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rton. Tho hospitals maintained Irt con
nection with the colleges, whlctrwlll still
bo maintained, offer to the students
opportunities for practical experience rta
wldo mi, If not Avlder than, those In any
other centre of medical Instruction.
Although Iho Idontlty of the merged
schools will hot bo lost, the compilers of
educational statlstlcswlll report two fewer
medical schools In this city than formerly,
and will Comment on tho progressive re
dtictlon In the number of medical schools
In tho country. Tho number decreased
from 123 of the allopathic branch In 106lS
to 88 In 1914, tho last year for which
eompleto returns aro nvailnblo.
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rhlUJelphU, Btlnrdij, June J, 1916.
hate the man who build hi name
On ruin of another' fame, Cay.
Mr. Bryan, reading his own heart,
says that Justice Hughes will accept the
nomination.
They used to say thcro wora air
holes In armor plato. Now they say it Is
full of politics.
All the men need who aro saying
the Daniels must go Is a little patlonco.
Be will go early In March of next year.
If persistence can accomplish any
thing, thoso business men who aro de
manding a car lino In 68th street Will ul
timately bo rewarded.
Wo presumo that tho foremost ad
vertiser in the country will bo hero for
the nd-mon's convention, whother ho is
nominated at Chicago or not.
It is not so surprising for tho Pres
ident to admit that it may bo necessary
"to occasionally knock a man down" as
It Is to learn that ho occasionally splits
an infinitive
It cost Senator Varo J10.747.80 to
secure a ranomlnatlon. Let's sec; Ills
salary for tho.term will amount to $3000,
leaving $7747.80 as tho prlco which he
payB for tho honor, if ho docs not spend
anything in the campaign for election.
There aro-moro than 23,000,000 men
qualified to vote In the United States,
but less than two-thirds of them will go
to tho polls In November. Any Inde
pendent candidate who could get the stay-at-home
vote could easily win over the
old parties.
If Dr. Martha Tracy's charge is
true, that only 30 per cent, of the girls
in tho Philadelphia schools eat propor
meals, it is about time that their mothers
looked into the matter. But perhaps it
Is tho fathers who ought to get busy. They
know that it is impossible to run any sort
of an engine without fuel.
Winged words from self-constituted
spokesmen of Americans of German do
ecent indicate that they aro "agin tho
government," whoever that is or may bo.
Wilson was condemned long ago, Hughes
lately and In part, Roosevelt in toto.
Presumably a Jdlnt nomination of Von
Jagow would be fairly acceptable.
-
Morris I Cooke ought to be patting
himself, on the back. Ills campaign for
the reduction in electrlo light charges
has been successful, and now Councils
Is arranging to substitute gas for naphtha
lighting In the districts where Mr. Cooko
urged that the change be made. There
will be a saving to the city and an im
provement In the quality and quantity
of light.
Verdun, with Its 104 flays of
slaughter and inconclusive strife, was
tho pivotal point of the -war before tho
fight In tho North Sea. Following that
sea. fight, its Importance Is doubly em
phasized, for should the Kaiser follow up
his naval victory with tho capture of the
stronghold, the prestige of tho war party
in his empire would be Immeasurably In.
creased and hopes of peace would be
dashed for many months to come. The
steadfast' Frenchman, holding the bat
tered trenches, and crumpling under the
crushing Impact of the German attack,
must wish llmself In the confidence of
his commanders. He must wonder how
It Is that on ,the eastern front so little
activity Irpianlfested that German troops
can be brought up fresh, to the attack
and why It la that even .Austrjans can
be spared. It lsr true that the French
defense Is shifting, that divisions are
retired and others sent la to fill their
places, Germany's advances In the last
"Jsrj fiaya have Jeen significant, not yet
conclusive, and consummated at fright
ful coat, Morally, the Allies would be
ompelled to drive after thjl fall of Ver
un, wad Jo drive with, a mora sustained
"jewer than they have yjt shown. The
oier In the trench, and tha, observer
Ttthout both can wgnder why he drive
aiold not come peforft VflTdun fc doomed.
arbAt Urns la notret come, iut it can Ja
ferMen, Tha French drive Is bow eX
Jfe mora necesSAry; to offset the German
Mri victory.
Tha country la nn nnconacloua tinlnn.
The ntxt centurr will eee It growlne;
ronnelnua.
