hJV, m S.-?-' IrtMHte vt RZF M i ' .'1 I ' ' Hefcger .' FUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY CTRUS It K. CUIITI8. PI1HD1K3 It. J.udlnaten. Vtea lrealdantl John MUnl Secretary anil Treasureri Philip 8. John n. Williams, John J, Bpuwon. -Whaler, Director. EDITORIAL BOARD: nCti Ctict II. K. Ccstii. Chairman. tAt.ET , .Editor C, MAP.TIN.. general Dutlnett Mtntgtr tithed daily at Prmio T.anoBB TtulMlnr. independence Squarf, Philadelphia. cgSTBat.... Broad and Chestnut 8treeta rrio ClTl..... Preee-VMon Dulldlnc Yoax.. "09 MttroBalltan Tnw.r sort i 403 Ford Itulldlnr .1.0DIS4 ,..suv uiooi'Urmocrat liuildlns; SC&OO 1202 Tritium nulldlna Ajff$ NEW8 BUREAUO: TJini;oTnn ucum Kirn nunaing PTBsr TnnK IIIIIIID The Tlmii llullriln vitft'S'"-!"' ntissatt no Frledrlchitratia 'f' .' I.nHDOK BranAU ...Marconi llmioo. Strand Pavut Dcino ....S3 nua I.oult le Orand SUBSCRIPTION TERMS vThe ISvtviso Linos la served to subscriber! 'ititladelDhla. and aurroundlnr towns at the ea or twelve U-J ctnta per week, rayabla, .Br mall to polnta outilde of rhlledelphlt. In M United States. Canada or United Biatea pot- i no ri rritr. ions. posi ! nny ioui centi per nth. Six (IS) dollare per rear, payable in -.To all rorelan rnunlrlee nna 1111 Atlar nr vfm- , r-woTira) ..subscribers wishing address Chanted civs oia aa wen aa new addrtai. ft, HELL. JOOO WALNUT KEYSTO.NE. MtN10O Re . ffofS 9WAtdteas all communications to Rvenlno iXtl lA&otr, Irdependrnce .Square, Philadelphia. asTSiSD at tbi rnn.tDKLPDU rnvrornr as SZC01D-CL1SS Kill. UlTTCt. THE AVERAGE NET TAID DVILT CIR CULATION or THE EVENING I.EDOER TOR .MARCH WAS 100,611 rhlliJtlphii, Thund.t, Mr J. 191T &1 Should Hussla's reported abandon- mcnt of Mush be Interpreted as a blow .nt.her pacifists? "We may expect to hear Germany (defend her sinking of the Uruguayan fcteamshlp Gorlzla by saying that the K little South American lepubllc was .threatening the integrity of the Teutonic empire. r..t- - . ...I.U .. klnV mnnV nf 3 v xne eagerness .m iimi .....j .-. iWiniir rltlroriQ nrp pnllstlnc for farm work rls commendable; but when the actual W taalc nf whlnnlnir thp Gurmana confronts H v-I Ipus we'll have to raise a gun as well as , an onion. The Wotan line, where Hindenburg tiiow fights, has a ferocious sound until we ".remember that the position Is named after mn one-eyed demigod, ultimately over thrown by the forces of Christianity and civilization In Germany's own legends. m, American flags, which are being displayed at thousands of homes through- tout the city, are becoming soiled from fthe dust blown from dirty streets. For Cthe saku of pure patriotism the con tractors should live up to their agree- jfcenta and clean the highways. The only consoling thing about the fjir tnfpst Tpntnn Attacks nn our shtD- lping is that the pirates missed the great- Jest catch of the lot, the big 13,000-ton (Mongolia, whose keen-eyed gunner Riwlnged" a periscope. The Vacuum was bf only 1600 tons burden and the Rocking ffcam of -1409. A billion will never sound ike very Rteiuch money again. Britain Is planning Kto spend eleven of them In a year. Some j years ago Germany put a few millions in JfaTOld away as a defense fund In case of ierar. That much Is now spent every lliay by England, and Germany's dally bill ! not much less. There Is enough wheat at the hot m of the Atlantic to keep Philadelphia I alive for many weeks. It cannot be re .covered. It cannot even be replaced. CtSomebody must do with less bread. Let Mfe nnt lio nnlir tliA nlrpflrii linriemnnr JW ..W w W... ... .. ,r ..... rlahed children of the poor. Let It rather i? everybody except them. "Without a merchantman on the Jjlgh seas, Germany grandiloquently proposes merging the Hamburg-Amerl- jan and North German Lloyd Com panies Into a shipping trusf. The word Xa well chosen. Trust is certainly es- 5Jntlal to any Teutonic rejoicing over (HJWII M llCIWtCOS 4Jl UaBA'Abu There is a certain species of pessl- list who believes that all amusements Mfc'nd sports should be abolished because pMeVe are at war. Should such a foolish , Lilian be adopted it would turn loose tens PJS&aK thousands of persons on the streets Tay ana nigni wno otnerwise wouia De en- ,joying tnemseives. w miner mey wouia 'iijvander is a matter of conjecture. It is 4jkIbly probable that they would soon de- Jop into processions of gloom. iA The spirits nf the Allied nations '.no longer buoyed up by a battering lithe Hindenburg line which seemed for a to promise peace before autumn. the great offensive was halted has been nothing but one tale of tter after another for the peoples tyed against Germany. How many jrjaU Germany has Is a mystery. She (ihave learned to turn them out as as Fords. "We may as well wake t the fact and make up our minds .the, situation Is serious," says Sec- Lansing. What we must wake i Is the possibility that the one great rk ,of civilization upon which the struggle hinges, the British navy, have to plunge headlong Into mine IrW' German waters to strike straight p source of the submarine In one last ate attempt to save the island It de- i from starvation. "England cannot rvod out," we hear every day. The -.who. say that most confidently ir Hu4te4 shipping statistics. Grant the' supreme crisis may not coma i.yif.'u at the end of that time sU fight single-handed against a nay ttwe humbled the western i -atJBy;.tu?lt,,ts- v w'. tne" savior of civilization In this war, it must In future stand as the guarantee of the permanent prevention of another U-boat war in tho future. TRAINED NAVIGATORS NEEDED SHirS without ofTlcers aro simply Idle ornaments. Vessels costing a total of $200,000,000 are how undor construction or about to bo built In Delaware Itlver yards alone. General Goethals planR to produce a thousand wooden merchant carriers. All these ships will have to bo manned. Tho navy, happily being fast recruited to full war strength, will take caro of the war vessel personnel. It lt the manning of the merchantmen which Is the real problem. Immediate ic-cstabllshment of Pennsyl vania's nautical school therefore becomes of pressing Importance. A bill to re-create this vital aid to sea power has been pend ing at Harrlsburg for some three weeks. Shipping interests In this city are today to hold a conference on the subject. By the proposed arrangement Philadelphia and tho State will share equally the ex penscs of the school and training ship. New Tork Is already taking up tho Idea of sending relays of future mariners on a training vessel, meanwhile Instructing; large numbers of cadets In suitable quar ters on shore. Alternations of sea and land service will thus bo made. Pennsylvania might well copy this plan. Certainly It Is urgent that this State, whose chief river has become the Ameri can Clyde and Is actually now the world's greatest center of shipbuilding, should make Its personal equipment equal to Its vast mechanical and constructive accom plishments. SANITY IN TAXATION CONGUESSMK.V make no secret about the fact that the public must prepare for heavy laxc. Those who argue for levies sulllcietit to make this a "pay-as. you-go" war Instead of letting the futuie pay the bill are quite light, and the pub lic can stand the shock of their sugges tions. But what Is mote or less veiled In secrecy Is that procedure which should be most open, th' decision where to place the new laxc "Hie Idea of public hear ings Is discouraged. A long list of commodities, many of them classed as .uxurles, are scheduled for taxation, ai.i' so violent Is the dis agreement over iho problems In the House Ways and Means Committee that It would seem that piejudlce and not science was nt work. The utmost candor should be permitted In these discussions. There must be no crippling of business In any blanket taxing of coirisiodltles as various as cigarettes, autos and sugar under the general head of "luxuries" All of these are at times luxuries, at times necessities. Cigarettes are sometimes as necessary as food In th trenches and In hospitals. But more Important than the question of Injustice Is the necessity of prevent ing sudden dislocations In tho output and selling of commodities on the making of which many thousands of workers depend for their Immediate living. The opinions of business men should be asked when Congressmen have reached such a point of uncertainty that any sug gestion made by one committeeman is opposed by another before the words are out of his mouth. A CASE FOR INSTANT ACTION VIGILANCE COMMITTEES are usual ly the last desperate defense against lawlessness. They savor of crude fion tier life. That a vlgl'ance committee is on the point of being organized to sup press an unchecked wave of crime and disorder In Philadelphia's Third Ward puts police protection In this city on a par