"sswipw? MBHy,VWTf rUM-M. nn"v ." -u f-W7i a tbj f.V i C t n' v . .. v'.. SJ'?" f , ,'W ifll l!,' R.l l ill rj JJBfei iise - J . '.A t v,t irs Imo W$ RBrCaffifov CH !Wr 1t j JBlffnftig Ur&gcr PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY crnua it, ic bum-is, rnrtir? Charles IT. Ludlnston. Vic rreeldenti John Martin, Decrttarr and Treasureri riullp H. Milne, John II. Witllami, John J. Spurs-eon. r M. Whaler. Directors. EDITORIAL BO AI1D I Ctbcs II. K. Ceitii, Chairman. H. WIIALEY, Editor JOHN Ct MAimM.. general Builneee Manarcr mulshed dallr at Pcmo Linn nulldrnr. Independence Square, Philadelphia. sa CaxTSlI.... Broad and Cneatnut Streets .Ttairno Cm... Prrm-Vnien DutMlna- nr Toax .ZOO Metropolitan Tower :oir.. ................ i.. 403 rord IlulMInf oil loos Fullerton llull.linr loioo ..1J03 mount uuiiainc NEWS DtmEAUfll StBiKOTO Bcssitr Tllsrs TlulMlnr grew Tors Kcaiiu The. Timet llulldlnt- nauw BustAtr en Ftledrlchitrasee I.OSDO tloaaiU .Marconi House, fltrand IMsis DcsSAU,. ....... .82 Rus Louis Is Grand sunscnrPTiON terms . Ttia Etisiko Limii la erred to aubscrlbera In Philadelphia and surrounding- towna at ths rat of twelre (12) noti per weak, payacls to th carrier. Br mall to points outatds of Philadelphia, In tea united mates. Canada or unitea etatea poe. voaalona, poatara Booth. DUE (IS) free, fifty IBOI eentfl oer dollar ptr year, parable In arance. xq.au loreirn countries one 111 aonar pr nan . Morics Subscriber wishing- address ohasied Ok. trust sir 01a as well as new aaareas. PIU, 1000 VALMTT KEYSTONE. MAIN jOOO " .Address off eommufiteorlone to Evmlno Ltdorr, Initvtndtnct Sevan, PWadtlphia. 1 1 BnrniD at Tns rsnunuoii. roiTornca ifi aiooao-euta uaii vattib. 1HB AVERAOB NET PAID DAILT CIR CULATION OI TJIH KVENINO LEDGER FOR APRII. WAS 118.0S7 PhH Jllphll, Salordir, Joae 9, 1(17 A Liberty Bond should bo a better Investment than a loan to the Govern ment to pay. an Indemnity to Germany. No ono doubta that tho doctors of the country will respond to tho call for eervlco abroad, because few enter the medical profession for selfish roosons. Doctors aro usod to going where thoy ra most 'needed. The trip was dellehtful, particularly when we wero escorted through tho danger zone. General Pershing. If Germany ever finds out that her brand of terrorism can bo thus lnvlgor .ting sho may feel Inclined to change her methods. Showing tho enemy a good time Is certainly not a part of Teuton policy. Maybo It is nn ago of miracles. Hero aro people talking about an Inde pendent company to ralso money to operato a transit system which certain experts toll us Is to ehow doflclts of mil lions of dollars annually for years to come. Who aro the optimists who are going to buy stock in tho entcrprlso and who aro tho gentlemen who aro going to MU It? When tho Germans wero under tho walls of Paris, capturod Lille, tho great Industrial city of northeastern France, was 160 miles within tho Teuton lines. Now Allied troops aro only flvo miles from the city. Thin Is a direct sequel of tho battle of tho Marnc. It is tho supremo paradox of tbts war of deadlocks that Its decisive battlo was fought one month iter hostilities started. General Pershing's establishing of headquarters (for tho tlmo being in Lon don) In closo co-oporatlon with allied com mands gives our army the samo status Abroad as the dispatch of Admiral Sims some weeks ago gavo to our navy. Even those who are prono to crltlclzo the Ad ministration agrco that no better olllcers could be found for these posts. It Is most satisfactory to realize that the first activities of tho army soon to go Into training will have been well prepared for by tho; months oV study of conditions at tho front that General Pershing will now begin. Ten thousand men will bo needed to , officer the new American merchant marine, including tho Gorman ships taken ever. This city should supply moro than Ita quota for this service, now that the United States Shipping Board has decided to establish one of the Government's new nautical Bchools at tho University