THn work of tho next generation of
Amorlcnns will bo to give meaning io
tho word "United" in tho nnmo of their
country. The "slngUlnily eompleto work
that was performed by the procenes of
blood and Iron nt tho tlmo of tho civil
war," to which President Wilson re
forrod In his Arlington address on Mem
orlal Day, will havo to be performed
again by tho processes of thought unci
feeling. Our unity, except In moments
of peril, Is unconscious and unconfirmed.
Tho sun rises and Congress governs, and
wo realize tho Importance of neither until
a storm tlueateun.
Tho President wns speaking of the tm
fortunnto citizens who havo grown for.
gctful of their nllcglnnco to this country
When ho spoke of the now union, "when
men shall not think of what divides
them, but shall recall what unltos them."
But tho "hjphenate" Is not tho only sub
traction mark In tho United Statos. Three
years ago his volco was not heard In tho
land, but tho deep division was there It
was bridged, physically, by railroads and
by political systems. The war has blown
up tho brldgos. Tho Spanish-American
war was tho sign and symbol of a re
united nation. Will another war be nec
essary before tho country heals tho now
wounds7
Possibly not, because tho wounds,
though real, aro not physical, and It la
oven, possible that tho emotion of the
present campaign, a battle of thought
nnd feeling In Itself, ivlll bo the healing
ncont. Tho reason why wo are not united
lu that wo havo not thought. Tho cam
paign should muko us think.
Tho signs of disunion aro easily, read.
It Is perhaps not to bo wondered at that
Now York does not fear a Japanese In
vasion, military or economic, as much as
California fours It. Conversely, tho agi
tation for preparedness which looks
toward Europo Is hardly so enthusiastic
In Oregon as It Is In Now York. Texas
seems Indifferent to both and Is deeply
concerned with tho troubles In Mexico.
Even tho protectionists of Pennsylvania
havo different grounds for their belief
than tho protectionists of Louisiana. Self
interest is not a now discovery as a guide
for men's thinking, to bo suro. Tho atal
orror which persists In America Is tho
belief that the section, not tho Stato, Is
tho safeguard of that interest. Tho coun
try, suddenly called upon to think Inter
nationally, finds that It has not gone be
yond tho provincial stago, and cannot
think nationally without a strain on the
Imagination.
There has always been something cow
ardly lli our"phra80, "United we stand,
'dlyldcd, wo fall," It Is a threat. It puts
our unity on tho piano of moro safety,
not as something In Itself desirable. Peo
plo talk endlessly about n great industrial
district, or a great commercial district,
ot a great agricultural district, ns if, in
tho present complex Btate of tho world,
any one would be Impoi tant without both
tho others. The Middle West, excopt for
its wisest and far-seolng men, thinks of
ltsolf as a sort of Switzerland, without
frontiers, without seaports. But Iowa
has its seaport as surely ns Now York.
Tho tremondous difficulties of England
rlso from tho unhappy Indifference of the
English to their frontier. They fancy It
on tho North Sea. It Is actually some
where In Franco. Beforo mo crisis comes,
in which tho energies of tho whole nation
must bo freely devoted, the country must
learn that Its frontier moves, that It Is
mapped afresh with each movement of
American Industry or commerce, that It
takes Its place wherever the interests of
America aro involved.
The black lines on tho map set off
State from State. In most textbooks the
country Is divided up for closer study
Into groups of States. Bub tho black lines
should be the mortar between brjeks,
keeping them together. And the grouping
should be maintained for study. Because
when we study profoundly we shall at
last be able to see that the parts am not
equal to the whole.
GERMANY'S DAY
Nc
Tt cojwoUdUort t tnrst grea,t
.11 college In. ti cfy, "which Is
fftnt isffeetJ, will juake yje medical
jNant of ttmUnlvwjfty ifi largest,
tfeat' but equipped and tM moat jxampre
fca&ttvti la thd acmntrsijfrjnot $n the
vtWlflr -Pa fvjTty BjpUeaf eollega
HalAr Jwd a dtetlast-Lahed rputa.
tk&. -but wkn m JWxioa Medical
fttfiWM 4 Mf4kP&am!m XMlege:
ttdri thlr j-teme- w h mam nt tha tint
vmty v -swuMMtta of un-
, jgymmnm'Wmim&s, ti;-
wlll Judge the naval engagement re-
pqrted yesterday by the comparative
losses of the German and British fleets.
