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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-12

belgrade verso sud ed ha occupato le
colline di importanzc strategica ira
Iarkowo Mrijevo. Questa colonna
principale ha gia' completato il passaggio
del Danubio, secondo informazioni giunte
da BerlinO. con una grandissima quantta'
di artiglieria i'm modo da formare una
falange come quella inviata contro le
forze russo sui San al primi dello Scorso
maggie. Invece le forze che attraversano
la Drina, cioe la snistra degli esserciti
teutonici, incontranc grande resistenza
da parto del serbl non hanno potuto
avanzare.
Tn telegramma da Bucarest dice che
Take Jonescu, Iillustre uomo di state
rumeno. dice che la Rumania deve neces-
sacramento unirsi ALA Quadruplice Intesa
g questa partecipazione e sicura.
GIL ITALIANI PER COLOMBO.
Domani rEvENING LEDGER. che segue
con grande simpatia tutti gil avvenimentl
che interessano Ia colonia italiana di Phil
adelphia. pubblichera' nela sua ultima
pagina magnhchc fotografie dele teste
che gli italiani di questa citta' hanno fatto
oggi in onore di Cristoforo Colombo
dello scoprimento della statua a Colon
bo in Camden, n. J. Tutta intera rultima
pagina del giornale sara dedicata Toto
giraffe di uueste feSta italiaGe nelia nostra
nella vicina citta'. Gil italiani non
devono dimenticarlo, domani 81 PROVE
dano dell EVENING LEDGIR per tenere un
ricordo dclle feste colombiane.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-12
PATTON APPOINTED HEAD OF
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Former Congressman Will Succeed
Secretary Critchfield

HARRISBURG, Pa, Oct 12.-Former
Congressman Charles Z. Patton, of Cur
wensvile, today was appointed Secretary
of Agriculture by Governor Brumbaugh.
Mr.. Patton will assume his new duties
October 15. He is the first to serve under
of Agriculture and placing it under the
direction of board Of agricultural COM
missioners. The salary is $4,000 a year.
N. B. Critchfeld, whose term expired
last spring, but who has been serving
until his successor under the new act was
appointed, was not a candidate for the
position.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-12
FRANKLIN PARTY FILES
NAMES FOR COUNCILS
Almost Complete Ticket Nomi-
mated by Independents I'm
der New Party's Banner

The Franklin party last night filed
nomination papers for an almost COM
pIete councilmanic ticket, following the
nomination Of the successful washington
party candidates for Mayor, the row
offices and Magistrate by the new IN
dependent party.
No nominations we're filed In the I'd,
I'd. bth. sth. sth, 9th. nth, 18th, 18th,
1ith. 28th. 27th, SSth and 4Ith WARDS.
Most of them are small downtown wards
which are completely dominated by the
Republican Organization.
The nominees OF the Franklin party
for Councils are: .
-Four Fourth ward-Common. Harry NJ; Levy;
seventh ward-Select, Henry Is. fettoh'
FiftSehth ward-Common, Alexander Davis
''sa 'ssa,iesntS tS werdEsoiect, william c. Bertrand.
seventeenth ward-Comm7n Richard f.
Eighteenth wsrd-select. Joseph J. Diworth;
Common, George G. Yeager. a.,,,,,ot A Mo
Clay and Andrew J. Collar. ,,,,...
Twentieth ward-select, Joseph A. kli,ngesi
Common, Frank Halper, Joseph f. Iysh anu
twenty first ward-Common, John r. Gram
T,yenty- second ward-Select John Macarthur
Harris; Common, Pringle Borthwick, James
NJ Fox. Robert z. Lamberton and Josepnus
Twenty-third ward-common, Frederick A.
MpChert and John A. Lebia.
nty-fourth Ward-Select, George y. Da-
I, Cassidy and samuel william Harrison.
Twenty fifth ward-Common, G. W. Hughes
ard ~. G. Evans. -,
Twenty.eiehth ward-Common, W. E. Bell,
| I Henry Frbee and Ed Trimmed.
| TWenty-ninth Ward-Common, George w.
Campbell and II. y. Reinhart.
Thirtieth Ward-Common, John M Clark ano
Thirtyofrst Ward-Common John Finney. -
| Thirty second Ward - Common. Julius q
Goodwin and Charles F, Byrne .
Thirty third Ward - Common. George "A
| MITCHELL 9. q. Pratt and John Garling.
| Thirty fourth ward-Select. Charles ID, Gill
| Common, Or. J. Melvin Smith and FrapH
Gray. -
| Thirty sixth ward-Select. William Marsh
| Common. Chester A. Anderson and Samuel G
Thirty-seventh ward-select, william Sinner
Common, William II. Brill.
| Thirty ninth Ward - Select. George Reese
| Common, George c. Ferry, Charles t. Haa'
| and Ralf Brandon. 80. -
| mon W. Warren Weaver, Edward H. Apsley
| and Walter Il. Duncan.
| Forty second Ward-Select, George g Ulrlch
| Common, William p Seigert and Michael 5
| Bennett. ,,,,- .,
| Forty-third Ward - Common, William T
| Scargle, Matthew Kenney and Joseph scholes
| ortv-fourth Ward--Common, John b. Demp
! ster and c. Wesley F. Robinson. -
| Forty-hfth Ward - Common. Edward w
Forty-sixth ward-select. Ira D. Garman
| Common, l. Walter Thompson. Franklin
| smith and Alonzo V. Lambert.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-12
TIMBER EXPERT HACKED
TO PIECES BY SAW
Superintendent Killed When Arm Is
Caught in Machinery

