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Btrand Ilie BcaiAU., 32 nua Louis la Orand sunscniPTiON teiims Tha Etsii Lamia la aervM to aubeerlbera fen Philadelphia and aurroundlnr towna at the rat ot twelve (121 centa per week, parable Br mall to potnta outelda of rhlladclphla. In the United Btatee, Canada or United Btatee von aaailona. poetara free, flfty ton) cente per month. Blx (Hi) dollara per year, payable In To all fortlrn countrlea one (ID dollar per toonth. , Notice Rubacrlbera trlahlnr addrera ehanaad tluat Cite old aa well aa new addreaa. BILL. 000 WALNUT KEYSTONE. MA1M0M eW Ad4t ee nil communication to Evening Jtdotr, Ir-deptndence BqtAre, Philadelphia. imin it Tna t'niLiniLrnu rosTorrtca n aicoND-cLiia Hilt. MATTES. rrtB AVEIIAOB NET TAID DAILY CIR CULATION Or THE EVENINO LEDGER FOR ArRIL WAS 118.027 r-hltidtlphla, Mandir, Jon. 4, 191? The Kaiser has officially announced that the Entente's spring offensive Is over. Granted. But It's the "summer push" that confronts the Hohcnzollerns now. Germany has come to the conclu sion that It was a good thing to let her Socialists enter the peace conference. An excellent reason for keeping ours home. The Senate food bill makes gambling In grain futures an offense punlshablo by I r fine of $500 or one year's Imprisonment. AH right; but why not make the "or" an "and"? American scholarship must bo a Wdy perennial Indeed when, In the World's crisis, Mr. Wilson and the two ex Presidents can find time to write urgent appeals for the continuation ot classical studies. The new regulation forbidding a promiscuous display of German dally papers on newsstands bespeaks a modesty concerning the dissemination of Inspired utterances that ill accords with the familiar pomposity of their verbiage. If any one doubts the power of the pen even in the midst of the world's greatest war, the present anxiety over the mysterious failure of Wilson's Im portant message to tho Russian republic jo reach Petrograd might well negative such an opinion. Assuming that the report ot Ger many's attempt to acquire the Venezuelan I Island of Margarita as a submarine base Is true, we are at least spared the trou ' ble ot going to war over the situation. We i picked out the right foe some months ago and wo can thus attend to violations ot the Monroe Doctrine at the same time that wo help savo the world for freedom. What will the bereaved families of those lost on the Spanish steamship Elza- ' gulrre have to say if Germany carries' out her promise to "atone" for her sub marine outrages on King Alfonso's sub jects by formally saluting the red and ' yellow standard of Spain and firing a it salute In honor of Castile and Aragon? i Or will these stricken Iberians madly call , this threatened evidence of "cordiality" the most Impertinent spectacle in the en I tire history of International relations? With the announcement that four Pennsylvania regiments are to mobilize for active war service on July 15, the various "Home Defense" organizations ' of the State assume Important roles I sooner perhaps than was anticipated. As the National Guard relinquishes Its work , of guarding railroads, waterways and bridges, the various bodies of home volun I teers will be summoned to take up these ' duties. It Is hard to see how even a chronic pacifist could argue himself out I of taking up such work In case of need. I Burely the peace of the home Is best pre served by protecting It. The American commission has ar i rived In Russia and the Government at ' Petrograd still lives. All fear that Mr. Root and his associates might arrive too late to be enabled to do their utmost to 1 eave the Infant Slavic republic, both from ! Itself and from German peace intrigues. Is finally dispelled. The mystery of the ( American envoys' amazingly quick voy age lends another touch of romance to ,one of the most striking situations In all history tho spectacle of the world's 'greatest national exemplar of democracy extenaing mo nana or help and fellow, nip to tho youngest child of freedom. The split In the Socialist party, now rtpidly developing, promises to perform soma useful surgery upon what Is bad In socialism and save what 1b good. John Bpargo'eJ resignation has been declared '"unlmnortant" bv the leaders nt th im. 10 Jo fashioned faction, but his crystal-clear Jvi-easons aro certainly important for tha EH Socialist movement, though not for the -i nartv. In Drovlne that this movement m. A capable of producing so courageous and ' K'ne a thinker as Spargo. He shows that j tfie party's endeavors were precisely those t which the German Government would I have desired It to exert Each pro-Ger- men argument was indorsed by the So. cislUt party. It was thus being- placed In ah unpppular and un-American P9l- ttes y5b. -wmlfUfW it holylww in Vht futta-,. v''jM'umi$mfmi MM educating the people to work against political and econoTnlo autocracy. Hut when tha greatest enemy of reform ap peared In arms ngalnst the world, the Bo. clallits encouraged Its propaganda. They refused to see that tho war Itself was au tomatically producing many of the re' forms which they had demanded; national control of production, national super vision of labor conditions and a world wide campaign for democratic co-opera tion and for the dethronement of the last absolute monarch. THE GREAT DAY THERE ltavo been numerous sugges tions about tomorrow from pntrlotlc folk, who would make It the Great Day In