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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-14

lSGLENsIDE. Pa. = Attractive detached, 8
rooms; ali conVeniences; terms TO suit; $4,000
RENNINGER RENNINGER. Gensde.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-14

IAI REL SPRINGS, on White Horse pike; 95x
3OON9"O; IL hearing apple trees; to close es-
tate; make otter. DILLON, 18Th and Ritner.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-14

LARGE LIST OF GERMANTOWN HOMES
,,, sMULLEN 4 BARRY
Loery Building. Broad and Chestnut.
'Vn REAL ESTATE BULLETIN will be sent
syuc cpy mail on application. Germantown
= sssst So., Chelten and Germantown aves.
rsSs1AR ~ ARE LOOKING FOR A HOME in Ger.
@s; A. r. Meehan. 874T Germantown ave.
n oSSsvNTEMPLATING az purchasing or renting in
IisI,..~ ~ Chest Hill, send for our list. b. B.
-a'ssf Bon. 5612 Germantown ave.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-14

LANSDOwNE - Attractive home, h.-w. heat
eiec. & gas; lot 50xl20. Owner z lll'Led On
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-14
REAL ESTATE WANTED

BACHELOR wants small suburban or semi
suburban house apartment furnished or
unfurnished. B1la district preferred, has COM
petent Colored Coob-housokocpcr; references
bond to cover furnitutN, etc, II desired. III,
ledger OfnCe,
HAVE 4 CLIENT who desires to invest S25. 600
in row Of small properties in good section;
must he cheap
$. BUCHSBAUM & son. 723 Walnut st.
LOGAN--tiave daily inquiries for houses for
rent In Logan and vicinity: list yours with
THOMAS M,tLHENNY. lG3S y. Broad n.
FURNISHED small house. about S75. on the
a., Is. ana ". rouu. Walnut Ut-3.
MERTON GkElMS. .ln 'h"rty Building
wANTED--lnvestmcn properties; 81 on the
500. SMITH 22d and Tasker. Phi. Dick. 55i.
WANTED to rcnt--Modcrste. .siaed houses. with
Ground; n. =. suburbs. = 203, Ledger Ohice.
VAST small houses for investment. = 22a,
Ledger OfftCc.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-14
MAINE

DESIRABLE SUMNER HOME
Near kunncheC River. Maine; desirable sum
ner home; 7-room house and barn. all good
condition; acres good land; fruit; beautiful
outlooki constant well water; $1,000
A. j. II. FRANK, IL S. 9Th St, Phtla.
so ACRES or LAND AND 1O-ROOM HOUSE.
on turnpike to WaldobOro. Me, overlooking
the Medomak River; rural free delivery, post
office. etc; grogt bargain ~ $lGOn: nlsy
tcrnis PEMBERTON ESTATES, llO9 Har-
rison building.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-14
REAL EsTATE-sALE OR rem,
MAINE
REAL ESTATE TO EXCHANGE

INVESTMENT dwellings and small apartmc
houses for city Eround or Atlantic city Cottag
ABERNETHY, 1873 $ 18th.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-02

When Hal Chase won the National
league batting championship last year
it was not surprising.
Chase had been in major league base
ball for years and had seldom fallen
out of the select 300 circle.
The leading batsman Of either Of the
big leagues can usually be guessed at
fairly close by knowing the fellows who
have been hitting the ball from ,S25 to
$50 in former years, AS a general rule
it is Just a matter Of breaks between
a few Of the best.
In the American league Cobb has
held corner on the honors with the
exception of one season for II years.
In the National league it used TO be
Wagner, then Zimmerman grabbed il
for a season after which Daubert,
Doyle and Chase held the honors.
In no case did these honors ever go
to an unknown recruit. Such a thing
was mheard of, it wasn't done"
But lamp over the list of leading
batters in the National league this
year.
Cruise, Rousch, Hornsby, Fischer
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-02

