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THE PRESIDENTS REQUEST In a letter to Representative Pou, acting chairman of the house rules committee. President Wilson asks for an "early vote upon the resolutions with regard to travel on armed rnej ebantrnen In order that there majy be "afforded an Immediate opportunity for full public discussion and action upon them, and that all doubts and conjectures may be ewept away and our foreign relations once more cleared of darfiiajrlng misunderstandings." There are certain resolutions that may very wisely be allowed to die In committee. Often there Is no better disposition to be made them. And In such cases It is for congress to say whether there shall bo ac tion or nonaction. Indeed, that is true in this case.

Congress would be as much within its rights In ignoring the Presi dent's request, or falling to comply with It, as the Pres(lent was within his lights in making It. But we think that Mr. "Vllaon la right in holdlnr that the issue now before the IVUIIll 19 VIID. VB1I Oermenv Is entitled to know the truth sro the political situation here, for it "15 certain that her course will be as. In siderable extent by what she bellevea td be the attitude of congress.

It Is un doubtedly trwe.i as the President says, "that report that there are divided eourweU Lj. congress in regard the foreign policy of the government is be I.ig made industrious, use of in foreign capltnls." And the result has been great ly td enibarrass' the administration In Its negotiations. The Presldanti therefore, asks that there an amrmation or tne unity or purpose which he bellevea to exist. But ir it does that fact, too should be made known, The highest Interests of the country demand; that there be a Congress If as much part'of tha govern ment sb the President is. and as a part i of the government it should express its cnlnloni on this very" important Issue.

If the question were one of domestic policy there would be no, auch necessity. But nero xne iianoms in nnuun psiors iiw Lworld la' involved "We have been, and still are. engaged In very important ne jtotlations concerning the application? of principle of international Iaw. For months the President has been standing for that prlhclple. Then ail of a sudden certain resolution are Introduced in congress challenging the position that this government has assumed and maintained, and we were told that they would pass the hou.e by a vote of two or three to one.

"What could the Berlin government think, except that the American government was not sustained by the American people 1" Its demands? Be Uevlng could see tio reason for meetlni? those demands. There was the "oamo dlfflculty resigned as secretary of state. GLerman statesmen "very naturally felt that there was serious division this country for they undoubtedly. looked on the American secretary of state as a (tort of premier the head of the government, as It were. This feeling that we were not at one was strengthened by the revoJt In congress last weete.

For thes'e reasons, and others that nxi'gh be given, the resolutions can not be allowed slrrply to die. Congress must 1 nv 0 i dent Is not to embarrass certain members, or to put them individually on record, but to put country before the world In the true light Ini order that foreign governments nay know that they are dealing with a united country. If this shall prove not to be the case, that also should be known, ny an meana, let us nave a vote. STATES AND THEIR ROADS Wa VakViVMlca Vt 1 1 Vvt aa AT Sft TfAftatas) Motorist discusses the 4Shackleford road bjlt, nich provides for an annual appropriation of JC5.000.000 to build and maintain county post roads. This bill, say the paper, "la no doubt a step in the right direction, but It Is objectionable Inmftny The minority report of Representative 'Walsh Is quoted, and the Xollowlng comment added: most objectionable feature about the, bill, however, is that a large amount of" mcney will bi expended, if the bill becomes a law, on roads having no value exeert as.FP't roads and probably none of the money will be spent on making or maintaining' permanent hlghwaya of transcontinental character.

I The Shackleford road bill arneara to be good because it promotes a desired ina inn rrritrucuon or oetter highway a does so In a manner thoroushlyiu objectionabl. The bill. In the opinion; of many Investigators, would kaa to the development of strictly local potvTu3ds, as ajalnst the through or interstate highways toward which the governr.ent might, because of their in terstat character. Justifiably contribute. There is no adnrJsjion, however, that the necessity for.

such aid haa appeared. The Ifooeler Motorist continues: If the. government intends to aid i the states In building and maintalninsr bish it. vuiu V9 imuiyer i IT i 111 tary i Redness plans and arrropriate stifTicient money to huild several, highway permanent type to be maintained by the ctates through which they pass. liritisg country frvra north to south.

ar A uccan ocean. with roads portal by the cf awtomohiles. Such aid. arrUetl. would eliminate the "pork" and be of Inestimable value the localities! effected and the country Thi suggestion has mtich to surport It.

It Includes conmer and liAlioral dtftcsc, which, snly the lis 0 iO est approach to reasons for national aid In the construction of general highway. The trouble with many good road advocates, la that they: se only the road and overlook 'the "method proposed for Up Improvement. Legislators should bear In mind the distinction between Interstate and' intrastate commerce, between purely state "authority and national controL Surely the states hive enough energy left to do their own work, an, important part of which Is, tho construction of local If they do their building. wi.rely and conomlcaJIy, euch systems can eaUy lx) linked together, and It may be found that government aid will not be needed at alL THE MACHINE'S RALLY That man must indeed be an Innocent who believes that the effort of the. bipartisan machine to prevent the renom inatlon of Mr.

Kucker is prompted by any consideration of the public welfare. From the moment of the return of the Indictments, by an honest grand Jury, against men' charged with offenses in connection with primary and election. It was certain that an effort would be made to punish the prosecutor. It Is for the Republicans of Marlon county to say whether that effort shall succeed. The issue is plain enough so plain that no man can mistake it.

Once again the question Is whether "the people shall govern themselves. It is the old fight between the machine a very dangerous machine andy the citizen. Facing the primary, the voters of this county ought to be very thankful that Mr. Rucker prosecutor, and will continue to be after the primary la over. It is fortunate also that Judge Collins presides in the criminal court, and that Mr.

Coffin is sheriff. All these men are the products of a successful revolt against the machine. which lost much when its candidates for these offices were defeated. Instead of or running the chance of yielding any of the ground that was won at the election of 1914, the people should push their conquest still further. As it Is, the slugging police will not.

let us hope, be conspicuous at the primary next week. Had the election of 1914 gone the other way, we should beyond question hare had a primary of the old and shameless type. If we get an honest primary It will be largely due to the fact that Mr. Rucker, whom the machine is trying to beat, la prose cuting attorney of Marion county. That Is a 'gain of which the bipartisan gang can not rob us.

