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Mr. Bryan agrees with the oppo nents of tho President, including Senator 8tone. Nuff sed. Wo understand that tho closure resolution was adopted to provent Inde cent cxposuro of the senatorial mind. The British nro so near Bagdad that It looks as If Tommy Atkins's other name would soon bo Haroun nl Raschld. A million dollars ball is asked for the releaso of General Gomez. Hasn't Germany got that amount of free money? If landing 400 marines at Santiago to prevent tho burning of tho caneflelds Is intervention, we have Intervened in Cuba. No, Gretchen, tho fact that tho music of "God Save the King" Is the same as that of "America" does not prove Ouit when we sing "My Country, 'TIs of Thco" wo are. expressing our sympathy with England. Tho announcernont from London that Berlin betrayed Casement to tho Brit ish may or may not be true. But thero can be little doubt that It Is mado nt this tlmo for the purpose of affecting public entlmcnt In Ireland. , A woman Bays she Is going to leave Missouri forever if Senator Stone Is allowed to remain at tho head of the Foreign Relations Committee. But If men like Stone aro to be countenanced In high office, Missouri will be tho best pla'ce to be, as It is far enough from both coasts to be safo from attack. It Is a great misfortune that the country has lost so sympathetic a icpro entatlvo as the late Ambassador Guthrie at a time when It needs In Japan Just euch an Idealist to make plain our peace ful purposes in the Far East. His suc cessor should be carefully chosen. It might be wise to take tho bull by the horns and Rend nn eminent citizen from tho Far West. That would show Japan thatjwo were eager to thresh out with her and settle for all tlmo tho causes of Irrita tion between tho Japanese and tho one section of the country tha't comes Into contact with them. "America," to tho Jap. anese, means the Far West. It is the Far West that should do tho work of defining Its attitude toward aliens. Thero has been too little definition and too much vague talk In the past. If the Far West does not want to be frank with Japan, It Is not likely that tho other sections of the country will over be able to explain away that lack of candor. Zeppelin died broken-hearted, it Is eald, over the failure of his dirigible as a weapon. He deserved something better than to have his name stand as a syno nym for baby-kllllng. Tho old inventor seems from tho first to have thought of flying primarily as an art of peace. Thero were plans for aerial mall and passenger eervlco between German cities. His last ambition was to build a dirigible 1000 feet long for a flight to America a peaceful errand, dreamed of several months ago. He was the victim of the Prussian atmos phere. He had to breathe the air of mili tarism. He was something llko a certain Doctor Oulllotln, who was ono of the earliest and most earnest champions of vaccination and other means of serving humanity. But he had the hard luck to. think out what has appeared to many to be a humane way of ridding the Stato of Its enemies. He wept to jail and lived In tho fear of his own Invention the guil lotine. Everything Is forgotten about him except the horrtir he gave a name to. Fh.UMphU, Sahirday. March 10. I17 "jis3rasgSggg5i ? 4pr)Hn died under tho shadow of a V greater norror, wnicn no nimseir naa ae- '"' V&ed for better uses. v . t, Tho silent rpetjiods have done more V to control we agate rooa situation than , Myttiln else Mrs, W. E. Lee, of the ctyw: t'fuo, l !i MrftTlJee IS doubtless1 correct It l tmpoMible'tcr ,brng down tho, prices of Je4 ty rlotta or. by parading the street's, yricai'aireprtaMirlly high for tho rea jm that'tMK-e 1 jyt enough, ofectela wwm oi'iwf'ii.nr'iKBUBM. vui n reauu MTtrprowiev HV,uie ipanws tfis oinv-fpisBTHM r" B" auction - Wurehaaara'.Wo aaW or tm hair.'