our history, ever memorable as a day of rededlcatlon to American Ideals. Some cities will have patriotic exercises. It Is hardly h day for rejoicing; It Is too solemn an occasion for much of that. Hut deep in the hearts of patriotic citi zens' there must bo a senso of gratifica tion that everywhere there Is so much willingness and eagerness nmong tho young men to help the Government In Its enormous clay's work, so little shirk ing, so little Indifference. Nothing could show so well how popu lar tho selective prlnclplo hits become as the Atnallncss of tho movement to oppose It. When It Is considered how much pa cifist feeling thoro wns several months ago, It Is amazing to find the spirit of re volt now producing microscopic results. After all tho noisy propaganda of tho last few weeks, there nro only about forty pel soni in tho whole) fnlted States worth the trouble of arresting! It Is astounding how tho ait of printing has made It pos sible for a. handful ot madmen to gain tho world's attention. Allied nations rend with gloom tho other day that "Anarch ists paraded In Petrograd" In such num bers that the police lind to let them have their wny. Later it appeared that a few score Anarchists paraded And that the police didn't take the trouble to arrest them. But our nntl-draft agitators should be punished with severity. Tho Govern ment docs well to hunt them down. It Is no time to question whether a would be traitor Is a college boy scoklng no toriety among his fellows or a German spy. There never was a law so clearly and widely explained, with proclaimed earnings concerning tho penalties of In fraction, as this one. Leniency toward theso crimlnali would play right Into the hands of German agents In this country, for what bettor disguise could an agita tor, paid by Germany, have than that of an "Intellectual" attaching himself to cultured circles, counting on their pro tection of his "pacifist fad" to save him self from Jail or the gallows? These agi tators aro small In number. There Is not tho slightest sign of such disaffection In the army itself. Every where thcrq Is eagerness to answer tho call of duty, as evidenced by tho ppon taneous rejoicing in the four Pennsylva nia regiments yesterday when it was learned that they wcro to bo mobilized for foreign service next month. These guardsmen aro as fit as any regulars, having been hardened to service on the border. There Is no difference between these men and those who nro to be drafted. Men who have never held a gun In their hands have the same cheerful desire to serve. It Is Just ns well that tho In sanity of tho few abnormals displayed Itself so promptly, for Its noisy weakness demonstrates how overwhelming Is tho patriotic fervor with which the nation awaits tho Great Day, THE PHILADELPHIA DYNAMO IT IS neither local pride nor the appeal of high-sounding phrases that essen tially Justify calling Philadelphia tho workshop of the war. Facts aro the prime warranty ot this title, fncts so tremendous, so manifold, so Impressively convincing, that hero tho splendor of truth far transcends the flights of ro mance. In Europe's highly developed Industrial organization, manufacturing centers have long been specialized. There are, for In stance, textile towns, steel and Iron towns, shipbuilding towns, railroad equipment towns, munition towns, each distinctly typical, throughout Franco and England. Locomotives hall from Crcusot, arms from St. Etlenne, textiles from Manches ter, ships from Newcastle and Glasgow, Consider merely this random list and you will find that Philadelphia is a Creusot, a St. Etlenne, a Manchester, a Newcastle and a Glasgow rolled Into one mighty dynamo. Stupendous as an Instrument In peace times, this drive of Philadelphia's energy is still more terrific In war. Expansion of our great potentiality was, of course, Inevitable. But It Is doubtful If even tho unchecked Imagination could have fore seen the full extent ot this development. The Delaware Is now not only the "Ameri can Clyde." It l.i the "World Clyde." In this Philadelphia district half a hundred bhipways hum with tho fast-maturing hopes of a vast new merchant marine and a mightier navy that must nullify the submarine piracy. Russia and France call for and are receiving our railway engines and equip ment. Our gigantic munition plants gird civilization in the fray ror liberty. Cloth ing and tools, farm implements, prepared foods, machinery, Iron and steel construc tion are but a few of the almost be wildering array of products from Phlla delphla's dynamo. This Is an excellent time for pessimists to scurry to cover. As Industrial Phlla, delphla waxes greater, greater, too, will be her material rewards. The fact that this prosperity Is augmented by situa tions arising from the war need raise no moral doubts about welcoming It. Good times can never be more Justified than when they are born of n patriotic celerity and efficiency in filling the na tlon's needs. The Federal Government, moreover, Is prompt to recognize Philadelphia's ex ceptional position. Uncle Sam will directly contribute his share to this exhaustless Philadelphia. At League Island alone new work Involving an expenditure of $18,000,000 Is planned. Tho line ot our industrial, war-strengthening activities is capable of almost In finite expansion, "Will the line stretch out to the crack of doom?" asks Mac beth in a famous scene foreshadowing th tnurvdy of his kingship. We feel