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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-03
WORKING HIS WAY UP

At the 1915 commencement exer-
cises of Columbia university Ensign
Louis Randolph Ford, U. s. NJ, re-
ceived the degree of master Of arts.
That was only one incident in the
determined fight this young naval
officer is making to achieve his child
hood ambitions. which ambitions, 1t
may well be. do not stop short of the
insignia of q rear admiral.
As a barefooted lad in Texas,
where he was born thirty-two years
ago. Louis Ford made up his mind to
enter the navy. but his parents were
not able to send him to college and
the influence to obtain an appointment
to the naval academy was lacking. So
at the age of fourteen Louis went to
work on a Sabine river tugboat. and
three years later became an appren-
tice in a machine shop. In two years
more he was q full-nedged machinist
and enlisted as such in the navy.
Starting in at Mare Island, he worked
his Wav steadily mn to the rank of
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-03

The very newest in suffrage regalia
II the suffrage veil. which 1t . little
distance looks like any other modish
veil Of floating, flmy character with
border along the lower edge. Look
closely at this border, however, ana
you will discern that the pattern
traces very distinctly the slogan,
Votes for women" in black letters
on . white mesh. Loyal sunlragists
will perhaps have courage to adopt
this emblematic veil with their sum
mer costumes, but the average WON
an will be content with IN ordinary
smart veil Of the new flladora or trel-
lis mesh with border In conventional
pattern. While wells are promised
great popularity this summer and the
sampan II q favorite because Of its
easy adjustment over . Panama or
sailor hat. The big. square or round
veil has an opening at the center.
edged with an elastic under q narrow
casing. and the veil may be slipped
over the hat crown without aid OF mir
Tor or pins.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-03
Dainty Table Center.

Of ribbon can be used. or q binding
might be made of cream braid. The
binding or lace will hide the joining
of the satin and net, and give . little
finish. These centers look sweet on
tn tea table and. Of course. any kind
of flowers harmonic beautifully with
them.
Great care must be taken when put
ting the centers away; they must not
be folded or rolled. or the fern would
break; keep the centers always nat
and they will keep beautifully.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-03
YOUNG MAN HAS OLD JOB

One of The youngest officials OF
the Wilson administration is at the
head OF the oldest scientific depart
ment of the government. and his ap-
pointment was not the result OF luck.
accident or political influence. but the
recognition of remarkable qualifca-
tions which fitted him for the posi-
ton.
It was on the fifteenth of April.
the day following his thirty-ninth
birthday, that DR.. E. Lester Jones be-
came superintendent Of the coast and
geodetic survey. the service which,
according to Secretary Redfield. deals
first with humanity and second with
commerce"
Perhaps no one in the survey. no
matter how long he has been In the
service, has spent more of his life
in the open than has Doctor Jones.
Indeed. it would seem. that by en-
vironment. training. education and
temperament. he had been qualifying
for the superintendency of the coast
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-03
Visible Hoops.

The idea Of overdress IL favorable
to voiles which show the under color
very prettily. and one of the new
ideas which was recently exploited It
a leading exhibit was materially
helped by the use Of wolfe for the
outer dress.
This idea was the introduction OF
visible hoop skirts. The hoops were
covered with ribbon and run between
the outer and inner skirts.
OF course. the covering was plainly
visible from the outside and It 10 Gaia
that the idea win be reproduced h
lingerie dresses.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-03
KENT TELLS A NOME STORY

Representative William Kent Of
California has many quaint tales Of
the north country. One of them deals
with the early days in the Nome re-
gion. when gold was plentiful and
everything else was decidedly scarce.
One Of the residents. the story runs.
wandered into a rough. ready-made
saloon and beheld four bewhiskered.
rough-looking individuals.
They were deeply detected. They
sat far back in their chairs. hands in
pockets. Occasionally one of them
sighed or swore. In front of them
were stacks of chips representing
several thousand dollars in gold.
whats the matter?" asked the
visitor.
This here poker game is busted
up" was the reply.
Busted up?" repeated the visitor,
in establishment. why. you've got
enough money there to play for
week."
Yep. stranger" agreed the be-
whiskered man. moodily. I'VE got that
two jacks in the deck!" and resumed
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-03
BRUCE ISMAY, RECLUSE

