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Is on C t TOQ Jumes Alhrrtf Etta T2, John II arte M alt Ilorrncf licrmi Mlldreip Alphoa Eva Rli in AbratuiK Welt Gct'ruo and A, JameH Kml'jL John m John tw Kenni Mlchelo tonla John cf. r lorei t. Anurew Juhn Ketheri; Frankf raiubeS .Mbwtl. Wiry tig street, I street. CUreiM Aotjli lluiaw JU9 iSIB 8 ' t . EVENING & LEDGER PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY 1 emtJS It K CVltTIB. miatCE.it. 0. W. Och. Serretary: John C Mftrtln. Treasurer t OiAr! II. Ludlngten, Philip S. Collins, John . WIN Hams. Director. . UUtTOMAt. nOAllD: Crocs H. K. Crr.tls. Chairman. P. II. WHAI r.V nxecutlrs E.lltnjr JOHN C. MArtTIN Oonernl lluelne" Mrin.iRer fubllslied dallv, except Kiind.-ty. nt PrMia LttxjKn HulMlnn In'rpendence Sminre PhlHiNtpW Irturn Central .... Proud nn.l CheMmit Sri ATI.ASI1- CUV........L PrMiwrnton B"Hdln: Nrw Took 170-A. MMropolltan Tower CnioAno , si 7 Horn- lnuriinco UulMlny London s Waterloo y:,ce. Pall Mall. S W rcEW'surnHAt'e- fMrnituKt'M llt-nrAO Th Prtlrlot Itujl.tjn JVAKniNnrnv l!rnrp The Poit Tin M n Nkw Yomc llrtiEiu The Tlmri llulMlnR nFt.tt.v liiiiti;p on t'r"lrlHiiraM J.ONMN UrtiKiu ,...2PII Mull Kajt. ? W. rsia llutAU..... 3 J liuo I.ouU 1! UranJ SPltfClltMIONTKttMS Itr.irrler. nitlr Os-li. ultcenN lly malt, ro'lr1'! futrtilf of rhllndclpliia. except wlipfe foreign pojlrtRO le required. Dint ovt.t, one moniti. twenty-flvp cent: Dllt o.M.v. onn year, three dollars. All mall subscript tlon pnnblo in aihance. nin.il anno v.w.nit kp.ysiom: simn nono C3" AtMmi all tammunlfnttofit to l'ellit0 IsAner. Ittdrpmtlrnr? Ununrr, PAilrtrfetfinM. NTritisu at tiii: niiAPrt.niit rosTorrtcn A? hecoxb rtAn M(tt. MArTKtt ct t,IIIUUIt.U'lllA,Tl-iaUA, Sfcl'lllMllUt 29. 1914. W EVENING LEDGER PHILADELi?HIATlJESDAY, SEPTlDMBEE 29, 191A. A David Ready for Goliath SENATOll 1'BNnOsiK Is a hlg man a very Ooliuth. There la no doubt about that, and his bigness Is not only physical. Ite Is bit? with the potentiality nnu" actuality of political and i con'umtc evil. There was a time when Pennsylvania's voice rang throueli the nation. There was u time when thf lleiuMican party In this State, ntundlns for economic truth and political decency, possessed ut its head, In every crisis, an honored leader who could Interpret properly and effectually the beliefs and the teachings of that party. That condition docs not exMst today. Saddled by a master who Is riding for a fall, who In blind selfishness is spurring madly and ruthlessly toward the stone wall of disaster, the party has one obvious moan of escape. Let it take the bit In its teeth. Let It win Its head. Let it Wick, and buck and boll If need be until the Goliath is thrown. Then the course will be free and open. Democrats Tear :i "Scrap of Paper" FROM 'Washington comes the Interesting news that the Alexander bill, which pro poses a Government controlled steamship line. Is not having clear sailing antl that tho war tax bill is likely to run acround in the Semite. Democratic opposition to the shipping bill rises largely from recognition of the fact that a S30.000.000 appropriation on top of a $100,000,000 emefRency tax is not likely to improve the party's chances at tho polls. Two years from now will como tho real Judging of the Wilson Administration. Political soothsayers have declared that the European wur is a great blessing to the Democratic party, inasmuch as it will ob scure tho effects of tariff, currency and other legislation. Hut there is already one very clear Issue which need not be confused by conditions arising out of the war, and that is the question of extravagance anil wastefulness in appropriating and spending public mono. The Democrat h" platform culled for drastic economy. The pledges made at Baltimore have not been kept. Is a political platform n contract or "a mere scrap of paper"? Liccnse of Diplomatic Guest- COURTESY has generally been regarded as one rf the e.sentiul qualities of diplomacy. Despite the .strained relations of European governments immediately preced ing the outbreak of hostilities, diplomatic communications among them were marked by almost t.vesslvc courtesy, which was doubtless merely formal. The American and broader idea N that the first and highest function of diplomacy is the promotion of genuine good-will among nations. This con ception was wonderfully exemplified in the work of John Hay. It seems that Ambassador Kustem Bey, Baron von Schot-n and feir Lionel Garden are not diplomatic In any true sense. Sir Lionel Is not an accredited representative to this country, but he does b-ar the official credentials of the British Government. It has been suggested that President Wilson should not press his demand on Great Britain for an "xplunation" of the Garden criti. clsm, now that the Mexican pot is boiling over again, as Hir Lionel predicted. That prediction, however, is not what President Wilson and the America, ptople object to. From Oinet to I'.inJen. von Schoen and Rust em Bey, ther have been too'mnny so. called diplomats v. ho hae made the inex disable mistake of talkin-r in tha United States as if American liberty meant license, even for kusi. The three latest offund ers should bo tauaht thai Ko..-rnmental and popular tolerance dues rt extend to insult or to the atnmpt to stir up prejudieoa, enmities and hatreds. expressing to Charles Sumner his sorrow over tho possibility of war between England and America and his Intention to retire from public life If such an event should come to pass, was filled with a sense of brotherhood which left no room for personal or national narrowness. The creators of art, against bitter calumny, have worl ed In the service of mankind. "Art for art's rake" docs not produce great nrt. Our good will toward our fellowmen Is public Hplrlt. To search out tho effects of I our acts as citizens and voters It to prove ourselves public-spirited. Good will Is made elllciellt liy knowledge. "It Is a home-bred right, a fireside privilege," said Daniel Web ster, "to canvass the merits of measures and j public men." But it Is more than a right, ' more even than a privilege. It Is a duty. We are nit of us responsible for the acta I of our public men. j Wanted : Fire Protection FtBt and rotten hose ngain! It Is be coming nn old story, n sickening, mad dening story; firo that destroys property nnd rotten hose that bursts. Today, tomorrow, or some other time, It may be more than property that wilt bo destroyed; It may be human life. Attention has been called often enough to the fact that a large part of the hose owned by the city Is unlit for use. Something must be done Immediately, not by and by. Councils have a way of financing land grab with the public money. Couldn't it flnanco a little public safety? Gettinr: After the Coal Embargoes NEW laws and regulations have not put an end to railroad rebates and dis criminations. Even a college economist can testify to new ways of turning old tricks. By pro-rating spur-llnes and half a dozen other means and methods all the essential practices of rebating are still possible. The Interstate Commerce Commission thinks it bus spotted a new ruse. It is the so-called "embargo" placed by coal-carrying railroads on the fuel. Informal complaint nlleges that they liavo been used to discriminate against certain shippers. Though It Is evident that coal-owning roads might be sorely tempted to such action, the truth of the matter Is not yet at Issue. The commission simply considers the charge serious enough to Justify some action, and It has summoned representatives of all the roads affected to appear before It In Jan uary. If it finds evidence to support the complaints, nobody will applaud Its enter prise more loudly than the consumer who will then be burning that steadily advanc ing fuel. 'Button, Button"' WHOLESALE grocers think that house wives have raised the price of sugar. Housewives, or those with enough ready money to buy a barrel at a time, blame It on the grocers. They saw the price rising and they laid in a supply. So nobody gets the blame for what seems nn unjustifiable situa tion. It is the old story of no responsibility. Blame it on those venerable scapegoats. Supply and Demand, and let somebody pocket the profit. Tho ultimate consumer must look with en y on the citizens of those "war-ridden" countries where the food sup ply Is under a responsible, if official, thumb. Verbal Atrocities THERE are atrocities and atrocities. One of them is a name like Kluck (we prefer tho common or barnyard spelling). Half a dozen more are the "sweezes" such a cog nomen draws from the professional humor ists. A man has a right to any name he likes, or any his great-great-grandparents chose for him. But that privilege entails duties. He should not thrust himself reck lessly Into public view if the result Is going to be such remarks as "Kluck counts his chickens before they're hatched," or allu sions to his battle-cry ns "Lay on!" The only alternative to changing his name or re tiring from the army Is to copyright tho word and prosecute any breach of the peace, Huch as "General Kluck's right wing smashed." The horrors of war are bad tnough without verbal carnage. War Is Gcthsemane IN explaining why Christians go to war It should be understood that when the com mand Is given to fight a man's faith counts for nothing. He must answer the call. Chris tianity is not discounted by the European war, any more than tho multiplication table ia destroyed by shooting it full of holes. Truth is eternal. .Man is still imperfect. The world is passing through the throes of evolution. Civilization does not move in a straight line, European political iduals are, for the time, predominating over the Chris tian ideals of the "(0th