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WEST POINT CADET
ADMITS HAZING GUILT
One of Twelve Ready To Accept
I Punishment for Minor
Form of Offense
WEST POINT, N. Y, Sept. 2s

WEST POINT, N. Y, Sept. 2s.
The United States Military Academy is
In state of excitement over the court
martial of twelve members of the third
class for hazng men of the fourth class.
The sensation was heightened last night
when TAT the close of the second day of the
trial Cadet Wilson c. Saville, of the State
of Washington, pleaded guilty.
Cadet Saville, through counsel, pleaded
guilty TO a form of hazing which is not
punishable by dismissal. But Cadet Sa-
Vile and the other eleven accused cadets
are ON trial for form of hazing which is
punishable by dismissal, and Captain l.. X.
underhill, judge advocate of the post, made
X clear that he would not be content with
savlll@'s plea.
TheI other accused cadets watched the
PROSECUTION of Saville with the keenest in
terestj and there is a belief that If he es-
capesI with light punishment the others will
follow his course in admitting that they
"NisFiplined" the freshmen, but did not do IL
witty intent TO humiliate.
The twelve cadets are accused of hazing
mem of the fourth class until they tainted.
Thf trial is hampered by a determination
OF all the witnesses, including the hazed
men, to tell Just as little as possible.
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schemed 70 take advantage of that Weakness
for his own pofpoaes
A vain woman Is not always sinful
woman--in the eyes Of society, But che ~
always weak woman
And nearly always she Is sinful womelf
IN the eyes Of God. for she Is flatterinr
her vanity and serving herself ahead pf
God
She Is violating the first or second great
commandment. and sometimes both
And she is invariably receptive subieof
for the first whispers Of that sin which
emphasizes her vanity
\ thief Is harsh word but some Of our
most common thieves are those who satisfy
themselves with the reflection that what
they have taken Is OF so little value they
could have had II, anyway, for the askinE
Even II the law does not, or could not
as is sometimes the case, prosecute. the slu.
yet remains, and the penalty for that sln,
first and foremost, Is the scar almost in
visible that 1t leaves on our SOULS
The girl who is becoming vain OF her
face or her figure or her hair and who be-
gins to dream Of prettier clothes than thoss
she can legitimatey obtain, is in danger
OF a fatal pitfall
And often from such a ptfall there Is no
escape
Copyright, 1917 by Tho Bell Syndicate. iue.,
Monday-"IOve Versus Caste"
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"MA' SUNDAY n I'm '.'' 80 a..
problems and difficulties. Such l,l'er 10
that which ] have before me now, from -
heartbroken mother in the Middle N'S,, N'i
who writes TO me about her hfteen-yeaI- -o'"
daughter.
A short time ago the girl visited some
relatives in a nearby town, her parents al
lowing her TO go unchapcroned. When sue
came home her mother was astonished to
find In her suitcase a rather expensive
crepe waist
The girl began TO blush and told her
mother that she had found it ON a parcel
on the train, and, as the owner couldn't
be found, the conductor had told her she
might keep it. 1t was a rather rambling
explanation. but the mother accepted It
until one Of her relatives appeared at the
house a short time later asking If she had
seen just suci a waist as the one she had
found in her daughters clothes.
The coincidence was too strong, and,
after the relative had left the girl confessed
the waist had been put in her suitcase by
mistake, and she had admired It so much
she determined TO Keep it, The story of
finding it on the train was Of course, pure
fabrication.
I can understand the mothers agitation
and grief at the circumstance.
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CHAPTER XVIII

TISHA, with a sardonic shrek of laugh
l. ter, rushed to Jether. leaned across the
dice table and plunged her fingers through
his hair, forcing him to look up into her
mocking face while Pharis, the sea captain
and the others crowded round.
How many here now. will claim thee as
a friend?" she cried. Thou who didst
think to win my love by robbery of thy
friends Thou who for a kiss 1 gave in
sport hath done dishonor to thy fathers
God. Oh, II was sport, rare sport to see
thee lay they heart in the dust before me.
and to see thee beg for what bolder men
would take"
She threw triumphant and loving glance
at the giant sea captain
Now back to thy dogs and sheep" added
the girl, shrlly. But first take thy last
look at Tisha"-she leered, leaning over
to him. 'And take Tisha's last kiss"
with a cry of rage, Jether sprang to
his feet and would have struck her, as the
temptress thrust her saucy face toward
him, but she was toe, quick and danced
away
Haggai, the Judean, strode forward.
What meanest thou, when thou sayest
Jether hath done dishonor to his fathers
God?' he dem lnded.
Tisha faced him defiantly.
"Know then all of ye," she cried, For
love of me, Jether hath forever renounced
the God of Israeli
A murmur of horror and amazement
swept through the crowd
And for love of me-, he hath sacrificed
unto our gracious lady. the Babylonian
Ishtar, and all for a kiss 1 gave in jest.
Ha,s ,sbut it was sport, rare sport, to see
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NAME FOR EVERY FARM
Movement Started to Have SignboarC
Placed on Each Property