. , tries to buy antlquo chair In an Mic tion room. Ho boycotts them nnd pur chases chnlrn for which ho tlocn not have to competo with tho rich. Wle families In theso days of hlsh prices liavo stop ped buying sirloin Btcnks nnil l.imb chops and nro content with cheaper meats. Thry also uso tho Inexpensive and nour ishing foods which In other times thiy passed by. This Is tho kind of qulot boy cott to which Mrs. I.eo refers. It will have to bo continued until tho production of food Increases to meot tho normal demand. Yet If tho economies which dro forced on us In this era of high prlcos becomo llxed habits, an era of lower prices will see savings bank accounts IncicaHcd Instead of a rcstoiatlon of old luxuries to our tables. THE EXTRA SESSION rrun: President hns clone well In railing the new Congress together In an ex traoidlnary senslon to complete tho work which the old Congress neglected through Its dllatotlnoss. Bills nppiopilatlng $516,248,000 neces sary for tho conduct of the Government failed of passage.' They must bo enncted before tho end of tho fiscal year on Juno 30. This ulono Is sufllclent Justlflrntlnn for tho Pioxldcnl'a action, even though It ho an Indictment of tho' party In power. But tho present emergency Is so pressing thut other legislation for national de fence may bo Imperative heforo tho sum mcr begins. Congres must be prepared to enact It. INJECTING SENSE INTO THE LAW TUT! essence of the Superior Court de rision on tho full-crew law Is Ihnt It is not a violation of-tho statuto for mil ioad managers to glo members of a tialn crew something to do, Tho Public Keivleo Commission hns held that tho man In chargo of a dining car Is not a member of tho trnln crow within tho meaning of tho law. The Supeiior Court has decided that the mil roads may put nn cMrn man on the train, as icquiifd by the law. and then assign tho man to certain duties In tho dining car. Tho case Is likely to be token to the Supicmo Court, for thero Is a technical legal question at Issue, namelj, whether dining-car eniplojcs can propetlj he called members of tho train crow under tho terms of the stntuto. It ecitolnly was not the Intent of tho men who demanded the passago of tho statuto that they should bo so Included But tho plain citizen who Is. not Intel ested In legal technicalities nnd who objects to tho uneconomical operation of inllinad tr.ilns will feel con siderable giatlllcatlon that one rourt at least has had the common t-ense to wnlvo technicalities aside and make a decision In tho Interest of economy. WAR PARTY IN THE OI'EN r Mil. WILSON' has been slow in coming to tho boiling point since May 7, 1015, when tho Lusltnnla was sunk, It Is no more than fair to say that tho most belllgciently Inclined group In tho nation has also been slow In saying It wna for war. Until very recently not one re sponsible cltlyen of any prominence In tho country has mado nboo a whisper tho explicit statement, "We should do claro war on Germany," whllo speaking on American soil Mr. Fall said it last week In open Sen ate. Ho stood for n declaration of war "within tho nc.t fifteen minutes." Mr. George Wharton Pepper has said it In a public address: "Theio is not a man within sound of my voice who would not die happy could ho meet his fate In the first rush of olijnteers going to the aid of a thin lino which fights for civiliza tion along tho western fiont." They wete not sajlng this a year ago or six months ago or three months ago. Mr. Roosevelt has not said It et. Thirty-five thousand Amerlcaps hao said It In deeds which ato already wiitten In history. They nio fighting In France for tho Allies. The 'many letters that have appealed In newspapers InUtlng Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Pepper to go to Can ada and from there lisuo n coll for 1 unteers may havo been written In a mean and carping spirit, but thej expressed tho slnceio conviction of thousands that It was not hard for Amn leans to get Into the war lnespectlvo of what tho Go em inent might do. If It Is tcaljy a question of conscience nnd not ono of law, fxpo dlency and policy, it is far better that the Individual conscience of volunteers should act befoio tho Government nttd Its con scripts. Mr. Wllfcon has tho mandate to do many things, but tho last thing ho hns a mandato to' do is to mako himself the leader of a war pai ty. The pathi tic position he Is in Is that of a. man who Is about ready to thank his stars when over ha can gain a new foe of his peace ful policy, If tho gaining of such 'foes Is the only way of getting a backbone into the Indifferent nnd undecided groups among his fellow citizens. Take for analogy tho editorial advico which was given to the Piesldent, that he should nsk Congress to piovido $100, 000,000 for the lellef of Belgium. Surely there was no causo for despair when he did not do so. Twlco that amount would have gone to Belgium by this time If Ameiica had wanted to ple this much. So with tho question of war. Tho whole point of the legislative tangles of the last month was that it was generally