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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-07
BRITISH ARTILLERYMAN, TRAPPED,
PHONES RANGE FROM MIDST OF FOE
Germans Retake House in Which He is Repairing Wires.
Officers Hold Jambaaya-Q quick Wit Saves His Life and
Brings Big Guns to Bear Enemy
Bv ELLEN ADAIR
written Specially for the Bvcnino Ledger.

Wed driven the Germans out of their
frst-line trench ,s and those trenches were
so thick with dead that was keen to get
a breath of air. SO I went Off ahead of the
others to reconnoitre In a ruined farm
house. I'd telephone with me. too, and
installed II in the broken chimney. I'm
crazy about telephones and was so en-
crossed with this one that didn't see the
willy Huns return, recapture their trenches
and surround the very house was in Cad,
twas nasty feeling Through the holes
In the wall could see their officers holding
a sort of jambalaya, and they'd point
towards my hiding place and wag their
heads as II they knew perfectly we'll was
there.
PHONES IN GREAT DANGER
"t>trled to climb UP the chimney. but my
Internal feet are so huge that twas no use.
WELL thought I may as we'll die doing
some useful work. so l picked up the phone
that I'd Installed and murmured gently
through it--oh. very gently. for the Ger
mans had strolled back from the trenches
to within a few PAGES of my hiding place!
" Hello Is that your / whispered to head
quarters. The Huns are here, thousands of
em II you'll wait half mo- till get
calculation, I'll give you the range and YOU
can open fire."
The artilleryman paused There was a
curious CLEAN in his eyes, the geam that
only comes to men who for long months
nave Wdlkeu Hhllu III udHu "llU uedlH L
got the range right and phoned it gently
through" he continued, "and how those
German officers did swear when the shells
came flying Can't understand how they're
so accuratev l heard some of them NUT
tering Cad If they'd understood they'd
have dashed into the ruin and cut me to
pieces
"T kept on whispering gentle nothings
into the phone for nearly an hour. Five
hundred yards to the right-200 yards
short--thats the range now-give 1t 'em
hard and the British shells kept flying
lik. blazes If those Germans had only
found the cause of their undolng sitting
peacefully on the chimney hearthstone
close beside the little phone upon his knee.
there would have been blue murder"'
THE British drove them back?" queried.
Rather" said the artileryman. I'D give
a lot for another happy job like that! Talk
about one crowded liour of glorious life
twas absolutely greatH'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-07
CUTS OFF PORCH BREEzES
Neighbors Protest Before Judge Patter-
son Against Inelosing of Porch
With Glass Sashes

Residents Of the 21o0 block South Broad
street say 1t Is bad enough for a house
holder to cut OF breszes by draping his
porch In heavy awnings. but when he in
closes 1t with glas sashes, thus cutting of
Chances OF air and light from neighbors
homes, then something should be done about
That Is what they say Frank X Mant-
sion, OF 2li0 South Broad street, has done.
Ana this isn't all They say he has the
nrm intention Of converting his home into
business establishment
As result Of these alleged cumulative
enkraEes tbs = protestants appeared before
saase Patterson. Ia Common Pleas Court
e. !. and made It very plain that there
= ss Epans 70 be : scrap unless the olIsnd-
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sHsaesar q 1he hansa retained
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-07