4 circular saw literally hacked to pieces
John X. Hibbs. of "a East Mount Pleas
ant avenue, Germantown, at Walnut Hill.
two miles from Fox Chase, where he
was superintendng the saving of some
chestnut trees, late yesterday.
Hibbs, who was 26 years old, was a
timber expert employed by Francis &
Eshlemann, a lumber firm of Audubon,
N. j., and with two companions was cut
ting the trees into marketable lengths.
They used saw running at 200o revo-
lutions per minute.
As Hibbs was taking away a piece OF
lumber he lost his footing and fell against
the saw. His arm was torn from his
shoulder by the teeth, which were an
inch long. and the suction of the ma
chine drew his body inwards. He was
nearly beheaded and dismembered before
workmen could shut the power off.
John Fenton, who was working with
Hibbs, carried the body to his brothers
home at Walnut Hill to await the action
of the Montgomery County Coroner.
Hibbs. who was said to be wealthy
was the son of Jonathan X. Hibbs,
member of the Arm of Kennedy, Willing
& Co.. manufacturers of horse blankets
at 526 Arch street
He was educated at the George Schoo
and spent a year at the University o
Pennsylvania. He studied forestry ant
aided in fighting the chestnut blight
couple Of years ago. According to hi
parents. he was a timber expert ant
fond of outdoor life. His mother is
well-known charity worker and a di
| rector of the Presbyterian Home 70
Aged at Bala.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-12
THE WEATHER
Official Forecast
WASHINGTON, {

For Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair to-
might: warmer In northern portion; We'd
lnesday partly cloudy; moderate south
winds
High barometric pressure continues in
the eastern portion of the country, but
there has been a slight reaction TO warm
er weather 20 the eastward of the Misss-
sippi River and i'm the Western cotton
belt The skies are clear in the Atlantic
states, while cloudiness prevails in the
central valleys under the influence OF the
trough of low pressure that extended from
the upper lakes TO New Mexico yesterday
morning and that moved but little during
the last "a hours. Its resultant precipita-
tion has been light and confined to a mar
row belt from upper Michigan 10 New
Mexico.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-12
Wife Wins Appealed Divorce SUI,

A divorce was granted to Mrs Henriefts
Rosenthal today by Judge Orlady, Of she
Superior Court. in an opinion reversing
the decision of the Schuylidu County
Court. which upheld the husband, Leopold
Rosenthai. Mrs. Rosenthal accused her
husband OF violence and threats. She lost
the decision in the lower ous1rt became Of
n technical error in the proceedings.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-12
NEW WAR ORDERS RUMORED
Conference of Steel Magnates Here
Causes Report to Arise

Rumors that new war orders had been
booked by the Midvale Steel and Ord
nance Company were heard in the financial
district today following a conference held
last night by William Z. Corey president
of the company. and Alva c. Dinkey,
president of the Midvale Steel Company
Mr.. Corey came to this city from New
York TO see Mr. Dinkey at the Bellevue
Stratford, and ii was declared he
brought with him a large munitions con-
tract.
What we have in the way of wal
orders is a company matter we cannot
very we'll disclose to the public" said
Mr. Dinkey, when asked about the
rumors.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-12
THE TRANSIT PLEDGE

