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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-12-14
WOULD TRAIN BOYS
General Young Proposes Draft
ing Youths of 19 to Fl.
MARRIED MEN ARE UNWILLING

Those Who Have Dependents Don't
Want to Fight, as a Rule. So Younger
Men Must Save the Country, as They
Did In the Civil War. He Says.
Three Million Would Be Effected.
Washington.-ln a signed statement
given out recently, Lieutenant General
S, B NJ. Young, U. S. a.. commander in
chief of the military order of the Loyal
Legion of the United States and presi
dent of the National Association For
Universal Military Training, advocated
the early drafting of youths between
nineteen and twenty-one to form the
national army.
General Young says that of the $780,
600 men registered fully so per cent
Of the married men have not hesitated
to walk up and claim exemption on
that ground alone. which means that
only small percentage of the married
men In the nation are willing to bear
arms in defense Of it. This is a con-
dition which was not only surprising,
but which is full of menace and to
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-12-14
DEV0TES A PERFECT"
MAN TO AIR CORPS
Abernethy Graded by Muensterbers a.
100 Per Cent Mentally.

Boston.-Thomas James Abernethy OF
West Pembroke, Me, whom the late
Professor Muensterberg found to be
mentally perfect. is one of 900 New
England candidates selected for instruc-
tion as aviators. He heads the list, but
it is arranged alphabetically.
The man with the 100 per cent brain
selected by the professor will now learn
the best methods of fighting in the air
against the country which sent Profess
sor Muensterberg to Harvard. Aber-
nethy had planned to enter business
with his father at West Pembroke. Aft
er the test, Abernethy said:
Professor Muensterberg told me sew
eral times that had good mind, but
that l was lazy and should do better in
my classes. He said l couldn't earn
my salt as a salesman, but recommend
ed my entering the canning business"
The tests were made on $40 men who
attended the professors classes in psy-
chology.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-12-14
MELT HEIRL00MS FOR ARMY
Women From All over Country Give
Up keepsakes to Send Gifts
to Soldiers.

New York.-Old gold and silver con-
tributed by women in all parts of the
United States to aid in carrying on the
work - the National Special Aid so.
ciety, melted, sold for 81, 400.
The gold and silver represented
many heirlooms from old families
from Maine to California. Many OF
them. in sending in their contributions,
said that the articles contributed were
Of great sentimental value.
This money will be used to buy ne
cessities and luxuries, too, for Ameri-
can soldiers In military camps urgently
needed. The society received a re-
quest from one of these camps for 3OO
sweaters, 300 pairs of socks, 800 pairs
of gloves. monographs and other camp
essentials.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-12-14
BROWNS TRYING TO RESCUE
Scout Master Sinks In Mississippi R'y
or While Bringing Youth
Ashore.

ST. Louis.-Eugene Ferris. eight
years old, of Alton, Boy Scout, and
william Strittnatter, twenty-one. scout
mester of a boys troop, were drowned
in the Mississippi river mile north
Of Alton.
The scoutmaster, a strong swimmer,
had gone to the aid of young Ferris
when the latter, in wading about, goS
into deep water and was carried out
INTO the river by the current. He had
succeeded IN getting to the boy and
had grasped him by the hair and start
ed swimming for the shore, when both
sank.
Strittnatter had taHen young Ferris
and eight other boys Of his troop on
hike. The boys prevailed on him to
permit them 10 get into the water, and
he Joined them
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-12-14
DEDUCTIVE TEST is FAILURE
Scientific Method Adopted by New
York Detectives Admittedly
lnconclusive.

New York.-The first real test OF
the new method evolved by the New
York detective bureau for proving
crime solely through chemical, scien-
tific and analytical deductions resulted
In failure in the court of general ses-
sions. An indictment of Vencenzo dc
Stefano for ten-year-old Title Browns
murder was dismissed when chemists
If the central testing laboratories ads
mitted that they had been too posi-
tive" In their statements before the
grand jury that they had discovered
lnf1nitesimal fragments of the strap
used In strangling the child on the
blade of knife found in De Stefano's
possession.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-12-14
enNnnnnAN tpNnnnAnnnnnrns
SEVEN KITTENS GET
JOBS IN CONGRESS

