R". ; fcj H v ' .if v " : j, Pr i.i.. ,ii ..ii. i.t ,r :,-ijie,3 r 'c:i : . fv ,.? if. .j t r ' m . tv "'vsv '. V' --,-' f - - f ' - - , r i i- EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 15. 11S twmxift . '-j-. 7wfq j. 1 VjTv " OSSIP 01 THE STREET FINANCIAL WORLD SEEMINGLY EXPECTANT OF ALONG WAR impression Grows That Russo-German Nego- R tiations Are a Farce "Made in Germany.", f Doubt Wisdom of Post-War Boycott K. - - 'rfTIHU local stock market was generally unlnteiestlns .veitordav. Mrok. If 'era' offices meie almost descried. There was no discussion over pros- Jpccts for peace mui tnc general reeling was to settle down to the possl- ifcbllltles of a long vvnr. The news from Great UtltpJn did not Inspire any hope for an early ffieessatlon of hostilities In fact, lliey are to liac another conscrlotlon. :&. ... ,,..,. , ..-..,.,. . ,.., ....... .... x Vitn i" i""""") ul nuuuie in ircianu, vvnero me convention t be lieved to have broken down. It N significant In this connection that con- ascription Is not 'to be extended to tliRt country. So one now seems to CRregard seriously the efforts at peace by the nusslans nnd Germans, and the general dciici is mat tne wnoio tiling Is a faice "mado lit ijermany." Some financiers expressed a doub't ns to the wisdom of tho move of Hie National Chamber of Commerce In submitting to ti "national' ifrefcrendum the question of n commercial bovcott of Germany after tho i?var. Wlille many of them think such action may eventually bo necessary, ij they believe that tho third condition of President Wllson'H peace terms, JgTihlch advocated "tho removal so far as possible of all economic barriers f'und the establishment of an equality of trade conditions nmong nil the tiAtlnns cuiisentlliit (o neacc and nssni lntlnir Hifmfli tnr in mnin. etenance," should be allowed to sink Into the Geiman mind befoie am fl ., ..,, ., ... 45 nation mue unci ui u roiinneiciai nojcuti would lie attempted WfActivity in Liberty Bond Selling nun 1110 spconii installment on the Itut rt 4 m due lod.i theie was activity In theve bonds In tho banl.s and brokers' offices cstcrday, .Most of the offerings were In small lots, tint theie were man of them. Tt was alii In sorao of the ofllces that n number of there offerings were by persons ho had undertaken more than they weie able to carry and they were disposing of a pait of their holdings, so as to be able to meet the Install ments todav on those which they Intend keeping permanently. The manager of ono large banking and Investment houso said that some of the peisons who wero offering their bonds had paid $20 and more on each $50 bond. In another concern It was said that, from questioning those who came to sell, thev had ni rived at the conclusion that many of them had been 'trimmed" by unsciupulous dealers and salesmen, who were un loading worthless stocks on them In exchange for their liberty Bonds, representing that they would get dividends of 11! per cent and moie In stead of n paltiy 4 per cent, and In this wa liv appealing to their cupidlts. This banking house believes that this Is being carried out on a big i. .i i.o .norn linnils inu chauclnc hands In this way than by m Zh 0U41U Mlll ni..fc ....w -.. ---.... Ht living them In echnngo for merchandise in the stores which ure ad K$ vcrtising they will accept Liberty Bonds in lieu of cash. In fact, they think this latter Is an almost ncgiiginie quaiuii, as iiuim u. total issue. Mwestinghousc Company's New One-Year Notes f Notwithstanding the discussion which is bu.i. u,. ... '""" "' xi Government supcivlslon of new nnancing. Kuhn, I.oeb & Co. the Chase te -.. f.mr,v. n,,.l the National City Company have bent out a K'" brief notice to tho effect that they are receiving subscriptions, subject tf to allotment, to Jlu.000,000 Wcstlngnoube aiecir.u ... ....-. t rni'. nnevear C per cent notes The-e notes are dated I ebruary, 1, Wr 118, and mature 1'ebutary 1. 1919. W& ' The proceeds, it is said, me for funding purposes only and will not, 'therefore, increase the cuirent liabilities of the company, nor can any Ik future mortgage bo placed on the property without equally secui ting these R? notes. As the Westlnghouse Company is engageu a....uaL ..u..,. .. ..-. IV .. , ., fni.. nf wm- material, this issue would have i&the approval of tl,e Government in any event. It is generally believed fetthe issue will be subscribed many times over and that any public notice WML of it will bo merely -for purpose of rcconl. V.JS . . .. t ... ... ......it.. Ut Qd iii plil 7 i.ei cent. f These notes are to ue ouereu iu .. i,l....i- . -, . ' Another comparatively Miull issue is announced by the representa- EVtlve In this city of I.eo Illggincon . io. ot oosiu... x . ,.,.v a Kail nivcv Klectiic Light Companv two-jear 7 per cent coupon gold . .... .1-1. .....1 (Id Airnlnrra f AT tlin fjT notes. This company lias no moriBagB ..i-u.. ...." -. v ' LVv ... .- . on ioir .ion atmnqt three times the twelve months cnuing .Noveniuc. , ...... ..v. --- Interest on thee notes. It has pain o vei ceni. .. ..-. ..,....