READING Pa, Sept. os.-"Every farm
should have name" Is the latest 1t is
some years since the slogans, Back to the
farm" and Keep the farmer boys and
girls on the farm began to be more or
less a religion with certain persons engaged
in public work One Of these is Supern-
tendent L. NJ. Rapp. Of the Berks County
schools. He makes these suggestions:
Inspire the farmers in your community
through the older children TO select APP
propriate names for their farms and have
them properly registered. Every farm In
Berks should be christened with name.
No undue effort is required. Every name
chosen should be conspicuously displayed
by means of an artistic signboard or other
suitable device, in order that each pass
ing friend stranger may observe this
evidence of pride in rural life"
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CHAPTER Nv1I
CContinued)
(Continued)
ALWAYS liked thee, Jether. What hast
i thou to saw" he asked.


ALWAYS liked thee, Jether What hast
thou to say?" he asked.
Jether without a word, let his head fall
forward upon his breast. His humiliation
was complete. Nadina and Tola meanwhile
were whispering together. Tola turned to
the little group and said:
witness my friends I brought this
man to you thinking him honest. I am hurt
and grieved to learn he is a cheat"
We blame thee not" answered Merbel.
we trusted him no less. I'll call the guard
and have him thrown into prison"
"Nay-wait," commanded Put, proclaim
him in the public market place and It will
reach my fathers ears that was dicing."
Hadramut. the Arab horse dealer, and
Merbel conferred together. They agreed it
was best to simply warn their friends
against Jether and not to publicly denounce
him to the guard. But Parsodas, the Mede,
hearing of the affair, came to Jether, hetcely
crying:
80 then. thou art a cheat? And I did
believe that thou didst kill ion with thy
knife, on foot, single handed. Methinks
thou art also a liar and should be punished
for thy misdeeds."
with that Parsodias drew his jeweled
sword, and made as IL to finish the affair on
the spot had not Tisha, hearing the quarrel,
thrown herself in front of him and bade the
fierce Mede hold his sword. The others
restrain him. fearing that the guard might
be called. bringing disgrace upon the house
of Nadina.
xiii him not here within my mothers
house," cried Tisha sheltering Jether.
The lads head was maelstrom of mad
ness as he dimly comprehended his disgrace,
through the fumes of wine, And as he gazed
appealingly toward Tisha, the siren turned
and said contemptuously:
Thou fool, do not think bid them spare
thy life for any love l bear thee. Thou
country fool Thou ddst come here and
make pretense of wealth and many friends.
didst claim me as thy handmaden, and now
when thy gold is gone, thou wouldst cheat
at dice to win my love through buying
| this?"
She tore the necklace from around her
| throat and cast it scornfully upon the
| gSound, while the watchful SadylI groveled
| on hands and knees to pick it up and see
| that no beads were missing. Jether shamed
and Inundated, sank upon his knees beside
| the dice table and sobbed as though he were
| back at Hebron, child again kneelng at
| his mothers knee.
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'MA" SUNDAYS INTIMATE TALKS
The 'ofe of the UaDqet ereyduy topics
q hepfut Uh0%some iran
Vanity

Vanity inspires more sins among women
than any other cause
The girl outcast on the street slnned
nine times out of ten. because she wanted
pretty clothes and jewelry that she could
not afford. II was vanity that drove Eve
OUT OF Eden-Nanity which prompted her
10 Yield 20 the devils whispers when he
urged her to eat of the forbidden fruit ON
ln7 plea that 1t would make her equal TO
the angels in beauty and power.
il Is vanity that causes extrayaeanco-
that is the first dread rock of disaster Tho,
wrecks the happiness OF the young married
couple, who buy on the installment plan in
order TO Keep up appearances as good ae
their neighbors. "'
Ana IL Is vanity that Is responsible for
the staring deficit at the end OF the r,o,,tb
when the bills begin to amount to 49,
than the income to meet them.
me deNl knew what he was doing when
he saw the weakness Of human yarit,. at,i
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THE WANDERER"
" W Wdtom T. POge from Maurice Samuelss play noo
at The Metr0pohtan ~


"opSr'sht by William Elliott r. RAY Comstock
1oth.r a.. aud Morris GesD
tri2Ie etner' the son Of Jesse and ITuldsh of the
mnn anna uuah, during the time Of king solo
With Tai shepherd boy. lie Forms a friendship
his fatSSnr' anu on the latter's advice persuades
,ai tnsr 70 give him his portion OF the pa ter
ss len, e'es9, Ihen he and Tola set out for Jeru-
49, WheIre they 20 to the house OF Nndina.
tnnVs MY hl'es MIN her daughter Tisha, as a hand
sire i,een, ihey quarrel over necklace Tisha de-
cbtds. MMinlch Jether refuses to buy. Nadna
CbnaSsS, llsna, telling her that Jether holds her
Jet66ppSS l. Llsha vows TO be revenged, and when
20 sI iolsweaT the God Of Israel and proclaim allie
hhbnnVe hhIblVe 70 lshtar' the Babylonian God OF love.
,i,'nb i,vm company OF his friends arrive and they
rIeh ssa ihr9 c9 feEelry Soon atterwREd Phers,
mhother. To Jethers dlsmay the girl quickly
~ aano@Ms w partl9lity for the newcomer. and agrees
* 9, win MIN on voyage, Jether discovers
ttnst ttst ne has been robbed OF all his remaining
uhus ana at the instiRatlon OF Nadina tries
~ recoup by playing with loaded dice. one OF
OF being a cheat ~
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-
explain how physi-
cally impossible st
Is for me to an
swer, in person. all
those letters that I
would like to, and
TO send a personal
word to the hun-
dre d s Of Corre-
spondents, W Il o s G
e o IN m u II icatlons
arouse my sym
pathy and interests.
often there Is a
letter, presenting a
problem, h u m a II
enough and gem
eral en- noug IA To
make me wish TO
give n public an
swer that W ill
reach others whom
l know must b7
facin & the same
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FUNERAL TOMORROW
OF JAMES POLLOCK
Professional and Business Men to At
tend Services for Former Har-
Dor Master

Funeral services for James Pollock. car
pet manufacturer, former Harbor Master
and Paramount Park Commissioner. who
died suddenly Wednesday. will be held to-
morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock at his former
residence. S025 Seminole avenue Chestnut
Hill The Rev Marcus A. Brownson will
officiate and the nterment" will be made
in Central Laurel Hill Cemetery.
Men prominent in the professional, busl-
ness and political life of the city are ex-
pected to attend, as well as a delegation Of
Fairmount Park guards.
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OLGA PETROVA'S ART
in DUAL ASPECTS
Victoria and Strand Offer Metro
and Lasky Productions Fea-
turing This Player
BY the Photoplay Editor

NlCToRIA.."The silence Sellers" with Olga
i,etrOva. story by Blair Hall and scenario BY
wallace c. Clifton. Directed ~ Burton l.,
Mlng and Photographed by Harry y. Harris
metro production.
"a moral lesson shown in this latest Metro
release. IL shows how a clever blacl<mailer
secures his victims and the process by which
money Is extorted from them by an unprin-
clpled editor OF society magazine. There
are many Observation-Disclosures upon the part
OF the lovers, played by Olga Petrova and
Mahlon Hamilton, but the denOuement OF
the story would be spoiled by telling 1t here.
Nothing original is shown In the direction
or lighting Of the sets. but the acting
makes up for this. Wyudham Standing, OF
the famous family OF seven acting stand
ings, is cast for the unpleasant part Of the
blackmailer while Violet Reed gives a fair
impersonation of woman who Is saved
from herself" as the caption read. Charles
DUNCAN, Myles Mccarthy Henry Leone
and Edward James are in the supporting
cast.
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sTRANnl--,""ENile." with olga Petrova. story by
b0lt NNllarde, Scenario by Charles r.. Whit
taker: Directed by Maurice TOurnier. Para
mount production.
1t is not the story that makes this new
production any different from the average
pictures in which Olga Petrova appears.
but rather the excellent ability of the direc-
tor that stands out. lie has taken the old
triangle situation, which is not unlike Paid
In Full" and placed the locale In a Portu-
guese colony in Araby. There are many
beautiful scenes of the town, and the famous
Lasky lighting is ever present Olga Pet
roya plays the part of the wife of a chief
justice, who is sent TO procure letter from
a man with whom she is in love. Nothing
new is offered by her I'm the way of con-
trast to her familiar style Of acting. Wynd.
ham Standing has the part of the HUSBAND,
which is enacted with his usual skill, while
Vivian Reed and Charles Martin assist in
the other minor parts. Mahlon Hamilton
portrays the American lover OF the hero
type.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-28

