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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-12

porary defeat-but no dishonor-& we Win
march again. Charley Warner said TODAY
'Sho, Livy isn't worrying. So long as shss
got you and the children she doesn't csr,
what happens She knows it isn't her n.
fair Which didn't convince me"-and am.s
was underlined.
tom Sawyer" had just been writtss
Clemens completed the story of Joan Il
Arc"-which he himself regarded as the hea
of all his books. "Pudd nhead Wilson
after finishing it's course as magazns
serial, was published in book FORM Then
came the lecture trip around the world ar5
the book of travel, Following the Equator.
Profits in lecture fees and book royalta
amounted, by this time, to large sum- and
Clemens wrote to Mr.. Rogers in the fall q
1897:
Let us begin on those debts. caunc
bear the weight any longer. 1t totally unfit
me for work" A month later he wrotes
Land, we are glad to see those debts dimh.
ishlng. For the first time in my life an
getting more pleasure from paying mone
out than pulling it in The struggle had
brought close economies to the Clemens
household. Nobody complained. In threa
years it was all over. Every creditor Of
the publishing house had been paid dolal
for dollar.
Mark Twain's biographer, Albert Bigelow
Paine, writes Clemens had kept his fnan-
cial progress away from the press, but the
payment of the final claims was distincis
a matter of news, and the papers made The
most of it. Headlines shouted it, theis
were long editorials in which Mark Twain
was heralded as a second Walter Scott
though it was hardly necessary that he
should be compared with anybody; he had
been in thRt-as in those peculiarities which
had invited his disaster-iust himself"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-12
A Fair Trial Fairly Won

CUSTOMARY prison methods have been in
" vogue in one form or another for cen
tures. If they have been of any great value
in reforming criminals, the fact is not writ
ten down in the records. The new plan with
which Thomas Mott Osborne has been ex-
perimenting at Sing Sing has been in vogue
few months. There are records to prove
that in some instances, at any rate, It has
been successful.
1T has been my purpose from the start"
says Governor Whitman, ito let the Osborne
plan have a fair trial" That is all Mr..
Osborne has ever asked, and it is all that
the friends of improved prison management
have ever expected. They are content TO let
results tell the story.
The refusal OF the Governor to oust Osborne
means, Of course, that some hungry politician
will have TO do without a job. But the pub
lie as a whole we suspect will be content
TO have warden whose object Is to reform
and benefit the convicts, rather than a
warden who would be satisfied to follow
ancient methods, provided his pay check
arrived with regularity.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-12
Out for the Coin

PHILADELPHIA wants no harmony"
i Mayor; she will endure no Mayor who is
neutral"
A harmony" Mayor means Mayor who
viii agree 20 split hundred million Of con
tracts between McNichol and the Wares.
a neutral" Mayor means "a dead one"
who would sit with eyes closed and limbs
tight bound while slippery hands reached
into the treasury and emptied il OF gold
The people want no neutral" They de-
mand instead a militant personality, man
OF ideas and of ideals, one who will nation
alize,' not pauperize, Philadelphia. To ma
tionalize" the city is to give 1t a reputation
for good government, to make it the prophet
OF new order Of things in the conduct of
municipal affairs, to mark II with pro-
gressve leadership among the great Ameri-
can cities. These things neutral would
not, could not do
A mollycodde endowed with the power of
a Samson, a Lilllputan in Brobdingnagian's |
seat, a sheep for a lions whep? Never!
The mantle Of power in Philadelphia must
fall on the shoulders of a able to bear
II worthily, far-visioned person; a maker
Of opportunities; doer not a dreamer;
person experienced in the methods OF men,
keen of brain, sharp in analysis, and, more
than all else, so honest that be his mistakes
what they may, no question of his motive
or the integrity of his purpose can arise.
The contractors are hungry. They have
been compelled for four years to maintain
their organizations to accept contracts at a
fair profit, in contrast with the exorbitant
want to make up for lost time. Their mouths
are watering Their palms itch. They can
hardly wait for the retirement of the old
War Horse Of Reform, who has been bar
rier of granite to withstrain them. They are
lavish of promise. They take their followers
to the high mountain and tempt them with
the promise of spoils. They gloat over the
prospect. They so greedy that they are
willing to fight one another. The wolves {
have not yet got together. November is
their Alps, beyond which lies the Italy they
intend to plumber, But they'll never tunnel J
through, and neutral candidate will en- b
'ounter a chilly reception in attempting to |!
cad them over A
Who the candidates are to be the public r
will soon know. The brand of neutral or a
will be enough to ruin the chances W
f any one of them. Saloon talk is that d
the Gang can win with cur dog this year" - -
but the voters we silrmise would nnt hasi \,
ate to tie tin can to his tail h
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-12
The Kaiser at Home in Tammany Hail

