m I IB El r MTflLlC LEDGER COMPANY crni'd u k. rvnTis. pim Ctwrlft Jf l-w)lrmtn,V(ePrfldnti John C Martin. feerttaty nil Trnimr, PWHp 8 Colllna. JoJmi B. ;Wililm, Dlrretora BDrrtmrAL iibAnfi t Ctatill K Ccafta. Chairman. P. B. TWAfcBT Bntlr Bailor JOttN C MAhtlK. , general BwtlnnU Manner robiiha fl-tiy t rtuuo -Emtn nuiiainr, Iftflependenc Square, Philadelphia. Xatoot Crtnit... Broad and Chitnnt 8trrt .M... W. HI HVaal.iralkH IliillJIIaa aw T(i 1T0-A. Metropolitan Toirer vtnott t Pom nalMlni Br. liocil 109 OJodf Democrat Bulldlns Cicaso 1203 Trtewi Building: Iro 8 Waterloo riace, Tall Mall, 8. W. NBWS fttmftAfp: JVaMfotO!f Bean-it) The Toil BulMlnic Nbw roK Onuo Th Timet Ilulldinc BtaMN BCKfio 04 FrldrlthtrM TiOxnort Btiauo 2 Pall Mall Bait, 8. W, ran numo .12 Rue Umlii la Grand BtmscntPTioN TnnMs By earrler, Dult OitT, lx eenta By mall, pontpald euulda, of Philadelphia, eicept whr forelan poitaaa l required. Dili Opar, ona month, tiwitr-flve cental Diilt Oslt, one year three dollara All mall nub crlptlon payable In advance. Nottcr Stibecrlbera wlhln addren changed mutt Sir old aa well sa new addreM BELL, J0O0 WALNUT KEYSTONE, MAIN lM X Addre&A nil rommunkatlona to Evening ledger, Independence Square, rMladtlphta. BvitaED at tub rntunctrnii ronrornca it ircoxn- OUII Milt. MITTIlt TIIP AVEBAOn NUT PAID DAII.T CIItCULA- TlON OP TUB EVKNINO J.HDCJBIl FOR JUNE WAS M.SST. rillLADELPIHA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1913. Think well of your neighbor, but do more than think. War Prosperity for the Port of Philadelphia 11HB European war would have been a tcr . rlblo proscription for tho rehabilitation of tho port of Philadelphia. Instead It Is a blind fact, unasked, but here. Tho figures on exports given out by tho Custom Houso for tho year ending Juno 30, as compared With thoso for the samo period in 1913-U, are literally staggering. The lncrcaso In valuo of exports of twelve principal commodities has been from $64,881, 040 to 190,510,621. This tremendous gain of $25,000,000 has been principally mado In food stuffs. Wheat Jumped from $6,000,000 to $28,000,000; flour from $1,000,000 to $7,000,000; oats from $75,000 to nearly $5,000,000, and corn from $183,000 to $1,500,000.' Besides these must be noted a tenfold lncrcaso In automo bile exports nnd tho samo In barbed wire. All this brings sharply up again two pro visos to this "war prosperity" which were evident in theory when tho conflict began. One Is that tho phenomenal gain In markets for our manufacturers nil over tho world can only bo held If tho good fortunes of war nro consolidated by hard, far-sighted business enterprise. The other Is tho obvious reflec tion that to muko this gain In exports with out n phonomennl period of high prices and deprivation nt homo tho wholo country mimt key Itself to bigger nnd moro economical production In all lines. Such benefits as tha war will bring Philadelphia and tho nation can bo made permanent It only wo will It. The Balkan Drama Still On THE Balkans keep their reputation for tho unusual and the spectnculnr In the way of wur nnd diplomacy. Just now they hold a position very close to the centre of tho stage; though, to contlnuo tho metaphor, their role Is not settled. It may bo war or peace, today or tomorrow, with one sldo or the other. While Russia Is rumored to be sending troops from Vladivostok to tho Dardanelles In order to push through tho work of open ing up the Black 8ea to tho Allies, tho Kings of Rumania and Bulgaria nro said to bo Joining- In conferenco at Athen3 with Greek, Italian and Servian representatives. All this, the sign manual of , Venlzclds' return to power. Further north a little game of auction Is going on, with Rumania's favor as tho ar ticle to be disposed of! The Teutonic Powers nre said to offer Austria's Bukowlna and Russia's Bessarabia to keep Rumania neu tral, while the Allies are thought to bo will ing to throw In another Austrian province. Transylvania. It Is tho situation of Italy over again. Will the Germans learn from one experience nnd give a point or two to save the creation of another nnd a powerful enemy on their flank? The Newest Cause of War DR. ARMGAARD KARL. ORAVES, per