The evening world. Newspaper, December 14, 1916, Page 18

: x t Se TABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. Published Dafly Efcept ry Sy the Press Publishing Compan 63 Park Row, New York. IT PULITZOR, President, 62 Park Row. A er. 63 Park Kow, JOSHPH PULITZER, Jr, secretary, 6 Park Row, SE ee ecalneliennasahs abs eabdacaste En at the Post-Office at New York as fecond-Clans Matter. 6 tes to The Bvening|For England and the Continent and ‘World for the United States All Countries in the Tnternational and Canada, Postal Unton. One Tear. One Month. VOLUME 87........065 ABUSES OF NEW YORK STREETS. [ THERE no way to protect the pavements of New York from the pick+ axes of public service corporations? Is there way to aronse a spirit of co-operation on the part of nicipal authorities to compel the laying or repairing of pipes, con- daite and wires at auch times and in such manner that the public shall not find its thoronghfares in a continual state of disruption and chaos? The Seventh Avenue Association has this week appealed to the, Public Service corporation in the name of property owners and business men for some relief from endless excavating operations in Seventh) Avenue which follow one another without plan or restraint. As one! Seventh Avenue property owner states the case: | “Another fault of the Public Service Commission engineers has been in failing to compel different contractors to co-op erate. After the subway contractors have filled up one hole in the efreet another set of workmen for the Water Department | or an electric company tear it up again. When it has been filled up @ second time it is immediately ripped open by a new | eet of workmen making changes in the gas mains.” New Yorkers are only too familiar with such conditions, not only where subway construction is going on but whenever and wherever new paving is done. Tho feeble éfforts of the borough authorities to persuade public service companies to put their underground equipment in shape in advance amount to nothing. The public service com- panies consult their own convenience. he pavement is laid and a month later some one of them rips it up. Constant repetition of this sort of thing is a disgrace to a city of the size and dignity of New York. It is time something were done ‘to put a stop to it. Some weeks ago, when the repaving of Broadway came up for discussion, The Evening World made a special plea urging the im- portance of compelling every corporation holding a franchise which permits it to lay pipes or wires under Broadway to put them in order before the work of laying the pavement begins. Foresight and co-operation to that end ought to be the first thought and duty of every city official, every contractor and every public service company concerned, Experience has shown, however, that nobody ever takes the trouble to see that street excavating in New York is done with \a minimum of injary to business and traffic. The present chaotie condi- tion of some of its chief thoroughfares and the slovenly patchwork that covers parts of its new subway construction speak eloquently of stupidity, shorteightedness and Indifference. Pablic Service Commissioners and borough officials conld at least enfores respect for the public streets, It is an outrage that they do not. ay WHO KNOWS? T= are good reasons for believing Germany wants peace. « The German way of saying #0 is neither modest nor pro- pitiatory, but what of that? Germany would not be the first nation to consider terms dictated from without, all the while endeavoring to keep up the conqueror pose at home. Certain facts must lie heavy upon the German mind. First of all, Verdun, Verdun may be taken to have represented the supreme effort of German strength in the west. It won little, failed to hold even tiwt If Verdun was a test, that test told its story. Roumania dias beet @ facile triumph. But Roumania is by no means the inox- laustible granary that puts the German nation beyond the reach of want, Meanwhile the blockade has become a tighter clutch than Ger- many fRought possible. Austria is badly war-worn, The German Yundréd-mark note hay fallen point by point in neutral capitals. German thought, as expressed in newspapers and magazines, wavers and grows restless. Workers are weary. Women and children have Vorne much. Winter is closing in. By its present course the German Government may escape the kind of wave that has just upset adminis- trative equilibrium in England and France, forcing readjustments. Literal terms of the first