"'" "n -" EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8. 1915 5T njjrjvfr r RECESS OF CONGRESS GIVEN TO PREPARATION OF MANY MEASURES ' Arrangement of Committees OcQtipies important, x . in Tasks Before Na tion's Solons .GALLINGER SEES WILSON & '" rirHelSTnilcdVuh the prcmra , recess."6. nciiiB UKBesteil by L. pfeilcnt n his message yesterday thj In tie final arrangement of the ana, '" ,, mm llccs In both houses which :?K" j'te measures after their '"rtfll'wilson today was Informed Slflo He, ubllcans would not nht lu wMarcdnVs pioBi-a mlt It were kept 51tS cMicu". Bstmtor Oalllnger, one of out Of eaiiLu. i.nrinra whom the 8.l iwt h. W for a conference. TTi7 nltl 1 lm tor nearly half un hour. ay promises to be a biff day In both iffi tharth P. eparedneH bills mlvo ffil by U.c Administration will be readi er Introduction when Congress recon nci. but much Interest centres about th, battle which Senator Hoke Smith, of taorria. promises to open against the hK blockade of neutral ports In north- It EUTeS Viewing the British pot m 'enB"'.t .n,ir!in commcrco since the " iiuaiiii lint) iirmmrpii h. mflhrcnk of the war mitt warning KrR land hi substance, that the Unlttd States will rc-ort to the most vigorous rctall (nrv measures to maintain Its rights "IIJSS the seas against Urltlsh Interfer- l,Tho Senate commltteo assignments are to.be announced Thursday. It la under stood thut "scar Underwood, ux-majorlty lender In the House, has declined n place on the Senate Finance Committee, and that his most Important assignment will be on the Appropriations Committee. Keen competition for the few llrpubll 1 ." ...i. tl.n I" liln- r.ommlttccs of tho House mny prevent committee as- f. flcnmcnts being announceti u --". I Minority Leader Mann Is making every effort to finish tho assignments, so that f- ROOSEVELT ASSAILS ,, WILSON'S MESSAGE Conllniifil from face One elocution and Mr. Wilson's action nro In Hat contradiction. Ills elocution Is that of a Byzantine Logothctc and Hyzantlno Logothetcs wero not men of action. "President Wilson Bays that wo have been put to tho tost In tho caso of Mex ico and havo supplied a 'heroic principle to tho case of Mexico.' Of nil posslblo adjectives that could bo found In tho Eng lish language by tho most mlnuto search en the part of tho most subtle dialectician, It would not be posslblo to find ono more Inappropriate to tho Administration's course In Mexico than the adjective heroic' Tho President has eaten his words and recognized Carranza. rUKPAItEDNESS. "President Wilson ndvocatcs as nec ettary certain propositions for putting this country In n state of preparedness. In his message one year ago ho said such propositions wero hysterical and Improper, i am giad that ho nus changed his mind. "The proposal to purchase ships By tho tTMiHnrtt rtwnrnmrnt Is n. rtronasal to nro- f inl private business undertaking tho ) permanent revival 01 mo American omy- ' ,rt. TYi-AotriAnt fnllft tn mnlee a slnirlo r constructive recommendation as regards 'industry. Tho most noteworthy part of tne message ia nun, miikii oo m ...- . .. ... . - ,.. nntlnnnl ontn,.' B est mreais uguumi. ui luunw o......,, I come from citizens of the United States born under other nags. In this he is cor- 6 rcct. Ik "ir intoa that wa n rn vvlthnut acle- 1-P . ,- i .1MI ...1.K thn altimttnt. If MUtile 1UWH IU UVUI l.l fc.iu ......... .w... -- President Wilson has not adequate power, ho should tell us exactly what ho wishes In order to get tho adequate power. "As a matter of fact, Mr. Wilson Is himself responsible for most of tho con ditions of which he complains. Ho has met a policy of blood and Iron with a policy of milk and water." LONDON NEWSPAPERS RAP WILSON'S MESSAGE LONDON, Dec. 8. British newspapers attack President Wilson's message In their editorial columns today. "We cannot say that Mr. Wilson's theory of morals will Increase the re pect of the outer world for tho official attitude of the White House," says the Pall Mall Gazette. "The educated bet ter classes of America will bn unable to Imitate tho equanimity with which Presl- REAI, ESTATE FOB SALE HOME VICTOR WATER