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CULATION OF TIIB KVE.N1NO LRDOER
FOR AU0U8T WAS 111, MO
Phll.d.lpnU, Friday, Srplrml.fr IS, 11.
But each day bring it petty dust
Our toon-chohed ou!i to fill,
And We for ft became we matt
And not became we will,
Matthew Arnold.
No other President has ever had so
trorgeous a summer home as that In
"which Mr. Wilson Is now taking his ease
evnd trying to make himself believe there
Is no hoodoo In Its name.
Tho teachers, who are having a
longer vacation than usual because of
tho Infantllo paralysis epidemic, will
corn every dollar of their full salaries
by crowding a full school year's work
Into three weoks less than a school year.
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New Jersey Is classified by the
New York Herald among the doubtful
States this year, but when one recalls
that Mr. Wilson, who received 233,682
votes when he ran for Governor in 1910,
polled only 178,282 When running for the
presidency In 1912, with a combined Toft
Roosovelt vote of 234,326 against htm,
there does not seem to bo much doubt
about tho way It will go this year.
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go long as the antl-narcotlc drug
law remains unchanged heroin will bo
smuggled Into the city by illicit dealers
and the efforts of tho police to punish
the guilty will be frustrated. Tho dis
covery that 2500 ounces of heroin and
2300 ounces of morphine, part of a salo
by a Philadelphia wholesale druggist to
a Canadian purchaser, had been brought
back to this city by agents of the "dope"
syndicate is only what is to bo expected
under the interpretation of the law.
Admiral Mohan wrote a few years
ago that it was not probable that any
warship larger than ten thousand tons
would bo built. The Idaho, now under
construction, is of 32,000 tons displace
ment. Tet when the recently condemned
frigate Franklin, built of oak in 1864,
was completed, naval experts thought
that no more powerful ship would ever
be constructed. She was 265 'feet and 9
inches long and carried thirty-nine guns,
and was the dreadnought of her day.
Naval prophets are husbanding their fore
easts nowadays, as they see how mis
taken their predecessors have been.
v.
Pennsylvania is behind some of
the other States In its sanitary regula
tions for barber shops. The demand of
tho homeopathic medical society for a
reform has back of it the best Judgment
of all medical men. The sponge has gone
out In all carefully managed shops. It
Is a pernicious carrier of disease. The
chunk of alum should go with it, but
Philadelphia barbers continue to use It
Instead of buying powdered alum. Other
changes in the interest of public health
should be made. If the barbers will not
make them of their own volition tlioy
should be compelled to do so by State
law or by city ordinance. ,
CongreM w the strength of his rood fel
lowship as displayed in his disregard of
tho law, and when he ran for Mayor ho
was elected over all opposition. It is
this sort of thing that discourages be
lievers in popular government.
TAXES AND COMMON SENSE
TT IS Inevitable that thcro should bo a
-- change In the tax rate, For a long
time tho financiering of tho city has been
of a character to make men blush. Each
administration has seemed to feel that It
could "pass the buck" on to tho next ad
ministration, with the result that debt
for current expenses has been piling up.
Tho point has been reached at last when
thcro can bo no further postponement.
What tho new rate will bo nobody
knows. Until the budgets of the several
departments are In and a general survey
of the whole situation has been made, it
will be Impossible to arrive at a fair esti
mate. We are hopeful. In fact, that somo
means will bo devised of raising funds
without throwing too much of tho bur
den on real estate, Tho man of moderate
means should bo enabled own his
homo under rcasonablo taxu..un, and wo
doubt If there Is much Justice In forcing
him to empty his pockets simply because
he Is easy to reach. It must be possible
to supply tho treasury without hitting
too hard tho owners of homes.
Tho city has four great money-making
assets, actual or potential. They are:
1. Tho gaB works.
2. Tho water works.
3. The rapid transit system.
4. Tho dock and pier system.
The first of these is )lcldlng, under a
tax system which takes tho form of dollar
gas, not less than $2,000,000 not profit an
nually. The second of these, under an anti
quated ajstem of financing. Is yielding
the city not less than 1,000,000, after
paying Interest on alt bonds and other
Indebtedness.