MTHAT about our own Kaisers? What
w about our Prusslans Of politics? Is
there no trace in the institutions and men
which guide our cities lives OF that other
form OF spiritual and material bossism
against which Europe is arrayed?
II ever the Kaiser Is turned out OF Pots,
dam he should hnd comfort in Tammany
Hall-in all the Tammany Halls Of Ameri.
can city government There he should meet
an efficiency TO warm his heart. There he
should encounter despotism built as firmly
as hts own on the terrorism of armed force
fused most miraculously with the self-in-
terest OF subject peoples And there he
should ultimately hnd a parallel OF his own
destrueuon-the benevolent despot struck
down by an organized democracy that sees
the ultimate and basic interests OF hu-
manity.
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been discarded from
the list OF "poslbili-
ties"-until out Of the
turmoil in Mexico. mill
itary and political,
whatever the differ
ence is. a new name
has arisen to com
mand serious atten-
tlon. In many quar-
ters Manuel Vasquez
Tagle is looked upon
as the logical choice
for provisional Presi-
dent of the republic,
10 hold Office until by
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-12
MILADY NICOTINE

At last the world may start 10 hope.
In spite Of all its battle scars;
A Davldess has ventured forth
TO tight the great Goliath Mars
And now upon the battlefield.
Whene'er soldier halts or swerves,
Her gentle, soothing, magic touch
VIII quiet down his jumping nerves
The headlines herald her approach
With all the brevity OF yore
-Four thousand million cigarettes
Are ordered for the men at war"
force whose power never wanes,
An ancient and beloved queen,
she comforts men In times OF stress;
Her name-Milady Nicotine
ZIP"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-12
Al PROFESSOR FOR
MEXICAN PRESIDENT?
Tagle, Who Openly Defied Diaz and
Huerta, Stuck to the Practice
and Teaching of Law in
Mexico City
BY ELLIS RANDALL

TNo PERHAPS the majority Of the look
lers on It's worse than hunting for a nee
die IN a haystack-this search for Mexican
or group Of Mexcans capable or worthy OF
national leadership Name after name has
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-12

Thanks TO a protective tariff, domestic p
dustries were protected from competition win
cheap labor. But vessels engaged in foresA
would improve the hard lot OF seamen some-
body must pay the extra cost. In the coast
wise trade 1t Is paid by shippers In the fol-
eign trade It will have to be paid by the GOV
ocFat,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-12

Labor men will be the first TO laugh at ihs
explosive nonsense of Frank Buchanan Ih9
want first of all prosperity in the United state
and they see such prosperity pretty well eslao
lished in spite of all the malcontents whom
Buchanan seeks to unite for mischief.-BrooA'
lyn Eagle.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-12

2assa atsy paid $3.50 Tor an American
nes lasle ere mililoas 81 men saeh -
tn2A e ieaay g pay - much i kssp \
aasas p iha hlah seas
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-12

Upon every side there are found most favor
able conditions for the foreign and domesto
business of the United States, and our manu-.
faeturers, our merchants. our Transporting
lines have the brightest prospects for immeal,
ate large and profitable transaetions.-Cineinnau
Enquirer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-12
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW

There is no doubt that movie education !.
very effective, and in sanitary training
ought to be especially useful and convinens-
Boston Post
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-12

There is one thing certain about the In.
terstate Commerce Commission--nobodv esn
tel from past decisions what It's next ~,
Is going 20 be
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-12

The soldiers Of no nation are so brave that
they can win without guns.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-12