HEATER ion c o A i. A new principle; can ttant supply; 1M to SO !., lc. Heats Ratlin ton, too. Accept no ubtltute. There Is nothing "Juat aa eood." Sena for free Itooklet. S.V.REEVES,Mfr. Patented and 45 N. Second St. Patents pending; QayJnietJl. i::t::i;:tii!tmiiiiNNUiiiuNMimiitwmi:t::t:ttttt:ttituiM YOUNG AMERICA is the title for a new page in the Magazine Section of the Sunday Public Ledger. It is a page- of suggestion, informa tion and instruction. Next Sunday's page contains the open ing chapter of a vigorous, manly story for boys "Walt True man's Camp," an article on how to make a bobsled, notes on "The Winter Birds," Boy Scouts ot America, Science and Invention, Jack Horner's Corner, etc. It is a page which will interest readers of those ages when, more is learned than at any other time of life and when all things ought to be correctly and sensibly understood, appre ciated and mastered. Your boy should read the Young America page in SUNDAY'S PUBLIC sgi& LEDGER dent Wilson contemplates Germany's career of treachery and torture." Tho Westminster Gazette Issues an appeal, saying: 'We appeal to the Amer ican people, that, If they nre unable to Jielp us by positive assistance, not to hinder us by asserting neutral rights of commercial Interests to the prejudice of our naval power." The Globe, alone of all the London newspapers, today professed to see possi ble danger for other world powers In I resident Wilson's demand on Congress yeslortlny for Increases In the American Army and Navy. "It will strlko every one," said the Globe, "ns significant, oven ominous, that the message was so Insistent upon tho necfsslty of adequate provision for na tional defense." , Tho afternoon papers voiced editorial approval of President Wilson's attack on "hyphenates," but certain newspapers took tho President to tnsk for remain ing silent regarding Germany's alleged policy of frlghtfulncss. The Dally News .tnys' "t Is doubt fill whether the Monroe Uoctrlne will over bo tenable again, experience having shown that the United States can no longer rely on political Isolation rounded on geographical detachment, which has largely lost Its meaning." The V)nlly Nowb argues that It Is only the Urltlsh navy which today stands In effective defense of tho Monroe Doctrine and that "If Germany were victorious In this wnr the United Stales' guarantees of the lndcpoiitlpr.ee of the Stntes of South American would not be worth the paper oil which thnt doctrine Is written." The Dally Chronicle says! "After the amazing revelation of Ocrman machina tions, one would bo surprised If the United States tolerated tho present condition of thlrgs much longer. It would be strnngo It the American people did not Insist on strong mensures to restore security .of life and property." NATION'S NEWSPAPERS COMMENT FAVORABLY Comments of newspapers. In New York nnd other cities on the President's mes sage to Congress follow NUW YOIIK STAATS-ZKITUNO Tho President demands new laws so ns to apply them In these mysterious enscs; so that' suspicion. Insinuations nnd denunciation may be given the character of evidence for convictions. And that Is a presidential message to Congress! A docum6nt more Hhame less than this Is not recorded In the iinnnls of Ariierlcan history. NKW YORK TIMES Cunnrmlng and continuing the, tradi tions of a century, the President's ad dress to Congress rcllecls his and the people's vision of thef great destiny of tho nation nnd embodies him and their sense of tho duty to erect safeguards against perils without and within. No message .or address to Congress since that memorable utterance In which President Monroo proclaimed the doc trine which President Cleveland tnrc quarters of a century .later declared to bo "applicable to every stogo of our national existence" has been exclusive ly devoted to tho greater problems of tho nation, tho problem of assuring Its growth with peace, with safety nnd with honor. Within the scope of tho President's vision llo not merely the Immediate and pressing questions of the day, but those of coming nnd far off years. NEW YOItK WOULD No other part of that 'addrcBs wns