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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-14

to venture into the open or leave the pits
for the temple proper until I should have
come up with him, "or you know that
l died before I could reach YOU"
Tho officer salutcd and left me. The men
filed rapidly past me and entered the diverg-
ing corridor which [ hoped would lead to
safety
The water rose breast high. Men
stumbled, floundered and went down. Many
/ graspod and set upon their feet again,
but alone the work was greater than 1
could cope with. Soldiers were being
swept beneath the boiling torrent never to
rise.
At length the dwar of the 10th utan
took a stand beside me. He was valor-
Gus soldier, Cur Tus by name, and together
we kr,,t tho now thoroughly frightened
troops in the sembance of order and
rescued many that would have drowned
otherwise.
Dior Kantos, son of EantOs Kan. and a
padwar of tho 5th utan. Joined us when
his utan reached the opening through which
the mon were fleeing. Thereafter not a
man was lost of all the hundreds that re-
mained to pass from the main corridor to
the branch.
As the last utan was nling past us the
waters had risen until they surged about
our necks, but we clasped hands and stood
our ground until the last man had passed
to the comparative safety of the new pas
steep ascent, so that within hundred
yards we had reached a point above the
waters.
For few minutes we continued rapidly
up the steep grade which / hoped would
bring us quickly to the upper pits that
led into the Temple of Issus. But was to
meet with n cruel disappointment
Suddenly l heard cry of fire far
ahead followed almost at once by. cries
of terror and the loud commands of dwars
and padwars. who were evidently attempt
ing to direct their men away from some
grave danger AT last the report came
back to u.s.
"They have fired the pits ahead"
1--WE are hemmed in by flames in front
and food behind"
Help, John Carter-we are suffocating ~
Back upon us at the rear swept a wave
of dense smoke that sent US stumbling
and blinded into n choking retreat
There was naught to do other than
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-14
OFFICIALS OF LIBRARY
DO NOT FAVOR CHANGE
OF FREE TO PUBLIC
Board Members Show Little En-
thusiasm for Proposal Made
by Municipal Research
Bureau
FEAR LEGAL TROUBLE

The proposal to change the word free"
to public" in the title of the Free Library
of Philadelphia, made yesterday in bull
letin issued by the Bureau of Municipal
Research, has not been received with any
great enthusiasm by the members Of the
Library Board of Trustees.
Not a single member of the board could
be found today who would view tho sug-
gestion as progressive STEP on the
contrary, almost any number of arguments,
they said could he found against such a
change. The most significant objection
was given by John Ashhurst. librarian Of
the Institution.
Prior to 1895, when the branches Of the
library were under the Board of Education,
the first word of tine title was public"
according to Mr.. Ashhurst The change
was made to free" when the first public
bequest to the institution was made in the
will Of George S. Pepper. The bequest read
ITO the Free Library of Philadelphia" and
il was to avoid legal complications. Mr..
Ashhurst believes, which might have re-
suited from applying the funds to a public
library" that the word free" was employed
The library is now incorporated and over
the entrance Of each of the IS branches
the words Free Library" are cut in stone.
To make any change now, Mr.. Ashhurst
said, would mean the formalty of chang
ing the incorporated title and the expense
of recutting the letters over the entrance
of each branch library
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-14
CHAPTER XXU

"Tohn Carter IohF, CartcrH' she sobhed.
with her dear head upon my shoulder.
EVEN now l can scarys believe the witness
Of my own eyes. When tAEG girl Thuvia
told me that you had returned to Barsoom
I listened, but | could nos understand for It
seemed that such happiness would be i'm.
possible for one who had suffered so in
silent loneliness tcr ali these long years! At
last, when | realized that It was TRUTH and
then ci,r1o TO <nJw tho awful place in which
l was heia rrEunes, I learned to doubt that
even you could reach me here.
"hs tfa 6Eys PASSED and moon after moon
went 10y without bringing even the faintcst
rumor OF you. l resigned myself to my fate.
And now that you have come, scarce can I
believe II.
"Tror an hour I have heard the sounds Of
conflict within the palace. knew not what
they meant. but have hoped against hope
tnat il might he the mon Of Helium headed
by my prince
And tell me, what of Carthoris. our
SOM"
"Ho was with me less than an hour since,
lSeJah Thoris." 7 replied. at must have
been he whose men you have heard battling
within the precincts of the temple.
where is Issus? / asked suddenly.
Dcjah Thoris shrugged her shoulders.
"She sent me under guard to this room
just before the fighting began within the
temple walls She said that she would send
for me later She seemed very angry and
somewhat fearful. Never have / seen her
act in so uncertain and almost terrified
a manner
Now 7 know that il must have been be-
cause she had learned that John Carter
Prince of Helium was approaching to de.
mand an accounting Of her for the mprson-
ment of his princess"
CONTINUED TOMORROW
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Our PostoRce Box

