EVENING LEDOEK-rnTTABELPinAV TFESB'AY, JTTEY 2 7, 1915: ' ! '1 PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY crnus ii k. curtib. fksidikt. rhr1 Jt Ludlnton,VkerrTIJtnt John C. Martin, f.r,Rr' M Traturri Philip B Coillnt, John B. wmiatn. Director EDITORIAL BOARD I Cine II K Cutis, Chairman V it tVIIALKY ... ....KxtcutlT Edit lOIISClIAnilN General Butlnot Mnt Published dally At rtutto Lxmeb Bulldlnc Independent Square, Philadelphia. I-rwirn Central Broad and Chettnitt Btrrtl ATUHTto Oil rrm-tnto Buliains Naw Tome 170-A, Metropolitan Tower Jiirraoit M8 i'ord rtulldln 8T Ibu 409 Olobe Democrat Building Cutano 120J THbunt Bulldlnc Uiws 8 Waterloo Place, Pall Mall, S. W. NEWS BUREAUS I jyAattlnorof Hdo... , The Pott Building Vtir Tok Odiuu The Timet Bulldlnc Hctlin IltJURiU co Frledrlchitram Ifintiof Iinrr.AU a Tall Mall Earn, 8. W. Pun Bukid , 82 nue Louie le Grand BtBSCniPTION TERMS Br Farrier. Diilt o.nlt, elx cenla. By mall, noelpald euuide of Philadelphia, except where foreign postaj le required. Diilt Onlt, one month, twenty-five cental Daily Oilt, one year, three dollars All mall ub artlntlon payable In advance. N'oticb Subftcrlbers wishing addreii chanced mutt Clve old well aa new Bddresa BELL, loop WALNUT KEYSTONE. MAW M tET AAdrttii nil eommunicatton to firming titiotr. Independent?) Square, rhiladelphla. " iii. iKTiito at ma rniLADtLrnu ronrorrtci n ircorto- cLiaa unt, UATTia. Tlln AVERAGE NET PAID DAILT CIRCULA TION OF THE EVENING LEDGER Fori JUNE WAS 91,837. rillLADELrillA, TUESDAY, JULY 37, 1913. It matters less to a hot who his father Is than tchat he is alile to do for himself. The Way Out THE caso of tho Leclanuw Is tho caso of the Kryo. So far as tho relations of Ger many and tho United States over this par ticular victim of BUbmarlno warfaro aro con cerned, tho Issues Involved seem practically the samo as before. But thero Is one largo dlffcronco In fact, which la of considerable Importanco in connection with tho latest no to. It Illumines a chango in tho methods of under-sea attack which promises a way out for tho two nations. Goncral comment on tho new noto indicates that Germany must cither satisfy tho United SttCtcs by radically changing or practically abandoning her submarlno tactics, or a dip lomatic break must come. Not enough atten tion has been given to tho now view of under-sea tactics expressed In tho third noto as compared with tho'ftrst. Tho first pointed out that tho United States' objection to tho submarlno campaign lay in the practical Impossibility of employing submarines In the destruction of commerce without disregarding those rules of fair ness, reason, Justlco and humanity which all modern opinion regards as imperative. On tho other hand, the new note says: Tho events of the last two months have clearly indicated that It Is possible and practicable to conduct such submarlno oper ations as have characterized tho activity of the Imperial German Navy within tho so called war zono In substantial accord with the accepted practices of regulated warfare. The whole world has looked with Interest and increasing satisfaction at the demonstra tion ot .that possibility by German naval commanders. It Is manifestly possible, therefore, to lift tho whole practice of sub marine attack above the criticism which it has aroused and remove tho chief causes of offense. , Between tho writing of those two para graphs Germany not only showed a greater consideration for life on vessels attacked; she proved that her larger submarines, prac tically light cruisers or destroyers at the sur face, could lay a doubtful vesaol under her guns, send a search officer safely aboard, examine papers ana cargo, make a reasoned judgment on contraband and plan to some extent for the safety of the crow. If anything is to continue tho friendly re lations of the two nations in tho faco of Ger many's determination to attack British ship ping by submarine. It will bo developments along tho lines Indicated in tho abovo quota tion. Tho facts of the attack on the Leo lanaw show plainly enough the chance which tho note hints at "to lift tho whole practice of submarlno attack above the criticism which it hna aroused and remove tho chief causes of offense." Proper reparation must bo made for the Leelanaw as for tho Pryo; but Its sinking may servo to show the way out. Translating Plain English ONE difficulty In the way of International correspondence, bo far as a mutual un derstanding is concerned, may llo In tho In adequacy of translation. This may apply to the pcoplo of a nation rather than to their Government. At any rate, the Kaiser's translators are said to have almost "sweated blood" in their attempt to render the third American note Into tho German language. Even then they had to employ the device of quoting nn original phrase or two in paren theses. Though diplomatic language stands In n class by itself, with Its own peculiar method of interpretation, tho translators were chiefly bothered, one might guess, by too much lit erary stylo. The Wllsonlan style seems to havo won considerable admiration among educated Germans. Tills is all the more re markable on remembering "Walter Pater's dictum, "Style Is thought." The difficulties of translation in the case of diplomatic correspondence are not to be won dered at. Cowper said of the Iliad and the Odyssey In Pope's hands that (hey had "no more the air of antiquity than If he himself bad invented them," and Pope himself re marked that "some of Homer's translations hae swelled Into fustian, and others sunk Into flatness." Translations at the best are poor apologies for the original. Tho very atmosphere of the original often conveys its sense. It will be regrettable, therefore, if (iermany shows that it cannot understand the English language. At present Germany seems puzzled over whether the latest Wilson note is an ultimatum, u penultlmatum or an nnte-penultlmatum. Virtue of "Sensational News" IT 18 the duty of the American citizen to read sensational news of the kind which tuts bean coming Tram Chicago in connection with the Eaatland horror. It Is an important -jart of hia education. To glanee at the ht-rtrtllnes and feel the momentary shock of nuntfled abhorrence and indignation is nt eneunn The whole ghastly story af the tragic event whleh outrivals in dlabtUoal cruelty the Iroquois fire or the glaeum dis aster demands the serious, thoughtful, tuor- t jMffta atuwtion of the reader, not merely a brief emotional response. In part the story U revolting, but that 1b no excuse for tura- fjm y Le the official Investigator jtroMeutt thtlr work witn vigor and fiiwiinf, fet W ihp public take vpn Itself aa a duly to con- l the ftn n tUMX. a they become a. vail -, .la .;.! tucm an opinion The function of ; , ui..i-d i u think, in tonkin t&i la no reason for procrastination. That virtue which wo call open-mindednesa id apt to bo come a vleo and a danger by our putting oft till tomorrow tho thinking wo can do to day. If tho function of tho mind la to think, ft) tho great civic duty of the public consists In publlo opinion. It novor ceasea for nn In stant. Tho news, regarding tho Eastland la sensational pews In a senso which only odds to tho obligation of tho publlo to read it and learn Ha lessons and profit by thoso lessons. It Is sensational In the Benso that it con cerns human life and tho destruction of hu man life. "Public sympathy Is not In doubt. Neither Is publlo conscience. Both aro strengthened by exercise. And both aro known by their works. Tho Canutes at Hnrrisburg ' THE P. It. T. ia dependent for success on tho progress and growth of Philadelphia. Its Interests aro tho city's interests. It can not hamstring Philadelphia without ham stringing Itself. It Is exasperating to good citizens that this great company should send n representative to Hnrrlsburg to plead that a .law enacted BO years ago Is now a comploto barrlor to rapid transit 'in Philadelphia, a law, incidentally, which prohibited tho construction of a rail road on or along Broad street, ns waa right, but which plainly did not contcmplato In Its prohibition a railroad under Broad strcot. Underground railroads wero not then known. And It must havo been humiliating to tho P. It. T. to bo attacking tho legality of a project to which it Itself had agreed In special conference. For a Broad strcot sub way was tho most Important featuro of tho plan which tho P. It. T. officials told Director Taylor they would accept. Tho second objection urged by tho P. It. T., that an act of 1873 Insures tho 13th and 16th street lines against competition on Broad street, Is equally surprising. No Government can barter away In perpetuity Inhorcnt rights. No contract can rotaln Its validity if lt8 ef fect la to make a country village of a great city. It Is humiliating that" n progresslvo corporation should Bcarch tho statute books for ancient paragraphs In which It struggles to discover somo technical objection to tho achlovcment of tho desires of two millions of people. Tho third objection of tho P. R. T., re lating to n supposed 90-day option on tho right to build necessary lines, Is futile, for It la a matter of record that tho P. It. T. speci fically surrendered tho right to construct a Broad street subway, and thero Is good rea son to bellevo that it also specifically surren dered Its option, on tho Frankford clovated. Certainly, at any rate, tho company cannot claim nn option on a Broad stroet subway when.lt is contemporaneously alleging that tho construction of such n. lino Is legally im possible. It is wrong in one contention or tho other and probably In both. Now York's 633 miles of rapid transit track, Chicago's 27G and Boston's 36 aro a sufficient answer as to whether or not subways and elevated lines are necessary In Philadelphia. Nor is thero any claim that they aro not nco cssary. Tho obstructionists havo given up the fight along thoso lines as hopeless. They have fastenod their eyes on tho statute books and on tho technicalities of law, trusting that In some way thoy may bo ablo to kcop an Iron collar on Philadelphia's throat, suffo cate the community and put an absolute veto on progress. They may bo ablo to do lay tho beginning of construction for a short time. But they aro Canutes sweeping back the sea when they endeavor to