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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-17
CHARGE OF TURCOS
AT CHARLEROT LIKE
"HELL LET LOOSE"
Germans Fall Like "Sufo-
Gated Wasps'' Before the
errible Onslaught of
Africa's Dark Warriors.
PARIS, Sept. H.

PARIS, Sept H.
The reckless bravery of the Turco,
the black troops that France has cau.a
TO the front from Africa, is the them.
OF many a thrilling tale.
An officer of Zouaves, who took mart in
the magnificent charge of the duskv Al,
rican warriors at Charleroi and wa,
badly wounded. thus refers to the fight:
you could not II you tried exasgersts
the amazing bravery our fellows showed
right mp to the jaws OF death. We had
been lighting for four days around tina
walls OF Charlerol There were 100 mn
of the enemy massed against our posi.
items pouring shot and shell into us. Nv
splendid lads never finched, althoush
they had not a chance for a meal. Some.
times the advantage was with us, some
times we had to give way. The nor.
our artillery moved down the more th.
enemy seemed to spring up. Thsv
swarmed in all directions, and that 4,
why their casualties are much heavier
than ours.
Suddenly our colonel cried. Give IN.
IN.
gan. 1t was like hell let loose. Tbev
tore along the enemy's batteries for
full mile. The Prussian guard was ex.
tended over about a thousand yards. A,
the charge continued the boys chanted ths
'Marseillaise,' but one comrade could
hardly hear the other. On they dashed
however. till they were within perhap,
fifteen yards, when the batteries in the
wood ceased firing, or they would have
moved down their own guards.
Then The b!oodiest of all bayonet
mclees began. While one man was trans.
fixing a huge Prlssian and could not for
the moment release his bayonet he would
out with his pistol and shoot another
while u Comrade by his side would be be-
laboring his foe with the butt end of hIs
rifle. So mad was the combat that mnay
of our men got hold of the noses Of the
Germans with their teeth. Giants though
these picked guards of William are, they
are as little children before these terrific
Turcos. They fell like suffocated wasps;
blood splashed everywhere. 1 think |
shot n hundred with my own revolver.
In the end. as you know, the remnant.
utterly bewildered, threw down their
arms and fed for their lives. You can
guess how many escaped"
eral Englishmen, in the hospital at
Rouen, tells the following story:
Il was in the battle in the streets OF
Charleroi. This is sure death said my
pal, as the bullets struck the ground
from every side. We came to a farm
where we heard cows mooing from hum
ger. We were saved by Sengalese sharp
shooters, who kept whole regiment OF
Grmans at bay. They are black as dev-
lis, and when the Germans see them with
their fiery eyes blazing from their inky
faces they take to their heels like rab-
bits"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-17
RAT EXTERMINAT0R RESENTS
REFUSAL OF GIFT OF RODENTS
Hurls Shoe Through Barber's Win
dow After Fight With Son.

Lifeless rats and an old shoe caused
a fight today in the barber shop of Paul
Mariana Thrty-third and Market streets,
which resulted in the arrest of Tom
Brennan, 32lO Sansom street who the
police say hurled a shoe through the shop
window, when the barber's son refused to
accept his rats.
Brennan recently enlisted as an expert
exterminator in the crusade against rod
ents. lie has been seen by many per-
sons armed with a rife and is known
to have slain quite a number of the pests
To-day with rifle in one hand and a
pair of dead rats IN the other he ap-
preached Louis. the seventecn-ycar-Old son
of barber Mariana and urged him to ac-
cept the corpses,
The boy refused, and Brennan mcensed
hurled the rats in his face, Louis re-
taliated with his shoe. y tisht followed
aud Brennan, his rats and the shoe were
elected from the barber shop. Two min
utes later the shoe crashed through the
front window.
MAGISTRATE Harris before whom Bren-
nan was later arraigned in the Thirty
second street and Woodland avenue po-
lice station discharged him when the
man promised to pay for the broken
window as soon as he earned sufficient
money killing more rats.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-17
ARMY OF MEN TO STUDY
BIBLE FOR "BllLY" SUNDAY
Organization of Huge Glass Here a
Preliminary to Campaign.