Washlngton.-A job has been
found for Congressman Austin's
secretary's cats seven kittens.
They will be welcome down on
the floor below in Representa-
tive Hulbert's Office. Mice are
everrunning the place. They
are as bold as bulldogs. Frank
McEnnany, Mr.. Hulbert's secre-
tary, says they climb on the big
leather chairs and watch him
deriSively as he tries to work.
The other night the mice ate up
all the free seeds that Mr.. Hull
bert had for distribution among
his constituents. That Is not
much of disaster, in view of
the fact that his district In New
York is one of the most thickly
populated In the greater city
and the people wouldn't know
what to do with the seeds If he
sent them on. What is of i'm
portance, though, Is that the
mice also ate up a bas-relief
model of the East river, He'll
Gate and Wards island, being
attracted by the excellent quail
ity of glue in the papier mache.
Hell Gate is a most precious
thing in the eyes of this con-
gresham.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-12-14
NEW PROBATION BY FRANCE.
Citizens Warned Not TO Give Picture
Cards to Prisoners.

Paris. - The French government is
alive to the fact that on many occa-
sions the Germans have tried to pro-
cure postcards representing views Of
the coasts of France, her ships, NUM-
ton factories and cities which could
be bombed by airships.
The government has just warned citi-
zens not to comply with requests from
German prisoners in France for these
illustrated postcards, since the requests
are probably inspired by the German
authorities. 1t is also suggested that
no such postcards be sent into neutral
countries maintaining friendly rela-
tons with Germany.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-12-14
Keep Cool to Study Well.

Boston.-Coal saving not only as
matter of economy. hut in the interests
of the health of pupils and teachers, is
urged upon the principals of Boston
schools in a circular which the super
intendent of schools, Franklin p. Dyer,
has distributed. He says that fresh
air and cool temperatures are favor
able TO study as we'll as healthful, as
long as the temperature does not fall
below 60 degrees"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-12-14
STEEL FROM HIS LEG.
Patient Thinks He Got 1t In the San
Francisco Earthquake.

Philadelphia. Pa.-Bernard Hughes,
an inmate of the Home of the Little
Sisters of the Poor at Eighteenth and
jefferson streets. felt sharp pain in
his right ankle the other day. and later
physicians extracted a piece of steel
two inches long and one-eighth of an
inch thick.
Hughes, who is seventy years old.
told hospital attaches he believed he
had picked up the piece of steel as a
souvenir of the San Francisco earth
quake.
During the first heavy shock" he
said, Il remember | was struck in the
right ankle by something. Guess the
steel must have entered my leg then.
1t gave me little pain. and paid no
more attention to ii until it began
hurting"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-12-14
Monkeys Chase eIaeksnakes.

Newcastle. Pa. Several monkeys
have been placed on "A wild site at Ne
shamrock Falls to chase oul the black
snakes Tor summer cal.ny II is ex-
pected that the mnnSs's viii iree the
site OF suaScs Bungalows are TO he
erected there
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-12-14
Pound of Bread Must Last Eleven Days

Found OF BTead Wust Iast IIeVsH I"J >
The Hague. -The Dutch minister or
agriculture has decided that the bread
ration of $500 grams mot quite a
noundl a head must suffice for eleven
DAYS in Holland When bread tickets
were first issued seven days was the
period. Later it was extended to
nine days, but the increasing scarcity
necessitates a further reduction in con-
sumption.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-18
PROCRASTINATION

HNHE President urged that the food con-
troll bill should be made law not later
than July /. It became law August 10.
In period Of time not longer than
this delay the, Germans had swep'
through Belgium ana We're at the gates OF
Paris Time is as precious in the conduct
Of the war now as it was then. 1t seems
to be impossible tu convince Senators that
the chief purpose Of the nation is to over.
whclm Kaiserism, They appear to think
that a Gabfest is the era'5 great necessity.
Fortunately public opinion was powerful
enough to drive most of the war appro.
priation bills to prompt enactment. Had
the conscription act been subject to such
delays as the food.control bill cXpe-
rienced, training Of the sclcctivcs in time
for next summers campaigns would have
been impossible.
II appears, nevertheless. that Mr..
Hoover was not deprived of authority
long enough to leopard next winters
food supplies.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-18
FREE THINKING DEFENDED