Now as a year ago, 1t Is Europe that is mos
vitality interested in our agricultural good tof.
tune. Munitions are not the chief product tnas
we are preparing to send there. nor are Ms
combatants our first concern,-New YORK eve
ming Post.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-12

The first thing Mr.. caFranza knows he'll
be arrested Tor disturbing the peace
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-12

Give the Wares the contracts ana they car.
not who may be Mayor
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-12
Gave Rls Llfs f0r ID ores.tora

II the gods" as Professor Hudson has re-
marked love 10 see a brave man str,,ss',,,..
4ssinst adversely, then In truth scott w. =
.sns wen pleasing to the gods Instss5 ~
sisstlns 'hs usual course Ia such q er,sis 49,
nes.afins himself bankrupt he defsrm,reS
2 astete ne rest of hia life q ,hs alsebsrs-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-16
Japanese Tribute
 Paid to penison

Tokio. Aug 16The Japanese peo- pie have given to the memory of Hen " ". Denlaon, the American adviser to their department of foreign affairs. the sa1ne tribute they pay to their own dead When the first anniversary of Mr. Denison.s death recently occurred, his tomb in the TOXIC calnetery was visited by a number of prominent per sonages who reverentIy placed wreaths there Among the visitors were Baron Kato, the minister for for eign affairs and yiscouut Uchida and Baron Takaaairas formerly Japanese ambassadors at Washin gton. Post Wheeler. charge dsaffairs for the United States left wreath in behalf of the American Embassy.
 MT. Denfspn sl1azzs in Vermont, and beca1ne adviser 7to the Japanese minister of foreign affairs in 1880. He was highly esteemed by the Japanese people The tombstone recently erect ed for him here bears an inscrfpti on written by the Emperor
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-16
light Starts When
 Girls Is Hit in Ear
 With Large Corn Cob

The cases of John Granville, John Anderson and Michael Smith, three local young men arrested Saturday at
 midnight charged with creating dis turbance on an inbound trolley from Walnut Beach, were nolled in the Mil ford town court by Judge Stoddard this morning. Judge Thomas C. Cough lin appeared for the defense The three. accused were accompanying Miss Anderson, sister of John Anderson, when a corn cob thrown by one of a, gang of rawdies on the rear of the car struck. Miss Anderson behind the ear.
 An argument then ensued and the three young men protected Miss An derson with the result that on the ar rival of the trolley at Main and Con gress streets they were placed under arrest by Sheriff James Maher of Mill ford. who after receiving the com plaint from the office of the Connecti- cut Company. headed the car off with his automobile. The rowdies who started the trouble left the car on it's arrival at Seaview avenue and as they lcould not be located no evidence was i obtainable and the case was nolled- Judge Coughlin criticised the action of Sheriff Mal1er in making an arrest in
 Fairfield county, and informed the sheriff that heI had no authority to do so. Maher is a sheriff in New Haven lcounty.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-16
Germans See Plot Tn Alleged Order
 On Sealed Letters

Berlin, Aug. 16.-The German mill tary authorities have made public the following which purports to be a se- cret order captured oh a Russian pris- oner of war. It is published as an ex- ample of how Germany is misrepre- sented in countries with which she is at war: ss
 ITO the Commander of the 12th In-
 fantry Division:'
 The general in comm and orders that all sealed letters toSthe troops are to be withheld from them, especially those that come from abroad, because, lately. such have contained the infor- nation that prisoners of war are well treated
 Such information serves the pur- pose of misleading our soldiers. It is therefore ordered to send all such let ters, under strict secrecy, to Staf Corps Lieutenant Isnajlcw..
 eSigned)
 Major General Danilow. ITO the Leader of the Third Com
 pany:
 By order of the comm Ander of the regiment, the following command is brought to your attention for inamedi- ate action All letters for the troops are to be delivered secretly at once to the writer.
 .t(Signed)=
 EI1iegible),
 Captain and Regiment Adjutarlt, t46th Dnjepr Regiment.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-16
Undersea Captains
 Feted By Patriots

