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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-22
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-Closing quo
tations on the New York Stock Elk
change follow:
American Can, ga
American Locomotive, 40
American Beet Sugar, 65, bid
American Smelter, 6912.
Anaconda, 55ss.
Atchison, IS.
Bethlehem Steel, bid, 50.
Chesapeake & Ohio, 433s.
Great Northern Pfd., S11a.
New York Central, 631s.
No, Pacific, II. bid.
So. Pacific, TN.
Pennsylvania, Az
U. S. Steel Com, $685.
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CINCINNATI, Dec. 22.-Wheat-No
2 red winter, SIT; No. 3, S2.130
2.141a; No. 4, s2.12; sales, three cars
Corn-No. white, S1.7OGD1.SO; No
S160@170; No 9 yellow, S1.7O@1.SO;
No. yellow, s1.70@1,SO; No. 4 yellow
$1.600170; No. 2 mixed. 81 T001S0;
ear corn, white, $1.35@1.45; yellow
$3.50 Las; mixed, S135@1.45.
Oats-No. . white, S39S3Rc; No.
mixed, 79c.
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PRODUCE MARKET

CINCINNATI, O., Dec. 22.-Butter-
Unsettled; creamery firsts 39049.
Eggs-Receipts, 6.242 cases; market
lower; firsts At; lowest 353z.
Live Poultry-Market unchanged.
Potato Market-Higher; receipts IL
cars; MINI. Wis. and Mich. bulk, ST.
@1.90; do sacks S1.S5@190.
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,end the holidays at Camp sheri-

dan.
Christmas presents for the soldiers
here, will be distributed Tuesday at
Christmas exercise at which the gov
ernor and Major General Treat, COM
handing the Ohio division, will deliv-
er addresses
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-22

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 22.-Receipts
--Hogs-6,000, higher; cattle, 500,
slow and lower; calves, 200, steady;
sheep, 200, lower
Steers-Prime corn fed steers, 1900
and up $1350@1450, choice steers
1850 to 1850. $12@12.50; common to
medium steers, 1850 to 1850, S13.00W
1850; good to choice steers, 500 to
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-22
butter, SOC; fry chickens, 29c per ID.
PRODUCE
Paying Prices)

corrected Daily by Essemeyer
G Sons.)
Butter-40c; chickens, old, Ice; fry
ers, 1Sc; eggs, 4Sc; potatoes. new,
$3.50.
Onions-Yellow, s3.OO@3.25; white,
s275@325 per 100-lb. sack; Spanish,
Tomatoes-Hothouse 15@20c per H.
$1.65 0175 per crate.
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ton. $3.50 a cwt.; bran, S4sOO a ton,
$3.50 cwt.; salt. $2.35 a barrel:
tankage. $4,000 ton; $4.65 a cwt.;
oil meal. $4,000 ton; 1925 a cwt.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-22

The train was chartered by the
state, gifts were sent here instead Of
direct to Camp Sheridan and will be
taken there at cost of the state in
what is perhaps the first instance of
the kind on record.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-22
LIVE STOCK PRICES

CINCINNATI O., Dec. 22.-Hogs-
Receipts, 1900; market steady; pack
ers and butchers, $685. a 1850; com
mon to choice, $1301550; pigs anc
lights, $12@15.75.
Cattle-Receipts, 500; market
steady.
Calves-Market weak, s5Q14.5O.
Sheep-Receipts, 100; market
steady.
Lambs-Market steady.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Dec. 22.-Hogs
Receipts, 5000: market higher;
heavies, $16.s5016.90: heavy york
ers, $16.75@16.S5; light workers.
$16@16.25; pigs. s1525@15.40
Sheep and lambs-Receipts, 500;
market steady; top sheep, $12.25; tor
lambs, $17,75.
Calves-Receipts, 100; marke.
steady; top $3.50.
CHICAGO, H., Dec. 22-Hogs-Re
ceipts, 10000; market firm; bulk OF
sales. $16.30@16.75; lights, $1,000
1910: mixed, s16.10@16.s5; heavy
S16.05916s5; rough, $16O5@16.20;
pigs, S11.50@14.75.
Cattle-Receipts, 5000; market
steady; steers, $725@14.35; western
steers, s6.30@12.75; stockers and
feeders, $6.25@10.25; cows and heif.
ers. s5.10@11.20; calves. $9q16.5o.
Sheep-Receipts, $4,000; market
weak; wethers, $9@13.0o; lambs,
$1250@16.35..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-01
GREAT EXPECTATIONS