To the Editor Of the EUcnHg LcdgCr:
Sir-Were Schwab or some other Ameri-
can munition maker to donate a million dol
lars to our country and then accept con-
tract from Germany. would we not as ma
ton despse and condemn him? Yet We glib
ly swallow the patriotic outbursts of our too
many churches and never stop to ponder
that these same denominations, with
branches that were supposed to differ only
in geographical location, do just the opposite
and invoke Divine aid against the United
States.
Writers galore have, even through your
columns, urged religion upon US. ] am not
speaking of the man who through neglect
or indifference drops his religion. but will
no. one defend the many who have not only
looked into but seen through this? Are all
agnostics, many Of whom will be in the
trenches Tor us, morally lacking or entirely
depraNed? ! say no and feel that ont of
TINS war another great good besides the
hanlshment OF autocracy will come when
enlightenment teaches us that good and
pad, right and wrong actions are rot nrc-
ordained for Ms, but are as we will and trv
FREE THINKER.
trenton, y. j., August IT,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-18
WAR PSYCHOLOGY

ON ABOUT July -, l9li, one or the
" most sober journals in this country
began its leading editorial somewhat as
follows: "Of course there will Ice mo- war,
for the simple reason that great war is
unthinkablc." Later the tune changed.
What became "unthinkable' was that hos
tilitics could last longer than "A year well
longer than three years at the most At
one time Mr.. Bclloc was writing that "uf
course. by December 1916, Germany viii
have no armies worthy Of the name
And now everybody has stopped predict
ting, even Mr.. Wells. History, perhaps
will record that the war had only fairly
begun by the year 1917, ana there is
some contemporary evidence that this is
the case. For nothing could make Ger.
many believe that she was in serious
fight to a finish but the fact of the whole
world arrayed against her, and it was
not until this year that, with the dcclara.
ton Of the United States ana the turning
of South American sympathy for the AL
lies, she at last realized her peril.
Wcarying of prophesying a quick re-
lief, the world is learning to live with
its war and to accept the discipline Of
its long, steady grind-aIl the world cX.
cept Middle Europe. which lets no day
so by without sending up its wall for
peace
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-18

the law. AS to the fines the motor vehi, re
and traffic acts a copy Of Which you may
have by writing to Trenton, will enlightcn
you.
In these days. when there is apparent dis
regard for law and order on every hand
it would be well for a medium like the
EVENING LEDGER TO refrain from unjust crit
icism of those on whose shoulders fall the
duty of enforcing the statutes As to the
town being, as you say the storm center
an examination of the magistrates dockets
in the county will prove the contrary
Hoping you will see this in the manner
in which it is intended, | am,
G.. MCMILLAN
Chief of Police.
Audubon, y. j.. August A.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-18
THE WARTIME STAGE

THE preparations for busy musical
and dramatic season now visible in
New York and undoubtedly soon To have
their echo i'm Philadelphia are not legiti.
matcly open To the charge of undue CIiv-
ulity in the midst Of great war. Even
Paris, more impcrlcd once than any
great bcllgorent capital, learned hv cX.
perence the iuadvisability of closing her
places of wholesome entertainment. Nat.
urally all normally metropolitan life
ceased during tho Marne crisis When
that had passed however The mistake of
denying her citizens mental and spiritual
relief from the war strain was obvious.
Furthermore, dark theatres and oppra
houses created a class Of unemployed art.
lists, many of them untitled for war serv-
ice and nearly all of them unsuited to
ordinary commercial pursuits The pau
perization Of genius served no patriotic
purpose, SO, from January, 1915, on. Paris
has had it's regular seasons of good drama
and good music. Most of the cabaret alb
surdities properly suffered, but true art
was the more enhanced thereby.
There can be no offense I'm our FOLLOW.
ing the French example Inspiration of
the highest sort can be derived from robIa
music Since the war began the German
people are said to have derived comfort
and spiritual betterment from hearing
works of their great composers Of q past
era Judging from the warped moral out.
look of our foe, it seems unfortunate that
his ethics could not have been polished up
with more symphony concerts than ever
bpfOrp
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-18
THE WAPANESE FEVER"