Tho third and fourth assets are greater
potentially than actually. The city has
had no trouble In leasing such piers as
It now possesses. The experience of Now
Orleans and other ports proves conclu
sively that for every dollar wisely spent
In port development thero Is n definite
return sufficient not only to pay for tho
development, but actually also to yield a
net profit.
The new transit system contemplates
no tax on citizens. It does contemplate
eventually an actual earning power, so
that the city will share, as Chicago does.
In the $23,000,000 or more annually ex
pended, even under present conditions, for
urban transportation In Philadelphia.
These public utilities in which the city
has .a proprietary interest are distinct
from those municipal Instrumentalities
which are not revenue-producing. The
policing of the city and other functions
of the sort give a due return to citizens,
but not in the form of money.
The city, therefore, has two kinds of
activities those which yield revenue and
those which do not.
Each type should be segregated. Tho
water works, the gas works, tho dock sys
tem and (he transit system should either
be organized aa distinct corporate en
titles each under the general control of
the .city, or, falling that, they should be
managed Individually, as contemplated
under the Bullitt charter; and their
funds should bo merged with general
funds in the city treasury only when the
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net profit is computed.
Citizens are entitled to know Just what
their municipal ownership projects are
doing and what the net return annually
from them Is. These projects, as a mat
ter of fact, reduce the tax' rate; they do
not Increase It.
THE CLOUDS AHE LIFTING
The present Senate contains fifty
, six Democrats and thirty-nine Repub
licans. There is pno vacancy, caused by
the death of Senator Burleigh, of Maine.
It Is necessary to elect nine Republicans
, (to give tho Republicans a majority. One
f them was elected in Maine on Monday,
when a Republican was chosen to sue
eeed Senator Johnson, Democrat. A Re
publican was also elected to fill tho Bur
leigh vacancy, Tho party division for
tho .next Congress now stands at fifty-five
XooKcrats and forty-one Republicans. It
is necessary to elect eight more Repub
Jtoana. The States from among which
$? must be chosen are New York, New
Joraoy. West Virginia, Maryland, Indiana,
)re two are to be elected; Montana,
Motoraska, Arizona, Missouri and Ohio.
sfe Many of these States are morally cer
taw to go Republican that at worst the
PWHcraU will control tho Senate by so
avail a majority that they can pass no
otrovorstal legislation.
The attempt, o foist an incom
tWUnt into tho Jaw by having a lawyer
spsjrfunata him In the examination failed
iae jawyer wno aid the nv
oould not pass the ex.
XhU Is what might have
spvotat at a member of tho bar
tssRo www mMi umii iu ouch practices.
yt MMtrts can bo loft to decide, whether
art of fraud is punishable. Under
epr rulos a lawyer who should
oaata another would be disbarred.
ouaht to be a more severe penalty
aaaucn m m visited both on the
at and tfee agont The young man
ta bo admUtod to the bar
kiwwisf $b law thinks that the
or NMiattotnptod iraua ea the
wttt Bat' attaet his candldaoy for
I.egrtaastura There , uafertunatoly.
tor bUKvliir Uwt Um votars da
ffSajard swell asTsosss a vsy sadous.
be si now Mayor of awstan
Utd another feB civil saWVao
and sr4 term ta Jail far
Mm Mi Ma aUttavt t ksp a
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POLITICAL conditions in Illinois are
locking. up. yBllly' Lorlmer was de
feated as a candidate for Congress and
Roger Sullivan's candidate for the guber.
natorla! nomination failed to win.
LET THOSE
WINCE
HURT
WHO ARE
Tom Daly's Column
out uonnowt
Saket altvel
Can U let
Them duba 5
rhllUct 3.
OUR Panama cost us more than we
could afford and we haven't got our
money's worth out of It yet, so we
plugged our cars with cotton )csterday
that wo might not hear the Straw Hat
Knell this morning,
WHY shouldn't tho time bo extended
to November 1, anyway? If we wero
dared we might do It, for one.