Jutl- 1 SMMyuwcawiewraTsri. autavH.Utt 'i - m"- -7 .V .. rataaenfc . SU l EVENING LEDaERr - VENGEANCE OF A JUST GOD How n Frenchman Regards the Smashing of the Germans by the British Under Haig at Arras By HENRI BAZIN Speeicl Corttpondent of the Evening Ledger 'rore. TAUIS. May 10. I WAS awakened at 2 o'clock In the morning by tho phone beside my bed ringing as If the house was on fire. A familiar voice at the other end of the wire, that of a captain In the Infantry of France, said: "Bon Jour. Time to get up. iou are booked for an nuto trip to the English front. The car will be at your door at 3" Before daylight we were In Arras, Arras the destroyed. Napoleon, It Is written, often referred to a precept of Frederick the Great, although he did not always practice what he preached, notably nt Marengo. "If ti would give battle," was Frederick's dictum, "mass nil your troops; you can neer mass too many." Add tho word artillery to tioops and you have the reason the Eng lish have been victorious before Arras, at Vlmy, nt Lens The army of King George, under the able command of Marshal llalg, has not cea6ed In artillery fire during the list three months of winter, of rain and cold nnd snow. It has only varied Its intensity. It has been cither crescendo or descrcscendo ; but the "O" has been constantly on tho Job. Now that It Is permitted 1 may say that for some time back the crescendo has been allfgro agitato, night and day, hour for hour nnd minute for minute. And with It tho most magnificent air raid of the war. More than 1700 air photographs had been taken over area anywhere from fixe to twenty kilometers back of tho Boche line, making true tho range and accuracy of fire from a most tremendous quantity of cannon ot nil caliber, nnd In consequence a ery shambles of Boche trenches, of Boche bayous, of roads and open spaces, of every thing behind the Bocho stand to tho full dis tance and more than I have outlined upon a front of forty kilometers. That meant no bread for tho poor barbarian for the full distance In depth and length, and without 'bread nothing In the truo meaning of re sistance. War Without Bread Boche prisoners whom I saw when I was on this front frankly said they had not sunk their teeth In the Btaff of life for two and three, and in some cases, four full periods of twenty-four hours. They showed it. too, in the way they tackled tho English rations. There, wns nothing doing back of their line In tho wny of provisioning or dis tributing food. Tho barbarian was too busy dodging shell fragment or engaged in spill ing his anatomy over the irncrcd soil of France. Two hours after I reached tho English line. Just ns the day was born, n erltable hell of fire opened upon the Boche. It was Infernal, and I stood back of Its rnngo, a mass of shriek and song passing oer my head. It must have been seven different kinds of Inferno before me, off there In the gray of the morning. Distress fuses from the Boche could be seen in the early day light. They signaled despair to their rear nnd they symbolized Joy to the army of the King With the day three hours old, with this fire Indescribable having lasted two full hours, it puddenly ceased, nnd brigade after brlgado of Khakl-clad leapod from their new nnd shallow trenches, advancing with a fcliout that could hae been heard In Arras, cery man with the light of holiness In Ills ejes and his bayonet fixed to his rifle. They covered tho ground tn Lens ns In n bound and carried everything before them They wero Irresistible. They were magnificent. I got down on my knees nnd thanked tho Almighty for having been permitted to see ; and then 1 drew theso same knees out of tho mud and went after, my French captain nnd an English lieutenant ns nn escort. I felt the lust of battle I felt the nvenglng of my father's brother, hanged head down from a tree by Uhlans In 1871, who, when found, had blackened face nnd outstretched tongue I felt something of slight lecom pense for that which outraged my soul the other day when I saw my father's burned houso In Nesle, when I looked upon tho graei of nncestors defiled. God Is ery, very good after nil. And pralso be to Ills Holy Name. The advance was an avalanche of "little contemptlbles," a very multitude, the flower of England's youth, tho brawn of q young Ireland, the half-Yank from Canada, the Anzac from the Antipodes. It was a gigan tic wave of young humanity devouring everything before It. It was, too, an object lesson for Ameri cans That Is, If my poor words can convey a tithe of that they aim to. For It was a victory first of material, In which the United States Is sc rich, and which In Its riches It must pour out upon this western front It was, second, n victory of men, of the splen did English soldier who, man for man. Is not worth the hundredth part of a grain be yond the splendid American soldier It was mettle and brain and brawn nnd the mag nlflcenUgenlus of llalg The last Is not for America But "there are others." The first three America has. Send them over. Put them on the Job, and NOW. The Boche Is in a badly demoralized state all along the French and English front. He is gradually getting It full Into his head that there la a bunch of real force that was not born beside the Rhine. It's the only thing he can understand. Honor Is not his, nor Justice, nor reason. Force he can spell And he has a spelling book full of It these days. To complete this story, this story that .tells