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(2 Ku Louis l Urand " - SUUSCUirTION TERMS Th E'aNixo I.nuotn ! served to subscribers In PhllaOlphla and surrounding ton in at th rate of twelve (12) cents per waek, payable to tha carrier. ity man to points outside or Philadelphia, in th united Stairs. Canada or united Mates pos eeaslons, posts ts free, nfty (A0) cents per month. Six (10) dollari per year, payabl la advance, ',To ' all foreign countrlea sna (ID dollar per month. Notice Subscriber wUhtrir addreta chanced meat tlra old aa well aa new address. t Wtt, 8000 WALNUT KKYSTOEAIN 000 " Addrrtt o(l eommunteatlon to J?vrittnif l4tW. dot?, Independence Smart, Philadelphia, ? aTrt.d jit tug rini.iDii.rniA rosTornca aacoxu.ci.ua iuil turcta. TIJB AVKRAOB NET PAID DAILT .CIR- CTJLAT10N OF TUB EVENINC1 I.EDODR FOR JANUARY WAS 11S.777 rhll.d.lphli, Frldsy. Matrh 4, 1917 1 "Rafael rtntatften" In the. ndvlce, ot th State Secretary of Agriculture, a process almost as difficult for some men aa raising their own salaried. . 1 , Jerusalem Is soon to bo In the hands of' the British. Thus they get even with "the Jews who, by repute, have lone beeri In control of London, The Attompt to legalize the clrcula. tlon of birth-control literature In New York has failed, to tho regret of a small circle of agitators who think that they fir social reformers. Ex-Prcsldent Gomez, of Cuba, Is a prisoner and tho Insurrection Is ended. The Insurgents apparently forcot that President Menooal Is a graduate of Cor ' nell and knows something about military tactics. rive thouKand merchant ships ar rived at and departed from British ports last week and .only twenty-three were sunk, a-loss of less than one-half of ono per cent, According to .unofficial reports .from London, the percentage of loss In the submarlno fleet Is fur greater than that. Tho subject on which Senator1 La jFolIette did not speak In Wheeling, W. Va.,i.Lajet night, becauso tho association 'tefore' .which he was to talk canceled the Jngugement, was "Tho Undermining of bcmocracy." As tho Senator has recently qualified himself as an expert. It Is really unfortunate that tho opportunity to dis cuss It was not given to him. A quarter-of a million dollars has been added to the pension fund of the Presbyterian Church for the benefit of aged ministers. Tho unwillingness of tho donor to have his Identity disclosed shines like a good deed In a naughty world; but the men In charge of the fund would gladly accept contributions evon from generous men and women who wish to receive the praise due them for their Interest In the cause. The proposition which Japan has put up fo China seems to be that the big republic musf fight for the Allies or against one, ot them. China's 443,000,000 inhabitants would seem to promise a 1 man-power of something like 60,000,000, which exceeds -that of all tho belligerents put together. But It Is extremely Im probable that Japan would ever put rifles Into the hands -of so many embittered fcelg-hbors for the sake of humanity. The publlo is not so much in terested in the statement ot the railroads that they Will agree to reduce the freight on prepared sizes of coal by twenty-five cents a, ton as by tho promise to tho Publlo Service Commission by the Retail Coal Merchants' Association that the full amount of the reduction In freight rates Will be taken from the retail price of coal. Now tho publlo will await the reduction with the hope that it may not be nullified by an increase in the prico at the mines. Never since the foundation of the country has tho division of parties In the House ot Representatives been so close 'as' it is now. There' are 216 Republicans anil 214 Democrats. The balance ot power Is in the hands of five Independents. As there is one Democratic vacancy, the two parties .will be tied when that is filled. We have to go back to the Twentyrfifth Con gress, in' 1817, to find a parallel at all t approaching present conditions. The '( House then contained 117 Democrats and . 114 ;WJiigi'a'. 'The Democrats elected James JCPolk: as Speaker. He broke many .fcrec'jflentsfln'order to enable tho majority to nygtfa way. The present House must bo organized by compromise it it is to acoonlpllsh anything. 