THE year that starts today seems des-
L tined to be one of the great milestones
OF human history-whether for all that
Is terrible or for all that is good we can
not see. But there is a universal feel
ing that the world is on the threshold Of
either a new birth of liberty and peace
or the abomination of desolation itself
pestilsnce spreading from infected Eu-
rope to other continents and a mountain
of freshly slain boys and old men that
will stagger the civilized world and invite
the yellow race to clamor for ascendancy
over Christendom.
There are immortal years. Fifteen cen
turtles have not dimmed the glory OF 451
when civilization stopped the Huns at
Chalons We have thought that 1888,
which saw the beginning Of the great
European and the establishment OF the
great American democracy, even more
memorable: but 1917 may destroy the sig.
nificanee Of both. The white race holds
It's fate in its hands; half OF 1t fights
without a clear sense OF direction; half
OF II tries 10 make peace without knowl.
edge. sympathy or faith.
One thing Is certain: It Is no use
waiting until the end OF the war" as
50 many advise. to set things straight
The constructive thought for rebuilding
the wrecked mutual faith OF nations must
act nFst. or the war viii not end
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-01

have been disgraced for men OF the
same profession in Europe have been
doing greater things for more than two
years. In France ffty or a hundred air
ships have risen in the air at once for
squadron maneuvers. responding to sig
nails as battleships at sea. The German
zeppellns that have dropped bombs on
London have covered a greater distance
than the airships which flew from Long
Island to League Island, for they have
been compelled to make the round trip
from Belgium and back without stopping.
The alrman who succeeds In flying
across the Atlantic will now produce no
greater sensation than that which fol-
lowed the first flight from France across
the twenty miles OF water in the English
Channel.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-01
TAXING LIGHT

ONE year from today the net price re-
~ ceived by the United Gas Improve
ment Company for the gas supplied to
consumers will be reduced to seventy,five
cents a thousand cubic feet.
The consumers now pay one dollar a
thousand. The difference between eighty
cents. which the company receives, and
one dollar, which the people pay, is
turned over to the City Treasury. This
difference will be twenty-five cents a thou
sand feet on January /, 1918.
This difference is a thirty.three and
one.third per cent tax levied by the city
on the consumption OF gas. If the people
were getting gas at seventy-five cents a
thousand and the city should propose to
tax them twenty-five cents a thousand, or
increase the cost of light thirty-three and
One,third per cent, there would be in,
stant protest. But the city will be doing
this very thing by indirectlon next Janu.
airy unless the people can force Councils
In the meantime 10 adopt a better and
juster way of raising revenue,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-01

WHERE THE SHY COMES DOWN
Mother little mother, can yOw tell me
Where docs the sky come dolcnP
1t seems so Uerv high, the loUciy, lorcly
sky
Where does the sky come doton"
30, daughter. little daughter. Tue been
tryin0
TO find iCherc the sky comes dolCn.
IT'S not so Very high. and so tce shall try
To find 1Chere the SKY comes dotOn."
Mother. little mother. can you tell me
Is IL orer by your totUn7
Docs the lorely, lovely sky seem so very
high,
So nigh IN yonder totcn9'
30, daughter, little daughter, rCW sholo
you
Just tUhcre the sky comes dolCn.
Lag your head my heart ADORE and feel
a mothers lore,
For there's lChcrG the sky comes
dorCn"
JOHN JEROME ROONEY.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-01

The need Ia startling, Men just back
from Belgium Bay that OF course there
| is no sensational famine. but children
are emaciatcd, they faint from hunger
in school. they drift to dcath,-The
New Republic.
| DERHAPS II will be easier for n bust.
nesslite people to give II they have
in mind the state OF the financial ledgers
and just what systematic outlay will be
needed for these children. The Commits.
sion for Relief IN Belgium G2O Broadway
New York city, announced on November
1 that s175,65S,O13 had already been eX.
pended for food and clothing distributed
in Belgium and northern France. The
funds came from three sources-allied
subsidies, charity and a money exchange
department. The revenue from the third
has been small The subsidies have
totaled S1S3,OOO 900. Charity has amount
ed to S2S,5O5771. This gives some idea
Of the size of this salvage work over a
period of twenty-seven months.
or the charity the United States gave
thlrtyseven per cent, about SS,7O0o0O.
Pennsylvanians sent s37OOOO whlle New
South Wales was sending S2936,OoO', and
the donors in some other States were
even less generous. Now the cost of food
has greatly increased and there Is an
alarming increase in tuberculosis among
the children. Physicians have pre-
scribed n special MONDAY lunch in Bel
glan schools to arrest the disease. This
costs about s1,OOOOOO a month extra, and
as there is little likelihood that the sub
sides can be increased, the commission
appeals to America to give this $1,OOoOOo
a month.
Pennsylvanlans should give nearly one.
tenth of this, or 100000 month, They
pay income tax amounting to about
100000 a month. It would be asking too
much to expect those who pay It to add
twenty per cent to their present tax to
make up the States Belgian quota over
an indefinite period. But is it too much
to ask that they shoulder all Of this extra
burden for a month or two. in this terri
bic emergency, until the people with in
comes under $4,000 can be awakened to
the new and more terrible conditions in
Belgium-the tuberculosis and the
emaclatIon Of children?
II three of the ten persons in the State
with incomes over S1.OOO.oOO year give
$4,000 month; each four of the twelve
with over 100000 give $4,000 each; three
of the ten with over $4,000 give $500
each. and so on, graded down, so that
one.third of those with between $4,000
and 10000 year give $40 or SIS
month each, the emergency will be met.
Meanwhile, the newspapers and weeklies
will have chance to plead for the
dollars and dimes of hard workers and
the pennies of children, so that the
wealthy may gradually reduce the size
of their gifts.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-01
IN WHOSE INTEREST?

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger
Slr-Many of your readers must have
noticed in your widely read columns a Sc
rles of letters from Mr.. Charles c, Rhodes
Jr., in which he Invariably attacks England
or English policies. II seems natural
question 10 ask, In whose interest does
he do this? The only answer can be that he
is fighting for Germany and her allies, and
this robs his remarks of anything but a
mere partisan interest His remarks about
passenger ships carrying munitions, how
ever, contain a good deal of truth, but 70
assert that the British Government arranges
this to compromise America Is a deliberate
and calculated untruth Ninety per cent
of the munitions are carried i'm freighters.
Fast liners have little cargo space. Amer
lea is far more useful 10 Britain as a neu-
tral than as a belligeTent. In splte Of
what Mr.. Rhodes and his Irish and Ger
man friends may say, the United States has
no fear whatsoever of hostilities on the
part of Britain against her, as the 5000
miles of frontier neither on the Canadian
nor the American side possesses a single
gun or fertilization. Britain does not pre-
tend TO play the part OF a whitewashed be-
haloed angel; although compared with some
nations who diet mainly on kulturwurgt
her hands are absolutely clean Mr..
Rhodes's attacks on Britain have lust as
much effect as the sting Of a sandhy on the
hull OF dreadnought battleship.
FREDERICK KELLY.
Philadelphia, December &C.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-01
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Tennyson on Airships-Right of
Women to Vote-Passenger
Ships as Munition
Carriers
TENNYSON'S PROPHECY

To the Editor Of the EUening Ledger
Slr-DId Tennyson really see in a vision
the present struggle in Europe when, about
fifty years ago, in "Locksley Hall" he
wrote:
For I dipped into the future. far as human
eye could see;
Saw the vision of the world and all the
wonder that would be.
Saw the heaven fll with commerce, argosies
Of magic sails;
Pilots of the purple twilight dropping down
with costly bales;
Heard the heavens filled with shouting,
and there ralned a ghastly dew
From the nations airy navies graphing
in the central blue;
Far along the worldwide whisper of the
south wind, rushing warm,
with the standards of the peoples plung-
ing through the thunderstorm:
Till the war drum throbbed no longer and
the battle flags were fured
In the parliament Of man, the federation
of the world
There the common sense Of most shall hold
a fretful realm in awe.
And the kindly earth shall slumber, lapt
in universal law.
There were no thoughts of Zeppelns or
aeroplanes in Tennysons time, yet this
prophetic description of the present war
is surprising. But what is more important
is his prophecy of the ends to be accom-
plshed by the struggle. They are identi-
cal with the hopes of all forward looking
statesmen today-"the parliament of man,
the federation of the world" a federation
that viii control all the armies, all the
navies and all the aTmaments; a federation
of all the civilized nations where the COM
mon sense Of most shall hold a fretful
realm in awe" II any realm in the fedora
tion would dare TO wage war without the
consent of the majority.
And the ultimate end. when that bene-
dlction of Peace on earth to men of good
will" would be the universal law. VIII
Tennyson's prophecy come true?
Philadelphia, December 25. L. S. r..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-01
NEW YEARS MORNING

Only night from old to new
Only night and so much wrought!
The Old Years heart all weary grew.
But said The New Year rest has
brought"
The Old Years hear. it's hopes laid down,
As in grave but trusting said
'|Tlln blossoms Of the New Yeas crown
Bloom from the ashes OF the dend"
Tile Old Years hear was full Of greed
With selfshness 1t longed and ached,
Aud cried: I nave not half | need.
My thirst is bitter and unslnked.
Rrt to the New Esar's generous hard
All gifts in plenty shall return;
True loving 1t shall understand;
BY all my failures 1t shall learn.
! have been reckless; It shall be
Quiet and calm and pure Of life.
was a slave; 1t shall go free.
And find sweet peace where / leave
strife" Helen Hunt Jackson.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-01
First Aid to Interyiewers and Writers
of Personality" Articles

BY THOMAS r. YBARRA
TT MAY be Of interest at this point 10
L sketch an average day in the life Of
the indefatigable Montague Y. Pihie. He
wakes, as a rule, at 4 sometimes earlier,
sometimes later; but never by any chance
varying moro than an hour and quar-
ter either way-a sample of the true
Pifle iron will. After waking-never be-
fore-he takes breakfast. He does this
three hundred and sixty.five times year,
with the sole exception Of leap year.
The Plne breakfast consists OF one of
six kinds of cereal, eggs in one of eight
forms, hash or steak or ham or fish
never anything else-and coffee, abso-
lutely Invariably with both cream and
sugar. At the end of this meal Mr.. Pihie
wipes his mouth with a napkin. rises
from his chair and after kissing his
wife, leaves his house, invariably by the
front door. 1t has been noticed that in
case OF rain he carries an umbrella, but
otherwise not.
He proceeds 20 the nearest subway sta
ton and rides downtown to his Office on
the way he reads a morning paper. When
he reaches his office he proceeds to his
desk, and, as If by clockwork, reads his
mail and turns to dictate letters to his
stenographer, all with an amazing poise
born OF long practice.
At the lunch hour he lunches.
At 4 o'clock. or 4I5 or 4:30-such is
the mans methodicalness that he never
stays later than 4:sO unless a rush Of
business keeps him anything from ten
desk, dons without fail his hat-which,
as sure as the seasons themselves, is a
straw in summer and derby in winter
and proceeds homeward, or wherever
else his msthodieal fancy may take him.
AT bedtime he goes TO bed.
| Such is a Piftle day.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-01
Medical Corps

c. D.-The preliminary examination for
admittance TO the Army Medical Corps
consists of two points-physical and mental
The physical examination calls for a man
sixty-four inches in height and over. He
must certify that he labors under no phys
ical inhrmity or disability which can inter-
fere with the efficient discharge of any duty
which may be required Errors of refrac-
tion of vision, II not between 2O-lOO In either
eve, are not causes of rejection provided
they are not accompanied by ocular disease
and are entirely corrected by appropriate
glasses The mental examination covers
the following subjects: Anatomy, physlol-
ogy and histology, chemistry and physics,
mnterla medlca and therapeutics, surgery,
practice of medicine, obstetrics and gyne-
ColOgy,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-01
Natural Gas

c. f. Din the past there has been
enormous waste of natural gas and the
total waste is still discreditable TO the ma
tion. In the Appalachian field the loss Of
gas from oil wells, fiambeaux, from Leak
ing pipelines and many other methods of
waste was not less than 100000 cubic feet
daily, and probably much more. The heat
ing value of 1000 ,OOO 600 cubic feet of nat
ural gas is roughly equivalent 10 that OF
1000 900 bushels OF coal In one State not
less than 25OOO0 900 cubic feet of gas has
been wasted daily, and possibly more than
double that quantity eighty per cent of
which might have been easily and cheaply
preyentable. In the Caddo, La, natural gas
field at least 400, 900 600 cubic feet OF gas
was wasted daily, practically all the waste
being preyentable. Two wells in this field
having an estimated volume OF 10000, 600
or 80, 900, 900 cubic feet a day blew out and
burned for one or two years.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-01

tendance at the morning services a delega-
ton of city firemen in full uniform headed
by Chief Engineer William H. Murphy and
battalion Chief Joseph c. Clements of the
third battalion 1 have learned that this
delegation was composed Of members of
the Fire Bureau who were off duty and of
others who were out on their meal hours
They all willingly took this time to attend
these services in appreciation of the efforts
in their behalf by the Rev. DR.. Matthew ],
Hyndman, pastor at Olivet Church. This
incident demonstrates that the city fireman
would be a regular attendant at some spirit
ual service II the city itself would treat
him more literally with time and not exact
from him a servitude that makes him only a
visitor in his own home.
]. e. THOMAS.
PhiladeIphia December 40
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-01
What Do You Know?


