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entangle us, these are not enough to check
our onward rush.
There ia dron tn

entangle us, these are not enough to check
our onward rush.
There is drop to drink
With glance of the eye which only Is
years on the football field can give to man.
I take in the battlefield: There are some
trenches about 100 metres long, with two
mitrailleuses at each end which sweep the
earth with their last gusts, and scarcely 80
Westphalians-all that two officers could
hold at the point of the revolver-rush out
of the trenches, firing as they run. The rest
have fled before our bayonets, stampeding
the reserves in their panic.
ITO the mtrailleuses! To the mitrall-
leuses!' Twenty men hurl themselves for
ward. a corporal gets there first and beats
the sub officer down on his own machine
gum The other coffee mills" are seized,
too But the trumpet is not still. 1t sounds:
There is a drop to drink above
= The handful of westphalians defend them
selves courageously. A formidable sergeant
of marines, with gesture quick as thought,
plants his bayonet in the breast of big
devil who falls, vomiting a red flood. The
blade has penetrated so far that in trying to
pull it out it is twisted into uselessness. Then
there is horrible melee in which the drip
ping baYonets are plunged into bodies where
clubbed rifles beat upon heads, where men,
each intent on his own task, are hurled to-
gether. breath to breath, a tangled, biting,
strangling kicking mass, from which come
oaths and prayers groanings and the DEATH
rattle.
Two men throw themselves upon each
other with so much fury that their blades
disappear in their bellies even to the hilt.
They fall side by side with the death sob in
he 10 nf ha WnSfnhnlian
GERS, still on his feet, hurls himself upon one
of our men who has just disentangled him
self from the wires, but, in his turn he
makes false step and falls upon his adver-
sary The two men struggle silently, when
suddenly the soldier, disengaging himself,
sezes the officers sword and pins him to the
earth.
Victory!
go it! marines!" shouts an old soldier of
Tonkin and Morocco, brandishing his rife
about in his arms as beautiful as a statue.
Defeated, the few remaining Prussians
threw themselves on their knees: "Com-
rades! Comrades!" they cried, but the fury
of carnage was on and the bayonets and
rifles did their terrible work. butchering the
last with awful cries
We jump into the captured trench, covered
with sweat and blood, our eyes staring with
horror our throats dry, almost out of breath,
but with the heart swelling with Joy. We
fevershly make ready to fire upon the fugt-
tives.
The night falls With a bloody arm thrust
into tunic, and his face bleeding from
wound in the cheek, the commander leaps up
Twenty men TO the front, Use up your
cartridges. The others fortify the trenchl"
Every one understood In the flash of an
eye the tools were out of the inapsacks and
shovels and picks were moving the earth
while the firing began again.
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McAdoo's Blow at the Merchant Marine


TTTHEN Alexander r. Smith told the City
w Club that the law providing for discrim-
mating duties in favor of goods brought to
this country in American ships should be
enforced he failed to reckon with the power
of William r. McAdoo. The present Con-
gress passed the law and made the discrim-
ination with the deliberate intent of
couraging American shipping Discriminat-
ing duties have the support of Democratic
theory and practice. But when Congress,
after debating the provision with the full
knowledge of the Treasury Department, put
the discriminating duties in the bill and
passed 1t, and after the President had signed
the bill, some one discovered that the Presi-
dent and the Senate, acting jointly as the
treaty-making power, had signed away the
right of Congress to pass revenue laws to
suit itself. And Mr.. McAdoo, thereupon,
issued an order to all Collectors of Customs
to disregard the law! He constituted him
self the Supreme Court and exercised it's
power to invalidate an act of Congress.
The Board of General Appraisers, however,
has not recognized the binding force of the
judicial decisions of the Secretary of the
Treasury and has decided in favor of the
claim of an importer who demanded that his
goods brought here in American bottoms be
entered at the lower rate of duty And the
Treasury Department has appealed. The
case is now awaiting the pleasure of the
courts.
1t is of much greater Importance that the
Administration rush this case to final deci-
sion than that it use its influence with Con-
gress to force the passage Of the ship-pu
chase bin. If Congress has the power over
the revenue laws, to the extent of favoring
American shipping by discriminating duties,
it can do much to counteract the effect of
lower wages and cheaper ships enjoyed by
foreigners, and thus encourage the expan-
sion Of the merchant marine by making It
profitable to American capital This is bet
ter than spending Government money for old
ships to sail on Improbable routes.
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Court without Lawyers

