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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-05-08
French Statement.

French. Statement.
tBy Associated Press1
Paris, May s. (Offcial) The
British yesterday repulsed a violent
German attack on the lines Near st.
Julien.
The British also recovered part OF
the trenches on Hill Sixty, which they
lost three days ago.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-05-08

MORE SURVIVORS REPORTED.
[By Associated Press.l
London, May s.-lt is reported that
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-05-08
German An l,assador I1IdIna.

\ [By Associated Press.l
New York. May S.-German Am
bassador Bernstorff is in seclusion
here. His house is being guarded.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-05-08
Anbassador's Family Left Rome.

fBy Associated Pressl
Paris. May S.-A Matin report from
Rome says the family Of the German
Ambassador to the Vatican left Rome
for Germany.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-05-08
TEXAN SAVED.

tBy Associated Pressl
London, May s.-Mr. and Mrs. 1.
Lewis Of oklahoma City. Lusitania
passengers, were saved. r. ]. Tim
Minis Of Gainesville, Texas, was also
saved.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-05-08
Dardanelles Forts siIeneed.

fBy Associated Press.I
Paris, May SIT is reported the al
lies have sileneed all Dardanelles
forts as far as Niagara.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-05-08
additional survivors from the LusL
tanis have been found.
LUsITANlA NOT ARMED.
GBy Associated Press.l ]

LUslTANlA NOT ARMED.
tBy Associated Press.l
London, May e.-The British gov
ernment officially announces the fol.
lowing:
"The statement appearing In some
newspapers that the Lusitania was
armed is wholly false"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-05-08
Germany AaaIn Wsrns NeutraIs.

tBy Associated Press.l
New York, May s.-The German Of.
fetal advertisement warning neutrals
not TO sail on enemy ships was again
printed in New YORK newspapers.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-05-08
Russia Loses 10000.
TBy Associated Press.l

Berlin, May S-The Russians cap
tured in the Western Galicia battle
now total 10000. The pursuit there
continues.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-05-08
Another TrawIer Goes Down.

London. May S.-A submarine she'll
fire sank the trawler Bennington
Friday of Aberdeen.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-05-08
German Statement.

German statement.
tBy Associated Press.
Berlin. May s. (Ofhcial) - The
Germans have captured the city OF
Libau in Courland Province. Russia,
near the Baltic.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-01
Manufacturers Associa-
ton and Legislative
Committee of Manufac-
turers' Club Prepare to
Wage Battle on Measure.
Labor Union Men and Oppo-
nents Will Lock Horns in
Arguments on Respective
Features of A~ct-Employes
Demand Increase.

A vigorous fight to prevent the passage
OF the administrations workmen's com
pensation act in the form announced by
Governor Brumbaugh last Saturday has
been planned. The manufacturers are
taking steps to fight various features of
this act which they consider too drastic
snd ever "conhsoatory," while the labor
organizations, on the other hand, are
e%1deavoring to have the amount OF COM
pensation Increased.
The Executive Committee Of the Penn
sylvania Manufacturer Association and
the Legislation Committee of the Manu-
facturers' Club will meet within a day
or two and plan a fight on certain fea-
lures OF the draft Of the act that has
been a public. The coal operators,
as we'll as the manufacturers, Will be
represented in Harrisburg in their fight
for the kind of a measure they want.
The Pennsylvania State Federation of
Labor. the Contra Labor Union OF Phila-
delphia and other labor bodies will also
be represented at the Legislature when
the administrations workmen's compen-
.sRtion act comes up.
The employers of the State have let
1t be known that they object to the pro-
visions of the proposed act that provides:
That compensation must be paid for
virtually 10 years for total disability.
That this shall include arm and domes-
tic labor.
That the act be made applicable to un-
naturalized citizens, thus forcing en-
ployers to send the compensation to the
families of the injured workmen, in Italy
and other foreign countries. The EN-
ployers assert that the amount that would
be sent abroad from this State eacl year
in this way would be enormous.
The coal operators and manufacturers
individually are opposing many other
features of the. proposed act, but their
principal light will be directed against the
above named provisions.
Should their fight against the exemption
of farm and domestic labor be successful,
Il was pointed out by members of the
Legislature today that the entire act
might fail of passage. The country"
membefs defeated workmen's compensa-
two years ago, because the provisions of
the bill introduced in 1918 were not made
applicable to farm and domestic labor.
The labor organizations of the State are
planning a concerted effort to have the
amount of compensation increased from
90 per cent. to Sc 2-3 per cent, the amount
paid In New York under the compensation
law. of that State.
They assert that while a man is in
capaciated by an accident, he needs even
more than his regular salary, because of
his increased expenses.
The bill. or rather, the series of six
bills. will not be introduced In the Legis-
lature for another week at least. Gov
ernor B~rumbaugh desires to have the
measure thoroughly discussed before the
final draft is submitted to the Legislature.
and during the coming week he will hear
all sides of the question.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-01
S%UFFRACTSTS TO AID
CAUSE IN DELAWARE
Philadelphia A t s of
Votes for Women Will Cam
paign in Neighboring State.