believed that arming the ships would mean war. It was precisely "tho absence1 of a strong war party that permitted some form of filibustering against taking t strong stand for armed defense to proceed from tho moment Germany's challenge was received on January 31. At this rate It Is no more likely that n. strong war party w'H soon develop than It was likely that Congress would take action to relievo Belgium's distress. If Is not a war party that has defeated a'paclflsi party In' Congress. It Is tho Victory of a less pacifist nar oyer a more paqlflst party. It means that so ,far tho only opinion upon which ths country can unite ror action is ono in, favor, of. the protection of our commerce ship by ship and not one in favor of Joining tho Entente. It would probably take a number i of Informal fnaval actions Hajayer any t naHI wall , increase of our i if AMERICAN BISHOP CHEERS ENGLAND Doctor Brent Called the "Unof ficinl Ambassador of the People of the United States" LONDON', Feb. 18, THI1 sermon delivered by the Rt. Bev. Charle.i H. Brent, Episcopal Bishop of tho Philippine Islands, In Westminster Abbey last Sunday has mado a profound Impression In this country. Doctor Brent has been called tho "unofllclol ambassador of tho people of America to tho people of England" on tho strength of his many warm-hearted expressions of sympathy for tho causo of tho Allies. The Abbey was crowded In all parts. In tho choir weie tho Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Biyco and Lord Slnmfoidham, pilvato secretary to the King. Doctor Brent said, in part: 1 speal. to you not with the voice of an Instructor but with thn oico ot sympathy Indeed. It would bo presumptuous of tne coming from a c)mitr In the height of ptosiilt, to lr to teach on who, da b hi in your great tragedy nro laying treasure In human lHcs upon n icckltig nlt.ii In oiiler that ou may ho true to jour Ideal-, and nay our debt of loe to tho Clod or rlghieoii"n-" Ofttlmes ho who goes to nilnlstir to the sutteicr on a sick lied denarts humlilei; Iieoiu.o he knnui that he lm fulled In his ministrations nnd Hint the suffeier has Im paiteil to hint surh lesson" ns onlv thtie who know thn meaning of trouble nrn nlilc to Impart It Is no flattery for m to say thai jou nro teaching the world ot men today nnd also unborn generations, such lessons ,is they need, nnd which halng learned, they ti ensure J thank (lod that It Is peimltted mo nt this particular Junc ture to l8 In your midst, nnd. though not commissioned, to speak ns n reprcsentntUe of a nation up to i moment ngo neutral, but now a nation that has tnken thu Ilrst "tip to ndeim its honoi 'nnil to place Itself upon tho s-ldo of Cod's cause and of hu manity. Neutrality Is nomctlmes necesary for a State nnd possible for the IndlUdunl, where no treat moral issues arc Itnolved, but neutrality Is lmpnilo when eMry principle of righteousness and Justice nnd truth has heen ruthlely ami deliberately trampled under foot. The Figlit Against Slavery You Know as well ns I that In the early months nje, c.irs of tho war tho sym pathy for which Lincoln looked, and later asked, was not- universally, certainly not olfl lally. given by this country Hut, wy.h Ills flno peictptlnn and with the recognition that men will eventuallj como to tho truth If It 1h plainly put hefoto them, ho went so far ns to draw up n resolution (April IE, 18G3), which ho placed In tho hands of Charles Sumner that It might be sent to Hngland and through John Ilrlght's hands. coininiitiK lied to the wholo nation 1 douht If thero is an other Instance In history whero a great ruler has taken such a course Charles Sumner wittes to John Bright In theso words 'Two dajs ngo tho President sent for mo' to romo to him nt once When I arrived he said that ho had been thinking of a matter on whkh lie had often spoken tho way In which English opinion should ho di rctcd and that ho had drawn up a resolu tion embodying the Ideas which ho should hopo to see adopted by public meetings In Kngland I inclose thn resolution, In his autograph, as he gavo It to me Ho thought It might servo to suggest tho point which ho regarded as Important" This was tho resolution "Whereas, while heretofoio Slate nnd nations havo tolerated slavery; leecntly, for tho first tlmo In tho world, nn attempt hns been made to construct a new nation upon tho basis nnd with tho prlmnry and funda mental object to maintain, enlarge nnd per petuate human slavery, therefore