all too ill the most wonderful sight I ever aspect to look upon, I must take ref uge in metaphor. A gardener might say the attack was in form as the magic blooming of a vast flower. The opening of a great fan, Mollere's Cellmene might say. The wide wave of an Irresistible sea, a sailor might say or think, since all sailors are poets in word or thought. A straight line is the shortest distance between two points. The straight Boche line of which 1 write measured about eighteen kilometers. Broken by the attack, It almost instantly measured thirty. Curved to a Jagged ellipse as It was an hour afterward, it measured forty-llve. There la a bit of the line, the bit I saw through the glass this day ot grace. It was three times Its original length and kilo meters deep Into territory of France held by Germany thirty hours ago. Unless, like rascal's circumference, Hln denburg's line Is nowhere, his line, his fa mous line. Is broken. The battle continues on the same plan with' the same rhythm, the same hell of shell. The guns have been moved up a bit, and are blazing away. Incidentally, the prisoners along the combined front number more than 26,000, the cannon, 688, ot which 15 are of heavy caliber, all taken In nine daya As for the Boche dead, they were uncountable. They lay here and there and everywhere, men and pieces of men, The fight goes on. On the British front and on the French, on the strip held by the soldiers of Portugal and ot Russia, each and all waiting for the Joy ot ceding a strip to the soldiers of the United States. Who can doubt that all I write of has been the result of plan! Who can doubt whose. elan It 1st LiMen, you who read. I taaM.it front aav-thfcvkaUl cojtt : If PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JUNE. 4, 1917 Tom Daly's Column McAroni Ballads LXXXI WHEN A. ZIAX'8 BIXOLE You tfnow da Joe Gatdl dat clcana tour hat Dat tasv vo'ng fallow, to ooly an' alt Eht Sure vou ravmcmberl An' mebbe lo k know Dose three othra fallotcs dat ran icceth decs Joet Eht Sot Dcre was JiaoaloTonv an' Jccm An' Steva Harratt' dey was chums weetha hecm. But nowl Vi'al, dcre's three o' dem marry, vou know, An' so dey ain't gotta no usa for Joe. Vine plrls dcir wives, too, an' so good an' so true; Doso fallows not som'theeng more better to do Dan be lookln' for fun on da street ten da night, nut Joe he's so mad he jus' tnka delight To uyjlfc by da steps where dey sect an' to sneer An' talk to hccmsaV so dey sure gona hear: "O, my I Wen we're many how softa we gat I You batta my life, Eef I had a uHfe, I would no be soocha becg foola like dat!" Ias' week deesa Joe got a letter wan day Dat's smal Hke da sprcengtlme; an' here's wat cct say: "My heart ect wcell bust eef I longer conceal, nt beautiful nan, soocha love wfat I feel," Or som'thcena like that. Anyway, eet ees wrote Ecu fine female style; an' she tal cen da note Jus' where an' cfat time sho would like hecm to meet "An' so you wecll know uen I com' down da street I'll have a white rose an' weell geeve eet to you." Wal, Joe he wa-s derel An' he's dress" to keell, tool An' he look all around' for da girl weeth da lose. But all for n sudden corn's w"at do you s'poict Three flna becg cabbages undra hecs nose! Dose wives of Jeem, Tony an' Steve paisa by. An' Ilka wan voice da whole three o' dem cry: "O! my, rfen cefs scengle how seclly cct erst You balta your life, Eef you had a. wife Ton would not be soocha bceg foola Ilka decs!" "DON'T tell mo," says an Irish reader of Reedy's Mirror, "that there Is no retri bution in history. It was nn Irishman, Holland, who invented the submarine." Which recalls a ternark made to us over tho dinner tnblo several years ngo by the late William Uhler Hensel. "Why Is It," ho asked, "that tho Irish so often start things splendidly, but seldom carry them to triumphant completion?" First we ventured tho opinion that tho pro dominant trait of the Celt was a lively Imagination, or, as some might put It, a restless fancy, which only Infrequently Inhabits nn orderly mansion. Then wo mildly resented the arraignment of the whole raco and began to look about for distinguished Irishmen In history who wero not only good starters, but good fin ishers. Hold on a minute! We're not talking "of fightln' nn' music nn' love makln' an' the llko o' that." But can any one namo a living Irishman who might be capable of Inventing, that Ii to say "starting," an Invention that would finish the submarine which that other Irishman started? THE PURE FOOD SHOP On Chestnut street I often stop To look at Blankblanks' Pure Food Shop, And stand and stare, with eyes fast glued Upon that grand display of foodl All that men delight to eat When they give their wives a treat: Quinces, olives, honey, beets, Anchovies and jellied meats. Chicken pics and deviled clams, Huddy cheese, Virginia hams. Marmalade and tinned sardines, Boston bread and Boston beans. Macaroni, candy peel. Battled oyster, pickled eel. And the leek, with emerald top, Little brother of the wop! Then I go, with gazing fed, To the Automat Instead! CIllttSTOrilER MOItLEY. For correct name conault adv. cola. PHILIP KIND, in taking Matthew Mur phy, Jr., to the annual exercises at tho Jewish Foster Home in Germantown yes terday afternoon, accidentally brought forth an Idea that should be helpful to the parents of all families as largo as tho one to which M. M. Jr. happens to belong. Young Matthew watched the several boys and girls ot tho home