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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-26

PARIS, Dec. 96.
'In my opinion, II France and ourselves
entered into peace negotiations under ex-
listing conditions, we should be nations In
bondage" declared Arthur Henderson, Of
the British War Council. in an address
at the National Congress OF the French So
clalist party
Both Mr.. Henderson and q. RI. Roberts,
a member OF the British House of Com
mons united In saying that the war must
go on until full guarantees have been OBJ
tained for Il lasting peace.
Applause greeted the words of both
speakers,
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.

Hasty examination Of Germanys reply to
President Wilson's peace suggestions led
ono Of the foremost Administration officials
today to believe the Entente Allies will not
be satisfied to meet the Teuton proposal
This official declared that he is strongly
OF theo pInion that the proposal would be
unsatisfactory to the Entente Allies inso-
far ms hope OF arranging peace conference
at this time Is concerned
He expressed the view that the Allies
would not consent to a peace meeting based
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LONDON. Dec. 20.


British hostility toward President Wilson
appeared TO have been considerably mollihed
today. The change was attributable 10 the
latest interpretations of motives which inn
pelled dispatch of the American peace note.
London now regards II as having been sent
with the main purpose OF forcing Germany
to state her peace terms and to carry the
Implication that unless these terms are
satisfactory" America may enter the war
on the side OF the Allies.
There was. however, considerable CON
tinued criticism of what was termed the
Presidents "obscurity and infelicity' OF
language and his apparent reversal of prin-
cipies since May "a. when he stated that
America was not concerned with the causes
and objects OF the war,
The declaration "A the Swiss statement
that the Swiss Government was lin touch"
with President Wilson fve weeks ago was
regarded as conclusively disproving the
almost universal BELIEF that the American
prefer was mere appendix 20 the German
peace note.
In view Of the unanlmity OF opinion among
the Allies rapid progress is being made to-
ward framing reply 10 the note Of Presi-
dent Wilson, It was stated In Government
circles today
The Allies reply may be on it's way to
washington by the end of the present week.
Russia has reafhrmed her determination
10 fght until Germany Is vanquished and
the Allies can dictate their own peace terms
A statement 10 this effect. which was is
sued with the approval OF the Russian For
elgn Office, has been issued in Petrpgrad.
Adyicss from the Russian capital say that
It Is generally regarded there as indicating
what the contents Of the Allies reply TO
President Wilson's note will be.
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''Loganites' New Civic journal

An ohicial organ, edited BY William H.
Morris and walter a. Hemmins. has been
issued By the Logan Improvement League
The nfst number Of the organ. called Lo-
Eanltes. contains the congratulations Of
Goyernor Brumbaugh, Mayor smith and
other city and state oaeials 81 fhs sue
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the American envoy would tell the Kaiser
Of the deep desire Of the United States for
peace, and that the American and Swiss
notes would be discussed
The American Association OF Commerce
and Trade In Berlin will give dinner for
Mr. Gerard on January Q.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-26

BOYS no DELIVER; CHANCE FOR AD-
NAkCEMENIt GOOD PAY APPLY AT
ONCE READY FOR WORK 1917 M qf6sr
sT. No. 10 CAR 10 NORRIS ST
LABORATORY AssIsrANTs-Hish school Grad
posltlon with adYancement dependns on the
siaifsrd dRgs 81 aassss.asR, s.asR = y '.'''i 70 H. K.
M ngSSIsD ns.5dSss siss & ISsss sgsis ana e'ss'
BUTLER AND H0usEAfAN foF small fatally n
country reference raIuiHed. Enolo Ter De-
tails VI 4rpQiltlaepi osontt 1850
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paFsleriara A i4z Leazef csaEzal
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HOSTILITY TO WILSON
NOTE ABATES, COMMENT SHOWS

dispatch of note to belligerents back up
President Wilson's peace plea, 1t was re-
ported here today. No official confirmation
was to be obtained The report. however,
went far as TO suggest that the A. h. c.
tArgentine, Brazil and Child Governments
were mainly concerned In the move.
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HELP wANrEp-FE,lALE

