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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-19

NASHVILLE. Tenn, sept, ls.-Mrs
Silcna VI Holman. aged 65. and for thir-
ty-hve years the South's leading woman
prob bition advocate, died to-day of ap-
pendicitis. In 1909. when Senator Car
mack vas killed, she made a strong fight
for q prohibition law in Tennessee and
greatly Influenced the Legislature in
passing that action. She was promi-
nently identifsd with the w. c T. u.
organization
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UNDERWRITERS,
RANKECAMPBELESes.s,: s
WANTED.

JAMES =, McCuNE. who left New YORK
city In 1872, would lh" to hear from hA
brother John MoCuur. Nnn was a S'Io--
In tho civil War il'S VIE. name was
Hannah They had four children. Mary
Ann. Hann1h john 'u' lanes and they
lived IN lNfh street .'FH'HGn lSt aud "a
Ave NrV work. '.'N A'.' q Hrsi cousin
named r.'rl.k NHsaau "Ha 'vsi IN i7th
street hc'"r"" '-' '"' -f Nrr, whNsa
Thomas FrturIs iuu 'HnI" For euv In.
formation COM rrn'ug the whereabouts ~
JAMES Y MrCrNE Sli Rirl. s,rrs,. Nm
poria. Kansas.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-19

ELIZABETH, y, j., Sept lS.-Ludwig \.
Iighttuot, ~, di-l last night ~ his home
IN Westfsld after an illness OF two
years For many years Mr.. LiEhtfoot
was a director in the Westield Building
and lOan Association lie was a mem
her of the Exempt t1remen's Associa-
ton. a past regent of Ftreside Council,
ROYAL ATcauum, aud 4 member of Union
Council, Loyal Association Of Westneld.
For more Than twenty years Mr.. Light
foot had been with the Miller Cutlery
Company of New York.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-19
James L.. HALEY.

James l.. HALEY, -, well known IN
the printing trade and for some time ~.
ISOLATED with the firm of j. j Little Il
Ives, died on Wednesday AZ his home.
1898 fillmore place, brooklyn lie was
a former mrnher of the board of gov
crunrs of the Crescent Athictl club and
for years managed It's hockey team. He
was prominent in the Masonic order. A
wife and two sons survive MIN.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-19

Germantown. was the scene OF the we'd
ding TO-DAY OF Mis- Anna Sharpness
Taylor aud Frank Rich Wallace OF
Pttlsfeld, Mass. The Rev. Louis G.
Washburn OF old Christ Church
oiiiciated.
Mrs. Fisher l.. BOYD was matron OF
honor ami Miss Marion Sharpless maid
% honor. Fou little cousins OF the
bride, Miss Mary Starr Griscom and
Miss Elizabeth Starr Morris, Master
Frederick Morris and Master Floyd
White Starr. acted as ribbon and train
bearers Edward Walter Clark Cd was
best man.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-19
Pastor Called 10 AustraIi,.

The Rev, DIR, William Allan. pastor
OF the Greenwood Baptist Church In
Brooklyn, has been Invited to act as In
tcrdomlnatlonal evangelist for Aus
tralia, with headquarters In sydney,
New South Wales, DIR, Allan went from
Scotland to Australia eight years age
and for siN years was pastor of the
Asi,feld Tabernacle in sydney, He came
To THU country IN 1913 In the cause Of
the Men ana Religion Movement and
soon was called to the pa storate of the
Brooklyn church. He has not yet de
cided to accept the call to return to Aus
tralia.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-19

MoUNr VERSION, y y, Sept ls-Hu-
bert q. Fox, widely known in the plano
industry, died to-day az his home At 1871
Cottage avenue of pneumonia Nj Fox,
VINO was born in Chicago In 1871. was
the Eastern representative of the Wood
4 Brooks Company, piano action manu-
facturers He was prominent among the
Frogressives ~ this city and WIS the
candidate Of that party for the office OF
Comptroller. \ widow and one son sur
vive him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-19
Jacob Fritz.

Jacob Fritz, a well known Democratic
politician, died last night AT his home At
iil9 linton avenue, The Bronx. in his
hfty-soventh year. Mr.. Fritz WAS elected
Assemh.Nmau from the Fourteenth dis
trict seven times during the many years
he lived in Manhattan Gutil his re-
moNal 20 The Bronx several years aEo
he was the proprietor NJ u hotel ON
Eleventh street between Avenues Il aud
e. \ widow and three children survive
him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-19
Mrs. LnCIIn ID. SIeMarI

r~LAINFIELp, y, j, Sept. 1s.-Mrs. Ln.
ella u, stewart, wife OF Irving Stewart
OF this city, died yesterday in Mullen
berg Hospital. She was the daughter Of
Mrs. William Rockwell Of his city and
was married about "A year and a half
ago, Resides the husband there survive
the mother, four brothers and a sister,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-19

Anthony Comstock, secretary Of the
New York Society for the Suppression
of Vice, is seriously III at his home in
Summit. n. j.. from intermittent fever.
Mr.. Comstock is 60 years old,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-19

Miss Frances Paine, daughter 1T Mrs.
Frances Bacon Pa.ne or $40 Lexington
avenue. was married to Edwin Avery
Park OF this city yesterday afternoon
In st. James's Church. New London,
Conn. Preceding the ceremony there
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-19
BnIIanoH. Bnrytone. Coming Her.

Special Gable Despdfch 10 THE SuN.
PARIS. Sept lS-Georges Baklanorr,
the Russian harytone, IL to Join the
Rahtnon- Pavlnwa opera and ballet COM
pany. he has been lighting with the
Russian army In Galicia, but wac
wounded ana temporarily discharged
from active service lie Will sail on
The French liner Espagne tomorrow
for New York.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-19
Miss s,rttInius's D-bu, Dee. :.

Mrs. Edward Il. Stettinius will give q
reception at her home, ~ East seventy
third street, on December I. to introduce
to society her daughter, Miss isabel
StettiniuS.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-19
WALLACE-TAYL0R.

Ceremony st Home Of bride In
Germantown.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. lS.-Cedron. the
home Of Or. Edward Winslow Taylor In
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-19

The little Ran1hox Theatre. which
was the scene ~ so many experiments
last season. will not he available for
mat purpose this winter, a. the Wash
inFto0 Squar" Players viii use the
muse every night. So the Irish Thea
tire under Whitnord Kdno which ocCu-
pied this playhouse for several weeks
will have to look elsewhere for shelter
this season. There will he a season
of Irish plays beginning November.
Bertha Mann Will act one Of the lead
lrg roles In "W1en the Y,unE Wine
Blooms when Emanuel, ReicNcr pre-
sents Bjorusten's play d, tho Garden
Theatre.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-23
ont.rernIatinr the |. c. C.

FrHE average citizen got quite surprise
i yesterday afternoon. It was the rate in
crease OF $3.50 per cent. which the Interstate
Commerce Commission granted the express
companies The ruling walked him into
rude realization that the express companies
still exist and still count for anything.
HIS first reaction was the reflection that
one branch OF the Government. the T. C. C..
was choking the cat with butter in order to
oblige another branch. the parcel post This
impression lasted until he read that the COM
panies themselves had asked for the increase.
A year Of trial showed that profits were too
light, and new rates were. thereupon, cai-
culated which would bring in over s5.oOO0OO
more ia revenue. The average citizen prob
ably dropped the subject with the final re-
aection that II the parcel post competed dis
astrously with the express companies at low
rates. It Is just possible that higher rates
may mean a still smaller business and no ss.-
900 900 at all
But just before the average citizen con-
signed the express question 10 the spot IN
oblivion whence It had arisen, ne might have
gentured the further reflection: that the
whole thing is Of supreme unimportanee for
the ore ana only reason that be has IN the
parcel post a competitor 70 express companies
lAat can out-Feguiale any commission that
ever SAD.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-23
Nothing Is difficult to the man ioith the habit
OF doing things.
Prepare-Prepare sanely

