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CltOl, H. K. CditiI. Chairman.
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SUBSCRIPTION TERMS
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In Philadelphia and aurroundlnr town at th
rata of twelve (12) centa per week, payable
a th carrier.
By mall to point" outalde of Philadelphia. In
III United Btetea, Canada or United Statea po
eaalona. roatar free, fifty (tin) rente per
month Six (01 dollars per rear, parable In
To all foreign eountrlea on (II) dollar per
Month.
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FOrt MARCH WAS I0V.S71
Phll.J.lphli. Mender, April 16. 1917
Kvctt a shattered Lens does not
be cure the view of a mighty English
victory In northern France.
The loan vole In Congress shows
that "little groups of willful men'' are at
last being merged In the patriot multitude.
Pioprletors of seaside bathhouses
announce that up to the present time they
have received no orders from the Kaiser
limiting the bathing area In the Atlantic.
Mr. Wilson has tapped the reservoir
cf human hopes and from It will flow
abundant recompense for all humanity Is
suffering.
Doubtless t!io Interned German
sailors who lack beer would gladly wel
come nation-wide prohibition as one means
of getting square with their captors.
The report that the Kaiser is fatally
111 with Blight's disease continues to
recur. His trouble, we are inclined to
believe. Is not In the abdomen but In
the head. "
Philadelphia might pay Cuba's es
pousal of our defense of civilization a
neat compliment by Imitating the scien
tifically organized war ngalrmt files just
opened In hygienic Havana,
And still the ruthless submarine
warfare goes on, sinking friend and foe,
hospital and relief ship alike. Greece and
Spain, both frleridly to Germany, are
among the latest victims.
The quantity of Allied warnings on
how not tojeonduct our shate of the war
ought to compensate us In some degteo
for that lack of notification from U-boat
commanders which was the gtavamen of
ur charges against Geimany.
A good way to dash the hopes of
young men who seek exemption fiom
military service through hasty marriage
might be to define -their true position In
society. These sudden servants of Hymen
are not properly "man led men." They
ate only "newly weds."
The charge that our Interference
In the European war Is contrary to
American precedent hasn't u leg to stand
on now that Ambassador Page In London
hRs compared our present position with
that taken by our Government against
the Barbary pirates In tho early years
of the nineteenth century. Success Is
also happily a part of that precedent.
c
Opponents of selective conscription
who cling to the Idea that a campaign for
Volunteers produces nothing but Insplr
lngly patriotic phenomena In the com
munity will probably have to modify
their vldws after reading the aitlcle by
Mr. Seldes on this page about eaily
recruiting methods In England. Already
some campaigners for recruits In this
country have? adopted trlclcs which repel
rather than attract young men to service.
. The anti-German riots In Buenos
Aires prove that not even the ln3tlnctlvo
opposition to Brazilian policies which
usually prevails in the rival republic of
Argentina can quell the rising tide against
Teuton tyranny. Indeed, all internal
South American jealousies are fast being
effaced by democracy's irreslstlblj surge.
Colombia,, where German influence is
.Strong and where the United Statea l
" 'w,'" n
..vJBAIll mUtt-llHtpil. ntlri Vni7fiAlf .mlnAii.l.t
p lti.lst under,, the rule of the dictator
ijTHiti"! j.n jci ju pc .iicuru iroru, tout
, itjft-ttjtj rest W Latin-America is a unit In
',r antliient.lvA war that can unite in com.
v ''(ionsasfrfrfitIons Britain and Russia,
&-aCTiil. andetti and Brazil and Argentine
J jsaay be the, greatest, factor for eventual
a see, tbe world has ever seen.
!i v ' '" " "
;E$ v ereat tH of.Arras-Lens has
llaiaVWKhln M Pc .' one week the
JrVaaMJO-BrtUsh' armies nave broken the
cWLoat lock, have returned tb seml-
ft" NM : an have uerWyi dmon-
4wUa ttoe iMllhy,f;-riving the Ger
Mw(loMt northern France. Theex-
"IHprHaiirn" otiOsVmaiir liaif nowceaclu
m& pWWjWfcihaV ro4rn iembattled
DsijoikMiny numDiea ey
"Hy '.' PX by th
ey-yxne Min nust
ViscUwi M
to be. The answer should impel us to the
utmost measure of endeavor, for our part,
even If not decisive, is to save slaughter.