stand between two millions of people and their necessities. There will be rapfd transit in Philadelphia, preferably with the assistance of the P. It. T but rapid transit anyhow. Peace Prospects Always Bright THE Kaiser Is again talking of Christmas dinners ono in "Warsaw and ono in Calais, as he expects to bo in both places at that time. The war will end about Christ mas, he is reported to have said. Tho Eng lish, according to some of tholr spokesmen, are Just beginning to fight. Sloanwhilo the French nre sawing wood and saying nothing. A diligent student of tho Bible haa figured It out. from tho Old Testament prophets and tho Book of Revelations, that tho war will ' end January 1, 1918. Other prognostlcators have named other dates. All things con sidered the prospects of peace are bright. They always are. Thero Is no doubt about It the war wlU come to an end. The little yellow car will go rolling right along. The Allies at the Dardanelles have put the "scoot" in Scutari. The West Fhlladelphla pollco handed one to the Black Hand. v The Russians doubtless feel, as snug as a rug- in a Bug and about as happy. There la a good deal of difference between "buy a bale" and "buy a Belgium." If the Mexicans want to fight why don't they go to Europe, where the fighting la good 7 1 i i i i .1 The SoutU'fl cotton oroP. may fall off in 1915; but the guncotton crop will be more than up to soratch, Three thousand miles of ocean used to be a good defense, but that waa in the days when 100 mllea was a. long Jourpey. i !! wim mai ia pi i hi up The danger of getting a bad Mayor is not half so bad aa of getting a bad Councils. Councilman sort of sneak in while nobody la looking. Yej. Indeed, the trip of the Junketer 8Uafd$S9n put Philadelphia, on the map. But a IQB.SK' A&HfWte H'QUW have done a lot more for the nlty. It is annwuwarl that Berlin will not send a rejtfy to Jhe at Amwlean note before August. A a TOAtttf of foot, the answer will be what her submarine do or do not do very day. TeaJ im, Governor Brumbaugh, ' my the $.niimut wr(rUts, "what to your honest opinio f twtee for women " Unfortu mUeiy, 'Jim" McNknol and BU" Vtue vi wUl JSOWW. too. ITALIAN SPORTSMEN GOING TO THE FRONT One Club Hns Sont Nearly 300 Mem bers Success of Popular Sub scriptions for tho Relief of tho Soldiers' Families By ADALBERTO CAPOnALE IF ANlf moro proofs wero needed to com plete tho picture of ib6 unanimous enthu siasm with which tho Italians first demanded and then greeted tho present war ngninst their traditional foe, oho of a Very dcoldcd character wfjuld bo found In tho result of tho efforts miido by almost every newspaper, whether largo or small, in Italy, to rnlso funds with which to help tho families of thoso who shed their blood for tho redemp tion of tho "unredeemed." Tho nppcal was launched to tho Italian peopto In a moment In which tho Government waB asking tho Italians to subscribe to tho war loan, running Into sovcral hundred millions, mid when the general cconomlo conditions In Italy were, In conscqucnco of tho European conflict, not at thajbest. Howovcr, Whllo tho loans wero completely subscribed, tho Italians responded cheerfully nnd generously to tho appeal for tho sol diers' families. Ono slnglo newspaper, tho Corrlero della Sera, whtclIs also the most prosperous unit In tho Italian press, had raised In less than a month, up to Juno 28, tho sum of $923,000. And results which aro not fnr from this flguro havo been attained also by other large nowspapcrs, Including La Trlbunn, II Olornalo d'ltalla, L,n Stampa and others. If tho pcoplo, tho rich and tho poor alike, contrlbuto ono million dollars In a month or so to the fund of a slnglo newspa per for tho aid of tho soldiers' families, It cannot bo denied that tho wholo nation favors this war of liberation, tho third war of Independence, as tho Italians call It. Sports Clubs Deserted And, whllo contributing money toward tho war, tho Italians aro still asking to bo sent to tho front. Tho sport societies of all tho big cities aro deserted, for their members havo gono to tho firing lino or aro Impa tlontly waiting for their chance. Not a slnglo man ia to bo found In tho offlcca or on tho track of tho Milan Auto Club, Among thoso who left aro Marquis Camlllo dl Soragnn, who Is In tho navy, and Count Aldo Bonacossa,? who la a sublieutenant of tho engineers' corps. Tho club has sent to tho front nearly 300 members, almost all volunteers, and a largo number of volunteers has been given also by tho Italian Football Federation. Tho samo thing can bo said of all tho sport or ganizations In Italy. Thus tho moralo of tho Italian pooplo con tinues to bo tho highest that could bo desired, and not only among tho fighting soldiers, but also among thoso who, whllo nursing tho most patriotic sentiments, aro anxiously waiting for nows of their rolntlvcs. Prof. Ettoro Do Tonl, a teacher In tho Foscarlnl College of Venice, had his son killed lij battle on tho Austrian front. His colleagues and friends wrote to him expressing their con dolcnco for tho death of tho young man, but tho grieved father replied to them all with a letter, In which ho nnnounccd