LOl DON. May IS.
My ever-cheery friend, the artillery
man. has Been home on seven days leave,
but bling over with the joy of life and with
the glad realization that for one whole
bllssful week-as far as he is concerned
the bombs will cease from troubling and
the field guns be at rest.
IT'S glorious being back In dear. foolish,
frivolous old London" said he stretching
his mud-encased limbs under the table of
one of those gilded restaurants beloved of
youthful officers on leave. Twas only last
night that the Boches were peppering us
with their howitzers, and two of my mem
poor devils were blown sky high under my
very nose. Cad! what night we hadl Half
the trench fell in on to-, of me. and I've
still got pain in my little inside from the
mud | swallowed, not - speak of the in.
fernal gas.whiff that came fore could
grab my confounded mask"
Across the leather Sam Brown" bando-
lier of the artilleryman I noticed a long
dark, sigzag stain. His eyes followed my
inquirng look, and sorry" he said lacon-
ically II know it's frightfully bad form to
come out to dine like this. but can't get
the Internal mark off, though I worked a
couple of hours on It this afternoon"
'Machine-gun oil?" inquired. NO" was
the laughing answer, nothing so serious
only blood"
WOUNDED ON DUTY.
I asked no further questions. But for the
first time 1 noticed a great Jagged scar ap-
pearing just above the artillerymans khaki
collar, and another all across the knuckles
of his right hand. He raised the offending
member and gazed at It ref1ectlvely.
That's what comes of crawling out close
to the German lines to mend the telephone
wires" he said; "the snipers nearly blew
my knuclsles off Cad but was lucky to
escape that time -
Then / remembered what the papers had
said about his bravery and how, with the
right hand almost shattered, he had calmly
put dressing on 1t and continued mend
ing the wires with the left hand. though
badly wounded in the side and under con-
stant Enemy fire.
"'Twas nothing at ALL" he said airily ;
the only thrilling time ever had, was
quite another episode. 'Twasn't so very
long ago. either. Did / tell you about IT.?
seem to forget things awfully quickly
these days-my stupid head you know
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-07
'CHHVA'S NEW RULER
WILL ASSUME OFFICE
TODAY; FEAR REVOLT
Accession of Ii Yuan Hung to
Presidency of Republic Preg-
nant With Many Serious
Developments
MoNARCHIsTs SUSPECTED

PEKIN. June Yuan Shi-kai. Presl-
\ dent of the Chinese Republic, died yester-
day. Premier Tuan Chi Jul Immediately
advised Ii Yuan Hung, the Vice President.
of his accession to the presidency.
Quiet prevails in the capital The death
of the President apparently solves the
heated political crisis. The Vice Presidents
succession to the presidency of the republic
appears to meet the demands of the leaders
of the southern provinces. Ii Yuan Hung
will take the oath of office today. The
I, American and British commandants have
advised their nationals living outside the
legation quarter that II was safe to remain
where they were for the present.
SITUATION is COMPLETE.
AT a meeting of the Cabinet after the
Presidents death a feeling of confidence
in the Governments ability to maintain
order was evident. The situation. how
ever, Is complex and developments may
be of any character.
While the death of the President robs
the southern provinces OF all grounds of
hostility to the north, II also leaves them
nothing with which to bargain. Conse-
quently II may prove that his death will
have an unfortunate effect upon the politi-
cal situation instead of solving II.
Negotiations were on the eve of success
ful completion on the basis OF the retire.
ment of Yuan Shi-kai in favor of the
vice president and the formation of a
expected to obtain a predominatng posi-
ton. They were to guarantee Yuan Shi-
kai's safety. Now the Southerners have
nothing to bargain with for power.
MAY HAVE MILITARY RULE
Premier Tuan chi,jui. supported By the
troops, may be able TO set up a quasi
military Government in which the South.
srners, IL represented at all, will be In the
minority
CHANG ssorIi,, fso,,a,.,o,. - n,,,.. ~,
lnce, ma. make an attempt to Felnstate
the Manchu dynasty. 1t is also believed
that Feng Kuo-cheng, Governor of Marking.
aspires to the presidency
Yuan Shi'kai died at 1 o'clock yesterday
morning In the palace. surrounded by his
wives and older children. Rumors that he
committed suicide are stoutly denied by
high ofticials. uFemla is given as the cause
or death He was reported TO have been
taken seriously III on May 2s.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-07
Record Graduation at Columbia

NEW YORK, June 7.-Commencement
exercises at Columbia University and Bar
nard College pll be held today when, II
was amblunced last night, the first named
institution will present more degrees this
year tha< any other university in the his
tory of the Tord. The total of diplomas
and degrees will be 2212. which is several
hundred more than last year.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-07

fensiva 81 trovano. ST calcola. davanti
500 o 100000 austriaci. Esse sono agli
ordini del generate Brusiloff che gia CO.
mandava un'armata durante la prma in
Nasione russa della Galizi.
Da altra fonte 81 apprende che una vio-
lenta ba,taglia infuria da due glorni sulla
fronte riIssa | russi di Brusiloff ritornano
ALA loro tattica della prima invasone
del'Austria, facendo attacchi in grandi
masse per sfondare lie linee nemiche
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-07
Connecticut Trolley Strike Ends

NORWICH, Conn, June THE trolley
men of the Shore Line Electric Railway.
who have been on strike since June /. re-
turned to work this morning. 1t is under
stood the settlement is compromise
New Britain herald., 1916-02-03
7wo W1dgets Opposed
 ln the War 0f Glants

Washington, D. C., Feb. 3.-"In the war of giants, two midgets counterbal- ance, San Marine in the entente camp and Llechtenstein in the camp of the Teutonic powers," begins a primer de- scriblng the smallest of Germanys all l1es issued today by the National Geographic society. 'I.iechtenstein is the suggestion of a valley and a clus- ter of mountain craigs, situated on the border between Switzerland and Tyrol, and it shares the distinction with San Marine and Monaco of being the small lest independent state in Europe. From almost every statistical view point, except that of square miles, it is considerably smaller than either of it's rivals.
 The obscure principality lies south Of Lake Constance, and includes more than sixty square miles of rocks, bleak mountain sides, avalanches evergreen forests, high pastureland, and brook-scarred valley bottoms. It Is about twelve miles long and it's width varies between one and six miles. It's highest summit reaches an elevation of S,445 feet, the Rothe
New Britain herald., 1916-02-03

Wand, and here the Vorarlberg joins the Liechtenstein frontier. Naduz is the capital of the state, residence of about 1000 inhabitants, where are the government offices and where the diet sits The town is two miles south of the Schaan railway station, beyond the notice, the worries, and the Vani- ties of the world.
 'Liechtenstein possesses a constitu- tion, given in 1862 and amended in 1878, 1895, and 1901. The national diet consists of fifteen members, three of whom are appointed by the Prince, while the remaining twelve are chosen by a male electorate. A representa- tive of the prince. resident at Vaduz, is the chief executive. Appeals can be made to the princes court at Vienna and to the supreme district court at Innsbruck It's population is about 5000, and such is their thrift in mat ters of public housekeeping, that there is no public debt. Before the abolish ment of compulsory military service in 1868, the army of Licchtenstoin was ninety-one strong, we'll oflicercd and well-trained mountaineers."
New Britain herald., 1916-02-03
NEW BRITATN'S FORTY.

When United States court relaxes rom US regular routine and conde-
 scends to go more than half way to S meet exlgencies it merely goes to show that courts, after all, are made up of human beings ready and anxious to
 assist their fellows. Tonight in Hart ford there will be held a special ses- 5 sion of the district court in order that class Of foreigners from the New Britain Grammar school may take out s 1Irst citizenship papers. There are forty members of this class, all enthusiastic
 men who, after the cares of the day,
 have diligently gone to school every
 Monday, Wednesday and Friday
 anlght, in order to grasp the real idea zof American citizenship. Headed by
 Htheir teacher, they will tonight realize
 Hthe first thrill of their ambitions.
 When men become serious on any Nquestion it is but right and just that Hthose who know should lend a help Aing hand. These forty candidates for 8admission into Uncle Sam's family are 2anxious to become good citizens
 Sotherwise they would have never taken
 sall the pains and trouble they went to
 Fin order to learn of the intricate work
 #lngs of the government. After get &ting grasp of the English language Hthese men took up the study of civil government. From reports of their
 &progress it is understood many of #hem would put to shame some of our
 Sown High school boys and girls. And
 #these night school students represent
 Afnany and divers nationalities. Surely 8here Is a lesson in the value of citizen aship that may be we'll thought over Nby those fortunate enough to have sbeen born in a land which is looked Hlpon by the peoples of the world as a
 @aaven of freedom. The United States Seourt in Hartford does we'll to elimi- &late the red tape in this one instance
 &and make it possible for such a loyal zband of men to attain their ideal. They SDill repay the trouble by becoming Digger and better citizens in after
 #years.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-03
At Milwaukee
( Ansonia Sentinel.)