Tho speed of tho new offensive is only
relative. We can scarcely doubt now that
1'iunco and Britain will maintain su
periority In the war in the west. But
every month, every week, every day cut
from tho calendar of the conflict means
the sparing of thousands of lives. If we
do our duty with Intelligence, courage
and skill our proud boast will surely be
that we shortened the war. Even the
most obstinate pacifism must fall before
an Incentive so glorious and so humane.
A TRIUMPH IN PESSIMISM
rpiIE Mayor expresses hlnnelf as satis
tied with the remarkable decision of
the Public Service Commission to hold up
tho construction of high-speed transit
lines until the politicians have had time
to play with a mass of proposed legisla
tion, of doubtful value, now under more
or less serious consideration at liar
rlsburg. The timidity of the Mayor, re-enforced
by the Jeremiads of Dhcctor Twining,
has nlready cost Jhe city millions of dol
lars. In the present dispensation, nit ap
plication for a certificate of public con
venience Is generally accompanied by u
groanful argument evincing an almost
pitlablo feur lest the request bo granted.
The enthusiasm of the city admlnlstta
tlon In transit matters would freeze alco
hol on the desctt of Sahara.
Mr. Taylor Is again In tho field today
with some matter-of-fact arguments for
pessimists to chew. It Is encouraging to
see a real champion of rapid transit again
on the attack.
We suggest to citizens for thslr con
sideration the following facts:
1. It is Vare-Smlth-Twlnlng legis
lation which now offers an excuse for
futther delay by the Public Service
Commission.
L'. It Is a Vaie Governor who te
fuscs to break the deadlock In the
commission hy filling the vacancy
therein existing.
3. The wotk for which It Is desired
to lot contracts Is necoisary whether
there Is a lease to the P. R. T. or not.
4. The 'dolay Is costing the city
hundreds of dollars dally.
K. There Is delay because public
representatives are building political
fences Instead of subways.
The proposed lease to the P. R. T. may
or may not be the beat obtainable our
analysis Is not yet complete-r-but tho one
big thing that stands out Is that the
Major and Director Twining, between
them, have managed to Inti educe chaos
Into n simple situation.
Tliete Is hope, however, since City Hall
has not et fallen down.
TWO MEN
A YOUNG man. physically
sound, pi lu
il-cIpiU of a Philadelphia high bchool,
te-
cently presented himself for enlistment
and was t ejected, Ah ho was neither a
scientist, a skilled workman, a farmer nor
a miner, and as he was primarily a
teacher, he was told that he cou'd servo
his countt y best at home. Another young
man from the same school, frail of fiame,
but veised In wireless telegraphy and
kemly Informed In electrical science, also
sought to volunteer and was'Immedlately
accepted.
This ttue story concretely piesen'.s the
virtue of selective consctlptlon. By Its
enfot cement governmental wisdom will
be enabled to choose, with the least
waste, exactly the set vice deshed In es
sential fields. England's airay of "war
Industries" In which wot Iters are exempt
seems at ill -st blush a curious list. Ab
solved from military duties, nmong many
other workers, ate toy makers, cheap Jew
elry makers, plauomakers. This Is not
because toys, nor cheap Jewelry, nor
pianos are needed In the conflict.
But those men who produce such ar
ticles have skilled hands, valuable in cer
tain phases of munition manufacturing.
Should they volunteer for army or navy
such useful artisans would ptobably be
turned down. Cutefully considered con
scription. In due coutse, will fit them all
Into their proper places.
SEVEN BILLIONS AND MORE
IF SEVEN billions and twice seven bil
lions will end the war, It will be money
well spent. We need not fret about re
payment. Peace will Justify any ex
penditure, and It Is peace that our bil
lions will assute. '
THE SUPREME TEST NOW!
THE President has spoken to every
American man and woman as one
friend speaks to another, not In for
mal proclamation, but as the true lover
of his country that he is, Intimately and
humanly In touch with the people as one
of them.