with that of the violent Frisco of forty-nine. Mayor Smith has promised to make "swift police changes" In the distilct. They must be instant and drastic. Gun men, dope fiends, proprietors of disor derly houses, thieves nnd thugs have made a mockery of Justice In the heart of a supposedly civilized community. The number of murders in the Third Ward during the last twe'.ve months has been triple that of previous years. If the police continue to fall in wiping out this dis grace. In healing this plague spot, a real vlgilanco committee of reputable citi zens, such as Is now being formed, may be Imperatively needed. MISCHIEF-MAKING CENSORS rpHE sedition act, passed July 14, 1798, Imposed a penalty of Imprisonment for not over two years and a fine of not more than J2000 for printing scandal ous material concerning the Federal Gov ernment, the President or Congress. It caused such a wave of suspicion and re sentment throughout the country that the overthrow of the Federalist party re sulted, and two States, Virginia and Ken tucky, adopted resolutions which virtually maintained the right of a State to nullify an act of Congress which was believed to abrogate constitutional rights. The dan gerous doctrine of nullification thus im planted in the public mind played Its part In setting the scene for civil war. It is evidently without thought of the mlschlef-maklng possibilities in attempts to limit the constitutional freedom of the press that Congressmen aro now bent on putting through the arbitrary features of the espionage act. "What we need is an espionage law that will unite the country against the foe; not divide it against itself. TWO MOTHERS MARY ROBERTS RINEHART, after a long and successful literary career and after all her experiences in Europe close to the battle-line, has no more and no less to tell about the anguish in a patriotic mother's heart over her son's answer to the call to the colors than the mother who has written the first letter in our "Voice of the People" today. ' The same thoughts, expressed in about the same language, appear In the letter of the mother untrained In the literary art aa the skilled author has put into her touching little book, "The Altar of Free dom." These thoughts are very much needed just now, because all mothers are net eAwaUy ready -tp face the cruel neces- &lr&.'iB!PMl2DEM'Hfe, THfjMDAYj' HOW THE NEWS CAME TO PARIS The French Capital Blossomed With Flags as Soon as It Learned Wc Had En tered the War By HENRI BAZIN neclnlnt nf the Croix de Ouerre. member nf the Soclete de Oen" dee l.ettree. etarf enr- reepondent nf the EtrMMi I.tMtn In France. PARIS, April . THE Star Spangled Banner In French is going some. And to hear It sung to the tune of lis soul-stlrrlng English, a rather difficult Job ery creditably accom plished, tells In small part how Tarls heard the news. It was II o'clock In the morning when history came over the wire. By 11:20 It was on the streets In special editions. Un like American cities, the cnpltal of France does not display Its flag In great abun dance. Aside from the staff of gosernmental or ministerial buildings nnd one thousand feet In the air from the Eiffel Tower, the Tricolor Is a relatle rarity Ken after Yser, the .Mnrno, when Verdun's "they shall not pass" liecamo n ceitainty pf knowledge, the Hag of France could not he seen In special tribute But within fifteen minutes after President Wilson's Immortal message to Congress became known, ns If by magic hundreds of thousands of American Stars nnd Stripes appeared, from windows nnd door ways and flagpoles, all oer thi ait clt. They were flags of nil soits and conditions, some spick and span and new with the fort -eight proverbial stars, some of more ancient vlntngo with less, and In three cases that I noticed In tho thirteen original stars of the thirteen original colonies 1'pon im boulevaids. the newspapers. In front oi cery hotel and hospital, the wax ing coiors of the Allied nations could he eeen elr.,r erected, with the Stars and Stripes aid the Tricolor In the tenter rs Intent todi. hem gi eater honor I'eiwins who were unknown to each other spoke excitedly and smilingly upon the street, nnd all the khakl-clad boys of the American ambulance were fairly mobbed upon tho boulevaid slde wnlks and wrung by the hands. Americans recognized each other, largely through their clean-cut, smooth-shaen faces, and