- -thlrtv.two vcars. and its piesent dividend cf S per cent has been main J .-...-.. ..- .i, t...t nlM. ve..rs. The notes aie offered at 9.. to jlelcl KJf 7'4 per cent. '"Emciencu. Co-operation and Economy" Slogan t wniM.,,-. mncratlon and economy aie the order of the dav. and ' the bond department of the Equitable Trust Company, of New York. ' ..... -.t.l T lino tlim Afnti tin Is about to catry all three into a .lew ne.u. i .. & Bounced tho details of a plan for economical co-operation among hide- j'j i i .. 11. l.rtMrl rlonttttmpntq tliroUCUOltt tile penaent ijoihi ueaiers aim uuimn nu ..v , , iJ'MllnrM The plan provides for the elimination or a great ueai m i.. .. machinery now necessaiy In the distribution of securities. It will furnish &..,.t.. .. inni ,iir rs mid banks through a cential organization. It is vitiated that man dealers and banks throughout the countrv have already L. ..... . ,. .. .. .M.A.D ViA nor.oQ1tv fnr "shortening become paitlclpants in tne p.an, hi iu ." " .".-. all," due to war conditions andthe lack of trained bond men v .1 ... &, , o. ,-... i..i,. -iii rhpstimt htieet. have Just added ltobert vr ciu.ui k v-o, uu....0. ... ----- - . ,, ,, SC. Cookman to the peibonnel of their uonu uepurw.em. -". v.,v..... PU mi unnwn in financial clieles iu Philadelphia, wheie he has a large I'and growing clientele, who will no doubt be pleased to heat of his new NJconnection. Railroad Presidents Looking to the fuime The meeting of seventy lallroad presidents, repiesenling n. ran- roads, which aggregate 90 per cent of the u.uuu n, w . w.u ... , Railroads, In tho Gi and Cential Terminal. In New lorn, on aunuay. "certainly an event of prime importance-. , While- the meeting was said to be an executive session, it came out that these presidents are in doubt as to what may happen to Ihewl-,-roads after the war. and. perhaps. Incidentally, although not publlclv .'mressed. what will happen to their Jobs at the same time. Fa .... j ... n...MAiil'a nrnHnmnl nn of De- 14 While It Is claimed tliai unaer mo jr.c..v.. riccmber 26 tho lallroads wero taken over by the Government as a war I. . .i..... ru.n'-m. fionrrni sieAdoo had repeated f measure, nnu wnue u is ouiuiutu ..v-.-. ",, Km much in public. et the seventy presidents are In doubt what action (Congress may take pn tho Administration Din now peu...B. .m... ., I'tke roads should continue under Government operation until Congrebs iBihould otherwise enact. . , , Tho point was brought up. It is said, that the complexion ot co..B.:,, .i (!, i, ., mnv h erv dinrent irom wnav it i j..uv.... Rand the enfranchisement of women and other causes, may have the effect fot bringing around a changed attitude toward mo suojecv. x . -'""6" .hih ., irn ninr ulnpe the war in otner couiuri, .n.wu., v..-. Britain, as regards governmental machinery, were also considered. AVhllo the preslderfts. It Is said", expressed a desire to do ever) thing iposelble to make Government operation or tne-ioaus a Butt. "'"""- .Idered It would only be fair to the roads to incorporate in (provision promising they would revert to their owners at the end of the fvar. Thev hav faith In President "VVllsonand the present Congress, but E there might "arise another King who didn't know Joseph." A This meeting of the railroad presiaenw uu. . - 'apparently, in financial circles In' this city yestenlay; in fact. It was urprislnc to find how few had heard anvtnmg aooui it. aim ...o , Hi seemed Indifferent, -... .... land Plana Electrification or tnausima t ..l... . . - .ni situation announcement has fiut been made of a gigantic project proposed In England by the Coal tonomy Commission. It la nothing less than the universal electrification Great Britain, Including the railroads, all factories ana me use oi .cc. rlelty for all domestic, purposes. The proposition la to consolidate all m electrical establishments of" the unitea ivinguu... . v. .. .- Ewwtlo central, superpower stations, supplying tneir oiainsis vnrou,.. 'unk Uses. 'V'lt U calculated that the project will save the, country half a billion Hilars In coal armually and put an end to London smoKe. Ana as tne torlous London foa; Is oaused by certain awnop.iic .u.u.. l. ... .. .. . ... ... i.. i.a ,& !. ..Iti. Tinrinn titan un which 'uianKt olIlgKo ." wit,"- -''' , r. STEP UP AND MEET THE0DDM0R0PUS This Strangest of Beasts Seems Part Horse, Rhinoc eros and Camel " SKELETON PUT ON VIEW Breaks Cuvlcr's Law by Having Claws Where He Should Have Hoofs A skeleton of the Moropus, one of the oddett busts of nil time", was placed on exhibition tecentlv Iri tho American MiiFfum of Natural History, New York clt The animal Is a stianite combination of horfe, rhinoceros, camel or uiraffe In Its general appearance, but with an enormous claw on each front foot and a smaller claw on eacli hind foot It Is distinguished from all othtr species by the fact that In place of hoots, which, according to the scheme nf the nnlmul world, It should have, the Moropus pos sesses these remarkable claw feet. The specimen was mounted under the direction of Dr. W. 1). Matthew, curator of paleontology. Most of the large . herbivorous animals of today have1 hoots on the feet, as did nearly all those I now extinct. The feet serve merely for locomotion nnd not for attacking other I anlmalp, tearing their piev or for dig-. King, as Is the cae with animals which' have claws Germany8 Big Blow to Fall by April x Continued from rr One , -be felt on land Is not known. The Brit ish expect It will come aralns their lines. The French take the contrary view and look for It against one of their fronts. If It tomes on schedule it will not be against Italy, as the snow will prevent that. But wherever It comes all of the reports from the other side Indicate supreme cor.I'.dence that It will tall. denernl Irhln lias illennted the probable offm.lte In his report! to the Mar Department. What he said Is with held, but the office! s who kno-v declare he Is certain that Germany's efforts will fall and that when they do the oirenslte will definitely pass for the period of the uar from the Germans tn their nemte. And this view, officials who know de clare. Is not brag or bluster. It Is the cold-blooded analsls of the men who WOMAN'S POOR TASTE DULLS MODERN NOVEL H. Leon Wilson Says Feminine Reader Lacks Cultivated Literary Sense EFFECT UPON FICTION Publisheis Follow Her Demands to Detriment of Nooks, De clares Author 'Ihe lack of a cultivated taste In women readers of fiction Is the inuse of the dullness and Insincerity of American novels, according to Harry l.eon vv llsoti know the maximum power that Ger- author of 'Hunker Bean," ' Ituggles of with her Austrian telnrorcemeiii", ited uap ami manv nnotner popular and who know what Is many. can muswr. behind It all IIL'Oi: LOSSES DISCOUNTED But the losses must be stupendous and It Is because these losses must be made good that President Wl son per- sonally has taken a band In the ship ping program of the Uhltea states novel and co-author with Booth Tart. Incton of several successful plavs Mr Wilson was asked by Jojce Kilmer, of tho New York Times, what, In his opin ion, was the Influence most harmful to the development of llteratuie In America ' r knnu little about literature he Ofll- r.nll.H. "hill If nll 111,1111 !lie novel. I clals frankly deny optimistic declara- I ,i10Uu Bay th Intense satisfaction with tlons that the "Miumarmn ii.cimv.o .- t aa it i, of W maKer, tne seller anu over." This Is not so, they say. Ships tho buer And to trace this baneful still are belny sunk faster than they satisfaction to its source. 1 should siy are belnb leplaced. it lies In the lack of a cultivated taste fr.,.M. nil lirillSII PUI.ior.iiri. U. S. Seeks Aides of Spy Suspect Continued from rase tine the magazine. Sentries fired on him, but he returned the following day. An officer inaklntrhls way past several sen tries spoke In tterman in S'porcmann. He pretended not to understand. But when the officer mentioned a social af fair here, Sporemann Immediately be came frlendli. The officer, pulllnc a gun, ai rested him, and was bringing him here today. Officials at Norfolk cjulzzed him In tho hope that they might ascertain something- of tho lire there In the buslnrss section several da ago, but spore mann was silent. He Is an intelligent man. who speaks Kngllsh without an accent, as well as tvcr.il other languages HOW HISTORY 1'rcnth their ablltll' to'rctu own country, Prussia tofo up n ...4allilA ItiA Tr.nltf ,.F Tl.,1l.l K.IMKlVI.N 11 Ml I. Hi eluded six weeks m-avloush. ' Iho solemn oath of I'otsdam, bet! Letter of Napoleon's Secretary to the Von Kuhlmann of His Day In The .' ,T . . . . .... . ..I.- lie anxlou.lT Inquire! iron. ... ....... HoH.r whether' the fnlte.l Ht.te. wlllj mke aood on lis shloplng t '". and't "as to make certain of tills that 'the President jesterday went to see Chalrnnn Hut ley. of the Shipping Hoard . :.."... ....La in.it hat urocre.sl veB,etnwai tho-tT bta- Ku'sss pr'r'" r'sn i , .. a ..ninrv nm t.'uvier. .Itv of men As a resui .. CertalnK- It Is sweet e ihe great Pencil sclent...: Included this .;l;Vt ,. WOO men ,, d3 ! ""'J., Il r,,i. i 1,1. i.u. f cnrrlstlon. He stated 'at top speeu to "; . , , ment of llcll la just to make sure, sprinkled this abund- with fine sugar, vnvnav, that s 8llell ieUtIons with Bo-Kd and Von it takes four tons . . 1 1 . tn ! evienni f H. iidc.i . "7 'x,. .nuinnient Klftv , a"" wim nun uki. i.,,, i"-; " i iisiied ieUtIons Willi iio.r;ct aim v on othei ton for Ins equipii.riu. '. .i,a, .k, nubllsher has found and he D..,,i..rr nr,,i u... snl.l in liavi lieen pounds . f ship capacity a. man il """" hlu, the best means of know Ine that I put on their pajroll. He redoubled ac to keep him supplied with food, tiouti.iB , th( Amercatl oman II bu jeai In tivltles after last Apill and ammunition. ...i-Mnr ot and ar out- A publisher with Ideals) j-om. months ago he obtained em- The re-arrangement or an wp of Mh OHn couidn't last anv longer than nlovment from a contiactor at Camp the Allies and ll.e yniie.. n...r. '- a Rrccer with Ideals of his own. or a Meade ns u time checker, und it was the overseas irn..r. """- : c ergjman, llnue and Is Increasing the c ves -, Mr w sels to keep 111 Allies upnu I want and munitions. Ilson savs the novcllH who to write a best seller this rai . IoaI. nlUnm Vila Vicl. nflat tit nnn iu tn ---' .. mftilo I " mriv uativi no ina uuf ns.b mr vein. But Uie Allied war counc has maue u ,,,,.,, ,ast Jear founj tne tlggest sale In our women readers of fiction. 