so momentous as thoso paragraphs In which the President nsserted thnt' "the gravest threats against our peace and safety have been uttered within our own borders." To deal with this Issuo of sedition Is thcbeglnmng of national defense. Neither armies nor navies can offer security to a .nation If Its own population Is honeycombed with dis loyalty, and If allegiance to tho Con stitution Is a lying nnd fraudulent allegiance. NEW YOItK SUN Even with the new light thnt has como to his discerning vision, even with tho consciousness of an approaching presidential election In which an ob stlnnto resistance to the will of tho peo ple would mean certain political dls aster.lt cannot have been an easy thing for Mr. Wilson to have written the ad mirable paragraphs urging provision for a more adequate defense. Let tho great credit that Is hts Just due for this manly retraction be awarded to tho President. NEW YORK TRIBUNE The now Wilson message holds out little light o CongreBS or the country. Tho President Is a follower, not a leader In the matter of military prep aration. 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CHICAGO TlttUUNE No mention Is made of modifications of the lawn nlTectlng business, except a cryptic paragraph respecting the railroad. It Is a pity that Mr. Wilson with his great command of fcllcltlous expression docs not permit himself plain speech at this point. nUTIlOlT l'UHK PItESS President Wilson sees the light. The Issue on prcpnredncss for tho United States against tho appalling ovils ot war was never before so acute as It Is now, when tho fearful results of un preparedness arc vividly Impressed upon the consciousness of the Ameri can people, It will be the solemn and patriotic duty of tho 64th Congress to make sure thnt our country shall not bo exposed to tho devastation which alien conquerors have lnlllctcd upon Belgium and Serbia and Poland. TWO HURT IN COLLISION Mother and Child Injured When Auto Strikes Wagon An automobile belonging to 8. V. T. 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This could bo accomplished by the commission suggest ed." A delegation from the Itnllroad Busi ness Association, hernial by fleorgo A. Post, of New York, president, and in cluding II. II. Westlnghotlse and W. I Saunders, called on tho President nnd as sured him the association heartily ap proved the Investigation suggestion. 4V " JA Around the Corner It will catch you before you know It, If you aro not thinking. tfwr a c- - Canary never falls to please. They aro always ac ceptable and mako Mends. Onr Prices arc Slodernte Harz Mountain Warbler $2.S0 St. Andreatberger Roller $3.50 Golden Opera Singer $5.00 TWO WIJBICS' TniAIi Every bird guaranteed to be a selected nlngcr tn full song. A written guarantee with every purchase. Brats and Japanned Cages $1.00 to $10.00 Suburban free delivery Send for Xmnn Folder It I Iree Open Saturday Evenings Cngley & Mullen Co. ilaffin. nuy today Deliver AVhen Yon Say. 10 J 1 bjse&? jvpewrnerue 835 CHESTNUT ST. Uell Phone. Walnut 3001. Sftf vjriJTK'" 63"1M"I' -M"1"'M"'H iuni.Mijg TN the course of an excellent article on the influence of alcoholic 1 beverages on the human brain the Rochester Herald says: '""TOTAL abstinence propagandists have placarded various 1 American cities with notices to the effect that 'science says' that even moderate indulgence in alcohol retards thinking for hours, and they sloganize their placards with 'safety first.' ISjOW, our total abstinence friends are committing an act of N intellectual dishonesty when they put out these placards, because science does not say what they assert that it says. Of course, certain men of science do, and if they were content to put the matter thus, there would be no complaint to make, but in thei desire to be impressive these total abstinence advocates declare that 'science says' so, although there is no consensus among men of science in reeard to what the effect of alcohol upon 'he human Moderate Drinkers Live Longer Than I Total Abstainers J X... n 7 to all but total abstainers that some persons seem to be able to do better work after moderate indulgence