1 a ), Sherman, of" Illinois, has used his ' Beat In ibo Senate for the sole purpose tf,r -t lagging Mr.j Wilson for so long that " ' kia observations ion closure .are nea-lfa-l. C W. It, appeara "from his pech yeater- ,cmy uwt vuab jiv wmm .uqne is ex actly what the President wants done, but. usual, this Senator must.needs hays hi (vant uiuo "xnocv; ween debate tdtU'be Upon important' natters and IsliiWei-'-'ona. upon preset -peril, and ;,' mi MSMfifwat mistake; vjt, were not ItatytM petty partisan sfMpbere would tkt ) great nted.of drateloeur. But' tfaa 4angr. wip.'aoeo grave to JtwrtlM ghiwesaa or the 'La reUet4s tat tajttMB tot fcMentsaeyresMt em Ml aMMBjaw Matcett) nm to. Mm aMl'i MP On emergency measures of national de fense. Some form of closure is there fore necessary, and If any mistake is made the rule can be changed again in calmer times. Sherman's attitude is as oulpable aa La Follotto's. If ho were candid ho would demand that tho Presi dent be Impeached. And if ho would only say so oponly the country would under stand his veiled abuse of tti Exocutlvo and could promptly forget him and his folly. GIVE US A RUN FOR OUR MONEY TTTHEN a taxpayer looks at tho condl tlon of tho streets ho doubts whether he Is getting tho worth ot his monoy. Dust and filth abound and the pavemont is full of holes. Some of tho holes in the' asphalt are repaired with granite blocks that settle, making basins to hold water. When it rains ono has to wade through tho small ponds at tho crossings, and when it is dry one's eyes and nostrils nro filled with dlsease-breedlng dust. If no better results nre obtained from tho, expenditure of publlo money whero we cannot see what wo get for It than those .ivhlch follow tho expenditure ot money on the streets, the city is In a bad wny. No extenuation for tho guilt of tho local authorities can be found in the asser tion that conditions - in other cities arc worse. Chief Conncll, ot the liurcau of High ways, says that $10,000,000 would bo needed to put the streets In proper repair. Ho has only $1,500,000 for repaving. He cannot get tho remaining $8,500,000 needed. We seem 'to be doomed, there fore, to suffer for a long time to come, Yet it Is dllllcult to understand why our rulers do not pursue a wiser policy. If they should mako the externals of the city so presentable that we would all bo proud of them, thoy could also point with pride to tho success ot their way ot governing us. How long before they decide that It is worth their while to give us a run for our money? A STONE THAT OUGHT TO HE REJECTED WILLIAM- J. STONK, of Missouri, is chairman of tho Senato Committee on Foreign Relations by the operation ot the rule of seniority. lie linn disqualified himself for presid ing over that committee by 1111 exhibition of his intellectual ami moral lncapuclty. Tho Henato Is preparing to break prece dents by mitigating Its rule permitting unlimited freedom of debate. It is time thut It bloke another piece dent nnd helccted for the chulimniisliip of its Committee on foreign Relations u man In sympathy with the purposes of the Administration, as well as a man of whoso Americanism there can bo no doubt. Tho Missouri Senator's usefulness on the committee Is ended, If it ever began. HOME RULE TUB principle of local self-government is proclaimed by both sides In tho do bate on tho Irish question, which for the moment again threatens to become the most serious of England's troubles. The Nationalists demand homo rule for Ire land at once. Lloyd George replies that "It is impossible to Impose by force on any section of Ireland a form of govern ment which has not Its consent." It Is a fight for home rule for all Ireland as a, united people against home rule for Cath olic Ireland accompanied with homo rule for the Protestant part of Ulster. If Ulster were all Protestant the problem might bo more simple; but It Is about evenly divided between Catholics and Protestants. And the Catholics of tho south are not willing that their brethren In the northeast corner of their country should bo governed by English and Prot estant Influences. Ex-Premier Asqulth's suggestion, which Mr. Lloyd George promised to consider, was that Parliament Invite some outside impartial authority, such as tho Colonial statesmen now In England, to submit a plan to Parliament. If these statesmen advised a federation of the peoples ot the Empire, with Ireland enjoying tho same liberty that Canada has today, their pro posal would have great weight. The fu ture arrangement of Imperial Govern, ment is not, however, uppermost In the Premier's mind Just now, evidently. He is bent on the practical matter ot winning the war, and sees a. choice of two evils, a possible Irish Nationalist rebellion and a possible Ulster rebellion. He socms to think the latter a more formidable dan ger. BLINDNESS OF BOOZE SELLERS THE tight in New York to extend local option from the rural communities to the cities will ultimately succeed if the present Legislature falls to pass the bill before It That bill provides that when twenty-five per cent of