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Average for the year 1013—"1,175
Average for the year 1911—18,851
Average for the year 1910—17,405
THURSDAY EVENING, DEC. 10
ARTILLERY ON BORDER
THERE is more significance in
the dispatch of United States
artillery to the Mexican border
than the pacific assurances of
Washington might indicate.
Because of the reckless use of guns
by Mexicans a crisis may develop at
any time in the vicinity of Naco, the
point to which the artillery has been
assigned. President Wilson admits
that the reinforcements were sent be
cause of the> relentless carelessness of
Mexican fighters, but that no aggress
ive action is contemplated.
Be that as it may, one cannot escape
the conviction that General Bliss sum
moned his gunners south in order to
pour shells Into the Mexican camps
if the shooting of United States sol
diers continues. By the use of artil
lery the border could be cleared read
ily of the infesting snipers without an
American soldier setting foot on Mex
ican soil. If some such move were
not in prospect there would have been
no reason for the artillery. The in
fantry and cavalry forces on the
ground were quite competent to take
the offensive successfully If it had
been thought desirable to cross the
border in order to drive the reckless
riflemen away.
RED RIBBON FOR IIERRICK
MYRON T. HERRICK, until
recently Ambassador of the
United States to France, is
home wearing the red ribbon
of the French Legion of Honor,
awarded him by a grateful republic
for the services he performed during
the trying period when representatives
of foreign governments less valorous
than the American fled Paris as the
Germans approached. The country is
proud of Mr. Herrick. He has made
himself a place in history. His name
will always be attached to the stirring
occurrences of the period when the
German invasion threatened the
French capital. He has set a fine
example for those who will follow him
in the diplomatic service, just as
Whitlock in Belgium and VanD.vke in
Holland are now doing.
Mr. Herrick Is quite as modest as
he is able and brave, and quite as
sagacious as either. He told reporters
that the talk of his nomination for
the Presidency is "foolishness" and
said: "I don't want to discuss poli
tics; I don't want to talk about such
foolishness. If any credit is due me
for the small part I played, I do not
want to capitalize it."
In that Air. Herrick displays the
true instincts of a genuinely brave
man and conscientious public servant,
and at the same time indicates that
he knows something of the vagaries
of American politics. The popular
hero of to-day is seldom the President
of to-morrow.
TIME NOW TO TAKE STOCK
NEAR the end of the year busi
nessmen cast up their accounts
in order to find out their true
financial condition. We are fast
approaching that season now and it
is not a bad idea for others, especially
parents, to do likewise in regard to
their personal finances.
Are you further ahead in that re
spect now than you were at the end
of last year?
Money in the bank at the close of
the year is a good measure of your
success in material things. Have you
as large a savings account as you
should and could have?
Extra money beyond that required
for living expenses is a buffer against
hardship and misfortune. So, if you
would not be forever crushed between
the upper and nether millstones of
poverty, you must save systematically
from the Income of your working
years.
But It Is possible in this day of
opportunity to do much more than
just escape being poor. You can be
come rich if you really want to. The
world has by no means exhausted the
opportunities for men of limited
means but the right kind of determi
nation.
Money begets money. But the peo
ple who are without capital and who
sometimes complain bitterly against
those who have, frequently forget that
the original nucleus for men's for
tunes cost immense sacrifices on the
part of the owners.
If you have declared yourself no
dividend for the year 1914 in the shape
of money saved from your income,
turn your face toward the coming
year and plan to do better for your-
THURSDAY EVENING,
self and those who are dependent
upon you in 1915.
Some persons are inclined to re
gard New Year's resolutions lightly,
j but, as a rule, they do not ridicule
the resolutions themselves, but make
fun of those who fall to keep good
resolutions made.
One of the most sensible New
Tear's resolutions that anyone can
make Is to save money systematically
and deposit it regularly in the bank.
It is a double-barreled resolution be
cause its fulfillment means stronger
character as well as increased re
sources.