The effect of the battle is certain a be
out of all proportion to kthe forces which
took parti The significance of It may turn
nut, to be exactly the reverse of the re
ported victory.
The German fleet, apprised of British
forces In the arm of the North Sea which
leads tP the Baltic, and apparently under
estimating their strength, sent out an in
ferior body, supported by Zeppelins, in
the action the Germans were the aggres
sprs. The battle lasted 24 hours without
relief fpr the British from their main
fleet
Virtually every one of these detail's Is a
gross violation of the, traditions of British
naval warfare. r Victory is its first tradL
tlon. Aggression,' cooperation of units,
learning the 'enemy's methods are some
of the others.
' The Immediate moral effect and. the
hopea ot the future can neither be dls
counted. To Berlin; the waters gf vlctqry
wonh clean, the. bloody wastes of VerJun,
fpr now tha hereditary enemy is stricken
and tha "provoker of the war" U stung.
New energies ms end to criticism, e,
pp'pulaca renewed a the spirit of Sacri
fice, measure Germany's victory. What of
England? Wilt aha take this defeat a
she tajik 'ths iala report of Marking's
fallt WW she be ul!en, or apologetic,
pt geek a. culprit? She has not suffered,
yet. Will ahe accept her humiliation as
part fit he? price?
On tba otMsUons England' share In
tb war may yt turn, Eaf teart Biilva
tiwawat ba In a reaOlent agftft gh
.mm$m $ f)r dwv
SHP4Ti Wajfr aagy ! aMeaai 4"PJ"W 9vamp
OVn VlLhAati POET
Whenever it's a Saturday an' alt my work
through
1 like to Aca'ltc on Chestnut street and see
what news ts new.
And alio to observe the o'VS that on mv
Way I tea
Who haven't hatf the cause for joy that
bubbles tip In me.
t
An' so today I took my cane an' suitcase
in my hand
An' started patty off upon a Uttio trip I'd
planned:
I walked along on Chestnut street for four
oood btdeks or so
An' met at least a dotcn of thh bachelors
1 know.
Ned Htuart, Doctor Dorrance, Marty Iter-
gen, Herman Dlcck,
Were looking very cleaant an' prosperous
an' sleek,
An' all o' them were fancy-free, oh, free
as they" could be
Hut none had half the cause for Joy that
bubbles up In met
I went a few block further, and In that
space I met
A bunch a' bildcs an' bridegrooms thafs
acioplantn' vet;
At least I taw some couples, Ilka Ocorga
an' Martha Worth,
George Duke an' George's Duchess, whose
feet are not on earth.
Though they are young an' handsomo an'
well-to-do at that
An' I am poor an' homely an' much too
full a' fat,
Though they appear ai happy as happy
09 can be,
They haven't half the cause for Joy that
bubbles up in met
For I went on still further, In fact to
Broad Street Station
Which was, I should have told vou, my
"walking destination"
An' there I found awaiting mo "an old
sweetheart o' mine,"
Who's tolerated all my faults since "auld
long syne."
You sec, we'ro just eloping, as oft we've
dona before,
Away from home an' children a week
end at the shore.
Let bachelors an' ncwlyweds be happy as
can bo
They haven't half tho cause for Joy that
bubbles up In met
For on this lovely Saturday, when all my
work f? through
An' I walk out on Chestnut street to sec
tvhat news is ncio,
It Is the dear old sivcetheart that I am
going to sea
,H7io gives me all the cause for joy that
bubbles up in met
JUNE
"'VT7-E HAD a fine spelling bee hero on
VV last Wednesday night," writes
Ratio Studlorum from Washington, "and
tho professor In charge, explaining the
rules, said that when two words sounded
alike they would bo defined by tho ques
tioner, as, for instance, 'I need tho money'
and 'I knead tho dough.' Tho audience
howled at tho unintended pun, which tho
professor blushlngly hastened to disclaim."
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Bean Boundaries
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T. R.
Plots, drearaSf'Tiopesj schemes and
counterplots
Frequent the space within theo dots,
But we'll not trobble you
To count the kind and Iovfng tho'fi
forW.W.
ORIGINAL sin Is easy enough to de
fine, but here's a now one. This looks
out at tho passer-by from a window at
tho southeast corner of 7th and Chestnut
streets:
COLLECTION
OF
ORIGINAL ANTIQUES
FOR SALE -
A meat market at 112 Market atreet has
!n. e".?.1V?le;? 'altera on the window "EATS."
rii 11 lias evidently none on vacation, hut
It a nlisence emphasizes the business conducted
behind the window. t. J. V.