come forward to receive the prizes awarded to them for excellence In various branches of work and study. "I'll have to tell father about this," said he to his host. "I think If he'd put up a dozen or so prizes for us at home we'd all behave better during the year." Comparatively Paramountainous No one expected three days would have passed without a. trace of the fourteen-months-old baby. Speculation as to the proper method of administering quick Jus tice was far more paramount than the prob. able hidden location of the child. News dlapatch In Sunday'a paper. Really, these news dispatchers should use more supreme care In a more com plete effort to attain to more perfect English. The Perennial Graduate In honor of their son Michael, who has Just graduated from the Jefferson Medical College, and to encourage him In his desire to come out at the head of his class next year, his parents, Mr, and Mrs. Samuel Piatt, of the southwest corner of Seven teenth and Mlfllln streets, will tender him a reception next Sunday, June 3, from 2 to p. m.. at their home. Michael has a host of friends and he will be pleased to see them all. tfouth rhlladalphlan. , JjA$TfALh HFemorffltp tjni the hedgert stir PREBLE'S ATTACK ON TRIPOLI American Commodore's Exploit Against the Barbary Pirates. Decatur in Small Boat Darted Into the Enemy's Lines By HENRY WHEN Commodore Preble, of the United States navy, decided to make an at tack on Tripoli he placed the advance line ot his squadron of war frigates In command of a young officer who had nlready won fame for his daredevil courage. This young man was Captain Stephen Decatur, who feared nothing on land or sea, and who would have welcomed n bout with Satan hlmelf If such a contest was within range of possibility. Decatur grinned with Joy when he heard the command to proceed against the Turks. Ho went alongside each of the vessels In thp ndvnnce line nnd directed the crews to unship their bowsprits nnd follow him. "As It Is my Intention to board tho enemy's boats," he said, "you can look for somo warm work nhead." Tho enemy's gunboats were moored along the harbor under the batteries, and when Captnln Decatur In tho leading boat came within range, the batteries nnd gunboats opened fire. Tho whlRtle of solid shot was but music to the battle foul of Stephen Decatur. He sailed his ships right Into tho nest of the enemy's gunboats, nnd wnr fare of the real old-fashioned kind began,. At this point, Commodore Treble, fearing that disaster would result from Decatur's recklessness, ordered the signal to be made for retreat. However, It was found to bo Imposnlblo to recall tho daring Decatur, because In making out the signals before going Into bnttle no one had thought to arrango for a retreat signal. In tho meantime Decatur and his men had boarded the biggest of the enemy's gun boats, and wero engaged In a hand-to-hand confilct with tho Turks In which pistols and sabers played an Important part. It took Decatur and his men Just ten minutes to clear the deck. The Turks who had not been killed or wounded In the fighting leaped Into tho sea. Only three of tho Americans were wounded Decatur was withdrawing with his prize when tho boat of his brother, Lieutenant James Decatur, came under the stern. The crow told him that they hnd engaged and captured one of tho enemy, but that the Turk In command after surrendering had treacherously killed Lieutenant James Decatur. And while tho Americans were searching for the body of their beloved lieutenant, tho Turkish commander sot his salln and mads for the mouth of the harbor. Enraged by the treacherous murder of his brother. Captain Decatur determined thnt the Turkish commander nnd his crew would pay dearly for their Judai-like act THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Plan for Government to Rent Unworked Coal Lands Facts on the Liquor Problem UNWORKED COAL LANDS To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir In jour Issue of the 21st Is the fol lowing dispatch from Washington: "The Federal Trade Commission will shortly Institute nn Investigation Into the capitalization of anthracite coal mines of the United States, following the placing before It of statements to the effect that the high price of coal Is due In considerable measure to ovcrcapltnllzntlon of these prop erties " It Is probable that tho commission will find that the allegations aro true It Is truo, ns the dispatch says, That there are "vast, unworked coal fields producing no part of tho revenue needed to pay divi dends." It Is common knowledge, nlso, that unworked coal lands, like unworked lands anywhere, are favored by renl estate assessors. 1 understand that much nnthia cite coal land Is nssessed nt agricultural values. Thus we make It profitable to speculators to hold coal lands out of use The Province of British Columbia has a tax plan which Is respectfully commended to Pennsylvania. For provincial use, "wild lands" nro taxed 4 per cent on capital value; Improved lands nre taxed only i per cent. In other words, the province penalizes heavily tho nonuse of land, while 1'ennsjlvanla rewards It. To tax use more than neglect Is to encourage neglect ; to discourage Industry. If we would simply reverse our tax laws there would bo no need for Investigations by committees which probably will not see tho real cause of tho trouble. An avallablo and effective remedy Is the assessment and taxation of lands nt the highest possible figure, namely, 100 per cent of the maiket value Owners of un used land should be Invited to make their own valuations for assessment, at which valuations they should bo Invited to offer land for sale, for there Is no righteous excuse for speculating In coat land or In deed, In any kind of land. 