The Triangle Film Corporation will send
several companies of American players and
directors to the Orient for the purpose OF
filming plays suitable to the Asiatic mar
ket, According to H. o. Davis, vice presi-
dent and general manager of the corpora
tion, there Is a great demand for American
made films in China. India and Japan. So
far the producers have not been successful
in making Oriental productions. owing 10
the details of Dress class distinction and
social usages. which are unfamiliar to Occi-
dentals.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-28

A THOUSAND letters week often come
n to us in our weeks mail
During the height of successful cam
paign this number may easily be doubled
or trebled. ] am stating these facts to
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P. K. Il. Engineers to Meet

HARRISBURG, Sept. 2S.-Members of
the Brotherhood Of Railroad Engineers from
the Pennsylvania lines east of Pittsburgh
have been called TO meet here Sunday for
a general conference Matters pertaining
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FAIRVIEW.

Mrs. D. H. McBee, Mrs Larney Nc
Bee, Mrs. ]. E. McBee and Everett
Hamilton motored to Morgantowr
Wednesday.
Mr.. Stewart, of vandergrift, Pa, Is
visiting his daughter, Mrs. Scott
Hogue.
Ben Wilson, of Fairmont was a bus
mess visitor here Wednesday.
Mrs. James E. Sutton and Mrs. W
M. Lyonette were at Fairmont shop
ping Wednesday.
Miss Myrtle Currey, of Buckhannon
who had been visiting Mrs. Lester
Tenant, has returned home.
Carl Hamilton will leave Thursday
for Atlantic City.
Mrs. Claude Parker was at Fair
mont shopping Tuesday.
Miss Vivian Flowers attended the
Sunday school convention at Parkers
burg this week.
James 3. Sutton and Nicholas B
Yost we're business visitors at Nor
gantown Tuesday.
Monroe Hamilton was a Fairmont
visitor Tuesday.
The Pythian Sisters will install
their new officers Friday night after
the Temple closes. Refreshments
will be served. All the Pythian Sis
tiers are invited.
Mrs. Frank Yost was at Fatrmont
.hono}o0 UIadnacdau
Mrs. E. ]. Mckinley, Of Pennsboro
who has been visiting her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Cyrus Hall, returned
home Wednesday.
Rev. A. H. Perkins, Of Richard, is
visiting friends here.
Mrs. WIN. Parrish and Miss Susan
Sine we're ct Fairmont shopping Wed
nesday.
Miss Hattie Hall was delegate at
Metz for the Rebecca convention.
Mrs, Ida Hall entertained DR.. and
Mrs. Holland and children, Mrs. E. S.
Amos and son Paul, and Mr. and Mrs
Frank Amos, of Fairmont Sunday.
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Pittsburgh

pfIsTsBURGH, July IL. = ON the
pitfsburgh stock Exchange trade was
brssk and the market broad Win IN. a
firm tone. Sales Of $500 Of L1DerEs
bonds at 100, and S12,5OO Of Pittsburga
BIewing for an advance OF POINTS
ware features. One thousand OF Cen
trai District Telephone S. sold Tor
1911. the last previous price. Pitts
bnrgh Consolidated advanced = cents
81 the sale Of 45,SOO shares. while the
brewings preferred were of fraction
sily on small sales. Pittsburgh Jerome
Copper was OIL cent. United States
|, Glass was of Y, but United States
Steel. westinghouse Airbrake ana
westinghouse Electric common each
advanced a point. Pittsburgh Coal
common advanced to 577s, a gain OF
2N points and q new high mark. The
market tendency all day was upward
Nd declines we're noted in only a few
stocks, mostly on small sales.
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Oil and Gas.

