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New Britain herald., 1915-01-02
NEW YORKS COULD
 HAVE HAD COLLINS
Trade Hinged tn Swap Of OR
 PlayeT Donovan in Charge.

New York. Jan. 2.-All was quiet. peaceful and serene along the base Tall rialto yesterday The Yankee deal now is only memory. and the only evidence lefe of the strenuous campaign waged by Czar Ban l., to bring the military duo. Colonel Rup- pert and Cap. Huston. into the Amer ican league, are few barrels of emp ty bottles in the Wolcott basement.
 Among other things, which croppei< up as an aftermath to the YankeSN deal, was that the Tanks might have landed Eddie Collins during the early stages of the deal Johnson said yee- terday that the new owners had 2 chance to get one of the greatest ball players if not the greatest in the game. According to Ban, the Tanks might have had this player had they been willing to trade one player now on the Yankee pay roll
 When pinned down, Huston laughed when the name of Cobb was man/ toned but admitted that Eddie lins was the man Ban Johnson talking about However, the Cat various reasons. does not seem very strong for Columbia Eddie says he and Ruppert preferred t ry along without the former 4 demon middlesacker
 Wild Bill" Takes Hold To|
 Czar Johnson still held oper at the Wolcott yesterday, an tinued very happy over the sue completion of the Yankee deal ever, Ban cooled off considera his ardor and laid off his adjectiv "beautifur' and lovely" which his conversation on New Years
 Ban will remain over until ton and some time today Johnson preside over the signing of the ''poipers," when Ruppert and II will take over the stock whicf formerly been held by Farrell, De Foley and Elkus.
 The new owners took charge Yankee headquarters in the second street building this moi and held open house. Dodovan, Yankee pilot. was on hand and toned some of his plans for the ing season Huston intends to Donovan's immediate advice training camp.
 Huy-on advised his friends not bank too high on the different plt which the American league iE to turn over to the club NO giving us anything, and we ar asking anything from any one, Huston We had our eyes wide when we bought, and we did no a step before we reconnoitered ground thoroughly"
 Huston, however, came out very fine boost for Joe Lannin said lis assistance was invaluap straightening out some of the intricac.es during the negotiatlo
 In Adrnira ation of Lanpin.
 ~I,annin is one ace" said II "One of the finest we have met dealing with these baseball n And he was very liberal to our he let us have Donovan and and that was certainly very oe
 Ban Johnson is profuse in hi n1iratlon of Huston and RuT business men, and Huston recirN ed in his admiration of JohT sinrewdness. Believe me, it honor to sell those men ball said Johnson. T never dealt With body as wise as that pair There not a question on this transacup which they were not informed were wonderfully advised.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-02

Newark in the first round of a sched- uled ten-round bout. Paddy OHearn of Montana was to have met Cattle, but at the last moment got cold feet and refused to keep his engageme ent.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-02
Ross Gets Verdict.

Rochester, N. Y, Jan. 2.--Tony Ross of New Castle, Pa, outfought Jim Flynn Of Pueblo, Col, yesterday in a ten round bout.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-02
Herald,

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 with skill big negro now sion and who credit to the ed those back loose among weights first, portunity to heve he can 'se at present
 pursuit of should settle Il doubt. If ey, Reic'ii1 and ! be matched
 
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 has accom- it's the belief bf a show. to te who are l most white ! on the sole node of living ed him down ] have to be e, judging by hOwn in pulp the fans are es for a shift xt March.
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 every bit of had for him. Ilt ends there cal of disstlt- nll sides. If
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 it for foist- + on an nnSo- B if Willard what will be flair. And all E shown any tller through brtunity will in the public ion would be e. holder who other method rits will meet bnl the Amer
 Willard de- hblic is at all there will be D meet Lang
 negroes left r will accept thy of the
 of the prei- le holding of h. American B one of tn cir gi lisn unless fair combat proud pima W that stupid h boat Smith E, and recall Is a twenty lard to his cdering what
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-05
Pie and Ingratitude

0NE of the commonplaces of morals
" is that gift of pie should be well
coined with thanks instead of curses.
Therefore when a man who swore at
the woman who gave him a piece of
pie is sentenced to imprisonment for
ten days for his lack of courtesy, every
dispenser of pastry to the unworthy
feels like sending a bouquet to the just
Judge who saw that the offender got
his deserts.
The man who did not show proper
appreciation for the piece given him by
a woman running a Poplar street
bakery has made 1t more difficult for
every other hungry man to get the as
sstance he needs. AS his kind would
say, he has queered the pie game. He
is common type of offender and be-
longs in the same class with the auto
mobilists who abuse the discretion
which motorcar owners are expected
to use and bring down on all the pun
ishment that should be meted out only
to the grievous offenders. The worthy
poor suffer because of the misbehayior
of the unworthy, and the worthy rich
have to suffer also because of the mis-
behavior of the lawless well-to-do.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-05
Get Back on the Right Track

