i u-ii-. i ' 1 W 1 ,1V CNlDRT BY REVOLTS ''Sqiielchea Alarmist Re of SeriouB Blow to In- ! V ' dustry in Island i' iUAL TO 1916 CROP ,V '..'. i Zitt,'B Above 1915 Yield None of i .,- . . . .. jnuia onui uown ior uay During Outbreaks V '.I.- ' SOT YoniC. Mnrrh 24. TJJIyvlew olf Alarmist rumors regarding the ,Hnt ol the damage Inflicted upon the '.'Ptlkkn sugar crop during the recently sup- lttMaad. disorders, and of a certain disturb Aftce,. 10 normal wire ana ran communica ted Which militated against the usual col 'Section of surar statistics through estab lished channels, the standard New York jwyiujr iraue puDilcauon, facts auoui fir, publishes today what may be con- jf' 'i Wered as the most authorltatlvo statement .f ,tb Cuban situation In the Inst sixty -ft fays. The statement follows: S.'ifiv RRMOR TflTTSRRin A7PTA7IT 'i,Z ----.W" W,UWW W 11WI.UW ; .Private secretary to rresldtnt Mena-al. of iVi' Cuba, by came to Facts About Kugar. S7A one hundred nnd twenty-eight sugar ;; mills shipping their products from tho six V , . . v , principal ports or uubu unci mnnuiaciuring &jtl-rty per cent of the total sugar crop of 'm1 Cuba have never stopped operations even lk for a single day since the recent disorders 'tyln Cuba began. These mills are grinding -. -J . . .1.1- -. .l.. lu ..!.. Vj now nnu receipts iu unic 111 uiu i. ,ni- fVi.i- Alnl .m-i awrAnfn ft K A Ann sna fcw Fifty-eight other mills are known to bo W1 mrinAlntr nl iha i,rnAnf tlmfl. Of those LQ$i' .possibly ten stopped operations for a week Iv5 recnt disorders. Lack of transportation BT Ad HIIaIi n hhii maIiihI liMtllklit Iltau rADHnll. ftlbla for this condition. i$i able rolling stock from the various railroads si iwr military purposes ana mis, 01 cuuisc, ffih hampered transportation facilities for u iff short time. . -'rC . l.t.. .. will ah tl... lalnti rtf fv, Uk A allium DUfittl null VII .11U ICIIWIu u. uuoa was damaged during tno aisoruer. Present calculations place tho maximum of ., cane burned at 5,000,000 tons. This docs vj' not mean, however, that tho mills are sur- . i . ,... -.. i, ;.' . .ivrin-i irum u kick ui uniitr. uo buiuu vi mo cane which was Included In this estimate -..was ground cane. Inasmuch as the esti mate this year Indicated a surplus ot the cane supply, the loss In figures Is not. so formidable as they Indicate. It la Impossible to estlmato'accurately the losses In each province, but I can almost Umr vml thnf thit AtiK lnaa e9 Mtia,niiAni,A rtfy&hta been In the provinces of Camaguoy nnd Ji 13ClTlr!.nt Th nrAnf prnn n la irtw run. it -Vfelng about twenty per cent behind last iC ,Jr,ar,P- Thls explalnod by the fact that crops uegan iato in ueccmncr. e opera tions for January alone showed It ,00 tons less produced than for the same month last .year. Inasmuch as this was long before the trouble started, no significance can bo at tached to this shortage other than throush natural factors, Speaking roughly nnd basing our estimates on data now available, I should say that the total crop this yenr will be above tho 1915 crop and less than the 191C crop, or about 2,850.000 tons In till. SEES COMMERCIALIZATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION K Princeton Lecturer Points Out Barriers Being Placed in Way of Full Development Mi? Accusations that Inslduous efforts arc jgj?' being made to commercialize higher educa- " WUBJ UJ x-,1. iiuii:v riem- Ing West, of the graduate bchool at Prince ton, In an address at tho Hotel Adelphla be fore the fourth annual meeting of the Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of Liberal Study. "Higher education." said Doctor West, "universalizes, enfranchises the soul and JW -"- . ti uiu uciiiui;i tiuu 1UI1Q Ol if America all children should have the oppor tunity 10 Ko to ine very top In education o that they can see human life from tho very greatest heights of human under standing. Take our four most recent Presi dents Cleveland, Roosevelt, Taft and Wll on these men could not nerpn nn mntw things,' but every one of them was In accord with the theory that the human mind could not attain great development nnd vision Without the higher branches of learning." Doctor West Invited the members of tho oclety to attend a conference of educators JllnA Bl TlnnAn. I!l li.. .. ... ,l Y " '""-:"" uiinerBity, ji una jomcrence a stand will bo Jaken for the maintenance of the higher branches of durjttfnn In ihA ntiFr(rtiiln n .. , --. -.. ... k.,u vut.tvuin ,Jl JlillCl ICUI1 UOI- 8, jegea. Answers will be framed to nil of ir. i" recnt attacks on the higher branches. ACCUSED OP USING MAILS TO DEFRAUD Large ' Number of Letters Received Daily by Readinir Man Makes (if jr. Postal Authorities Suspicious tj xcfi.ijki-j. j-a,. murcii -.uiarpiirn t. iJFf .Bright, head of a prosperous Reading Job S printing, concern, was arrested today on u ff warrant issued by United States Commls- .