Nor can it defeat Mr, Rucker If the people will but do their duty one week. from today. Let then) not. forget that their very chance for making their will prevail at the primary Is due to the fact that the man whom they are asked to defeat Is the Marion county prosecutor. Ills offense Is that he sought to.

enforce the against machine men high In power as well as against the little fellows who usually do the dirty work at somebody's behest. There is not a machine politician In the county on either side that would not re jolce at his overthrow and bewail his triumph. Shall primary day be one of mourning or rejolclnff for the bipartisan machine? ECONOHY AT EVANSVILLE The Evansvllle postmaster, John J. Nolan; does not want the government to spend flSO.OOd. which has already been appropri ated.

Tor the construction of an additlod to the postoffice. "The extension is no more needed." Mr. Nolan says, "than a second tail on a pig." The protest has been carried to the treasury department, which has charge of public building work, and that the department is surprised is shown by a request for an explanation. The mystery is deepened by the statement of John Boehne, former congressman from the Evansvllle district. that although the appropriation was made during his term of office it was made without his request.

Of course, the time to save money is before it Is appropriated. Yet even a belated stand for economy Is commendable. Mr. Nolan's action has a counterpart out westl An inconspicuous town In the state of Washington, through its civic organization, has wired the district congressman that it does not need, does not desire, and will not accept an approprla tion proposed for the erection of a post ofiflce. The town signified Its willingness to accept a smaller amount, but emphatically condemned a 'large appropriation.

This may have been embarrassing; to the congressman, especially, if he was re sponsible for the item going into the bllL Probably there are other examples of the strange manner In which excessive appropriations get Into omnibus bllls. Generally such Items are Inserted at the request or demand of the congressman. But. In any event, they are intended to give the people what "they want. Some congressmen have an idea that what their constituents want la pork, even if it Is no larger a share than a 'single package of radish seeds sent out under frank.

But there are signs of a change. When the people elect a congressman they should make clear to him that they desire good government, and that such government unattainable as long as 1150.000 or $200,000 la appropriated for a postoffice In a village which could reasonably get along with a 123,000 building, or even rented quarters. It is hard to say Just what will become of Evansvllle's $150,000 if Mr. Nolan persists In his objections. But It tho treasury department can not do anything else with it.

it can save the money. NA VIGATICN LAWS Whenever congress again considers marine legislation, apart from the purchase or construction of. government' merchant ships. Jt should find much information In a report on navigation recently, made by a eredai agent. in the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce.

The work 1 a study of the principal features of the laws of the Etates. Great Britain. Germany, Norway, France and Japan. The comparison Is by topics, such as laws relating to Vessels, laws relating to officers and crew and laws of administration. Even a person unacquainted with marine customs may note the difference between the American laws and thoee of other nations.

Although American regulations have remained much the same for the. Panama canal act of 1913 effected, as the book, says, "what is probably 'the most radical change In the mart tlrre policy cf the United States since the arly registry law of Pecember SI, 1792. The Panama law provided that forcign bulU vesets. unler certain bo admitted to rrr Istxy, If owned wholly by citizens or American corporations. Vrfor to the pas sage of this act only American built vessels were eligible.

The next change was the ship registry act of 1314, which en abled the President to suspend certain provisions with regard to the merchant marine. The latest change is the sea men's act of 1315. Take only one feature of this act, that covering age, phy slcal condition, ability and experience of crews. On comparing American previsions with those of other nations. it will be seen how greatly ham pered American shipowners are! The language test of the seamen's act, which required "interpretation by the depart ment "of commerce, finds no counterpart In cthtr statutes.

England has a provision affecting what are known as waters," but in the Indian and Asiatic trades where the British merchant ma rine Is pre eminent he shipowners may employ Chinese and lascars cheap labor regardless of their language ability. The 'German regulations, apparently, do not contain any requirements that any part of the crew shall speak the language of the officers Well enough to be able to understand orders. There la no such requirement in Norway or "France, Japan, the chief competitor of the United States for the Asiatic Pacific trade, does not burden Its shipowners with definite language or other service regulations. Comparison on this point alone serves once more to call attention' "to the unfor tunate character of the seamen's act and the necessity for further remedial egia latlon." A MOTORLESS C0MMUNI1Y In 1314 a bill was passed by the Massa chusetts general court denying to auto mobiles the road privileges of Nantucket Recently an attempt was made to repeal this A bill for the purpose was in troduced, but It got no further, than public hearing. Ft range to say.

when the witnesses were called, proponents were outnumbered, possibly five to one by op ponents. The latter were indignant. Their convictions were clearly and tersely expressed by Mrs. William Barnes, wife of the New York Republican leader. Mrs.

Barnes has beensnendlng the summer season in Nantucket for twenty eight years, but she said she would never re turn if automobiles were permitted to enter. There are other spots In the world notably one up in Canada and certain privileged ground abroad where automobiles are not "welcome. In this country, too. in a "few of the national reservations, motor cars are not yet fully entitled to privileges. But these are exceptions.

The point with Nantucket is that it Is a thriving community, well supplied with all year residents, aid very popular with resorters. 1 These are all of sound mind and body (and incidentally of fat pocketbooks) and it wa intimated at the hearing in Boston that they wished to remain so. The supporters of the bill pecarae flippant and referred to the Nantucketers as nervous folk. The reflection was met by a presentation of the Nantucket motor opponents, 11 of whom, to Judge from the newspaper reports, were in good health and spirits except when the pssIbUIty of mojortng. on the island was mentioned.

The supporters of the bill then presented a representative of the business interests oi Nantucket. Judging from this man's testimony the roads" of the Island were simply1 being ruined by the rubber tires of horse drawn carriages. Bad roads made bad business. Besides, the cranberry grower desired to haul their crops to the pier in motor, cars not rubber wheeled coaches. Perhaps the situation is explained by the fact that the Island has only "one road fit for motor traffic.

