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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-14
Police Seek Auto Thieves

The police of this city are searching
for thieves who stole three automobiles
last night. One machine, belonging to
w j. Kiley, of 1868 Hadheld street was
taken from in front of the Belmont Thea
tire, SD and Filbert streets; another. be-
longing to Robert Is McCurdy. of 1925
Spruce street, was stolen in front of Col
lege Hall. of the University of Pennsyl-
vania, and the third, owned by e. L.
Graft, of 927 s. 9Th street. was taken in
front of the College of Physicians, ed
and Ludlow streets. Although two of
the automobiles have been recovered
that belonging to w. j. kiley has not vet
lecn found
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-14
THE WEATHER
Official Forecast

WASHINGTON, April IA.
For eastern Pennsylvania and New Jer-
sey: Fair tonight and Thursday; not
much change in temperature; light frost
in exposed places tonight; moderate north
winds.
Clear skies prevail throughout the east
ern half of the country this morning
under the influence OF a large area of
high barometer that is drifting slowly
eastward. The crest is over Lake Huron
this morning and the temperatures con-
tinue low in the Atlantic States and along
the western slope of the Appalachian
Mountains. In general there is tenn
perature deficiency of from degrees to
10 degrees in the Atlantic States, while
a reaction to warmer is reported through
out the Middle West. In the Plains
States the temperatures have continued
10 rise and are generally above the nor
NAL. especially in the Missouri BASIN
U. S. Weather Bureau Bulletin
Ohserxatfous takan G .g.,.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-14
CORONER KNIGHT
IN FIELD FOR MAYOP
Continued from Page One

continued from rage Onc IT
Nevertheless. it is known generally frat
they favor Walton. Captain Walton il !.
Republican Organization oftiffice holder.
and is loyal McNichol man. CD.
The local option fight no doubt viii
have direct bearing on the comnv
Mayorality fight. Senator McNichol ana
his followers have already expressed
themselves as being opposed to local
option. Senator Ware, az yet has not az
pressed himself as being favorabls or
opposed to local option az
Should the local option bill he passasf
by the Legislature without any opposis
tion from Senator Ware and his followers
II was predicted today by politicians thaf,
Governor Brumbaugh would favor ths
candidacy of any man who is agreeable
to the Wares. Ia
PARTY CHIEFS RETICENT.
David II, Lane, sage of the Republican
party and Organization leader of the ?eth
Ward, and David Martin, Organization
leader of the 18th Ward are said to look
upon Knights candidacy with favor Mr.
Lane refused to discuss knights state
ment today. When informed that the
Coroner had announced his candidacy
he said
II am sick and have nothing to say"
Senators Ware and McNichol, who are
in Harrisburg today, commented on the
coming fight as follows!
1T is too early to talk about the may,
crafty"
Coroner knight began his political ca
reer as an independent Later he be-
came Republican. He served as As.s
sistant Director in the Department sokf
Public Works during the Reyburn-.Ad-t.
ministratio George A. Stearns was
Director of Public Works. He was re- q
moved and Harry A. Mackey was apa'
pointed in his place. On the last day.
OF Mayor Reyburn's Administrator
Mackey resigned. Then Knight was ap+
pointed in his place. He held that po-
sition until the Reyburn Administrator
expired. which was about two hours.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-14

April H the day before the special transit
election, a postal card from
/fpa u,s the Committee Of One Thou
fT3YyYJF sand urging him to so to
the polls and support the
PLAh $6,OOO,O00 transit loan. The
form of the postal communi-
cation was agreed upon today by the
Executive Committee or the Committee
OF One Thousand and the cards will be
distributed among the several ward com
mittces as soon as they have been printed.
Each ward committee will prepare the
list of voters In it's respective ward and
will address the postcards Owing to the
great number OF cards-more than 200 900
that will be mailed simultaneously. spe-
cial arrangements have been made with
the local Postoff1ce authorities to insure
their prompt delivery
The form of the printed appeal follows:
Tomorrow, Thursday. April %, a spe-
cal election for the transit loan will be
held. The citizens in voting for an in
crease in the city's Indebtedness for tran
sit development will assure a prompt start
being made in the development of ade-
Quate rapid transit facilities for Philadel-
phia with free transfers.
"a vote for the loan ls a vote for a saw
ing in time and money with added COM
fort and convenience TO YOU and to
every citizen, and for a greater and bet
ter Philadelphia.
"All who were registered at the last
general election are entitled to vote at
this special election.
BE sure to vote for the loan.
Polls open from a. m. to Z p. M"
The Executive Committees representing
the 18th and the 33d Wards, in upper
kensngton. yesterday voted to consoli-
date and to continue their work as one
committee A meeting of both committees
was held at the home of William Lewis, |
president of the North Kensington Busi-
ness Mems Association, 2951 Kensingtou
avenue, and the work of the newly |
formed committee was outlined.
Mr.. Lewis, as chairman of the Transit
Committee of the North Philadelphia |
Real Estate Brokers' Association prom |
ised the cooperation of that organization
in the transit campaign and in the effort |
TO procure full vote at the special |
election.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-14
Rare Antiques on Exhibition