resolved, that no such embryo Stato should ever bo rocoRnized by, or admitted into, the family of Christian and clvlll7cd nation nnd that nil Christian nnd civilized men cver whero should, by all lawful means, resist to the ut most such recognition or admission." Tho name thn honored name of John Bright gives mo tho opportunity in this fit ting time and place to express to sou, his fellow countrymen, tho debt that we owo him for what ha did during the daH of tho Civil War. ThouRh in a minority In tho ofllclRl world, bo realized tho responsibility laid upon every citizen fn a democratic na tion, and he lifted his voice In season and out of season to tell men that they must glvo their moral support, though a neutral nation, to tho North. America's Sympathy Assured And now It is you who look neross tho waters nnd expect tho ijmpathy of the nation who onco looked to you for sympathy and received It. Let me tell jou ns ono whose heart throbs with tho heart of Amer ica, let me tell you, men and women of Encland. vou havo had nvmiwtliv frnm ihn beginning. It fs true that sometimes In a i republic tho otllelal voice speaks with cau tion and In cold terms, but that never nf fects tho bentlng of tho heart Tho heart is warmest when tho hand Is cold, America hitherto has tried to secure honor with safety, but now sho Is deter mined" to secure honor with peril And why has sho taken this latest step' is It because her toes are trodden upon that she Is crying out nnd that she has broken away from a nation with which up to a week ago shs had friendly relations? Is It local resent mert? Is that the only reason? God forbid I It Is not a case of bhlps; It is a caso of righteousness. It may be that tho dlplomntla break came through some local Irritation, but America Is fighting with nil tho power of h.r moral life at this present moment In o ler that eventually there may bo a peace vvitu lctory over the foes of the human r e who ravaged Belgium nnd enslaved her people, who massacred a million Armenians, w ho desolated Serbia and Poland with ruth less hand, who persist In deliberate and pre meditated murder, who starved tho Jews nnd Syrians In the Holy Land, and, through the treachery of Christian monarch, strove to array Moslem against Christian In a holy wnr, who Intimidate small nations and violate international agreements. That is thn root causo why America stands -where sho does She sees, and sees clearly, at this critical moment what you saw so clearly when your nnxlous days were over and you had taken your stand and committed your selves to God and Ills cause. All Points of the Compass Itubaiyat of a Commuter xcvn Bach day do I observe the passing' Scenes And all of .Spring's and Sammer'a glowing Greens: The painted Signs of Homsone's Near- to-MIlk, Or Barron's Ilustless, Restless, Almost Screens. The Health Department of New York sent out 30,000 Invitations to painters to coma In and get themselves examined, be cause, the department allegas, painters are peculiarly subject to certain diseases. Three hundred-odd painters responded, ot prob ably ten per cept of the total number of painters ln,Nw York. Jt'ls quite apparent that the designers of some' of the maga zine' covers presently current dlflnt submit to the tet. They knew that If they did they would be made to qu"; painting. If, though, the officials could corral the paint ers Who make the roadside signs of New Jersey and the lower Hudson valley and put thim out of helr" misery palnleasly, we Vb,th ,nrt one to UMi tlu SLOWLY, ""1- ps-,.--1. THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Lloyd George's Insult to Ireland. Use of Submarines in Block-, ades Righteousness of Filibusters A PERTINENT PARALLEL To the Editor ot the Kventnn Ledger- Sir I want ou to suppose a settif cir cumstances. Suppose Congress Is ending a session and the bill before It Is tho Adaru son eight-hour law. Suppose the President tells Congress the bill must pass to avert a national peril Suppose It Is filibustered to death by Senator Lodge Then supposo the President demands thatuhe rules be so changed as to make forever Impossible tho repetition of such a thing What would the great and powerful press of the country say then' Wouldn't a great portion of the newspapers say that tho change must not be allowed, that tho fili buster had served Its purpose In preventing "hasty action"; that Senator Lodgo had performed a real service, etc, etc.? I'm sure it would I m glad