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EVENING PUBLIC !L"EDGER "pIEADEEPBXA:. SATUKDAY, MARCH 90.-1918
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H, iK
"MUST I PUT MY RENT MONEY
IN WAR STAMPS? OH, NO!"
f' Then the Woman Objector to the Cry of "Give! Give!
tiivel" wersell Gave a Luncheon for Eighteen
at a Fashionable Hotel
PREPARING TO ENTER ORATORICAL RING iN NEXT LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE
W'
Mnstilnaloii, March JO. (that had been sent her hi, ,i ..-
ASIIINCTONIANS inny llml It In- Ul.atas follow"!
r-fwltliln fli.it 'inv iirr.nii In IIiaI 'lt8 Mot him liitt l. . i. . i. i
national capital would request ll.o cjec- Ji?.es, '''?. "l'r",a" of o"r district want
tl from .... apartment house of at. Z,r '5 rP"1 ,"0,"'y '",0 ,l,cs0
nuthorlzcil canvapser for tlio wur-R.ivltiRs
(. .
;o. i hhmij think ho would bo Hint
stamps cmnpRlRii. Yet this actually . LVni-iJ . i. ro,,ly" .Tho 'ntrlcr
. .. . ... "'""M I" wrltn something on tho list
happened u day or two ago. ami tho opposite the apartment number
manager compiled without tho slightest! "What are jou writing?" was tho next
compuiH'llon. ' question.
Tio Washington women, ono of them "Iterused," was. tho answer. "I must
the wlfo of an nrmy oltlcer. were visiting keep my records strnlRht." And the
JCorthw est WushlnRton apartment houses Plumper worker gladly mado her
llnR In the ninth of those districts Into escape.
which tho city has been subdivided for Shortly thereafter she lslted tho
the purpose of pledging citizens to pur- 1-rtment of the house tnnnaRcr and
chase within tho yc.tr a ceituln amount J1" tulhlng war stamps with hhi wlfo
In these stamps, llllbcit 11. Orosiruor. "'"" ,he manager camo In On learn
editor of the National Ocographlo Mag- j"K ,,cr n,"e lie remarked th.it he had
nine. Is In charRo of thin district. ""T" "-arching for her.
Knowing tho strict rules In forco In'.. " """ I know why. t think," was
tome houses concerning oaniassers, one I ,ilc . ' 'A vomplnlnt has been mado
of the women, after some vexatious le. V ",n'M? ,,n'1 ' Know "hero It comes
lay. ..n her llrsl Mslt tctho bulldlnR f" ,' 1"?," J""' "'y. 'll8tr'ft c,!alr
found It necessary to enlist .Mr. (lios- m?,"! u'l,or" f"r m0 to llll,1e ,"c
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HUGE WAR FINANCEMrEi
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Relief for Railroads, Utilities and Other Objects;,
..i..s -in TJ11 J. T T- : J .'
vuiving jciAmisu ui 01U1UJ13, lu re jjiacusseu
in Washington '
By J. HAMPTON MOORE
lenor's tv-nptrallnii In cnllltiR to tho
"Only until cuinplalnt from a tenant
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niiriii-cii "i in" iiiuii-i-i iinj iiii-i inni tnlem tin nnil. i.n ........ i.. . .1
there calH could not bo ,-ons.dered In he?, am. "thl'h.i "bee ,doner"",f0rmH
the Ight i.f ordinary eamasslnc and In 'This Is the llrst t haio heard of urn
obtalnltiR pernilKsloii for the deslcnnted such proiNo," Kild the woman, who had
represeutattie, who Is In reality u tern- been put In a most emharrasslnc n.sl-
porary tmpioyo nc the, united States tlnn, "I will, of loursc, halo to defer
jreasiir' uniai imh'iii, iu inuKo me ncu-110 jou. nut beioro 1 ro cannot I rc
etfary calls. ' our pledse for tho purihao of home 0:
ixiuippcn wiiu priiueii rorins and ' mesa stamps?
wearltiR 011 her arm the authorized "s'. madam," said the exeoillie. The
badge, sho reached an apartment on mm MJllcltor then wrolo "refilled" after his
of tho lower floors of a structure which ' nninc. which Instantly Interested him
shall bo naniclet'!, but whkh commanilH "'"' 'l'l''d fort', a mieMlon .ia to what
nil especially Rood ilew of tho O110r.iI , "Hs ' ll0,,c wllli H'o list.
Mcflcllan statue. "The chairman of m district, who
Sho raiiR tho he, was met bv tho ml- ' , ,' ul,,illllP'l Jour permlsIon for these
Iniu ., Ihn niinihninl .. ...1 . 1. lUsltS. Will dOtlMlCS llC Ifl.ld Ifl (ell nil.
f hrlef nnenlnr evnl.m.itlnn nf ulin o.n ' llOM'lf do not know," Kald the lsltOr.
I', was and what she was dnluc was creeled ! ., N,,w C'0I"'!' ,,lc H1.0''1 "rll'iR "elo to
"
-i .v. itXifmkK-Mm7?i&isj..&j:i
William J. Hryan, Henry Clay and Demosthenes of old will soon have to look to their laurels as lcctuicrs. When feminino wiles arc added to
liersuasivc nnd forceful speech, ho or hho among us mortals who can resist the demands to "shell nut" for the forthcoming Liberty Loan
must no a lltnty-lieartcit individual indeed. Hut tho potential out-door women orators now betmr roaclicil for the Liberty Loan drive tiy iwrs,
Owen Phillips optimistically anticipate no flinty hearts. Tho instruction is (riven op the roof of tho l'eirco Business College, M-0 l'im
street, and constitutes a condensed course in "mob psychology, ns well 11 s open-air spenKing.
I
5! WAR TOPICS FEATURE
EXTENSION LECTURES
fry f "XT 11 T" A Hom.inee of tho Secret hervlco
fhe Yellow Dove
'AladcHi), etc.
Copyright, MIS. II, Avclelon Co.)
France in Word and Picture.
Damrosch and Galli-Curci
Here Wednesday
hnpler . II t'ontltiuril Ilavo t not told ou that 1 halo mado
mil.; .old.er turned K,oly away and ?;''? ; "'; "f &?nZ
-L llammerplcy bent his gazo upon the bo In tho hallway without, carryliiR a
open page, hut he did not read. Ho wan
It;, with tho cordial remark:
mo m-currencr. inn rennnr i.iio ..mw,
' plained so quickly and so bitterly has
' "Who let you In here? Caniassern """ " 'luichiy aim so nitieny lias
,hSf. . . f ,VJ.S-,. unhnoun to closo folloers of preilous
.. ,v ............... ,,w ,,,,. ual,,net ulllclal matters.
made her plea, flic mlstresH of the .s,o rallied from the shudderlnK con
apartment waxed highly Indignant nt teinplatlon of hailiiR to u her rent
belnc uppioached on such a matter, re- money for a patriotic purpose sulTlclentlv
ferred feelingly to Liberty Loan burdens to rIio a luncheon of clRhteen covers n't
and pointed to n, pllo of bcnetlt tickets , a prominent hotel hero next day.
