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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
CHICKEN A "BUM" ON TRAIN
Engineer Names Him "Boomer" for
Stealing Ride on Trucks.

CHICKASHA. Okla, Sept 30.-"I have
seen q lot Of boomers in my time. but
I have never seen a boomer chicken until
now" said Mike Crowley. veteran Rock
Island engineer, as he alighted from the
cab of his engine In the Chickasha
yards. Look under there and you'll see
the only boomer chicken in the world.'
continued Crowley. THAT bird has been
riding with me all the way from Enid"
Crowley pointed under the engine.
There In crevice of the trucks hud-
died a small battle-scarred rooster, of
uncertain breed, besmeared with coal
dust, but otherwise apparently in per-
feet condition. 1t tok the concerted eff
forts of three Negroes. employees at the
roundhouse. to catch the bum" after
the rooster had been routed from his
perch beneath the engine. I'm going to
take him home and give him to my kid"
said Crowley. land I'm going to name
him Boomer" "
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
NICKEL, DEVILS METAL
Miners so Named Ore Because Old
Nick Seemed in it.

Nickel was first discovered by Cron-
stedt in 1851. No use was made of it, as
ii was found only in small amounts. For
a great many years the German miners
called 1t kupfernickel. or devils copper
1t was believed by those simple folk that
Old Nick. or the devil. made this ore
purposely to bother the miners as II
looked exactly like copper ore, and yet
no copper could be extracted from 1t.
Nickel was scarce until a New York
assayer found a quantity OF 1t in a ship
ment OF ore from Canada. He stated its
value in his report and the owner of the
mine prospected for more and found large
quantities of 1t.
Nickel Is hard. ductile and malleabIe
1t is white in color, with yellowish cast.
1t ranks next to iron and cobalt in mag
netic properties and is extensively used
for plating purposes, because It will take
high polish and will not rust Nickel
added to steel makes 1t harder and
stronger.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
SPANISH AS A TRADE STUDY
Scholarships for Students to Equip
Themselves for Foreign Commerce.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. Sept SO.-In
line with the countrywide movement to
grasp opportunities offered by the Pana-
ma Canal and the war in Europe for the
expansion of United States trade in South
America. ]. @. White. president OF the ].
O. White Construction Company, of New
York, has established three scholarships
In the Spanish language az the PennsyI-
Vania State College, Mr.. White was grad
uated from Penn State with the class OF
lSs2 lie offers the prizes as a stimulus
20 the students to mt themselves for han
ding Latin-Amerlcan trade. Mr.. White 5
oiter was accepted by the Board of
Trustees.
phia, has offered 10 supply prize sword
TO be awarded to the company OF the
cadet battalion showing the highest mill
tary efficiency at the annual spring in
Bpection.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
INDIAN KNEW GOOD LAND
Told Pioneer who Befriended Him
of Manitoba District.

OF man1toDa O1Str1cL.
Near Brandon, IN Manitoba, is a won
derful farm which has in late years sell
dom netted less than 500 year The
story Of how 1t came into It's owners
hands points live moral.
Canada's Northwest was opened to set
tlemcnt by an act passed in ottawa In
1869. A Canadian Government employe,
who shall be called Smith, had two sons
just come to mems estate. He advised
them to go into the new country as plo-
neers.
In the spring of 1870 they arrived in
Winnipeg, then place of some 800 In
hahitants, mostly half-breeds. There they
QUILTED and started west, each driving a
prairie schooner" Before them stretched
a great plain, with not a soul in sight
one night as the elder Smith brother
was about to leave the camp fire to turn
In, two Indians appeared. In sign Ian
guage they asked to be allowed to cook
ard sleep by the fire. A wind was blow
ing, with spits of snow. When they had
eaten, the Indians squatted bare-backed
to the storm. Mrs. Smith persuaded her
husband to approach them with a fur
RODS. lie pIaCed III ABOUT tnelr SnouluerS.
They received 1t in stole silence.
Rut next morning the elder Indian went
up to Smith, placed all arm on his shoul-
der and exclaimed: white man good"
The Indian was runner for the Hudson
Bay Company and knew the Northwest
like n scholar knows his book. In broken
English he told Smith where to go to get
the best land in Canada. Just a little act
of kindness made Smith rich man. But,
at that. it was his wife who was respon-
sible. Wives so often are.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30