the Senate has revised Its rules. I believe In majority rule, nnd tho filibuster, to my mind, was bad But It seems to mo that tho odium that came to It this last week nnd to the men that Invoked It wns on account of the matter at Issue, not tho rule Itself, and the wny It was used. If the same men who used It had employed It in killing some measure, obnoxious to the great Interests, wouldn't tho filibuster and filibusters havo been praised? B. Philadelphia, March 9 INSULT TO IRELAND To the Kditor of the Evening Ledger: Sir Sir. Lloyd George's speech In tho Houso of Commons yesterday on the in termlnablo Irish cruestlon was across and gratuitous Insult to Ireland, and Is sure to be deeply resented. Months ago, when commissioned by the then Premier, Mr. Asquith, to evolve a scheme of settlement of the Irish problems Mr. Lloyd George submitted one based on the partition of Ireland, giving to the prov inces of Lelnster, Munster and Connaught the Inadequate home rule act now on the statute book and excluding from Its opera tion six of the nlno counties of Ulster. In order to secure the support of the Irish par liamentary party he represented to Mr. Red mond that tho proposed partition would be only temporary, while, as a matter of fact and record, he had at the same time given a written plcdgo to Sir ICdward Carson, the Unionist leader, that the partition would be permanent. Publication of tho terms of the scheme was followed by a wave of Indignation throughout Ireland. The Nationalists bit terly resented any effort to undo the work of the Almighty and spilt Ireland In two, while the Unionists, espeolally those of tho south and midlands, though opposed to home rule, protested Just as vehemently against the dismemberment of the country. As a result of- this practical unanimity of Na tionalists and Unionists against tho scheme It was withdrawn by Mr. Asquith on the implied understanding that the offer of it would not be repeated. , And yet, despite the fact that his scheme pleased nobody and was generally rec ognized as a blunder, Mr.' Lloyd George offers It again, and, offers it In the positive conviction that It will be again refused. As a matter-of fact, It has been refuaet, nd any attempt to push It further will lead to a peck of trouble. "What can bp said of the constructive statesmanship or the much-lauded "re-' sourcefulness" of a man who, while admit ting that the Irish are no more .reconciled to English rule today than In tho days of Oliver Cromwell, . has nothing better to offer than to perpetrate an Irish bull the revived corpae of a scheme as dead as old "Noll" himself? ' . Thlladelphla, March 8. H. J. COY. RIGHTS OP SUBMARINES To the Editor of tht Evening Ledger; Sir Believing the submarine to be com paratively a new Instrument In naval war fare, even though pot all civilized nations have them In large or small num bers, I think no nation naturally uses this instrument the means to accomplish her ends, and It is strictly up to her rival to discover means to overcome the same. While neither the Merrlmao nor the Monitor was a submarine, et theso ships marked a new epoch In naval warfare, and .... n4hm naval nffle.lala wap. ,! uo " -- utlj;,zl-.-7:cz wlMilllliVrv o SI 111 iiiMliSiM. 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A& claro a blocKado in the waters of their rivals whoso seacoast happens to be small as comp.ued with her own nfid neutral na tions repect this blockade, li It not tho lui of nciiti.tl nations to lutpLit ,i blink ado of the nations having the small sea coast, oven though their navies aro not ns large nnd even though they maintain this blockado bv means of submarines? Or Is It wrong for tho nat'nns having compara tively small seacoasts to di claro nnd main tain a blockade? In other words, Is It right nnd Just for tho Allies to declare and main tain a blockado In German waters" llvl ilcntl) It ts Wh, then, Is It not equally right nnd just foi Germany or the Central Powers to declare and maintain a blockade In tho writers of tjio Allies? V C, Huntingdon, Pa , March I MELODY THAT MOURNS Woe the Themp of Much Music Played by the Orchestra The memorial green leaves wreathed for Fritz Siheel In the lobby of the Academy jesterd.iy were not the ole emblems of woe In evidence. A concert In which sor row and suffering predominated was given To be sure, there wero exceptions in the chosen numbers, for Ilauh's limndenburg rnncerto, tho third, was plajed ns an ini