l. The Navy Department hns plans for building
slips for the Philadelphia yard What are
slips?
2. Who is Auditor General of PENNSYLVANIA?
g. what office does WI TlnE-fanE hold now?
:. who IL FleXner?
o. Canadians are proud Of their "SOrthwest
Mounted" Explain the phrase.
O. What was Stonewnll Jnckson's real name
and how did he get his nickname"
T. Who wns "ths Blind Historian?
8. Ambassador Elkus reports that arTnngements
are belnE made for the trnnspOrtntlOn of
200 detained Americans from Jnfn to
beirut. Where these places"
o. In what light can owls best?
10. Describe the animal which is called an
OCelOt
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-01
FIREMEN AT CHURCH

10 the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:
ST--At this particular time, In view of
the fact that the EVENING LEDGER seems
70 be the only journal among all OF Phila.
delphia's daily morning and evening ana
weekly papers that Is championing the iust
cause OF the city fremeu In their efforts to
better their conditions OF working hours
aud salary / thought that perhaps an in
elaeht OF last sunday might prove OF more
than passing moment, II brought 10 vo,,r
attentlon, on sunday. December "a. at.the
Olivet Presbyterian Church, Twenty-second
and aoant ksFhon streets. there was IN al.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-01
As the stock markets are cIo.

AS the stock markets are closed
today, no one will have any excuse for
figuring up the mythical fortunes lost and
made by the fluctuations OF prices on
account OF peace or other rumors. We
have frequently been told that Mr.. Rookie
feIler became poorer by s1O,OO0,O0O In a
single day BY a slump in the value OF his
shares. But he was not really any
poorer The dividends remained the
same and the property represented by the
shares was worth just as much. The
only persons who are made poorer or
richer By such fluctuations are those who
gamble In securities instead OF Investing
ln them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-01
Philadelphia, December 80.
WOMEN IN THE CONSTITUTION

To The Editor OF The EreminO Ledger:
S-The Constitution of the United
States reads as follows: "All persons born
or naturalIzed in the United States .
are citizens of the United States. and of the
State wherein they reside" THE right of
citizens Of the United States to vote shall
not be denied or abridged by the United
States, or by any State. on account of race,
color or previous condition of servitude"
Why is it necessary for woman to fight
for the right of suffrage?
Does any one of the States deny her
citizens the right to vote because of Hitter
acy or because non-property- holders?
CHARLES ADAMS.
Philadelphia, December as
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-01
LITTLE THINGS

The song of bird is little thing, vet
1t brings us a wealth of joy.
A ray of light is a little thing, vet IL
lghtens the dreariest spot
The laugh of a babe is a little thing. yet
II touches the wearest heart.
And in this big world of little things each
human life has It's share to provide,
So each human soul in his tinv snbara
must make the most of the life he holds.
Milwaukee News.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-01

The Public Service Commission
may fnd that the law does not permit It
10 relieve the residents Of Tunkhannock
from the smoke nuisance caused by
locomotives OF the Lehigh Valley Rail-
road. but most railroad companies find
nowadays that when the peoples rights
and comforts are to be considered the
best policy is to yield-law or no law.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-01
Answers to Saturdays Quiz

I. Tho workmen's Compensation, Hoard Il
under the State Department OF Labor and
Industry.
2. HorsehIde was first successfully tanned at
ish leather" long used thrOughOut Eu-
rope, ns most OF the supply long Cnme
from spain, The leather 4 called Cor
dOvan'' now. Its distinctive quality is
that II II nearly waterproof.
g. Opinions vary as 20 why the French call the
IieTmans hbOChes," but in the speech Of
the French, peasants the ,wora means
g. Longfellow. In his Psalm Of Life" wrote
'Let the dead past bury their dead
o. The German Empire embraces twenty-six
federated States.
ters OF the Greek alphabet, corresponding
10 our "a" and long 80" Thus to know
o thnE from alphn to omega Is to know
II thoroughly.
!. 4 savanna, or savannah. Is q treeless plain.
a great truct Of meadOw-llke land. espe-
Clnily In tropical America 4 bayou Is
the marshy OfshOOt OF river. Tho
term M used In the Southern States.
g. madagascar Is a French colony.
b. UFiye inches snowfall" means actual snow;
Give inches precipitation" means melted
snow or rain,
10. Josh Billlngs' wns the pen name OF Henry
Wheeler Shaw usls-S6l' an American
humOrlst.