davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1917-01-13
100000 FUNTOW PROCHU
WYLECIALO w POWIE-
TREE.
TREE.

TREE.
Nowy York, l3 stycznia. -
Cztcrysta tysiecy funtow bez
dyrnnego prochu strzelniczego
eksplodowaio dzisiejszej nocy W
Du Pont Powder Works w Has
kell. y. J., szcrzac po raz drusi
W ciagu Sc gcdzin alarm pre-
strach powodu wybuchow i ka-
tastroi w fabrykach amunicyi W
czterech Stanach: New York. POI
nocnym New Jersey. zachodnim
Connecticut Massachusetts. Ha-
skell ley 81 mil ma po}norny "a
chod od miaSta Nowego Gorktl
Szkoda zrzadzona oStatni9
cksplozyq wynosi Sl.5oo.Ooo. Z
poniedzy zatrudnionych przez
iabryke 1,5Oo robotnik6w - cd
niosfo poparzenia / innc obraze-
MIA. dwu zaS znajdujc sic na IL
scie zaginionvch.
Wybuch odczuto W promieniu
stumilowym i Z wyiatkiem ells-
plozyi tanltego roku VIC wrzeS--
niu na wyspie Black Tom, byla
ona najsilniejsza zc wszystkich,
jake wydarzyly sic W poblizu
Nowego Iorku. odkad po wybu-
chu wojny europejskiej amcry--
kanski przemys} wyrobu amuni-
cyl doszedf do gigantycznvch ro-
zmiarow. Zatrzesiy sic domy W
Manhattan. Brooklynie Bronx.
powylatywaly okna W wielu miej
scowoSciach w powiecie Westchc
ster ! wstrzaSnienie odczuto tax
daleko jak PoughkecpSie. y. Y.
Milford, Conn. Springfield.
Mass.
Urzednicy fabryczni twierdza,
ze dotychczas ME dalo sic usta--
lie, czy katastrofa zostala wy
wolana reka zbrodnicza czy tez
bvla rezultatcm nieSzczeSliwego
wypadku, ze wzgledu jednak, re
nastqpila w tax kr6tkim czasle
po zniszczeniu THE Canadian
Car and Foundry Comp" W
Kingsland, N. J.. wywoia}a pani-
ke " calym polnocnym Stanie
New Jersey.
Wedle wydanych wczoraj po-
poludniu komunikatow szkody
poniesione przez rad rosyjSki ia
kotez przez The Canadian Car
and Foundry Comp" wskutek
przedwczorajszego pozaru wyno-
sza S11,OOO,OO0, czego S6,O00,-
600 przypada ma wy wymienio-
ma firme. reszta zas ma rad ro-
syjski. Prowadzone w dalszym
ciagu dochodzenia zdaja sic ma
prowadzaG ma wniosek, ze niesz-
czescie spowodowane zostalo roz
mySlnie przez podpalenie.
NASTEPNY KROK WILSO-
MA NIEPEWNY.
Washington, 13 stycznia. -
Prezydent Wilson postanowii
przeslac radon panstw central
nych og}oszona wczoraj odpo-
wiedz Aliantow ma swoj pokojo-
wy APPEL, ale mic jeszcze ME via
domo, jake sam zajmie stanowi-
sko wobec tel odpowiedzi. Byla
ona przedmiotem zywei dyskusyi
ma wczorajszej sesyi gabinetowej
oraz ma konferencyach, jake pre-
zydent odbyl wczoraj Z sekreta-
rem stanu Lansingiem i potem
swym osobistym przyjacielem
i doradca, puikownikiem E. NJ.
House.
Bardzo trudnem dla prezyden-
ia zadaniem jest, jak pogodzic z
soba sprzeczne wrecz stanowiska
zaiete w notach mocarstw CEN
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1917-01-13
INNE TELEGRAMY
POZYCZKA ANGLII - INA
ZWYCIESTWO."

