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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-09
WILMINGTON READY
FOR CELEBRATION
OF "HOME WEEK :"
City in Gala Attire and TO-
900 Visitors a Day Ex-
pected by the Railroad and
Transportation Companies.

WILMINGTON. Del, Oct. 9.-With the
every arrangements has been completed
for Old Home Week, and the biggest
celebration in the history of Wilmington
is expected to move without a hitch of
any kind. Ten thousand visitors n day
is the estimate Of those in charge, and
the railroads and transportation com
panies have provided additional travelling
facilities.
Mayor Howell and the committee ex-
pect to entertain a number of guests,
including the mayors of cities who have
been invited, the editors of newspapers
in Philadelphia and from the peninsula
and other nearby towns Five hundred
private invitations have been sent out
and those who accept will be the special
guests of the city.
Wilmington is handsomely decorated
and the thousands of additional lights
which have been placed in position on
Market street will be turned on on Sat-
urday night for the purpose of giving
the people an opportunity to see the ef-
feet of the illumination. After that time
they will be lighted every night until the
celebration is over. Every building on
Market street carries bunting and the
decorations extend to streets adjacent
we'll as the main thoroughfare. Market
street has been made to resemble a huge
court of honor.
In order that the public may be able
10 see the river carnival on the last night
Df the celebation. most of the manufac-
- nj aafu and tra taf I'M
1anies along the river have promised to
open their yards to visitors.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-09
USING OUR COAL AT RATE
TO EXHAUST 1T IN 25O YEARS
DR.. L. G. Jones Gives Interesting
Facts About Origin of Deposits.

Coal has given to the world several
| hundred thousand compounds most of
which are of great value. For coal con-
tains carbon. oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen,
sulphur phosphorus and the halogens.
It sometimes even contains gold and
radium.
Among the materials mentioned by Or.
Louis Cleveland Jones, i'm an address be-
fore the Franklin Institute as obtained
from coal are acid bases, alkal aloids. gums
Varnishes, solvents, sugars, saccharine,
stuffs as bitter as saccharine Is sweet
dlsinfectants, dyestuffs of brilliant hues.
stimulating and sleep-producing drugs,
healing medicines and violent polsons. vile
odors and pleasing perfumes.
Coal. according to Doctor Jones. was
formed by the vast forests of giant trees
than luXuriated upon the earth when its
atmosphere was full of steam and con-
tanned from to per cent. of carbonic
acid gas, against the 003 of l per cent. IL
contains now
The total coal deposits of the world
are about 1900 billion tons. 1t took In
formation about II. 900 billion tons Of
carbon from the air, leaving us onIv
about 700 billion tons. or but per cent
of the original total. I'm other words -
said DR.. Jones, mo more coal could have
been deposited because the raw material
was practically used up"
If time shall arrive when the mi
will be absorbed from the air-by the |
decomposition OF granite. for instance |
not enough will be left to sustain plant |
life, and the earth will become a dead |
world.
There are about 74OO billion tons of
minable coal In the world. If the pres
ent increasing rate OF consumption keeps
up, this will be exhausted in 25O years.
But long before that time its price will
have become prohibitive
Each different kind of coal-peat, lIg-
lte, semi-bituminous bituminous gas
coal, smokeless coal. semi-anthracite.
graphite, diamond-represent
'nly "a different step In natures slow
process of converting the vegetation of
he carboniferous era into the fuels so
necessary to our modern civilization"
The earth's crust is a vast retort and
n It's work of carbonizing vegetation IL
aves us the byproducts in the form OF
asphalt, btumen, petroleum and natural
;as,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-09
NEW GERMAN SIEGE GUNS
KAISER'S MILITARY SECRET
Effective Use at Liege Surprised
Army as Well as Foes.

BERLIN. Oct. IA member of the
German Parliament, who for nearly ten
years has been connected with the Army
Budget Committee of the ReichstaR, tells
some interesting things of the history of
the now-famous 42-centimetre siege guns
which served the Germans so effectively
at Liege and Namur.
THE surprise that Germany pos
sessed such mOrtars," he says. in an ar
ticle published by the Neue Zuercher
zeitung, was as great in Germany as
II was in other countries. After compile
tion OF secret tests with these guns some
time ago, and the decision of the Gov
ernment to order a number of them, il
was a problem as TO how 10 keep the
matter a secret.
over 40 officers took part In the dis
cusslons at which the military budget
was prepared for submittal to the Bud
get Committee OF the Reichstag. When
a new clause was reached with only the
heading Arms" the chief OF the De-
partment OF Arms requested that for
the time being this subject could not he
discussed. At the conclusion of the con-
ference he told me In strict confidence
that the title Arms involved new siege
mortars. The General Stan requested ur-
gently that not a word be said OF the
matter in the committee; not even the
officers present had any knowledge of II
six weeks ago l visited the ammunition
factory as a member Of the armament
commission and ascertained that any
number of pro1ectiles and cases for these
mOrIars could no produced within "A very
snort time In reply to my question
whether these mOrtars did not wear out
rapidly, a director of the company said
There are not enough fortresses in ex-
istence I'm the whole world TO wear out
a single mortar. AS 2 matter Of fact
our army possesses 5000 mortars of an
earlier date. which are still usable."
The official North German Gazette
also discusses these new mortars with
special reference TO their projectles 1t
says III a weapon of the German army
has a claim to popularity IT is the az
centimetre mortars which in spite or their
huge dimensions have managed to re-
main concealed. In fact, the nickname
Drummer" which has been given to
these mortars shows how far this popu- |
lartty has progressed. One cannot be |
astonished that a shot which hurls with |
accuracy a weight of eight hundred |
weight over a space OF a German mile /
to its goal causes an atmospheric pres /
sure which for miles around hurls every 4
thing into the air. Reports have shown
that the projectile. after IL has left the
mortar, causes a great noise only by cut
Ting through the air."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-09

enormous buildings and monuments. New
ertheless, the ensemble Is pleasing. for
there are plenty Of gardens, which lend q
countrified air and pretty tinge of green
to the city with its gigantic stone build
ings. In temperament the Bordelais are
very like the southerners, more particu-
larly the people of Marseilles. They are
a pocket edition of Tartarin de Tarascon
Aphonse Daudet's braggart hero of
southern France. Like their brothers of
Marseilles they must always be In the
move. and, above all, must be continually
boasting of their prowess.
Historically speaking, Bordeaux Is a
very ancient town, the origin OF which is
unknown. II made its appearance sudden
ly under the Romans, about 200 a. D.,
and was then already large town. The
Romans completely demolished 1t and re-
constructed 1t in its actual proportions
about 400 A. n. Bordeaux was several
times under English domination and
traces of its occupation are still to be
found in a kind of colony which lies quite
close to the city This colony, which pro-
duces an excellent wine, which is well
known. is still called la Colonie
Anglaise."
Bordeaux surrendered to England for
the last time In 1914, when Louis XVIII
wae proclaimed King there. Once before,
during the Franco German war of 1s7O-7l
the French Government was transferred
to Bordeaux. where IL remained until the
definite signature of peace. With its
enormous dimensions. Bordeaux certainly
seems specially fitted to cepe with the
enormous activity and bustle which the
transfer Of the French Government from
Paris will bring with 1t.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-09
HISTORY OF BORDEAUX
CL0UDED WITH MYSTERY
Romans Demolished and Rebuilt
Town About 400 A. D.

Bordeaux, to which the French Gov
srnment has been transferred. is. with
nearly 100000 inhabitants, the first city
or France. 1t lies on the River Garonne
and has famous commercial port II Is
about $50 miles from Paris and is served
by TWO railway companies. the Midi and
the Orleans.
Ii is a beautiful city. very large. al
most too large for the small number OF
lhhabltants II contains. II has room for
twice or even three times as many peo-
PIE without In the least tnconYenlencinz
the population. Bordeaux Is the countrS
OF the good old wines of France. The
grateful warmth of the old brands OF
bordeaux may be said 10 dwell I'm the
blood OF the inhabitants, who seem ever
striving 10 MI with life and movement
thelr Immense city without, however.
completely succeeding.
bordeauX greatly resembles Versailles,
And one might say that the same spirit
presided over its construction. Its build
frs planned II on a large scale, and, as
! the case Of Versailles, to outbld Paris.
MS Is the impression given to the vis-
LOT 10 Bordeaux when he sees It's spac-
oes streets, tts immense squares. It's
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-09
CHINESE GROW NARCISSUS
Exports Last Year to United States
Amounted to S7o,65S.

The Chinese are growers of narclssus
For several years one firm at Annoy has
been the principal shipper. Last year ex'
ports to the United States amounted tc
$40 65S. Once each year during July one
of the large Pacific mail steamers calls al
Annoy for big shipment of narcissus
bulbs to the United States direct. Several
months ago 1t was anticipated that the
narcissus harvest this year would be a
record one, but climatic and other adverse
conditions have dons much 10 damage
the bulbs and reduce the quantity, and
prices have greatly advanced. It is also
said that the local buyers refuse to meet
the high prices demanded by the growers,
which has caused dispute and may result
in shipments being held up.
The matter of quality also causes dis
putes. In 1912 regular bulbs were worth
$40 (Mexican) thousand. Mexican
silver dollars in Far East has fiuctuating
value, and on July /, 1914 was worth
about .45S United States currencyD The
price increased to Sll6O (Mexlcan) In 1918,
and this year bulbs are quoted at Sl445
CIexican) a thousand. These prices
do not include the high Transportation
charges from the interior to Annoy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-09
PORTER CHARLTON
LOSES FAVOR WITH
PRISON GUARDS
Youth Accused of Murder
ing Middle-aged Wife
Punished for Trying to
Smuggle Letters to Rela-
tives in America.

COMO. italy, Oct. 9.--Porter Charlton.
the young American wife slayer, who
has been awaiting trial here for more
than year, has got himself into hot
water with the prison authorities, and has
been the cause of the arrest of the two
special guards assigned to watch over
him. They are charged with tampering
with the machinery of justice.
Charlton. who at first was somewhat
Of a pet with the prisan authorities, has
been deprived of many privileges. For
merfy he was permitted to associate with
the more refined prisoners and was al
lowed to exercise freely nearly the whole
day long in n prison yard, where he
cultivated garden plot.
Now he has only half hour of ox-
ercise and is in solitary confinement.
The luxury of outside food has also
been denied him. Formerly Mrs. Ser
vido, wife of an italian army captain
an American woman whose son by first
marriage was a school chum of Charlton
sent the young American a tray of deli
cacies frim her own table every day. He
soup and the rest of the prison fare
Charlton's offense, 1t Is said, is that
of having induced his guards to smuggle
letters to his father and to his lawyer,
Mr.. Palmiere, of New York The guards
were suspected and watched and two of
Charlton's letters were seized. In them
he made bitter comments on the prison
The letters indicated that his nerve
was giving way under the strain of
awaiting trial. He was to be tried last
month, but the war has so unsettled
affairs in Italy that his earliest chance
of going before a jury will come next
February.
Charlton is convinced that the story he
will tell the jury of the peculiarities Of
The middle-aged woman whom he mar
ried when he was 20 years old, will con-
vince the jury that she had driven him |
almost insane. To tell his story direct |
20 the jury hehas applied himself assidu- |
ously TO the study of Italian.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-09
ALL INDIANA OBSERVES
FIRE PREVENTION DAY
Precautions Being Taken in Accord
ance with Governors Proclamation.

Precautions Being Taken in Accord-
ance with Governors Proclamation.
INDIANAPOLIS, oct s-AH Indians,
in accordance with a proclamation issued
by Governor RaIston, is observing today
as Fire Prevention Day. Different meth
ode Of observation are being followed
throughout the State but they all take
UP means Of preventing fires.
In many of the schools Of the city patri-
otic exercises will be held The fire chief
and several prominent citizens are sched-
ued to add ress the children on precau-
tions that should be taken against fires.
The State FIRE marshars office took a
prominent part in arranging the exer-
cises throughout the city and different
towns in the state.
Two years ago, at the suggestion Of
the indianapolis Trade Association, In
dia ma citizens first observed Fire Pre-
vention Day. Many other states wers
quick to take up the plan.
Governor Ralston. in his proclamation,
urged the citizens to inspect their fur
naces and f1ues today. This he said.
would be the means Of preventing many
blazes
Iowa Busy Cleaning It's Flues
DIES MONIES, Oct. 9-Today is Fire
Prevention Day in Iowa hv proclamation
Of Governor George w Clarke. All citi-
zens are inspecting their premises and
clearing away rubbish to prevent fires
when stoves and furnaces are started
with the coming Of cold weather
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-09
MAN WHO LEARNED TRADE
IN PRISON NOW WEALTHY
Shoe Cobbler Becomes Manufacturer
Ten Years After Release.

man who learned the shoemaking
trade In the shoe shop of the Jefferson
VILE O., penItentiary, Is today one of
the greatest manufacturer in the Middle
West He owns two newspapers in Co.
lumbus O.
His family lived on the bank of the
canal in GAINESVILLE. o. The father was
shoemaker, when he worked at n
When he died the little home was broken
up The boy then l2. was sent to rea-
tiVes in the Hoopole district. near Spen-
cerville, Ind.
The most important resident of the
neiEhborhood. a man of 49, with a little
property, and feared by his neiEhbors.
determined to marry one of the boys
cousins. She refused him.
That night" said the man who used
to be jailer at Spencerville, "a crowd of
men broke into the home. One man
seized this little girl. she was only IA
years old. The boy fired a shot at him."
No one was hurt, but he was seized
and taken to Jail
one day he tore a rung out of the
heaVy oak chair in his cell, When the
1ailer came with his noon meal the boy
felled him. opened the doors with his
Keys and ran. He was caught before he
had run a mile.
Then he was indicted, not on the orig
inal ofrense, but for attempting to break
JAN The court sentenced him to three
There he was placed in the shoe shop.
This was in the days when shoemaking
by machinery was first ventured upon.
He helped make shoes by the first
crude machine, and invented improve
ments-for which, by the way, he has
never had any recognition-and dimly
saw the possibilities of shoemaking by
machine.
When he was released by sxpira tion of
sentence, he tramped his way back to-
ward home The States IS bill went To
buy him cobbler's outfit. with which he
paid his way by mending shoes I'm
farmers houses.
He reached Columbus, o., footsore
and covered with dust. He cobbled the
shoes OF a saloonkeeper for the privileges
OF the free lunch. Then he found work
at his trade.
Ten years later he was a wealthy man.
The prison shoe shop had taught him
how TO make good. He owned one Of the
largest shoe manufactures in the West
HIS rivals found IL hard work to keen
up with him, because he continually in |
vented improvements to the shoemaking |
ma chinery he rented from the trust.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-09
DUKE LED A DOUBLE
LIFE, RICH BROTHER
s OF BRIDE ASSERTS
John II. Hanan Declares
Misleading Letters Opened
Doors of Social Elect to
De Majo Durazzo.

NEW YORK, oct 9-Duke Arturo de
Majo Durazzo, the italian nobleman,
whose wife. formerly Miss Elizabeth
Frances Hanan Is seeking annulment of
the marriage in this city last February,
led a double life" according to John
H. Hanan, the rich shoe manufacturer
and brother of the Duchess.
"It is more than I can believe" said
Mr.. Hanan yesterday at his home, 1887
But every incident is bitterly true.
ITO me the biggest surprise of all is
that this man should have been able to
lead a double life in Europe and in New
York for several years. When he courted
my sister he swore to me that his life
had been clean.
He brought letters from prominent
persons In Europe, who vouched for him.
He was introduced to me by an Italian
nobleman whose name ! shall withhold
Then came the courtship of my sister,
who, mind you. was not really in love
with the Duke
This unprincipled man simply won
her by his perseverance. She refused him
three times. The fourth time he wept,
fell on his knees. threatened to destroy
himself and, woman-lke, she took him."
The Duke, found yesterday at IL East
44th street, said the Hanan family's
statement did not tell everything.
For instance" he said, "the Hanan
family offered me s25 a week for life.
But what is $25 to me! What I wanted
was a wife"
After the arrest of the Duke for par
ticipation in a street fight at Monte Carlo
last May, while he and the Duchess were
on their wedding trip, his brother-in-
law visited him in his cell. Mr.. Hanan,
who was travelling with the bridal pair,
meanwhile had heard from the police
that three years before the Duke had
been a cashier of hotel in Paris had |
disappeared with 5000 in money and some |
jewels and had been sentenced to three |
years in prison
What did YOU ever do this for?" Hanan |
asked his ducaf brother-ln-law. why |
did you lie to me before you won my
sisters hand?"
How could you expect me to spoil |
my future prospects?" was the Dukes
reply. according to Mr.. Hanan.
Thus the wedding journey was broken
up. Previously, Mr.. Hanan says, the
Duke had treated his wife cruelty on the
yacht and she was glad to get rid of
him She came to New York with her
brother. Mr.. Hanan retained private de-
tectivcs, who made some amazing dis
coyeries about the life of the Duke.
First it is said, it was learned that
while DURANGO belonged to a noble fam
lily, 1t was a "moth-eaten'' one which.
back in the thirteenth century, had
amounted to something The Dukes
Iather 1t was reported to Mr. Hanan,
was an inveterate gambler and died at a
gambling table
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-09
HALDANE VISITS WOUNDED
Former War Minister Interested II
Long-range Field Guns.

LONDON, Oct 9.-Dord Haldane has
been visiting the wounded soldiers in the
London hospitals and listening to their
stories.
He seemed chiefly interested in the per-
formances OF new long-range field gun
which he introduced Into the service
when he was Secretary Of War. The ac-
counts which he received of 1t seemed TO
give him much satisfaction.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-09
WAR DEPRIvES PRINCESS
OF CIVIL LIST PENSION
Augusta of Cambridge, Aged 90,
Loses English Annuity.

Princess Augusta, OF Cambridge, was
married in June, 1913, to the then Heredl.
tary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg -Strelitz
in the private chapel of Buckingham Pal
ace, In London. Sir Robert Peel proposed
a life grant Of 5000 a year for her, which
was duly awarded.
The payment of the annuity by the
treasury has now been suspended In
consequence OF the proclamation prohibit
ing the payment of money to any person
living in an alien country. The Grand
Duchess is now In her 93d year. and the
last quarterly payment was made on
July g.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-09
oKIToHENER,s MIGHT 11aHrsn

LONDON, Oct. s-The mounting Of
searchlights In various parts of London
proceeds steadily. "kitchener's night
lights" is what the street corner humor-
lists call them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-09

Ity Of instances this was due to the return
to the home Of dependent children when
the pensions were granted.
The other group of 100 families, Sc
Iected from n similar neighborhood, with
the same economic status and with the
same number Of children In each family,
but dependent upon the county agent Tor
Irregular relief showed a much higher
percentage OF delinquents, and home
conditions we're generally lower, Profess
sor Gault reported
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-09
B0MBARDMENT OF BELF0RT
TOOK WAR NEAR TO SWISS
Government Maintains Neutrality,
but Press Shows Sympathies.

but Press Shows Sympathies.
A St Gall correspondent Of the Vienna
Reichpost writes that the Swiss Govern
ment is using every means in It's power
to observe the strictest neutrality, off,
cially and through the press.
But this neutrality on the part Of the
papers ls manifested only In the German
parts OF Switzerland The French press
is openly for the French cause. In
Geneva the authorities have seized a
French pamphlet fercely attacking the
German Emperor.
The Swiss are being forcibly reminded
OF their proximity TO the seat Of war
by the fact that in the regions to the
east the thunder Of the siege guns at
Befort could he distinctly heard at a
distance Of $50 kilometers
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-08-09
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;tAngust's crop report BY tbs bureau
az crop estimates shows . decline In
Yield oyeI ne July estimates for
North Dak All wheat forecast il
$500 s ,oooy ! hs 4 ls FaAfst 5 lis
o09s bushels.of ~. July 4 slstimss't la. !
Other crops sh0Ksl pygpprti0pal De;
cline. Wit. the I'll SFcsplep q serP.
which, shoKA On \ tpcfeas1P over tn
July forecasts. The figures follow:
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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-04-04

The Trego Comfy Teachers Asso-
citation held the last meeting of the
year at the court house last Saturday
afternoon. In addition TO the large
number of teachers in attendance
there were present members of school
boards and many others interested in
education. The main feature of the
program was an address by G. A
Shively of the Fort Hays State Nor
NAL school. Mr.. Shively is a man of
unusually pleasing personality who
holds the undivided attention of his
hearers without any effort. His ad-
dress was full of inspirational mes
sages to the teacher-both young and
old. the true teacher is first of all
the true man, the true woman: full
of joy and love in the service of 9TH
ers. Mr.. Shively will always be re-
membered by those who once hear
him.