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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-04
Wage Increases
GiUen in Six Cities

Easton, Pa.-The Alpha Port
land Cement Company has in
creased the wages of all employees
n the manufacturing departments
Of It's mills throughout the country
~ per cent. 1t is the second 10
per cent, increase since January 1.
Ihllilpsburg, N. 1.-THE Stand
ara sllk Company granted a 10
per cent advance in wages to all
employees and reduced the working
hours from 54 to so hours a week.
more more than 1000 employees are af-
northumberland, PA 10 per
esht; increase in wages was grant
81 the employees of Van Allen &
~, nan manufacturers.
oah Franeisco-A general wage
nlelease OF 10 per cent. to all em-
|p.oyes receiving less than $4,000 a
at prior TO May was announced
|SSy |Sya,ine Ine Standard Oil Company of
,Fs1lmerton, N. 1.-The New Jer-
~ Alne Company has announced
wage increase of 10 per cent. as
rlo.a gen as nine-hour day for all em-
pioyes, effective May 1.
NJ aaliiYille, N. j. - The T.. C.
"neaton Glass Company has adj
| Ia aaeed n wages Of the tube workers
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-04
wv ! 10

Made the first submarine, more than
a hundred years ago? (He was
one of Americas most celebrated
inventors.)
Wrote the Book of Mormon, from
golden tablets which he dug up
upon farm in Western New York
in 1927?
CircumnaVisated the earth for the
first time? Ut was not Magellan ;
he died before they could get
around.)
Ruled over the most extensive en-
pire the world has ever seen? ut
was not Alexander or Caesar or
Tamerlane.)
Wrote the Code Napoleon? Or the
Letters of Junius? Or the poems of
Ossian? Or the lliad or the Ana
basis?
Built the Great Pyramid, or carved
the Sphinx or constructed the
Parthenon or the Circus MaXimus,
the greatest theatre ever built?
Was the Man in the Iron Mask? Or
the Cid? Or Captain Kidd? Or the
author of the "Gunpowder Plot -?
Or who wrote the Declaration OF
independence?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-04
Where

Cocoanuts, cocoa-beans, kolanuts or
bamboo poles grow most abun-
dainty?
Caviare comes from? Or fur bearing
seals are found? Or where mon
keys or kangaroos are most
abundant?
Rainfall is the heaviest on the earth,
or what is the longest river or
the most densely populated nation?
Relics of prehistoric man have been
chiefly discovered? (What are the
oldest?)
The bones of the largest land animal
that ever lived have been found?
Diamonds or pearls or rubies or tin
or tungsten or platinum are found
in the largest quantity?
Land reaches farthest south or far
thest north, or rises to the greatest
heights or sinks in the greatest
depressions Zone place is the
Sahara Desert.)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-04
Animal Protectors Buy Office

The Pennsylvania Society for the Pre-
ention of Cruelty to Animals has taken
tie from John Il. Powers and others to
pc residence at 922 North Broad street,
p 81 feet inches by 100 feet, for price
|ot disclosed. The property was owned by
airy L. Gallagher and Louise G. Powers,
|ers of the Gallagher estate, and is as
|ssed at $4,000, The Pennsylvania So
|ety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
|nimals will make extensive alterations to
pc property, which will be occupied by
be society eventually at its central office.
he society now occupies the premises
Pa Chestnut street. which it owns.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-04

The Sky is not ablaze with light at
night with the radiance of billions
of suns? do you knowO
The First National Census was
taken? Ut was in America and for
peculiar reason.)
The Human Race is believed to have
existed on earth for, perhaps, a
hundred thousand years or moreI
Coal in large quantities is found
within the Arctic Circle, although
the coal plants indicate warm
climate?
Storms can often be predicted
several days in advance, and why
an "easterly" storm really comes
from the west?
A Swamp may sometimes be drained
by blowing single small hole
almost anywhere in its depths
Glass DISKS can be so shaped as to
make telescopes and microscopes?
Ut a very Interesting study.)
Electricity cannot be transported
long distances profitably, so that
all the machinery in the world
could be turned by waterfalls?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-04

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Although an enormous printing arranged for this
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-04
SCHOOL TEACHERS FORMING
UNIONS IN WASHINGTON
High School Force Is Already Organ
ized, but Not the Grades

WASHINGTON, May 4-School teach
ers Of the District of Columbia are today
arranging details of their plans TO form
union of the entire teaching force of
the district, under the American Fedora
tion of Labor. Addresses were made at
their meeting in Central High School by
Assistant Secretary of Labor Louis +.
Post and others.
The plan for a general union grew out
Of the formation recently of n union of
high school teachers The union being
formed today is that of teachers of graded
schools, with a question as to whether
teachers of normal schools shall be in.
cluded. A membership of 1000 is ex-
pected
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-04
Caralrrmen to Race $50 Miles