Elsie Neufield. North 2lst street. has a
dress 10 match her Rainbow button. What
do you think of that for club spirit?
William Quinn is saving stamps 70 rescue
Chinese babies. He would ike halhpoWs
10 please send him theirs, or course. this
means stamps that have been used and
have no further postal service value. VIII
ianl's address is 232S East Fifth street. Send
the stamps directly to him.
Fssie wyman South 9th street. sends
the following diary OF week OF her
vacation life;
Sunday - Always something different
never sure what viii happen.
Aonday-Do a little work in the morning :
get dressed go TO library; after that go
10 a girls house. In the ni6ht time l go
son,e place or somebody calls on me.
Tuesday - Same in the morning; get
dressed go to Rainbow Violet Hearts
meeting; same night time.
"Wednesday - Same in morning get
dressed go 10 girls house; she calls on
me in the night time
Thursday-Stay at home or somebody
Friday-same in morning; get dressed !
20 70 library; evening 90 to movies.
Saturday-Same IN morning or perhaps
little change get dressed go 10 girls
house or II not she calls on me; night 60
20 market or stay home with girl friends
Ruth Donahue, of South 3fth street
makes a sweet friendly offer to do any
thing in her power for the club. Perhaps
we shall soon take advantage Of her kind
ness.
we are in receipt Of a picture of S. Altz-
man. Just a light pencil sketch. If the artist
will kindly redraw the picture in BLACK
INK. il Is liable 10 be published. Henry
Remick Is going 10 have his photograph
taken for the Club News il he cannot md
one suitable for print around the house,
Good camera pictures are acceptable, Henry,
Possibly you can and one that viii serve
nicely.
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Branch Cluh News

Bertha Childs, of Danvile sends the fol-
lowing report: our branch holds It's meet
ing out of doors these days we take
walks, pick daisies and enjoy ourselves
at the playground. Later on our mothers
are going 10 serve refreshments at our
meetings l am glad that the mothers are
interested in our club. / am a LITTLE
ashamed OF this report"
Bertha. Bertha, why be ashamed? We
think It a very good report We wonder
if the kind mothers who are going 10 serve
refreshments would be interested to help
their little ones get up a Rainbow fafr9 >
The Rainbow Lassies," of Danville Pa
went on hike not long ago ana had no
end of fun. They took their lunch and
had a genuine all-day picniel
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-14
Concert AT Strawberry Mansion

Tho Eairmount Park rand. under the. leader
ship Of Richard Schmidt. viii play this afternoon
aud tonight at Strawberry Mansion The pro-
grams follow:
PART I--NFTERNOON, TO O'CLOCK.
l. Observation-Disclosures ................. .Hcrold
.. Motives from "Dlo NfeIstcrsinEcr" WaEncr
~, Nhlsg Adele ;'...'.,. 80. l'rigurt
=. Wnltz-"Hydropatp .............. Gungl
u. ~ Day IN Venice '.....,....,........N .Nevin
tH) Venetian l.nv" Song.
90 The GOndplinrs.
Z. - summers Day In Norway ..,, .Wilnors
x. ta) sans Parole. .......... ..... Tscha ikowsh
90 NHrrh--''I Chicago Post" .......... Brooks
PART IT-EvENING., 3 TO 10 O'CLOCK.
I. Overture ''Tannhausor" ....,...... Wagner
g. 'Sercua,in' for french horn and flute . Titl
Ntossrs. pietro Antonelli and Joseph BriElia.
{. Suite from Foreign Lands" .Moslkowsty
O) Italy.
thl Poland.
tc) Hungary.
T. Sounds from Clock store. .......... Orth
q. Ballet Scenes from LA Gioconda" b. POnChelli
:. 'Tnk,:. Chorus" and 20 Promise Me-
De Koven
CFrom robin Hood.")
g. Melodies from "AlOnc at Last ,... Lehar
"Star-Spanglcd Banner"
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waist The men directly before me were
quickly becoming panic-stricken.
Something must be done at once or they
would rush forward upon their fellows in
a mad stampede that would result in
trampling down hundreds beneath the flood
and eventually clogging the passage beyond
any hope of retreat for those in advance.
Raising my voice to its utmost ! shouted
my commands 20 the dwars ahead of me.
cali back the last 25 utans," / shouted.
Here seems a way of escape. Turn back
and follow me"
My orders were obeyed by some 80 utans,
so that some 5000 men came about and
fastened into the teeth Of the flood to reach
the corridor up which I directed them.
AS the first dwar passed in with his
utan I cautioned him TO listen closely for
my commands, and under no circumstances
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-14

De witt G. Jennings whom Philadelphia
just missed seeing i'm his expert perform
aucc Of the inspectors role in Under
Cover" last year, has Joined the William Fox
film forces, and started to work on new
picture Bcrtram Brackcn is directing the
film which deals with sporting life. In this
picture Mr. jennings takes the part Of
racetraci king He uses his checked suit
and cigar stump quite as effectively as he
did the Government blue fast year.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-14

Butler, author Of pigs Is Pigs; Love
Ne Love My Dog" by e. Doty Hobart.
and Papa 10y Proxy" BILLY Quirk. the
woll-lnown actor and director is produce
ing tho Figman comedies.
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ment Section of Saturdays E,yESlNG
LEDGER. They will thus be before the 'vot-
ing public when the polls are opened Mon
day. So far there is hardly a type of civic
organization not represented. But there is
always room FOR one more.
In "rnc Descrtcr." Triangle photo
play starring Charles Ray, now at the
Arcadia there are some scenes showing
more than five hundred Indians and United
states troops scattered over nearly two
square miles of country. They prove
source Of wonder to many persons, who
want to know how the director managed
to- handle the crowd nc such a long dis
taucc.
The solution is comparatively simple.
In the first place. the director became
for the occasion sort Of general. with
his campaign all carefully mapped out
in advance lie occupied a coign Of want
age on tall prumontOry, while ut various
strategic points over the field were his
several assistants.
The difficulty. however, was TO achieve
the Conccrttve movement which means so
much in the success OF physically big scenes.
This was accomplished by the use of the
field telephone. Each assistant director was
in communication with the chief through
small pony" instrument, with trailing wires
over the field and central switchboard
operated by the directors secretary. While
the director swept the scene with field
glasses for the details of the various tiny
groups soon to become merged in dcspcr-
ate conflict. his orders We're sent over the
wires to the adJutants. who repeated the
orders through megaphoncs to their various
divisions
There was n supplemental telephone
arrangement, similar to that used In most
railroad terminal stations, series Of mega
phones. electrically operated to carry the
voice of the director simultaneously to the
different parts Of the field Had II not been
for that secondary device it Nigh. have been
necessary to have taken one of the biggest
of the scenes over again. because the hOofs
of n bronco ridden by "a cavalryman acci-
dentally broke the trunk wires of the telc-
phone system while the action was at its
height.
Saving ice into cubes for the water
carafe isn't so mt III of a mystery after ALL
It's convincing! explained in Ice" a
feature of the ramount Photographs
The first three one-recl comedies in which
Max Figman and Lolita Robertson are
starred are now ready for general release
on the Metro program. They We're pro-
duced by the Rolma Film Corporation and
will be released exclusively by the Metro
Pictures Corp, ration. These are the first
one-reel comedies which MIR. FiEman has
ever made. The titles of the first releases
are Ducks Is Ducks" by Ellis Parker
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EUening Ledger Photoptdg
Cast Contest Entry Blank


Please enter in the EvenlnE Ledger Photo
Dlay Cast Contest;
Name miss or MrsJ.
Homo address ...............s....".
Name CirJ ....,..................
Home address ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Signed by .....,.................
Nominating organization.
Nominating organizations may concentrate
their votes on one candidate or may nominate
and work for two; l. e., one lady, one gem
tlemnn.
This nomination blank. when properly
filled out and forwarded, will entitle the
nominee to 1000 votes.
Candidates nrp requested to give their
home address IN each and every Instance 50
that the Editor will he able 10 communicate
will he strictly confidential.
Only one Nomination. Blank will be credited
each contestant.
Mail TO Evening Iedccr photopIay Cast Com
test +. o. Box o6l Philadelphia.
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LET ME SEE