DREVIOUS action of the Senate
j Committee on Railroads has been
overruled, and yesterday it was de-
cided by a vote of to to report out
the repeater of the full crew act. The
measure has already passed the House.
Passage of bad law is eXcusable,
for there must be experimentation in
legislation as in all things, but failure
to repeal an act which has been proved
by experience to be bad is lnexcusable.
The full crew law is nothing more
than an arbitrary and unnecessary tax
levied on the railroads, doubly bad be-
cause the State does not receive the
tax, which goes instead into the pock-
cts of private individuals.
1t is manlfestly absurd that a rail-
road should trust its valuable prop
erty to the hands of inadequate crews.
Moreover, n general law specifying the
number of crew is unsCientiflc, be-
cause 1t takes no account of varying
conditions of operation. We have in
the Public Service Commission a regu-
lating body fully competent to protect
the public. The subject is, indeed, one
that naturally falls within its purview.
The Senate should not hesitate to
remedy the injustice which the exist
ing law occasions There is no politl-
cal capital to be made now by railroad
batting. The public instead wants eff
ficiency and economy. The full crew
law Is detrimental to both.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-05
Good News for Fayette County

THERE will be rejoicing throughout
L Fayette County when Josiah V.
Thompson completes the arrangements,
which he says are now under way, for
discharglng the receivers in charge of
his vast interests.
The general impression is that Mr.
Thompson's assets are sufficiently
large to meet his liabilities If the prop
critics are properly managed and not
sacrificed. Pennsylvania coal lands are
as good as gold, but they cannot be
sold except when there is market for
them. Mr. Thompson says that he has
secured financial backing which will
enable him to meet his obligations as
they mature, with the understanding
that 1t may take five years to unravel
the tangle In which his affairs are in
volved.
All that remains to be done, accord
ing to him, Is to produce evidence of
ownership and list of claims properly
verified Then the money will be forth
coming as needed. Such an outcome of
the trouble was hoped for by all who
were familiar with the financial abili-
ties of Mr.. Thompson.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-05
Deficits Do Not Deter

VTTHEN the war spirit stirs a
w nation it does not stop to count
the cost either in money or in men.
Great Britain, therefore, is facing an
increase of the national debt amount
ing to no one knows how many bill
lions of dollars, with "A light heart, de-
termined to raise all that is needed in
the great emergency. The Chancellor
of the EXchequer surprised no one
when he explained in Parliament yes
terday that there would be a deficit OF
$4,000, 100000 at the end of the next
fiscal year If the war continued that
long.
Tho French and Germans are like
wise raising billions with no thought
of the reckoning beyond the day when
peace is declared. Moralists and econ
omists may philosophize all they will
over this manifestation of human folly,
but there be those who still think that
the instinct of representation, in
men and in nations, is not a mad
passion and that responding to it is
better than dying because it costs too
much to live.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-05
Lucky Wilson

! FINHB war in Europe has vetoed the
Il low tariff law. 1t has erected a
| barrier as effective as protection. II
! has likewise flooded the country with
war orders, putting many mills on full
time. The result is a remarkable proof
of the value of protection as a stimu-
lator of prosperity. Business was stag
nant while the Underwood tariff oper-
ated under normal conditions. The mo-
ment these conditions were changed
and the war became a substitute for
protection the return to prosperity be-
gan, The movement has been fastened
by orders for war material, of course,
but this has not been the decisive
factor
Mr.. Wilson may see, therefore, a
prosperity induced by the notification
of his economic measures a prosperity
brought about in spite of his policies,
not on account of them Nevertheless
he is certain to profit from the condi-
tions. Voters do not ask why's and
wherefores. They are satisfied when
they are prosperous and dissatisfied
when they are not prosperous. The
war has introduced into the political
situation a new factor favorable to the
Democrats.
1t is imperative, therefore, that the
Republican party enter the campaign
next summer united. 1t has a hard
fight ahead of 1t in any event. 1t can
not afford to make mistakes and 1t
cannot afford to be reactionary. 1t
must be aggressive, as 1t was in Lin
coins day, It must wage a campaign
of education. Otherwise the electorate
may be deluded into believing that
prosperity occasoned by temporary
conditions is permanent. Our great in
dustries must not be dependent on the
policies of other nations, but on the
economic program adhered to by the
United States.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-05

