davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1916-05-25
Says Country Will Approve.

The report answers the suggestion
that the country al large will not ap-
prove the bill by saying.
When the country is informed tina
il means considerable less than the
price Of two battle cruisers or two
he provided for at this Congress and
for which there is urgent need. the
people back home will not find any
fault. but will be entirely in sympat thy
with the movement to place the en-
ploNes of the government in a position
10 nave livIng wage, 50 that they NAV
ifNe deceHtly and respectfully and have
kindly feeling for their employer and
that their children may have a fair
VIII have respect and truly patriotic
feeling for the country Of their birth. -
The report concludes:
Statements were made by indiyidu-
ais and those representing organiza-
tons OF employees of conditions IN the
government service. where empIoyes
were compelled TO work overtime with
out extra compensation: also com
plants about faVOritism shown in the
ma tier Of promotions. where length Of
service did not receive consideration.
OF misrepresentat tion by correspond
ence schools and others oc me advan-
tsees afforded by the government en-
pioye. But your committee could not
consider these complaints as the bill
before il pertained onl" 10 the ques-
ton OF salaries. ana therefore cor
fined itself to the subject matter oi
the bill.
Evening star., 1916-05-25
Report of House Committee on
Nolan Three-D0IIar-a-
Day Bill.
SAYS COUNTRY WILL BACK
FAIR ACTION BY CONGRESS
Faithful Workers Long Neglected,
While the Cost of Living
Has Piled Up.

A scientific study of living costs
showing the decrease in the amount of
commodities which may be bought for
dollar, is the leading feature of the
report on the Nolan three -dollar-a day
bill presented to the House today. The
bill, written by Representative Nolan
of California. is the measure prescrib
Ing minimum wage of So a day for
government employees of two or more
years service after the age of twenty.
The bulk of the testimony was given
to the labor committee. which handled
the bill,. by government employees re-
siding in or near Washington: and the
tables of living costs We're compiled
and presented by Ethelbert Stewart,
chief of the bureau of labor statistics.
After showing that costs of food have
Increased, in some instances have dou-
bled and trebleI. the report states:
Justice Long Delayed.
I'VE have had before US the facts
regarding the tremendous advance in
prices of the bare necessaries of life
as they affect the poorer paid employees
of the government. and the further fact
that the annual appropriations of the
government of the United States have
Increased from $45T.6sS.3f4.12 in 1896 to
S1,114. .012.02 in 1915, due largely to
the ia ct that all of the great executive
departments have from year to year
been called upon to meet increasing
prices for materials of all kinds neces-
eary in the conduct of the govern
ments business.
This is particularly true of the army
and the navy. where millions of dollars
are spent annually for rations. and the
government has met this increaSe W ith-
out complaint. But in all this time no
attention has been given in a legisia
tive way, and very little in adminis-
tratiVe way. to the wants and needs of
the human element involved in the con-
duct of this great government machine.
The workers. and particularly those re-
ceivinG the lowest salaries. have been
almost entirely overlooked. Particular
attention is ca He'd to the fact that thou
sands and thousands of these employees
are working todav at So laries that were
established IN 1854 ard this has been
largely the basis for fixing and deter
mining the salaries of employees in SINH
lar emp1ovment since that date.
Members of Congress and others
may argue against this measure be-
cause it involves millions of dollars of
increased exuerditureS. II has heen es-
timated by n. ". NcI4arin. president of
the Federal EMPLOYEES Union, that tho
increased ernenGitures If this bill
"a ssas. Will amount to 81 ST . nnn in the
District of Columbia. a~eottuc 12S4n
enn1oves or total of s"a .5o4 900 af-
fectiRe POO. o6h emnioyes This estimate
is based unoo statistics cnmniled bv the
bureau of the census. Put whatever
the cost. this is a Gaze of justice long
DELAYED and are compelled to
meet increasing prices YEARLY for al
materials and commodities for the Off
cial conduct of our great governmental
eSf2 Cnugr6CS 2
should give consideration TO the human
beings ernployed by this government
a-d from whom il expects honest and
efficient service
Evening star., 1916-05-25

