The evening world. Newspaper, February 10, 1917, Page 10

She CANINE Tiorld. ESTABLISHHD BY JOSEPH PULITZER. Published Dally Except Sunday by the Press Publishing Company, Nos. $3 to 63 Park Row, New York. RALPH PULITZPR, President, 62 Park Row, J. ANGUS SHAW, Treasurer 6% Park Row, JOSEPH PULITZER,’ J ret 63 Park Row. Entered at the Post-Oftice ‘ew York Bubseriptic onto Nhe” Heeaiog | Port World for tho United States and Canada. ‘One Year....... seeeee 68.50 One Month + 80 VOLUME 67. 8 Second-Class Matter, For England and the Continent and All Countries in the International Postal Unton One Year One Month. NO LONGER DETAINED. T” nows that Mr. Gerard and his party will by to-morrow prob- ably be outside the boundaries of a nation where there is no longer an American Ambassador is in all ways a relief. The idea that a faithful and valued representative of the people of the United States should be detained in a foreign capital subject to the vagaries of a Government that has found law and humanity too narrow for its needs was becoming unbearable. It appears the Imperial German authorities aro at last satisfied that the United States Government is not throwing German subjects into dungeons or keeping Count von Bernstorff in chains or seizing German ships. After deliberately stepping over the borders of civilization, it ust be a matter of cynical satisfaction to note that other nations etill scrupulously strive to fulfil their obligations, maintain their eelf-reapect and preserve their honor, The feeling of most Americans toward the German Government at this moment includes thankfulness that Mr. Gerard is relieved from its contact and sincere regret, from what they have seen of Count von Bernstorff, that he must go back to close quarters with it. ed The Orlean is the first American ship to sail forth, with no defense save the American flag, to brave tho “barred zone” proclaimed by Germany. The Orlean 1s bound for Bordeaux When does tho St. Louis of the American Line eail on Ameri- can schedule for Liverpool? —_——- + + THE MORE THE BETTER. AYOR MITCHEL shows wisdom in welcoming legislative in- vestigation of the New York Central-West Side contract, and in putting the Board of Estimate on record as “in favor of the most rigid inquiry into every phase of the entire matter.” The public has heard a lot about the aesthetic side of the project. Mr. Hughes has contributed a learned opinion as to the constitutionality of the proposed contract. Coming down to plain business, however, a number of practical queries as to just how the deal is to affect the interesfa of the city now and in future remain unanswered. Question No. 7, for example, in The Evening World’s Riversido Contract Forum—as to whether the city is secured any adequate com- pensation for the unlimited franchise it gives the New York Central in permitting it to construct twenty-one miles of additional track between Thirtieth Street and Spuyten Duyvil as compared with the fized rentals or percentages of gross receipts it gets from city transit corporations for additional track franchises—calls for careful| — consideration. Dollars and Comptroller Prendergast is suse that special franchise taxes wherever imposed upon the railroad under the new plan will be higher, But what about giving away valuable franchises in the shape of extra tracking privileges without providing that the city shall have any fixed return or even so much as a chance at some later time or {s the New York Central in this respect entitled to a different \ Hee sort of bargain than those made with the Pennsylvania Railroad W nas non te he Company, the B. R. T. or the Manhattan Elevated? jcarried fire insurance both on bis In clearing up doubts on obscure points in the Riverside contract deta hy dag doug Mn iber gear a legislative investigation could give valuable aid, N } applying to his store he kept in his Every light that! house, and that applying to bis house can focus on the deal should be turned on. +. Sense os Baresi This Man Failed to Read His jand its contents be kept in his safe | at the store. Thus, in the event of a ; fire in either property the policy ap- plying to it would escape the flames. One night) William Hardwick's slumbers were disturbed by the fran- | Uc ringing of the telephone, At least the Henry Ford brand of pacifisin isn't marked by a band around the pocketbook, ‘coenceetheeeeemceemaae | "Come right downtown,” urged an excited v going up In wm BULGARIA AGAINST US. When Hardwick arrived the fire was under control and fifteen min- T HADN’T worried us much hitherto, but now that Bulgaria "tes later the “all out” eignal was ‘i " 5 sounded. calla our attention to it, we realize, of course, we shal! have to| “1 should worry,” reflected