A number Of. Ph%iladelphians interested
In the woman suffrage question will leave
this city in a week or so and go into
Delaware, where they will aid the sup
porters of the cause in that State in
their fight for the franchise. Great In
terest is displayed among ~suffragists In
and about Philadelphia in the fight there,
as Dele is the only State in the
Union which can pass a constitutional
amendment without a referendum to the
people. All tina is necessary is for suf-
fragists to procure the passage of their
bill in two successive Legislatures, The
measure has not yet passed that body,
and It Is for this reason that a concerted
effort is being made to have II favorably
received.
a series of propaganda meetings and
demonstrations are planned, at which
s%uffragists will present their case to the
people and voters of Delaware. Solicita-
ton for support will be made and con-
verts to the cause" sought. The meet
ings will be held on March 3, G and Z at
Wilmington, but the fight will be carried
into every section of the State. Among the
Philadelphians who will be on hand at
these are Ferdinand H. eraser, Henry
Johns Gibbons, an attorney. and G.. o..
Swartz, of the PIERCE Business College.
These have consented to make addresses
and will go at the solicitation of the
Equal Franchise Society, of this city.
The work in Delaware Is being carried
on chiefly by the Congressional Union for
Woman Suffrage. Miss Mabel Vernon.
formerly OF this city, is among those
who are organizing In that State. Miss
Anna McCue. a former mill worker of
Kensington, is also on hand Mrs. Bay
ard Hilles, a Delawarean and a member
of n prominent family there, Is at the
head of the local forces.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-01
THOUSANDS ATTEND
LENTEN SERVICES
MONDAY Sermons Heard by
Busy Crowds in Many Down
town Churches.

Lenten services, attended by several
thousand shoppers and working people,
we're held in E~piscopalian, Roman Catho-
lie and Lutheran churches in the down
town part of the city at noon today.
In st. Johns Roman Catholic Church,
18th street above Chestnut street, the Rev.
John j. Wheeler preached the sermon on
the theme, THE lngratitude of Man In
His Relations to God and His Failure to
Live in Accordance with Divine Law
Our conscience is a hideous sight said
the speaker. "Tf God were to reveal any
mans conscience to the multitude here
assembled, that man would run away and
hide himself in some secret corner. In
our dealings with God we are a pretty
mean set. In our dealings with God we
are unspeakably ridiculous.
God wants my heart and not my in
sincerity. ! cannot deceive him., so what
Is tho use of trying? The average Chris
ton may be said to be often ruled by self
deception and a wrong appreciation of
life. Self-deluslon often makes us believe
that we are a great deal better than we
actually are.
Religion is a personal union between
God and the Individual. and others
actions are not within the justification of
our mind and criticism. We dwell little
IN ourselves spiritually. The mission of
the church is to force us into study of
ourselves, especially during this season of
lent WnlCn Is pre-eInlneUIly a time TOT
introspection."
Father Wheeler dwelt upon the inade-
quacy of service rendered to God. Il
tumble into bed at night and l tumble out
of bed in the morning" he said. Are
my prayers on these occasions q reason
able, intelligent service? In my prayers
do I ever think of God? How many
hasten to the confessional when in NOR
tai sin?
How many try to hear sermons and
instructions that their minds and hearts
may be filled with good thoughts and
charitable sentiments?
Referring to secular matters, he spoke
of the. man who is a perpetual Crouch
at home, a constant scandal to his chill
dren on account of bad temper, intemper-
ance and general lack of the spiritual.
Il am a mean, low, base Migrate; 1
ashamed of myself. How does God
tolerate me?' With these sentiments OF
humility we will take up, next Monday,
the subject, The Spirit of Lent"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-01
ToDAY's MARRIAGE LICENSES