An army of from $4,000 to 100000 men
is to he organized here for the study
of the Bible as a preliminary prepara-
tion for the campaign BILLY" Sunday.
the baseball evangelist, is to wage here
next year. The Rev. George S. Dewey,
who insured the success of the Sunday
campaign in Scranton last winter is
to have charge of organizing the army,
which will be composed of new Bible
classes in all parts of the city. The Rev.
Dewey will arrive here on October "A to
assume his duties as the general secre-
tary of the Philadelphia County Sunday
School ssociation,
The last Sunday in October 1900 men
who were converted in the baseball evan
geist's tabernacles in Scranton and
Wilkes-Barr are to come here in body
TO hold a monster mass meeting. They
will travel on a special train and every
man who rides on it, including the fire.
man and engineer, will be one of sun
days converts.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-17
TOMMY VERIFIES DISPATCH
Boy on Ireland Writes How Germans
Fear Black Soldiers.

The youngest war correspondent Du
record has sent to Mary G.. HAYES, o. 40.
Spruce street, veTifcatton Of a dispatch
in the Evening Ledger nargatias how the
French troops take advantage OF Tie
German fear Of dark-skiHned soldiers br
blackeninE their faces and giving vent
10 uneaIthly "waTwhoops when they
charge.
Tommy is the name signed bg the
hoy correspondent in a letter IN AlIss
HAYES. who is his aunt and his home
&c in ireland. He is 10 years old. and
the tone Of his letter indicates that the
children of the Old World are as deeply
interested IN the great war iu Europe
as are their fathers and brothers an the
front The letter. which was written
August q. is as follows.
NY Dear Aunt May; I hope you are
quite we'll / have a Tot of things TO
tell YOU about war, politics and our
selves. Well, first of all, 1 think this
European war Is going 20 be a very bad
English, and the Germans fear blacks
when they were hghJug against the Ger
routed the Germans completely, and il
vas found out by the surgeons afterward
Il (the blackingl vas a disnfectant and
did not let the wounds do much harm.
"Pontics-there isn't a cheep about
them. [ have not much To say about
fsrat. NJ YOU didn't hear Of ID, tho POpe
5,ud. Ne are an we'll Love 10 YOU
"tSigHedl TOMMY, NANN-"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-17
NAVY YARD TO LOSE
TWO OFFICERS SOON
Paymaster Orr to Leave for Philip
pine Islands Station.

Changes soon to be made at the Phila-
delphia yard include the transfer to other
cities of two well-known officers. They
are Paymaster r. H. Orr, who is TO be
sent TO Manila. p. l., and Assistant Sur
geon y. +, Man. who will go to the Navy
Yard Medical School, at Washington.
Other officers will be sent 10 the navy
yard at League Island TO fill vacancies
caused by the transfer of Paymaster Orr
and Doctor Man. The former will be sue
cecded by Pay Inspector f. d. Ryan, who
is now stationed at New Orleans. AS Vet
no successor has been named for Doctor
Man.
The actual date of departure for the
officers has not yet been announced by
Navy Department officials at Washing
ton. It is expected, however it will oc-
cur shortly.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-17
LITTLE SUFFERERS
AT ST. CHRISTOPHER s
BRAVE AND CHERRY
Hospital in Northeast Sec
ton the Daily Scene of
Hopeful Struggle Against
Diseases of Children.

Just ot present St Christopher Hos
pital Lawrence and Huntington streets,
has a little patients.
Opportunity to study child life is ever
present to the visitor at st. Christophcrs.
Teddy Roosevelt will not greet him at the
door, but Teddy Roosevelt Wick will wei
come him on tho roof garden. This little
boy liho Miss Jonords head nurse. wishes
to interest every ono I'm the work Of the
hospital and consequently he will talk
for a half hour without a complaint and
smile during waking and sleeping hours.
It IS tue build of "a priacGshter IN en-
bryo that Teddy carries when he IS
stretched III bed lie has hip disease.
From his waist up he is perfect. Miss
Jetords does not think that Teddy VIII
ever be far-famcd as an athlete, but
eventually he may walk without false
step and make a name for himself
IN the cot nest to Teddy on the roof
garden is Isabella Lawson, 6 years old,
a sufferer from mfantile paralysis. She
is walking TO-DAY, but it is with the
hestatus Steps of a old woman or child
Just learning to walk The fact is. she is
Just learning over how TO walk. She is
confident and when she falls she smiles
.u an aoologetc manner. She is the mes
.eugcr ANA crrand girl iof Teddy Roose-
welt Wick She is about as speedy as
the average messenger boy, but she Is
much more certain Of results.
Ida Rudolph. years old, is also on the
roof She has been there two months
1. 1sttlp lnlDru\pmrnt. / he ObC-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-17
LETTERS NOT AFFECTED
Order Against Supplying Addresses
Applies Only to Postals.

