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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-27
DIsAGREEs WITH ELLEN ADA1R

- '"o N"'tO' " EOtHtNU LtuD6T.
Sr-As a rule, people can always see
just what they wish to see or what they
purposely go out to see. People who, can
mpartially treat men and things and con-
ditionS in time of war are mighty few
Sometimes they throw all evidence to one
side and describe things just as they would
wish them to be. This is what Ellen Adair
has done.
Her articles in the EVENING LEDGER are
a gross libel on the Irish people. The fact
Is so evident as to make 1t almost need
less to contradict. She would surely win
distinction as a Castle witness. am sorry
she omitted to give the name and address
of that old woman who was riddled by
Sim Fein bullets while trying to cross a
street in Dublin. Perhaps she will send
1t on later. The actions of the chiefs of
the revolution in Dublin give the lie to
most all such assertions of indiscriminate
shooting Orange newspapers from Belfast
to hand also contradict such statements.
Only men in the Kings uniform were shot
at. The revolutIonists had their doctors
and nurses on hand, who attended to friend
and foe alike. The story about the Sim
Feiners who dropped their rifles for garden
rakes while some soldiers were passing is
well, something other than the truth. Gar
den rakes are let me say, not the easiest
thing to pick up around an Irish farm
house. This is just imaginative padding.
like the story of the priest and his beads
the speckled trout and the apple blossoms.
She forgot all about The cuckoo and the
corncrake, In times ofSstress the cobbler
should stick to his last.
There is, however, no need for war cor
respondents to weep for Ireland. 1t would
be much better If they told the truth about
the country-if they tried TO discover the
underlying causes of the outbreak and did
justice TO the noble band of intellectual
men who offered up their lives that the
spirit of Ireland might live, and to prove 70
all mankind that Ireland can never be rec
onciled TO the British Empire.
Ireland does not need 10 belong to Eng
land to be prosperous. Why should ire
land be everlastingly paying tribute to Eng
land-or to any one else?
PADRAIC LAGAN.
Philadelphia, May 26.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-27

states long enough 70 learn that lhere
are privately managed savings banks
which can be trusted with their money.
The balance on deposit in the postal banks
OF the whole country grew from s4s,4OO,
600 on June 30, 1914, 20 se5, 100000 on
June 80. 1915. although there had been
new deposits amounting to s70,000o00
during the year The Withdrawals
amounted to s4s,OOo,ooO. Postmaster
Thornton says that there is now more
than $50 100000 on deposit throughout the
country, or net increase of s15.OOO,OoO.
No one entertains any doubts about the
wisdom of opening the postoffices to re-
celve the savings of the thrifty.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-27
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

1. Dreyfus was accused of betraylng mill
tary secrets TO Germany.
2. The plural of "court-martial" is Courts
martial"
8. The lutte is an obsolete strInged In
strument.
4. In Germany beheadIng with the AK Is
still n method of execution.
8. OrientatiOn Is the determination of the
points of the compass from the OBJ
servers standpoint. Originally It
was the arranging of n church SO
that the chaneel faced the east.
o. Rocco architecture "A debased style, in
which the Ornamentation Is without
principle and Is too lavish.
Z. Madrid, Rome and COnstan antInopIe are
in about the same latitude as PhIla-
delphln.
8. "IIObsOn's choice" Is no choice at all. 4.
being compelled to Choose" when
there Is only one thing to take.
o. Market street was formerly known as
High street.
10. A two-thirds vote Is required to nomi-
nate In Democratic conventions. n
majority In Republican conventions.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-27
At Old Forge, near scranto