GtRLS WANTED. over td-Increased facilities
have made OPENINGS In our plant Tor rednsd'
iats,Liissnt ElFls Tor la5elinE and sesling and
clean, healthy surroundinBa 81 hours Wsssi
salary SO % beginners, with rapid advanee,
81. station ON trains Apply IN person or ~
sTENoGRAPHER, experienced and thoroushly
eqmpetent. wanted for permanent posiiion.
alsQ Openlns for one has experienced hui
experience and salary. = e2s. Lsdssi ONCE
HousEwoRK = Gil for genersi hogsswork
small family no washing vases SO: raf-
sr Ssoa. GttmSatoas w hSFi4 1854 asr@ansoSa
cANVAssERs, EXPERIENCED ONLY; PER-
AtAEENT PLACE. APPLY ~ A. Al no
sf N So AH5 ls EKo roo kokkis iastl n aisF
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LAFIN-AMERICAN STATES
DISCUSS PEACE MOVE

BUENOs AIRES. Dec. 80
certain south American chanceiisriss ars
ssntatlsely communicating rssardiuE ihs
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Newspaper comments today indicate that
the reply Of the Allies 20 President Wilson's
note will be marked by the following charac-
teristos;
First Il viii be courteous but hrm
In tone.
Second. Il will relterate the prine-
pies contained in the speech of Premier
Lloyd George IN the British Parliament
one week ago today
Third. Il win reafiirm the solidarity
OF the Entente.
Japan Is IN fun accord with her allies In
the determination 10 continue the war until
Germany asks for peace terms not as q
victor but As the TanquiEhed.
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SITUATIONS wANrEp-MALE

YOUNG MAN, "a high school education
ana business experience. open for en-
easement January as retail clerk.
cigar or powder supply and feed store
800. Ledger Central.
CIVIL ENGINEER. aBe 25 married. A
years exp, Il, h. engineering and Valua
ton open for engaEement Jan. 10: hus-
ness qualifications warrant change Yo-
eaNonally where initiative, Responsible
IS and personality are required: proa-
pectlve held only; location PhlladeiphIa
q d1l, Ledger Central
srENodRAPHER, with law experience pre-.
LeIred, not under 2ii permanent position 10
psrlsnee, + $50, Ledser Office
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TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION
DEATHS

ALBRIGHT suddenly, ON Dec. 20. at 4ii4
f0weltpn ave, VERDlI.lA G.. wife OF John M
Catharihe Custer Notice OF funeral later.
CUSTER CROSS 20, Sergeant JOHN
CROSS. retired u s, A., In private life known
ss Rowland 4, Custer, aged 90 Relatives and
friends, also strawbrdEe a Clothier BsneHciai
Asso.. invited 20 funeral services Thurs. iii a
m, BIB 3, Alden st. t07th and Baltimore avej
ny; pTly9ts' ' Auto funeral Remains can be
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-26

SHOT IN THE HEAD by Policeman
William Bunting stopped Fred Webb. a
negro OF Rodman street near Twelfth, who
attempted TO escape after snatchIng u wom-
ans purse at Eighteenth and SAMSON
streets The prisoner was taken to the
Jefferson Hospital. The police are search
ing for the woman whose purse was
snatched.
The Western outlook., 1916-02-05

pertness, and she tried to make up to
her in various ways, which amused
Bessie.
Pert little thing that she was, Bes-
sic was quite frank about her history,
shamelessly so. She came from the
orphanage out on Grant street. Wake
field who had somehow been in touch
with her parents before their death,
had interested himself in her and CIV
en- her the position. Miss Roberts
alteration of her was quite the most
amusing thing in Bessie's experience.
Say, Miss Roberts, I'm going to get
4 beau for you tomorrow" Bessie
would say. And when you're mar
ried, maybe you'll let me come and
live with you, instead of at the Girls
home. Well all be happy together
MIR. Roberts and you, and me-"
She told us all how Miss Roberts
had taken her out to lunch and piled
her with affectionate inquiries. Did
she wear warm underwear? Here
Bessie's imitation of Miss Roberts
was inimitable. Bessie was going to
be an actress some day, everyone
knew. She had told Miss Roberts so,
and Miss Roberts, always serious, had
pointed out the dangers of a stage
career There was not much evil that
Bessie did not know by hearsay, and If
anyone was capable of protecting her
self, Bessie was.
Once, after Bessie had been taunt-
ing her, l saw tears on Eileen Rob-
erts' face. That hurt me, for / had
taken my part in the teasing l want
ed to warn Bessie; but then l did not
think she had heart.
All things come to an end, and the
end was in the letter that was sent
to Mr.. Wakefield on Christmas eve.
Some of the boys had talked over it
for joke, but nobody had meant it
seriously. 1t was only when Bessie
said she would write it, and Joe Dona-
hue dared her to, and Bessie said
she would, because she was tired of
the old job anyway, that the proposal
was regarded seriously. OF course it
would be a first-rate joke on Eileen
Roberts; but then / thought of the
hungry mother-look on Miss Rob-
erts' face when she saw Bessie, and
The Western outlook., 1916-02-05
Old Public [ otteries

Harvard was aided by lottery in
1889 by special act. The scheme was
to buy Joseph Pope's orrery for the
college. Three thousand tickets at
$40 each were sold. The plan was
successful, and after all expenses had
been paid Harvard had the orrery and
$400 in the school treasury. Among
the public buildings erected in Amer
ica by the aid of lotteries Faneuil hall,
in Boston, has the most historical in
terest The hall burned in 1851 and
then the selectmen Of Boston were
instructed at town meeting to petit
tion the general court to empower a
suitable person to raise by way of
lottery such sum of money as would
be sufficient for the rebuilding of the
hall. The legislature granted the
petition, and the profits of the lot
torics, which extended to 1854, were
applied to the erection of the second
Faneuil hall, which held the town
meetings of the Revolution and still
stands. In 1888 an act was passed
which put an end to the sale of lottery
tickets in Massachusetts.
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(7RAAIkg (7RAkgl1AAAA "

seeming a sentinel standing constant
guard over the waters that swirl
around it's base. ''The Bishop" next
comes into view, a detached rock at
the base of cliff, in which some have
fancied resemblance to the high
church dignitary in his robes of Of
fee.
Just beyond the Bishop rises Ash
burton head, the scene of two ira
gedies of the sea.
Beyond Ashburton head is a remark
able stratified rock formation, called
in the earlier days the House cliffs,
from the resemblance to masonry, but
now more generally known as the
Seven Days Work. The strata stands
out with wonderful distinctness, the
cliff running perpendicularly 200 feet
into the air and stretching along the
coast for a mile and half or more,
while the presence of iron and copper
ores gives an unusual play Of color
along its whole surface.
Swallowtail, with it's lighthouse, next
comes into view, the long promontory
of rock taking its name from its shape
as seen from the higher land where
the rock juts out from the main is
land.
In very few minutes the steamer
is at her dock at North Head. Here
is a very sizable settlement, with
churches, schools, stores, post office,
library and a branch of the Bank of
Nova Scotia. While catering to sum-
mer visitors is not a business of SUI
preme Importance to the residents of
the village as a whole, the owners of
some half-dozen or more places have
seen the possibilities of profit, and in
addition to the old hotel, recently
opened, the visitor may find himself
The Western outlook., 1916-02-05
That Settled IL.

Mrs. Charles H. Anthony of Mum
Gle, whose beautiful wardrobe, de-
signed by herself, impressed Paris
before the outbreak of the war, said
to a New York reporter the other
day:
Now is the time to introduce mod
est, homemade fashions for the fall
and winter. The European fashion
market is idle now Let the Ameri-
can designer, then, get to work.
American women will welcome
modest fashions, for few of them are
as perverse as the American woman
l heard about in Paris.
"A friend said at ball to this
woman's husband:
"'How the men are flocking round
your wife! / thought you said you'd
never let her wear one of those shock
ing evening gowns without shoulder
straps?
I know the other man answered,
but she happened to hear me say it.
Buffalo Express.
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we'll cared for in the smaller cottages
and remodeled homes of fishermen.
Fishing is the one industry at North
Head, as it is at all the other villages
of the island Here the hake, haddOck,
cod and pollock form the greater part
of the catches, while farther down the
island the catching and smoking OF
herring are the leading industries. The
larger fish are caught, for the most
part, by trawling, while the herring
are seined from the weirs.
In the winter lobstering takes its
place as the most important industry.
Records OF Many Disasters.
Gannet rock, with its powerful light
house, lifts its head to the southwark,
and the chronicles Of the rock with
its neighboring ledges are records Of
disaster, from the wreck of the first
brig that went to pieces in 1859 to the
total loss of powerful steamships, like
the Earl of Warwick in recent years.
The light was first kindled on Christ
mas eve, 1881.
1t is at Southern Head that the eli
max Of the grandeur of Grand Manan's s
cliffs is to be found. Headland after
headland, cliff after cliff, juts out, their
heads towering 400 feet into the air,
for the greater part of their extent
absolutely insurmountable except by
the aid of cable fastened on one Of
the cliffs years ago, by whose aid the
more daring are able to make the as
cent.
The red basaltic cliffs glowing in the
sunshine, with a patch of green here
and there, where some bit of earth has
given root to grass or shrub, makes a
sight of combined beauty and majesty
hardly equaled on the whole Atlantic
coast.
At the southern extremity of the
island is a peculiar formation, marked
| on the marine charts as Pinnacle rock,
| but known to the fishermen as the Old
Maid and to the visitors as the South
ern Cross. Rising rs feet above the
water, when viewed from certain
points, it shows a symmetrical cross,
so perfect that it is difficult to believe
that it has not been formed by artifi-
| cial means.
| AS one sails past the rocks and
looks back on it he understands the
source of the fishermen's name, for it
takes the outline of a hunchbacked
| woman.
Grand Manan is not a summer re-
sort in the sense of being crowded
with seekers after the pleasures OF so
ciety. Dances, teas, musicals, form no
part OF the life of the summer visitor
to this island of the sea. A hundred
or two genuine lovers of the sublime
in nature come year after year and
| grow more devoted with each sojourn.
The Western outlook., 1916-02-05
The Danger
Point
~
By GEORGE MUNSON

Copyright, 1915. by W. @. Chapman.)
When Eileen Roberts reached the
age of thirty-five she resigned herself
gracefully to the prospects of spinster.
hood. She ceased to struggle against
a tenLency to adiposity, and settled
down to the expectations Of perma.
nent position in the firm of Wakefield
and Gray, exporters.
In an Office filed with smart youths
and giggling girls, Miss Roberts ought
to have held higher position than
that of clerk. But she had never
had tho money to study stenography
when she was girl, and afterward
she had her sick mother to care for
a task which absorbed the whole OF
her ten dollars a week. Simple-mind'
ed, she was the butt of the younger
and more thoughtless element.
When young clerk passes WON
an with the fiippant remark, Say,
Eileen, I'll get you beau before long
trust me-" he needs a man Of ma,
ture age to take him across his knee
and thrash the viciousness out Of
him. At least, that's my opinion
Poor Eileen Roberts looked woefully
out of place, and neither Wakefield
nor Gray had ever considered her
seriously for anything better.
With her placid, good-natured face,
her tireless industry, her patience, 1t
seemed incredible that anyone could
make sport of her. She was just the
woman, too, whom some rogue might
have taken advantage Of Perhaps ii
was better that she had not married,
to slave for the sort Of man who
would have deluded her into wifehood.
At least, many thought so. But most
Of us thought nothing at all. And 1t
was always good fun to "get rise
out of Eileen"
New girls were always coming and
girls less new going. There was lit
tie Bessie Waters; she hadn't been
in the Office week before she began
to tease Miss Roberts. 1t was a
Etrauge thi~g, too, but the elder wom-
an seemed to take an amazing liking
to her. She never noticed Bessie's
The Western outlook., 1916-02-05
Carrier Pigeons in Ancient Times.

Pigeons, as commonplace as they ap-
pear, are characters of antiquity.
Dove is the Anglo-Saxon name; pig
con. the Norman name.
During the fifth Egyptian dynasty,
5000 years before Christ, it was the
fashion to domesticate pigeons and to
train them as carriers and messengers.
The promptness with which Caesar
was informed of the rebellion in Gaul,
and thereby enabled to cross the Alps
before those uprising could possess the
entire province, was due to the use Of
carrier pigeons In the Crusades, these
birds were skillful and faithful mes
sengers
The price of a handsome pair of
pigeons in ancient Rome was not a
trifle, for Axius, Roman knight. once
sold pair of pigeons for 40 denarii-
about SIS. At that time. too, they wero
by far the swiftest conveyers of news.
and were much in demand at the ceie
bration of the OlYInpic games
The Western outlook., 1916-02-05
The Zuyder Zee.