sonal spy to tha Kaiser, has made a dis covery. Ha has located tho causa of tho war. From his newest book we learn that the clash was precipitated by an actress In Vlenr-i with the peculiarly appropriate first name of Katl. Having certain prejudices against Serbia, nnd having also tho ear of Frana Joseph, tho rest was easy, it may occur to sqme, howevor. that there existed a, natural enmity betwixt Serbs nnd Aua trlans which oven tho wiles of an actress could hardly Intensify. The Invincible Gaul "TTIRIVOLITV as Usual!" doesn't happen J. to- be the motto of Paris, but the lovers of tho indomitable Gallic spirit may take comfort from the list of theatres now open In the capital. At the Comedle, "Gala per formance for tho benefit of blind soldiers" no much was to be expected. But at the Galle-Lyrique we have "The Master of the Sleeping Canr," which seems to bo up to the ancient tradition. At the Vaudeville, 'The New Antl-boohe (or aa England would say, Anti-Hun) Revue." At the FoUes-Bergere, "Under the Flag," and so on, with vaude ville and symphony concerts. It was all very well for England, unln vaded, unperturbed, to go on with its theatri cal season. It wsa an almost ghastly j0ke for Felix TVelngartner to take his German orchestra (apparently with offlajal patron age) into the "happy Belgian nrovinoe." But France, and Prance alone, could faog Jta terrors, of the spirit ay wJl as of the body, and overcome them; could tight thxqugh tho wrrtble days of th Warn, through tho ter rible months of the treni, and ye.t remem. br to put on a sleeping-car fftr. And not forget, tnwuiwhll to ptoy a symphony! Kansas Meant It TOMATO (HUsup out in Kasiu baa quit biMf ptunpkin mutrti with coloring Blat ter. A pouwl of btittar Is a pound f buttw. 1M tha water ia atlH in the wall Bgieqi 10 Jy bir own unaided JCoria; $p4 wmlf- m EHU Parkr Butlr wuU aw--M P1- lU qirirt srw i he pure food law reUy tpne aumftbiSK. Th reform wbteli frolamoc Wtllard, food a' j&0urtm, 1 oft of ttMie typical t w tii tliff -m r apt mr to notice. We t .j t ttrl tp oyer ifnrtlng We make - fu fr mm few, AA v iet evening rpnKB-piTTiApyigPBrrA vrm all about l unfit nemo one tolls us that something has happened. Mostly, when we wako up, we get the impression that things have gono on Just an badly ns ever, nnd wo haven't noticed. But It seemir to bo quite as plausible to say that In a good many eases llko this pure food rumpus, It's a matter of "benefits forgot." Vto get so UBed to pure food gradually and Unobtrusively, of course that wo never remember that things were any different. Of course, plenty of laws of this kind elm ply haven't worked. They haven't had the vitality, the kick of public Interest behind them. It Isn't so much the act (hat has purified Kansas' food, says Professor Wll lard, as tho grocery storo demands of tho consumers. The people wanted pure food. They got the law, of course, which mado the ? labots truthful. But they got tho food, too, Something like that Is usually tho case, when they really mean It. Now for n Convention Hnllt THE Chamber of Commerce has given Councils Its chance. Its chanco to bring the Republican National Convention hero by acting promptly In September. Its chance to secure for Philadelphia a. dozen more con ventions llko that of tho National toalery and Underwear Manufacturers' Association. Its chance to solidify Philadelphia's claim to tho tltlo of Convention City of America. Its chance to set Philadelphia still higher on tho nntlonal horizon as an arbiter of history. But Its chance, nbovo all others, to tako a stand at last for Kb own decency, to line up with tho people's Interests Instead of Its own, to put publlo service nbovo petty political trafficking, to become In fact as well as In namo tho Councils of tho city. Many things hang upon tho train of events which tho Chamber of Commerce set In mo tion yesterday. Some aro so natlonnlly sig nificant as tho success of tho Republican pnrty In nchfevlng first harmony nnd then victory. Somo nro of moment to corporato Philadelphia ns a city representative of Amorlca. But ono thing touches homo to tho politicians of Philadelphia: Will they lino up with tho business