gr v 10 - r ' i-rfth,ati.iJLJ. ift,.i EVEHING LEDOER-PHILABBLPlilA, MONDAY, MAY 15, 1916. ?t w Euttrtn0 nAj&n te&ijcr PUBLIC LEDGER C( crfcua n k. cunns, tCTrtn It. LuAlngtan, Vie JBftrtln. Secretary, and Tr iHn. John 11 Williams. Dlr '"' . -r PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY CTfcUfl M K. CUltMS, PMtBiT. President. John HMUKri PhlllD H Directors, EOtTOnlAlj HOAIU): Crab II K. Conns, Chairman, H. WHAtTsy Editor JOHN C. MAhTlN. general Business Manager1 2BbIUhea dally at Pnsuo t.Kwisa pulMIng, MncirBuuQni;o otjuarc, j-nuaaeipnia 12"I,UL--,3roal nd ChMtnul Btret JtrtANTln cm, ,,,., ...rrM.tnln nulldln . gy , loax.. ...... .....200 Metropolitan Tower vE??ri'L;,",",'!ii'v.'j K0 'orc' nuiidinit S LOCTSt..,v,. 400 atobe-Demoerat nulldlnit t CB1CAOO,, ........ ,,v.i202 Tribune Building ' NEWS JJUhpAUSi SiinK?KI0,"!io niirgs nulldlnu ??? M"""" ........ ..(10 Frledrlchitrasse fc7. n"""' .......Marfonl House. Strand Fabis BCBEiO. i ,33 Ilua Louis le Grand bUnscilIPTION TfcMtS ' 5LH,rt'"f,...l,,x wnti per week ny mall, estpnld ouutda of Philadelphia, except where roreign postage la required, ono month, tnenty SJ?:.1" m" war, three dollars. All mall . subscriptions payable In advance NoTicsSiibscrlbera ulshlnir nnMres changed . taust giro old aa well oa new address. ' jjjj-t. 3ooo yAL?nrrKEYSTor. miin smo 3A'Mri"s. " communications to Eirntno Leaptr, Independence Square, PMlaMnMa. SXTEBH) AT THE MIUDM PUIA rniTOrFICB AS ptwtlUBB MAIU MATTHr ytw AVBnAan net paid dahv cm. CULATION OP TUB EVKNI.N'a I.UPCIEn ron APitiii was 117,310. Fhltadtlplili, Mondij, Miy H, 1916 ra. . &. B sW- Ji. r. KM ji vMAKE Youti Verdict ring ! , THE BELL " thlladelphln, big or little, mclropoll- tan or provincial, hog-tled or free, Inert ', r mllltnnt, backward or fornnrilt that la the Issue. , fpHIS newspaper was launched to servo " ' J- tho pcoplo of Philadelphia. Its most conspicuous public eorvlco up to this tlmo has consisted In fighting "with every "ounce of brain and'brawn that Is in It for It comprohcnslvo transit system. ' It entered on this fight only after nn ( haustlvo study and analyst of tho Tay lor plan. It took. Into account tho thou- sands of inritjcejit , investors who. hpld fitock in the P. R. T and it reached tho ' 'doilberato conclusion that tho P. It, T. was bolng offered as fair, and square a deal as anyt municipality, not coerced, ever offorcd a publlp servlco corporatlcm. X year ago tho""' Philadelphia Electric , Company, wasburo thaf a roductjon' In ( rates would ruin it, yet it voluntarily agreed to that reduction a few "weeks' Hgp. Tho Taylor-transit system will help,- i fcot ruin, tho P, B. T. " " "'"Tho EvEjjiNOI33fflOER",rinaIyzeo: "the terms of tho. Taylor" plan with duo con sideration for the thousands upon thou sands of owners of small houses, men Who from their .eftrnlngs, by the sweat of their brows, havo managed buy their own homes and on whom tho imposition ef. new taxes would bo a. real burden. It r " was quickly apparent tha): tho Taylor plan, Instead of penalizing- theso citizens, TYOuJd make, them its particular benell claries. Tot.tho least valuable featuro of tho iTaylor plan is tho method pf financing proposed. For not ono dollar of Interest shall tho city,, bo liable, until tho par- .tlcular lines havo-been completed and In , .actual operation for'orto year. No man 4oubts that tho twomaln aric'rls to bo fcullt, tho Brqa' street and Frankford rf lines, will bo rovenue-eafners from tho r teginnins. Any, doflcit from tho other t , lines will be moro than compensated for by new sources of revenue! The present elevated-subway lino has proved its earning; power; it Is an augury ,ff. tvhat the- others will do. ' Were tho proposed lines about to bo built with private capltat, the estimates of cost would doubtless bo far in excess k of present estimates,- for leaks through "Whlch to let water in would somehow be found. Under tho. present plan of city ownership the peoplo aro to bo given Its worth for every, dollar spent. They Will pay no taxes, direct or Indirect, on !rater that has been engraved lato stock. 