It was more than half expected that
 the president would meet, if not
 Waterloo at Milwaukee, at least
 chill reception and scant audience
 that would emphasize the detestation
 in which he is said to be held-by the
 German-American. He was spoken of
 as going into the enemy's country and
 to many the phrase appeared to be
 we'll conceived Yet what, as a mat
 ter of fact, happened Monday to the
 chief executive of the. United States
 in what has been called the country of
 the enemy? He was met by cheering
 thousands and more thousands packed
 the hall, where he delivered his ad-
 dress, speaking straight from the shoulder upon the necessity of pre- paredness and of loyalty. Instead of hostility he met a triumph.
 There has been no more cordial and sincere welcome given President Will son in any part of the country than that given him Monday by the resi- dents of Milwaukee. Doubtless they wished to make it clear that the scorn
 he had for the disloyal hyphen, did not l by any means refer to them and that thelr hrst thought, as his first thought, | was TOT America. It is we'll to know 1 HOW the great mass of citizens of Ger l man plood in this country feel, when us honor ana It's safety are threatened mere mas never been unv honest chal- loHSe ol tnelr devotion to the republic 1 put thefe mas been criticism and jus l 'ileu cruclm because they have al- l loWeo hot-headed and disloyal per- sohos to mlsrepresent them and en | Vehoined newspapers printed in the | herman tongue to insult reason in l lhelr laudatlon of everything German ana thelr abuse of everything Ameri- | can. That these men, few in mum Der l perhaps but malignant in purpose l nave created a vast amount of mis- | understanding there can be no doubt 1 They should have been promptly and 1 effectively checked by the German
 Americans they were misrepresenting 1 But their reDudiation is to be found i in the reception given the president l Monday at the very moment when | the crisis with Germany deepcns and | darkens. When the moment comes i that choice must be made between | loyalty to the republic and loyalty to 1 the empire far away there will be I few who will hesitate to select the one | that has given them of it's abundance
 and it's libcrt.5 in their pursuit of hap- ! pircss. The end the president sought 1 when he started on his trip has been l attained. The west is rousing as one | man to the necessities of national de- fense, The cast has been aroused for i some time and the far west is keen | for the safety that lies in prepared 1 mes. Congress knows now that the
 voices of coWardice and weakness 1 that they have heard of late are not l representative of the American peo- l pie and it will act on that knowledge promptly.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-03
DYSPEPTICS ! END
 STOMACH MISERY,
 GAS, INDIGESTION ''Pape's Diapepsin" neutralizes acids in stomach and starts df-
 gestion. Stops any sourness, heartburn, or food rising in few mo-
 mcntS. %

The question as to how long you are going to continue a sufferer from in- digestion, dyspepsia or out-of- order stomach is merely a matter of how soon you begin taking some Diapepsin.
 If your stomach is lacking in di- gestive power, why not help the stom. ach to do it's work, not with drastic drugs, but a re-enforcement of diges- tive agents, such as are naturally at work in the stomach.
 People with weak stomachs should take a little Diapepsin occasionaIly and there will be no more indfges- ton, no feeling like a lump of lew In the stomach, no heartburn, sour risings, gas on stomach or belching of undigested food, headaches. dizzi- ness or sick stomach, and besides what you eat will not ferment and poison your breath with nauseous odors. All these symptoms resulting from sour, out-or-o order stomach and dyspepsia are generally relieved five minutes after taking a little Iga- .. pepsin.
 Go to your druggist and get 5O- cent case of Pape's Diapepsin now. and you will always go to the table with a hearty appetite, and what you eat will taste good, because yeur stomach and intestines will be clean and fresh, and you will know there nights and miserable days for you. They freshen you and make you feA like life Is worth living.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-03
WHAT MIGHT HAVE STARTED A
 WAR

If it were possible for one railrosc Brain to blow through a mass of 5.0S4 people walking along the track, and #ill them all at one fell stroke, q &reat cry and hubbub would go up Ever the land. But such thing is not ossible, because trespassers on rail- 8oad tracks do not go out like Sun- Bay school picnics, nor is there an Engine powerful enough to kill that #nany fools at once. Granted that Such a killing were probable, would @he country arise as one man in de- 8 unciation of the railroad for killing Nhe people? No! The agitation, and %perhaps investigation, would be direct &d against the authorities who put up & &rith the practice of walking on rail- #oad tracks. And the punishment # such were meted out, would neces- 2zzarily have to be directed against the #fficials of states, cities. towns and
 amlets.
 # Last year the steam railroads of the United States killed S,621 persons. of Il hom 5,oS4 were trespassers, persons # ho fiagrantly violated the law of the 4and. Had they remained where they Belonged, off the railroads right of Bay, each and all these persons Blight be numbered among the living &bday. But they left the quick for 8he dead For the most part they @ere members of that great galaxy Nf gymnasts who are ever willing to step or paltry second of time. And Hhe sad part of it all is, they always set nipped in the end.
 New Britain knows what it is tn see these appalling tragedies. There Ere many of our people who, for 8heir own convenience, are ever ready
 No override authority and trespaJs &he premises of the railroad. They RHre never haled into court or, if they Ere aYraigned they are let off with % ght punishment A few good ex- #1npleS EnlSHl Lellu to make men stop End think before sacrificing their a yes in ~this manner. The railroads Ere constantly hammering away at #1e same idea. but all to little or #o avail. There is much to be done #long this line and it is up to tho Public officials and the people to CO., &perate. If the same number of People that met death on the rail- Roads last year had been killed Tn
 Iexico the United States would have #een urged to go to war.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-03
Car Ventilation
(NeW Haven UniOn.)

