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ON THE SIDE OF HUMANITY THE United States Unn taken lti stand squarely in opposition to German rightfulness, Tho break has cumo be cause of tho entranco of Germany upon a new and extended policy of disregard of all tho principles of humanity In war fare. War makes Its'own condition, but wo havo registered our protest against a course which began with tho sinking of tho Lusltanla and Is now to bo extended to as many Lusltanias ns may como within reach of tho submarines. Neutral shipping and noncombatants havo somo rights on the seas whicli must bo re spected. Tho mere fact that Germany Is fighting for her life docs not Justify her In expecting tho acqulcsccnco of tho world In every desperate measuro Whicli he may adopt. As a matter of fact she has not expected it. Sho entered upon the new courso with tho knowledge that eho was challenging tho conscience and tho nerve of every ncuti-.il Power. Tho fact that tho United States has ac cepted tho challenge to her conscience nnd has told Germany that sho will havo no dealings with a Power guilty pf such methods of warfare ought to make every manly American thrill" with pride for hli country. Tho event has made us moral if not material allies with tho Powers fighting Germany. Even though wo aro not at war wo aro no longer spiritually neutral. AVo have In effect told Germany that sho 14 nn outlaw nation. Tho other neutrals whicli havo beet, looking to us for guidance can hao no doubt of the direction In which our faco Is turned. If they follow our lead Ger many will be In tho wretched moral tato of despised Serbia after tho assas sination of her king. She will have to do works meet for repentance before wo can have any moro dealings with her. RIGHTS OF GERMANS IN AMERICA IN Tlin event of war no German in America has an thing to fear so long - as ho obeys tho laws. His rights aio protected by tho ticaty with Prussia ratified In 1828, which continued In forco the provisions of tho ticaty of 1733, Artlclo XXIII of that treaty provides: If war should arise between tho two contracting parties tho merchants of either country residing In tlio other shall ba allowed to remain nlno months to collect their debts and settle their affairs, and may depart freely, carry ing off all their effects without moles tation or hindrance; and all women and children, scholars of every faculty and In general all others whoso occupations are for tho common subsistence and benefit of mankind, shall bo allowed to continue their re spective employments, and shall not bo molested In their persons, nor shall their houses or goods be burnt or otherwise destroyed, nor shall their fields be wasted. The United States does not regard treaties ns mere scraps of paper, and will respect tho pledges mada In this docu- ment, and It will expect Germany to , respect them also. SHALL SUBMARINES RULE TIIE WORLD? THE German Government has counted the loss It would bo likely to suffer l, through attcmntlna to destrov th mrH'n Rj commerce, but It has also counted Its -posBiQio gain, tho joss is the friendship of the American people; the pqsslble gain is the terrorizing of Americans as well as tho peoples of tho Allied nations. Through terror the German Government hopes to bring the world trf Its knees through terror, becauso It could not subject the ' (Mvlllzpri wnrlri in ita ivlll l... lA,i4im..A 'jS ..-.. .v .... ..a.. VJ ., B.biimio warfare. The Instrument of this rolrn r lormr is the one last weapon, among a score that modern science has devised, whose , capacity for destruction has not been tested to the fullr All that air craft, forty-two-centimeter guns and poison, gas can do haa been done. These have reached their limit. Sclenco In each cisn hna s met science, has given Germany's foes t J. ... - Ufuw means or overcoming me preponder ScvRnce of mere machines and has restored (he status of the conflict to that of one ; . weenr men nnd men, not one' between 'v'ri-i11 an( machines. ria4Jermany believes one machine la in- gcimy nolo to'enango an tho moral Slues of tho civilized worl!T. It is as 'JuiMil m Ma. na .,.., ,Yf Y.d thnt n n ft.. . . I wb l'wm "o H!fc V. uuuu u. wno, armea with some new 1 qevfcx. suoum demand 'the mm tM wipeaa; tho moro so bocauto torpedoboat destroy org1 