3 Get that point clear, citizens, you 'lend your credit only, for what you aro to get, i Oefeat tho 16an, let private capital !ulld even ono of tho Jlnes, and you th giant sinews and mtghty muscles and Splendid bodies of mature power. We ant tho facilities to which as dwellers In this great metropolis wo are entitled. Wo will hot bo choked and strangled and starved arid beaten down. There can be no period of watchful waiting for Philadelphia. It must go for Ward or it must go back. Wo aro not misers. Wc aro tho greatest builders In tho world, tho greatest creators of wealth, nnd wo know that we must spend money to make money, that we must havo tho machinery of distribution, the facilities for growth, or stagnation will crUmplo us up. This Is not n party contest and there in no personality Involved in It. The well being of Philadelphia Is tho sole Is sues at stake. Were this transit loan not a good loan, were this transit plan not n good plan, tho Cvenino IXDOElt would bo first and foremost In oppoiltlon. But tho loan is a good loan and tho transit plan is a good plan. Engineers, finan ciers, experts of all sorts and conditions havo Indorsed both. There Is no open nnd nboveboard opposition to tho loan as such; tho only open opposition Is an opposition of delay, of postponement, of shunting transit off on a side-track. Tomorrow Is your day In court, citi zens. Tomorrow, at last, after a long fight of months and years, you have the wholo question of exchango tlcketB, of excess fares, of Intolerable transit condi tions In your own handr. Jlako your verdict ring the boll. Tom Daly's Column Communique! WHEN the editorial page was en larged to seven columns we were pushed back to the seventh trerch. Whereupon, we Issued this defiant note: IN THEIR ELEMENT In this Issuo a cartoon by Sykcs takes tho place of tho usual full back page of pictures. The Evening LEDOEa considers tho transit question to bo tho most Important which tho citizens of this community havo faced in years. It has taken special pains, thoreforc, to visual ize tho situation for tho bonoflt of any citizens who may yet bo in doubt as to tho full meaning of tho Issuo. The threats of obstructionists and factlonal ists to defeat tho loan make it all tho more imperative that the people flock In overwhelming numbers to tho polls to make coitaln that tho verdict shall bo In their favor. THE LABT BTAXD They've pushed us back rt trench or two, And this one's pretty tight, Much tighter than the one we Knew When we began to fight. But, goshallhcmlockl watch us splell Borne scrapping now you'll see, For if they drive us further, we'll Be in society! Our preparedness discomfited the enemy and wo promptly regained our old position. AT You had to stand up In the crowded trolley car going to work today, did you? Well, one can stand up in a polling booth, too. Tho Colonel, after all, Is not to be summoned to dam tho River of Doubt as to tho expediency of nominating him 'which scorns to bo running through the Union League Tho younger generation would seem to bo pressing unusually hard for recognition, with moro than half tho girls seeking mairlage licenses in ono city still In their 'teens. It would bo looked upon as Joy fully significant In Lpndon and Paris if the German War Minister resigned. But If is probably Just as significant that the German Food Minister has reslgnod. Yesterday was called Mother's Day, but no mother was beguiled into thinking that sho could get off so easily. She know that Saturday and Tuesday vvero her clays also, together with Mon day, Friday, Thursday and Wednesday. At tho Commercial Museum thero was opened today a civic exposition, showing tho great possibilities of the Philadelphia of the future. Before they can be realized there Is work to be done Immediately to realize the great possibili ties of today and tomorrow. will pay In fares, for dividends on wa- teted stock, many times the losses your " " amernles In friends' garb tell j ou may ap- . iua from city ownership. They are not "afraid that you will lose; they hato to ea slipping from them a plum they want tor themselves. When tho gang stood together thero iwos no talk of voting against loans be cause publlq money would be squandered. kShea there were no watchdogs of the 'treasury, for both factions dipped their "hands Into It together. Now, as if Prov idenca wore guarding the interests of the people, the factions aro at each other's "throats. They ar$ so nearly matched in strength that each holds the, veto power ""lffir tbB otner Tere hi8 not been a vme-m years wnen tne vcter could favor .7i-,loan with so great certainty of expend- res being .watched. .We will not hobble this city because la'boss. does not like another. Wa will . . .,, H seu our Heritage to serve the - ektlcal, ambltipna of one or another lMwiy obstructionist Wo will not, by our Vt?9, push Philadelphia back Into the xnlta of second-class, unprpgressive cit- Wf are done will the vision that ends jHiaterday, We are done with the men would draw a- circle about thhf cfty oHL t iri. We want no Chinese bar W ft want tba. breath of ,Jlf. Ajb4 trtwrtwKb p. jpr r4 am thud jwjr Kfgfe Into GovernoV Brumbaugh Is the only presidential candidate on the ballot for whom the Republicans are asked to ox press a preference tomorrow, but does any one think that tho vote for him on Tuesday will indicate that he is the