century. The conflict will result in a new enthusiasm for those moral forces which are the leaven working ilowly in modern life. There is a comfortable optimism in the conviction that good things work together tor good to them that believe them. The end of the world is nut yet, and the path of progress leads through the Gar den f Gethsemane. PASSED BY THE CENSOR FOB ways thai are dark nnd tricks that are vain, tho Pennsylvania machine poli tician Is the veriest tyio compared to his Texan prototype, If reports from Delhi In tho Lono Star State bo correct. According to advices received In a letter, Mayor Walker, who Is a candidate for re-election, addressed a town meeting tho other evening In the Op'ry House. At the end of an eloquent and lengthy speech, he plnyed his trump card by passing Interstate cigars to the men. Here bo it explained that Interstate cigars aro of tho kind which, when smoked In Texas, aro smelted as far North ns West Virginia, the wind holding right, as they say at sea. To double cap tho climax, as It were, he passed chocolato candy to tho women In the audience. Then tho troubto began. "Dey's pepper In dls candy," howled a woman. Just then one of tl.o gift cigars ex ploded with the "dull, sickening thud" of which cub reporters write so eloquently. Then another popped, and soon there was a fusillade akin to the battle on the Manic. The Mayor, aghast at first, spotted an enemy In the nudlence and seized him as perpetrator of the outrage. The constabto sought to ar rest the conspirator, and soon there was as nice nnd pleasant a fight as ever enlivened a political meeting. Tlie letter vouchsafing all this Information winds up: "There Is much Indignation here." THAT unreasonable panic seizes even tho bravest Is borne out by brief dispatches from the Vvar, which somehow or other have passed the censor. H is related that one of tho French army corps, possessed by some psychologic fear, on a wholesale scale, bolted, causing a retreat of the French nrtny from Alsace. But the strangest fear that ever seized a body of armed men was In the war of 1S66 between Prussia and the German States. A regiment of Bavarian cavalry hnd been retreating before onprcsslng Prussians for days harassed and hnmmcrod nt Inces santly. At last the Bavarians found refuge in a dense copse of trees, where thoy rested their weary horses. Suddenly a shot rang out; then another. "The Prussians!" came a cry and the Bava rians bolted nt top speed, never stopping for ten miles, the while two poachers gathered In tho rabbits they had shot. THIRTY-SEVEN years ago A. II. Ray nolds, of Denver, a banker of that city, cashed vouchers amounting to $2200 for a contractor doing business with the t'nltcd States. The banker obtained the necessary proofs and submitted them to the Depart ment of the Interior, where they lay for four years without action. Since then Congresses have come and gone; statesmen big and little have espoused Mr. Rnynolds' cause; Sena tors and Representatives have worked In his behalf and tho claim Is still unpaid. A week ago the attention of Joseph P. Tumulty, private secretary to the President. wii3 called to the matter, and be interested himself to such an extent that Cato Sells, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, who has the claim under jurisdiction, took prompt ac tion. But ho was as unable to pay the claim as were his predecessors, for under tho law It will require an act of Congress to reim burse Mr. Raynolds for money legally due him. So the matter rests once more. All of which rellectu little credit on the business methods of tho United States. EJ. iff Every City Ua "Big Stick" TN TEN , according to a report of th X t'niu-ii States c.i!,U!, Bi,rau, lrv munbe or nuinieip.Uly owned pub.'ic utility ,),,n Jn this countr !. t In- ri.(e,l & per c(.ai Ag et the m.e m i f ,P nvimipt,) owmr.hlp has scare l i . . 1.. ,i trun , rtiUifm, though some CtlN -. luxe JUiii and cvn i,u-iwaya Ahieh, are Imji !i,VrUlBtiri,u;M, The only . u- -t.mi i, h--w best to m, ,erve the public u. u. The sva;;:ici.a f pr. vate initijog, ii . tu .j', juiMit utllit.tji are prill qlpally two i M.-Jid -' gt-ner.,1 j(J ,a ,lferjg and an und .. i .m,i.., ,. un prnau- rr. The rim of tn. -e H ai.t to take tb fw.a of nn obatruetlut t policy and ofti ,1 i, uds municipal owl :-i.i. the ttbl. on ,. itf Which is usual! f trmsrsed, by Joeal C(,4N tions. It m ! v mon. iib-Hisant to. i cit to pi.-.-,. i ., pt,vn-r of own,:,,; and oiH'ratlng iu tran.t .teni ti.un n e,v rc;v it; tor it i will t a piivat. .umjarOiMi shouM Ue rtlu'le4 Ancaslontitly of the fee that thf powtr rait M efell by tht po pla when they are driven to ft by th jW, vict ion th.it public and '-laJ interuta are not being proptrly rei. tnl. it " .in wimmmmmv ntni-j dood Will is Pulilie SpirU Scuil.LER had for the whole human raca a kindly fee'inj?. which might almost be CalKd lllt'tl Ti." luttuIN i,f stuU-MIKU ahlp ill pm d v id vl nanus v hii !i stand fur ut teil liri ,11 h ii wt, mi to the publi good One of the in is that of eir itu:ri Peel, who broke with hts party in 1SW "' I dl lured Ins f-enc of otil' n s for 1 - n .. -.f furmum m, itlt (.xiltfv .rs.n;JJi 7t .ti ijln As a man of experience, villa distrusts the rjuiitary poJithlan. New York's primary purpose wag evidently not the defeat of Tammany. "Ptnroi, at Pittsburgh, fcayg voters are aroue4" Fatal confession. Pretty soon we shnji 00 wall enough ac'juairutd with fall to coH It autumn. And now nine out of twelve Kentucky counties Join Virginia in weeding out the mint. ww "Jimmy" Bennett reports a German army telephone in a flower bed. But perhaps it js only one of his flowers of speech. If Congress wants to win the praise of a grateful public, it might place a tax on vvar poetry- A4dls up the total of the dally retreats of the Uermunj. it ia clear that by now they have jufct about reached the Paciiic coast. About thia time let us recall that tha Braves once went by the talNend title of the povta. What's n a name? An a good many suspected, it tooK John Slaseaold to write "the" English war poem- uno it l more poem than war. Vance McC'ormlck doubtless considers he i has adanced a bit, but the enemy, firmly in- j trenched, doesn't teem to mind it. President ilsnn reo.ut.,t3 that American neutrality be preserved, but any housewife can tell htm that with sugar selling at war time prices it's difficult to preserve anything itrs days. littBBBMti GENERAL RENNENKAMPK. who, al though of German ancestry, Is fighting for tho Czar, Is Inordinately proud of his huge mustnehios, which divide his face Into two distinct entities. Once, dining the Man churian campaign, an American photogra pher named Ropers pursued him across tho steppes until he overtook the Cossack com mander nt Tchlta. He explained his quest to the general and soon the entho corps was ready to parade before the camera man. "Now, my friend," thundered Rennon knmpf, as he gave the "forward march" order to his men. "Uko all our faces and don't forget my mustache." And every olfiner saluted the American as though he had been a king personified. THE man who gives out carriage checks at ono of the principal hotels In Philadel phia is Inclined to bo absent-minded. Whether It is love or financial worry that causes this state Is not known, but it was productive of trouble for him a few nights ogo. Mechanically ho gave out checks. Me chanically the chauffeurs and drivers tool; the slips and tucked them In their pockets. Suddenly one of the drivers came back. "Say. boss," ho asked, "what's this for?" "That's to got your fare when he's through eating." "Eat!" exclaimed the driver. "He'll get darned little to cat from my wagon. I drive a garbage cart." THE Bryn Mawr horse ehow recalls a sim ilar event In N'ew York hold Bwno years ago. The cream of American show horses wero entered. Society Hocked to Madison Square Garden as nover before, Down in the old Jefferson Market Court, house. S'xth avenuo and Ninth street, on the top lloor, is the office of a paper bos manufacturer with a keen sense of practical humor. Ho it was not surprising that he should take advantage of the horao show to play a trick on worldly-wiso Now York, First of all. ho bought a dincardod car horse, one that had drawn a chambers street ark for some twenty-odd years. Then he sent it to his stable to be fattened up. Next he groomed it for 'he show by feeding it oats, interspersed with ginger, sleeked its coat with crude oil, tied a beautiful blue ribbon to its tall, which had been lengthened with artificial hair, and then entered It as Pull, decar Orphan, by Metropolitan (the name of the street ear lino which had once owned the animal), out of ueiu. And that horse, ridden by Brian G, Hushes' daughter, won third prize. URAPFono. CUIUOSITY SHOP A Sabbath day's journoy was estimated at 1t. furlongs, or 1650 yards. The Rabbins Axed it at i-eoo cubits, or laSu yards, Jo sophus says that the Mount of Olives was flvo stadia, or 625 paces, from Jerusalem, which would make tlie ullowablo Sabbath day's journey about 1050 yard?, The Hindu system of mythology has a hell so comprehensive that its nethermost realms have ueir been measured or even described. Nuraka U the generic name. The Purana gives 26 diUsions of Naraka. besides which, we are told, "there are hundreds ud thousands of others in which sinners pay tiie penalty of their crimes.'' The Lover's Le.ip, to which Byron rcfets in "Don Juan," is in reality Leucadia's roik. a promontory on the southern extremity of tho island of Leasts in the Ionian f"e Sappho. th p',,js, is snld to bav 'eir ' i into, the sa fr-i- ) H rr K ' r quitcd love. At 'the annual festival of Apollo a criminal was hurled from tho rock Various living birds wero fastened to him to break