There is one man in the British
isles, at least. to whom the memories
Of the Titanic disaster are a dread
and ever present reality. That man
Is Bruce Ismay. He was managing
director Of the White Star line at the
time Of the Titanic disaster, and was
among those saved when the liner
sank.
He has voluntarily withdraw him.
self into almost complete seclusion.
He Is q tragic figure whom care and
premature age have marked for their
own. A great part of the year he
passes. oftentimes alone. in Costelloe,
one Of the most remote, most unfre-
quented and desolate spots on the
west coast Of ireland. Here his sole
employment is fishing for days and
weeks on end. occasionally with a
friend. or perhaps two. but for the
greater part of his time accompanied
only by his servant.
lsmay IL very popular among the
cottagers around He found them
sympathetic and friendly. and he has
In connection with the fishing ard his
lsmay to this remote, inhospitable sh
=
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-03

make most desirable curtains. a. they
temper the light to . soft and becom-
ing glow.
Where the light Ii strong. and .
heavy curtain Ii sought. denim and
repp in the light colors prove very
satisfactory. For . seaside cottage
yellow denim is a good selection. @
II fades less than the other colors:
and denim wears well. withstands the
light and is not affected by dampness.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-03
GIRL @BELLHoPs" IN LONDON
Boys Gone to War, Sisters Are clvIna
Good Service In Their
Places.

London.-The girl "bellhop" il the
latest innovation in the large West
end hotels. and she is carrying on her
many and varied duties in q way that
pleases everyone
Smartly dressed. with white gloves,
and gold braid on her cniform. page
girls are seen at the front entrances
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-03

ticket collectors, lift girls and girl
messengers grows daily. q, should
not be surprised II we have to have
girl telegraph boys" said q postmas-
ter in the city. I'VE cannot get boys.
and We are short-staffed now. because
they are either enlisting or going into
munition factories"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-03
Of many West end hotels. Our real

of many West emo notels. our reai
'bellhop' has gone into q wat factory.
explained the manager of one hotel.
recently. His successor has been
here but q few days. and ! must say
she IL proving highly satisfactory.
She is intelligent. and she il quick
and polite. She Is making herself ex-
tremely popular with our regular Gus
toners, and il doing quite well with
tips"
The Same story was told at other
hotels where the girl "bellhop" has
been introduced. The army Of girl
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-03

forests Of Alaska contain about 78.000.-
100000 feet of merchantable timber
and it is estimated by the forest serv-
ice that more than 800,000.000 feet
could be cut every year forever with
out lessening the forests productivity.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-03

N j.
companion o.
Of
Doctor educated Princeton and Heidelberg Germany he
studied and specialized zoology
New fish
industries
unfagging
Redfed remarkable
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-03

Kicks Against Lawn Mower Noise.
Hackensack, N. J.-N. 8. Lamb has
lodged complaint against George w,
Burdette. a New York commuter.
claiming that he mows his lawn be-
fore six O'Clock in the morning. Lamb
complains the noise is q nuisance.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-03

Thomas Miller. the wealthy bachs
lor contractor of Passaic. N. j.. and
the "Will-o-the-Wisp" girl whom he
is fighting to retain custody of against
the suit of Joseph Samtax of Athena,
who claims the child as his own. as
sorting her name to be Francis Al
bina Samtax. Miller asserts he has
cared for the child since she was four
months old. when his sister took her
up as an abandoned baby. The con-
tractor says he will spend every dol
lar he owns to retain possession of the
child.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-03

serge, ana sluco
q white suit . al
most Q necessity
for many occs-
sions. the dim
Guilty Of finding
an appropriate
model 10 greatly
simplihed v ith
such . variety OF
designs to choose
from.
b o x JaChcso
with plated or
circular skirts
are very smart
Just now when
kept quite plain
and tailored. A
splendid example
of this style 10
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-03

chief machnt
highest made
followed
which included radio
where said worked his on
n
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-03

When the average girl arrives at
the age of about sixteen abe IL usually
surprised to find out how little her
mother knows.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-03


with the fishing ard his lodge In drove Bruce
this nhospiable
whether his
for that matter they
been good consderae
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-03

Il like q brass band better than Q
photograph" remarked the man on
the car. because q brass band runs
out of wind Toledo Blade.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-03
At the Party.