that his younger, son had decided to enlist to tako his dead brother's place, nnd he, his father, had raised no objection. Ho added in his letter: "I regret only one thing, that somo of my friends havo mado it appear as If I had a right to sharo my son's heroic action., It is not so. I havo done nothing, and my genera tion has dono nothing of what tho old and tho now nro doing. My ancestors fought against tho traditional enemy, and now my sons are fighting tho samo foe. They aro doing what wo ourselves had to do, wero it not for tho sako of a pcaco which lately became a state of slavery. We wanted to savo our own blood at tho prlco of what la our blood, too." Sending: Patriotic Books to tho Soldiers Another feature of this Italian war Is that a committee has been formed at Milan to col lect books and distribute them among the soldiers at tho front. Fifty thousand vol umes have already been collected and sent to tho front, where they nro being circulated among the soldiers. Thoy nro mainly books relating to tho present war. In which tho mo tives of Italian intervention aro explained, or novels of a historic and patriotic charac ter. At tho front, whllo tho King nnd General Cadorna were rovlewlng a regiment of Bersa gllcrl, tho commander-ln-chlcf of tho Italian army caHeo" out of tho ranks a soldier and In troduced him to tho King, who cordially and repeatedly shook hands and chatted a whllS with him. The soldier was a Salestan monk, who had been until a few days before the declaration of war tho rector of tho Salestan Institute of Trieste. He Is the Rev, MIcholo Rublno. Cadorna had known him for a long time, as he had met him in ono of his trips to the Irredenta. A couple of days before the war was declared the chief of the Italian General Staff sent the following telegiam to Father Rublno: "A happy birthday." Tho telegram had Its meaning for the Saleslan father, who Immediately left Trlesto, If he had delayed one day his departure would not have been possible. ASSISTING NATURE From tba Independent. ( Jo Thurber, "bos'n" of the ' United States revenue cutter the Bear, has discovered how that very valuable animal, the fur-seal, may bo conserved. The race hna been Teduced from millions to a scant 30,000 principally because of the starvation of the pups left ashore while the grown-ups, scouring the seas, are speared and shot by seal-flshers. On board the Bear were several helpless little seals, thin and scrawny, now and then ono of them dying, despite the milk that was fed to them each day. In playing with a favorite pup, which gnawed at his hands with Its toothless Euros, Thurber accidentally snapped a ligament found across the Jaws of all young seals, A day or two later he was amazed to find the same little 'pup devouring a ftsh that he had somehow e- curea. ine discovery causeu no little excite ment aboard. The ligaments across the mouths of the others were broken, and where the teeth had not appeared the growth was hantened by rubbing the Jaws and farcing baak the flesh of the gums. These youngsters followed the ex, ample of the first In eating flfh that vas offered them, About a dozen of the seals so "weaned" were shipped to the Fisheries Bureau. JiWn'bur bers discovery may save the lives of thousands every year But the revenue cutter erews will havo to seek out jwch deserted seal, break the ligament and help Its teething. DEMOCRACY AND THE WAR II. O. WU In the Nw lUpubiic. It U B use denying that the Central Powers were not only better prepared for tlua war at the outset, but that on the whole they have met the occasion of the war as they have an far arisen with much more collective intelligence, will power and energy that any of the Allies, not even excepting France Tbey have uc eeeded not merely in meeting enormous mili tary requirements better, but in keeping the material side of their national life tedier un. Oar greater tremsa It la 141 for tale writer to pretwiii to tbiuk that the United State would iiutke any better shewing in thia matter than Oreat Briteln I in arguwut and aiuliaVi in rnvUiito. but is. i , ,tl Mii r.vtcuMVUb UA (rfKUl CiCtfllMSl lias been styrk Indolonf nnd unready In nil matters of mtlcrmi nrjrnnlwttlnn s It hits mud dled and wanted national feeling, and it has been manifestly afraid of tho press nnd over sensitive to public clamor. It has Shown all Iho merits nnd failures one might have ex pected from a bofly of political lawyers, trained In the arts of making thlnss seem right,- wnfy nnd prepared io watt and seo vhAt chances the adversary will give, and as incapable of prad tleal foresight, ns remote from the business of making rent things go right, ns Inclosed nuns. If the prencnt Governments of tirent Britain nnd the United States are the best sort of gov ernmefits that diwioerauy con produce, ihen de moernoy is bourM, If not this tlmo then next lime df the lime after, to bo completely oVer como nnd superseded by some form of authori tative State argAiilrntlbn 7 - LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. Russian Soldier Describes Equipment nnd Lendorship of Czar's Army Chester Heights Camp Ground. To tho liditor