Make It and keep it, and get your
share of the $120,000,000 interest paid
to depositors every year by the sav
ings banks and similar institutions of
the United States.
BUY A RKI) CROSS STAMP
WHILE Hurrisburg is remem
bering, with all the wealth
of its purse and Christmas
spirit-filled heart, the victims
of the raging armies of stricken Eu
rope, It hasn't forgotten the suffering
of the poor people at home who are
In bitter conflict with the "white
plague."
The 1914 Red Cross Christmas seal
sale is on- in earnest. Churches and
schools, secret and fraternal organ
izations, Boy Scouts, merchants, bank
ers and utility companies have enlisted
in the crusade.
Just 300,000 of the Tuletide seals,
the little gift pasters that should be
placed upon every Christmas package,
have been received for distribution
here and the prospects are that all will
be sold. That means $3,000, most of
which will be used in this city and
vicinity.
The general committee is busy
working out its plans and all that it
needs to make the year's sales break
another record is the hearty co
operation of every man, woman and
child in Harrisburg.
THE EDISON FIRE
THE whole country should rejoice
that the experimental labora
tory of Thomas A. Edison was
not destroyed by the fire
swept the Edison plant at West
Orange yesterday. Edison is wealthy;
so Is the company that bears his name,
and. aside from the period of enforced
unemployment for the factory work
ers, the fire will result in little real
hardship. But if the laboratory had
gone up in smoke, stocked as it is
with fnvaiuable data, delicate me
chanism requiring years to construct
and the incomplete experiments that
will lead to the marketing of more
of the useful devices that have done
so much to add to the comforts of
life, the whole nation would have
been the loser.
Edison has been for years urging
the construction of nothing but fire
proof buildings, and he himself has
invented much apparatus for the use
of concrete in structural work. The
factories burned last night were of
concrete, but not fireproof. It is just
possible that this incident may be
turned to account by the wonderful
inventor. His thoughts having been
directed that way. It Is not impossible
that we shall hear shortly of some
new devices and discoveries in the
way of flre prevention and inde
structible factories.
GERMAN NAVAL STRENGTH
THE defeat of the German squad
ron in South American waters
by the British is not an unex
pected event in naval circles.
From the very first it has been only
a question of catching or rounding up
this elusive force of fast German war
ships. Nobody acquainted with con
ditions looked for anything else. The
Germans themselves must have real
ized the inevitable end of their daring
maneuvers.
Indeed, it has long been a wonder
to naval men how the Germans kept
going as long as they have. Few of
their vessels have touched port since
war was declared, yet all of the ships
have given good account of themselves
in the destruction of merchant ma
rine and fighting craft of lesser caliber
which they encountered by chance or
deliberate planning. The commanders
of these cruisers deserve a better fate
than that which has overtaken or will
in all likelihood overtake them be-
I fore peace is declared. They have
shown themselves to be seamen of re
source and courage.
In this, as on land, German success
up to this time has not lain either in
superior generalship on the field of
action or in the fighting qualities of
the men, but in thorough prepared
ness for the work which they under
tcx>k when the hostilities were started.
They knew from the beginning what
to do, while the allies have had to feel
their way and formulato their plans
largely along the lines cast for them
by the German war staff.
CORRESPONDENCE COURSES
CORRESPONDENCE school course
merits are now recognized in al
most every walk of life and pro
fession except that of the law.
There is no good reason why a student
should not become proficient in the
rudiments of law required by examin
ing boards as readily through the me
dium of a good correspondence school
as by filing papers, copying and occa
sionally "reading law" in some attor
ney's office. Yet the clerk is accepted
and the correspondence student is re
jected.
There is all too much of close cor
poration methods among lawyers. It
la true that many men are admitted to
practice who never will be a credit to
their profession, but it is also true
that a large number of worthy appli
cants have found their path rougher
by far than proper regard for legal
attainments would necessitate.