FINNREBELS BEATEN; ; KAISER IS PLOTTING
thinking, planning, watching tho inoic
tnentH of Max Seuf. Light o'clock was
'long p.ikt. It must bo neat ly nine Hut
two hours lenialned before the nrrlial
of the mehslnger from Herlln Ills
guaidlati paced slowly up and down the
I room between the door and window, and
lldnimervley felt. If he dlil not see. Ills
deep boiiiic gaie lived upon him from
time to time. Light or ten times the man
I Pitcher of water to tho loom of Ml"
.Mather tho pltiher H outside on the
tabic when 1 hear the sounds of a
commotion In this loom, rearing that
tho prlspner has by muiio mliacle gotten
free, 1 unlock tho dour with my pass
key and enter. You have burnt d your
bonds and killed Seuf. You spring on me
mid inako mo .i prisoner " lie
paused
"And you " llenunersley btol.c In
"ou will bo left here? No. I won't
leaie jou not to that fate. I will not
Lectures and oratora of prominence
hale been Included In tho I'ulieislty In
tension Society's program for next week,
when some of the most timely and In
teresting topics of tho day will bo dis
cus, vd
Of isptilal Interest will bo an Illus
trated lecturo on "r'r.uieo and the
-1 (Treat War," by Arthur L. I'eik, of
i ltostou. Actual ileus, of tho Incendiary
corps nt work, trenches and battel lea of
-I A llf k T)f? nniOftMnnd nnr nr nuinii nnr -iiTra tbe battlelleld taken from an airplane, a
iv,uuuAiurmauii&nai run rLLimH BULlilUM "-'.. .x.od,ng ,1,0 nhe.,,,3 r-a,edr.,. vr' Mr-;
and other nencs of an unusual nitiiro eiei.Mhlng upon the lied below tho line , ar m. ,ies and If well twisted wlil .c.lr anoroxlmatelv IS ner week, and
I will mako up t'1-! creat.'r part of Ills of the name ot tne caticue was iimsiuie i noiu. u jou get nwav safely jou can y "
T iv! r nnn fnr Annthni- Pl,m i ... ' lilm- Hut a U'llclc glamo snowed i re-. uie aie in me. i norwa u
JjUJS LiinCS lOl AllOtner rlUIl lecture. Hammersley that the man was not look- , will rier find ! thert '
(lp,. TT.,,,1 5f Cii,.poafiil l'ollowlns Is the complete progiaui for lug at hlui ills dark eyes weio peering "es. Llndberg but jou what will
Wathlncton, March 30.
Financing the Oovernment In war
times Is a stupendous job. It grows In
magnltudo as Congress progresses with
Its work. Under tho Constitution, on
tho theory that tho representatives
closest to tho people should hale di
rection of tho revenues, financial legis
lation properly originates In tho House.
In certain rases whero bills afTectlng
rcienuo originated In tho Senato and
slipped throURh tho Houso they havf
been held bj tho courts to bo uncon
stitutional. Tho Senate, of course, has
tha power of amendment, which Is, In
effect, u leto power, which accounts
i ror tlio customary conferences between
i tho two houses on matters In dispute.
1 1'lnanrlal IIIIU
This week, while the Ways and Means
I I'ommlttco of tho House has been con
.slderliiR the new bond bill, tho passage
of which Is pouglit by Secretary Mc
ihii before ho begins the third Lib
erty Loan drlie. the conferees of the
senate and Homo have been laboring
with each other oier tho points of dif
ference between tho two houses on the
war corporation bill. It 1ms been a
j busy week for tho two committees, ns
i It has been for tho Secretary of the
iTreasurj-, who Is naturally Interested in
. . - ..' "l"'R both measures conform ns near-
FOR CHANCE TO LIVE;!-;;osr,,,!1n.,,, CM':ctal,ons or
Meanwhile, tho Senate, led by tho
Vlco rresldent In a Wisconsin tpeech,
has been talking wlltlcs, with sundry
criticism of tho war administration,
and tho House, acting largely upon
homo Intimites, has been debating a
w.'iro Increase for letter carriers, postal
elerl.s, ruiat mall carriers and other
emploj'cs of tho postal depalment, which
carried approximately J3U.000.000; and
n $10,000,000 need bill, through which It
Is propoed to rIio such farmers In ccr
tain western States us halo no money
to buy bcefl an opportunity to got
money from tho Treasury of tho United
Mutes on tnelr promlssorj' notes. Itep
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WOMEN STRUGGLE
Bureau of Labor Statistics Ile-
vcals Startling Conditions in
District of Columbia
IVushlnKlnn, March 00.
How working women In Wathlngton
adjut their Hies to their Incomes Is
briught out In brief bloRraphlcs of
"Mury," "Josephine," "La," "Mabel"
and others lu an artlclo appearing lu
took the leiiRtb of the loom and tlieii i k" "ine- jou gn wiin me i e win cmi- me April numoer oi mo uurcau oi j.u- reseninincs ot tno rnrmers' districts
with i a deep nigh lie sank : Into the chair, l"..?1wa J", Kft ..W fV; M71?nV"1. ', lior Watlrtlcs r.clcw. This Is tho t-ei- contended loudly for this bill on tho
not'lnoiTnls wlllf SSW riSTSS'1' " '" - ' """ iooVeoro'oVo TlK
f?ryii'n "CL '',? 'Vlwrtho'Ta "f.'.N UI. th" K She Is rVad","rgoUw'lti! I''S with the cost of llilng lu the Dls- lhn a,,,,,, whlto , who opposC(i
oir.i irt the ol bfishi, ned 1 ,.d aril Ilv ' ''"',' ',":: umm bas a dormer window trict of Columbia. '.otitended that anybody who wanted to
!:"ncecV.',i;.."1i'n.pped'u: ai V was he 'ZWu W nlLlTr Yo, I I'n-ilou. n.tlclc showed that Tt of I "juv serd could bo tccommodated at cost
c.,uld.scetl.e.,,ansl,eadi,,rar,lmV,as i",,, '"o"l.or 1 li-'SKoiw l"L ro" M ., .,vl-.H i.v .h. l-nrenn. ' '"V"'"8" nrh""Ur' of :.rlcu ture-
iwiioiu an annual anpropriaiion is mauo
and Hartford Railroad Comnsny to i
cenain pressing obligations, lia Ke3
said mat If ha had not done so
pressure upon tha banks, as well at I
railroad, would have been embarras
to say the least
llut It now appears that such' ollitt H
.--........... .... ,,, nvUHtib RDaiwiivv
order to keep up with tho war demand, ,
haio asked for as much In tho aggr-
gate as J660.000.00O, which Is not thy
end by far. .