Imvo already sunk or captured scores of submarines and proved they nro not invincible Tho problem that confronts the Allies and will confront America If It Is forced Into tho war Is that of build Inp; enough destroyers to wipe out theso vermin of tho seas, oven though It bo necessary to build a thousand destroyers to every submarine tha Germans can produce. If England could be starved Into submission In a month, her submis sion would not affect tho determination of America to withhold friendly rotations from the conqueror. IT'S UP TO GERMANY NOW rniin President makes It very clear In his address to Congress thnt the brak with Germany Is not yet war. IIo gives to Gcrmnny the benefit of every concclvablo doubt when ho says. I refuse to bcllcvo that It Is tho In tention of the German nuthorltles to do In fart what they havo warned us they will feel at liberty to do. I can not bring mypelf to bellevo that they will, Indeed, pay no rcgitd to the an cient friendship between their peoplo nnd our own or to tho tolemn obliga tions which have been between them and destroy American ships mid tnko the lives of American cltlzons In the willful prosecution of the ruthless naval program they have nnnouncfd their Intintlon to adopt. Yet ho does not lgnoro tho possibility th.it Germany will do what sho nsscrts her light to do. An overt net would re- mivo nil doubts. If Geimany Is guilty of such nn act ho says: I shall take tho liberty of coming again beforo tho Congress to ask that authoilty bo given mo to uso any means that may bo necessary for tho pro tection of our seamen mid our peoplo In the prosecution of their peaceful nnd legitimate errands on the high seas This Is n fair warning to Germany. Tho Issues of peaco or war aro In her hands. If sho wishes to Increase tho number of her enemies by adding to them this great nnd powerful nation tho way has been pointed out. If sho wishes to preserve tho peaco tho way Is ulso equally plain. It Is Germany's next move. STATUS OF TIIE HOUSATONIC TTTIIDN war broko out In August, 1314, ' ' tho Housatonlo was n German mer chant ship, belonging to tho Hamburg American company. If caught on tho high seas, sho was fair prey for any Al lied warship. Sho was sold on April 10, lot's, nearly nlno months after tho war began, to nn Amorlcan syndicate, In disregard of tho rulo of International law that a merchant ship belonging to a belligerent nation may not bo "transferred to a neutral flag iftcr tho beginning of hostilities. Sho was chartered by nn nngllsh com pany and put in tho servlco of nngllsh commerce. Her last voyago was from Tcxns to England with a cargo of grain. Food Is contraband, by tho ruling of both England and Germany She was sunk on February 3, 1317. by a German snip. The right of Germany to sink her seems to bo undoubted, and tho legnllty of tho transfer to American owneis and to tho American flng seems to bo in gravo doubt. When tho Administration was consid ering enlarging tho American merchant marlno by tho purchase of tho German ships tied up in our ports, it was ns serted by tho international lawyers in tho Senate that tho Government would buy an International dispute. It not war, with every ship it purchased. Tho plan was thereupon abandoned. Tho status of tho Housatonlc Is so un certain that it does not seem posslblo tho President will regard tho sinking of her as Justification for an appeal to Congress to uso all necessary means to protect our ships on tho high seas. SPEAKS FOR ALL NEUTRALS TUG President said In his address to Congress: "I tako It for granted that all neutral Governments will tako tho samo couibe" This statement ho has promptly fol lowed up by appealing to them directly nnd officially to broak with Germany. The neutral nations havo Indeed looked to' tho United States for leadership since tho day the Lusltanla was sunk. They havo suffered tho samo (and oven worse) indignities that that crlmo heaped upon America. Their protests could bo laughed to scorn while Germany sank tho ships of nil weak neutrals, refraining only from defying the one great neutral Power. The deflanco sho has shown to Spain, Norway, Holland and other nations unablo to bring her to terms sho now thows to America. Now that tho American navy stands ready to rcbuko tho least overt act thero will bo nothing