'The current novel Is as delllerately planned to please the woman buier as Is any other bit of trade goods 'W'.i want,' savs the publisher, 'a stunning Kill for the cover and a corking good love Inteiest to catch the women." This love interest Is said alwavs to I don t know noiigh In the If vou took a seg- 1st a. itjA IliA r t nn lila j hi ui -I'""-. . ..;...... . n,. .hii.i.i.ils """'."A ".'' ' I"'" l"?"' ,,,r ""'"... ..:;. .."... ..j ...f. ...r. ih r,tP lire-'to complete tne bih" " ' and Jellv kind, poured over 11 a nan :'. ,.'".'...an nin,l. tie. like, nf the cMinti.. . ,. ... pint of nice thick molases, and then i. niaini.l that claw s belonged to' It takes lour ion-. ',"""; carnivorous animals and that no anl-, paclly to tianspoi ,"'"". ..,, , antl mal which subsisted on a meat diet had hoofs So great was his confidence in this law that It became proverbial among the scientists of his day. One of Cuvler's students who wished to give him a scare disguised hlmjelf as tho devil with the traditional horns j i. .n Vinnfn and barbed tipped tall. He stole Into the savant's bedroom at midnight, and standing over the bedside aroused him from sleep with the words. 'Cuvler. Cuvler, wake up! I am the devil, and am come to eat ou." The scientist looked over the strange visitor for an Instant and said. "Hum horns hoofs jou're graminivorous you cant .i i" vviierounnii ho turned over to placid sleep, and the baffled student left tho room The Moropus Is a prehistoric contra diction of Cuv ler's law. When the first scattered bones of this animal and Its fossil relatives were discovered Iu Eu rope the teeth and skull parts were as sociated with those of an animal related to the rhinoceros and other extinct anl ..,.. r n, o nnirf nf ungulates, which Includes the horse and the tapir. Cuvler. i.i.....ie i.f..rr..ri tn one of the great .....,aw .....- l.ra claw s as "pangolin gigantesque u. - --- terminal flt-antlo auteater. Manv vears elapsed i ninth street term.n beforo It was ascertained that these skulls and foot bones belonged to the ... ...... Ql W. antlr nkeletons were .. ... . . An.l..rann Ba.uo .... .,... .. - cais weie i.u.vcu .. .. . --- - , found on the Kuropean continent. ,. ha.kwa.tr from a swollen brancli A few boneB of the Moropus weie un- of -vvingohocking Oreek. wo feet, of earthed forty ears ago. but It was not mudd.. water Iu the 'hollow" caused until the agate spring fossil quarry was imanv ,,aB,engeis. Including prominent IIROTHER OF PRISONER llAI.TI.MOUi:. Mil. .lull. 15 Immediately after the airest of Wal ter Sporemann, Herman Bpy suspect, ,ln Koifolk. Vn , Fedeial agents Rot ' busv and nrrcsted his brotlier, l'rcd I erlck II. C. Sporemann, on a tharRO of violating the alien enemj, lesulatlons trcquliitifr aliens to give notice of re moval. It was learned that Walter Spoio ' mnnn was a volunteer private In tho Herman armv and that he has been I operating In this countiv tlnce 1010. Sporemann until last ucioucr ...iu tnado his homo In Baltimore, liavltiR come hfie fiom Biemerhaven. It was at first leportcd that he was n r!. ..inn ,inl ni 1lf.iitrnnnt .mil that he had oome to Baltimore In 1116 from ' New Ktifjland where he was supposed to have landed fiom the tleinian I'.bo.it V-Hi tils brother tonight told the officials that thc both had come to Baltimore in 191U. Tiedeilck came heio In .laiiuaiy of that ar and Walter followed In Novembet It was boitiv after this that Walter estnb The spectator, which specializes correepondenie. has inrcl published a more Interesting document th in that forwarded to a ltcent Issue by Horatio Blown It l a letter 'written bj Na poleons S'ecrelary of State (Baron B.is sano) to the Von Kulilmami of the day whoso name was Baron von Krusematk Frederick William of Prussian inviiy It shows anew that nolhlnr Is changed least of nil Prussian peifldv nnd that ,1.a. i.a.. nlt.n.y V.,t, lnlil.nnt.tiv TAKEN AT BALTIMORE After stating tint he Ills submitted Von Kruemnrl s note (a declaration of war) to Ihe Kinpeioi. the Baron .K tl i-ntui thus admonl'hes Vim Kruseuinrk "1 hit inrt nt tho noli- whhli Is most worthv of serious tonslderntlon reduces Itself to this Piussii solicited and concluded an nlllami with Krnno In 1 813 beenuse the rrenrh iinules were nearer thin the lliisslau aimles tn the Prusslin Slale" l'rusli dnlar. s in tsn that she breaks her treaties 1m oiti"e the BussIhii iinules ar. lcuer than the l'ri n h armies to tho Prussian I States I'osterltv will bulge If such con duct Is loval nti.l woilhv of a (Trent ' prince and conforms to prpiliy nnd pound politics However that may be posterl will do ju.tli to Hip con slslencv of vour fitilmt In following Its pilnclples 'In W! Prune agitated from v llhln hv a icvoluHon nnd alia ked fiom without hi n foimldiible eneniv seemed