He has bt ought sharply home to the
individual conscience of every one of us
the imperative need of increasing the
imperiled food supply by doing farm or
garden work, or, where that is not possi
ble, by rigid economy that will not permit
the waste of one crust of bread. "Xo
one," as he says, "can expect ever to be
excused or forgiven for ignoring" the
dictate of patriotism to economize in
food, in money that can be made pro
ductive of 'food, in everything. Let no
one give shelter to Idlers and wastrels.
Let those who do not heed this solemn
warning suffer the discomfiture of
ostracism that knaves and fools deserve.
Employer and employe must rise
promptly .to this new spirit of comrade
ship which never before, has war called
forth. Surely the majority of those who
do the actual toll and 'of those who su
perintend It will respond unselfishly. But
it Is up to them to bring persuasion or
pressure to bear upon the slackers among
employers and employes who may stick
to the old rut of dissension and unfair,
ness about wage matters or the speeding
un,6f work, r
, This great?messge c-f the President
will f o to eyery horns In the land here
V wtwiiwtPylaTMM. ?BUt, let rea3Vs
Wjraure that it retches all. by
VOLUNTEERING
VS. COMPULSION
What England Learned About
the Best Way to Raise an
Army A Lesson for Us-
By GILBERT VIVIAN SELDES
Sptclal Corretpondtnce Eftnlng Ledger
LONDON, March 30.
IN THE six months I have been In Eng
land I have seen nearly every phase of
emotion concerning America come and go.
I have not been able to escape entirety from
the Hrltott wlto expecls every American to
do his duty lo Ilrltaln but he Is a Bmatl
factor In making up the general opinion
held here of America. In previous reports
to the Evenino I.EDOKn I have described
,the attitude of tho ordinary man and
woman to what was supposed to be Presi
dent Wilson's pro-German pacifism and
the attitude of the Intelligent Ilrltou to his
proposed pence of the world after the war.
The present phase Is the most friendly I
have experienced, obviously. The reports
which come hete are wrjtten chiefly by cor
respondents who play Into the policy of
their papets. Vet some of them ring true
to the American ear. The Tlmes's corre
spondence Is the fullest and, being care
fully thought out ami resmed, Is trust.
woithy. The difficulties of the American
position are explained, and the part played
by the Administration Is alternately ctltl
clzed and upheld. The Moining I'ost (u.tra
conservatlvc In politic?) prints icports that
President Wilson Is being drlcn Into war.
The tegular news serlces tell of prepara
tions by land and sea. So England Is get
ting Itself Into the proper attitude of
mind. It does not know on what day Presi
dent Wilson's picture may be thrown on
the screen as head of the latest and great
est Ally.
Our prepatatlons arc being watched with
the utmost attention, and particularly peo
ple are Interested In our army. They know
that our navy will be of first Importance.
They rather expect that no army of ours
will be sent over except for moral effect or
to bring Mr. Roosevelt Into the action ho
so dearly deslics. But they hae gone
thrr.ugh a terrible time In making their own
army, and they wonder whether wc will go
through the tame.
I talked about this to an ardent patriot,
neutral In party politics, yesterday when
the tepott came that the President had
mobilized COO, 0(10 men. (So ran tho io-
port. 1 suppose It meant a call for that
many olunteers.)
Voluntary System That Wasn't Volun
tary "Arc you going through the agonies of
a voluntary system?" my friend asked me.
"I should have thought that our experience
would hae frightened you Into Immediate
compulsion."
I inquhed what he meant. I told him
that we were under the Impression that the
oluntary system had been a great success.
"No question about the success,"' he an
swered. "None at all Only was It volun
tary? You weten't hete In the early days
of the appeals They were had enough, I
can tell you. But tho last few months
under the Derby scheme of attesting were
frightful." 1 naked for details.
"Well, we started out with our usual
complications. The authorities, know at
once that they would need men and men and
moie men. But their political advisers
weie constantly ttillng them what the
people would htand and what they would
not stand. Compulsion they would not
stand; It would cause rioting In the streets.
So they stntted what was called a volun
laiy system which was built up of the
ritielest and most callous methods of com
pulsion in the woild. They appealed to em
plo)ers to put the screws on their workers.
They appealed to wives and sweetheaifs to
compel their men to go to the lecrultlng
office lound the corner. I tell joii It
wasn t me downright ulgatlty of these
appeals that we hated. Cod knows we had
glen up, een at that time, more than our
sensibilities and our delicacies for the army
It was the mean, sneaking trickery of them.