'Die business Is essentially Immoral. William P -nn provided with tho first settlers of Philadelphia that any owner who, within three jears. wou'd not "plant or man" his land should be dls possessed without compensation (except survey fees) In favor of any ono wishing to make use of It. He discouraged non use. Wo encourage It; and we suffer from our folly. Logically, unworked coal land should be open to the use of any one willing to use It on payment of a Just rental to the Gov ernment representing tho people. SAMUEL MII.LIKEN. Philadelphia, May 28. FACTS ON POVERTY AND DRINK To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir In a recent Issue of your Journal Mr Theodore J. Lewis was privileged to sta'e that a "Facts Versus Fallacies" advertise ment had misrepresented in giving the Philadelphia Society for Organizing Charity as authority for only about 3 per cent of the total appeals for sustenance coming from those who misused liquors. For the Information of Mr. Lewis, a vice president of the aforesaid society, he Is here Informed that at the annua) board meeting of this organization, on November 21, 1916 advance figures (from the annual report not even yet published) were given the Phlla delphla papers to print. The data at that time given out by officers of this society were authority for the "Facts Versus Fallacies" quotation concerning a minimum 3 per cent of appeals for oharlty from alcoholics, and said; "The statistical re port of dealing with 30,000 Individuals in 6997 families contains the following: Sick ness was Jhe difficulty In 3016 cases and tuberculosis was found 714 times; alcohol Ism, 918 times," etc. These were' the so ciety's figures. For the further Information of Mr. Lewis he Is advised that the Rochester (N, Y ) Department of Charities found less than 8 per cent of Its applications for aid as due to drink. The Portland (Ore.) Asanclated Charities reported but seven In each one hundred the result of overindulgence in liquors, and the New York Association for Improving the Condition of the poor cave 96 per cent of Jts charity funds to families whose "cause of need" was the sickness or aeath ot -rBers, The Nw York. rxrrBdsvtjrfr ? "- JAMES BUXTON Selecting eleven of his best men, Da'ur boarded a small boat nnd darted within the enemy's line. Running alongside the offending boat, he and his eleven men leap ed over the gunwale, and then followed one of the most desperate hand-to-hand con flicts recorded In naval history. Nothing could stay the fury of Decatur, and he fought like a madman. It was through a mist of red that he saw the Turk command Ing Iho ship. The Moslem was of Immense size nnd was arrayed In a gorgeous uni form. With his eyes blazing demoniacal fury. Decatur literally hacked his way througn a group of Turks until he reached the side of tho commander. "You dog, jou low. cowardly, treacher ous cur," hissed Decatur. "I'm going to send you to the devil where you belong." The Turk and the American then came together tn a fight to tho death. The Turk hnd a pike nnd Decatur n cutlasi The former Inflicted a slight wound on Decatur's breast, and In parrying the stroke the American's sword broke off at the hilt. Throwing aside the useless weapon, Decatur sprang like a bulldog at his opponent. The two crashed to tho deck, Decatur under and flat on his back. The Turk still retained bis pike and he made a desperate attempt to drive It Into the breast of the American. Hut Decatur flung his legs over tho back of his antagonist, and with ono arm held the Turk so tightly he could not use his nrm Then Decatur with his free arm drew a pistol from his belt, reached over the back of the Turk and fired down ward The chances wera great that the bullet would pass through both their bodies, but luckily it lodged against the backbone of the Turk, and the huge barbarian rolled off dead to the deck. Just ns this fierce strugglo wns finished by tho death of the Turk, another Turk fought his war forward and aimed a terrific blow nt Decatur with a cutlass. Reuben Jones, a terribly wound ed American sailor, flung himself between the Turk and his captain and received the blow on his head, which was fractured. Decatur succeeded In withdrawing with both prizes nnd wns honored with the highest commendation in general orders from Com modore Preble. Theto thrilling Incidents I have recited were but a few of the notable exploits of the Intrepid Decatur. His spirit still lives In tho American navy, ns we shall soon witness with our fleet In tho enemy's waters in the North Sea. aermany will soon feel the Influence of the work established by Stephen Decatur more than 100 years ngo. ' (Copjrleht.) and its results, wero wife desertion and non support, delinquency, such ns Imprisonment and alcoholism ; old age nnd unemployment. But all of these causes combined produced, n small burden an compaied with sickness and Its consequences " Therefore. Mr. Lewis erred in his charge that "Facts nnd Fallacies" misrepresented in Its claim that only a very small percent age of charity appeals come from persons who overindulge In liquors Ah to the gen tleman's report that there