Berlin, Aug 16-Next to naming 9 new baby or a, statue or bridge or tower after Hindenburg, granting the freedom of a city to the commander of successful submarine is SGer- many's popular diversion at present. No less than four naval commanders have thus been honored and have been made honor citizens of conn munities large and small.
 The first one to be thus recognized was Frigate Captain Von Mueller, commander of the sea raider Emden. The city of Enden, after the ships de- struction. named von Mueller it's hon. or citizen, while his birthplace, Blank enburg; paid him similar tribute.
 The city of Karlsruhe took the same steps in the case of F'rigate Captain Erich KoehIer, commander of the Karlsruhe, and Otto Weddigen, cap tain lieutenant of the U-9 and the U- 29, who perished with the latter sub marine has been similarly honored by his bir-thplace Herford The latest case is that of the city of Kreuznach, which has conferred its freedom on Captain lieutenant Hersing. comman- der5of the U-21 and the U-51.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-16

If there can be such an edif1ce as Q Congregational cathedral it will be the church which will be built on part of the site of the present First Con gregat-onaI church in Bank street and which is not only the oldest site for a church in Bridgeport, but also shelters the first church society ever organized here.
 The First Congregational church SO ciety held it's meetings at Main and Bank streets in the property later oc- cupied by the City Bakery Go. The society was formed in 1897 by mum ber of Puritans who came here at at the time that this city was part of Fairfield In the town records of Fairfield which were destroyed by the British in their attack here and their invasion of Danbury .ne records of this grant of land are supposed to have been destroyed. Members of both the South church and North church are now searching records in Fairfield and in Bridgeport in an effort to establish definitely who owns the North church property.
 l It is generally understood among the members of the society that the property on which the church stands and the west lawn of the city hall l were ceded to the town of Fairfield by Hezekiah HubbeH in 1775. Later his son, Ezra Hubbell, waived all ri ghts as heir to the. property on the condition that it should be used flor training band purposes or for church purposes
 The deeds show that the North iChufch cannot sell the property which is the most peculiar parcel of land in Bridgeport in this. respect that it has t204 feet frontage on John street, the same on Bank street and Broad street
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-16
Shipment of Produce
 Can Find No Claimant

Christiania. Norway. Aug. 1s-A target quantity of provisions which were received in Norway last spring consigned to Armour and M Morris. ,' 7Christiania," although these Chicago packers have no branch offices in this country, still remain here unclaimed The original consignment included 1000 boxes of pork. 3.o0o barrels of lard, and 300 barrels of oil. Itiis gen erally believed here that the provisions were sent from the United States in the expectation that they would be taken care of here by German agents and re-exported to Germany, but the NorWegia law forbids this. The gov ernment has disposed of a portion of the provisions to meet the expenses of storage. but the remainder is still waiting for the importer or owner
 Attempts to smuggle contraband d mateEal through Norway continue, but they are completely frustrated, it is declared, by the vigilance of the cus- toms officials. Some days ago a Ger man freight car with double walls was discovered by a station agent near Chrisfiania- Space between the two walls of the car was crowded full of copper. while the body of the car was 4aaded with window sashes and had it not been for the inspection by the station agent the copper would have escaped to Germany.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-16
FINDS SUPPOSED
 FATHER-I R-IN-LAW HAS NO DAUGHT TER

Cologne, Germany, Aug 16-A de- ception that began more than six months before the start Of the war, and that was successfully practised until this month. has just been discov- cred. It might never have. been un- earfhed if it had not been for the war
 Tn the winter of 1913-14 a. local en- gineer met and fell in love with 2, wo- man named Maria, Schiedeck. In the hope of interesting the engineer the woman had posed as a widowed bar oness. the daughter of a prominent German general. When the engineer at last proposed marriage his hnancee could find no way of rectifying tn e false impression.
 On the plea that the general would be terribly angry to find that his daughter had married beneath her rank the couple went to London and several occasions wrote letters to the general, but his wife was able to in- tercept each of the messages and to write answers calculated to, keep the two apart.
 Then came the war, and, eventually, the engineers participation in it. He had never given up hoping that he would some day be able to bring about a meeting and a reconciliation with his titled and distinguished father-in- law. When he received the Iron Cross for bravery recently he decided that the proper time had come. and once more wrote the general to tell him of the distinction.
 This letter the general did get, and this time the engineer got a genuine answer, in which the officer angrily and very decidedly disavowed any daughter or any son-in-law The deeply disappointed engineer could not find it in his heaNt to forgive his wife but instead had her arrested on a for gery charge (which has just resulted lin her being sentenced to prison for 1s months.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-16
CHINA MAY BUILD
 ELECTRIC RAILWAYS