of Pennsylvania. Thcso aro emergency schools, not to bo confused with the achoolshlp training to be given to boys by this city and State. For tho Govern ment schools men up to the age of fifty are eligible. They will completo the first part of their education In sixty or ninety days, being then sent out to gain practical experience on board ship. The most apt of these pupils should bo ready for serv ice within a year; some, who havo had experience, In much less time. Entering this service Is every bit as patriotic as enlisting In army or navy. The venerable superstition that rm.'Pn earthquakes and volcanic eruptions come 'as penalties for moral delinquencies Is nowhero more flatly confuted thaii by the f -. caso of Salvador, whose capital city Is re- ported destroyed by a terrlfio seismic dls- 1 turbance. This little land Is In many tfr. ways a model among Latin-American re- y publics. It has long been prosperous, sywell governed and virtually revolution- fproof. Its law-abiding population Is tho ; densest of any American nation. The soil Is fruitful, the decorative aspects of na ture truly superb. It has Indeed been pride In the strength of her virtues that has impelled Salvador to resist various Ill-digested schemes for a union of Cen- tral American States. With more refrac - tory neighboring republics, Salvador had fxJ4,', naturally no desire to be linked. Earth- . cjuaKM atone marrea me smooth progress jeif her life. In Salvador, that Pacific 'foast Instability extending from San (IKranclsco to Valparaiso reaches its maxl- Rum. Readjustment of "fault" lines has resulted In some terrible Salvadorean dis asters. Volcanoes, too, have contributed their full share to those destructive proc esses of nature. Twjco within approx Pv iauUtly fifty years Ban Salvador, the MSUL hs W ruins. This last out- 3 1 & ij. ,it 4-vK.'W-Ti;aBSajft . l .. . i -" worst In the grim record, although there la a possibility that tho loss of life has not been bo great as on provlous occa sions. In any event, tho sympathies of tho greatest American republic should go out to Its tiny southern neighbor that hns Ion striven no ably to uphold tho standards of Western World democracy. GROUCHES WIN NO WARS TIID partisan and almost aslnlno cam paigning of Senator Lewis in tho re cent congressional fight Jn Now Hamp shire was tho Inccntlvo for tho equally unfortunato attltudo assumed by Senator Harding yesterday In tho Senate. If it wero true thut tho Oovornment wero having difficulty In floating tho loan on account of want of confidenco In tho Ad ministration, tho patriotism which would emphosizo tho fact Is tho sort of patriot ism not wanted in tho United States Just now. Wo havo not a systom of govern ment which will permit such lightning changes as nro possible In England, ino Presldont will bo President for four moro years, and it is under him that tho na tion must wago wnr. To glvo tho impression cither to Amor icons or to our onomles that tho nation has no faith or conildcnco In Its oloctcd loader Is to play tho Gorman gamo and lond strength to tho Gorman arms. Wo tako no prldo in that kind of activity, and wo take no Htock In tho pessimism which assumes that tho loan will bo a falluio. It will not bo a failure Our spoclal correspondent In New York points out clsowhero in tho Evening Lcdocr today that tho loan will, In fact, bo over subscribed. If coitaln subordinates of tho Piesldont, selected on a pcoco basis, provo to bo in competent and it would bo 0 mirnclo If nil of them wero competent war admlnls trators they will bo dropped Into prl vato ilfo. Tho sovercly logical and scion tlllo manner in which tho President ha3 administered tho Govnrnment since tho declaration of wnr Is an earnest of that. It is not patriotism for nny man of au thority In tho meantime to embarrass tho Administration or do aught to divert tho nation from its supromo effort to mako ready. A MAN-MADE EARTHQUAKE OBSERVEItS of Hnlg'fl drlo In Belgium Bald tho ground shook ns If thcro had been an earthquako when hundreds of tons of explosives toro up tho land for miles. Nowh dispatches Indicate that moro German lives wero lost In tills man made eruption tlmn thero wero deaths in tho earthquako in Salvador. It took two years to plant some of thoso mines, only two seconds to explode them. Thou sands of workers tolled, hundreds of thousands of dollars wero spent, to pto duco this swiftly wrought military suc cess. This blasting of tho world's enemy out of Belgium seems to requlro an imi tation of grim Nature's own processes. At least this Incident will glvo us some intimation of tho heavy toll and patient preparation that must bo undertaken to accomplish our Immenso task. UNNECESSARY LANGUAGE Section 1. Tho Select and Common Counotls of tho City of Philadelphia do ordain. That tho Director of tho Depart, ment of City Transit bo requested to prepare and present to Councils us speed ily as posslblo, so that tho homo may bo submlttod to tho Philadelphia llapld Transit Company for Ub ncceptnnco Or rejection, ns required by the 1007 con tract, a lease fair alike to tho city and Transit Company of the city's high-speed lines TII13RE is on record nn opinion by for mer City Solicitor Ityan to tho effect that tho city is not required to offer a. lease of tho new lines to tho P. It. T. If It Itself Intends to operato tho sys tem. Wo seo no reason, therefore, for tho Inclusion In tho proposed ordlnnnco, quoted nbovo, of tho words "as required by tho 1007 contract " These words aro In no wlso essential to tho purposo of the ordlnanco and thoy may bo construed as an abandonment of tho city's right to operato Its own lines without considera tion of tho P. It. T. Wo suggest, there fore that they bo omitted. SHALL A GIANT DE DRIVEN BY PIGMIES? THE confidenco of tho nation in tho perspicacity, Judgment and ability of General Goethals Is nbsoluto and fixed. Ills prompt dismissal of Eustls and Clark, whose anxiety to catapult themsolves into public notlco tended to impodo ratner than hasten tho shlpbuldlng program, is a disciplinary measuro of importanco to tho general well-being of tho nation. It is tho fato of men who do things to bo tho target of loose-tonguod enthusiasts and theorists. Occasionally theso gadflies of civilization need attontlon, and tho prompt cxposuro of their llttloness Is In structive to tho public. Goneral Goethals, as a matter of fart, has not stood In tho way of any wooden ship program that seemod to bo at all reasonable. Last Monday, for Instance, ho placed an order with the Southern Pino Association for lumber for 100 ships. It is a matter of common knowledge that numbers of wooden vessels ato actually in process of construction. But General Goethals undoubtedly has the support of tho country In his refusal to spend mil lions on an Impractical and visionary scheme, from which no good results could bo apprehended. Ho also has the support of tho nation In his refusal to bo harried by his subordinates, particularly when thoso subordinates rush Into print with attacks full of misrepresentation and gall. Wherefore should a giant be driven by pigmies? UNANIMOUSLY AGAINST "DOPE" THE Houso yesterday vindicated by unanimous vote the campaign waged by the Evenino Ledoer for a senslblo, charitable and scientific suppression of tho "dope evil. Tho distinguished com pany of gentlemen who devoted their time and efforts to bringing nbout this deslrablo result deserve and will recelvo the thanks of the public. No legislation has been enacted at Har rlsburg during this session moro mani festly In the publlo Interest and more likely to be productive of good results. The Governor, wo understand, will give his prompt approval P the measure when It reaches him, and we may reasonably hope that hereafter the reproach of being the narcotlo drug center of tho country wllj be removed from Pennsylvania, and 't)01t4lphla. i ' " " UNCLE SAM AN INSURANCE AGENT Wnr Risk Bureau Capital Jumps From $5,000,000 to $50,- 000,000 Sidelight on , Wnr Losses Bpetlal CorrMPOirfcnco fivrntno VAatr WASHINGTON, Juno 0. AFl'AV words about the Government War Illsk Bureau and Its remarkable growth: Few persons are awaro of tho ex ltenco of this now Government-ownership proposition nnd fewer nro Interested In Its actual operation, It Is nnothcr of our "war emergency" agencies nnd, like most others. It lias not hcsltatccr to make known Jts de Rlro for more money nnd wider nuthorlty, which, as In other 'Instances, seems to be gratified by tho Administration nnd by Congress Tho War Illsk Bureau Is attached to tho Treasury Department, nnd Is eald to be doing a very useful work It camo Into bi-lric nt tho request of tho President on September 2, 13H, less than three years ngo. Many prominent "captains of Indus try" had previously urged the President to establish a nar-rlsk bureau to safeguard shipping from war perils at sea. iney contended that marine Ineuranco company rates wero too high and that tho Inde pendent service was too rcotrlcted. The President listened to thone large business in terests and recommended to Congress tho creation of the oxlMIng bureau, to bo capl tnllzod nt $5,000,000 Then tho bureau, guided by certain Now York experts, began business. Early Losses Appear It was unnounc-d nt first that tho Gov ernment would not Insuro cargoes of con traband, and it waa said to havo established limitations as to danger zones which Insured ships wero not to enter. Congress did not got much Information about tho ownership of Insured vwscls, nor has any general In formation ns to tho kind of cargo insured li.im Htitimltted In tho renorts All Congress Knows Is that tho buMncss started with n rush this was long lieforo tho American wnr with Gcrmnnj and that the. burcnti was piling up a big fund of premiums which was supposed to bo "velvet." But that which Is Inevitable with Insurance com panies happened to tho bureau In 1915. Two ships of American registry, the llielyn and tho r"orlh, although originally foreign built, carrying go eminent Insurance, went down In tho Ungllsh Chnnnel ; Mink, us was reported ut tli tlmn, by initio's Those two cshc1s were known to tho Philadelphia shipping trade, having been rebuilt for tho gulf pcrvlco and sold subsequently at a sac rlflco When tho facts of tho sinking bo camo known, It nppcarcd that thOHo old hull wero tnrrvlng cotton, nnd thnt tho lnsuranco allowed upon hulls nnd cargoes netted tho Government n loss of $6"8.103. Then camo the Greenbrier. lo-s on hull $50, 000 , tho sloop Wm. P. Frye, loss on hull $11, SCO; tho steamship NaaJo, loss on onrgo $r,S,30S,34, and tho steamship Sogurnnc.i, general nvorago loss $235.73 Theso wero all tho Iosbis reported for 1915 During 1910 there was but one loss, a total of $li2. GT..03 on tho steamship Carolyn. That yonr tho Germans wore cary careful nbout sink ing American thlps, nnd tho War Illsk Bureau profited on premiums collected, und Congress nt the request of tho Administra tion extended tho terms of Its existence. With tho 1017 sulimarlno campaign against icssola carrying ammunition and supplies to tho Allies tho War Bl'k Bureau began to suffer now losses. It was still maintained at tho depsrtment that contra band was not being Insured, although cot ton, oil nnd grain wero Included In tho shipments obtaining Insurance Tho situa tion had becomo so acute however, and the War Risk Bureau wa sft Importuned to ns sume responsibility for Sio safo conduct of essols and cugoes, that tho Administration sought a longer llfo and nn lnoreascd ap propriation for the bureau. On March 3, 1017, tho President signed nn act raising tho appropriation from $5,000,000 to $15, 000,000 and making tho premiums and salvages nvnllablo for tho payment of losses. This was to put tho bureau In position to extend Its buslnoss whllo Congress was not In scsbIoii, and also to regulnto tho rates of Independent lnsuranco companies Then followed tho oxtra session of Congress and tho declaration of war against tho Imperial Government of Germany. Effects of Submarine Warfare. Tho next chapter tolls of more losses, wider powers and greater appropriations In