From the Kansas City star.
As to that Chicago court without lawyers"
the lawyers Will tell you that 1t violates sew
orally and collectively, the following things:
Magma Charter, tho Bill OF Rights. the Federal
Constitution, the Illinois Constitution the
Chicago city charter, the lith Amendment, the
6th Amendment, the law higher than the Con.
stitution. the twelve tables" the DeoaloRus
ana the Law OF Nature and Of Nature,s and-1
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THE LAST TOLL OF THE TURNPIKE.
Toll Roads Cost the People of Pennsylvania Much More Money
Than They Pay at the Gate-What Is the Cure
for This Long-Standng Evil?
Ru HENRY G. HODGES


because of the opportunity of purchase BY tht
State. Toll road corporations are neRlectnr
in many instances to provide proper mants
nance for their roads, counting on early
transfer.
A Program of Expenditure
Thomas r. Mcdowell, Superintendent q
Roads for Chester County and secretary ci
the State Road Commission of 1911, suggests
the following plan for the distribution Of
total moneys available for the State Highway
Department:
"The first lien upon the moral consclencs
of the State is to provide the 50 per cent
rebate promised the townships This will
distribute a large sum of money among an
increasingly intelligent and interested body
of men known as road supervisors The.
effect of this would be to raise the STANDARD
of maintenance, even in the remoter rural
districts. W
THE second call upon the funds Of the
Highway Department is for State aid roads,
to be apportioned to the several counties, al
at present This State aid money should 10
expended for local improvements agreed
upon by supervisors, County Commissioners
Silu ShS oldtS highway department.. D.lf.
THE third demand on the State Highway
Department, which should include the bal.
ance of moneys available from the appropria
ton and automobile license money, should
be for the maintenance, improvement and
construction of said system of State high
ways"
Finally, 1t may be contended that In tbs
manner of appropriating moneys for The
State highways, and their incidental charges
there should be several profitable simpllnca.
tions.
What Pennsylvania Pays
The State will save the Highway Depsrs.
ment much embarrassment by providing lib
orally for reconstruction, as we'll as main
tenance Of toll roads, at the same time a.
their purchase is provided for. AS mentioned
before, many toll roads are receiving made
quate attention. The Engineering and Con-
tracing Journal of last month estimates that
'in round numbers the cost of road maln'
tenance will approximate cent vehlee
per mile each year" 1t further commend
that economical maintenance is only possible
on properly constructed roads, and that r.
construction OF neglected road Is not main
tenance, but the correction of blunder Ths
same Journal gives the maintenance cost O
roads in France as approximately $40 Inlls
year, In England as $1100 mile year
and in Massachusetts, as $3.50 mile year
Pennsylvania's cost for this service duaHs
1914 amounted to approximately s17s per ml<
Provision for maintenance even under pres
ent conditions is far below the average FH
the Legislature to buy the toll roads and neg
lect to provide for their proper care ~
bring only added discredit to the departmsnl
Toll roads have long been AFFLICTED win
serious economic illness. This illness ha
been intensified by legislative legal comple'
tions. 1t remains for legislative finances
dose of sufficient strength to administeE q
death blow. f
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Henry van Dyke is formally accredited e.
Monster 70 LuxemburE. as well as 70 the
Netherlands Interference with him IN the
eendaef 81 Has efaes Tll ae the German niil-
tsrs establishment 10 seod ana It may 90
qermanf iql q harm
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-15

The exhibition OF that Interesting PAM
phlet entitled, History OF William Penns
Conversion From Gentleman to a Quaker ],
recalls the old aphorism. "A Quaker is
always a gentleman. although a gentleman
is not always a Quaker"
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Another War;

Frsn the Springfield Rspubhcau.
4 may he easy for alarmists 10 show that
ths balll4erent nations viii not be incapacItated
fes smother var, bat the rszl question IA
HHs#hel lnet are likely 10 wanf another Har
eaza hi1 one d done.
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The Ice Is Broken