- aloner Maltzberger. of this cltv. chanrini- him with using the malls to defraud. Pos- h"j uu inspector KODert J. Gibbons, of Phlla f& delphla, Is the prosecutor. !.&r It In nllACTAH that Y)lnl .J ,1 l f i newspapers In various cities fnr n,mi in fef? anter the employ of the "Bright Publlshlne ra Company." It was promised that th.w would .do no canvassing, but thov nonin Saaally earn from 5 to $12 a week working trvirn uuiun . aoHi iiunrn. noi.- ivos nsirA r R j ten-cent fee for Instructions. &s,jf J. 1- Peace, of Pittsburgh, who Is one fhf the principal witnesses against the ac A,,ued. Bays hesent the ten cents and In rV rtllrn i'M-tv1 n ltl ln.t...-i .,. . t,ytj, "--" ---'- . iiiouucuns mm lo W Mf throllrh Ihn ntttr HIi,lnM. nu,V . through the city directory of Pittsburgh iimd ".': mi, Bflvr . "" """ ijcjouiio ot various occu- (''. -atiOn which h nam tn n.ll l T5I....U.. i. if'l' aunufacturers. . . .. vw Hv,a fc IllBUUIgll It if Hmuii.. t.A ..! a. ... vt " ""'"J' "' !"" Buinormes were at- "hwhu ujr mo bus oi ungnrs mail and Ay. '"" ,earnea mat no was receiving sev- , wi nunarea ten-cent letters a day In . answer to his advertisement. H ho a i i.JieW for the June session of the United l',Matea District Court In Philadelphia. k i , .emjkaiix suit hahkh i $1 ZONE FOR CHICAGO GIRLS fjf Territory Between Armpits and Knees Vrt Must Be ClothPfl nn Ponnlfv nf r- -r Fining Without Warning A .: -CJUCAaO, March 2"4. Tho city of Chl ; IslM .will tell bathlntr slrla .umt hni n K Wjrnd what not to wear 6n the beaches IMS, season r an ordinance presented to a Csunell committee l made law. The draft yaj; framed after a delegation of club- wuwib' jrruivwca , aitminn oaring oumis mw by ame sf the beach nymphs of 1916. i M ivmmti the .ordinance will be f)Ui C to Z0. . ,v M'Bs-oter4 wMsi will be an- ; wot b)p9a4 beyond a MsjHtH ta arntftU.. L sywsf las swtmnveri o at SJSjg(Sp PS JISjMSV , I ts arm Is sirt fcAfe&E AREAS NOT NECESSARY' V ' FOR HOME-GARDENING SUCCESS Backyard Yield on 10 by 12 Feet Will Keep Family in Tomatoes, Beans and Salad What Can Be Done on Larger Patches Queries Answered By JOHN HOW much space will be required for n garden In which the prollts will meal urably reduce the high cost of green gro ceries and thus make the family budget go further? This Is the Inevitable question asked the amateur gardener who prates of his plenti ful nnd fresh llmas. salad and peas. It lt n pertinent question, too, for If one's limited space caniiot be turned to account In such wise ns to make the labor worth while nnd If It cannot bo utilized except by tho person of much leisure tho entire proposition of homo gardening falls fiat. Speaking from experience, I can say that a plot 45 by 100 feet affords an ample nrea to harvest crops sufficient, and moro, to keep a family of five or six In green vege tables all spring, summer and fall, with some to can or store for the winter. Tills means relief from tho burden of buy ing nnythlng at all except potatoes. It Is not feasible to grow potatoes profitably enough In such an area, ns they take up a good deal of ground to furnish enough for a family of that size. It Is better to diversify the crops Instead of having too much risk with a single thing such bb pota toes, expensive ns theso hae grown, nice and hominy furnish excellent nnd eco nomical substitutes for potatoes, whereas there are no cheap and satisfactory substi tutes for the green things that are needed by the system, and greatly crave 'n spring nnd summer. KOH FAMILY OK 2 OR 3 Everybody has not tho territorial facili ties for a gardening laboratory such aa de scribed, but, smaller areas may be made to bear In proportion. For Instance, for a family of two or three one-third to one half the space should provide bounteously. If tho ground poislblo to cultivate is still moro circumscribed tho additional ussot of laying by stuff for tho winter must bo fore gone, but enough can be cropped to keep tho tablo iiuppllcd with several kind of vegetables from spring till fall by malting tho rows close and keeping the ground working, through succcssional crops. On n plot of the slzo first stated It Is possible to grow a wide variety. Corn, to matoes, cggplnnts, Swiss chard, lima, wax and string beans, romalne and head salad, turnips, cabbago of three kinds, cauliflower, spinach, cucumbers, peppers, peas, brussels sprouts, beets, onions, parsnips, salsify or oyster plant, kohl-rnbl (or turnip-rooted beet), popcorn, summer squash, Hubbard squash