Chinese Government to build system of electric railways along the great thoroughfares leading out from the
 principal gates of the city has been abandoned for the present because of the difficulty of financing the scheme in Europe while the war continues.
 An effort to place the contract with
 Americans has also failed.
 Newly paved roads, however, are
 increasing rapidly, and American mo-
 tor cars are seen to be more and more numerous. Beginning with the date of the Manchu abdicatfon three and a half years ago the transition from the s1ow-going Pelxin' carts and sedan chairs has been one of the most re-
 markabIe changes in the city.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-16
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES TO
 ERECT MAGNIFICENT EDIFlCE
Searching For Land Records That May Have Been De stroyed By British in Advances Fairfield and Dan bury-society Was First Founded in 1897

The present church at Broad and Bank streets was built in 1848. In it is a memorial window to Isaac Sher- man; the first mayor of Bridgeport who was a deacon in the church There are also memorial windows to persons long since forgotten by every one now living.
 Samuel BIackford was the pastor of the church for a time and there is a memorial window in the church to his memory also, to his son, John Blackford, who was a doctor of divinity and a pastor of the church. There is window to memory of Han tate, especially the Atlantic Hotel property
 To the Rev. Henry Sherman Hart well and to Sophia Todd Hartwe1l and Rowland Lacey. All these windows and memorials will be transferred when the new church is built. That a new church will be built in the site of the present church is assured for the Second or South Congregational church has received a rather alIuring offer for it's property and the plan to unite the churches finds favor with members of both. The members of the South church want to sell their property because though they are numerically stronger than the old church they have been annoyed fre- quent1y by persons who frequent Court street during the Sunday ser vices and during other exercises that are held in the church rooms on other occasions.
 On the property which the First Congregattonal church owns there is room not only for a handsome church but also for as chapel, Sunday school rooms, rectory, janitof's house, gym nasium and bowling alleys.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-16
Cuban Sugar Crop
 Will Smash Record

Havana, Cuba Aug Expecta- tions now run high that Cubass sugar crop will reach the unprecedented flg- ure of four million tons and will not 1mprobably considerably exceed that figure. The planting of additional acreage on a great scale, the fact that owing to the unseasons.ble rains of last season 1t was impossible to cut a large proportion of the cane and that this will be ground at tho close of the coming season, and reports that the growing crop is doing splendid1y, combine to justify tue high estimates. with this goes an unprecedented inn portation of sugar making machinery fer the equipment Of the nlsrn erous s-ilf all parts of the island
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-16
Connecticut Go. To
 Again Be Asked For
 $loO, 900 Bridge Fund

Another effort to make the Connec- ticut Go. part with $10O,o0O for the proposed Stratford avenue bridge will be made Thursday morning at 11:3o when the members of the commission will meet with ELS. Storrs, vice presi- dent of the road and engineer for the Connecticut Go. MT. Storrs at the last meeting said his company felt it couId pay only ones sixteenth part of the cost of the bridge. The commission be- lteves it should pay $1000oO MT. Storrs and the commission will prob ably arr.ve at some agreement on the matter on Thursday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-16
ALRE:RT II SMITH.

Albert T. Smith. a we'll known resi- dent Of this city. passed way at his home 1421 East Main street, yester- dav after an illness Of several months duration He was Il years of age. Before his retirement about a year ago Mr. Smith had been employed
 by the D. Nj. Read Go. for 15 years. most Of this time being spent at the black dress and sal goods departrne nent Of the estah hIishrnent. He was a man regArded Wfth high respect by his es4sTl 4,l overs and fellow employees A widow survives him. The body has been removed to the 1nortuary chapel Of Henry E Bishop.