An artilleryman running up hands a fold
ed paper to the commander He reads it, his
brows knit, he scribbles a word with pencil
and gives the note back to the man, who dis
appears toward the rear. Some minutes slip
by broken by intermittent volleys.
"They" evidently were on the watch. We
cannot hope to surprise them and
scooped, that Is certain. Bah! Our parts are
cast the first skirmsh has prepared u.s. AS
a timid bather tries the water with his feet
we have taken the temperature of combat
the ice is broken between danger and our
nerves. Every smiles and is ready.
The stretcher bearers come UP after carry
ing away the last wounded. The commander
goes up and down the lines hurting advice at
us in crisp words:
Don't fire. throw yourselves down at each
halt; run toward the mitrailleuses after each
blast Courage, my children, and silence till
you get to the lines of wires"
Before he stops rs men have consented to
be hurled to death. The moment has come!
The eyes of the chief flash. With a quick
gesture he pulls his revolver from his
sheath.
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No one will object to the enlargement Of
the Harrisburg Capitol II it does not mean
enlargement Of the opportunity for selling
furniture by the lineal foot
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Spain thinks that it is about time the
Mexican turmoil ended; but Mr.. Wilson has
sent another personal representative down
there TO ind out whether there is anything
wrong. -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-15

One thing is certain-either there will be
more Belgium after the war is over or no
Belgium at all.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-15

The young girl who found It so easy T.
steal" has discovered also that the easy wa,
leads to hard places
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Director Taylor apparently is a man VIII
is determined to flight it out on this line 1
It takes all summer"
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This is only false alarm Spring is not
here yet.
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MY children, DayOnet OF CdnIOn! rOI
France, forward" and he leaps out of the
trench, followed by us all.
Thirty metres are cleared in as many sec
onds; but our movement has been seen, for
terrible fusllade throws us upon our
stomachs.
Our hearts beat and strain within our
breasts and our breath comes short. The
knapsack is troublesome; some have already
thrown it away.
My Algerian has not quilted me- He holds
In one hand his rifle and in the other his
shears, and is prepared to follow me.
The laying waste has not yet begun. They
fire high and the bullets make their familiar
music above our heads. Some Marmite shells
flash out here and there without doing any
damage We await orders and gain little
ground on our hands and knees. The fusil-
lade stops. l look at those about me. They
have become men Of deeds and have passed
the age of rash temerity and thoughtless
audacity. The heat and noise of combat
have fired their brain. Yet an unshaken
resolution makes the muscles of their hands
stand out and hardens their faces.
do not fire Forward" cries a voice.
We run like mad for the woods, and among
the branches which lash our faces. We take
off our kepis and hang them the skirts
of our coats.
Ia, ca, ia, ca, ia, cata, ca tai From right
and left the mltrailleuses patter upon the
underbrush. 1t sounds like a haiIstorm on
the leaves. we throw ourselves to the
ground, painting for breath.
Vacant places have already appeared in
our line, but they have been filled at once
by new faces We are anxiously waiting
while our temples throb beneath the storm
of grape. Our elbows touch in the narrow
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because of the opportunity of purchase by n
state Toll road corporations are neglectin
in many instances to provide proper maints
nance for their roads. counting on earl
transfer.
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Going to the "Fete"