An attractive array of antiques is being
exhibited by the Arts and Crafts Guild
The exhibit. which comprises quaint old
silhouettes, bedspreads of bygone day,
pewter mugs and pots, and tea caddies
such as reposed on the shelves of grand
mothers cupboard, will be open to the
public until Friday Among the contribu-
tors to the exhibit are Mrs. James Mapes
Dodge, Mrs. Hampton L. Carson, Mrs. j..
b. Hutchinson, Mrs C. +. Morris, Mrs.
William Burnham and Mrs. j. Sellers
Bancroft.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-14
RR88IB]R& R8IB]&ag5 H;:A3g;E{fBo 5 5BoVIoIE5

skinny Muldoon. of the Gas House gang
up in Richmond. has an appetite for
oysters which he can't resist. When he
has the appetite without the oysters. its
up TO him 10 get the latter which he
does Sometimes he doesn't have the
money to pay for the oysters. In such
cases he takes them in the whole shell.
The fact that they may be in large
bag does not bother Skinny, for he simply
puts the bag on his shoulders and carries
the oysters away where he can eat In
peace.
And that's just what he did He was
In the midst OF an open-air oyster supper,
using the euFbstone for table and the
street for . seat. when Sergeant pehmer
happened along as an uninVited guest
skinny saw the sergeant but kept on
cztInE Finally he Invited Dehmer to
have q few on the half shell.
"Au right" said the sergeant, "but
we'll dine In the station house,
Aflar Auldoon had piled up all the
shells. he and his bag we're taken to the
F4oaa ana Master streets station.
skinny admitted taking the bag from
some oyster saloon. but truthfully de-
eiars6 that he didn't pause TO ask the
proprietor his name He also forgot the
location Of the place, and said that his
poof memory was due 10 oyereating
Magistrate Scott WAS very sorry for Null
doom '.Ifs too bad you have 20 roam
about eating oysters this way, he said.
sana after such a feast l think little
Diaia food viii act as . good contrast.
suppose yon try the cuisine at the county
nflEaa for 70 days You won't need any
noasy. when you 50 there Just ten them
Ha 90 ne.
Ths necessity u being up-to-date was
Iba haeiac of a. fmpromptu address de-
|.lafza taaag - Joseph Crawford e The
DIf a phIHp and DauphlB streets.
1r1 say 81 esltins there in bury be
l00z #as IHfoazH ne art e 4anr'ns
HE IzH4r q IHz ntaHi4 s tnz
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-14
Shipyard Men Cheer Gar

PETROGRAD, April H. - Emperor
Nicholas inspected the Putillof shipyard
Tuesday and watched the manufacture of
ammunition for some time. \ Whitehead
torpedo was tested in the presence of
the Czar During the afternoon the EN-
peror was photographed with the en-
ployes of the yard, by whom he was en-
Enthusiastically received.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-14
Huerta Denies He Fled From Spain

NEW YORK, April 14-General Huerta
said today thai he left Spain voluntarily.
81 left my family in Spain" he said.
would have dared to do that If public
opinion had forced me out OF the coun-
try? 1 was not responsible for the suffer
ings of Spaniards in Mexico. I endeav.
ored to protect foreigners"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-14

Above, from left to right, are
Misses Lydia Shrope and Marga-
ret Haggerty, who, with Helen
Barclay, shown below, are Phila-
delphia nurses composing the
second contingent to be sent by
the Red Cross from this city to
European battlefields.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-14
POSTCARD APPEAL
FOR TRANSIT VOTES
TO SWEEP THE CITY
Committee of 1000 to Urge
Every Elector in Phila-
delphia to Support &c.
100000 Loan-Postal Au-
thorities Cooperate.

Every voter in Philadelphia, irrespec-
tive Of party ahliation, will receive ON
April IS the day before the special transit
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-07-01
An American Patriet,s Work

A striking illustration OF the chances
Of war IS found in the fact that the
American army at Cambridge during
the war Of the Revolution would have
been left without ammunition but for
the provision Of John Brown. mer-
chant Of Providence, R. l., and one Of
the family who gave name to the uni
versity at the place. Brown was a
very wealthy merchant and was the
first Of the Rhode Island merchants to
send his ships to China and the East
Indies. Anticipating the war. he In
structed his captains on the return voy-
age to load their ships with powder,
which he furnishedsto the army when
its supply had been restricted to less
than four rounds to each man.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-07-01
July 4 In Ante. prohibition Days.

One Of the earliest genuine Fourth
Of July celebrations ever recorded-that
at Independence hall, Philadelphia, In
179O-is chronicled by Christopher Mar
shall In his diary Of the American Rev
olution. 1t is graphic sketch. IL not
a lovely one: @
"July 4: Commencement began at
Philadelphia College this forenoon, at
which many attended. This be-
ing the anniversary Of our freedom
from English bondage, sundry vessels
saluted the town. - The company
Of Artillery and the Invaders Regi-
ment marched to the State House.
where the Congress, President Of the
State ana Council with a number Of
oficers attended; bell-ringing, guns ar
ing till the evening, and until numbers
were 80 drunk as to reel home"
It was a wonder any Independence
hall was left. Perhaps on account Of
that very tendency to irresponsible
drunkenness and equally irresponsible
gunfre the more Intelligent classes re-
Trained from encouraging celebrations
Of the Fourth at the statehouse.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-07-01
Amusing Children
On the Fourth

In many families or circles of friends
where there are children a Fourth of
July picnic is an annual frolic. 1t
keeps the children out of harms way.
A thoughtful mother last year pur-
chased ten cent wicker baskets with
handles, and into these she packed
twelve individual luncheons. The han
dies were tied together with red, white
and blue ribbons, and each basket was
labeled with a patriotic postal, on
which the owners name was printed
with red and blue crayons.
Another family in which there is a
host Of lively children will take on
their picnic several rolls Of red, white
and blue Grape paper, a paper Of pins,
a pair Of scissors, q dozen or more toy
swords and guns, along with the many
good things to eat. Later in the after
noon the clever fingers Of an ingenious
older sister will convert these materi-
ais into military utits-epaulets, caps,
etc.-to make patriotic little army Of
youngsters.
Surprise pies'' are not new or novel;
still when they are presented in some
new guise they never fail to please. A
gigantic firecracEer can easily be made
by using a full sized sheet of paste
board rolled into cylinder. Cover
this with two sheets Of smooth red
paper, having a piece Of string show
ing at the end to represent a fuse.
Have both ends of the cracker covered
with thin layer Of paper and through
small Sits have protruding strings or
ribbons attached to the gifts inside.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-07-01
Arguments For
The Sane Fourth

Some people, when the Fourth Of
July rolls round. demand a firecracker
as big as a neck yoke.-Joliet News.
The Fourth Of July was not estab-
lished as holiday for foolishness,
murder and conflagration, but as an
occasion whereupon the people might
show their sense and fitness for the en-
joyment Of liberty, peace and prosper
ity. Let's be thoroughly American and
have a sensible Fourth Of July. Let US
have more patriotism than fireworks.
more happiness in life than trouble
over injuries and sorrow over death
st. Louis Republic.
This is an especially appropriate time
to deal with this matter. The Fourth
Of July is OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
day-which is day Of blood and
slaughter throughout the land, in the
name Of liberty. Scores are killed by
guhpowder accidents on that day and
hundreds wounded On that day and In
kuS JOyOuS CclcDAdIIO1IS VI SAO va Va
liberty. It Is fearful price to pay
for the celebration Of day.-Salt Lake
Tribune; j X, .sFg e..
Parents who have boys who have
fondness for explosives, toy pistols and
blank cartridges should study the sta
tistics Of the annual tragedy and keep
their flesh and blood out Of the holo-
caust.
Also
Dealers in fireworks should study the
figures in connection with the laws
regulating the use Of firearms and ex-
plosives and realize the risk they run.
And -
City councils should prepare to en-
force ordinances already passed and to
revise and bring up to date the laws
respecting the sale and use Of explo-
sives on the day we celebrate.
The Chinese method of American eel
ebration is entirely too costly.-Wilkes-
barre Leader.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-07-01
The Fathers Of Our Country.

This day every man and woman In
our country should stop long enough to
call up from the past the thought and
purpose Of our fathers in putting to-
gether the structure Of a new nation.
We should close our eyes and dwell de-
voutly upon the pure patriotism which
burned in their bosoms like a steady
fire in the darkness.
We should put ourselves in their
places, think their thoughts, indulge
their hopes. experience their fears, suf-
fer their hardships and endeavor to see
with their anxious eyes the way up
which liberty and law, justice and Or
der shall go side by side with equal
vigor and even step, blessing with their
freedom and fraternity and ennobling
with their dignity and discipline the
ambitions and labors Of mankind
Martin w. Littleton.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-07-01
MAKING ROMAN CANDLES.
Many Ingredients Enter Into Compost
ton of Popular Fireworks.

ton Of Popular Fireworks. i
The process by which the roman
candles are turned out may give gen.
eral idea Of the construction Of pyro-
technics. The tubes of roman candles
are merely layers Of paper rolled in
shape by hand, each layer being glued
to the others. They are made in all
lengths and sizes, from the tiny one
that splutters out but two stars to the
one which holds thirty stars in its yard
long length. When the tubes have
been finished one end is plugged with
clay, and then the process of loading
begins. A bit of slow burning powder
is first placed in the tube, then star,
then more powder, ETC., until the tube
has been charged with the required
number Of stars. A bit of the same
slow burning powder is sprinkled on
the last star; fuse is then inserted
and the end sealed The loading is not
done by hand-that process is too slow.
Twenty-four empty tubes are stood
upright in a vertical frame, and into
them the powder and stars are alter
nately placed by an ingenious mocha
nism. Then twenty-four steel hammers
firmly press the charges in place.
Bombshells are made Of papier mache.
The spheres are nodded in halves and
are then joined by glue. After the
glue has set the globes are wound with
stout twine.
Pinwheels. like other playthfngs,
must needs look pretty In order to sell
WELL and the bright colors and fancy
patterns are put upon them by the def
fingers Of women.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-07-01
NEWS or THE DECLARATION.
Not Considered important Enough For
Newspapers First Page.


In regard to the proclamation and
publication of the Declaration Of indie
pendence (meaning the document itself
it must be noted that it was intended
for the world at large rather than the
colonists. The Declaration of indie
pendence-that is, the formal resolu-
ton of the Continental congress Of
severance of allegiance from the moth
er country-was adopted July 2 after
having been much debated principally
in committee Of the whole, Benjamin
Harrison in the chair from June Z.
when it was offered by Richard Henry
Lee. The fact that it was passed was
published in the Pennsylvania Gazette
of July 8. Few things show the differ
ence in temperament Of newspapers
and public as regards news" as does
the fact that this great Declaration.
which initiated the most profound po-
litical change In the country and made
all the members of the congress traitors
in the eye of British law, was not an
nounced on the front page. but was
printed on an inside page. without
comment or special display, except that
a portion of the resolution was put In
capitals.
The first publication of the text of
the Declaration was in Towne's Penn
sylvania Evening Post of July 6. and,
as has often been remarked, on the
page facing the statement that all men
are endowed with liberty" is an ad-
vertisement of negro boy for sale,
four or Eve years old, who "has had
smallpox and measles" 1t is also
worth noting that in the engrossed
Declaration the spelling Is united
States" not United States"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-07-01
FOURTH OF JULY ADVICE
BY WASHINGTON.

lin his address to the governors of
the states, June 8. 1881
There are four things which I
humbly conceive are essential to
the well beins-i may even VEN
ture to say to the existenee-of
the United States as an indie
pendent power:
First, an indissolubie union
Of the states under one federal
head.
Secondly, a sacred regard to
public justice.
Thirdly, the adoption Of a
proper peace establishment, and,
FourthIy, the prevalence Of
that pacific and friendly disposi-
ton among the people Of the
United States which will induce
them to forget their local preju-
diees and policies, to make those
mutual concessions which are
requisite to the general prosper
ity and in some instances to
sacrifice their individual advan-
tases to the interest Of the COM.
munity.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-07-01

INLAY united
The
OLD GLORY.

THE star spansled banner!
4 Was ever flag so beautiful?
Did ever flag SO fill the souls Of
menu The love of woman, the
sense Of duty, the thirst for
glory, the heart throbbins that
impsIs the humblest American
to stand by his eoIors, fearless in
the defense of his native soil and q
holding it sweet to die for it;
the yearning which draws him
to it when exiled from it, it's free
institutions and it's blessed
memories, all are embodied and
symbolized by the broad stripes
and bright stars of the nations
emblem, all live again in the lines
and tones Of Keys anthem. Two
or three began the song; mill
lions Join the chorus. - Henry
Watterson, 1898.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-07-01

sAaze1 ~AeaEaSns s-1e ~ E e.
Wrote Onty Old Giory's Sono.

Francis Scott Key, author Of 'The
Star Spangled Banner" wrote only one
famous poem, but its fame is such as
to insure his lasting place In the re.
membrance Of the patriotic American
people. He was born In 17S0 and died
In 1S43. ..s.s..,. ss.ssynr.s...--
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-07-01
independence Day

independence Day
49, BY JOHN PIERP0NT
Day of glory, welcome day
Freedoms banners greet thy ray
See how cheerfully they play
With thy morning breeze
On the rocks where pilgrims kneel'd,
On the heights where squadrons
wheeled,
When tyrant's thunder peal'd
Ger the trembling seas
God of peace, whose spirit fills
All the echoes of our hills,
All the murmurs of our rills,
Now the storm is DER
Oh, let freemen be our sons,
And let future Washingtons
Rise to lead their valiant ones
Till there's war no more
BY the patriots hallowed rest,
BY the warriors cory breast,
Never let our graves be pressd
By a despot's throne
BY the pilgrims tolls and cares
BY their battles and their prayers
BY their ashes let our heirs
Bow to thee alone!
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-07-01

little doubt
Independence Philadelphia
The day. marking nations BIRTH
community
could make it The world contributed its thousands Of spectators from s
Centennial exposition
enthusiastic
original
library in
IN q display OF fireworks
mena o.
instituted scale wen
ss
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-07-01

Il 41C OkOx 1OuS L O4k III
BY THEODORE II. BoIcE
The starry flag waves greeting :
To Freedoms natal day
It ripples out with glory
Wherever breezes play;
It floats in stately beauty
Mid arctic ice and snow
Through all the zones it flutters
And gems the tropic glow
The eagle screams in triumph
Its welcome to the day
And spreads its wings exultant
Where liberty holds sway
From ocean unto ocean
And far beyond the seas
Its notes of shrill defiance
Are borne by every breeze
The orators are telling
The glories of the land
That ut the front of nations
Now boldly makes its stand,
And eloquent are tributes
They to their country pay
And rousine are the plaudits
On FreedomS natal day. xss=
~azs 8
From early dawn till midnight
There's constant jubilee
Through all the broad dominions
That spread from sea to sea.
For It's on this occasion
All patriots are gay
And join in celebration
Of Freedoms natal day:
The hummer., 1915-08-13
Is 1t Right.

Many Of the laws Of Mississippi keep capital from
ing to state and by that they have caused Mississippi
to be cassed the poorest state in the the Union With
enlightened lawmakers" why should this be true?
Taxes now are SURER than DEATH Sometimes you
can put death off by living rght-but taxes stir, it's
regular as the sun on its merry round
It would be all right if the taxes not unequal
Is there remedy and who is the doctor?
Is 1t right to tax property out of proportion to what it
brings to the owner? For instance you 100 of
gully land not inch of it in cultivation At present
say is assessed at two dollars per You buy
al hundred pounds Of dynamite to level the guhes and
spend other money for labor getting in shape plow
Now the land looks good and somebody along and
RAISES the assessment up to five ten dollars. You
know will take least four five years realize what
was spent improvement but in the meantime the tax
comes hot and heavy Is that right? Property should
be taxed in proportion to what it produces
In other states that is the law and those states thrive
they live. Why can't Mississippi do likewise
NOwOnder capital shuns state and it's all because
some Of our late lawmakers and officers had too Edny ice
fingers in the petOO many grating grabbers in the
nua shce-toO many greedy gumps getting theirs.
The Hummer wants to our state prosper and cut
unjust taxation.