tentative peace offers can mean little. Who knows how far Germany is really ready to yield? Or for that inatter, who knows how any sustained, practical discussion of pence react upon the minds of all these war-weary peoples to persuade them that deadlock maintained only by the sacrifice of more millions of men is too costly, and that there is some basis of agreement thet will leave a few of them alive. Letters From the People As a Man in Uniform Sees It, ‘To the EAitor of ‘The Byening World ent churches of the city. These parties goods for some time to come, countries whether peace comes or not, and one| so vs of their chief sources of supply will ‘Passing ItOn! _ eS Peace Prospect Fails to Alarm America i n Business _| Country Ready for Return of Normal Conditions, Says Rollin P. Grant, President of Irving National Bank. By James C. Young. What is to be the effect of peace ne- gotiations on American business? Wilt @ possible falling off in European de- mand for our products tend to lower commodity prices? sound. We have demonstrated the ability to meet a grave situation aris- Ing out of war and have passed through the conflict safely, And I am confident that we can and will meet the problems that this new turn of events has brought about. “If negotiations are undertaken seriously by the various nations con- cerned, they are certain to be long drawn out, and will afford us op- portunity to master our resources for whatever may follow. It is scarcely bellevable that Europe can cause us any trouble by ship- Ping cheap products Into this coun- try Immediately after a declaration of peace. Her factories must be reorganized and a complete read- Justment made of bor business sys- tom, before the countries involved in the war can challenge our com- mercial position. “pe ne- gotiations do not threaten any im- |) mediate industrial depression,” said Rollin P, Grant, President of the Irving National Bank, “The sit- uation in Europe is such that they cannot very well dispense with our Take foodstuffs as an example, ‘The many millions of peoplo in the belligerent must continue to be fed, ‘tau “As yet the possibility of peace is it cannot be estimaied with degreo of accuracy, We continue to de the United States, So] do know, however, that tho prospect there jg small likelihood of any big) has not upset business to any great drop in foodstuff shipments. extent. It would seem that we hay will usually t least fifty or) “The prospect of peace undoubtedly | accepted the outloo! While reading your paper after an) sixty men from one ship. Besides this,; must have an Influence upon Ameri aie = sail lite a honest di work, 1 could not help servi held on board #hip, which|can activities: The readjustment | but see the item in which you compare | Ost of the menewho are unable to go! probably will be marked, even abrupt, ® number of men with a “bunch of | **hore attend {but I do not believe that we have| |} drunken sailors.” Though I realize that Ing may I make one pl nything serious to fear. Our eco-| be this t# simply an old expression which {! class of people In seaport | OO. nonaition is often used these days, atill I can-|\on' Would. Instead of shunning the nowle condition hot help feeling a bit resentful that! 0" bene Se be wit im- TS conducted in the such a comparison should be made. | an-of-war'e-men tol IT. . | Dea at | associate ose of sac Aer . “nte vicinity of Long Beach, ‘To @ great many people, this will have pg ‘on th pial Ws Pets ase) Aeroplane Inve nite d | Cal er ; ay trp “ are more ome ae an WIth a baby » hut one meaning and that ts “that all] hoc" jley ue mare at home with, 1) Just Thirteen Y si nen in the service are of the worst | mert them with # little more welcome | J] marine of recent develop- clase and really good for nothing.” and] or ue thet mre iE AN th he | ——— el | ment have drawn notice to for that rearon alone it 19 almost tm=| front as ee, Une to go to view of rec nlevements in| gome seemingly remarkable possible for @ man tn uniform to as-|qcr 0 ote Cf peril to pro-| J long distance aero fights and tho) features present in this sociate with the respectable people LEMEN IN EVERY. BENBH of| have beck put in the 1 nes | strangest of modern under- stad h “VER INSE OF | have been pt i . wa : to your attention and to the readere| 97) one that in the future the citizens| Sunday | will multi isin taneiepd ny Pr doyel x of the United States and those who are| Divthday of the aerg * | par! making a surface of The World that the personnel of the | yiways ready