TIME movement to create n philadelphia
i branch OF the National Security League
began propitiously last night II believe
Mr. wanamaler said, taking a stand that
every citizen must share, III tho house we
live In is not safe, first duty is to make
II safe. l believe II the country we live IN
is not safe from attack, we should make 1t
safe from attack"
AS to degree and method, Mr.. Wanamaker
took position for sane preparedness which
consorted admirably with the Leagues de-
csion 10 accept no support from any citizen,
no matter how patriotic his motive, whose
means came from the manufacture of muni-
tions. Mr.. wanamaker said; I'VE must not
let the people feel that we want to impose
upon this country large standing army,
nor that we are ignorant of the evils of mill
tarism or burdens of taxation, but we should
rather direct our efforts toward advocating
Preparedness to the minimum degree COM
patible with national insurance, and ask that
this preparedness to the minimum degree
be planned scientifically and upon economic
lines"
Better STILL Mr.. Wanamaker sounded the
note OF world-peace in his plea for prepared
ness, note that. since the first days of the
war, has been too much subordinated by the
cannon's roar.
1t is only doubtful If the means Mr.. Wan
amaker suggested for putting close 20
the European struggle and for bringing JUS
tice out of 1t, would achieve those ends.
prohibitive tariff on exports and imports
quite apart from it's constitutionality or It's
effect on our domestic economy-would
undoubtedly raise a storm Of anger among
the Allies which could be allayed by no
public spirited proposal to buy Belgums
freedom from the nation that would un-
doubtedly win the war as the result of
such policy of embargo. 1t is fine inn
pulse, this of help toward Belgium, in place
Of ships for our navy, and of determined
effort to end the war. But 1t seems more
likely, at first blush, to end in anger, hostil-
ity and that state of international feeling
in which navy would become the prime es-
sential
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-23
FAIR PLAY FOR GERMANY

TO the EdttOf OF INC bDoHifO LeuDoT'
sir-When the war first broke out you were
keen and we're the first 20 grasp the golden op-
portunity to make the most out of the situation,
which speaks well for your great prowess. The
sales of your paper increased in bounds and
jumps. SO much for that. Now then, I am
sorry to see the onesdedness of the press in
general. English news to my way of thinking
ia mostly exaggerated and not always in strict
accordance With the truth, also too highly coll
ored to be swallowed by the thinking Amerl-
can Besides the American people get tired OF
the same old strain. To a good many, for one,
this is the U. S. a. yet awhile, not England.
The average American sympathlzes with the
under dog and he is for fair square play. The
German American does not relish the appella-
tion of barbarian as often applied to the
Germans in general. Nothing would please mo
better than TO see some red-blooded editor take
the stand for o square all around deal on the
war question. 1 am of the opinion that the
paper which had nerve enough to cater to the
other side in the spirit of fair play, right and
Justice will be amply repaid by an Increased
patronage A. BEChMAN
Putnam N. j., July 90
[The EVENING LEDGER was not being pub
lished when the war began.-Edtor OF the
EVENING LEDGBRl
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-23
SHRAPNEL SHELLS AND TULIPS
Speculation in Shares Corporations With War Orders
Flourishng as the Dutch Bulb Mania Once Throve, and
Prices Have Already Increased 500 Per Cent
BY GEORGE w. DOUGLAS

sssippi bubble burst were those who were
prudent enough to sell their shares while
there was demand for them.
John Laws wonderful plan to make France
ten times as rich as it was by capitalizng
its credit without any adequate plans for
redeemng his fiat money set afoot a more
wonderful speculative mania than had cursed
the Netherlands about 100 years earlier He
went to Paris with 100000 that he had won
in gambling in the other European capitals
and opened a bank. He persuaded the Duke
Of Orleans, the regent, to adopt his plan or
issuing paper money against the national
credit and he organized great company to
exploit the wealth of the country west of the
Mississippi and later united 1t with the East
Indies company.
He proposed to pay off the national debt of
1,5OO,OOO,O0O forms and issued shares in his
companies to do 1t. Every one was delighted
with the plan, save few sound-headed
finaneiers, and every was eager to buy
shares in the great company. The crush was
so great in the street where the securities
were dealt in that 1t became necessary to
build gates across 1t and admit people un-
der police regulations. The attempt to make
money out of hot air failed, of course. and
when the crash came Law had to be snug
gled out of Paris to save his life.
Short History of Disaster
The rapidity of the boom and the sudden
ness of the collapse are admirably described
in Jingle that the people sang in the streets
at the end. It ran:
on Monday bought share on share;
on Tuesday was millionaire;
On Wednesday took a grand abode;
on Thursday in my carriage rode;
on Friday drove to the opera BALL
On Saturday came to the paupers stall.
While Law was active in Paris the specu-
lative mania was raging in London Com
panies for all sorts of foolish projects were
formed and the people bought the shares. One
man fioated company for making boards
out Of sawdust, and another for furnishing
funerals to any part Of Great Britain; but
the height of absurdty was reached by the
prospectus of the corporation for carrying
on a great undertaking, but nobody to know
what it is"
No corporation warned the public against
speculation in those days. But "the world do
move" even If John Jasper's theory about the
sun is fallacious. for the officers of one great
American corporation, which has some war
orders, have announced that the common
stock is in the hands Of men who are ap-
parently planning to unload 1t on the public
by circulating stories Of great profits from
munitions contracts, but that there is no
justification for any BOOM
But the warning win have little effect, for
it Is still true as Puddnhead Wilson re-
marked. that an open season for fools linn
tied TO a single day is not enough the world
has grown So
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-23
A MINISTER AND HYMN
What an Editor Thinks of Nearer, My God,
to Thee" and His Old Pastor.

From the Nashville Tennessean
One OF the blackest superstltions Is the idea
that so many people have held for so long that
the preacher must be apart, distant and
solemn not touching the common activities OF
men anywhere The greatest minister Is the
one who most nearly lives the life Of his people
One OF the kindlisst OF an the youth
time memories that come TO us Is that OF
riding along a country road at night with
a preacher and hearing him tell story.
a human-nterest sort OF story OF the kind mat
make men laugh out loud the kind Of story that
the blacksmith might have told, that the driver
OF the peddlng wagon might have repeated
across the fence to the farmer resting his ployy-
horse IN the shade. That - the way we IKE
TO think Of the preacher Of our childhood
And yet many times when We would ,yor-
ship on the far hills alone there comes throllgl,
the harmony uf the rustling leaves and ths
muFmuring waters the voice OF that preacher
as il used 10 come through the music of fhe
congregation In the old church back at home
singing
Nearer. my God 20 thee nearer 10 thes,
~ en- though u be q cross that raisath me
That is the grandest hymn the world evsr
sang in ifs deyotions. We heard 4 ana loved IL
back there IN our childhood. when we dld not
know what IL meant. We have heard il on ne
tHo most solemn occasions Of our maturer ne.
onea when, on hended knee. We were recelysd
mao the feiloWship q a great ffaternaI order.
= many hopes, We stood b. the open erave 81
aa only brother e q a hsmn 10 hva 81 ana
e go ~. g % universal ln - application d
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-23
'What Is an Ideal Councils" Mr.. Moore?

NHdl 1S an Auedi OOuHCllSJ WI. hOOIe!
rs IT possible that so regular a Republican
i as j. Hampton Moore was referring to
Rudolph Bankenburg when he gave his IL
Illuminating description of the ideal Mayor
this city needs? Reduced to specific terms,
Mr.. Moore's picture OF the man of the hour
Is one who has the following qualifications:
l. A strong guiding hand.
q A strong, constructive policy.
g. One who can rise above factions To-
cal ambitions
Mr.. Moore's undertaking regularity and the
fact that he stands No. l on the Organiza-
tion's mayoralty slate lead to the natural
inference that he does not see In Mayor
Blankenburg these qualifications Thus does
the Organization humorously explain its nag
ging policy with reference TO virtually every
reform Mayor Blankenburg has tried to in
itiate and the long series of obstacles it has
used to block the path of such necessities as
rapid transit, a convention hall. better graded
streets and better housing conditions.
win Mr.. Moore now oblge the community
with description of what constitutes an
ideal Councils" and what expectation Phila-
delphia has that it can be obtained by the
reelection Of the machine members Of the
present body?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-23
FAvoRs AN EMBARGO ON ARMS

TO the EdttOT or inc EOehtH0 LeugeF'
slr-As an intelligent reader feel that re-
quire some explanation of the fagrantly con-
hictlng matter clip from your last evenings
issue and enclose: Feeding the starving and
healing the sick is certainly a nobler thing
than helping to spread the ravages OF war
"Baldwins orders amount to S97,OO0WO" Thess
war orders include "shrapnel and other war
materials" Baldwin's Is only one OF many.
mention them because they are so near nome
Now, this is of a character corresponding to
a great deal that is being published In our
newspapers. Thoughtless people, IL they read
1t, do not stop to reason about 1t, but there IS
a mass of intelligent thinking people who are
puzzled or shocked by 1t, but let 1t pass, Some
1 know win not waste their time reading It,
1t has been stated within the last two days
that the orders placed In the United States
TO the amount OF s10OOO0000 have been and are
being filled for munitions of Is the little
editorial item enclosed mere wind? II so what
Is the use of publishing It?
When Abraham Lincoln made the bold stroke
OF emaneipatng the negro slaves II was con-
sidered that he had made a great advance In
civilization. Suppose President Wilson would
make the bold stroke by putting embargo
on the expectation of munitions OF war
Would it not be noble stride toward true
civilization Then might we truly flap our
wings and crow about our humantarianism
XANTHUs SMITH.
PHILADELPHIA, July 90
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-23
Rainbows Good to Look at, but the Nation
Wants an Umbrella

Rainbows Good 10 Look at, but the Nation
Wants an Umbrella
Mot all the inventive geniuses in the
In world can restore the morale of the
navy if IL has been lost. However great
their ingenuity may be. 1t cannot oompen-
safe for the stupidity of niggardly Con-
gress However great their enthusiasm II
cannot persist unless nurtured by liberal
grants
We are an optimistic and credulous peo-
pie. We have confidence in the ability OF
American brains to overcome any diiheuly
into which bundering unpreparedness may
plunge U.S. we delight in the dramatic. 10.
the Secretary of the Navy stamps his FOOT
and up spring score of genii who at
nod will rectify all errors and bring into
being some mighty though underlined en-
gine of destruction which will drive our
enemies into the temples OF melancholy and
despair.
What need of the substance II we have
the shadow? Let deude ourselves ana
by sort of mental necromancy secure the
protection for which we or those who repre-
sent us are unwilling to pay.
Put It down in q book that we must have
an efficient naval organization before inyen-
tive genius can make the navy invinciole
Put it down that there must be highly
trained officers, trained in navigation rather
than in the artful obtaining of examination
questions ahead of time. Put it down that
there must be a trained personnel. Put 1t
down that there must be discipline. And
put 1t down that insurance cannot be bought
without payment of premiums.
Let the public beware lest 1t be deceived
into false sense of security. Let the Sec
retary of the Navy beware lest the spectacu-
larity of his latest scheme delude him into
believing that he has in one move corrected
all errors, cured all defects and by miracle
of achievement made the navy OF the first
rank For, in fact, nothing has been accom-
plished There is merely a promise of
achievement hope that invention will
prove a panacea.
This is a great nation not an association Of
children-a Colossus just beginning to real
ize it's might and wealth and the envy it has
aroused. 1t does not object to gazing at
rainbows, but it insists on being provided
with an umbrella
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-23

are not IN the least improved by being kept
over nine months, yet winter prices ccr-
tainly are. Doubtless, nobody Is much wor-
rled over the Spectators who bought 5o'OOo-
600 at low rate in fruitful April expect
Ing to sell them during next FePruarys
shortage; yet the fact remains that some
sane provision ought to be made for storing
proper quantity OF eggs in such a way as 70
adjust prices and supply little more sensi-
bly than nature does on her own hook The
state law. however. doesn't accomplish IT,
Moreover, the state law doesn't even ac-
ccmplsh the purpose written in it. The state
law cannot prevent Pennsylvania eggs being
kept in storage ten months, or year ana
ten months, and sold to the Pennsylvania
public Those 5OOOOOO0 eggs and their
owners are in no particular danger. large
portion of spectators will ship their prop
erty out Of the state, keep II in cold storage
ell the season is brisk and ship 1t back again.
Pure food legislation won't work unless
II is put on an Interstate basis.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-23
UP TEDDY AND Az THEM

Heave hol Go sioWl
Out West there's some cOmmotlon,
For Teddy's there. with his teeth al bare.
Yelling at the ocean.
He shouts and pouta
Because it's named Pacific;
Ia accents strong he saya les WFong
la language most prolihc.
10 night is right.
He froWns - arbitration
And gives a Whseze abeut Chinese
And warns against stagnation.
He raves ana Graves
10 change the Constitution
But there's 10 fear that he's sincere
ia aamulnE 4lecuAQn.
lyfn tl
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-23

knows no creed. It leaves none beyond the
outer portal. 1t Is the hymn of the universal
brotherhood and the single fatherhood.
There are men-posslbly we are OF them
who have no faith in creeds and forms, They
may be called iconoclasts and heretics and In
fdels And yet, for every Of them there
comes sometimes through the medley OF sounds
n voice out OF old time:
''Or IT, on joyful wing cleaving the sky,
Sum- moon and stars forgot, upward fly,
Still all my songs shall be
Nearer, my God, to thee"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-23
90 Isl CoRRECT

TO the Editor Of the EUentng Ledger;
sir-Fiease explain for me IN your valuable
columns the solution OF this inquiry; An auto
mobile leaves a straight road TO turn TO the
right. II momentum was sufficient which two
OF the four wheels would leave the groundf
says the inner two, B says tho outer ones.
Which Is eorrect2 RAY II. BENNETT.
Philadelphia July r.
IThe inner wheels viii leave the ground. It
Is 10 prevent this that the high banks are built
at the turns Of the automobile race trecka--
Editor Of the EVENING LEDaHRl