It is seven miles long, extends from Nantucket to Slasconsett, and Is owned by the state. SPELLING At last spelling hai been officially recognized as fine art Columbia university has announced that B. Duncan, a member of Its faculty, has started a course in spelling ppen to all members of the university. The class uses a modern speller containing 6,000 words commonly misspelled, and Is conducted on the theory that' "repetition la the mother of learning." Following the announcement so many students applied for admission that it was found necessary to have another class In the evening to provide for the overflow. It is even reported in the New.

York Evening Post that some members of the facultyv were thinking of organizing a separate class and inviting Professor Brander Matthews, the celebrated advocate of simplified spelling, to sit In. "But." adds the Post, "Professor Matthews says be dux not enthus over the Idea. lie is a simplified speller thn and. thru." Of course. Professor Mat thews, being a simplified speller, would miss many words, endangering his reputation.

But the new course at Columbia has nothing to do with simplified spelling ex cept ignore it It merely provide opportunity for students who are sup posed to have been trained in spelling in tha common schools to learn to spell such words as "privilege," "benefit." "re ceive" and a few mOre which cultured. politicians and others habitually misspell. That tha course fills a long felt need Is Indicated by the Urge number of students who wish to become good spellers. It is now evident that for years college students have been craving proficiency In, the art. They have been going about spelling words contrary to standards which their college neglected to teach them.

How were they to know that the college expected the high and preparatory schools to remedy the defect? Now they know all about it. They know that all children can not be taught to spell In lhe common schools; that all children Can not be taught to spell In the high school and that private tutors can not teach, spelling to all children, even by employing the' very latest fashion in academic instruction. What they probably do not know is that the. colleges can not teach, spelling to all young men and women. V'." For, try as they will, there are some persons who can never learn to spell Contrary to popular belief, based on the classic example of George Waahingt on.

it is nothing to their credit Ability 'to areU generally Indicates a good memory and a quick intelligence. And though persons of some prominence are not uncommonly poor spellers. It Is noteworthy that they usually take pains to employ a stenographer who la a good speller. This ts an admission of their admiration though It may be secret for the good And. they know that even poor spellers regard with letters in which common words ra misspelled.

Under the guise ef simplified spelling, certain magazines persistently spell com THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1916. mon words contrary to custom. These words never fall to give offense to' the cultivated mind. They are impleasantly different, and the same is true, to a certain extent, of business 'and personal letters In which words are misspelled. SUA KESPEA RE'S FLOWERS Tr those who have a fondness for, things unique there may be something attractive in the suggestion that the Shakespearean tercentenary might' be celebrated.

In a measure, By planting a Shakespearean garden. Shakespeare made mention of a good many flowers, of one kind or another, that can be successfully grown In this country. He had an eye, tooffor the humbVer varieties. What he mentioned grew In the wood, meadow, along the roadside or in the cottage gardens of the Elizabethans. At Stratford, they doubtless thrived in Shakespeare' own dooryard.

In London, it Is not unlikely that he mlrsed them, and at times longed for them, for he speaks of them witfe a tenderness that is eloquent of his affection for them. "I would I had some flower the spring." he wrote. There are references in his works to the annual carnation, flax, sweet balm, hyssop, fenriel, clover, camomile, marigold, marjoram, mallow, poppy, pansy, rue, rosemary, wormwood, thyme, affron, aconite, lily, the moss rose and the brier rose, cowslip, ragged robin, cuckoo flow columbine, sea holly, heath, flowering thistle, iris, long purplus. oxsltp, pinks, violet, larkspur, harebell, lavendar and primrose. Others, too, no doubt, might be included in the list, but these come most readily to mind.

And a brave collec tion they make, too! With some of them we are familiar in America some bloom in our own meadows and woods and along our own roadsides while others ask only a place In our soil to become aa companionable In our dooryards as they were in the dooryards of the Elizabethans in Shakespeare day. They are all great democrat. The first seventeen flower named In the 1'st may be grown, as they were in Shakepeare' time, from seed. The others may be had from nurserymen or from some generous neighbor's garden in the form of plants. Some, in other words, are annuals; some perennials.

But. however they are had, a garden spot dedicated this year to their growth would be put to ap propriate and happy use. Children in the public schools especially might find school gardening a little more interesting, and Shakespeare a little nearer and more human if a corner were set aside as a Shakespeare garden. Of course, it is less than one week 'more until the primary election, and there Just naturally can't be many more candidates advertisements stuck up' on 'the telephone poles to mar the appearance of otherwise pleasant looking neighborhoods. But the lower part of the poles is pretty nearly out of sight now.

and there are other posters besides those setting forth. In no uncertain tones the self appreciation of the And their number seems to be increasing, i So it does not seem probable that next. Tuesday will brine much relief, unless the telephone companies take 'a notion to do something about it, which they could, if they would. but which they probably won't as their patience in respect to some things is notorious or even worse than that. Naturally, Bathhouse John was successful Iri the Chicago municipal election; otherwise it wouldn't have seemed like a regular election to the Chlcagoans.

But If the' cold footed congressional patriots are so confident that the "stay jofT' resolution should be passed, why should they be so nervous in regard to a record vote on It? Th new schedule offered by the miners would add 3 cents a ton to the cost of producing coal in Indiana, but If it is adopted; it may figure out somewhat more than that when the ultimate consumer comes td pay his bill. The Virginia delegation is going to take a bust of the President to the St. Louis convention. And some of the other dele gates, it is suspected, would like to take buat at him. A little more excitement about that mysterious aeroplane, and Duluth will be setting up an anti air craft gun.

Chicago broker have Increased their commission charge on grain deals, and considering that nowaday the old ratio of one born every mlnute seems to be exceeded, they'll probably Increase their velvet considerably as a result of the action. 1. 1 I. i The thrift propaganda appear to be having unexpected success. For Instance, the police' have Just captured, a boy burglar who has a bank account.

Only 823 arrests during February? Has. somebody put the kibosh on that more or less well established policy of police efficiency? Cheer up again I To be sure, March a very good reputation, but. you know, there are only thirty one days In it. Eggs not 95 per cent, good will be barred from interstate commerce hereafter under a ruling by the department of agriculture. Washington dispatch.

Oh, well, of course, there's no such thing as perfection, and probably 85 per cent, good is as much as we can expect even for breakfast. And. as usually happens, March came in merely as March, and that's quite a plenty; The Ford neutral conference held its first official meeting at Stockholm yesterday, but apparently, those fellows, down Verdun way were too busy to hear about a. It seems queer that there should be so many complication about the appointment of a city purchasing agent when there are so many deserving Democrats ready to sacrifice their personal interests In order get a grip on a good thing. If something isn't done about that German raider pretty' soon people are likely to lose confidence In the British as sea weeper.

It isn't a failure to be forehanded that prevent the steel people from making more money. It' a failure to be four handed so that they could do twice as much of the work of which there is auch a plentiful supply. It a big "war, of course, but it isn't big enough to stop the Importation of; new Paris fashions for women to this country; and maybe no war could be big enough to stop that. I And now "have even a more reliable alga of spring than the first robin. Manilla reports that tth winter ha hurt the fruit trees so that Only a light crop may be expected.

Mr. Duncan my that "this city has the lowest light rate, all things considered, of any town or city In the state." And all thrngs," of course, covers a multitude of what do yoi eall USE OF THE MISSISSIPPI Is the Mississippi river again to become alive with traffic? The queton Is an old one, and despite many glowing accounts of its possibilities the river a for years lairi dormant as an important factor In commerce. But there are signs at last that the time Is near at hand for. restoration to Its old position, according to R. Geyer, writing fn the Scientific American.

Lack of proper terminal facilities, and the dependence on old and costly roustabout methods of handling freight Lare given as leading reasons for failure of river traffic to stand competition with the more economical handling of freight by railroads. Extensive work at various cities to remedy these conditions is referred to as cause for expectation of a great change and it is stated that in the spring th first of thirty six teel barges now being built will begin plying between New Orleans and Minneapolis. "Mississippi steamboatlng." Twain wrote, "wa born In 1812; at the end of thirty years it had grown to mighty proportions, and in less than thirty years it waa dead How full of snags and dangers the Mississippi was in Its days of great activity readers of Mark Twain know. It took skilful pilots with a nSinuta knowledge of every turn of the river ta navigate safely then. "When there used to be 4.100, steamboats and 10.000 acres of coal barges and rafts and trading scows." Uncle Memford, one of Twaln'a river friends, is quoted as saying, 'Mthere wasn't a lantern from St Paul to' New Orleans and the snags 'were thicker than bristles on a bog's back; but now when there" three dozen steamboats and nary barges and rafts, the government has snatched.

out all the snags and lit up the shores like Broadway and a boat's as safe as she would be in heaven." Primitive river front wharfage facil ities and the lack of modern co ordinated terminals have done more than anything' else to postpone, the new era in navigation on the Mississippi, Mr. Geyer says, but nearly $60,000,000 has been spent or wilt be in building one of the greatest ports In the worlds at New Orleans. Davenport, is spending about $1,000,000 in a sea wall and establishing modern terminal facilities. Minneapolis is spending about $300,000 in building a. river terminal.

St. Louis Is building the first unit of a modern coordinated rlver rall terminal, and Muscatine, la. has appropriated a large sum for the first unit of a concrete terminal. What has been done In the last ten years at New Orleans in preparation for the immense volume of business expected to come down the river Is described, as marvelous. The work that New Orleans Is doing eupplements that of the state of Illinois In digging an eight foot barge canal from Chicago to Davenport.

government 'co operated furtherby building the world' greatest Inland dry dock at, Keokuk, which can care for three of the largest river boats at on time, and in blasting a six foot channel through 'the dangerous rapids below the town of LeClaire. la. A to the methods of handling freight, once It reaches New Orleans, the article says: Tha cansplank, a representative of tha present; day Inefficiency in handling river traffic. Is doomed and boats will be tied alonjr alda the concrete walla, where they, will be loaded and unloaded by steel cranes and packasa conveyors. Modern machinery has sounded the death knell fof.

the occupation of the roustabout and the buiraboo of present traffic conditions the cost of shore handling. The shore expenaes. in the past, hava been higher than the actual coat of transportation, and when they are eliminated the river cities will be served by 1.000 lon steel barges of the typo now building. The Inland Navigation Company, a $9,000, 000 corporation. Is building a fleet of thirty tx 1.000 ton steel all to be equipped with wireless and tha most modern equipment.

These boats require such a light draft that they can traverse the entire 2.000 miles of the waterway at a apaed of from etsrht to fourteen knots an hour during the entire navigation veason. On month can built In aorsa of tha small southern shipyards, so 'their Installation Is simply a 'matter ef completion of the modern' terminals needed to maka their use a successful venture. PRIMARY LAW DEFECTS INew Tork Times Men of all sorts delight 1 In girding at the direct primary. From all directions kicks are given to this once worshiped idol. The Boston Traveler recalls without prid that the direct primary5 worked so badly in Boston that it Was.

mads statewide: The common council oC Boston reached its worst and lnsuftgrable condition under tha direct primary system. Vader that system soma of Boston's most Irresponsible, citizens were sent, as they are still sent by certain wards, to the general court. But. in spite of that 'fact, obvious to every sane and Intelligent student of politics. Boston idealists In politic loudly advocated the system for tha atat even while gazing upon ita melancholy results in their own city, The direct, primary system waa inflicted on Boston in advance of other portions of the state because the Republican bosses for Massachusetts thought it would break down the Democratic party in Boston.

They were It merely allowed men whose rightful places were In Jail to go to city hall and the atatehouss as "representatives of the plain people," and the city suffered immeasurably and is still suffering becaus of that fact. The Kansas City Journal recites tha rasa of a man. for many years tha chief of tha fire department, who wanted run for mayor. He found that hla campaign cost him $10,000, mostly for legitimate expanses, under ths primary plan. He withdraw.