Look at this ." He handed me a
photogiuph of n poster with this appeal:
KOl'fl QUESTIONS TO WO.MKN OP I'NUI.ANU
rimt. You hm read what the G'rnidna
hMe done tn firlifium ffiive ou tnought
what they would do If they Invaded Kna
land?
Second. ), ou realize that the aafety
of our home and children depends on our
rettlns: more men now?
Third Do vni- reallre that the one word
"Go" from YOIT may aend another man to
fight for our King: and country?
Fourth. When the war la ner and your
huaband or your eon la uaUed, "What did
ou du In the art-at war?" Is he to hang hla
head liecauso YOU would not let him so?
Women of Knaland. do jour duty. Rend
your men today to Join out alorlous arm,
GOD 8.WK THE KINO
"And there was another, pleading with
those who had butlers and grooms to spare
them for the army. And there was the
white-feather brigade, sticking plumes on
men In mufti ; that killed itself because It
was so ridiculous. There were the girls
who wouldn't "walk out" with a chap until
he enlisted. On my word, I think at times
that not one-tenth of that great army of
ours enlisted without some son of sneak
ing compulsion being put on them, I won't
speak of the apparently necessary trick
played on the matrled men I assure you
that there are quite Intelligent people In
this country who still can't understand all
the lamlflcatlons of the pink Blips. The
whole thing was utterly unfair. It got peo
ple at haphazard.' And It put an cntliely
unjustifiable burden on the patriotic nen.
pie because they did volunteer and the
others didn't. Oh, It was beastly!"
This man tola me that he serlmmtv
hoped we would give up all Idea of a vol
untary system, "ueiter to have no army at
all," was his last word on the matter.
His opinion gets more and more authority
as time passes I mean his opinion of what
happened here. But my Liberal friends are
not so bitter as he. They openly prefer the
private compulsion which, they say, simply
woke a man up to his conscientious obliga
tions, to the later system of compulsion by
the State. As to that, they admit its right
eousness. "We collected nearly 5,000,000 men," 1
was told, "by the voluntary system. Well,
there we,r some 600,000 who wouldn't come,
and It was grossly unfair to those who had
gone to let these people stay behind. Kor
them we had to give up the great Idea of
free service. They tell you that the volun
tary system failed. It did, exactly In the
proportion of 6,000,000 to 500,000. It was
90 per cent successful, and we liked to
think that that would be enough. I am
glad. I can tell you, that Australia balked
against compulsion. I hope that the do
minions will teach us many a lesson in
freedom in the time to come. But I rather
suspect that if y6u go to war you will be
hard pushed at home. I suppose that you
will want an army quick, and after the first
rush lo enlist you will have to exert some
pressure. I hope it will not be bungled like
ours, but I hope more still that you will
avoid the beginnings of militarism. I am
not sure that w; have) escaped". I am not
sure than you can." f
The man wV spoke was an editor of a
great Liberal, paper. His traditions were
Mlnst war and against the sacrifice of in-
swwuasisrn ",'f l"" war imposed on Sn.
leva ajw nan witnw IROUSaMs
SrL:W50 " J"10 "H
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I Tom Daly's Column
A MESSAGE I'liOit THE FARM
'fhts spring come on us with a roarl
You surety must V Jieard if.
Perhaps the iron heel o' year
Dug into it an' spurred U;
We nct'er seen this earth afore
When spring so deeply stirred It,
4
I never seen a spring, I vow,
So lively In Its courses;
And e) ye don't believe me now
Come out an' see our forces
O' patriotic farmers plow
With flags upon thrlr horses!
And wo might flash back this:
CINCINNATUS
All Over America
Stick to plowshare. Wc nro beating
our pens into swords
CITr FOLKS.
Three Leaves of a Violet
The Colonel.
Billy Sunday.
The Commoner.
That for the Neighbors
It has been reported over town that
this is the third trip to the penitentiary
of Burt Myers, tny husband, and I wish
the public to know that this Is the first
time he was ever In the penitentiary.
Emma Myers.
I.lma fO ) republican Oazette.