THE people Of Philadelphia, men and
l. women, have determined that they will
have rapid transit. They do not propose to
be euchred out of It by Dave" Lane or by
any OF Dave" Lanes creatures They do
propose to put into office friends of transit.
1t is easy to determine who these friends are
among the candidates. 1t is easy to find out
before, instead Of after, election what men
who are asking the suffrages of the voters
intend to do.
The EVENING LEDGER has prepared series
Of questions, which constitute a Transit
Pledge. These questions state the situation
clearly and fairly. They have in them no
spirit antagonistic to any corporation. on
the contrary, feature Of them, it was a
feature Of the agreement made by Director
milton Of the rights of invested capital and
a guarantee by Philadelphia that no money
honestly invested here shall be jeopardized
unduly by action of the people. The pledge
seeks simply to bind candidates to the pro-
gram long since offered the p. r. T. and by
it accepted. It is a fair program, as that
acceptance demonstrated fair alike to the
company and to the people, and it must be
carried out.
Let every citizen ask his candidates how
they stand Let Councilmen be elected who
are on record, about whom there can be no
doubt whatever Send into Councils a ma
jorty pledged to support the Taylor plan
without equivocation and there will be no
question whatever about an ultimate agree
ment for the operation of the new lines on
universal FREE transfer basis. The man
who pays cents for a ride home now can
make it a 5-cent ride by taking the necessary
precautions before casting his vote
The EVENING LEDGER feels that its duty
to the public demands that it emphasize the
danger to the transit plan and warn all cti-
zens. There is no candidate who cannot
square himself on this issue by standing
coura geously for the right II he is not for
rapid transit, let him come out in the open
and say so, that he may not be elected under
false pretenses.
Important it is that every candidate for
Councils pledge himself. it is even more i'm
portant that the candidates for Mayor do
likewise, and the candidates for City Solicitor.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-12
THE THINGS DIVINE

These are the things / hold divine:
A trusting child's hand laid In mine,
Rich brown earth and wind-tossed trees,
The taste OF grapes and the drone of bees,
A rhythmic gallop, long juno days,
A rose-hedged lane and lovers lays,
The welcome smile on neighbors' faces
Cool wide hills and open places
Rreeze- blown fields OF silver rye,
The wild sweet note OF a plover's cry,
Fresh spring showers and scent of box,
The soft pale tint OF the garden phox,
Lilacs blooming, a drowsy noon
A flight OF geese and an autumn moon,
Rolling meadows and storm-washed heights,
A fountains murmur on summer nights
A dappled fawn In the forest hush,
Simple words ana the song Of thrush
Rose-red dawns and mate to share
With comradc soul my gypsy fare,
A waiting hre when the twilight ends
A gallant heart ana tue voice Of friends
Jean Brooke Burt. IN the outlook.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-12
ILLINOIS HAS NO "BLUE LAWS"

Whatever anyones opinion OF the motives, or
fears or hopes for the effects, of Mayor Thomp-
sons declaration that he will enforce Sunday
closing in the liquor trade. there need be no
apprehension of the social strife that has arisen
In other States from revival of other laws
which had been regarded as obsolete"
Illinois has no blue laws" as the phrase is
commonly understood, unless that solitary sec
tion penalzing liquor vending on Sunday be
deemed cerulean More than 70 years ago the
people OF Illinois, through their lawmakers, ae-
cepted the doctrine that 1.-The Sabbath is made
for man, not man for the Sabbath" What are
termed "blue laws" reverse this doctrine.
There are only about 10 mentions of the word
Sunday" I'm the laws of Illinois. Half OF them
are In rules Of legal procedure; another is In
the clause securing TO oonvicts In the states
prison a day of rest; only four are in the erim-
inal code. one OF these Is a time definition OF
Sunday" Another is the section which Mayor
Thompson has lately discovered II is his duty
TO enforce.
Two others penalize labor works of neees-
sity and charity excepted amusement or di-
version" on Sunday which "dsturbs the peace
OF any private family" or "disturbs the peace
and good order OF society" And the courts
have held that the disturbance and not the
labor or amusement Is the essence OF the Of
Tense
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-12

choice Of the people OF Mexico than Huerta
was or than Porhrio Diaz was before him.
There has been a greater change in WASH
ington than In Mexico in the last thirty
months. Washington has apparently learned
that the only way to order across the border
Is through the operation OF the law Of the
survival OF the fittest and that the duty OF
the United States is TO deal with the sur
vivor. Any other course would involve
going down TO Mexico with an armed force
and doing the governing ourselves at the
point of the bayonet
Now that Carranza is TO he treated as
the head OF the Government. It will be neces-
sary 10 enforce an embargo on the shipment
Of arms TO the other factions, and we must
stand behind Caranza, even with an armed
force II he should ask us to assist him in
protecting the lives Of American citizens
engaged In business there. There is as much
justification for such course as there was
for sending troops to Peltin at the time Of
the Boxer uprising.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-12
THE SALOON AND THE MOVIES

