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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-22
RICH CHILDREN KEEP
GREEN GRAVE EOPCl,
Flowers Bloom Over Bones !,
Old Tom Rittenhodse
Square. q
This tale qf cat. stt free
His srave now blooms like tbs worldly ts,,,
For those who tend 1t are mniItosnssnIss,,y "
Future giants Of the s,ock ,voA.
Who shed a tear for the CAT panEEeii
Ahd u ISM ODD. and Il isn't strspspps'
Eor theN-re all lmst klda ~. nnLe.

And It isn't odd. and il lsn!, .p3erhhps:
For they're all Just Kids these HWY.
II there is heaven for cats. "a !
Rittenhouse, who died last v.,s ioa
to be happy there. because all n. yssa
rich friends of Rittenhouse sdua,. WE
he lived and died. keep a ws,t.,l, .n'n
over his grave. Today 1t is ths 49, y
spot in this square, freouentsd N
children Of the wealthy 1nc,a.ss
Toms grave is the only cps i
square.
Tulips outline tho mound that IL
the resting place Of Tom. who ~"
the square in his youth and liv.a '
for 2S years. Atop the grave s.. W
and white hyacinths, and more hy.s,., ss'
while rose bushes that soon will bu,,,,.,'
bloom grow in the corners of IN, M.
lnclosure surrounding the mound
The grave itself boasts grant. j.,
and foot stones. Special care q 49,
by Superintendent Harry Truiu :, u
square, to see that weeds are ksni I.
OF the little inclosure and that ths s,,,.
Is clipped. Truitt takes look a, a.
grave every day, because II hs a.,
the children who play there would !.
after him
The little ones of today all knsw. II.
Rittenhousc, the cat, Most OF their ~,
ents knew him when they were cbaa,,,
Just where Tom came from noh,a.
knows. Those who have knovn n.
square since he first appeared say i.
Rcs brought there by newsbov. NJ,
uVd to lie around in his ragged rarm,r,,
and get friendly with the children az n,
rich through his cat. Tom was sucS
handsome cat that several persons tri,i
to steal him, but no one ever succst5sa
When the newsboy grew up and vs,,
away the cat liked the square so mn,s
hat lie remained.
While Tom lived he never lacked ,ny.
hing. Rittenhouse Square children nsv.,
know lack of small change Ia hrv
what they want for their pets, 40 Tsn
lived royalty and waXd fat. But b,,
year the last of his nine lives ebbed away
and he was buried in the plot aEainr
the house on the west side Of the pstk
Each spring this is the first place IA,
children visit when they get out Inls
the square to romp.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-22
$4,000 A YEAR TO CARE
FOR FRAZER CHILDREN
Guardians, Mothers Relatives,
Show 100000 insufficient for
Youth of Their Position"

An additional $4,000 n year has been
provided for maintenance of the three
young children OF Persifor Frazer, I'd,
and the late Mrs. Marie Newbold Welsh
Frazer.
Their guardians, Edward l.. Welsh and
Charles y. Welsh. had received $4,000
year for this purpose, but told Judge
Lamorelle in the Orphans Court yester-
day that this sum was insufficient for
expenses, according to the standards of
the childrens station in life" The court
ordered that the allowance be made $4,000
a year.
The itemized accoun of expenditures
found TO be insufficient Is as follows:
Household expenses and servants wages.slS 90
Rent OF country home at Wakefield, Il, 7. LOO
schooling ...'....'..'.''.''.'.''' 3oo3onn
travelling and automobile oxpenses,..,., $500
Total Observation-Disclosures $40 600
The children are Marie Newbold Frazer,
10 years old: Persfor Frazer. Sd, A. and
Isabella w. Frazer, 10. They live in a
large house OF their own at 1i15 Spruce
street attended by tutors and governesses
and servants. Not long after their mother
divorced Mr.. Frazer in 1908 he married
Violet VI. Neast, whose stage name was
Virginia Harms. Mrs Frazer married
Fisher Corlles Morgan, of Chestnut Hill
She died in 1912.
Mr.. Morgan retained custody of the
children who were very fond OF him, until
Mr.. Frazer brought suit to regain their
custody. Judge Stake decided that they
should be placed under the care of their
unces.
Tho children have an annual Income OF
slO5, 900 inherited from their mother and
grandfather, who was j. Lowber Welsh
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-22

More than 300 delegates, representing
chapters throughout the eastern section
of the United States, are in attendance at
the internationa convention of the
brotherhood of Andrew and Philip which
opened yesterday in the Chestnut Street
Baptist Church. Plans are being made
TO widen the scope of the association
work and to obtain a big budget TO
further it's influence. Philadelphia is the
headquarters of the international council.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-22
TWO POLICE VETERANS DIE
w. ]. Watt and H. B. Stellman Sue
cumb to Illness.