It Is also said that nubile utlllll
companies, against which some oftm''
banks haio had to draw tho line bee,
of their own Investments In aovernroMHr
securities, have also put In claims ,far
from 300,O00,00O to $100,000,000. TV !
Ohvlnitvltr lh, tKnn AAA OIA MrnvMA4iU r
the railroad control bill 'is not going to '
accommoaaie an tnoso wno expect ,iv,
ask tho Government for relief. HbmV,
tno war nnanco cornorat on. wh ch.1.HVi'
n'ddltlon to Its function of aiding Uio, ,."
osnits, is also expected. In exceptional1:. (
cases, under the direction of tho B'ir
t fitnnf itf i tiA Tpn ink. tm a lax AM Ac
.t w tug iiinsuij, nnv is ntwv ' tt Al
1 vet or sreneral nf rn limn dr. in Htn itt ' J1 '1
nO flruf rilrl tn FnlUnarl mhm1 K "
-.. tJlj
Greatest o( rrobltma ,ir t
Tho railroad problem, ot courst, !,
tho Rreatest of all domestic financial 4
and It Is growing to such an extent that vfc
iiiu uiiciiui neueriii ui raiiruKUB, .- . ,;
tordlnR to rumor, may boiuo day soohVV,J
draw Ihn lltiA hetueen whnf inflV bo'ii"-
called essential railroads und those) Jf
deemed not essential. In other words,- ''lsV
ho may bo compelled to exercise power-V-J
which 110 is oeuevea 10 popneun unavii ? ;
mu rauroaa control law 10 ueciare mil- y
essential certain short lines and othersd-fj
too, for that matter, which have no 4lJf
rect connection with the war. That Mi g
tn Kill- Iim mnv nrtlinllv h mmnAllttd tO 1
declare "free and Independent" of Oov-(.J"
eminent coniroi cenain rnorL iinra m,
ivero graieiui wncn ino x-jcbiubhv iiivt r-t m
claimed them to bo a part of tho OoT-v Vti ,l9
eminent war system. s ,f'tj
Congress has been hoping that It 'iv5
might not be obliged before adjourn- ,i
t to nass more than ono new ioan-i!vi
bill.
Government Forces Win Bat
tic at Tammersfors, North
of Capital
on West Front
tho week
i ...... .., .. . .
Mondav i o'clock. Association Hall. ! "H5 , "s . ","' ""
fil,. .. .. n. ...... .. ...nt.l... I Mil irfl . .
IIO, J ,,'l lll.llllWII II .1. VIII. I, ,.U ,..,..
I straight before him at the opposite wall , j-ou bay to them?
wrapped III somo
London, March 30.
Finnish lted tiuards hale been de
feated at Tummersfors, north of Hel
slnRfors, by the ("oi eminent forces, ac
cording to a lleuter dispatch from I'et
rograd. The rebels arc said to halo lost
10,000 prisoners and twenty-one puns.
IVIrnqrnil, March 20.
Tho most slRnltlc.int changes lu the
relations between Husla and the
Allies apparently nrc workliiR out.
Slmultantously with the return of thei
Allied diplomats, Uolslievlk f-penKcrs In
timate a modification of their own pro.
gram to ii point somewhat upproachlnR
that of the AlPes.
"Wo won't leave, Itinsla," Serbian
L'nvoy Spolalkovltch said.
"There is surely no iiucstlou of any
aggressiio plans h' Lngland or the
other Allies aga'ast llussla," declared
French Minister Nutan
As the result of Imulrles In high
governmental circles. It Is announced
that the SrviotV policy Is chaiiRliiR nn a
result of tho conviction that the Soilets
are sufficiently Intrenched to bcRln con
structlio work. To this end they aie
prepared to utilize what they regard
as the moro liberal element of the hour.
Rcolsle In rebuilding the financial and
military structure.
4 War Minister Trotsky Is among the
?i strongc-t bUiortcrs of"1hls elianRe.
ifl The Ann I lean coiul nt Moscow Ins
f Infomiid the (.iuwrunicut that tlte
H United .States is wiIIIiir to inter t.usl
rn ncss iclaliuns with Kussi.i.
i
f Mmruu, March 30
yi Another protest to the Holsheilk rov-
S eminent against tho declaration last
? ..aa. ..f T1....I.1 l l.-p,i,.l Iim Itii-trlpnn
J ambassador, that UusM.i will become n
Oerman nrovlnco If It Fiibnilts to the
-peace terms of the Central Towers has
Been mado by uermany .ccoiauiR io
?; the German contention, this was a viola
tion or tno peace treaty
The Government replied that the am
bassador's statement was merely a re
Droductlon of the teleitiam which ho ad-
f, dressed to tho All-Itusslaii oDiigrcss at
! Moscow which ratified the peaco treaty.
THe uoiommcnt declares it maintains
toward the ambassador's declaration the
simo attitude tnat was uuopieu in rc-
spect to the telegram sent to Moscow.
' Germany se.it tnn plolist after tne
-.1iiifiuii.il .-ava. nnifl. 1....1 iiitilrAuvcil it
iiuBoiaii ruivibll ,-I3 u.u u..t...
protest ngalust occupation ot ejuessa uy
j Ihe Germans and Austrlans and also
.( against shipment, by tho Germans of
amis to Finland after tno signing oi
the neaio Ireaiv. The tieriuan reply
IJ cwcernlns thu cccupatlon of Odessa
Mas tha: tho city was a part of Ukraluo
K and conteiiuently that the peace treaty
bftweenIlussia and tho Central rowers
was not directed.
The Foreign Office has asked Germany
, to Btato definitely what It considers tho
j 'boundaries of tho Ukraine retiublln. re-
gardliiR which thero Is the same mys-
1-, tery as exists concerning the boundary
- between Hussln and tlermanj'. The
.' greatest confusion Is resulting irom inn
-'state of iitfulrH. The nart cs and fac-
J'tlons In Ukraino uro taklne various at-
IHItudes as regards tho boundaries.
r? nome lietmanopniies cien insibi umi
vUKralno touchesthe Caspian Sea.
