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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-27
SHOT WHILE DEFENDING WIFE
Harold ELLIS YarnnlI Dies From bullet
Wound Inflicted by Negro
Hurry
iRv Ar.nclntcd Trese

PHlLADELPIIt March 2G.-iiarold
ELLIS Yarnall. secretar: ana treasurer
81 the Midland VALLEY Railroad. and
prominent socially. died early today
from a bullet wound sustained while
defending his wife from the attack OF
{" negro burglar ut their home here
last night
Mr.. Yarnall was rushed TO n hospital.
ana an operation Was performed about
midnight He died three hours later.
Nj. and Mrs Yarnall had just re-
turned from a day spent a. their coun-
Try home at Media. when She on
countered the burglar in her room.
She Erapplcd with him ana screamed
for help. Mr.. yarnnll, who was in his
bath. rushed TO his wif"'s assistance
and hurled the negro into the hallway.
TN" latter then drew a revolver ana
fred. the bullet entering Mr. NarnnIrs
groin and penetrating the liver. Mr.
Narnall continued |" struggle with the
negro. and succeeded in forcing him
backward down the stairway. After
firing another shot, tho burglar made
his escape through AN open window.
He took only a handbag. containing
about 500 In cash.
MIR Yarnall was nfty-one years old.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-27
WHY. CHILLY WEAT HER
BRINGS RHEUMkTIS
Says skin pores arc closed and
uric acid remains in
blood.

rheumatism is no rospcctcr or ago.
,cA. color o. rank. # not In" most
dangerous az human Affections. u is
uu" OF the most painful Those sub
ic,t TO rheumatism should cat less
meat, dress as warmly as possible,
avoid amy undue exposure and above
all drink lots of pure water.
rheumatism ~ caused by uric acid.
which is generated in the bowels and
absorbed into the blood. IT is the
function OF the kidneys 10 filter this
acid from the blood and cast it out
ia the urine; the pores OF the skin
are also a means Of freeing the blood
OF this impurity. In damp and chilly.
cold weather the skin pores are closed.
thus forcing the kidneys 10 do double
work: they become weak and slug
Esh and fail to eliminate this uric
acid, which keeps accommodating and
eventually settling in the joints and
muscles causing stiffness. soreness
and pain, called rhcumatis
AZ tho first twiuuc OF rheumatism
Get from any pharmacy about four
ounces OF Jad Salts; put a tablespoons
ful in a glass OF water ana drink
before breakfast each morning FOR a
week This is said 10 eliminate uric
acid by stimulating the Kidneys to
normal action. thus Kidding the blood
OF these impurities
lad Salts is inexpensive. harmless
and is made from the acid Of grapes
and lemon juice. combined with lithia
and is used with excellent results by
thousands of folks who are subject 10
rheumatism. Here YOU have "A pleas
ant. enervcscent hthia- water drink
which ovcrcomes uric acid and is
beneficial To your kidneys as WE'LL
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-27
GRAY HAIR
MADE DARK
BY Applying La Creole-No
Dye-Reyiyes Color Glands.
Stops Dandruff.

Is your hair entirely gray. or just
gray in spots? is your hair prema-
,urcly gray from i'll health or worry?
Is hair only faded or blcachcd? Are
YOU troubled with dandrun, falling
hair or itching scalp? Has you hair
stopped growing. or are you bald?
Then apply 10 your hair and scalp the
famous La Creole Hair Dressing (sim-
,.c directions on bottle). This revivcs
.uc color glands to activity, so that all
,our gray hair and every strand Of
your hair soon has the natural soft
.ustrous. even, dark color your hair
Used to have. La Creole produces such
n perfect change in all your gray hair
that not even n trace Of gray shows;
but you Will have n fine soft, fluffy,
heavy evenly dark head Of hair Be-
sides La Creole stops dandruff or Itch
ing scalp. Also causes new hair to
sprout all over your head. giving YOU
handsome. beautiful, healthy, dark
head OF hair. Sold on n money-back
guarantee by drug stores everywhere.
Tragic Drug Stores, Richmond Va,
aGcnt.-Adv.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-27
!, NOT WORRIED BY CHANCE
Of u. S. PARTICIPATION
""Ssi"n Minister of War Snys There
Inn lie No Question OF American
Continental Army In Ncur Future.
fBy Associated presg.l

''"chtai army In Ncur Future.
fBy Associated presgl
ihNDON, March 2G.-Thc possibility
OF American participation in the war
on tho side OF the allies was dismissed
as minor matter by General Won
stem, Prusslan Minister OF War. in an
interview with tho Berlin correspondent
OF INC Budapest newspaper a Zcst.
according To II Berlin dispatch to Rcu-
t"rs by way Of Amsterd;tn General
Won Stein said he did not know whether
IN" American fleet would support the
hri'ish fleet. but that there could he
no question of an American CONT
mental army in tho near future He
added
Gun military situation on all fronts
- good. and justiies our best hopes.
~ appears that the enemy is preparing
AN Offensive. but we shall resist even
stronger attack, not only at the front,
nut also 1T home. What may happen
th"n We do not know. hut come what
may. we shall confront everything i'm
p"rturbably. Our sufrcrnIs are great
anu our sacrifices gigantic. hut IL is
Just in these things that the greatness
or nation finds it's expression"
In discussing the battle of the Somrc.
tho minister said that tho Germans
had no lack OF supplies, but that their
guns ne compared with those OF the
enemy. were insufficient.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-19
Answers to Saturdays Quiz

huSWCIS " QuiN
1. The Grand Duke Michael AIexandrovitch. tho
deposed Cars younger brother. was
named regent OF Russia, but abdieated.
2. Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure lsland'
was published in 1888.
5. The won Tirpi,z element in Germany ad-
yocates unrestricted use Of submarines.
Won Tirpitz Is former German Secretary
Of the Navy.
4. st. Patrick was born about $40 A. D. ana
died in 46i.
5. Because they can detect submarines far
beneath the surface Of the water. like
hawk sees u fish. airships are formidable
foes for submarines.
9. Michael v. Rodzianko. president Of Inc
Duma, Is credited with being leader Oh
the Russian revolution.
!. In war dispatches the "Meuse sector
means that portion Of the western baMe
front Of which tho Meuse River - sns
most prominent feature.
3. Champs Elysees, Paris's famous promenaas
boulevard, is pronounced Approximately
"shahnxay-iee-zay," the first ss'ao.
termin MATING with only . slight trace OIL
tho "n' sound.
0. The threatened nationwide RAILROAD ''nH'
was called progressive" because tie em'
ployes were to be called out In secnsA''
10. The so-called German wall In the we"
Is an elaborate line Of trenches, "unaer-
ground forts" and other defensive woIs'
behind the present battle front In nor'"'
ern France
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-19
NATION TRIUMPHS OVER
PRIVATE INTEREST

EnRsT in importance, even more i'm
portant than the calling of OF the
strike. is the fact that private individuals
have responded handsomely TO an appeal
to patriotism. It was to the Council OF
National Defense. rather than to each
other or to the Supreme Court, that
both sides bowed. II Is the tlaning
point in the long. dreary and discour-
aging struggle between the prepared
ness and the anti-preparednes men
that 100000 indispensable workers and
the transportation magnates OF the
nation should put the flag before private
interest.
Second to this as regards the spiritual
harmony that this great precedent fore
casts for all relations between cal pital and
labor in the years to come. but Of first
magnitude in respect to our immediate
national safety. was the fact that the ma
tion was not put in the position Of de-
pending upon the Supreme Court to de-
eide its fate. The strike was averted
before the Courts decision was made
known. The terrible suspense of the last
few days should be stern warning to
the country. The President should be
empowered to require of the Court
tentative decision on emergency meas
ures before they are enacted. with the
right reserved to the Court to review its
decision after stated interval. when the
emergency has passed.
The Adamson law though now declared
constitutional, should oe repealed and re.
written along the lines of the present
compromise. which has the virtue of
having been threshed out by practical
men and of being workable. The law, for
example. makes no provision for the
speed at which freight trains were to be
run as basis for computing overtime.
The compromise also discriminates be-
tween different kinds of labor and service,
which the law does not.
Labor has gained distinct advantage.
having won governmental sanction for its
chief demands, a victory which the re-
election of Wilson cinches for it for
at least four years. and in addition con-
cessions which the railroads were not
willing TO make last August.
But the gain made for the morale and
selfrespect of capital and labor must al.
ways be accounted the greatest victory.
Both sides were confronted with tre-
mendous temptation to use power which
could not be questioned. Each was conf
dent, or expressed confidence, that it
could break" the other, and policy no
doubt played its part in determining the
issue. But the future will not go behind
the returns. Patriotism has triumphed
over private interest.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-19

Weeks ago. when the conductor of this
colyum was struggling with grip germs
a modest little volume of verse, The Val.
ley of Vision" by Blanche NJ. Kelly
slipped into this Office from the Encyclo-
peda Press, of New York, and hid under
some old papers upon our desk. Yes
terday We unearthed it, and as one brush
ing aside dead leaves in this season who
uncovers unexpected beauty, we came
upon this:
THE FLOWER VENDOR
Now is the winter gone Here's one that
dareS
Flaunt in the face Of gusty March his wares
Though she with hoyden turmoil fll the
street,
Jacnths are here, and here's arbutus sweet,
Still wet, and fragrant OF the underwood
Up then. poor heart! Let you have hardi-
hood.
Somewhere this poet in the dusty coat
Has seen earth laugh, has heard the
throstes note.
What matter winds? Let them go rail-
Springs here, Springs here. The winters $
gone.
And again.
. THE LESSER PEACE
Before my glass is wholly run
] ask a span Of quiet years
when l may wind the thread I've spun,
Learn laughter and remember tears.
season of good fellowship
Beneath the sky with wind and rain.
When buckline on my shallow scrip
leave behind the ways Of pain.
/ ask a little garden close
Wherein to learn the common grace
OF herb and how'r. before the SHOWS
Make pale the warm earth's comely face:
A lesser peace before the great,
A little while to court the sun,
To sit with folded hands and wait
The coming of the Silent One.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-19

Here's Larry Sharkeys latest story:
There was a discussion between an Eng
lishman and German as TO which nation
in the world had the greatest navy. OF
course, the dispute couldn't be decided
without a referee, so they gave that job
10 McGettigan. You're both wrong" said
he the biggest an the finest navy in the
world is the Irish Huh" they both
snorted, the Irish have no navy Nc
Gettigan repeated his statement. But
where is this Irish navy?" they both de-
manded. Where is To-" repeated McGet-
tisan. Huh. How do know but you're
a couple of spies"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-19
A CHARGE OF BONEHEADISM

To the Editor Of the EUeniag Ledger:
Sir-Why not use little judgment in
publishing letters from the "pepul"? Why
give every bonehead that writes you the
satisfaction Of seeing his stuff in print?
For instance several persons have written
to the effect that if President Wilson ad-
Nises all American citizens to leave Mexico
he should forbid them taking passage on
a vessel bound for the submarine zone.
Now | say that any one who cannot see
the difference between n man sojourning in
foreign country and one on neutral or
belligerent ship on the worlds recognized
highway can have nothing to say that will
interest your readers. who. / take it, are
as a whole very intelligent, discriminate
ing class that wants to read something
worth while. CHARLES A. SEMLER.
Philadelphia, March 13.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-19
THE '7OICE OF :
THE PEOPLE
Speed the Street Cleaning.
Playwright Calls Upon Ma
tion to Prepare
SPEED THE STREET CLEANING

To the Editor of the Erenitg Ledger:
Sjr-Your editorial and cartoon "Clean-
illness or Death" unauestionably hits the
point and should drive home the fact in
such forcible manner that immediate action
be taken to appreclably lessen the expert
ence and suffering Of last summer. lt
might be stated that ninety per cent OF the
people of this city do not care what may
result from dirty and filthy conditions nor
do they realize the importance or haVihg
a cleaner city or healthier conditions sur
rounding their homes This opinion is
based upon actual conditions that have been
found through Investigations and inspec-
tions.
Further. the very manner and support
of a certain class of people Indicate most
effectively that they are satisfied with what-
ever atmosphere to which they have been
accustomed.
Have YOU ever visited West Philadelphia
on Saturday night where you will find and
see storekeepers sweeping the rubbish from
their stores on sidewalks and upon the
highways"
To be concrete, let us look to Fifty-sec-
ond and Angora streets, Fifty-hfth street
and Baltimore avenue. Fifty-eghth and
Market streets and Fifty-second and Market
streets Also notice such streets after tour
wonderful systeml the ash wagons have
been through the section. Have you ever
noticed the filthy condition of our elevated
and subway stairs-a most deplorable con-
dition Of affairs? And to think Philadel-
phians are satisfied Something little
''fifth-rate city like Boston wouldn't toll
crate for day.
The foregoing may be augmented, but
the point is this: II our laws are of no
value to correct such evils and the minds
of the questionable self-satisfed disease
spreaders, then let us have proper laws
and enforce them to the fullest extent The
world is what we make it. So 1t is with
the city of Philadelphia, and everything
relative to health and safety for the sake
OF our families and children depends on the
pride and manner of each individual. 1t
is hard to cultivate the habits of those
who live in an atmosphere of Indifference
TO the safety of themselves and the COM
munity at large, but it can be accomplished
through hard work and the support OF a
well-organized body which is interested in
good safety practices for health and safety
~ men. women and children. 1t might be
suggested to your worthy paper. that the
sooner real action is taken the quicker the
results. j. EDWAhD VAN DonrN'
Philadelphia, March IS.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-19
THE CASE OF THE DRAMA