Fine Gauge, Fast Black. 1x1
Ribbed Cotton and Lisle Hose,
in all sizes from 5 to 91z. Buy
summers supply while you can
for this little price.
kann' 's-Street Floor.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-02-23

UNORGANIZED DISTRICT NO. 1.
Township 147, Range 81.
Year or Years for which the Taxes are
Delinquent, 1913.
Name of Owner Total
Name Of Owner Total
sion of Section Sec. Penalty
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-18
OLD GOLD

CASH PAiDla silver, platinum, false teeth.
tone sshselting & REF. Co, 12s s. llth st.
y ~ eoIjp silver. platinum, plated ware, old
ftsle .le-n l. clark. reflner, sOI SAMSON.
= ~ = 5oi,pcash paid, for old gold silver,
Sas6jsehR jeSsRa VIZ s. i7th fi Dnono locus.
11es-aT y PRICES PAID FOR. DIAMONDS.
ggSJld platinum, false oteedh; aiso pawn
~ 1900 Fiibert st. "a noor IronI.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-18

Dealer-Well. sir, OF course you
must take the 'oss or leave i'm.
There % is, with all is imperfections
on is 'ead. as the poet says.
Prospective customer All, your
friend. the poet. can't have looked at
his legs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-18
APARTMENTS

= = CORNER nth AND WALNUT SITS.
srsein.is ses .iss,story concrete and steel freproof
tnfs-nti reaches the highest point OF devel-
srietian yet attained in apartment con-
-, pace or abode. -
IN ~. .sllfnest EFFORT has been made 10 offer
SIstsestss.lless home 10 those whose first con-
u ese,s 1911 ls not TO count the cost alone but
seies y VlIy perfection, the size ana char
gcrsrafrg wlien .ien may be selected and shaped
- iaaiVidual. ieqHHeIlenes OF
cnf kss ~ are arranged from two rooms and
TN - ~ 70 ten rooms and Ave baths
10 ~ TsseiIon is excellent. being convenient
nef Ioo near 'NpNNs centres ana YET
usis eAinga considered. the rentals are mod
s-sssassr ssssas.nsr Information. arrangements for in
through ana reservations may be made
NORMAN s, SHERWOOD.
lall Walnut street.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-18
MONEY To LOAN

-C--- = = = -~I@-~t
YOU CAN BORROW MONEY
on pIAMoNbS, JEWELS. Ere.
.453 ASb IF.--.ss.s-s.. ~
tluu . ...-..s.s.-. lhz
tovo ..sss.-..-. IL
12s MARKET ST.
RIDGE AVE. AND OXFORD ST.
I'D AND SOUTH sps.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-18
STORAGE

CONTINENTAL
STORAGE WAREHQuSp,
oo1'H ST ABOVE CHESTNUT.
r,VrKING, MOVING, SHIPPING
Carpets cleaned. secured stored.
kss15' Locust ioeo-Phones-key.. Race 4leo:
\ -,,rrrry FIRDPRooF WAREHOUSES;
fip"Dii isIi-isi0 MARKET ST.
.-,,s sTORAGE WAREHOUSE = STORAGE,
AIh.At,e hacking. chipping, CARPET cleaning.
~ paring T52 for estimate, Market ana 5Ith.
..l.e,s5Nis STORAGE HoUsp. tIls N
hc.,eeN,S n DMoyIng, packing, shipping; auto
lss lls.rs Both phones. Let US estimate
s=5I, AdE in separate rooms;, moving pack
i,sa Shipping and carpet olean5lns' Levin
h4ns a8is Ridge ave. Poplar 6o24.
..,sTpp0OF. Mothproof. Concrete Warehouse.
~ phil Storage Co., 2O33 Lehlgh. Tloga L2oO;
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-18
APARTMENTS WANTED