choice of Pennsylvania for tho Presi dency? The farcical nature of the whole proceeding was made apparent when the Governor denied that he was a candidate for any office. The peoplo would have more faith in Attorney General Brown's anxiety to get rid of Penroselsm if his zeal had been exhibited at a time when his co operation would havo amounted to some thing. It Is not recorded that Mr. Brown did anything to keep Mr, Penrose from being sent back to the Senate, and It is not apparent that Mr. Brown desires anything now except to step into the Penrose shoes, substituting piggeries for boozo Joints and Varelsm for Pen roselsm. Thero Is ne room for decent, forward looking Republicans in either camp. A man can play politics and be Attorney General, but the more playing there is in the first cose the more play ing there is likely to be in the Becond. An Intelligent woman Indulges In a reasonable discussion, in, another colT umn on this page, of the causes for au tomobile accidents in the streets. Other mothers, the city fathers and the police ought to read it and profit by the sug gestion. There Is no doubt that many persona are killed every year by auto mobiles and other vehicles because of their neglect of the warning against Bteallng rides. They Jump off the dray or truck at tho rear in the path of an approaching street car or auto or horse drawn wagon, the driver of which la unable to stop in time to prevent an ac cident. The police have power to put an end to this dangerous practice of stealing rides. The mothers can do some thing toward preventing their children from playing n the street. The high, ways of a crowded city are not intended to be used for young people's games. They are as unsafe for such uses as a railroad track. But the children have a right to play. If no open places are pro vided for them they are forced to the streets, and the most careful mother has to yield to the Importunities of youth. When more playgrounds are opened there vytU be fewer accidents to children. But the adults will continue to fall victims to their own carelessness and to the reck umess of the chauffeurs so Ions as the pllcs are IndUIsrent about the tnforce IfMt ?f the tmJBs riltWiw, Here's a Mystery T THIRTY minutes past high noon Friday, May 12, we took possession of Room 30S in the Slnton Hotel, Cin cinnati. Tho room had Just been vacated, the otttgoer passing us In tho hall, Thero woro threo pictures In tho room, but their faces had been turned to the wall. Wo assisted the chambermaid to right them. They wcro "Haying Time," an etching, by Hmllo Muzollo; ft popular plcturo of Dante grieving for Beatrice, and a photo gravure, unfamiliar to us, of tho heads of two ypung belles of tho early Georgian period.' "What on earth did he turn theso for?" wo asked. "Folks often do," said the chambermaid. Wo wonder why. FINDING'S LOSING Hard luckl I found a dollar bill In my last summer's suit. For Joy, I went and blew it in With several more to boot. A. Grouch. Nifty Nicknames for Ball Tosscrs SIR Noticing that certain of our na tional gamesters were nlcknamclcss or, If not utterly so, at least wearing 111 flttlng monickers, I havo manufactured a tow, thus: "Sooth" Saler. "Duck" Wheat "Chippy" Chase "Whooping" Kauft. This last, of course, would be much more clover If this here Kauff was catch ing Instead of c. f., and If It wasn't pro nounced "Kowf." Oh, well, perhaps somo of your young men may suggest better ones. Fowle Bunt. DATELINES ON THE NEWB Towns, as well as men, Like to do their stint That will, note and then, Get their names in print'. Borne, of course, there are Many we might name Try to go too far' In their greed for fame. On the other hand, There are many score Places in the land We would hear from more. "Washington, D. C." Daily stares at us; Never will it be Too monotonous. "Berlin," "London," "Home" Seek the primal page. Where they'll ,- at home While these battles wage. Ahl but less we'll see In the public eye "Lincoln (N-e-b.)" "Oyster Bay (N. TJ." The high cost of gasoline concerns us not at all, but- we would like to know why John D., adding insult to Injury, should be permitted to knock its "1" out. Many of his ads call it "gasclene." IT SEEMS to us tho ice-cream Industry is freezing right en to the heels of tho munition millionaires. It may be that since we heard of tho brewery that blew when West Virginia went dry several years ago and started in making more money out of ice cream than it ever did out of beer it may bo that we've been looking for the Ice-cream delivery wagons, as our train files through the country; but we know we see them, at any rate, and they're surely multiplying. With many hostelrles the words "ho tel" and "house" are Interchangeable, but