for winter, celery for winter, and ev6n a few rows of potatoes for experiment, were ar.i-g tho crops. There was enough for tho family of five, and much company nnd some for friends, all through tho months from r.i'd-Aprll till tho end of October. Celery lasted In storage tl'l the end ot the following winter. Cabbage, beets, squash, onions and turnips were put away In boxes for tho winter. Tomatoes and strlnglcss nnd wax beans were canned by the sterilization procei In a canning appa ratus that cost something less than j.r, and which should last for many seasons. Llmas and some kinds of soup or baking beans were dried for winter use. All this, remem ber, on nn area of about 4000 square feet, with very slight expeiiie for labor, except the plowing nnd hairrminir, that cott $2. DO, and at no burdcnuomo tax on one's time. A great deal can" be accomplished on a suburban plot stolen ?-om the back lawn, of say twenty by thirty or forty feet. Fif teen to twenty twcnty-fict rows two feet apart wo'ild be possible, or ten or tweho rows on tho thirty or foity icet length basis. Theso would allow enough room for work ing and from $50 to $100 worth of truck should be harvested. Two rows of toma toes, two rowB of wax beans, two of strlng less gre?npod beans, two of bush llmas, one 631 DIE HERE IN WEEK Record Shows Decrease in Comparison With Previous Week Deaths throughout tho city during tho wcek'numbered (T34, as compared with 685 last week and 5,85 during tho correspond ing week ot last year. Tho deaths were divided ns follows: Mnlcs 355, females 279, boys 90 and girls 75. Tho causes of death were: Typhoid fever 2 MeaMes n ficarlet fever , 2 Whoopln couch l Diphtheria and croup ft Influenza ft Kpldemlo disease. 11 TuberculoM. of lunK. SO Tuberculosis menlnRltls ' (I Other furnis of tuberculosis " Cancer 37 Hlmplo meningitis 'J Apoplexy SI Omanle diseases of heart 7a Acute bronchitis 7 Pneumonia 70 Bronchopneumonia UR Other dlsenses of respiratory sjstem R Disease of stomach ' Diarrhea in Appendicitis 'I Hernia 'I Cirrhosis of liver 0 Arute nephritis and Brlcht'a disease Gl Noncancerous tumors Puerperal septicemia., 3 Puerperal accidents... 1 Cengenltal debility - Hsnlllty 2 Homicide All other violent deaths 28 fulclda " All other diseases "- Total "31 MISTRIAL FOR RAE TANZER New York Jury Discharged in Perjury Case After C7 Hours NEW YORK, March 24. The Jury In tho perjury trial of Rao Tanzer was dis charged today by Judge Van Fleet In United States District Court after having deliber ated for sixty-seven hours without peaching a verdict. Miss Tanzer was being tried for perjury In connection with her Identification of James W. Osborne as the "Oliver Osborne" who took her to a hotel in Plalnfleld, N. J. JERSEY VOLUNTEER REGIMENT Atlantic City Banker Suggests Recruit ing ot One Without Cost to U. S. ATLANTIC CITY, March 24. Represen tative Isaac Bacharach, a banker, Is prepar ing to send to 100 manufacturers, hotel owners and other wealthy men of aggres sive patriotism In the Second Congressional district, which comprises Atlantic, Cape May, Burlington and Cumberland counties, a suggestion that a regiment of volunteers be recruited In the four South Jersey coun ties and tendered to President Wilson with out a penny of expense to the Government. Representative Bacharach Joday said he did not know what the cost of uniforming nnd equipping a regiment would be. but he Is certain every dollar necessary could be raised In the district In a very short time. ' Berks Almshouse Inmates Underfed READING, ra March 24. Largely In answer to numerous criticisms that have been made recently of the management of the Berk? County almshouse, the March Criminal Court Grand Jury In its report at the wind-up of court today urged that more butter and milk be given the 460 Inmates of the Institution. Em Reading te Have Playground JUCADINO, Pa., March 24, At 'today's MfettBC of City Council-it as decided to MttaaM 91l,'W,o,tl'1i"0Mw 1150,000 ;ua .xar rat WPWMH rndra Park W MRrfMMMJ M M pt BARTRAM W-t llrlnr your itrobtem of gardening to the Krenlng Ledger for solution. In ad dition to prartlrnl nrllrleii, timely to the ftenaon, the editor wilt answer, either out of bin own experience ns a smelt-Amle giirilenrr or through conauttatlon with nntlinrltlrp, nurnllnnn of render.. Aililrr.. Jnlin Ilnrlrnm, Kvrnlng Ledger, Phila delphia. or two of onion sets, one of beets, one of Swiss c'.iard. which can b cut frequently for greens, two or three of peas, halt rows of cos lcttuco ind radishes, enn bo arranged nccordlng to partiality In sucn a space. Successions! crops can bo planted, follow ing tho peas, which are through early, with beets or winter onions