AZ the Party.
Clarence What yo' goin.
to cook. Miss Mokington?
Miss Mokington-A Welsh rabbit
Clarence Coonley (eagerly)-Would
1t be askin' too much. Miss Mokington
to save de left hind foot To- yos
sincerelyf
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-03
Two Points Of View.

Two Points Of View.
Said HEBRON q moral point Of
view poverty 10 not q crime.
Said She-No. I suppose not. but
from . matrimonial point Of view e q.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-03
COX JACKETS QUITE PLAIN


The summers styles are specially
suited to developments in white
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-03
Essence Of Hospitality.

Essence Of Hospitality.
Husband-This is your work. Maude.
Can't we have few friends to dinner
without getting 1t in the fool society
column
Wife (astonished)-Why. what In
the world do you suppose l invited
them ferf-Puck
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-03

man mood we got that but somebody's
two jacks in the deck and resumed his
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-12
Turks REPORT SINKING
BRITISH SUBMARINE
Franco-British Troops Take
Trenches on Gallipoli Shore
at tBayonet Point.

LONDON, May 10. - The Admiralty
makes the following announcement:
A Turkish official communque, re-
eEed by way of Berlin and Amsterdam,
HAlss that the Australian submarine
AE-l Lieutenant Commander Stoker. has
assa sunk by Turkish warships while try
hs y enter the Sea of Marmora, and
ual me crew, consisting of three officers
sla = men, has been taken prisoners.
10 confirmation of the Turkish state
nenl has SO far been received by the Ad-
niaty."
ins following official note concerning
ue tpeFations in the Dardanelles was is
~ last night by the French War Office:
~. IN the evening Of May the Franco
Z snusn forces operating in the south of
y ualnpoh Peninsula delivered a gem
N ~ sllaek. supported by the guns of the
~ neet, against the Turkish positions,
Az ash already had been penetrated the
~ troops, with conspicuous spirit and
'sS carried at the point of the bay
~ several lines of trenches on the
a ~ ~ N the neighborhood of Krithia.
they consolidated and fortified
s-ssHes on the ground conquered tho
sn.aS uay' The Turks have made no
my. Tast 10 deliver counter-attack."
~. sh troops are being Transported
an. SMYRNA TO the Turkish seaports OF
f,ss.'s fe''a and Adalia, says a dispatch
"a, from Athens, owing to the fear
IA. ahulng is about to be made at
paees by forces of the Allies.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-12
CHURCH AND MISSIONARIES
BENEFIT IN WOMAN'S WILL
Anna Rath Leaves Residue of $4,000
Estate to Relatives.

Anna Rath. late of i3li Wyalusing ave-
nue., directs in her WILL. admitted to pro-
bate today that the property at S72 North
Lawrence street he sold and that $500
of the proceeds be paid to Catholic mis-
sionares in China, and the remainder
to st. Ignatius Church. The residue Of
her $4,000 estate goes to a sister and n
niece
Della Fox a former resident of Phila-
delphia who died at Mincrsvillc. left her
entire $500 estate to a sister, Annie L..
Boylan, who is named executrix. The
testatriX stated in her will: "T leave
nothing to my husband, Martin G. Fox,
because of his cruel treatment of me"
The will of Christian Deegler, late of
900 West Huntingdon street, directs that
sums Of five dollars be paid to each of
his five children by n former marriage,
and that the residue of the $500 estate
go to his widow, Fredericka Dcegler, ex-
ecutriX.
Other wills probated today include those
of Amanda Warner, who left $40, 200; Re-
becca Richardson. $4,000; Rebecca w.
Woodward. $S537; Annie .., Fox, $71OO;
Nicholas II. Kirk, $500; Ida j. Hartley,
$500 Mary II. Rupp. $1,000
Personal property of Matthew r. Col
ton has been appraised at S22, 2,9S79O;
Michael Teller, slO23 Eliza ]. Magee,
S6S32.Si Erieana Wilson, Si56263
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-12
See Colorado En-
Route to the Cali
fOrnia ExpOsitiOns