BEWARE THE BUNKHOUND!
Serving tho City Beautiful He Bites
AH Unlovely Things
Tun Bunkhound took a llttto rest yes
terday. Ho needed It. Mr. Aaron D.
rabcr, superintendent of tho Jewish
Foster Homo, chased him with n stick,
"do way!" said Mr. Fabcr to us. "Why
torment our deer
nnd liberate your
Bunkhound, which
nnlmal, according to
tho vernacular, Is
only bunk, whllo
our deer Is dear to
our children and
many little ones In our neighborhood."
"Well, Mr, Fabcr," wo yap back nt him,
"you're giving your own children nnd the
many little one In your neighborhood
false notions. Deer do not properly bo
long on city lawns. You should keep that
deer In a pen or melt him down to mako
Jacks and such like metal toys."
VF.RY WEI.T,, Ol.n FEI.T.OW
Fir Mnlne may nhour which ir the whttkera
Mow. t'it on llaltlmorr avnu K. and C.
Pat. Faro and Bcnlp RpeclalUta. do sham
poilntr and manicuring and make hair irooda to
ordr. Ii. O. C.
1'. S. St this In arate If you like
Our favorite anon, contrlb. comes along
again to say:
It's heck to live with real educated
people. Them as hovers about me wrote
a list of question about something and
call It a "Questlonalre," Just like I calls
an ens an egg.
Yes, but, say, listen! "Them ns hovers
about us" wouldn't have been so damaged
jesterday morning If we could have
thought quickly of the French for what
we culled tho egg we got.
AND that same anonymous contrlb.
presents this:
I see by the paper that a lady friend of
yours wants to know how people of mod
crate means spend their Sundays. Easyl
They arise from mahogany beds at 8 a. m.,
bathe In one of tho three bathrooms on the
second floor (father, who was rich, had one
for the whole houne). drive the car a mllo
for a five-cent newnpaper (because they are
not delhercd so far from the station), break
fast, drive to tho gnlf club, drive four balls
Into the woodM, spoil a pair of white flannels
In the brook, lose eight dollars to the enemy,
pay the caddies, sicn checks for drinks, buy
a club or two they don't need, drive homo
to lunch, have three servants to serve It,
smoke a couple of twenty-lhe-cent cigars,
take a fifty-mile auto trip, stop three times
lor sandwiches. Ice cream and drinks, blow
out two shoes, use all kinds of gas and oil,
bust a fender, ruin a suit of clothes and four
dresses with dust and oil spots, drop In
somewhere for tea, get homo and look the
place over, tell the gardener to order a cou
ple of hundred dollars' worth of shrubs and
flowers and to have the garage shingled,
have dinner In new clothes and with four
servants, open a new box of cigars, a bottle
of sherry and ono of creme de menthe, light
the logs In the open fireplace, burn sixty
electric lights, and
That's why their means are moderate.
The Philadelphia Rhyme
Lots o' them, such as they are, but
most of them do not comply with our
rules.
A. as counael for Adele,
won a verdict for the belle
In Philadelphia.
Belntf pennlleis lh Mlns
saa ane-ii pu
Thua will ;
IV him with
Adele fee A.
klaa
M. F D.
IT DOES without saying that thero can
be no extensive fraudulent registra
tion without tho knowledgo and conni
vance of political leaders. Individual
voters do not, of their own accord, at
tempt to increase tho majority In favor
of oho faction or another In a district
whero the vote la close. They have to
bo organized and Instructed and sent
where they are needed.
Tho arrest of two Councilmen and a
policeman for complicity In an alleged
fraudulent registration In the Fourth
Ward last year does not necessarily mean
that the men are guilty; but it will take
more than the mere assertion of Inno
cence to clear them in court. To meet
tho rumored plans for the arrest of a
man In tho Twenty-sixth Ward by a
threat to attack the motives of tho Com
mittee of Seventy is not tho right way to
persuade the oubllo that the suspicions
have no foundation In foot
,If we are to have honest government
here, It must bo preceded by an honest
vote, both In the primaries and at the
genera) election, It must bo made so un
safe to vitiate the ballot that no man will
dare hazard tho consequences, Long es
tablished custom, which has made Phila
delphia eloctton methods as notorious as
,thoeo of Tammany Hall, cannot be
argwod (a defense or extenuation. It Is
.time the old customs were abandoned and
a now rule of fair play established if the
Philadelphia that ta to be Is to boeeme
war th ths faad hope of a few high
mli leadsra (a public Hfa. Whatever
lit meUvaa ,May be, tho Cammlttso at
Savant? is ansa In righteous work just
tow to try pure Usvotiag Mais
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THE VOICE OP THE PEOPLE
A Mother Writes That the Evening Ledger "Dope" Exposure Con
vinced Her Boy of His Peril More Comments
on Casement and Ireland
ciiinf.sk iiookhtouk
Yah Lung kept a bookatoro in Iloaton, Maaa-
chusetta.
The nork of famouA wrltera he waa a lllns
fast, reduced aetat
I told that Chink I loved to read, for booka I
had a mania.
And h ahould aend a lot of them to riitlly,
Pennsylvania.
Yah aald, "How many ahall Z aend to you In
l'hlladtlphlat
I aald. "You aend about enouch of booka to
- fill a ahelf. Yah." J. A, C.
THI story comes from that wild moun
tain country of Virginia, too. Charllo
was the wild member of this particular
family. He came Into .possession of a re
volver. It made his fingers Itch, and
one Sunday in church he Just couldn't
help shooting It off. It "busted up meet
In'." Ho beat It, hysterically shooting up
the trees on his way to the backwoods.
They finally caught him and put him in
tho calaboose to cool. Meantime a mis
sionary sought out the daredevil's mother
and sought to console her, assuring her
that perhaps, nfter all, this chastening
would have a beneficial effect upon
Charlie.
"Oh, no, no," walled the mother, rock
ing back and forth; "Charlie's too ambi
tious," I saw tho parado in Kensington as It
passed through Cambria street. The Stet
son Hospital corps and Its field wagon
were very Interesting, but I can't under
stand how It la that a truck belonging to
Erdrlch, tho brower, was following so
closely on the heels, or, rathor, wheels,
of tho stretcher cart.
The B. L. of Saturday evening said,
"Stetson's ambulance and auxiliary wero
Interesting features" or something' like
that. Query: Was the headache wagon
tho auxiliary? Query No. 2s. Wero you,
honor bright, not driving tho E, I wogon,
which was striving mightily to overtake
the speeding kogsT
Expecting answers, I remain, yours
curiously, IUIOBAEItTYES.
Our Blackmail Dept.
What would It
be worth to a
certain you nit
W. C. T. U.
workor of Chest
nut Hill to sup
press the story
of how, some
eighteen or twen
ty years ago,
when her father
and mother wero
entertaining the
minister, she
toddled Into the
parlor with two
bottles of beer in her hands?
Tom: There's a sign la a Indies' Root
Room in a SaRlwore oAco bulldtflg;
ro not throw atgarsttas, elsars jar
matahss ort of ths window. What da
yea taluk of that! ML& ROCAr,
Jus you wast. JJili, Tbara'a a,Wttr
m am-, to ft innmits. t
HER BOY HEEDED THE WARNING
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir I wish to thank you from tho bottom
of my heart for the timely articles of
Henry James Duxton on the narcotic drug
evil which have been appearing In the
Kvenino LBDOEn. No one knows better
than I do the truths which have appeared
In these articles.
My son, a youth of eighteen years, has
been a user of heroin for more than a year.
The drug has wrecked his health and
unsettled his mind. We have tried every
thing In a vain effort to tear him away
from the clutches of this curse We had
lost hope of ever saving him, when our at
tention was called to Mr Uuxton's articles
In your paper. I read every one of them to
my son. Thty made a great Impression
upon htm and made him see himself as ho
really was a poor, deluded soul drifting
toward an Ignominious death He consented
to attempt a cure under n competent phy
sician. For three days he has not touched
heroin, and our physician savs he can prob
ably stop the boy's craving for the drug.
The boy's suffering Is terrible, but then our
minister has asked God's help to aid him In
bearing It In recent talks with my son he
has told me of the remarkable truthfulness
of the Kveniko I.EDaEH nrtlcles, and says
hundreds of boys no older than himself are
enslaved by tho drug curse He says Mr,
Huxton must have seen the conditions first
hand or ho could not have depicted them so
truthfully. If my boy Is saved my heart
v.111 go out In thanksgiving to Mr. Duxton
and the Kvenino LCDOEn,
I advise the hundreds of parents In this
city who have, sons and daughters afflicted
wltb the drug curse to read the Hvenino
I.kdoeh articles. I hope that you will keep
up the good work until this horrible evil Is
stamped out. .
I am not a rich woman, but I would
willingly contribute a portion of my savings
for the creation of a fund for the prosecu
tion of the human fiends who are ruining
thousands of our boys and girls.
A THANKFUL MOTHER
Philadelphia, September 14,
satisfy himself as to tho real conditions in
Ireland, mado a tour of Investigation
through that country, the result of which
was published In a series of letters to his
paper. In tho course of these letter he ad
mitted that he had left home prejudiced
against the Irish, but that after seeing the
deplorable conditions In which they were
compelled to live under English rule he had
completely changed his mind and Btrongly
supported them In their endeavors to throw
off the British yoke.
Whether theso conditions have since been
Ameliorated' or In any way modified I, of
course, do not know. But be that as It may,
when wo take into consideration our own
experience with British tyranny and oppres
sion It Is difficult for the Impartial ob
server 'to understand why our sentiments
and sympathies as Americans should be so
largely on the side of England, unless It be
to retain her trade; and It Is unfortunate
Indeed that our present prosperity depends
to such an extent upon the war In Europe
as to make It apparently necessary for us
to cater to any of the belligerent nations to
secure nnd hold their trade In furnishing
them munitions of war or anything elsa
necessary to prolong the struggle, of which
the Casement trouble was on outcome.
E. H. W.
Allentown, Pa , September 13.
V5aaasPasJrl3
SYMPATHY FOR THE IRISH
To the Ftiitor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir There has been much dlscuBs'on In
the Eyenino Ledoek concerning Roger
Casement. This discussion will evidently
result In a verification of the tru,th of f e
adage:
"Convince a man against his will, '
And he Is of the same opinion still."
For after all has been said on either side
that can be said, his friends will be his
friends still, and his enemies, will be his
enemies still. '
As ta the cause for which he gave his
lite, Ireland's Independence, it may be of
Interest to note that some years ngq D. R.
Ixcke, then editor of the Toledo lllade and
well known under the nom de plume of
'Petroleum V. Nasby," as the author of tho
then famous "Nasby letters," desiring fb
FOOLHARDY BUT HEROIC
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Itenlly, the Invectives of "Klllarncy"
would bo laughable If tho subject discussed
were not so serious. Therefore It Was with
great sadness Of heart that I read his let
ter on Casement. 1 cannot Imagine he Is
what the alias Implies, but If such Is the
rase his mind has been sq corrupted by
English Ideas and nationalisms that! It
-wero better that ho disclaim any heritage
of "the Isle of saints .and scholars."
After all, what Is arevolt but an un
nucccsHful revolution? If pur own grand
Revolution had foiled, would it not have
been termed a revolt? And would not 'our
vencrnuie wasmngton, wnose memory we
honor, have met tho felon's fate? Also
would he not have come-under the head of
"Klllarney's" Ineffable defamatfons? Any
veracious person must admit that he would.
But such Is the fate of success. Why
do men forfeit their lives In such cases
when they reap nothing but a heap of un.
Just slanders on their own head and de
nunciations on tho heads of their be
lievers? I wonder why, Anybody with pa
trtotio impulses can easily answer me.
I admit COBement's action was foolhardy,
untimely, indiscreet. But what the man
lacked In forethought he almost balanced
In enthusiasm and ztaL He failed in his
purpose, but must we think tho less of him
for his failure?
No, friend, never term a man traitor who
tries to uplift his people and country? For
Ireland belongs to Ireland She Is her own,
and the day will come when the yoke will
be thrown off. 15MMKTT J. MUHTHA.
Philadelphia, September 11.
What Do You Know?
Ouerfe of general interest will be antwercd
in this column. Ten Question 9, the answer to
which every welMnformed person should know,
are asked daily. y ,
QUIZ
1. la
authorltr for pronouncing
la If It were spelled "thed-
thrre anr
"urnrauie '
ule-'f
2. Who la Theodore P. Rhonti?
S. What la a biped and how la the word pro
nounced? 4. What la the Talmetto State?
0. Are foreign ghlpa allowed to encace In
American coastwise trade?
0. What nre toxins?
7. What did Hlinkespenre mean In the sentence,
so often misunderstood. "One tonch of
nature makes the whole world kin"?
8. What were the famous Lincoln-Douglas de
bates?
0, Haw manr Inches In length Is n meter?
10. VI hat Is the Island of Saints? -
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
The consnmcr'a dollar for mllki .About 48
cents goca to dairyman. 2ft to labor, 9 tu
rallroada. 10 for materials and sunpilee,
such aa boxes, cans, etc., and the re
mainder to shareholders of company,
Paratjpholdi a disease resembling typhoid,
hut not preneutlnr the "Uldal reaction'
In blood tests.
Flanking I one force Is 'enabled to extend
around one end of the enemy line, sub
jecting It to a double Are on Its front
and aide,
NubUi n large region In northeastern Afrlia,
Palestrlnai great Italian composer, lSt-0t,
An angle of 180 degrees presents the appear
ance of a straight line.
The most Important doubtful Rtates are
.New aork. New Jersey, Indians and Illinois.
NATIONAL POINT OP VIEW
Democratic ability to get comfort out of
adversity has ever been wonderful. Pres
ent Interpretations of the Maine election by
the old war horses Is confirming that repu
tation. Cincinnati Times-Star.
No better way to settle the strike In New
York has been suggested than that pro
posed by the Public Service Commission
and Mayor Mltchel, The men who have
quit should go back to work and the ques
tions at Issue should be submitted to arbi
tration. Rochester Post Express,
The voting In Maine Is by no means nec
essarily representative of the whole coun
try. It is, however, distinctly Indicative of
the trend of the current That trend may
conceivably change, but Republicans have
every reason to be encouraged br both the
character and extent of tho Maine victory,
Chicago Tribune.
Tho opinion Is that our experience with
the, sight-hoar law has trtvsti tho movmn.
uovsniiaaHi uwHcranip oi railways a
aaHaacK. n the private lavoatar
tly aursaattfir. . araasW jvst rasm-
as" tewwwrmemm i sagrs m
T"F 9S9 tSW flaWs
HE PREFERS ALBANIA
Queer, but In all of the talk of the abd
cation of King Constantino there Is no men
tion of George Fred Williams as his suc
cessor. Rochester Post-Express,
WHAT THE GUNS SAY
As rills the air. a fountain of bird song,
When- summer comes, her hand on morn
ing's gate.
So. on this golden, glorious day In France,
With njckenlng thud and leap we hear
pulsate
War's horrible heart, till all ths air Is filled
(Each beat, the hurtle of howlUer,
screech of shell) '
With such Infernal music as might seem
Made of old Satan, orchoitra'd In hell
If, of all crimes 'gainst Ood and Christ
and man.
The sin of sin committed on this star
Be his, who, lust-Inflamed and drunk with,
"Diamond cut dlamond"i conning outwitting
cunning,
Tcati prndnct resultlnr from the partial de
cay of tractable mnttsri It Is extensively
used for fuel,
"Phantom voters'i men who Tote through
the Illicit registering of the names of non
existent cltuens.
Prices In Vienna
B. S, The director of public markets In
Vienna has published an official list of
prices of articles of food. The list deals
with the averages of three years, 1911, 1915
and 1916 (five monthi). The rise In prices
summarized Is as follows: Potatoes and
sugar, twenty per cent dearer; coals, pe
troleum, ipllk, bread, sauerkraut, fifty per
cent dearer; corn flour, butter, eggs, 100
per cent dearer; wheat flour and onions, 200
per cent dearer; bacon, lard, beans, 250 per
cent dearer; horseflesh and beef, S00 per
cent dearer; pork and margarine, S60 per
cent dearer. Peas and rice have totally dis
appeared from the markets.
EIGHT-HOUR ftAYS
How tho Railroad Law biff..
tho Other Eight-Hour Suttrul
law applying to persons imni.J
llo work. There Is also n. tr.Ir.0" I
Itlng the working day to eight hour. L"!
laborers and mechanics employed i rj
United States or bv anv JZ?I? i
contractor upon any public worka. yT1
of tho States the law appite, to rain. M!
era or men empioyea in smelters. J- J
It Is limited to men working 0n S2
roads. In Delaware It anmi.. -.. .w
ployes of the city of Wllmlnonf iial
Maryland It affects only the elti.'S1.
more. But every law explicit J
eight hours a day's work without an,
ficatlon. "
TI. MAM. ..lt. -L. .
...u ., .,.,,. yn eigni-nour law m
from all theso In that It provldea i. .
January i. 1917. e sht r,n,.- "V?.
deemed a day's work and the stands? J"i
day's work, not to limit the wrloa,i
man's tabor, but for the punxwr,,, wi1 1
ing the compensation It applies to nZi
ployes who are now or may hereaft,?
a.Hiiiujrcu in aiijr capacity m the tnea2"i
of trains used for tho transporttlohi?S? J
nm nr rrnnrf v" In Inta...... ' w pet ,1
-Thri.w-x
appoint a commission of three, "whlchAa
""'" "' "vorauon ana efTectS of is. u ll
stltutlon of the elght-hour standard i-C ll
day" as the measure of a day's pay 2.,1
commission shall rnntlm,. 11. -v "'' 11
for not' less than six months nor mor75l
nine months. It must make Its rtDortAa
tho President nnd Congress whhln tLl28
days after It concludes Its work. t21
means that If tho observation of the. u?ji
mission la comnlrtril In - ..v. ,.wil
port may be expected not later than lil
30, 1917, and that If nine months are neSJS
tha rrnort mav hn filed i.. ..r: "'V!!
tober 30. 1917. " "lwl tJ
The law still further directs the railroad
to give their employes ten hours' pay tnlz
present rate for eight hours' wm-fc ..,r?l
period of thirty days after tho filing of tt.ll
report of the commission. This means iS.l
IP lh. MmmNalnn ii-a- nil .t.. ., .."!
.. ... -ww.. .v. .an m mo nine suotst
the twenty-five .per cent Increase In wIfi
will continue from January 1 until vJ. ii
ber 30 or thereabouts, or for eleven moatta'l
wages during that period, At Its c-touTsI
tlon they will resume control over tW i
wage schedule, which, however, mut V)J
fixed with eight hours as the bails for.cea. I
putlng tho amount of pay a man must .
ceve. Overtime Is to bo paid for at u 1
ftAmft rate nn hnur nn th wr-1, ... .-.r 'I
for eight hours. ;4
The "Bloody Asslre"
S, C The term "bloody assize" Is ap
plied to that western circuit of Justice
Jeffreys, n 1685, when he condemned hun
dreds to death for political offenses, most
of them virtually without trial. In crlmlnat
cases he has had no equal among juagen
for baseness. He assigned more than 800
persons to his favorites to be sold as slaves.
Among the most flagrant acts or n's no
torlous assize was tho Judicial murder of
Alice, Lady Lisle.
iiuwn,
Said, on that August morju
bo warl''
-lt' thora
If, that bo so, may sol the eaaaoa apeak
With otasr veJcs Uuui laataas At aub.
-"s "? JsaasBBasa SjSapBB- agSspBSSJk
W4
&"
Hannibal and the Alps
F. S (1) Hannibal was tho first general
to lead an army across the Alps. lie took
cemmand of the Carthaginian forces at tho
ago of twenty-slx, and ho started from
Spain on his famous march to Italy In Z18
II. C. He had 90,000 foot and 13,000 horse
This force was much thinned by his conl
tests with the tribes between the Iberus
and the Pyrenees From the Pyrenees he
marched to the Jlhone without opposition.
He effected the passage of the Alps In fif.
teen days. In spite of the attacks of tha
mounta n tribes, snows, storms and other
difficulties. He reached Italy with 26 000
men:. ,V "Aer life', fitful fever he sleeps
Well" Is from Shakespeare's "Macbeth."
" I ' I ii-
The gwlsa and the War
W. P. (1,) The Swiss are neutral but
their anti-aircraft guns have been In action
during the present war against Zeppelmj
from the Qerman sheds at Frlodrlchlshafsn;
on Laks Constance, which have vloiatad
8wi neutrality. ( Pr & tothe launch!
ing of her first -warship. rsosatly ; reported
8Wa was th oaly urepn couirtTy
yP&STFZtf Ismbourg. that dTd
vuasaas a Mvy. (I) At ono tlroa It
wasa common Joke to rafr to tb "gwlsa
A sWatt, th OMtaary katiiur aJTiii. ."
r&tys&?
WE DID IT IN 1912
fal
Tho Department of Agriculture says that
ought to be more peanut farmers In tad
Mvlinfrv Wriw nnl minnl lt J.rt-i .
vuussa.ra iisi aswv OUf,J.j uiq UCalCieQCT M .
drafting the peanut politicians? New oiU
icuua oiuic.
1
AMUSEMENTS
CHESTNUT ST?
OPERA HOUSE
Reopens Mon. Aftern'n, Sept. 18
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D. W. GRIFFITH'S
GIGANTIC SPECTACLE
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SYMPHONY ORCHKSTnA OF SO riECESI
1'OSITIVE FAltEWELL TOUR
LAST CHANCE TO bi.C THIS I
MOST FAMOUH OF ALL ATTRACTIONS
FinST TIME AT POPULAR PRICES i -i
Matinees, except Saturday Loner Floor,, Wi,
and TOc. First Ualcony. COc and TSc. StW
Balcony, 25c. H
ignis ana eaiuraay aiaunee uovttr rmr.
BOc and $1 00. First Balcony. 50c and lift
Second Balcony, 23c. J
SEATS MV BELLINO M
FORREST Now
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NIGHTS AT 8 il5. MATINEE TOMORROW
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NEW MUSICAL COMEDY
LITTLE MISS 1
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Uy the Composer of "SAM" "jf
nest Seats tl BO at Wednesday MaUasrv;
B. F. Keith's Theater
A DILL OF VAUDEVILLE STARS! M
Stella Aiayiiew & willee TaylM.
THE WORLD DANCEnS": "PROSPER!!
ANNA CHANDLER: VIOLINHKY, ANU
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Today at 2, 23c b ftOc. Tonlfht at 8, 23o t i "jl
BROAD S2&. 18 I Seats Now.
THE RESERVE PRODUCING CO. PrM$
THE TWO JANES!
A MUSICAL FARCH SUCCESS 73IJ
juai Laugna i-reiiy uiria jouy -iudcs
POPULAR tl MATINEES VEDNE3lAJ
Globe Theater MM
-. 11 A. M.'to 11 P. atT
ANNIVERSARY McniC Stuwndous EHS,'
THE STAR OF TOWN TOPICS-" M
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. . rn.-r nnT tub aaaf!
Bxtravas.n. ALl JUL.SU1N or
A T-VT7IT TJTJrT TONIGHT AND MAT.'
ADlliLrXll TOMORROW. Wo to W
BAT. X.VU.. wi "f; F
The Most Wondsrlul Play In Amrtfi
rcYPTCRIENCEa
9 moa.lnJLY.,T mos InCbleaso. 6 moa loB3lI
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