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Evening star., 1917-10-24
CAMP MEADE NOTES.

The barracks and buildings IN blocks
A, 3 ana d have been vacated ana are
ready for the colored draftees to the
number of 8,1o0. who ara to hegin ar
riving here In few days Block ID
Immediately ndjoins tho quarters OF
the District machine gunners on the
south.
The enlisted strength OF Company A,
yeaterday, was 101 men, Company B
has 10 men and Company c ia1 a total
for the battalion of 842, not including
officers,
Company b entertained in ths squad
room last night with feed" and a
musical program, in which the COM
pany's quartet took a prominent part,
The room was decorated with branches
of autumn foliage, evergreens, etc,
Maj Zane and battalion headquarters
officers, as we'll the officers of the
two other District companies, were the
invited guests of Company b.
Sergt. Brandt, property sergeant of
Company A, is having plenty of work
these days. The three companies of
the battalion are being placed on a
war basis as regards property and sup
plies of all kinds, and the sergeant is
learning by experience just how many
different things a machine gun COM
pany has to have. The list includes
extra clothing, field kitchens, kitchen
outfits, mules, harness, saddles, horses,
and an army quartermaster only
knows what else, but Brandt is find
ing out, too.
Half a dozen or more members of
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EVERY MAN AND WOMAN
SHOULD BUY A BOND
By Rt Rev. c. F. Thomas, st. Patrick's Church.

the people Of the United States by the
all the Of this
country allies this world And these reasons
justified should be enough satisfy
duty aid and sacrifice the
Whatever been private opinions and preudees now
be and
the and all the advantages for the side on
which have ourselves .
Money needed Without it every enterprise must
which the government taken to
the equitable and Just Inc
and
leas the will be successful
should demand earnest
all The conside Of what will be
of all help the too rghtul
to allow negligence suplneness
people should realize that affairs serious
of defeat appalling and
the of citizen to show that he is back OF
his , a.,
sacrifice and sefdena Let one be unworthy
citizenship unworthy OF the calls made upon MIN IN TINS
Evening star., 1917-10-24
Respect for Flag Enforced.

Respect for the flag and the national
anthem Is to be insisted upon al camp
Meade according to general orders NJ.
I lust posted, and civilians VINO Kan "
show proper respect for the colors anu
for The star Spangled Banner, after
having been admonished to do SO, VIII
be escorted off the reservation.
The new general orders reads: IN part
"Army regulations prescribe the
nroner honors to be shown by those IN
the military service. but. in ADDITION
thereto, it is also incumbent upon them
to instruct those in civil life
1T is therefore ordered that during
tho playing of The Star Spangled Ban
ner.' by the band, or To the colors'
by the buglers, either at retreat or
upon any other official occasion, IN
Camp Meade. silence will he maintained,
all work and play viii cease al,
vehicles will halt and all ofhcers ana
men will alight therefrom, ana an psar
sons in the military service will render
the nonors prescribed by paragraph $50,
Army regulations.
.Ciyilans regardless of race or ma
tionality, within sight of the nag or
within hearing of the music, at retreat.
should if not already doing SO, be
courteously requested to stand, uncov-
cred in a respectful attitude. In case
of failure on the part of any person
to observe the proper respect toward
tho flag. such offender shall be escorted
off the reservation.
"The high and patriotic duty OF OBJ
serving most punctiliously the honors
prescribed by regulations is en1olheo
upon the members of this command in
order that, by their example, the peo-
pie generally may be led to greater
respect for the flag of our country, anu
to the observance and practice OF
higher patriotism"
Evening star., 1917-10-24
Trench Digging Begins Tomorrow