OF Krupp Won Bohlen und Halbach. And
with the queen rules DIR. Won Bohlen und
HaIbach, entitled by order of the Kaiser
upon his marriage to designate himself
Krupp Won Bohlen, thus keepi : alive
the fanny name Of the great gunmakers.
For the last male Of the line left only
daughters, Bertha and Barbara.
Great oaks from little acorns grow"
So with the house of Krupp, which had
It's inception in a small forging plant near
Essen that at one time did not have
sufficient business TO support 1t.
The founder of the line, Friedrich, who
was born in Essen, endeavored to make
cast steel, the secret of which was care
fully guarded in England. And in 1910
he founded small forging plant near
Essen for the production of cast steel
after a process he had evolved. Mint
dies. stamps for buttons, etc, were
manufactured but so small was the de-
mand, the works could not be kept in
operation And. soon after 1890, Krupp
was Obliged to give up his house to
occupy a small one-story laborer's cot
tage near his plant. The hut is still
preserved in the midst of the present
gigantic establishment
THE SECRET OF CAST STEEL.
Shortly before his death. however, the
first of the present-day Krupps confded
to his son. Alfred. the secret Of making
cast steel, which the latter developed sue
cessfully. Alfred, with the indomitable
perseverance that eaptivates the imaglna-
tion, continued in the face of noun
famous difficulties his endeavors to i'm
prove the manufacture of steel.
Then came the Krupp opportunity-the
great exhibition at London in 1851 The
obscure Rhenish stcemaker from Essen
electrified the military universe with a
siX-pounder of nawless cast steel Since
then the German army and navy have
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
WILL EMPI 0Y 5000 MEN
Canadian Pacific Plans Better Labor
Conditions in North.

MONTREAL, Sept. s0.--Labor conditions
In Canada will be considerably improved
by an announcement just made by the
Canadian Pacific Railway Company to
the effect that the operating department
of Eastern and Western lines have been
authorized to take on 5000 extra laborers
for suitable work during the next two
months at current rates of wages.
The object of this measure is to help
furnish employment before winter and
relieve possible distress occasioned by
the temporary dislocation Of business due
to the war.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
THINKS JURY WILL FREE HER
Actors Wife Expects Acquital on
Murder Charge,

TIACKENsACK. N. j.. Sept. 3O.-Mrs,
Alice L. Seaton. accused OF the murder
of her husband, Frederick r. Seaton, an
actor. at their home here. expects to be
freed before noon today by the jury which
is hearing the case. The case is expected
TO so to the jury shortly after court
convenes
Mrs. Seaton's story yesterday, in which
she told of her husbands affairs" with
other women, she thinks will win her her
freedom. She told the jury that her hus-
band forced her to drink whisky on the
day lie was killed until she was so drunk
that she did not know what happened.
She said she never heard the fatal shots
fired.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
FISHERIES BODY MEETS
Society Opens It's Sessions in Capital
CITY.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3O.-The 44th an
nual meeting of the American Fisheries
Society was opened here today. and will
remain in session until October g. Wash
ington was selected in lieu OF New Or
leans, where 1t had been originally
planned to hold the meetings.
The Committee of Arrangements con-
sisted OF the following: Fl. NJ. Smith,
chief of the Bureau OF Fisheries. chair
man; Major Richard Sylvester, Irving II.
Dunlap, Walter S. Harlan; Robert S.
Johnson, Theodore S. Johnson. Theodore
S. Plamer and w. C. Ravenal, who have
accomplished all that was possible to
make the stay In the capital of the visit
Ing delegates a pleasant one and the
meeting a success.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
TWO FEET OF SNOW FALLS
Craft Wrecked, Houses Unroofed in
Newfoundland Storm.