Fir-'-olass mail win not be affected 1v
the order received Yesterday from the
PCst0ftlrs Department bT Postma sLer
Thornton directing that all postal cards
lacking ful. street address should in the
future be turned over 20 the General
Delivery, and not TO the service Depart
meut 10 have tine missing address sup
piled. Some uncertainty arose out of the
publication OF the order yesterday, il
being believed that frst-cIass mail would
be affected by IL, Postmaster Thornton
this afternoon announced that this would
not be the case
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-17
Chinese to Close Season Here

Roy Thomas announced yesterday tina.
the Chinese would appear again Satur-
day at the Stetson A. A. Ball Park. This
will be the last appearance of the Ha.
waiians in this city this season, as they
are to move homeward within the next
week. Apau, one of the sensations in
baseball this season. will twirl for the
Chinese. Apau is without question the
greatest twirler of his nationality. Re.
gardless of his usual performance, the
team as a whole is a drawing card.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-17
FLOWER SHOWS BY SCHOOLS
Fifty Exhibitions Tomorrow Will
Show Skill of Young Gardeners.

Show Skill or young Galuehefs'
Exhibitions Of flowers grown by school
children during the summer will take
place tomorrow IN 30 school yards scat
tered over the city from Byberry to
FONT Breeze. Some of the flowers have
been grown in school yards, but great
majority are the result Of the careful
end patnstakins cultivation OF open
srac=z iu tie vic!nities OF the little gar
derers' homes.
tomorrow morning will be devoted TO
Inspection by the judges, who include
DR. W. IT. Jacobs, Acting Superintendent
Of schools, William A. stecher, director
Of physical education: Dr. John 7. Gar
her. assistant Superintendent OF Schools
and Miss Caro- Miller superintendent Of
school gardens. In the afternoon special
flower day exercises will be held In al!
the wards for the children.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-17
COMPLETE MAPS OF PORT
They Show Wharves and Channels
According to Latest Surveys.

Adequate and complete maps oc the
Port Of Philadelphia are offered By the
Department Of Wharyes, Docks and Fer
rIes. to the delight OF merchants and
shipping men Of the city. The map is
50 inches in length and 32 inches in width
It shows the entire length OF the Del
aware River and portions Of the schuyl-
will River within the city limits their
wharyes, bulkhead and pier head lines,
tie channel and anchorage limits and the
depth OF the water IN the docks and
channel according 10 latest surveys, Ow-
ing to the considerable cost Of the map
the department Is selling It at 2j cent?
on paper and 81 mounted on paper Thsss
prices are exactly what Is costs the de
partmeut 10 produce the map.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-17
BOYS MURDERER MUST DIE
Pardon Board Refuses to Commute
Sentence of William Abel.

The state Board Of Pardons has re-
fused TO commute the death sentence OF
William Abel. of this city, who was
sentenced 70 die next week for the muir
der # Thomas Kane, y years old The
bov was killed by Abel near 29th street
and Hunting Park avenue. on May .,
1a1a. after a desperate attempt 10 release
himself from the grip of his assailant.
Abel viii be hanged, as his crime was
committed before the passage of the bill
providing for the electrocution Of muir
aeFsrs,
rardon was also refused TO Alfred
s N-ou Media. OF this city, who was
rEerIart- I'm this city, May &C. 1896 Won
<atfa's sentence was commuted 70 life
imprisonment in 1891, short time after
hi. conviction,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-17
NEW BRANCHES FOR U. OF P.
Extension Courses Will Be Estab-

Extension Courses Will Be Estab-
lished in Harrisburg and Reading.
Two extension branches of the Whsr-
ton School of Finance and Commerce, Of
the University OF Pennsylvania, will be
opened this fall in Harrisburg and Read
ing. These schools will be Identical in
every respect with the branches estab-
l.shed last year In Wilkes-Barre and
Scranton. The purpose of these branches
is TO give TO business men the essentials
Of the new type OF college education
training them for a successful business
career.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-17
peath Of -. Louiss aladine