Preliminary instruction ana WORK III
trench digging is to. begin here to-
morrow, according to a statement or
Mai. Gen. Kuhn Much work already
has been done in rifle sighting. the
theory and practice of rife firing, trlg-
ger pressure, etc; the men have be
come fairly proficient in marching ana
drills of the squad, the company, the
battalion and the regiment: bayonet
practice has been started and the next
thing on the program of instruction In
actual war work-"digging IN, the
digging and connecting up OF trenches,
and the like-is to be started at once.
everything that has been done here
since the men came to camp has been
actual war work." said Gen. Kuhn. OF
course, it is rather difficult for the
men to see the actual connection right
now between lectures on the rudiments
of military matters, physical exercises.
games. singing and the like. and war
fare: but there is a very real CON
nection, and they will see 1t after
while. There will be little apparent
relationship between the hard work OF
digging a line of trenches and connect
ing them up with communicating gal
leries: but the war has been fought
almost altogether in trenches. and 1t
probably will continue to be fought
so; therefore, the connection should De
plainly evident"
on this phase of training at once. 1t was
intimated. Selected units Will make the
beginning tomorrow, however. and
within a short time thereafter every
unit In camp will be at the work.
Evening star., 1917-10-24
Training Camp Opens January 5

| The officers training camp for en-
| listed and selected men of the 18th Di-
vision, to be held at Camp Meade. is
! to be opened January and continue
until April 5. The quota of enlisted
| and selected men Of the division eligible
/ for instruction at this training camp,
according to the announcement has
been fixed at IL per cent of the enlisted
strength of each regiment or separate
| unit.
| Enlisted or selected men-this classi-
fication including non-commissioned Of
! flcers-desiring to attend the officers
training camp and compete for eli
gibility as second lieutenants are re-
auired to submit applications to their
Immediate commanding officers before
December /. From these applications
the company or other unit commander
will carefully select those of the most
deserving and suitable men, not to ex-
! ceed in number 10 per cent of the en-
listed strength of the organization. The
applications will then be forwarded to
the division commander, who will call
board Of three Regular Army officers
to consider all applications and to Sc
lect and designate the required quota
from each unit. No appeal IL permitted
in tho case Of applications rejected by
INTERIM ediate authority before reaching
the division commander. Men who sue
cessfully complete the three-month
course are to be carried on a list of ell
gibles for appointment as second lieu
tenants and Will be commissioned MS
n cin
Evening star., 1917-10-24
Liberty Loan Subscriptions.

Liberty loan subscriptions for the
camp today totaled Sl,"2o,ooo. The
s15th infantry tops the list with
$780, 900 The largest single suoscrlp-
tion was by a reserve officer, name
withheld. who took Soo.ooo in eonds,
Orders issued today call for the
transfer Of 1o4 men from various units
here to the 35th Engineers railway
command, at Camp Grant, Rockford.
Ill. No District men are among those
transferred
Joseph Gibson of Baltimore. private
In the 313th Infantry. died at Waiter
Reed Hospital yesterday. Gibson was
a sufferer from chronic stomach tIou-
Bile. but made no claim for exemption
when drafted.
Evening star., 1917-10-24
rain POURS down
! Upon CAMP \ / MEADE
Deluge Prevents Liberty Loan
Parade and Interrupts the
General Program.
RESPECT TO FLAG ORDERED

From a STAFF Correspondent.
CAMP MEADE, October 24.-Torrential
rains last night and this morning, turning
roads and parade grounds into quagmires,
resulted in cancellation of the liberty loan
parade scheduled for today. Brig. Gen
Nicholson in charge of the days exer-
cises, stated the athletic program for this
afternoon also probably would be called
off.
The first selected man from Camp Meade
to leave for France started yesterday. He
Is Julius Fischer. and he was member
Of the Headquarters Company, Cloth IN
fantr-y. of Philadelphia. He is carpen-
ter and is detached from his regiment loF
special duty in France.
Evening star., 1917-10-24

Silk lined Full Animal cnY {
Scarfs. of black or taupe y -
fox or taupe wolf, trim II
med with paws, head and
brush. These scarfs fasten at ne
with chain or snaps and are uncomm
values at $21.05.
Evening star., 1917-10-24
The Time for Action Is Arrived It Is Bonds or Blood!

az YER the top they brave wngo make the world safe for
J home. hesitate O
Why should back with dollars when of
arrived? Bonds need
buy buy!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-09
BOYS SAFE AFTER TRIP
OVER DELAWARE ON ICE
Only a Ducking Suffered by One of
Four Lads Who Play
ELIZA"