that wouldn't do In the case of the Alms, In Cincinnati. pete. Wishes: For My Son BORN ON SAINT CECILIA'S DAT. 1012 (The following verses, by Thomas Uae Donagh, who teas executed May s, an. peared in May, 1913, in the literary mag. atlne of Bt, Enda's College, P. B, Pearse's Echooll Now, my son. Is Ufa for you. And I wish you Joy to It -Joy of power In alt you do. Deeper passions, better wit Than I had, who had enough; Quicker life and length thereof, More of every Joy but love. For I wish you more than I Ever knew of glqrlous deed, Though no rapture passed me by That an eager heart could heed, Though I followed heights and sought ' Things the sequel never brought. Wild and perilous holy things. Flaming with a martyr's blood And the Joy that laughs and sings Where a foe must be withstood. Joy of headlong, happy chance Leading on the battle dance. But I found no enemy, No man In a world of wrong That Christ's words of charity Did not render clean and strpnr Who was I to Judge my kind, Blindest groper of the blind? But for you. so small and young, Born on Saint Cecilia's day, I In more harmonious song Now for nearer Joys should pray Simple leys: th natural growth Of your childhood end your youth. Courage, Innocence and truh; These for you, so small and young, In your hand and heart and tongue. To pld P"t T,ayor, who Js pleased to call this column our "spire of spaghetti" ws at indebted for the verses glveri abov-s. t 7WMHaC3iMMiBaSsBBffii ' nfinii FATr-iHiEm i-i-iJiJiLPii-.'y . f jwTtmi"? n,..,, r. -. - ifyMtjj- rf i-'ifT rr 11 i '?i yl'il4iWMIiirHTll li1! HUi Jim " bIIJbiTmwI ' "riffi'tif'r'r'rTiiii n MsWHrWli111'. "'Ui'i'iH 1 1 1 1 ' h 1 1 nn in i , 'i i'1" ' 1 1 ' i si ifflliiliiB y&S& iJ2stossHilBylilB'' " M w " """ -c.rtMfifflrfwtnjri iSAtsyftKr'iT ?.. rbtaiiaNMaIV& SBEfi- Syt4 SBttBs" (Reprinted by Request) SPEAKING THE PUBLIC MIND Demand for a National Leader Who'Shall Be a "Psycho logic Purge" Roosevelt's Popularity Disputed. A Mother on Automobile Accidents To the Editor of Evening Ledger: Sir Your editorials, "A Nation of Vil lagers" nnd "Better a Panic," Bum up the situation In the United Stntes In an accu rate nnd mnslorful mnnner. and It Is to be regretted that tho Indictment cannot re ceive nation-wide publicity. It would seem that the country Is poorly represented In Congress, and that the people's representatives aro outrageously Inefficient Such Inefficiency In any private business organization would bo thrown out bodily. Unfortunately for the country, It cannot dlschnrge at will its servant In Washington It would seem that nothing short of an nrmed uprising would, or could, bring nbout any change or tho sub stitution of efficient legislators for those In placo nt present; but a mere editorial will not bring about a change. A national concerted movemont on tho part of Influ ential newspapers might be a great step In tho right direction. What the country needa Is a great leader and a psychologic purge. If It requires a forco of nrms to put In proper condition, I do not believe these would be lacking. Tho tlmo Is ripe for the man who has the Idcn, tho power and the will to Btnrt a movement which will clean out the dry rot In Congress and Install businesslike ad ministrators who will work for the coun try's good. W. I. Philadelphia," May 13. A MOTHER'S POINT OF VIEW To the Editor of Evening Ledger: Sir I am a dally reader of your paper, and last night read the nrtlclo In reference to the terrible toll of lives which the nyto moblle has been tho cause of. But I won der if the writer of this nrtlclo ever looked at the question from the motorist's point of view I am a woman drler of two aml.pne hnlf years' experience, nlso a mother of two .i.nr unin nlrla of 10 and 111 jenrs. I drive four days a week every week, rain or shine, summor or winter, always drive through the city, and I wonder, when I think of it. that there are not more chil dren killed. They never in the majority of cases look right or left, but dash ahead, many times escaping Injury by the narrow est margin. I myself came very year In juring two children about 4 years of age; only that I was running slowly and had my car under perfect control saved them. Now will you tell me what kind of a mother they had to allow such young children to play In the street? This occurred not on some side street, but on Venango street near Broad The majority of accidents occur on main streets, where children should be kept from playing On little side streets they have to play In the streets, as pavements are nar row. How many are killed or injured steal ing rides? A gentleman, also a father, killed a little boy with his car. The boy was stealing a ride and he fell from tho wagon directly In front of