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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-30

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"CoMMANDANT --, in the name
~ of the President Of the Republic
and In virtue OF the powers invested in
my rank, name you officer Of the Legion
of Honor"
with these words General ---,
! commanding the -- Brigade opened
the periodical Prix dArmes in the
| Grand Courtyard of the Invalides. The
Prix dArmes is the official and public
! homage to valor, an essentially French
institution dating from the days Of the
Great Emperor, whose heroic marble
statue stands over the entrance to the
| Hall of Honor at one end Of the Grand
Court.
Two full regiments Of territorlals, 5000
men, every one past forty.fve years, every
man wearing "A trenCh.soled gray uni.
form, lined the three sides of the vast
space. They stood at salute In the center
OF the court color guard carried the Tri.
| color. Directly in front of the colors, at
a distance Of perhaps 100 yards, stood
sixteen rows Of men, perhaps 200 in all.
At their head, as If in command quite
alone, stood Major ---, whose decora.
ton opens this story. Behind him, i'm
front rank, stood three captains, two
lieutcnants four second licutenants, and
an aumonier in his prestly robes. Be-
hind them, a row Of twenty.siX serEeants
and corporals. And behind these still,
pollus Of France.
Heroes of All Ages
They we're men of all ages. Some
were very young, and some, from their
boards, might have been grandfathers.
They were in varied uniforms, infantry,
chasseur.a-pied, engineers, artillery and
cavalry; and interspersed among them.
men in civilian clothes. These, in the
main, were mutilated for life. One man
stood with missing right leg next to an.
other with missing left. Neither was
twenty-five years old. Some were with an
arm in sling, others without the right
or the left. One had neither arm, two
empty sleeves pinned to his blouse, and
| n vicious scar across his cheek Many
had artificial eyes or eyes bandaged One
was totally blind. They stood, as If on
parade, while the sun shone, and the flag
dropped in the breezeless air behind them
As the general spoke the words open.
ing the ceremony, he stepped the twenty
| PAGES separating him from the officer to
be decorated, tapped him lightly on both
| shoulders with his naked sword, pinned
| the cross to his breast, kissed him upon
both cheeks, shook his hand in congratu
lation, and returned to his designated spot
Here he repeated the ceremony, individ
ual in the case Of each commissioned Of
| ficer As the row were decorated they
stepped aside in sodierly fashion and
took position at right angles.
Before the general stood the twenty.
six sergeants and corporals. He spoke
aloud the name of each man in slow sue
cession, and, stepping forward, pinned
the decorations upon each breast, kissing
their cheeks and graspinE their hands
And as the noncommssioned men took
their post behind the officers, the wounded
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GLOUCESTER CITY MARKS
DAY WITH PARADES

Two parades were held today in Glouces-
ter in celebration Of Memorial Day. one
was in charge OF Admiral Farragut Camp,
No. II, Sons of Veterans. and the other
under the auspices of Division No 8,
Ancient order OF Hibernians.
The Sons OF Veterans began their days
program with a rally in the vacant lot at
King and Monmouth streets. There were
addresses by the Rev. ]. w. Nickleson,
pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal
Church the Rev. John NJ. Davies pastor
Of the Presbyterian Church. and the Rev.
ID /. Cheney. Then a line was formed and
the different patriotic organizations pa
raded to Cedar Grove Cemetery, where
graves were decorated The parade headed
by the Ancient order OF Hibernians
marched 10 ST. Mary's Cemetery where
The graves were, blessed and decoraieds
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EAST ST. LOUIS. III. May 30.

L.
Smolderlng ruins Of six shacks in the
negro section today gave testimony OF the
work Of the mobs in the second night Of
race rioting, in which three white men and
two negroes were shot and scores dubbed
and bruised
The presence Of six troops Of Illinois Ma
tional Guardsmen did not prevent the fire.
quent clashes between whites and blacks
although II probably kept down the cas-
ualties and curtailed the property de-
struction.
Thomas Richie G. T.. Dagvlle and A..
r. Larkin, white men, and Hardy Hanks
and Charles Erwin, negroes. were wounded
IN gun battles. Arc lights were first shot
out and, with the streets dark, the band
Of white and blacks fired blndly at each
other
Guardsmen rushed TO first one scene Of
disorder and then to another, but as fast
as they dispersed mobs in one section
lights would break out in another.
Hanks was shot through the left lung
BY white man who accosted htm along "A
railroad track. He probably will die.
Erwin the other negro, was the target Of
fusilade of shots He was seriously
wounded in the right side.
Larkin and Dagevile are in st. Mary's
Hospital, but the surgeons pronounce their
wounds not dangerous. Richie, n watch
man OF the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
was shot while patroling the tracks by a
negro with a shotgun.
Hundreds Of arrests were made. Most OF
the colored men taken were found to be
heavily armed. One negro had eight re-
volvers and 800 rounds of ammunition,
Some carried shotguns, some rifles and
most OF them revolvers. one had a bomb
IN his pocket.
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GUARD LOSES LEGS
IN FALL UNDER TRAIN