Light bumpers are the offering in
the West Virginia fields. In Manning
ton district, Marion county, the CaTne-
gie Natural Gas Company has now
completed and put to pumping the
Mary Jane Hamilton farm. 1t is a To-
barrel producer. On Beach Lick run,
Greenbrier district, Doddridge county,
the Hope Natural Gas company has
drilled No. II on the Edgar Smith farm.
It Il dry and will be abandoned.
on the waters Of Indian creek, Elk
district, Kanawha county, the En-
pirs Petroleum company has com
nleted and shot a second test on the
K. 4. Gatchell farm. 1t is showing
for an 1S-barrel pumper in the Weir
sand. On Pinch creek in the same
district the same company has started
) to dr1lI No. 3 on the X. K. Gatchell
farm. The rig for a test on the Nor
ton farm has been completed.
one mile above Jarvisville, Union
district, Harrison county, the Hope
Natural Gas company completed No.
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New York

NEW YORK. July 70. - Additional
gains Of / to points made in the
course Of yesterdays stock market
dealings, with nominal recessions in
the last hour on realizing, seemed to
originate mainly from technical con-
siderattons. Traders proceeded on the
theory that the market had arrived
at an over.sold condition and bought
freely for both accounts, deriving
some encourag cement from moderate
revival Of public interest
There was a well-defined opinion
that the conferences now in progress
at washington between important IN
dustriat interests and the government
would result inSprice adjustments sat
Isfactory to the contracting parties.
Financial statements submitted by
several Of the steel and equipment
concerns, notably the Lackawanna
Steel company and forecasts Of the
United States Steel earnings for the
second quarter also induced support
Of those issues.
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nv N. a. RIeKEY.

WASHINGTON D. G., July H.
Uncle Sans grip Is tightening around
the kaiser's throat.
Your uncle Is about to demonstrate
that there is more than one kind Of
ruthlessness.
The particular kind Of ruthlesmess
with which he Is going to answer the
katsers bloody kind is expressed the
rather harmless sounding word "em-
barge"
President Wilson has proclaimed to
the world that after July S no COM
modify that Is essential to the maxi
ing Of war may be shipped from this
country to any other country without
license.
This means that no license will be
granted for the export of ton Of food
or material that can by any possibility
find its way to Germany.
First the necessities Of the people
Of the United States will be consid-
cred, next the requirements Of our
allies. II there Is anything left the
neutral nations will be allowed to pdr.
chase 1t, but only in such quantities
as are absolutely necessary for their
own use.
It will be up to the neutrals to prove
what their necessities are and to
give such guarantees as will satisfy
the president that there will be no
transhipment to Germany.
The presidents embargo proclama-
ton is by far the most important &C.
ton this government has taken since
It declared war against Germany, Our
military preparations are of course
vital but they cannot possibly be
effective for many months.
The embargo hits Germany now,
and hits her in her most Vulnerable
spot-her stomach.
There is not the slightest doubt
that millions upon millions Of tons Of
food and other materials have been
leaking into Germany from the Unit
ed States through the neutral coun'
tries contiguous TO Germany.
So long as this continued the effort
to bring Germany to her knees by
economic pressure was bound to
Yet the embargo policy involved
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BITS OF
STATE NEWS

Twice war bride and never divoced
and never married is the record Of
a seventeen years old lass who, &C
cording to 1.-THE New Dominion" was
arrested at Morgantown and lodged
in the county Jail. The husbands OF
the young woman are both soldiers
but neither have been wounded e1-
cept by the barbed shafts Of Dan Gu.
Did. Some months ago she married
Ray Holmes of Clarksburg and went
to live on a farm at Independence but
when the National Guard was called
Ray was compelled to go and the
young bride, left to herself, soon tired
Of the uneventful life Of the farm and
Joined carnival with which she trav.
eled for some time. At Connellsville
she met and married Robert Patter-
son, also national guardsman. who
later took her to Morgantown to re-
side. When her first husband was dis
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eHApTERA.

Recalling the states general failed
10 GSoid revolution. The Bastile, ia
nous for its horrors, fell, June IA, 1883.
The rebel convention abolished the
monarchy, September 1902, and be-
heaaed Louis XIV, January 81, 1893.
After him went mobiles, including wo-
men, and, others deemed guilty of trea-
son.
The Reign Of Terror had begun.
Thousands were beheaded. Christian
worship was replaced by the atheistic
worship Of Reason. which soon died
In 1895, the White Terrdt replaced
the former Terror, whose leaders were
teheaded. A directorate OF" five was
established but its corrupt and reck.
less rnle ended with the beginning Of
the consulate in 1899 under Napoleon
Bonaparte, who became absolute die.
tstor. He had returned from the field