fiater nlsed as bands of brothers. The accents of Philadelphia, Chicago, New York and San Antonio exchanged the word of Joy nnd tho glad hand of congratulation at the news of Ally No. 11 entering right's flght against autocratic evil and attempted world terror ism "Star Spanpled Banner" in French By 5 o'clock In tho exenlng the dowds upon the streets all oer Paris were enor mous, and about the American embassy n group of enthusiasts was singing "The Star Spangled Banner" In French, which Is quite i-oine. Job One bearded Frenchman with an empty sleete and the Croix de (Juerre upon his civilian coat held a French trans lation of our national anthem In his only hand I asked him for It nnd send Its French rendering Ultra, le lo)-i ous dans I aube Manchlafante l.e drappau dont lea piio annt pHrsemea d etolles Qu'hler nous aalulons nux dernlrra feux du solr Kn xoant aea lonxa pita nottr eur b-a remporla hi qui travora la null In toubh clat ds bombea Nous montralt. orgueltleux. ttottant toujoura bu nt; liltea, Is vojez vour fiottnnt tnujours plus haut Wur notra terre llbre et noa fojiera aana peur. Sur la Kreve qu racha a deml le brouillard torfiuellleux enemla repoae menepant Mais quVat ce que la Mae agtt sur U tour De son aouffla Inconstant puis lalsse rctombsr Ou! lerlent dans sea nits tout l'eclat du matin ijj II retWe aec ml dans tourunl du neue. t: est nolro drapeau qui nott nans raurore ur notre terre llbre et nos foytrs aans peur. Oh' qu'll en solt alnsl pendant auasl lonslemps Qu entre un foer cher et la iruerre abhorre iea nommea nreserom leurs pourmes aana piur Bentsanna la puissance bu aeeours de laquelle Nous dmona d'etre, un peuplo et de reater un Pupl Ht que notre detse aux Jours de peril aonbre Demcure relle et En Dleu notre connance Et que toujours plus haut finite noire drapeau ur notra term llbre et nos foyers aans peur. Venders sold little American flag lapel buttons like hot cakes, nnd eerybody asked where they could have come from so quick ly, I enture to say no single American man or woman In the capital of France Is undecorated with one today And one American ambulance sped by me with a load of evacuees from the Gard du Nord, displajlng seven American flags flying fore and aft and on the starboard and larboard quarters An Impressive Salute I witnessed the next day that which I think was the most Impressive scene that ever passed before my eyes. I sat In the Palais Bourbon when M. Ribot, Prime Minister of France, made his eloquent speech upon what he termed "the event of all history," and said that the Joy of the French people and nation at seeing the Stars and Stripes side by side with the Tricolor In mutual resistance against bar barity was something beyond compare. As the words left the lips of the aged orator the entire membership of the cham ber, some 900 men. rose as if by one thought nnd raised their right hands In a gesture of Joy, dignity and emotion toward the diplomatic tribune where Ambassador Sharp sat among the representatives of the Allies nnd friends of France. There was a silence of death for thirty seconds, dur ing which etery man must hae felt, as I, that Indescribable sensation along the spine that comes to men in the stirring Instant of true patriotism and true union. And then rose a shout that could be heard In both Montmartre and Montparnasse. The same afternoon your correspondent. In company with all the American corre spondents in Paris, was Invited to spend a few moments successively with M. Patnleve. Minister of War; Admiral Lacaze. Minister of the Navy, and M. Polncare, President of the Republic, the calls being In the order named., That which they said Is already ancient history, but the stories sent over the wire did not perhaps describe the In tensity of their voices, the great emotion In which their words were uttered, the glisten In their eyes. As In a body, we writing men passed down the red-carpeted stairway of the ElyBee and (hrough the courtyard to the Faubourg St. Honore, a group of French men and women standing upon the other side of the street looked upon our soft hats and Yankee clothes and, recognizing, yelled, 'Hurrah pour l'Amerlque!" And the words tell the story. It's hurrah for America and the United States, and the little old Stars and Stripes, and a place of foremost honor for the nation in this fight between civilization and barbarity. MY SHIPS The