NEW YORK, May A 250-mlle
cavalry race Is one Of the features an
nounced by the National Guard for the
military and naval tournament to be held
at Sheepshead Bay. May 90 to May 81
Colonel Charles I. De Bevoise, who conf
mands the tst Cavalry, is in charge of the
cavalry race The maximum distance to
be covered within "a hours is 20 miles
There will be no change of horses, and
the men will carry the lightest possible
edtlipment
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-04
CLEVELAND TROLLEYMEN
GET INCREASE; TILT ENDS
Peace With Employers Assured I'm.
til May, 1918

CLEVELAND, May 4.-Peace between
|5O9 street car employees and the Cleve-
hnd Railway Company was assured today
Fntil May, 1918. There will be no strike
|nd the three-cent fare will continue. city
md railway officials said.
The dispute over better working condi-
ions and higher pay was ended early to-
by when the employees voted, 1923 to 496,
accept the company's offer of wage in
bars.
Ffrst-year employees will get 81 cents an
our and others "a cents, with a minimum
Ee-hour day.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-04

the party, which left here Tuesday ~
1:20 p. M. Among them were Gardner
Cassatt, Craig Biddle, Howard IT. Heu1ys
Charles Meredith DuPuy, George A.
Dewey, Samuel Chew, Henry M Hart,
James Somers Smith, Jr., Harold A. sands.
Harold Rosengarten, T. Charlton Henry
and Hugh A. Garland, OF Wilmington.
Others who have enrolled and will leave
shortly are George D. Widener, Hollis
wolstenholrne, A. J. Antelo Devereux,
James Robb Maury, Jr., and Thomas will
lam Fitch. ,Tr
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-04
Indemnities for Germans

BERLIN, May 4.-The German Fed
eral Council has approved the bill pro-
viding for indemnities for damages to
property in Germany arising from the
war. ut is mentioned in the bill" says
the Overseas News Agency. that in the
portions ce Alsace and Lorraine still held
by the Freach $4,000 persons, or "a per
cent. of the total population of these dis
tricts reside"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-04
SLAYER of Two Cantured

THOMPSON, Conn, May 4-John Ell
|ou' slayer of Miss Sybil Pettis and her
tner' was captured today about three
Iiles from the scene of the crime. He
|1ered no resistance when the posse dis
fmed him. He was taken to the Thomp-
pm lookup.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-04
pH1LADELPH1ANs AT CAMP
Business and Professional Men Enter
Training at Fort Oplethorpe

The first contingent Of Philadelphians
enrolled for a months stay at the South
ern military training camp at Fort Ogle-
thorpe Ca, reached the military post yes-
terday afternoon and Immediately began
the study of artillery and cavalry tactics.
Men prominent in Industrial financial,
social and club circles were included in
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-04
When

Mary. Queen of Scots was beheaded?
Or women were first allowed TO
vote? Ora bear-keeper's daughter
was Roman empress?
Gunpowder was first used in a Eu-
ropean battle? Ut had been known
to the Chinese for at least thou
sand years before.)
Iron was first smelted by coal? Ut
was first done in England after
iron smelling had been known for
thousands OF years.
Liquid Fire and huge masses of
burning material were first used in
warfare? Some new machines
for hurting these were invented
by Archimedes.)
North America was first sighted by
European eyes? Ut was more than
a thousand years before the Cabots
or Vespucci.)
Europe was all but overrun by the
invading Saracens and nearly be-
came a Mohammedan land?
Proof conclusive was first given that
the earth Is round? ut was more
than 1000 years before Columbus
discovered America.)
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-04
w fla:t ],

Eugenics has come to mean, and who
coined the word and who first
spread the doctrine widely?
Praematism stands for and how it
differs from materialism and ideal
ism and mechanistic views of the
universe?
Race was the most primitive ever
found, and how many words these
people knew and what things they
could do? (They are now all dead.)
Lead pencils are made of? Or billiard
balls? Or coat buttons? Or paint =?
Or glass? Or asphalt paving?
Part Shakespeare acted in Hamlet :?
Orwhat Ibsen meant byhis Ghosts :?
Was the "Story Of the Diamond
Necklace?
Malthus twho was a clergyman
really taught; and what 'Malthu-
sianism" now teaches?
Novelist invented the name of
'FIihilist"?
Machine was called the Gladys hob
by horse?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-04
CAN YOU ANSWER YOUR
CHTLDREN'S QUESTIONS? ?
A great Frenchman once said:
THE measure of a mans intelligel

UTtaI Inventive BtIlIUStS ike UdItU NtWIUI, TdTd-
day. Lord Kelvin, Edison, Graham Bell all had
simply consuming desire to KNOW THINGS.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-01-22
TRYING OUT ELECTRIC WAITER
invention, Il Is Believed, Will Do
Away With the Employment Of
Man and Woman Servitors.