nre C230 men nnd boys npply In ono year for refuge at the Wayfarers' Lodge, verily that number must he conceded comparatively small In this great nnd populous city and Its suburban towns. For Mr. Lewis should bear In mind that a great portion of the persons thus housed nro "repeaters" not so many differ ent Individuals; that aside from the occa sional worthy but unfortunate man who seeks that kind of lodging, tho great body Is only a "rounding up" of a big nnd populous community's derelicts tho degenerate or the mentnlly nnd physically weak classes; defectives lu humanity who prefer "tramp" life to work, nnd who tend to the misuse of drink or whatever else they come In con tact with. As for tho "Facts Versus Fallacies" dis cussions, there wero nearly 200 of thee paid advertisements published. And in all my long nnd diversified experience In Jour nalism I have never known more conscien tious care exercised for the promulgation of only accuracy nnd truth. After each article was written the most rigid censorship ot a committee passed upon the responsibility of the information to ho given the public. Only Government reports, year-books and other nuthorltntle sources were quoted. It was possible for an error to have occurred In this series of "Facts Versus Fallacies" articles, but not with Intent. E. J. FRYSINGER Chester, Pa , May 27. ULSTER ' To the r.dilor of the Evening Ledger: Sir Mr. A. J Korden, who writes In to ilay a Evenino LcoaEn, Is scarcely fair to Mr. Clare Gerald Fenerty. whoso letter on the Irish question was published May 18 Mr. Horden says that Mr Fenerty referred to tho Protestants of Ulster as "tho noisy Orange minority " He said nothing of the kind; In fact, the word "Protestant" was not onoe mentioned in his letter. What Mr Fenerty did tay was, "that noisy minority of minorities the Orange faction In Ulster" Whether they are noisy or not Is matter of opinion, but that they are "a minority of minorities" Is absolutely true Tho great bulk of the Protestants of Lister are not Orangemen by any means On the contrary, they have no sympathy what-ver with the antics of Orangelsm. and on moio than one occasion I have heard Protestant friends of mine say. n Helfast on a 12th of July, that the excesses of the Orango mob wero a disgrace to Ulster. The Protestants of Ulster are as fine nnd fn I, eTa", a,b0,1uy of men as can b found in all Ireland; the Orange faction, as Mr renerty properly calls It, Is exactly the iZST- wr Vanseiim IVM an thrives on ?i?in ,,. ita,Kng. ,TOm the mo,lt detestable a,ndB?nronlerL,ncJe0d,, e"lh-"S'- Wwtry WestChes,e.Da.HJAun'eDl0PULSTER- DUTY OP FOREIGNERS To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: troops to Europe. It rhould first send all ;. ,-"'- "uu"ir? . '! "" to Japanese, Italians. Serbians and Ru,, .S!" all foreigners that hall from countries thJ f"(f Mta German" ad' a" -r" It s their duty to this country and 1 Thefr mother countries to go. TUDnn Fox Chase, May 28 TUDOR. jiVn..i.Li..;. ,"":. "encn: "'Bl SHIPPING LOSSES To the Editor of the Evening Ledger Slr-The British Admiralty ? returns of ships torpedoed Is both Insincere nmT . leading. Taking 1600 ton? . ."andard" the reports say that so manv tfin ' that were sunk and so man under ' " Now, a ship of more than 1600 tona mi.K. range from 1700 tons to 14,000 hn. im fJ" Admiralty returns a 14?000.ton'sWn ? th? down as a ship of "more thttr? uo0 '." In no case Is the actual tonnage given Sav that twenty vessel, sunk might hive nX resented a gross total of J4.000 0r !oaD a vast difference, Indeed. -0.00 It will seem, therefore, that it I. , the actual number of ihlpi sunk thai ,.. il to much as the tonnage. This is Vn0.u?,U withheld, no that tha nuKii- a. -i1 L '"YarUbly. nowTl QUIZ 1. What waa our smallest wart ti. soldiers fouiht In HT T " ait, 2. When It la It o'rlork noon In PMi. . what time la It In Sllki? rhnHaU, 3. How for Is It from Philadelphia I. . 4. How Innte la the Tutulla xroun i What la the population" "' IUalat 0. It hat la the value of n Ntrnll. ., sold dollar In United Main (alTU(al n, vthnt nnd where la Hell Hater 7. What notion declared war on Am. jrenra nco jesterdn? uaui (,, a. When wsa the sreat M. Lonl. . What nai the damage? """ lt) 0. What will he the chief dntr of n. nowe If the Senate eonflrmahlaMiHl ment as Aaalatunt Heeretarr H' Trrnaury ""mar ,( 10. Who la HJalmer ItrantlniT Answers to Saturday's Qufe 1. Chetrona are the marka meetlnr at .. . . '"V.!'1 "'T," lrtln the V.akW" aolrjler. policeman, or petty m, V I mllltarr orsnnltntlon. ,ra"' ' i 2. Thla la the jear (1030 of the Jnll.. . .. According to Scnllter. th. ft t year hesan January 1, 48 II. ( ' """I 3. France nnd Knalnnd alsned i,M1. , penre June 2, 1814, "f,, ! . vtiiuom Ulllctt. an Enai nhman ari.4 , the 'uiullaht .ntlnt- pan. 'if "?H of flilianclnir the clock one hi'r'ffl? nrln,nnd "ttlnr It buck atan I ft fSr'laho'r". Il,ln ""'" "0,,r ' '"MS B. W. N. Hancock, In 1880. wn, n, n,, criille ennuidnte for l'realdenr iff eehed IBS electoral rote" '?",, OaSiA the aucccMriil rnndldate, nlthoD.T celylnc2l4 votes In the i:fectiral rn hod n popular plurnlltr of onlj ii " 0. Thirteen States hate the full InltlitU.'