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In Germany's war on British ship
Uncle Sam appears to bo the, em-
oat.
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MwW The Encyclopaedia Hrltannlca has
ji placed on the Kaiser's index expur-
jjtorlU3.
EL A. Thntiienlor Senator seems to be
K'ffi' . .. .. ...
itvinc n "rinmnir" time, nut uoies win
Boies!
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$ Mr. Hughes Is busily engaged In
fining a cabinet; but he happens to bo
the Australian Premier.
M The women who threaten to boy
eojt potatoes and onions unless the
pried comes down have hit on the right
way to reduce the price.
H? President Schurman, ot Cornell,
v ,ws the orator at the academic occasion
" aje University Day, but ho did not handlo
' tket international crisis In academic
' aulilnH TTa nnAlA B,KHlffll C-MY1 flirt
fo ti8q and that his words went homo was
; Baaarwii Dy ine cucuiiiEtiuiiuu ui u. ucumiiife
, vPlKti was -without precedent on such
MMwlons. .
Alexander the Great died at the
or thirty-two, ana nis empire per-
witn mm. mo naa 10 ao an ins
at works in a hurry, for Alexandrine
,jtfatness is a perishable commodity.
.iJSi1 modern Alexander the Great can
'W5rdoned for holding out for the big
:., Acwe was it $12,500? The days of his
MM are numbered. Alas: who remem
' Mrs: the great Rusle and Meekln nnd
Hit Taylor?
i That "medical ethics" prevents tho
., niveallng of the name of a criminal is
at'tartling doctrine ascribed to a
fcranton doctor. His report to the Gov-
trior that John Nelson did not commit
' certain murder, but that tho victim
tftoel as the result of malpractlco by a
fcylclan, will no doubt result in the
ionlng of Nelson. But If there Is
be a tendency among physicians to
e'et one another from punishment.
feone of us Is safe from unjust accu
fgtUon. "Medical ethics" In this case
l.oeing stretcnea to tne point 01 semi-
man to the electric chair for
lr mans crime. The physician
pleased to save Nelson at the last
ent will not reveal the malpracti
ces name. "It wouldn't be profes-
Needless to say, reputable phy-
ns denounce this attitude. But It
cumbent upon colleges nnd assocla-
I'of physicians to impress upon their
"professional" brethren a better
'pf real "medical ethics."
iVThe House has saved the face of
aster General Burleson by cutting
'of the postoiUce appropriation bill
Senate amendment directing that
,000 be used for continuing the
Uc-tubo system in Philadelphia,
i Louis, Chicago, Boston and New
Now the way is cleared for a
irence committee to restore tho Sen-
amendment and to secure a con-
co of the tubes. It would be a
;e for the Government to abandon
underground method of mall carry-
the great cities, where the streets
y congested nnd where plans
lng for spending millions to re-
that congestion by putting the
cars underground. Automobiles
very well for certain kinds of
ervlce, but where expedition is
in the center of the city, it is
-lb!e to secure It by increasing
r of automobiles in the streets.
(.jpiMumatlc service has vindicated it-
ft snouia ne extenaea rnmer than
, The Senate Is expected to in-
tta amendment in conference, and
is expected to concur when it
ia final showdown.
contribution of $324,744 by
Corporation, the custodian
-:Crii,e;Kxft'ni for rensionlns
feasors,- to the pension fund
nt Episcopal Church will
ot thousand outside of
I "oommunion. It has been
f. these In charge of the
Its benefits from col-
any affiliation with the
have been made
ktwt th secular-college) bad
in .naau-ly every
OM hpai td -
i IF
i5
HkJy
'; atpMAh
k HW
self from Its denominational bonds. Now
that so, marked a deviation from tho old
policy has been made, it Is likely that
renowed efforts will bo taken by tho de
nominational colleges to rocelvo recogni
tion from tho men In charge of Mr. Cnr
ncgle'B largo endowmont tot the relief
of teachers. And tho othor denomina
tions which nro raising ponslon funds
are nlso likely to ask for monoy. So far
as they are concorned, they will have
to put their ponslon plan on n sound
actuarial basis bofore their lequcsts will
bo considered. Tho outstanding merit
ot tho Episcopal plan Is that It wns for
mulated by men who had somo under
standing ot tho fundamentals of a sound
system of old-ngo lnsuinnco.