Mrs. Louise G.ading, widow OF William
Gladins, who for many Years had traded
iu the wumeu's hair business on Second
street. above Race, died yesterday at
her home, 7J7 Pine street She was 81
years old and had been feeble for a
long time, No children survive her.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-08-22
NEBRASKA women !. !.
III III EXPECT X VICTORY
.Waging Vigorous Campaign In
" Effort to Win Suffrage for
IN ys..S Women. e.;1,..s

IL LING IN, Nebsi Aug. 21.-:Waging
what is Adn1ittedS to- be i vigorous,
sensible camgaign; disclaiming con-
.nection with anySforn Of; militancy,
and going ahea on a. platform, of
sweet reasonAbieness,s Nebraska
woman suffrage headers today were
hopeful Of winning the ballot at the
contest insthelSsM Not until recently
has there deVsss pa Sany opposition to
the womanb SafHpaign. Some oppo4
sition has begpnS>to be noticed, but
50 tar it has not developed any great
strength. =: ~: II: az
William Jennings. Bryan's recent
unqualified*ind orsementsef the wom-
an suffrage cause has brought great
satisfaction to Nebraska. women. The
mere announcement. OF his advocacy
and support of equality politically for
women is regarded by the suffrage
leaders as g great boom for the cause
Undoubtedly it has been a great
boom: Bryar's personal following
throughout Nebraska rs large, and it
IL admitted that his Joining the suf-
frage ranks will bring to the cause
next fall many thousands Of votes.
Some even declare that the Bryan
announcement will mean at least
10000 votes for equal suffrage. 9th
ers predict less: -: & r 1870 = = i J..
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-08-22
STATE LIBRARIAN
- -
SHOWS UP. CRITICS
Wisconsin Reference Library Is
Great Asset . to Legislators
e.: Who Use Their Heads.

-. MADISON. WIS.,, Aug. r 21.-Dr.
Charles Mccarthy: legislative T. refer
ence librarian, has turned on his crit
les, and has fired a broadside. at, "E.
L. Phillip, A. H. Dahl, and other re-
dictionaries, standpatters.. and, fake
progressive .- 3.
!: Mccarthy objects to having :, the
drafting department Of: his library
called "tfe bill factory He denies
the implications that 1T cooks up
bills and puts them in the hands Of
members" ..,... a.: =.
= Several of the candidates for. gov
ernor have, criticized the legislative
reference library, and particularly DR..
Mccarthy as librarian. Some have
promised to abolish the library, and
others have promised to remove the
librarian. But all charge Mccarthy
with offensive political activity. -
In replying to his critics, DR.. Nc
Carthy has prepared a folder setting
forth the work Of his department and
the Endorsement it has received in the
state and the nation. ~ s-%~.
"A member Of the legislature is
called on to act upon from 1900 to
1900 different bills during the $685.
SON. DR.. Mccarthy says. Those
bills deal with a great. variety of SUBJ
jects. Where shall he find the data
which shall help him?'' ~- ~.
THE legislative reference library is
maintained for this purpose. He finds
a store house Of information CLASH
fled ready for his use. ::.. .t.~....
1T has an innovation in govern
ment established in Wisconsin. It's
success has been such that legislative
reference libraries are now maintain
ed in a majority of the states and the
national government is: about. to es.
tablish. s.s =. :.:E !: -" =.
Able, capable. men in every part
Of the country have Endorsed it.
Poorly drawn and lily considered laws
cause expensive litigation resulting in
loss to the state and injustice to in
dividuals." !: -...a:. : /. - j.. ~
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-08-22
NEW Zealand SETS
EXAMPLE FOR MEXICO H {
Economic League Explains sys.
TEN Now "a Vogue IN Island
Colony. .'as.