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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-12
WILL URGE MEMORIAL BRIDGE
80 Members of Legislative Committee
Go to Atlantic City.

Thirty members of the Penn Memorial
Bridge Committee, headed by Richard T..
Ceilings, chairman of the Legislative
Committee, left for Atlantic City this
morning as a special committee to appear
before the Atlantic County Board of
Freeholders to ask that body for $4,000
appropriation to further the Philadelphia
Camden bridge project,
Pennsylvania is tagging behind New
Jersey in the interest 1t is taking in the
project, according to Howard w. Selby
a prominent member of the committee,
and a campaign to win support on this
side of the river will be inaugurated next
week. A general executive committee OF
10 heads of large business houses and
representative business men will be ap-
pointed. with two working committees of
eight members each, one from Pennsyl-
vania and one from Jersey. They Will
work for support of the memorial bridge
project by the Legislatures and the At
lantic County board of Freeholders,
Among those who went to Atlantic city
this morning were Charles J. Maxwell
John Forsyth, DIR. /. n. Griscom, Ed
ward T, Cutler and ]. Blair Cuthbert
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-12
PHILADELPHIA'S DEAD
NOW NUMBER 29
Number of Victims Reduced by
One in Report of Mrs. j.
Richardson's Safety.

The number of Phadelphans missing
In the Lusitania catastrophe is reduced
by one today, for the cable brought ncws
yesterday that Mrs. James Richardson
of 1903 Columbia avenue had been saved
Her husband is chief engineer of George
W. Childs Drexcl's yacht Alcedo. Mrs
Richardson. who was at first reported
lost, cabled to her husband from Queens
town.
With the announcement of Mrs Rich
ardson's safety, the total of the dead
from this city is 90 of the AZ who sailed
on the Cunarder All hope for the dis
covery of more survivors has been
abandoned Even the chances for finding
and identifying other bodies is diminished
by the fact that persons are known to
have been torn and mangled by the force
OF the explosion, making Identification
impossible.
1t was said at the local office of the
Cunard Line today that large fleet of
small vessels is still patroling the sea
where the Lusitania sank, endeavoring to
recover bodies. These searching parties
do not come to land every night, and 1t
was said that bodies may have been found
which will he reported later. Weather
conditions along the Irish coast remain
favorable for maintaining thorough
search.
Bodies of no Philadelphians were recov-
cred during yesterdays searching al
though the body of Alfred Gwynne Van
derbilt was found floating with those of
four other Americans.
A cablegram received by John Wana-
maker from member Of his London staff
destroys all hope for the safety of Mr..
and Mrs. Harry j. Keser, of Jenkintown,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank r. lesson
Christopher Murray, chief bOatswain's
mate on the United States tug Uncas,
which brought the submarine G-i to this
city, was notified officially from Wash
ington yesterday that his wife and her
brother had been saved They were on
their way to Belfast to visit Mrs. Muir
rays mother At first they were reported
lost.
Two of the Philadelphia passengers on
the Lusitania were bound for Dundee,
Scotland, their old home. Alexander
I.arkins, for many years waiter in
Broad Street Station, was returning to
Dundee to die there, because he had
been told he could not recover from
tuberculosis. He was 40 years old and
unmarried. George Nicoll, a clerk in
the Central Y. NJ. C. A. branch. was re-
turning to marry Miss Margaret Todd, of
Dundee Both HarlNns and Nicoll are
reported among the dead.
The life of Mrs. william S, Hodges,
1892 North 18th street, may be saved by
knowledge that her grandson, Dean Win
ston Hodges, was saved. He is the only
member of w. Sterling Hodges family
not reported lost. He will be brought
back to this city, probably by Samuel
Knox. Mrs. Hodges has been recovering
from her Illness since news came that
her grandson was among the survivors,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-12