WE WANT AN APARTMENT AT ONCE
ttenneu YOUNG coupie wants mQdern mousse
keeping apartment, completely furnished 3
2r o.. rooms and Kitchen electric lights, steam
Ct, must be near Elevated. Give terms md
full particulars. a BOG Ledger Office.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-18

Fil.s y AND 18TH SITS. (s. W. CoT1- mod
sh1adsafiyp piIle9hsy Iehsly attrastiye; high ceilings
lIeuslsesss eping; II desired, SIS. Janitor On
l.9 chestn,i3A y tsBh'R. HARTMAN CO..
leraliig1 lii1tH y. sT saehelor apartments; exesp-
80 hath.' slsnie ale "a hoor suite large rooms
81 nfeasis. stery modern improyement: fanftor
hAaBrp -; .sseam heat included
znrffs,sssss, HARTMAN g 90. 1901 Chestnut
.l7sfs1n,s stAassDEN. 1slT-Esxcelient ants. IN 5
#l7 lyI7.S nm -.es: -sseses: some furn. htchenettes.
ANA ~. 43l-S3-Conf. ants Il M 4 rlns
1f167.sss.A Apply ianitor. Phi Spruce 4srl0
t4lh. ksssS +, housekeeping: hardwood floors,
~ felnon iahltor service, Apartments. 1900
] 65sss WEST PHILADELPHIA
.sfisd liz large variety OF apartments at
Rent f.sti' ~ 70 meet almost any requlra-
sfl.iee lo lnel ~ sod for list Automobile
s A0R#AE NltaNeel apaTtInents n tirslreI
SPRUCE IL sa.zs sftERNOOD. 14lI Waluut st
80 RACE 1925.
- Msgne gunctlan
~ s.sst,iAa Apt. private cath. not vster.
tHII ~ 4anls near tfi+ta and troiler
~ Ledger Central
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-18
WANTED

srTIorrE furniture. false teeth, feather beds.
ssSssSai sssSSSsSi ssS Walnut Walnut 762e. Est. 90.
bsotrN JEJWEIIRY, false teeth, pistols, Going.
csin books, with prices pay' mahiled 1oa. .sIa sIa
CAST-oFF CLOTHING
y. nrser 10 restock our stores, we are offer
inr extra high prices for mems clothing.
SCfiULTz, 227 and Pal NJ. 9th ct.
CAST-oFF CLOTHING
We must have Full-dress and Tuxedo Suits,
,iso old clothing TO flll stock, Highest prices
M Send postal or call Dickinson 44iS
80 SACHS, 2020 S. 9th st.
eG5ies' and mems clothing. hats. ahoes, etc.
Gii write or phone Poplar 1901. BDACkER.
1870 Poplar st.
TIsTScFF clothing, shoes and hats bought:
send postal Sneldman, D22 Poplar at.
tIsT-OFF CDoTfTING-we positively pay
SsG more for Eentlemens clothing, shoes;
,end POSTAL, we call day, evg.. city or sub.
Friedman Bros, 1444 South st. Ph. Dick. .8155;
rIsT-oFF clothing; high. prices; ladies' evg.
towns: gentlemen's clothinE; postal or ,ph.
XII, cO90. Seiigsohn. Sth and Spring Garden.
ssISG slrSsst prices rio paid, 2 s. 9th st.
FrRYTTURE. pianos. carpets. antiques: entire
~ mart houses bought for cash; no matter
now large j. Bernstein, 1854 Ridge ave.
;5idHFsT prices paid for gentlemen's cast.oft
eiothes S. More. 63s Callowhlll. Ph. Mkt 4oO2
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-18
rusIoA1 INSTRUMENTS

z-sn FOR sAIE-Fine violin, s5cellsn.
U6s IN NY autfit cheap. NJ s14, Ledger ohico.
u IrsF;D player piano noted make, lot
" ~ music rolls, S. note ipsIivate iahhiy
4 EsesSseaiers. p el9, Ledger othce. = - -,
fIt1lhr ~ S2p5 cash. Loan Ofhce, llth and
~ 49, ss5szFf ELECTRIC. PLAYER Piano for
NrRbittaa roll rolls; bargain. 1871 N. lhth-
80 SO ,,.-5ebt: little used good make; lady
flhNsvs' ',s,Y 9609 North 18th.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-18
WEST pnnAnrrnIm.

