".. iimt ii i i n i i iinnm it ttai WffliDELPMmST iCMVED ZEPPELIN'S IDEA 31 YEARS AGO 3ffnerai Russell Thayer Pre sented Plan of Dlrfgibld to J Officer?, but v Was Not , Supported by Congress uWas vindicated by time ! tSfrery time a bomb la dropped from mfe 6t thoso slant ship o tlio air named eppelitis, Arter the mnn who In ptenerally Rfvtn credit for having been responlb1f ,, for their development, the memory of a white-haired Philadelphia noes back 31 years to a dny, lonff before his locks took ctl their nllver tint, when he nroused an alidlenco of, American military men to en thualaiim. by advancing to them his plan for a bnttooti that could bo steered. He seldom tolls people about It, how v$r, and for that reason taw "peftorts Itt thl 9lty know that General HUs-wll Thayer, retlretl olTlccr of the United Statis Army and of the National Guard of Ponn tvlvahla. Is tho father of the modern dirigibles that nr6 so much In evidence In the present war. "Wad Congress passed this approprla tlon," he said when dlscuialng this matter with rt reporter, "I bellovo the United Stated and not Germany would bo the loader In this useful Instrument of var fare, Now wo arc dependent on the unr reliable nenoplnno for whatever military advantage Is derived from airships, ttovr Germany Is virtually the only country In tha world that operates tho dirigible" General Thayer, who was Instructor of artillery at West Point and later comman der Of th,fl Philadelphia regiments In the X. G. P , said he believed tlrauthc) dlrlglblo balloon would not bo of very great nluo In caso thero should bo war with Mexico.' but pointed out that tho dlrlglblo wait In valuable for purposes of national defense. "With a dozen balloons of tho Zeppelin type on each const we t:ould bo Inforry lul long beforo their arrival of the npproatm of hostile ships;" ho onld, "and it few bombs mlghthlt some of tho npproachtng war vessels. If thoy did tho enemy would be very seriously crippled." H was In 1SS5 thnt Ru'mqII Thayer, a graduate of West Point and then but re cently retired as first lieutenant In tho United States Army, nppcared at a meet ing of tho United Service Institution, an association of army officers, held on Gov ernor'a Island, tt, Y and presented what ho bclloves was tho flrst plan ever made for a balloon with a rigid body and which could bo directed without dependence on atmospheric currents. Tho plan met with general commondo tlon and ho took It to tho ordnance depart ment of the United States Army. Thero. A GUARANTEED BOND Tor Refunded In Tennn, . Enrnlnct tnlre fliarcc. LorjfiJMnlilnc it PRICE RSEULOR &PETRY Uemljtre " V- I'hlla. block Kxthanset 330 COJUIEKCIAL TltUST UUILDINO"' tyvli tor r '-. 8 to UflL.R F jffl fff IEgnWi-Ti.iriniiiii" inng""'!""'""""""1 I TVUZZIIL.. .h'mn fZmnnmi, TIIK follonlnir theatre olitnln elielr nliturra tl.roueh thi STAKI.UY ItooVln ' Cnaginr. which I u snrunte of rnrly ohonlnc of Hie llnet nroJue- llnn. All Dlfttire retlowcd hefore ctlilblllan. ..k for the theitrp In your locality obtalnlS pletuw i tliroiwlt " KTAnYcY IKIOKIMS 'COMrA. .,.-,..nn. 12UI. Morris . Pavunk Ao. AT RAMRR A fat. Dally at 2 : KB . 