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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-22
TURK CONSUL LEADS ATTACK
UPON AMERICAN MISSION
Three Priests and Two Deacons
Beaten, Petrograd Reports.

pBTRoGRAD. March ga dispatch
from Diulfs. Persia, to the westnik
News Bureau, the ohicial. Russian news
agency, says:
The Turkish Consul at Urumiah, Me-
hemed Raghib Bey at the head OF 20
Askaris, recently attacked the American
mission at that place. where 1900 ortho-
dox Christians had taken refuge. The
Consul ordered three priests and two dee-
cons to leave the mission, and as they
we're passing through the streets they
were insulted and mercilessly beaten.
I'm the courtyard Of the orthodox mis-
sion. gibbet was erected.
IAN American missionary, Mr.. Allen,
who was also subjected to insults and
blows succeeded in sending TO seimas two
messengers TO ask for assistance from
the Russian troops TO save the lives OF
the Christlans whom the mission was
not able to protect"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-22
BRITISH IGNORE PROTEST
American Ship Held for Prize Court.
Bound for Rotterdam.

LONDON. March 22Despite protest
from the United states Government the
American steamer NIaracas has been
placed in the custody Of the British prize
court. The Maracas arrived at Hull last
night from Eirkwall after being held
there 10 davs.
The Maracas carries a cargo consigned
TO Rotterdam and Copenhagen, but pre-
liminary investigation of her papers is
said to have convinced Admiralty Off
cials that the ultimate destination of her
goods was Germany.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-22
SPECIAL
Unusual Values
in Used Pianos
Largest Assortment
ever on our floors.

We have over $50
used pianos now on
sale. Every one of
these instruments has
been thoroughly over
hauled and put in first
class condition. These
pianos are guaranteed
and exchangeable at
full value any time
within one year for a
Hoppe three sound
ing-board piano or
one of the genuine
Pianolas. Prices on
used pianos ra n g {
from SIS up.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-22
NEW BRITISH CHIEF OF STAFF
Major General Robertson Appointed
to Post to Succeed Murray.

LONDON, March 22.-Major General
Sir william Robert Robertson now serv-
ing as Quartermaster general on the staff
of Field Marshal Sir John French. with
temporary rank of lieutenant general, has
been promoted to the chief of the I'M
perial General staff to succeed Major
General temporary Lieutenant GeneraD
Sir Archibald James Murray.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-22
AUSTRIA HURLS FORCES
UPON SERB FRONTIER
New Artillery Assaults Reported Near
Belgrade.

LONDON, March 22.-Resumption of
military operations by Austria against
Servia is indicated in a message from
Nfsh received here today by the Servian
legation. The telegram follows:
"In an artillery duel near Belgrade our
guns showed superiority over those of
the enemy whose fire was devoid of re-
suit. although very heavy.
"Our artillery destroyed numerous
boats gathered at Port Afadakale, near
Prehava, and sank a pontoon bridge at
Orchave.
1.-THE precision of our fire soon silenced
the enemy In a slight artillery duel near
Smederevo"
All the places mentioned are In Seryia
-. L. Innnrn rim hnrdnr
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-22
ZEPPELIN WRECKED AT LIEGE

MAESTRECHT. Holland, March PA
new Zeppelin airship was wrecked at
LAege Saturday, according to travellers
who arrived here today from Belgium.
They said the German airship was so
badly damaged that repairs were found
impossible,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-22
GERMANS RETAKE MEMEL
AFTER BLOODY CONFLICT
Hostile Forces Fight Bitterly in
Streets of Baltic Seaport

BERLIN March o.
The city of Memel. the German seanor+
on the Baltic occupied by the Russians
last Thursday was recaptured by Ger
man troops Sunday according to an Of
hctal report from the German General
star, issued here this afternoon.
There was sharp fighting in the streets
or Memel before the town was recap
tured. me General Stairs report stated
that private property was looted bv the
Russians.
me official report also announces re-
pulse OF Russian attacks at various
points In the eastern theatre
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-22
Terms-cash orcharge
account, or rental
payment plan,
NewPianOS
No tone like
the Hoppe tone