The drama? We never had much OF ~
properly speaking, soNfar as original wors'
is concerned, but we did have great so. ",h
and during the latter half Of the nineteenth
century our people loved good plays A.
mirably ae.e~,, Most Of us can rememu,, INV
the time whe1 the great cities had mssS
theatres offering the noblest work -
crowded 10 th& doors. Now. in the last ten
years, All 10 changed. Good art has wnony
passed except when master from EnsIAns
or France comics among US in his decllnins
yesrs to give those farewell performance
that mark HIS withdrawal from active W.
and the ending of great era OF dramAs~
art. The taste Of the tired business man Y
now the standard and the directing cAlm ~.
az whatever Ia produced: and whenever ~ ~
fancy rises degree above the silly ana lns
hurnorously salacious II Aoars only into W.,
dubious realm, Of pathology Plus porH
raphy- No dataftrophs % cpmpl9!
corded In AM =
<iuo. Atlant
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-19
SPANISH EYES
ANe" Nontoto de Sedcs

Af'e" NoHtoto de SedGS
Trust no black eyes smile or yroton,
And he coy Of eyes Of blue;
Chances Of the chestnut broUn
Are the only good and true"
Street Song.
Thinkst thou ] can hear thy pleading
With such singing through the town,
Whilst in thy clear eyes I'm reading
Trust no black eyes smile or fro,cnt'
Nor in thine. whose eyes are shining
Starry for a love-clasp due
Other warning they are signing:
And be cog of eyes Of blue"
One alone my heart entrances,
One with pining bends me down,
She who turns the mellow glances,
"GloHCes Of the chestnut brotrn."
Hers that hold no trace Of scheming
Nor cajoling in their hue.
Eyes that meet me in my dreaming
"Are the only good and true"
THOMAS WALSH.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-19
THE BRANDENBURG RING

Emperor Williams ancestor. King Fred
erick ]. of Brandenburg, wrote of the
Brandenburg ring: This ring was given
to me by my father on his deathbed, with
the reminder that SO long as II was pre.
served in the House of Brandenburg, this
would not only prosper. but would grow
ana Increase" Frederick the Great guard
ed the ring with care. but II was stolen
during the Napoleonic age. and the defeat
of tae Prussians by Napoleon followed. II
was later recovered. and the House OF
Brandenburg avenged its humiliation and
grew greater than ever. Doctor Kunx, in
his .Rings' d-ippincottsl intimatss that
the ring u supposed to be again missing,
vhersfors the downfall Of the Hohensollarn
= fcrsteld ~ - spperetitie1,e eRcsg ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-19
All Points of the Compass
Casuals of the Days Work
XXXII-

WE HAD known Sumner for many years.
w So had Sidney. and there had come to
be the sort of free masonry Of fellowship
among us that sometimes comes to men
after they,have come to forty years That
is the sort which rarely comes before the
time Of which Mr. Thackeray wrote. but
when 1T does come 1t is of lasting sort
which portends the eternal. Thus it was
with us
ner. Then. on a day, came a note from
his secretary saying that our good friend
had been translated to other worlds II
was the will of the gods; yet we forgot
Sidney.
Six months passed. Then came a letter
from him.
Can you tell me-" he asked "the ad-
dress of Sumner? have lost track of
him during the last year, but probablv ba
Is gone back into his beloved West 7
would like to write hima and If you can
tell me where he is I'll Tell him the news
OF things"
So we wrote to Sidney and told OF
tragedy.
Then came this letter:
Dear Boy-I thank you for your let
ter. i have not yet got over the shock
It gave me. II has brought up viyidIv
the happy years OF youth. when we
looked forward with brave hearts to the
achievement of noble ends. May the
good God give his good soul good farinx
on his long journey. May quote from
Herbert Trench:
IF after death, love comes a waking
And from their camp so dark and
still.
The men OF dust hear bugles, breaking
Their halt upon the hill
To me the slow. and silver pealinr.
That then the last high trumpet
pours,
Shall softer than the dawn come steal
ing
For with its call comes yours"
And in whatever Elysum the steadfast
soul Of CHARLES sumner Putnam NAV hs
Waplsring. II may cheer him = bit 10 know
1l1t 111ee eee $3.50 q ~ Hho, remsmbsr
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-19