the car. That mrin was a wreck for months after Whoso fault was It? There are, I admit, reckless drivers, but children especially should be made to understand that tho street is for vehicles, and every child caught stealing rides should be arrested. There must bo provision for Increase of traffic. Therefore, let the city furnish more playgrounds where the children can play In safety, for I never yet found the street the place for a child to play. It Is up to the city to provldo for the children In every section some placa where they can have freedom without dan ger. There Is more than one side to this question and each should have a fair hearing. MRS. LILLIAN E. PINKERTON. Philadelphia. May 11. DISPUTES T. R.'S POPULARITY To the Editor of Evening Ledger: Sir S. V. S. writes his fine opinion of T, R. In tonight's Issue, and we will give htm the satisfaction to say there are considers ble others who have Irrevocable opinions as to him being the only pebble on the beach to run this country. However, just as he has such ardent followers who would "follow Teddy anywhere," so hns he the opposition, and every person who Is In opposition to him Is as strongly bo as his followers are for him, It seems natural that such Is the case. In other words, with some It Is nobody but T. R., while with others It Is anybody but T. R. All T. R. followers make an awful noise and engender In the opposition the desire to fight, hence the commotion he speaks of. He says T, It. Is known as the war lord of America by the "peace at any-prlce men." ThaVIs known by everybody, not only the extreme pacifists He Is the leading ex ponent this country has of the Ideas of Prussian militarism. But, foregoing any further description of the "man who put the I in It," who prom ised us he would "under no circumstances be a candidate for or accept another nom ination," I want to call 3. V, S.'s attention to something I have been "watchfully wait ing" for for some time, viz., the senti ment of the voters of the one single State In the Union at this time which remained loyal to T. R- after every other State threw down the still-born Progressiva party since his great popularity In 1912. This descrip tion tels any ono familiar with political current events since that time to what State I refer, which Is California, the strongest Roosevelt State In 1S12, so much so that "III" Johnson was made "best man" beside the terrible Teddy. Th Gov ernor of California, I suppose, thought he was going to slide Into the Vice Presidency. "Hi" had a good machine, and therefore it lasted the longest of any. The point Is that the spring primaries In California went 6ol for tbe regular Republican ticket, as against 47.68? for the "United" Republicans, for whom Governor Johnson was sponsor, and a Wgarly 6803 votes for the Progressive ticket This is more signi ficant and more emphatic against any re vival of the Roosevelt candidacy than the way X R was "bottled up"' by the Massa chusetts primary, especially as the contest was reversed In respect to the machine, Ths MassacfcUsstts ''little, four" bad the rcrular ReoubUcan organization . to com bat sgalnst. with Lodge. Wek Cran and A McCall to reckon with na tho "big four," whereas the regular Republicans beat the Johnson machine, thought to be unbeat able. The rcasorl lies In the fact that Johnson's "united" party ticket was out for a "straight-out" Roosevelt slate for Chlcngo, California finally having awnk cned In conformity with nil tho rest of tho country's return to conservatism, which was tho solo reasori William Howard Tnft remained In, the way of tho ambition of the dangerous revenge seeker, who would havo made sorry, work of tho sound prin ciples of the Republican party with his obnotlous progressiva nostrums of 1912, With his now pet, "heroic" Americanism, so easy to shout theso days, ho has for gotten (apparently) his former pots, such as tho recall of Judicial decisions, presidential preference primaries, which ho rofuscs to uso (there's n reaBon), Initiative, referendum and recall, nnd so on. He is not simply Ignoring all his "Armageddon" policies of 1912 now Just because "Americanism" needs all his energy, but also because he saw the reaction set In Immediately after 1912, as admitted by him to the State chairman of tho Progressive party In Wash ington In these words, "Tho pcoplo are tired of hearing' of reforms, of hearing reformers nnd especially about me." That's tho reason he was nfrdld of tho primaries this year. So I would say to S. V. S. there are more against T. R In tho Republican party,than there nre for him; tho "rank and file" he "loved" so well have gat his number. Philadelphia, May 11. H. M. B. What Do You Know? Queries of general interest will bo an swered in this column. Ten questions, the answers to which every well-informed person should know, are asked daily. QUIZ 1. Why has a milking stool three lets? 3. What la a shot tower? 