In view Of President Wilson's sug-.
gestion that New Zealand.s land sys-
tenn be applied to Mexico, q hrtef ex-
PLANTATION OF what New Zealand has
done will be J. Interesting Tie fol-
lowing is from the address Of q New
zealander, Reverend Arthur peWd-..
ney, delivered before the San. Fran
cisco Home Rule in Taxation league
on June 8: &. ssst. -f.' 81.
New Zealand, that laboratory st So
cial experiment, found itself BY sheer.
necessity driven to 4 consi derAtion. Of
the land problem. Is years ago,
with a population OF only 100000
white people. but an area capable OF
cultivation as great as the State OF
California it found itself in q land
famine. On the North; Island the
great area Of land was held by the.
Maoris. in the. South Island huge zes-.
tates, many Of them owned by alb
sentee English corporations, absolute.
" blocked the way Of close settle
mlent. Even the sons Of the settlers
We're driven elsewhere. j: ~. e.:
The land question was one of the
first questions dealt with under tho
progressive regime. a. law was en-.
acted giving government power. TO
compulsorily purchase estates and
leave small, blocks for closer settle.
ment. This act proved Of I: immense
benefit. Population was attracted.
The rise of dairy industry made small
settlement profitable. and many. dis
tricts entered on a period OF pros
Gritty which still continues. This: act
was followed by others with i SINH
lar purpose. The graduated land tax
in which the taxes payable increase
with the size Of the holdings. was
one 81 these Another notable a..
gave local option in taxation. Home
Rule In Taxation, under which. any
locality upon petition ana vote, could
Introduce taxation upon unirnpr oved
values, is q step In the direction OF
the single tax. This has been brought
into operation In many districts, with
considerable SUCCESS. Thus closer
settlement has, been achieved. $s n
In England this process has be4n re-
versed. j: Estates Of the landed k4rilrv
have for years. been accumulated
Populous villages have declined, tho
people have been driven to. the cities.
and large areas have gone out 81
cultivation. The problem has become
acute, and TO the. solution David
Lloyd-George.. and the progressive
section 81 the Liberal party are de-
voting their energies. An inatallment
Of reform Il provided Tor. ID the re-
cent budget Of Mr.. Lloyd. 4 George. in
the rating of '.site. values" as 1t: is
called. If the Liberal party rem lain
In Nv d
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-08-22
p. : -. 49,. =. 81 /. z q
By G. j. SCHOTT..

So. ~ u. y. SCHOIE. sees. e 4
There is need for united action by
organized lahor-in defense-in poll
tics-in development within IN ex-
tension into the field OF the morgan
lied. Some have dreamed Of one big
union of all workers, and think it
feasible, now. Others thing the union
of the future will be. highly developed
craft guilds composed OF the most
skilled and intelligent workers in
callfng-students, scholars as we'll
broad minded men and women who
have developed the best in them, hui
namely, as well as intellectually In
craft-skill, the purpose of these vol
untary associations being to seek: the
means OF accomplishing the greatest
possible results in their respective
lines, for the good of all, with the
least labor. Be that as it may, the
present status is several scores of in
dependant crafts unions, each. seeking
the: betterrnent OF its own group Of
workers, and to that. end sometime
cooperating with, at other times con-
tending against its fellow. organiza-
tions, even in the same in dustry, but
all loosely joined for common pur-
pose In the American Federation.
Constituted. as they are, It would at
this. time be- too much: TO expect a
single corporate union or amalgarna-
ton. We. are not yet accustomed to
the thought that general economic
principles are Of more import than
the small interests peculiar to our
individual crafts; nor do we recogn-
ize that the process of specialization
and labor division will eventually
work to the obliteration Of craft lines
and result, on one hand, in a, great
body Of workers each capable OF do
ing perhaps many simple operations
we'll, but none having the. combined
knowledge OF the skilled .artisn. and
on the other. hand the few highly
trained. skilled, planners, engineers,
directors-offlcers in the industrial
f1eld-whose services are valuable,
but no more so than those Of the
great army of specialized workers.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-08-22
M | III. |. ! / NAY Be. /.
/. BROUGHT R DUO TO t: JUSTICE
vultures Who speculated n Food
stuffs Undergo Rigid
:, :. &. investigation.

/ WASH1NGT0N,-Aus 21.--The de-
partment Of Justice. announced that
it had collected evidence which Will
break up combination OF miller.
formed to maintain q high price on
flour ~ @s' z,s z.. II. ~
+, The department also has almost
sufficient evidence to start an. anti
trust suit against the Chicago and
Buffalo packers = ,ss I.
From all parts 81 the country spe-
DIAL agents Of the. department have
been reporting. evidence showing
combinations formed to souge CON
4sumers OF foodstuffs during the war.
To hasten the investigations addi-
tional agents were, sent to Cleve-
land, Providence, Baltimore, Pitts
burgh and Buffalo The district at
.torney at Buffalo was instructed to
investigate several large packing
houses there and also an alleged flour
combination. e II gs3s & ~. IS: