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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-30

driven a rivet before 1915 are now OK
pert riveters and trained in other
branches of shipbuilding. Hundreds OF
thousands of young men who knew
nothing of the sea service have been
trained in the navy and in merchant
shipping, until large portion of our
population can be said to be seafar.
ing folk.
'"The possession of these trained sail
ors and skilled workers is great ma =
tional asset, an asset of incalCulable
value, and our nation would be guilty
of supreme folly if it did not avail itself
of these assets which lay dormant until
they were stirred into action by the com =
pulsion of war.
"The day has passed when how not
TO do it interests American people.
They see the nations of Europe exhaust
cd by long struggle needing every
thing that grows on American fields
and that can be made in American fac
tories. They see an awakening world
in Asia and Africa anxious to buy what
we produce They see at home n thrifty
and alert people desirous of purchasing
abroad those things which will conduce
to their happiness and which we can
secure by barter with our own products
Must Carry Our Own Products
THE people of America have learned
from the long lesson of experience that
the Only way for America to do its part
i'm the rebuilding of the world Is to be
able to carry its products in its own
SIt 81 In, nf
the ever growing surplus of American
toll.
Having learned this truth, the ge.
MUS. the craftsmanship and skill of
America must be united to secure large
development Of shipbuiIding and com.
merce and naval strength which will not
alone contribute to the supplying needs
of other nations but insure wider mar =
kets for the ever increasing surplus
products of America. Only in this way
may we hasten the fulfillment of the
promise of de Tocqueville as expressed
in his Democracy in America:
" Reason shows and experience
proves that no commercial prosperity
can be durable if it cannot be united.
in case of need. to naval force. This
truth is as we'll understood in the
United States as it can be anywhere
else; the Americans are already able
to make their flag respected; in few
years they will be able to make it feared
When I contemplate the ardor
with which the Anglo Americans prose
cute commercial enterprise. the advan
tages which befriended them, and the
! success of their undertakings, cannot
refrain from believing that they will one
day become the first maritime power OF
the globe. They are born to rule the
seas, as the Romans were to conquer the
world.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-30

for all of u.s., said Miss Gather
Mother here is chaperoning the party
Marie Britt, Rose Ryan and Angie
Hermanson are to be my maids OF
honor. Then, of course, we have Mayor
s. b. Dewey with us. He was chair
man Of the Liberty, Loan committee
and so is head of our party. Father
Joseph Mangan. vice chairman of the
committee; Attorney G. T. Howard,
Robert Kennedy, J. II. Robson and
Patrick Dugan complete the Pipestone
county delegation. We are making a
real party of 1t and we intend to see
all the sights of the East before We 20
back. 1t is such wonderful chance
the fairies have given u.s."
Mother As Excited As Girls
Mrs. f. r. Gather, the mother OF
the prettiest girl, was almost as ex-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-30
rTE Kana EqysAns SSHssss " "a.

have this day declared SENT annual divi-
the Preferred Stock, payable June f6, 1sis.
70 sfockholders Of record At the close pf
~ii - mailed. " A haEwxK. iirsssarsf,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-30
PHILADELPHIA MARKETS

Memorial Day being legal holiday,
the banks and trade exchanges were
closed and wholesale business in all
lines was suspended. Lacking fresh in :
formation on which to base reliable quo
tations, our usual market reports are
necessarily omitted from today's issue.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-30
Annual Elections
Dividends
Columbia Graphophons Manufacturing Co

A Quarterly Dividend mo, 81 OF One and
Three quarters IEs.) Per Cent has been De.
the Columbia Graphophone MANUFACTURING
Company, payable July LIST. 1919. to Stock
June 10th. 1919. Transfer Books win not
pc e'O'eO G. W. woppRoP. Trearursr.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-30
Columbia t,,sphophsns ManuI.sturiur 3.

