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NO. 19,698 ae HE captain of the German submarine that sank the American ‘ In any case, according to evidence so far available, he geems to | have visited and searched the vessel, assured himself that the cargo béfore he launched his torpedo. ~_. The question whether it was necessary to sink the vessel, as well as that of compensation, must be discussed in the light of interna- tional Jaw and the Prussian-American treaty of 1828, In the parallel! ~~ of the William P. Frye Germany admitted liability for damages ‘bat ‘treaty. The view of the United States Government, on the other hand, has been that the torpedoing of the American ships Gulflight ‘dnd Nebraskan without warning was wholly unjustifiable. From the “same point of view the William P. Frye and the Leelanaw should have been treated as prizes and not subjected to violence of any sort. ; \ The immedMate point is, however, that the sinking of the Leela- ‘new is, as it were, a civil case—in no sense like the criminal destruc- tion of the Lusitania, The lites of the crew, including twenty-two Americans, appear not to have been menaced. At the present moment, when any German submarine attack | upon an American vesse) or any ship bearing Americans is bound to excite intense feeling-in this country, it is especially desirable to with- hold judgment until all the facts are before us. 7 clusion or resentment on thi the German mind. RED CROSS FUNDS RUNNING LOW. een spent by Oct. 1. ‘WhTMione it retarns. ;work merely for lack of more money from home ‘ an eanEEEEEEEEDEn REAR HIGH-GRADE CRIME. in their habtts.” ‘who is not e drunkerd and who has had some moral teaching. \ Pew. comvictions for this offense carry jail sentences. Until ss and magistretes adopt « ceverer attitude toward the “sport” ‘auto-epeeding we may expect to find crime tetals inereasing and Character of offenders surprisingly high. | _ Hite From Sharp Wits. h would we want to do Se ter ty wt | mans to rate bimeelt too highty. The Evening World Daily Migerine. T The Chicago Horror uesday, July 27, 1915 By J. H. Casse! ‘The New York Evening W. es steamship Leelanaw, bound from Archangel to Belfast with a e cargo of flax, two days after the President's latest note had! ~ Ween delivered in Berlin, may or may not have known the purport of | ~ was flax, and therefore, acoording to Germany's declaration, contra-| Band, and to have then given the crew time to take to their boats | declined to admit that in sinking the vessel she had violated any . _ We have just sent Germany a notably clear and forceful summing 4 up of our rights as we mean to maintain them on the free and open ~ gens. The less we blur the lines of our exact position by hasty con- ch ide of the Atlantic, the better chance ‘that position has to fix itself in all its precision, justness and finality NNOUNCEMENT is made that American Red Cross doctors and nurses must be withdrawn from European battlefields out * Oct. 1 because there is no more money to keep them there. “United States Red Cross collected a fund amounting to more m $1,500,000 and has sent seventy-one surgeons and 253 nurses to parte of the war area, The last dollar of the fund will have cen RP 8 8 CRETE <a : Cg adi Mr. Jarr Invents a Diversion Known as the “Spreeless Spree” |issins: to stretch” Many things may happen before that date. The war, it is true, no’sign of being within two months of its end. But on the hend months is plenty of time to collect another million @ half in this country. Such a sum could be easily raised. In ‘of the large ordews which fighting nations are sending us for sup- it-ought to be an easy matter to raise a substantial fund among and producers whose contracts already promise them | ¢ The Jarr Family Roy L. McCardell Copyright, 1015, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World) AVE you got any change?” tho check for dinner,” ventured Mr. thinking a minute. " he added cautiously, “if It isn't too much, and if you come | across for half the bill when you get your money”—— “Say no more!” replied Mr. Jarr. And Rangle led the way to a cheap where he held Pered consultation with the propri- etor, who rather ungraciously led them to a seat and told the walter to let Mr. Rangle sign the check. After a horrible and scanty repast Mr. Jarr and Mr. Rangle wandered around town, went to a five-cent mov- ing picture show, and from there they went to a bowling alley they knew of. There was a tournament on, but the entrance fee was two dolla: sat and watched the bowling of a dozen duffer players, sadly realizing that they could have won the sweep- stakes that were up from the dubs that were playing. Getting home with @ grouch each recelyed a lecture, which was that the reckless lives of Fables of Everyday Folks —== By Sophie Irene Loeb ‘ve hea q <== | Mrs. Fidgets, paying no attention to}a breeze like Coney Island the World By Clarence L. Cullen “My wife thinks I'm the time of my life out with told me we could go to the three dollars