At Old Forge, near Scranton, a sig
niieant labor situation is developing.
Union men are being coerced and threat
sned 10 quit work-an extraordinary re-
versal Of the usual attitude. The change
Is due to that strange and disquieting
factor, the Industrial Workers of the
World To them the union is as much
OF scab as the nonunion man Is to the
unionist. The conflict OF the two or
ganlzations win bring into high relief GER
tain cardinal points In the relation OF
capital TO labor. 1t cannot be stated too
often that fundamentally the American
Federation Of Labor believes in the possi-
hElity OF an equable arrangement, while
the I. ". W. believes that all arrange
menfs play the laborers false and. that the
relation OF employer and employe is
==sentsasly wrong. The A. F. OF L. ad-
here's 70 the tenet spoken some years be-
fore Its formation that the laborer is
eorthy Of his hire, and seeks to gain his
hlll hire The I, w W definitely be
lIevea that the entire principle Of hire and
sage Is vicious. immoral and doomed to-
Fzpudiation,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-27
UNFINISHED CRUELTY TO HORSE

10 tht EHAtNf " EN~fN'fS N~~NeN'r
sir-An affair took place at 5:25 D. IN.
Friday on Snyder avenue that needs some
careful studying / don't have 10 remind
YOU how Il rained an hour previous, but
Imagine a driver beating a horse with
CLUB because the dumb animal could not get
a Junk wagon loaded TO its utmost. AS the
driver was continually striking the horse.
an elderly woman who had just alighted
from the Snyder avenue car noticed this
ana tried to reason with him. Soon a
crowd gathered. and II could be seen that
h the driver struck that animal again he
would not be handled with gloyed hands
An officer happened 20 be passing at the
time, and he was sisnaled BY the driver
70 come over. First the woman told the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-27
Ths laIsIng d De lImIt 3

The raising OF the limit on the
smounf that may be deposited BY a single
person IN the postal savings hanks Is a
Iziboae to the thrift Of those who tfust
tHs eovaFnmsnt with their savings. The
6|a fale allowed the deposit OF not more
Bar sloe IL a month Nov there is 40
anlG pn The size of single deposit with
lis total amount allowed The amount
s. - total has been raised 20 $1,000 II
fs,azf YES only half this sum. The
fzlsz 1enesifaTs are persons q foreign
nhq have not been Il the United
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-27
Trouble Ahead

WE DON'T want to particularize, al
w though this is a true story The
senior partners name is John and the
juniors William. Maybe you know 'em
Anyway this is what happened:
John-"The bookkeeper has asked for
a raise"
William-"of course you turned him
down"
John-"N-o-o-o, not finally. You see
he says he's going TO get married"
william-"o! Wen all right, give it to
him"
John-sThat's what thought OF doing
I'm glad you agree with me-"
William it's all right After
he's good ana married we can take II
away from him"
snielss,.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-27

WYE HAD meant yesterday to credit Jim
w Harmon with an assist in that raise
your right hand-for Charlie Hughes"
wheeze in this PLASTER of Polyphony, but
the official scorer will please give him an
error instead With the innate insouciance
of the born artist, he made all them right
hands lefts.
For some reason the above note, which
was to have gone in Thursdays column,
was lost in the composing room. Mean
time, lots of folks have been guying us.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-27
Plymouth Rock

Editor OF "What DO You Rnop"-KindIv
tell me II there is any monument at Plym.
outh Rock, or is the spot where the Pilgrims
landed uncared for? g. w
Plymouth Rock is appropriately cared for
on the hill nearby rises fine monument n
is said that the statue of Faith which
crowns this monument and which is 40 feet
high is the largest stone figure in the
world.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-27

Waite seems to think that if he ad-
mits enough crimes he will be acquitted
on the ground of insanity; but only sem
timental mollycoddles believe that ha-
bitual criminals are irresponsible.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-27

Apparently despairing of persuad-
ing the United States to enter the war,
Prof. Alfred Noyes has gone back to
finish up the business himself. We
earnestly hope that, Mr.. Noyes will make
q more dignihed showing before the re-
cruiting physician than he made before
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-27
Scottish? Hoot mon! Come back to
Erin, Mavourneen, Mavourneen!"

TEVER notice the fellows who stand
O on any of the corners of Broad and
Chestnut, who talk together mysteriously
and every so often look hungrily up at
the windows of certain office building?
We understand that some of them,
recently, have been telling each other this
story, but they don't mention any names:
rs the boss in his office?" asked the
office-seeker, who had just arrived.
Yes" snapped the other one, who had
just been turned down.
do you think 1 could get an audience
with him?"
Yes, you might, if you put him on
exhibition in a dime museum as a Double
Faced Man"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-27

Professor Taft calls Mr.. Roose-
velt's candidacy violent hypothesis"
Violent is good. but Mr.. Roosevelt may
have the appointment of Supreme
Court Justice in his power after 1917.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-27

Mr.. Blankenburg wishes it to be un.
derstood that If there is any more fight.
ing to be done he will not claim exemp-
tion from service on account of age. He
doubtless remembers that General Won
Rluk celebrated his SEVENTEEN birthday
a day or two ago.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-27
We Have Yet to See

A man who takes cold baths and
doesn't talk about it. f. j. S.
A dining-car waiter who can keep his
eyes off you when you're eating water
melon. D.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-27

AS soon as they get good man in
the Cabinet there begin to be rumors of
his resignation This talk of Secretary
lansing leaving would sound better if
Daniels were in his place.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-27

. II the ''predominance of ego" in a
mans mentality is sign OF insanity, i'm.
mediate measures for building more
asylums should be taken.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-27
What Do You Know?

Queries of general interest toiH be an
stOered In this column. Ten questions, the
dnst0ers to 10hich everv 11eH-intormed
person should knotO, are asked daily.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-27

Why object to a cop acting as
chauffeur for the Mayors secretary? If
he exceeds the speed limit he can arrest
himself and save trouble.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-27

The Hughes boomers now insist
that 1t is all over but the shouting. And
Teddy seems to be doing the shouting.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-27

English leather is said to be in
ferior this year. Too much of the prime
stock has gone into directing the war.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-27

Phonetic changes In 1912, "Ar-
mageddon." In 1916, II must get in!'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-27

ONE COMFORTING THOUGHT
As long as bulls and bears endure.
10 deal each other shocks,
Gire heartfelt thanks II UoRre too poo
TO tcorrD oUer stocks
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-27
A Henry James Story

l.. b. M.-Henry James is the author of
the story. THE Turn of the Screw"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-27
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-27

Beware the fury of patient
nsan.--Dryden.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-27

NEW YORK. May 24-NIiss Kathleen Burke.
Scottish n.rse, who has served on several Euro
pean battlefelds has been decorated by three
countries for her services in the war.-Ere
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-27
.wHEN | AM BOSS.

Nations and industries are governed
by ollgafchles, even In America. not be-
cause the people are kept from express
ing their opinion. but bee use so few OF
them have an opinion to express.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-27
A Body Washed Up by the Sea