A Quarterly. Diyidend mo. o. OF $3.50 In
Common Stock has bean declared. payable
on July 1st, 1910. on each share OF the out,
Graphophone Manufacturing Company 70
Stockholders of record at the close OF bust
"o' oe '' G. w. woDpRoP. treasurer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-30
Expert workmen Developed

I'm spite Of the mistakes due to haste
aud the high cost under war condi j
tions a great and lasting good has come
from the revival OF shipbuiIding in the
war. We have rescued the construc
zion % ships from the craft and again
s.a<e Il trade. Hundreds Of thou
,se11 n skilled men who never had
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-07-03
The Art of TALKING.

The art of talking is rare, but II
one has the least spark Of talent 1t
may be improved. Time, thought, and
constant practice are necessary to de-
velop any faculty. We cannot hope
to learn music, painting, or tennis
without practice, and so 1t is with con-
versation. We cannot expect to talk
well In society II we are dull, silent,
taciturn at home. We must read the
best books to learn the fluent use Of
language; we must learn to think and
to remember, to observe carefully I;
we must keep In touch with the events
of the day, not merely within a mar.
row circle but In the wide world. Gen
eral knowledge is necessary. Books,
magazines and newspapers are within
the reach Of every one. An ideal con-
versatlonalist Is conscientious lis
tener. the first to see merit, the last
to censure faults. A very earnest
tnllser is not always popular because
OF heaviness; to be able to talk about
nothing In a way to make that airy
subject interesting Ia a talent. Small
talk is valuable socially.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-07-03
Plan Moving of
Big Grain Crops

ever, to be expected that the system
will again be inaugurated with the
opening of the new wheat season, and
In view of that possibility the railroad
administration Is already preparing
the necessary machinery so that 1t
may be prepared to act without delay
at the proper time. Conferences
have already been held with represent
atives of the grain corporation.
As graphically Illustrating the ne
cessity of regulating the transporta-
ton of this tonnage, and the results
obtained from such regulation, the fol-
lowing facts are Of value and interest
ing: For the nine months of the crop
year, July 1. 1918, to May /, 1919, there
passed through the grain handling ia
cilities Of the country-elevators and
mills-a total of 3,440, 2s6, 900 bushels
Of all grains, although the highest
point Of grain storage of all kinds at
any one time In that period was $780,
100000 bushels. That is, in nine
months the flow of grain was seven
times the quantity which accumulated
in storage at the highest point during
that period. This is direct illustra-
ton Of the necessity Of keeping the
grain-handling facilities of the coun-
try liquid to avoid the distress to all
interests that would follow the block
ing of this flow of grain.
Relnaugurate Permit Plan.
The permit system as operated last
year contemplates the closest cooper
alton between the railroad administra-
tion and the United States food ad-
ministration grain corporation. The
local representatives of the grain cor
poration were In daily contact with
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-07-03

the grain control committees ut each
market, and In view of the very COM
prehensive data and information In
their possession as to storage facili-
ties, anticipated movements out IT
markets, the needs Of different sec
lions Of the country, not only as to
wheat but as to other cereals that flow
coincidentally with wheat, etc., were
of Invaluable aid in the accomplish
ment Of the permit system with
minimum economic disturbance. The
same character of assistance is being
arranged for from the grain corpora
ton, or the wheat director, In antici-
patton that 1t will be necessary to re-
inaugurate the permit plan within the
next one or two months.
The wheat director Is as vitality In
terested as the railroad administration
that the grain tonnage shall be ham
died with the least possible friction as
between all interests concerned, and
is in entire harmony with the railroad
administration as to the plans pro-
posed In that direction.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-07-03
Great Wealth In ivory.

To the northeast Of the mouth of
the Lena-which is one Of the great
rivers Of the world, rising in east
ern Siberia and flowing northward to
the Arctic ocean-is group of Islands
which must formerly have been con-
nected with the mainland. There an
American naval expedition, which
sought survivors Of the Inflated jean
nette, found deposits of mammoth
tusks that were literal ivory mines.
The frozen soil Of the islands was
so crowded with mammoth skeletons
as to suggest that the mighty pachy-
derms must have had there dying
place." to which, through thousands
Of years. they resorted when death APP
preached. Lieutenant Schuetze. who
was a member of the expedition, told
the writer that there was big for
tune to be gained by few adventur-
Gus men who should take stanch
vessel through Boring strait at the
opening Of the arctic summer. dig for
ivory and return in half a dozen
weeks They would encounter perilA
however. for the coast Is most inhos-
pitable and almost uninhabited.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-07-03
Process Developed by War.