I? Boardwalk Builder Dies
fou'tland Y. White, nloneer lumber
-man, who died of r-poplexy at his home.
iis uiamond street, i.iie inursimj
'night, will be burled Tuesday. Mr.
i,wtit built tho Boardwalk at iiiiati
MUj.Clty many years ago und was In
business on the present site of Cramps'
'ghlpj-ard. For twenty years he had been
ran invalid, but aDout a year ago ms in
fiess became more berlous. A son. Court,
jland Y, White, Jr.. wjio Is chief bacterl-
. uiue nr inn I'liiifinAinniiL uusuiLai. -a
lhls only survivor, i
The id. in he had In mind rcnulred
,,.,., ,, , .. , .. , illowcii ilrlRgs, "Pranias of Protest"; hubtletj-. Ho marked the shadows upon
Ua-.lilni.tnn. March 30. The Kaiser ...n,n .rot,.,t Against Lmnomlc Wrong; the ndllng and moled up In the bed
has been ntottlnc to "beneiolenilv" un. iiimn'mniursi Weaitrs.' " Iso that his own shadow would bo
nex tho Flemish districts of llelglum In Tuesdaj-, S o'clock, Wlthcrpioii
Iso that his own shadow would no
thriniii behind the line of sight of his
(.ii.imM ... Tt.n.i 1m li.illvf.l nr-.iln litu t.tt
.. .... . . .. . ' . .. .. T...l. ,.t.-r........ .....I ,1... Muni .."." ""' ..' " " " ' " ... ? . ' ..'... .
a manner similar io mat cmploj'ed i"iiur !. ' - v,....
toward eastern territory. It was .earned , JXV
n-,.- .'.:"...,... Her. "Current Lienis"
The annexation plans were contingent ; Wnlnedav. 4 o'cloik. Itherspooii
upon a success on the west front, and ' it., jj()Uj, will.lnson. "The Messago of
tho Kaiser had rpread hl propaRanda Ilussa.. . noMnevsky 11usI.i'm Mad
am! laid all his lines for another p under ncss .,,, Hussla's l'ower"; 3 o'clock,
ti ' i , i . . ' Academy of Music, concert by New York
Ueturiilng Be glans revea ed today sj.n,,,hoL s.eleti-. Walter I.ainrosch,
that the Kaiser's "comedy in camou- " "'"...?. .ni.;. r ii.
onductor
lug artist
Thursdaj', 3 15 o clock, Wltnerspoou
fiages" was to bo engineered thus
Uermany combed Flemish Belgium to
Rather renegade Flemings, Herman resi
dents of tho Flemish districts and a few
pro-Ge'mans Into un organization which
has as Its announced Intention the free.
Iiir of Flemish culture und institutions
from "Walloon Influence."
When the-Kalser Rac the word this
clement, an Insignificant minority, was
to meet and solemnly call upon Ger
many to come to the rescue of tho Flem
ings. (.Arm.aiiv would then nnnmini-A tn ,1.a
world that bho would tako over Flemish 'astlnR "
Itelclum. because tho neonlo nf (hnt Miturday,
district had express
thrmif-li ft Yirnres, nf
tl0n M. Uarrlo's "I'cter l'ati.'
(1ed mi the p.iRes, waltliiR for Senf to
look at li I in n ca I ii He heard the man
mole In his chair, which creaked as he
setthd morn comfortably Into It. And
when Hainuifrslej" looked again, onlj
his ees were ilhlhle, their Riizo flved
darkly ahead of hlui
Hammersley now puffed a volume of
smoke from his pipe and slowly wrlRgled
his left arm forward under him. so that
be could see the knot that tied bis
wrists It was a larRo Knot, but Milner
nble He puffed more smoke, meanwhile
watching tho top of the head of Senf As
It illit not moie. no lay oier naie upon
Hall, chamber music -nueert by Schmidt n,, ,MX .,nd, taking care not to disturb
Quaitet, and Hunter Wcu.n, pianist.
bistlug aitM.
Fr!da 4 o'clock, Wltherspoon Hall.
George llarlo Italguel, 'Current Licnts-."
"Summary and Forecast"; S o'clock,
Wltherspoon Hall, Fnlierslty of I'enn
sjlianla and Cornell debating teams,
"Frcn Speech In Warthuo"! 8 o'clock,
Association Hall, Ldwin Slllton Hoyle,
author's reading, "Tho Slrugglo Kier-
30 o'clock, Wltherspoon
ised their wishes etul '" ounB ',,er!1' cours,
of "sclf-determlna- b' -Mnry rard Itoberts ofSIr James
HiPi
s m..i-,,? mmmmm
100,000 of Smith Family
Listed by War Bureau
Waslilnelon. March 30. The pro-
lino Bmlth family lias 100,000 of Its
offeprlnus listed In tlu war risk
Insuranco bureau flics,
, Ono thousand und forty of the
Smiths aro surnalncd John, 1060
William, "00 John A., and !00 'Wll-
lom II.. while tho Miller and Wll-
ison cUns uro lepresenteJ by 15,000
men each, Tlic.ro aro numerous
John Drowns, and John Johnsons,
to say iiothtnB ot Joltn O'Hrten.
VTho burcuu warns th.it tlm full
namo und postofllco nddress Is
ieded In any correspondence.
ATLANTIC CITY'S PROSECUTOR
WILL NOT TOLERATE OPEN TOWN
SAvurMMM '''WlVWJfB'rAw - -sfusw nww wssms
-. m I HaHaaaalWtraaaHa
No Sunday Kum and jno
Gambling, Says Gaskill,
Lately Appointed by
Governor Edge
"If Philadelphia Crooks
Attempt to Take Liber
ties They Will Get Jer
sey Justice"
Hu a Ktajf Correspondent
Atlantic City, March 30.
"Atlantic City Is to ho forbidden ter
ritory for lawbreakers of all sorts under
my administration, no matter where
thej' maj' come from. If Philadelphia
crooks, New York crooks or crooks from
anywhere else think they can come to
Atlantic City and take liberties with Its
new decency standards, we'll glvo them
a dose of Jersey Justlco they'll neier
forget,"
Edmund C Rasklll, Jr. Atlantic
County's new prosecutor, was told to
day that Philadelphia sports are re
ported 'to be looking forward to an
"open season" at tho shore and a gen
eral loosening up under his administra
tion of tho criminal law at the shore.
The foregoing was his replj".
Prosecutor Gaskill looked as If he
meant what he said. 13y way of em
phasis he punctuated his "declaration of
policy ' by pounding nis aesn. liasKiu
has a reputation as a fighter and looks
like a lighter. He Is raw boned and
stands six feet four In his stocking feet
He has literally pulled himself up the
ladder, through his own efforts.