The only questions that should aris?
in the minds of any examining board
are—is the applicant a man of good
moral character and can he pass a
reasonable examination In the prac
tice of law. After that it is nobody's
business who or how many become
lawyers, nor how or where the requir
ed knowledge la acquired
I EVENING CHAT 1
From time to time articles appear
in newspapers along the Susquehanna
Valley and bccasi onally in Harrls
burg that tell of the passing of some
portion of the old Pennsylvania canal,
years ago the great enterprise and
an object of much interest to the
people of scores of towns that were
touched by the towpath. We have
seen the disappearance of the famous
lock at the foot of Walnut street and
have seen the Pennsylvania railroad
tracks grow and grow until they have
covered the site of the old waterway
from one end of Harrlsburg to the
other and in Steelton we have noted
how portions have been filled up and
other parts retained as reservoirs.
Not long ago the Harrlsburg Railways
Company built its line to Rockville
bridge right up to the old canal north
of Ott's lane and around Lochiel the
filling operations have caused the sec
tion that remains about the Lochiel
lock to grow smaller and smaller.
The site of the canal affords many
pretty walks up along the river and
it can be traced by the bridges still
standing below Highspire. Now the
trustee. Samuel Rea. persident of tlie
Pennsylvania railroad, which has the
lien against the land is planning to
sell off some of the sections in th»
upper end of the county and the
Clark's Ferry bridge. The sections to
be sold are in Wilkes-Bi'rre about
the Montgomery dam, in Selinsgrove
and Penn township. Snyder county;
four houses and land at Juniata Junc
tion in Reed township, the Clark's
Ferry lock and 8,700 feet of the
Juniata division of the canal touch
ing it: Clark's Ferry bridge, 2,088 feet
in length: and a section of the Wlco
nisco division Just above the bridge.
The sale of the bridge will, of course,
be subject to what proceedings are
pending against it, but the ;.ale of the
others will be outright and !n all
probability the buyers will All up the
ditch and either plant railroad tracks
or cabbages on it. Within the nc#rt
decade there will be precious little
of the traces of the waterway left.
The decision of the Dauphin County
Commissioners yesterday to the ef
fect that "three meals" shall consti
tute a day.'s keep for a prisoner eon
ilned in the county jail for violation
of a city ordinance settles a dispute
that has been at issue between the
county and city authorities for sev
eral years. Heretofore, in submitting
its bill for city prisoners' keep to the
municlpo'lty the prison inspectcrs fig
ured upon a charge of thirty-two
cents per diem. The city thought
twenty cents was sufficient. A com
promise on twenty-six cents -vas final
ly agreed upon. One of th-i points
raised by the city was that the prison
authorities charged for a full day's
keep when a prisoner was confined
only for a portion of a day; and that
two days' ke was charged for when
a man was c< .alined aftei the evening
nv.-al of cne night and released before
breakfast the rext morning. Tn or
der to regui'ite the problem in the fu-
Uiie it was agreed yesterday that 'he
service of Ihree meals would mean
a day. and that each meal would re
counted as. 01 e- third of a day.
Members of the Dauphin County
Historical Society arc looking forward
with considerable interest to the lec-
I ture to be given this evening by Ben
jamin M. Nead on the "First Confed
erate Invasion of Pennsylvania." Mr.
Xead comes from Franklin county
which bore the brunt of the invasion
of the gray and will relate first hand
incidents of the raids. It is one of a
series he will deliver.
Some good stories are being told
about the State documents which used
to be handed out with such a lavish
uand from Capitol Hill and which un
der the Tener law are placed under
restrictions. It seems that there are
' large stacks of books which have not
been called for and that in many in
stances people who were really inter
ested in reports were able to obtain
thcin. In former times the books
wore sent out by members of the Leg
islature and the supply was soon cut
short. N'ot long ago a man wrote in
for a copy of a mines report. He
asked that if it could not be furnished
tlmt t.c be told where he might find
one as he had been given an agricul
tural report a few years ago when he
was unable to get what he asked.