Interests and tho public interest at last; will they savo their skins from n winter of Bun-tanning on the barndoor of tho November votor? Jitney Itesuits EVERY day puts somo new anglo on the Jitney fight. Tho latest Is tho reduction of taxi rntes, to bo put In effect September '1 by ono of tho companies operating metered vehicles. Hereafter It will bo 10 cents for four blocks, or from ono of tho railroad sta tions to any of tho principal hotels in the neighborhood of Broad street for a fifth of what It now costs by taxi. Tho prices for longer trips will como down 50 per cent. It Is possible to say a great many things about tho competition of tho Jltnoys with the street cars. On tho ono hand, It Is doubt less true that It has not yet proved anything near ruinous nnd that what might bo called a light cavalry arm of tho transportation service Is a necessity that has Its placo. It Is equally true, on the other hand, that no occasional and at bottom nonresponslblo en terprise llko tho Jitneys can bo permitted to seriously embarrass a service on which tho public expects to depend year in and year ' out, rnln or shine. But nil such debatable Questions nro clear to one sldo of tho advantage of this newest development. Everybody knows that taxi jatcs iavo been extortlonately high, higher than for any such service abroad. Whatever brings them down to a senslblo leve.1 Is so much gain for Philadelphia. War's Contribution to Our Education WITH Europe's great playground fenced off, turned Into a battlefield and barred to the legions of American tourists, what aro the vast nrmy of our school teachers doing to mako their vacations profitable? Somo are turning to a closer Btudy of their own country and finding excitement in being held up by bandits In the Yellowstone Park. But the Btpppngo of the transatlantic tourist traffic has turned an unprecedented number Into the summer schools of our great uni versities. There Is hardly an Institution of note In the country providing such vaca tion courses that has not experienced a greatly Increased attendance, particularly of teachers. Approximately 6000 students ore taking the summer courses offered by Columbia Uni versity. Our own University, with less pres tige for its summer work, has Increased Its enrolment to more than a thousand. And so It has gone from one end of the land to the other. Thus tho war mnkes Its contribution to education In America. Perhaps somo of these teachers who Instead of touring Eu rope have toured America will be able to teabh the geography of their own country with more enthusiasm and knowledge. At any rate, whether they have spent their time In travel or In ntudy, the cause of edu cation Is the gainer. The ateel works barometer of prosperity Is mounting steadily. Curious that a new gravity theory should arouse laughter. "Austrlans ooaupy Slav position on tha Bug." Bomewhere near the sting? The. pleasant game of Jitneying npw has the added aplce of the policeman's watchful eye. Al Jennings baa paid the penalty of chang ing his profession from train robber to evan gelist. He has Just lost $1 In a hold-up. Oh, wise Oyster Bayers! The Colonel leaves ami you apply for .four motorcycle po licemen. That Is about the right ratio. With Edison at the head, the navy's pew advisory board Is going: to be a Uttla differ-, ent from toe immemorial cracker barrel cab teet of pessimists. David Msrtin ia understood to favor a hand-picked eandidafe for Mayor; but tha attitude of the reot of us will depend oji whose hand picks him. Tble war gnome to be as fatal to kings as ta privates. Thsr latest monarch assailed by the death nptr is Me Sultan. But perhaps It' ly an indication of the way he feels about tM war. President Weo iuta gtveg further evi dence that be ha a liberal supply of what sjkurtsroen call "nerve." With the eyes of the I waste worw oo mm. M ily the naaHtst gtf Ha earaeiv E. H. CHERRINGTON, SALOON FIGHTER Tho Organizing Genius of tho Anti Booze League Is a Young Man In the Thirties Who Is Confident of Victory in 1920, By WILLIAM A. McGARRY A TALL, powerfully built man, with a youthful face, who looks llko a college gridiron stnr, was ono of the most tmportnnt nnd at the samo tlmo most Inconspicuous figures at tho convention of tho Anti-Saloon League, held last week In Atlantic City. Ho Is Ernest II. Cherrlngton, of Wcstervllle, O. In the Hat of ofTIcers tho namo of Cherrlng ton appenrs att "General Manager of Pub lishing Interests." He Is known primarily as tho mnn who must bo seen before nnythlng Important Is done, tho man to seek for In- formation pertaining to tho league" and the activities of Its enemies everywhere. Cherrlngton has been called tho brains, of thi Anti-Saloon League. Ho has been In Uio Work for fifteen years. If tho history of tho association be traced back tolts foundation by tho Rev. Dr, Howard II. Russell In J8D3 It will bo seen that tho last dozen years havo witnessed tho real progress of tho flght ngalnst liquor, Mr. Cherrlngton Is n graduate of "Ohio Wesleyan In tho class of 1900. Ho Is a nn tlvo bf Ohio, and nftcr his graduation he wont back to his home town in the south ern part of that Stnto nnd becamo tho edi tor of a small country newspaper. Liquor happened to bo ono of tho Issues In that Rpctlon of tho Stato, and Cherrlngton put his newspaper squarely ngalnst tho saloon In tho fight. Ho Began to Fight in Ohio His first position with the Anti-Saloon League was asslstnnt ouperlntendent for Ohio. In that ofllco ho displayed such marked nblllty thnt he was asked to organ Izo for tho lengue In tho Stnto of Washing ten, nnd ono year later he went to tho Pa cific coast. Ho becamo superintendent In Washington nnd was recalled about eight years ago to Chicago, whero ho was put to work to get In touch with all tho anti-saloon pnpers nnd to systematize tho publicity work. Cherrlngton later mndo Westervlllo his headquarters and began to build tho print ing nnd publishing plnnt there, where nearly all the league literature is turned out today. His latest achievement is the National Dally, a newspaper devoted entirely to tho cause of tho fight against rum. He had been dronming of this for years. Somo of tho leaguo officials used to think ho never dreamed, and when ho proposed a dally newspaper they thought they had him. But ho proceeded to publish it. Today Mr. Cherrlngton has offices in Washington, D. C, nnd nt Westervlllo. Ho divides his office tlmo about equally between tho two, but much of tho time he Is travel ing. Wherever tho fight gets bitter tho lenguo sends for him. Ho finds tlmo to bo secretnry of the Executive Commlttco of the league, although his nnmo never appears In tho list of committee members. He also Is chairman of tho Commlttco on Flnapclal Management. This last Is probably the most Important Job held by Mr. Cherrlngton. Ills associates call him tho league's efficiency expert, nnd ho receives credit 'for so ordering tho ex penditures of tho organization that every cent counts. Records kept In vnrious States show that in n wet nnd dry fight tho wets spend from ton to twenty times ns much as the drys. Colorado may bo tnken ns nn In stance. That Stato has voted to go dry next year. In Its fight with tho saloon thero tho lenguo spent about $25,000, according to its officials. They say tho liquor Interests spent half a million. $2,000,000 Means Victory Self-confessed "dreamers" of tho league point to these records when they talk of the possibilities of driving all ?io saloons out of tho nation by 1920 with a $2,000,000 "war fund." They havo supreme confidence In Cherrlngton's ability to whip all tho liquor peoplo In the country with thnt much money. When ho was asked If he believes national prohibition can be brought about In flvo years ho did not hesitnto. "It may bo accomplished In less time," he said, "and It may take longer. Tho date" makes no difference, however, for It Is bound to come. Thero Is Just one way to get It. The one solution Is public opinion, and bear In mind that this means normal public opin ion. It Is our business to create a condition that will mako tho law palatable when It comes, rather than force through the law In advance of publlo sentiment. At tho samo tlmo I think sentiment now Is almost to tho point of being nblo to sustain a prohibi tion amendment to tho Federal Constitution. Everywhere it is growing stronger. This may bo doubted by thoso who live in nnd know only tho big cities, but I, am talking of tho country at large. Mr. Cherrlngton was nppolnted by Presi dent Tnft as delegate for tho United States at the Congress on Alcohol at The Hague in 1911, and to the similar congress at Milan, Italy, two yoars ago by President Wilson He studied law In college, but never prac ticed. He has been identlfjed with other temperance movements, notably the National Temperance Council, nnd he Is secretary of the Temperance Federation of Boston, He Is In tho thirties and physically and mentally in his prime. HOW LADY DAUBERS LEARN From tha London Chronicle. The lady barber, unlike the male operator who works hla way up from being a lathering boy. never erved an apprenticeship to the trade, but appeared In the saloon as a On lahed artist. It was a mystery to me how she acquired her proficiency until one day taking a short cut through Claro Market 1 saw In a shop window the legend: "Free Shaves With in." Peeping In I uaw a row of lady barbers, who, under the watchful eyes of an expert was It Teddy Wick, the champion barberT were attacking the stubby faces of the market porters and costermongers of the neighbor hood. Thus they gained the eklll and conn denee neeesary to operate suecesifully on legal chins la Chancery lane, '' VACATION "Oh, Joy! Vacation's on Ita wayl" I beard a man exultlag say; "And ia agptaer dy or two M, BVt HJh. l wl'l "e duej , No , nwwe III dwejl beside the sea Within a ream Ave ft by three, And sJ! waiter griro Because l a afraid of him. No mora FU shiver in the brine And ay. The w-w-wata fine," Nf hear Mtused ajoag tbe sands The tumult of the tango Bands; No more I'll see them come and go. The crowd of folks I do set know. S- Ziur imUm w,m Pwes fairj Tjw breesy fan; Ute ofioe ebatr! 1 waader tftay I left tben thus Ta iota ia this vacation fuss - Aad ut the same, uext year I know Pft caM to tee tba mat sfcyr Wik4Rgu Siia, oiscftmmrr v-unr rajrgigs , j "VARB ARE THEY?" lib si? if ii mft 3Kk I K Jp-BbIkxIIC &Wn SJ llSlfaylaj . . 7 HSi! -saJftSw rL SONS OP FRANCE, AWAKE TO GLORY! The Story of the Fall of the Bastille and the Celebration of Its Anniversary as the Great French Holiday A New France Broad Based on Democracy. By GEORGE THIS Is the anniversary of tho day when tho Frenchmen becamo conscious of their power. They marched In a singing, shouting, tur bulent mass to tho Bastille, tho symbol of prlvllogo and plunder, nnd tho lmpregnablo fortress fell before their assault. It was not physical forco that overcamo tho garrison, but the power of an Idea. Louis XVI, In financial straits, had sum moned tho three cstntes to voto him money. Tho Third Estate, representing tho plain Frenchmen, assembled, determined to euro tho abuses of centuries. They demanded that tho nobles and tho representatives of the church sit with them. Tho King met them all together and ordered that each Estate sit separately. Most of tho higher orders obeyed and loft tho hall, but the commons kept their seats. "Have you heard the King's orders 7" tho Master of Ceremonies asked with a feigned surprise at the unfamlllarlty of tho represen tatives with tho demands of royal etiquette. And Mlrabeau roso and uttered tho defi ance which still thrills Frenchmen when they read it: "Let mo tell you that wo aro hero by thd will of tho people, and that wo shall only quit our seats at the point of the bayonet." This was late In June, 1789. Tho King dared not accept tho challenge, end knowl edgo of what had happened spread until on July 14, ono hundred and twenty-six years ago today, the plain people assaulted tho Bastille with memorable results. Just a Fort nt First Tho fortress was not an Instrument of tyranny when It was first built In tho 14th century to protect tho pnlaco of Charles V against the Burgundlans, nnd It had become a comparatively harmless place when It was destroyed. Only seven prisoners were found In It nnd they were Insignificant persons. It was In Its middle period that there accumulated around It tho tales of hor ror that made It stand In tho Imagination of the French for nil tho abuses of Irresponsible rule. From a fortress it was changed into a prlBon for political prisoners In the 15th century. Louis XI of bloody memory hnd some deep pits dug In the dungeons Just big enough to hold tho body of a man (prefer ably a political opponent) standing upright. He lined them with smooth polished masonry. Then ho let his prisoners down In them. The Armagnac princes were favored In this wny, and the records show that he was dn tho habit of having these unfortunato men hauled out of the torture chambers twice a week to be scourged, and then, to show them how much he loved them, ho had two teeth torn from the Jaws of each once every three months. Ono of tho most famous guests to enjoy the hospitality of this hostelry waB the Man in the Iron Mask, who, sleeping or waking, wns never allowed to bo alone a moment, Caglloatro, the most successful ex ploiter of human credulity of his time can you namo a greater faker of any time? was also entertained there for a whllo be cause he got mixed up with the famous Case of the Diamond Necklace. Ho wrote on the wall of his cell that tho building would be destroyed "and the peoplo shall dance on tha place where It stood." And It was destroyed within Ave years and tho people danced tha carmognole to tho muslo of 'Ca Ira." So If a man can Justify hla claim to foretell the future by a slnglo successful guess, Caglloatro must be admit ted to the ranks of the soothsayers. The courtier who told Louis XVI that tho assault on the famous prison fortress was not a revolt but a revolution was possessed of as great ability to read the future aa Cagllostro demonstrated. Ho prophesied cor rectly, too. Th.ere was a. revolution, and tho stones of the building were thrown to tha ground as the structure of the French monarchy began to totter, and some of them were used to build a bridge that the peoplo might trample on the ojd regime, and others wero laid in a giant column to commemorate the dawn of a new era. Made a National Holiday In 188Q Louis himself participated in the celebra tion Of the first anniversary of Le Quatprze Julllejt, when a great amphitheatre had been bu4H eapabte of -holding 300.000 people, and they all saw him mount the platform where PrlBM Talleyrand, the Bishop of Autun eel. ebratad Mass and the King swore fealty to the fvoluyw. The foundations Qt th6f umn were laid on the anniversary two years later. H was not until UM. however, that July U became offletally and formally reoog- P,?fdaSJ,th Uy of Fren independence and the first aotual eejebrattoa of the da aa the date of the beginning of modem France then occurred President nrv " Hags to deputation from nearly W. DOUGLAS parade of troops, with 98 pieces of artil lery and 5000 horses and tho cross of tho Legion of Honor was distributed most widely. Tho whole city was decorated for tho occasion. Tho peoplo danced In tho streets and sang tho "Marselllalso" hour after hour. And every yenr slnco then Inde pendence Dny has been observed not only In Franco but wherever Frenchmen live. It Is ono of tho most popular celebrations of tho year In Now Orleans, whero tho French population Is largo and loyal to the land of Its ancestors. They havo singing, dancing nnd parades, and they display tho French flag and tho "Marseillaise" Is sung with an enthusiasm unoqualcd anywhere else in tho United States. Thero is not nn American community containing a consider able French population whero the anniver sary Is forgotten. If thero are no public demonstrations in tho streets tho French societies cither havo dinners and speech making or glvo a ball or a picnic. If they do nothing moro tho Frenchmen at least chant with holy enthusiasm In their own homes: To sons of France, awake to glory! Hark! Hark! what myriads bid you rlsel Tour children, wives and grandslres hoary. Behold their tears -and hear their cries! But If the hearts of tho Frenchmen In Franco do not burn within them today aa they think of their glorious history they will provo false to all that has been written of them In tho last eleven months of trial. "Wo aro told that tho Frenchmen had lost their ancient stamina, nnd that thoy could not stand up under a great strain. But tho test of war has proved that tho France of