swing of the sea I would bring back with me, In the ring of my verse, where the wild waves rehearse. I would music embalm of the wlnd-tosied palm. Bright night-water pour by a flame-colored shore. My songs and my ships o'er the 'foam each one slips. Full sail on the way to the Port of Good Day. They must sail on and on, with their car- , goes of dawn. To th Kingdom of Rest la the' purple-eyed Tom Daly's Column TO TIM M.v inisir Tunitinn) O, Jetcel of my Heart, 1 sing vour praise. Though von who are atasl of middle ago Have never bean to school and cannot read Tho weary printed page. I ting your even, ftuo pool in shadowed streams Where vour soul shines in depths of sunny brown, Alertly lalsed to read my every mood Or thoughtfully cast down, I sing the little nose, so glossy wet, The wcll-tratncd sentry to your eager mind, So swift to catch the delicate glad scent Of rabbits on the wind. Ah! fair to me your whenten-colored coat, And fair the darker velvet of your ear, Itagged and scarred with old hostilities That never taught you fear. But oh! your heart, where my un- worthiness Is made perfection bv love's alchemy, How often docs vour doghood's faith cry shame To my inconstancy. At last I know the hunter Death Mill come And whistle low the call you mint obey. So you will leave me, comrade of my heart, To take a lonely way. Some tell me, Tim, we. shall not meet again, lint for thrir Invclcsi logic nerd toe caret If I should win to Iteaxen's gale I know You icfjj be uniting there. U M, LUTTS. J'fm dtrd Sfvtrmlrr ). 1911. AND his full iiamo was Tim O'Daly, so we weie told several years ago when we fit st came to know his mistress and her full name Is Winifred .Mabel Letts, a fact unknown even to her American pub lishers, K. I. Diittan & Co., who have Just sent us her new book, "Hallow-e'en and Poems of tho War," nnil upon the paper Jacket of which wo lead: The author, by his very fineness and simplicity, can call up ery vividly In a few words a scene or an emotion over which another writer might spend as many pages. When we wore a callow youth we wrote a Jest, which has since gilnned out nt us from odd newspaper cornets at Inter vals. It was to tho effect that "woman puts In most of her time denying her weight or her age." Wo took a half hour off yesterday afternoon to Investigate this alleged age shyness, and tho result Is this roster of: Brave Women and Fair Men (Culled from "Who Who In America.") l.OKI), lsubel Kl., household science, lorn Say brook. Conn., Feb. 7 ls"l. etc I.FAV1H. Inlnic Jefferson, editor, horn Clsvs- o . etc HARRISON'. Idn Vtltherti born Grand dulf. Miss , Mav B, lS.'il. etc HOWES. Kthel llenrli Puffer, educator; born Framingham. Maa , Oct. 10, 1872; etc FAXON, Vtllllum llalley, ortlai, born Hartford, Conn.: etc TRCK. Theodora Aenea, author, born at llur- Itngtnn. VI . Oct 2fi. 18S'J, etc. PROTON, Frances Kolsom (UeTeland)i born Ilutfalo. July 21, ism. Bless your heart' One of the most In tel cstlng books In tho world is that same "Who's Who," If you have time to read It Intelllgentlj. For Instance, you como upon the name "Riddle," and you Imme diately start guessing, for the gentleman In full Is Hon. Finis E. Riddle, Judge of tho Oklahoma Supreme Court. Was that n hope his parents o nforred upon him in lieu of a Christian i jne? And. in either case, why Isn't tho r.-.tddle E spelled out? We'd like to hear from the Judge ahout It and It should be no hardship for him to answer, for we read further on that ho "wrote SO opinions In 8 months." MAT There is gladness in the daytime when the year is at the Maytlme And the fickle April yesterdays are gone forever more; When the buds come creeping, creeping, from the trance of winter sleeping, On th rambler as it makes a frame of flame around the door. April was a wanton wooer, changeful to each one who knexo her. Giving and withholding kisses in her careless, heartless way. But when May's white arms are round you, then you know true love has found you. There is constancy unfailing in the faithful heart of May. Even nights with wonder moon ways following the golden June days. With the thrill of rose and nightingale where laughing fountains play, Do not bring the thoughts so tender of the sweet things we remember Of the days when wa were twenty ana" the year teas at the May, TAKLEY. UNCERTAIN HUMANS If Rising Sun lane were not so far away we might suggest