his fall, nnd if lie survived, freedom was his. Colonel Blood, n dlsreputablo and cast-off member of Cromwell's party, seized the Duke of Ormond's conch on December 6, 1G70 and carried the Duko to Tyburn to hang him. The Duke escaped through tho aid of friends. On May 0 of the following year Blood tried to steal the crown jewels from the Tower. For neither of llieao offenses was he pun ished. There Is more 'than ono "CUV of Palaces" Rome, which was converted from a city of brick huts Into n "city of palaces" by Agrlppa; modern Paris; Calcutta, with Its splendid Etiiopeau resiliences. Edinburgh Is Hometlmcs given tho title. IN A SPIRIT OF HUMOK The Knock Subtle. A ccrtnln man makes hats and In them advertises as follows: "New York and big cities." Yce, Who? Wo do not like McGraw to win, And yet his losing makes us sigh; Just think of what we'll miss this year In nllbl? When Connie's demons get to work And ono by one the foemen die, Who'll tnlto thb place or Mathowson To toll us why? And Matty's famous' yearly song. This year for Uostun who shall sing, To tell tho pitchers how to foil F, Baiter's swing? Kasy Money Three minor political workers whoso party lost an election found It necessary to do .ometliltig to keel) the wolf away and ap plied to tho boss. lie got them work as con ductors tin the local trolley line. Pome weeks later one of the three hap pened Into the car barn after Ills' run and found his two pals dancing about In high glee. "Whassa matter?" he asked. "Tomorrow's payday," chorused Ills' friends, "Payduy holy smoke, do wo get that, too?" A Kindred Feeling Fighting aboard ship nowadays, with at tacks from beneath the sea and trom above the clouds, is very much like going through a graveyard at night you're apt Just to feel that something's going to grab you from be hind, The Higher Explanation "Father, what is this 'higher criticism' I read so much about?" "It is a method by which a man convinces himself of tho falsity of something wMch he knows is not true. 'J Our Position is Impregnable. Say that our jokes are shy of point And our verse Is lame and halt; Spot, if you will, and show the world Our every slip and fault. Rant at our stuff In sheer disgust, E'en to tho smallest wheeze; Poke it us full of gaping hole3 As an ancient Schweitzer cheese. Roast, if you must, but play us fair And herald It near and far, From the Ice-bound shores of tho Arctic Sea To the glades of Zanzibar; That we, alone of a horde of bards, Hold not a line in store. Nor have wo written n single lino Of verse about tho war. DONE IN PHILADELPHIA MANY of tho big events In tho world's history como to America first from an Unexpected quarter and In nn irresponsible, mysterious manner. I recall that a week before we received tho official account of tho result of Dewey's battle In Manila Bay, a brief dispatch camo from Paris to tho effect that tho battle had been fought and tho American fleet had not lost a slnglo vessel. Tho astonishing character of tho Informa tion made most people loath to bollovo It until a week later, when the regular dis patches from correspondents verified tho fact. How did Paris receive the first word? It has always been suspected that it got It from Spain before' Dewey could cut tho cable. And this appears to be tho only rensonablo theory, Quite Damp Hokus I never know such a wet blanket as Flubdub. Pokus That's right. If that fellow should jump from the frying-pan into the firo ho would put the lire out. Lite. Of Course Barney Phelan, Father Healoy's servant, was celebrated for his teady wit. One day, while ho was serving a dinner, one of tho guests said to him: "Barney, why is my ankle placed between my calf and my foot?" "Bogorra, I dunno," replied Barney; "unless it is to keep your calf from eatln' your corn." Boston Transcript Tlie Impossible War has been able to do everything except push the pretty girl from the front cover of the popular magazine. Chicago Herald. Health Hint Never sing the "Marseillaise" at a German picnic. Cincinnati Enquirer. A Cubist Poem (Composed liy Celetn I.eona (Jolile, of Tepper- town, Ind.) A year ago, on Labor Day, (Sept. 7, 1913), there came an awful whack, A thousand fiery thunderbolts neatly scooted the barn off the track; The lightning a board off sont, part of it In tho sorghum patch If the lightning burned tho barn down, we would have to dig and scratch, Tho lightning hit the top and ran to the ground; I think that barn must bo sound. Mrs. Goble and her daughter wero the only ones at homo, The absent one had just started In the good old road to roam; Tho absent ono hnd gone to seo hor old friend. Blanche Medd, When she heard that loud clap of thunder and wondered If tho lightning struck my old cat Ted. The Lord kept the barn from burning lie kept the barn from burning because He loves us so. Harrison News. A Natural Query Tho Flirt Oh dear, what a lot of people will bo unhappy when I got married! The Other Why, how many aro you marrying? Exchange. Wliat'a in a Name It must be difficult to find a prouder man than Grant B. Peacock, tho Princeton golfer who btat Champion Oulmet 2 up and I to play at Greenwich. Now York Sun. ON SOME HUMAN BONES (Found nn a Headland in the Hay of Panama,) Vngue Myetery ham:s on all thtso desert places; The fe-r which Ltb no name-hath wrought a speU: (strength, courage, wrath, have been nnd loft no tracee; They cume, and fled; but whither? Who can tell? We know but that they werethat once, in days When ocean was a bar "twist man and man, Stout spirits ttuudeitfd o'er thesa capes ami bays And prlbed where these river waters ran. jjetltinks they should have built eomo mighty tmb Whose granite might endure the century's rain eoid winter, and the narp night winds, that boom Ufce npirits In their purgatorial pain, They left, 'tis said, their proud, tinburied bones Ta wbittn on bl uiidchuoiyledgeg jhoro; Vet mush- beside the reiks and worn sea. Now anwer to the great Patlfle'e roar. A no'intaln stands where Agamemnon died, And Cheepe iiath derived eternal fame Ilf auve lie mado hU tomb a place of pride, tnd theic the dtj,il .Metcll.i eurned a name. nut these they vanuhvd as tho lightnings die, 'fi'dr nitJchK-fa om. in the affrighted earth. And l'n "'' kpowetl. umleineath the uky V. hit heroes nerl'bed pert, nor whence their - lr -i ' r " -" .-',. t:i-an. THE first report that tho Treaty of Ghent had been completed and peace estab lished with Great Britain reached Phlladel phla In a most mysterious manner nnd fully a week before Washington had official ad vices. As wo expect to celebrato tho cen tennial anniversary of tho conclusion of the peace of Ghent this year, this little known story mhy bo of Interest now. The treaty was signed on Christmas Eve, 1811, but salting vessels did not cross tho Atlantic In thoso days with tho speed of modern ocean liners, and there was neither cable nor wlrotcss to transmit tho nows. However, early In the year 1815 a mysterious stranger called upon President Madison at Washington ono 'evening and brought him tho news. That night this same mysterious stranger sent a letter to John Blnns, who published tho Democratic Press In this city, giving him tho same news. Probably no modern newspaper owner would havo done what Blnns did. Any newspaper receiving such Important news today would Instantly' get out an extra edition, for tho wholo country was waiting patiently for word that peace had been concluded. BUT Blnns, not knowing from whom tho nows came, and fearing that It was a rumor Intended to influence prices of cotton, rice nnd other home products, hesitated. Tho letter, which was anonymous, reached tho editor one morning. Ho lead It and then meditated upon his next step. Ho feared that the Information was so Important that It would bo risky to consult any person as to his next stop. IIo had visions of a specu lator booming the prices of some home products or causing a fnll In the prices of those Imports such as tea, sugar, coffee and other goods which had been laid away in largo quantities by some of our long-headed merchants. No person in Philadelphia had received even a suggestion of the news. Blnns mado it his business to mix among men likely to havo heard such a report, but no ono ap proached him with rumors of that kind. Late in the afternoon, however, ho sent tho let ter to the Merchants' Coffee House, and had It placed In the coffee house books, with his name as authority. In no time the whole water front was busy getting ships in readi ness to send them to tho South for cotton and rice. Tho merchants were readier to accept the news than was Blnns. He printed tho news in his paper tho next day. PRESIDENT MADISON received tho news In the same manner and spirit. One eve ning a person, not known In Washington, piescnted himself at the President's House. He was met by Madison's private secretary, Edward Coles, afterward tho second Gover nor of Illinois, who listened to the strang er's story. Tho private secrctnry asked tho stranger to remain seated until ho carried his message to the President. The latter was much surprised at both the Information and the method by which It was brought to him, and then told Coles to admit to him tho mysterious courier. Madison wanted to hnvo a look at the man, and to determine if he was worthy of belief. He also called to his aid the Postmaster General, R. J. Meigs, and the two questioned the stranger closely. After a long conversation, the President seemed satisfied, yet no information on the subject camo from tho President's House until tho confirming official dispatch arrived some days later, by which time the news had already penetrated through a large part of the country. BINNS, who relates tho incident in his recollections, declared that he never was