tial "Hull," with tho "Iluldlgungsmarseh" for "farewell " Neither composition de mands or will bear analytical writing nt this time It Is enough to ay thnt ench wns played with understanding nnd the zest that Mr. Stokowskl can put Into even thoo matters which nro not of a piece with his rmo nnd radiant temperament. With four Beethoven songs and a se quence by Gustav Mahler, to say nothing of the Hrahpis first symphony, tho aft ernoon lengthened out to an hour which may have been ngrecably lato to some, and perhaps a little wearing to others. Program-makers who skimp their patrons, content with anylblng that lightens their work by the clock, are certainly not to bo praised How about tho other side of It? Isn't it Just posslblo that two and one-half hours of pre-eminent music Is worth three of mixed and ill-assorted virtues? Tho In dividual nudltor must determine thnt ques tion for himself nnd net accordingly With all fahncss to tho eager Intellect that puts murh rather than lllllo Into his matinees, some arrangements do seem a shame, At least one writer winces when the half-dlvlnc, magnificently moldod mel ody of Brahms In the young flush of his symphonic talent is bracketed with avowed "pot-bolllng" like the march of Wagner.. Ono of Arthur Pryot's imitative musical Jokes could scarcely be less in harmony with Hamburg's great son. However, Mr. Stokowskl plays Brahms ns does no other comparable rival ,Ono might say that ho plays Brahms as though he, the leader, were Tschalkowsky perform ing before a thousand Schumanns and Choplns, The First Symphony, given hero twice before during this season, never palls, any more than a shining and wondrous statue Other musicians leave this statue of art "noble and nudo nnd antique." Still others try to put crowns on Its head Mr Stokowskl, loving the dimmed outlino and penetrating tho secret of its power, drapes It In the mantle of his own weaving. And behold, the symbol of man Stirs beneath the folds and Is made man nnd lives. That Is what tho romantic Intuition does for great art; It turns cold stone Into flesh that can laugh and adore and glvo utterance to tears. Tears are the whole substance of tho Mahler "Klndertotenlleder" that Klena Ger hart elected to sing as her second offering of the afternoon. Here ono finds the com poser of the eighth symphony, and of the strange and haunting "Song of Earthly Woe" at his most Mahlerlan, which Is not at all his best. , Perhaps the hardest thing to convey In poetry or melody Is elegy for a child. Certainly It haa not been con veyed with complete success in this cyple. Blama can be laid on the versifier Tluckert whose bathetlo stanzas provided the word basis for the music Rut the whole affair Is one of killing monotony which falls to make Its point. Ciceronian repetition Is not what Ifonce was. So the grief of Mahler finally bears such an emphasis that It is not even quite decent It-moves In the mood of .lament, but It does not get anywhere. It vyas not for this that celesta apd harp were Invented and adapted. Of Course Mme.'Qer hardt sang the five songsywlth her usual power and Individual touch qualities that came out more brilliantly in the Beethoven numbers. These were In execution real art An artist such ns Gefhardt Can afford to disregard the cheap applause-catching de vices of bel canto. For she Is 'priestess and poetess pf human )oy and Borrow,' not a vocal freak. The support given her by the orchestra reached Its climax In the thrilling beauty or -ute autre uoum, ,wwoti t C - r-" ... . r ft IMIM -If - WE HOPE ",r. --v.."'- Er-.x&!a.,:. --. V' '- ilMlt ""--s I1W,, ",,a-.w. What Do You Know? Ourrics ot acneral interne will b assuereiJ in ttiis column, Jen aueitionj. the annwtra to ithich cieru u rlt'iHformed veraon should know, are asked daily. ' QUIZ 1. What la n food calorie? ". Vtlio rnmmaniU the Rnlnn forces striking1 nt Turkey Shronili I'ernla? .1. vtliat rlty U the "Arabian Mzhta City"? 4, Hlio reeentlv implied th now-famons epithet "Hlliriil men"? i, IV hit l the rlilef ne of dlrUtble balloons on the weMern. front? (I. What nro "Jitney" merchantmen? 7. l ho U Dr. Tory T. tlrayson? s. VI lint nfter-the-nnr plan of Count Zeppelin was ended by Ida death? 0. lllnit la n tiipartUan organization, which la under consideration In the new' House of itcnreiienlallteaT $ What the mMholoclcal relationship be tween Neptune and l'oteldon? 