There will be paint on their faces,
/ guess; there'll be exciting riding
about in automobiles, knowi
thereIl be humping elbows with real
"movie men," and last but not least,
oh, MOST WONDERFUL THING
-there'll be YOU right in the mid
die of all the rumpus!
THAT is,
If you get ENOUGH VOTES to
MAKE YOU A WINNER in the
EVENING LEDGER PHOTO
PLAY CAST CONTEST,
THE VOTING CONTEST OPENS
MONDAY
FILL OUT the ENTRY BLANK
below and MAIL NOW to FARMER
SMITH, EVENING LEDGER.
For further particulars see the
PkOtOpldy Page.
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Saving ice into cubes for the water
carafe isn't so m III Of a mystery after all.
It's convincing! explained in Ice a
feature of the = ramuunt Photographs
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sIUNE HAHbUh' n ,,
STONE HARBOR

Both railroads Farm products and sea
Yacht club. boardwalk bathing. hne fishing.
Grabbing and boating. Reasonable rentals:
moderate hotel rates. Beautiful booklet
LEO McCRANEN, Borough Clerk.
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The modern hotel Open an year. Capacity
400 sea water In all baths, New Wistaria
Garden and grill. Music, dancing. tennis. trap
shooting. etc. Garase. Booklet and auto maps
maiIed. w. MERCER BAIRD.
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AVALON. n. j.
AVALON BY THE SEA

The healthiest resort along the coast. Sea-
shore ana country combined. Fresh farm and
sea food daily. Hotel Avalon now open In
formation and booklet upon request.
Charles r. Hall. 14lB Real Estate Trust Bldg
The Ozark spectator., 1916-07-28

a week"
 You're young to be an innkeeper." l said.
 me the business. I live there with my grandmother. It's slow job for a young man. and 1t wasn't my choice of profession"
 Which was?'
 He actuaully blushed. "I want to write books" he said.
 And what better chance could you ask {" cried Man. I've often thought that an innkeeper would make the best story teller in the world"
 Not now" he said eagerly. May be in the old days when you had pill grims and ballad makers and high waymen and mail coaches on the road, but not now. Nothing comes here but motorcars full of fat women. who stop for lunch. and fisherman or two in the spring and the shooting tenants in August. There is not much material to be got out of that. 1 want to see life. to travel the world and write things like Kipling and Conrad. But the most I've done yet is to get some verses printed in Chambers Journal
 looked at the inn. standing golden in the sunset against wine red hills.
 I've knocked bit about the world. and wouldn't despise such hermit age. D'you think that adventure is found only in the tropics or among gentry in red shirts? Maybe you're rubbing shoulders with it at this mo- ment."
 That's what Kipling says" he said. his eyes Tightening, and he quoted some verse about romance bringing up the nine-ffteen.
 Heres a true tale for you then" I cried and month hence you can make n novel out of it.
 Sitting on the bridge in the soft May gloaming l pitched him a lovely yarn It was true in essentials. too though l altered the minor details. l made out that was mining magnate from Kimberley who had had lot of trOu- ble with I. D. B. and had shown up a gang.
 l' This refers to the illicit diamond buy CTS of South Africa. AS explained by Dr George Frederick K unz In an address be- fore the National Geographic society Q9OS The diamond mining companies of South Africa have unusual power under the laws of the colony so that no one is permitted to buy or sell diamonds unless authorized rough diamond buyers. Any one in whose possession uncut stones are found l. brought to immediate punishment, and tn penalty Is unusually severe for innocent C guilty buyers or guilty dealers The d.. tective system is remarkable. People all walks of life belong to this speca force. Had 1t not been for the importance of the diamond mines under Cecil Rhodes and his stringent laws. it would have been impossible to mine diamonds with profit. !
 They had pursued me across the ocean and had killed my best friend and were now on my track.
 1 told the story well. though l say it who shouldn't.
 I pictured flight across the Kala- hari to German Africa. the crac king,
The Ozark spectator., 1916-07-28
SYNOPSIS