to anewe Who are) teen years—-and what wo | mane 5 service {a of @ much higher grade than| A)"4¥8 Feady to answer the first call to| been accomplished Ww speed of slightly more than mort people give it credit for, and in| Comers wit panei country against alt) been revolutionized and surp: 40 es an hoyr and of fact there are a great muny men wnol )) ; ttle higher] tacks rendered almost impos 221-2 miles an @ chosen tho service as their lite]? “"* We : | Shis marvellous invention hour when under wate h the Fireman Se 8.N. A couple of young men who owned | HOU nen under water, work, who have ‘come from some of tne ‘ le pleccleochoale Bhan In Dacian On| Pheme "rates noeie best families in the country, They not ete Jack I Story Waa) used their spare time to “tinker’ on | mately dou ¢ th only come of good fasnilies, but they t Mondays Another | ye The neighbors con. | haiti ntain the highest principles and are}... Appear Nest Monday, 8 y but harmlons, Wy. | Ave" ek veeee doing « great den! toward ralsing the| "ynving been mw feaae Wend nally they hit upon a contraption to] The tiny craft 1s operated oo ee tard ; # reader of the Evening| which twin propellers and a sixteen-|by one man and carries a : | World for almost thirty years, Lam sur-| -power, four-cylinder asolin ingle t Ho fe One of the re prised that your adver 1 motor were attached—n winged affair [2280 torpedo forward of the conning vice Is that @ man must ot Juck London to begin Dec with or elevatine padder |toWer 84y'8 Popular Mechanies, It is reinain sober and clean in every sense]! first instalment on that in front, 1 i cross [designed os a } for coast patrol, of the word begins another novel in Tuesday's Even. | Petween and a night- | hark nse and fleet auxiliary Tt would #u f yourl ing World with the notice that, “a! ii he | purposes. ‘Twe five feet covers the readers top olen takes piney ory story of the Alaskan Wilds, by Jack! Haw 1902, [length of the boat, which has a beam ee pact canized U2ndon, will appear on this page next | made fc onelof only 28 inches, and a depth of 7 scaport towns, Parties are organized yjonday of w ‘oplane travelled 4 | teot_ 8 inches ie agp by the few who are interested in the What's the answer distance of 852 feet. And now avia a) ‘ow propeliom are Data tha pasvies to attend the differs J. ag. | 1M RO Winging thelr Way acrosw huig mounted fore and att and driven by . i* continent, 4 186 Loree power gasoline cpgine, with more than commendable calmness, and are going about our affairs with- out any special fear of what the bel- lgerents may do. It 1s a time when conservatism can be recommended. “We may look for a gradual reces- sion of the unusual activity in some Ines of industry. This will be directly due in part to war business, and partly to psychological causes. Whether it will be manifested in a lowering of commodity prices re- mains to be seen, It is @ natural supposition that a lessening of de- mand for certain products would be reflected in a lowered market. “There is no special uneasiness in commercial circles as to the outlook, but a confidence that Is the best element of the whole situation, As a rule, men of large affairs, and com. merelal organizations of broad scope, have kept pace with the market and have not anticipated the trend of events, That has helped immensely, and we find ourselves on the verge of what may or may not be peace very well prepared to meet the future. “Just now we have a@ store of gold undue anxiet such as the country never before Possessed, If peace does come, we have the funds for any new enterprises that may be desirable, It is probable that a cessation of hostilities would bring a correspond- ing drop In the demand for money from the country. Certainly a huge expense would stop the moment that peace became a definite fact, cut- ting off the necessity for munitions and many Kinds of supplies. It ts reasonable to suppose that negotia- tions would mean fewer war order: and that necessarily would be so- verely felt in the industries which have thrived upon such business. “The hint of peace that comes from Berlin has not resulted in any shortening of credits by commercial houses here, and that t# another ev- couraging sign of the times. It ts interesting that Austrian and Ger- man exchange has improved on the suggestion of peace. “The business man and the tndl- vidual will do well at this moment to handle their affairs with care, It is an excellent time to be conserva- tive, but certainly not @ momen: for One-Man”’ Submarine for Coast Defense) Se aT, ST SN en which 1s used not only when the ves- sel is on the surface but also whon it Is submerged. This, as is almost evident, is a point of utmost tmpor- tance, providing thoroughly success- ful operation proves to be possible, The necessity of carrying two distinct power plants has been one of the weal potnts in modern submarines. The inventor of the opaft ja queation s_fundaventaly) Tiny Submersible, Doubling Speed of U Beats, Launches Its Single Torpedo in Swift Attack, has not obtained patent rights as yet, and therefore carefully guards his se- cret, It ts stated, however, that when the vessel 1s run- ning submerged tho exhaust gases are disposed of by chemical means, It 18 un- derstood that they are con- densed, the waste elements being discarded in liquid form, and that oxygen is taken from water, mixed with the remaining “remod- elled” vapors and the re- sulting product fed to the engine as fuel. A horizon- tal propeller submerges the vessel by drawing It straight down, ‘The latter's buoy- ancy causes It to rise to the surface of its own accord when this propeller is stopped. a small fleet of these craft and launch tifom quickly. The picture at the left gives a gen. eral view of the tiny submarine, while In that at the right @ glove shows by comparison the smallness of the conning (owes, ‘A naval vessel could carry | gs ot Mrs. Solomon By Helen Rowland M’ DAUGHTER, hear now the Ditany of a Damsel of Babylon, unto | Sayin whom men are as (he rings upon her hand and the bangles om her wrist. - For lo, she bath known much flirtation, and her wisdom cometh not second hand, but straight from the factory of Experience. O Angels and Ministers of Common Sense, prayeth the Damisel, keep mine eyes steady, that they may not be dazzled by any tan, but may look clearly and ten- derly upon them, one and all. For it is not she who adoreth men, but she whe understandeth and sweetly ENDURETH them, after whom they follow as children after the Pied Piper. Deliver me, I pray thee, from the follics of the sentt- mentalist; keep ine from the doing of obvious STUNTS; stay mo from the temptation to indulge {n patent POSPS! a For they are thinner than a married man's excuscs, and more trans- | parent than this year’s evening gowns. Every man seeth through them, Howsoever mino heart may be set upon a man, stay me, I beseech thee, from pursuing him with the unsolicited invitation to call; keep me from seeking after the For he that desireth to SEE a damsel will find a way, though it lead | through the trenches! Deliver me, I pray thee, from the temptations of the telephone. Yea, kecp mine hands from the receiver, howsoever much I may desire to hear his voice. For she that summoneth a man during business hours, saying “Guess | who this is!” is welcome as a pet mosquito in August. Give me tho strength to be UT” when he calleth without warning. For a damsel that is ALWAYS “at home” and accessible is tiresome, oven as the boarding-house dinner, which is always ready and waiting at 6 o'clock. : reins Row ane morning AFTER I had seen them. For the heart of the damsel who spelleth her soul out upon paper gloweth with inspiration; but, peradventure, the man who readeth ts colder than a Monday luncheon when it reacheth him Deliver, O deliver me, I pray thee, from the temptations of the Fem- infne Tongue! Stay me from the asking of QUESTIONS! Keep me from the pitfalls of curiosity concerning his comings and his goings, and how he hath spent every hour when he is not with ME. For, if he hath taken care of himself for twenty or thirty years before meeting me, why shall be require a GUARDIAN now? Stay me from the uttering of foolish reproaches when he cometh ten minutes late; yea, even when he cometh not at all. Keep me from the foolish demanding of “explanations” and the requiring of “promises.” , For lo, love is NOT a grappling hook! And a man, like unto religion and medicine, must be taken with absolute FAITH! Verily, verily, a8 4 dining-room chandelier that continually bumpeth the head, as a sticking plaster that cannot be removed, so is a damsel that keepeth her Beloved on a leash. But as for ME, I would be as the star at the top of the Christmas tree, always bright and shining, dazzling, alluring—and a little inaccessible! Selah. The Jarr Family By Roy L. McCardell Coorriaht, 1916, by The Pree Publishing Co. (The New Yorke Evening World.) R. JARR arose from the supper|Ranzie will come over and stay with table and smote himself a re-| you.” sounding whack the! “And give