Hoppe pianos every
dayprovetheir superb
ority over other up
right pianos. T h e
three-sounding board
patent gives to Hoppe
pianos that tonewhich
makes thegrand piano
the instrument most
preferred for concerts,
In sounding board
cons tru c ito n, the
Hoppe stands alone.
HEPPE PIANOS
Heppe 1866 up
Marcellus 325
Edouard Jules BIS
Francesca e.. 275 up
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-22
RUSSIANS TAKE TURK POSTS

PETRoGRAD, March 22,-Defeat of the
Turks in the Alaschgarda valley and the
capture of two important posts by the
Russians were officially announced here
today.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-22
The Stroud Pianola, $3.50
A famous piano-the worlds best player
a moderate price
A combination to satisfy the wants
of every buyer

A PIANO made by the Aeolian Company
under the same management and supervision
which have for years made the world-famous
Weber piano, 1t carries the same guarantee as
the Weber. 1t is used and indorsed by Chaminade,
Rosenthal and others
A PLAYER mechanism with all the patented
devices found on the only player used with the
Steinway piano. 1t is genuine Panola, with the
Metrostyle and Themodist attachments
A PRICE little more than is asked for the
cheapest player-piano, but great deal less than
that required for the majority.
Terms to meet the most modest demand
The Aeolian Family
of the player-piano world
is sale at Heppes and includes
szzzssss=sz Stsinway Pianoa .-..... $3.50
syR Weber Pianola ..-.-....$I $1,000
Wheeloek Pianoia ...... $50
Stroud Pianola -...-.... $3.50
Franceses-Hepps Player
81 Pianos ....-.........- $50
AeOlian Player-Pianos s59s
Write for catalogs
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-22

All the places mentioned are In Servi;
near the Hungarian border.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-29
S. ILLITERACY @R
Paper read by Mrs Geo. Wright yesterday

literate persons made an appeal SO
forceful and pathetic that immediate
instruction for illiterates seemed a
Necessity, so Mrs Stewart called the
public school teachers of the county
together and made an appeal to them
10 open the schools for the use of the
people at night. The teachers read
lily and gladly volunteered. They
visited the homes in their districts
and invited the inmates, educated
and uneducated to attend. While
the illiterates were especially urged
! it was recognized by these teachers
that many persons could read and
write were barely out of the litter
ate class and needed instruction AMI
that many educated persons desired
! % further improve their education.
1t was realized that there would be
more inducement for the illiterates
to attend school if others were at
tending too. and that the attendance
Of persons of education as well rs
the uneducated would relieve the
situation of any semhlance of class
distinction, such as would have beer
made had the illiterates alone been
privileged to attend.
Only Few Expected to Attend
A small attendance was expected
at each school and IN some cases II
was supposed there would be only
enc or two rupils for each teacher,
but when the sessions opened the PEG
pie thron2ed to the schools, more en-
rolling in some moonlight schools,
in fact, than were enrolled in tho
day schools in the same districts.
Twelve hundred attended in all and
three hundred illiterates easily
learned to read and write. The
lem tn OF the session was extended
81 the students request and the gen
"a clamcr for continued sessions
vas met the next year with moon
''2ht schools which opened and were
conducted under more suspicious cir
cumstances and with greater e;..
thusiasm than even the first session..
Sixteen hundred persons enrolled,
many of them being the students of
the previous year, and three hundred
and fifty illiterates learned in road
ard write.
The Florida Federation of Wom-
e. S Clubs is thoroughly in sympathy
with the work of Mrs. Stewart and
at the convention next month it is
q te probable the Federation will
&dfpt SOM such measure to aid in
campaign to eliminate illiteracy
from our own State.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-29

If the editors (the real ones) OF
Florida will wake up and get busy
on real editorial press associa-
tion much good can be accomplish
ed. We need some real strict rules
to keep the wicked politicians from
bamboozlin,g the editors Macclennv
Standard.
And the absence of real strict
rules to Iovern the State press as
ISOLATION is the reason why il has
become loose-jointed, inefficient
body with no mission in lie beyond
a good time once a year-a very
travesty on a business organization
Our press association might be made
OF large practical benefit to the
newspapers of Florida If we would
confine 1t strictly to newspaper M,
and make them realize that t had,
some better purpose than an annual
feed, with the incid sl.ll ilarity.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-29
THE s0UrA's HOPE.

When the president of the Agricul.
turai and Mechanical College Of
, mississippi said a few days ago tina,
! mere than one thousand boys in the
state wanted to work their way
through the school he uttered a
statement that is momentous.. It
means that the hope of the Sout h
Tor better farmers and better educa-
tion for the masses is no vain dream
but that it is in fair way to be real
lied.
1t means that the sti:m of litter
acy will soon be a forgotten thing
IN the South and that the boys from
the farms will me college men lust
as the boys from the city. 1t means
that sheepskin will hang on the
wall of the farmers's business Office,
Just as 1t does now in a lawyers Of
flee or doctors Office.
One thousand boys want to work
their way through school. Three
hundred did work their way throu 9 h
a. and NJ. last year; worked out IL
hours, or worked all day and went TO
school at night. Working ones way
through college isn't the simple mat
ter 1t sounds in the Horatio Alger
DOCKS, either. A full college course
is very fair load to carry without
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-29
THE LAKELAND NEWS,
a weekly newspaper giving a resume
Of local matters. crop onditions.
county affairs, etc. Sent anywhere
for $3.50 per year.

Ocala made brilliant success of
her entertainment of the Confed-
crate veterans in annual reunion in
handsome and has the modern pro
gressive spirit. but the IGNORES of
the old South are still vital there and
no city in the State has a population
that could give warmer welcome to
the old soldiers of the Confederacy.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-29
LAST OF A GREAT TRIBE
OF JOURNALISTS

Yesterday the Associated Press
carried dispatch from Excelsior
Springs, Missouri, telling of the
death of Colonel John c. Moore, a re-
tired journalist, at the advanced age
OF eighty-four. Few people of this
generation remember him, but in
those wild, fierce days when Kansas
CITY and Denver We're in the making,
John c. Moore was one of the most
virile and widely known of western
newspaper men and his fearless pen
was a power in any cause he
espoused and genuine terror to his
enemies. Ee came out of the civil
War, Confederate veteran, dead
broke but unconquered. and he rode
with Shelby on horseback all the
way TO Mexico TO avoid surrender.
But he returned, with returning
good sense, and was one of the group
OF newspaper men In the Missouri
valley who made the journalism OF
that section for many years the most
virile, fearless and incisive in the
world. The writer of these lines knew
Colonel Moore intimately, loved him
for the kind, unselfish heart that
beat in his manly breast, and deeply
admired him, not less for his in
corruptible integrity than for the un-
auailing courage that made his name
synonymous with pure nerve" in
that land of fighters to which the
most a2i2 ressive characters in the
country had grayitated Colonel
Moore lived and died poor man,
and nearly always the wolf was in
his neighborhood, but he was !.
simple and stainless gentleman
all the mutations of his life
ami he never turned his back upon
friend or foe. He was probably the
very last of the old school of western
journalism, and We drop a tear to
he memory OF a good friend and
,rave. true man and gentleman who
sved without fear and without re-
roach.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-29
Green Fruit Law
Makes Trouble
Provisions Not Understood, and
Kicks Result. Facts About It.

Why is grapefruit when it i.
not ripe? This sad query, ane
many others, have been asked b,
perplexed growers and shippers
OF late. In some quarters fierce
opposition to the new law
has developed, the Jacksonville
Iimes-Union, of course, leading
it. An impassioned correspon.
dent, writing to that paper, in.
sists that if the law is enforced
the grapefruit industry of the
state is teetotally ruined, yes sub
absolutely obliterated! From
the temper of his letter it seems
that nothing less than armed re-
bellion and bloody war will sat
isfy him.
In most quarters, however, a
calmer view of the situation is
taken. The chief complaint has
been that the officials have not
been frank with the growers ard
taken all steps necessary to en-
tighten them as to the real re-
quirements OF the law and secure
their cooperation. As one rad
lcal authority expresses it, the
inspectors have acted as ii ev-
cry grower was dishonest and
should be put in Jail" This is
putting it a bit too strongly. but
1t Is true that very few green
fruit shippers are just that, and
laws must be made to fit the
worst men, not the best. Ii the
vast majority of honest growers
and shippers had gotten together
III past years to prevent the ship
ment of immature fruit by spec
ulators, as they might have
done, the present trouble would
not exist.
No one can deny the necessity
and the value of preventing green
fruit from being sent to market.
The spirit OF the law is good.
Green fruit gives all Florida fruit
a black eve i'll the mind OF the
consumer, and practically ruins
prices Tor the whole season. The
only criticism made by enlight-.
ened and temperate judges is that
perhaps the standard fixed for
is too high. Oranges
seems to pass their requirement.
easily, but much grapefruit has SO
lar failed to pass. The growers
,an depend on it that ii a fair trial
proves that grapefruit should be
a larger percentage of
lcidity, the standard will be mod
fed promptly and set at figure
ust to the whole crop. But so
ar it seems that really mature
does pass.
As to how the law is to be en-
orced, here is the procedure. A
'ederal Inspector at Jacksonville
viii remove at this point one box
# fruit from each carload ship
nent, and note the fact on the >
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-29

Because of the serious nature OF
the conditions existing through illit-
eracy, over our great country, the
General Federation has sent out a
chart, showing the percentage of
iliiieracy existing in each State
Beginning with number, Iowa
holds first place, or is number one,
! having fewer illiterates than any
State in the Union. Louisiana is
last on the chart, or number 4S.
Our own State, Florida, ranks 80.
Does it seem possible that out Of
our ninety-two millions f people
! there are about five and a half mil
lion that cannot read or write? Sta
tlstics show that in some States there
sre hundreds OF thousands of litter
ates and even in Iowa, which has the
illiteracy is one and seven-tenths
That is--for every thousand people
~ tHC Statc tuClN dlt ScNtHtetE VIII
cannot read In Florida. there ire
among the white people, 80 Hitter
atee in every thousand, and among
the colOred race, 255
In the entire United States, the
census of 1910 srowed there were
over two and quarter million of men
past the age of twenty -one that could
neither read nor write.
The Department of Education Of
iht General Federation, believes that
hub Women ran render great and
nportant service in the work of eli
minating illiteracy.
Kentucky's legislature has created
al Illiteracy Commission, which mas
adopted for its Sic an, mo llliteracy
in Kentucky in 1920" At tho hnad
Of this Commission is woman; one
v no is both an officer in the Ken
lucky Federation of Women's Clubs
AMI "a member of it's Education Com
Elittee-Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-29

One of the best signs of returned
prosperity is that the saw-mills all
over the country, most of which
went promptly out of commission
when the world war got a strangle
hold on the worlds commerce. have
again resumed operations, orders are
abundant and lumber is being sold
at good profit. When the war
ends our standing timber here in the
South will be an extremely valuable
asset, for the demand from Europe
will be enormous. A thousand de-
stroyed cities, towns and villages
must be rebuilt, and ships innumer-
able
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-29

1T is fact, and very portentous
one, that no cure has been found fol
citrus canker and a tree once in.
fected is gone beyond redemption and
must be burned. 1t is also a fact that
the disease spreads rapidly and from
the most trivial agencies. This
canker is now at work in Dade and
number of other counties and I'M
less checked will in time destroy
every citrus grove in Florida That
makes very serious case, one too
big for the State to handle without
assistance, and we must have fed
cral aid and plenty of it to get the
needed money. Write to your con-
gresham about it, right away.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-29
any addlstoas, toll

Mississippi lis not alone in this
new spirit that is permeating the ag-
ricultural south. Auburh In. Ala
bama, Clemson in South Carolina,
and many other agricultural COLLEGES
are doing great work for their states
along similar lines. If one were
seeking for the most hopeful thin. in
the South today, he would need go no
further than the one thousand boys
in a sparsel,A populated 5outhe ri
state who are willing and anxious
to work their way through college.
There are girls. too, who are as
anxious to get in the Industrial In
stitute and College at Columbus, and
other boys who work their way
through the State University 1t is
promising beyond any other sign of
the times.-Pensacola News.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-29
CSTEOPATHS MEET
Ir ROCHESTER

Rochester, N. Y, Oct. 29--The
largest convention of OSteopathic
physicians ever held in this State
opened here today with delegates in
attendance from many Eastern
states. An exhibition of X-ray pic
lures showing the latest discoveries
in osteopathy and lectures, are the
chief features of the meeting.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-29

waybill, the Government agree
ing to pay for it. This box is
promptly expressed to the labor
atory at Savannah and tested,
and the result wired to the in
spector at destination point, so
he can take any action that NAV
be necessary when the car ar
rives. A rather foolish proceed
nre, it seems, for the test might be
made before the car has gone and
accumulated big freight bill that
will be dead loss if the fruit is
immature.
1t is not believed that the Gov
ernment intends to prosecute
growers and shippers if the fruit
tails below the standard. Loss
OF fruit and freight will be the
only penalty, but that is plenty.
However, when any attempt is
made to artificially color the fruit
before or during shipment by
sweating or other means, and
thus deliberate attempt at fraud
or deception is committed, prose-
cution will be certain.
There is really no need for the
grower to run any serious risk of |
having his fruit confiscated. The
go to this trouble, the Exchange
and the large marketing agencies
have chemists ready to make the
test for their customers free of
charge. 1t is only necess airy for
the grower, if he wishes to be
safe, to collect the twelve sample
fruits from his grove with abso-
lutte impartiality, taking some Of |
the less mature as we'll as the
fully ripe fruit, so the mixed Juice
OF all will be fair average sam
ple.-Auburndale New Era.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-29
History Of the Campaign Against
Illiteracy

ne campaign to eradicate adult
iiliteracy from Kentucky started in
september, 1911, when the first
moonlight schools were opened in
Rowan county. The idea originated
with Mrs, Cora Wilson Stewart, who
was then superintendent of schools
of Rowan county and was also a
member of the Kentucky Federation
CT Women Clubs, bein. president
of the Morehead Womens Club, and
member of the Good Roads Com
Eittee of the Federation. Three il
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-29

Masquerade ct Skating Rink FL
Jay nis6t. Get ~ Everybody in.
vited. 4f7S
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-29

Good music and lots of fun at
Skatin, Rink Friday night. 1879
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-25
CURRENT VERSE
The Tiger in Hi. lair.

The Tiger in His lair.
A waterwagon poet says-''The South lie goins
dry
And. he notes the dearth of Bourbon and the
paucity Of rye;
but, while these mournful murmers nll the cir
cunkambient air.
Remember. all We topers! that the tigers In
his lair"
lie may seem blind and helpless, but preserving
his incog
He will spike the jolly julep and the holiday
egg-nog:
lie will I'LL the climbing glasses with both sour
mash and rye,
Notwithstanding the sad ditty that '"Tne South
Is Going Dry"
Prohibition law is one thing prohibition" an
other.
So twill save all good reformer. and wise
statesmen bootless bother
II they evolute some method some legislation
rare.
That viii rout the why Tiger and expel him
from his lair.
For the Tiger still will nger--as all rnaligners
will
Fnrveying and distributing the juice from every
still;
AS long earth has whiskey: and her people
telerywhere without scare)
VIII stroke the skulking Tiger as ne fingers in
his lair.
Fen Old Kentucky may legislate and Virginia
follow suit
From Maine to CALIFORNIA; host or States ia
boot;
Eut, until all get together. the beast will ever
dare
TO daily with the bug Juice while lingering in
his lair.
John Barleycorn-"d iscredited"~-wi maintain
his wondrous might,
Till his voluntary votaries behold some brilliant
light
Shine out upon the landscape and the empy-
rean sky.
That more potenty will prove it--that THE
countrys going dry"
Lo' tie not for local solving; it's for all wide
Federal law
TO quei the grim Old Tiger and bring rescue
from his NAV.
Our nation, as nation, must take the field and
try
To stop liuuor standardization the country
may be--DRY'
G. P. KEMPER.
Ficksourg' Miss, December. t914
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-25

IN AT the meeting Of the Chamber OF Commerce
building tonight every business man who has
Al interest In the location OF The Richmond post
Office should be hand.
Let every view be aired and then let ar
rive al a conclusion that VIII serve the best
Interests of the city. Richmond nag stood as a
unit in too many things To be divided over such
an important matter rs this Let us see that
no man has chance 10 say afterward. They.
wouldn't hear me- OF. Il wasn't at the meet
Ing" II is your business. Mr. citizen. to be al
the meeting That is Why YOU are citizen,
because you are interested In the affairs OF
Richmond. There should be No distinction be-
tween citizens. by which one IS known as a
sgeea" citizen and another bad citizen,
We want only one sort Of citizen in Richmond,
and he is the man who puts the community in
tcrest above tie individual desire and profit.
Come out 10 the meeting Mr. Business Man.
and make your presence known, by voice and
vote. ripa Uocs.