CURLING. N. F.. Sept. 30.-Much dam
age on sea and land was caused by a gale
which sprung up Saturday night and
ragged for 30 hours along the northern
coast of Newfoundland. according to re-
ports received yesterday. Several schoon-
ers were blown ashore. many smaller craft
were wrecked and houses were unroofed
and blown down.
The wind shifted from the southeast
to north. bringing with 1t a sudden drop
of temperature to the freezing point.
More than two feet of snow has fallen
on the mountains.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
WOMAN DIES FROM MERCURY
Lives Only Four Hours After Taking
80 Bichloride Tablets.

MINEOLA, l.. l., Sept. SO.-Mrs. Re-
becca Baege so years old, OF 329 S7th
street, Bay Ridge, committed suicide yes
terday by drinking a glass OF water in
which she had dissolved % bichloride Of
mercury tablets. She was despondent be-
cause of Ill health and feared she was
losing her sight.
She died in the Norwegian Hospital four
hours after taking the poison. This is
believed one of the shortest periods on
record for death to follow mercury poison
ing, Her husband. Ludwig Paege, Is con-
nected with the quartermaster's depart
ment of local army post
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
TWO TIED, THEN BURGLARS EAT
Woman and Young Nephew Found
Bound to Their Beds.

NEW YORK. Sept. 3O.--Two burglars
partook of hearty meal early ycster-
day morning at the nome of Mrs. Anna
Bier of Mineola, l.. l.. while Mrs. Bier
and her young nephew. John Bier, lay
securely bound to their beds on the
upper moor.
When the robbers departed they took
with them $40 In bills and jewelry valued
at SIS.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
SWEDISH SOCIALISTS GAIN

STOCKHOLM. Sept 3O-The final re-
suits OF the general election for members
of the Swedish Parliament have been
announced. They show that the Socialists
have 81 seats. the Conservatives Sc and
the Liberals 81. The liberals lost II seats
to the Socialists. Tho Conservatives
neithcy lost nor gained, yet at the con-
clusion of the war It is expected that a
Socialist government will be formed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
3ooo-MILE TRIP BY AUTO
Chester Councilman and Wife Motor
Home From Denver.

CHESTER, Pa, Sept 30-The distance
from Denver, Col, to this city, nearly
5000 miles, was covered in an automobile
by Councilman John ]. Luttrell and Mrs.
Luttren, who reached Chester yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Luttreli, who were married
about three months ago, spent their
honeymoon a Denver.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
COLOR LINE AT CORNELL
Mother of Negro Girl Student Alleges
DiscourtesY.

ITHACA, N. Y, Sept. 3o.-An alleged
attempt to draw the color line against
her daughter, Miss Adelaide Cook, a
Cornell first-year student, has caused
Mrs. Catherine Charles C. Cook, a we'll
to-do colored woman of Washington, to
nie protest with President schurman
and to appeal to the National Association
for the Advancement Of Colored People,
Of which Henry Willard, Of New York,
is president.
Mrs. Cook says FIVE white girl students
from the South have created n situation
unpleasant for her daughter in Sage Hall,
dormitory. These girls. she says, de-
mand that Miss Cook and another coli
ored student be barred from the dormi-
tory, but such action the authorities re-
fused to take. Mrs. Cook now fears
that an effort will be made to segrcgate
her daughter, and she proposes to fight.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
UNIVERSITY OPENS TODAY

WASHINGTON. Sept. SO-George Wash
lnston University. formerly known as
Columbian University. ana one OF the
Oldest In the country, opened It's fan
and winter term today.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-18
EVERY DAY REFLECTIONS
Risieuis.