Richard Hannay, after making his pile tn Rhodesis, returns to Loodon. He meets Franklin P. Scudder. who tells hLn of plot to murder Karolides, the Greek pre- nIer. Sc1dder. followed by spisa. buys corpse and makes appear that he has committed suicide.
 By this ruse Scu6der throws the spies ofr the track for 8 few days. He Is then murdered. The body ts found by Hannay, who soon realizes that he will be hunted for two reasonably the spies because he has Scudder's secret, and by the police rur the murder of Scudder.
 Borrowing the uniform of the milkman. who called early in the morning. Hannay gets away from the fiat and catches train for Scotland As he gers on at country station thr0e men alight.
 siding, & waiting room an office, the station masters cottage and tiny yard of gooseberries and sweet william.
 There seemed no road to it from any where. and to increase the desolat1On the waves of a loch Tapped on their gray granite beach half mile away waited in the deep heather tif l saw the smoke of an east going train on the horizon Then l approached the tiny booking oft,ce and took ticket for Dumfries.
 The only occupants of the carriage were an old shepherd and his dog, q wall eyed brute that m1strusted. The man was asleep. and on the cushions beside him was that mornings Scots man. Eagerly I seized on 1t. for l fancied 1t would tell me something.
 There were two columns about the Portland place murder, as 1t was call ed My man Paddock had given the alarm and had the milkman arrested. Poor devil! It looked as if the latter had earned his sovereign hardly. But for me he had been cheap at the price, for he seemed to have occupied the police the better part of the day.
 In the stop press news I found fur ther installment of the story
 The milkman had been released, l read. and the true criminal. about whose identity the police were reu- cent. was believed to have got away from London by one Of the northern tines. There was a short note about nc as the owner of the flat.
 guessed the police had stuck that in as clumsy contrivance to persuade me that I was unsuspected.
 There was nothing else in the paper nothing about foreign politics or Ka- roiides or the things that had inter ested Scudder I laid 1t down and found that we were approaching the station at which I had got out yester. day. The potato digging station mas ter had been gingered up into some activity, for the west going train was waiting to let us pass, and from 1t had descended three men. who were asking him questions.
The Ozark spectator., 1916-07-28

parchIng days. the wonderful blue vel vet nights. described an attack on my life on the voyage home, and made a really horrid affair of the Port land place murder.
 You're looking for adventurev cried. Well. you've found 1t here, The devils are after me. and the DO. lice are after them. It's a race that mean to win "
 Heavens" he whispered. drawing his breath in sharply. Tt is all pure Rider Haggard and Conan Doyle!'
 You believe me-" I said gratefully.
 'Of course l do." And he held out bis hand "I believe everything out of the common. The only thing to dis trust is the normak"
 He was very young. but he was the man for my money.
 'I think they're of my track for the moment, but l must lie close for a couple of days. Can you take me in"
 He caught my elbow in his eager ness and drew me toward the house, You can lie as snug here as if you were in mouse hole. I'll see that no body blabs either. And you'll give me some more material about your adven, tures?
 As l entered the inn porch I heard from far of the beat of an engine. There silhOuetted against the dusky west was my friend, the monoplane
 He gave me a room at the back of the house with a fine outlook over the plateau, and he made me free of his own room. which was stacked with cheap editiors of his favorite authors I never sa, the grandmother. @ guessed she was bedridden
 An old woman called Margit brought
The Ozark spectator., 1916-07-28

That was coming as sure as Christmas. hsd been arranged, said Scudder. ever since February. 1912. Karolides was going to be the occasion.
 He was booked all right and was go, ing to hand in his checks on June l5. two weeks and four days from that May morning. gathered from Scud der's notes that nothing on earth could prevent that His talk of Epirota guards that would skin their ow' grandmotherS was all nonsense
 The secord thing was that this war was going to come as mighty sur, prise to Britain. Karolide's dea tb would set the Balkans by the ears, and then Vienna would chip in with an ultimatum. Russia wouldn't like tha. and there would be high words.
 But Berlir would play the peace maker and pour oil on the waters till suddenly she would find a good cause for q quarrel Our coast would F silently rinsed with mines, and sub marines would be waiting for everv battleship.
 But all this depended upon the third thing, which was due to happen on June Ia. would never have graspe' this if hadn't once happened to mee French stan officer. coming bac from West Africa. who had told VI. a lot of things.
 One was that in spite of all the nor sense talked in parliament there was real working alliance between France and Britain and that the two general staffs met every now and then ane made plans for joint action in time of war. Well, in June M. Rover, tb French minister of marine, was cen ing ever from Paris. and V was g~