stand In the grand squares Of these
cities as 1 did today" he exclaimed,
"andl see and feel the desolation and
the wanton destruction. They are
ghost-llke, these cities of the dead.
knew them on motor trips in other
days, when they we're alive and
could see, and l could picture the
scene today as If l we're looking at a
painting. The Germans will find,
however, the day Of reckoning is near
at hand. I shall take back words of
great cheer to the men at st. Dun
STAINS"
Entertained by officers of all
ranks, Sir Arthur declared his days
and nights at the front had been fill
ed to overfowing. No visitor ever
followed the workings of the vast
British army machine with quicker,
keener appreciation and understand
ing than he. He was gratiffied to
find In the army a similar interest
and appreciation IN the work at st.
Dunstan's for the blind soldiers and
sailors
Sir Arthur told OF the resentment
he felt when unthinking people re-
ferred to st. Dunstan's as home"
for the blind as il the blind were to
be segregated there for the rest of
their days.
at Is not a home for the blind"
he nrotested. land do not believe in
homes for the blind. st. Dunstan s
is an Institution where those who cam
not see are helped to equip them
selves to retake their places in the
ordinary walks and affairs of life.
Often respondent at first, they are set
some simple task and when they find
how easily it is done, a spirit OF re-
generation seems to cine over them.
They catch the spirit of accomplish
ment and thereafter nothing is too
great for them to attempt.
Zone of the most Respondent men
with whom we have had to deal was
a blinded Tommy who had been
sort o fsteamftter, or house heating
expert None of the ordinary trades
| Appealed 10 MIN anu TIC LSAI % ~
we're altogether done for. Suddenly
l asked him how he would like to go
back to his old job. He shook his
head sadly. 1t couldn't be DONE l
told him we would see about that. l
wrote 10 his old firm, and one Of the
mariners came to see me. l asked If
thew would take Tommy back. 1
was assured the firm would like to
do so, but they could not see how a
blind man could fill any post in their
business. 1 obtained a promise, how
ever, that if 1 could assist the soldier
to such an extent that 1 felt he was
entitled to a trial they would do SO.
II Immediately sent for all the
available text books on ohuse heating
I could find. even got two volumes
from America. The end Of the story
is very simple. I had letter from
the fir ma few days ago saying Tom
N.Y. was receiving nearly double his
old salary, was Of more value to them
than he had ever been, or, they be-
lieved ever would have BEEN"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-02
Prophets All Talk August Peace
But Bolt OF Russians is FQw

ing reports of August peace. In
spain, too, they have been talking of
August as the crucial month. The
French also talked of peace in Au-
gust for q time, before the Russian
discrimination.
Kitchener is being quoted as
though he had predicted just three
years of war, which would bring the
end this month. The Bishop OF Ma
muir some time ago declared there
would be an armistlce latter the mid
die of July" He didn't say how long
after. General Brusiloff a year ago
predicted August, 1917, rs the last
month of war. According to the
earlier predictions of II. G. Wells,
and Of Herr BALM of the Kosmos
Steamship company, peace should
have come a month ago.
The strangest prophecy of all Is the
famous one by a medieval monk, who
is said to have predicted the war and
many of its events with startling &C
curacy though in cryptic form. His
prophecy has had wide publicity in
America, and readers will probably
remember it ends with the assertion
that Italy in August, 1917, will end
the war by striking a death blow to
the enemy of mankind.
1t is generally believed these pro-
phecies would have been realized but
for the Russian Reorganization, Had
Russia been able to take the often
sive last spring, it is held certain the
Entente would have forced V!Ctori-
GUS peace this fall But as things
are, It is universally believed the full
weight of the United States must be
thrown into the field before victory
can be won.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-02

crushed might, by miracle Oreah
the German spirit this fall"
Most Britons, however, with famil-
lar doggedness, aren't even discuss
ing peace. They are preparing for 4
year or more of bitter fighting.
But strange rumors of an August
peace have none the less been bob
bling up all over the continent lately.
And 4 startling number of prophets
have combined in the prediction that
tie month which saw the opening Of
war in 1914 will be its end in 1917.
1t is a fact that business men in
the city have been passing around the
August armistice rumor.
It is a fact that a certain financial
institution Of International fame is
said to have made huge investment
the total of which it stands to lose
unless hositlities end IN the autumn.
The rumor incubators of Swltzer-
land and Rome have been busy hatch
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-02

next year he batted ,297 with ST. Paul
and last year 1884 with the same club.
Who would have picked him as a lead
ing battered against National league
pitching?
Rousch was better known. Last
year he batted .267 with Cincinnati and
New York. The year before he hit .29S
with the Newark Feds.
When the season started he was no
bright prospect for leading batting non
ors. Anyone who suggested that he
would outhit his teammate, Chase,
would have been rldiculed.
But there they are, way out in front
fighting it out between themselves and
only a terrific slump will keep one
or the other out Of the 1917 hall OF
fame.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-02

