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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-26
FRANCE BARS LIQUORS
EXCEPT AT MEAL HOURS

PARIS. June &c.
NJ. Malvy. Minister Of The Interior, as the
result Of a Cabinet meeting has addressed
to the projects Of all the departments in
France instructions to forbid tho sale at
retail Of spurious liquors testing more than
Is per cent Of alcohol in cafes and saloons
except during the hours when the principal
meals are served.
Adult males can procure liquors during
these hours. but women and minors under
eighteen years viii he unable to get them
at any hour. Bottled goods may be sold
only In two liter (two quarts) quantities
NJ Malvy seeks 10 exclude those desiring
to purchase small bottles.
Excluded from the scope Of the proposed
regulations are beer. wines cider, imitation
wines and liquors and all other aromatic
wines not possessing more than is per cent
Of alcohol and liquors prepared from fresh
fruits not possessing more than 20 per cent
OF alcohol.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-26
PENROSE FEARS CROOKS
MAY GET DICTATORSHIPS

WASHINGTON June Ex-senator PEN
rose is afraid Congress will go too far In
attempting to lower food prices in passing
a food control bill.
AS ranking Republican member of the
senate Finance Committee the Senator
discovered the possibility that some "frail
human being might be appointed to
dictatorship and expressed concern over
the fate Of big business concerns under
euch LEGISLATION. The Senator's position Is
indicative OF the attitude Of the Old Guard
leaders on the eve of the fight on the Ad-
rninistration food control bill. Here is
how the senior Pennsylvania Senator ex-
pressed his views:
food control bill in some form will
he nassed by Congress. Whether il will
embody the prohibition provision adopted
by the House remains TO be SEEN II Is
possible that a majority at the Senate will
stand by the amendment proposed by
Senator Gore, and which VIII be voted
into the war revenue bill. This amend
nent places a prohlbitive tax upon grain
,,aed in the manufacture Of distilled spir-
its but does not affect beer and light
wines further than to put war tax upon
them.
n may be that the Senate will vote to
.ccept the House provision which for
Mas the use Of grain in the manufacture
81 spirltuous and malt liquors. l have
made no canvass of the situation and do
not Know what HNiVhbNi NAS plopOolllOn
will command
while we all want TO take such rea-
nonable steps as win protect the people
from extortionate prices on the necessa-
ries Of llfe vet l cannot but feel we are
making a mistake in creating all these
s,ornmissions and relationships We are
T.vlng a tremendous amount of power into
fhe hands of few people. j think there
IL a lot OF fake and buncombe about H.
And there Is danger in II. too.
lust think what opportunity for .
crook in nxinE the price of coal or cop
. ner. or wheat, or steel, or any one Of the
macy articles the market price OF which
B. nHeefed by the price the Government
nays and the amount Il buysi
No doubt the men whom the President
viii appoint 20 these dictatorships will be
high class. honest. clean men, but we
1annot lose sight Of the fact that In
creating these places and transferring
these broad powers we are giving into the
hands Of a few frail human beings not
only tremendous authority. but the power
10 make or break great business con-
14fn4 and 70 vitality afect the Industrial
N||I1tn 0I Iht country
I||IIt0I n a|tun1d n lhe rising
I|||&1 W |o4l.|a1I4 aud He ~ are Ifa1y
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-26
SENATETTANGLED
OVER DRY" FIGHT
Food Control Bill Blocked
by Confusion Caused by
Prohibition Addition
ALL FACTIONS IN MUss
What PeHrOse Thinks
About "DictdtOrships"

CENAToR PENRoSE fears that
~ Congress may go too far in at
tempting to lower food prices; that
"frail human beings" may receive
power to make or break great indus
tries; that crooks may become
wealthy through dictatorship. He
said in part:
"We are making a great mistake
in creating all these commissions
and relationships. We are giving a
tremendous power into the hands of
few people. | think there is a
lot Of fake and buncombe about it.
There is danger in il, too. Why, if
] wanted to make money and didn't
care how would resign my seat in
the Senate any day to accept one Of
these relationships. Just think
what an opportunity for a crook in
fixing prices!"
Besides, he argued, causes Of high
prices are largely beyond the con-
troll of Observation-Disclosures trans
portation facilities, for instance.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-26
PHILADELPHIA PRESIDES
OVER ENGINEERS SESSION
Twentieth Annual Convention of Amer
ican Society for Testing Materials
Opens at Shore