What'B Your Sword of Damocles
Mlno Is that If Mr.
Ford should be elect
ed President of the
United States there
will be such a de
mand for his cars (of
which I have one)
as to make them common. F. P. A.
Pretty soft for old Tom Daly, of the
Philadelphia Evening Lenaen when he
can get contributors to fill his entire colyum
for him. Tha best we can do most ot the
time Is to get contrtbs to fill two-thirds ot
ours.
Itody McPhee ,n Springfield Union,
Don't you remember, Body, what
Travers said to the old Baltimore friend
who, meeting Travers after he had moved
to New York, remarked that he stam
mered worse than ho used to In Balti
more? No? Travers said; "Th-ththJs
Is a b-b-blgger p-place."
THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
;
Hughes Is Described as the Mub Needed ib the PreseBt Crisis.
A GermaB Conscript Denounces the German System.
Other Matters of Current Interest
What Do You Know?
Kute Kid Stuff
We there were two of us two weary
travelers drove up to a farmhouse late one
afternoon to water pur horse and get a re
freshing drink for ourselves. A little blue
eyed girl of about 2 years came toddling
out from the farmhouse. We spoke to her
and asked her name and did everything to
entice her to hold a conversation, but she
refused and stood In open-eyed wonderment,
watching us until we passed out Of the
gate. Then she piped; "Pop Is goln' to
send to Sears-Roebuck for me and get a
little slater." 1423,
Sir I have a young brother named John,
who's an amusJn' cuss I picked up a book
last night and written in It was this:
"Mother, from John, Christmas 1305-8-7-
Canning Contest
DR. ALEXANDER HAMILTON noted
n his "Journal," under data "Fhila
delphla, June 9, 7U." this peculiarity of
our townsfolk of that dayj "They
greeted me 'with, 'yery glad to meet you,
'pleased to know you your very hum
ble servant, and the like meaningless
jphwuses ." -Let us have s, canning con.
test, Wbo can bring tb most to cant
W'll begin frittl th,w!
, Pmafmlst I m fcer.
g gto4 ya am. 4
I"W.1iiartoJfty,
This Department fa tree to oil reodera lofto
telsh to express their opinions on juoocra 0
current interest. It is an open orum: and tha
Evening Ledger assumes no responsibility for
the views 0 its correspondents.
THE MAN FOR THE CRISIS
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir Thoodoro Roosevelt Is an arch trnltoj
to tho best Interests of tho Amorlcan people
His despicable dosertlon from the ranks of
solid principle to the side of Insidious policy
proves him to bo anything but the true and
magnanimous patriot which ho so belllcosely
proclaims himself to be. Both ho and his
backers aro even now showing their will
ingness to ncqulre the Republican presiden
tial nomination by means of the same con
temptuous disregard for public opinion
ngalnBt which thoy protested bo loudly four
years ago. Justice Hughes stands head
and shoulders above Roosevelt In respect
to general equilibrium of character, being
especially gifted with that chief virtue In
leadership which our country should have
the beneilt of nt all times. In this particu
lar period of our national advancement we
do not want any Imperialist masquerading
In patrlotlo attire to guide ub, else our
troubles might soon become too great for us
to overcome. But what we do want and
vitally need Is a man, In the purest and
strongest and most enlightened sense of the
word, one who will stny at home and not
wander abroad In the business of Govern
ment, and who will make It an especial
point to unswervingly and Impersonally seek
to further the lcgltlmato happlnees rather
than to abnormally and to burdensomely
Increase the artificial Becurlty of the Inhabi
tants of our land, My only nmbltlon at
tho present time Is to see the morally hy
phenated publicist of Oyster Bay everlast
Ingly discredited In the eyes of his country,
men and In those of the whole world, In
so far as his rabid desire to balance America
upon the apex of a volcano Is concerned, at
least. The predominant Issue In the com
ing Chicago convention Is the issue of
whether or no tho American people are still
gullible enough to take stock In tho current
and recent' ravings of him whom circum
stances have unfortunately molded Into the
slickest and nerviest political lmpostorjn
the history of our republic My earnest
hope is that ho will be decisively driven
back from the goal which he so frantically
eeeks, and that his silent but golden Judi
cial antagonist at Washington will be nom
inated purely upon merit and strictly upon
merit elected as the next President of the
United States. .