An electrical invention which, 1t is
claimed. will do away with walters In
restaurants and hotels is being expert
mented with Each table in the res
taurant is to be fitted with a frame
bearing the menu and a series OF cleo
trical press buttons" corresponding
with each item in the menu The Gus.
toner sits down before the already
laid table, with a neat pile Of glisten.
ing silver on one side. chooses the
dishes which he prefers. and presses
the corresponding buttons IN turn
In the kitchen Of the restaurant the
number Of the table and the number
of the course required are signaled on
a screen to the chefs and their as
sistants. and In a few seconds q steam
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-01-22
Child Research Work.

Miss Elizabeth Moore of st. Louis.
who is a member of the children's bu-
reau department of the government.
has returned to Saginaw. Mich. tc
continue her Investigations in regard
to the women Of the lumber camps
and health of the children Miss Julia
Lathrop, head of the children's bureau,
ordered Miss Moore to Indianapolis
shortly after the holidays to assist
in making preparations for a child
welfare exhibition to be given In that
city. Miss Moore was there ten days
before returning to her regular work.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-01-22

face and saw her Trembling hpe and
her wide eyes, sle renowned her am
billions for Julia Redmond She re-
nounced them with sigh, but she was
woman Of the world, and more than
that, true woman. She remained for a
moment in silence, holding Julia
hands.
She had followed the campaign of
her husbands cousin. young man
with an insignificant title whom she
had not married. In this moment she
relired again the arrival of the eve
ming papers; the dispatches, her hus-
bands news Of his cousin. AS she
kissed Julia's cheeks moisture
passed over her own eyes, which for
many years had shed no tears
Courage. my dear" she implored
We will telegraph at once to the
minister of war for news"
The girl drew a convulsive breath
and turned, and leaning both elbows
on the piano keys-perhaps in the
very notes whose music in the little
song had charmed Sabron-she burst
into tears. The marquise rose and
passed out of the room to send a man
with dispatch to Tarascon.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-01-22
d MADE MANY VISITS
\ ~ s.aea Couple Kept Track Of
= I'mss Germans Had
sssa h Village.

80 = France just now have
~ : y aorts Of queer places for
4 correspondent writes to
: =. forced to stop for the
" 1ttis village near Reims.
acAnan and bis wife. both
j ysafs Of age. gave me a
MUSE" be writes.
~. 49,, !. . bed the old people
. Y war. They had been
soef IN this same house
= :. fsaaeo German war and
"a. a y does not seem
y 1. While We have been
: vent on the German man
slas the two wars have
as..a Y this house no fewer
,,tse times During T 'e th,a
.ess been backwards and
b. - Or four occasions
stsAeh people-the wo'n
-, sveet in her snow.
~ y aaly kept q score Of
anes the Germans had
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-01-22
CHAPTER xII-.continued.

!, -, Julia," she said to the
n sirl looking at her through
ssnou; Il don't understand you.
. Il your family has married
I. We have not thought that We
= y better with our money than
~ % fortunes already ftarted;
- / preserving noble races ana
~ nmse. There has never been
- il our family. | am a mar
- yeur cousin is a countess, your
i oss Of the peeresses OF Eng
~ q for you. my dear :.
- Redmond was standing by the
~ She bad lifted the cover and
,Ieut to cit down to play. She
~ alghtly At her aunt. and seemed
=, uonent to be the older woman.
E1lm ars titles and titles, ma
Il 10 only question is what kind
m salue the most?" ...
In hishsst!" said her aunt with
Iinton, and the Due de Ire
= ! undoubtedly one Of the most
~ prtis In Europe"
II VII then ind no difficulty in
qhg.' said the young girl. land
w vlsh to marry q man l do not
......
4at down At the piano and her
- tpachsd the keys. Her aunt,
1M hing some dainty tapestry.
- lnssn we're creating eilken
und whose mind was busy with
- ~ ambitions very like the
N1As created. shrugged her shout
~ sesus 70 BE-" she said keenly.
eag tns you know. Julia"
~ Rstty song. ma tante."
nssabse that you played and
Nktls afst night Sabron came to
- fhs giri continued to finger
- b chords. And since then
II ~ passes that sometime or
~ = aot play It through"
g - bseome 4 sort of oraisou.
ltnA'
aa' ~ the marquise. lis a
~ mn my child. but he has
IT his officers pay. More
: s'disr's lie il a precarious
!. : asdnoad played the song soft.
Md e 'o
ss'ses came IN with the eve
n y. y md the papers. The Mar.
s1ensnae. with her embroid-
"a opened LIE Temps from
y. seean to read with her usual
- NE approached the little
g able near her. unfolded
". aac looked over at her
y = al.sf . few moments, said
q. : nsAtiy softened voice:
-; .iss Redmond stopped
sela!' The girl rose from
: sssol and stood with her
q u Instrument
1ulia!" Madame d'Escli-
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-01-22
CHAPTER XIII.
One Docs Oay.