icjilj tosuiiunil. Prumn matin wai on her Thiei- viaic afterward nt the moment when Kinm. wi til umpb.HR over the iinlltlon Puisi abandoned her allies su. imci! in thiv side of Ihe rrincli I'.iiiventlon ill Hit moment when loituno lltid It nnd the King of Piussla was the tlist of the sovereigns opposed to Piance to rccog nlz the republic When fnui Vi.us hid scalielj elapsed. In 1709 France experi enced the vicissitudes of war B itlles IIussli as she had liotravcd Prance. entered Into.new engagements wit tint from Micro eternal changes or le there was born In the public of) of Prussia it veritable anarchy. ?' tntlou o took possession of the mil of men lli.it tho Prussian Oovernhi was unable to control It. V 1 Prussia sneaks nf her desire to an established peace oil a solid ba But bow Is It ls.sslble to reckon upo sn'ld nnd lusting Hence with a P0W tint believes Itself Justified when, litenks Its engagements according V the uromnllnea of tho moment? Toda; M lc B.ilon what remains for Prussli she has done nothing for her old all; elm ilti .In nnthlnc for neace A now. whom treaties aro only conditional can not bo a useful Intermediary; she guar, nntees nothing whatevec I.tnsToa,' tllnbe A m Cnf ttl I'nflfnv in W. n f Tffnvta 'ft i ' OIUIV ..IK . .. .w. in ..... a...w.,o jj 1 'ennsj iviini.i win imiuui iciure unr-'., sixth of all tho munitions used by the , at my during the war nnd piy one-tcnta., 5 of till tho industrial taxes levied, tejHJj'j finance Ihe war, ticcordlng to a state " ment made by Joseph II. tlrundy, nrtaW j .lmit .f th,. l.etii.MC Ivnnt.i Mniinriie.tiirersl Jk AsRocl.itloti Casualty Insuranco Cornet. pui) at mo annual mceiinc or ine comp.inj not lone before ho was discovered to " t'u lost In s t7eiian.i an. iia i, I.'.. ... u tr n. nnt the Duke of Voik bud liudt.l iu Hnl warned, but simply discharged, and H. VI "jr m y7 FAIR .WARNING V III :'.. t vyy was trailed thereafter by Uoveinmcnt agents. ASHTABULA, 0., TRIES It plain that In throwing " ol ,'"',! i among women. He excuses the critics serve ships Into the breacti at uie P"!.eui for not RI),Rknf out against such novels time It relies on tho promises oi ! i because adverse reviews of books will United States to replace mac rc-ic.ei - ... wJ nn crl,lcs liaXe t(, eat keep the number of vessels in con ...... "People are not going to pay him foi I -,.. -,, . .. r,rn srviTs-Tnil slo, up to the present standard and the , flnd ' fftuU thu,,',,,,, afe MDW PI, AN FOR COUNCIL rre.ldent Is understood to h.ve "" ! intensely satisfied with." he sajs It llElfT 1 Lrtll 1 Ull VjVUllsJlli po.ltlve ..suran.es tlist tnese i.ron..sri, will be kepi. Sleet and Snow Tie Up Traffic ill comes back to the women When their taste Is corrected, we shall have' . , . better novels But not before then" Each Political Faction UlVeil Dickens came Hi lor a tevlew whlcli will not bring Mr Wilson a vote of thanks from Dickens dubs Dickens Is an inferior novelist, who has proved a blight to most writers who were suscep Representation on Propor tional System Continued from rat One I tnniillne several trees. according to his tlble to bis "vice Yellow lakes cnara. eriwuo.i. Kb o... . - .. l. cu. ' mcsri.H c.rdiru lMuuetuir fotmedDj'tlieiioouii. .....- . immuiisissed sketches, deadl beond that to the men n VCKINO WATBBHAI'TSTBOI.l.BYS( tally matuie. ' he e-plalned 'Stilp 1 .. ,.,.-.. people of their ma' -ups. verbal, bhsu JVirtTarAnd'onreet11 ll discovered In western Nebraska that de tailed Information about the animal could be obtained. This quarry was mat opened and worked on a large scaie o the Carnegie Museum of Pittsburgh, which obtained a number of Incomplete skeletons of the Moropus as well as skeletons of the little pair horned rhi noceros and giant pig. The American Museum of Natural History has been exploring this quarry for several sears and has obtained sev enteen skeletons. The many thousands nf bones thus obtained weie prepaid, and the museum has now been able to 1 10 BtIone westerly winds. place tne lirsi coinpieie m.ensum u. mo Moropus on e-thlbttton. The anlnial is shown standing. The Moropus was a distant relative of the rhinoceros, the tapir and the horse. It Is about the size of a ihlnoce ros but very different In form, the head and neck ate like those of ths horse. business men. to seek rounaauoui ioui for reaching the tits. The storm came out of the bouthweat shortly before 3 a. m . bringing snow that turned to sleet about 4 a. m. and transforming Into a downpour of rain at 6:30 o'clock. By 8 o'clock .8 of nil Inch of precipitation bad been registered at the Weather- Buieau. The wind was brisk, going at a rate of thirty miles an' hour. , , Todas's weather foiecast Is- 'Partly cloudy and colder tonight, with lowest about 22 degrees: vveunesaaj- , m MANY CASUALTIES IN AMERICAN MINES his sute. lot and dummies remain Meet them once and sou know them for tho rest of tho I nder new government b piopoi- tlonal lepiesentatlon .it Ashtabula, O, cbarac-i .. .,. ,,. ,,r Miteii totaling mote for twent) -minute ,,, . ...i,i,ii, f il,- otes cast gets one tepresentatlve In tho t'lty Council the change was made November . last Ashtabula, with 20,000 population, Is said to be the first American city tr adopt the plan It Is said to bo truly ,U M.U.. tllCllt .Ml I.IU HBl Ul 1. 