I know not what my neighbors are think
ing but an obstinate question is in my mind:
Dare plunge my bayonet into the body of
a man, even up to the hilt? That square
blade which pierces the flesh, squirt OF red.
the frightful grimace of man transperoed!
l have seen heads fall. Without any emo
ton have seen Labeuf, Callemin, and their
like of sinister memories, die. But not like
thati
Tacataca, ia, ca, tai Piuh PiuhI Xzz, VIZ,
VIZ, yzzl Boom Booml What hubbub!
But 10 of our men are slain. II is our turn
to go TO the fete nowl
Forward The wretohes" shouts the
commander, ten metres In advance, bare
header superb, with disheveled hair.
Beneath the tempest of iron, with teeth
elenched, and breast throbbing, we hurl our
selves forward. The ranks thin out The
men slip down as IL they stumbled over a
tree root, but none utters a cry or raises
himself The wounded fan to the earth
without moving. / recognize only two or
three faces about me; but my sharpshooter
is always there. He has put his rife In his
bandoeer and his right hand grips his shears
firmly. The last rush has carried us nearly
to the clearing Scarcely so metres separate
us from the enemy's trenches from which the
storm OF IRON - pouring
How can we contain ourselves? The sec
onds seem like hours we are exasperated
maddened with the desire 10 hre. to strike. TO
finish it. Without thinking we fire funously.
Capturing the Guns
Suddenly we tremble from head TO foot
With a magnificent discord which even
brings a smile even to our lips, a trumpet
sounds the charge. Then formidable cry;
Forward With the bayonetsl" repeated
from thousand throats as II mad while the
metallic notes pierce the heart and rush US
on irresistibly.
There Is a drop to drink abovsi
There Is drop 70 drink
Howling Ike demons no obstacle can
check %. Who falis7 No one knowsi
TheFs e 8 drop e aFipk aAeEei
Fallen iresz Woven together invisible
hQlss thai make " stumble. wires which
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track surface appears 70 have on tire
wear and practice. As at Indianapolis,
al Of the first 10 cars to finish used
Goodrich Sllvertown Cord tires
lie states that the surface and the bank
ing were the two chief factors which
made possible the phenomenal jump in
average speed at Chicago over Indian
apolls from se.a to e7.5s miles per hour.
Wood laid lensthwlse OF the track"
ne writes, offered less rattlinE resistance
and the minimum OF vibration due to
the longitudinal disposition OF the Joints
tms contributing also q measurable re-
sistance to sklddlng on the turns.
The banking, carried to an angle.cor-
rectlng side slip up to 90 miles per hour
contributed not only greater safety, but
automatically increasing traction by add
ing the enormous pressure Of centrifugal
force to the weight OF the car approxi-
mntely at right angles to the axis OF
wheel rotation. This turned force that,
at indianapolis, made for danger, skid
ding and tire wear, into added power eff
cheney that lessened slips.
"Curiously enough, tire failure only be-
gan when the speed approached 100 miles
per hour when tires were literally torn
In two by the complicated stresses intro
duced by taking turns at a speed higher
than the track was designed for, In COM
bination with heavier tractlve duty made
possible by the high banking"
The new car to be brought out by
Harry A. Lozler. formerly head Of the
Lozier Motor Company will be a 12-
cylinder machine, selling at $3.50 either
as a two-passenger roadster or seven
passenger touring car. The name Sc
lected temporarily ia II. A. L., and the
new twelve will be manufactured at
Cleveland.
The Lexington car Is now housed in It's
own home at $50 North Broad street, hav-
ing removed from the southwest corner OF
Broad and Race streets, where It shared
quarters with the Marmon car. H. C.
Henderson, manager of the Lexington
Sales Company the local agency. an
nounces the appointment of II. +. often
as his assistant. Mr.. often was formerly
with the G. M. G, and the Mitchell.
c. M. Dow, a pioneer in the automobile
business, is now sales manager for the
local branch OF the Carl II. Page Motors
Company, Mitchell distributors r. d.
Willard, resident manager. is rapidly re-
covering from his Illness, and will be back
at his post next week.
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pEUGEOT'S TINE SET NEW MARKS
FOR SPEED AND ENDURANCE
ope Sheets Limits Of Motors and Tires Must No,O Be Revised
Chtcdgo's Scientifically Built Wood Track Faster Than
Brick Course at TndtanapoHs