In the way of tho other neutrals' decision to com plete ofllclally tho outlawing of Germany which President Wilson has already vir tually accomplished. They can lose noth ing by dismissing tho German Ambassa dors accredited to them that they have Wit already lost by tho attempted un lawful blockado by submarine of tho whole northeastern corner of tho At lantic. Spain Is stirred to a fever heat of wrath by the loss of Spanish lives on a torpedoed Greek steamship. Never since the start of the war has that Govern ment como so near tho end of pacific re lations with Germany. Brazilians en thusiastically commend Mr. Wilson's action nnd their Government Is expected to break with Germany. Holland must choose between war or the surrender of her commerce, the complete abandon ment of the use of her coast. The Ger man submarine order Is In effect the re duction of the Netherlands to the status of a, German province. Nations like Holland and Spain rejoice that America has spoken, not only be cause they see in her breach with, Ger many a hope for the restoration of their right to trado now, but also becauso they see In it the assurance that Germany, with America's friendship lost, cannot hope to abridge their rlghtB to their own territory and to the use ot tho seas in the future after the present war. The modification ot the blockade, of the Putoh coast by Germany is significant t,W lii-BwIlt that k had rone WHAT THE NAVY MAY HAVE TO DO Small Ships Can Bo Used to Convoy Merchantmen nnd Bnt tleships Reserved to Re pel Attack By A NAVAL EXPERT IN Tim event of this country Joining with tho enemies of Germany, It would nppenr that tho prlnclpnl work at first will devolve on tho navy. Also, It would scorn that there Is little to be feared from any force Ger many may send to theso shores. Ocrmanj has plenty to do near at home nnd our ports need fear little from anything Germany may do Tho submarine war on merchant shipping cannot be seriously aihled 16, ns submarines cannot bo built In a day, and Germany has undoubtedly been sending out her forco of tubmarlnes as rapidly ns completed It would seem thnt our work would bo to rellovo tho navies of tho belligerents from tho police of the Fia so that all their efforts may bo used near nt home, wo would at onco patrol the viators wherever thero would bo a chanco of a raider or a submarine, nnd tho Allied ships now doing this Important work would nt onco In- added to thoso pro tecting tho coasts nnd tho shipping In tho no'rhborhnod of England, France and tho Mediterranean. Thus, they could uso every effort to Blnk tho submarines ns fast as built and preserve their ships to supply necessary food nnd war supplies. The clficlent Hureau ot Operations of tho Navy Department has been planning for two years for Just this emergency nnd nil Is ready for nctlon when tho word once goes forth All merchant ships of this countrj havo been examined by a board of naval olllctrs nnd all nro tabulated and Jut vih.it Is needed for each one to do tho work lequlrrd Is arranged, so that they could bo quickly ndded to tho forco of tho tiavi and Immediately started out to assist In the work. Relieving the Allied Navies All -matl craft hns been listed, and what each ono may do to assist the navy has been mapped out. Each has Its allotted duty, nrioidlng to Its power nnd speed Tbu many .m.ill, swift motorboats from the Great Lakes are ready to be trans ported to tho ocean, each for Its work. The battleships of tho better and moro modern class will bo kept Intact and safe for a later emergency, as there Is no rea son to ilslt our heavy flghteis where sub marines may be plentiful. The hearchlng nnd convoying of merchantmen will all ho doiiB by the lighter and less valuable! craft, ns there Is nothing to fear on any ocean but tho submarines. Tho destroyers nro Im mediately available, and on thevo will fall the- bulk of the wotk until merchant ships have been fitted with quick-firing guns and may assist In searching tho ocean for rnld ers and submarines Also, It Is likel that nil i-hlps bound for European poits will havo escorts of armed ships, which will turn then; over to English or French cruis ers nnd destrojers when near tho other side. What tho navy must do nt once, then, Is to put every ship of the jlestrover t)pe In commission