Harry n Irons Montgomery Square, Pa, and
James " M4SGGIuFs $50 \ 2iss st. and Mar
William i. Willis, 6149 Market ST., and Anna
A. Beegle. $40 Market st.
Joseph +. Adams, 2Tb 9th St, and Ella NJ.
MeFadden. 2745 9th st. ~
Leo Fruchter, aS98 Cambridge st., and Anna
zarwanitzer, 4106 Cambridge 81.
Robert C.. Ninborne, GIG S. 10th ST., and Nancy
+. Hope Chester, Pa.
George s.. Taggart, 1874 Pierce ST., and Carrie
hettar. PAS Dickinson st.
Walter S. Bittle, 3IiO Hutchison ST and
Roseanna Dietrich, 3021 N. Warnoek 81.
$50 Mexican st.
Alfred Guy clayton. Del. and Mildred c.
Mhaley.. Now York city.
Beattie. so22 !. Water 81.
David Levy, 1880 Cambridge St, and Miriam
Rudolph, 1915 Parkside ave. ~
Eimsf z f1ahssty 269 s Cecil st.. and
Giuseppe DfAquino. 1907 s. Camac st.. ana
Antonietta zaeearo, 134s p. Paasyunk ave.
joseph h ba6sf ei0 AZ r HHeTgmitags g, and Mar
John 3. Turner. 1854 n. Hutehison st.. and
Sarah = Gonners, 1885 ~. 10th st.
casteIlueeia, 1884 Klmbai ST.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-01

some other homes and perhaps separated,
but this Is the cold fact.
Through an interpreter Mrs. Fesco, the
grandmother, explained today that she
will keep the children in her home lust
as long as she can. Her son, George, and
her daughter, Annie, are working, but
her husband is not employed, and she is
afraid the little fellows may nave to go.
The n ray of hope Is that George
or Annie will get married and will raise
the boys, but this Is nothing more than
n ray of hope, and n slender one,
Ialap has been buried by an under
taker at Bellefonte, acting for the family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fesco would not have
the body brought back to Stowe for
burial for two reasons. The most i'm
portant was that they did not want the
children to know. The other reason was
their fear that Talap would haunt the
house. Mrs, Fesco told of this simnlv
through an interpreter. She saw moth
ing strange in the age-old Slav SUPER
stition, 1t is her heritage.
When due proof of Talap's grim ending
in the electric chair and of his burial
sinai have been furnished Mrs. F'esco
VIII collect the insurance money. She
says she intends to put 1t into a bank for
the children when they grow up to be
men and women.
Should the children be told of the
nature of their fathers death thev will
never know the location Of his grave,
The undertakeE at Bellefonte purchased
a plot just big enough for the purpose
from a farmer. He did II with something
or secrecy, because the good people of
the territory surrounding Rockview, near
Bellelonte, have a strong aversion to n
cemetery on their land for the body
or an executed murderer. Nevertheless.
a man was found who needed the money
and who had and otherwise useless.
Somewhere far back in the desoInte
brown hills, In view of the glaring white
concrete fortress of a d%eathhouse where
he died, John Talap was buried. No pro-
vision was made for a headstone. If
the undertaken or some one else put up
a wooden cross 1t will be visible ONLY
until summer, when the underbrush and
the rank weeds of the hills will grow
up and hide 1t.
The storms get full sway in the hills,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-01
GARRICK THEATRE MEETING
The Rev. DR.. S. S. Marquis breaches
Lenten Sermon.