Henri Bergson, in his essay. on Laughter. defines the sense of the comic, in substance. to be the instinc- tive protest of mankind against non conformity. It is society's instinct of self protection. We laugh at what is
 Certain it Is that the greatest weapon against reform is ridieule.
 The suffragette, the prohibit1onist, the socialist, the apostle of eugenles' the advocate of international disarm- ament-anybedy in fact. who wants the world to change and do better, has no enemy so deadly as the smile.
 In former times if a man refused to conform they burnt him or tortoured him; nowadays they laugh at him. And who. asked Paley. can refuse a sheer.
 Hence it follows that the true test of a reforrner is whether or not he be willing to be a fool, at least to be con- sidered a fool.
 You can think of no advance step the world has ever taken where the first apostles of it were not considered madmen.
 And If you don't want to be thought absurd, if you hate to be laughed at, if, above all things, you prize your dignity and covet esteem, you would better belong and keep quiet. Culti- vate sidewhiskers and keep away from progressives.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-18
NATIONAL DEFENSE.

The longer the agitation continues over the unpreparedness of this coun- try for war and the more opinions that are expressed upon the subject, the greater the realization in the lay mind that all of our defense is not what it seems and that there cannot possibly be any harm in such an in- vestigation as has been proposed. When ex-Secretary of War Stimson in an address before the New York merchants declares that the govern ment stands in position Of trustee, responsible for the protection of the lives and happiness and property of 100,000,000 people and that its duty is clear he makes plain that national defense is something more than a par tisan matter. This is a fact which must get due consideration, for until it does it is bound to suffer like all partisan affairs.
 Mir. Stinson gives much credit to the position which has been taken by Secretary of War Garrison, a position which is not in accord with the ad- mInistration policy, but which is in accord with the definite and practical program as advocated by Secretary Root and maintained through Secre- tary Stimson's term in the cabinet. The arn1y's needs by MT. Stimson's summary are:
 First-A moderate increase of the regular army, to be accompanied mainly by a reserve system.
 Second-A foundation system, by which. when war comes. there may be organized promptly a large citizens or volunteer army.
 Third-Provisiou and maintenance of a sufficient reserve of field guns, ammunition and other war material such as would be needed at once in the equipping of such citizens army,
 There is such a thing as ignoring proper protection until it is too late and 1t Is the purpose of the present movement to overcome negligence and know where we stand.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-18
BULLETINS SPECIAL YALE LETTER
Norwich Club Delays Action Constitution and Oicers Until After HoIidays-Trips of Musical and Dramatic Association--Final Regisnation Statistics


 New Haven. Dec. 17.--On Friday, December IS, the university will close for the Christmas recess of seventeen days. The authorities have allowed ample time for all men to reach home before Christmas day The recitations recitations in the Sheffield Scientific school will close at 1 o'clock on FTi- day. The winter term will begin on Tuesday, January 5, at eight o'clock.
 A meeting of the Norwich club was held in 473 Haughton hall on last Wed nesday evening A social gathering be- fore the Christmas recess of univer- sity was the object of the meeting. The first draft of the constitution was presented and favored by all present but the insufficient number prevented any definite action being taken as to it's adoption. It was decided to hold a special meeting for that purpose at the beginning of next year when the election of officers will take place. The proximity of the holidays was un- doubtedly the cause of the small at- tendance and it was thought expedi- ert to delay both the adoption of the constitution and the election of. officers until larger number was present.
 Considerable interest. has beer aroused among the students of the uni NSISltX III tLG OI I1CIlLy Johnson's Nathan Hale 1776.~ This book has been published from fund presented by members of the class of 1914. It deals with a graduate who has seemed to many to personlfy con- pletely the Yale ideal It gives a most delightful picture of his character and life as an undergraduate, and shows clearly the effect upon him of college influences and associations. 1t brings out new evidence to show that he lived in Connecticut hall and in it's South entry Letters are included from no less than seven of his college class mates and friends. This book Is a revised and enlarged edition of a similar work which appeared in 1901 Tn the intervening period some new material has been found which throws Ia light on Hale'S character and life. There is no important particular. how ever in which the conclusions reached by Professor Johnson have been modi fled except with reference to the place of Haie's execution. This has been To- cated n1ar the Dove Tavern at the present corner of 66th street and Third avenue, New York city, where the Royal Artillery was parked Sep tember g. 1776, the day of Hale's ex- ecution. Nathan Hale's appearance has until recently been a matter of great doubt and discussion. However, a description of the personal appear ance or Hale haS been discovered Tn the Pension office at Washington and was first made public this week There is no portrait of Hale il existence and the great historical importance of this discovery is apparent, when it is realized that no accurate description of Hale's appearance has hitherto been known to exist. Scholars have relied principally upon fancifuI description. by an unknown poet, published in 1886 As is well known, Hale was a gradu- ate of Yale in the class of 1773 and received first honors of his class. His subsequent heroic sacrifice and death
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-18
rHE SOUND LINEs.