If Mr. Bert Taylor hasn't already pro
vided a wine supply for his Academy of
Immortals this should Interest him:
Western Vlnyard and Mildred Metr.
gar spent Sunday afternoon as tho
guests of Mrs Porter Detrlck.
Stroudsburi Times.
Dear T. D. I hac In my hand the card
of an Italian gaidener left at my house
which Is a little unusual. It reads In part:
"Fred Garzzarelll, trimming halge, prone
Ing trees and shrubs. All sorts of work to
bo dono on Lown."
I hope ho does not mutilate the landscape
as ho does the English. A. T. E.
Glvo him a trial and we'll wager his
work will speak for itself In terms of
universal beauty. Afterward we'd like
lo send him to that same Mr. Bert Taylor,
who 1? n fan on "pronclng."
PltOVEIiniAh
"Patient waiting no fo?."
What about this patient tcaiftV
And no lossr
The stone that missed Us roll might
Olt the moss,
But patient waiter you'll be shy,
When you serve some gent his pie,
If he takes the gate before he
Comes across.
P. NUT.
Cardinal Virtues
Tho obituary of Diamond ,11m Brady,
in o. o. d. p., concluded:
He never married and ho never drank.
Ho was sixty-two years old.
Laundries
Laundries are places supposedly for the
washing of dirty clothes. They make a
certain amount of profit from this, but
their chief s-ource of rcvenuo Is from the
sale of buttons accumulated from tho gar
ments they wash.
Nearly all laundries have adopted the
sandpaper or saw-tooth effect for the edges
of collars. TIiIb has a bad moral Influence
on the male population and produces more
loughnecks than the saloons.
They have a wonJetful system for Identi
fying clothes and leturnlng them to the
proper owners. In home cases, they have
been known to teturn a whole wash with
out making a mistake. In all Instances
where other people's clothes are sent to
you In error, they are of poorer quality
than yours and not worth keeping. The
check s)stem calls for the marking of each
piece with a large, black, mysterious sign.
As tach lautidty has a distinct series of
these s)mbols, the clothes of n traveling
man look like the Chinese alphabet.
l.aundty work Is so disagreeable, so
hard physically, that men ate unable to do
It, hence It Is done chiefly by women whose
husbands drink or children whom nobody
cares about.
VAltl,KV,
HKNOIl DON Julio Baldenama, some
time "Young .lullo," Spanish-Indian boxer
In local fistic elides, writes us again from
Honda, Colombia, S. A. He tells us how
he recently handed u gentle k. o. to a
lady. He said: "Which Is the animal
thnt resembles man most?" She said:
"Oh! that's an easy one. The monkey.'"
He said: "No, you aro wrong; the
woman."
Mother Goosesteps
(In the Mari.li of the II. C. I,.)
Sing a song of six pence
A pocket full of kale.
Hut when the ptlccs are so high,
Pray, what doth that avalir
W. UP.
Yesteiday afternoon at Rlttenhotise
Square her auto stalled. She did her best
to crank the thing, hut she was ton weak.
A strapping young fellow looked ut her,
smiled and' offered his services, which
she accepted. She had been If) Ing all
day, she said, to enlist recruits for the
navy and asked the gallant If he be
longed to any military organization. Ho
told her he didn't. She became Intel ested
and asked him If he'd mind telling her
his age. "Twenty-three," sez he; "what's
yours?" She beat It. JOE.
Boaj'S
(As Miss Kipling would gee them.)
I'm hone-hone-hone-honlng for a pair of
shoes!
Hunt-hunt-hunt-hunt-huntlng In the cheap.
est spots.
Boots-boots-boots-boots movln' up In price
again!
We've got no charge at filestores!
i
Twelve-eleven-teu-nlne nine and fifty
cents today:
Eight-eight-elght-elght eighty-nine the
day before ;
(Boots-boots-boots-boots moving up ,ln
price again)
We've got no charge at the stores.
Don't-don't-don't-don't look what folks
are wearln' now;
High-hlgh-hlgh-high eyelets must b seven
teen: i i
Men-men-men-men men go mad with
watchln' 'em,
And I've got no charge In the stores.
I-canetlck-out bonnets, gloves and dia
mond rings,
Butj not.not-not-not not the chror.lo sight
of 'em ;
Boots-boots-boots-boots movln' up In price
again
I've got no charge In the stores!