tho 14th day of July, 1015, is mado of bet ter stuff than the Franco of any other day. Tho armies have gono to tho front with a steadiness of polso nnd with an Intensity of moral purpose such as astonishes tho men themselves. Forty-flvo years of peaco founded on the broad base of democracy has produced n raco of men that can faco danger unflinchingly and meet death without regret In defense of thoso rights to freedom which led their ancestors to revolt against tyranny with tho blind fury of madmen. UNCLE SAM'S FOREIGN LEGION There Aro Enough European Reservists Horo to Mnke an Army of 1,300,000 Men. By ERVIN ARCEL-STARHEMBERG Manaelng Editor of tha Hungarian-American Reformer! Sentinel. COMPARED with the great armies of Europe, the small armed force of the United Stateo sinks into Insignificance; It Is liko two or three army corps on the one hand and a mighty host of drilled and hardened soldiers on the other. In the regular army, at the present time, there are about 100,000 men. The organ ized militia contains 120,000 men. The unor ganized mllltla consists of more than 16,000.000 men, which embraces every able-bodied man In the United States between the ages of 18 and 44. Let us suppose that a hostile foe attacks America by way of the frontier; or. after beat ing the navy, attempts to land its forces on our shores. On the first day, if the attacking army is great enough, the American army will show Its double deficiency. The regulars and the orranlzf-rl mllltla win ., i .., . . . .., uv uo BUInc)enl , num. bers to be a match for the enemy. The millions of the unorganized mllltla cannot be mobilized, drilled and equipped quickly enough to meet tho pres.lng need. Uncle Bam can offer ade quate resistance to a striking foe only by throwing on the field of conflict huge masse. of trained infantry, cavalry, artillery troops and sappers. But where can ho get experi enced men for this workT I venture to say that America has such men and hundreds of thousands -of them; I venture' to maintain that its population contains a potential infantry equal to that of permanyj a r-..... w, ,np9raDia to the strength of the Russian Cossacks or Hungarian Husaars and a potential artillery force a. efficient as" that which has charge of the 75 mm. French guns, because Uncle Sam's popvlatlon include, hundred, of thou.ands of Oerman. Hungarian Rulan and French reservists, men whTJS rved in the armies of their respective oou"n! tries and who fought through the last great wars. The constant Immigration, to the K atate. brlnge the huge masse. ot reservl.t, our ehores every year. The reservists of mo.t vajae to Ati. th. between the age. ot : " " eervlets who came over l yelT .' , r" at the age of ?4. are no " ?" "'.nT' of W oan. therefore, use onlyCe "ho were H year, old when they IT Ove shadows of the .kytZ,,lW Wltt' their new ho .?!r,T tb way te ., .. rT" "" were less t k ALA . "" '." W " the ages of 36. Of the 1803 Immigrants, theii' 24 and 25 years old at that tlmo aro now 35 and! oo, respectively. Ana so on, year by yjr Among tho Immigrants arriving In lOlt af,; many reservists of from 24 to 36 years, in th period from 1902 to J9M misery drove to our shores about 8,000,000 men, 40 per cent, of whoi that Is, 3,000,000, aro now between the agca c(3 2 nna 36. Taking into consideration the fct that some of theso men camo from countries In which there Is no compulsory military servlct and that many of tho reservists working In this Country have cither died or been disabled In somo way for active service, the number! of available and fit reservists may be put at' 1,200,000. And 1,200,000 trained and practiced soldiers, when well organized, make up a powerful army. It would be very reasonable to organizs the men Into a body llko the reserves, or, at leaitf llko the general levy of the peoplo In mfe(j countries of Europe. Of the peoplo living here tn mllltnt-B ,,.V n. ttin tliiB.Ini.1. r, ' Italians and Hungarians, whole nrmy conf (A j might be formed. ', ;lj Tins reserve would fight with tho repUti army until such tlmo ns the completely .d organized militia Is drilled and caulntiefl l sufficient numbers to bo available for aqlijii service. Wo