and a half. ‘There's some things I or- dered yesterday that have Now, don't look at me I bad to have the thin: You men have no idea what it cos! to run @ house!” I omly have four dol- lars to last me through the week,” “IT give you all the and I don't see why you couldn't have waited till to buy extra things!” dish left,” said Mrs. ‘t off the table, yourself the way ‘The United Stetes Red Cross has performed a great work of yy in the struggle. It is hard to believe that it will be forced to “Who's to pay for the tickets?” asked Mr. Jarr. “You, of course,” said Mr. Ran, “Well, my wife told me to let you take me to see a show, as you surely owed me that much,” sald Mr. Jarr, “You never bought me as much astogie in your I! . Echoes of the Eons: F. 00,006 pereons convicted pt crimes, great and small, in this State last year, the great majority, according to Secretary of | money 1 can, Btate Hugo's report, were natives of the United States who to echool and received a certain amount of religious instruc- Only. 4,788 women figure in the liet—e weapon for the suf- The majority of offenders aloo eppeer in the records as said Mr. Jarr. “I guess you don't let your wife believe that I'm the cause of your wasting your money on riotous liv- ing, eh, what?” asked Mr. Jarr, “Oh, come, now,” cried Mr, Rangle. "IL have to blame it on some one when I'm short. Besides, my wife knows you are no good anyway, And don't you blame me the same way?” This was true enough. thought a while and then said: “Well, what can we do?” Jerr. “We can't we? You know Gertrude breaks cups and plates and we know, but wi zi would eppeer then that the “average” lawbreaker in this State Peirly well educated young American male between twenty and | burn! “I thought Gertrude's specialty was food, but she is a breaker, * asked Mr, Jarr. a there any one of them that t @ breaker?” retorted Mrs. Jarr. Says Sam the Superman young married first time, to kiss his wi ing for the ofc: " the purport of Tt io interesting to find that this average has been affected by | isn’ burpo! number of reckless sutomobilists who swelled the total num-| “Every time you get a new girl you ave to get new dishes and new kit- chenware. Come now, give me three You needn't look #0 sour. fe only part of the money, TN pay for the rest.” Bhe did not say, however, that the whole bill of goods was only three ninety-eight cents, and that her contribution was but forty- , bereft of his expense money for the week, made moodily for the subway, met hie friend Rangle. “1'd ask you to hav Mr, Rangle, disconesolately, “but my wife was downtown shopping with your wife yesterday and the things came this morning and she took all of my money to pay for them.” “Same thing happened to mg,” said ‘I eee a week before me of privation and careful ving. Doggone How am I going to get through on what I have? And down at our office you Sould give an imitation of a widow ‘and ‘six orphans evicted to starve Of the sidewalk during a enow- 't borrow a are aa aes stacle in the way of most things that peti ad aye ene E x4 About 4 o'clock In the afternoon Mr, Jarr recetved a telephon eage from his wife that she and Mrs. going out to take tea Jarr’s mother, and Mr. Jarr and Mr. Rangle could have the eve- a) ning to themselves, ‘When the deserted husbands met they eyed each other askance. “Taie to the frat time your wife out with you,” sata | ty in the morning, she does one of three things: calls him UP| mags and should be attractive. Sil-| For the reat of the olothes use a gas jut it or washes he: hair and weeps scaldingly into th basin or else dresses up like the dick- ens and sweeps imperiously and icily rato tie omice mt the noon hour eo that | of the obiet essentials of a home v outraging by bis calculated neglect.” | complish this more readily than the| Don't hurry in working and don't Copyright, 1015, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World), The Woman Who Talked War. INCE upon a time there were a few nations that went to war, Nobody knew exactly what they went to war It all was started by a Prince and Princess being put to death by a crazy man, and then every- body in the nearby countries got into arguments and declared war, All this happened after centuries of civilization, when the brotherhood of man had been preached for hundred years, and the woman had just dawned on the hori- She thought about it all the time and dreamed about it in her Not only this, but she talked about it—every minute of the day, And thie wasn’t enough, she argued about it whenever whe got the chance, she met Mrs. Neighbor next war talk. Mrs. Neigh- ncestors belonged to 0 of the warring nations, with her paternal country. Woman couldn't understand it. dared she—living in another country and getting her livelihood there! ry heated discussion took place, and afterward these neigh- bors,did not speak as they passed by, Every time there was a nice little j party arranged, no sooner was every- body ‘having a good time than be- & bomb exploded in the form