the get along without her approval, oem atts: . ; ; age done The Bulgarian Premier is quoted in a German newspaper as de-|° a iol '’ And, as it bap- § M ens, 1 carry just $6,000 worth fs claring that the Bulgarian Government “proposes to act toward the | surance.” ‘And “leaving ‘one a bis United States in accordance with its obligations as an ally of the | Semone A) ai a eh Central Powers.” fa + : ; i “Now then, Mr. Hardwick," said the Sad as this makes us, we recognize its stern necessity, When | adjuster two days later, “my estimate Bulgaria came into this war she made her bet, and a big one it was| {iy co See TOs | un SCARE, Son 4 2 lars covers ail the damage done. That for her, on von Hindenburg and von Tirpitz, To withdraw her stake | means that we owe you $4,500. | “What's that!" demanded Hard- now would be impossible even if she wished it. |wick, indignantly. "You o me IRE ilivarian Government ts « Nic ren | $4,000? What bunco game is this? garian G overnmé nt is aid to believe that “coming events, Why don't you owe me $6,000, the face will only emphasize the success of the Central Powers and probably | °f,,my, Polley 2” Jecause of this 80 per cent. co-in- | surance clause,” explained the adjust- er, and he indicated a paragraph in the policy which the grocer had so guarded ause provides that we shall for uo greater proportion of the loss than the sum insured bears to $0 per ce cash value of decide the whole war within a reasonably short time The United States has only the kindliest feelings toward the Nulgarians. The greatest kindness one can do them now i their mistakes dawn on them gradually, # to let} mand teense “ SRICAN the property 1, Your stock 1s, 1 want an AMERICAN character, that the powers of or was, worth $10,000, Had you car- Durope may be convinced we act for ourselves and not for ried, $6,000 insurance, we would have pati “ | paid you your loas in full, that is up othe! George Washington. | to $3,00 ut, av it is, 1 repeat that ‘The Week’s ‘Wash By Martin Green | 17, by ‘The Prose Pobitshing Co, ev York Evening Worlt,) WAS talking to a Gennan to- day,” said the head polisher, “and he complained that the United States 1s picking on Germany.” “Your German friend has the situa- tion reversed,” said the laundry man. “Germany has been annoying and tn- sulting the United States for two years, To-day Germany ts a gunman among tho nations, but it Is beginning to look though our Government 1s going to walt for the German Govern- ment to throw the boots {nto Uncle Sam before we take action. “There are laws intended to govern the conduct of nations as well as laws Covsright, \66 dividuals, Germany has violated tn- ternational law and admits it, but sets up the excuse that the German people are hungry and the German vernment, therefore, has the right © assagsinate Innocent passersby. here 1s no more Justification for this attitude than there would be for an | York will be b individual go hide in a doorway and dlackjack the first citizen coming along and then say ‘I did !t because 1 was hungry.’ “Germany {s now insisting on treaty rights protecting subjects of the Kaiser fm this country, No sub- of the country and doesn't infringe on the hoepitality of the United States. A German subject in New York Is as safe as an American citizen in Ber- lin, but the German subject in Now er upholstered as to if he has the price, (han an Am- in citizen In Berlin, | “German subjects in the United States have been pretty bad actors! since the war started, Many of them are in jail, having “been duly con- vieted of crimes against the peace of | this country. doubtedly ; y more German sub- cted in acts presu- » Interests of the United Darometer.—Baltimore American. Albany Journal, 165,001 Irish, or about 105 per cent. we oWe you but $4,500, If, however, . , a re tho loss had been total, we would have | nection it ts well to remember that Hits From Sharp Wits |haa to pay. you #000, the amount of |the penalty for ie rapid ‘ ; | your policy. This misunderstanding | transit to the be and there are tow i is sald SRAC Aniamnel, jes are) It is said tha 000,000 worth of has arisen, Mr, Hardwick, merely be-| many nu in New 10g Ud ach the uf | foodstuft Ise to Europe e ‘use you have never taken the Ume| York who profitably consider re ida Thnos Union month. Just of itt OD to theroughly read and digest you . enough to provide for average | policy -natured lot of slobs When one has learned thoroughly | American family for a year—Nash-| “Your carelessness In this regard when we go to war the meaning of “mum” and “don't” | Ville Banner has cost you $1,500, Mr, Hardwick, [| We are bear o On the other side he bas @ large part of the necessary | s 8 am sincerely worry for this, but fail|of the Atlantic wo are looked on as equipment for the voyage of life.