CHICAGO, enjoying its first dry Sunday in
" 40-odd years, afforded an interesting
spectacle to its sister cities. The threaten
ings of the vets proved to be mere rumblings
of summer thunder. There was no trouble.
On the other hand. the anti-saloon element
was equally surprised. Chicago deprived Of
drink, did not go to church, as was antici-
pated. The nearest the church came to
profiting by the sudden drought was in the
Increased attendance at Salvation Army serv-
Ices. Neither did the wide portals OF learn
ing attract those who were once wont to
pass between the swinging doors of Bacchus.
Lectures and art museums were not popular.
The only institution that really displaced
the saloon was the moving picture house.
Rather than go outside the city limits to
drink Chicago went around the corner to
the movie" II found there, no doubt, some
vulgarty and some cheap excitement. But
for the most part It found clean entertain
ment, and found IL cheaply.
II has often been held that the desire for
drink was only perverted desire for some
good thing. The movies in Chicago are a
case In point.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-12
A DAY TO CELEBRATE

EOR the second time Columbus Day finds
II this country an isle of refuge from the
horrors of stricken Europe A year ago the
day was celebrated in simple fashion, with
a deep feeling Of Thanksgiving for peace.
The passing months have made our peace
more precious because they have brought us,
again and again, to the verge of war
Today, under the threatening shadows or
International complications, with the tense
ness OF our financial situation, with the Mexi-
can muddle unsettled and host of domestic
problems raising unhappy heads, there Is
still some room for quiet and heartfelt
rejoicing. 1t seems strange to be grateful
to one who has been dead for centuries, for
kindness unwittingly done But gratitude
to the Providence which mysteriously ordered
these things should not be hard to summon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-12
FROM NOTHING TO BILLIONS

A HUNDRED years ago there was not
"A single dollar deposited in savings banks
I'm America, Cor there were such institu-
tions Ths first one was founded in this
city in 1916. New York and Boston followed
the example of Philadelphia the same year.
Plans are already under way for a cele-
bration by the American Bankers Associa-
tion OF the centenary of the founding of
these institutions No anniversary is more
worthy of public notice, for the increase in
savings banks deposits for hundred years
shows how much of the wealth of the work
ers remains in their hands.
They had to their credit in the banks only
H,1Ss,OOO in 1920. four years after the oppor-
tunity Of putting their money at interest in
a safe place was offered to them. 1t was
not until 1883 that their accumulations
amounted to a billion dollars. The second
billion was accumulated in the next fifteen
years. 1t took only eight years more for
them to pile up the third, five years sufficed
for the fourth and four years for the fifth
billion.
More than 100000 of the people have de-
posits in these savings banks, with an aver
age deposit of nearly $500 each.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-12

can see him in my minds eye. He'll hustle
all the harder because he has so all-fred
much back business to make up. That's
where all the German Bill Smiths will get to-
gether with a will! What I'm afraid of is
that if America wants to stay on the map
she will have to be an America of hundred
million Bill Smiths.
1T sounds funny, but it isn't!" Andy re-
buked my laughter "I tell you something
very big Is happening in the world. Some
thing that we Americans haven't begun to
realize. 1 believe Bill Smith is going to own
the world The German Bill Smith is going
to teach all the other Bill Smiths how to
do it, They're learning it now. in the only
place where the German Bill Smith could
ever be made to bare the secrets of his trade
on the battlefield. But they're learning the
lesson all the same. The Bill Smith from
England and France will never go home the
same Bill Smith again. He'll go back to
business with a smattering of German disci-
pline of the German pull-together.
"And we'll have to become Bill Smiths If
we want to keep up with them. And 1 must
say" sighed Andy, 81 don't want to be a
Bill Smith. Do you know what it means to
be a Bill Smith," Andy sharply demanded
of me.
said did not
paddle Your Own Canoe"
"well it's this way" said Andy. "The
guiding principle of an American is to pad
die his own canoe. He likes to steer his
canoe wherever he pleases. But the Ger
man idea, the Bill Smith idea is for every
man to be like a member of an eight-oar
crew, pulling together, pulling like all the
other Bill Smiths. And when a whole ma
ton adopts a philosophy like that, what be-
comes of the man in the canoe? He gets
lost in the race-unless he hustles to jump
into a crew. a national crew. of his own.
And that's what I'm afraid of. I'm afraid
our good old comfortable go-as-you-please
canoe philosophy has got black eve.
Maybe I'm wrong" Andy anticipated my
humbly intended remark. Maybe we can
save our canoe idea. Somehow / don't be-
lieve the eight-oar crew idea fits into human
nature. Otherwise Adam would never have
been kicked out of Eden. The whole secret
about Adam was that he was too tarnal lazy
for Eden. The Adam of today will stick to
crew long enough to win any particular
race. Then he hunts up a canoe for pleas
ure. Somehow don't believe that German
organization could last forever even in Ger
many. Even the German is human. The
German crew would have got out of its
stroke, in time. Or winded, or something. I
hope that has happened already.
'T dont"-Andy lighted a fresh cigar-"I
stay right here in little old Philadelphia"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-12
BELATED WISDOM