| However enthusiastically, "A Pacific Port"
| may have lately received Niscolmt Ishs
| commission from our japanese ally, it is
| highly improbable that western fervor at
| tanned anything like the intensity of feel
ing which Philadelphia bestowed on a dele.
CATION from the island Empire in the sum-
mer of 1860
II is indeed hard to realize what an
amazing curiosity the Japanese people were
TO our eyes ifty-Odd years ago II was
ohN IN 1884 that Commodore Matthew CAL
hralth Perry negotiated his famous trade
treaty between Japan and the United States
for several centuries previous the Mikados
realm had been justly termed the hermit
empire Japan had deliberately preferred
10 Dc selt-susainng and self-suificient NO
japanese subject Travelled. No foreign VS.
ltor was permitted peep at this invioate
lahd The change in the imperial policy
Jhat followed Perry's visit was as swift as
II was sweeping. Japan's curiosity In the
Western World suddenly became no less
than the Western Worlds interest in her
IN embassy from the Orient was dispatcher
TO the United States Philadelphia was
promised a glimpse of this delegation on
June 8, 1860
ON the great day of their arrival an I'M.
mense crowd collected at the Broad ana
Irlme streets depot to catch a glimpse OF
the ambassadors Mayor Henry gave them
'he freedom Of the city, and by the time tne
Spiendld military parade was ready to slarl
u seemed as If the whole population OF tn'
clty had turned out to see the strang.
orlentals The throng' numbered fully hair
nlllon persons among whom were tnou.
Sahds OF visitors from the surrounding
country Throughout all the next day dehse
masses of humanity waited patiently ~
iront of the new Continental Hotel to catcn
a sight of the Asiatic dignitares lodgea
thete' ON June IL they were escorted u
the city's notable factories and public IN
stltutlons, and, on the day after they wiz
messed an elaborate matinee performance
OF tarce pantomime and opera at the three
year-old Academy Of Music, then one !.
Americas show places. Nothing that tns
town was proud of was hidden from Wy
aimond-eyed visitors. They were eve"
asked TO marvel at a balloon asoenson
Whlch they duly did Part OF their sts,
was occupied at the United States -
Where close inspection of our cossS .n'
comparisons with those of Japan ~ h
made n
ftE-5-.nHias craze for the DELEGATE
won Tic GE;he of Japanese fever" ~
niinistratlon of the city government w.
even Interrupted. and five days after ~ ~
arrival OF the mission Councils was nns,.
10 get together quorum. The pres
oistriouted by the Japanese here ana
winch they received were valued at
uVo. When the ambassa1cre l9ff th9
: M sgst9 =
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-18
THE BUGLES OF THE MARINE

When all the candles OF the SUN
Are quenched, and the long dav is do,.
And gusts about the highways 90
And twirls the vane on shadowv bor
Then dim the bugles blow and blow
The bugles Of the Marne.
The houses standing all so meek
strain forward. sorrowing cheek 20 ,,,
The folk within them start and orr, '"eeh
Like stir Of reeds by some vague a.,
The bugles whisper lean and high
The bugles Of the Marne
There are great ghosts come maroLi,,
France listens with her face 10 slsv I.'''s oy
france listens with he- mead ON Ina,
the ghosts of'theIn that fought a, Mars,
The bugles break with memor,as "''ihe .
The bugles of the ,Marne,
Archangel Michael heads the tr.,,
Next, Joan. like cloud of windy ra,a.
Ana next the dead in swaying wall.
.by old. bushed wharf, BY crof, 80
ne scnl2G hpsles ~ snd iii. n 'arn'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-18
Answers to Yesterdays Ouiz

l. Cardinal Gasparri is PapaI Secretary Of
- Nantical traditiO prescrbes that the can.
tam shall have his staterOom on ne
starboard side of his ship. "" '''
=" INV so-raheu 'seyenteen-year locust" IL
pr0periy the periodical cicada REQUIRING
run thlrteen to seventeen years for de-
yel0nment. II has the Greatest Longevity
oi amy, Known insect. The humming noise
nhGe bN II resembles that from n yibrat-
ing telegraph wire In u strong breeze.
L. "Camelback" locomotives are those in which
the cab ~ placed over the boiler Instead
of behind il. ~
D. the Free Quakers were Friends who fourht
Revolution. " '
u iODoisk. where the ex-(zar is to reside, b
town IN western Siberia. its populs.
tion is about $4,000.
q wellington Is the capital OF New Zealand. Z
o. Ludovico AriOsto was u celebrated Italian
poet. author of "OrlandO FuriOsO" His
dates are IIsI-f533.
" SCUM Caroline passed the famous multi.
hcation ordinance in 1882.
io' saNophOne is u musical instrument com.
Dlning features of "a horn and clarinet.
invented BY AdOlph Sax. of Belgium. In
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-18