He "has learned that the primary system Is a serious obstacle In the path of the man of moderate means. In Kansas, aa In Missouri, there Is a strong reaction against the primary. It la too expensive, for one thing. In Minnesota, whose presidential preference, primary law is inexhaustible In its humors, the names of tan additional candidates for Cummins delegates at largo were filed at the latest legal minute. The Cummins people knew nothing about the proceeding.

It waa a de vice to split tha Cummins vote and elect dele gates at large In favor of another aspirant. Anytlng to bilk "ths people" out of their choice. Tet if it ba true, aa certain Washington dls patches have It. that Senator Cummins means to have bis name entered In the Pennsylvania presidential primaries, much may be forgiven to those ways that are dark. The movement to give the people dirfect power Jn government has no warmer, firmer, or more grateful friend than, the Hon.

Boles Penrose. It has returned him to tha senate. It will help him choose "the people's choice' at Cblcage From Beer to Flour (Manufacturers Record) Through the effort of Secretary Jenkins and the Chamber of Commerce of Sistersvtlls. W. Mr.

E. C. King, of Baltimore, haa recently purchaaed from citizens a vacant brewery building which will be operated aa a flour mill. The plant covers about one and nnft fluarter acres of ground. Is equipped' with railroad shllngs.

has an elevator shaft anil was but recently erected at a cost of $150,000 complete with machinery. In fact, every part of the plant is exactly fitted for tha installing of "machinery to manufacture four. Recreation aa Usual' London I hear little. nowadays, about the craiei for "economy, and If anybody imagines tha British public are going on short commons be should, try to obtain a seat at a restaurant on a toatttrday klghti Th' amtrsement aeekers line up hours before the performances begin, and la certain piacea can not obtain admission onj any rna Is this a good sign or bad rjkies. it.

portend Indl.Terene or. I hlok not. Business as usesT may ba a firfa raotto. Jtecreatlon as njual" is better. Unnecessary.

(Petrolt Fre Pre Do you tall your "It Isn't necessary. My uif knows eery' tbing." HOUSING LONDON WOMEN Housing for. women has become an important question In London now that so many have taken up work once supposed to be peculiarly that of men In munition factories and elsewhere At present, the London Times says, there are in the munition factories about three women id one man, and in a short time that proportion will have risen to five or six to one. Women munition worker of all classes are far worse off as regards housing than any other workers. "Of the women who are at work in London on other forms of war work some live in women's clubs," continues the Times, "butit must be acknowledged that the catering In these places is.

almost uniformly bad. and the food is Inadequate for girls who hae hard and exacting work to do. During the last ten years women attitude toward food has changed, and a good appetite is nothing' to be ashamed of. Some girls who live in clubs take their meals out, nd in One quarter they frequent a workingman' dining place, where for 9 pence (18 cents) they get a meal which is satisfying. Other take a small flat or large flats Jointly.

In some parts of London large blocks of flats origlnally intended for workmen dwellings are being rented by many women workers on favorable terms. In Paddlngton and the neighborhood many, landlords are converting their houses into fiats. These are almost all occupied by women, but the rent are high, the landlord being able to get his own price. Hospital nurses in private work, government office employes and others of similar class occupy these houses. Some of these do their own cooking, but other do not like the bother and patronize restaurants A "visit to a favorite Soho restaurant, where a four course dinner Is served for 1 shilling and 8 pence, or about 40 cents, is mentioned by the Times, which says, that "on a re centevenlng there were td be seen the daughter of an earl and a peer engaged on Red.

Cross work, a dispenser from a city hospital, a girl who drives a motor lorry, and a. little group of others, including" an artist employed on poster work, a Journalist or two, and some girls from big business houses." ''Old Bedford college." it add, "ha become a most popular hotel with girl workers who have not much money to spend. For 9 shillings a week they can have house room' and for nine more they can board. Eighty girls can be In the residence at. a timev and it ienhe first real London war hostel, and ts run by.

the Young Women's Christian Association." But It Gets Along Pretty Well tPhlladelphla Inquirer 'Half the world doesn't understand how the other half gets along on Its foolish ideas. Preparedness in Ohio tCoshoctoh Times Age Wanted Ten acre farm on paved Must be wttMa two miles of saloon. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS G. Hlllsburg Where Is the sea of darkness? We find no mention; of It. either In literature or elsewhere.

A Reader. Marshall Where can on buy bocks treating of the management of orphanage? 'Through a local book store. A Teacher What is Indiana's state flower (2v WThat la the official flower of the United States? Carnation. J) There Is none, Subscriber. Clarkshill Kindly print the poem beginning "Where did you come from, baby dear Under the title, 'Baby." it appears elsewhere on this page.

i A. Bluffton Please print a poem by Bolton entitled ar." It will appear In the Saturday News under the beading, "Poems Asked for by Readers." S. D. C. Kokoino For information regarding an old canal at Louisville address Tha Louisville Courier Journal, enclosing stamped, aelf addreseed envelope for reply.

An Interested Reader, City Please print a poem byP. M. Dill, entitled "My Indiana Hills." It will appear in Tha Saturday News under the heading "Poems' Asked for by Readers." T. Z. Through the kindness of T.

Rockville, the poem asked for. The Story of Santa Claus's Ride." will appear in The Saturday News under the heading "Poems Asked for by Readers." A Subscriber Please state who the following men Sir "Arthur Plnero, David Belaaeo. Bugene Walter and George Cohan. The first Is an English dramatist, the last three ere American dramatists. i K.

City Please state where one may procure catalogues and Information about portable houses. From firms advertising in man lines" which may be seen at the city library. Business addrerses are printed bere. Mrs: F. A.

Martinsville Mrs. A. 8. dty, haa sent a poem beginning "Put 'away the little dreases." which la no doubt the one asked for. It will appear In the Saturday News under ths heading, "Poems for by Readers." Frankfort What: became of King George of Greece? C2) Please print a poem entitled 'The Light of Today." by Jay O.

Vosa lj He was assassinated at Salonica. March 18, 1613. iZi It will appear In Tha (Saturday News under the heading "Poems Asked for by Readers." J. C. Bainbridge Please state for, the benefit of a class in animal husbandry whether there were horses in America before It was discovered by Europeans.

In tha EncycIopasJIa Brltannlca tt Is stated that horses were first Introduced into America by European settjsrs. Nsws Reader Can one obtain tha addreaa of a person llvinsr in another city by writing to the postmaster of the city Postmasters are not obliged to furnish such Information. Address malt matter to the person and and if the postoffice has the street' address it will add it. Clara T. yarmersburg Plesee Inform me regarding the past relationship between the United States and Ruasia, and of a good argument for preparedness.

The relations between the United 6t.t id Russia have always been friendly. In the czar offered his services as mediator ween the United States and Great Britain. and they were accepted. A few years later the csar acted as umpire of certain controv srsles between the United Etates and Oreat Bi italn, and his finding was ratified by both countries. Russia was one of the first countries to recognize the independence of the United States in July.

1783. f2) you "might consider what Washington said in a speech to Congress in 1790: "To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peaceJ" K. H. G. Clovcrlale Cl) Discriminate bet.veert the regular standing army and a continental army? 12) What arje the age limits of service In the regular arjny of the United States (3) la this country ppen to imraiirrams from all countries, at all tliaea? Please firm some statistics as to the number of maimed and Illiterate libmigrants in the United States at the time.

(5) i Kama some main causes of ths Kureopean war. (i The continental army prpject calls for a larger and better trained Reserve fo.ee than is now available In the various states. Tlx regular army 4s made Ui of enlisted men Whose time is devoted wholjy to tb: Hi First enlistments are confined to men oetween the ares of eight'en andl thirty ft.e years. The military law of Janjusry Si, 19o8, as amended by the act of May 27. 190S.

provides that the militia shall consist of every able bodied male citizen of the respective state and every able bodied male of foreign birth who has declared his Intention to become a citixen. who la more than eighteen and less than forty five years of age Chines are excluded. (4) According ti the federal census bureau's reports, there are 13.113.83 foreign born, whites. In the United States, of whom 12.S per cent can neither tea. 1 nor write.

Paupers, person affected with maligna1' or Incurable diseases, the friendless and indigent aged, ana omer persons tiKeiy to become public charges, are not admitted. There are no figures on the number of maimed of foreign birth In the United States. IS) Germany claims the war started bcausel German fr eom was menaced; the. other countries daiir It started because their freedom was jnenaced; some persons who claim to be neutral and unprejudiced, say the war wa caused, bv jt alousy. avarice.

fear an I ambition on the part of lUe iropean nations, and still others cvsde an expression of opinipn br sytng It was caused by the asaslnatlyt of the heir apparent of Austria Hungary by a Kerb. 4 LUNCHROOM CHEERS UP The big necked man behind the ImMa tion marble topped counter dealt o'ut an order of roast pork and macaroni nd cheese with unsmiling shoe clerk gazed sadly into olidlty. The fois coffee cup while abstractedly cutting ridges in a section of lemon pie. The) elderly man was staring silently out ojf the window after a final wallow. A heavy man with glasses was frying to read! a newspaper while eating a dish of rice pudding.

Thed oho woman present, plainly dressed and of uncertain looked as if she hadn't smiled for years. It might have been the gray weather outside. It might have been the coffee. It might have been some individual grief. rr disappointment that ea.ch wa nursing; whatever it was it had taken all the Joy out of the usually sunny little corner of the' lunchroom.

Perhaps they had all arrived at once at the stage in life when! the infinite variety of the quick lunch restaurant no longer uffices. Look ing Into the future they might have fore seen a day when the monotonous cycle of roast beef" and potatoes, jple and coffee would stultl'v trA imagination and d.ull th spirit. already, they were feeling the effects of too regular calls at the same eating place. The elderly man wiped his mouth with a paper napkin and started to put "on hi overcoat while still preoccupiedly gazinff out of the win dow. A large, woman.

came in, gave her order and sat down without any one's looking up. 1 Then the two young persons entered They approached the counter, talking confidentially and walking very close to gether, lie was a nU lookln? boy, with curly hair and deep dimples; se a soft eyed creature tht looked adoringly at him every time the dimples showed In his cheeks, which waa every' time he looked at her, 'They were very young, both very, much in love. He or dered solicitously for her, pointing out the. merits of foodstuffs that she "might otherwise have overlooked and pressing her to take more. Wiien he had ordered for her he ordered the same for himself and carried the dishes to her in the far corner.

a move bad been lost on the patrons in the corner. They had watched thei entrance of the pair, had seen the portly counterman smile for time in days and had heard him putashade of real pleasantness in the inevitable "anything. When the two came toward the corner the shoe clerk hastily took his foot off the chair in front of' him and pushed it close; up against another vacant one. The heavy man looked up fram his newsaper and began to whistle. The elderly man who had started out hesitated a moment and sat down again with his overcoat on.

The plain woman actually milled at them, and they." under standing, smiled They were talking, laughing and trying to eat 'at the same tlme. The little lunchroom world looked on "kindly. It loved them, because they were lovers, but mostly because they were young. W. Shoals Does New Torlc city have municipal home' rule? No.

Hugh To settle a dispute, haa a mole any Yes. protected and almost hidden Us fur. K. T. Jamestown and Mra City Thanks for.

copies of the poem, "Bill's In Trouble." Martinsville Consult an attorney and have a full copy of the will and be prepared to answer Inquiries as to surrounding facts to obtain an accurate answer. A City Please hame the men who have been coroner of Marlon county since 196. Gustav A. Petersdorf, 1905 1909; Chas. O.

Dur hanv 1913, and Richard A.i Poole. 131 J. 5 M. I. 8...

North Manchester Through the kindness of M. O. Kokomo, who sent It to Tha the poem beginning. "I got letter, parson, from my son that's way out west, will appear In The Saturday News under the beading, "Poems Asked for by Readers," A. J.

R. Is It not an orthographical error to connect tha adjective "Oerman" with the noun "American" by means of a hyphen as Is generally done when writing of the German Americana? German American is correct form The hyphen deed to connect the parts of any compound word. 4. W. Hymera When was the Indiana public accounting law passed? How many Republicans were there in the state senate a that ttmT Democrats? 1 The law was passed by the legislature of 1909.

became effective April 5, 1909. (3) Republicans. Zi Democrats, A Subscriber, Nashville Whs kind of writer waa Frank W. Fits? Are David Belaaeo. Sir Arthur Plnero, Eugene Walter and George M.

Cohan music composers? If not, what ar they? (3) On what day did August 13. fall? tl) No mention of him is made In stand srd biogrsphlcal reference books. (2)' Drama tists. U3 Friday. W.

W. City Plesse print the names of Indiana's representatives In the con it re. In order of the districts, which they represint; Charles Lleb, William A. Cullop. William K.

Cox, Lincoln Dixon, Ralph W. Moss, Flnly Gray, Merrill Moores. John A. M. Adair.

Mar tin A. Morrison. William R. Wood, George W. Rauch.

Cyrus CI ins and Henry: A. Baranart City Please state when tho tunnel under tii Hudrfon river was completed? Thore are several tunnels under th Hudson from New York to the Jersey shore. Ths first. kno vn as ths Hudson and Manhattan railroad tunnel, was begun In 1874. but It lay nncom pleted for many years and was not oflictally opened until Fobruary 25, 1968.

The south tun nels. known as the McAdoo tubes, were opened in July, W9. In 1910. the Pennsylvania, rail road tubes, from Weehawkerv N. under the Hudson' to the Pennsylvania railroad station, Manhattan, were completed.

A Constant Reader If possible, please give th correct or approximate value of a picture entitled "The Return From tb Battle of Ink erman," taken af tr tha original painting by Lady Butler and dated Sunday, November 6, 1SS4 extract from Trd Raglan's dlspstcb November 6. 1854. is the date of the battle, and gives no indication of the age of the ptctur. nor any bint as to Its merit as a work of art. In any event, it would ba Impossible to estimate Its valus rom this meaaer description.

would hava to be seen by an expert before its approximate value could be arrived at. 3. P. Please publish the names of President Wilson's cabinet oTfloers. Secretary of state.

Robert Lansing, of New York; secretary of the treasury. William O. McAdoo. of Nevr York; acting secretary of war. Uenersi Hugh L.

Scott; attorney general. Tliomae W. 'OrsB ory, of Texas: poatmsster genersl, K. Bufleson, ot Trxss; secretsry of the navy. Josephus Daniels, of North Carolina; secretary of tha interior.

Franklin K. Iine. of California;" aecretary of agriculture. David F. Houston, of Missouri; aecretary ot commerce.

William C. RedneH, of New York; secretary of William Wilson, of Pennsylvania. L. Jamestown Please an ac count the battle of Floddea flId. Wlil yon also state something about "Msrmlon," Scott's puem written In commemoration of this bat il? Floddn is the name a hill In Northumberland, Englsnd.

and at its bass in 1503 occurred a' Wovdy battl between tha nli.h and the Scots with heavy losses to both sis. For details consult English. history. "Msr mlon." published la 1, etabtlshsd Scott's reputation as a poet and wss so popular that, as he said. It almost lifted hlio off his feet.

A critic says: "Peoiile could not help, spomln tha lines in solitary places and muttering them as they walked about the street Soph What ststes hsve 'Latin mottoes? Pleaso give trsnsiatlona. Maine. "DiriKo." "I "Enss Petit Placidani Sub Llberta'te Quletam." "With tha Sword She Seeka Quiet Peace Under Connecticut. "Qui Tranxtullt SttWlnet." Who Trans Planted Stilt New York, "Excel ilor" "More Lofty or SUU Virginia. Sic Semiver Ever So to North Crollna Quam "To Bo Rather Than to South Caroilna, Arii iiTs pStisnue Parate," "Prepared In Mind and in Ml wourt.

"Salus l'oiuil Su preroa lx Welfara of the the in nil' i Hupreme Arkansas. Itegna rsl fvpoll. "Tne People MUMirsn. "Si Cuifri J'en iuijm Amonwmi Clrcum "If You Se a Beautiful Peninsula Look AIout Yf" Caltfomia. "Kiireka." Grek) I Have Koun Call font la.

If Kansas, "Ad Astra Per Aaii. "To he Stars Through Difficult! Oklahoma. La Co Every bor Omnia Vlnctt." lt or thing." I Baby Where did you eoma Out of tha everywhere lin tha i i 1 Where did yon get thoee. eyes so' Muef Out. of tha sky I cau through.

What makes tha light In rherS spsrklia aha spin? eonje ot in starry spiae lert in, Whera did you set that litSe. I found It waluiijr when I got: here. What makes your forehead so smooth and hllfhT' A. son band stroKed it aa went by. What makes your ohaeic like a wsrm'whlta I saw aomethisff better thna any on knows.

i Whence tht three cornered smi's of bjlrs? Three angels gsve ma at once a kiss. Where you ret thlrrerly God spoke, and It rants out to; hear; Where, did you ret thoei arms end hands? l.ove made ttlf. into IbnJs and bunis. where dtd joa Come, you irllnc thlnjs? From the same ix as the cheru'iV lng. ITow did they all Just cinw to you? Uod thought about xne.

Sivl'eo 1 grew. Put how did you emmo to tin. yon deart God thought about ou, and so.t am Jn re. George NactXitUld (1524 1B. SCRAPS i Flax growing reqiUros much: work.

The Portuguese language i by alut 20,000,000 persons. j. California, "last "year. produced 13.515 fiajska of quicksilver, valued at tl.lS3.81S. 4 Baku, Russia, Imports" 40.nM worth of of wire monthly from the United States.

Of fifteen wells bored in Nejv Zealand In a' search for petroleum, fivier are. pro ducing oil. i A West AMrglnl company, Is making potash from hitherto waste; sterns of tobacco Nova Scotlan farmer assertsheraJse 509 bushels of potatoes last summer on an acre ofland. 'l i The Urted States year mined tons of lead, an Increase of 15 per cent. Oyer the preceding year; It has been determined thai the lan display greater resi Starter to tha typhus germe than the Germans.

The standard British authority has estimated the world's production of uirar this year at l.W8.814 tona less than last Jar. 'Dy fractional distillation under relatively low pressure an Italian; 'has found a way to remove, alcohol from wne without Otherwise, altering it. i Adoptinjr'ibe slogan. "So.ncblrds forever ahd a catlesa world byr.Kis."'a weAUhy Dakota farnter has oiTCercd piizcj to thiso Who kill the most cats. According to official Italian 'f cures the 1.113 crop of cereals in tho northern hemlspheru exccetled the live ru go crop of the last five yeara by more than 000 pounds.

j. i At the present rate of increase In th confiumptlon of native lurhbtir in Nev Zealand it la eMtlmated that 'surplv of standing timber will last; not than thirty years. I First grown experimentally twelve years asro, American cotton has beoonm an established crop in the Pun.tab rcRion of India, as It gives a larger yu.Ui thtn the native 'varieties. It Is probable that the pcan tree is destined to become the most important of alt the products of nut bearljns" tree In the United: State. in the vievt.of the department Of agriculture.

The productlon" more than trebled between and 1i3. "Write poetry by all meanh." a professor in the University of has encourMgcd his ch'Ss boldly. fllJut doift to any oit he adds; establlsli ing his ti be edited not bnly tljplor matic' but a sincere worker for the general i Fifteen Inmates the Jiupor county almshouse reiielldi wheu Informed that they would have, to take la bath before being transferred to fthe new structure and would have to bathe pfrfrft larly fas long as they remained In the new Quarters. Frahcis of brougiit eqlnty procot.dlnKa lit coui against Samuel F. Blatt, hi partner, asking for a dissolution of their iurtnerhij.

giving as the reason; that for. threo months Blatt had refused to fepeak to him and their only means of commutvlrallon during that time had been through employe. A droll report comes from P.IrnjlnKham.. lof the success of a cotton plant ln, producing a cotton plant that smell so Strongly of asafetlda that jail Insct'ts avoid it; the result wast obtained by sprinkling several Keneratioftsi. of tlii plant with nux vomlt a.i it is Jhoped that, ths new plant has solved tb jholwefcvil problepi by depriving the weiuvll of Ita food I Although there is more than one I motor ca'T for every mile of; hihWay In the United States, It waa only last year that annual production practically caught with.

the. records establlahed bj' buggies at the hight of their when al year's output was about l.OCO.raio.1 Jn .1315 nearly automobiles wej sold this country and orders, remained unfilled. 4 Hudson Maxim, who has bought a hQ.mw inv Colorado, to which he plans removal of himself and latnily directly brutal powers of Kuropo bet in their; Americnn Invasion, is 1 ardly doing that state a vor Jn advertising it as least accessible of all from the prosperous seaboard on which he expects the cue rhjy hosts In land. too, if llon1urasihouid go locoj land at Galveston and mairch fiortM la the employ of Italrh L. fuller," Cleveland, a JapaiieKd buttier Tamamoto, who la a baron' In hl.on country.

When Mme. Tamakl jllhi! 1, th' Japanese prima donna, was singing In Yammoto said he had gone to school with her In Tokio, ind woij i Lntroduce her to Mrs. Fulleri bijt that siie tnuat not know he go for one evening, at. a. dlanef In honor of Madame 1'iun, Vamamctoi was the guest ot his employer.

and a a)n a nobln of Japan. A case of. rable reported In Eirgland last spring 'llrat In that country since and occurred In a dog that was being held In the six months uarantina which the English lawr imposes ton all dosi broujbt into the country to prevent the introduction of the Ita bles was banished from KnS'ard rduztllng. Australia and New Jialand have jriever ad any cases of rabies, and a rystem of quarantine and lniection prevents its Introduction. Swetlen, Norway and pen mark are practically free frona it.

The activity of Lassen peaki the only active volcano in. the United States. ar pears to have reached its culmination on May 2i, when violent explosive eruptions CK.curred and "flames'I. were sid for the first time to have Issued fron the S'im mit of the peak. This eruption caiw 'l Hat creek, a ftrearn on the north'.

of the mountain, to overflow Jits banks and sweep down over Its enure flood lairi a vast sheet of mul arm water. Aaja ee.nt farmn were burled In! from ''one three feet of mud. Ashes from thus ex plosions were carried eastward rnoro than 200 miles. The outl'irt is alrl to have cen 'preceded by earthquake. that date the volcano hits bv the end of Seitc mber it Icid jic iriy ceased its activity.

A small eruption "as. observed as late as Aust fl ad a i irf smoke arose from the summit Septem ber and 3. larco r.umler of Sftentifin men In GArmi ny and Austria Stave unltedjn piih lishln Btschrlft' in honor of the Mxtieth birthdays of Julius KUter ani Han Oeitel, 'which ocenrred ar.t bt. 1914. and July i respectively.

These two otte a. lecturer an.l tfio. other a proiessor oi pnyicp ana matif at the K.vmnasium in olfeni.ijt el. provide an almost unique CNamf lo or Cfillalioratlon in sclntluc and wrilinri fo intimate tbft thd nanv the collaborators are rarely Inenti separately. Kxcept in the rniml of thrir personal a'cqualntarcea, "iZ'tVer ii .1 constitute a pincTe ptrporr and.

a prominent one, in trie rc.iiri of phycji. They rave ecii 1 1 rf i In the A radioactivity, i Itation and kindred rcts. I nr I fchtift" con iprlses i lemoirs by the contiibulors..