the voters in a city Join in a petition the local author ities shall .submit .at the next election tho question, "Shall this bo dry territory?" If a majority of the registered voters an swer' this In the affirmative, the sale, pt liquor must cease after a reasonable time. The Governor stands behind the bill' as a proper' extension of home rulo to the cities. This la the sound political reason back of every .local option, measure,., .Commu nities , should have the' right to say whether liquor shall be sold'iwltWn their borders. Every time the liquor interests defeat a local option proposition they strengthen the caso of the 'advocates ,of fllate-wlde prohibition, not inly in-New York and in Pennsylvania, bvft.Jn every other State, where liquor has. not been UUUtlVVOU UJt vw-f a m eij ley aM-0MUi4a-01Jly The, liquor Interests' need not fear 'that under any falrs.'opal-toptlonvpln New York of Philadelphia ojr any other large cltyln eluieVWate would vote dry. But under (1 prohibitory constitutional amend ment such. c!Me would be dry whether they wished. It or not and a premium would be placed on Illicit liquor selling, pre-tve'ng a police demoralization beside which, thawhiejh, has. existed in1 the past weuld aeo)'Hi virtue Incarnate: . Tftsaitl "JOHN BULL" AND ITS FIERY EDITOR How Hcrbort Bottomley Influ ences English Sentiment by Billboard Journalism By GILBERT VIVIAN SELDES Sf-olo! CorrMraadenoa Kitnlnp I.tdgtr LONDON, Feb. 17. IN WAR TIME publlo opinion is auppoaed to be a dangerous thing. It is easily In ,'lamed, nccotdlng to some peopto, and enslly cooled off, according to others, llut It la generally admitted that tho chief agent In tho business Is tho press, As a professional Journalist I am In clined to pay too much attention to news papers. Uut tho most astounding thing In Great Ilrltaln, and I suppose In every coun try whero tho press censorship Is active, U this That the things you really want to know about you never Beo In the news papers. People have got back to tholr liubltH of two centuries ago. Word of mouth Is Infinitely more Important than word of print The day of the great ex plosion and to this day-rthe location of tho factory did not appear In tho papers. Yet the first man I met told mo where tho explosion tool; place. A week beforo the great offensive of last July everybody knew (lint It was coming and knew where It was coming. There Is alrendy sufficient data to determine with sorrfo precision where the next blow will fall. Yet nono of these things Is In print Then what do the papers prlnt7 No rumor, for one thing. They print official new and they print special articles, chiefly those) whlrh follow their established poli cies. You read In ono paper that Mr. Runclman's scheme of limiting meals to two or tlirrc courses Is a desperato failure. You read in another that It was qtilto a sucoej'.s Why tho difference of opinion? Hooause Hie first paper wanted Mr. Itunel man out and tho other wanted him In. Lord Northcllfte's position is. of course, tho dominating element In the newspaper situation. Whether ho Is nn Influence or not, or Is a important as he seems. Is not a question which an outsider can answer Urltons disagree pretty thoroughly about him. Hut as nn example thero Is a moro striking figure than Lord Northcllffo In the person of Horatio liottomley. Mr. Ilottomlcy 13 a publlo figure. Ills paper, John Bull, Is an Institution. Placards Fifty Feet Long Dallies and weeklies both adverttse their features, nows and editorials and articles, with huge placards. Mr. Bottomlcy's plac ards nro sometimes fifty feet long and ten feet high. And I have been told. In nil seriousness, that those placards are cither one of two things- Klther they reflect, with absolutS fidelity, the passing sentiments of the vast crowd of Londoners or they nc tually Impose what they say Into tho minds of nil London. I am told that a man of letters In the highest ofllclal position a man of letters ran hold in the United Kingdom holds the second view. He snys that tho riowds coming to work In the city each day rend the placards. They ac cept them ns true and spread their feeling to their employers. From tho employers the feeling moves upward through the financial circle to the Government. Result. Hottoniley rules Westminster. Bottomley has. however, a fatal knack, of saying the wrong thing. Ills paper comes out at the end of tho week, and the placards stay on six or seven days at a time. So, when It seemed that Drltaln was not going to war. In August, 1911 I nm told Mr. Hot tomley's placards bore tho striking legend. "To Hell With Serbia:" And they bore It on August .",, when tho country did