The constant complaint about the ley cars only emphasizes the general instability of the cars to the func- ton Which they are called upon to perform. The new pay -as-you- enter cars may solve some of the difficult ties which passengers are called upon to encounter in riding to and fro. But they are absolutely not usable on the suburban lines where overcrowding and poor ventilation is most danger ous owing to the length of time that the majority of the passengers are subjected to these undesirable conditions.
 There seems to be an opportunity still awaiting some genius to devise @ public conveyance for the use of the trolley roads which will more nearly fill the need. No type of car to be sure, will satisfa ctoriy settle the problem of overcrowding. Only more frequent service or service better ad justed to the state of travel will do that. But if the car designers had set out to devise a more uncomfort- able, unhandy and disagreeable con- trivance than the type of trolley cars now in general use on the Connecticut lines, he would have difficult task, in our estimation.
 The open cars in use in the sum mer time are equally unfitted for tho rush hour service Passengers have to tumble over one another to get aboard and again to get out and a conductor has to be much more of an acrobat than in the closed car season to get his fares. It is not to be won dered at with conditions as they are, that travellers hail the jitney with delight in the season when they are feasible. If some auxiliary means of transportation were devised for the winter it would doubtless meet with general approval.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-03
CAN YOU DO THIS ?

CAN YOU CARRY GLASS FILLED TO THE BRIM WITH WA TER. WITHOUT SPELLING? IF YOUR NERVE SYSTEM LACKS CONTROL. TT MAY BE DUE TO TOO MUCH SMOKING, TOO MUCH EAT ING. OVERWORK, OVERWORISY, OVERINDULGENCE OF ANY SORT. THEN IS THE TIME YOU NEED CAREFUL AND SCIENTIFIC TREATMENT.
 When the nerves have reached the breaking point and you are facing complete nerve exhaustion, when you cannot eat with the old zest cannot sleep, are fidgety, unstrung and fret full about the smallest trif1eS it Is time to heed the danger signals before it is too late.
 At such times Margo Nerve Tablets, the wonderful combination of nerve Vf- talizing elements is recommended as specifically helpful. They contain ab- solutely no harmful habit forming drugs and are guaranteed to give quick, lasting and satisfactory relief or money back without question. The Clark ta Brainerd Go. and other re- liable druggists sell Margo Nerve Tab lets on this guaranteed plan. If you need Margo Nerve Tablets you shou'd not go another day without them. Get a packet today and see how han ly and pleasant they are to take, how quickly you feel their results and how they put new joy of living into your jaded system. Do it today.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-03
PRESENT DEMANDS.

Boston, Feb. 3.-The Brotherhood of Railroad Station Employes yester- day made demands on the Boston 6 Maine railroad for an eight flour working day and a ten per cent. ad- vance in wages. Brotherhood officials announced last night that similar de- mands would be made shortly on the Boston & Albany, Maine Central and New York, New Haven & Hartford railroads.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-03

If baseball magnates did not have ample worries at this time they might be concerned over the bill of Assem- blyman Herman Kramer, which rc7 quires club owners to submit wri-- ten report every week to the State Athletic Commission, and also inn poses a tax of five per cent. on the gross receipts. Two years of bitter and costly warfare with the Federal League hit the National and Amer ican oreaniza tions a hard blow. In their effort to recover the magnates will have little time to devote to the Albany attack.-Brooklyn Standard Union.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-03

Tho two problems--industrial and military preparedness-ar really n separable, but the President. is Dru- dent to approach the latter first, as in his speech before the Railway Business Mems Association in New York. Ordinary common sense will impel a nation to look to it's material prosperity, but tho perpetuation of the ideals of national independence and individual liberty and political freedom" is an obligation that comes before everything-Philadelphia Led ger.