and every craft It has less than tho be&t battleships nt work at onco In re lieving tho foices of England and Franco on tho ocean This means that marly every navy olfleer on shore duty will nt onco go to sea nnd that their places will bo filled by retired olllcers All this Ins been ar ranged long ago and each olllcer knows his station In tlmo of cmeigency. It will seri ously handicap work'nt navy jards for a tlmo, but tho emergency for tho smaller ships will exist -t once and must bo met. while tho later emergencies will bo handled ns they arUe Even with tho u--o of all of ficers on shore, tho navy will bo woefully shoit In Its commissioned personnel and eveiy olllcer will havo to do three men's work ns long as he may last, as ho Is quite accustomed to do nt times. Where tho en listed men are to como from, goodness knows, unlsss tho merchant marlno bends fewer ships to sea Thero seems no need of this change, ns few of our ships go to tho war zone anyway and tho others will bo moro needed than ever to carry freight all over tho world After tho destrojers aro fitted out there comes tho question of tho mosquito craft, of which tho navy will need at least n thou sand. All of theso craft aro manned by civilians, who use them cither for llshlnir or harbor work In tho way of business, or else by owners who uso them for i.leasure t Is those pleasure boats that aio most important for tho navy at once, as they nro tho submarino chasers. Many of thn owners will themselves at onco go to sea for tho good cause and will do fino work as many havo been trained and havo been to maneuvers during the last two summers Those who do not go themselves wll" urn their boats over to tho Government for use or will sell them, so that a swarm of these I'EEHh' Craft "'" fcn be wnltablc, ro tliem. " may b obtBl"l to man Battleships Ready for a Rush . . m:iuIO men SHOWS the battleM.h, n..a 1..,.. . "' "a for instant i usi, in '" " " harbor nudy forco should ,;.,;.".,.. " U,,R .Cliv French cordon This Is qult'e likely to happen beforo tho war ends, as tho German fleet is doing no good whero It is excent as a menace, and thnt Is not Important when a much stronger fleet Is against them Better somo day a a Bh for liberty with tho chanco of destrov Ing a largo quantity of England's commerce before being cap tured und bunk Next, wo bee all over tho oceans American ships constantly In search of raiders or submarines. Next appears a stream of fnerchant ships being convoyed both ways across tho Atlantic, our ships handing them over to tho ships of our friends and receiving from them returning chips to bo safely convoyed to our coast. Next we may Imagine a multi tude of craft of tho size of yachts combing the sens near our coasts for submarines, as sisted by airplanes as fast as they may bo obtained, so that these elusive enemies may be followed up and destroyed, Nearer tho coast would bo a swarm of mosquito craft looking everywhere for these samo under-water boats, theso hunting In pairs ready to Join their efforts by sweeping with the steel nets where they suspect tho con cealed enemy. Next wo may see many craft hovering near tho mine fields at tho entrances to our harbors, ready to pilot in or out tho craft coming their way. This gives an Idea In a very general way of tho very first things to be done by the navy. The shore part Is a story by Itself. SIDELIGHTS ON HISTORY A girl was required to write a brief sketch of Queen Elizabeth. Her paper nntnineii this sentence : "Elizabeth was so dishonest that she Btole her soldiers' food." The teacher was puzzled and called the girl. "Whero did you get that notion?" "Why, that's what It says In tho his tory." Tho book was sent for and the passage was found. It read: miinheth was so parsimonious that she even pinched her soldiers' rations." New York Tribune. EVE'S SKIRTS Perhaps the language of oriental sym bolism was never better Imitated In the Anglo-Saxon tongue than when one of our prominent Dlble students referred the other day to old Adam as hiding behind his wife's klrts.