The mystery of Mrs. Alston's rate was
made still deeper, only recently wneh Y
A. Elliott, a resident of Norfolk, Va maps
a written statement concerning a corpse
which early in 1913 had washed up ."
the lonely beach of Cape Charles in'
body was that of woman, showing sf''
dences of unusual wealth and renhehen-
Before the stranger was buried a' Wv
nearby farm of Mr.. Elliotts uncle ute'
fingers were cut from the left hand =
that valuable rings thereon mlght -
saved And 1t is related that TINS ae'
mutilation so preyed upon the Iiiiu
Mr.. EIIiott's aunt as to have plen.s',,
effect upon her daughter, born ~
months later. with these very hnse@
missing. .,.as
Granting that all OF these eonfess'0as
and statements contain elements OF uuss.
certain questions remain to iufws.
plague all wise heads that Sun slriss :
solve the riddle of Mrs. Alstons disapps
ance. AS that lady was In position
guarantee a. handsome ransom ana % -
Was woman of great physical enSl''e
why should her captors have doomed -
-
10 death that could profit them notnins
And. after killing all Of the passshss. ~.
why would they have left valuable .uaI, .A'a.s
faces and such articles aboard the FaIs'os, -
why did they not seuttle that ersl' e +
thus hide ali evidence OF their erihs -
the SEA tild swallow the Patriot. "ha' ,
came OF herr Why did no telitaie wy
go svsr wash up on any eoastf
AS the Patriot had been priya'ss',is's p,s. ,ss
in the war. some professed belief tna' =. y
British had sunk her But II y. ~ q.
women and children. at least woulq p'Ss
ably have been rescued rnse.
Some have suspected that the i0s' - s
dosia occupies the grave or 'na' ay.,.
mystery. the famous "Fenale s1ssns',' {.
VINO al about the time Of our war !
ls12 was taken. yelled, from snip oR
Alexandria. Va. there % be kep' A'e4
IN an inn until her death.
copsFlsAE. zste
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-04-06

playing just the KIM OF Dau JlaL
should be expected.
1t wasn't an early starting club,
and no early spring sensations should
have been expected. Veterans do not
start that way, but they are usually
ready when the first bell rings. Tinker
has his men in condition, and that is
the big thing at this stage of the pro-
ceedings.
There are men on that team who
just naturally hit the ball. But they
need little time to come around and
get their eyes properly peeled. Yes
terday they did it, Flack, Williams,
Zim and Safer each polling two
blows, both of Zim's being triples,
and one of Flack's counting the same
number of bases.
MulIigan failed to hit in the lead
off position, but Steve Yerkes got one
hit batting seventh. Mann went hit
less but stole two bases. MOrdecai
Brown allowed Shreveport one hit in
four innings, and Vaughn was pad
died once in five frames.
Now that the athletes feel fairly
certain of playing the same position
two days in a row, they will go bet
ter. Tinker has been experimenting
in an effort to find a workable COM
binatiOn, but now believes he has it,
with the possible exception that lei
der may get job of second basing.
Mulligan will probably do the lead
off work in the opening game.
Gradually the fellows are waking
up, they are beginning to play some
bright and intelligent baseball, and
the improvement should be steadily.
They will gradually reach the top of
their play without any sensational
spurts. 1t isn't a sensational team,
but it is a strong one, and one per-
fectly capable of coping with compe-
tition in the National League during
the coming season.
Gene Packard pitched good ball
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-04-06


three-cushion billiard champion by
defeating Pierre MaUpome, st. Louis,
at Pittsburgh, $50 to 143. In the final
block Ellis ran Sc points while Maui
pOne was getting 43.
August Kieckhefer defeated Bob
Cannefax, St. Louis, so to 48, in a
game of the Interstate Three-Cush-
ion Billiard League.
Joe Stecher is in town for his
wrestling match against Bill HokUff
at the Coliseum tomorrow night. HO-
kUff will outweigh the Nebraskan by
so pounds, but it is not believed this
handicap will materially bother the
COrnhusker.
Even money is the betting on the
fight in Kenosha tonight between Lee
Nelson and Jack Hemple, Jess Will
lard's spaTring partner. Neither man
is advanced as a championship posi-
bility, and nothing startling in the.
line of cIeVerness is looked for. But
those who visit the Wisconsin city
should be repaid by plenty of action
and the fair possibility of a knock .
out. Special train on the Northwest
ern will leave at 6:55,
Matt Wells is going to find his
hands full tonight in Kansas City
when he meets Charley White, in
a 15-round battle. This is the long
est bout the Chicagoan has had for
some time, and he is anxious for a
chance to show what he can do over
the distance. Charles contention
has been that in ten rounds he did not
get fully started. He also has a de-
cision in favor of Wells in a former
bout to wipe out.
Fielder Jones used 20 men to de-
feat the st. Louis Cards, 4 to 2. The
Browns scored all their runs in the
final inning. Groom and Davenport
outpitched Steele and Ames.
Miscellaneous Scores 4
Illinois 4, Alabama 2.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-26
Parents Blameworthy.