How to make his way in the world is the
question in the mind of a Philadelphia ma
tional Guardsman who is in the Altoona
barracks both of his legs crushed above the
ankle as a result OF an accident, in which
he was thrown beneath a train at Fair
view, Pa, when he was on guard service.
The soldier is Corporal Nathan Migram,
of 631 Moore street. lie is twenty-three
years old.
Mlgram hopes some one will give him a
pair Of artificial legs.
The soldier has mother and a younger
sister, who live at the Moore street home.
He Is serving his second enlistment in Com
pany +, Third Regiment, Pennsylvania In
fantry, and was in service on the Mexican
border. Prior to that he was employed in
the Frankford Arsenal.
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FLAG RAISINGS
Philadelphia Pennsylvania Railroad lawn o'clock
Municipal Building North Twenyfrst street. 10 o'clock
Court Famunt Foreser Of America 36 Brown street O o'clock
abes Catholic Church. Thrteh and Reed streets o'clock
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Threghth and jackson Streets o'clock
OTHER LOCAL EVENTS
Naval Vine wharf
preceded by parade from Broad and Race streets starting o'clock Re-
viewed from Union League Flower ceremonies at 1880 o'clock
Solemn for Italians who have died the at the Church
Cemetery Forty eighth and Lancaster 10 o'clock.
Field Holy Cross Cemetery by the Rev W. A. Fitzgerald of the
Seventh annual field day of the Boy Scouts with dress parade Belmont
Thiry-fve posts headquarters
City silent minutes request
Joan bridge
Memorial r. Y. c. A.
Post No G. A. R. march from Twelfth and Wallace
LansCowne, o'clock
Patriotic rally and parade of than 10000 West Phdepha
evenings marches to Georges m Farmoun Park where rally
BASEBALL
New New York vs. Athletics at Shibe Park Ia M and p m).
University Of Pennsylvania vs. Brown at Providence
Setson Potter m) and Stetson Cmp A. m)
Stawbrdge Coer "a srawbrdg Clothier vs.
Minor League County Philadelphia Suburban Mont
County Main Line Camden County Delaware River
Playground Blue Ridge and New Leagues
HORSE RACING
Trotting at track at Narberth.
Frankford Driving Club, trotting and pacing Frankord
Troting and pacing at Downngtown
Devon Horse Show,
TRACK GAMES
Lafayette nerschoascs, Easton,
Germantown Boys Club meet AZ West Penn
Hbernan games, Point Breeze Park.
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READING HITS JITNEYs
Anti-Parking Bill, Which AbOlisbss
Stands, Passes Councils

READING. Pa, May 80. - The anti
week went through Council The ne. last nSs'
takes away all parking privileges Tor az 4
motor or other vehicles used for hire Nh
Dill goes into effect in ten days. n NJ
ydes a penalty OF $40 to 500 or iail ssO
eenee TOT not more than thirty days
contest but lack orsanization' 'ssal
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City News in Brief

CAUGHT IN BELTING at the Norris
street wharf Frank Monash. thirty-five
years old, of 1886 Cross street was almost
instantly killed today. He was pronounced
dead in the Pennsylvania Hospital
SETTLEMENT Of the strike OF the Broth
erhood of Carpenters and Joiners at
Cramps shipyard was announced today.
The settlement was brought about by United
States Commissioners OF Cancellation Elmer
f. Greenewalt and James L. Hughes repre-
senting the Federal Department Of Labor
The new agreement covers one year. 1t car
ried with II a substantial increase I'm pay
and the guarantee that the company would
not stop work during that period
BERTRAM LIPPIN COTT, nineteen-year-
son OF j. Bertram Lippincott. l7i2 Spruce
street. will sail for France In a few days
20 join the American ambulance as a driver
II is possible that he may be assigned to
drive the car purchased through the dona-
tion Of $4,000 made by his father, which is
sufficient to equip the car and keep It rum
ming for some months The car is named
for the young drivers father.
COLONEL GEORGE II. PENROsE has
been ordered from the post OF commandant
At the Schuylkill Arsenal to the Quarter
master Generals Department at Washing
ton. He Is to report as soon as possible
and rumor has II that he will have charge
Of the department of clothing and eauip-
ment during the war. Colonel Zalinski. who
ALREADY Is at the arsenal, win succeed him.
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PUBLIC GIFTS OF $4,000
Will of H. S. Williamson Distributes
Funds to Lancaster Institutions

LANCASTER, Pa, May 3O.-The will Of
II. s. Williamson philanthropist filed to-
day. makes seven bequests of 81 900 each
respectively. to Franklin and Marshall Col
lege. Lancaster General Hospital, Lancas-
ter Free Library Shippen School and Nor
risville. Bucks County the last named to
buy a tract Of land to be known as Will
Hanson Park, and 20 plant at least one
tree annually on the tract. II IL given an
additional $4,000 for the maintenance of
the park
Lancaster gets a ninety -four-acre farm to
bo added to Williamson Park, previously
donated by the phlanthroplst. A large
number of relatives are also remembered
in the will with requests Of $4,000 each.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-30
ASKS DIVORCE FROM CORPSE
Wife Alleges Her Husband Enlisted
and Was Shot as Deserter

WASHINGTON, Pa, May sO.--Charging
that her husband. John Nicholson Jordan.
had gone TO England and. after enllsting
in the army, bad deserted and was shot as
a traitor. Mrs. Ann Jordan, OF Granville.
near here, Is seeking divorce He left
her IA 1911 after living with her less than
a month.
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Find Mans Body in River

GLOUCESTER CITY, N. j.. May 30
The body Of an unidentified man, about
forty-fve years old, was found I'm the Della
ware River at the foot Of Mercer street.
In his outside pocket was a paving brick.
He, had dark mustache and wore a black
derby hat, dark clothes and shirt, low black
shoes, and in his pockets were pair of eve.
glasses and some mill cards
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JAIL FOR TUNELESS EAR
Voyager Thought He Was Playing
"Marseillaise," but He Wasn't

a musician, who didn't know the differ
ence between the French song La Mar
seillaise" and the Teutonic "Die wacht Am
Rhein," was arrested here upon arrival OF
steamship from the South on which he
was a passenger. He is +. G. Geiss, OF
Buffalo, N. Y
Geiss played the German air on his violin
while the ship was of the coast. Passen-
gers complained Department of Justice
operatives were notified by wireless. They
released Geiss after he said he supposed he
was playing the French hymn.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-30
harrington, N. J.. Officials Elected

Borough officials elected in harrington,
n. j., last night were Edward +. Bold,
Mayor; Herbert X. Ball, assessor; Frank
Adams, Collector and Lorenzo Stone, Con-
stable. Counclmen elected were Luke
Page, Lewis c. Stanton, Thomas H. Will
liams and George Culberson, all Repub-
licans John Cuthbert, Democrat and Rob-
ert Hudson, Socialist.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-30
All Markets Closed

Memorial Day being a legal holiday the
banks and trade exchanges were closed to-
day and wholesale business in virtually all
lines is suspended. In the absence Of fresh
information on which to base reliable quota
tions our usual market reports are omitted
from todays issue
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-30
BULLETINS
GERMAN CRUELTY CAUSES POLISH REBELLION

GENEVA May 3OThe Polish State Council has decided
toward Polish national aspirations according from
Warsaw received by the Polish
been arrested the dispatch and the Germans
be driving the Poles into n OF
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-30
Young Nurses Going to France

-Four OF eight young women graduated as
nurses by the women's Homeopathic Hos
pital are going to France with an American
hospital unit They are Carrie Amelia
Weller and Agnes Mary Lamline, this oItv
Grace Dawson Timsville. Pa, ana Aiice
Nlle DQnnelIY, Camden. NJ.
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AMERICAS EXPORTS LEAP s2,OOO,OOO,OOO IN YEAR

WASHINGTON SOIhe
$6OOOOO0O00
tablhng
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BERKs COUNTY MAN KILLED I'M BArrLE

READING Pa May 3OWord
o
be o vas otherwise wounded N i'"1
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BILL LIKELY TO BE PASSED NEXT WEEK