-Ohlo State Journal. Man alive I It could not bo done even In these modern times. Toledo Blade, WHY SUNDAY SUCCEEDS The cynle has remarked that a love affair best begins with a little aversion on the port of her who is wooed. Perhaps Mr. Sunday a campaigns are most auspiciously Inaugurated by the rumored Indifference or Ot ?, nnmmimi.y IIH0f "I THE VOICE OF American Neutrality Attadked for Her Life Arguments Prohibition That AMERICAN NEUTRALITY To fio Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir I wish to be informed through jour columns of the meaning of tho word neutral A little dictionary of Webster's which I now havo gives tho meaning ns follows "Not of either party; Indifferent" America claims before tho world today that sho Is lndiffeicnt; sho cares not which side wins, bo long ns her Interests aro undis turbed This Is, I presume, tho attitude of tho American Government. How about tho attltudo of tho American peoplo? We havo witnessed the last two cars of the war In Europe, where Americans havo en listed by tho hundreds and perhaps thou sands in the Canadian regiments, nnd also In tho Foreign Legion of France. A few we'elis ago wo werevlso told that the Amer ican flag was flying along tho western front, not on an ambulance, but right on tho battle line. Now wheco does our neutrality como in? If tho Government of tho United States rlalms neutrality, why docs It per mit expeditions to leave this countiy to go fight for the respective countries In Eu lope? The Government, no doubt, knows this and yet raises no hand to stop It. Yet wo ery neutrality. I think under theso conditions our neutrality Is nothing but a big blulT If wo really do want to get Into tho fray and help fight against Germany, why don't we act llko men and declare ono way or tho other, and not beat about tho bush llko a lot of curs and then claim we aro what we aro not? Wo could not handlo Mexico, so what business havo wo got In n world "war? I say again we aro not neutral. II. It. Philadelphia, February 2. JUSTIFIES GERMANY To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir Tho Intensely Justifiable position which Germany has now taken Is squarely based upon tho solid and Immutable con ception of justlco that what Is right for ono nation Is also right for another nation. It tho armed forces of Britain havo a right to manhandle neutral ships carrying contra band on every section of tho high sens In an effort to starve tho people of Germany, then the armed forces of Germany most em phatically have nn irrefutable retaliatory right to manhandle no'utral ships carrying contraband In the war zone In nn effort to starve the peoplo of Britain. Germany has been clearly shown to be fighting for her national existence, nnd since tho first law of nature is the preservation of Itself, tho means employed to bring nbout this prospective stnrving of tho British iBles is totally and altogether Irrelevant to the basla prlnclplo Involved, which is hinged on tho question of whether or not the United States of America aro to be betrayed Into for saking their traditional and honorable code of exact fairness to all nations, without fear and without favor, It Is the solemn duty of true and genuine Amerlcanccltlzen ship to cry out with a clarion calrlagalnst this proposed deliberate betrayal of our country Into the hands of the proverbially aggrandizing empire that.has always been In reality and until repubricanlzed by tho British peoplo themselves always will be In reality the chief foreign menace to our republic. CHARLES C. RHODES, JR. Philadelphia, February 2. PROGRESS OF TAX REFORM To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir It begins to look as though the re form wave that haB Just spread over North Dakota wilt not only cover tho adjoining States, but will probably not stop until It has swept the entire West. It now appears that the farmerB of thnt State are no longer to bo fooled by the land speculators Into believing that the single tax would burden them, for they have adopted as part of their program the exemption of buildings and other improvements from taxation and propose to get their State revenue by tax ing land values. The large votei cast in California at tho November election for a constitutional amendment to establish the single tax has frightened tho land monopolists to such an extent that a State league has been formed for the purpose of opposing this movement to' free .the natural rourev , k TtotMw'ymMljMQ QferMlal IstewaVw CAN DO NOTHING LESS" - ' - "N THE PEOPLE Germany Justified