—| It !# sald that some of ‘om are us-|t? se@ that you have any one but|a bunch of dollar chasers and this Deseret News. ing these knee and elbow silk paja- | Yourself to blame,” impression doesn't prevail in Ger- oe cb mas as a sort of middle blouse effect, ~ oe = < and it is also said that they are 4 University girls are living on mative cetial they are quite Helt ts full of-goot meaning Dish —Geor er aouetternlty: airia are living, effective Columbus (Ga.)” Enquirers | 8 full of-goot meanings and wishings.George Herbert. 10 sally forth to teach the poor w amare femme ot Se eRe oe {ugman bow to raise a family of ¢ sf SA, in estate, forms teen on $10 wees. —M1lw Will pow ata bre Larne if th boat dows. a bad tint POWER 1s req i more than one-half the total poe Toledo | for we of this country, Dur ® d ® t p twelve core yreceding 1) We may have an ring, as| There are many ivols like the AK and there were tue She bee ye eee eed Her] wedicted; but the bo..net will beat‘ ones, but the latter slow it morc al 5. Italians, 160,165 Germans, | improvements increased §$58,158,000,000, and , } intended to govern the conduct of In- | Ject of the Kaiser in this country !s) R. JARR was taking his ease, in any danger or will be in any dan- | M ger as Icng as he abides by the laws) in case of | fight, of course she started another | FS} and they will be properly ap-| ing your old pipe and sitting in your prehended and punished. In this con-| snirt gleeves Ike @ longshoreman!” —* | Mr. Jarr mildly, | many alone. We are dollar chasers. That 1s why wo have a working ma-| jority of the money in tho world.| But, believe us, we will pursue an/| enemy with the same enthusiasm and prec nm that mark our chase for the dollar, “ HIS agitation for a State Con- stabulary seems to have broken out again like @ fire in a sawmill,” remarked the head polisher, “There 1s no more excuse for a Btate Constabulary in the State of |New York than there {s for a similar constabulary in forty-six other States in the Union,” said the laundry man, “Only one State has a State Con- stabulary and that is Pennsylvania, Nobody denies that it Is a most effi- clent and economical organization, “We have no coal mines in New York. Outside of our cities we have no great aggregations of allen excit- ie communities such as exist in the anthracite fields of Pennsylvania, where the work of the constabulary 1s largely concentrated. If the rural dis- tects of New York State want police protection why don't they pay for it themselves? _ "New York City pays approximately 75 per cent. of the taxes of the State. It 1s proposed that the constabulary, Which {1s to operate entirely outside New York and other large cities, shall cost $500,000 the first year, The tax- payers of this city will be panhandled sift the bill goes through—out of $375,000 a year to start with for the maintenance of an organization to protect country hen roosts,” % nannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 5 This Way In, $ AAR AAARAAAAARAARAANAAS “ SEE,” said the head polisher, “that there ts some talk about James W. Gerard as the Tam- many candidate for Mayor.” “Well,” said the laundry man, “such talk might fit in with the size- up of the situation as it is to-day, Mu irphy 1s afraid of Mitchel and Mit- chel is afraid of Hearst.” Fifty Boys and Gir Famous in History By Albert Payson Terhune Coprright, 1917, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Brening World.) No. 49—SCIPIO AFRICANUS, the Boy General. SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY—panting, bloodstained, well exhausted—stood above the body of his wounded father, fi off a throng of Carthaginian swordsmen who strove to cut and the fa:len man to pieces. ‘The time was 217 B, C. The wounded and helpless officer lying on tl battlefield was Publius Scipio, general of the Roman forces sent to the surging onrush of the Carthage hosts into Italy. The lad who fought so frantically to ward off the foemen's sword: points from his injured father’s throat was Publius Cornelius Scipio, who $ was learning his first lesson in warfare. In later days, through his African campaigns, he was to be known as “Scipio Africanus,” one of the might soldiers Rome had ever produced. Carthage, smarting under earlier defeats at the hands of Bome, sent a mighty army, under Hannibal, to overrun Europe. Hannibal had mastered Spain, had crossed the mountain wall of Alps (sometimes blasting a way through the fastnesses by moans of vinegar) and had_ mareh triumphantly down into the sunny plains of Italy to} overwhelm Rome. The elder Scipio headed the Roma army that sought to check his advance, But in bat after battlo