able to learn the identity of his mysterious letter writer, whom he believed to have been tho same person who called upon President Madison that evening In the winter of 1815. In view of how tho news of tho peace of Ghent was first given to the American pub lic through tho agency of a Philadelphia newspaper. Dame Rumor may not be so faithless a jade. While It Is a good plan to bo wary of tales of a sun rising character. It does not necessarily follow that all ru mors are untrue, no matter how extraordi nary they may appear. Big news does not always como first from the fountain head, GRANVILLE. The Ethics of Sniping From the Jloston Transcript. "Sniping" Is a comparatively recent addition ti the red lexicon of war. Originally or on Its first appearance it signified shooting from am bush or nt a great dlstante. A soldier under this definition might ho a sniper. The current d-tlliiltlon, however, apples only to civilians who tuke pint In lighting and are therefore not ell. glide to the consideration accorded to thoso who fight In uniform as members of a recog. nlzcd military organization. Though the word may be now the notion It describes Is very old. Sniping can bu traced far back In history, it .istud when organized armies were few and ery small, nnd by the commanders of old times was legended as simply one of the risks of war Snlpeis wero not worse than any other fishteis in the era before the war became a profession apart. The defenders of Jerusalem against tho Hainan legions were almost with, out exception In the category of sniper. Tlie men und women who manned the walls of Kara, gogsn to reinforce Its scanty ganieon subjected themselves to the lex talionls. TIIE IDEALIST Can you "think on your feet"? By which' I 4q not necessarily mean, Can you stand up and make a speech, without previous notification, on any given subject' Thoso that excel in the art of quickly think. Ing out a situation and putting it in a sys temattc order of presentation do not always come within that class we term "extempora neous speakers." A man can handle a situation with marked skill and precision, can convince those within sight or hearing of the wisdom of his atti tude without saying a word. One day a high official of the police de partment came tearing down one of our prtn. cipal streets in a carriage. At an Intersecting street his horse grew unruly. Just at the moment a trolley car passed and In the con fusion the motorman attempted to run hla car QUt,)f the horse's course. lie figured wrong, for Instead he caused, the ear to n lift at-rtfterA n Althtftn Vkllfl t 'W IPVO Aoeordlno- in nfflee.dnnt. th il... the Corner, Uhder tho patronage of his .?.n perior In the carriage, should have forthwiin hurled strong verbal hot-shot at the motne jimu. uui iiu u.u uuuiiiiH ui me BOrt, Ho took tho horse by the bridle, turned hu head around In tho right direction and slarl ed him off. Then ho waved to tho motorman to proceed down tho street. And ho had not spoken a word. i You see tho polntr "Thinking on your feef la really a matter of keeping your head. In tlie midst of excitement. It Isn't spoken words that aro os-fentlal. It Is the thoughts and actions that a calm, cool poise prompts lh you. VIEWS OF READERS ON TIMELY TOPICS Contributions That Reflect Public Opin. ion on Subjects Important to City, State and Nation. To tha Itdltor of the Kvtntng Ltdgeri Sir As a newcomer to Philadelphia, t want to express my satisfaction with a novel feature of your city, Its ono-way street car lines. At first they may bo a llttlo hard to learn, though the straight streets and right nngled corners greatly simplify tho matter. But tho singular value of your arrangement of routes seems to bo tho way It facilitates traffic. Tha can move much moro swiftly and with far les3 dnnger to petlcstrlana and vehicles than In any American city I know of. In this respect, at least, Philadelphia is neither "alow" nor "dead." l. p. Philadelphia, September 29, 10H. ANY PROFIT IN "BUYING A BALE"? To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir I wish some Southern reader of the Evemno LEDoen would be good enough to ex plain how the purchaser of a bale of cotton Is going to profit, or even how ho Is going to "break even?" I hear it said that ho can keep tho cotton In storago and sell It at an advance next year. But by thnt time. It scorns to me, another new crop Is going to drive th price down Instead of up. Am I right? And If I am right, why not call the "buy-a-bale" movement a legitimate charity and not try ta make people think It is a profitable phllan. thropy? II. L. HUSKINS. Philadelphia, September 28, 1014. JUSTICE FOR VILLA To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir I am glad to seo tho entire fairness with which you treat Francisco Villa. Other papers label him on every occasion with all possible derivatives of "thief," and "bandit," while you inquire only Into tho sincerity with which hi backs what seem excellent prnciplcs. Certainly Mexico will never bo nt poaco so long as an ofTlcer of tho army Is In tho saddle. Villa knows that, and bo Is trying to eliminate ail soldiers, hlm3clf ns much as Carranza. In such a work he should havo the sympathy of every American. C. K. H. Camden, September 2S, 1914. SARCASTIC IN REGARD TO PENROSE To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir I nm heart and eoul for Boles Penrose. Senator Penrose Is a gentleman sul generis. II Is a ptofesslonal office-seeker, and a profes sional te always more competent than an ama teur. You abuse the Senator for adhering to tha machine. Rut this is tho day of machinery. Why, in some States they have voting ma chines. I understand that in this State the machine has done the voting whenever neces sary, but Ibis may not be true after all. THEOPHRASTUS CLUTTKRRUCK. Philadelphia, September 23, 1914. A NEW COLLEGE DEGREE FOR PENROSE To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir Tlie colleges give honorary degrees each spring. If a few moro men like Penrose (liar vard, SB develop his fallings, their alma maters will hnvo to join us In administering the sort of dlshonornry degrees that t'he State of Penn sylvania is going to bestow on Penrose and his crowd tills fall. ALBERT WELT. Philadelphia, September 29, 1914. Ferocious Pacificists From the Springfield Itepulillcan. It is strange to find some of tho fiercest ad vocates of a light "to the finish" iimoiiK tha advocates of peace, yet tho leason Is slnipls enough. When nn English exponent of pacific ism in found demanding that Germany must he eiuihed, nnd Its Emperor, perhaps, sent to St. Helena, what seems like vindlctiveness In explains ns ically due to a dcsiie foi ace. Tills must bo tho last war. To make uic of it Europe must destroy militarism, and to tie stroy mllitatlsm it is necessary to destroy Oer many. It, is simple logic, ns hlmple as that of Torriuemnna, nnd those who apply it du not think of themselves ns inhuman, or re otpilzs their likeness to tho ferocious Cato the censor, with Ills Cnitbnginem esse delendam. Banning a Bane From the Augusta (Da.) Chronicle. School is on in tho big cities of the Bat Ami "win" In school has been tabooed. In Phila delphia the acting superintendent of the fliuole, Doctor Brumbaugh helug busy on the hustings, has banned all war discussions, ail geographical studies pertaining to the battle lines and all narratives of thrilling experienced had by teachers before their flight as lefugees. This Is sound proceduie. Playing Both Ends From the Sprlnllcld Union. Tho Kitipps have contributed 1,000,000 marks to tho Bed Cioss fund, but their contributions In cannon nnd the ammunition that iirovids work for the Red Cross run up Into the hun il reels of millions of marks. Model Multliubiuiiism From the New York world. Bow Mitlthus would have delighted in this war, cheery old soul! NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW It is to be hoped that It Is not too late for tho Mexican factions to get together antl prevent a fresh carnival of blood. New Or leans State. The most Intelligible complaint of the Ger man sympathizers In this country Is that on' newspapers print too much war news obtained from English nnd French sources. New Vor Times No sensible or fair-minded person wants W have tho railroads oppressed and crippled mr" ly because some railroad directors hae been remiss or unfaithful and somo railroad pre'1' dents have been overambltlous. SpringfleW (Mass.) Union, When Congress meets next winter, " should make a careful effort to revise tn patent laws. Our present patent system nw become an aid to trusts', both foreign ana domestic, a check to Inventors, and a mar velous promoter of lawsuits. Chicago Jour nal. Secretary McAdoo Is acting most com mendably in beginning u movement ir bringing to time national banks which nw be piling up unnecessary reserves in taw vaults while refusing legitimate requests JOj loans or which may be taking advantage j" prevailing conditions to charge excessive m terest rates. Los Angeles Express Unlike John W. Griggs, counsel for the Mr conl Wireless Company. President Wilson nej was a Mark Hanna Attorney General of to United States, but bo happens to he M' mander-in-i-'hit-f of tlie army and nav his Interpretation of the law bearing upon raa- communication with belligerents is likely to p'" vali. New York World Minister Pezet, of Peru. bstUvsa not & that lack of good American salesmanship South America U the principal cauae of failure to compete successfully with Bur0'!J the past, but that, unless we Improve our " manshlp. even the European war will r ? able u to get und keep South American tr0- Charleston News and CMirter. m &nl3ti&bi .4sSKte- kv-bijm r
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