"What Must 1 Do to BE Lost?' was the
topic of today's noon sermon in the Gar
rick Theatre, preached by the Rev. DIR.
Samuel s. Marquis, dean of st. Paul's
Cathedral. of Detroit, Mich. He cited
three ways by which man may lose
eternal salvation.
The first way" said Doctor Marquis,
"ls the way of the lost sheep. which
breaks away from the flock and the shep-
herd and fees back to the wilderness.
Typical of this sort of backsliding is the
mar who needs the call of the wild and
turns his back on conventionality.
THE prodigal son represents another
type. He loses eternal life because he has
no purpose. His pockets are filled with
money, but he has no purpose, no serious
intention.
THE parable of the lost coin illustrates
the third manner of losing salvation. The
coin is made valuable by n process which
begins with abstracting 1t from the ore.
After 1t achieves value it is lost to the
world. 1t is still Just as valuable,
potentially. but its actual worth is de-
preciated by it's isolation. The college
graduate who remains aloof from the
world Is a representative of this class.
lie n]egiects the opportunity which is his
to benefit mankind
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-01
REFINERY OFFICIALS PREDICT
LOWER PRICE OF GASOLINE
Base Belief on Announced Discovery
of Bureau Of Mines.

W AAr
The public may expect a decline in the
price of gasoline, in the opinion of w. NJ.
Irish, secretary Of the Atlantic Refining
Company. He made the prophecy this
morning, after reading an announcement
by Franklin X. Lane. Secretary of the
Interior, that the United States Bureau
of Mines has made n discovery which will
enable Independent rcflners In this coun-
try to increase their output of gasoline
from petroleum by 200 per cent. or more.
III the new method Cheapens the cost
of production, the Atlantic Refining Com
pany Will be glad to participate in it,"
said Mr., Irish. ut probably Will make
the independent reiners a more important
factor i'm the business Although pre-
works out as expected, he declared that
the present retail price of gasoline, ~
cents q pint Is cheap"
Increased production undoubtedly will
bring about a reduction Of price, said
George NJ. DIETRICH, district sales manager
of the Gulf Refining Company, an inde-
pendent company.
The manager OF another large indie
pendent refining company was less posi-
tive in predicting a lower price. He
pointed out the increasing number of
motor vehicles as evidence that the de-
mand for the commodity Is constantly
growing. He said that Il unexpected ele-
ments do not arise, the price will drop
somewhat in case the Governments dis
covcry is all that is claimed for It.. ut
Will have to be tried out before its value
will be known he said.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-01
THE SOURCE OF HAPPINESS
DR.. Grotton Appeals for Righteous
ness in Lenten Sermon.
Righteousness means honesty i

righteousness means honesty in busi-
ness, justice in dealing with men. and
purity in social relationship" said DIR.
w. M. Groton, lean of the Philadelphia
Divinity School, in a sermon in Old st.
Peters Church, Sd and Pine streets, to-
day. These virtues are much needed
these days" he added.
THE effect of righteousness is two
fold" said Doctor Groton. ut defends
one from temptation at the outset, where
defense is the most telling. 1t gives him
the consciousness of an honest, clean life,
which is always a source of strength and
inspiration in the warfare against evil.
Loyalty to Gods laws is especially waltz
able for the sense of power and peace
with which 1t fills the heart of Gods
servant"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-01