1.1 . .. -. ' . . ,, ,. .,.,.- ., U .... ..... . ..I- i .. i. . renw Beninese ue u. 1.1.3 -.n:i.o. . .- iH.r i.uit. .. ... mum n.tu uurn .1 ' . . . ... .,. ,, ..11, .. over and over at each new meeting The 'Pla advocates predict that It will be tale must be held up eveiy five minutes IRenei ally adopted. They say It Is based for one of the funny characters to do on principle, whllo others are based on ins tiiu.u .a 1, ic.ie if c.turucie. cuusni of funny whiskers, astigmatism, a short ened leg, a purple nose, and still to said to land, and the republic .- tnennoed north and south l'oilune had changed Prussia changed also But tho KnglWh were driven from Hnllind 'ihe ttus slans weie beilen at Xurlih Victor' again visited our staudairts In Bills nnd Piussla again beiame the fi I. ml of Prance In 180.", Austilt mined She marshalled her armies 1111 th'1 D .nube she invaded Bnvnrli while tho Bilssl.m troops pissed the Nlenien and advanced on the Vistula "The leiinlnn of thn three cre.it pow ers and their enoiinous piepiratlons seemed to forecit nothing but dangers for Prance Prussia did not hesitate foi 011 lnstint Sho armed , she signed the Treatv of Berlin nnd the shade of Frederl.k It was called upon to witness the etein.il hale which shu vowed against Prance When licit inlnlstei sent to the l'mpeior to draw up the treats, arrived In Moravia, the ltusslma had Just lost the battle of AUbterlltz, the- owed to the geneiosltj of the Ready for Delivery HOLMES FEDERAL-INCOME-TAX Ily (.i:ORGE E. HOLMES Membrr 0 ti r .Ynu York liar and for our trnrs J ttllor of thr "Income Tax titnlca of I'io C'orpornltua 3rust Co. ii Veto lorl.. '1 his hook .ontalns -C5S pages criinmed full of practlcil Informa tlcn It covers, item bv Hem. the requirements of lndlvlduils. Part nerships Corporations. Fiduciaries and Non lie sldeut Aliens Printed mi thin paper, with flex ible binding l'rl.e $4.00 per ropj, delivered. Callaghan & Company 101-100 E 'llrpartmrnt II' Ohio St., Chicago, III, m w patronage. Tho residents are be nleascd with it. Party control, an objection to the cits mike. .ir wr won't mistake lilin. a manager nan. has been obviated 11 catch phrase for utterance, but no I the Ashtabula plan, it is said. It Ir soul" asserted that by having the bent man. ...I.. . n- l . ... ... ... . .. .... ....I. n .......n.t ' 1.10 i.H.ne di ...htk inHiu uiuuk.il ui us ktouij u. u.ci nrcit U. UUlim praise from Mr. Wilson as he finished a place on his group's principles, ward scathing tribute to Charlie Chaplin. He 'politics Is abolished was told a prominent humorist had said 1 Theie were fourteen candidates fcr Maik Twain was not a genuine humor-I seven places, each nominated by a 2 per let. nut a "cnarne inapim or ms tunc, .cent voters petition on nonpartisan Isn't this, rather high pialse. for Charllo Chaplin?" he asked ' How far Is this Idolatry of the movie actor to go, ballots Bach candidates faction was stated after his name IOach voter put the figure 1 after his (list choice III'. wuh iii. wiles of miners and other women members of mining committees .1 . tf-n.J cinUt ntttpoatt 7 1 Ihe rounded back lesemblcs that of a ( as pupiis the United Mates Bureau o; I tapir., and the legs, although nassive Mnea nas entered upon an active cam I like tnose 01 tne rniiiuc-eiu-, .j ...utii I longer. Tho teeth and teet are very 1 distinctive 1he teeth show that the 'animal browsed 011 vegetation What use he made of his big claws Is I still one of the puzzles .f sciences iThej- should not have been of much ' . .1... ... n....M .... .Sa frtn. ana Unit, IttlUO .UI I.KI....lfi. " .. ww. w.. ....i are too stiff and clumsj-. For the Fame reason they could be of only limited use In digging. It Is, however, believed that these great claws were designed to aid the Moropus In scraping away sand In dry river beds, or In other places where he might make a waterhole tn his quest for drink. Possibly In the western coun try where he lived the water supply wis more or less scanty In summei. The Moropl at that time might have gath ered around waterholes just as now do tho beasts of the Jungle. Tho moose and the caribou of today, use their own narrow hoofs to dig down through snow in uncover food. It Is not likelv that 'the western plains were cold In prehis toric times, the climate probably belnt; more like that of Central Africa of the piesent das'. not to reduce casualties. j.igni "mine rescue cais." each with a crew of men highly trained In modern rescue methods, have been equipped ard are making the rounds of the mlnlnjr com munities Five hundred women Have taken tlTe course given and the bureau has been overwhelmed, since the decla ration of war. with applications from women who wish the replace men on the cart. , , Casualties In American mining have been Urge and the fatalities have been figured by the bureau at 3.30 for every thousand men engaged. According to reports from mine