argument, instigated by Mrs, be rough-house for ‘erybody parted bad friends. Thus dt happened that when another joy party Wear Woman was not included in the invitation, Even her own family had their troubles. One of the members pathized with the other side and was practically ostracized from the conversation, So he It's queer how many women there are who believe that grape fruit We wonder if Aspasia could have got away with it if she'd ever let v = Pericles sce her with a sun-peeled| What to Do ifa Dog Bites You, | lation of the person with doses of the xi rt knows it when he’ bow-legged, but @ woman never does, Bee bathing beaches, The Russians have buttermilk and slice Now we know why the Sla: ‘We know that the thin white suit But it looks so derned self-conscious! soup made of People took up arms against each other and were trying to see how many each could kill off in a day, All these fighting countries were on one lobe. Everybody looked @ great day when peace would be declared, and du turmotl no one could find a su: why it shouldn't all stop, ‘went on fighting. ww, it came to pass that several | hi thousand miles away from the peat of the battles there was a country named the United States. lived a woman, the papers about th ere going oD ti 9 ‘was planned Mrs. waters sae Sh eal eom- — Me ‘The with brains doeen’t need 3 In that country TT ake i Misee dae ote nen 'o make a long fable short, the woman awoke one morning to find whe had no friends and the camily walled her lot. and then some kind seoing bores others saw her, Bren F bis headwork.--Phil- iree, 1 cats that are turned wore justided 48 Reflections of '; A Bachelor Girl By Helen Rowland RRR nnn ns Coprright, 115, by The Press Publishing Co, (Tee New York Bret 'ng World! O NE CARAT of engagement ring is worth a pound of promises. we A bachelor’s idea of happiness: To be able to drink without headaches, to flirt without heartaches and to convince a woman fhigt he loves her without SAYING so. ‘ What {f Bluebeard did kill his wives after they had peeped Into: the forbidden closet and discovered that all his past loves were dead? ANY woman could die happy after that. The kind of man that woman can't do anything with always seenis to be the one that she can’t do without. (j ‘The test of true love is not absence but propinguity. It is easy enoughige to “muse on an absent face” forever, but to muse on a present one mern- = ing and evening without being bored is « feat of genuine devotion. In the long run Henry VIII. was much like other men—the moment he got something he wanted he wanted something else. It must have been her brother, not her mother, who told the girl in the poem to “go out and swim” without going “near the water,” because that’s a MAN’S idea of how a woman ought to a good time. . When a man apologizes to his wife it is not because it hurts his con- science to think of what he has done, but because it hurts his ears to hear her keep on talking about it. _ In song and statuary “Victory” is always represented as a woman— but ft takes a married man to appreciate why. ‘“‘Horse Sense”’ Easy Solution of Small Troubles. Copyright, 1915, by The Pros Publishing Co, (‘The New York Evening World) ‘cc EY make your feet look so, pers with hot water and let them dry well,” said Mra, Fidgets ad- bs Mg ee ew is ae 5 8 feo miringly. " his chair in alarm. “That may be,” replied Mr. Fidgets,| “If you do that I'll never be.abl looking down disparagingly at his new hy get my off, sod re navy to get “ y urgeon to amputate foot and all.” shoes, “but they don't make them mThey ones tole me at on a6 feel well. They grab me in the heellto press against the lining on the and they nip me in the toe. Why {2 tight spot with the curve of the but- it that a shoe can fit perfectly in the; tomhook so as to push the leather out~ hop and then suddenly get tigdt oa] Ri acing Taso Sul NelP- clined. the way home?” » Mr. Fitgets dragged off the worst “Other things besides shoes do that,” | offender with a sich of relief tha responded Mrs. Fidgets. “Half the| handed it to his wife, who industrially ‘ massaged it with a buttonhook. time the man next door’—— “Is it any better?” she asked, hope- “That doesn’t help me t fully, as he gingerly drew it gain, what to do with these shoes, Ate aes ave onangea it. mind interrupted her husband, ruthlessly |* le about sawing thro my cutting short his wife's narrative of | {°C D! Strangle hold om the habits of their nearest neighbor. neat? ya y did you wear them home| ria ‘oe uddenly bi when you wanted to change them?”| “A what?” inquired Mr. Fidgéts, inquired she. an nearly dropping his other shoe ia jot then I didn't,” eaid Mr. Fidg-/ surprise. - “How'd I know I'd want to?/ “A neat,” repeated Mrs, Fidgéts, “I read somewhere that if you rub here pene, val} ae foot ol 8 80 lable it will much better baif. j stretch easily. If I oly knew what folded cloth, drippin: a@ neat was I might get some.” over any spot that pinches and a’ Mr. Fidgets. Then this several times it w! they make ofl out should think it would shrink,” | you had any horse Mr. Fidgets sceptically. 