The statement that has been made that the Interstate Commerce Com mission is going to order the sep aration of the Sound lines from the New Haven railroad system is at least premature. Whatever may be the ac- tion of the commission 1t is not to be anticipated in advance of hearing upon such a matter of importance and such has not as yet been held.
 The separation of thes lines from the main system as the trolleys have been cut of involves a matter of much importance to New England and has already brought forward extensive op- position from the industrial and bus mess interests of New England. Not only will there be resistance from the road itself, but it will have the val uaole assistance of those in this ter ritory who are directly concerned by the proposed change and affected by the service.
 Organizations in large number have forwarded their protest against the injustice of removing what is in every way satisfactory. and imposing upon them service which lacks the facili- ties for meeting the requirements. The commission cannot disregard such a powerful sentiment in seeking to do justice in the matter. and certainly the opinion of a thfckly settled and industrial section of the country must carry some weight inasmuch as the commission has power to permit the continuance of the lines where con- ditio1s demand them It is indeed un- fortunate if legislation relative to the Panama canal is of such character as to upset the well regulated and sat- isfactory transportation service of New England.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-18
noMRARpINe NoN. coMRArANre

That Germany should be elated and England bristling with wrath and re- sentiment, as the result of the raid on the Yorkshire coast by the Ger man cruisers, is only natural. Those are just the results which such an att tack might be expected to provoke. Germany has done what it wasn't thought it could do, but despite the InniIia tion of England thereby, there Is just ground for the protest raised against such operations.
 @The attack was directed in a large part against unfortified towns and the most of the. victims are non-combat- isafs, fifteen schooiboys even being f5lIed by one Of the shells. Such is violation of the rules of warfare as laid down at The Hague and by it there is permitted the opportunity of pointing to Germany as the vio- Iator of civilized warfare rules on pre- Yious occasions, which Belgium has cause to regret.
 Even though the raid was meant simply to cause destruction and cre- ate terror as a demonstration of the ability of 9 trapped" navy, there is no excuse for such move against defenseless people. In justice to such people and in respect to international rules the determination to Lombard an unfortiied city should be preceded by a 24 hour notice to that effect The German cruisers had no such time to waste in waiting but the same ef- fective exhibition of their cunning and presence could have been made had the fire been restricted to the fortified places. Germany appears to have add ed further to the already sun1cient accumulation of scraps of paper"
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-18

nevertheless found themselves hght- ing their own race in many in- stances while the Polish provinces in Russia, Austria and Germany have borne the brunt of the terrific hghting in the eastern fheater of the war. Back and forth have rushed the ar- mics, leaving destruction and desola- ton fin their wake as can be realized when 1t is claimed that fully five hun- dred towns occupied by Poles have been wiped out. And stil1 the battles continue to contribute to the distress of that portion of the continent.
 It is thus apparent that Belgium is not alone in its trouble and that even now the appeals which are made for Poland are fully justified. while with them all conditions are likely to grow worse instead of better.