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U-BOATS HIT BY SOUND;
ear" TELLS NO TALES
Periscopeless Sub m a + in S
Strike Without Looking-No
Wake for Witness

BERNE, April 2i.-German submarines
have abandoned the periscope in most
instances and are now shooting without
looking according to reports current In
Berne. The torpedoes are now fired by
sound alone.
In the course of the past 20 sinkings in
British waters no one has seen sub
marine. and in but few cases has the
white wake of the torpedo been observed
Only the discovery of bronze bits of tor
pedoes or the nature of the explosion has
offered proof that the ships were subma-
rine victims. If the periscopeless subma-
rine is a success survivors of torpedoed
ships will never again be able to say:
1--WE say the trail of the periscope in the
water"
The new periscopeess submarine. as 1t
is described in Switzerland has great
steel disk for an ear, on either side of
the boat. Telephone receivers, connected
with these disks, lead to the ears of an of
ficcr and the approach of n ship is heard
with unmistakable definiteness. As the
ship approaches the noise becomes louder
in one ear or the other. When the sub
marine commander hears an equally loud
noise i'm each ear he knows that the ship
is straight ahead. Fire" he orders and
the torpedo shoots toward the surface at
a carefully calculated angle, hitting the
ship will below the waterline.
The sinking of Dutch, Norwegian and
Swedish ships would be readily explained
IL the Swiss reports are true. The sub
marine commander, guided to his prey by
sound alone. would have no way of fixing
the nationality of the ship attacked
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-24

Malone. Tyrwhit, FurnivaL Eulness.
smyth, Roife, Hudson. scheiilnE-an the
commentators had missed something ESQ
teric discovered by a man who had never
been In the public eye as a Shakespearean
scholar.
GIVES THE KBYwoRD
I'm your reading Of Loves Labours
Lost'--please spell II as william Shakes
peare did, with u--did you ever halt
over the word HoNoRIFICABILITUD
NITAT1BUS2"
The reporter mutely conceded he had
never tried 20 pronounce IT,
We'll, It appears in Act V, scene /, line
~ Why do you think Shakespeare intro
duced such an extraordinary neologism7"
Not being sure of neologism. the reporter
declined TO make any formal statement,
To catch the attention of future genera
tions. It's simply the psychology OF ad-
vertising.' He was the victim OF an in
trigue during his lifetime. He feared
posthumous pllfering of his fame. I my
self. as the prey of scientific conspirators
Know his mood completely. He took the
most unusual word he could devise and
used this as the basis Of an anagram. Had
he been living TO contribute this TO the col
umn' of your Mr.. Tom Daily, the Easter
plug would certainly have decorated his
slightly bald dome. But no matter. The
laurels of the ages are green on his
brow"
How does the anagram go, Doctor?"
The reporter interrupted what was appar.
emily intended as piece Of literary criti.
cism.
"Transpose the letters in the keyword
and you will have the following" said the
Doctor, repeating the iawbreaker with
gusto and then jotting down the follow
ing apparently hieroglyphic, syllables on
the hyleaf of seed catalogue: HOOT u
BAG AND Fl U Bill Nj I RIT 1T IS."
Pardon me, Professor" said the re-
porter forgetting the amenities of acad-
emc address, but this does not mean
anything to me-
'Ah. it is evident that you have never
studied Anglo-SaNon or Middle English.
Get out your Chauser or Cover or Lyd-
gate or even some of the Quarto editions
of Shakespeare and. you will find that
what Is apparently rigmarole, so far as
spelling is concerned, is really all right.
I will modernize II for YOU. Thus: HOOT
YOU. BACON. AND FIFE YOU, BILL
NYE, | WROTE 1T. is. DO you see?"
Shakespeare must have been one of
the early phonetic spellers." he suggested.
IT don't quite get the 'RIT for WROTE"
"A sapient observation, that about the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-24
Simeon P. Mokemacher,
Savant With Degree, Up
holds Shakespeare
Puts Famous Controversy
in Anagram Class and
Stirs Baconians