he was worsted by the invaders. At last, in a decisive fight on the Trebla, the Noman general was sent crashing to earth, dangerousiy wounded. ‘The Carthaginians pressed forward to slay him and thus end the cam paign or, at the very least, win the battle, The stricken goneral’s young son, however, defended his father so valiantly that he held off the enemy until enough Romans, nearby, could rally and clear a space around the wounded man. Soon after he recovered from his wounds the elder Scipto marched Spain and again met the Carthaginians in battle. This time he was not. beaten, but killed. But his death was to be a heavier blow to Carthage than to Rome. For, above his dead father’s body, young Publius Cornelius Sciplo swore a solemn oath to avenge b Tho keeping of that vow not only made the lad world-famous, but eventually smashed Carthage’s power and saved Rome from destruction. While he was still at an age when most boys are in high echool was appointed High Magistrate (aedile) of Rome. And, a little later, be volunteered to lead a “forlorn hope” army into Spain to complete the work that his father had failed to accomplish. With only a handful of troops Scipio began a whirlwind campaign against the all-powerful Carthaginians as a first step in the keeping of dis vow of vengeance, With a brilliant genius for warfare, he planned and ex- ecuted a series of attacks against his stronger foes that thrashed the Car- thaginians again and again, Though they always outnumbered Selpto's force, he utterly outgeneralled their leaders, At length he captured Now Carthage, the enemys Spanish ~ oer | ters. Meantime, by his tact and mercy in dealing Dann ® =the half-savage Spanish mountain tribes, he bad | An Oath these barbarians’ devotion, And they proved Fulfilled. allies against the Carthaginians, Within @ very lw time the boy general had swept Spain free of Carthage hordes and had mado it a Roman provines, | Still not satisfied that his vow was Kept, he “carried the war tnte | africa” by crossing to Carthage’s African strongholds and conquering the whole region. In vain did Hannibal hurry back from Southern Italy to lead the Carthaginians against the avenger. pais Carthage lay helples | Gunpowder First Made | By Chinese in 700 B..C. | HE discovery of gunpowder may|{n the thirteenth century inte le | be said to have been coinct-| land is generally credited has dental with the discovery of the Roger Bacon, but owing to the erud explosive nature of saltpetre when inlxing ite sametituctte ite to! mixed with charcoal and sulphur. But} Charcoal and sulphur, It waweot a here 1s abundant evidence that its ex-| practical use unti 10 1820, when Ber plosive properties were known to the| thold Schwartz, the inventor ef fi Chinese in one form or another sev- bane! perfected a process by whicl eral hundred years before the Chris-| {asimnituted | baward Tike eee tian era,” Fireworks, in which gun-| against nd seven years later, powder {s the principal element, w unquestionably invented by the Chi- nese some time around 700 B,C, But {t is at least a matter of considerable doubt whether the Chinese were the first to use gunpowder as a propelling force. ‘The first general knowledge of the use of gunpowder as au agent of war- fare was developed in the seventh century, when, under the “Greek fire,” {t was used b: effectivene powder tn be and pr which known as craky Ismael Ben Firez, King of besieging Bozar, in 1825, (s emu have used among his mavhinea of war “some that cast globes of but there is no real evidenee t) these globes bore any relation to can. non balls. A State document Dear. name of|by the Government of I the By-| ine date of Feb, 12, 1396, amd Row zantine Emperors in the defense ot | {ii,the, museum at Rome, gives gu: i hority to the Council of’ Twelve of Constantinople against the Saracens,| Florence to appoint persons to su- who, in their turn, used it in later’ Perintend the manufacture of “oan- ages agdinst the Crusaders. ‘The next | }\’",0f brass and balls of for the defense of the Territory of the big step in the development and use [tepublic.” of powder as a propelling force was| Another document in the form of seen in Spain in the twelfth century, %" !ndenturo bearing d and mn when the Moors and Christians allke | Iyikes seforence to srasil Seanad ibardment, th® tube: of cannon fro used {t in their campaigns against| among the defenses of them 8 Ol ‘owe if each other, London, white in "the Bibliotheque ‘Tho introduction of gunpowder early! the exme’ sein in whith Tn jthat there existed in th arsenal at Rouen iron weapon tet The Jarr Family ‘Cocoright, 1917, ty ‘The Press Publishing Oo, (The New York Evening World.) not in his inn, but In his home, as husbands sometimes do, He was happy and comfortable, He read the evening papers with his pipe in his mouth, though he wasn’t smok- ing, and his shoes on bis feet, though he wasn't walking, He was in his shirt sleeves also, though he wasn't fighting. ‘Then Mrs. Jarr came tn, and seeing | him thus, espectally seeing him in his) sltrt sleeves, as though prepared to | “campaign of frightfulness: “There you are!” she cried, "amok- (Although {t 1s @ question if long- shoremen sit in their shirt sleeves any more than commercial gents do.) own murmured Mr, Jarr.