There must be real philosophy in
all proverbs. Every dog has his day
is a significant one It surely was for
Pitchoune. He had his day. 1t was a
glorious one. a terrible one. memoir
able one, and he played his little part
in it. He awoke at the gray dawn.
springing like flash from the foot Of
Sabron's bed, where he lay asleep, in
response to the sound of the reveille.
and Sabron sprang up after him.
Pitchoune in few moments was in
the center of real disorder All he
knew was that he followed his master
all day long. The dogs knowledge did
not comprehend the fact that not only
had the native village. of which his
master spoke in his letter to Miss Red
mond. been destroyed, but that Sab
ron's regiment itself was menaced by
concerted and concentrated attack
from an entire tribe. led by fanatic
as hotminded and as fierce as the
Mahdi of Sudanese history
Pitchoune followed at the heels of
his masters horse. No one paid any
attention to him. Heaven knows why
he was not trampled to death, but he
was not No one trod on him; no
horses hoof hit his little wiry form
that managed in the midst of carnage
and death to keep itself secure and his
hide whole He smelt the gunpowder.
he smelt the smoke. shifted at it.
threw up his pretty head and barked.
pulled and painted. yelped and tore
about and followed. He was not con-
scious OF anything but that Sabron
was in motion: that Sabron. his be-
loved master. was in action OF some
kind or other and he. soldiers dog,
was in action, too. He howled at
fierce dark faces, when he saw them.
He snarled at the bullets that whis-
tied around his ears and. laying his
little ears back. he shook his black
muzzle in the very grin Of death.
Sabron's horse was shot under him,
and then Pitchoune saw his master.
sprang upon him. and his feelings were
not hurt that no attention was paid
him, that not even his name was
called. and as Sabron struggled on.
Pitchoune followed. 1t was his day;
he was fighting the natives: he was
part OF a battle: he was a soldiers
dog! Little by little the creatures
and things around him grew fewer
the smoke cleared and rolled away
there were a few feet OF freedom
around him in which he stood and
barked; then he was of again close to
his masters heels and not too soon
He did not know the blow that struck
Sabron. but he saw him fall. and then
and there came into his canine heart
some knowledge of the Importance of
his day. He had raced himself weary
Every bone in his little body ached
with fatigue.
Sabron lay his length on the bed of
a dried-up river, one Of those phantom
like channels of a desert stream whose
course runs watery only certain times
~ tho voar SahrOn wounded in the
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-01-22

that we are not remote from the por-
tentous events beyond the sea: that
the fate of our brothers over there.
in some way which we do not well
discern, involves US also. We are.
whether we like 1t or not, full share
holders In the civilization which is i'm.
periled. Our commerce and industry,
our prosperity and well-being. our cul-
ture and religion. the foundations OF
our common humanity, and the ideals
of our common aspirations. are all at
stake.-Edward T. Devine in the Sur
Vey,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-01-22
SYNOPSIS.

4. s.bron, captain OF : ret' t.,
n We !ss, ~ irish terrier pup. a no
! DS s,,shoune. He dimes with NE we
!; :: !: !: FL: e; = Il:
~ s he Miss Redmond o, o,.s s,er ~
- I ou. away from her. the a.; " IL
A., ssI d marry Julia to the p,, l5uC ne
. i'm . AIsi ss,. p DGs asH from
! - ,! ssDsVt 10 Keep his dog with him
IN S,s'i Kim that Pitchoune has Bur Bun
fs9 p. Il Due De fremont finds the
- heiress caprlcious' ."..
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-01-22

inc hot dish appears in little lift at
the side of the diners table.
The customer helps himself. presses
a button. and the dish disappears
as silently as 1t came, leaving at the
side of the plate a little aluminium
ticket indicating the sum to be paid.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-01-22

that come from the African seat Of
war. Sit down here. my child"
The two women sat together on the
long piano stool. The marquise said:
Il followed the fortunes. my dear.
of my husbands cousin through the
engagement in Tonkin. know little
what it was" The girl was immov
able. Her aunt felt her rigid by her
side. Il told you," she murmured.
that a soldiers life was a precarious
one"
Miss Redmond threw away all dis
guise.
MA tante," she said in a hard
voice Il love him! You must have
known it and seen it. love him! He
is becoming my life"
AS the marquise looked at the girls