<.-t s.zctrIe Ant. private cath. hot water.
- Lsdssr csaESasii.' a. -'2 "'Nss'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-18

business Properties and stores
pa N. DELAWARE AVE
STORE
Lea Estates. 100 SAMSON ct.
CIGAR AND BILLIARD PARLoR
10th and Market bts.; large store IN New
Knlckerb booker Theatre Building; adjacent 10
u s. Postofnces unusual opening in this
neIahborhood for above business.
TAYLOR < SON - and 20 SO. 10th st.
Fsetories. warsheusss. Mfg. Floors
CORNER BUILDING for Light manufacturing
s. E cor 10Th and Tioga-
ANAL. Centrally located.
HARRY i. SAUNDERS 81 s. 1stA st.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23
SUNDAY MAGAZINE for January 90, 1915

would be cause of its becoming true.
ayes, came back. There is no use con-
cealing anything, because l haven't any
body in the world to ask except you.
I've got a question to ask you. Maybe
you know ran away from her mother
in 1882"
Amy leaned over, thrusting the palms
of her well shaped hands across the pol
ished mahogany table-top-and her nails
scratched as they moved; but she said
sweetly:
"Yes, did know that. l understood it
that way"
ats terrible story" the other said,
smoothing his thin gray hair. ats
terrible thing for man who has come
from people of culture to live as I've
lived, so to speak. I've been at the bot
tom. Poverty, sickness, disgrace-Ive
known EN- all. Let me tell you about
that. Why, I'm ghost, suppose. I've
been a street hawker-Ive sold patent
fountain-pens on the street. l suppose
she would have to know; l suppose Amy
would have to be told
NO." said the girl quickly; Il wouldn't
tell her if were you. If you have been
arrested and-or anything-I would not
tell her. What question did you want to
ask me?"
"Well, I'll tell you about that" he
answered. "Just let me say first that love
of ones own flesh and blood comes back
to man at last Blood is queer thing.
1t sets up cry, sooner or later. Blood
calls to us sooner or later. Why, it grips
the heart, l tell you. 1t wakes you up in
the night with a hunger and longing for
what belongs to you. And my daughter
and l belong to each other. Don't we?'
She stared at him without moving her
compressed lips. -
"Well, figure it So" he said at last.
"Im coming to the question. | just
wanted you to know how suddenly my
little Amy was the only thing left to me.
She was the only hope for me. She was
all that stood between me and failure
and dissolute life."
The girl recoiled at this pretense on the
part of one so thoroughly beyond recon-
struction that hope and youth were still
his. .
II thought she and me could work out
a future together. I've learned something
about her since l got here. She's fine
yOuLS WOIiuu. IL uOSo my ASdiO SOou
the heart of father. 1t took all could
do to save enough to come, but I've had
dreams. I've seen EN- over and over.
I've seen a little vine-covered cottage;
I've seen l could do some kind of re-
spectacle work; I've seen myself sitting
beside a Tampa home lamp-on winter
evenings where it was warm, and had
my slippers on"
He paused. He shifted again. Sud-
denly he exclaimed:
any God! DO you think she'd take
me? Do you think she'd be glad to see
her father"
AMY suppressed a cry Of pain. She did
not dare to speak. She watched the
mans dry, gnarled fingers smoothing the
top of a derby hat
The man understood; his confdante
was unable to answer him affirmatively.
well, what about human feelings?" he
said, with sigh. "What about pity?
What about the ties of blood? Well, let
that go. But what about woman's ten
derness? What about Amy's heart?"
She shook her head SLOWLY For the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23