FOOD DISTRIBUTION A
PATIHOTIC DUTY
rpHB food situation has becomo of far
-gi cater importanco nnd gravity than
tho inllroad Crisis of last summor. Tho
two conditions havo ono bailc featuro In
common tho necessity for keeping lines
of trnnspoitatlon open In order to feed
and keep In health tho Inhabitants of tho
great cities.
The Intcrstnto Commerce Commission
nnd tho tallroads have ncted with prompt
ness In discarding trnln schedules nnd
urgo patience until lnrgo supplies now on
the way arrive nt enstorn points of dis
tribution. This must not bo expected to
produce more thnn temporary relief, ns It
Is known that farmers nro holding back
many hundreds of carloads of food for the
highest prices they can get. But tho pales
that will shortly follow should tend to
lower prices sufllclently to break somo ot
the confldenco of tho farmers, who must
know by this time that they cannot hold
out to the starvation point. Thus trans
portation facilities should first bo assured.
It must bo remembored that In tlio
event of war we cannot depend upon tho
emergency methods which tho railioads
aro now Inclined voluntarily to adopt.
Congress should give the Administration
the authority which Mr. Wilson sought In
his address nt the opening of tho session
last December, when ho asked for
tho lodgment In the hands of the Kx-
ccutlvo ot the power, In case of mili
tary necessity, to take control of such
portions and such rolling stock of the
rail wn j s of tho country as may bo re
x quired for military use and to operate
them for military purposes, with au
thority to draft Into the military sen Ice
of the United Htntes such train crews
and ndmInstratlo officials as tho cir
cumstances require for their safe and
elllclcnt ubo.
This military necessity may como at
any moment, If, Indeed, It may not bo
considered to be hero nlrendy In view ot
tho fact that tho navy Is now being put
In readiness for possible action. A call
for volunteers' for tho army would mako
necessary tho Immediate provisioning of
largo bodies of men concentrated In those
eastern ports which nt this moment are
feeling most keenly tho need ot tho held
back supplies.
"What measures can ho taken to put Ihn
food prices within the reach of tho poor
In the trying days of Increased .tension
to come, when nil sources of domestic
discontent should be stamped out so that
a united nation can face calmly Its danger
overseas, are debatable In n Congress
given overmuch to futllo debate. A proc
lamation by tho President, appealing to
patriotic producers to abandon for tho
time their speculative advantage, might
have somo effect until a. Just means of
distribution could bo worked out in
Congress.
Meapwhtlo the city nnd Stato authori
ties should not be Idle. Mayor Mltchel has
thrown himself Into the breach with his
usual zeal In New York, nnd It Is regret
table that Mayor Smith is not In this city
to superintend the work ot Inquiry and
of temporary relief measures. If tho situ
ation does not improve today and tomor
row. It may bo necessary to tako meas
ures for relief by purchasing supplies.
For this work, however, in tho nbsenco
of official servico, doubtless good citizens
will volunteer In the emergency to make
all poss(iblo sacrifices to bring food to tho
most needy.
OUTLAWING LIQUOR ADVKR
T1SING "DOTH houses of Congress havo agreed
-' to an amendment to the postofllco ap
propriation bill forbidding the transmis
sion through the mails of newspapers and
periodicals containing liquor advertise
ments when addressed to pei.sons In
States whoso laws forbid the advertising
of liquor. There are eleven such States.
This nmendment Is tho natural progeny
of tho Supreme Court decision upholding
tho 'Webb-Kenyon law, which foibids the
shipment of liquor Into States In which
Its sale Is"" forbidden. Tho court sus
tained this law on tho giound that It was
within the constitutional power of Con
gress to co-operate with the States In
order to make effective the pollco power
of (he States within their own borders. It
can be argued that If the States may
legally forbid newspapers to print liquor
advertisements Congress may co-operate
with them In tho attempt to keep liquor
advertisements out of tho malls which
enter those States.
Whether this Is an abridgment of the
freedom of tho press Is an open question
that can be considered aside from Its re
lation to the liquor business. Mnny of
the "most influential dally newspapers re
fuse to print liquor advertising, and most.
If not all, of tho great weekly and monthly
periodicals of national circulation have
Ukewlso shut their columns to the dis
tillers, wine makers and brewers. This
course has been taken out of respect to a
preponderant popular feeling. No statute
compelled it.