7 . U. rtLllttlllUim vaudeville b Tarara I Pictures. PAItAilOONT .lOHN nAimYMOni: 111 "TUB MMT UBIDnqilOUM" ARCADIA BELOW idTII ORRIN JOHNSON in , D'AItTAC.NAN"- A DrT I Dk B2D AND THOMPSON APOLLU MATINEB DAILY Julius oteger of ivove- , TUB IRON CtJlW," 7th Eplswlo BLUEBIRD " ?BT" B,,0AD ST JEANNE IVER in ONE DAT' ori MONT 82D above 'mauket EtXLiLdlVlyJW I Matt. l:RO lkT:30. lOo Evp, 0)30. a. Dj30. 15o Carjyle Blackwel! in 'The Clarion' 6OTH AND CEDAIl AVE CEDAR PARAMOUNT THEATRE- MARGUERITE CLARK in THE rRT.TTY SISTER Or JO.IK" P.!,n,inr -'T AND OIRARD AVE. f aUmOUnijiay 2-a Chaplluln Carmen" VJQI.KT MBRSKfl"" 1'"U PANZER In "AUTUMN" FRANKFORD f"aenSe MAE MARSH in . HOODOO ANN"' l S6TH ST, Theatre S5S Bel. Spruce, Evi. I to 11 Violet Mersereau ,n &r 52d Sf. Md Mats. Z-S;30-r39 Snom Er Ol3Q o It 10 FREDERICK PERRY in TJE i-AMH-Y BTAIN"' GERMANTOWN e5T0v ETHEL BARRYMORE in Tit KI03 OP HATE" f fWlXT 8n MARKET 2H3-? Ui-UUiV IISJMO KIMUALL ORGAN 2H3-7-8L 'TH8N U- COMB UACK TO YOP" G TO A On AVENUB THEATRE IfSJXlfUJ jju AND OIRARD AVE. VALESKA SURATT in THE IV-MIGRANT" . flnoof WriliPrn BROAD BT . ERIB vreai rtennern qbrmantw aves. "A YELLOW STREAK" IRIS THEATRE 3tltt Jvt FRANK MILLS in Tits i-'orr- pabrj IMPERIAL Theatre T& Wfi.LlAf2 RUSSHLL in C v if i Hi LAFAYETTE " Srw mJffiSm SWEET in again, It was praised and Congresi was asked to appropriate $60,000 for experi mentation purpose. , Congress refused and tin, Thayer dropped tha matter because de velopment of hln plan would have been n matter beyond tho resources of a private individual. Hanging on, thd walls of General Thayer's oftlco In .the, headquarters of th Welsbach Light Company nt 1854 Mnrket street, la a sketch whlcll appeared In Har per's Magazine In 1S85 It 4a a combina tion of the diagram bf tho Inventor ami tho Imagination i-f the mng.ilho artist. A dlrlglblo much different In shape than the one wo know today h seen dropping a bomb on tt 'city In much the same manner rts thd J5efpollrn on their many raids of England Of course as Is always tho case, the claims .put forth for the Invention were regarded by many skeptically, but the piesent generation Is seeing frequent ovl dehce IniHurope that the Inventloh was no wild dream, and the very Incident de pleted In tho Illustration has been de scribed more than one In tho news dis patches, Generat Thayer built a small model of his Invention out In Pnlrmount Park and Imd It patented Tho model was only 30 feet long, but he proposed nt thnt tlmo to build ono 1B0 feet long, and would hno done no lind Congress furnished tho neces sary funds. Besplto his deep Interest In aviation ever slnco, General Thayer has notcr made n Illght In the nlr. The dlrlglblo ho planned was directed not by a propeller, ns Is tho case with tho Zeppelins, but by n high-speed com pressed nlr generator, which pumped com pressed air from tho fear of the balloon, thus causing It to be driven In a forward direction Oonernl Thayer bclloves It possible that the time may yet come when his method will bo ndoptcd In pref erence to the propeller of tho Zeppelins. Tho great obstacle In his way while mak ing hla experiment!) 