ness, made game OF his age.
"Come in,' said Amy.
The man, with his watery blue eyes
fixed upon hers, sided into the room and
toward the blaze on the hearth, just as
vagrant dog is drawn by the warmth of
hearth on which he does not belong.
He left behind him faint odor of cloves.
He was the embodiment of failure, the
symbol of unhallowed male maturity.
ats this way" he said. "The Office
was closed. l went there to find out about
Miss Amy Andrew-about where she
boarded and so on. Then thought I'd
walk up and ask here. I've come from
long way"
Amy caught her breath. There was
not light enough in the dusk and from the
one shaded table lamp to disclose the
pallor that swept over her face. She held
her hands at her sides, tightly clenched.
She knew, as if by long prepared in
stinct. The man was her father.
A thought so clear in terms of words
that it might have been an audible voice
said to her: "He has come back. He
crushed your mothers happiness by leav-
ing her twenty years ago; he has returned
to crush yours" By startling flashes of
realization, clear lights were thrown upon
the terrible havoc he could work upon the
pride Of the Duncan family, and upon the
future, not only of herself but of Jaffrey.
She shut her teeth; without opening
them, she said slowly and without a
tremor in her voice: why do you want
to see herr"
"Now, I'll tell you about that, he be-
gan, somewhat startled, and stepped for
ward into the circle of light :
She could see him more clearly. Upon
his face was written the story of his life
that weak and futile life, the premature
old age, the self-indulgence worn out, the
eternal pretense of refinement and re-
spectability to which practice of fraud
upon himself and the world had chung, so
it appeared, from first to last.
HE began again suddenly. "There's
some good in every man," he said,
and there he stopped again.
He wore light brown overcoat made
quate for winter. His cuffs hung below
its inadequate sleeves; they had been
trimmed at the edge, as if the scissors had
been called upon to supplant the laundry.
He wore gay tie. He had made himself
presentable according to his lights and his
means. -
"Well, suppose you know Amy An
drew he said. "You know the life she
leads. And you can help me a lot. I'm
a stranger
He shifted, but it might have been the
effect of the cold air from which he had
come shivering.
81 am her father, he said.
The girl showed no surprise. If she
feared that his voice might carry out into
the hall, where at any moment members
of the family might arrive, she concealed
her apprehension.
The only action she took was to close
the heavy mahogany door. The instinct
of self-preservation calmed her.
"Sit down. am listening" said a
voice; she recognized it as her own.
II take it you're one of the Duncan fam
iy,' he said, twisting his gnarled fingers
"You must have a regard for my daughter,
and you look like one who's kind and
good, if you'll excuse me for saying so.
l appreciate refinement, so to speak.
was used to it once"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-24

Officials in army circles, not talking
for publication, say that the revolt of
the Carranza forces in Northern Mexi-
co, to join with Villa in fighting against
the American punitive expedition, is
just what they expected when the or
ders were given to cross the border.
Mexieans for years have had hatred
for "gringoes, and this was intensi-
fed by the temporary occupation of
Vera Cruz. When United States troop
ers have pushed their lines 200 miles
into Mexico it is easy to arouse the ig-
norant classes by telling them that
their country is invaded. Army men
long ago predicted, when the admins
tration lifted the embargo on guns and
munitions of war, that some of our boys
in kahki would eventually stop with
their bodies bullets made in this coun
try The whole border situation would
be entirely different today if the grave
mistake had not been made in allowing
Mexicans to get their war supplies from
this country.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-24
They Deserve To Lose.
(Rutland News.l

AAtutldnu -NCMS.t
Two Brattleboro people who had
Joined the furniture club" organized
in that town by one NJ Hirsh, who has
been charged by the state with promot-
ing a lottery in Brattleboro, Rutland
and various other towns, We're in Bos-
ton and decided to visit the alleged
place of business and select from the
large stock of furniture the article de-
sired and upon which they had made
several payments. 1t seems almost
needless to recount that the Vermonters
found no furniture stock to look over.
They were shown down a dark hall to
an office, finding only a girl clerk and
a small assortment of furniture. The
three men concerned in the enterprise
could not be located. The moral to be
drawn from the incident is almost too
apparent to require reiteration. People
with ordinary common sense will have
nothing to do with concerns of this kind
and if they go into them they deserve
TO lose.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-24
The Presidential Primary.
(St. Johnsburv Caledonian.)