10 Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. Uasilnil. nn Important commercial rlty In fcotithenitterii Tiirkewln-Aala, la capital of the vlla jet ot Bagdad. 2 Major (lencrnl Hugh I.. Scott haa been re iletnlled by the President nn chief of In IT of the 1'nlted Ktatea Army until his retirement In September. .1. fiintuf h Kins of Sweden. ' ' I. deneriil Joe Mlciifl finmri la ex-!'reldent of Cuh-v nnd captured leader of tha prev ent revolution, A. The I Uter UnlonUta of Ireland object to tho limn rule proposed by the Irlnn Nation alist for all Ireland. 0. Schnappa la Holland aln. 1 Ivobe U Japnn'a chief port, with Yokohamn second nnd 0nku third. 8. Peter Paul Ruben (1B17-1A40) was a fa mous 1 lembdi painter. I). Tho "fortj-nlnera" were the emigrants who went to the California coldfleldt In 18JB. 10 Cub i, with more than 2, 600,000 tona In ItiU-lD, la the Icadlns inne-suzar pro ducing1 country Nobel Physics Prizes n K. The winners of the Nobel prize for physics and the work for which they are most noted are as follows: 1901, Wll helm Konrnil Roentgen (German) discov ered Roentgen rays (X-rays); 1002, Hen drlk Antoon Lorentz (Holland) formulated election theory with his pupli nnd fellow prize-winner, rietcr Zecman (Holland), who discovered tho Zeeman effect In light: 1803, Antolne Henri, Becqucrel (Frnnce) discov ered the Invisible Becquerel rays discharged from uranium, and "shared the prize with Mario Sklodowska Curie (France) and her husband, Plerro Curie (France), discoverers of polonium and radium;-1904, Lord Itay lolgh (Lngland) discovered argon with Sir William Ilamsay; 1905, Philip Lenard (Ger many) discovered , Lenard cathode rays ; 1906, Sir Joseph John Thompson (England) formulated Inonlo theory of electricity; 1007, Albert Abraham Mlchelson (United States) mado researches of light velocity and determined length of standard meter In terms of cadmium light wave-length; 1908, Gabriel Lippmann (French-German) Invent ed inferential color photographlo process; 1909. Gugllelmo Marconi (Italy) Invented wireless telegraphy, and Ferdinand Braund (Germany).lmproved on the Invention; 1910, Johannes niderlk van der Waals (Holland) propounded the Waals formula In working in nquiuB, K.ioea rhu eieciroiytio dissocia tion; 1911, Wllhelm Wlcn (Germany) for mulated theories of radiation; 1912, Gustaf Dalcn (Sweden) Invented automatlo acetylene-acetone lamp; 1913, Helke Kamer llngh Onnes (Holland) did research work on low temperatures, especially of helium -1914, Max von Laue (Germany) wonked on diffraction of rays In crystals, and 19U W. H. Bragg and his son, W. L. Bragg (Kngland), made discoveries In radioactivity The 1916 Nobel physics prize has not been awarded. Classified "Ads" It. C, a. In answering an advertisement designated by a number In care of a news paper, the applicant should give his name and address. Advertisers who withhold their names do so to avoid applications In person. All answers to the advertisement are forwarded to the advertiser, who then Judges whether or not he wishes to have an interview' with' tho applicant The news paper Js not at 'liberty to divulge the name ot the advertiser. SAM, LOYD'S PUZZLE IF YOU r wish to stump the average schoolboy, put the following little, poser to him: - It a, brick balances with three-quarters of n. hf-lclr nnd thrfliiiinrtrti nt Z... ..' then how many pounds does a' brick weigh? Answer to Yesterday's Puzzle (1A.T,, Cot. Dot, Dog. Boy, Bay, May. J Man. "Wood. Wool. Qpol, Coal. uon. dar?s2'wnL Tom Daly's Column THU VILLAnn Tnr Oh, manu a dau when tho newt erwivl An' the lous are shouting on ChctuJi street, An' the tnfra dig. desire tn H l Makes youthful riot In my old ,rt W I've felt the pulse0f the world In (,', 4 The cables' strnlnlnn '-m,u .. . . ' ' llave filled my veins iclth a heady Zu. An' with exaltation that will not to! For a mighty spirit Inhabits A'eW " A potent fillip of mental boots That dulls one longing I seldom lo19 For a little house on the edge of fow. Oh, many a day when mil tnnri.. ,. In t vain blind search through a taenia ' For a lure to use to Induce the nuts To lend a hand when I tcrfr i. .. TVhen the clock goes 'round like a ty., . TThlle my thoughtsjeem. torapped in tter. rtal rest An' they wilt not budge, though 1 do m via., Why, I take my pen an' I chuck It aW An- I pi owl "No use!" an' I tdp WJ 1 I U IK- 0 An' I grab mil hat. with a lurlii -, T7io I'll quit this place as I'm felfr ttnt1 . J 1 For a little house on the edge of town, Signs of Spring In Town Tho vernal season