,,vhst would you have said 10 years
- aaks the editor Of Automobile,
's.,entine on Dario Resta's thrilling
s,oyv over the new Chicago speedway.
..r,ys hundred miles in five hours, al
n not oulte, for seven and one half
s,,,ss less would have done it Pause
w ,bfnk for IL Is something worth
fslnking about
,xvhat does It mean7
,-rb,s nerfectiy prodlglous speed means
80 ArstIy, the machine has been cre-
sS ~ the needed power and stamina
sso,dlv that the air-hlled tires have
~ made to carry the machne and
,..nanit the power, and thirdly, that the
80 has been built on which such
scbIne can run in safety.
..rar the track. all credit to those who
strpcted it, but no deep problems OF
.,ence had first to be mastered.
nFor the tires, the mechanical clear
,.,atine which produced the cord con-
.i,uetion and the labor OF rubber ex-
.srts calls fon praise and admiration.
Paror the machine we have to make ac-
.t.nston to thousands of engineers and
s.laesands of metallurgists Of many ma
,i,-s who together have devised new and
..sr.pew ways for loading metal as It
80 never loaded before, and for making
,sw metal TO bear the stress.
atlke all marvels of this. age, we, a
u,onle dulled to appreciation by ever
ssnsaied wonders Of mechanics, are apt
n regard II very calmly.
.swhat. after all, is there so very won.
derful about Il?
"wsll let us pour out a bucketful OF
sssoilns and placing It on the floor take
~ our hands four aluminium plstons
,s.,ghIpR say, a pound apiece Problem
Man, some stuff like that lmpld fluid in
,hs bucket. through the medium of these
tonr hits OF bright metal, push two tons
~ wheels 800 miles in five hours.
'What would YOU have said 10 years
aso2"
In his enthusiasm over the purely me-
,hanical phases of the sensational
senIeyement the able editor forgets en-
slrely the human element. Must Dario
Resta be robbed of all the glory? Should
rot this courageous driver, whose feat
VAS undroamed OF less than two years
aso. share some OF the credit with the
rssoiine, pistons, tires and track?
John F. Palmer offers an interesting
aide light on the smashing of records at
chlcaso in discussing the bearing a wood
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-07
5O-MILE MOTOR-PACED RACE
AT POINT BREEZE MOTORDROME
International Championship to Be De-
cided Tomorrow Night.

Another exceptionally strong card will
be staged at Point Breeze Park Motor
drome to morrow night, when the cream
of the world, Leon Didier of France:
Vincenzo Madonna. of Italy; Clarence
Carman, of America, and Victor Linart,
of Belgium. meet in a 5O-mile motor
paced race to decide the international
championship.
It will he recalled by the motor-pace
fans that Madonna finished second 10
Carman in the race held two weeks ago,
and now that he has had an opportunity
to watch the champion in a long distance
match he will, no doubt, give him the
race of his life,
II has also been the height OF Dldier's
ambition to defeat Carman, and 1t seems
heretofore that he has had the hardest
LUCK OF any rider known in race held
in this city three machines broke under
him, In the face OF all these difficulties
Didier has stated that he will ride his
legs off TO defeat Carman tomorrow
night
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GILMORE Furnishes JONES
Sloufeds' Resigning Leader Fined $50
and Suspended Indefinitely.

KANSAS CITY. July 7,-Fielder Jones
manager OF the ST. Louis Federal League
Baseball Club was indefinitely suspended
by President Gilmore. Shortstop John
son was suspended for three days and
fined $50 for his part OF the argument
with Umpire Harry Howell In yesterdays
game which led TO their both being ban
ished from the feld. After being sent
from the game yesterday. Jones tele-
graphed his resignation 10 one Of the
owners of the ST. Louis club. II was his
intention 10 remain with the team only
until arrangements could be made for his
successor. Neither Jones nor Johnson
was on the field today.
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This is the most remarkable motor car that has
ever been offered for S127S. 1t is the lowest price
at which Chalmers quality has ever been sold.
1t is the only American stock car with valOe-in-
head overhead camshaft motor, the type that Europe
was working on when war stopped production.
1t this type of motor that broke all records for
500 miles at both Indianapolis and Chicago speed
way races, going at the terrific speed of 90 miles
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The Second Three

NhS DNNOlNA
st. Louis and Pittsburgh have accom-
plished more than any one figured them
for two months ago. Both are steady
working machines, but we doubt that
either has the power to take hrst place
and hold it against all opposition. Their
chances are not as good as the chances
of the first three named.
AS for the Giants-they are beyond even
a guess. An epidemic of poor pitching
broke their spell last summer. An epi-
demic Of worse pitching has held them
back 30 far!t They have been hitting the
ball and scoring their share of runs-as
the records show. Their fielding has been
spotty-but not disastrous. But when
even Tesreau slipped the pitching staR
went to seed. The one thing that can
save McGraw is for Mathewson to swing
back into his turn, Tesreau and Mar
guard to light upon their old clip, and
either Perrltt or Stroud to work in de-
pendable roles. Unless McGraw can get
four first-class pitchers going he hasn't
chancellor his machine isn't great
enough to win with ordinary. much less
the under-ordlnary sort