. PI.
.
THE LEADING poem in "Contempo
rary Verse" for March Is "Lovers," by
Louis Untermeyer. Among other things
he aays:;. -"
.qgajitf ""sni-i-is!, ibe' We-Wf tin
W m i.ki .'S ' ' l,,-1..J.tf
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
City Insurance for Soldiers
Urged Anti-Liquor Laws
Suggested Votes for
Women Attacked
INSURE THE SOLDIERS
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Toronto, Canada, has a population
of less than 400,000. Philadelphia has a
population of more than 1,600,000. When
Toronto asked men to enll&t the city pre
sented each man with n life Insurance
policy of $1000, payable to any one he
wished In the event of his being killed
dm Ing the war. The city guaranteed to
pay the premiums on this Insurance out
of the funds of the municipality. As a re
sult of this liberality 10,000 men from
the city of Toronto Joined the Canadian
forces who went to tho front.
Philadelphia wants men for the army
and navy and wants them badly. Will the
city rise to the occasion as Toronto has
done and offer to pay $1000 life Insurance
on the life of every loyal citizen within
her borders who will enlist for our nation's
defense? The cost Is a secondary mat
ter. If Totonto can stand the expense
certainly Philadelphia can. The Toronto
men are insuted In an Ameilcan com
pany, and unquestionably theie are
scores of American companies who will
enter Into competition for this business.
It will honor any company that accepts
it If the city decides to have It.
There ate thousands of young men In
Philadelphia who will march up to the
recruiting oftices and enlist when they
know that their grateful fellow-cHlzens
will see to It that at leaet J1000 will be
paid to their families should the worst
happen to them. If the authorities will
get busy at once and push this matter
through to a finish In a whole-hearted
manner, Philadelphia should secure 40 000
tecrults In the next few weeks. K S H
Philadelphia, April 14.
PROHIBITION AND WAR
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir One of the greatest things that
could he accomplished by this war of ours
now raging would be prohibition. The fight
for a law making it a crime to dispose of
Intoxicating liquors has been fought longer
than our country has existed. It wns a
fight that until recently seemed a useless
one. but now more than half our territory
Is in possession of local option.
Imagine the misery caused by not having
such laws! Imagine the number of homes
broken up as a result! Imagine the num
ber of thousand,, rf v.pAi.... i .
by the lack of such important deliberating!
A LINCOLN MKYEBS.
Philadelphia, April 14.
"SUFFRAGE MEANS SOCIALISM"
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Slr;-V.ou' lssue Qf yesterday a cor
respondent to your column objects to the
alignment of woman suffrage with social
Ism, saying it Is as unjust as the align
"?" .f th 8nt'BUfflts.wlth the liquor
Interests. The latter case !. however) very
different from the former. The an l-suf-fraglsts
have never had liquor dealers as
presidents' of their associations, advertised
In liquor journals, employed liquor dealers
to speak and write against votes for worn
en or printed and circulated literature
favoring the saloon In their efforts to de
feat woman suffrage, as the suffragists have
printed and distributed Socialist and Fem
nlst literature, used Socialist speakers and
eected Socialists heads of their .Socte.
tlons, which. Mrs, Brock noted In her let
ter. A movement can only be Judged bv Its
official utterances and actions'.
Daniel De Leon truly says, "Woman suf.
frage Is an integral splinter In the torch
that lights the path of the social Tevohi
tlon," and Beatrice Forbes Bobertson-Hale
one of the most noted suffrage speaker
tells us woman suffrage Is an essential
branch of the tree of Feminism, Feminism
we are told by Innumerable Socialists and
suffragists, Is the women's department nJ
socialism. l
Let us face facts. If we haVe woman
suffrage we shall have socialism. It t,
have socialism, we shall have, woman suf
frage; political, economic and social ind.
pendence of women, alio of men: the S.'
structlon of the home, the decline of ih.
Christian religion and moralsT'thed',
the State, ending In anarchy and follow!
by a tctatw.Thls has been thi hlstorT
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OUR LATEST DOG OF WAR
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history of the world, and always with the
same results. C. VON O. WHITE.
Philadelphia, April 13.