CHAnLES C. RHODES. JR.
Philadelphia, June 1.
A GERMAN CONSCRIPT'S VIEWS
To the Editor of Evening Ledger;
Sir In the Evening LEDOsn today ap.
pears a reply to the writer by George Dor
nauer, entitled "A Good. Word for Ger
many," repudiating "Germany hypnotlxed."
If Mr. Dornauer served under the banner
"Fur Gott und Vaterland," he has been
taught to obey like a German soldier, with
out comment. In order to enlighten Mr,
Dornauer and others who have been psy
chologically asleep, the writer suggests they
read "Les Vrals Enselgnements Fsycholo
glques d la Guerre Europeenne"; for Mr.
Dornauer's benefit. In German the title Is
"Die Psychologlshe Aufgaben des Euro
palschea Krleg."
The German Js too well disciplined, too
respectful toward the authorities, to hotd
beliefs other. than those which he obtains
from his Government.
And the Government In Germany has
convinced Its people that they have been
treacherously attacked by Russia and Eng
Innd as a result of a dark conspiracy. This
Is a positive fact, as tho writer served for
seven years under the German standard,
and tho doctrine of hato was firmly Im
pressed upon tho minds of all the conscripts.
For 25 years Germany developed a fanatical
belief that It was her mission on earth to
civilize the world according to her Kultur,
and that the Knlser by divine right was
chosen by tho Almighty to carry out this
mission by dictating her policies to Europe
and to control the affairs of tho world at
large (Deutschland uber Alles). It Is this
amazing aspect ot national megolomanla, a
vanity which swept everything before It and
was accepted by all the German-speaking
nations.
To answer Mr. Dornauer, "Es hat ges
chellt," as tho world and reasonable think
ing Individuals have ceased to submit to
such doctrines.
The writer, having served under several
nationalities, learned to respect tho lawB
nnd customs of the respective nations, and
yet retain his own Individuality. There
fore, from experience he can give unbiased
criticism upon existing conditions, and for
this reason mentioned the facts concerning
"Hypnotized Germany."
The difficulty under which Germany Is
working la the fact of trying to be re
lieved of the responsibility of being the
causa of the present war In Europe. They
also Impress the people that they were
forced Into this war by their enemies.
Of course, the responsibility of starting
the war must fall upon some one, who must
forfeit the penalties. All nations have their
rlso and fall nnd It may be Germany's
turn to fall at this epoch, and If her min
isters have erred It Is simply human.
Goethe sayBl "Es trrt der mensch so
lang er strebt."
HENRI LEON DUBOIS.
Philadelphia, May 30.
A LOOK. INTO THE FUTURE
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sip The salvation of Europe before the
war undoubtedly lay In the formation of the
United States of Europe. The crude ambi
tion of Prussia has probably so antagonised
the various countries that that Is now be
yond any hope. Had Prussia first formally
annexed Austria-Hungary before embarking
on this war her right to dominate would
have been rather convincing. She has
failed; and failed not only In the fact but
also In the methods which would make It
possible for a union with her on any terms
of equality. She may. therefore, bo consid
ered to have shot her bolt and gone down as
a failure.
Now, if Russia finally rounds up the TUrk
and then comes north, Austria would event
ually fall to her as well as the Balkan
States. And then the vista would open of a
continental power magnificent In area
stretching from the Atlantic to China. The
empire or England must at some day fall to
pieces. It will dominate and make Africa
what America la today, an English-speaking
constitutionally governed continent. But
Prussia, by her crude and Impractical meth
ods, has so weakened Europe that we may
expact one power, able to do it, will event
nally unlonue all Europe, and that power
will not be Prussia. Her war may be the
beginning of bigger things than the world
has yet seen. May America, have sufficient
vision to be prepared, for the time surely la
o0!?"- . . . , . .AN AMERICAN.
Philadelphia, June t.
VENEZUELA'S REVENGE
Venesuela, plundered of some of Its ter
ritory by Great Britain In 1895 (It would
have been plundered ot still more If Mr.