Lottery advertisements are kept out of
the newspapers because there Is a Federal
law forbidding the circulation In the
malls of such matter. No one protested
that this law abridged the freedom of the
press. Lotteries are admitted outlaws,
even though they were at one time a
recognized and reputable means ot rais
ing money for rellgloua and patriotic pur
poses. The liquor business seems to be
progressing rapidly to the same state of
outlawry as the lottery business.
Yet If- a bone-headed I'ostofllce Depart
ment official should insist that an edito
rial article advocating the use of liquor
were an advertisement and should close
the malls to ihe paper containing it we
should have the question of the freedom
of the press raised sq clearly that there
Muld'tM.ap doubt about it. Such a law
Is, approaching enactment
PPIILADELPHIMS
DAY IS DAWNING
When Now York Loses Its
Freight DilTercntinl Business
Will Grnvitnte to This
Port
By JOHN MEIGS, C. E.
Ill
WHAT Is tho present maritime situation
In thn Vnltcd States nnd why arc addi
tional shipping facilities needed here lfj
so bo It they are?
Tho notorious utid increasing congestion
ot American senports for somo years past
particularly New York, where cssels by
the score mo compelled to wa't for many
das or ecn weeks for an opportunity to
dock and load or discharge cargo tho rapid
and automatic growth of our overseas trade,
consequent upon our Increase ot popula
tion, If for no other renson. nnd the Inade
quate provisions lielng made to take earo of
this Increasing business point Inevitably to
the conclusion that additional terminal facil
ities for the nccommodntlon of maritime
commerco are urgently needed on tho At-
lantlc seaboard The present facilities In .
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lake enro of existing huslness, In New I
York they are entirely Insufficient even for
this. For no logical reason wnatcver her
commercial predominance hns become n
overshadowing that, nlthough only fifteen
per cent of the total value of manufactures
In this country or glnates In New York
or nbout $3,400,000 000 out of $20 700 -000,000
more thnn flfty-fho per cent of
ojir total foreign trade passes through nnd
pays tribute to that port It Is universally
admitted that It Is naturally one of tho
most uneconomical pmts In tho country to
handle freight through nnd that It has been
able so long to maintain an unreasonable
superemltience Is due. not to superior en
dowments of natural ndiantnpe, hut slmplv
nnd solely to the astuteness of New York
business men, who hno succeeded for gen
erations past In securing railroad faori
which hac enabled them not only to oer
come their natural deficiencies, hut to enor
mously ocrtop all of their naturally better-equipped
rlals
New York's Hnndicnp
The Island of Manhattan was never In
tended by nature to be a place for the
receipt or shipment of freight fiom or to
Inland points. It Is separated fiom the
rest of the United Stntes exopt New
England, which Is not n great bulk-freight
producing section by a formidable barrier
In the shape of the Hudson Blver. Ninety
per cent nf the enormous total of Its ex
port freight reaches the port of New York
at the termini of tho great trunk-line rail
roads In Jersey Cltj, Iloboken nnd other
Now Jersey communities, when an e
penslvo transfer en it hns to bo made
across tho river by means of lighters or
car floats to tho ship terminals located
mainly In Mnnhnttnn nnd ISrookljn. The
rail tariff for goods from Interior points
Is the samo either to New Ymk or Jersey
City, the cost of tho Hudson Illvcr transfer
operation from scventy-flve cents to $1 or
more per ton being "absorbed" lnlo tho
freight rate nnd pro-rated by the railroad
Into tho bills of all of the railroad patron
throughout tho country served by them :
every user of such railroad freight servlro
being thus made to pay tribute and assist
in the aggrandizement of New York.
That this unfair preferential cannot be
maintained Indefinitely is a certainty; that
It Is not going to lnt very much longer I
the belief nt many students of the problem
When tho time comes that New York's
artificial advantages of this kind are swept
away and come It will exeiy well-located
and well-developed port on tho Atlantic
coast within 200 mile of It is going to feel
tho stimulus of this notion; an Immediate
flow of trade away from It to other ports
better suited for It will oreur until a proper
balance of tradn distribution ha been
reached; nnd then the ports that aro fa
vored by a good natural location, by ade
quate equipment and bv Intelligent admin
istration will no longer be dependent on
tho bounties nnd favors ot railroad cor
porations; and they will reap a reward
commensurato with their deserts. There
will be plenty of glory for all and plentv
of freight.