Making parabolic mirrors by chemi-
cal deposition on glass mold Is de-
scribed as one Of the war-quickened
processes. A layer OF silver was de-
posted chemically on highly polished
glass mirror. and was thickened cleo
trolytically. after which 1t was given
a sixteenth inch plating Of copper and
a suitable backing Of strengthening
material. Difference In expansion on
heating gave ready means Of loosen
ing the metal from the glass. The
silver surface was given waterproof
and heatproof coating Of lacquer, and
was ready for use in much less time
than would have been required for
grinding and polishing a glass mirror.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-07-03
Railroad Administration Giving
Careful Consideration to Nee
essary Measures.
EXPECT GREAT WHEAT YIELD
Tonnage of Grain viii Exceed That
OF Last Year by Large Margin
May Try Permit System
Again.

Washington.-The railroad admins
tration is giving careful consideration
to the measures necessary for the sat-
fsfactory transportation Of the antici-
pated large crops Of grains, according
to a statement authorized by Walker
ID. Hines, director general of rail-
roads. The department Of agriculture
has estimated that the yield of winter
wheat will exceed 300. 100000 bushels.
A fair estimate of the yield of spring
wheat approximates 100000 900 BUSH
els. The total yield OF wheat this
year will In all probability exceed the
total Of last year by from three to
four hundred millions Of bushels. No
estimate Of other grains is, of course,
possible at this time. but, barring
unusual climatic conditions, 1t can per-
haps be properly expected that the
tonnage In grain that will be pro-
duced this year will exceed that Of
last year by considerable margin.
The stable price fixed last year by
the government on wheat naturally
provoked desire on the part of the
producer to realize his earnings as
quickly as possible, and since stable
price has again been fixed by the gov
eminent for this years crop 1t Is as
sumed q similar condition will obtain.
Last, year this economical condition,
coupled with more or less disarrange-
ment in ocean tonnage and consequent
disruption in shipping, resulted in
such an acute situation at the interior
grain markets and at seaports, that II
became necessary to install the so
called permit system" which was
early made operative at the ports, and
In September, 1918, at the principal in
terror markets.
Controlling Traffic.
The permit system is highly bene-
fetal system of controlling traffic cat
the sources to prevent serious conges-
This system prevented in the fall of
1918 serious transportation paralysis
of former years due to widespread
congestion of traffic which had been
shipped but which could not be dis
posed Of at destination. This paraly'
sis of traffic in former years was most
apparent in the East, but its injuri
GUS effects were felt throughout the
country.
While the permit system at the
ports is still in operation, II was sus
pended a few months ago at the in
terror markets, due to improved ocear
shipping and the fact that the bulk OF
the grain had been moved. 1t is. how
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-07-03
Mule Objected to Burden.

An observer attached to the First
army had been up for several hours
making notes on enemy infantry OPP
erations when he was suddenly at
tackled by single-seat combat plane,
says the Popular Mechanics Magazine.
The balloon crew on the ground imme-
diately began to haul the big gas bag
down, but the observer was running no
chances and took to his parachute.
This drifted well back Of the lines and
deposited him In the midst of num-
Der of grazing army mules, and right
astride one mule. The mule. not TAX
Ing kindly to the sudden load forced
on him. began to rear and plunge,
starting quite commotion among the
herd, and the observer was rescued
with difficulty from his precarious po-
sition.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-07-03
'HAD ''CONE WEsT'
Pathetic Incident in Hospital
Bombarded by Huns.
Wounded Young French Infantry or
Ger Thought He was Going "over
the Top" and In That Be-
lief Passed On.