Congressman-elect S. Taylor North,
of Punxsutawney, who was here yes
iterday on his way home from Wash
ington, said that he had been look
ing over the National Capitol. Mr.
North served four terms as a mem
ber of the Pennsylvania Legislature
and was chairman of the appropria
tions committee last session.
Col. H. C. Demming, who returned
last evening from Gettysburg:, said
that there was three and four inches
of snow on the mountains between
this city and the battlefield.
I WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1
—lsaac Hiester has been elected
president of the Berks county bar as
sociation.
—W. W. Deeds, the new surveyor
of the port of Pittsburgh, is a promi
nent businessman of Mgonier.
—Dr. T. H. Andrews, of Philadel
phia. is at Atlantic City.
—John S. Rilling, the Erie lawyer
mentioned for the Attorney General
ship, was formerly Democratic State
chairman.
—Frank P. Pritchard is the new
chancellor of the Law Association of
Philadelphia.
f bp YOU"KNOW 1
That Harrisburg is one of the Im
portant stations for trans-Atlantic
telegraphic wire* or main trunks?
| IN HARRISBURG FIFTY I
I YEARS AGO TO-DAY 1
[From the Telegraph, Dec. 10, 1864.]
$lO9 to SI toot Dog
A man who shot a farmer's dog was
fined sl9 and had to pay S9O damages.
Templars to Meet
The Templars will meet on the thir
teenth.
Skating and Sleighing
Ice is in fine condition for skating.
Sleighing is good, too.
Making the Store Pay
Every foot of available floor
space that does not have a cus
tomer in it is dead expense.
There are many ways a re
tailer can assist in keeping his
store busy.
He can give good service, sell
at fair prices, and he can adver
tise these facts In his home news
papers.
He should also take full ad
vantage of the manufacturer's
advertising.
When the national manufac
turer advertises his product In
the newspapers, the retailer
should take advantage of thla
(advertising by showing the goods
and drawing the people to his
store.
HARRIBBURG OSS&l TELEGRAPH
SCHEMING TO STAY
ON POLITICAL MAP
Democratic and 801 l Moose Chief
tains Will Use the Legisla
ture to Furnish Noise
TO DRAFT "TROUBLE" BILLS
Palmer and the President Talk
I Over the War Among the Penn
sylvania Democrats
—Democratic and Washington
party leaders are planning to gather
in some campaign issues by means of
legislation the'y will offer to the next!
General Assembly and meetings of i
men in charge of drafting of ciils will!
be held between Christmas and the j
middle of January to dotjrir.lio what
kind of material to prepare. After j
the decistve defeat of last month the
men In charge of the he i.(quarto l , s of.
the two parties reailzj that it will
take hard work to keep on the map
and they propose to do a lot of talking
E-omt uplft legislation and the \vti
fare of the people.
—The plan of the Democratic lead
ers is to revive the legislative com
mittee which drafted the charity ap
propriation and other measures last
session and to frame up a series of
bills which will not go through be
cause they will be different from
those of the Republicans and as much
capital as possible will be made out
of the charity appropriations as pos
sible. The Bull Moosers are expected
to have the minimum wage and other
measures which failed last session
ready together with some corrupt
practices and other election bills. If
any attempt is made to radically
change the. primary laws either in re
gard to holding of State conventions
or to prevent people from being
named after a primary there will be
loud objections.
—The Democratic State headquar
ters here will become a thing of the
past to-morrow and the end if tne
week will see the locking of the doors
and the transference of all business
to the Philadelphia headquarters.
When committees meet here they will
have headquarters at a hotel. The
Washington party people may have a
legislative headquarters here during
the session.
—The Woman Suffrage Association
and State Federation of Labor will
maintain their headquarters through
out the session.