in alcohol than without such indulgence. Addison has come down to us in history as the finest conversationalist of his time, but it is said that without the gentle stimulus of wine he was quite unable to speak interestingly. And one need have no hesitation in saying that if all the intellect ual products of the world's total abstainers could be put into one scale, and all the products of the world's drinking men could be put into the other, we should be amazed at the meagerness of the total abstainers' product." FROM the above article it is once more clearly shown that it is a FALLACY "to say that the moderate indulgence in alco holic stimulants is a deterrant to intellectual endeavor. And the best proof of this FALLACY is the FACT that many of the world's greatest thinkers have been temperate users of alcoholic beverages. Philadelphia Lager Beer Brewers' Association 82 (The Next Article Wi' Appszr Saturday, Dezembcr tlthl VANDERLIP IN STEEL MERGER Control of Cambria and Rcploglc Syn dicate Shares Will Be Vested in Financier's Hands, Says Report Prank A, Vanderllp, president of the Notional City Dank of Now fork, la re ported to be tho person In whom control of upwards of 450,000 shares of Cambria Steel Company and 240,000 shares of the Iteploglo syndicate will be vested before the end of tho week as tho first move In the formation of a huge steel merger. Tho persistency of tho rumors relative to the now combine has given them weight In financial circles nnd brisk sales of Cambria Steel on the Philadelphia Ex- 'MO NAVY .MAN', 'LITTLE NAVY' MAN'S SON', 1IKAH8 MKSSAflti Pour-Year-Old Walter Hcnsley, Jr., Sits on Pn's Knee By a Staff Corrtsponiteni WASHINGTON. Dec. 8. Walter lions ley, Jr., la a "big navy" man, evbn though his father la recognized ns tho leader of the "little navy" men In tho House. 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Fourth St., Philadelphia j I'lione l.onibiirct 335 'lililllllimimiiiMi'iMiiiiiiiiiiiiiimM,,,, Facts Verstis Fallacies FACT is a real state of things. FALLACY is an appar ently genuine but really illogical statement or argument,. mtna ana Dcay is, ana until tnere is such, a consensus it win oe advisable for people who respect intellectual honesty to be mo-c modest in their assertions. '()NE hears every day that even moderate drinking shortens 3 v- human life, but there are men of science who believe the 3 exact contrary to dc true, unc oi years ago to prove that while the the average, than the immoderate on the average, lived longer than 'TIE overwhelming number of scientists whom -we have 1 known have been moderate drinkers, and we have heard some of their discourses after they had been drinking; and if it be true that their drinking did retard their thinking while discoursing, it was doubtless a blessed thing, for otherwise we might not have been able to take in all that they had to say. It is a fact well known lap nnd listened to President Wilson, read his message, ndvocatlng material In creases In the army nnd navy yester day. When the President finished read Ing his "catalogue of ships" In the five year building program for tho navy, I year-old Walter applauded. Walter's elder brother was a paffo lit tho House last year, but during tho cam palgn last fall ho went to all tho neighbors and urged them to vote against his father. His campaign wns made, hrt explained, because he would rather Hro" at homo In Missouri than In Washing ton. You will find thai the care we take to preserve your linen and our prompt erv ice are n deeirable factort a the superior appearance we imparl to all we do. Neptune Laundry 1501 Cnltimbifl Avn ffflflffufncttevc&ictestr A PIONEER of times each day. drudgery into plcnsant routine, I 2 ineni wrote a uook omy a icw total abstainers lived longer, on drinker, the moderate drinker the total abstainer. & The Moderate Drinker Adds Most To The Worlds Knowledge WW GHClNrtoOJPSAl asp.'H' 'UffiTCTi '(iuiuiiiLiiii.uuiiMuuiiiuniuiiuiii;uiiaiumiuiiiiiiUuiiiiiiiuiuiiJiiiiiiiiiii)niiiiiMiuuaillMiiiiiliiliiiiiiy xxszaaBBsumutuiittutiuuaiiuumawtiuiiM " t
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