The head nurse watched the stretch
er bearers clatter slowly and awkward
ly down the path and disappear In the
darkness bearing between them 81
lent, blanket-wrapped figure. Then
slowly and thoughtfully she turned and
entered the field hospital tent. The
pale little nurses aid, CARRIED in the
picturesque blue Of the American Red
Cross, rose and came to meet her. In
subdued whispers, scarcely audible In
the big vacant stiffness OF the tent,
she told the story Of any changes
which had taken place In the condition
Of the boys who lay SO bravely silent
on the 30 tiny cots.
"Bartrand, that young infantry on
Ger In bed No. ., with the bad chest
wound-he does not seem right" she
said softly. His lips are blue. and he
sleeps so much"
Bring your fash" replied the head
nurse, as she led the way over to the
dark corner, where. In n bed separated
from the rest. the young Bartrand lay.
apparently sleeping. Leaning over him
lightly, with a mother touch she laid
her hand on his forehead. The boys
eyes opened, dazedly, and blinked In
the glare Of the aids 1ashlight. Then,
as with an effort, he smiled.
Suddenly the tent flap nearest them
opened. The Scotch orderly entered,
reached quickly for the knob that gov
erned the big center tent light and
switched 1t off. Without a word the
aid covered her fash and sprang to
extinguish the desk light, while old
Macdun, the trusty, crept along the
tent wall behind the beds to be sure
that each window was tightly closed.
Overhead there gradually came into
hearing steady, regularly interrupted
drone, like that of malignant insect
then fiash-a great roar, not very far
away--and the tent shook like leaf
I'm the wind. At the first sound of the
raid Bartrand had started, sitting up
right in bed. The head nurse, helpless
In the intense darkness and fearing to
make him more restless by attempting
to put him down, held him In her arms.
Soon, says Modern Hospital. in relat-
ing the story, he began to call out or
iers, rapidly, precisely, like man who
was used to being obeyed, and then
still louder, with more spirit, until his
voice rang and reverberated through
the open spaces Of the tent. "Atten-
ton! = Allons, mes enfants = En-
avant!"
From somewhere in the darkness
the voice Of the aid, trifie shaky,
said: "He thinks he's going over"
Another fash-another detonation-
this time nearer. The head nurse felt
something warm and wet soaking the
front Of her uniform. Then a silence
1t seemed for ages. Finally Macdun.
flashing on the light, called out:
'.They're gone, the beggars !"
He came over to the bed and gave
one look at the burden the head nurse
held In her arms. Then, taking of his
hat. he held 1t, folded, In front of his
coat.
"You can lay him down, miss.
think there's just work for me and the
stretcher bearers now. The puir lad.
dies gone west"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-07-03
Live on Grass Roots

great part Of the relief work there.
Mr.. Heinz says reports thA some Of
the refugees, driven frantic by hunger
and suffering, have resorted to canni-
balism are true In his opinion. He
adds that food for 100000 in that ter
ritory will have to be provided by out
side sources for another year.
"The lack of food Is so serious"
says the Telegram. "that the women
are forced TO 50 into the fields and
obtain grass roots, which they cook
into kind Of broth and serve as
boiled green's, occasionally getting a
bit of rice to mix with 1t. This con-
stitutes. the principal diet Of many.
The little children, naturally, get the
worst of this situation. BECAUSE they
cannot eat such material. and II is
among the children that the death rate
Is the highest.
i.r'1t u; dif1cuif % make sesmparisops
as to the degree OF destitution and dis
tress In different districts Of towns,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-07-03
latin Words In Use.

Many Latin words crept into our
language through Rome's military con-
quests. For instance, castra was the
Latin word for camp, becoming ches-
ter In English. So. Colchester, Dor
chester. Winchester. and similar names
Indicate English cities which were
once Roman camps. When the PHI
grims came to America, they gave to
many new settlements the names Of
English towns which they still loved.
You viii find other equally interesting
words which have come into English
directly from Latin. And even now
you may like to know that there Is .
real though long-drawD-out connection
between our mother tongue and the
Latin language OF the old Romano
Christian Science Monitor.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-07-03
herself to the top Of the ladder with
the agility Of squirrel.