of tho Evening Ledgert Sir a la generally ngrccd that IUissIa was caught unprepared, but bo It known that their unprepareunoss comes from n amcreni sourco thnn the general senso of tho word Implies. Wo, hero In this country, Justly howl at n etlngy and near-sighted Administration bo cnuso they rcfuso ua tho necessary cash to place ourselves on a proper and equal military nnd naval footing with tho other great Powers. Such, howovcr, Is not and never has been the caso in Russia. "Graft," which wo hero have coma to ldok upon as cssontlally an American word, Is carried on In the land of tho boar on n scnlo which makes our own look like petty larcony, for here, at least, thoro Is never a whisper of Federal graft. Kumla has spent enormous sums for tho maintenance of Its nrmy, second, I would venture to say, only to Germany. Whore then nnd why does she find herself at this crisis in her present stato? Graft. From the highest to tho lowest official Kraft haB prevailed. As nn Instance! , Bach nnd every soldlor of tho rnnk and file ls supposed to Include in his equipment thrco ''uniforms. It lo a rnro oxceptlon, Indeed, that I havo over known ono to own over two. I served my four years In tho Russian army with ono, and I was by no means nn exception. Tho fow real de voted statesmen that Russia can boast of never went further into Inspection of Russian armB than to watch from n platform tho various nrmy manouverff, generally of tho Cossacks, who, of all tho branches of tho Russian nrmy, alono wero maintained on the propor footing, and now, with the present conduct of war, tho most usoless branch of tho service Whon tho war broko out doubtless tho Czar nnd his staff thought themselves ready, bo to speak, "to go." Their books showed so many tone of cowdcr nt Ivangorod and so many at this nnd that fort. But wero they thero? No. Let It bo re membered that an honest man in Russia was rnro and not appreciated, and ao unpopular as ,aro all exceptions In any endeavor In any coun try. ' Hers Is tho worst equipped and tho worst led nrmy In tho world. Her officers aro nil of the "noble" class, a hard drinking, evil-minded, women-mad clique, who Ertudlcd and obtained their military knowledge In tho cafes of Paris and Berlin. Any private In tho German Bcrvlco known moro thnn, CO per cant, of tho Russian ofllccrs. In Bngland, too, they mako class' dis tinction In their bfllcers. But here tho army officers mako a profession of nnd tako a pride In their work, whoro, at least, thoy earn tho re spect nnd confldcnco of tho men In tho ranks. But can you expect a private who has seen his oniccr drunk, whenever ho has seen him at nil; who has abused and bullied him, follow that Bamo officer with any degree of confidence into battle? Under tho pretext of capturo Russian soldiers nro deserting by tho hundreds of thou sands. Ill-led, 111-cqulpped, fighting for they know not what, tho fate of tho Russian nrmy Is Bealed. Russian authorities mado a great mls tako wh.on they took from tflo Boldler his vodka. For, having no other incontlvo, it Is only tho vodka-Inspired soldlor who will fight for Rus sian glory. K. IC PINKUS. Philadelphia, July 24. j CHESTER HEIGHTS CAMP-MEETING To tho Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir An artlclo appearing in sovcral dally and weekly papers cither written by some one not acquainted with the fact or with tho pur pose of Injuring tho place, stated that on ac count of tho chestnut trco blight and the sale of n part of tbo Jand, Chester Heights Camp--mcitlng prottnds would probably soon bo a thing of tho past. Here are the facts. Tho ground sold was waste land not In uso by tho CamP Ground and was sold at a very good figure, yielding enough to wipe out tho debt that had been hanging over tho place for years. Tho chestnut trees, cut out on account of blight, represent a very small proportion of the trees In this beautiful grove. Hickory, oak, poplar, walnut and birch aro still there In great num bers, so that the chestnuts nro not missed. In stead of going backward, Chester Heights has greatly advanced this year, having installed a magnificent electric-lighting system, so that all avenues and buildings are brightly lighted. A substantial Btonowalk has been built along the main drlvo Into tho woods to replaco the old boardwalk Tho auditorium has been Improved, and a new piano purchased for same. Two thousand pcoplo can easily find room In this large building, nnd over 00 can sit on tho plat form. Tho drainage of tho grounds haB been Improved; cdncreto steps havo been built to re place wooden ones; new cottages havo been built and old ones repaired' and painted. The building formerly used as a restaurant Is to be turned over to tho young people as a recre ation centre. Tho camp Is better attended thus far than last year, and several special days are expected to bring big crowds from a distance. After the camp the Cottagers' Association will hold n big carnival for three nights, using the proceeds for repairing walks and drives. O. S. ZANIS, Chairman Grounds Committee, Chester Heights, Pa., July 2G. "BILLIONS FOR BELQIUM" To the Editor of the Evening Ledger; Sir Are you independent enough to print this letter I am sending you or aro you being paid by the Money Trust and afraid? If not, cannot you see the Bublimo silliness, the ridiculous egotism, the desire for notoriety and free ad vertisement, the Indifference' to the poor and unemployed, tho rights of the working man Aho need the "Billions for Belgium." Do not tho articles In your paper on "Aid Asked for Miners," "Two Are Killed In Bayopne Riot" contrast with "Billions for Belgium?" Herein Is food for thought. The miners In Ohio, the Btrlkers In Bayonne and children of our Union. Shall we starvo and beat them whllo we feed the Belgians? & Does John Wanamaker consider the cotton farmer of the South, with his family of small children eating raw sweet potatoes because "Daddy can't get credit at the Btore he can't eell his cotton?" We are not a colony of Great Britain! let Mr. Wanamaker put some of his "Billions for Belgium" and his wonderful executive ability to dividing the millions Schwab and Morgan are piling up Into a Just division of capital nnd labor Into model tenements for the poor with yards and breathing space for the poor little babies of America, Philadelphia. July 8. SARAH HOPE. THE ULTIMATE CONSUMER Light, In ballast, n thousand ships Come streaming through our harbor gate Then, laden down at busy slips, ' Go out again with stores of freight Bound over sea to the buyer great. Who always calls for more and more. Whose (greed not Rll the wom . The ultimate eonaumer War. Ship that eome trout the Seven Su Some that move with stately gait; Some that loiter in any breeze. Lured by Wartime's double rate. Mocking ail at the hand of fate. Seeking share in the wondrous store. They eorne to serve, let who berate. The ultimata consumer War. Battered bulks once forced aside By veaeels of a later date, Proud and scornful or wind and tide And teas that under the ocean wait. Again tbey pass, but sans the state That marked their going in day at yore' Servants now of the king of bate ' The uitlmate ci.numtr War L'KnvoL Captain, the rUk of the trip Is neat. Aul none may teli when a gun will mar; But you are serving despite Ute atrait The ulUuuta consumer War THE PORT OF MISSING SHIPS . i " - " " Was Onco Thought to Be the Sargasso Sea, But Now We Know Better-r-Famous Wrecks That Preceded the Overturn of the Eastland at Her Pier By A. WELLESLEY BACtJP THE Chicago River la not the sea, but It Is ns treaeherods ns tho great deep. Tho Ha8lland would havo capsized no moro qulefeiy on tho Atlnhtio than near tho Clark Rlrect bridge, If tli-i capsizing' conditions Wero present. It Is tittsy to say that tho boat was un seaworthy perhaps It was but other boats supposed to bo constructed to weather nil storms havo sailed into that crowded port of missing ships which Is not connected by telegraph or mnll with any other city Tho great mystery of tho seas, whether Inland or bounded by tho continents, . ro mnlhs uhsolvod, though perhaps tho East land caso may provide a clu,o. Shifting car goes havo without any doubt been respon sible 'for many n, missing ship. Tho cargo of tlio Kastlnnd shitted, and tho rest Is a grcnt horror, from tho shock of which tho nntlon Is still suffering and Will Buffer till tho next tragedy causes n now sensation. If tho UnBtland had succeeded In getting Into tho lako with Us precious freight tho tragedy might havo bceil greater. A pass ing steamer would havo drawn tho curious excursionists to ono sldo of tho vessel and tho boat would havo careened In deep water, fnr from land, whero tho lifeboats would havo been tho only means at hand to saVo tho passengers. ' When Ship3x Break Their Back Tho tragedy of tho Great Lakes is as great In proportion to their slzo ns tho tragedy of tho salt seas. Jinny 'a vessel has sailed from port to bo heard of no more. A fleet of cargo steamers was built somo years ngo on tho theory that thero was too much wnsto spaco In tho hold. Tho boats wero not prop erly strengthened to stand a storm and ono at leant of them went to tho bottom leaving no traco. Tho critics of the system of con struction used insisted that tho strain of tho heavy seas broko tho back of tho boat by forcing tho steel plates to net ns shears, cutting tho rlvots clear through nnd letting tho vessel go to tho bottom. No ono will over know whether this theory Is sound or not. , Thero used to bo n tradition that tho Sar gasso Sen wan filled with tho sodden hulks of tho wrecks of centuries, but n llttlo ex ploration exploded that myth as It earlier proved that men could cross tho equator without being burned to death by tho per pendicular rays of tho sun, nnd that thero wero no flro breathing monsters of tho. deep whosobreath would scorch tho llfo out of tho venturesome mnrlnor. 