31 yearn ngo was tho "high oost of ntu ml num. . Ills Idea was . to" build tho cnvelopo "Or balloon part of 'tho, dlrlglblo of this matcilal, but nt that limb aluminum wa-j quite expensive, and could not bo obtained In large quanti ties. Ho has never coated to regret tho fail ure bf the United States to take up his jirojcct tit tho time. "Tho expenditure of $00,000 then might havo put the United States ahead of tho world In neronnutlcs today," ho i;ald. Firc Destroys 15 Kesort Cottages '"ANN'APOMS. Md. April 19. Fifteen of the 21 cottages and tho Wnhoo Club house I n Jtrurmci on mu jmy, .iuuul ui iuiii'h from this place, mo In ruins from l (Ire. The loss Is nbout $10,000. Sparks . from a bonllro a mllo and a half nwny started the blazo. Among those whoso I property wns destroyed are lira. W I. Woller, Mrs. Annlo Calllday, T. I Town- Mnd. Br. Goorgo Hernlck nnd G. C. ) Graham, nil of Washington. Brown Brothers & Co. FOUXWn AND CtTKSTNVT STREETS PHILADELPHIA Commercial Letters of dedit For financing purchases of States and abroad, issued in t - PROMINENT OTOPLAY PRESCNTATIO I FAHFR X OUT -PUiST AND i UlAlHK. INOA8TEIt AVENUU D! ISTIN FARNUM in "DII.N IJhAIlt" I I D T? 13 T V X1KOAD AND LlDLK 1 I , COLUMBIA J. Warren ICcrrlffnn In "T.io Pool of l'lainn" Added Alrnrtlort IVnnrls X. Ilonhmnn nnu -Hwe!y Uajne In "I'ncler Rcal Ptnain ' Logan Auditorium nffiS,Av, CARLYLE BLACKWELL in the shadow or doi'dt- ffl TCrF B2D AND XOCUBT LiVOUtJ i ... .nn & 3!ln. 10c Uveb. u:so, b, d:3ii. isc. ROBERT WAmvirkTV fra.nvih nelson In -jiujwj uuir twuuu ' i Market St. leatre a -1'ITl M i iiun-T Charles Ch in "PasaerBy" J World Picture iM JRAh"T. ORPHEU OERMAKTOW AND CHEf-TlN AVSS n nul 'Jt.. ir.r.n uthI'! vijnir,ATnM ORBNT i5nJ woodland . -'"'ll faMr Mat.. 2. K. ffi to 11, ARGfERITE SNOI 'nosEMAnY" FfJ 12H MARKET TIft:ET 'Hi 10 A M I J WslS P M. S.ULIJHE FREDER "AUDREY ' PARIf R'1E AVE. DAUPHIN ST 1 " MAT 2:18. EVOP n;4.1 to 1. CARLYjfe BLACKWELL in 'THE ftfADOW OK nC'IiT" PRINCESS ,0,&3jggrnrp Trlanl Ply Print niII.IC HURKP In PEOaY" eVe "Tli Olrl and the dim" every Thur.liy RTAI TH GERMANTOWN AVE. x""a"' LKJ AT TI'l.PEHOCKEN ST, SESSUE HAYAKAWA in 'THE TYPHOON" RFHFNT 1C31 MARKET STREET zviiucii i iivuax voice orgax IfBrollton REVEI.J-B and Marguerite SNOW in "The Half MUlion Brib'e" DITRY MARKET STREET w , BELOW 7TII STREET WILLIAM S. HART in "MBLL S HIVOB31' SHERWOODoaE DUSTIN FARNUM in THB CALL OP THP 'I11HKHT..VV1R'- SAVOY 1S11 MARKET t-TREBT P4.THR PI'TUR"S PREUEVT Florence Reed in 'Woman's Law TIOGA "TK VENAKCO 8T8 MME- PETROVA in -THB SOlfL MARKET ' VICTORIA MAPKKTST V IV I J "V tX ARQVB NINTH CHJItl.EH CHAPLIN Id 'CARMEN" TOUU.ASii FAIRBANKS ln THB HABIT OP HAPPINESS- STANLEY MARK ABOVB 16TH toNTiNious niargacnte v.tarKe in A ' 13 RL 10 P'vn yTrtt ICK in 'MoUyMake,BeMeve II.J5P. ta EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL isSsmTMScsi -rm IlICHARD TRA.VERS Tho Essnnay star, seen in many of this company's releases on tho U. L. S. E. program. U. S. WOULD RECLAIM LAND OF STANDARD OIL COMPANY Files Suits for More Property in Cali fornia Fields LOS ANGULUS, Cal., April 13. Two additional suits to rccocr oil lands In Kern County, valued nt moro than $800, 000, were filed hero yesterday by tho Gov ernment against tho Standard Oil Company nnd eight others, In Its efforts to regain oil lands alleged to have been tiled upon after tho Tnft withdrawal order of Sep tember 27. 