—The great problem of the future
of the Democratic party in Pennsylva
nia, especially with reference to the
question whether there should be an
amalgamation between the "Reor
gunlzers" and the "Old Guard," was
discussed by President Wilson and
Representative A. Mitchell Palmer at
the White House yesterday. It is un
derstood that Representative Palmer
stood firmly for a continuation of the
tight against the "Old Guard" and It Is
probable that the President will sup
port him. Patronage was not discussed
at the interview, it Is understood.
There has been considerable talk In
the Pennsylvania delegation about an
other reorganization of the party, with
a new leader, but the movement, if It
can be called that, has not yet crystal
lized into any definite action. It is not
likely that the President will give
his consent to any action that has In
view the elimination of Mr. Palmer.
Nevertheless, it is said that some of
the old leaders will shortly make an
effort to convince the President that
the party vote in Pennsylvania was
decimated as a result of the tight of
the "Reorganizers."
—Congressman W. N. Oarr is
getting ready his contest of the seat
of his successful rival at Washington
and hopes to make an Impression. He
will attack the Fayette county results.
—Burgess Jacob Kline, of Ephrata,
one of the oldest town officials in Lan
caster couny, has resigned.
—Congressman Warren Worth
Bailey, of Johnstown, who took the
warpath after the election, has been
invited to be one of the speakers at the
Jackson day dinner in Philadelphia.
—Senator Penrose, Governor-elect
Brumbaugh and Lieutenant-governor
elect Frank B. McClain will be guests
of honor at a reception at the Union
League in Philadelphia to-night.
—Adherents of President W. Hor
ace Hoskins put the followers of State
Chairman Roland S. Morris to decisive
route last night in their efforts to con
trol the Democratic Club of Philadel
phia, former pet organization of the
reorganizes. The Hoskins men de
feated an appeal made by. Collector of
Internal Revenue Lederer from a de
cision of the chair that only mem
bers with dues paid could participate
In the proceedings of the club. The
Hoskins faction also scored in electing
Anthony J. Flerk, Sr., as a director
over James H. Howard, reorganization
leader in the Firty-sixth ward. Both
victories were won by the similar re
sult of 42 to 32. Chairman Morris,
a club director, was again an absentee.
The meeting was the most turbulent
of the series of heated gatherings
which have marked the career of the
club.
—Governor-elect Brumbaugh stated
yesterday that he had received scores
of letters from applicants for jobs un
der his administration, but did not
propose to give much attention to am
bitions of place-geekers until he con-
Will The-e Be a Vic
trola in Your Home This Chrifltma»?
Better consult our salesmen now about the various styles
and our convenient terms.
C.AVSl&ler,lnc.
Pianos w Vlctrola*
JZZ 30 S. 2nißl. -S2T*
eludes his school duties at the end of j
the year.
—Representative James A. Dunn, |
Philadelphia, announced yesterday
that he will Introduce bills In the next
Legislature to provide for the payment
to the police pension fund out of the
receipts of the State from the liquor
license tax and for a State appropria
tion for the annual Independence Day
celebration In this city.
( OUR DAILY LAUGH j
Hla Winter Even- ' Better
Injm Sister: I'll give
How do you you a nickel for
spend the long the movies If
winter evenings you'l 1 go when
at your house? Charlie calls to-
Studying the uight.
magazine club of- Mabel: I'd rath
fers; trying to see r see de real life
lect a combination movies through
that will suit the the keyhole,
ontlre family.
Why W«tt
.In*t night X just happened
What's this to think—l forgot
"drelbund" I read to kiss my wife
so much about in when I left this
the papers? morning.
My wife and Kiss her twice
two children—just morrow morn
before Christmas. Ing, then.
MORE WEATHER
Ily Wing Dinger
I wrote some verses yesterday
That dwelt at large upon the way
The weather has behaved this week.
And In Its favor I did speak.