'fvTillo tho popu larly accepted nature of tho mysteries of tho deep has changed, tho mystery rerqalns. Tho Invention of stenm did not lessen It, but wireless telegraphy has decreased tho number of tragedies thnt must forever re main unexplained. If It had not been for that most wonderful application of tho mys terious force of electricity tho fato of tho Titanic would havo still been a mystery. Wo" should hnvo known that tho boat had gono down with all on board, but how it happened would have been explained no moro fully thnn Tyrone Power's noto in a bottlo ex plained tho fato of tho President, tho 'first great steamship to go down in tho Atlantic. When tho President Disappeared Tho President sailed from New York oh March 11, 1841, with 300 persons on board, nnd wns novor seen again. When It failed to reach Liverpool on tho scheduled dnto no ono was alarmed, for steam navigation was still In Its Infancy and delays wero ex pected. But days passed and, grew Into weeks. Thero wns no ocean cable, so It was Imposslblo to commurilcato quickly with America, or for Americans to learn whether their friends had arrived safely lu England. It was thought that tho ship might have had to put fhto a remote port for repairs. Then n letter wns received by the relatives of one of tho passengers announcing that tho boat had THE BELL IN PORTLAND How tho People of tho West Read tho Lesson It Teaches. From the Portland (Ore.) Journal. It Is not tho metal In the bell that draws the crowds. It is not tho clapper that used to swing back and forth that the multitudes gather to see. It Is not tho outlines and physical con tour of the mass of ancient alloy In the bell that Interest all theso people and call forth all thlv-pomp and ceremony and concerned pro tection. Tho bell is a plain old affair, and It was never a very good one. It cannot even be rung be cause St tho great rift In its side. The old muss of metal Is loved for what It symbolizes. It rang out tidings of great joy to mankind. The notes from Its throat were muslo to men of old In that they declared the doctrine that all men are free and equal and that gov ernments derive their Just powers from the con sent of the governed. It was so tremendous a message, a messago so new to mankind, that the old metal vibrates yet All over the world the Liberty Bell is ringing' still. Its echoes roll on from Maine to the Phil ippines and from Oregon to Africa and the inlands of the sea. They will sweep on and on with the song of liberty until a tlmo when the dwellers In heathen lands will catch the Inspira tion and rise Into the full stature and hopes and purposes of manhood. Back of the bell that Portland gazed on today Is a great body of principles and free institu tions and citizens of whom overy one Is a sov ereign, yliack of It Is n ballot box, and a Consti tution and a tree people, whose allegiance Is not to a throne, but to themselves and their chil dren and their children's children. Back of It is a flag that floats ever armies only of defense nnd freedom, a flag unblemished by' conquest nnd untainted by aggression. ' I'or 138 years theithlngs back of the bell have been the subject of dreams and air castles and longings by the oppressed In every country in the world. The Irishman sings of them In "The Wearing of the Green" and the Polish peasant muses of them as he mourns over the loss of his own national life. The Finnish Immigrant sets westward with his slender store to reach a shore where he has heard that the yoke is easier nnd the burden lighter. The migrations of people all these years to ward the setting eun have been the etfofi of human beluga to get away from tMroparad. nnd narrowed Ufe into a fuller and bl&jger Mttenee in the land where, every citizen wa- a, flrwn and every individual le a king Nor did the thing behind tbe old bell ever mean more than they mean today. Tb experi ment In free government never stood so fully vindicated by events. Our ttabU and meadows are unseamed by battle trench e and are green and yellow with grains and grasses for the bsubandman. Our streams m unertmsoned with the blood of our Kins, but cool and cryetal gurgle and murmur the melodise of peace. Our orchards are unthattered by war shells, but groan under the fruitage welting for the bar veet Our home are untorn by the recruiting jUcers and our stalwart boys are among us, and with u end by us in the sweet walk tbrougn the grejn meadows and by the m water of hpptiit and wat These thleaa un the kind of II'. th ..i.i tu.ii proclaimed for u aud thei are delightful thing i ia cuuu.ni vjiili in nldcuuj nappantnge in poor stopped at Madeira, because her engines and rudder needed attention. Tho walling friends took heart of hope nnd wero cheerful for n while. Then nn Irish packet arrived, re porting that a largo steamer wns waiting,' outsldo for high water to como In to the Liverpool docks. Every ono was sure that this was tho President nnd crowds gathered by tho riverside, flags wero hoisted nnd prep, nrntlons wero mado to welcome tho lost ship. But It was not tho President. Tho letter from Madeira was discovered to bo fraudulent nnd for years tho mystery remained. Finally, somo ono picked up a bottlo in tho sen containing n noto purport ing to bo written by Tyrone Power, a dis tinguished comedian of his time, who had been n passenger on tho vessel, announcing thnt ns ho wroto tho boat was sinking. The noto has boon nccoptcd ns genuine, but that, too, may havo been n hoax. When New York Mourned Tho sinking of tho Arctic off Capo