ATLANTIC CITY. June ga. A. Stew
enson, OF Philadelphia, is presiding over
the twentieth annual convention Of the
American Society for Testing Materials
which opened here today with 400 engineer
ing experts Of all Of the large trunk lines
and many American industries in attend
ance.
The executive committee reported that no
reply thus far had been received to a tender
of the services of the society to President
Wilson, in which II was pointed out that
the experts might find an important field
of usefulness to the Government through a
plan OF cooperation in relation to speci-
hcations for materials and in the inspection
and testing of materials
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-26

II is jose from Spain who has produced
the masterpiece. He is not dependent upon
the query columns of the papers for his
inspiration and suggestions lie writes:
Mr.. dear Carmen:
1t seems now along time since / see
you, last night VIII you not gladden. my
true heart with letter? You are a good
girl and I think you will not treat me
bad DO not / plead of you. Soon we
go 10 the Opera house to hear Caruso.
1t will be JOY to be together. / await
impatiently your letter.
Truly with love,
JOSE.
Whether Carman Is his ideal or the real
lady OF his heart, the teacher does not
know. But In any case the letter remains
n truly remarkable combination Of Latin
abandon and lately acquired Anglo-Saxon
restraint.
Perhaps Jose Is there TO learn only to
write love letters TO Carmen. but most of
the others have more important motives
Sophie needs English to get a better
Job, and Jake talks of opening a shop and
being able to keep his own accounts. Fritz
wants TO tako out citizenship papers very
soon, and Isaac has a dream Of returning
to his own country TO teach now that Rus
sia, too, Is a republic.
Almost all of them want above all, TO
be good Americans "All Of them must be
good Americans" said their teacher: "the
country needs them now as never before to
be loyal and intelligent citizens That Is
the night schools excuse for existing To
teach them just that
The class took up their books again.
Above them on the dingy walls the face of
William Penn, immigrant of another day.
smiled benignantly down on the Philadel-
phlans Of tomorrow
Fervently they repeated "Ameree-ca is
our coun-t-rrry." They are learning their
lesson we'll
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-26
DELAY IN BANKRUPTCY
Court Allows Gibney Tire and Rubber
Company More Time

Receiver Henry G. Thompson. Jr., for tho
Gibney Tire and Rubber Company has sub.
nitted TO the United States District Conr,
the offer OF the Fisk Rubber Company to
buy the assets, but on the request Of the
Gibney people for a postponement until Iulv
at p. IN. in order TO effect a settlenen,
with their creditors at 45 cents on the dois
lar. the court granted the delay.
Receiver Thompson says that the Gibnsy
Tire and Rubber Company has considerabio
financial backing and these interests nut nm
900 as an evidence Of good faith in tbeir
promise to the court that the company Wa
seeking a settlement with it's creditors 10
however. the company cannot carry out its
program the money will be refunded ana
then the court will consider the offer of tba
Fisk people.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-26
THREE BRITISH PLANES
DEFEAT TEN GERMANS
Shoot Down One and Probably
Destroy Two Others in Battle
Over Roulers
LONDON, June 2B,

LONDON, June 25.
Three British naval planes fought ten
Germans in an aerial battle over Roulers
shooting one down in flames and probably
destroying two Others an Admiralty state
ment today declared
The British machines were patrolling the
air. The Germans apparently were starting
out for a raid. Notwithstanding the enc
mys superior numbers the British flyers
entered into an immediate engagement The
fight continued sixteen minutes.
Thick clouds prevented verihcation of the
enemy's losses except the one plane which
was known to have been set afire
All the British machines were unharmed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-26
Funeral of Mrs. Rebecca P. Harris

The funeral of Mrs. Rebecca Porter Har-
ris, widow Of Captain Isaac Harris, took
place today at IL o'clock, from her home
at 22OS Rittenhouse street. The Rev. Floyd
Tomkins, of Holy Trinity Church, performed
the service, after which the body was
inferred at Laurel Hill Cemetery Mrs
Harris is survived by four children. Mrs
George N. Dallas Peltz. Jr., Mrs James
Hopkins, Miss Lily c. Harris and Ensign
Percival Ran Roden Harris.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-26
LITHOGRAPHERS AT SHORE
Employers National Association Ten
ders Services to President