go to war. Mr. liottomley missed It again a few weeks ago when he threatened on the pine- ards to-expos Mr Wilson Just ns Mr. Wil son was breaking with Germany. Generally, though, ho Is playing safe. "Rumania Muit He Saved." "How to Stop U-Hoats (tiiecl.il)." "On to Uerlln," "Good Xews Coming." nnd. tho best of nil, "Tho Kaiser Threatens Mr. liottomley." You can't escape those placards. They tell you things. As for John Hull Itself. It Is a surpris ing publication. Badly printed, all In one key (the editor's vein runs through It nil) and stale by tho time It Is Issued. It has a tremendous appeal. Stranger still, It Is a flrc-eating. go-to-lt Jingo paper, and It Is liked by the soldiers. Usually the men in the trenches don't want to hear tho Kaiser cursed and themselves praised. They want to read nbout tho West lind theatres and small talk. But Mr. Bottomley, from tho first, caught their sympathy. Ho announced his pledge. "N'o case of hardship4or injus tice, no Instance of beggarly treatment or mean cheeseparing shall go unchallenged and unremedied " Where some 5,000,000 men arc being handled, through nn organi zation which Is still perfecting itself, thero are bound to be thousands of enses of real or fancied injustice. Bottomley will see to It. Ho does, too. This week he makes It appear that he has become so important that tho offlecrs are warning their men not to write to him. but to make appeals direct. Nor does Mr. Bottomley uriderestlmato tho nrm-er of the nress. A short time ago ho began his comment on "Tho World, the I Flesh and the Kaiser with this remarK; Never was tltft power of tho press more manifest than it is today. It Is now tho recognized, custom for Minis- a ters, before launching any new schemes, to Invito newspaper editors to a private conference and solicit their advice nnd tupport. But they still think they are running the war. "What vulgar people our readers must bo!" says Mr. Bottomley In one place, with n sarcastlo dig at the, high-brows and cul tured peoplo who read the Spectator, ' No one would criticize tho readers of John Bull. Tho writers of it however, are oc casionally brought Into question. Government Uses tho Press Ono of the finest things which has hap pened In England In the last six months was tho funeral of a Zeppelin commander. He w.is burled with military honors near the spot whero he fell. Apparently a llttlo excitement was anticipated nnd the au thorities wero worried. But as tho coffin was brought to tho grave the crowd made way, tho men took- off their hats and Mentlv listened to. the service. It was decent, notably decent, because "baby-kill ers" are less a joue in inai aisinci man they are In Philadelphia. Yet In Mr. Bot tomley's paper all that deceucy was. for gotten, ana luo oniy menuon 01 ins inci dent was" In 'reference to an egg which some one wanted to Jhrow so far as I can find out no egg' was thrown at the coffin. "Come to think of it," said the editor ol John Bull, "it would bo wasting a' good egg." That Is "why soma people dc ,hol care too much about John Bull. Like It or not, it has to bo recognized. And the other papers, too, Mr. Asqulth fell because he was a Balllol man and would have nothing to do w(th the press. Is have heard newspaper men tearfully regret his indifference. And Lloyd George is very neatly building up a- press of his own., so that It the Nrthcl,ffe Press ftnd th Morning Post turn against him he will not be left out lit the cold. A lieutenant of his owns the Pall Mall Gazette (since the new aovernment was formed), and according to report. Lloyd aeorge Is not without an In tereit In tho paper hlmieTf. Next week another Sunday paper will start operations Aa "an outspoken champion of the policies of the Rt, Hon. David Lloyd George" (I auote from the announcement), and even the Westminster Gazette cannot be alto gether Indifferent to him. The Westminster is edited by one of Mr. Aequlth's beat friends and. according to report, B 1 owned tn Dart by one of Lloyd George's ministers, nut tho present Prime Minister Is playing the game as it must be played In a democ racyhe Is jiBlng the press. And every day he or any one else uses It It grows stronger.. ON TJHE BORDER Tarranxa' force moves north." ThABollee ,'qf the '-'test provinces'" Will take notice. K FBIDAB (MAR TWAS A QOOD OLD THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Zimmermann's Plan to Dismem ber the United States Ex ecutive Usurpation The Whipping Post Thh Dcprtrtmci I free to nil rpflrfer uha tvivh to express their opinion on subjects 0 current intirtat. It is an open forum, and tht Hvctthw Leaner assumes tin vcsponttibUitu for tho vines of its