| apy n making myself comfort. | | able | “What will theeneighbors think of us?” asked Mrs, Jarr, sharply, “Do I sit with my feet on the window aill in my shirt sleeves and @ pipe in my mouth?" “I hope not, my yes," b dear,” remarked * exclaimed the curtains “And I should hope not Mrs. “You have reeking with smoke, and yet you} | don't give me a hand when I have | to stand on a shaky stepladder und take them down!" Jarr By Roy L. McCardell | Propelling bolts, together wi : Dette and sulphur to make powder” The manufacture of guny wder a Crown monopoly ‘waa ta Edward IL, who in 1346 ordered thet She paused for a reply, and Mr. Jarr roused up and asked her what she bad sald. “I suppose you wait until I finish and then ask that, as the miller wakes up when the mill stops?” queried Mrs. Jarr, “You made such &@ comparison once,” “What should I do, interrupt you while you are speaking?” asked Mr, Jarr, Mrs, Jarr did not reply to this, but she knew that interruptions betoken interest. It is the highest compliment one woman can pay another—to In- terrupt her friend who Is speaking. When one woman is speaking to an- other, the other never lets a dozen words be uttered without breaking in with a long recital of her own--or one as long as her friend will tem- porarily permit, ‘This is the true | politeness in conversation between women, “Give me that papel said Mrs. Jarr, “I am interested in the 1 Juc- tion articles.” “Nothing 1s Mr. Jarr, “EB in price.” reduced," grumbied rything is going up “Fat 1s being reduced!” snapped| Mrs, Jarr, “Miss Furlong's articles ae wonderful. to follow her directions, but 1 hi so much work to do in this house I'm getting all run down and as thin as a rail!” And Mrs, Jarr gave a side glance down at her svelt figure. Mr, Jarr relinquished the paper, If I only had the time | all available saltpetre and sulphur bo bought up for his e: use, | while in 1414 Henry ye igmued an and Mrs. Jarr began reading the health and beauty column, talking meanwhile. “Sometimes,” she said, “sometimes I think I married a newspaper tn-| stead of a man, It's the morning | ernme ve e paper at your breakfast and the eve. | !ssur in ‘the relgn of tallest hath, ee ning paper when you come home, It| {sn this period that the Drodyo: {t weron't for the children I would! hil heen our ver, When hith belleve that my whole life was passed | in. England: eee with @ mysterious stranger who camo | sh tills of which there te tig into my house with @ newspaper in| established at Long Dit front of his nose, and my whole lite! cv: in_ 1600, by Georges was pasyed With those printed lines — between us. If you ehould dic—but there 1s no fear of that—before I do! | I know you won't look natural in| your coffin unle edict prohibiting th pale «* the removal of | out of the kingdom withou leense, violation of thts order visited with heavy punishment, lations giving the Gov- ay’s Anniversary | spread over your festa fli LTHOUGH tt now ts among the Prpeneea 2 smaller educational institptte jee!" cried Mr. Jarr. “Here's a OF Aca 4 atifptions folly toplo for the home and fire-| dents and. instructors Wy Ss sid ( absatcer ne oP Mary Coll a iit “Lam glad you like tt!” retorted can boast of t rite): bm Mrs, Jarr, still reading the heaith| of the coll t the inglish and beauty arile but I am sure} can colonics. Harvard alone? it is very confusing to me," |passes the Virginia fnstit 6 a “What's confusing?” asked Mr, rint of ag It was two o5d Ear Jarr. ter centuries g i “EM? Mrs, Jarr inquired, for she| 1692, that Willian and wgey opines was not heeding what he said. | ed Its charter, thane piles “What's confusing? Why, just how ve and energy of 4 Heo maay tmes one should bend over mes Blair oe and touch the floor to restore th: though ‘the : adent body he al waist line. Mr. Jarr bent over once and guilt. ' tually oe san ily to pick up his pipe. Fortunately | been t Mrs, Jarr was intent on the news: | Ameri |paper and did not notice the to- f Irs jbacco ashes he had go he, celebra Juang sande ie softly blew the evidence of his guilt’ most a hundred members of Comey under the radiator, and was @ vil- @ score of Governors and mew lain still! nent in various professions,