Lieutenant Governor Frank B. McClain
sat in John O'D. Mangans fine limousine,
protected from the rain, and rode at the
head of the St Patrick's Day procession
in Pittston on Saturday. Behind him the
indomitable Celts on horseback and afoot
trudged determnedly through the down.
pour "A foine body O. min" said he.
Aye" said Squire Roscoe Keatins. Of
the reception committee. but let you not
bother your head about 'em politically.
Most o. them are from my bailiwick and
they represent a Democratic vote of 1900.
On one occasion three Republican votes
slipped in---one for Judge Somebody-or-
other and two for Judge Fuller. Judge
Fuller is very popular man in this sec
ton and that's why he ran so far ahead
OF his ticket"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-19
ONE DAY

IN THE face of the startling events of
l. March II, 1917, the Tennysonian pref
erence for fifty years Of Europe TO a
cycle of Csthay becomes actually modest
and inadequate. That single day, on
which the Government of Russia is re-
ferred to national convention; on which
the Allied armies reach the two military
goals of Bapaume and Roye. sought for
two and a half years; when Viennese ru-
mors Of a separate peace with the Slavic
empire take on a new clarity and sub
stance, seems almost without historical
parallel. Even the outbreak of the great
war was scarcely more choked with tre-
mendous happenings. That prelude to
the titanic tale had dramatic swiftness,
but now we have breath-taking climax
piled on climax after a long and monot-
onously agonizing period of development
The tendency, however, TO proclaim
anything like the sudden establishment
Of millennium demands stern repres-
sion. Frank admission of the intense
significance Of one fateful day should not
trails will be Immediately followed TO
successful ends.
The confusion regarding Grand Duke
Michael's status somewhat tempers en-
thusiasm for the proposed Russian re-
public. Libertyloving optimsts may
take comfort in the way in which Presi-
dent Milhkoff OF the Duma apologized for
supporting a regency. I'VE propose"
said he, "a parliamentary constitutional
nb, arl,a nfh ms =
ferent views, but il we stop TO discuss in
stead of instantly deciding, Russia will
find herself in a state of civil war and the
destroyed regime will be reborn" The
position of the Romanoff dynasty is thus
in doubt. The best that can be said for
the revolution is that 1t assuredly did
occur and that IL appears to stand con-
sideraby more than an even chance OF
succeeding.
The effect on the Central Powers may
at this time be interpreted according 70
personal inclinations. Pro-Germanism
may read weakness in the revolution and
a brilliant opportunity either to seek a
separate peace with Russia or the chance
to start a brilliant new offensive against
the Slavic armies. In the other camp the
feeling certainly exists that at last the
weak link in the Entente's chain has been
repaired. No apologies are now needed
| to explain the association of despotism
with republican France. The liberty
clause in the Allies platform has been
immensely strengthened.
Regarding the Franco-British advance
| on the western front there In. of course
more occasion for favorable rather than
| disquieting comment. The immediate aims
OF the somme offensive begun last July
have been accomplished. Victories tell
their own stories. Retreats demand ex-
plantations, and until Hindenburg shows
his hand 1t seems timorous folly to insist
on German traps and the super-cunnins
Of military strategy. Where restraint Is
really needed is OF the desire to foresee
much greater conquests in the new En-
| tents movement Not until St. Quentin
and canbrai are in Haig's or Niyelle's
hopdV, can the prospect Of driving the
M y, <roue E1anee heye any genpjns
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-19
There were reports last sum

There were reports last summer
that dope had found its way into the
navy. Now the same is said of the army
The mere suspicion Is intolerable. Yet it
would be sheer luck il the drugs that are
now allowed to circulate about the coun-
try did not find their way into the ranks
OF the nations defenders striking at the
weakest links first and gradually working
their way along the line. II for no other
reason than preparedness for war. can.
not the Legislature see the necessity of
passing the Whitaker antinarcotic law?
tsro the citizen army that we need Penn.
sylvania, New York and New Jersey
would contribute oneffth of the total.
What better could we do than set the ex-
ample for neighbor States by enacting a
drastic antidrug law in order to keep the
poison of dope out Of the system of those
who would go to make up the rank and
file In army and navy? Congress will in
time amend the Harrison act, which
failed 10 stop the Illicit dope traffic. But
.fhe States should do their share first and
"a Is right here in the Middle States that
11le dope evil fourishes most unrestrain-
|ndly.