8. What nre the four hinds of cloud? i. What In the correct pronunciation of "kiln"? 5. Is li nafer for on aviator to fly nt n height of 200 feet above land or 1000 feet, nnd why? 6. Why Is n piano so called? 7. Why d6es smoke nscend more readily In dry weather than In dnmp weather? 8. Who Is supposed to hare lnrented the wheelbarrow? 0. Name two Umperors resident In America In the nineteenth century? 10. Are nny plants carnivorous? THE MEXICAN SITUATION To the Editor of Evening Ledger: Sir General Carranza's proposition that the United States agree to withdraw the punitive expedition from Mexico shows 'two things 'conclusively: First, that Car TtinixsaoHcy:never harta footing In Mexico 'exdopt wlthl tho 'eloment that could dictate "tb hlmjSo lohg ab Carranza danced to thelrmtlslcand was thelrUool they tolorated 'hlmiThat ils the power that ils backing Villa against the United States today and caused tho"powcr of the Carranza army being transferred from Carranza's hands to the mora willing tool, Obrcgon. This Is virtually what has happened since tho puni tive expedition went into Mexico, nnd the Incident of Pnrrnl and the Big Bend raid have proved that Carranza Is only a figure head In the Mexican affairs. Second, It never was Intended by nny faction of Mex ico that the United States forces should meet with success. They have been a hin drance Instead of a help since the expedi tion started. The biggest help the Obregon nrmy could havo given .would have been to disband and go home. Instead of doing so, Obregon raises an army of about 35,000 men nnd says "Stop." Now. what Is the next move? From all Indication the border conference has been a waBte of time and the expedition has been marking time In the mountains of Mexico. According to reports. President Wison has come to the end of his patience, and no matter what the Mexico official attitude, the expedition will go on; and Carranza, In order to hold his figure head position, will plunge In as Villa's champion, virtually committing suicide and taking his country with him WILLIAM H. GUTHRIE. Philadelphia. May 13, WAR AND THE BISHOP To the Editor of Evening Ledger: Sir I read the article headed "Episco palians Hear War Talk by Rhlnelander." Of all the ambiguous talk I have ever tried to wade through, this was the limit The statement that the war "Is In our behalf" is ridiculous. What have we to do1 with the European war? AVho Is Interested in prolonging It outside of a few millionaires, and whom do they represent? Do they believe In "right against might"? It these European nations want to tear each other to pieces like a lot of wild ani mals, why should we emulate them? We have a "little bit of Heaven" In these United States, and I say damn any man, or set of men, that wants to plunge us Into war unnecesarlly I The uneducated people are not the ones who are responsible for the European war, or for the senseless Intervention talk In this article you print today. Any attempt at Intervention would be almost sura to meet with tremendous opposition In fact, I believe It would cause a civil war and any man who would ad vocate it should be placed under restraint as a dangerous character to be at large, JOHN J. FLEMING. Philadelphia, May 9. A PRAYER FOR EDITORS To the Editor of Evening Ledger: Sir For a long time I have been con templating the suggestion of putting Into the litany of the Episcopal Church a spe cial prayer for the editors of newspapers. It' seems to me they nil one of the most Important places for the guidance and In struction and upbuilding of the masses. Boston. May 13. J, M. II, DISCOVERIES But the Washington Administration played Into the hands of Villa, who was exalted as a great "constitutionalist" When it was discovered Villa was g, crciok. President Wilson coddled Carranza, and now Washington is avyaklng to the fs,ct that the "First Chief" also is a deqever Carranza never co-operated with the United States except on paper. After betraying our troops at Parral, ha demanded tive withdrawal f the American army from Mexico. Recent raids, however, have de termined President Wilson to continue the chase after Villa and to hold the Held until border banditry has been stamped out.r peorla Transcript j , , IVORYI ffiey claim (o have discovered tjjat the foutidatlpns of the Philadelphia municipal building are made'of rubble But what Ala thi taxpayer axptct Italia nmafrf (jUVtuna j-iain 4Jaj Answers to Saturday's, Quiz Midshipmen receive the rank of ensign on graduation. For quartered onk the log Is cut longi tudinally In