The day of tho newer ports I coming
Our older port cities, It Is a notorious fart,
have been developed In a haphazard, catch-as-catch-can.
unscientific nnd uneconomic
mnnper, nnd business conducted nt them
may he said to he done In splto of their
wharf facilities Instead of because of them.
These older ports were never really planned
at all; llko Topsy, they "Just grew." Tho
newly planned and constructed port, ar
ranged to take intensive advantage of its
water frontage, with properly co-ordinated
ship and rail terminal facilities, will be
able to handle ion tons of cargo In the
same space that tho older ports can handle
ten tons, nnd by means ot Improved me
chanlcal freight-handling equipment will do
it. much faster and much cheaper.
How Sea Trade Benefits a City
Tho creation of great marine .terminals
Is not necessarllv a municipal function, ns
It is still a profitable employment for pri-
u, i-iiimai, uui u is necoming moro and
moro every year a public activity rather I
thnn a privato ono; so that thn nucstlon
can reasonably be asked, what good doe
the community In general derlvo from such
expenditure? And the ryiswer to this de
pends on whether any considerable portion
of tho freight handled by them originates
In or stays in tho city Itself If, as n tho
cnt-o of Galveston, the port Is Intended
as a mere place of reshlpment or transfer
point for export or Import cargo, then tho
only benefit derived by the community Is
that from tho operation of tho terminals
tho receipts from dockage, wharfage and
storago charges, stevedores' wages, etc ,
which are no particular stimulus to civic
growth. If, on the other hand, the port
Is a city of largo manufacturing Interests,
tho direct benefit of reduced freight costs
to the Importers and exporters and tho tre
mendous Inducement that this situation cre
atos to attract new business, are of vast im
portance. In the Increase of civic wealth
the Importation of raw materials and their
manufacture Into finished products arc
great factors.
There has been a deal of foolish talk
about the Delaware becoming an Amer'can
Cljde. Wo can aspire higher than that
surely, as, according to wtntlstlcs pub
lished a day or two ago, the Delaware
Itiver now heads the srtlpbulldlng districts
of tho world In vessel tonnago now under
construction, with n grand total of ninety
ships 119,000 gross tons. Tho timo may
come when tho Clydo will bo referred to ns
the Delaware of Great Britain, but never
again will the Delaware be referred to as
the .Clydo of America,
Most of tho present generation will live
to bee every available foot of Delaware
IUver frontage, from above Philadelphia
to below New Castle, occupied by live and
growing industries, each one deriving bene
fits from Its location on this great artery
of marine commerco If all of this long
frontage of fifty miles Is devoted to privato
and Individual uses, however, what good is
the river going to be to the hundreds or
thousands of establishments locuted back
ot the front-line water-front sites, and un
able to obtain a direct outlet to the sea? To
Insure the maximum possible good from the
water highways, great publlo dock systems,
must be created. It would be a great
public misfortune It the water-front of any
great city on the river which manifest
destiny Intended to be a herltaco to the en
tire people became wholly devoted to nar
row private uses,
THE FIRST BIRD NORTH
What Impulse stirred your breast
Before the rest?
What feeling sent you forth
The first bird north?
Did fellows bid you stay
And make delay.
Declare that you would fall
In storm and hall?
Nay. you came not in vain.
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THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Food Production in Germany
nnd America Is the Flag of
Our Union a Dol
lar Bill?
Thtn Dcpaitmnit iv fttr tn nil rrarlrrs tio
tiih to erprrsv thnr opinions o subject of
current intetest. It it n ojcu forum, niirf the
Uicnhtft Lrtlorr amuvieti no i expansibility for
the t tews of its cm respondents J.rttfrn must
bf tinned hu the name and address of the
uriter, not necessarily for publication, but as a
tt aura ntre of noad faith
FOOD PRODUCTION
To the Editor of the Evening l.rtlger.
Sir In your editorial of February 13.
"What (Jermany Can Teach Us." ou have
apparently overlooked ono Important side
of the question. In normally the prln
elpal limiting factor to total production
has been tho lack of available land, and in
this country to lack of labor. Under these
condition, It 1 difficult to find terms In
which to state comparative production, for.
In the case nf Germany, production is
stated In units per acre, whilo In this
country It should be stated in units per
man engaged, instead of blindly following
the German system of statistics
Tho producer must follow tho most eco
nomical rrfcthod of production In order to
meet competition. When a farmer finds
that ho can increase his total production
moro economically by the nddltlotr of low
priced land to his holdings than by the
emnloyment ot an increased amount of
high-priced labor on land ho already posy
senses, n is cwuem wiui jiu win junuw ma
former plan.
It is nxlomatlc that Intensive agricul
ture is dependent upon a plentiful supply
ot low-priced labor and oxtensivo ngrl
culturo upon low-priced land.
The American fanners aro producing
more per man engaged than any other
farmers In the world, and as It Is total
production rather than production per
ntre that affects tho food supply, and
hence food prices, why talk of Increasing
the production per aero? Increasing the
production per acre, under present labor
conditions, would, In a great many In
stances, add to tho cost of production. If
the consumer Is satisfied to pay this In
creased cost for the sake of having our
agricultural statistics compare favorably
with those of Germany, according to tho
German method of figuring, let him say tho
word but then no more about the high
cost of living. PAUL H. PURK.
ltlverslde, N. J, February 21.
NON-PRO-ENGLISH "FACTS" ,
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir If you are at liberty to publish facts
which nro not pro-Hngllsh, please call the
following facts to the attention of tho
American people:
Klghtcen of tho leading newspapers In
tho United States are owned and controlled
by English capital. This accounts for the
minds of the American people being
poisoned by the exaggerated terrors of the
Central Powers on both land nnd sciy
So far no one has mentioned tho fact
that we pay a school tax to support public
schools In which children are taught, among
many other things, tho history of the United
Slates. In this we find the cause of the
War of 1812, which was the right of search.
No one has ytt called the fact to the atten
tion of the people that England has been
stopping our ships on the high seas during
the present war and taking from them mriil,
foodstuffs and whatever else they saw fit.
If this was cause enough for war In 1812
surely we have not advanced to such an
extent that It 'should go by unnoticed at
the present time.
There has also been a great calamity
howl regarding humanity. Did -It ever
occur to you that the private banking Insti
tutions of this country have loaned money
to England to such an extent that It will
take from eight to ten generations of the
unborn to pay It off? Is it human to bring
children Into this world with BUch a tax
on their head and to know that they will
pass through life bearing this tax and that
their children, grandchildren nnd great
grandchildren will have to bear tho same
burden? It Is hnrdly possible that nny one
would call this humijn.
In using tho term "American Flag" It Is
hard to decide Just exactly what you mean.
The fact now stands that England has fixed
a price of three and a half cents per pound
on potatoes which she Is getting- from this
country we pay seven cents. We are forced
to pay sixty cents for a twelve-pound sack
of flour and six cents for a Joaf of bread.
There Is nt the present time more than
60,000,000 bushels of grain lyjne in storage
In Chicago, and the brokers are yelling
furiously betause the Government -wilt not
.arm ships to take, tt out ot this country,
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uccasiona-uy wo receive noitm pj
AND NEITHER HAS A RIGHT
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food to k?ep them alive. I am of opinion
that "charity begins nt home."
From this we get tho Impression that the
American Hag la gindually taking the sem
blaiii'p nf a dollar bill. If till Is the case,
you can only expect the general public to
fight for this "Hag" as well as tho one that
bears the Stars and Stripes.
Gi:oitGi: TUAituxjun.
Philadelphia, Febtumy 21.
THE TIRADES AGAINST MANN
7V the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Why this tirade against Mr. Mann,
.Mr Mooro nnd several others of our. Con
gressmen in Washington? The statements
theso gentlemen hnc made against this
nation going to war against Germany must
have pretty solid foundation, nnd It seems
the fever is catching one after nnother of
them
President Wilson or Congress, either one,
must be all wrong nbout the submarine
question. Some one Is playing with fire,
nnd I think It Is tho duty of these Congress
men who have come out so plainly that it
they smell smoke tn tell the people where
it comes from "
This is not the first timo'that these accu
sations havo been made. They have also
been made by score. of prominent men of
this nation We should be careful be
fore wo leap, and this Is precisely the iVsue
that these gentlemen In Congress aro guard
ing against. We aro either right or wrong
with Germany, and It seems to me wo nro
getting moro nnd more wrong every day
Mr Wilson makes threat upon threat, and
yet when tho time rolls around to execute
them there Is always somo legal or some
diplomatic Issue that knocks his policies
flat Therefore, when It comes timo for us
to dance wo always And there is no room
for us to dance. Every stand we have
undertaken upon the submarine Issue drops
down, so this causes one to think that we
nre up against it In some way, that wo
ought to bo enlightened, and If these" gentle
men have the goods to deliver and want to
put us wise, why not listen to them?
Remember that we can do an overt act
Just tho samo as Germany can, nnd If we
do It the whole nation will have to suffer.
We havo either got to put up or shut up
on tho submarine question. The more wo
niguo and plan upon It the dumber we are
getting. C. II.
Philadelphia, February 19.
THEY BLINDFOLD BIDDIE
Daylight saving In tho summer la not for
Alaska. Tho Skagw'ay Commercial Club
sent the following letter to a local committee-
"f regret to Inform you that the residents
nf Skagway could not possibly co-operate
with you In this movement, from the fact
that we would prefer to turn tho clock back
in the summer time, remembering that In
the summer we have flay all night, with a
few minutes nt midnight that Is called
dawn.
"Residents in the northerly part of the
Yukon' report that there Is so much day
light there "that It Is necessary to blindfold
the chickens so they may go to roost."
New York Herald.
HONESTY
The real test of honor's not when all your
skies are fair.
Supplied with all he'll ever need, most
any man Is square. .
The man with plenty In the bank won't
lie or cheat for more
Or try to dodgo the Just accounts that he
has bargained for.
But moro than that must bonor show; to
little that amounts;
The honor that Is genuine Is honest when
It counts. '.
I-et troubles como and clouds appear and
fortune go astray,
How do you stand unto the debts you can't
afford to pay?
How do you meet the men you owe, full
face, or do you flinch?
And can your conscience say of you you're
honest In a pinch?
Are you the sort of man that in the face
of trouble stands
Prepared to make the sacrifice that hon
esty demands,'.'
The word of any man Is -good If.Jceeping
It requires
No tax ifpon his ease or wealth or per
sonal desires. ,
But when a promise made matures that
calls for sacrifice.
Do you escape by cunning means or et rive
tn nav thA nrlea? ,
Plan's honesty cannotb told-jhn days t
JIIB RU.VVBO 1 ,JJ
The honor that la genuine is honest, In
distress. Detroit Free Press
All Points of (he Compass
Rubalyat of a Commuter
loexxm '"
t quite believe that never look sq fine'
Small Children, aq when they by chance are
wine;
TO IT
j-joiiWr "." -u
What Do You Know?
Queries, of general interest v.111 be answered
in this column. Ten nucitions, the answers to
ithich every ell-informed person should know,
are asked dnitv.
QUIZ
1. What and where Is nondernbhaa?
2. Vino l Mrs. Julian Heath?
.1. Vthut Is the Ijirus Aaphiiltltes?
I. What Is a kilometer?
5. Where la rreldrnt Van rtnren burled?
(I. What l the Dunn?
7. Who Is Sir Edward Caraon?
8. What .states of the original thirteen 'ratified
the Constitution linanlraoual-?
0, Why la 1006 an Important date In world
historj?
10. Name the Plates Into which Cuba la di
vided. Answers to Yesterday's (&iz
1. The population of Cuba la about 2,6:0,000.
2. A "f.enten suit" Is plain, somber or un
ostentatious,
3. General Robert E. I.ee, commander-ln-rhlrf
nf the Confederate armies, became presi
dent or Washington (now Washington and
l:ee) University at the close of tho Civil
War,
4. A hectometer Is 100 meters (328 feet 1 Inch),
5. The IJurna la the Rusalan 'Parliament,
elected on a restricted franchise to advise
the Czar, He has dissolved it several
times. M
fl. President Jackson la buried at Hermitage,
near Nashville, Tenn.
7. Ilumblefo.it. a disease of poultry. In English
dialect means a misshapen foot.
8. About one-fourth tho area of the United
tates. or 050,000,000 acres. Is covered by
forests.