operators during the months In which the first aid ccurs have been conducted the loss of time from accidents Has tieen maiei."" duced. also noticeable tendance leans Times-Picayune anv-way.' True, Mr. Chaplin Is a skilled Sole counted for onlv one candidate, but comedian, pre-eminent In his curious new i, iould make as many secondaiv profession, but to my thinking he lacks ,i10Ces M tiere ttere names. The coun repose at those supreme moments when lcmcn were chosen at large he Is battering the faces of his fellow Klectlcn to office was determined b histrlons with the wet mop or the dividing the total vote by eight, giving, stuffed club, or walking 011 their stom- ' 1.. Ashtabula, a nuotient of :.' on tho achs 'I know 1 shouldn't have ranked him with Maik Twain, arch humorist and satirist, and one of tho few literary artists who have attained tho world statute so that we mutt go back and back to Cervantes to find his like" basis of 297 J valid votes Any candidate. I with 372 first choice voles was lei ted 1 If he had over 37.' the were given to' the next highest maii not already elect ed. Low candidates were dropped and 1 their votes added to the next highest choice on the ballot. When the ballots were counted the business faction had three, the Irish, Swedish and Italian mv TO SAVE MORE FOOD, ',& "one ' HOW ENGLAND PLANS r Kngland must husband her food sup nlv if her neonle expect America to economize In food for their sakes, Is to b the plea of a "League of National Safet" which soon will be launched from the headquarters of the director general of national econom. Members of the league will be advised that the people of the United States cannot ue The retults of the campaign are 1 fxpe(,le(1 to iatr food for the benefit of Iceable in the better school at- I:nElan(j unless they are convinced that 1 of miners' children New Or-, (he jir,8h people are In earnest in ad- A Confession I am a Socialist, and of courfe an CITY HAS 37 CHILDREN TO EACH SCHOOLMA'AM Average Daily Attendance of 193,999 Pupils in High and Elementary Glasses Theie are an average of thirty-seven public school children to each teacher In this clt)-. according to the statistical report of the Board of Education re cently Issued. For the last sear there haB been ai average dally attendance ot 193,659 chil dren tn both the elementary and, the high schools. The total average regis tratlon was 218.836. The average daily absence was 21,137, or 10.1 per cent. The report for the previous sear showed an average dally attendance of 18S.599. and the average number be longing as 210,066. The number of absences was 11.2 per cent. The Increase in the attendance rec ords was t per cent. A similar per centage of Increase is shown by the number of teachers. The recent report places the number of teachers at C219. The previous report accounted ior ovvi teachers. The Dercentage of lateness ot children in arriving at school waa four-tenth of 1 per cent, as against five-tenths of I per cent for tha previous year. There were S50 easts of lateness recorded. Despite the strong temptation tor tne averac school boy to play 'hookey.' tha males show a slightly better attend ance record than tha females. There were 119 mora txYs than girls registered In the elementary and high schools. The number ot absences reported among the girls was S0 greater than among the boys. El Dorado Diicovered MADRID. Jan. 14 Nsws has been received her of ths discovery In Brazil of tha sit of tha Incan city, known to early Spanish, and Portuguese explorers as El D&rado, and hitherto regarded aa legendary. Tha ruins are located In the .Manoa region, near tha .Bolivian Internationalist; but T have miscon ceived In the past both ins Socialism and my Internationalism, as tens of thousands of Socialists In this countrj j are doing todaj- ' Socialism lecognlzes deniociatlc rule, and It recognizes, bs-" enunciating the herlng lo a food latlon "Visitors ' principles of Internationalism, the. ex turning to America should have no rea- , ,. , ,. , ' son to report ans thing approaching cenes of luxur) or extravagance" Is the warning Issued to members of the league. The members aie urged to ob serve the following rules: Fresh meat to be served onls once a day. No second helpings Boast meat u . KITCHENER IN THE EAST 'Ihe late Lord Kitchener first went to KcsPt In 188:. when he volunteered for the army then being organized by hlr Kvelyn Wpod. He soon became a vaiuea hi.r nf ihe. Intelligence Department, as a result of his deep insigiu mio "'"to be avoided as much as possible; nB.iA ..Sampler, uurimr mis in..