Race on October 27, 1854, hns boon explained, In splto of tho denso fog nnd snowstorm in WhIchSho received her denth blow. Sho was In a collision with tho French steamer Vcstn. Tho captain of tho Arctic thought tho other vessel wns seriously damaged nnd thnt his own ship wns unhurt, and ho put off with somo of his crow In lifeboats to offer assistance only to discover soon nfter thatv his own ship was sinking. Somo of tho pair sengers were saved, but 439 lives were lost As most of tho dead had lived In Now York that city was deeply moved by tho tragedy. Tho preachers took it as n text for their sermons nnd tho school renders of a gen oration or two ago contained ox tracts from ono of tho most famous of theso sermons, In which tho horror of tho wreck was de scribed with nil tho skill of a modern nows paper writer. Tho City of Boston, howovcr, which left Now York on January 25, 1870, stopped at Halifax thrco days later nnd then went out Into tho unknown, whllo nil Its nearly 200 passengers took that great voyago under taken by thoso who go to tho bottom of the sea. Another passenger ship that met the Bamo fato wns tho Colombo, that sailed from Boston sovon years later and vanished as completely ns though It had never existed. To pass from passenger to freight steam ers, tho enso of tho Naronic, of tho Whits Star Lino, Is ono of tho most Interesting. This ship wns ono of tho biggest of her class, wns nlmost new nnd wns in tho best condition. Sho wns so stanch that It was thought sho could weather tho worst storm that over raged over the restless waves. But sho never reached tho port of living ships, nnd tho only traco of-.h.er that was over found was ono of her boats, picked up In mldoccap somo weeks after sho sdlled. This silent, Inanlmato survivor of tho wreck contained not n traco of evidence which wonld explain what had become of tho great freighter. It may havo been blown up by a boiler explosion, or it may havo been cap sized byi shifting cargo, or any ono of tho thousand and ono causes which bring dis aster on tho deep may havo been responsible for Its disappearance. It has doubtless rusted nway In tho bottom of tho sea, for tho mod ern steel vessel Is so built that It can no longer bo said that Its bones aro bleaching qn tho sands of the ocean's bod. And they nover did bleach there, nnywny. Tho science of navigation has not profited by tho lesson of tho missing Bhlps, for no ono has over come back to read that lesson to the marlno constructors. Tho skilled ship builders havo thereby escaped much amateur advice, such ns wns lavished by nn out raged nnd indignant public at tho time of the Titanlo disaster, when every man who could uso a pen wns tolling tho rest of us how to prevent n repetition of similar dls asters'. Tho lesson of tho Eastland, however, is apparently so clear that it teaches itself. sister nations. Our country is a country with a croat human heart, and It Is because it has that heart and stands for love and peace and Justlco and humanism that the thousands out poured today to see the old bell, whose bronzed throat first proclaimed the coming of our own United States. COST OF A STOP From the Independent What does It cost to stop a train? Accord I?6,,',0 JLha lnveatlRatlons of General Manager F. W. Green, of the Louisiana and Arkansas ,nl.lwa. U l" V- centH- ot course, the stopping of light suburban trains costs much less and that of great, heavy expresses two or three times as much, but on the average 61 cents will cover the bill, The amount Is Itemized as follows: Thlrty-ono cents Is expended In coal used by the engine to get the train under way again. 10 cents measures the time lost by the train crew owing to the stop, nnd the remain ing 20 cents Is wear and tear. LIFE AT ATLANTIC CITY From the Atlantlo City Ilevlew. Wanted 1 A sunburn lotion that lotions, THE NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW Conviction of sin is the ordinary prelude to repentance and It Is to be hoped It will prove (uch In the case of tho financial agent of the Progrekslve party.-Salt Lake City Herald Itepubllcan. The saloon Is a luxury, and those well-to-do economists who believe m it as an institution (for other people) ought to be made to take It into their own neighborhoods and support H out of their own pockets KansttB City Times The United States Government might well follow the example of the Germans in limited degree and thereby Insure Itg own security without inviting any reasonable charge of adopt ing a militaristic policy Colorado Springs uazette, " i One Important result of the creation of an advisory board composed of distinguished civil ians will be growth of understanding of ttie nnvjr's needs and qf the action that houid be taken at Washington to meet. Us requirements -Bochegter Post Express. The revival of Industry, the assurance ot easy monetary onndltJops and continued brilliant crop nrosBeote are the foupdatlona of the con fident feeling in business circles today, com pletely neutralizing the effects of a serious situation In international politics -Plttaburgn QaxeUa Times. 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