looks like the National league most
conservative of baseball organizations,
was to establisha brand new precedent
in 1917.
Only one of the four now perchcd at
the TOD has ever before won any recog-
milton as batter.
Roger Hornsby batted well in 1916,
but many believed he was just flash
in the pan"
But it isn't Hornsby who has the in
side track for National league batting
honors.
Unless one or the other strikes a
slump it looks like it will be either
Cruise, the St. Louis fence buster or
Rousch, the Cincinnati demon.
With 100 guesses at the leading bats,
men it is unlikely that a recognized
baseball critic would have picked eth
err one of the two when the season
started
Cruise was an unknown quantity.
He had been with St. Louis while in
1914 and had batted .227, whereupon
he was sent back to the minors The
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-02
BLIND MAN SEES
THE BATTLE FRONT
Sir Arthur Pearson Talks
EntertainingIy of His
Impressions.

WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES
IN FRANCE, July 6-(staff CORE
spondence The Associated Press y
Blind himself, and head OF the Brit
ish National Institute devoted princi-
pally to men blinded In the war, Sir
c. Arthur Pearson, Of London, was
recently a most interesting visitor at
the British front. His enthusiasm
for all he saw was unbounded, and
he declared he would take back to
the sightless men at home new words
Of encouragement as to how their
army was carrying on.
Sir Arthur climbed the zimy
Ridge, and to his great delight some
German shells broke so close they
splashed him with mud and the party
had to take temporary refuge in &
dug-out.
"a man doesn't have to see tc
know when to duck, does he?" laugh.
ed Sir Arthur in relating the incident
that night. II also find," he added
that It doesn't take long to know
when they are going and when they
are coming"
That is always great source Of
entertainment to visitors in the fight
ling zone. At first the shells that are
going over the from the British guns
swish along through the sullen all
with noise that is quite startling
enough, but the sightseer FORUM
ate" enough to hear German missile
looming in" soon finds it sings &
somewhat different song. Sir Arthur
aptly described it.
"Our Shells" he said, Ego with &
bang and a whiz; the Germans with
over with a whiz and a bang. 1t al,
depends upon the position Of the
, whiz."
Sir Arthur was deeply impressed
by the work of the guns. He remain
ed with some Of the batteries for 6
long time and listened to their noisy
mutterlngs with a keen appreciation
Of all that was going on about him
He was particularly delighted to heal
above the reverberating echoes the
songs Of larks-always to be remem'
bered by the soldiers on this front as
their ever-cheerful companions o.
trench and battle fields.
Trudging over some Of the oldel
battle fields of the Somme, walking
through the trenches, and standing
in the higher places where the pano
rama Of battle spread below him, Sil
Arthur drank in the atmosphere o.
the war-the meaning of it all, He
"saw" the "tanks" in repose anc
heard them at drill he stood outside
prison cage and visualized the
Handicapped Germans within the
barbed wire barriers. He asked {
guard II any Of the prisoners evel
attempted to escape.
Escape, sir!" replied the old ser
geant, why, sir, you couldn't drive
'em away; they like being prisoners
sir, they does"
The ruined cities Of the somme
Bapaume and PerOnne, affected Sil
Arthur deeply.
II wish the whole world-all but
the Germans who already know wha'
! they have done-could come anc
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-02
NO GLASS ARMS ON
GLASSNEN'S TEAM
Hard Hitting Won Another
W Game for Them Last
s.4 Evening.

Monongah Glass won another game
"a the Church.InduStrial League last
evening, this time from the Diamond
Street N. E., by score Of 70 l.
The game was somewhat similar to
the game on Tire previous evening
when the glass men defeated the
Palatine Baptists, in that the glass
rem swatted ViciouSly and their op-
sonents were unable to field the hot
ones,
All Of the glass mems runs were
scored In the fifth frame when Jenk-
sng first up, attempted to cool the
atmosphere by tanning, Byers played
safe on an error and Joyce, following
was safe on the same play. On a play
Tor Byers at third Beech reached first
a safety and Long then swatted one
into the outfield and scored two runs.
Burns slammed one to left field and
Long and Beech scored. The score:
OIAMONn CT AR r H. PA. ".
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-02

are the chances?
"Only about one
in ten thousand,
and that one de-
ponds On Uncle
Sam!" said a war
student here. "The
one hope of short
ening the war lies
in threatening to
make it longer!
Ov erw h G lining
proof t h a t the
United States will
fight on until the
kaiser is utterly
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-02

