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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-02

-rhs NysSs rorIprs Neers- turned over 70
Mr.. Her els by Frank c. Moore, Of Brook
Iyn, N. Y, for sale at auction. ohloiais
OF the State Of New Hampshire Learned
Of the projected sale and laid claim 10
the documents as being the property or
the State. Assistant Attorney General
Joseph s. Matthews, OF New Hampshire
arrived in the city yesterday and got an
Injunction stopping the sale The case
will now either be compromised or go to
court, with the state of New Hampshire
as plaintiff and either Mr., Moore or Mr..
Henkels, or both, as defendants.
According to the State officials Of New
Hampshire, the documents were taken
from the State archives Illegally by Gov
ernor weare, first Governor OF the state,
c. T. Smith, Of the Henkels auctloneering
firm, said today They then came into the
possession of various persons and trace
OF them was lost The first the present
officials of the State heard of them was
that the papers were bequeathed to Frank
c. Moore by relative OF Jacob c.
Moore, Jr.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-02
RULES GOVERNING EVENING LEDGER
COOKING SCHOOL CONTEST FOR GIRLS

girls cooking school
PHILADELPHIA
four divisions but make but division
limited the baking
baking poVder biscuits cooktes and cake according
recipes used the public cooking schools in the schools
contestants registered.
That conditions
Under Whtch work produced baking
contest operating satisfactorily adjusted
and regulated free of cRdrge)
Judging is to be done By accredited body
later be determined. W
All entries the presented Horticultural Hall
Tod ana Locust Streets Wednesday, June g. bstOeen
On the bottom of each loaf Of bread sponge
cake entered there be pasted entry clipped from Rs
EVENING LEDGER giving the address name and
Number Of school attended, Of used
obtaEa6 and the article of food contested bakng
oasr SIs are 6e presented IN oodem plates entry blank
completely filled outlined above this pasted in The
plate Great must be taken this
will necessary contestan gEos bnL
does not the e1hibi.
q second entry blank filed carefully mailed to tho
EVENING LEDGER Cooking Department than Sad1
June This blank be from the
secured cooking centre " "'NS 20
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1spdy IN the AUDITORIUM Hortiulurat and Sqt1a
June II and IT, The aards | coog
to the girls 0hO members the "
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-02
INJUNCTION STOPS SALE
Action by New Hampshire Officials
Postpones Disposal of Papers.

The sale at auction Of valuable old man.
uscripts of the Revolutionary war ana
historical documents relating to the state
Of New Hampshire In the auction Tooins s
~ sian. V. Henkels, auction commission
merchant. at 1s0i Walnut street, has oeen
prevented by an Injunction Issued by the the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-26

Lead poisoning, or plumbism as the dis CTS in this country. Although 1t Is one of the most prevalent and distressing of occupational diseases little has been done here toward its prevention. In Europe much preventive work has been done England, Germany, Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands have passed regulative measures. Tn France the use of white lead in painting Is forbidden. Certain practices among painters are generally is absorbed into the system either through the respiratory organs, the skin or the alimentary canal. One of the symptoms of the disease is a form of paralysis called the wrist drop, or the ankle drop" caused by the victim losing con trol of certain muscles. The symptoms range from lead colic'' to blindness, Brights disease and even loss of mind. Of sixty deaths resulting from lead pois- onirg in a New York hospital in two years it was shown that 40 were painters. Of 10o painters apparently healthy, who were examined, 59 had chronic lead poison ing. Painters frequently contract the dis ease through carelessly holding brushes in their mouths, reacing putty and white lead in the palms of their hands using tohaceo xubiIe at vys,rl< and ea tiug without thoroughly cleaning their hands and talk ing off their working clothes. Sandpaper- ing lead painted surface is particularly avoid breathing some of the fine particles thrown off.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-26
Duty of the Legislature

The people of Alabama who reap no financial profit from political agita- tion, are considering with apprehen- sion the necessity that local option ists overthrow four years hence the dominant ultra prohibition party in this state.
 It is obviously the duty of the legislature so to act or amend action previously taken to the end that the whisky question might be eliminted from Alabama politics.
 Two courses are open. In July, the legislature should either submit the all-absorbing topic to the people for final adjudication, or should permit the licensed sale of beer and light wine.
 A compromise is necessary. It re- quires no student of politics, or eco- monies, or human nature, to realize the fact that this question cannot be settled in Alabama by an overwhelm- ing victory either of the prohibition ists or the local optionists. For as soon as one faction is down, its lead CTS begin the laying of plans for the overthrow of tue victors. And ever it will continue to be unless Shere be a permanent settlement of the question.
 The legislature, for the good of the state, should act on reasonable lines The several influential men who are said to have guided the lawmakers in January and February should oust a spirit of intolerance, and for the good of all and in the cause of temperance, so act that Alabama might never again be torn and ravished by faction al strife engendered by the liquor question.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-26
The Launderers' Convention

The Tri-State Launderers' associa- ton, which holds its annual conven- tion in Birmingham today and tomor- row will bring many representative men to this city.
 It has not been long ago when the laundry business was in its experi- mental stage. Many citizens who have grown up since the war can re- member when this industry which is now so vast was just making start.
 Among the pioneer launderers were men of business capacity and commer- cial standing; but the industry had not attracted large capital or leaders in the industrial world. It is very different today. Few industries have made greater demand on science and few have developed into such thoroughly organized business proj- ects. Mechanical engineers, electrical engineers and chemists have been brought into requisition, and the im- provements in laundry machinery and laundry economies have been wonder ful indeed.
 Until the mechanical devices used in modern washing and ironing had been perfected collars and cuffs were frazzled after two or three trips to the laundry. But within the recent past apparel of all sorts, including collars, are as good as new after months of laundry treatment.
 Birmingham extends hearty well come to the members of the Tri-State Launderers' association.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-26
Flying at Night

To person not familiar with avia- tion, flying in an aeroplane at night would seem extra hazardous. As a matter of fact, airmen who have had much experience in this sort of work, declare that night flying is not only safer from an attack by the enemy, but permits great deal more to be seen by the pilot than one would SUD- pose. Every detail of landscape can be easily detected, buildings, roads, railway lines and the position of ar tillery are located without any diff culty, while the flashing lights that are trained on the sky frequently fail to reveal the aeroplane. Pilots often descend to a distance of less than a thousand feet above the earth and make observations in a leisurely manner that would be quite out of the question in the day time. The ex- perience of the British aviators has shown that either day or night flying in war times is comparatively safe.
 One of the problems of night fly ing is landing. While the aviator may be able to see where he is going to land without any difficulty, he can't tell whether the ground in that par ticular spot is hard or soft and as result he sometimes sticks in the mud and turns a somersault out of his machine. Rising at night in an unfa- miliar country also presents some dis advantages, but it is easy to see that night flying is to be preferred by a discreet aviator. Searchlights have no terror for the airman, although they may blind him for an instant, and he stands an even simmer chance of be- ing hit by bullet at night than in the day.
 Experts who have followed the operations of the British royal naval air service in the vicinity of Ostend have been so impressed by it's eff ficiency that they predict the early fall of that important base. Both En- glish and French airmen have coop erated in harassing the Germans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-26
WAR ECHOES

New York Herald: Sir Edward Grey assurance that the influence of Great Britain will be exerted to insure the m dependence and integrity of the republic Is the first ray of hope China has seen since Japan began bombardfng Picking with its extraordinary demands. It Is true the government of the United States has given the Chinese government assur- ances to the same general effect. but just now assurances from the United States do not convey much comfort to the Chi- nese. They have seen steady slump in American influence in international af- fairs relating to the far east ever since the American interest was forced out of the six-power administrative loan, and the impression they had gained before the present crisis in their country's history has not been dispelled by any oppressive influence the United States has attempted to exercise upon Japan.
 If Great Britain stands squarely for Chinas integrity and independence the Chinese people will feel confident that no other nation will be permitted to ride roughshod over their own. They have learned that Great Britain has way of backing up its policies. And If Great Britain stands sQlarely for the .'open d1or'' American businsss tntsresta Wtll
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-26
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 The old-fashioned woman who used to bake all her own bread and biscuits now has married daughter who thinks that dough Is what her husband earns and she spends.
 A man will tip the same waiter a quar- ter every day in the week and think nothing of it. But if he gives his wife quarter on Monday and she asks for an other quarter on Friday. he wants to know what she did with the quarter he gave her last Monday.
 A fly has some human traits He isn't satisfied to mind his own business and keep out of trouble. He insists on buzz ing around your face and annoying you until you swat him.
 A man seldom thinks seriously about marriage until after he is married and is compelled to.
 You will often discover that your dis tant relatives are too close.
 A woman always feels sorry for her husband when she realizes how miser- able he would be if he had married some ether woman.
 During the first three weeks of married life man tells his wife everything he knows< But it Is different later on.
 When you have rheumatism the other fellow can tell you 10 sure cures for It. But when the other fellow gets 1t the only remedy he can think of is to sit down and holler.
 Art may be long. But artists are often short>
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-26
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Bushes. Improving Steadily

T am a member of business concern in Chicago which keeps in close touch with all sections of the country, and I am glad to say that business conditions in the south as Well as in the north are improving steadily" said John l.. Man dell of Chicago.
 Tn my home town business in a general way is believed to be at least 25 per cent better than it was a month ago. I was in New York a week or so ago. Business was certainly humming there. On my way south I spent two days in Virginia q day in Richmond and day in Norfolk and I found everybody talking optimis- tically.
 Atlanta had been very much depressed hv the demoralized cotton market of last fall, put business in that enterprising city is now picking up. I understand that here in the Birmingham district the in- dustrial situation is improving rapidly. Business all over the country is going to be very brisk this summer.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-26
THE STOCK MARKET BULGE

From the Baltimore News.
 TOT since 1907, when American
 M prosperity boiled over into a ! very brief rich mans panics, has there been better cause than now to differentiate very clearly and em rhatically between two separate and distinct forces which in times of eco homie rebound and financial boom al ways manifest themselves powerfully in Wall street.
 It is said every day, and almost every hour when the stock exchange Is open, that Americans are going crazy In their buying of stocks and bonds Now thls is true enough as concerns spectators, big and little, that are buying any thing and everything buoyantly, ex- cessively and frantically. But it is also true that any man with surplus capital to put to work would have been just as crazy in the last several months not to buy good American stocks and bonds as long as they were selling be- low their true value.
 Beyond question the speculative ele- ment in recent days in Wall street has been running wild. And yet it has never been wrong in its perfervid con viction that American stocks and bonds are much lower than their real real they will go higher, much higher. The strongest financial purses agree with them absolutely as to that fundamer- tai fact.
 But what recently has been making the stock market soar dizzily some times deliriously, is that while there Is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-26
MYSTERY OF FALLING STARS

of them moves in the manner of a ''fal ing star.'' The distance of the plane from the earth vary with their position in their orbits and run from tens up t. hundreds of millions of miles. The trus stars are suns. more or less resembling our sun, and they are millions of times more distant than the planets.
 What, then, are the phenomena called falling stars? If you call them ''mete- ors,' as astronomers do. and disconnect them in your mind from all association with stars, you will have taken the first step toward a comprehension of what they are A meteor, stony or metallic in composition, which, before it meets the earth, has been travelling through space like a miniature planet in an orbit probably having the sun for its focus. It moves, as it must do under the law of gravitation, with a velocity comparable with. but considerably greater than that of planet, at similar dis tance from the sun, for its minute size does not affect it's velocity. This vo- locity in the neighborhood of the earth is about 26 miles per second.
 As long as a meteor continues it's course outside the earth's atmosphere it remains absolutely invisible. but if it's course is changed by the earth's attrac- tion so as to bring it within the virtual limits of the atmosphere. say within 100 or 200 miles of the earth's surface. it is instantly heated to very high temper ature by friction with the air, and it flashes into flying spark of fire, speeds swiftly across the sky, or appears to drop downward and usually dsap- pears within a second or two.
 There is reason to believe that the vast majority of meteors of this class are not larger than grains of sand or small pebbles. It has been calculated that between 10,OO0.000 and 20,0oOOOO of them, bright enough to be seen with the naked eye, enter the earth's atmosphere Counting all sides of the globe) every ones playing across the depths of the at mosphere, which may number hundreds of millions Minute as they are, if they struck the earth they would be as fatal to it's inhabitants as a rain of shrapnei. but fortunately they are all consumed high in the air.
 As to the vexed question of the origin of meteors, there is only room to say that those which appear in periodic showers seem to be connected with comets, and occasionally they travel in the former orbits of comets that have disappeared.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-26
ALABAMA PRESS

Brewton Pine Belt News: A woman in Oregon, 72 years of age, is given credit for killing a bear with hoe. The ques- ton naturally arises. What business did the bear have with hoe?
 Cullman Tribune: With the advent of spring weather business generally has taken on new life. Merchants report busi- ness better, and farmers are happy plant Ing their crops for the coming year. Everything is loosening up. Don't be hide- bound--get in the push.
 New Decatur Advertiser: Birmingham builders should make their mucilage a little stronger so that it will hold walls better.
 Gadsden Evening Journal: The legisla- ture has esta ablished new method of sat- isfying office seekers. It created a new department without providing salaries for it. That is one way of disposing of the plum crop.
 Leighton News: There Is one good thing to be said to the credit of automobiles you don't see as many loafers hanging around a garage as you used to see hang ing around livery stable.
 Decatur News: The stanchest advo- cate of prohibition wouldn't object if all the rulers would take sociable drink and make up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-26

Garrett P. Serviss in the Pittsburg Sun kknLEAsE explain the phenomena of stars falling from the skies.
 A Last November I was standing in my door, which faces southwest, and looking at two stars. when one of them left its place and fell into space. It looked as if it's descent was about 2oc feet before it disappeared, but it must have been many million miles that it travelled during those few seconds. Do astronomers miss these stars from the sky? ". P. R"
 This letter shows a curious mingline of inexact observation with inaccurate knowledge-a mental phenomenon more common than the physical one of fall
 ing stars" and in it's way quite as worthy of attention.
 The phrases failing stars" and shoot ing stars are responsible for more mis- understanding of scientific facts than any others with which I am acquainted They are so strilkingly descriptive of the ef- fects produced upon the eye by the phe- nomena in question that they substitute the appearance for the reality in the minds of persons not familiar with the facts of astronomy.
 There is no such thing as a falling star, or a shooting star. No star was ever seen to leave its place and drop toward the earth, or go sailing away through space. There are a few in- stances of new stars making their ap- pearance there, but no star ever moves from its place in the slightest degree, as far as naked eye observations can de- tect
 It is true that the stars are all in motion, but these stellar movements can only be measured with the most refined and accurate instruments known to sci- ence. There is an apparent motion, com mon to all the stars, due simply to the rotation of the earth on it's axis, which causes the heavenly bodies to appear to rass slowly through the sky from east to west.
 There are also a few objects in tho sky which look like stars and which do have motions that can be observed with the naked eye if the observations are continued for many nights in succession These apparent stars are the earth's sister planets, which, like it, revolve around the sun in orbits millions of miles in circuit. But there are only five of these bodies-Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn-that are ever mo- ticed by naked eye observer, and none
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-26
 THE HARP OF OSSIAN

By James Hogg Oid harp of the Highlands, how long has thou slumber'd Tn cave of the correi. ungarnish'd. un-
 strung! Thy minstrels no more with thy heroes are number'd, Or deeds of thy heroes no more dare A seer lately heard, from thy cavern
 ascending, A low sounding chime. as of sorrow
 and dole; Some spirit unseen on the relic attend
 ing
 Thus sung the last strain of the war
 rior's soul: My country, farewell. for the days are
 expired
 On which could hallow the deeds of
 the free: Thy heroes have all to new honors as- pired
 Scotia nor me. All lost is our sway. and the name of Is sunk in the name of our old mortal foe; Then why should the lay of our last degradation Be forced from the harp of old ossian
 to flow? My country, farewell; for the murmurs
 of sorrow Alone the dark mountains of Scotia
 become; Her sons condescend from new models
 to borrow, And voices of strangers prevail in the
 hum. Before the smooth face of our saxon
 invaders Is quenchd the last ray in. the eyes of the free; Then 4ohl let me rest in the caves of my fathers. Forgetful of them as forgstful o9
 theey, 4 ...|. ss. % .s.s s.s E
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-26

congratulate themselves, for this will mean that the principle of equal oppor- tunity for all foreign interests will have a substantial backing such as their own government has shown itself unable. be- cause of it's loss of influence in the affairs of the far east to give.
 Pittsburg Post: The reply Of the United States to the memorandum of Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador com plaining against the shipment of arms from this country to the allies and sug- gesting how we might maintain true neutralitr nSobably closes the incident so far Elal communications are con cerned %Gs ambassadors message was more in the nature of a lecture to the country than formal protest to the state department, and the reply, said to have been written by President Wilson, was to the count rather than to hls gov ernment Under the circumstances he has been shown every courtesy; while it was impressed upon him firmly that the neu- trality of this country could not be dlc- tated by any of the belligerents, 1t was taken for granted that he did not mean to impugn the good faith of the United States as neutral This should end the mat ter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-26
Progress of the War

Forestalling the long-heralded all lied offensive in the spring the Ger mans have suddenly launched a ter- rife attack on the British front along the Yser canal and the conflict threat ems to develop into general engage ment all along the line from the sea to the Swiss border.
 The object of the German attack may be twofold. The Teutons might wish to relieve the pressure of the French on their left in the Champagne where heavy fighting has been in progress for weeks or to gain a suc- cess, no matter how costly, to restore the morale so severely handled by the British at Neuve Chapelle.
 The latter hypothesis is the more likely. The losses in the fighting of the past three days along the Yser are said to have been awful and if the Germans had this many first-line troops to waste they could have been diverted to the north and used in counter attacking the French in Champagne.
 That the Germans seriously believe 1t possible for them to win their way to the seaport of Calais, their goal since the march to Paris was halted, is well night incredible. Last autumn they spent 300,000 men in vain ef- fort to cut the allied line. The con- ditions then were vastly more favor able than at present. Then the allies were taken by surprise, with disor- ganized troops not yet recovered from the fearful retreat from the Marne and few reserves. Today the troops in the allied line are seasoned vet erans and it is hard to believe that the Germans seriously contemplate g sustained effort in force against Ca. lais.
 Interesting developments. it seems may be expected from the naval side of the war soon if reports from Ger man sources be accredited. The Ger. man admiralty has stated that thu great fleet has repeatedly left the bast at Helgoland and cruised in the NortE sea, intimating that it was seeking battle but was unable to find thu British.
 Little credence is placed in this re