The Zuyder Zee, or Southern sea,
was formerly a lake surrounded by
fens and marshes, its present extent
being chiefly the result of floods which
occurred in the thirteenth cent ,ry. Its
area is about two thousand square
miles and the average depth from ten
to nineteen feet. 1t has always been
the work of the HoIlanders to recover
as much as possible of the land lost to
them in this manner in past ages, and
in the literal sense they can be said
to have made half their country, hav
ing reclaimed over one million acres
from sea, lake and river since the siz
teenth century
The Western outlook., 1916-02-05
SOUTHERN HEAD

ties have been known to dig and delve
on Long island Zone of the small is
lands of the group, and at Money
Cove, for the alleged buried treasure
of these buccaneers.
Tremendous Wall of Rock.
One traveller has recently said that
although the cliffs of Newfoundland
and the Labrador are higher, they fall
short In impressiveness of certain
parts of Grand Manan.
Twenty miles from north to south,
varying from four to eight miles from
east to west, it's whole western coast
presents a seemingly unbroken wall of
rock, varied in spots by touches of
green, where the hardy fir and spruce
have gained a precarious foothold, yet
with the summit rich with evergreen
growth, a rare scene of mingled grim
ness and beauty.
But as one approaches the northern
extremity from the west, headland
after headland looms in turn from
what before appeared inpenetrable
cliff, like a succession Of crouching
monsters held in leash.
A portion Of the eastern side is also
rocky, ragged and rugged, but the
greater part OF the coastline on this
side is in decided contrast with that
of the western side.
Here are located the villages, five in
number, North Head Castalia, Wood
wards Cove, Grand Harbor and Scar
Cove.
Scattered along the eastern shore
are numerous small islands, each
with name of its own, Nantucket,
Long island, RCss island, Cheynes is
land, High Duck, Low Duck and 9th
ers. The principal one of these is
lands is White Head, containing fish
ing population su&cient to warrant a
church, school and post office.
For two hours before and after low
water it is possible to walk or drive
across the bar connecting White Head
with the main island. For the remain
ing 16 hours out of each "a the inhabi-
tants are shut off from communica-
tion with the main island except by
boat-save for the telephone cable re-
Gently laid.
Wreckage-St SquaIIy Point.
As the visitor to Grand Manan
rounds the northern end of the island,
on the deck OF the steamer which runs
from the mainland, he will be greeted
with salute from the foghorn at Long
Eddy point, "The Whistle" as it is
known to the people Of the island.
Just beyond the Whistle Squally
point looms up above the rock wreck
age strewn about it's foot, sharp as the
PROV Of cruiser, towering its hun
dreds Of feet into the air, its red walls
brilliant In the late afternoon sun.
The Western outlook., 1916-02-05

"HE beautiful coast of Maine
reaches its climax at Grand
Manan, the island Of mighty
cliffs, near the mouth Of the St.
CroiX river. The magnetic beauty of
the island has stirred the admiration
of many who have seen it from the
deck of passing steamers, but few per-
sons, comparatively speaking, have
stepped upon its rocky shores.
Because the agents of the British
and American governments when lay
Ing out the boundary line between
Maine and Canada hugged the west
coast of the mouth Of the ST. Croix
during thick fog, both Campobello
and Grand Manan islands are today
under the Jurisdiction of Canada.
The island of Grand Manan is 20
miles out from the mouth of the St.
CrOix river.
To the west and north the Maine
and New Brunswick shores stretch
away into purple indistinctness, while
on a clear day the faint line of the
Nova Scotia shore is visible 40 miles
to the eastward.
The island was doubtless known to
the French and English fishermen of
the sixteenth century, but it was not
until Champlain wrote the story of his
voyage, 1604-1605, that any authentic
record was available.
"Manan," or "Menan," is Passama-
quoddy for island, the word being
found farther down the coast in the
name Of Petit (smalD Manan, and the
rock islet Manana close to Monhegan.
Tradition says that pirates made the
island Of Grand Manan a rendezvous
before Champlain anchored under its
basaltic cliffs, and within the memory
of men now living on the island par