nnd tho beans with celery, A few cabbages might be Included and certainly eggplant nnd peppers, two or threo of each. IN 4 CITY BACKYARD nven tho tiniest city backyard should glvo ten or tweho feet for cultivation. The best choice of this space would be to plant llmas and climbing string beans along the fences tralnt-1 on twine or wire; a dozen tomato plants, beets, onion sets, maybe tho Japanese climbing cucumber, a. couple each of eggplants nnd peppers, Swiss chard for greens, and parsley, radishes and cos or romalno leaf lettuce. The yield from theso should mean an appreciable diminution in the bill at tho grocery store. It l not feaslb.e. even in a small sub urban garden, to say nothing of a city bacloatd, to hac sugar corn, as It takes up a good deal of ground and for a long seat-on. Lack of space need not be a deterrent to "rr-iklng garden." Tlenty can be eronped for normal needs, particularly If tse fam ily Is small. In surprisingly scanty space. By careful planning. Intensive cul:itliu. generous fertilizing and succejj'oaAl plant ing of seasonable varieties jirtte. mid season and main crops the jrarvUT on be kept In continuous bearing It ts a mis comprehension of the actual condition to neglect to turn to account even a ir.:M plot of a couple of hundred square feet. The secret Is to turn every Inch of the soil to working every minute. System inpans results and without it the garden will not be a bucccss. But this does not mean slavery to the soil. Early enthusi asm Is all right, but iMe flame of Interest must be kept burning regularly and stead ily. UARDKN QUERIES ANSWERED Friend John Bartram: Kindly tell me the names of best roses In following colors: pink, red, jellow, white. ROSE LOVER. It Is Impossible to give tho names of tho "best" roses without promoting a dispute. Tastes goern choice, and tastes,ary. But I can recommend the following as standard, moderate-priced, hard, free-blooming varie ties of loely roses. They are faorltes of mine, and I grow them all. Pink. Klllarney, Mrs. John Lalng; red, Gruss an Teplltz, Jacqueminot. Marshall P. Wilder; White, Kalserln Augusta Victoria. Mabel Morri son, Mrs Sherman Crawford ; Yellow, Lady Illlllngdon, Persian yellow, Mrs. Aaron Ward. These, should cost from twenty-five to seventy-five cents each, nccordlng to size and variety. Friend John Bartram: What shall I use as a fertilizer for my lawn? MRS. McC. Bonn meal and sheep manure arc both rich and efficient They are easily han dled being In pulverized form. Five pounds is about right for a lawn of 300 square feet. It would cost about thirty cents for five pounds. BAY STATE MILITIA TO GUARD U. S- WORK War Department Accepts Two Regiments to Protect Arsenals and Ships Under Construction WASHINGTON, March 21. Two regiments of the Massachusetts Na tional Guard will ho called out at once to guard the Fore River Shipbuilding Works at Qulncy and other plants In the Bay State, under arrangements made today be tween Secretary of War Baker and Gov ernor McCall. While tho two men were conferring re ports camo from General Leonard Wood, commanding tho Eastern Department, cov ering tho Massachusetts situation, and ap proving the guard Idea. On tho strength of this, Baker agreed upon the call. The men will guard the Government nr sennl. munitions plants and especially tho shipyards where much Government con struction In under way. In addition to the militia protective step. Governor MtCall Informed Baker that ho will press for passage of tho so-called home guard bill In tho Massachusetts Legisla ture. This bill provides for a force of C000 men for State protection work. While the department refused to say what, If any, plans It has made of a simi lar nature affecting militia of other States, there was plain Indication that the National Guard of other commonwealths naturally will bo.used when necessary to best ad vantage In land defenso plans. Secretary of War Baker today wag said to be considering a call for tho District of Columbia guardsmen to guard tho three bridges that form tho only connecting link between Washington and the South and Incidentally between Washington and Fort Myer, Its nearby military post. Besides tho Washington Steel nnd Ord nance plant, filling a $2,000,000 naC shell contract, and tho bridges, there in 'to bo guarded the navy yard, where fourteen and sixteen Inch guns for tho new warships are being built. U. S. STEEL OFFERS AID Agrees to Railroads' Free Storage Rule . at Port Terminals NEW YORK. March 24. Tho United States Steel Corporation, which Is consid ered the largest export shipper In the coun try,, has announced It would not oppose tho attempt of tho railroads to reduce from