There's q gDi IN the heart Of Marylapd
ind one In the torn Of MHtrapkec. ton
There's Iody dOIru On me Rio GrauJe
And n JdShtW muid IN EdldmG1oo,
Therc'S another mp in Waterloo.
and one, tres ioie, IN dcur Poree.
Apd IRE Slrorp to them an that IN he
true.
And hope H1t theV ore true TO me
hdnsns miss let me hold her hand
IN orleans kissed a pretty shyety.
confess Pm ford Of the Boston brand
Whose GOODNESS mets ,chen you come
TO tDoo:
Of Neto York maids a score or tIeo
Hare thrilled lriH lore nt mn noso,or,,e
plea;
so ! guess they're wtshnq mn sbj,
,oere due,
ANA ! hope that then are true 10 me,
re rdueled bit, you understand,
Ana faithful tComen, 7 knotp. are to,,,.
Ihey may 0iggle and grin ,oith n emil,
that's bland,
b"' almost none OF them stick Ike olus
They're dltoays after a retiuuc
Forgetting the lad that's across tb. 49,.
Yet hope they rememb Der me. 1ono o..,
blue,
ana hope that they are true 10 me.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-18
THE INVALUABLE FARMER

To The Editor of the EUcNing Ledger:
Sir-It seems to me that some reply
must be made to the accusations made
against the farmer viii the people of the
cities ever appreciate the value Of the farm
er and the fruits of his labor to the world
l would like to make reference to the
statement made in the EVENING LEDGER
of Monday, August 10, by Edward s. Wertz,
of Reading, Pa. He declares that only 5
per cent of the people Uhe farmers) are NOT
being considered ia the new conseription
law and the 30 per cent the consum-
ers) are being considered He must bc
aware Of the fact that if the per cent
Cor the farmers) We're to go. the consumers
'ths 20 per cent? would be without
food and would soon starve. Tho poon,o
must appreciate the fact that the farmers
keep the world alive. Every one wants
production increased, but it cannot he in
creased If the producers are not certain or
a price that VIII give them a profit If =.
reasonable price Is not fixed the crons viii
not be sowed. because the farmer will NOT
glut his own market.
Mr.. Wertz is in the grain and milling
business and can't be classed amonc tho
-, '' "p'O"ia''i"' lhe merchants
ana spectators could go out of busineqe
and the world would still live, but If the
FARMER should go out of business tho u,orlJ
would starve. Now, which IS more i,,
poitant to the world and to the peonIep
Hermany. our enemy has helped tbe
farmer SO that she has held up under =.
great strain, while America has moi he,rad
the farmer ana cannot hold up under g,
very small strain. Please do not forget fine
20 per cent does not feed the world
A., , , y, L. ",
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-18

wide open and niled with further con
cessions to the company. is wicked
hopeless thing.
| Tr rs wicked for this reason. II no other,
Tho people voted for rapid transit under
a promise Of five.ccnt fares and universal
| free transfers. certain offsets to compcn-
sato for early deficits. What Smith, Nit
ten, Twining and Lewis propose is to lay
the whole burden absolutely from the he.
ginning on the rider and make him pny
whatever price for n ride Is necessary to
ray dividends on all water and cash now
or ever paid into tho united system. In
our opinion. they are without authority to
warp the peoples mandate In this way. II
constitutes embczalcment Of power and
we hesitate to designate It by the terms
that natui ally come to mind.
We do say to the people Of Fhiladel
phia that no public utility company in
any great city in the world ever had
offered to it a contract such as this con-
tract. that If it is ratified they VIII pay
daily extra fares for transit, that there is /
strong probability Of the system being bob. .
tailed and that our childrcns children viii /
live to curse as if we permit this outrage /.
TO be perpetratcd.
We call on Mr.. Taylur to dcnouucc the J