1904, went Into effect. SmuKRled Plumes to Be Destroyed LAltUDO, Tex. April 10 A formal order for tho destruction of E27 blrdi of paradise feathers, valued at $0000, which A. Kallmnn, a Now York Importer, was nllegcd to havo Imported Illegally Into tho United States from India, has been Is sued here. merchandise in i EJntttfd Dollars, Sterling ahdFrancs. WEST rilfXADELrilM GRAND 82D and WAItKET STa PEARL WHITE in "HAZEL KIRKE" p "hels HAND COLOI1ED OVERBROOK 03D "&', ni. TORD AVE Orrin Jnlnncsrtri ln - -" U'Artagnan' Adiptnl from -THE THREE MI'SKBTEERS' j GARDEN SM SD2owoAV0 :30. .ii.k-.VI)ER ni'Vll' "DENISE" EUREKA 40TH mai"et sts. H. Cooper Cliffc nnd Dorothy Green in "The Parisian Romance" BALTIMORE " T and . .tl. ruunsiORB ave. MURIEL OSTRICHE in 'Th Dmirrhtnr rt lk. C I -k.L- BEjOADWAY JD oreenway f hrSZ ,. il AduU' ,0c! Chlldrea 8c. i.uty amtstah cst NORTn BroSd-treet Casino DnERig'l0W EVESTNO 7.13 AND I). ARLINE PRETTY in ' "MI3H WAHRB.VB nitOTHER" OTHERS CENTURY E,E AVE A MARSHALL MATINEE DAILY HERBERT KELCY and EFFIE SHANNON in "THE SPHINX" SOUTH OLYMPIA DROAD AND South PAlo, souvenir. PnEK at ill SSiti Alice Brady '" 'The Woman in 47 NORTHEAST STRAND ,STH AND 1BARD AVB. WILLIAM FARNUM in "Fighting Blood'V 0Ac 8ptcUI m. btb "'"" Drama OTHERS KENSINGTON JUMBO FBONT AD JUmDU QtHARD AVENUD "THB RIVAL PILOTS s Parts "A WOMAN'S PAST" 5 Parts "BOMB FI.SII" NORTHWEST Susquehanna T,suAs5uEl7i7NT RnxiU RnrriarnlA n "TB WST AVE. Bessie Barriscale vi--a fin. Trlaajrle K-ytnn CHESTER CONKLIN In "CINDERS OP LOVE." S PartV JEFFERSON 2aTU ?mil MARY MILES MINTER in LOVELY MARY" Weekly Prpgrama Appear Every Moodar la Motion Picture Cixart -3 I -V! DhfXm NSW" TMffl PEARL WHITE NEARLY KILLED IN FILM WORK While Making Episode of "The Iron Claw" Actress Meets With Narrow Escape By the Photoplay Editor Pearl White! Iicrolno of l'athc'n "The Iron CIaw," camo very near to tal.lng ono chance too many on March 14. Sheldon Lewis, ptnylng tho Iron Claw, was to stand on tho running board of an automo bllo (tolng at hlfrh sliced and without any let-up In sliced seize Miss White as she stood In the road nnd throw her Into tho tonneau, Director IMwnrd Joe planned to (ret some Individual with boiler plate ribs and cast-Iron nerve to "double" for her, but she wouldn't stnnd for It. 'The scenario specifics me for the stunt, doesn't It?" she said. "Well, It's twine to bo met" The stunt uas pulled off. The re hearsal was perfect; so", satisfied, Mr. Joso called "camera," nnd the car came tearing down the road. Mr Lewis was tired, however, from the exertions of a day that would havo taxed a dock walloper. He grabbed Miss White and tried to hoist her Into tho car. Ills muscles cracked nnd tho clns stood out on his forehead Then his strength gavo way and tho girl fell to the ground under the wheels of the car, which shot over her body. Cameraman Hon Struclsman turned his head to avoid seeing tho ap parently Inevitable tragedy, but kept on grinding his camera. Miss White's gown caught In ono of tho wheeH of the car, and In no time wa? twisted around nnd around, dragging her for yards along tho road. When tho automobllo vm finally stopped and Mlsi White helped to her feet, It was found that Bho had miraculously escaped serious