fifteen to five days tho period for free stor age of export freight at port terminals. This position was taken, It was explained, for patriotic reasons and In view of the pa triotism of the railroads In taking action to avert the threatened -brotherhood strike. Milliron State Road Bill Vetoed HARRISBURO, March 24. Governor Brumbaugh today vetoed the Milliron bill, making an appropriation to the State High way Department and providing for the construction and Improvement of a certain State highway In Armstrong County, In his veto message the Governor says the bill is entirely unnecessary, as a bill previously signed by him provides for the Improvement! and construction of all State highways. GIRL SEEKS TO JOIN NAVY Miss Marjorle V. Hatmaker, a high school girl, of Camden, offered her services yes terday to the United States navy as a. yeoman. She was the first young woman of Camden tto ..apply for such a position, but her services- were refused on account of her lack of business experience. Miss Hatmaker, who lives at 60 Benson street, will be eradu&teri In June. " Although somewhat discourage, Mlas Hatmaker said she wouW Jaks.'aa earahiW wr -1 powncy i ln.ymr aiturti NimLE INTACCA LA LINEA DI HINDENBURG Si Dice Che il Mnresciallo Tc- desco si Prepara ad Evacuare il Caposaldo di La Fere CAMBRAI BOMBARDATA Azionl di Artiglieria o Scontrl di Re parti di RIcogniziono sulla Fronto Italo-Austriaca nOMA. 24 Marzo. La bntlaglla tmpegnnta sulla fronts franco-Ingleso dclla Somma contlnua con cresccnto furore. Su tutta la fronte dl circa S5 mlglln franccsl ed Inglcsl attac enno vlolenlcmcnte lo forzo todoscho sulla fnmosa llnca dl Von Hlndcnburg o lo truppe del gencrnlo Nlvello lianno gla' lntaccalo qucsta linen nelle vlclnanzo dl St. Quentln, o prcclsamentq tra qucsto caposaldo o l'altro dl La Fere. La battnglla ora si puo' rltenero In pleno svlluppo o capaco dl portnro a couseguenzo vernmente Inipor' tnntl nol caso cho gll alleatl rlescano a spezzare la reslstenza llnca dl von Hln denburg. Percho' non blsogna dlmentlcnre, si fa notaro In qucstl clrcoll mllltarl, cho dalla reslstenza dclla llnca Cambral-Laon dlpendo In buona parte anche quclla dclla llnca Solssons-Argonnc. I franccsl dell'ala sinistra lianno at taccato vlolcntemciito I tcdeschl nella zona dovo qucstl avevano tcntnto duo glornl fa un contrattacco flnllo male, o si t,ono splntl Innanzl per un mlgllo cdun quarto circa rlcacclando I tcdeschl erso St. Quentln. lerl sera la, Mtuuzlouc era tnlo cho si dlccva cho von Hlndcnburg avea ordlnato o stuva per ordlnaro alio sue truppo dl evacuare II caposaldo dl La Fere. Questo sarebbo un passo vcramentc lm portanto verso la sotuzlono dclla battaglla, percho' 1'abbandono dl un caposaldo slgnlflca quasi eertamento II non lontano abbandono dl tutta U llnca che si appogla ad csso. Ad ognl modo e' un fatto che la gucrra 61 trlncea e' flnlta c cho I tcdeschl non possono plu' rltcncrsl slcurl nello loro trlncee como potevano un nnno fa. Nivcllo cd II' 'g rlcorrono all'attacco frontnle per C.10U4 i ncmlco dalle sue poslzlonl. dopo aver dlstrutto completamento la trlncea. Dove la bnttaglia scmbra essere nc,lla sua fase plu' Intcressanto o' nel setlorc a nord ovest dl Tergnler. Ivl 11 gencrnlo Nivcllo tendo ltd Incuiienrst tra I due caplsaltli dl St. Quentln c La Fere, mentro tin'altra armatn francese mlnaccla Lnon ed uvanza contro questo capoaldo nierldlnunle dellu llnea della Somma. Le ultimo notlzlo dlcono pure cllo St. Quentln e Cambral tono sotto il fuoco del grossl cannonl fiancesl cd Inglesl. Clo' slgnlflca cho allelic R" Inglcsl, cho negll ultlirrt glornl a rauru deTTAumen tata reslstenza del tedeschl c del cattlvo lempo non avevano potuto avanzaie. si koiio poitatl Innanzl a dlspctto dl tutto fino a glungcro ad nvcro Cambral sotto II ttio del loro cannonl. SULLA "FRONTC ITALIANA Mentro 1'nttenzlone dl qucstl clrcoll mlll tarl e' rlvolta ngll avjnlmcntl dl Francla, sulla fronte Itallana non ancora si dollnea i'offcnslva clie induhblamento II gcneialo Cadorn.i ha preparato per la prlmaera. Lo operazionl 6ono hncora ostracolatc dal cattlvo tempo, spcclalmento sulla fronte nlplna, mentro lo plogglo toncnzlali non sono del tutto ccssato sul t'.tr.so. 12 non blsogna dlmcntlcaro che, mciitre l'offennlvu itallana si svolgera" sulla fiontc Gluli.i, anclio nel Trentlno dovianno cssero Inlzl ato operazionl dl una cerla Importanza, dl caratterp. offenslvo-dlfensivo, ma cho deb bono nvere lo Fcopo di tencre inchlodate Millc Alpl le forze austrlache cho vl si tio vano o dl tenersl prontl u pararo qualslasl colpo che popa essere lentalo dagll autio. tcdeschl nello nnllt dell'Adlge o del Brenta, Ncl tempo medeslmo l'offemstva Itallana