Stolen bases-Malone, Clayton
Curry, Smouse 20, Byers, Beech 20.
Left on bases-Monongah Glass 6;
Diamond Street 5, First base on er.
rors-Monongah Glass 6. First on
balls-off Ashby( l; off Gagns, /.
Struck out-By Ashby, 8; by Burns,
IA. Wild pitch-Ashby. Passed balls
--Boice. Unpire-Phii Crimes.
Time-1:10 a
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-02

Haven't heard Just where Larry Nc.
Lean IS doing his bit in the movies,
but Il must be somewhere where the
Dchooners are bigger than they are in
NeM York or Cincinnati.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-02

Cincinnati players should be taught
more respect for their manager, On
the same day Matty wrote an article
saying 1t was impossible to beat the
Giants, his club won a double header
from McGraw.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-02

They're planning an international
wrestling meet in Chicago. The audi
euce should have a good time unless
gomebody wakes him up.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-02
puntry's Manners.

g. mt to be a system Of man
3ers !. every nation which a we'll
qtlist mind would be disposed to
relish, - make Us love our country,
Pur ought to be lovely.-Burke.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-02

Klundlke In Every Back YaIt.
What supply Of imufd-mAh Gnaires
we would have if'people could find
gold as easily as they find fault'-Ihe
Christian Herald.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-02

The Russian retreat has resulted in
the loss Of territory held more than a
year, in Galicia and Bukowina Ger
mans are still following the disorgan-
lied Russian army beyond Tamopol,
BuczaCz and the lower Carpathans in
Bukowina. Map shows the eastern
line today. .,r.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-02

Fielder Jones says Sisler is as great
as Cobb ever was. All right Fielder.
It doesn't cost anything to dream.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-02

Games Scheduled Today.
New York at Pittsburgh.
Philadelphia at ST, Louis.
Brooklyn at Cincinnati.
Boston at Chicago.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-02
NSI0OI[I53
3sEIHL. IIEhI

It is rumored that Benny Leonard
IS a paCifist, but it would be pretty
hard to convince Johnny Kilbale of
1t.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-02

Only 10 days to supply your shoe
needs at reduced prices. ShurtIeff &
Welton's "War Economy sale. ADV.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-02
Baseball at a Glance
NATIoNAL LEAGUE
Results Yesterday.

Results Yesterday.
New York, 3; Pittsburgh. L
Brooklyn, 6; Cincinnati, 2.
St. Louis, q Philadelphia, l, Ten
innings,
BOSTON. Chicago. rain
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-02
hi KENNETH hi. PAINE,

LONDON, July 26.-Victory this
month. An August armistiCe! What
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-02

Games Scheduled Today.
Chicago at Boston.
Cleveland at Philadelphia
Detroit at Washington.
st. Louis at New York.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-02

sale tor 10 days at shurtl0f &
Reltonh. Adv Z.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-02

AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Results Yesterday.
Chicago, 4; Boston, 0.
Cleveland, 6; Philadelphia, 5.
Washington, 8; Detroit, 4; thirteen
innings.
St Louis, 0; New York, O; called in
first innings; rain.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-02-16
FIFTEEN SHIPS ARE
SUNK IN ONE DAY
FIVE NATIONS SUFFER WHEN
GERMANS RESUME sUBMA-
RINE WARFARE.
Campaign Of Teutons to starse Out
England Results In Terrible Loss
Of shipping on First Day Of
Warfare.