Cleveland and Mr Olney had been tem
porizers and watchful waiters), has had a
curious and very Latin revenge, In some
measure, upon England. It Is Jn Venezuela,
that the sabadlUa plant Is produced, from
the highly poisonous seeds of which the,
German asphyxiating and tear-producing
gases are made, Venezuela has been ex
porting the sabadlUa product to Hamburg
In small quantities, for SO years. But In
lsU Venezuela sent to Germany 2?,32J
kilos and in 1?14 1W,8? kilos of this prod,
uct. She sent ahnoat none of It to any
Pther country, Never bafore im did yen.
eswJa aend any sabadilla to tM United
States, but since the beginning of that
year about 31,000 klip, have been sent
here, which possibly were re-exported. Th
exportation qf It t the Netherlands also
ro ttsorouly In JUS. According t the
American Consul at La Guayra, the jgd
has vtatta&jt Pdwa ttt 4M4ywCj)4
tvnm m is wtajf imj4 j
wumim w u $& mm m nutj
"ftg.t M5frft t s p-M---1 w w mat
stances of Its peculiar exportation In the
Jast two years Indicate that it has been
used chiefly for the Infamous purpose of
an inhuman warfare, it Is now made ab
solute contraband by the British Govern
ro"itV ? .Vwwl has unquestionably
contributed In It a considerable Item to
the sufferings of the allied troops in Eu-rpe-Boaton
Transcript.
NATIONAL POINT OP VIEW
The Progressives will not lake Root
Emporia Gazette.
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The Bull Moose brethren are unfair to
justice Hughe when they denounce him
as weak Imitation of Wilson.' Justice
Hugjiea l not a weak Imitation, at the
president. He Is a very strong Imltatlen-i
New York World, w'
Be the eourierJouraal i$ aot prlntta any
aet guts."4 Tea much going on undsr
ciwr. T many: trBaRgr fg "isl
ffwke or Hfloaovalt. LiiuLaviLU- -....
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Cucriea ot aenerat interest will be answered
in this column. Ten Questions, the answers to
which even uiell-lnormed person should know,
are asked dally.
QUIZ
1. Where la SItaierrak? , ...
2. linn man) persona were In Isonli'a AKT.
3. When venn Philadelphia capital of the
United NtatM?
4. Who wrote "The ait of the Molilrnna"? .
5. What la meant hjr "ulttlne under the sword
of namocle "t . ...
6. Explain vur nn object that lianxa trnlsht
la aomrtlmen anlri to "hanc plumb"?
7. In whnt fnmoua play does n character de
mand "lila pound of flesh" from n pris
oner' heart?
8. Poea a annke rtlns ullh Ita tonsue?
B. About liow areat hna been the yrnrly emi
gration from the United .States In recent
10. 1lioUa City Controller ot Philadelphia?
Answers to Yesterday's Puzzle
1. Habeas cornusi a .writ, requiring that
riaor
! hrousht before. a Court,
3. The (llrard Home was at 0th and Chestnut
atreeta.
3. nr nn na Colonel of a reslment In the Span-
4. "No'lo." la'ihe Latin, for "I nra unwllllnr."
!C-
or
of
S. In . the
It la uwd In. lesal phraaeolosy In conned
tlon with heme; unwilling- to prosecute 01
to plead.
ctiaiea . are
iit
larger area than those In the Kaat.
the
senerallr
6. A "taxpayer" la n property that la held prl-
rujr ior ine riae in ina muie or the
land.
"Benefit
s. r.i
0. Webtter vn el
Bennio
leal ordi
"J
eel
In 1821.
the ..exemption of
aupe
reaai
Hrrmtnr In 1R21.
10. Sofia l the capital of Buliarla,
the.. clerical order from clvlt iiiinKhment.
dlda" und 'lan and Hiineriunn."
icu tongreaanian in larci
Compensation and Railroads
Editor of "What Do You Know" Some
of the railroads In this State refuse com
pensation to dependents of brakemen who
were killed In service, claiming they were
engaged In Interstate commerce. Can you
name any cases carried Into court, and the
decisions given? HENRY MATTEN.
The question you raise has been long
In dispute In the courts. For complete In
formation write to the Interstate Commerce
Commission, Washington, D. C.
Order of Assassins
Editor of "What 'Do You Know" Can
you tell me whether there ever was a real
secret society or organization of assassins?
HaB the name anything to do with hasheesh,
as I have heard?
ARABIAN NIGHTS.