devo essere In crrto modo iirmonlzzata con e operazionl dell'cscrclto russo In Galizia, o il gcnerale Caflorna deo altemlero cho Brusltoft sla pronto per l'offenslva. Chi comlncera" per prlmo non l i-a e non st potrcbho sapcro anchc so e' stato gla' de clso. lerl sera il Mlnlstro della Guerra pub bllcava 11 seguentc rapporto del generate Cadorna circa la sltuazlono alia lronto italo-austrtacu: Si e' avuta nella glornata dl lerl con slderovolo attlvltn' dellc arflglierle nel l'nlta valle del Vanlo, nella valle del Travlgnolo o nulla fronto Glulla. , SI sono avutl scontrl di plccoli re parti dl tlcognizlono in varil puntl e le nostre truppe rltornarono portando scco nlcunl prlglonleri. Police Court Chronicle Alexander Drlnkwatcr Is known among his friends as tho man who ncer smiles. His policies are Just opposite to what his name Indicates. Alex usually awakens with a frown and goes to bed with a grouch With him life Is Just one battle after an other. The spirit of combat has given him a ferocious aspect which causes even tho street dogs to snuggle closer to the walls when he passes. No Wandering pessimist has anything on Alex. He's against war and against peace, too, and opposed to those who are opposed to both. He doesn't agree with any one, not even himself. In fact, he has often been seen walking along the street talk ing to himself and evidently settling both sides of an argument to his own satisfac tion. Investigation of Alex's treasury showed It to be In double O condition, He stood on the corner of Front and Cumberland streets to think over the next move. Sud denly something hit him in the back of the neck. He turned and there was a horse tied to a hitching post behind him. The horse grinned. Alex punched the animal In the nose and then took a couple of extra shots for luck as he expressed, his wrath. Tho horse neighed for help. A cop ar rived and ended the fight. "Yer ought to be ashamed of yourself," said tho bluecoat, "to whip a poor old horse." "I'm not goln' to be horse feed," said Alex, "It's bad enough to be picked on by humln beln's." Drlnkwater was taken before Magistrate Deltz. He launched Into a general attack on nearly everything under the sun. The "JJudge" listened patiently. "I fall to see," he said, "what the war In Europo and the high cost of living has to do with you punching a. horse." "But what steps would you take to have peace?" asked Alex, "I'll take the first one now," .said the magistrate, "by giving you thirty days In the House of Correction." THREAT TO BLOW UP MINNESOTA'S CAPITOL Writer of Letter to Governor Warns Him to Keep Out of 1 the Way ST. PAUL, Minn., March 24. "A fort night from now the capltol will be blown up," was the threat contained In a letter re ceived by Governor Burnqulst today. "I am a. German and hope you will stay out ot my, path," the letter read. "If you are In my path' there wilt be lota of trouble between I you and ,." i , , ..tt"iiaaM v;0awllc'Vwaf ,altnr4-,ni' a sflsflsssK ..BsBsUsMB MHMssL' .BBsM MVsMsOsBU wm DEBT OF CIVILIZATION TO ARMENIA . HORRORS THAT ARE TURKEY Convincing Revelations of the Terrors of Massacre in the Land of the Sultan Made by a Bryn , Mawr Girl Tho earliest national Christian church In tho world was organized by tho Armenians after Gregory tho Illuminator converted tho Armenian King, Tlrldates 111, to Chris tianity In tho car 285. Tho Persians at tempted to cxtlrpato tho Armenian Chris tlons, but failed. When tho Mohammedans conquered that part of tho world thoy In turn attacked the Christians nnd they havo continued to persecute them for a thousand years. The massacres that havo taken placo slnco tho present war began are tho most extensive and horrible In tho whole history of this faithful people. Renuncia tion of their faith would bring them im munity, but with a devotion that should causo every Christian In the western world to blush with shame they have clung to tho belief of their fathers nnd havo been truo to tho Ood of their nncestors. Tho civilized powers, after tho massacres of 1895 and 189C, Induced the Turkish Sultan to sign his namo to a piece of paper agreeing to protect his Christian Armenian subjects But It was only a scrap of paper. Thou sands of Armenians wero massacred In 1000, only eight ycar3 ngo. t But Turkey Is so far away that inas sacro tlicro touches ui little moro than massacro a thousand years ngo. It has remained for a Bryn Mawr graduate to bring home to America what it all means. Mr. Helen Davenport Gibbons went to Tarsus with her husband, Herbert Adam. Gibbons, In 1008. to spend a jenr leaching In St. Paul's College. She wrote letters to her mother, telling her of her experiences. They havo