Simeon p. Mokemacher the we'll known
meteorological by whose unofficial fore
casts EVENING LEDGER readers last year
changed from heavy to light and let
down their shoes according to season, re-
fused point blank TO talk on weather when
seen last Saturday at his laboratory
somewhere near Andalusia The EVENING
LEDGER reporter had a hard time dis
covering the retreat of the celebrated
savant, who seeks retirement from the
public prints in order to avoid the visits
of the curious and to keep the result OF
his researches secret from the prylng
eyes of rival scientists, Jealous OF his
fame.
However the reporter was guided to
the concealed habitation of the erudite
weather man by the fragrance of onions
Or. Mokemacher-he ls entitled to this
distinction OF reference as he Is to receive
an honorary degree next commencement
season, he admitted modestiy, though he
would not dlvuge Just what college Is
engrossing the sheepskin-as side-line
and by-product of his genius Is quite
the authority on the alliaceous family of
vegetables. with the cucurbitaceous,
soianaceous and brassicaceous families
he will not have anything to do. He does
not like cucumbers, tomatoes or cabbage
He serves leeks, onions and garlic as a
part of every MENU 1t was the aroma
of the early spring planting of scallions--
DR.. Mokemacher is old fashioned enough
to call them "scullons"--that finally led
the newspaper man to the Mokemacher
abode Very fortunately he had foregone
the temptation to have beefsteak and
onions for his midday luncheon at An
dalusia, though this was partly the result
of the accidental penury which affects
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-24

nnxiousiy Then suddenly the wheatsheaf
rcappeared, trembling IN every ear, though
there was no breeze to account for this
remarkable palsy.
"How's everything, old boy2" whis-
pered the other eagerly. ANY luck Any
lambkins2"
mo !" gasped the shaking wheatsheaf,
Never so much as the waggle of tail /!
But guns-guns--German guns-in all
their little huts Scores of EN- Back,
for your life I"
Morning once more found the battery
major at his little eminence and still
placidly smoking a cigar But he was
doing Something else, too. He was talk
ing gently into the receiver of little
portable instrument, a bright little tele-
phone. whose copper wire slid way back
into the valley behind.
Range, four thousand, Dye hear?
Right Then let her rip!"
A sudden terrific roar broke the morn
ing stiffness The Majors face was
wreathed in a grim smile. Just in the
nick of time !" he murmured calmly, as,
again adjusting his fieldglasses he
watched the British shells make havoc Of
the distant sheepfold. Another 10 min
utes and they'd have had us Farewell,
farewell, my would-be shepherd and his
would-be lambs ~
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Journalists at the weekend. Hence his
flair for Flor de Allium" was keen and
he finally nosed out DR., Mokemacher.
sAVANT BUSY WITH ONION SETS.
The scientist was busy over his hotbed,
in which he was inspecting the sprouting
Of onion sets developed from his trained
hirsute variety which he finds more In
falllble than an anerold or any other type
of barometer In forecasting the weather.
'The City Editor has sent me down, MFR.
Mokemacher-"
Doctor Mokemacher," the savant said,
with an ingenious smile which disarmed
any thought that he was making the corr
rection peevishly. Down, Doctor Moke.
macher" the reporter resumed, adding the
comma as we'll as he could by his enuncla-
tion ITO ascertain II II will be safe for
EVENING LEDGER readers TO wear their
new Easter apparel tomorrow There Is
a wide divergence of view in the various
forecast, and as bonnets will be hand
painted this season we would like to pro-
tect the ladies from danger Of having the
paint run. The aquarelle decorations on
hats are expensive. so you can see that
what you may say will have decided eff
feet on the cost of living"
Mot word, not word on the weather
AS for sdlversity of opinion among the
professional forecasters, what can you ex-
pect? They have not yet got wise as I
believe Is the colloquial phrase. to the
aIliaceous theory of meteorology. / notice
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phonic-i prefer this 10 re faa4s z5.1A
mon form phonetic AorthoffapaS Il yrs
an Irregular verb IN Shakespcaft's f4t
Il still is irregular. WRITE. WROTE
WRITTEN It was irregular IN Anglo.
Saxon. Compare the old form WItrryAN.
Shakespeare was simply centuries ahead
of Andrew Carnegie and Theodore Roose-
Welt when II came TO things that were
phonic." II sounded like 'phoneye to the
reporter, but he did not venture any COM
ment beyond saying he did not understand
about the final g.
THE BARD'S INITIAL PROVES 1T.
Very simple" he was told That IL
the mark Of authenticity. Can't you see
II is Shakespeare's initial7'
what about Bill Nye7" the reporter
asked in order TO cover the story COM
pletely.
shakespeare had the gift of pres
cience," Doctor Mokemacher declared
with absolute conviction. HE knew what
humorist Edgar William Nye would be
and forestalled all jests Of the 10th cen.
tury. You can see how his policy OF pre-
paredness anticipated the huge hoax Of
the Donnellyites and Deliabaconians
We'll, good-by," the savant added.
turning to the bef ct leeks with a garden
cultvator. II must get after the weeds
.As rare Ben Jonson said, Shakespeare
was not for an age, but for all time" he
called over his shoulder in farewell as the
reporter threaded his way among rows
of alliaceae
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-24
TENNESSEE SENATE MEETS
AS IMPEACHMENT COURT
Consider Charges Against a Criminal
Judge and Attorney General

NASHVILLE Tenn, April 24.-The
Senate of the Tennessee Legislature met
today as a Court of Impeachment in the
cases of Criminal Judge Jesse Ellington
and Attorney General u. n. Estes, of
Memphis.
Ellington is charged with accepting
bribes, with being partner in brewing
business. Offering Attorney General Estes
$4,000 to resign, permitting records in his
court to be falsihed and permitting fraud
ulent cost bills to be collected.
Estes Is charged with putting post-dated
checks into the cash drawer of brewery
agency unlawfully engaged in the sale of
beer getting the money and paying no
attention to the maturities with the re-
suit that through mistake young man
was accused of a serious charge, also with
having the criminal court clerk indorse
an enormous sum for himself and then
approve enormous cost bills, which were
for the benefit of the clerk and others.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-24

that your otherwise valuable paper Is
using good deal OF epacs on new sys-
tenn originated by Prof willis Moore, for
merly chief OF the weather Bureau. II is
all wrong. All wrong" he repeated efn-
phatically,, as he fingered one of the
Juvenile onions Incipient whfskers low
insly. And by the way, have you checked
on Professor Bliss recent prophecies'f II
is to laugh, II I may be permitted the ex-
preston But must not talk about the
weather. Anyhow, the onions OF this years
crop are not ripe enough"
INTERESTED IN CULTURE.
But | must have a story after this
trip' the reporter urged. The city
editor"
rs he man of culture7" Doctor Moke-
macher asked
well the only classics I have heard
MIN quote were the Brown October Ale
song from Robin Hood sThe stein song
from the Prince of Pilsen' and a pathetic
yrlc about demi-tasses from Titles Night
mare the reporter replied.
All, conviyIal sort like Noll Cold
smith, KIT Marlowe and other rare and
radiant spirits Of the ages. Well. I'll give
him something about Shakespeare"
But we published whole supplement
about the bard today" the reporter inter-
jected.
Rightly. too AS Matthew Arnold
justly observes In his sonnet. which, by
the way. you omitted TO print:
Others abide our question Thou art free
II offer as my contribution to the ter
centenary irrefutable proof that Shake
speare and not Bacon or any one else
wrote the choice and master dramas pub
lished by Hemminge and Condell In the
First Folio OF 1898"
This looked like a story, and the re-
porter put his hat back on a garden rake
leaning against n coldframe.
II will prove It to you by an anagram,"
Doctor Mokemacher asseverated.
The reporter set his walking stick
against the coldframe. This put a new
angle on the story, although It was more
than 300 years old. The assistant city
editor. he remembered, was always in.
terested In having a new angle TO any
story no matter how old. Della Bacon,
Ignatlus Donnelly and the others who
had attacked the Shakespearean author
ship had based their claims on cryp-
Biography He pulled out wad of copy
paEer so he would not lose the distinction
between an anagram and cryptogram
when the difference which he felt sure ex-
listed was divulged, The story was rap
idly assuming the proportions Of a beat.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-24

Journalists at the weekend. Hence his
flair for Flor de AllIum'' was keen and
he finally nosed out DIR. Mokemacher.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-24
Passover Services at synagogues

Special services in all synagogues were
held last night in celebration of the festi-
val of the Passover-one of the most
ancient and impressive of the Hebrew holi-
days. The closing of the festival which
opened on Monday, will be celebrated by
reformed Jews tonight, while the Ortho-
doX Jews will celebrate its close tomorrow
evening. The feast commentaries the de.
liverance of the Jews from the bondage
of Egypt. Since last Monday all relig-
ious and devOut Hebrews have abstained
from eating bread, substituting in it's
place matzoth, or unleavened bread.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-24
Sees Daughter Confirmed. Dies

NEW YORK. April 24.--After Witness
ing the confirmation of his 19-year.old
daughter Mildred in the Hollis Lutheran
Church yesterday, William Capell, As, a
resident of Hollis, l., l., was found dead
in his automobile in front of the church
at the conclusion of the cermony. He left
the church before the service was over.
saying he felt ILL., When Mrs. Capell and
her daughter came out few minutes later
they found him i'm his automobile dead.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-24
Aged Negro stabs Man 10 Death

CHESTER. Pa April "a - William
Campbell was stabbed to death last night
In a cabin at Eddystone by William X.
Hanson. a negro, "a years old and a VET
eran of the Civil War. He thrust a duck
knife twice into Campbell's neck, causing
instant death He asserts that he was
attacked by Campbell and used the knife
in self-defense. Campbell was so years
ANI
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-24
HONORIFICABILITU
KEY TO SHAKESPEARE MYSTERY
Steps in Mokemdcher
Solution of Mystery

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
TIBUS
Quotation from Loves Labor Lost
Act v, Scene 1, line ~.
HOOT u BAG AND FL U Bill
nj 1 RIT 1T l S.
Anneram In simplihed form Of middle
English OF foregoing quotation.
HOOT YOU, BACON, AND
FIE YOU, BILL NYE, WROTE
1T, is. (for Shakespeare).
Modernized spelling and style Of ana
gram,
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-01-19

ing machines, shoe machines, sugar
mill machinery, windmills, all of
which enter into farm life very
closely, and it ought to be possible
for the American farmer to buy
these materials and all other ma
terials as cheaply as their com
petitors abroad are supplied by
American manufacturers.
Furthermore, during these same
ten months of 1915, we have ex
ported Of iron and steel 2,819,000
tons, against 100000 tons the
year before, to be sold in the open
markets of the world.
Yet these same manufacturers will
insist that the American farmer
ought not to have the benefit of
competition; that the farmer ought
to permit these manufacturers to
name the American price as well
as the foreign price. They con-
tend that the American farmer
has no right to complain if his
price is little higher than that
of the foreigner, as it is needed in
order that the manufacturers may
extend their commerce to South
America, South Africa, Europe,
Asia, 0ceaniea and the isles of the
sea. It is one-sided proposition,
and must fall The way to pros
perity is through the open doors
of all nations swinging inward and
outward under equal propulsion.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-01-19
THAT CHEERFUL FRIEND

When all the world seems kind O.
wrong
And things amt goin' right,
And when you've got the blue so
bad,
You'd most give up the fight,
Your cheerful friend comes down
the street;
Ills features seem to shine;
He greets you with these words:
'By George,
Old chap, you're lookin' finep'
You've simply got to tone up then,
No matter how you feel;
The world takes on a different look;
A smile begins to steal
Across your beaming countenance;
The very air is wine;
You pass on with the knowledge that
"By George, you're lookin' finep
You soon forget your aches an
pains;
1t puts you back in tune;
If there's any better tonic,
1t would be earth's greatest boom
The friend who slaps you on the
back
With gusto half divine,
And says to you, 'GBy George, old
chap,
You're looking simply flnep
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-01-19
THE FARMER TO THE RESCUE

It is the unprotected American
farmer who has rescued the United
States from the worst effects of
the war abroad, and who, while
feeding our. own people, has been
able to turn the tide of foreign ex-
change at the most critical moment
in our financial history.
1t was this preliminary work,
this prepared work, that gave a
breathing spell to our industries and
industrial instistiiutions and finan-
cial institutions, and enabled the
manufacturers 10 follow in the
wake of the American farmer and
find market abroad for manufac-
tured products.
The American farmer has not
been fitly rewarded for this service.
Notwithstanding the fact that prices
Of wheat and corn and meat have
advanced in the final markets, the
advance in the primal markets has
not correspondent to these figures.
We do not mean to say that the
farmers who raise grain and meat
have not had better prices in the
past two years than before; they
have. They are entitled, to better
prices, and they are entitled to more
than they are getting They are
not being enriched beyond the
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-01-19