Injury, but It took a doctor to fix up her cuts and scratches Viola Dana has been engaged b Metro to play lends. For seveinl seasons Mits Dana has been ono of tho most attract ho features of tho I dlson companies' produc tions. Tho chlclo for her first nppearanee ns a Metro star has not been decided upon as yet, but will bo announced In the near future. Francis X. Bushman returned from tho South last week, whero Dlicctor .lack No ble took aomo of tho scenes for the next !IWfrGMMM M Quality release on tha Metro program. By the bye, Mr. Bushman's contract 'With the Metro expired on 'April 1G When ' Clara Kimball Young starts working for her own company she will appear In film adaptations of the novels of Itobcrt W Chambers, Gouvcrncur Mor ris, Hall Calne, Ilex Hench. Charles Major, Rdgar Allan Toe, 3uy di Maupassant, Maurlco Maeterlinck and David Clraham Phillips. It seems an If Miss Young will havo plenty of big rolert. Theatrical .Baedeker ,BROAt- 'The 'Woolnc oV l!e." with Liurette Taylor nnd Phillip Mclvnl. A romMr hv J. Ilnrtler Manner, of nn Amerlr-an girl, who sttrts to untnngl ft houehold ml up of nn i;iBllh relAtUe. Mr. Manners wrote "rcR- o My iieirt." LYRIC "Alone nt t.nnt," with Roy.Atwell, Hnrry Conor, Ilty Torke nnn John Charln Thoman, n operetta, with tn boon adapted by Snlth nnd Herbert! mule by I'ran Lehnr, An nmbltloui Vtenneve Im portation of tho "Merry Widow" achool. OARIHCK- "It Pun to .dwrtlne." with Loulae Drew. Ornnt Mitchell ami Hen John son. A novel farce with much fun In It. PHOTOPLAYS. STANI.T3Y Tuesday nnd Wednesday, "Molly MnkiMlelleiP," with Marguerite Clark. Thuraday. Friday and Hnturday, "Tho Red Widow."' with John Harrjmori-. ARCADIA Tuesday nnd Wednesday. "D'Artn Ruan." with Orrln Jnhnon Thurrdav. I"rl day nnd Saturday, "Tho Stepping Stone," with l'rink Kccnnn and Mary Roland PALACR Tuesday nnd Wcdne-iday, "Audrey " with Paulino Frederick Thur'day, Friday and Balurdty, "Tho Heart of Paula," with I.eonoro Ulrlch. VICTORIA Tuesday. "Waifs." Willi Jane Grey and William Desmond Wednesday nnd Thursday, "The Habit ot Happiness ' with Douslas I'alrbnnks Friday and Snt- jMviiinNnN Kcncfick Zinc Corporation tin Ilroidnny, New York t'lly, Nollco Is hereby ulven that llldend No L" nt ten rents (8,1(1) per share h.is been this day declared by tho Hoard of Directors on th com mon without nominal or lnr ilun capital stork of KencHck Zinc Corporation, pimlilu April !I0L'i, to holders of roonl April 1!1.M Tronse.r bonks close nt !1 p in April SSd nnd reopen nt 111 n. m. May 1st ARTHUR DAY, Treasurer. NVw York April lh(h linn Till: (IHtAltD NAriONAI, llMv l'hllnilelphla. April IN. llUR Tllo Directors hae this diy declared a dividend or eight Her ent. (Ko). tieo of tat panh!u May I, 1IHG, to stockholders of record nt tho closo of business April .'I, 11)10 Checks will bo mailed CHARLES M AHIITOM. Cashier. niitncTQRV or accountants Ccrllllcd PnMIn Accountant LAWRIINCK n 11ROWN . 