Londyn, 13. stycznia. - Zaraz
po wczorajszei movie Lloyd
Georgia. W parlamencie angiel-
skim, W kt6rej premier wzywai
rodakow do pokrycia pozyczki do
mowej W Anglii ma potrzeby wo-
jenne dla osiqgniecia zWycieStwa
- okazal sic pomy5lny apelu tego
rezultat: tegoz dnia do poludnia
podpisano ma pozyczke $5O0,000,-
600 wciaz dalej maSowo zglasza-
ia sic ludzie re wSzystkich sfer
ofiarujac pieniadze, a sa wSrod Of
ferentow wielkie kompanic, jak
,,Prudential' kt6ra zapisaia
500, 100000, oraz biedacy Z maj
ubozszych dzielnic Londynu. Po-
zyczka jest bardzo popularna, ma
stroj jak najlepszy: zowia te po-
zyczke - INA Zwyciestwo" po-
dug slow Lloyd-George'a.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1917-01-13

J. B. Pallasch wypozycza pieniadze
ma realnosc. sprzedaje karty okreto-
we realnose, 1146 Noble III.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1917-01-13
Kalendarzyk.

Jutro, IA grudnia: 2 Niedzieia po
SIS. Trzech Krolach. - Sw. Hilarego.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1917-01-13

RUCH PAROWC0W.
PRZYBYLY: Nowy York: Celtic,
Italia.
ODESZLY Bergen: Bergensfjord.
- San Francisco: Indian. = Seattle:
Tacoma Maru.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1917-01-13

Cordevalle, choc zdala byf wido-
cznym sztandar Krzyza Czerwo-
nego: Szkod nj STRAIT W ludziach
ME byio. w Juliahskich Alpach
ma karsie artylerya wloska O.
strzeliwa punkty strategiczne au-
stryackie poza liniami, w niekt6-
rych skladach zrzadzono wybu-
chy pozarow,a W innych punktach
ostrzelano wojs kprzeclody.P .Przed
dwoma dniami aeroplany ME
przyjacielskie zbombardowaiy A
quilee i okolice; W odwdziece ae-
roplany wloskie zbombardowaly
W porcie Tryestu doki i Hungary
awiatyczne.
MA ZACHODZIE EUROPY.
Paryz, 13. stycznia. - RAPPORT
,francuski donosi, IL W Wogezach
20 skoncentrowanym ogniu dzia-
lowym bateryi francuskich
wdarto sic do okopu nielniecklego
i zrzadzono w MIN szkody znacz-
ne, oraz sprowadzono jehcow; ma
reszcie frontu zwyczajna Ramona
da.
Londyn, 13. stycznia. - RAPPORT
angielski donosi, IL ma poinoc od
Arras Anglicy Snlialym atakiern
wdarli sic W dwu punktach do O.
kop6w niemieckich i wzieli spo-
70 jenca. Ma calej linii dziala ar
tylerya, silna - szczegolniej pod
Hebouterne Rancourt; pozycye
niemieckie pod Rancart Given->
chy SLIME zbombardowano.
Berlin, 13. stycznia. - Rapor--
ty niemieckie podaja, IL mad An
ere bitwa sic toczy... Mic w1ece)
narazie O niej ME wiadomo. Pod
Armentieres Lens ma drogach
z Albert do Bapaume ostrzeliwa-
ME trivia pilne pozycyi angielsklch
! beleiiskich. Ma poinoc cd An
ere rzeki Anglicy atakowali bez-
skutecznie, rowniez pod Serre ich
atak speiz1 ma niczem. Pod Beau
court atak angielski przynios} i'm
pewne korzySci poczatkowo, zdo-
lai zajac czesc pozycyi niemiec-
kiei, lecz wnet potem Niemcy sill
nym kontratakiem pozycye ode
brah, Anglik6w wyrzucili po--
wrotem do ich okopu, a W akcyi
tel wzieli 80 jehcow i zdobyli
dwie mitraliezy.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1917-01-13
TARNOWSKI JEDZIE.

Rotterdam, 13. stycznia. - Hr.
Adam Tarnowski. nowy ambasa-
dor austryacki dla Waszyngtonu,
Ntoremu wolny bezpie'czny pre-
jazd do An1eryki na skutek Sta
now Zjednoczonych przedstawien
pozwolily rzady Aliantow, przy-
byl tn stad odjedzie okretem
,,Noordam" do y. Yorku.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1917-01-13

)sie ZalOg mic ME wiadomo.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1917-01-13
WALK w RUMUNII,

nieprzyjacielowi
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-25
MAKE IT ROGUE-PROOF

TOUCH the pocket nerve of the nation
/ and the electric shock is immediate
There is no politician in Pennsylvania
who can tri1e with the insurance situa-
ton and get away with it, IT is averred
that the present Commissioner of Iusur
ance has his hands fun correcting abuses
which a former Commissioner permitted
The point involved is that the laws them
selves were so obsolete that a Commis-
sioner could permit the kind of goinEs-on
which have recently been exposed.
We applaud the good work of the pres
ent Commissioner, but we are i'm entire
disagreement with him in his contention
that a few amendments of the present
insurance code constitute the only reform
necessary, since good administration
thereafter will be sufficient. We do not
want patched-up Insurance code. We
do not want a code with holes in it.
What we do want is a body of insur-
ance laws for Pennsylvania comparable
in their strength TO the laws existing in
New York and Massachusetts. We want
model insurance laws, not immoral insur-
ance laws.
The abuses which have been brought
to light in the last few months are a
warning to the people Of the whole State
of the kind of laws they ought TO insist
on having We expect that they will
insist, since their most sacred funds are
involved
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-25
WHY Not Eat That One First?

Dear Toni wonder IL you can help
me. My faith in you is great; you
seem to he SO wonderful. You have
been ill with pneumonia. they tell us, and
here's the coyum going along day after
day Well, here's my trouble: I'm a
victim of what might very properly be
called "utimaphobia." The disease mani.
tests itself usually at banquets and table
d'hote dinners, where prearranged oys.
ters to the number of five or six are fur
nished one On such occasions I man.
age to dispose of all but the last which
the others having proved good always
assume to be bad. If I were to attempt
to swallow that last oyster it would
strangle me. How can I avoid this?
FINNEY KEY.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-25
ANNOUNCEMENT

TNHE price of the EVENING LEDGER, be.
ginning Monday, January 20, will be
two cents the copy.
The increased cost of print paper, ink,
chemicals and virtually all other mate.
rails used in the publishing business has
made It impossible any longer to issue a
hish-class newspaper for one cent we
would not, in any circumstances, lower
the standards Of publication to which
we have adhered The one.cent news.
paper, even in ordinary times, was sold at
far less than cost Of production. II costs
considerably moro than two cents q copy
to produce this newspaper. 1t viii con.
tinue to be sold therefore, at less than
cost
The standards Of journalism We have
set for ourselves we will continue to fol.
low There shall be no cheapening Of the
service which we offer to the public.
The constant effort Of the editors is to
improve and strengthen all departments
Of this newspaper Enjoying, as it does
a franchise Of public approval and good
will. the EVENING LEDGER at two cents
will continue to measure up to the ex.
pectations of its readers and the com.
munites which ii serves
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-25
Answers to Yesterday,s Quiz

1. sherman Nhipnle is a Boston lawyer en-
gagged as counsel for the House cUmmlttee
Investigating the peace note stock IN
change leak
2 In 1918 Victor Hugo wrote his first hook;
write book in "A fortnight. lie was six
teen Years old.
3. Pennsylvang Is bounded by Sew York. Lake
Erie Ohio, West virginia. Maryland,
Delaware and the Delaware River sepa-
rating IL from New Jersey.
T. Ernest 4. TriEE, paint manufacturer, Is
the newly elected president of the Phila-
delphia Chamber of Commerce.
;. LincoIn's birthday will fall on Monday
IebruarS ~.
G. The PENNSYLVANIA highway speed limit Is
~ miles per hour, 10 miles being the
maximum when ~ designated by signs.
:. II Is said that MEXICAN pe0ns now call
villa LEI Capitan Encantad0," +" or THE
narruw escapes.
g. The town of CulOnia Duban is General
peTshng's field base in chihuahua state.
Mexico. from which IL is reported that
he Is Withdrawing his troops,
o. Infectious diseases are communicated by
germs carried hy air water, without
contact with the patient. Contagious
diseases diseases communicated by
contact with the patient or some object
touched by him.
10 The United states Is the leading motoring
nation. about three .f0urths of the auto
mobiles Ot the world being in use in this
country.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-25
PRINTING NEWSPAPERS AT
LOSS

To the Fdtior Of the Eucpmg Ledger:
cir In vicw Of the rumor that Phladel-
rhia newspapers are 20 he put on '""-.e,,'
i,osis tbe following article by Richard spill
Ione in Commerce and Finance seems 10 ~
worth printing
"1,be cost of producing newspapers mas
ir,rooeed tremendously in the last Two
~! ,uC' pint n9per has been advanced in
y,ricc en- much that IT has occasioned gov
ernrental inquiry Ink has gone way up
NTary newsuapers in various parts OF tle
country have been hit SO nara that theN
have had to suspend publication III Soilc
,itiog Dnyspa Dcrs have raised the price at
which they were sold from one cent to Two
cents and there has been some increase III
advertising rates, but there probably mas
t Loor a time in the last half century
whom the newspaper industry the halI"I
over was I'm SO bad state huahClalF as
today. Few newspapers are making money.
The vast majority are suffering neanE
Losses And this at n time of colossal CIR
crI,tIon unprecedented advertising and the
greatest general prosperity the country has
I5no,vn In their desperate efforts TO reduce
,,rodurtion costs the publishers have re-
sorted 10 the poorest quality of print paper
that can be made
,'There is one newspaper In New York
which on the basis of its present rlrcula-
tiop and the contract II has entered INTO
sor nevsprint for 1917, will pay $3.50 900
more for print paper than it did in 1916,
And vet il clings to its one-cent price.
,rbare Is another paper which at one time
oarnad nearly 81 OOO, 600 a year which is
said 10 have had a deficit in 1916 Of Sl65,-
mn 4 newspaper outside of New York
which has circulation in excess of 100000
is having Sl2OO.OOO a year more for paper
than in normal times What must be the
Ira naper cost to sheet like the New
yorl, Evening Journal with its 100000 cir
culation?
"Outside of New York there has been a
5acided movement to do away with the one
cent paper and suppant it with the two
cent sheet If it has affected circulation or
advertising the fact is not apparent In
>-ayv York the editors walk the floor after
tbav read the financial statements they get
IRON, the business office. Then they sOothe
tbair souls by lashing out at Congress and
everybody else for their sins of commission
md omission and they tell the erring ones
exactly how things should be done and how
sensible. clear-headed personss would do
them
"AlI Of which is right and proper f5r the
editor is TO be judged only as tempera-
mental persons are 10 be judged
"Henry Ward Beecher once was criticized
nv a person who argued that Mr.. Beechers
performances were not in accord with his
preachings.
MY friend replied the great lecturer
don't do as l do do as l say
(which might be said by the editors and
publishers today w p, H.
Philadelphia, January %,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-25
Leap Years

E. W. M.-Yes, there are three instances
Of an cight-year instead of a four-year
lapse between leap years since the Gre
sorian calendar was adopted. The years
were 1900, 1900 and 1900, which would
have been leap years except for a correc-
tion made in 1852 by Pope Gregory XIII in
the calendar created by julius Caesar in
46 B. C. The Julian calendar, which brought
order out of chaos, divided the year into
365 days. adding an extra day every fourth
year It was based upon the wrong as
sumption that there were exactly 8G5H
days in year. The actual length of a
year is 365 days, hours As minutes and
4G seconds. This discrepancy Of II inmates
and IA seconds a year and the addition Of
a full day every fourth year since Caesars
time amounted to ten fun days bv 1852
To restore dates 10 their normal position
Pope Gregory, with the aid of Clayius. the
astronomer, deducted ten days from the
year 1852. Then TO check me Increase
they worked out the present method Of
counting only every fourth OF the first
years of centuries as leap years beginning
with 1900 that IS, Of the years ending In
100" only those that are divisble bv 400
without a remainder are considered lean
years According TO this, 1900 was the last
century year that was also a leap year and
1000 will be the next century lean wear
Because Russia and Greece have not
adopted the GregOrlan calendar there is a
twelve-day difference between their dates
and ours,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-25
Hints to House Guests

If you discover, on your way with
your host to the house you are to visit
that he has a boil, do not tap it with
your umbrella handle or put your foot
on it. A decent regard for another's be-
longings characterizes the experienced
man of the world.
If you find upon inspecting your bed
room, that the pillows are covered with
stifiy starched holly material, 1t is per
misslble TO lay a bathrobe under your
face or TO sleep on the floor, so that tho
cracking of the material against your
eyes and whiskers may not prevent others
from sleeping during the still night
watches.
DO not prowl about a strange house
after the family have retired Every
home has its skeleton and at least one
loose board.
It is tolerable, but not punctilious' Sc
cretly to fill your own toothpowder bot
tie from the contents of your hosts, op'
serve the little reticences. They are the
signs Of a scrupuIous conscience.
MICHAEL.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-25
COURTS AND CONGRESS
10 the Editor Of the Evening Ledger,

10 the EutOF oJ tNt n ttHlHV LeugeTt
slr-In your editorial in regard to sena-
for owens proposition that the Supreme
Court has no authority to declare an act Of
Congress unconstitutional you ignore two
inportant claims made by Senator owen
First That nowhere does the Constitution
give the Supreme Court that power. Second.
mat there were three attempts to give the
court that power IN the Constitutional Con-
yention and these attempts were voted
down.
Eow, does this look IS though the trainers
Of the Constitution intended or implied that
they should have that power? Further
MARSHALL himself, in 1888 in speaking in
favor of the Virginia conventions ratifylng
the Constitution, said Congress Is em-
powered to make exceptions to the appellate
jurisdiction as to law and 10 fact OF the
Supreme Court. These exceptions certainly
70 as far as the Legislature may think
proper for the interest and liberty OF the
people"
A few years later. when arguing a case
before the Supreme Court IN the virginia
sequestration case, he said. The legisla-
hlve authority Of any country can only bs
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-25
ROSCREA.
SINGLE TAX AND THE CHURCHES

To the Editor Of the ErCnmg Ledger:
Sir-The controversy between the Tax
Board and the Baptist Temple manage
ment brings into prominence the many
idiOtic provisions of our taxing systems.
If tlB churches and educational institutions
like the Baptist Temple would only face
this question in square and upright man
ner and then help in the establishment
of the single tax the power of tine Tax
Board 10 worry them and obstruct their
benefcent intentions would be gone The
single tax would place churches and SINH
larly exempt property on an exact footing
with other privately owned and regulated
institutions by taxing all land values into
the public treasury
Would not the church spire point heaven
ward with more moral dignity and honest
pride If the possessors Cf the land on which
the church stands knew they We're paying
their share of community expenses and
were asking no exemption favors-whiCh
generally have TO be paid for by support
of non-churchlike political conditions?
Aside from all this, il would pay to
adopt the single tax for purely business
purposes. The single tax, by opening up
opportunities for men to go TO work would
decrease the numbers Of poor people and
increase the numbers of those who would
gladly and could afford to. pay well for
the magnificent advantages offered by the
Baptist Temple The decrease in the num-
bers of those compelled to accept church
charity would also be an item in the count
for single tax.
The churches should advocate the estab-
lishment of the single tax, because, when
finding 1t necessary TO move into more de-
cept in the sale of the old site, any un-
earned land values which do not morally
belong to them OLIVER MCKNIGHT,
Philadelphia, January -.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-25
PRESIDENT MAKERS

An Italian woman who has adopted
America as her home asks US If her little
son. born in this country Is eligible to be-
come President of the United States. He
is His chances Of becoming the most pow
erfu individual in the world are probably
and their chances were greater than those
of Lincoln or johnson.
The early histories Of all our Presidents
have one thing in common. Promptly upon
his nomination II Is invariably announced
that the mother or aunt OF the candidate
predicted that the child would land in the
White House Il Is always a woman who
points the way 10 fame. Put him 70
work." says the father Send him 10 coll
lege." says the mother. This is why womea
have been So slow 20 become citizens. They
nave been 50 busy making Presidents
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-25
Nom Dalv's Column
Rallnde of the Front Pace

Before the great reviewing stand
They pass, a jostling, motley corps.
The grave the gay, the fierce, the bland,
From chorus girl to emperor.
Here's one that plunged a world in gore
And one that forced the poor to pay
For fuel and food penny more
Whose name IS on page one today?
Who's this comes stepping it so grand
As il he's trod this path before?
"a bloody budgeon in his hand)
1t is, it is Lord Theodore
Just we think his act is DER
Dispatches flash from oyster Bay
That make it needless to implore
Whose name is on page ono today?"
Diverse and weird the ways they land
one wrote about dinosaur,
Another made a speech that famed
Class hatred into civil war.
Where's Oliver, that won score
OF lady loves, then ran away?
Where's she that flew from lake to shore1
Whose name is on page one today?
Omnipotent Night Editor!
Please exercise your matter gray;
lie careful just a little more,
Whose name is on page one today?
ALOYSIUS.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-25
DIPLOMACY

MODERN diplomacy is an oNcart racing
WI with an automobile The processes of
diplomatic thought and the media of in
ternationaI relations belong TO an era
that Crawled on its belly. Friendship and
peace are talked of in terms of the turtle
ages, when it required a century for a
thought TO travel a hundred miles and
progress was so slow that it took spy
glass 10 tell whether the movement was
forward or backward,
This is .he electric age, the age Of
movement, the age of instant communica-
ton, when men from the far corners OF
the earth have been brought into close
communion with one another, when whole
peoples know more than their few super
rulers used 10 know a few years ago.
Democracy is nothing more than knowl-
edge. The cable and the telegraph have
knocked old methods into oblivion in
almost every trade, industry and pursuit
in the world, except in the conduct Of
international affairs.
We suspect that the President, through
a vale OF human tears, has been forced
to smile at the worship of ancient idols.
About all he has tried to tell Europe is
that any automobile that uses wagon
wheels is not going 10 get very far. He
may have used peculiar method to put
that information over, but We have an
idea that the multitude will grasp the
thought eventually. In a modern age
things must be done in a modern way,
ana statesmen with eobwebs IN their
k-.g,,u mill nof LAST long IN eomDafftfOn
with gentlemen who are using their
thought processes for something more
than bread ana battsA
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-25
QUIZ

T. What great poet's birthday anniversary Is
today?
.. Why is the star Antnrcs called the Scor-
pOns Heart?
3. What is the pronunciation of OaXacn. town
of Mexico?
/. who Is Governor General of the Philip
nincsH
>. Name the four chief wnd-EOds of Roman
MYTHOLOGY.
G. Who discovered that vaccination immuniEes
against smnlluON
: What is the Significance of the 81" in the
name of a Ieppelin?
4. WHO is DIR. Wu 1ing-fanE?
o. What English poet t-essayist was called the
Wicked Wasp OF TwiCkcnham"?
10. Where Is the TyTrhenian sea?