in Her Fight in Favor of the Single Tax. Does Not Prohibit tho constitution In such a way that tho initiative nnd referendum may not bo used hv tho peoplo to change tho tax laws of tho .State Hut such a measu.ro will hardly bo supported California Is tho Stnto In which Henry George wrote "Progress and Poverty," and tho seed that was sown seems to bo ripening for tho harvest W. L. ROSS. Philadelphia, January 30, PROHIBITION THAT FAILS To tho Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir Here Is a curious parallel that sug gests more than a coincidence: On April 0, 1911. tho National Prohibitionist published nn editorial discussing mounting liquor con sumption figures with the comment that these statistics "may bo regarded as def initely Settling It that tho temperance cause Is not making tho 'great progress' that somo of our friends try to fancy ; that tho proc ess of voting tho country 'dry' by towns and counties and States Is proving a dead flat failure" Subsequently tho National Prohibitionist went upon tho rocks. Out of the ruins roso the Vindicator, published nt Franklin, Pa., as ofllclal organ of the Prohibition party. On October C, 1910, tho " indicator, under a Washington dato line, discussed tho mounting with drawals of liquor for consumption, with the frank confession that "tho liquor tralllc Is not on tho wane" and that "tho Indisputa ble fact Is that liquor drinking Is not de creasing in splto of all tho piecemeal pro hibition." Following closely upon tho heels of this frankness, tho Vindicator announces In its Issue of December 29, 1910, that It Is going out of business in favor of a competitor. The parallel shows that It Is fatal to be frank In tho prohibition camp. The situation to which theso two prohibi tion organs called attention Just before striking tho rocks Is ono that continued after them. Until It Is met there is no chanco of a permanent settlement of the liquor problem. Tho Increasing consumption of liquor desplto tho territorial spread of prohibition seems to mo to demonstrate beyond ques tlon the futility of prohibition to cope with WIC1' VU1CII13 Ul J1UI1U. , T. M. GILMORE, President National Model Llcenso Leaguo Louisville, Ky., January 21. ' A PRINCIPLE: NOT A RACE The Poles who live In thoso portions of - . ".Hi uuu nuuiu wiucn were torn from Poland in 1772 by the first partition havo preserved for tho 145 years which havo elapsed since that day nn undying loyalty to tho ideal of Polish Independence and an undying opposition to Prussian and Rus sian rule. But the Polish child born In St Louis a decade ago of parents who had then been In this country only a few months Is a child of tho Stars and Stripes, and of no other flag, and when he sings "America" the hearts of his father and mother bent with his. Why? Because America dies not mean race : It means a principle Thl GoTernment, when founded, Included larea numbers of English, Germans, Dutch Huguenot French nnd Swedes. It was not founded on race; It was founded on "th consent of .the governed." with this n oasis, racial questions cannot mo.. ? cannot emerge. i St. Louis Republic. NOT AFRAID OP GOLD It has remained for the Federal Reserve Board to discover there Is a mighty nortent of evil in "tho excesslvo and uncontrolled Inflow of gold.". Inasmuch as the flow ban not be arbitrarily and equally apportioned among all the nations, some nation mi... lead in getting It. Why not tho United States? England welcomed an excessive Inflow of gold for several generations and It never harmed her. Why should It harm the United States? Instead of talking about hoarding It In the vaults of the reserve banks, why not devise waya and means ot iiivcbiiiis - iii inn t-evciopmeni Of this country and other countries? England grew rich and powerful, w(th a minimum of natural rourew.-lj-ply by nutting it. ,'Boaa; w. wm, What Do You Know? Queries of ocneral interest W..IJ be ansv,crett in tuts column. Ten Questions, the answers to uhtch n.cry cell-informed person should know, arc askid daily. QUIZ 1. Hon miinv renulara are there In the United Malt-N arinj? 2. Who Is rotnnmmlnnt of the Philadelphia rsuvy lurd.' 3. Mlui I- commandant of the l'rnnkford Ar- f-enul? 4. VUiitp In the lnrcrftt prnttofflce garage In thlrt emintr? 5. Niinip the .Itmtlrrs of the United States Su- , nremo ( oiirt. (L Who wan u? 7. What Is nilohe? H. What are the lalen WlUon Memorial Homes? t). Is an Amrrlrati woman who marries a for eigner an American national? 10. It correct to nay: "This much Is cer tain"." Answers to Saturday's Quiz 1. "Xltld" means brUht, hhlnlne or lustrous. 2. Count Adam Tarmivv von Tnrnowskl, tho new AuNtro-llmtffarluii Ambassador, Is nou at Washington. 3. The rjrurnM of Cheops, 800 feet square nt the base and 450 feet IiIkIi, Is the bulkiest structure In tho world. 4. Hllvlrulture Is n branch of treo cultivation restricted to forests. G, Tho three V. S. Ambassadors from IVnn h1 unlit are Frederic C I'eulleld (Aus-trl.i-lluncun). tteorEe W. Cuthrlo (Japan) ami llenr P. lleteuer (McxUu), 0. The mean annual temierature of Honolulu. Hauall, Is 73. 1 degrees! of llerinuihi, TZ decree's, 7. Tho llullltt hill Kranted Philadelphia's pres ent charter In IBs;. 8. Marin Menocal Is president of Cuba, having been re-elected last November, D. Philadelphia Is the ninth city of the world In l'olnt4f population. 10. A "lluedeker" I" one of the many tourist's luitulhooks published by Karl lluedeker. l.elpilii. Homes for Aged Men READER Thero is a Homo for Aged Men nt Ocean Grove, N, J about six miles south of Long Branch. There aro several such Institutions In Philadelphia of various denominations und with varying rules gov erning admittance. Tho Society for Organ izing Charity, 419 jouth Fifteenth street, has a list of such Institutions and tho terms of entrance. Collies J. W. C. B A collie, to bo registered, must bo pedigreed and tho sire and dam must havo been registered beforo January 1 of tho year In which application 'is made. Registration blanks nro furnished by the American Kennel Club, l Liberty street Now York. Tho fee Is $1. ' Sacred Nilo E. K. Tho Nile was considered sacred becauso Its annual overflow and fertiliza tion of tho otherwise barren plain was thought by tho ancient Egyptians to be a manifestation of divine beneficence. Fairmount Park's Name T. W. Fairmount Park derives Its name from tho Robert Morris five-acre estate Falre Mount, whicli tho city purchased in 1812. It was added to subsequently. Center of Population B. B. C The center of population in this country is at Bloomlngton, Ind. Spring W. McA. Spring will begin this year March 20 nt 11:30 p. m. (Washington mean time). """ - - -- Secret Service STUDENT William J. Flynn is chief ot the Secret Service division of the Trea ury Department. . Battle of Austerlitz L. II. Napoleon had 65,000 men at the battlo ot Austerlitz. SAM LOYD'S PUZZLE THE combined weight of a bottle and tumbler equals the weight of a pitcher. The bottle weighs equal to the tumbler and a plate. Two pitchers weigh the same as three plates. Now then, how many tumblers will balance on the scales with a bottle? I Answer to Saturday's Pupzle mUB boy roust have been Ave years of Tom Daly's Column K TO THE OnoWLER lie patient! Be a Christian and f.. To objurgato tho weather man and &? Because the sting of winter's tn th. Ttl Do you remember Those days tn June, a few short tnontkll Whouft scarchtna hral baked you so, J And made you yearn the bJest relief til Of cool Bcptembert And when September came and u ifi 4 -itn --fl Brought days of frost and dnu -1j. 'v rain, T,f Good graclousl how you kiecd 0aj1 Do you rcmcml,.i fn Thoso summer days evil! soon have coml And you'll forget how bitterly you tK9Tl At all the winter weather gono before. ? WUl you remember, ' When you arc sweltering in mid-July I The flakes, frost-feathered, that . tconf fo fly From out the windy reaches of the sky' This past DeccmbcrT Meantime, if you should die and yJ .should get ; Votir just deserts, with 01 what tola; rcorcf, ,'j These winter days (because they're col' emtt iccf) You will rememberl "; I AT LUNCH-TIME in tho hotels M" restaurants about town on Saturday many uroinmic greetings wcro Dandled nbout: "Hello, Bill, wliere's your gun?" " 'Listed yet, Jack?" "Who's In Dutch now?" But most of tho Jesters looked ns menj as their bromldloms sounded. j y AND hero's evidence that the sami spirit of frightfulness haa reached Vn mlngton. Signs in a restaurant: UAKKt) MAllCONI (Italian Htvle ) t llOAHT DINKIIS CURIOSITY is usually "idle," but thii morning ours was sufficiently otherwln to lead us