The order of "Assassins" is a real as
history. The story of tho founding of the
order, Its principles and activities Is fas
cinating and you will do well to read It In
full In any encyclopedia under the word
"assassins." Also, for a peculiar story "read
under Omar Khayyam. In brief, the order
was. founded by Hassan ben Sabbah, a
gifted Persian, said to have been a friend,
of Omar's, )n 10Q A D. and after, It was
an offshoot of the sect of Ismalll, a Moham.
msd.an rellglo-polltlcal order, The chief dif
ference was that Hassan's group made It a
practice to kill off, secretly, all powerful
opponents. The Instruments of these kill.
Inga were kept In ignorance of the purposes
of the ordsr and were given hasheesh (hemp
plant), until. In exaltation, they were ready
to obey all orders. Hasheesh was reduced to
the first part ot the word assassin. Hassan
himself was called the "Old Man of the
Mountain'1 and for 150 years his presence
or his pama. and the band which Prptu
ated hl work, was the terror of Persia, The
Mongol rulers of Persia broke up the order
lp UBB.
Labors of Hercules
Editor of I'Whqt Do You Know" .TVhat
were the 11 labors ot HercuIeaT K. M,
To slay tho Nemean Hon, to kill the
ernean hydra, t catch and retain the
Arcadian stag, to destroy the Erymanthtan
boar, to cleapse the stables of King
Aukeas, to destroy the cannibal birds ot
Lake Stymphalls, to take cantlve the
Cretan bull, to catch the horses ot the
Thracfan Dlomedes, to get possession of the
girdle of Hlppolyte. Queen of the Amasons,
to tafce captive the own of the monster
Qeryon, to get possession of the apples ot
the Jlesperides, to bring up from the In
fernal r(n" the three.headtd dog Cer-herus-
Watts, Painter and Sculptor
R. D, 8-aeorge Frederick Watts. Eng.
sh palnUr and sculptor, wa for ? hort
lima the husband of EUen Terrv. th -..
ktress, Irt her youth, The marriage was later
QIB9OIY04'
Jack Sprat
JjdKer 9t ''What Do 0 arnowf-u,-you
UH me how the name of Jack Sprat
came to mean a little, fellow? IL M. R
3cH Sprat, aewirdlug t the lavaluabh
Brewer, mians a dwarf. It wa to, a
nun jr mtfmMimr ". Trwca wert ss
il .Ju1tri dSbfa W torn 4S -.b1 f1llju "
?rz mrrvr,r '" iri?,-rjr
MM W?b.HLgHWf-
NAVAL VICTORY'
EVENS THE SCO
1
Germans nnd British Have tf.
Won Two Major Engagement!!
lasers in jarner Hattles
Nearly Annihilated
rpHD Germans' victory in the BkSgi
mK uveiio muir nuuiu vun III IJritl
In major naval engagemonts. There fvS
been a number of minor affairs, In ftS
one or moro vessels were lost, AnSa
these tho nearest approach to what coj
1 called n "battle" was the pursuit off
t .rman squadron by Beatty's fleeFfw
J.' iry, 1015, resulting In the injc
ol ho Bluechor. But this was hard!?
br ttlo. The Gormans, outnumbered m
jntaaA ai 1 HlnAlti I at 9 PTM . e !-
uuiKtiiBuu, winuij' urn. j.uuro nave ana
beon tho long list of torpedo attacka'Si'
sent warships to tho bottom and lb!
hounding and cornering of Indlvlaffi
snips uoomea to destruction. jm
But thcro Is a sharp lino to be draws
between tho destruction of Individ
ships, however long tho lists may be aaj
tho naval ongagement tho battle. ' iff
tho battlo has n moral effect that la'frif
nn over mo worm. Alio actual lOSMf
wneiner in minor or major engagement!
aro trilling in comparison. England
example, has built n'lnco tho war bi
moro thni enough ships to offset Ihoifl1
elm lina tnaf ' T&
Score of Victories Evened
The distinctive fcaturo about modem
naval battles has been that to tho vlcuirT
belonged tho spoils with a vengeance?
Defeat usually means virtual annlhli?
tlon,' and victory, coming oft unscats'trf
It was thus In tho first three battle Js;
Heligoland, August 28, 1914, when uh)
British surprised nnd sank flvb warshlwi
off Coronol, Chill, November 1, 1014, whit"
a British squadron was destroyed, and og
tho Falkland Islands, December t, ltib
whon tho victorious Gorman squadroaj
was in turn destroyed by a stronger fet3
Tho battlo of Skagerrak on Wednesday?
In which Germany evened tho score,,wti'
tho first major engagoment In 18 montlj?