quarters and then Into boards In order to show the light mnrklnsa of the grain. Black lend pencils nre made of graphite or plumbago, which contnlns no lend. The diagnosis Is determining the nntnre of np Illness, the prognosis the nature of Its course. "German silver" Is an alloy of copper, zlno nnd nickel. The Speaker receives 112,000) other Representatives get S7S00. The Conscience Fund wns established In 1811. Itt Is made up of sums which persons who have cheated the Gov ernment return. A traveler Journeyed about the world In 35 days 21 hours 43 minutes In 1013. This Is the record. Splicing n rope 1 the Joining of two ends by Intertwining their strands. A ship Is square. rigged. A schooner Is rigged fore and aft. "Coming Events" Editor of "What Do You Know" Can you tell me who wrote "Coming events cast their shadows before"? W. H. The line occurs In "Lochlel's Warning," by Thomas Campbell. Duties of a Consul Editor of "What Do You Know" Can you till mo what aro tho duties of a consul? T. W. A consul has for his mission in the coun try to which he Is assigned the supervision and protection, within certain lines, of the commercial and national interests of his country and countrymen. In accordance with the treaties existing between the two coun tries, the principles of International law, tho regulations of his own Government and the usages of his consular Jurisdiction. The Father of Henry James Editor of "What Do You Know" Will you kindly tell me who was the father of Henry James, the novellBt. who recently died? Was William James, the philosopher, related to them? Wha was tho occupation of the elder James and what was his re ligious belief? MILES. Henry James, born 1811, died 1882. was the father' of William nnd Henry James. He was an American Swedenborgian theo logian, lecturer and author. He was born In Albany, N. Y.. was graduated from Union College In 1830, studied at Princeton Theological Seminary until 1835 and then traveled abroad,, where ho met Sandeman. whose "Letters on Theron and Aspasla" he had edited in 1839. "Police" and "Politics" Editor of "What Do Yout Know" I sea so much in the paper these days about getting the police out of politics. The words seem so much alike and yet have such different meanings that It occurs to me I would like to know If there is any similarity In their derivation. " SOL. The words are both derived from the Greek word 'polls," a city., In their his tdry they are closely related; and, Indeed, the policing of a civilized community and the 'politicizing" of It are really closely re lated Ideas. It must be remembered that the word 'politics" Is often ijsed In the de based sense, quite contrary to Its original sense, of unpatrlotla rather than patrlotio dissension. Newspaper Clippings Editor of "lVnae Do Yau Know." Could you Inform me If there Is ary place In this city Where 1 can OlSpdSe of Newspaper dip. pings? Several persons, whom I have asked tell me there Is a market for Uhe'm, hut they dp ppt know Jyst whpre inimy own coun try (Norway), also In Paris nnd Stockholm, I hava sold three, collections of clippings, repelYlPB for them on an average for each a sum equivalent to j:$0. These clippings are classified, fronv four leading New York and Philadelphia papers, and though I have been advised to keep them till the war en hances their value, would Ilka to dispose of them at once. THELMA. It Is Interesting to note that such a sum s you meptlon cart be obtained abroad for a private collection pf contemporary clip pings. In this country there! are a number of clipping bureauj-. whichever the ground fairly thoroughly, and, of coWae, all pewi papers keep complete flies of their back numbers You might consult some person Interested In the subject to vyhich ypur clip pings refer. y - "I Miss You, My Darlini" Edlfor o "What Do Yt u ffnoto-Can you tell me In whose works I can find lines that gcJ something like this I miss, you, my doling, , ny darling. he.fJP,ir?J,ur?, ,ow h hearth; A.S,8fi?J?u tt'r "' ' le toehold. And hushed Is the vol? 0f its mirth. ,L0m u u kww 4" " othr vers e are. I f L. r,?r' !" will 4 bi to fur. twaiwnuiKt, j i n I, I, i . AS A MILITARY Mi With Other Philn..,., WnsPrGnnrnrnM1o 1 the OlIvTfiSa -" " viuwyStjUrg TT IB tumpfed that when joh n X son went to n0ttv.w , nn Q- delphia from th v.