-. .. i .....r.,i .......w . ---. - .s nftai.iui. took part In the uoroon reuei ei-u.. tlon. which failed ior ibck ui iut transportation. In 1886 he was ap pointed oovernor ot tne jieu .... torles and began a series of raids on n.mon lilrna. the Dervish leader On one of these his force was flanked and forced to retreat, and lie was wounatu, his Jaw being bioken by a bullet, England had heard of Kitchener by this time, and when he returned to recuperate he was received with honors and made alde-ds-camp to Queen Vic toria. Ills health returned. Kitchener went back to Egypt, where he was ap pointed commander of the Egsptlan army on the resignation ot Sir Francis Orenfell. He Immediately took charge of tha army with an Iron hand, and built It up from a fellaheen rabble, "without stomach, heart or backbone," to a splendid fighting force, with which ha crushed Osman Dlgna at Omdurman In 1198. The capture of Khartum fol lowed, and Kitchener returned to Eng land aa a hero. Ills campaign was criticized for ruthlessness, it being charged that he trampled on his foes in a barbarous manner, but he waa mads Baron Kitchener of Khartum and re ceived ths thanka of Parliament and a grant of 8150,000. When lori ttooerts went to south Africa to take command against the Boers Kitchener went as His chief of staff and Is credited with having or ganized the forces which brought th war to a successful conclusion. On his return to England he waa created a Viscount, also promoted to th rank of general, also receiving tha thanks of Parliament and a grant ot izeo.ooo. In 190.. after peace was concluded In South Africa, Lord Kitchener went to India aa commander-in-chief of th British army there. During his seven sears' stay h carried out many far reaching administrative reforms, be side , a complete reorganisation and strateglo redistribution ot the British One Istence, and the need for the existence. of nationalism; set I have been taught in the Socialist movement, as I suppose mans of jou have been, that Interna tionalism repudiates the national Idea I have come to recognize this as an absolutely fictitious doctrine, nnd one that the Socialist movement. If It would be true to Its own principles, must at once discard. It was ms vers internationalism that made a nationalist of me. When Presi dent Wilson uttered the great watchword of the struggle the word that sent a thilll through the very heart of every democratic nation In the world, I he- Bread with midday meal only slice less a day to be eaten. One potato clay a week, to be as nearly as possible a breadless das. No butter with bread and Jam. Never more than one egg per head at any meal. No esrlv morning cud or tea. Th. nnn mirur l.nwl at table to be rjams nn American. ...V ,.-.. H . ... . .- ... , abolished. I No nariow nationalism could have ' The league will make a special ap- moved me one Inch from ms old posl- peal to those whose wages or Incomes tlon. It was onls when our President, have been Increased by the wai. Mil- and the American people behind, stood' waukee Journal. where the Socialist party of this country - - should have stood that I became an ilATHPDIWn jntCV.a Tn American Rose Pastor Mokes In th ... - ' i .i. i.. '..itTfl . , -aja nllHPr ' 'M INFLICT ON SOLDIERS lhat the boss In the trenches shall not suffer for want of humor. co-ed at the University of Wisconsin are making "collections of all available Jokes. near- Jokes, 'old ones." yarns and all the late bits of fun and frollq light from the footlights, to be sent to the fighting men as tokens of cheer during the grim In terims of warfare. The various clippings are taken from publications from Life and the Smart Set through the Ladles' Home Journal to th Guiding Beacon. They are pasted Into scrapbooks of pocket size, designed to create a spirit of lev Its' to dispel tha burdened thoughts of trench life. From garrets ot sorority and rooming houses must)- stscks of editions long oft the press are being dragged forth to be victims ot critical shears. "Every snip a laugh" Is the slogan ot the girls as they peruse the seasoned pages for a "knock out," Mother-in-law Jokes are not In great favor. Anything on the Kaiser being 'hocked" Is good Mil waukee Journal. January Century, TOO "LATE FOB Cl-AKStnCATlOV tUWT AND FOUND KAHRINO LojI. a seed pearl ipsrrlnf suitable reward If returned lo J, IS. i wen i co . jutupt mno unseinm A Cais- ESHEECTE PURE FRESH i-AINT BeeveMe Thrift in painting does not mean cheap work, but good painting done in lime to avoid expensive repairs, Git our ffmafe no obligation Kuehnle A Prisoner. of War? No A Wounded Soldier! Read why a cage like this will soon be placed in every American War Hospital. This electric cage is one of the 200 hew marvels of science that' you will learn all about in the February Popular Science Ivlonthly. All the new inventions the deadly new war machines, the new, labor saving devices, money making patents 300 pictures, 200 articles as vivid as the movies, as brief as telegrams that's the February Popular Science Monthly. To keep up with the tirries you must read Plugging up a torpedoed ship Making Cannons out of Ice Newest Automobile Accessories Canning the baby at night Golf in your Parlor Canopus, the Mightiest Sun in the Universe A One Wheeled Automobile ,., ' 8000 Germans Electrocuted in One Attack Coal Made of Paper A s Get the February ' Popular Scie - "..- - -!'i f 15 '-J y t ' : M ro&nirfi&fci 1C3 iiU tba BL Alt B1Ws'l ""VWiiMiir iv. , ns " otc. nw.Rf.m al mfi PBMBJ.sl "WPSnS .'" M. " WMl Meate-ML- vmt . hstLMa Ii HI 1 1 ft
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