The four young Wissnomlng boys who
made Il round tt y ON the Delaware ice
foes ycSterda" without other mishap than
a ducking have fully recpycred--oniy their
mothers are Still nervous.
The boys were playing around the pump
ing station at Lardner's Point yesterday
afternoon when somebody suggested that
Malcolm Brausiie!d, of 39i5 Homestead
street. play Eliza" and cross the ice
whitened surface of the river, stained inky
by the black water breaking through here
and there. Malcolm started, followed by his
older brother, Philip and two other boys
Dave Martin, of 1915 Homestead street and
Charles Murphy, of 1855 Homestead street
The Journey over was safely accomplished
and the boys ran half mile inland from
the Jersey shore to get warm. ON their
trip back Martin slipped from cake of ice
into the river, but was caught by Malcolm
Bransfeld before he was drawn away by
the current Last night they related their
story to their admiring gang
I'VE said we would do II and we done
it. That's ALL" said Malcolm today
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-09

to "Philos Nat" Grammatlca. Logica, As
uonomia, Theologia. Rhetorica and Mathe-
matica are untouched.
The classicists Of old Penn were notified
Of the change by a reporter. They had been
too busy with making researches into and
card-indexing the works of Macrobius.
DIonysius Of IIalicarnassus. Lucretus and
other Latin and Greek worthless TO notice
the overt act Of the so-called practical edu-
cation men. one professor was VeXatiously
interrupted in an investigation he is making
probe" as they say nowadays--into
problems of Roman religion, but between
cards in his tabulated knowledge he said
the changes were a tremendous out
rage"
CASrS BEI.LI PER SE
This is certainly casus bclli." grad
uHtc student Of the Latin Seminary. inter-
viewed In the library seminary room, said
using the Continental pronunciation. which
differs from that spoken in the law court
and pharmacy.
Already there Is considerable resentment
aEaius several recent attacks made on the
classics Dr> Ward picrson, Of the Wharton
School, was much applauded at a luncheon
Of the Chelsea Yacht club for his ringing
verbal assault on the classics. The yachts
men were sure something was wrong with
the classical ideal \ member Of the dem
fists congress held here short time ago
declared that Latin was not even useful
a. a medium tor physicians prescriptions.
Principal William Dean Lewis, of the VIII
liam Penn High School. i'm a series Of arti-
clcs has commended the new Rockefeller
school which Is to ignore dead languages
and NicraturcH. These matters were for
maly considered at this weeks meeting Of
the Classical club of Philadelphia OYER the
FulcuiLu The Society for Promotion OF
Liberal studies rs expected to take early
action Grim determination is expressed
D q O..
/ themes. Virgil and N"uophOu shall not be
/ rol"gatrd To the scrap heap.
Human nature has not changed since the
IAN Of Troy" it was asserted at the I'ul-
v,rsity today "rhr classics are fuuda
! mental !n education. They train the mind
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-09

as thoroughly and as strictly for ef.lcianov
as mathematics or science or econoui61 !
They do more, for they cultivate the mIr6<|
They act as examples OF virtue: they preacN
as well as teach. Rightly appied---an0
this depends on the student-they give both
power and poetry. Vocational and COM
mercal training possibly afford more fmme-
diate routine efficiency. but they have no
expanding and broadening function. They
give the boy some tools and the method OF
using them, and these only. The classics
give the boy a mind TO use any tools. They
are universal. and with mastery over the
universal. the particular or specific can
be surely mastered. They nourish the In
telcct and inspire the spirit. Without the
vision the people perlsheth.'"
Alumni of the University declared they
would add their legions to the phalanxes OF
the humanists in education. The general
opinion was voiced by lawyer who said:
vanae' which means, literally. Literature
without morals is vain or freely, Culture
without character is empty is much better
than Leges sine moribus vane, translated
Laws without morals amount to nothing.s
The phrase is more general in signification.
more ,pigrammatiC in expression. It was
adopted two score or so years ago, when
the late Dr. Horace Howard Furness points
ed out that the existing motto Sine moribua
vauae' might be translated 'Empty-headed
women without morals and said this was
no thought 70 set before the young men.
But no exception can he taken to Literae
sine moribus Vauae.' culture without char
acter Is empty is an abiding ideal which
any great university may we'll be proud to
set up as an eNemplar for its students"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-09
MANNED MINER TO RETURN
TO HIS FAMILY IN RUSSIA
Company Employing Him Gives Him
5000 and Will Make Weekly
Payments