= NaoAAN>hAA.J
The presidential primary so far indi-
Gates desire on the part of the people
to have the convention select the Re
publican candidate for president. In
the middle west the republicans have
declared for Fairbanks and Cummings,
evidently with the knowledge they will
not appear important in the national
convention. In New Hampshire the
only candidate for delegate at large
who had announced his adherence to
any presidential candidate was defeated
two to one by delegates who had not
announced the man they should vote
for 1t is probable just this thing will
be done in the Vermont primary. The
voters will not have the opportunity to
vote for the man. they want for presi-
dent, so they viii allow the state con
vention to elect delegates to go to Chi
cago and exercise their own Judgment
in the choice of nominee.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-24
The Rutland Viewpoint.
(Rutland News.)

khuIlanQ news.
The Brattleboro Reformer thinks that
1.-The News can t seem to get it
through its head that the purpose of an
early trout season opening is to prevent
a general rush to the streams on one
day, and that April Is is none too early
in fact, it ism t early enough some sea
sons. . This is a new version of it. If
that is the real purpose, why shouldn t
the season be opened December 159 No
disciple of Isaak Walton will be tempt
ed to whip the stream until the ice is
out and until there is a fair chance of
a catch. This paper simply observes
that May Is is early enough for prac-
teal trout fishing, and that it seems
ridiculous to permit it before there is
any prospect of success. The fish taken
before that date are in so emanciated
a condition as TO be nearly worthless
as food and there is absolutely no sport
in catching them. Then, too, there is
opportunity for the pot fisherman who
uses a heavy sinker TO get most of the
big ones by fishing persistently in the
deep still holes where they have win
! tered.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-24

The price of white paper has gone up 20
to 80 per cent. In many cases the in
crease is greater than that, and some
grades of paper are practically out Of the
market at any price. Printing inks, espe-
cially eolored inks, are soaring in price.
High prices are not confined to any par
ticular trade or line Of business. The ten.
deney is upward everywhere The shoe
dealers tell us that shoes will cost more,
and the hardware dealer knows that Ger.
tain lines in his business are getting be-
yond control The dry goods dealers and
the clothing merchants find it difficult to
keep stocked up on certain lines, while the
drug trade has had more trouble than
any other business ever since the war
started. The American people, VIGOROUSLY
extravagant, are learning to be thrifty.
One of the bright sides of the situation is
that labor is well employed at good prices,
and the people generally face the future
high of heart and resolute of faith
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-24
T HE REP OR TER

The reporter is an agile young man
who is hired TO run down misinforma-
ton and turn it into news. Sometimes
the reporter will get too much English
on the cue ball and turn in a spicy
chunk of transformation, after which
the city editor will be obliged to APP To-
gize on the front page in bristling
BREWER, double-leaded.
Reporters are kept on newspaper
so that people can see their names in
print. Some people do not care to have
their names appear more than four or
five times a week, while others expect
TO break into every edition in company
with half-tnoe cut which can be read
upside down without destroying tae
general effect. The reporter who can
turn in the most misspelled names in
day is sure of steady work, and is of
more value to his paper than piano
contest which leaves nothing but
dreary memories and busted bank
account.
1t is not necessary for the reporter
to be educated higher than the knees,
but his legs should be kept in good
working order, for without them he
would be as helpless as hobo in a
shower bath. Some reporters have bet
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