Because the farmers wanted rain
To help along the growing grain.
But there's a limit to such stuff,
And now I think we've had enough.
The rain was welcome, and I think
It tine that plants all got a drink,
But when this wet snow comes along
I'm ready quite to join the throng:
That's losing all its temper sweet.
With shivers, coughs and well-soaked
_ feet.
And while I'm not inclined to whine,
I sure would like to see sunshine.
i ni " w ot m&p i
[From the Telegraph, Dec. 10, 1864.]
Sherman Reports Capture
Washington, Dec. 10.—Sherman re
ports the capture of Mllledgeville, (5a.,
together with a large amount of am
munition.
Take Breastworks
Petersburg, Dec. 10. —A line of
breastwoUrg »li the south side have
been taken "by Union men.
Frustrate Plan for Raid
Detroit, Dec. 9.—A plan of a rebel
raid on this city was frustrated.
RIOBIRTH
Oh, earth with all thy bloom un
harvested—
In all thy fields no singing voice of
mirth,
Xo light in any home, on any hearth,
For on thy prostrate heart thy sons
lie dead, —
The hope of all thy travail van
quished.
The spirit-flower that in thy soil had
birth.
Lies broken on thy broken heart, oh,
earth!
The dream of all the ages shattered.
Oh, earth, thine agony Is not in vain.
Not vain the flame of thy vast funeral
pyre;
On that red battle ground where lie
they slain,
Thy wounded and dream, thy
dead desire,
The enduring spirt shall be born
again,
Grief-nurturod, and new-baptized in
lire.
—Mary P. Sears in The Survey.
FACTSANDFUN
Colorado alone has dozens of moun
tains without names which are more
than double the height of the most
lofty of eastern mountain^.
Johnnie (puzzled as to how to pro
nounce the name of an explorer)— Say,
father, do you pronounce K-n-u-d with
a long or a short "u."
Father (who, of course, doesn't
know) I—Oh, 1 —Oh, It doesn't make any dif
ference.
Johnnie—Well, I guess it makes a
good bit of difference whether a man
is nud or nude up in the Arctic re
gions.—Pennsylvania State Froth.
"Opera singers may enlist in this
European war."
"Well, the slaughter will be dread
ful if they turn upon the enemy the
ferocity they commonly display toward
one another." —Kansas City Journal.
DECEMBER 10, 1914.
•THE QUALITY STORE"
Christmas
Special For Friday Only ,
.S®**®'. '? tan - Brev '" W **» Hed Comfortables,
<>U\cv—Stylos—Winter filled with elean white eotton and
™ eight .garments Regularly $12.50. covered both Sides with pretty
Spe< iul for IYidaj at. each. Chintz; $2.00 value. Special for
$8.50 ,ri,,n > »*• «"*» $1.47
Ladles' Tan Rubberize] Rain.
Specially priced for Friday. 80 In Comfort Satlnes In a Rood
313.00 kind at jKIO IW t <olor range and beautiful designs;
sl2 50 kind at oX' Va ""J* 1 wt j!* ht luld soft finish: 20c
kind at <jj- value. Spec ial for Friday at. j.cr
* Tan Rubberized Raincoats ——
* regularly
s I >et>, al for Friday at, each. large lieantirul roll Cotton Bat
sl£.»>o anrt fluffy; extra grade of
coMon; Hells for 20c. Special for
. „ . „ Friday at. per roll 1
l adies sweaters—all lUgli grude A'>"
goods—all sizes—wide- variety of
colors. Special value* at
$2.50 to JKIO OO 9 "' Unbleaclied Sheeting. me
dlun. weight and a nice clean, even
cloth, easily washed; 25e quality.
White fascinators, slightly soil- Special for Friday at, per yard,
ed. Special Tor Friday— idj,
59c quality at, each °J)C* 1 "r
25c quality at, each 1
' 10c Flannelettes in a splendid
__ ~ range of patterns and colorings;
I'XCKITIOXAL. Traveling "tripes, dots and neat figures. Spc-
Bags. made of genuine cowhide clal for Friday at, per yard. .
leather—black or hrowu—leather r
lined—worth SO and $0.50. Special
for Friday at Oj \ nn
~ , •P*' , Men s Bathrobes—made of good
Make an Ideal Xmas gift. heavy blanket—well made—large
■ sizes. Beautiful line of patterns
Smokers' stands handsomely T'l colors to select from. Just the
made of fumed oak—a goinl $3.00 ri!r,, t kind of n Xmas gift for a
value. Special for Friday at man. Worth >5.50 regularly.
$1 08 Friday at $1.50
25c and 29c Bordered Voiles and Men s flne nil-linen hemstitched
Scrims for t urtains. Special for handkerchiefs—full size—worth
Friday at, per yarn to 25c each. Special for Friday
'' at $2.00 per dozen. Sold by the
dozen only.
Lace, Net and Scrim Curtains—
all styles—in white and ecru—in 1,
2 and 3 pairs of a kind—arc spe- I-adleu" line all linen hemstitched
dally priced for Friday only. Handkerchiefs; worth l"c to 25c
— ' each. Spc<ial for Friday at
double size. Cotton Blan- »2.00 per dozen. Sold bv the
kcts iu gray and white, pretty col- (iozol > only.
ored borders, heavy weight; worth
5i..19. Special for Friday at, per „ ,
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BOOKS and rfg
We are always interested to hear
of a new book by Richard Harding
Davis, but when it is on a subject as
inear his heart as a great war and
! when he writes his own experiences
jin the thick of the fighting, it is more
than ever welcome. Mr. Davis was
in Rheims Cathedral while it was
being shelled. He was captured by
the Germans and almost treated as a
spy. He saw Louvain shortly after
its destruction and he had the great
est difficulty with the war censor
ship. Charles Scrlbner's Sons are
bringing out these experiences in a
book entitled "With the Allies."
Speaking of war books no one is
better fitted to write of the present
war than E. Alexander Powell, who
has been special correspondent of the
New York World at the front. Mr.
Powell was an eye-witness of every
phase of the great drama culmina
ting in the fall of Antwerp and he
was the only war correspondent who
witnessed the entry of the Germans
into the city. His new book, "Fight
ing in Flanders" is about to be pub
lished. (Scribners).
To settle disputes and to form basis
for a clear understanding of the war
situation, there is no more complete
book than "The Diplomatic History
of the War" (Scribners) which in
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cludes the absolutely full texts of the
German white paper, the English
white paper, the Russian orange paper'
the Belgian gray paper and other of
ficial document connected with tha
war. This Is the first and only com
plete collection of this material which
t has appeared in the United States.
Another great dispute settler is Ad
miral Charles H. Stockton's "Outlines
of International Law" (Scribners).
It gives the full texts of the Hague
Convention in 1907, the International
Naval Conference held at London In
1909, President Wilson's Proclamation
of Neutrality, and a large amount of
material in the very difficulties which
are at present most under discussion,
such as contraband, neutrality, aerial
warfare, military occupation, the high
seas, etc.
A foreigner who tells of his exper
iences in becoming an American citi
zen finds a ready audience and Mr. A.
M. Rihbany's "A Far Journey" bids
fair to become as widely read and as
of great influence as that other work
with which one inevitably associates
it, Mary Antin's "The Promised
Land." Among the responses most
gratifying to Mr. Rihbang is a letter
from the principal of a school In New
York in which the student body is
made up or 25,000 girls, most of them
foreign born and all of them of for
eign parentage. These girls, hearing
through their teacher of "A Far Jour
ney," have adopted for their motto
Mr. Rihbany's aim—"to conquer Ig
norance by Knowledge, Sin by Right
eousness, Discord by Harmony, Ha
tred by Love."