A little matter of SECS and interest tina
will accrue to them when they reach
majority is the sole legacy of the chill.
dren of John Talap, who died last Tues.
dayamorning in Pennsylvania's new cleo.
hair at Rockview, Centre County
Talap deprived his -four children OF
their mother by shooting her in a fl
of jealous rage. The State deprived them
of their father by killing him in the cleo
trio chair nearly two years later. I'm
like the end of the mother. that of the
father was legal and cold and formal.
The little ones, whose ages range from
2 to Z year,. know nothing of their leg
acy, nor OF the manner in which their
parents died. The Oldest, Mary, was
just a trifie over 5 years old when her
grandfather came home one stormy
morning with the set stare in his eyes
and the pallor in his face of one who
has looked suddenly on violent death.
Since that time George Fesco and his
wife, Mary, the grandparents, have
stepped into the shoes of their murdered
daughter and executed son-in-law, so
far as their relations with the little ones
are concerned. The children do not
know that their mother was murdered
and their father electrocuted for the
crime. To them their grandparents are
father and mother.
Nilci fGSiO lOulu ms udlbllAtT muir
dered on the roadside n block from his
home in August, 1913, and when his SON
in-law disappeared, he and his wife nat
urally took care of the little ones. They
surmised that Talap had. done the shoot
ing, and they knew that he was skulking
miserably about the little village of
Stowe, a few miles north of Pottstown.
where they lived, waiting for the mo-
ment when he should have sufficient
courage to surrender.
Then Talap gave himself up and was
put in Jail. The children saw nothing
more of him, and by the by their dim
recollections of both father and mother
faded. 1t was quite natural for the
grandparents to do VIA they did.
But the mills and other industries of
Stowe do not operate all the time, and
the day came when George Fesco found
himself out of work. 1t was hard to see
the little girls go. but it had to be done.
One of them, Mary. was given in care
of a Philadelphia family. The other, An
ME, 5 years old, went to Chesapeake
City, Maryland.
John, Jr,, 4 years old, and George. 2
years old, remained with their g~randpar-
ents. They still live in the little two and
by their father. Each believes the little,
gray-haired woman with the age-lined
face and the kindly eyes is mother"
Each calls George Fesco father"
Whatever talk of the double tragedy
there is in the Fesco home never takes
place within the hearing of the two lit
tie boys. They romp about the house
or in the yard with the other children
of the neighborhood, carefree and happy.
is no cloud of lark memory in
their blue eyes. no dim suspicion of the
terrible truth in their smiles.
They do not ever suspect that they
will not always be playing together in
their home in the village of Stowe. They
not realize that the pinch of unem-
ployment may force the man who is
to them to send them to an
asylum, that they may be adopted into
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-01
SAFETY FIRST" SERMON
The Rev. L, N. Galley breaches on
Salvation at Lenten Service.

safety First was the topic of discus
sion chosen by Rev. Llewellyn N. Galley,
pastor of the Church of st. Judge and
the Nativity, for the MONDAY Lenten
service at Old st. Paul's, Sd street, below
Walnut street, today.
The w~ell-known motto, he said, has
been adopted for the attainment of mate
rial prosperity and there is no reason
why 1t should not be adopted for the at
tainment of spiritual betterment. "Ac-
cording to the Bible safety means saliva
tlon," Mr.. Galley said.
There are four aspects to salvation"
he continued. "the way of salvation, the
knowledge of salvation, the joy of sal
walton and the day of salvation. The
way of salvation depends on the work of
Christ for us The knowledge of saliva
ton depends OF the work of God for us.
The joy of salvation depends on our
walking with God"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-01
RELIEVED OF JOB AT LAST

Sampel II. Moore, postmaster at Manoa,
Delaware County. has finally succeeded
in oustlng himself from his job after "a
years of faithful service. The veteran
official had been trying to have himself
discharged for years without success, but
today he will be able to take down his
weather-beaten sign and send his books
to Washington, as the Government Off
clals nave notified him that the station
will be abolished. When the Office was
placed under the civil service rules
Moore refused to take the examination,
and as no one else could be located who
was willing to take the position the sta
ton had to be done away with.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-01
TWO Burned in Gas Explosion

An explosion, when John Snyder, 473O
Smick street, applied n match to a gas
jet which had been left open i'm the
kitchen of the Meyer Baptist Church an
mex. Manayunk and Krames avenues,
painfully burned Snyder and his COM
panion, Urban Plews, of Fowler street.
The two men entered the church annex
yesterday and smelled gas. The explo-
sion blew out the door and several win
dows of the room.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-01

American flags were presented to three
different churches in various sections of
the city last night in connection with
patriotic services. The Northwest Assoc
citation of the Daughters of Liberty pre-
scented a silk banner to tn eMemorial
Methodist Episcopal Church, Sth and
Cumberland streets, and the Darby Pres
byterian Church received a flag from
Washington Camp, No. 314, P. o. S. of A.
Camp No. 10, of the same order, gave q
flag to Emmanuel Lutheran Church, SD
street and Cedar avenue.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-01
W. U. HENsEL's FUNERAL
Distinguished Pennsylvania Will Be
Buried at Lancaster Tomorrow,

The funeral services of William Uhler
Hensel, ex-Attorney General of Pennsyl-
vania, formerly one of the most eminent
leaders of the Democratic party OF the
State, who died in Savannah, Ga, early
Saturday morning, will be held tomorrow
afternoon, at 8 o'clock, in the First Pres
byterian Church, at Lancaster, Pa. The
body arrived at his home in Lancaster
last night, A delegation of Mr.. Hensel's
friends from this city will attend the serv-
ices.