that man Rangle an exe breast and sald, “By George! I had |cuse to he out all night?” asked Mre. forgotten all about tt.” \Jarr. "Mrs, Rangle would no “Forgot what? You didn't leave/do that than 1 would spend the bird your pocketbook anywhere, did you?" with her and give you such an: aes asked Mrs, Jurr. Mr, Jarr had no pocketbook. He} “Woll, this is very * carried his mon saturday | Mr. Jarre. “You pak paprika a from the cashier's window for tho big |Iars If T dio in good standing tn the divide, home, securely tucked tn his! Jody hn : ng tn the inside waistcoat pocket. After that, | ran | trom Mondays on, he carried his sll=!t death ver change in hie trousers pocket and |Can't 5 his soft spending money in his fob'y, be all and I'll be seared fires or burglars. t oft?” asked Mrs? u put plaintivel | ditto, Nelther place bulged greatly. Put off a eee Mr, Jarr shook his head. “No, I! agp Jarp towne sn 2" inquired haven't lost any money, but I had| in I? It's too late, a temperance b And the cater for a week makir nquet, you know, * have beon working temperance drinks, They cost a Breatd i Jeal of money, and, not having any alcohol in them, thay won't keep. No; I couldn't get the » almost forgotten a very important en- | gagement,” he said, “Where? What important engage- ment? You never told me anything about any important engagement,” remarked Mrs, Jarr, ‘ t's our louge’s annual banquet In) agip eran ee $00 lates") Newark. I told you about It twolyry jin “haa Mould 0,” sald weeks ago,” explained Mr. Jarr. away al cient ie dea of staying | “You never mentioned it to me, of) oy eninggon PpOn® Women did jthat I am sure,” replied Mrs, Jarr. | | "But that's nothing.” Here Mra, Jarr! y,_ fan . ek my dear,” replied Mr. Jarr grandly, “but i¢ you don't |sighed as such waints will sigh. “It's | v0) 1b BF a good many years since 1 had your)» pleas Bo, beige, hat do I care ; os or & banquet or even sonsigenc | being elected P “L'il tell you how tt tw," Mr. Jarre] oh) ANT resident of the United replied. “This i# very important. { “But 4 want 1s to please you," We have the grand conclave of our} Ut YOu should telephone them,” \jodge and after the conclave the pone the pleased Mrs. Jarr, “Yow banquet. Now, I am to be mamed| rent to thar ton be polite, dear, @o jas Praiseworthy and Impeccable! ,) + t telephone and call them JOuter Sentry, and If I do not attend | sp. yay, — the ‘conclave I will not be selected.’ aiarm, mie y, ed lif 1 do attend and am selected Ul) 31) aio: Raiane have to out @ courtesy preside atlar Gues ar ean the banquet. ‘That means an all night |... at 7.30 and go over to New. | ark with him. I'll rush out and: tell affair.” tt tain,” Mm I'm not going, and 1 Wha asked Mrs, Jarr, as! phone trom theres can tele- |though she did not hear aright, “Be quick!” | “An all night affair,” repeated Mr.| your hat poe Pi ada Jarr, “Here's | \Jarr, “so 1'll have to stay, Gee! I've)” yy, r, Jarr put his head b; ack {just got about time to get to the! acon « the \ . ‘Don’ conclave, Get out my dress suit” |oitr he asked’ ft stay @ Mitte | Mrs, Jarr was almost carried oft) «¢ ertainly not {her feet by ‘the suddenness of the|Jarr, “Stay as Jo, at his watch in wild he erled, “T forgot 1 was to meet him My doar,” ead Mrs, news, "I'll bo all alone,” she said.! And what do you thie ant te” can't help tt, my deav," ramatio tletion, replied ' not enough of the bun, Jarr, “You'll be all right. Mra. to mak i |M ich showed ap nded game, & three ersary | was 117 years ago to-day that, o George Washington died, a victim, Mt has been said, of (he doctors, | MRM have recovered cue, That be 5 ) xco) ite The "Father of His Country” was) pup iment is, of course, nae ae ‘: then In his asixty-seventh year, butlor tt day would at, medical aclence still hale and hearty up to within a denin sich” treatmany aly one ogres. | short time of his death. On the isth/S'@tesman and gold of Dacember he was exposed in tho) pee ent on the 14th hie fee ae |saddle to a sleet storm for several)! ® Well.” |hours and upon his return to shelter; Capt. Roald Amundsen, was found to be suffering from aj Wes!an explorer, discovered severe cold. He was put to bed and) niin pe Yours ago to-day, ‘attataie a doctor sent for, The malady, diag-| the goal that ner neon Dee. 14 1911, hosed as membranous croup, did aot! brave men to rislemwah ned, 20 MANY Feapond to the usual treatment gor & kee—their tives, the Nor- sometimes —_ “accidental” meeting. f Stay me, I bescech thee, from the writing of sentimental notes on the , i