Atlantic's new district attorney has
pronounced opinions on the subject of
Sunday rum and Rambling, the exposi
tion of which In his own terse terms wilt
surprise some of the sports and the ex
treme conservatlies who thought that
.., .. I....1 .&lalil n "llfoornt"
uoveruor 'uio au ovnw. ......-.
to enforce tho law In this thore Juris
diction. , ... , ,
"I am against Sunday liquor," he said
today. "After a careful study of the
situation I urn convinced there Is no
demand for Sunday rum here. There
might have been years ago, when At
lantic City was a dllterentsort of place.
"Peoplo do not come here to get liquor
on Kunday. The vast majority of them
do not care whether liquor Is aiallable
u..M,v. Times have changed.
elm m ,,vw.. .-. --. ..- ,1,
int.iin r-itv HUM cnanceu. rr "
best proof of that Bound tho legitimate
saloonmen on the subject of Sunday
rum. Most of them are glad the sale
of liquor la prohibited on the Sabbath.
They would not go bock to Sunday booio
If they had the opportunity.
"Ope reason for that, perhaps, Is that
It would be a boomerang, und they know
t better than those of us who are pot
in tho business. It would slmplj; kho Un
Si"-5S
KUMUNU J. UASKILL, JR.
County Prosecutor at Atlantic
City.
law Itself not to Inflame popular senti
ment. It Is strong and they know It.
"I am no less strongly opposed to
gambling. There is no organized
gambling now In Atlantic Cltj to the
best of my knowledge and I do not
Intend there Bhall be.
"l'eonlo whom Atlantic City wants do
not come hero to Ramble. They aro
against gambling. In enforcing the law
upon this question I Intend to deal with
the cll wherever it crops oui.
"I know of no reason why men
should be denied the right to play for
hi- atnii lii tho back nart of this city
if others be allowed to gamble for big
stakes along tne uoaninsw. "
ministration will not stand for It.
That Is to bo ono of the keynotes
of my term of office, a fair deal for
.. , ... .. in,Mit illvi'rtmlnutlun I
don't want to proiecuto people. Atlan
tic City ought t realize by thU time
that It pays to obey me law and be
decent and clean.
If we do that hero at home we cer
tainly shall not permit people to come
in from outside and take liberties with
the law. Sports who cannot have a
good time within the law should go
elsewhere. We don't wart sensational
ism because crime advertising Is harm
ful to Atlantic City.
"Quito unjustly It has been elver i a
poor reputation In some parts of the
country. People who do not know us
seem to think there Is unbridled wick
edness In Atlantic Cy u"8"8,0"0 "
cheerful here. That unfounded belief is
fast disappearing, and we aro bV1
"As I said liefoie, we do not want
to Prosecute. people In AtUntta County.
but If we no mur' i ..u.v
we ore Rolng to prosecute them to the
limit That's my plan. If the sports
mPhll.delphla.don't like It. tell them
to ety awy nd w " b glBd 0 L
the bonk. kIomIv advanced bis arms be
h nil li in toward Iho li aze in :ne canuie.
Tho knot of the rop caiiRht and blazed.
but the i-anille spiutteren aim lie rpnchiv
ulllulrrw his h.ind. Kendlnc a ollime of
smoke from his plpo to neutralize tho
odor senr sliircru mo air curiously.
Something Is burning," Hammersley
heard him mutter.
"Mv pipe." h explained carefully "It
Is a i lie tobacco. Hut It will go out
of the crack at the window."
"Will jou not trv mine. Herr Ham
mersley? Perhaps It Is better"
"No. thanks. Nothing much matters
to a dead man,"
His guardian settled back In his chair
i ml Hammersley repeated his maneuver
more d.irlnglj', his own pipe seething like
a furnace , ,
"Vou are a furious smoker, Herr
Ilaiiimenlej'" said Senf again.
"It Is tho waj" one smokes, meln .lun-Re.-,
when one smokes for tho last
time " he replied.
Tint the fellow got up, sniffing and
walking nrotind the room
"It is u most curious tobacco, ho
muttered.
Hammersley'-e wrNts pained him
where his bonds had rut, but he kept
his gaze upon the piiRe of the book,
and Senf sat In his chair ngaln A
strong pull of his arms and Hammers,
ley felt tho tension relax His bonds
came looser and after a few .more efforts
his wrists were free. His heart was
jumping and he feared a stray glance
of th watcher mlRb see the throbbing
of the blood at L.S temples, but he
clasped bis hands behind him nnd
waited, slipping the sundered rope be
nenth a fold of the blanket
Two three minutes passed and Sent
did not move The1 untying of his feet
might proie n difficult matter, but be
mado the lenture, working slowly and
patlentlj'. his gaze on Senf's head. Then,
ns tho knot yielded a llttlo to his prylnR
flnRers, his gnre quickly concentrated
on It. In bis efforts ho mii't have made
a sound or a suspicious movement of
tho shoulders, for when he looked up
ho saw the head of Max Senf projecting
aboic the tntlboanl of tho bed, his lnrge
cj-es protruding with amazement. They
gazed at enrh other for a tense fraction
of a second and then sprang upright
Ilammersiey Ravpcu iw innui, "'
still strugted gamelj-. though he real
ized that Tie had played his last card.
Things got dark, nnd dimly ne saw mo
dOOr Ot inO TOOni open aim nuiiio ,,..
enter. Wentz. of course His gamfl
tvfi it un
Senf was panting heavily. "He burnt
tha rope," Hammersley heard him say.
"Come and help me. Ho has a grip
of Iron." . . . ,
y around tho squirming figures, and
It ts 11D thno In wrifctn wnrrin T?tn
now the lady Is waiting for jou Come,
jou mut get ready at once."
Ho walked to the bed and nulehlv
stripped off the blankets, twIstlnR the j
Miceis nnu u iiir ineni lOReuier Then
he took his pistol belt and fastened it
around llnmmerslej's waist, slipping a
handful of loose e'lirtrldRes tnto the side
poi ket of his leather Jacket.
lliiiniiierslej-, bewildered by the de
lotlon of bis old friend and tosed be
tween alternatives of dutj-, stood help
lessl.v. At the moment when he needed
ii-soiutloii incst ho wws supine. Hut
the minutes were par.-'ng. The thought
of his mission suddenly brought bhn to
life, and his face grew hard, Ids eies
brilliant with purpose
"Come, Llndhcrg. Vou mutt go with
me "
"N'o," the man lutMcd,
tho best "
"Xo. You must iiiinn with tne"
"I haie mado other plans, Herr Ham-im-rsley,"
ho whispered gviitlj. "You
win go nii.iie i win Riie jou u rea
son " And before Haiuniersley could
know what ho meant to do. ho drew his
hunting-knife from Its sheath tn Hain
merhley's belt und plunged It Into Ma
ow n shoulder,
Hamnferslej- could scarcely restrain a
crj but Lindners smiled at him and
plucking the weapon out, put It In 11am
mersley's outstretched hand.
"It Is nothing." ho said "It will
bleed a little. The moro It bleeds tho
better my ease with Lxcellenz. They
will bo hero In three hours, if not be
fore. Now bind und gng me quick.
There Is no time to lose."
He lay tlat upon the floor and us In
a dream Hammersley obeyed him, tjlng
his nrms and legs. When he had fin
ished, Hammersley bent oier tho man
and touched his hand gentlj-.
Tiood-bj'. old friend, Whatcier hap
pens I will not forRet God bless jcu."
Tlu-ro was a brlRht keen look In the
small Rray cj'es upturned to his.
That was all Hammerslej' could see
of the swathed head, hut It gaio hlin
a new Idea of self-sacrifice.
f'll.W'TLK XVIII
HAMMnilSLKY'S first act was to
take off ftls shoes and slip on
tnto each pocket of his Jacket. They
wero soled with rubber, but in en that
he feared would inako a uil, Then
ho put tho box of matches lu 'lis pocket
and blew out the candle, oiertumlng
It on the floor. The shutters of Urn
wl.iuow were closed, and If they wre
opened carefully the man In the garden
below might not notice anv change In
tho nppearanco ot the window. Ilnm-merslcj-
buttoned his Jacket and. care
fully pushing back tho shutter, peered
out. Fortunately the night had fallen
darklv and oierhcad black clouds wen1
lowering, and while ho hesitated, search
ing tho paths below for the figure ot
tho guard, thero wan a palter of rain
upon the roof. The Rods wire pro
ritlous. At last he made out a dark bulk mol
ing to und fro along tho garden path
toward the toolhouse Hammersley
watched, waiting until tho man's back
was turned, when he opened tho shutter
wider and threw the rope of sheets out
upon the ledge-. Closing the shutter
again, ho i-anie toward tho nous-. So
far so good for the whiteness of the.
sheets would have been plainly visible
had the guard been looking The nett
stage of his escape was more difficult,
and he let tho fellow go nnd como
twlco nlong hlsiath ns lie nmed his
new moie. lio tried the jliutter care
fully to see that It did net creak and
measured with his ej'e the distance to
ihn llvlnr.room chimney, whlth iij mii'U
teach during the twenty paces the sol-
No ono I 381, or 01 per cent, receded under J00
! per jenr, or approximately $10 per
week.
Thirty-one per cent lived away from
heme, 45 per cent wero In receipt of
outsldo Hsslstanec, 72 per cent wero
twenty-ono -ear3 of ago and oier and
21 per cent had dependents.
l.enies Urplinliuge lit Lteien
One girl llieil In an orphanage until
sho wait eleien jears old, the present
article stntes. Ulio report continues:
"She had to git a special permit to ro
to work and Ii.ih been working lu stores
eier since for ten jears She was a.
stock girl at JO a week until April of
IDli'i, when tho got ptomal clsoulng
III tho einplojes1 luncluooni and had to
I CO to :i hosillltil fnr Ihlt lr.f.,1 ur1.M.
'ly nTun Is Tho htoro n.ifil her lui.cnlt.il MM. luff ai,1 I
for this purpose 'Iho IIouso action on
these two lieai y Treasury drafts ob
tained scant public notlco becauso of
tho magnltudo of tho larger war opera
tions. Heller for the Railroads
War financo Is not exclusively tho
raising of money for troops and ammu
nition. ConRress makes heavy appropri
ations for both theso purposes. But
under coier of war a Rreat many es
sentials, and somo nonessentials, come In
for consideration. Transportation Is ono
of the essentials, and tho passago of
the railroad control bill was u distinct
plcco of war financing. It carried an
appropriation of $500,000,000 to enable
tho director general of railroads to ro
to the relief of railroads which might
not be ablu to meet their maturing ob.
ligations or to extend thiir equipment
ment to pass more than ono new loan'TMjJ
It is moro than UKeiy. However,, y,
I n,.J, ..V..w.-.T, ,,lfi,
that after proilslon Is made for the. JV'SS
third I.lhertv limn, which will brlnr tho , llSvl
aggregate of all loans thus far up to ?
lunnnnnnnnn iim ilie 12.000.000.000 ..
thrift stamps, another loan may have QX
to bo provided for before adjournment. "-
The total nf S14.000.000.000. Part Of. .
which has been spent nnd some of whleh . u;
has been loaned to the Allies, will carry '-'H
the country forward financially to tno
end of the fiscal jear, tnai is io saj, ,.,
.I.A Aa nt TltnA 1QIQ t
T.lha-ev T.nmn .Jl
Tim Seeretarv of the Treasury la nftt- I -S
urally anxious that the third Liberty
Ixian shall be speedily disposed of, an
for that reason Is doing all he possibly
can to hasten tho passage of the war,
corporation bill, which It 1st expected-
K.IM ,n nntw r.lUvn fhft tuink. tha Tall
roads and the war Industries, but will Mt
, . .. .I....UII.. nt mnnM, f Af .1
iiiiuru liver uivumuuii vfc i.",j -.. -4
tne purcnase or me new ibsuc. a no ow- l
retarv now has on hand a large amount J&.
of loan money resulting from formers-gji
Issues which 'has not been spent, but ''jpa
ho has ' the estimates of the depart- -jB5
m
1-,-,nia t-iufnr, him nilrl knnvi that av&ll
. . . i ii .1-1 .1,1. .n.4n . !. niirnAo i'lll Pn i"--.
arm Bervico unuer nonnui iiiiHiicini con- uuiu tuuua iui wifrv-v .. ---- -,j
dllloni. Tho director general iihs lUiy cllwirpear netween mis ana mo ena a;
nlr;irlv niriofi tlio Vniv nrk. New liaipri of the fiscal Year. -ukJ
- - - - "vJ.Jfr
rzj
Hammcraley paw the reflection of the . tier would tnlte. toward the too'houo,
ii. ... .fimAtriinf hr(irht A knife
Ho heard u blow, nnd the mass of
struggling flesh abovo him suddenly col
hin"ed and smothered him with its
weight With an effort he struggled free
and rolled nslcle. looking up Into tho
grim face cl Llndbcrg.
b ..Sh the man whispered "I had
to do It. There was no other way. I've
been waiting outside."
flanx gut! Thev have heard nothing."
"ire you sure?" Hammersley man-
need to gasp, nB Llndbcrg cut tho rope
T-"' .. --! llr. .Hllf.fl
that oounu 111 "' , . . ,, ,.,
v. Ho was so sure of himself that
he did not shout'
IndKSl- My friend! I had
v' "'i" have waited until the beer was
served. It Is well. And now - 'He
looked around the room quickly, lou
BhHammersIey had a sudden thought.
"Captain von Winder, sent youj"
"No. He knows nothing. But he has
not spoken. It Is now after o'clock.
Ily half past 9 you must bo.
;;ja dochl But you 1"
"No. no: I will' not consent to that"
"Yes. I have thounht out a Plan."
"But they will suspect. They will
hoot you." , , Have j ot toI(1
you that 1 have thought out a planT'
"I will listen to It."
Llndberg meanwhile had been un
strapping his Pistol holster and put It
Hammersley glanced over his shoulder
at the door. ''But they may come
again." ho whispered.
'I think not. There Is little time o
lose. Wo will have to take the cnance."
"But If they return and find me free
It will only cause your death and do me
fox Entertainment
not pay her wages during that time, sol . . , . .
Z S-p'K-r "-.en r iss REAL THEATRES URGED
out of the hospital sho recured a po-d- I
Hon as n nalesglrl in nn Iher stole. I'n- V(D MI71M ITVJ FRAWrC'
til February sho Hied with a married jrUIl lTllMl 111 rlllllLEl
sister and paid her 2.C0 a week for
board and lodging. In Kebruarj-, be
causo of tho death of her sisters hus- v w SotViorn After Trin to
band, tho two women broke up house- U' lt' aolncrn A"er Uip IO
keeping und took two unfurnished " War Zone, Tells Of Need
iuumie, iur , uu u inoniii, snaring ex
pensen equally. Their fcod aieragcs J4
to 5 n week They do all their own
cooking, laundering, mending and inako
their own underwear. Sho says they
spend almost all of Sunday getting ready
for tho nexfweck.
"In 1010 sho worked nt night for
fivo weeks as cahler for a moving
plcturo house, but according to her ac
count ono of the store girls "peached"
e.n her and a policeman Informed her
tho next day she could have only ni.o
postlon nt a time. She has a' llttlo
brother living at the oiphannRC. and
an soon as sho finishes paying tho board
money she owes for tho time she was
sick she expects to st.ut sailng money
to Ret him out.
I
An Atlantic Vort, March 30. K. II.
Sothern, the actor, nnd Wlnthrop Ames,
theatrical producer, sent abroad by the
Y. M. C. A. at tho request of General
I'ershlng to Investigate tho recreational
needs of American troops, halo returned
here They nnnonnced that they would
soon make a report to theatrical men In
New York, with a view to taking steps to
ward providing American soldiers In
France with entcnalnment. Mr. Sothern
said the Americans were nt a dlsad
- . - Yt
DEATH RATE OF STATER
FOR 1917 WAS WM
14.8 for Each 1000 Inhabitants,
According to Official Statis
tics of Health Department
m
v
llarrlsburg, March SOt
Tho general death rate for .Pennsyl
vania, slnco tho creation of tho State
Department of Health, according to
slntlstlcs of tho dcpartircnt. Just com
piled up to tho end of 1917, shows a
gradual downward tendency. In ,19011
the death ratn stood at 16 it thousand
population, ahd In 1915 ft reached the
remarkably low record of 13.8,
"She Is tho tort of a Rlrl who, If vantage In this respect, compared with
?n .. c,la"oe ?.ml coo1 rough wages, ! Kngllsh and French troops, who were
During the latter part of 19IC a wide- ,
sprcuit preiaienco or pneumonia, In- wi
fluenza anel similar ills irdcrs was noted jjj'jn
Ittmlt.hnltl Ihi. U,... ....I ,I.k ..n.....t ?!$
.,,, wubitvu,, v'.v uiam ,1.1 ,,,,j uhu,wi k-tri
' nrevnleneft exlemleil inln Ihn .ftrlir i.
so that she could have a small .,,.ni,.J i . . .. . .1. . "months of 1917. Tho largo number btlS.
above tho necessary .,..,:"-'"" ''7 nearer nome ana aoie io ooiain enter- dcalh3 from ,hcf,e ca especially
would haio thu ambition nnrt i.,,i.i. .'J ' tainment on leaio of absence .among nersons adianccd In nee. waa.'.!
study and equip heiself for more ein. "General Pershing told us," he said, largely responsible for the plight !.
cient service. proent Fhe feels tnr. "that relaxation In tho form of enter- i creaso In the death rate for 1918 and; :
tunato if she Is able to meet her most talnmcnt was as much necessary to sol-1 1917, tho rato for 191G being 14.6, ane3
pressing obligations, and sho uses up ' 'Hers as food and sleep.
Bvuiui-ii mcrRy mnump this effort thai I The feeling was impressed on me
it is not possible for her to do more." j that no one has any right to bo over
Another girl Is a ribbon clerk "She I there unless ho Is taking somo part In
graduated from the eighth grade nlne-'tl'0 struggle, It Is a grim, deadly work
iien jears ago, and has been working l the men are engaged In, and when they
ever slnco as a salesgirl, sho Is paid I are not In the trenches It Is necessary
111 a week. Sho lives nt homo with i for their welfaro that their minds bo
her parents and paj-s 50 a week for turned from Its exacting seriousness,
board ami lodging, but as she Is a 'The Canadians halo taken .up the
member of a larRe family she helps Idea of recreation und relaxation In
with the housework ono hour and a half I001""0" and they have what they term
In the mornings and un hour at night i nn 'ictors' factory" right behind the
and spends most of Sunday doing addll I lines, which provides tho amusement
tlonal cleaning and housework. In 1916 they so relish."
sho took a vacation of a week and two!
m Ji c,n o"u ' X ,;"".." ." UrBc S30.000 for Orphaned Girl
. . ... . . ..... ,0 ufc ilcr warp..
Sho paid ten cents a week on her life
Mnslilnston, March 30. Uepresenta-1
Insurance and ten cents a week for sick "', .T."' "' ' ', ?.'. ll,R5?S,d.