that Dr. Harmer Good pay a purely professional visit to L. Yasno, of 704 North Eighth street. AND If tho day's of the old Union Trac tion Company wore still with us the Pop lar stroet car might bo used if within catching dUtance and you never could bo sure of that. We say 7ie Poplar street car, for there was only one. Old residents will remember that the Union Traction Company merely operated tho line to comply with the law and hold the franchise. It shuttled back and forth for a few blocks. The car crews never seemed to get along very well on that car. Their Jobs were sour to them, and (hey fought. An Irish driver and an Irish conductor battled inside the car one day. and very nearly "busted" It. Then a couple of Yiddish gentlemen were put in charge. The first week the conductor turned in about $1.10 a day, which was normal, but the following week the re ceipts rose suddenly. One night they ex ceeded $7. The superintendent called the conductor Into his office. "Fine," he said; "nobody else ever brought In so much money. How do you do It?" "Veil, ve vent after de business for de reason be cause It wouldn't come to us, Dey yas ."V." TYf '- tv-i'.' tY 3, '"H THE THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Police Recklessness With Their Revolvers Is Condemned Two Mothers Express Opposite Opinions About War A VETERAN'S DAUGHTER SPEAKS To the Editor of the Evenlno Ledger: Sir I wonder If It would be any help to other mothers to know how one feels? My husband was for years a very delicate man nnd when my children came Into the world I seemed to live for nothing else but to bring them both up to be big, strong men Morally they nro no better nor any worse than the nverage, but I taught them from tho Mry llrst to look after their health, so that as they grew to manhood they were fine, healthy men. Well, the elder was nineteen when the war broke out and had served two years In the electrical business. He was the pride of my life and I may say the very heart out of my bosom. What then was my sur prise when he came. to me one day and asked me to consent to his going into the navy. "Mother," ho said, "sooner or later we will get Into this war and when we do Uncle Sam will need trained men. and the Booner some of us start the better." The -shock seemed more than I could bear, but raised as I was, the daughter, granddaughter and niece of Civil War veterans, I thought "Next to your God comes your country " I tried to give him up willingly. He has been more than two years In the navy, has been promoted twice and I am very proud of him. Then, when our President's call came for men In June. 1916, my youngest son told mo ho wanted to enlist. I talked to him, reasoned with him and tried to show him what hardships were In store for him. All these things I had heard fiom my father many times. He was a big, strong boy, only n little past sixteen, and it came hard for me to let him go, but I gave my consent. Ho went In as being eighteen, sered almost nine months pn the border and came back to me bigger, stronger and even more manly than ever, and I am glad to say he Is one of the many boys who aro thoroughly trained for our present war needs. Several of his boyhood companions had died while he was away, and moro and more every day I am beginning to believe that we never die until our time comes, war or no war. How. then, can we account for the charmed lives some people lead? Many hae gone to war and returned, while many are killed on the streets In automobiles, etc More people have died In one city during nn epidemic than ever died In the same towns during a war. Why then worry about death until It comes? You owe it to your country and your God not to raise a coward, a being who is so much afraid for his life that he will let the other sons defend his country and, incidentally, his mother and himself. Better that ho never were born than to be a slacker ! A MOTHER OF TWO SONS. Philadelphia, May 2. POLICE RECKLESSNESS To the Editor of the Evening Ledgtr: gr in your Issue of April 21 one more police shooting case was announced, In which another victim the Innocent by stander, ns usual, this time a little girl was added to the already too long list of killed and maimed sacrificed to official In capacity. So common have such cases become that this one, although particularly flagrant and inexcusable, attracted no attention In- the press