FnHE dyestuff bugaboo. paraded by
/ the agents of the German chemists,
il not frightening half so many people
today as 1t did six months ago. We
were told that unless something were
done to relieve the situation the
textile mills would have to be closed
IN thirty days, and the Secretary OF
State was asked to use all his influence
with the Allies to secure permission to
get a cargo Of German dyes through
the blockade.
The hosiery and underwear men.
however, who are meeting in this city,
DO not seem TO be frightened. The dye
men are telling them that they have
solved the dye problem and are inde-
pendent of Germany, Some OF the
znanufaetureFs are letting Il be known
mat they have dyes enough to last
them for two years or more. whether
The war ends or not.
t may not be Immediately possible
Ter All the others to get the shades that
nefe used before the war, but Ameri-
ear chemists have produced dyes that
ere satisfactory. ana American knit
tag ana textile men a1a Wiling = usa
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-05
THE SPRINGTIME PLAINS

Heart of me. are you hearing
The drum of hoofs in the rains?
over the springtime plains l ride,
Knee to knee with spring.
And glad as the summering sun that
comes
Galloping north through the zodiac!
Heart of me, let's forget
The plains, death-white and still.
When lonely love through the stiffness
called,
Like a smothered stream that sings of
summer
Under the snow on winter night.
Now the frost is blown from the sky,
And the plains are living again.
Lark lovers sing on the sunrise trail,
Wild horses call to me out of the moon,
Watching me pass with impish eyes;
Gray coyotes laugh in the quiet dusk.
And the plains are glad all day with me-
Heart of me, all the way
My heart and the hoofs keep time,
And the wide, sweet winds from the
greenlng world
Shout in my ears a glory song,
For nearer, nearer, mile and mile,
over the quivering rim of the plains,
Is valley that spring and love best,
And the waiting eyes of you
Badger Clark, In Scribner's Magazine
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-05

A SPECIAL committee of the British
"A National Gallery is considering
ways and means for preventing raids
upon the art treasures In the possession
of the great British families. 1t Is
feared that the death in battle of the
heads of some of these families will be
followed by the sale of their art GAL
leries in order to facilitate the settle
ment of the estates. The committee
has found that of 316 paintings sold to
America in recent years, including
some of the finest in Great Britain, 80
were bought by p. A. B. Widener and
II. C. Frlck, IS each by ]. II. McFad-
den and John G. Johnson, nine by
Clement A. Griscom and seven by E.
T. Stotesbury, indicating that Pennsyl-
vania families have been raiding the
British Isles to some purpose.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-05
The Hydra of Nations

TLTHIPPING the Russians is one OF
w the most hopeless and discourag-
ing tasks in the world, The more you
beat them the more there are to beat
Their armies may be annihilated, but
new ones spring into being. They may
be routed. yet they reappear in myrI-
ads. They flow back like the waves OF
the sea. Russia thrives on defeat. II
permits their victories to overwhelm
her enemies. Twice already in this
war Russia has been "decisively" de-
feated. But instead of retreating her
armies advanced. She seems to be the
Hydra of nations.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-05

England and which has ever since served
as the foundation of Englands greatest
ability The best thoughts and purposes
seem ordained to come to human beings
beneath the open sky. The little
I have gained from colleges and Libraries
has certainly not worn so well as the
little learned in childhood of the habits
of plant, bird and insect That weight
and sanity of thought" which Coleridge
so finely makes the crownlng attribute
of Wordsworth Is in no way so well ma
tured and cultivated as in the society
of nature.-Thomas Wentworth figgin-
son.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-05
FUNCTION OF THE NEWSPAPER

Newspapers are bound more or less to
reflect rather than to dictate the tastes,
interests, views and emotions of a ma
ton. The most that a paper can do in
the direction of moral and social improve
ment is 10 keep Just ahead of It's readers
and to uphold an ideal which its readers
can sympathze with and understand. a
paper must keep In touch with actual
feelings and living ideals to have any ef-
feet at all. 1t cannot maintain an ideal
of 80 years ahead. That is the work of
the prophet, and not OF the leader of
men.--A. C. Benson.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-05
Minor Changes in Reserve Districts

MINOR CnangeS IN reserve DlStrlcts
H1HERE is practically no objection In
i Philadelphia to the transfer of GER
tain member banks in the northern
part of New Jersey from the Philadel-
phia Reserve District to the New York
Reserve District. 1t was obvious from
the beginning that the business of
these banks naturally gravtated to-
ward New York, with which city they
are in closer geographic contact. So
in other districts certain changes have
been considered advisable.
It is probable that, as experience
shows the wisdom of it, there will be
still more readJustments, and 1t is even
possible that there may be a remaining
of some reserve cities. The system Is
intended to facilitate business. not to
advertise towns.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-05

them. This is the result that was ex-
pected. II American dye men take ad-
vantage OF the opportunity they can
monopolize the market here at home
after the blockade on German ports is
raised and after the German importers
begin again to bring in foreign colors.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-05
GERMAN ARMIES
MENACE THE CZAR
The Enveloping Movement in
Galicia, if Successful, Will
End the Great Carpathian
Campaign.
Bv FRANK II. s1MoNps