Two well-known policemen died today
after years of faithful service. William
J. Watt. of the 4th street and Snyder
avenue station, succumbed 10 neuritIs.
with which he had suffered for over Is
months. He had been confined TO his bed
at his home. 2O27 South 4th street. for one
week. Watt was appointed in 1878 and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-22
Woman Loses Suit for Maintenance

The suit for maintenance brought
against William Horn. an employe Of
the New York Shipbuilding Company,
Camden. BY Mrs. Ella A. Horn. 1881
Broadway. on the ground that she was
his common law wife was denied today
by Norman Grey special master IN chan
Gerry. in Camden AR. Grey said Mrs.
Horn had failed 70 prove her allegation
that she had been Introduced - Hcfn ~
hia wife. and Il had not besn shown that
be nas ofhsr than boaFder ~ heF homa.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-22
FINED FOR CRUELTY TO DOG
Women Testify Before Magistrate
Farmer Mistreated Animal.


Three young women who saw a farmer
hold up a beaten stray dog By the hind
legs while his own dog mauled the help
less animal preferred charges against him
today, which reAulted IN his being fined
$3.50 BY Magistrate PenHock, al his Of
nee. 500 Germantown avenue.
William A. Haines Of Adams road and
Clinton street. the farmer, said that the
stray dog had damaged his property,
chasing his ducks and otherwise disturb
ma his stock. Last Monday, Il was testi-
ned. he sci his dog on the intruder and
ahen his dog had cornered and beaten the
ether. he Joined IN the fray. holding the
Hounded dog by the hind legs while the
fEetof continued the attack The three
lamplainanfs. Miss Ella s. Most and her
sister. Miss habe - Most. or 53l5 North
FToai sfleet and Aiss Elizabeth WintOn.
I - Ntnlz street. protested and later
etaed Pc sarIeis lor he Prevention Qf
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-22

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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-22
STOCKINGS, SPATS, SHOES!
Socks, Vests and Rest of Equipment
Run in Opposites.

Golf-Woolen stockings, a la golf, will
naturally go with knlckerbockers. Norfolk
coat and tweed cap. As for spats-the
thought of spats on woolen stockings with
the rest of the combination Is ludicrous
enough today. but who can say what
1915. or even August, may bring? Vests
will be equally out of place.
ONfords will take the place of the
cleated golf shoes for town wear Tans
will predominate. In fact, Monday will
sec the rirst great rush of low shoes, This
preccdes straw-hat day. which this year
falls on May !, by n week.
Piccadily--Socks may be almost any
thing. This year they will be principally
in plain colors with a "clock" running up
the side. Vests must be double breasted
and white, Spats must also be white.
These two mandates are the principal
features of the 1915 ''Gentleman's' outfit.
Patent leather shoes are on the wane, but
black shoes will probably retain their
hold for short while,
The man who is getting a weekly pay
envelope and who paws rent will prob
ably choose the Piccadllian socks and the
Scotch snoes. He will undoubtedly leave
the spats and vests for the other fellow.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-04-02

A new container for dozen eggs
that holds them safely resembles a
music roll
The weekly soliphone., 1915-04-02
Won KLUCK, FAMOUS GERMAN GENERAL,
WOUNDED BY SHRAPNEL, BUT IMPROVES

General Won Kluck was slightly
wounded by shrapnel while inspect
mig advance positions of his army;
his condition is satisfactory.
German troops have stormed
Tauroggen across the Russian from
tier. northeast of Tilsit and taken
800 Russian prisoners.
IA Russian attack on the rail
road from Wierballen to Kovno at
a point near Pilwisski, broke down.
''The Russians suffered heavy
losses in the Krasnopol district.
More than 1000 Russians were TAX
en- prisoners. among them being a
squadron of lancers with their
horses and five machine guns.
ga Russian attack to the north
west of Ciechanow was repulsed."
The weekly soliphone., 1915-04-02

Little Rock, March 27.-The act
to regulate the hours, safeguard the
health. and establish minimum
wage for females in this state,
which goes into effect on April l,
is attracting much attention
throughout the country, judging
from the interest manifested by the
newspapers. The bill, which was
the product of the state labor de-
partment, was passed as introduced,
with the exception that the provis-
ion providing for the limitation of
81 hours in one week was eliminat-
ed. The provision that female work
ers shall not be employed in excess
of nine hours in any one day was
left in the bill and is now part
of the act. The act provides that
no female shall be employed in any
manufacturing, mechanical or mer-
camille establishment, laundry or
telegraph office, or by any express
or transportation company more
than nine hours in any one>day in
the week, providing, however, that
the present law governing the en-
ployment of children under 16 years
of age is not repealed by the act.
No female under Is years of age
shall be employed or permitted to
work in or in connection with any
of the establishments or occupations
named before the our of Z O'Clock in
the morning and after the hour OF
9 o'clock in the evening of any one
day No female shall be employed
or permitted to work for more than
six hours continually at one time in
any establishment or occupation
named above, in which three or
ore employees are employed with
out an interval of at least three
quarters of an huor, except that
such female shall be so employed
for not more than six and one-half
The weekly soliphone., 1915-04-02

Tennessee should carry its debt
through its people. The city and
county bonds of Tennessee are at
tractive to citizens of other states,
but our own citizens dare not buy
them. They would be splendid in
vestmentS for trust funds, the funds
of minor wards and estates in
charge of administrators, but the
returns made every year to the
courts would put them in the way
of the assessor.
All state. municipal, county and
school bonds should be tax free ex
cept a fee at the first purchase.
That is the way France does it.
The French tax is on the income.
Secretary Redfield stated in his
Memphis speech that all the debt
evidence OF Paris was owned by the
people of that city. The porter in
his home, he said, asked for a holt
day in order to buy Paris bond for
500 francs, or 500. The porter
had $50 in cash. He pawned his
watch for $40 at the government
pawnshop. Then he bought the
500 bond. He took the bond to
the Bank of France and using it as
collateral borrowed $40. Then he
redeemed his watch. and in three
months paid the $40 loan at the
bank and took down his bond. That
bond pays three and one-half per
cent, but the porter pays taxes only
of one per cent on the $3.50 which
the bond yields.
If he were in Memphis, and
should buy three and one-half per
cent Tennessee bond he would have
nothing over the taxes left.
Tennessee is about to refund a
big bond issue.
Could our legislature arrange it
so our people could take the issue?
No, the constitution is in the way.
Why then not change the consti-
tuition? Because an army corps of
officeholders, mostly little office
holders, fear that by changing the
constitution they might not be able
to pick up s25 or $4,000 a year
from the state.
But Gamblers purchase is a SER
mon for more manufacturing in the
south and different taxing laws in
Tennessee.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-04-02

Berlin, March Wireless to
Sayville.-The report of the pro
gress of the fighting issued from
headquarters yesterday relates
among other things that General
Won Kluck, the German commander
who led the famous German rush
into France in the early days of the
war, has been slightly wounded by
shrapnel while inspecting advance
post 0ns of his army. The condl-
ton of the general is described as
satisfactory.
The text of the announcement
follows:
ION the west front the day OF
yesterday passed rather quietly. In
the Argonne and in Lorraine there
were minor engagements and these
were successful for the Germans.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-04-02

Women's soc silk hose at rs
cents the pair. Kimbrough's 1t
The weekly soliphone., 1915-04-02

committees left here by the legisla-
ture to audit the various state de-
partments and institutions and in
vestigate the state charities board
muddle.
Neither committee has finished
it's work and the indications are
that one of them, if it carries out
the full intent of the legislative res
olution, will stay on the job for a
long time to come.
Mr.. Johnson contends that these
committees have no right to draw
pay longer than 20 days after the
legislative session ends, as their
business is not that of contingent
committees, such as enrolling, jour
nal, etc, unless their work had
been authorized by bill or joint
resolution.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-04-02
PAY TAXES NOW;
SAVE PENALTY
After April 10 Law Adds 35 Per
Cent to Amount Due-Cheap-
er to Borrow Money,

Each year there are many per-
sons who default in the payment of
their taxes pass the 10th of April
each year, the date fixed by law for
the payment of taxes without pen
atty. A man having $1,000 taxes
to pay and who defaults in the pay
ment of the same Immediately has
penalty of $3.50 and so cents
cost, making a total of $14.10, re-
CARELESS of the time when the same
might be redeemed, with an addi-
tional 10 per cent interest from
the time of the sale of the property
until the same is redeemed by the
owner thereof.
The taxes have to be paid, and
why not borrow money when the
same can be borrowed at the rate
of 10 per cent interest for a short
time and save % per cent of the
35 per cent penalty. which is equal
to two and onehalf years of inter-
est at the same rate.
A great many people do not un-
derstand the amount OF penalty at
taching to their taxes when the
same goes delinquent, hence they
lose 35 per cent interest on their
money when they could at least
save % per cent of it by borrowing
the money at 10 per cent interest
and paying their taxes, and in a
short time take up the amount Dor
rowed and even save less than ten
per cent.
Each and every citizen should see
to it that his taxes are paid before
penalty attaches, because the Off
GERS are required by law to attach
penalty, and in many instances are
criticised for the penalty attaching
when they are bound by the laws
of the land the same as citizens.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-04-02
We ARE VOLUNTARY
INDUSTRIAL SLAVES
Commercial Appeal Shows How Un-
scientific Tax Laws in South
initiate to Disadvantage.

The following editorial from the
Commercial Appeal is well worth
reading. 1t brings home so point
edly and so wildly condition that
exists in almost all of the south
ern states that one cannot help but
be impressed with what is said:
An Atlanta manufacturer of
soft drink recently took an entire
issue Of Georgia bonds. The amount
is S3.525.OO0. The rate of interest
was 425. The bid was at pre-
MUM and the bonds will yield the
investor Ala per cent.
If Mr.. Gambler lived in Tennes-
see and bought Tennessee bonds
yielding Ala per cent he would
have less than / per cent if he paid
taxes on these bonds-that is, ii he
were citizen of Memphis or Nash
Vile.
Mr.. Gambler made his money from
soft drink. 1t is good for Georgia
that he is a manufactures in that
state. He has made fortune re-
puted to be $2O,000,000 from coca
cola. Now if there were other
southern soft drink makers like Mr..
Gambler we would have other men in
the south drawing money into this
territory from all other parts of
the world.
The trouble with the south is
much going out and little coming in.
OF the millions invested in automo-
bile plants in this country. there
is not a single big plant in the
south. The south is big buyer of
automobiles and auto trucks.
The south is tremendous user
of agricultural implements, but the
most of them are manufactured out
of this territory.
We even do not produce enough
food to sustain us. We are accused
of exploiting the tenant farmer; but
the rest of the world exploits us.
We boast of our personal indie
pendence and ruggedness of charac-
ter, but we are commercially and in
manufacturing voluntary industrial
slaves.
Our servitude is the more culpa-
BILE because it is our own fault.
We congratulate Atlanta that it
has Mr.. Gambler and we congratu-
late Georgia that her own citizens
and not have to surrender all but
one per cent of the interest for
taxes.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-04-02
SIXTY-DAY SESSION
RESPONSIBLE FOR ERRORS

Continued from page one)
A..o<.,,,-~>>>.~>N~~ ~
from the Arkansas banks, for they
feel as though the last assembly
should have considered the matter
more seriously than it did. There
is only one hopes for relief now, and
that is a special session that will
provide for a bond issue. Such
bonds would be sold at par, or
perhaps at premium, and the
saving on state supplies would more
than pay for them in ten years,
The S590,000 veto by the COVER
nor covers period of two years,
and this will be practically offset
by the increase in price of all com
modities sold the state, so there will
be little decrease in the states debt
at that time, in spite of declara-
tions to the contrary.
Much of the state scrip that is
now out is being turned over to col
lectors over the state, who Will use
il in making a settlement with the
treasurer, and in this manner hold
ers of warrants will get almost face
value, or perhaps par value for 1t,
but it will materially decrease the
cash fund in the treasury at the
time when the state is usually flush.
The worst hit by the veto mes
sage on appropriation bills were
the agricultural schools, but there
was feeling in the assembly to
force those who subscribed to these
schools to pay up their pledges.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-04-02
ARKANSAS LABOR LAW LIMITS HOURS
OF WORK FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN

hours continually at one time, III
such employment ends not later
than half past one in the afternoon
and if she is then dismissed for the
remainder of the day. Hotels and
restaurants are also affected by the
above provisions of the law.
All female workers who have had
six months practical experience in
any fine of industry shall be paid
not less than $1.25 per day. The
minimum wage for inexperienced
female workers or apprentices shall
be 81 per day, and such workers
given a certificate by their employ
ers showing the amount of expert
ence they have had, and all time
served as inexperienced workers or
apprentices shall be cumulative.
Any female employed in any
industry in the state who is paid
upon the piece work scale, bonus
system or any other manner than
by the day, shall be paid not less
than the rate per day herein speci-
fled for female employees who are
working on the day rate system,
and the commission, consisting of
the commissioner of labor and two
competent women, one to be ap-
pointed by the governor and one by
the commissioner of labor and sta
tistics, shall investigate, upon a
complaint, any line of industry
where females are employed, and if
in their judgment the system of
piece work is working an injury to
the general health of the employees,
they may, after hearing, issue an
order compelling the firm to abol-
ish piece work or any other injur-
ious system and establish a daily
rate of wages for all female en-
ployes, said rate to be not less
than the rate specified in other sec
lions of the act.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-04-02

The United States has about So
600 more miles of railroad than all
of Europe
The weekly soliphone., 1915-04-02
PRISONER TIED
TO AN AIRSHIP
Russian Sky Scout Proves That
Modern Transportation Is Not
Confined to Mother Earth

Petrograd. March 27.-The story
of an aviator who came back to the
Russian lines with an Austrian priS-
oner strapped to the tail frame OF
his aeroplane is told in dispatch
from the front in Poland,
The airman, Terentic Paschaloff,
assembled from the aviation head
quarters in the rear of Gen. Ivan
offs army in his $50 horse power
machine. accompanied by his me-
chanic. The machine carried a
small gun and a number of bombs
Owing to motor trouble, Pascha-
loft had to descend two miles behind
the Austrian lines. While the me-
chanic was repairing the motor, six
Austrians approached. Paschalofi
turned his one FOUNDER on them and
fired one shrapnel shell, which ex-
ploded accurately and felled five
men. The sixth surrendered
Then came the problem of what
to do with the prisoner. Paschalofi
decided to abandon his stock OF
bombs and tie his prisoner to the
tail frame of his machine. Thus
burdened, the aeroplane rose and
flew over the Austrian lines amid
storm of bullets. regaining the
Russian lines without damage.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-04-02
CARAWAY CRITICIZES
GOVERNORS VETO

Continued from first page)
observation-disclosures ~~~~>~o~~~~~>r~"s"~~-
them to lead happier lives, while
the university turns out lawyers
and politicians.
1.-THE salary list of the agricul-
tural schools was vetoed in its en-
tirety. Why this particular Item
no explanation was give. AS IL
was. these institutions had one IN
structor for every &c pupils, the
university one for every five What
is stranger still is that of the II
items vetoed, three-fourths OF
them affects the university's use
fitness so far as agricultural actiyi-
ties are concerned The learned
professions were scarcely touched.
Il notice, also, to render assured
the solvency of the state, the gov
ernro took the tobacco away from
the Confederate soldiers and music
from the school for the blind, and
the $4,000 item for the purpose of
marking the graves of the unfortu-
mates who might die while inmates
of the public institutions of the
state. He also struck out the ap-
preparation for the girls reform
school. This was done, I presume,
un.or the theory that after they
shall have ruined their lives they
may be received as inmates of the
Florence Crittenden Home, and that
without direct expense to the state.
| do not want to be thought to be
criticizing the governor. That the
conditions confronting him are diff
ficult | admit. / also admit the fl
nances of the state demand the
course, the state cannot expend
more than it receives and pay it's
debts, but | do believe that since
the farmers constitute so per cent
of the taxpayers of the state, and
pay into the treasury more than
two-thirds of all the moneys the
state as taxes receives. there should
have been left to them the only
schools in this or any other state,
so far as | know, where their sons
and daughters, although denied a
college or even high school edu-
cation nnYt1d
training that would equip them to
enter on more equal terms the strug
gle TO earn an honest living. If it
has become necessary to sacrifice
any educational activities of the
state the farmers school should
have been left alone. and those
seeking to become lawyers or doc
tors. or to enter other gainful pro-
fessions, might with more propriety
have been compelled TO bear the
expense of their professional train
ing. This is doubly true in view of
the fact that the south has been
Frustrated by the failure of our
former one crop plan. and the
farmers are striving to re-establish
themselves under diversified crop
system. This they must do if they
are to survive. Yet, let us not COM
plain. The governor left us the mi
litia and did what he could to assist
the big show at San Francisco.
But for Gods sake, let us find
some way of retrieving the agricul-
tural schools from the domain of
politics, and placing them in such
hands as to insure efficiency"