brings the annnli clean-up. Much Is being done, as wltnsn our own uear paper: Everv effort is belnr mad to eatoh tu men. The City .Hall Dttectlva pnrem hi! been ked to help with tha tamurmlJS authorrtles. The police will scour CblnatVira. But much remains to do, as wltntjj once more: Poaltlons with the municipal dritM plant and on tha, city lleeboats were etTnn from Civil Service, requirement today br tho Civil Service Commission. ' Several readers havo written In to tH us a few unkind personal things, tin truth of which wo are fain to admit! kn't when they go on to say we havo no rliht to criticize Amy Lowell and her veri llbro our bristles rise. In Bert Leston Taylor's colyum the 6thcr day wo read: A DEFINITION' Sir Vers Libre Is a form In which a theme unworthy of a pure prose embodl-, ment Is developed by one who Is In capable of pure poetic expression. I.K.F. For application to tho common run of the free vorse crowd this would be hud to beat, but It doesn't Quito cover Miss Amy Lowell. She Is a very large person. She could In tlmo write poetry, If sha were to take the pains. But she doesn't have to, being horribly rich. We c6uld name several good but weak-knetf critics who have becomo suddenly and strangely converted to tho new cult, but we're afraid. This much, however. Ttl venture: Amy Lowell Is as helpful to I poetry as Cnrneglo Is to religion and for the same reason. Before the PtoIemiesv "The so called modern dances came to nt like a cyclone from the West and Eaet ilmal tanenusly." ald Mlis Marguerite Wals rci terday mornlns. when ahe Interpreted both ancient and modern danres In the Parkway Building and explained their history. She triad the tango from, the Egyptians 6000 years an News note, OJif ady of the pat, pat, patronymlcl IV'c thank you for this nejw aoout otir rfaiicc. J5t In your hunt for "spielers" whom tee mimic Pray send still further back your searching glances. Among primeval, hairy, tree Infesteri Jhi (If you'll go back as far, ma'am, ot7. you can go) I think you'll come upon our wild fdittceifors Etc Ptolemaic ptootsles ptrlpped jitn pfariflro. CN-.rge Ye Ed. With Lapsus Limbae March sure tried to come in like a lion; let's hope she departs limblike, Portetown News. ' When nn Idea stirs behind the plain mask our city editor wears on week days his countenance becomes almost supernally handsome. Thus ho appeared to us yesterday when he said: "I notlei one of your rebus rnakers strung together the names of a dozen filibustering Sen ators to give the Impression that thir. ARE AMERICANS; but he left out Pen rose's name. Hal do you see the slf" nlflcance of that?" The speaker, who followed Alfred Noyes, the English poet, was heartily received by the Insurance men. He made an Impas sioned plea for America's lmmedlatt entrance Into the war against Ger many. He said: "There Is not a man within sound of my voice who would not die happy could he meet his fate In the first rush of volunteer! going to the aid of a thin line which fights for civilization along the western front." . ' From yesterday's news. "We nominate for tho "first rush" tin insurance man who has been trying des perately to get In to see us this last wee or two. But "following" Alfred Noyes" 1 likely to get hlmno nearer the western .front than Princeton, " Way back in tho January North Arner-. lean Uevlcw, Wll Lou reminds us. It w J Gertrude Slaughter that wrote the arti cle on "Death Doors and Asphodel. If you were running! a colyum and y?" had a niece who.had Just won the nauona. , prize for singing in 'the contest conduct" at New York by the Nat. Fed. of ua Clubs, wouldn't you say something Bf";y, It? Of course, you woula; so were f; to besides, it's cheaper than sending ?r of flowers out tp Lansaowne, to i Marie G. Loughney lives. -i 7 Extra; Heavy Loads Five charges of drunkenness were on th docket of th-nollce court yetr- Hav mnrntno- neh nt whom WSr a I J noosed the usual flneroMIS and n extra vj tax of fifty cents each for drayate. M LyncHburg News,- JJ ' i A train, fineaklntr of Drays ,-. n.t. "i- u ...t. .1 Ilia walk? these days, for last Sunday he and trWM wire were tne recipients ot r'-f Alto 40.V.1, IUO.V mo JWMitao.v. . - y . day convinces George that he Js destintoj the. footsteps ot his daddy In the orWJ business. Our' Own.Augur .' Our own augur, who Is a bit of . laUU.'that 'thorVaoamathlnr. 11 t -l-JW BK. km nUUHIB ifMHif .MjJA.Wkh
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