herself to the top Of the ladder with
the agility Of a squirrel.
Though Stanley Lees tongue had
been idle. his eyes had refused to go
on a sympathetic strike, and what he
saw was slight, almost boyish figure.
with mop of short black hair, clad
In becoming smock Of bright Or
ange. Then he spoke--actually spoke.
wouldn't my fussing around here
bother you any? You see, my aunt,
whom I am visiting. isn't up yet. and
I'm nearly starved"
The lady of the pigments, absorbed
In her work, replied that 1t would not
NOT at all. But she did not add
what she was thinking. that this was
quite the handsomest man she had seen
for some time. Under her facile brush
the bright colors took shape, and In
Stanley Lees mind an Intention took
shape-nOt to leave on the next day
as he had intended, but to stay
while and cultivate this girls nc
quaintance. Perhaps she would go to
some shows with him.
Even so, she did. Aunt Margaret
appeared OPPORTUNITY and got together
some breakfast and insisted on Eve
lyn's participation In 1t. and Stanley
took his courage In hand and suggest
ed that r"show" idea; and they went
to the show, and more shows; and
not only to the theater, but once to
the opera and to concert and hunted
up several queer and interesting places
to dine together-and for a week
the Ethiopian over the kitchen
range remained blind as a mole for
want Of eyes, and II wasn't till Sunday
again that Evelyn got her breath and
insisted that the Ethiopian must be
finished.
So again she came with her
brushes and paints, and this time STAN
ley was on the alert and let her In at
the basement door In a jlffy, But he
was stiff and silent, while the artist
girl busted herself with her prepare
tons and quite forgot to letd her n
hand as She climbed the stepladder.
For many minutes he watched the deft
luIu SlNlHS SlSHl anu ilie W tlc DluD-
ing picture Of the slave. Then he
blurted:
you've made man of him; regu-
lar, breathing, living man. But he
won't even say thank you, ma'am.'
You can do as much for me, Miss
Evelyn, If you will, and I'll be heap
sight more willing slave to you than
that chap up there, happy as he looks.
Here you're just doing things for dead
walls-come out to Wyoming and fill
with warmth and color human life J"
Evelyn looked down at him from the
ladder for a long minute. Then she
climbed down and said: "Stan, that's
the biggest commission / ever had.
I'll undertake It."
Do you wonder that they love the
Ethiopian and come back every year
for little fling in New York under his
grinning chaperonage?
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-07-03
Most Deadly of
All War Gases

later known as 'methyl," because the
latter name meant nothing to curious
persons, was being manufactured by
the war department at the rate of ten
tons a day when the armistice came.
The gas is being variously described
as "the climax of the country's
achievements in the lethal arts" and
as the most terrible instrument of
manslaughter ever conceived" The
department itself declares that 1t is
the most deadly of all war gases.
-. Most Deadly Of All.
1t is said that ten airplane loads of
"methyp would have been sufficient to
destroy all life in Berlin, If such ex-
IRENE measures had been necessary,
and that single days output would
have been sufficient to snuff out the
100000 human lives on the island of
Manhattan.
This gas was not only discovered by
Professor Lewis, but was also devel-
oped by him to point where it was
ready for production at the American
university while those laboratories
were still under the control Of the bu-
reau of mines, one of the organizations
OF the department of the interior.
When this work was first taken up by
the bureau In behalf Of the military
authorities Professor Lewis was called
from his civilian duties as professor of
chemistry at Northwestern university.
Evanston, ILL.,, and at the request Of
the bureau was commissioned as cap
tain In the ordnance department and
assigned to the gas warfare service of
the bureau of mines. While acting in
this capacity Professor Lewis discov-
cred and developed this gas, and IS
days after the gas work Of the bureau
Of mines was transferred to the juris.
diction Of the war department an IL.
acre plant for Its manufacture was
started near Cleveland, o.
Mouse Trap" Plant.
This plant, which was dubbed by the
workmen the mouse trap" because,
In order to prevent the leakage of in
formation, it was understood that the
men who entered would not leave un-
til the war was over, was in operation
within miraculously short time, and
plans were made by the war depart
ment to have 5000 tons of this most
diabolical gas at the American front
by March 1, 1919. When the armistice
came the plant was well ahead of its
production schedule, but the opportu-
nifty had not come for the use of the
gas at the battle front.