The trouble is the men who live
in town have insisted that the
farmer sell in a free trade mar
ket and buy In a protected market;
with the result that much agricul-
ture has been Improbable. When
the area of Improbable agriculture
increases, there will be a decline in
agricultural production, all special
please to the contrary. The Tran
script continues:
"To the farmers as a class, and
individually, we must look for that
resolute zeal which alone can make
our agriculture equal to its great
responsibility"
These are oracular utterances
that cannot be translated into the
common language of everyday life.
Wars are won in the fields of
agriculture; battles only are gained
in the trenches. 1t is the "con-
tinuance in well doing" possible
because of the natural resources
and the industrial activity of the
men at home, that determines these
great international conflicts.
III.
Agricultural prosperity is not to
be determined by the "resolute zeaP
to face great responsibilities. 1t is
to be determined by the individual
activity of each farmer himself,
and his plans for this year and
next year and hereafter, and the
plans of. an intelligent, far-sighted
man of business, and the question
is a question Of profit and loss.
The way to stimulate these ac-
tivities is to remove those extra
burdens that the manufacturers and
merchants seeking foreign markets
have been imposing upon the A
merican farmer access to the
cheapest markets in the world.
For illustration: We exported,
during the ten months Of the past
fiscal year, LOT million dollars
worth of machinery. That machin-
cry goes into the foreign markets,
the competitive markets, without
the aid of tariff. That total is
made up of adding machines, cash
registers, cotton gins, cream sepa-
rators, electric locomotives, gas
engines, laundry machinery, lawn
mowers, pumps, refrigerators, sew
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-01-19
SOCIETIES ELECT OFFICERS

The following officers have been
elected by the Halleck Literary So
ciety of the Mt. Sterling Public
School Tor the ensuing term; Presi-
dent, Miss Elizabeth McCoun
vice president, Allen Patterson
secretary, Carroll Chenault; treas
urer, Claude Fitzpatrick.
The Cawein Club elected the fol-
lowing: President, Miss Vivian Al
frey; vice president, Miss Cynthia
Thompson; secretary, Jesse Hahn
line; treasurer, Chiles VanAntwerp.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-01-19

dreams Of avarice." They are not
increasing their business 100 per
cent. as the clearing house of New
York is. They are not occupied
night and day in counting the
profits, as the bankers of New York
are. They are going about their
preparations for a new crop with
strength and faith that is admir-
able.
H.
The Southern farmers were pros
trated a year ago. Now they are
erect, confident and conquering.
The Southern railroads at last
are feeling the benefit of the
change and new light rests upon
all Southern industries.
The Boston Transcript, reviewing
this service, says that. American
agriculture could meet the demands
of titanic conflict, though "at
times our farm industry seems
scarcely able to meet the demands
of peace"
Always able to meet the demands
of peace. Unprotected and unsub-
sidized, and subject to all Of the
influences of competition, they have
still gone on, year by year, not
withstanding the drift to town, in
creasing the production Of food
crops.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-01-19
COUNTY HIGH HONOR BOIL

Freshman Class-Neale Cox, Mary
B. Campbell, Wayne Cockerham,
Florence Stamper, Fanny Mae Tur-
ley, George West, Sallie Webster.
Sophomore Class-Stella Garrett
William Garrett, Ethel West.
Junior Class-Henry Barnes, Mary
Lee Hoskins, Milton Mcclure.
Senior Class-Breckinridge Hor-
ton.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-01-19

There isn't a dollar made by
growing at the weather. Whip up
the horses and keep in the middle
Of the road.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-01-19

Every day is payday at this
Office. Trot along and receive our
thanks.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-01-19

We'd rather the other fellow
would learn from experience and
tell us how come.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-01-19

colOred beans, Sc per pound, at
J. B. Whites. (2s ~
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-13
LODGE NOTES

Joint installation of officers for
the Independent order Of F'oresters
Of the ST. Joseph court, No. 1876.
and the Companion court, No. So,
was held last night at the regular
session held at w. O. w. hall. The
affair was followed by a dance. with
special orchestra music. Those who
were installed TO serve in office for
the ensuing year were: Companion
court - Barbara Chambers. chief
ranger; Ida O'Donnen. vice chief
ranger; Nettie Soellner. recording
secretary; Mayme Lamirand. fnan-
cial secretary; Anna Simpson, treas
urer: Kate Lamirand. senior wood
ward; Ada Pridmore. trustee.
st. Joseph court-Wniiam Helm
rick. court deputy: ]. b. Watson.
chief ranger; Edward Paulson. vice
chief ranger; ]. c. West. recording
secretary; William Lamirand. finan-
Cial secretary; ]. l.. Johnston, treas
urer; George Curse, orator; Bert
Richardson. senior woodward: Clyde
Coons, junior woodward Joseph
Weiss. senior beadle: Albert Coils.
junior beadle: J. NJ. Wilder. organ
st; Drs. 5. W. Baer and A. p. Gam
mack. court physicians.