ANSWERS CALL OF DUTY
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir I burn with shame to be here in
the United States, cherishing the fortunes
It gives me, and not there to handle a
musket for my native country. I remem
ber that I belong to tho United States. Vie
Stars and Stripes recalled mo to tho Con
sciousness of duty.
B. J. WEXLAR, P. D.
Philadelphia, April 13.
EDDYSTONE PHOTOGRAPHS
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir I feel it is but simple Justice to your
newspaper to record my appreciation of
the almost wonderful manner in which the
Lveni.no Ledger gave to the public pic
torial Illustrations of the terrible scenes at
Kddystone.
That this was done, and done well, with
in a few hours after Its occurrence is a
tribute alike to the enterprise and to the
tesources of the Evening Ledger,
Philadelphia, April 11. PAUL PRY.
"IT TALKS1"
Walter K. Towers, who has told In his
Just-published book, "Masters of Space,"
the stories of the Inventors of the tele
graph, telephone, etc., relates how Alexan
der Bell the recipient of the Civic Forum
MedaJ of Honor for Distinguished Public
feervlce met his first public recognition
at the Philadelphia Exposition In 1876.
whjie the Judges, he says, "were fingering
Bell s apparatus indifferently and preparing
for their departure, a strange and fortunate
thini? nnpnrt-Arl iVv11aiFa,i v... .
brilliantly attired courtiers, the Emperor of
ula'1' appearea. He rushed up to Bell
and greeted him with a warmth of affec
tion that electrified the Indifferent Judges.
They watched the scene In astonishment,
wondering who this young Bell was that
he could attract the attention and the
friendship of the Emperor. The Emperor
had attended Bell's school for deaf mutes
In Boston when it was at the height of its
success, and had conceived a warm admira
tion for the young man and taken a deep
Interest In his work. The Emperor was
ieady to examine Bell's Invention, though
the Judges were not. Bell showed him how
to place his ear to the receiver, and he then
went to the transmitter, which had been
placed at the other end of the wire strung
along the room. The Emperor waited ex
pectantly. the Judges watched curiously
Bell, at a distance, spoke Into the trans
mitter. In utter wonderment the Emperor
raised his head from the receiver. "Mv
God," he cried, "It talks'."
All Points of the Compas8
An Adventure With a BachMm.
IN THE course of human events It Is neces
sary for Us to meet alt nnrt nt ui
Some of them are Interesting. Against
some others we have a distinct feeling of
weariness. The other day we met Balnh
McKlrmey. who is by waof beTng an in
terestlng person, although he Is a bachelor.
"Did you ever read Enoch Arden?" asked
Balph.
His question came as a bolt from a
clear sky-Just as though he thought he
could find us among the men who had ot
wejn In our earlier youth over th, T sad
ques'tlon'r " rePUed' "bUt Why thls
whV,r "memabher ?!". Ralph.
-wife to ioS'f BQ M a "ttle
we remember it moat distinctly"
replied, "but what's the answer?" y' We
hi'nvV. .h1"'" J-!-1--- cont"ud: "do you
f..!nk " ' ood orm r a lady to hi .
little wife to both!" . y ,0 b a
We admitted we had not nut that
structlon on the tenets of goodVrm 0n"
"Well," he still went on." tS ".houM
prove to be the case, and Mr T.,? 4
was right In his line, I propose Tn ?y".0n
the marriage ceremony (aa jm. J,,,revf8
the Book of Prayer, It sav ., rltUn ln
thou, M..or X.. take this m.n tn i1'
wedded hu.bandr 'My revised vto.ba
read, -wilt thou, M. or L tfv?1.0 wl
to be thy wedded husband?' thU .man
It was a dark and stormv.tii.t..
going home In a taxj we thSurilW.1 Rn'
Suddenly it dawned pn) us !wlt't ovr'
th, understanding that' M. VKl1?
Jnore pr Itsa." We iaughee? i.?"?.?
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What Do You Know?;
QUIZ
1. Because of the war, will the Unites I
Intern flermana In America or Get
Intern Americans In Germany? i
2. What ar Dleiuirr notrem. whteh th 1
commission to the United States 111
hi nave",'
3. Locate th Columbia Rlrer. Abost
Ions Is Itr
4. Who was called tbe Scourge of Coif 'l
o. in wiint cltr Is the famous Leanto !
.and how Is the name of the ?
uvuncear
6. What Is the. Intention of the
espionage bill in Congress?
1. What Is a polyglot noDulatlon?
. What Is Scotland Yard, and where Isl
9. What Is a truculent nation, and hojr 111
-.viu prviivuncvu;
10. Why does one call a perron fond of I
n - izaaK wniten"T
Answers to Saturday's Quij
l. The "war zone" edict br the Unites
Oorernment restricts movement or, i
mo ana out or certain Americas I
me period or derllgnt.
2. Mora than AOA.Ono Ynlnntra IN 1
brine the National Guard and
army ui to war atreneth.
S. Rear Admiral William ft. Ilennon, ekl
ilium operation, u in active
of Hlf TTntfri Ut,im nvv
i Bi u'zr"-r.. ""'. ...i,jAi
.. .iivuihi, uno oi me virgin ihj
Called thm (ilhrallar nt Anirlm !
f It excellent and well-protected I
one or the finest In the world, .:
o. it l Incorrect to oar "He, don't cartAl
rnura --aon'i." is n contraction M
not." "He doesn't rare" Is cornel!
0. John Paul Jones was the Amerlea7M
hero who, durlnr.tbe battle betWl
Ilonliomma Rlrhord nn h HrltUl I
apt, made the famous derlaratliii. -1
imvenc oeciin lo ngnt et." ,
(. The HhiLl(Mlija,-.Ita,-.n MuifMMMf' ll
disagreement over the automate!
SHakespeare's Plan, Nome coot.!
nicy were written br JFrancl mcmh
b. Herbert V. Hoover, rfaalrman of tM'l
lean (.'unnliilnii ft. ItAllAf In Sal
has been appointed chairman of tSl
American rood Board ot tbe JW
Defense Council.
9. Lincoln I the capital of NebnuU. 1
iv. lea vtniard. an ex-cowbor. It cits
heavy weight nurlllst of the United I
no ino wona.
rrenctt Army . if
A. W. W. There are about 100,0ifl
uiuen in me trench army, according is,
uib. xnese ngures are not sccu
MOSt ff tllA .amaam ... Inl..klanl, Ad
trench colonial possessions in Africa., a
First American Traitor
B. S. Benjamin Church, a graduiij
nurvara ana a member of a dlstlnfu
can traitor. He became eminent as'S 1
scon ana as a writer of vrse and wuj
i we leaning wings ln the years ju i
ceding the Revolution. At one time fcJ
a memoer of the Massachusetts Frovn
tnous Boston Committee of Safety; d
i-uinmiuee-s plans were consistently rei
to General Gage, Governor of the pro
uui me source or the leak was not o
ered until net,.,. ,,. n..,Ai..tiAM ,&
under way. At the time of the actual I
hetwAan ihm r.i.r a ti.j Pi
--... vv.. i,,v iviumi?a mm ciigm""' vw
was assigned to an important Colonlalj
Pltal. In September, 1775, a letterJ
-iiurcu io a juritisn army omcer, co
Ing secrets of the Colonist army. w
tercfintri Oh,,fMU un in..aAH tha'u
written in code, to a woman, to b"
vryea io one ot General Gage's stare on
The woman .confessed her share In
iroaaonaDte move and Implicated
He Was taken hfAr n ,i,inHl
OVSr hv WsihlnvtAn on, Urn UTm nA
his guilt. Congress, acting on the
tlon rf tThak ttattal .ain11 AjtirrT f!l
kCDt In .(. pnnflriAmAnt In m CzATok
Hftll "Svlthn.lt th nu r9 1-i.tn nr YiATlttf.
nz no person bo allowed to convene
him. except In the presence and m
of Colonial officers, until further orJriJ
this or aTuturo Congress." Church' m
lauea rapidly ana he was permitted.
deriTO banlan-mant Th. nrasr Tni-I.Al
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H J. A., JR. Cremona fiddles J
l""' wn iromt uremona, a cuy-g
half way between Genoa and Verej
northern Italy. They are reckonea.l
""'" vwiin, many ramous master,
made Violins of thla tvna. Among thM
Stradivari and the Araatls. .
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