.., tahjaj K'.nu"nfo,er.7am0," ,or "' f1(" M Sonth Trlml.lr. Democrat, of KcntntW I. tierk of the House of ItcprescnUtltJi The one-mile record, for the bicycle It M minute (Ire second. " ThS ?V,rae Il,e .nnd ,nl1 of tide at rklk. EXCELLING HIS ANCESTORS How a Huguenot Fights for France u the United States at tho Same Time Special Correspondence Evening Ledatt PARIS May . DK HUGER. It's an old Huguenot ntn( And to fight Is bred In the bones c tho men who hear It Thereby hangs Mi tale. Ceorge F. Tyler, 133 South Fourth strctt Philadelphia. Is one of many well-knon Americans who have furnished young Din. lei Klllot Huger.iof New York, with letten iff introduction nnd rerommendatlon tt everybody that is anybody lu Paris, prlvil citizens. Government nmclnls. nnd, last ttt not least. Doctor Groh, who has under hit wing aspirants for flying honors in tit Lafayetto squadron of aviators fighting ill battles in tho French nrmy under thi American flag. A few weeks ngo. young Huger who Ii twenty years old, felt the call of the Wool And after fortifying himself with mon credentials than would he by any meant iici-ut-u, ii iook snip ror trance Here tit Is, In an aviation school In Instruction, eater lo earn his right ns a pilot and get at tit Hoche. riding In a fighting plane upon which Is painted the Stars nnd Stripes anj tho profiled head of an American Indian. It was quite a natural thing to do for i Huger tills coming to Franco to fight to her and at tho same time and In the sani fight battle for the Ideals of his nathi land. In 1777 L'douard de Huger embarkd at Bordeaux with General Lafavette to fight under the tricolor In tho cause cl American freedom. Ho fought a good flght, was wounded and recovered to see the victorious day at Yorktown. settling after ward In South Carolina, where In the ttai decreed In God's record, he died. Ninety years nfterwnrd Colonel Lynch Prloleau Huger. the "de" having been soma where In nearly n century dropped from the name, the young Ron of n distinguish South Carolina family of French Huguenot origin, whose family records traced In direct line from the confrere of Lafnvette. enllstei In the Confederate at my There he fought nlth honor, nnd with honor bowed to tin Union. In 1870, still a young man, he camt to the France of his nncestors nnd fought in the losing fight ngalnst the Prussian v Ith peace, he returned to the South Caro lina home. Mill young In heart anl strength. In 1898, with the gray of time U his hair, he listened to JIcKlnley's call nnd fought under the Stars and Stripes It Cuba. From this llttlo wnr ho emerged un scathed ns he had in the two others of greater moment nnd in due time died peace fully In his bed. ns had his nncestor And now his grandson, of the same line and the same blood, Imbued with the same Ideals, comes to France fresh from a brok er's offlco In New York, to flght for both Franco nnd the United States He Is a like ly boy with a fighting gleam In his eje. Instructors say he will make one real art ntor. In less than sixty days, It Is promised from his aptitude, he will bo on tho jo where, If nil Blgns count, he'll add to the family record Young Huger lives at 206 West Nlnetr second street. New York His mother U Mrs. Theodore Keese His father was the late Colonel Lynch P Huger. the son of his fighting father of the same identical name nnd title, who saw service In three wars. The boy wns born In Palisades, N.Y, went to a military school in Randolph, Va later enlisting In the United States civilian navy corps, where he made a Class A record as a sailor. When the war broke out he tocJc a course of training at an aviation school, but did not sail at once, through family objections Now having overruled them, he Is wearing tho leather. In a little time he will "put one over" on both his fighting nncestors, since at one and the same time he will he placing hll young life on the altar of the freedom of France, and the freedom, too, of the United States. TnnF.T!?17!T? In January, 1002, there were printed in the InriftnenTan, nn.4 -.-I-.-., , .L- niM,i ....rwlUitli miu icfiriiiieu in me ,t- the following verses by the late Alfred Austin, then poet laureate of England. The; nave a new interest at this time. Who say we cherish far-off feud, Still nurse the ancient grudges? Show me the title of this brood Of 1C ..-,.- . .... ci'-uijjjuimeu juuges; Their name, their race, their nation, clan, uu i win leacn inem wnetner vve do not. as none others can, Feel, think and work together! Both apeak the tongue that Milton spoke, Shakespeare and Chatham wielded, And Washington and all his folk When their Just claim was yielded. In It both lisp, both learn, both pray. Dirge duth. and thus the tether Grows tighter, tenderer, every day, That binds the two together. Our ways are one, and- one our aim. And one wl'i be our story, Who ff-hts for Freedom, not for fame. From Duty, not for glory. Both' stock of the old Hon-.e. where blow Shamrock, and rose, and heather, And every year llrd arms ancf go iiiiuugii us lovea naunts togetner. Should envious aliens plan and plot 'Gainst ope, and now the other. They swift would learn how strong the knot Binds brother unto brother. How quickly they would change their tack And show the recreant feather, Should Star and Stripe and Union Jack But float mat-hlgh together. Now let us give one nearly grip, As by .true men Is given, And vow fraternal fellowship That never shall be riven ; And wltlv our peaceful flags unfurled. What Do You Know? 'u """"yiM weauier, -f - - ,i nvMiii j ftw mw immrs 'aTT. . "- sa Mal rzLzu ""&; t :.t. . mklr. .,Aajvc,..-1i., n . '.. ..Ji 1MSJBJM BAiiU, irfk falalaaiafciiVaar
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