JOHNSTOWN. Pa, Feb. 9.--One Of the
most pathetic cases ever brought to the
attention of the state Compensation Board
was that yesterday of Felix Zonca. for whom
an effort was being made to obtain suf-
hcient funds to send him back to his
native land, Russia He is blind, deaf
and manned as the result of an accident in
. mine in Indiana County.
Zonca was IA miner who resided in Scalp
Level Working conditions were better in
Indiana County, he was told, and he went
there. Soon after he began work there
was an explosion of powder and Zonca was
found lying on the ground, his eyes blown
out, his left arm of his hearing ruined and
the thumb of his right hand gone.
Zonca is respondent. He wants to get
back to his native land to his wife and
shildren, who were dependent on him for
support.
The company by which Zonca was em-
pioyed has agreed to give him 5000 and
weekly payments after his arrival in Russia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-09
WOMAN ENDS LIFE WITH GAS
Suicide Believed Due to Grief Over
Mothers Death

Mrs Katharine Frazier. formerly of this
city, was found dead from gas poisoning
in a room at Pittsburgh today, according
to dispatch.
Mrs. Frazier. who was a nurse lived for
nearly three months at the Temporary
Home sos North Sixth street. n boarding
home for women seeking employment It
was said there that she had been grief
stricken over the death of her mother and
was very quiet She left this city January
Is to go to Cleveland. Her home is be-
leved to have been Detroit. where a brother
and several sisters live. Mrs Frazier who
was thought to he a widow, was thirty
eight years old.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-09
TO BUILD BIG APARTMENTS
Eighteen-Story Building at 10th and
Spruce to Cost $2,OOO,OOO

A s2,O0O,o0o apartment house will be
erected on the southeast corner of Sixteenth
and Spruce streets. now occupied by the
newport Apartments, and on 151S-20-22-24- =
so-zS Spruce street. Abner II. Merson has
aken title to the Newport Apartments from
'he Newport Apartment House Company.
Ihe proposed structure will be nineteen
stories high. The entire property is 17S
teet on Spruce street by depth of 240 feet
On the east line and SO feet on Sixteenth
street' y. w. Straus has taken a $1,000, ,O00
Lortgage on the property. This was re-
corded TODAY.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-09

The following members of the younger
set have sgnilicd their intention Of signing
articles with the Government. NJ Wagner,
Battling Murray, Henry Brown, Johnny
Campi and that grand old-timcr. tharht
Lincoln. who invented the phrase pieces
of honor don't get mv nothing
At an election held M the club rooms
1t was decided to name pete Herman ban
tamweight champ. as honorary general l'.r
is only an honorary member of the cluh'
and the event Of his last visit to the rooms
Is celebrated with great energy once a year
II was suggested that Pete wouldn't Ilkr
the idea Of beiuE a correspuudcuce-sch"ol
officer. but II was ppiuD,d out that he would
10y actually joining the fray probably hnrt
his hauds. This. it was agreed, would he
fatal SO Pete will direct things probably
from home.
REAL TRENCH WAR
All ideas can be traced t. some cuNlrou-
mental beginning. There's that clubhouse
The very view is martial To the east
stretches FitH street for twenty ana one
half yards. Then looms up the spires "t
pessalauo's saloon Westward rolls 'ha'
trclcss FtH street with go pQshrarG
parked ia the distance. no the south. ladies'
and gentlemen. We have South sheridan
street. Yesterday was not as cold as usual
south Sheridan street had melted and Was
busy running down. To tell thr TRUTH south
sheridan street was az pretty NartcEaird
mudscape as ever "uzed.
"I.ika da trench" uuoth very old and
wrinl>lrd lady with at least twenty pounds
uf wooden millinery weighing her down.
"I.ika da war She was right.
some one of tho more mprtuuUs has
gone 80 far as tu punch uut one ut the
windows Of the Twilight club that looks
/ ON South sheridan street u order To Erl .,
view Of the trench uuImurdrd NdltaurN
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-09
Below Zero in Chicago

CHICAGO, Feb. with the tempcra-
turc below zero, chicago today Is facing
a serious coal shortage. An embargo ON
all freight except the most urgent goods
has resulted in tying up many ears Of coal
on out-uf-the-way sidcngs and IA a result
the supply is nearing the exhaustion point
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-09
CHANGE IN PENN SEAL
STIRS UP CLASSICISTS
Alumni Want to Know When
and Why "Literae" Was
Turned to "Leges"
WHAT CLASSICS MEAN