beyond the first mere men tion of the fact as an Item of minor news, and occasioned no denunciation of Its law less cruelty, either from editorial or other sources. The public. Including the news papers, apparently are supine In the pres ence of these abuses of police authority. How much longer are inoffensive persons In Philadelphia to be shotvto death by the irresponsible madmen who. Judging from the published reports of their murderous unmarksmanshlp, abound too numerously in the police force of this city? Hardly a month passes by. It seems to the casual reader, without an additional fatality occasioned by the careless and In competent handling of police revolvers, and I M , ifi 1 '' JsM i p ' It appears to fct."1" L"liri.u ul.- KEY TO THE SITUATION? stop, once for all, to this system of semi legalized assassination. If this and other notorious nbuses of 'official power are not noon corrected, who among Phllndelphlans of thoughtful habit will hae the hardi hood to deny the charge of a famous litter ateur of local origin, that "this Is n city made up laigely of fools and ruled mainly by logues." The unbridled license which character izes police revolver shooting on the public streets, and which has been the direct cause of the death of, literally, dozens of Inoffensive citizens In the last few years, has rarely been exercised In a more Inex cusable manner than In this last utterly wanton shooting of a four-ear-oId girl by nn alleged police detective, said to be one George Henneke by name. Was this shooting done In a laudable attempt to capture a murderer who was about to escape the clutches nf the out raged law of the land ; or perhaps nn In cendiary who had fired a tenement filled with helpless women and children; or mabe the Instigator of a hideous plot to blow up a munition plant and Its hun dreds of workers? Not at all; for no pastime Is safer In the City of Brotherly Love than murder and Its allied diversions, nnd the gentry who practice these gentle arts of thuggery are rarely by any mis chance interfered with by our police pro tectors. No, the dangerous criminal who was about to outrun this "guardian of the peace." eao the mark! and at whom was aimed the Infant-killing bullet, had stolen ten cents' worth of sausages from a street peddler; and this was the capital offense against the majesty of the law which In the Inscrutable mental processes of Mr. Henneke, official gunman, warranted him In running amuck and firing a heavy cali ber revolver at random In a crowded city street, where by good luck rather than good management one Innocent baby only was maimed or killed rather than more, as might easily have been Are the attempts of Henneke and his like to Introduce "kultur" Into the dull and uncultured civic existence of Phlla delphla to go on Indefinitely unchecked by legal authority, as heretofore, until some outraged citizen, deprived of a loved mem ber of his family by such police ruthless ness, takes the law of vengeance Into his own hands and exacts Mosaic Justice, or. perchance. Is this corpulent but flabby community happily possessed of one Jury with a backbone, which, upheld by one fearless and upright Judge, will railroad the next one of these official guntoters who appears before It to the penitentiary, as a wholesome and much-needed lesson to his professional brethren In manslaughter? Lot us not, In our righteous Indignation at the scourging of the helpless In Belgium, France nnd Serbia, lose entire sight of the activities of the Huns In our midst. JOHN OUTAN. Philadelphia. April 30. FROM A MOTHER To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir Your fjre-eating "Boy of 6l" doesn't seem to know that this last generation was raised to be humane and tolerant and not to be murderers of men who have never done them any harm, Would I have tolled and worried all by myself to raise my large family of boys for this? Never! Oh. that there would rise a leader of women In this world to show that we are more than Just breeders of cannon food! A WOMAN. Philadelphia, May 1. NONRESISTANCE Perhaps too far In these considerate days Has patience carried her submissive ways ; Wl6dom has taught us to be calm and meek, 'To take one blow, and turn the other cheek ; It Is not written what a man shall do. If the rude caitiff smite the other, too! Land of our fathers, In thine hour of need God help thee, guarded by the passive creed I As the lone pilgrim trusts to beads and cowl While In the forest rings the gray wolf's howl; As the deep galleon trusts her gilded prow When the black corsair slants athwart her bow; And the poor pheasant, ,with his peaceful mien, Trusts to his feathers, shining golden green. When the dark plumage with the crimson beak Has rustled shadowy from Its splintered peak So trust thy friends, whose babbling tongues would charm The lifted saber, from thy fpeman's arm. Ty torones rsaay lerutt answering peel... wprf'".''K- -S.