foreign reservists, who hive' served our time In the military school of tha European fighting machine, like to fight, and'tl wo would serve willingly in this gigantic legtoaf a etrangeres of our adopted country. WOMEN AND JURY DUTY io me sattor oj the EveninLedger: Sir A letter column correspondent calllm herself "Callfornlan Voter" states that womeaj of that Stato are In favor of Jury duty. sW has probably never seen tho recent editorial In' the San Francisco Chronicle which hides bel nina no pseudonyms regarding the attitude of? California women toward tho feminine JurT'i service Din recently aerentea by tne Legisla ture: "Should this bill become a law and t enforced," said the Chronicle, "It Is not Im possible that the sex may rebel and vnti Ut the express purpose of getting rid of both Jurjr uuiy aiiu vuLing amy. in another editorial the Chronicle rhvk: "Ruf. frage was forced on women by a small minority) oi inetr sex, wno induced a majority of tat men to vote their way. The number of worses' wno register is limited nnd the number wlia, vote Is smaller still, which proves that women,' as a sex, do not wish to bo bothered wlti voting. No doubt some suffrairists In OnUfnml-a, California suffragists agitating for votes here-1 would like to sit on Juries, but this seema an. other evidence of the different point of vleIt oi me sunragisi ana tne average woman. J Furthermore, though special legislation d". necessary to mako women liable for Jury Bern ice In California, In Pennsylvania the eullrtfe amendment will automatically carry with it the duty of Jury service. Will women resent Jury service? Ask theml Will men resent It for their wives? Ask theml What man worthy of the namo wants hla wfi or unmarried daughter forced to sit on a Jury trying cases from the Tenderloin district: forced to hear all the sickening details of crimci ' M against and by women? .' I As for Justice, the woman criminal would at ml, nil rnthaii Va (wl.J l.a . a ..-- ..- J.., M ......... ... ww twui4 Mjr melt ailU II1Q Il&UU- some male criminal would rather be tried bf 5 women! i 1 .mere is a certain class of female cranks wMj haunt the Jails, write sympathetlo notes to mur i would probably enjoy tho thrill of serving pa I -- uviiu iiuncin in i iniiiiitin. iusi JU....O .levins uuming eiae to no-out jurj,yi service Is liable to come upon any wpraan !" Pennsylvania If the suffrage amendments passes and It Is the average, normal womaaj IUhA VlfMltr1 lt l 3H FLORENCE R. HALL. i-miaaeipnin, July 12, t m I HIS ONLY SUPERIOR From the Florida Tlmea-Unlon, Culebra cut can outsllde Ty Cobb. THE NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW Futuro historians will not question Mr. WlJa son's sincerity, but when they refer to his Mex? lean "nollcy" thev nrnhnhlv will tint lin nbla f disguise their amazement. Chicago Tribune. Those who want peace at any price will flnlj excuse lor tneir cowardice In tha faiiaciom quiDDies of the long-awaited German note.- oosion i-oat. The German answer is tho answer of Wl neim u to 100.000.000 Americans who stand gether in defense of their rights.-LouUWM Courier-Journal. If the Republicans of Ohio are to bark ft Ohloan for the nrealdnntlnl nomination nell ! year, their support should go to Theodore B Jl purion. ot Cleveland. Talk of any otner voruo son- nas no substance. Cieveiana r jjeaier. If Mr. Brvan'a rrnrt m omiHIa tha WU303 d ship are to be confined to the single line of tWJ one-term plank, It will not be Woodrow Wit ao between him and Mr. Bryan, to mtt th luciaiiuur ana Borrow a, phrase, wno w knocked Into a cooked hat. Baltimore News. AMUSEMENTS B. F. KEITH'S THEATRE CH88TNUT AND TWELFTH STREETS "A BUMilEP BELLE BAKER, $Tr MASON & KEELERJ f&vr tt., . . M7 - . .iimvM? -;'- --. uumscurr, uuji uiCTjuo, mnu nxaWBRAtiP. snq ni "; THE iiJutKirrlsT abovs i;pi otanleV Charlotte Walker BYllPUfWY ORClTlSSTliX a4 BOLOI9T3 w: HARRY UOLMAN A CO. W GRiTND ki; ILUOY . OAlSTTt 1KB. WARREN A VV Tr Sits, Tt TSien. dWnny a bo lb o Vfmi. : TBABPWBR R1Q.-1"'" HJNQ flt' I tt. ,, ,; ax !''; ? I WQODSIDE PABK FreeVaudevilJ ' " " TT" MK M9 IH im . .. -. q iaypjjjg kiSi.-SL-ftT,
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