'H that. I can't stay talking here.all “T know a place where I can sign dissipation they were leading was long am I suposed to sit here and let| night. Get your hat. I'll put on my soctally and|{t pinch before the charm works old shoes and we'll go to the movie “Another way rd o! id} They have an electric fan that at his objections, “is to sponge the up- place at the corner. A Vacation at Home 66 HERE is no vacation for me. quires absolutely. no watching, #o Copyright, 1918, fan ‘Ce. mother can read some of those tig avs York bvesing Wortah’ 1 must stay at beac on she has been wanting to for so — look after the family,” Tor she can mark those linens that NIGMAS of Existence: Buttered) marked a tired mother. hi been awaiting a “spare ‘mo- Now, why cannot a woman take & Since the fireless has become ich a necessary kitche: s vacation at home? Surely a rest is| the low priced 7 eran Stash ae “IL can't do a r absolutely necessary to the well being | and give most satisfacto: peti atid thing with my hair! °° every worker, and those who can-| So if you a” Observation teaches us that the man| days, at least, should make life com- who gets the most fun out of an ear of corn is the one whu makes a noise | mother ow! like a Culebra Cut dredge when he's| other stay not get out of town during the warm maelves at home. The| sweeper and a cedar mop oan this to herself and the | still more to her summer comforts, t-homes in the family. cho baderion, jb usoa ally ® matter The first step in accomplishing this 18| ny not make a vacation for your: to have a cool house, devold of files. /self during the summer mothe be thing to mention, * | Draperies and heavy pillows should | having a laundress? girl with a pair Not brawes, poms be discarded. Cover the plush furni-| If you must do it yourself, at least m., whose stockings matched mploy the si ture with slips of flowered cretonne | f™Ri0y (he simplest means for and have washable pillows. The! the clothes and do not boll the ta, Whe" 2] rooms need not. necessarily be dis-| Simplify the ironing by carefully mantled nor look uninviting. On the | ing the bed clothing, towels, stoc! v-| Contrary, the home in summer should | and underwear as soon as taken be one of absolute comfort to its in- | the line. 4 ver, bric-a- tive articlh brac and useless decor: or electri¢ iron. The alcohol irong ere & should be stowed a | aleo quite satisfactory. With the con. 4 place clean is then au| venience of a self-heating {ron you will save steps—in fact, you ao | spe" fronting. wate seated, and t! | w no room to “just take cation. Probably nothing will ac-} the life out of you.” easy mat ‘Minimi ing household labor is o fireless cooker, The entire dinner| fuss. Cook simple meals and have the Some of us are so self-kidful that can be cooked in this fireless com-| house cool for the family when ep tre $8, Spavaree varneree mes we! modity and there is not a particle of | come home from their labore. yea Wel neat to debilitate the cook. Then,’ will appreciate the fact that mother want on. @ Feahae Deee party and atill! too, the cooking of the dinner re- is getting a arned vacation, DOG that has rabies or 1s “mad"| Aries antitoxin, | spinal shows distinct rabies symp-| cord of rabbits which have died after toms and runs in a@ straight) inoculation with rabies, and it makes line, snapping. at everything in its|the body immune and the dreaded path, and it has a rope-like froth | (/sease seldom develops. However. i¢ hanging from its jaws. If a dog) tissues are not made imiunc and the |. | showing such signs bites you send for| attacks are oftener than not fatal,» ‘a doctor and kill the dog immediately,|, The Research Laboratory, Kast @ix- teenth Street, New York, su The important fact to ascertain 18| antitoxin free of shares to ew tok whether or not the dog is mad. The/ doctors and to doctors elsewhere at head should be cut from the body, as| regular charges. The Pasteur treat- Feces £018 | the germ of rables 1s conveyed to the! Ment i# a vaccine, not a serum, t 4 a Russian novel ali mn from the dog's teeth, The! ypon request, the way through. with directions for use, will be of the germ is determined by| ‘The bite of a dog i examination of the dog's brain| wound and lable to be quite dese nk —— , thi : The Unanswerable: A woman who, Both the city| punctured wounds do db! 4 Key, believes that to make this ti germ, if ‘allowed \a tae f unhappy because a j= roll of fat on his te iit. examination free of charge. The|erally sealed in the body. fiead should be packed.1n sawdust and| bleeding wound helps to stoany {ogy d gent at the earliest opportu-las the infection or germ may pe toe Whenever we read about all. the|nity to either the Health Department; washed out by the freely ummer | Research Laboratory, East Bixteenth| blood, For that anal pr ah i New York, or tq the New ¥ large ured wound, gine” Veterinary Collewe at Tenens tow bite ‘atier thee creed tem er than