VIco Admiral Count von Speo admj
lsterod tho first defeat a British squadron'
had suffered in 100 years tho first slnci
Perry's victory on Lako Erie. Sir Chrli.'
tophor Cradock had beon sent td tbi'
Pacific with a squadron which tho BrltWi'
Admiralty should havo known was greatlj.
inferior to Von Spoe's. Ho could nor
escape, for Von Spee had the speed of
him; there was nothing to do but look fof
tho enemy and do as much damage tf,
him as possible The fleets came- In sight
of each other at sunset during a heav?
gale and high seas. Tho British turned
south in n manouvor to force Von Sp
out from the land and so come between'
tho British and tho setting sun. But Voa")
Spoe was too wary to fall into the trap,
By 0 o'clock tho squadrons wero steaming1'
abreast of each other with eight miles of
wild water dividing them. Then Vof
Speo began to close. So tremendous wa
the sea that was breaking over tho cofi)
nlng towers that tho British ships wen,'
almost hidden from tho German gut
ciews on the main deck. The Gcrmaaj
ships opened flro at six and a quarter
mllpH. Soon tho Good Hone. Cradoekft
flagship, was on flro and tho Mopmoua
her guns useless, was also In flanp.;;
Tlv this tlmo tho sun had cone down and
tho moon was shining. The roof of thf(
foro turret of the Good Hope was bltrmfi
off nnd in tho faint moonlight tho German'
offlcors wero reading their range flnderij
by the light of the fires on the riu
ships. Cradock tried to close will? hi
foe. His ship, hit 35 times and unable to
fire, might at least be drlvon headlong.
at his foo there was a chance In a roll
Hon he might damage him, and death wat
certain anyhow. Ho closed to wlthlt
three miles. Then the Good Hope wenl
down In n great mass of flames, carrylnl
the gallant Cradock with her to the bot
tom, where ho lies. Exultant on oN
bridge, the victorious Von Spee did nj
know that he, too, was fated to go aai
with his ship, his bones to Ho beneath tbji
southern seas. jl
Tho Monmouth, on flro and down bfj
the bows, tried to ram the nearest hojtflj
ship. Firing pointblank, tho GermaMi
sank tho vessel. 1!
The British Get Revenge m
Tho Glasgow got away. Tho Gennaajii
.. . t ..- .-.,,. .. - .,. .kail
inougni une wu. a luituiy uuiuuscu, uu -
survived to be In at tho death whwj
Admiral Sturdoe came to the southOT!
seas to avon'ge Cradock. Von Spee, best
on seizing the Falkland Islands, blunder
Into a fatal trap In the belief that Ml
had cornered the Canopus, which wW
cruising alone along the coast. He oQ
dered hla Bhlns to close in to cut off tW
escape of the British ship, but present
the rest of Sturdee's squadron cam
steaming around both sides of the lalani
and It was Von Spee and not the Brlusji
who was caught. The Germans, beatls
east and then southeast, were pursuJ
by their swifter foe and one by one.ra
tho afternoon nnd evening, were eunfc
The British concentrated their fire on $
Scharnhorst, von Spee'a flagship. WhM
It became evident that she was doonwfl
her crew assembled on the forward fleet
They would not surrender, and aftejr S
hour'a fighting sank beneath the wave
The Gnelsenau had to be battered tag
A lielpless wreck and foundered. Tha
Leipzig fought till the -ammunition w
6ut off by the water flooding the msS;
tines, -The deck was a shambles ?H
18 men who were left staggered about
amopg dead and dying men, Just "jl
tha iihln sunk thev nil lumned overboard.
All were rescued.
That was the last German squadron
the high seas.
AMBITION
If you would rise above the throng
And seek the crown of fame, I
Tou must do more than drift alonsT
And merely play the game
Whatever path your feet may tread,
Whatever be your quest,
The only way to get ahead
I striving for the beat.
Tl not emjugh a wlih to k
A day'etoU fairly well:
If you would rise to glory, yat
Must hunger to eoj.
The boy who ha the proper stuff
Goes into every test.
Not seeking to be "good enough,"
But eager to be "best,'
Aim hlgbl And though you fall todaM
Ana may tomorrow fall,
KP pounjtas eteaaJiy away,
Soma day you'll Ml the nail.
At 4 hH-yy mark ever pause,
In araug eoaint f tut,
Wh sttM. wlk UWi&r- and ajiplaiw
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