zone Of the principal reasons for
the increase in child delinquency
and Juvenile crime so common nova.
days is the doing away Of the good
old fashioned whipping in the home
and in the public schools. Self re-
suaint is one of the essentials OF Che
human race and an unwhipped kid
is generally community nuisance
and ON his way to trouble later in
life There may be an exception to
this rule among the Good Little
Girls, but there never was and never
will be among boys bennington
Banne,
The time-old proyerb. spare the
rod and spoil the child is permit
cious and false, in the light of mod
ern civilization. It is surprising to
see a newspaper in this enlightened
age not only defending but advocat-
ing corporal punishment. While It
is true that there seem TO be cases
now and then Of downright malici-
BUSINESS where only a nogging seems
10 be the treatment deserved and ef
fcacious, the fact remains that the
most successful educators and train
ers OF youth absolutely dispense with
bodily punishment.
Most OF the recalcitrant children
and hard pills are the legitimate
product Of their homes 1t is doubt
full whether one parent out Of fom
/, has any business to be q parent IN
large proportion OF the homes o.
every community there is little or II,
real comradeship between parent ant
child. host of parents feel a sens,
Of Joy when the school bell rings il
the morning and or regret when Ia,
children troop home at night. If the,
had their way there would be no va
cations
The fault in the majority of case
is with the parents, and not with tn
children y normal child, unde
| proper direction or with even reason
able care is tractaile enough. On
trouble is that many children ar
| reared without any parental sympa
thy advice or substantial evidence
of love. They seem to have arrived
unwanted, and to be considered
general nuisance.
If corporal punishment is TO he n
stored, let it be administered ON TIN
deficient parent rather than upon tn
children who have had little or u
chance 10 bringingup, no pleasau
home and family relatlonship-Ru
land News.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-26
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Tola
Briefly fer susY Readers

William Lealte of Park street has re-
turned from a visit with friends in
South SALISBURY.
William Cone returned from Glovers-
vile yesterday after disposing Of his
automobile to customer in that place.
Mrs. Charles Winslow and dausht-
er. Miss Marion Winslow, have return
ed after spending some time as guests
Of relatives in Michigan.
Mrs. Z. e. Hart of Main street is
spending a few days IN Brooklyn as
guest Of her daughter, Mrs Arthur
Kehoe who WAS formerly Miss Eliza
Hart.
Mrs. Ann Sreeter Of Gage street is
entertaining her son-inlaw and daught-
er, MIR. and Mrs. Arthur Rogers OF Lee,
Mass. Mrs. Rogers was formerly Miss
Agnes Streeter.
Born, Wednesday, a son to Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph McDermott
Harold Bottum and Samuel Platter
son went W lAAl luuu@ W tdh' III tht
Barnum & Bailey circus They made
the trip by motorcycle.
Perry Gardner and party consisting
Of w. c. Firth and George Benedict ar
rived back in the village from trip TO
Brattleboro at o'clock last evening,
reporting that the roads over the noun
tain. through Searsburg and Whining
ton are in good shape for autoists and
free from Inconvenience from mud,
The local delegates to the Republt-
can state convention at Montpelier to-
day, left town by train and auto yeH-
terday afternoon and last evening
The list includes Collins NJ. Graves a..
70. HOLSTER, r. r. Howe T. C. Bennett,
Peter Longtin, D. A. Guiitinan, e r.
Holden, j. Stakeholder, H. r. CUsh-
man. W. J. Meagher, A. j. Holden r.
l.. Bates, r. LaFranchise, r. Harry
Sharpe. ]. f. Gibson, l.. T. Abbott and
w. A. Wan. $. D. Hawks took up d
party of six in his big Cadillac.