through a list of the offlcem of our navy, seeking crumbs of comforts Among tho rear admirals we found & Knight, but nlso an Usher; nnd between tho two a, Helm. Among tho captaiu nnd commnnders wo havo tho actual pres ence of a Washington and a Lincoln, not to mention n Moses. On tho other hand,' thero Is ono Craven; and unfortunately t Crank. It was reassuring, too, to flnl Colo nnd Fowcl. Beyond a Trench ri caught sight of you'd hardly believe It, but It's true Kaiser! And near him, properly enough, a Blamer, but some dl tanco away Laws. Of courso, there wu tho famous Victor Blue; but this, after nil, was tho queerest discovery nmonj theso worthy sallormen Urban Holmes. - TIIU CRISIS Thn crisis, sir, la a burglar bold, 1 When tho run in not nrniintl. '. 1 Or vvurser et. a busted nlpo i.i vvnen me. piumuer can I Lie round. SOLOMON OltUNDT. j THE COLONEL simply can't keep stlll Tho only other man in tho country quaWil lfled by actual experience to tell what alia him Is Doctor Tnft, nnd ho won't. We bear no brief not oven tho briefest fof T. R , but wo can partly appreciate hjj'j trouble, our lato respected father-in-law,' i Captain Leonard Barrett, was ono of the; first traders to tho Congo and master of a ship beforo he was of age. In his tune , ho commanded all manner of craft, but at forty ho quit tho sea. Twenty yeafi after that he took a trip to Europe and ; It nearly killed him. For two days he , was tho most unhappy crcaturo aboard that great ship. Then her commander, remembering tho old captain's past, In vited him up on tho bridge. This some what relieved his ngony, but to be aboard a vessel and yet not boss of her was In tolerable. Ho never sailed again. Reason Enough Wo question of tho baker, T'nnli fri In r nt tha ilnrvf "Why don't you leave a man's size loaf ! As was your wont before? East nnd West and North and South f I The baker rolls his eye; He shifts the baccy In his mouth And offers this reply: "I see the President has wrote A note to end tho war I bet tho wlmmen soon'll vote What do they want to for? I guess pro'bltlon's comln' In, Saloons has got to go It's glttln' purty cold agin. We U prob'ly nave somo snow." 1 ALOTSIUa II J1 SENATOR SUTHERLAND, of Utah, tt reported to have said: fj "Tho uso of a new weapon does not J alter international law. The killing of an American by gunpowder when gunpowder) was first Invented was no less murder be-j cause It was performed with a new ln- strument." Lol tho poor Indian, even among m ancient Chinese. (' A Letter From the Front (Received by a Philadelphia Italian. Translate! by our own Italian Interpreter.) ' Mv Dear Friend I hav vour letter U which you appear to be afraid of beUJ; called to the colors while the war Is s'J$: going on. I really don't Mt any reaswi i nf tvnlnro n(tnli4 . ijj you will be called to the colors, ,! two things nre likely to happen: Either yottj will be not mobilized or will ba mobilized, nl If you will not be mobilized, why. yoXQ will have no reason .to complain ; If yeu,j will bn mnhllle,l wall then two thlnffS OT 8 likely to happen: Either you will be left,! In territorial service or will be sent vrw front. , j If you will be left in territorial service, why, you will have no reason to complain?! If you will be s,ent to the front, well, then: two tnings are uieeiy to nappen: .", you win be left in the rear or win oe to the firing line. - It you will be left in the rear. why. ya: will have no reason to complain; it V"' will be sent to thn flrlnir line. well, thea two things are likely to haooen: Either' you will escape unscathed or win wounded. If you will escane unscathed, why. 70 will have nothlnir to comnlaln of: If y0! will be wounded, well, then two things arei llKeiy to happen: Either you wm wounded only slightly or will be wound nerlnllfllv. ' ' It you will bo' wounded slightly. wWj you will nave no reason to complain: you will be wounded seriously, well, th two tnings are likely to happen; -"" you will recover or vou will die. If you will recover, why, you will hJ notmng to complain of; ir you win well, then you will be unable to cornp Sk . " Therefore, you see, you; are not at jiwmeu in. complaining aDoui uem r m oetoM went tba war 'if mm t.-Wf . - iM" tMt! J2&, ..' j&tL'ji! TW ", itt
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