London. Fifteen ships OF 1880
tons aggregate we're the toll OF the
FIRST day OF tho fullnedged submarine
warfare.
The period Of grace given by Ger
many 10 neutral shipping In the
barred zones" expired early Tuesday
morning and the days havoc caused
by the U-boats Is believed 10 be in.
dicatiye Of the proportions 70 be- main
tanned hereafter in Germany's cam
paign 10 starye out England
The vessels sunk Tuesday inciud-
ed seven British, ave Norwegian. one
Russian. one Swedish and one Span
Ssh ship.
There is nothing In the reports to
chow definitely that there was loss OF
life. Grave fears are. however. en-.
tertainod for the bulk OF the passen.
gers on the Commonwealth and Do
minion liner Port Adelaide OF Liver,
pool. Only ninetysix OF her passen.
gers and crew are thus far reported
10 have been picked up at sea. The
vessels captain was ctptured by the
IDOAt commander.
Aggregate tonnage sent TO the bot.
tom on February alone is 1898 tons
In excess OF the total tonnage de.
stroyed In the first Ave days Of the
new warfare fTom February TO Feb
Tuary inclusive. during which period
only 4i.ss7 tons were sunk.
The total tonnage destroyed since
February 1 up to February 6--as 70
ported by official and unofficial
sources In L0ndon--amounts To so ACT
tons
II Tuesdays rate should be main
tanned. the U4boat blockade would
mean the destruction OF a million ar d
half tons a month. or half million
In excess Of the figures estimated In
Berlin dispatches.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-02-16
BRITISH DRIVE ALONG ANcRs.
Are Keeping Up Their New Offensive
Against Germany.

Are Keeping Up Their New Offensive
Against Germany.
London. british troops IN the Som,
mo region Of France are keeping up
their new offensive against the Ger,
mans in their efforts to push forward
toward hapaume Southeast OF Ba
paume. along the Bapaume- Peronne
road. they have taken tho highest
point OF sallly-saillisei Hill and cap
tured a considerable number OF Ger
mans aud one machine gun.
Along both sides OF the Ancre river
west Of Bapaume. further progress
has been made. Including the capture
OF a trench near Grandcourt. where q
gain was made Thursday.
On tho other parta OF tho front IN
France and Belgium the Hghtiug con
tinues By means OF artillery and small
attacks by raidlng parties.
The Teutonic allies in Maeedoniu
have shown activity along the entire
front, according 70 the latest French
official communication, THIS prob
ably means that the intensive fight
Ing OF come time ago will shortly bt
resumed In this theatre.
On the eastern front comparative
calm prevails. from the Baltic to the
line In Roumanla
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-02-16
Death Rate Among Phys!

Last year 2,196 physicians
the United States and Can
about IA per thousand. Tbs
age age at death was neafH
years, a very high average, o
exact 1fty-nine years, eleven
and five days. Four years I
eording to a special census re-
average age at death was 7
1872 per thousand and for Won
From which 1t will be seen D
rather lucky after all to be .
and that physicians are part
fortunate in their power OF -
to their own medicine.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-02-16
Livlnn Rarnmet.r

A leech confined in a glass jar
ter will prove an excellent !
prophet. If the weather is to d
fine the leech lies motionle@
bottom of the vial and rolled d
in a spiral form. If 1t is to rain
before or after noon, 1t is f0I
have crept up to the top of Its 4
and there remains till the weaI
settled. II we are to have wi
poor prisoner gallops through d
pid habltation with amazing sKt
and seldom rests till it begins i
lard. If a remarkable storm d
der and rain is to succeed, fOl
days before the leech lodges
continually without water, and
itself up to violent throes and
sivelike motions. In frost, as i
summer weather, it lies constai
the bottom; and in snow, as Ia
weather, it pitches It's dwelling
very mouth Of the vial.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-02-16
Now the Ahmed Automobl

The latest rival of the British
10 the armed automobile, cons
especially to take moving plctu
In war territory. The only 81
Of this new craft is now belE!
ated on the Mexican border, VI
gets film for one of the pictora
services. Its essential parts
special construction to suppa
camera, firm and level, taking
Of the space of the back sd
tanks for special supplies Of
and water and, last but not
machine gun, so that the car "a
something more effective than 4
In case Of necessity.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-02-16
Aaveea.e unlxeraal senlo.-

New Hork. Immediate enactment
% laws enbodyink tho principle o.
universal military training and sery.
Ice under exclusive federal control
Nas urged upon congress In resolu
tons adopted At meetings OF the ex
ecutiyo committees % the MAYORS
committee OF 900 citiIrna on nation.
Al dsfease and the National SECURITY
league.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-02-16
Just What He wantsa.

A wealthy old merchant had
and pretty daughter called ?
She had many suitors, but o
daring than the others though
the father for her hand. He
rectly to the house and stood
customers at the counter, M
every now and then to the d
II beg pardon, sir, / want
with you"
"Ahl Win you have Pei
said the merchant. testify.
with all my heart" rep
young man: "'tis for her ca