ATLANTIC CITY, June 26.-Philadelphia
is well represented IN the annual conven-
tlon of the National Association of EN-
ploying Lithographers, which opened here
today with tender Of services TO the
President.
The convention probably will ask for a
Federal investigation OF the causes for the
steadily mounting cost of higher grades of
print paper, The proposed increase in post
card postage will be condemned.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-26
WASHINGTON, June 26.

tee today voted to broaden the House
food control bill to include regulation
Of coal, steel, oil, petroleum products,
farm implements and other necessaries.
The committee amended the bill to ex-
elude from control of the food admins
traitor food cOnsumptiOn-what the peO-
pie shall serve on their table. II was
further agreed to release the farmer
from all regulations under the bill,
covering power to requisition products.
WASHINGTON June 26.
The great prohibition fight pending in
the Senate today endangered the whole
legislative program. The Lever food-control
bill is blocked by the tremendous confusion
resulting from injection Of the sweeping
dry addition by the House. Threats and
counter-threats from opposing factions have
brought about n situation perhaps unprece-
dented in the upper branch. AS result
reaction today set In in force against the
drastic dry measure as an adjunct to the
food bill.
LET prohibition go through on its own
merits and not under the food-control
measure" urged one dry member today.
Letters and telegrams poured in from all
sections and from all factions, the radical
prohibitlonists hailng the situation as pro-
pitious to put across a nationwide dry bill
and the more conservative urging against
hitching prohibition to the food measure.
Meantime the Senate Finance Committee
members are mulling over arguments Of ex-
perts dealing with loss of revenue II the
prohibition amendment carries.
Some emphasize that $3.50 900, 900 in taxes
TO the Federal Government and $4,000
600 900 or more to individual States and
rif lrRngag nd bp will he
lost through the prohibition amendment.
To which proponents reply Yes. but this
tax money. and the billions involved in the
annual business Of the breweries, dstilleries
and saloons, will thereby be diverted to
other business channels which can be drawn
on for taxes"
And again, those opposed point out that
under the House amendment even house,
hold dainties and children's delights are
threatened because vanilla. lemon and
orange extracts could not be manufactured
even for fiavoring cooking, ice cream, soda,
candies and cake.
In addition to the prohibition fight, the
food bill was threatened from another angle.
There is an effort on foot to overload the
measure so II cannot move, Senator Reed
(Mo.) and numerous others say that II
food is controlled. steel, oil, clothing
everything from a sack Of peanuts to farm
implements - must also be controlled.
Amendments designed to accomplish this
are In reserve.
Already the bill is carrying some super
annuRted measures, such as the Welsh oil
land leasing bill which has been before the
Senate five years, and the preferential rout-
Ing bill. passed by the Senate some time ago.
With this tangled skein to unravel the
Senate Agriculture subcommittee met early
today TO redraft the House bill. IT was
hoped this committee would be able TO
report out to the full committee tomorrow.
= nd he ha an HApr Fns -
finish fight late Wednesday or Thursday.
The House dry amendment will be re-
written TO clarity It, but will not be changed,
according to present committee plans.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-25

ton to knowledge of subjects taught.
which should not be less than that
represented by graduation from
standard college, teachers of youth in
high schools should have knowledge
OF economic, industrial, social and
civic life, an understanding Of the re-
lation of the subjects they teach to
other subjects taught in schools, and
breadth of culture which can be
gained best at college or university"
In the establishment Of the depart
ment of religious education, Fargo
college has taken step forward with
other American colleges that believe
the Bible with the significant history.
the beautiful literature and moral
teachings of the Hebrew race, ought
to have an equal place with the his
tory, literature and philosophers of
other peoples who have contributed
to the worlds betterment This de-
partment provides special preparation
for lay service in the local church.
pre- professional training for ministers
and social workers and conducts Sum
day school institutes. This special de-
partment is maintained under such
conditions that it has placed Fargo
College in the front rank among COL
lcges in its provision for religious
training of broad and thorough
type. In number of courses offered
Fargo College ranks fourth following
such universities as Chicago, Column
! bia and Drake. The national body
offering courses in religious training,
the Religious Education association.
has placed Fargo College in the group
with such colleges as Oherlin, Mt
Holyoke, Wellesley, Carleton, Drury
and Colorado. This class is known as
Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-25
THE AMERICAN PEASANT,