U1HE decision Of the Administration ana the
IL Pan-American representatives that the
CaiFanza party Is In control OF the de facto
sose1nment OF Asxieo and lis the only party
possessing the essentials for recognition"
might have been made two years and half
ago about the Huertista party.
Now that II has been decided to recognize
Carranza. there should be no delay in recog-
nizii.s- him Chaos has continued long
n ,ush across the border. Conditions there
worse, rather than better. than when
>l| rfa was IN power and President Taft
was about 10 recognise him as the de facto
President But President Wilson had
theories that Mexico could be governed like
~ Ameronn State He would not counte-
na0ee any Government down there which had
|oIne into power through assassination and
4oneral bloodshed But there has been more
0Ioed-lcftlnE BY the carranzstas than By the
|Iu1Tlletae. and Carranza is no more the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-12
GERMAN BILL SMITHS AND OTHERS
Andy McGigan Endangers His Reputation Opmst by
Discoursng Kultura Subjects and Expressing Fear
That America Will Lose It's Old Canoe Philosophy"
By B. X. LITTLE
MIR. MICHIGAN threw something of a

MIR. MICHIGAN threw something of
Lfl scare into me the other evening. l
haven't got over it yet. He said:
81 tell you, I'm afraid Of the Germans"
And this from an invincible optimist!
said to him:
surely you--you don't expect them to
come this far!"
II surely do. They're here now. Not with
their guns but with something more deadly
their ideas. That's where the German is
dangerous, with his ideas.
Uselessness of Spies
"Its his everlasting pulling together The
individual German Bill Smith, especially
when he wants to be nasty, makes me laugh.
He needs nurse when he's out alone with
a foreign diplomat AS a spy he doesn't
even spy out his own blunders. Those poor
fellows who came over here and spent
$2OOOOOO a week to blow up powder mills
that are still making powder, to foment
strikes that ended in love feasts-Lord, man,
they're the colossal Joke of history. We
ought to supply an official guide to every
one of their spies, in order that they mayn't
get lost. What have their submarines
complished? For 40 years Germany has en-
joyed a laundering reputation. Well Ger
man submarines have not been puncturing
reputation. The German army is the big
gest industrial organization ever assembled.
For over a year it has been manufacturing
enemies. At that it's been a tremendous
success. There's the pity about Germany.
She isn't fighting her enemies, she's fighting
herself.
English and French Bill Smiths
"She has been forcing the other fellows
into her own tricks. They're all learning
that national organization that has made
Germany great All the Bill Smiths of Eng
land and France are learning to pull to-
gether. And together they've got too many
Bill Smiths for Germany"
'Well,' said I, 'seems to me that let's lis
out The German Bill Smiths seem to be
pretty well taken care Of"
"On the battlefield, yes-where,' said Mr..
McGilligan sententiously, "the German is
least to be feared. Yes, sir" he thundered,
seeing my incredulity. For forty years the
the devil of a fellow. He never saw that the
only man he could fight was himself. The
only place where he could grab the sword
was the sharp end. The minute he fired
shot the whole world was a Germany. He
should have stuck fast to business. That's
where he was beating everybody, and had the
field to himself.
"And when he gets back to peace, back
where he's strong, here he really is the devil
of a fellow, I'm going to be scared of the
German again. I'm scared of him now. l
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-12
COMING FROM BEHIND

TTHE Phillies this year were in a strange
i position. Virtually from the first week
of the race they led the league. On the one
occasion when they were definitely ousted
they returned with a clean and decisive up
ward sweep.
So they have a new problem to solve in
the remaining games of the Worlds Series.
They have to come from behind Philadel-
phia. a little shaken by the overthrow Of
Alexander, puts desperate confidence in its
team. 1t must come back, even up-and re-
turn to Philadelphia to take the lead again.