0. Delaware was the first State to ratify the
iim-"0,"'- A".1? ", ao.ne unanimously
Derembfr 7, 1787, Five dais later Penn
sylvania ratlfled it.
10
liner (pronounced Eemer) was the primeval
giant of Norse raj Iholot.v, prrsnnlflnc
chaos, from whose body the gods mnde
tuo world.
Armies of the World
M. S (1) Tho United States regular
army numbers about 126,000 men. (2) There
were 143,704 national guardsmen In Fed
cral service September 30, 1916. (3) Vari
ous estimates have been made of the
strength of the armies thrown Into the
present war. The war strength of the
belligerent Powers Is: Germany, 5,400,000;
Russia, 6,400,000; France, 6,300,000: Aus-trla-Hungary,
3,600,000; Italy, 3,380,000;
Great Britain, 3,000,000; Japan, 1,500,000;
Turkey, 1,100.000; Rumania, 580,000; Bul
garia, 600,000; Serbia, 356,000; Belgium
360.000; Portugal. 26,0,000, and Montenegro,
35,000. Most of the countries have In
creased this number by calling out the
ujrtralned men ; others, like Japan and Por
tugal, which have not thrown their entire
resources Into the conflict, have not utilized
their war strength. (4) The United States
Is the wealthiest nation In the world, its
last estimated wealth being 1187,789,071,090.
The Interest-bearing debt of $972,469,290
and the nonlnterest-bearing debt of 398,
266,922 and the $2,135,775,355 trade bal
ance, the $2,100,000,000 foreign loans and
other financial resources of the United
States were explained In an article. "Ilneln
Sam's Big. Treasure Chest," on this 'page
February 12.
Pension Disbursements
V. X. K. The total disbursements In
pensions for all the wars In which this
country has engaged and for the peace
establishment were $5,054,630,727 up to
June 30. 1916. The Civil War cost In pen
sions $4,765,076,020.92; war of the Revo
lutlon, $70,000,000 (estimated) ; war with
Spain and subsequent Philippine insurrec
tion, $53,744,667.56; war with Mexico
(strvlae pension), $50,422,229.22; War of
1812 (service pension), $45,991,743.76; In
dian wars (service pension), $13,790,299 13
regular establishment, $39,098,319)1. and
unclassified, $16,508,447.41.
Sailor citizen ,
W. B. Under the immigration law .now
now In force, an alien who has been In the
United States continuously for three years
after entry, notwithstanding that he entered
without Ihspectlon. is not amenable to
prosecution for such entry. The deserting
seaman who left his ship in port here
three and a half years ago and entered
without Inspection may apply for citizen
ship pspera without fear ot prosecution
from the immigration officials.
SAM LOYD'S PUZZLE
IN THE old firm ofDonibey & Son,
senior's Interest was 114 times as
much "as Junior's. Then It was decided
to take Uncle Henry Dombey Into the
firm upon the payment ot 1200 sterling,
which sum was to be divided between
senior and Junior, sq that the interests of
the three partners In the concern would
then be alike. How should that 1200
be divided between senior and Junior?
Answer to Yesterday's put.u
WARMB CHApj.Wmu.gt'have hand-
Tom Daly's Column J
HYMN OF THE BUN WOltBUlrEita
ir rustics of noonl
And toon
Echoing alley and street
Sound to the myriad, feet
That shuffle or loiter or run.
Hark to your worshipers there,
Baring their souls to the air,
Hark to them making their prayer,
Hear them, O Sunt
Out of the white
Cold light
Flooding the counters of trade
Issues the midday parade.
Blinking surprise in the light
Pouted from the cloudless blue height,
aiad of these moments of play
Snatched from the heart of the day.
How many tollers renew
Joy o' life, worshiping' you,
Builder, whose dream-castles rear
Here In these wastes of the yearl
Stirred by your promise of spring,
Fancy, a bird on the wing,
Soars over many a creek
Where tho brown trout are to seek,
Soars over links, over field
Where there arc pleasures to yield.
And for which longed-for delight
Hosts pray Increase of your might.
Others there be tvho but live
Here In thts hour that you give;
Clerks and the keepers' of books
rtalse you, O Sun, wtth their looks,
Praise you with throbblngs that start,
Voiceless but strong, In the heart.