correspondents. Lttters Mint b slotted hu the name and adttrets of the writer, not ntcessarUu for publication, hut as a uuatantie of uood faith. DISMEMBERING AMERICA To the Editor oJ the Evening Lrdgcr: ' Sir Tho proposal by Hsrr Klmmermann to cedb New Mexico, Arizona and Texas to Mexico camo aa a surprise. Of course, the cession was to be contingent upon Mexico, Japan and Germany engaging In a suc cessful war against the United States. It was fortunato for us that the four Indiana guardsmen held up Zimmermann's messenger on the Rio Grando and preontcd the docu ments which ho boro from reaching Car ranza. Jlero we have confirmatory evi dence that tho Lord extends special pro tection over the United States, as well as over fools and drunken men. Herr Zlmmermann Is spokesman for Prus sla, nnd l'russla has formed a habit of dis posing of other countries, giving away, for a price, such as are not wanted by her. She gobble up all of South Germany and placed It under her amiable administration. She took over Schleswlg-Holsteln, Alsace and Lorraine, Belgium, northern France and Poland, and Is casting longing eyes toward Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Italy, Austria, Bulgaria, Rumania, Turkey and all of Islam. Now she proposes to take over the various oceans and attach them to the empire of the Ilohenzollcrns. Yet Prussia Is only a small place, com prising Just one-half the area of Texas. All Germany, as now constituted. Is much smaller fhan Texas and less than one-half the size of the three States she proposes to carve out of the United States and pre sent to Carranza, But, Herr Zlmmermapn, why stop here? Why not cut up Uncle Sam's domain, the better to fit In with your ambitious scheme for world control? Mako a deal with Eng land to give back Quebec to France; nn other with Russia to seize from us tho Territory of Alaska; give Turkey the New England States; give Holland Manhattan and the Hudson River valley, that once were hers; glvo California and tho other Pacific coast S(ites and the Panama Canal to Japan; gjve the Appalachian Range, In Pennsylvania, and the brewery sections of Milwaukee and St. Louis to Austria. And, for' your share, take all our States bordering on the Gulf ot Mexico, thus se curing control ot the .Gulf of Mexico and the mouth of the Mississippi River; and don't miss Cuba and the other West India islands. Then look around and see what else you would like to have. There remain Central and South America to work on, and they ought to bo easy. All this can be done, Herr Zlmmermann, before the Senate gets "ready to act that Is, If nothing can be done by us until the Senate does act. WILMER ATKINSON. Philadelphia, March 8. LETTER OF APPRECIATION To tht Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir -We thank you for the space you have given us In your pictorial section of tho Evsnino Lsoobr. The pictures show some ot the people and mas'queraders that par ticipated In our masque ball, and you gave wldo publicity to our organization, and we appreciate' the fact that' publicity Is very essential to the growth of a useful organi zation. HEBREW LADIES" RELIEF SOCIETY. Camden, March 5. THE WHIPPING POST To' the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir While here In the civilized State of Pennsylvania aggressive agitation for the abolishment ot capital, punishment Is under way on the grounds of plain humanity, while a great number ot people; are trying to prove that capital punishment Is only legalised murder, over In the neighboring medieval State of Delaware' there exists the publlo whipping post that rello of America's early days, the oorello of the pillory and the stocks of the days when heretics were burned alive and when" "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live" was con scientiously observed. , While" parents have bagun to recognise the faet that whipping is of little moral aid to the child, the Clovemor of Delaware tells the publlo: "The whipping post Is a good. Institution, Fear, ot K. haseptpritnfWMs .out BBBBfeaH'ilBBaBBEBBBBW Rc39aaeBtBBBBBsV aBBBBBBBBBBsV JBJfc 1 A. rfCT WLei TW 4a7 1 B?laJBBBBBBrVjirtAjg d .'i.trt" - .J.T-TT-JI ..r t Tru'JlU.i. - " - -" T " . aaaaaaaaaj a W w. y v' WAGON, BUT IT'S DONE BROKE DOWN "r . s "CSar ,-J.trr- .- --rZ--TK7w ... -a3V W ymtt. i -"ir rrSaftsS " "tX .' Lii.