( '? wv Wl his law books with ' r? ? h tlously studlod m. .. ". n during the str. nt ai ta"Mni thosp stressful days. It la prdbably untrue, but tho story is val uabie becauso near. EHP" " ly every storv hn IfV L lasts GO years or fT Yt moro has some basis of truth. Few bare faced lies havo a standing in tho torn muntty for moro than a decado or so. So, ..UI1 li . . i..iu l limy noi liavo J, o. JOIKeoJM been tho ereat Inumnn .t. t... .. books In camp, it is n pretty SSll that manv nthnp aiMn.. . .. " '". had two Ideas of preparedness " Z1 and carried to tho battle front verTSi rpllnnf nrann....!....,... - .. i their futuro Incomes along with v poor preparedness for the battle f or S Union. l Today it is tho thing to say thaif Is equivalent to Bonding youmr .. .S to bo murdered to send them but witW six or eight months in a training ca3 And It Is true; but In tho Civil w.VT5 was not ono soldier In ten that had i$1 a '- i"i'i6 ui. xney w sent to tho front llko Iambs to be butiff erod, and if they woro not butcl s1 was becauso tho other side was an eqiitV jy mn Bui. u& luinos. The Home Guard Philadelphia was a mighty scared tiff tho Bummer day that it learned U rebels had crossed tho Maryland llsj.1 Thero was gold in tho banks which tai" mon in gray could uso very welL Shua? woro boarded up, families sat tremhftji In their parlors, awaiting doom. TVoMd ui uii, mo muuairiai mo ot we city tadii section, whlqh had gono on peacettiljX! in splto of tho war; would besnMealrH wined out for heaven know Vm ..i ' il years. Promissory notes, contractffc abyss of worthlessnesB over night lt seemed porfoctly absurd that youtta lft , xur. jonnson snouia arop their stndls-i as absurd as it seemed to the L4n clorlc who went to work as usual W day to find that a Zeppelin bomb fctt eradicated his offlco nnd the placid ro tlno of existence Tho youth of tho city were not alt? rether unnreDorad. Thero wera mi; gency regiments that used to pauijfi: about tho streets now and then; but yd rathor Innocent of target practice. la ono of these woro tho lato Chief taitta Mitchell, tho lato David W. Belle:? Frank H. Kosengarton and Mr. Jotam These Homo. Guard mon wero ordirtd tne ironi, wnicn naa unexpectedly w brought so near homo. They thousW, they wero going to bo massacred. For wo read history backward. lh aro taught that tho Union army won I Gettysburg beforo wo nre taught it looked as if tho Union army was go! to be beaten at Gettysburg. We pufitj to be taught history tho other way rotml In tho sequence In which it happem It is so easy to talk about the mlstUue of leaders in the past, seeing that have tho advantage of knowing whatssj, going to happen. But wo wouldn't haw known what was going to happen U m'4 been In their shoes. Tho Homo Guard wasn't slaughter!.' Tho Union lino held at Gettysborjg Fate said that others, who would 1 been famous men, should do cei things which saved Philadelphia; sb then get burled. Tho young PhHade phlans saw hardly any action; it leead that they did little more than exctanrt; a few hazy shots with the foe. WaU in the field they received their daily from this city regularly, and one of thea. bo the story goes, got a letter from mother every day. Ono day his comraSei heard a bull bellowing. They loot around for the bull. There was no to$, It was their comrade bellowing. What was the matter with him? He Man gotten a letter from his mother day. A Digression on Penmanship They returned to the city and Ti, back to work. In tho case of tns re lnwvnp- who. na so few neraons seen know, has had a military career, tht Uffl cldent must have been a rather weicouij diversion. For he had some dismal ia to perform in his apprenticeship. S .Tohtmnn waa a "tvnewrlter" before W a., nt ivn.w,Hnn Wnwadays S l&wysr. tells the younK lady at the machine W make five copies of a brief one wr ?- lrtA nnrl lhnn for the Judges, Sb i0i so. with ease and with carbon pP She has to write it only once, pui , the '60s (and '70s and '80s, too), it all eft to be written In long hand yerjr Hj nana, at mar. ino wwjrw ..v-.- -j,-j in .mi atrtbA Vi vnunir amanuensis oBj, by tossing down a 30-page brief kA o. dering five copies by s ociocs -", . mt-- ......1.1 mn RitttPg W' morning. xai wuu. ...... , . g i all night long, writing with pen and V and in Spencerlan handwriting thing over and over again. m-, ...I.. nM wnnrfAr Mr. J0' son lost his Interest In penmansblo. S wrote a beautiful hand. It sua,, have been a perfect hand by thoss v j . tt .tin writes a beso ful hand, but it Is not a perfect band, iw beauty is the beauty of tne wi vu of bared boughs and twigs ln! "l winter sky, It has the stamp greatness-llleglblllty, j Mr. Johnson is the most modest p in the Unltetl States. He wmtr .. . i , i- Mir it la not laup est to know one's capabllltles-4ndll tiir,n And. hv the by. hhi pre nence Is of long standing, for aa Wrffl iB79 vi Judee recently reavu there was- no lawyer better "" Philadelphia. But he is reaw - In proof of which, read n w .,w i,. MWhn'a Who." Most men to All a rage In that volume vrUi i tt Importance, Here Is his repo - oilf. JJi nUMMMA Hi
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers