
of one species belonging to the oyster
family and known to scientists as
Exogyra upatolensls Stephenson was
floated out from the bottom of the
well by the natural flow of water.
The story which this shell tells Is an
Interesting one to students of earth
history.
When the oyster was alive the At
lantia ocean covered the present site
of Charleston and probably extended
for nearly n hundred miles farther
Inland, but the bottom of the sea
on which It lived was probably not
more than 60 or 100 fathoms deep.
The rivers from the land carried sand
and mud into the sea and gradually
filled It, but os the filling progressed
the sea bottom slowly sank. Some
times there was a pauso In the sink
ing, and at other times there were
even upward movements which tem
porarily lifted the sea floor entirely
out of water; but In Iho main the
movements were downward until a
relatively recent prehistoric time,
when an upward movement caused
the strand line to retreat to lta pres
ent position.
In the sands and clays which filled
this downward sinking ocean basin
sulty ocean waters were entrapped
and hurled, and these waters, now
more or less mixed with land-derived
waters, were encountered at various
depths In the charleston well; they
are referred to In the report as “fossil
waters,” because they have been for
so long locked In the earth and pre
vented from circulating, Although
practically motionless, these fossil
waters are under heavy hydraulic
pressure due to the weight of the
waters which have percolated from
the landward direction down through
the seaward-dipping sand layers.
When the sands containing the fossil
waters are tnpped by wells the hy
draulic pressure forces the wafer up
through the drill hole to the surface,
thus producing flowing artesian wells.
Trie water from the 2,000-foot level at
Charleston shows only slight Indica
tion of having been mixed with sea
water, but the waters from some of
the higher levels contain enough of
the ancient sea water to give them a
distinct salty taste.
It Is a commonly known fact that
the temperature of the earth Increases
from the surface downward, and this
fact Is well Illustrated by the condi
tions existing In the Charleston well.
The temperature of the water from
the 2,000-foot level as It flows out
from the mouth of the well Is 99%
degrees Fahrenhslt., being from SB to
40 degrees warmer than the waters
obtained from wells less than 100 feet
deep In the same violnity.
As all the layers of sand, olay, marl
and limestone which make up the
1 earth to a depth of 3,000 feet or more
beneath Charleston dip oceanward,
theoretically they should crop out at
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the surface to the northwest of
Charleston. The layer containing the
ancient oyster at the bottom of the
-,000-foot well would be expected to
appear at the surface somewhere be
tween Bumter and Camden, bat Its
exact outcrop has not yet been deter
mined in South Carolina. In this con
nection, however, it is Interesting to
note that a layer of cretaceous sand
containing the oyster has been dis
covered on Chattahoochee river and
on Upatol creek, nine or ten miles
south and southeast of Columbus, Oa
This shows that the ancient sea In
which the oyster lived did extend in
land to or beyond the present site ol
Columbus, which Is approximately 226
miles from the nearest point on the
present Atlantic coast.
The report, which Is a strictly tech
nical account of the scientific data
afforded by the well, has been pub
lished as Professional Paper 80-H—
"A Deep Well at Charleston, P. C.”—
and may be obtained free of charge
on application to the director. United
States Geological Survey.
Wild Flowers
A correspondent of an exchange,
speaking of the preservation of wild
flowers, says:
"Our wild flowers are In serious dan
ger of extermination by Indiscrimi
nate picking.
“Will you not sound the word of
warning, asking all lovers of wild
flowers to pick them sparingly, also
very carefully, so as not to disturb
the roots?”
We send the csutlon on. Don't de
stroy the wild flowers. So often we
see people come In from visits In the
country loaded with wild flowers, more
than they want. That Is not right.
Wild flowers are to he delicately
handled and only In little bunches. It
doesn't show a love for these flowers
when one gathers them in armfuls,
for they are soon thrown away and
forgotten. Better not to gather wild
flowera at all—only pick them, and
that "sparingly," ss the correspondent
says.
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Evening Star s
Daily Puzzle
What po«l V
Answer to Yesterdnj’s rustle.
Denmark, r
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ODDITIES IN
TODAY'S NEWS
Botany Student Smoke* Sixty Stogies
Dally »* an Experiment.
CHICAGO, May 7—Henry R. Kray
bill, a graduate student In the botany
department of the University of Chi
cago, consumes on an average sixty
cigars daily—the equivalent of one
cigar five feet in length.
Kraybill is not a tobacco fiend
either. He is experimenting on to
bacco. its fire holding qualities,
aroma and fla vor. The "smokes ' are
of the stogie variety. He is trying
to determine what it is in the cigar
of this grade that causes it to go out,
when a "Havana" will burn much
longer.
Kraybill has to eat port of an
apple after each smoke in order to
keep his taste in condition to dis
tinguish flavors.
Burglar Left Hl» Card, Jn*t Like Other
Prosperous Men.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., May 7.—
Juan Basquez had observed how cer
tain prosperous men went about the
city and left their cards.
Unfortunately, his business was
not of a nature to accept such pub
licity, for he worked by night and
on other persons' properties, collect
ing what was most advantageous to
him. He went, according to his
confession, to a store at Seventy
third street and Moneta avenue,
looked over the stock and selected
what he desired.
Having a sweet tooth. he first
chose chocolates, thirty pounds of
them. Then lie thought of the early
morning drink that was most agree
able, and lie picked up a fifty-pound
bag of coffee. And to top things
off he picked up fifteen boxes of
cigars.
And as he had seen those clever
and agreeable men do, ho stuck his
card in a prominent place. Detec
tives Oakley and Eaton observed
the card, read the address ot* Bas
quez, and arrested him. with much j
of the loot in his possession.
Devout Kansas Farmer Gives l'p Land
Bather Than Do to Court.
HUTCHISON. Kan.. May 7.—Rather
than -engage in litigation, which the j
religious training he has received
teaches him is wrong, a well-known
Reno county farmer will make no re-j
sistance as seventy acres of fine farm j
land are taken from him.
A few days ago this farmer, who
lives near Hutchinson, called on At-(
torney F. Dumont Smith, who has
been handling most of the river island^
litigation along the Arkansas river.
He explained that he owned a farm |
adjoining the river in Ford county ■
near Dodge City, and that some
"squatter" had filed on seventy acres j
of the choicest part of the land on;
the ground that it was river island.
He retained Senator Smith to bring j
the suit and the latter was preparing j
to file the case at Dodge City this j
week when the farmer called again.
"Don’t do anything with that," he I
said. ”1 was a little worried when I
was up here the other day. My mind
was disturbed. But after getting
home, on reflection, I realized I was
doing wrong, and that I should not
sue this man. So please go no fur
ther with IL"__
| Travelette I
Where Guerilla Warfare Is a National
Sport.
Sport* as we know them in tills
country are unknown in the Balkan
States. Football, baseball, golf, ten
nis, and even Ashing and boating for
pleasure stop at Budapest, and the
peoples to the East rarely hunt for
the sport of it. The two chief sports
in the Balkans are the dance and,
more enjoyed, man hunting.
In the eyes of these sturdy, hardy
peoples guerilla warfare is undoubted
ly the king of sports. Centuries ago
it began when Servia and Bulgaria
were, in turn, mighty Aghting em
pires. Subjugated by Turkey, tlieso
States were restricted in their pastime
for centuries. Little Montenegro alone
withstood the Turk, and so had 500
years more of this thrilling game.
Then, when the Turk was east out
and Servia and Montenegro became
free kingdoms once more, the sport
became once more the most popular
of Balkan pastimes.
It is not merely to state the under
lying causes of the world war In an
odd manner that I call the great Bal
kan sport man kilting. In very fact
I have met men of all stations in life
lounging in cafes in Balkan towns
who have spoken to me as follows:
"When I get my holiday I'm going
out for a little sport. My brother is
one of the revolutionary band in -,
and he promises mo tbo time of my
life.”
There Is no professionalism in iho
game. It is a genuine sport. The in
centives are patriotism and a love of
Aghting. Each man who goes off tor
this strange holiday furnishes his uw n
guns and ammunition, and pays all
of his own expenses. For years the
poor in funds were disappointed be
cause no guns or ammunition could
be provided for them. They had to
waste their holidays away at home.
Now, of course, every Aghting man in
the Balkan States is literally happy,
for he can Join in the game witli ail
his expenses paid.
No more need the Balkan '‘sports
man'' sit at home alone and think on
the stirring adventures of his friends.
No more do the lucky fellows come
back from their two or three weeks’
holidays and make them envious with
tales of stirring times. Indeed, to
every Balkan "sportsman,'' adventur
ous intriguer and daredevil marauder
the world wnr and his certain par
ticipation in it comes as a delightful
call to a sporting holiday.
The Chinese anticipated what we
might think to be an essentially
modern convenience—bank notes and
"paper money"—so long ago as 2697
B. C.—4,600 years ago! One such batik
note, issued nearly 2,300 years ago, Is
still preserved In the museum at
Petrograd. The Chinese celled their
notes "flying money,” or “convenient
money.” They boro the. name of the
bank, date of Issue, a number, an
official signature, its value In words
and figures, and, as an additional pre
caution against forgery and as a help
to the Ignorant, a pictorial representa
tion In coins of sn amount equal to
the face value of the note.
Holders of the notes were, by an
Inscription, exhorted to "Produce all
you can; spend with economy.”
It In stated that the notes were
printed in blue Ink and mode of paper
woven from the ilbro of the mulberry
tree.
These notes bore also a warning In
scription of the penalties of counter
feit I ng.—An swers.
That's Right.
"Did Hogan have a big wake?"
asked O'Brien.
"He did that,” replied Clancy.
“They tell me that the house was
crowded for three days and nights.”
"I never thought that. Hogan was
that popular,” said O'Brien. "Well,
It Just shows you that a man never
knows how many friends he has until
they come to his funeral,"
BIRTHDAY OF NOTED WOMEN
MAY 7
Jane Gerard, Varina Davis
Copyright, 1»1».
BT IUW llABSHAW,.
! The author of "Beggar My Neigh
bor," and other once popular fiction,
Jane Gerard, was born In England,
May 7. 1349. In her youth she was
taken to Europe by her father, where
Bhe became the intimate friend of the
Princess Marguerite, afterwards the
wife of Don Carlos. Her education
was completed with three years spent
in a convent, and then she was mar
ried to a member of the old Polish
aristocracy, and officer in the Aus
trian army, becoming Mme. de Las
kowska. This was when she was
twenty years eof age, and after that
she traveled much with her husband
In various European countries. Her
writing was undertaken In an effort
to record the experiences she had had
in these travels, putting them into Ac
tion rather than into the usual travel
form of writing. Her style was grace
ful, and she made the foreign settings
of her novels very effective, but there
was a lack of power in her characteri
zation. . _ „ _ '
Varina Davis, the wife of Jefferson
Davis, president of the Confederacy,
was also born on May 7.
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
The Fault of a Famous Picture
When it was announced that owing
to stress of circumstances, the Ettol
Frederlch was compelled to intern
at the Norfolk wavy yard there was
a brief editorial comment in the New
York Sun consisting of these three
words: "Semmes went out.” This
comment reminded me of the conver
sation which he had In the early
eighties with the late "Sunset” Cox.
Mr. Cox at that time was a repre
sentative of one of the New York
districts in Congress. Later he be
came miwister to Turkey. Ho was
greatly interested in the story of the
achievements of the American »>my
from the beginning of tne govern
ment down to and Including the civil
war.
Mr. Cox told me that as courageous
an act as was performed t y any of
those who were In charge of war ves
sels was the one which was charac
teristic of Raphael Semmes, who for
a long time successfully commanded
the Confederate privateer Alabama.
"The Alabama,” said Mr. Cox, "had
put into the port of Cherbourg,
France, for the purpose of securing
some supplies and making some re
pairs. When it was time for Capt.
Semmes either to go or to permit his
ship to be interned he learned that
Capt. Winslow, of the United States
warship Kearsage. was waiting for
him outside the three-mile limit. He
must have known that Winslow was
confident the Kearsago was in splen
did condition for a sea fight. He
could have avoided the fight by per
mitting his ship to be interned, but
instead of that he gallantly went out,
met the Kearsage in action and was
defeated. His vessel went down.
"Everybody must be familiar,” sai4
Mr. Cox, "with a picture painted by
an artist some time after the fight
between the Kearsarge and the Ala
bama. It represented the Alabama
in the act of sinking. Many copies
of this picture were made and the
people in this way became familiar
with the painting. It was presented
either to Secretary William H. Sew
ard or to the secretary of the navy,
Gideon Welles, I am not certain
which.
“A year or two after the painting
had been placed on exhibition Cap
lain Winslow was in Washington. He
was asked if he would not like to Hee
this painting and when he said he
would he was taken to the place
where it hung on exhibition.
"Winslow looked at the picture for
a long time and at last was asked if
it was a fairly accurate portrayal of
the battle. He hesitated about reply
ing and did not do so until urged.
Then he said: ’It is a very good like
ness of the Kearsarge, but it is not
an accurate one of the Alabama. In
the painting the Alabama is made to
appear much smaller than the Kear
sarge. That isn’t right. She was -as
big as the Kearsarge, if not bigger.
She had more guns and a larger erew.
The picture would be better if it
showed more accurately the appear
ance of the Alabama.”
(Copyright, 1915, by E. J. Edwards
AH rights reserved.)
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Exports of Our Farms to Europe
It is a common saying in this coun
try that Providence tnkes care of the
American nation and the small boy.
Certain facts in connection with two
of our financial crises lend a bit of
Justification to this saying.
In August of 1914 the greater part
of the world became engaged In war.
More completely than ever before in
the history of the world were trade
and financial relations disturbed. For
a time the shock was paralyzing.
After the recovery from the shock
financiers were still much concerned
as to how to deal with the situation.
In this country the condition was
acute. It seemed that the commodity,
cotton, on which we had depended to
pay a large part of our trade balance
would not be exported in very Con
siderable quantities. Our largest con
sumers were among the belligerents,
some of whom could not get cotton,
others of whom were not in a posi
tion to consume the usual supply. Wa
were due to pay Europe by January,
1915. a floating indebtedness of at
last $300,000,000, and more would fol
low' after the opening of the year.
How were we to meet the obligations
with cotton on the decline? The facts
are illuminating.
Between August, 1914, and Feb
ruary, 1915, we exported a total of
$1,157,000,000 worth of commodities,
and imported a total of $771,000,000,
showing a favorable balance of $384,
000,000. Of the total value exported
of $1,157,000,000, $662,000,000 was rep
resented by agricultural commodities,
and $496,000,000 by manufactured e-jm
modities. Between August, 1913, and
February 1, 1914, of the total exports,
$616,000,000 were manufactured prod*
ucts.
The total value of agricultural prod
ucts exported in this period was $729,
000. 000, but the cotton exports in that
year for that period were $4^3,000,000,
and the food and meat prod
ucts only $286,000,000, while
from August, 1914, to February
1, 1915, the cotton exports were only
$168,000,000, and the other agricultural
products were $494,000,000, so that it
may safely be said that the farmers
of the Middle West came to the as
sistance in this second crisis and en
abled the nation not only to pay its
floating indebtedness but to secure a
margin—From "How Our Farms
Have Turned the Financial Tide,’’ by
Hon. David F. Houston, in the Ameri
can Review of Reviews for May.
News of the Labor World
On May 10 at St. Louis, Mo., Order
of Railroad Telegraphers will con
vene,
Of' 26,000 children under sixteen
working in Illinois half get less than
$3 a week.
Hod carriers in Wheeling, W. Va„
have secured a uniform daily wage
rate of $2.80.
A compulsory workmen's compen
sation law was passed by the Okla
homa Legislature.
An employment bureau for farm
help has been started by the Georgia
Federation of Labor.
Kirkcaldy (Scotland) linoleum
workers have been granted a war
bonus of fifty cents a week.
Labor leaders who extort money
from employers to settle strikes In
Illinois can now be punished.
Ten thousand homes for working
people are to be built in Buenos
Ayres within the next five years.
Shipyard laborers on the tMvde
have been granted an increase of
one and one-half cents an hour.
Toronto, Canada, has invited the
Canadian Trade and Labor Congress
to hold their 1916 convention there.
"Blue Cross League” organizations,
composed of children of unionists,
are being formed in the State of
AVashington. The purpose is to in
terest the little ones in the principles
of trade unionism.
Governor Hayes, of Arkansas, has
signed a bill requiring establishments
which employ four or more women
to pay a minimum wage of $1 a day
to inexperienced workers and $1.25 to
employes who have had two months’
experience.
Despite the efforts of trade unions
and civic organizations to amend (he
State constitution, the Indiana As
sembly has defeated a joint resolu
tion providing for a constitutional
convention.
New York State Court of Appeals
has upheld the women’s anti-night
work law, passed in 1912, and which
prohibits women working in factories
between the hours of 10 p. m. and 6
a. m.
South Wales coal owners have de
cided to urge the Miners' Federation
not to revise the concilllatton hoard
agreement, and offer instead a war
bontis of 10 per cent, on the existing
standard rates until peace Is declared.
Nice Distinction.
John Drew once had occasion to
mention to a Frenchman, with whom
he engaged In conversation in the
hotel lobby, that a certain public
speaker, whom they both knew, was
a good deal of a bore. "Ah,” said the
polite Frenchman, "rather let us nay
he is a ‘raconteur.’ ”
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