-.T -y. r,s- s.. "Sv State. Crooks do not care for tho humilia tion of being publicly whipped." Can you Imagine such a statement from an executive of one of theso United States? How many criminals ever contemplate a crime expecting to be apprehended? Thero Is a penalty to fit almost every crlmo under tho sun. but has it reduced crime? Let us look up to Delaware. It Is In a class only with Georgia, ot lynching fame. THE SOCIALIST. Philadelphia?, March 6. EXECUTIVE USURPATION To the Editor of the Evening Lcdper: Sir While reading n publlo document last night I was Impressed with the follow ing description of conditions said to exist: Another principle, which haa not been carried out. nnd consequently has had no noaltlvo nutlreaulo valii". la that funda mental one clearly, atated in the Gomtltu tlon relative to tho 'division of publlo power: for fiurh division has ns ft cenerat rule beu existent on papur onlr, since It Is a fact that publlo powers havo been oxerclsed by only ono Individual, and the contempt of the upremo law has been evidenced by a aeries . of acts ronslnntly repeated which granted to tho Chief Kxerutlve without any opposi tion tho power ef legislating on all sub jects, and the legislative power was reduced to ucoulrncn nnd nfterward to approve what was done by virtue of those faculties; and nu case is on record wherein the legislative power has reproved or even raised nn ob jection to the usurpation of tta rights. This Is not from a speech In Congress criticizing tho President for his repeated successful efforts to dlctato to Congress and resenting his orders to tho Senate to change Its rules. But It Is from tho address ot Carranza to tho Mexican Congress. Yet If executive power In tho United States con tinues to be extended it will not be many years beforo it will aptly describe condi tions here. CONSTITUTIONALIST. Philadelphia, March 8, READY TO FIGHT AG.IN To tho Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir J. II. states she Is an American woman of American ancestry of some gen erations back. I would consider that a good reason to sign any honest declara tion. I do not understand why J. H. criticizes all citizens of these United States that are fortunato enough to bear Irish names. I should llko J, H. to know that my father, Major Francis T. Qulnlan, and other members of my family gladly fought In the United States army, and myself nnd sons are ready to do so It we should be called on in the near future. PAUL F. QUINLAN. Philadelphia, March 3, AND THEY'RE ALL DEMOCRATS The 1018 political campaign In Texas has begun with three candidates for Governor and three for Senator. Politics tn Texas Is one long, but not sweet, song. New Orleans Dally States. All Points of the Compass Humor in Women Three Instances IIL IT WASN'T Saturday afternoon and not all our work was through, yet we were walk ing with her In Chestnut street, not be cause we hnd a vague Idea that she would give us an Idea for a paragraph, but be cause she is the sort of clever .lady who well, we like to walk with her on Chestnut street. "Isn't 'it a shame," 'she said, "how the women In these days are painting and pow dering? They would be so much better looking If they didn't do It," s "If they like to paint and powder and all that sort of thing," we said, by way of conversation, "why not let them do It?" "But," she exclaimed, "It seems such a pity, I have been reading a good deal ot the war nows, and how the war has made such a shortage) ot things we used to have," "Yes?" we questioned. "'Just think of the paint they must use," she said. "Just think ot the awful short age In dyestuffs and everything. And yet they' paint themselves all up!" WE WERE tn the grill after the theatre performance. At the next table Was a. man with two, girls. He was eating lamb" chops with peas. The peas seemed to fall 0ft his knife. "Look, at that," she said. "He's ambidextrous!" "Whadja mean, ambidextrous?", we In qulred.V "He eats with his knife just as well as with ihis fork." SHE had sorne painting to do In some of the back rooms of her house, and she decided totlo It herself. As she would be Invisible during the operation she thought, sire would get some overalls and dolt herself all up like the women munition workers. We went with her to a place where they sell such things, "I would like to get some overalls," she sali to the clerk In the shop. "What site, ma'am?" he asked. Thirty-six bust." she replied. And tyet they' eey women. have no' sepse ,sIBPsmi,.-.-. t- ''ju.a J.A'jfi!,.'! - "h. i 0, Jf f VHktVI.: tiZmmz. ai-rrs:,Efc. C" ." What Do You Know? Ouerfes of central tsferesf will be onsti-erea" n fftfa column. Ten out(tm,t, fsa answtrs to U'hfrfe merv wetl-Mormtd person ahoulit know, are asked daily. . QUIZ What and where la Rag-dad? Who Is the newly appointed rhlef of staff nf the Untied States arm;? Of nlint country la King (lustaf ruler? Who la General Jose Miguel Gomez? What great Internal obstacle blocks home rulo for Ireland? ( What Is schnapps? What la the chief port of Japan? Identify Rubens with hlsitlme, work and country. Who, were the "forty-niners"? What country leads In production of cane NQgar? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. Luther Bnrbank. so-called "plant wizard," has produced many new forma ot vegeta tion by tba "crossing" method, 2. Hainan was the Persian Prime Minister who plotted to hang prominent Israelites of tlueen Ksther'a court. In the biblical htory, and who himself waa hanged. ,8. British Columbia, Alberta. Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and New llruntulck are the Provinces at Canada bordering on the United Htates, 4. A prlinarv planet, like the earth, revolves about the aun. A secondary planet, like the moon, revolves about a primary planet. 8, German Is spoken by about 120,000,000 per sons. , 0. "Inaulry" Is properly pronounced "In-kwl-ry." the ncecnt being on the second sel lable, which has a long vowel. The common pronunciation shorten the Towel und accents the first syllable. 7. The water of Niagara Falls flowa from Lake l.rle Into Lake Ontario. 8. Senator John II, lunkhead and hi son. Rep resentative William II. Ilankhead. are representatives ot Alabama In Congress. 0, Jefferson's hair, hich wna sandy or "red," attracted attention because he, did not follow the general custom bj-f powder ing It. 10. "F. R. O. 8." la the abbreviation of Fel low ot the Royal Geographical Society. Nobel Prizes , E. K. There aro five kinds of Nohel prizes chemistry, physics, medicine, liter ature and peace. The annual winners In chemistry and tho work for which they nro most noted nre as follows: iMl, Jacobus Henrlk van't Hoff (Holland), founded the stereochemical theory and stereochemistry ; 1902, Emll Fischer (Oermany), first pro duced synthetic sugars; 1903, Svanto Arrhe nlus (Sweden), established the theory ot electrolytic dissociation; 1904, Sir William Ilamsay (England), discovered, with Lord Itnyleigh, argon, a constituent of atmos phere, and other gaseous elements; 1905, Adolf von Baeyer (Oermany), produced synthetic carbon compounds',- 1900, Henri Molssan (France), mado artificial dia monds; 190?, Eduard Buchner (Germany), proved that chemical action of an enzyme produces alcoholic fermentation of sugars; 1908, Sir Ernest .Butherford (England), made Important Investigations In radio activity; 1009, Wilhelm Ostwald (Oer many), did Important work in physical chemistry and chemical affinity; 1910, Otto Wallach (Germany), determined the con stituents ot camphor, ethereal oils and other organic compounds; 1911. Madame Marls Curie (France), discovered, with her husband, polonium and. radium; 1912, Vic tor Glgnard (France), 'discovered new or ganometallio compounds of radium, and Paul Sabatler (Franco), made strides In catalysts In organic chemistry; 1918, Al" fred Werner (Switzerland), evolved theories on valence that led to Important discov eries; 1914, Theodore William Richards (United States), determined atomic weights of chemical elements; 1915, Richard Will stAetter fOermanv). determined mU. .;... stances ot plants. 'The 1916 physics prize has nit been awarded. The winners pf the other Nobel prizes wilt be printed later. Cattle E. K. Strlotly, the term caftle Includes only bovine quadrupeds ; but sometimes he meaning Is extended to all domestic quad rupeds, sheep, goats and swine 'and, rarely horses, mules and asses, SAM LOYD'S PUZZLE IN WORD "evolution," changing one letter at a time and always producing' .correct words, we transform PIG Into RAT In three moves, as follows: Plg pit. Pat. Rat'or Pig,- Rig, Rag. Rat ' ? Now transform the -following pairs In three moves each; Cat to Dog, Boy to Man, Wood to Coal, Lion to Lamb, Hate to Love., Answer to Yesterday's Puzzle MISS BO-PEEP must have had' eight sheep. Eight, posts arranged In a square would contain the same area as ten posts arranged in an oblong of course, aasuming'inat me posts In both cases were set a uniform distance apart .: a Tom Daly's Colui AN' TITAT-B TUB TnVTtT .. ,: "";:'.. "'a all of ui tvat tugant now Wf& Hve like OhHittan troth. Thn T.f!rieAmMAaM . sends out an English version";?" ranza's report ns Chief of ,. ' Uonalist Army, in hch the mZ Is mado to. say that certain eonomS named nt length, "did nothing but S. Justice, iniposslbllltatlng tho action courts." How would that word -C posslbllltatlng" sound in Spanish ,J?" whiskers? . pam,n"tlv LONDON, March 8. Upon til i . Lord Kitchener, England's IdSl.M early war council was fixed the vu Ko,?r KnB,and's &S; This hit from .i.,j..j. .. aa ono of our bright young niTfcS out. Is a rjartleiilnrtu .a r9 "Coroner's