HARRISBURG enextw should ,,
establishing
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WASHINGTON May 3OThe
accepted principle
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DE JANEIRO May OF Deputies
bill
o ports
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Leaves Bride for Training Camp

on the very eve Of his departure for the
oflcers' training camp at Fort Niagara last
night, a. Harry Armon, 6621 North Sixth
street. waD married to Miss Rose Cordray. a
graduate NURSE by Judge Patterson In
common Pleas Court No. l. Armon is a
nembef Of the Sixth Regiment ~ g. p.
41d was selected as one Of those NJ for offi-
c|I4 training. He saw eight months service
|0 |N| |fEItau border Both be and Judge
t'|...'t art menper Rf he old Gpard.
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u S. TREASURY EMPLOYEES GIVE $247O5s1 TO RED CROSS

WASHINGTON May employees Of the treasury no.
McAdoo - N'''e
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-30

SOThe Parliament met here d.v ,o a.
before the
social financial problems be e'0"oh
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DEvENPORT QUITS AS BRITISH FoOD CoNTROIIER

LONDON May sLOd Davenport Controller
Daily Express said today. N"''
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SHOOTING AND BURNING
MARK NIGHT RACE RIOT
Six Shacks in Ruins in East st.
Louis and Whites and Ne
groes Shot
GUARDsMEN ON DUTY
Soldiers, However, Fail to Prevent Dis
orders on Second Day Of Street
Fighting
EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL.,, May 30.

EAST 81. LUUIo, III, Way oU'
The quota of militia guarding the
city against repetition Of race rioting
was increased to eight companies today
with the arrival Of two more detach-
ments of the Illinois National Guard.
The city virtually is under martial law.
Despite the presence of the soldiers,
authorities fear more rioting tonight.
Wholesale arrests of negroes carrying
concealed weapons were planned.
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"COMMANDANT

PARIS, May 10.
s.TOMMANDANT ---- in the name
~ Of the President of the Republic
and in virtue OF the powers invested in
my rank, I name you officer Of the Legion
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-30

PARIS, May 10.
The Winslow mail., 1917-07-27
Our ThriftIess Nation.

Self-denial is a fundamental virtue,
especially for all who have their own
way to make in the world; happiness
for the great majority of people de-
pends on the wholesome restraint of
desires rather than on their gratifica-
ton, because, when unchecked, those
desires are forever stretching out be-
yond present reach. It seems strange
that, especially in our country, people
shrink from saying, II can't afford it,"
when economy means safety and con-
tentment, whereas false pride brings
danger and unhappiness. Fear of be-
ing thought poor or stingy has brought
misery, and often crime, into many a
household. The average wages, sal
aries and incomes are higher in this
country than in any other, yet our
savings banks do not make credit
able showing. Fourteen countries
greatly outrank ours in the proportion
of savings accounts to population. In
thrift, as indicated by the savings
banks, we stand at the bottom of the
list Of the principal nations.-Judge
Harmon in Youths Companion.
The Winslow mail., 1917-07-27
Difficulties of the Thrifty.

Mother B. has brought up large
family on a small income and has, Of
necessity, been of very frugal turn
of mind. The children are married
now, and Father and Mother B
are alone and in comfortable circum-
stances. One day their son John
called, and his mother showed him
three big loaves of bread she had just
baked. She complained that she had
too much bread on hand, and would
have to give him a loaf, and also one
to her son Frank, since she and father
could not possibly eat it all. John
asked, "Why do you bake so much,
then?' And his mother Indignantly
answered, "Do you suppose l am 60
ing to heat that big oven for just one
loaf of bread?"-Youth's Companion.
The Winslow mail., 1917-07-27
BIackenInQ MeyaTs,

The ruthless black surface given
metals by patented British process
depends upon heating in carbonaceous
material containing phosphorus, and
then Quenching in carbonaceous liquid.
Cleaning of the articles Is first eff
fected by picking or by a blast of
shot or sand. Articles designed for
ordinary conditions of corrosion may
be given a thin coating of zinc, which
is applied by placing the cleaned OBJ
jects in zinc dust, and heating to $50
degrees or 375 degrees Centigrade, in
a suitable furnace for about three
hours. A drum or furnace electrically
heated is very efficient. The zinc-coat-
ed metal is next placed in a hot mix
ture of Is quarts of charred bone dust
to one quart of liquid coal-tar, and is
heated an hour and half to about $50
degrees. Removed to an oven, the ar
ticles are now baked about five min
utes at 500 degrees. They are finally
taken out, and quenched in a bath of
boiled linseed Oil.
The Winslow mail., 1917-07-27
Team Work on BattleshIp.

The problem of naval expansion
would not be so hard were it not for
the fact that every ship needs such
a great number in it's crew; because
the greater the number of men that
must work together as "a team" the
greater the difficulty of accomplishing
the team work. and the longer the
time required. In ship, especially in
a large ship, like battleship or bat
tie cruiser, most of the men work to-
gether in large groups, such as turret
crews. One hundred men sometimes
composing turret crew, nevertheless.
the ship and all the men it floats are
bound together by invisible cords that
make ship unit; and the major eff
feet of the training and of the drills
of all kinds is to make the whole a
living organism.-Rear Admiral Brad
ley A. Fiske, in The Worlds Work.
The Winslow mail., 1917-07-27
PlaY That HELMS.

Play that leads the children to use
their own ideas and perhaps also to
make their own toys is infinitely to
be preferred to amusements that offer
no stimulation to their Imagination
In a family where word games were
liked the mother saved all the news
papers that had large black letters
and let the children cut the letters out
neatly. An envelope was labeled for
each letter, and all the GAS" put In
one, all the "B's'' in another, and so on.
Then squares of cardboard were cut
out and the letters were pasted on.
Material for a game was economically
supplied thus, and extra occupation for
the children, too. Another time some
paraffin was given to them to mold.
It was first put in the oven until in q
workable condition. Beginning with
marbles and blocks, the children soon
attempted more ambitious modelling,
to their own pleasure and advantage.
The Winslow mail., 1917-07-27
Misnamed Crustacean.

Everyone has seen the curious, lit.
tie nat gray creatures that scurry out
Of sight when you lift a decayed log Or
mOss-covered stone in the woods or
near the water. They are the Arma-
dillidia, or isopods Of the genus Onis-
coidea, commonly called the armadillo,
SOW bug and pill bug. They are really
not bugs at all, but crustaceans or dis
tant relatives of the crab, with gills
provided with air tubes not unlike the
air tubes through which insects
breathe all over their body. A favor
ite food of frogs, toads and salaman-
ders, the pill bug itself subsists large
ly on decaying vegetable matter. and
some believe it to be a useful scaven-
ger. According to the Geological So
ciety bulletin, the name armadillo was
given it because of it's habit when dis
turbed of rolling itself up into ball,
as the mammal of South America
does; but the crustacean is shrewder
than the mammal, for, whereas the ar.
madillo never uncoils when it is
caught or frightened,-and therefore
It's shell often serves as its own roast
ing pan in the ovens of equatorial
countries,-the pill bug, after rolling
itself up once or twice and discover
ing that it is still in the presence of
danger, will give up the useless strata
gem and try to make off unnoticed.-
Youths Companion.
The Winslow mail., 1917-07-27
Save Your Night Thoughts.

A memorandum book or tablet, which
Is at hand during the day for the re.
ception of the ideas of literary people
and other brilliant folk, is not general.
ly available at the bedside, and many
good thoughts are lost by the failure
Of the author to get out and make a
note of it. An electrically-lighted
memorandum pad is for this man. One
end is supplied with a hood, under
which is tiny electric lamp and the
battery to supply the current. Con-
tact is made by pressing slide at the
end of the cylinder, and the hood
shields the eyes from the light and
throws the rays down upon the paper
sheet.
The Winslow mail., 1917-07-27
Blame Laid to jackson.

The spoils system began to develop
pretty early in the history of the gov
ernment, but first became feature of
national politics In Andrew Jackson's
time. In a few months of his admins
tratiOn more than FIVE times as many
changes in the civil service were made
as had been made by all his predeces-
sors together. During the 40 years be-
tween Washington's first administra-
ton and Jackson's, the total number
of removals from Office were "a. and
out of this number five were defaulters.
During the first year of Jackson's ad-
ministration the number of changes
made in the civil service was about
1000.
The Winslow mail., 1917-07-27
Precious Time,

"Time is precious" We use the as
sertion at every turn of the day, but
we neglect to add the inquiry which
would straighten out many a tangle.
and save much of the rush and worry
and many mistakes. Time is so pre-
cious that we all need to learn the
wisdom of putting first things first,
and discriminating between the i'm
portant and nonimportant. There Is
not room for everything, but there is
always room for the duty that really
belongs to us-there is room for it,
or it is not ours. 1t is we'll said that
"a life may be fairly judged by what
it allows to be crowded out Of it," Did
you ever try your life by that test?