Eyes that observe how the snow
Drips from the eaves, In your glow,
And how the pools In the street
Smtle back at heaven, repeat
Mute but sweet homage no less.
Even your lightest caress,
Even your smokiest ray,
Haltingly finding Us way
Into some corner of gloom,
Shut in a molderlng room,
Bttrreth some spirit to grope
Back to the borders of hope.
Phoebus, the worshiping host,
Praying your coming the most,
Catches your earliest thrill
Over a window's gray sill,
When your noon glahces look down I
7rfo the canyons of town. '
Hark, with what fervor they prayt
Here arc the women whose day,
Heavy with toll, but begets
Hlght full of fears and regrets.
Mothers, whose mates' meager wage
Xcver can soothe or assuage
Pangs, without hope of release.
Taking of winter Increase.
These are the women who rise,
Fury alight in their eyes,
Knowing or fancying wrong
llearlng the cries of their young
Sco'rning the threat of the lead
Seek for and stubbornly tread
Any path promising bread.
Planet of noont
Come soon,
Into the haunts of the poor.
Dole too sharp to endure
Into their days hath run.
They whom the fates still, hold
Thralls of the hunger and cold
Bg for your healing gold.
Hear them, O Bun!
The lawyer was droning through the
typewritten statement while the others
twiddled their thumbs:
."They say that I am now the hlgheat-saUrled
pitcher In baseball. I want to say to ths
Philadelphia fans that 1 have also been probably
ths fairest-treated pitcher In baseball, and to
atsr!ffht thess misguided friends who no doubt
thought they were plugging my cause through
criticism of President Uaker and the Philadel
phia Ball Club X am making this statement
public of my own volition through a deslrs to
do Justice to tho aquareat of men and one whom
I will be glad
"And so on," said he. "That's what
you want to say, eh? Sign here." And
the big fellow signed: "G. C. Alexander."
PREPAREDNESS Is the word every,
where noww so we couldn't blame Sacrey,
for laying on our desk an anagram upon
a still-distant festival, In the hope of mov
ing folks to a sane celebration of it, to
the end that there may be fewer of the
JOYFUL. HURT
'A head In the New York Sun on Sun
day," writes PI, "read, 'Heckscher Buys
Old South Church Old Murray Hill
Edifice May Be Improved With Tall
Apartment House.' Now, If I had the
naming of the 'tall apartment house'
mayhap I'd call It Pellon, or Ossa
whichever Is on which."
ANOTHER CHAPTER IN TRIPLETS
I. O. U.
Mother, Home and Heaven.
Red, White and Blue.
The Eternal Triangle.
Good, Bad and Indifferent.
G. W, D.
Confessions of a Bohemian
I have always wanted to be a Bohe
mian. I have nlways desired that my
Soul should Develop In that Joyous coun
try whose only law Is lawlessness. For
three years I studied French and prac
ticed shrugging my shoulders before a
mirror. For four years I rend the Smart
Set until now I can turn out by, the yard
stuff llko this:
Vulgarity is the price of life. .
One touch of awkwardness makes
the whole world grin.
i There are only two kinds of women
the women one , kisses and the
women one doesn't.
I subscribed for the Masses; I ,-walked
through Washington Square one Sunday
morning; I wore ties that I had received
as Christmas presents. I have tried my
best to be Different. Tot after twenty
two years of striving- my acquaintance
with Bohemia is as follows;
Item: One moving picture actor, a minis
ter's son who ml flunked out of college.
Item: One New York cloak model who
used to be girls' cheer leader In our hUh
school back home. ..,.
Item: One amateur actress who teaches
school durlntr the day.
Item: One chorus girl who sends home
part of her salary every week to pay her
brother's way through college..
Item: One genuine Bohemian (myselO.
Item: One poet who Is married and na
seven children and had recently published a
volume of verse entitled "Songs of wed
lock" (adv.).
No more Bohemia for me back to th
farmtN "&.U
"AT TnE OLD MAttelC"
The couple were married at the home
. of the bride's parents, where they will
refrain until the brlderroom gets a Job.
Centralla (Mo.) Courier.
Fosslbly it's because wa so seldom ride
In trolley cars that our powers of ob
servation seem so, keen "wnerf we oo p
swua rAtftwrfta'!,!
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