ter of public record that he was born in
Germany in 1856 and came TO this country
In 1854. And he had waited 81 years to
become citizen Ha that looked like a
story
Was there some particular reason for
rcnouncing, just at this time, absolutely
and forever all allegiance to any foreign
prince, potentatc, state or sovereignty.
and particularly william II, Emperor of
Germany" as the oath says?
But no. he was still for Germany. lie
had let the matter go so long only be-
cause It used to bc so much harder to get
naturalizcd than 1t is now. lie did not
believe in having brass bands and Presi-
dents here to welcome new citizens. They
could say only what everybody knew, that
one should be good and then they'd be
happy, and all that. That was not the
way to talk to intelligent men. He thought
It was all very foolish, though he had
gone. The enthusiasm was only mob
psychology" he thought.
There were not many of tho others who
were seen who felt that way. They were
mostly of the opinion that the reception
should be an annual event in every great
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-12
NEW CITIZENS GIVE
IMPRESSIONS OF THEIR
PUBLIC RECEPTION
Greatest Thing l Ever
Saw" Asserts "Bill the
Barber" Proud of His
Adoption by the Great
Republic.

Wonderful? why It was the greatest
thing ever saw" said William Tabasco,
known affectIonateiy as "Bll the Bar
ber' familiar 1gure at 9Th and Chest
nut streets, VINO was one of the 1000 newly
uaturalized citizens whom President Will
SON addressed Monday night in Conven-
tion Hall
1T was worth becoming citizen to
see and hear 1t ALL and somehow 1t
seemed that we, who had gotten our
naturalization papers, and so have some
thing to show we are citizens were much
more really citizens than people who have
lived here all their lives and nave moth
ing to prove that America belongs to
them. For they have no papers and we
have.
THAT was great speech of Wilson's
no, we didn't hear all of II, but after
all, he's the President so It was great.
And the Mayor. he made a great hit;
YOU could hear every word he said. Sure,
they ought to have n big show like that
every year to make the new citizens feel
they're getting somewhere when they
cross the line and quit the old country"
Well, that was the opinion of one in
5000 and II sounded as though 1t might
prove pretty typical But there were the
other 1899 and all the varying qualities
and emotions \ whole shelf Of enor-
nous volumes contained the record of
their citizenship i'm the office Of the nat
uralization clerk in the Postotfce Build
ing. 1t was n question of opening one of
these volumes at random and asking the
first man ones finger fell upon what ne
thought of It all.
He happened to be j. 4. Henkonsiefken,
of 2425 North cath street, and it was Il mat
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-12
Deaths

BOIGHEH.-On May 10, 1915, NELLIE,
the late J. D. and Camille u. Boyer Rela-
tiycs and friends OF the family are respect.
iIlly invited to attend tho funeral services.
ON Thursday afternoon. at ? o'clock, pre-.
ylselN, At her late residence. tS23 North
Broad 81. Intermont private, South Laurel
Hin Cemetery.
BOMERS.-On May II, 1915. FANNIE G.
BOWERS, daughter Of the late REV VIII.
lam V. Bowers and wife Of Bishop William
crane Gray, formerly Of Florida. Died sud
denly OF heart disease at her residence
Nashville. Tenn.
CAaIANACH:-At Deyault. Pa, on MAY TO-.
ysa1 YS12' MAN Rois,IroA' a. CATANACH. In his 79th
phIa Lodge, No. ~ + ana A NJ. fnr,lsa .
lem, lgm .g,hapter No g. H. a. NJ; Philadclphia
Carpenter Company are 1nvitcd ~ tbo 1mu f,II
PPSra TGg TTTGry,egss at hi9 late residence. Devauit
services at tho residence Of his brother. Mr