KOnelll. ami this W ns I1ar nu nViA -... lurviuuvn i-i u iinitumiv ViV iUI
to saVl,?gany?hlnR during thai feS? -Itol'J 'eKn?1? 0-borne. of Cleie
ii iitti.i unci inwr iir i a i nnr- mnt n r, n r
While her rale of pay might be a llylng 'wo 'sister's In an epl
wage for a younger woman, It Is not, i J . , ,,. S.
sultlclent for her , lay by ',,y amoSn V? f yanl' Sar
for her old aRe." lar ' ""
land, O . who lost her father, mother and
oslon at the Mare
San Francisco, Janu
wind was hlowlmr In the treetons nnd
somewhere below him a young oak was
rustlliiR Its last j-ear's leaies. Tho shut
ters fortunately opened In the direction
in whlrh he mut go. so he sat upon
tho wlndowslll, doubled up, nnd when
tho time came, without looking again
at the guard, moved quickly, slipping
out nolselesslj', clos'ng tho nhutter be
hind him and, Ratherlng up the sheet as
he went, crept like a cat on n wal
alone the narrow ledRe. It creaked with
his weight, and som small object that
his foot had touched Rrated alonp tho
roof and fell to the Rround below. A
tiny sound at best, but magnlilsl In
Hammerslej-'s ears a hundred times
He had reached the wine chimney nnd
waited above It, listening lor the foot
steps of the man below
There wss.po sound The man had
stopped walking. Hammersley did not
dare look out from his hiding place, but
he knew that In that moment his fate
was hanging In the balance. Just then
a heavier gust of wind than usual dis
lodged a broken hranch from the tree
nearby, which fell to the ground. Still
the man below did not move, and Ilam
mersiey blessed his wisdom In closing
the shutter, for he knew that the guatd
must be peering upward, searching for a
sign of anything unusual In Its appear-
iiammrilf held his breath, straining
his ears for the sound that would tell
him tnnt Tie had not iaueei. in a wnue.
which seemed Interminable, If began
ngaln, the slow crunch of gravel under a
heavy foot ceased and began again, as
though uncertalnlj. so he waited until
the sounds were regular as before, then
advancing his heud cautiously he
waited for the proper time. and. keep
ing the chimney between himself and
the garden, ran straight up the roof to
the gable and crouched uulckly upon
the other side. He waSi'more fortunate
this time, for the rqof gave forth no
sound.
34 Yeors Old, (lets I.? a l P, u
Another Rlrl "'started to work when i
sho was nine jears old; sho Is now!
thirty-four. Sho has been u shaker In
a laundry for llvo years and gets S a
week. She Is one of u large famllj-, so I
sho Rives most of her earnings to her
ttrsmtlmvi If An lnBiihnh -.
iiiviuc,. nci iiiouiuui't; is icn cents a
week, church costs 5 cents a week and
last year sho bought J4 worth of clothes
Sho spends nn hour a. day doing dishes
nnd cleaning for her mother, nnd she
does her own mending and washing and
takes care of her own room, A friend
takes her to the movies onoe In a while,
and last J'car paid a doctor bill of $; for
her."
Another girl, saya the report. Is nn
"information" operator "Sho Is thlrtj--three
years old and has been working
for ten years. Her annual earnings for
1910 were (003.99 She lives with her
sister and pays for the laundrj-. food
and gas. whllo her sister pays for tho
rent and Insurance. She epent 137 for
clothes In 1916, and her other expenses
Included Items for carfare, books, miners
and magailnes, vacation, doctor, church
and gifts. She came out even at the
end ot the year. In addition to doing
cooKing, inaraciiiiK una cleaning spend
ing about two hours on week daj-s and
six hours on Sunday she does soma
of her own laundering and altering of
clothes.
"The stories of the other teleuhona
girls are similar to the one aboie. All
but two out of twjsntj-.three Interviewed
and tnose two were young and begin
ners paid board and lodging to their
families ranging from 1110 to f 443.
Their expenditures for clothes ranged
from $U to ,193,-many of tbetu buying
for 1917 14.8. jn-A
The Health Department's flgurea fori.W
19. 1 show the death rato from such.y,a
measles, scarlet fever and wlioopliMfiJ
cough to haie been tho lowest In tbeVjU
history of the department. The ilealhja
rato for measles for tho year was Gl'aJga
hundred thousand of population, -while
tho best previous ueatn rate irom tni,
disease was 6,4 In 1915, and 6.7 in '
1914. ,.05
The death rate for scarlet fever' la'
an entirely new low recortf, 3,4 a hun--!
AnA tl.n,i..ni1 tl,A h.tt tirai, I.,,,.. ,&n'a ...2
-fnr-A liniltif- heen "ft n 1011;. whtT m slj&
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Candidate for Legislature V""5j
000 for lMioenlSTllle, Pa., March 30. Samut1,
r Cleie- Buckwulter, of near I'hocnlxillle, ,tatai "y
announced that lie la a candidate lor do. , ,
State legislature He Is the 'staffs ftl!
agent at Devault, on the Fraxer bran4hO
of tno rennsyivania uanroui. lie jiaar-a
declared ror proniouion. rfvV '
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UNION LEAGUE ISSUES APPEAL
FOR ALL CITIZENS TO HELP IN &AK
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The Union League of Philadelphia, In conjunction ivlth the Union'
Leagues of New York, Boston, San Francisco and Chicago, lias Usu. k
iho iquowiiig painouc appeal urging Americans io uo mcir uii in in
war crisis: t ''"
"Tho patriotism of our forefathers gave us liberty, and tho liberty on'4 S.
fieedont enjoyed by all who now dwell within our country vcro uoug
by tho blood of .tho soldiers of the American Revolution and thoso
died that we might remain a united peoplo.
"Tho debt Is ours, and now when our own flesh and blood Is
out to tljht that our noblo inheritance be preserved to us and tuti
generations, It ts for us to show our unqualified loyalty and patrli
by our every act and effort.
"Now Is the time we should realize as never 'before' what our !
history means to us and pledge 'our fortunes and our aacfed honor,' i
those patriots who signed the Declaration of independence, to tno bui
of our country and the men who In this day pledge 'their Uvea; that h
liberty ahall not perish. ,
"When the Father of our Country was laid to rest, were) spoken
words which should never die, 'Though Washington is dead. Jehovah
Americans'. This uoa wno raised up wasntngton ono gave your
exacts from you the duty of cherishing it with a zeal according to
edge. In all tho perils of your country, remember Washington.'
freedom of reason and of right has been handed' down to yeil . t
point of the hero's sword. Guard with veneration theaiWeeJepoatt"
"Fellow Countrymen, do your full duty., mv t .mm our,
fathers and bur, aona bp abed In vain. The aplrK ot TsTl
must Inspire our. deeds if.wo.are to;prev .ro
the Home of the Drnye' td 'future LBfttA.'
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