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So in buying the Overland Six you not only secure a car of very unusual'performance But you get the advantage of the economies possible only In the production of cars on so vast a scale. While tho prices of established sixes are advancing, and those recently announced are on a higher price level, the Over land price remains at $1145. It is so clearly dominant value among sixes of its size and class, that the demand is taxing even our large capacity. Today is an Overland Six opportunity which can hardly last. See us now and book your order. Overland Motor Company, Distributors 323-5-7 N. Broad St Phila. Immediate Delivery Bell Phone Walnut 4897 The Willys-Overland Company, Toledo, Ohio 'ua.t v.lj." WBfli IUEH m 19, 1916. urjy. "Th Hair a-MIUIon-DolIar mit,' nllh Hamilton Revello Add4d attraction all week, Charles Chaplin In his tmrleiou on carmen " VAUDEVILLE. KEtTIf'SMary Bhaw In 'IThe Dickey DlnJ." Amelia, Stone and Arm.ind KalMr. in "Ms'm fello Caprice"! Hell Raker, Ituitey and Hoyl. Tameo Knllyama. Ifownrd's. Animal spectacle Corbttte. Bhepard and Donovan, cwboM and urlbbln. Rice, Klmer nnd Tom. GRAND Oruber'a Trained Animals. Ine SJ5.9fu.'?r nr"' company In "Tha Girl From Chllds' "t Thurber and Madison, Ryan and Rla-es, In "OlsturMnir the reace"i Harry Le Clair. Jllssee Rarera nnd Wood. OLOI1B "Tho Maid and the Slommr," Nat nsano and I company, Willie Zimmerman. Ldwood nnd I Know, the Four Harmonists lllpley and company. Wlnkel and Dean, Baby Ann, Hartley nnd Tecan CROSS KKYS rirst half of week. Klutlnu'a Tralneil Animals, Resale Le Count. Clauds Jnur and cnminny. Holdn nnd Graham, Pratt and PralT, Dave. Roth Last half of week, Klutlmc's Trained Animals, Harry Krauts and company, kthe Three Rosalrs.jBlx lolln Misses, Morlln, the Coter-Doulden Trio. Hl'RLESQUE. UtIMONT'S Dumont'a MlnstreM, In satires on matters of current Interest. STOCK, KNlriKt:nilOCKKn--',The Rrute." Tlrst rhllndelphla presentation of Arnold Kum mer a drama In three nets. A story nf the trlanulo situation from a allghtly different nJRlf 1-mlly .Smiley and John Varner In the lendlnu roles AMKltICAN--"Thc House Next Door." Tho Anlne 1 layers, lth vlnrlnla Hennlngs and ocorire Anlne, In this modern play, City of Philadelphia Thirty-year 4 Bonds due January 1, 1946 Coupon and registered bonds, denominations $100 and multiples thereof. Price 102 and Interest, yielding about 3.85 Free of Pennsylvania State Tax and United States Government Legal investment for Trust Funds and acceptable United States Postal Savings Dcosits.i Current circular of tnveitment offeringM set Graham 5c Bankers 435 Chestnut Strcdt PHILADELPHIA slxcsii building a six is toatisfy with demand for well sigh miracu roomy, luxurious seven passen much Iowef tharany superlative carJajossibfo only of a huge prod Model 8&f.o, t, Toledo j-iniiiiitiiiumTin'iiniBBii' rii,T'fi"r,"T)iin,Pi Pfftirfo Fire Menaces Oil Plant CHESTER, Pa- April 19. A sparky from a locornotlve set fire yesterday lol waste oil In the meadows at the Sun Oil t Company's Marcus Hook plant The fire was spectacular and for half iin hour1 threatened the plant Locomotives pulled a score 6f tank cars from the burning; area. VICTORIA THEATRE MARKET STREET AROVE NINTll ALL THIS WEEK 0 A. M to 11:15 p. M. FIRST AND EXCLUSIVE Presentation WQtld.Famed Sicilian, .RLIE CWAPUN In Dulevfuelin I Dessauer's Symphony And Wonderful Kimball Organ. Income Tax upo nnid fV i ftArn Dul P hJB mr as securiwrfar rj renueitJi f 3 I A zm lMlintlUIUI.tMTrilUlll '