- , , -1 Ff " ffi'. .Vi.vl .'-(. . V'f!u1 J What Do You Know? Ouerles of oenerol Merest tctll be anewerti in this column. Ten questions, the answers to xchlch every u ell-informed fiereon should know, are asked daily, QUIZ 1. What la n. post village? 3. or what country It Alfonso XIII ruler? 3. Where U Mount Ararat, where Noah's ark lsald to have landed? 4. What Is an omnibus bill In Concrets? 6. Who Is to head the American eommlasles to Russia? 6. The Russians are reported to hare evacuated Mui.li. Where Is Mush? 7 Identify Dante wltti his work and time. 8. What would probably l the chief cause of delay In sendim: a large force of Amer ican truops to 1-runce? 0. Correct the sentence, "They went with ht nnd I." 10. What Is meant when It la said that B instance Is a certain number of miles "at the iron- flies"? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. Manila Is spelled with only one "I." 2. Nlnety-sl German ships, worth about (107.- 000.000 when the war started, have been setieil by the I'nlted States. 3. Daniel lloone was n noted American ex plorer and colonizer who died In 1H20. 4. The so-called Wo Inn line Is named after Wot.in. the t.erman name of Odin the rhlef cod of orse mythology. 5. "V. S, A." after n man's name slunlfles "United Stales Armi." 0. Glzeh Is noted heruuse It Is the elte of the creat tramld of that name, It Is near Cairo, Kz-jpt. , 7. A User has it tlrlped roatl a leopard n spotted one. 8. The Magna Charta. or Great Charter, was ti doiument granting: what proved to be the foundation of English political and personal liberty, which the Rogllsh barons forced King John to sign In 1215 at Itann.i mede. 0. A "big league" city It one having n baseball team in either of the "big leagues" of basebnlt the American or tho National I -entile". 10, United Mates enlisted Infantrymen weal blue hat cords, cavalrymen yellow- ani artillerymen red. U. S. Navy D. W, S. (a) Quoting a Navy Depart ment pamphlet, "Recruits who show special aptitude for signaling or for wireless teleg raphy are assigned to classes for advanced Instruction In either of these branches. Ap prentice seamen who show sufficient expert ness ns radio operators nnd can qualify In their test may be sent to the electrical school at New York for a more complete course of Instruction In radio beforo being assigned to general duty." (b) Naval elec trical schools are located at Brooklyn and Mare Island, Cal. There are two classes general electricity and radio. Eight months Is the period of instruction, (c) The class for Instruction In gasoline engines at Charleston, S. C, Is limited and Is not open to recruits, Congressional Directory M. B. The Public Printer. Washington, D. C, has charge of printing the Congres sional Directory, which Is sold at cost In a limited number of copies. Selective Draft B. R. The minimum age limit for army service under the selective draft plan Is twenty-one years, so that a young man under that age will not be chosen. It has not been nnnounced what will be the policy. In regard to a family in which there Is only one son. However, It Is unlikely that such a young man will be chosen If he Is- the support of the family. All these matters will be decided by local ex emption boards, which will act under the guidance of the Administration, Grace Before Meat CONSTANT READER A clergyman suggests the following as a suitable bless ing to ask before a meal: "O Lord, we thank Thee for what Thou hast put before us. May Thy blessing rest upon us. Amen." Marine Corps D. L. The minimum age for enlistment In the United States marine corps Is eight een years; the maximum, thirty-five years.. The pay begins at $16 a month for a private. The marine corps Is the only branch of the service In which negroes are not enlisted. r U. S. Array D. B.. 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