been put Into u book, beginning with the display of Interest which a young American biido feels In the far-off strange land the scenery, Hie customs of tho peo ple, the management of a missionary col lege, tho camels, the pottery and all the delightful things that appeal to the romance In one. Then suggestions of trouble begin to creep In. Tho students act "Hamlet" with Its klng-mmderlng scene and tho of ficials present who never heard of Shake speare think It Is a political play prepared to stir up the people to slay tho Sultan. Sho goes driving next day nnd stones ate thrown At her. Her husband goes to Adana and a massacro begins there before li-e oan get back home. The massacre starts In Tarsus. The missionary compound In filled wl'th neaily fiGOO refugees. Aimcnlan women, fleeing In terror to the college, ate taken A Primer for Legislators It Is doubtful if more than one member of the Pennsylvania Legislature In ten knows anything about any other State Gov ernment than hln own. What the other nine-tenths know of tho history and de velopment of their local Institutions Is small. Our piocesses of electing lawmakers arc not adapted to tho cholco of experts. Mr. Vare or Mr. McNIchol wishes to reward a henchman and he scuds him to Harris buig. It h not necessary that the mnn should Know much. It is not his to reason why. He must do or die. That Is, ho must obey orders or loso his political head. So what Is the use of having Information or opinions when they nre not to bo of any practical ten Ice? This little disquisition Is by way ot prcf aco to the l cmaik that a ncv book on the "Principles of American State Administra tion " by Prof. .lohn M. llathcws, formerly of Princeton, but now of the University of Illinois, would bo of Inestimable value to our legislators If they were petmlttod to call their souls their own. There may bo now and then a Senator or a member ot the House of Representatives in llarrlsburg who is Interested In fitting himself for the performance of his duties by learning what has been done In other States nntl why the practical problems of administration have been solved In this way or tluit. Such men could read Professor Mathews's book with profit, even though it is Intended primarily as a college textbook. A man's education Is not completed when ho leaves school or col lege. Ho needs textbooks all his life. Professor Mathews has divided his work Into four parts, an Introduction, in which ho lays down the general principles of State administration, and a conclusion, In which he suggests changes that, in his opinion, would Improve the general practice. Be tween these two Is a part devoted to a dls cuslson of the organization of the admin istrative departments and a part devoted to nn explanation of the functions which those departments perform. For example, ho examines Into tho administration ot charities and corrections and studies the subjects of convict labor, the Indeterminate sentence, tho parolo and tho probation sys tems, nil matters of great Interest In every Commonwealth. Another chapter Is given to what the States do and refrain from doing for the protection of tho public health. Taxation and education have full treatment, and the defects In the administration of Jus tice nre pointed out. Tlie volume Is a compendium of Informa tion for every one Interested In these sub jects. Its defect, If It may be said to have one, lies In tho Ignoring by tho author of some of tho practical and desirable con. dltlons on which all political government must bo based. He Is not Ignorant of the finSSSSSH5mMfaE52 FLEMING STONE Detective Story TflE MARK of Cain By CAROLYN WELLS Fleming Stone has become ono of the great detectives of fiction and "The Mark of Cain" is one of the most astound ing mysteries which he has ever unravelled. Never have stranger occurrences, more un suspected susplcions.morewelrd clues beset him than in the murder case of Roland Trow bridge. Fibsy, the Irrepress ible office boy gives a dash uf humor and the affairs of Avice, the heroine, give the back ground of romance to this story which makes you quiver with excitement upon one page and roar with laughter upon the next. ij xrsT Ai ALL BOOKSTORKS I A New I 1 m 55?B?53BKSSIC!SIS3KXSa WSJSr9J5"WK MMF-A''?? i.tt. MRS. GIBBONS nnd the baby born during nn Armenian massacre. with labor pains In the street nnd are brought In with their new-born babies. Mrs. Gibbons herself Is about to become a mother, and her own baby Is born before order Is lestorcd. She makes us under stand what massacro means to an Ameri can girl who escapes with her life and thus helps us to understand what It must mean to tho women of the country to whom