1t Is in his capac city as peasant that
the negro is supreinely fascinating.
Viewing him in that light. you are not
concerned with his problems, or those
presented by him, but are free to re-
joicc in him as an object OF wonder,
of mystery and picturesqueness; to be
struck with recurrent anaZement at
the unparalleled expression Of statu-
esque repose, of solid inertia. pre-
sented hy him as he lolls on his back,
asleep in the sim. at some dirty little
Southern railway station. as he leans
drows,ng by the hour against a warm
brick wall or convenient post as he
squats on the curb with others Of his
kind. Cabling. cackling. laughing
shrilly, uttorinR all manner Of strange
sounds--sounds whic!, at times en-
rhasize peculiarly the affinity that ex-
lists between the negro and the mule;
an affinity in whicl, may also be in
cluded. pictorially. bale of cotton.
From The Negro" by Julian
Street, in Golfers for January q.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-25
G. b. 8.

G. Bernard shaw. who writes plays.
is not unlike Percy Haughton. who
coaches football teams. Each believes
that a good attack is the best defense.
II Shaw seems to throw rocks at mar
riage in his comedy Getting Mar
ried," he is merely paying his re-
spects, and IL. after q searching In
vestigation of the institution. he sug-
gests some slight change, such as
transposing the attic and the cellar.
it is only because he hopes to fore
stall disastrous anarchical action" by
ill-meaning radicals. =. The beau
ty Of Shaw play is that even the
author himself cannot regard It with
out straightway writing a preface or
an appendix OF some several thou
sand words.
In our neutral nation we have de-
veloped q neutral drama. But
Shaw tweaks a nose here. steps on
toe there. and flings his glove into the
face Of all the world. He 10 the
eternal heckler blasted for the sins Of
From Haywood Brauns "Plays Of
the Season." in Golfers Weekly for
January 81
Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-25
lGrand Forks Fair Is One
OF the Great Educational
Institutions of the State

On June IL. 1908, a meeting of the
shareholders Of the Grand Forks
County Agricultural society was held
in the city hall In Grand Forks, and
John Dinnie. chairman of the meet
ing. was authorized to appoint n board
Of directors for the society. He an
nounced the following as that board:
John Dinnie, r. ]. Lander. J. D.
Bacon, a. !; Hunter. r. B. Griffith.
ard, H. n. Wells, j. A. sorlie, all Of
Grand Forks: J. w. Scott. Giiby; A.
a. Hood, Emerado: James Colosky.
Marvel: E. T. Spafford, Thompson
and George H. spengler. Inkster.
John Dinnie was elected president,
and c. p. Trepanier secretary of the
society. OF the original board. z. j.
Lander. ]. d. Bacon and A. I. Hunter
have served continuously and are still
serving as directors.
Two Organizations.
On account Of late start in organi-
cation. it was decided to hold a fall
fair, and Sept. gath. 25th and 26th
were the dates selected. In 1905 the
North Dakota State fair for Grand
Forks was organized and since that
time the two organizations have held
fairs in Grand Forks. the state fair
during odd numbered years and the
county society in even numbered
years. During 1910 the activities of
the Grand Forks Agricultural society
was expanded to include a winter fair
which for seven winters was held un-
der the name of the North Dakota
Corn and Glover convention and Mid
winter fair.
The ancient custom Of holding
neighborhood market and sales days
has made wonderful strides in the last
so years, and the improved strains OF
live stock. advanced methods of agri-
culture and kindred Industries related
to farm life, have all been fostered
and placed on higher plane mainly
through the efforts Of organized ag-
ricultural societies. whose object has
heen the bringing together % farm
Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-25

products for comparison and scientific
criticism. Community life has been
enriched and uplifted by the annual
coming together of the people of the
country and CITY and af the county
and state fair neighbors have entered
their products of the farm and home
and benefited nv the expert opinion
of various Judges.
Educational Work.
The Grand Forks fairs have for the
past fourteen years endeavored to give
their patrons both education and
amusement, but the first thought of
the management throughout these
years has always centered on the edu-
cational side. AS result our fairs
have always attracted fayorable COM
Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-25
COIORED GHNIUsEs.

Negroes were the composers Of such
songs Of the past as "Listen to the
Mocking Bird" and Garry Me Back
to Old Virginia" A negro composer,
Will Marion Cook. supplied tunes for
many musical comedies on Broadway:
so also have the late Bob" Cole, and
his partner, j. Rosamond johnson.
who together wrote the well-remem-
Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-25

Tree" Cole and Johnson were long
familiar as a team in vaudeville, and
later as the heads of a negro theatri-
cal company. Williams and Walker
were similarly known. and 1 would
add the gratuitous opinion that the
negro actor, Bert Williams, who has
for some years appeared with THE
Follies,' is one of the cleverest CO.
medians. black or white on the Eng
disappearing stage. The most emf
Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-25

Glass A. remarkable tribute to the
ideals Of North Dakota citizenry. The
department IS now maintained upon
the Dill professorsf1ip
Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-25

1,075 per cent more electric light
can now be obtained Cor 10 cents
than for like sum twenty years ago.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-25
CHILD LABOR.

The federal law has established the
principle that the protection Of work
ing children is the direct concern Of
the national government: it has set
standards for the states to follow: 1t
has equalized competition among
manufacturers Of goods shipped in in
terstate commerce, and II has trans
fcrred the enforcement of the law in
the industries it reaches from local
officers to the federal courts where re-
election to office is not likely to de-
pend on the \nonprosecution of power
full local INTERESTS. But. on the debit
side of the ledger. it will not affect the
per: it will not shorten the hours Of
the girl who soils you necktics over
the counter; it will not keep the night
messenger out of the vicious sections
OF the city: and last. but equally i'm
portant, it will not establish schools
for the children who are prohibited
from working. Until the states eX-
tend to local industries the fourteen
year limit. eight-hour day, and
prohibition of night work established
by the federal law for factories and
canneries. bring the unregulated occu-
pations of agriculture and domestic
service under control. and insure an
elementary education to every child,
with provision for industrial educa-
ton and continuation schools for chill
dren who must go into industry. the
country cannot be satisfied that its
child-labor problem has been solved.
Editorial from January 9th Col
lier's.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-25

nent of his race in the field of music,
however, was undoubtedly Samuel
Colcridge-Taylor. who was born in
London, and who composed some
really distinguished chamber music,
cantatas and symphonies.
Henry O. Tanner, the American
negro painter of Biblical subjects.
now residing in Paris. is probably as
we'll known for his work as Coleridge-
Taylor was for his. Meta Vaux War
rick (Mrs. Fuller), has had some rec
ognition as sculptor, and there are
other negroes now developing in both
these branches OF art.
From THE Negro" by Julian
Street, in Golfers for January 81.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1917-06-29
PRICES IMPAIRED
ON WALL STREET
Iil tiit~T ItMi tNA
tUltTNtGHI.

NEW YoRK June 1, Although
monetary conditions continued 90 re-
ll1 and tue ul-t lars. payment ON
'HH liberty loan was made without
disturbance today. sf..h market eN.
rcr,rr.eI "a r.ry ir.esliar session Of
impaired prices attributed mainly to
HcHn.caI ufuruD.s For the first
lime o. more chan fortnight can
'Uaus opened under pei cent aud
Uue money 500. r Increased supply.
Tho weakened position oi numer-
."s specialize. and removed concern
reariiug fhe 40 fufe 1' the govern
ueuf toward var prices and taxes
mpeIiel further liquidation aud con.
.ierahie mort Collins Etiremc de-
elmo. Dol active stocks PAN from two
fo almost Ie points depression ca.
aut.nr OBJ mirH speca.tios oi no
Hyl.I'. classification
United STATES steel bethlehem
fr.I ani Nud.al issues we're care
rci ine ono FOB three points Finai
quotations we're 90 Cr near thc low
go af ft. IaF
rals copper cod .tirrIrrs held
relatively better than most other
Harrs huf AVERAGED losses 1l t0 Q
points nr moderate nffernrs rniai
afe. 10000 shares
Bonds seIo irregular Total sales
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1917-06-29

The distribution U' heat both for
domOst, and .,pU.. purposes and
THAI option dealing. boo wheat would
bee abolished brought the market
nearly to sfaud.rII business Boz
the future delivery p.t ceased afo-
.gcth'r Cor au interval but uu further
decline vus noted .u ta'u..
Although uo action bias been taken
90 remove Che maximum pfi.e limit
ou cora. and uI such action ls CON
tcWpIairl thD CORN market ulla a
temporary upiun owing partly tu
mistaken infer fr.. chat ..mllate
removal 90 aIl checks ln hI.H price.
.oi corn might be looked fDr
Oats dc,cioue GOO tendency to iump
owing t1 VfuuE 0.r.. uaiuua That tho
maximum price Umf aH corn mIaIt
be- cancelled
Report. from r t.r more than
ovcrDus declines boz fhe provision
market