dead-engineer verdict Wo aro besought by J, jtt to a what has become of tho fine old ,J2 Prudence nnd Pntlonco. "AnCWjT If. I had a couplo ot daughtors.Wwl 'em Extravagance and HyUr!i JT-B IN THE WEATHKH Who't thit fellow that' comeijifc tinoer and toea with hit Kinging trth. March I "y " Wt this chap with tho grteiu J Stretching Mclca over Hie lanit; March I '' f Who's this laddie that oloyA$(og With a roaring shout and'shrlcUno ;m March 1 . ' Who's this man.that hands out rtiw, Bnow, sleet, sun and Mn agatnf I March I Prett&entWllson. sir. net iet - Jiimpjm the Senate and make tienot Marohl ' , WILh , L0V. Wo had been told that "TrcUMi Island" was "a fairy talo for grown, ups" and-that children seldom grew B. cited over it. Wo didn't believe It, u we took a boxful of our youngster! to see it yesterday. We'll report later. LATER BULLETIN Onr Informant was wrong. It was a rlatl Canned Openers . Predigested Preludes Prepared fotPctt, prandial Prattlers " This being their harvest time, It Is tot unnatural to nssumo that tho Plurobtrr Order of tho Plump Plums will be hotd lng; the customary annual banquet about now. It may bo too mud ta'assuma. thli ono of our pupils will bo called upon u speak, but Just suppose. Let him Wm and say: "I do not wish to take top much of your time but, after all, what's tints to a plumber? It's the one big thing. that's what it is ; It fl.ls therblll. I got a Din irom onj or your craft (mil print for 'graft') calling for Time $2.60. Friend wife assured me the plumber had tarried with us Just twenty minutes and no mpre. So we asked an explanation. "Two hours and a half at a dollar an hour,' we were told.' Wo protested that tho man hadn't honored, us that long. 'That's so,' came the correction,- 'it was a foreman you , had at $1.25 an hour,' 'Gosh!' we said, 'goody filing ygur president didn't yawn aridfstretcfi 'that morning and de cide to tokp, the job himself,' Thtre'i an Idea or, you; why hot! make all your Journeymen presidents? And don't forget to put In the tlme'you'ri using up now listening to my pipes." That will be about onough. We cant afford to letr'cm listen to our pupil loot; Back homo on the farm the fellow have given up match-stick poker tnl have taken to real gambling with potato chips. nUBE Some Things That Are Too Long War. Waits. Sermons, Somo bearJa. Suffragist parades. Winter days. Art. HORACE HOOK. Jimmy Hynson Sure of Birth on IfI' ette Team, runs a headline in theLebanoa Dally News, and personally I think, ajl R, Villain, that ought to,glvo them oof new life! ' Last Century Stuff , Dear Tom Many of your rea'deri tart doubtless made the little pllgrlmat: Gorham, Mb., while summer vacation, along the Maine coast. The tourist In'ow tlon folders call attention to the first ortei house ever built In the State, which stanaj a little way beyond the town, near wi site of the old Academy for Young UWi Probably one will have seen the grao j its builder, Hugh McLcllan, In the cemeteiT within the town. There Is a dear old UW. Mrs, May P. Crocker, aged 91, mini : Portland, Me., today, whose mother ww married from that house, standing . 1777. when Its novelty' Orst .surprised BJ Indians of, that .vicinity. Indeed. Mri Crocker's own unole, when a .young IW "" captured .by Indians, when he.yentured i r yond the stockade about his parents w" at the ton of tho hill, where" Overlook W now stands, and ,was aided to espo,or Indian boy of whom he,had previous! rni" a-playmate. Among the rich treaurei memory with which Mrs-Crocker.entriai us are her recollections' bf I"" whom she was related by i"arrl"eL 'S her honeymoon trip to Boston, during " she heard Jenny L,tnd alicg-. -But d lotter from her, dat,ed. Mm mentions that she ttttenaea jT'-'-ji Pierce's Inaugural "ball sixty-nine 7fr5 t wonder If there are other . tnai occasion " HAt BAXVATORE. DAJBETLA-TOpTn CO. '. "Her fingers wero In. his hair S" of .It thrilled her It seemed so itrem.'.u---aUve." This Is what C. C. S. found story tn Munsey's, Sir It's easyto answer your prjj-G"8 v correspondent of yesterday. ' '" OronnA K07 ' La. FollEtta , VafdAntan uiljnoiinss .r Mann O'OormAn ivsnyon - Stone JOB ,'ii . . . 7.'-:f '':.- ... timed l. a worthy name for Vlqtor. Herbert s - t.. t. v..tiVai..' a big bunen j .,. i .!. .tJ." F. V. Mf iiwva iu viiw tie, .-v v ' -- 1 l1.T.M)l t.ll,lnr WbASUP! r. -... .-.- ...1 i.. o'lNati me lesuvai ip ue mo ww - -;- - Rose Society. It's the American J""!: Society's party. Our friend Mao aaya a friend, of describes- March aa the montn all vKinas ot ,weauter JMirapo , Y T.NLnK WoJlkl Nnrrl' ,WA M . . . A- " ... &&&
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