DOLGT1CAL quite as much as mill
i tary considerations must be reck-
oned with in analyzing the early re-
ports of the Austro- German success
along the Dunajec. If the Tentonic
Allies have shattered Russian armies
at this point, if. as the German reports
assert. they have routed them as at
the Mazurian Lakes, the end of the
Carpathian campaign is in sight.
But 1t must be recalled at once how
inevitable 1t would be that Vienna
and Berlin should exaggeratc a local
success, another brilliant stroke like
that before Ypres two weeks ago,
which ended in gain of less than
five miles on n front of about the same
extent and left the Allied lines intact
Italian decision is hanging In the ball
ance Turkish courage needs stimu-
lating in the present hour. German
and Austrian public sentiment would
be usefully fortified by the reports Of
great success In the cast following
the achievement in the west.
With this precautionary notice II Ia
possible to analyze clearly what the
latest Galician operation means. Look
at any map of the eastern and western
fronts and it will be seen that each
makes a right angle. In the west the
battle front descends from the North
Sea TO the Oise at Noyon and then
strikes off In perpendicular direc-
tion to the Meuse. In the east the
line descends from the Bzura west Of
Warsaw until 1t meets the Car-
pathians south of Tarnow and then
at right angles follows the range for
many miles TO the Dniester.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-05
TRIFLING CRITICISM

Men Of breeding. sometimes men Of wit.
T. avoid great errors must the less
commit
Neglect the rules each verbal critic lays.
For not % know come tribes Il a praise.
-Eona
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-05
ALL BRANDS WELCOME

From the New York Evening Sun.
Mr.. Taft says prosperity appears to be
present, but it's artificial. Well, so Is a
good deal of the ice now used. Neither
fact prevents our keeping cool.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-05
INFLUENcE on THE oPEN sKY

The American temperament needs at
this moment nothing 80 much as that
wholesome training OF samirural life
which reared Hampden and Cromwell 10
assume At one grasp tie sovereignty q
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-05

% Harper's Montnly. MY Quest in
the Canadian Rockies"
~ Atlantic Monthly, Letters on an
Elk Hunt"
C3I Field and Stream, BLACK Bass
and That's Not ALL"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-05

There is the May cleanup and the
November cleanup. and both of them
are exceedingly important.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-05

There is complete agreement that the
Gulflight was damaged by an explo-
sion. Disagreement begins when you
trg 70 learn what exploded.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-05

Every one seems to be surprised that
the people are going to the pop" con-
certs TO hear the music.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-05

Have you received an invitation TO
Join the junket TO San Francisco?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-05

william Barnes grandfather was
also interested in State printing
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-05

Russians win great victories when
the Germans are busy elsewhere.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-05
WAR

Nothing except a battle lost can
half so melancholy as a battle won.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-05
Retreat May Be Forced

II the AuStrO-German forces east
of Cracow along the Dunajec and
those west of Czernowita on the
Dniester can continue their advance,
the whole Russian strength In Ga
licia will have to retreat to escape the
two armies closing in on the rear.
The same situation would develop In
the west If the French army in the
Champagne and the British army fac
ing La Bassee could both break the
German lines in front of them, If
this should happen all the German
forces between the Olse and the Meuse
would have to retreat to escape en-
velopment.
In sum, the hulk of the Russian
army in Galicia is facing south, trying
to force the Carpathians. on its
flanks two Russian armies, one at the
Dunajec In the west, the other at the
Dniester I'm the east are endeavoring
to hold back AustTo- German forces
striving TO advance in the rear OF the
Carpathian army and intervene be-
tween it and its base of supplies.
Once these German plans, for they are
plainly German, begin to promise sue
cess. the Carpathian forces must re-
treat. Their position will be like that
of a paper between two blades of a
pair OF shears.
Such is the maximum OF German
possibilities. Less considerable but
scarcely less desirable results would
be achieved II the pressure upon the
Russian TANKS along the Dunajec and
the Dnlester compelled the Russians
TO withdraw divisions from the Car
pathians TO reinforce these threatened
hanks. This would mean deadlock
in the mountains. the end of any inn
mediate danger of Russia invaders
reaching the Hungarian plain.