woise things than death happen at the hands of tho Kurds If they do not find a placo of safety. No ono can read what she has written without feeling that tho Chris tian owes a debt to tho Armenians which It has not even begun to pay. f.1?.?.alb'"",', '--5' New Tork: The. Cen tury Company. fact that government affairs are different from business affairs, for he says that while a private business enterprise Is lun pri marily for profit, a government Is run for the promotion of the general welfare, and he tlec.ares that successful social better ment Is more Impoitant tlinn that tho books of tho government should bo closed each vcar without a deficit. Ho Is sound on this point. But ha has some theories on tile reorganization of the Legislatures nnd the extension of tho functions of tho Governors which aro likely to bo revised. PRINCIPLES OP AMI.'niL'AV TATr r ".XuaT'P"' J'X "i' StsbrySuthwl llnifiJi'if J ro'rn?r Pf Phlcil selenro In the tori I Co Illinois. New York: 1). Apple- W. B. 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HOOVEP., director of the Commission for Relief In Belgium and one of the greatest organizers the world has ever been, writes to Judge Wells: "Tho Man In Court Is not only a good piece of literature but shows exactly, w-hat every one feels: that the American crta 'need reorganization, both as to the system and the method of procedure. If your theme, that tho courts should be an organ of Investigation a?$L? rare"a ?r,trIaI by battle' can bs Planted in h" African mind a great step will have been made In progress." I! AT ALL BOOKSELLERS G. P. Putnam's Sons NEW YORK ii i RIDGWELL CULLUM'S new romance is tho story of a business .battle between father and son, with scenes 'shifting from Wall Street to Montana and almost as many thrills as pages. Read THE SON OF HIS FATHER By the author of "The Way ofthe i . Sronsr," "Tho Night Riders," etc. At All Booksellers, $1.35 net GEORGE W. JACOBS & CO., Philadelphia, Pa. A new Novel by the .Humor 07 "Tlit Blindntss of JOAN AND THE ttfiZX?& byjpneliness YKiiiiiiaB. T,n .r" i. rt - W.j - ' 'UTTIfVkaauu- ' -J., iJi.Ufl.i.v .". of a limitless purse and nltless purse and a pedigree which 'il the conventions supposed to hd Jfl lie conduct of persons ehdowed i.u 71 scorns about th y Ideas of morality nnd good t... While, perhaps, young Mr. Banaker coum hardly with fairness be catalogued . IvJ vicious branch of a proud but decadent HI stock, whose decadence Is due chiefly to th Hi ramny s accumulation oi vast material wealth and a corresponding docllno of the sturdier dualities with, which the enrii.. progenitors of the clan obvlouslv u,... . vi gifted, many of tho episodes unfolded In the )l "autoblogrnphy" of tho hero of the tale 'l havo a Bnap not nllogctncr consistent with the moralizing (hat ever' and again creep., ,lnto Mr, Trites's pages. Tho story, written by a native Phlladel. phlan. tho son of the lato Dr. W. B. Trltes evidently had lis first appearance In 12ns.! land. This Is Indicated by tho high conimen. datlqn of sundry London ci Itlcs which her alds Its presentation to the American read. Ing public. One commentator, In the Pan Mall Gazette, denominates" It as "a really distinguished piece of work," while another In the Court Journal, classes It as a "study of a young man far cleverer than anything of the kind that has beet) written In recent years." It has at least the virtue of frank, ncss, nn undeniable quanty of realism. This Is presupposing, of course, that the picture of the young Croesus Is photographic of the modern American millionaire. The book Js not without originality alike In conception and execution. A good many of the hero's transgressions of tho code of morality may readily be forgiven when, near the end of a. decidedly hectic career, having reached the ngo of twenty-four, ho la reformed by a Philadelphia girl, whom ho marries and with whom, it Ja to be hoped, he will be con. tent, to live properly and happily ever after. nniAN nANAKnn's autobioorapbt. st rionn by W. 11. Trltes. New York: Alfrea A. Knopf. Once upon a time a woman asked Itud yaril Kipling how he had written 'The Brushwood Boy," and ho told, her In reply something that she has remembered, word for word, ever since: "Dear lady," said Kipling, "a man writes a second-rate story, or a third-rate story, But a first-rate story writes Itself." HONORE WILLSIE'S. LYDIA thfe PINES Richard Le Galllenne Bars "Mrs. Wlllsle Is growing In strength, more surely be coming one of tho authentic voices of nobler American Ism." Her new novel Is the best she has so far written. " iMnk Mrs. WUUie't book to an American clatxic." 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