The perennial battle between what the
mani -th"-Strcct would call the high
hrows' and the "rough-neclls" but those
gifted with less Nigur and vivacity of cx-
preston but moro felicity Of dictun would
caIl between the classical and wllitartau
Ideals " education, is likely to be fought
cut un new front
Alumni Of the University or Pennsylvania
nave been curious to- learn why ana when
the wording Of the official seal Of old Penn
was changed They first noticed the varia-
ton from the traditional ON the letterhcads
Of an appeal sent out by the General Alumni
Society this week for speedy completion Of
the tund iu purchase and rnduW the pro-
Nost house by University bay This fea.
tNal falls annually ON February %, by
which date the committee hopes the sum of
$4,000 will have been pledged II is
speeding up subscriptions to that purpose
The general alumni eye, individually II
not generally, noticed something odd about
the seal II didn't look right Familiar IN
~iguld were missing. Especially the word.
iug ur the motto was strange The word
'lrgcs' had been substituted for the wuntcd
"utcrae.' Some Of the college alumni gave
the letter the twice over" Possibly the
appeal might be- directed to Tia" graduates
OF the Law School. "L'Ecs.' which. AZ
every one knows melnS "ia"s,' implied as
much BU, no. the plea was rrum the cen
rral Al'muI Society which has rraucis Me
llhcuuE, \ r., IT,. -. as pres dent; Horace
Mathrr lippIurpr. Pm T., "t secretary and
charles W. Packard, - $. uS treasurer.
ALI. DARK ALONG CAMPUS
At once inquiries were Instituted out
on ia" campus NO one knew why the trus-
tees had changed the wording Of the seal
u had been changed. 1t was admitted but
why was amt is mystery
The seal has been slmpliird. The inner
scroll with the shield heraldcally barred
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-09
Eight-RoOm School Opposed

NINELAND. y. j.. Feb. Q. -- There is
sharp opposition to the proposition of the
Board of Education to erect an eEht-rOom
school building when only six rooms are
needed for immediate use.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-09
Look Out for This FAKE" Collector

Mrs j. Willis Martin, of the Emergency
Alo committee, issued a warning today
against fake" collector who is repre-
senting himself ms authorized to collect
iuhds Tor that organization. The Emergency
Ald committee, Mrs, Martin stated, employs
no collectors. The activities of the collector
We're revealed by Allen Hale, of the Hale
motor Company, Wayne, who contributed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-09
For Cold Winter Nights

Many men prefer warm Outing
Flannel Night Shirts-75c, $1.00,
S1.25 and $l.50. Outing Flannel
Pajamas = $1,00, $l.25, $1.50,
$1.75 and $500.
M- East Store, Eighth Street
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-09

The Shirts at Soc are special
purchases and broken lines from
stock. Excellent selection of
styles, fabrics and patterns. The
Shirts at $1.15 are of woven
stripe madras and pr%nted mer-
cerized madras.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-02-23
LOW FIRE LOSS ON NATIONAL
 FORESTS IN 1916

Washington, February a. A loss to the government of $162,3S5 in tim Der, forage and young growth was caused by fires on the National For ests in 1916, according to statistics though there was more than the aver age number of fires, the loss is the smallest that has been sustained from fires since the National Forests were established.
 A total of 299,377 acres of govern ment land was burned over. Of the 5,655 fires which occurred, 73 per cent were confined to areas of less than 10 acres. '.
 |. Lightning was the chief cause of the fires and was responsible for 23 per cent of all those which occurred. The causes of IS per cent were unknown, while careless campers started IF per cent. There was slight increase in the fires of incendiary origin, as well as those started by sparks from loco motives With the exception of those caused by lightning, all the fires were due to human agencies. One fire in Idaho which burned 600,000 feet of timber was caused by the careless ness of a ten-year-old boy.
 The season was one of particular severity in the southwest, as well as parts of Colorado and Wyoming In Washington heavy loss was caused by fires which started in inaccessible places and which the rangers were unable to reach for several days be- cause of the lack of trails.