addition, It throws a side light on the wholo submarine problem. In 1917 nnd since the declaration of war our losses havo been Increasing Tho War Itl'k Bureau, In supporting a bill to Increase tho capitaliza tion of the war risk fund from $15,000 000 to $50,000,000, now makes that ndmlsslnn to tho Commlttco on Interstate and Foreign Commerco It conceded theso new losses up to May 4 : titeam&lilp MIssourlan (hull), $1,000,000; schooner Edwin It Hunt (hull), $50,000 ; bteamshlp lleuldton (hull nnd cargo), $409,000; steamship Illinois (hull), $250 000; steamship Vacuum (hull). $1,000, 000 ; schooner Percy Blrdsall (hull), $26, 000 ; steamship Uocklngham (hull and cargo), $1,298,108 The total known losses up to Mav i wore said to bo $4,063,960 60 Receipts of premiums to April 30, 1917, were $7,793,428 93, so that tho bureau claimed to bo making money, although, despite its losses, tho amount of risk outstanding on that date was upward of $250,000,000. After tho commltteo hearing and when tho bill waa called up In the Houso last week It was admlttod that the losses had crept up to about $0,000,000 It was asherted, however, that tho amount of risk had been greatly reduced. Becauso the Administration declared It to bo a war necessity Congress finally passed tho now $50,000,000 bill A mere $50,000,000 appropriation has become so Inconsequential a matter In Washington that tho newspapers barely mentioned It, and yot that bill contained some very un usual provisions. It re-established a $5000 manager with a small ofllco forco in charge of a war risk insurance fund Increased to $50,000,000 to take risks on American ves sels engaged In the foreign trade, to the prejudice of tho coastwluo trade of the United States, as was charged, and In addi tion to Insuro tho lives of tho officers and crows, to afford them accident Insurance and to Insure their clothing nnd effects. This lnsuranco was to extend to alien officers and seamen, as well as to American citizens. Critics of tho bill suggested that no Insur ance was given to soldiers or sailors of the United States who wore going into battlo at tho risk of their lives, but the sponsors of tho bill contended that special Induce ments wero necessary to secure men for the merchant marine, regardless of their nation ality They nlso contended that tho United States should apply Us lnsuranco fund to the making of reciprocal reinsurance ar rangements with foreign governments at wnr with Germany, and this provision also went Into tho bill. All these now features, It was declared, would create business con ditions that would mako it advisable to continue tho War Bisk Bureau for another two years. And so It was enacted. Mcanvvhilo private concerns have been en gaged In the marine Insurance business, and though they ars now confronted with a powerful competitor In tho United States Government, they may be comforted by the nssurnnce of tin Government management that it does not insure vessels or cargoes at "speculative values" ; "that a scale of so much per ton has been worked out, depend ing on vvherft the vessel was built and her age, and In a general way the Government has been Insuring perhaps 70 per cent of the no-called market value," and that "any Insurance which th vessel owners want to get outside of that they have been obliged to got In the outside market." In other words. Uncle Sam's Insurance company takes first mortgages on ship and cargo, and such "pickings" as remain go to the Independent Insurance companies at higher rates. And still there are sturdy old sklppere who recall the days when aged vessels, only Insured In times of peace, would lose their pourse In quiet seas and "accidentally" run asnorv vi luvviiiub main. I !!!- Tom Daly's Column TO HAM QOiiPERB Sex iou to ut: "Be your awn vaJetl" An' we to vour banner would ralty, But, Bam, xoe need further Instruction Before ice act mixed In o ruction. We'd hate to start canning a valet An' find he xcat kin to Macaulay. It's fierce to discover vour valet Is some other tchat-cha-may-call-lt; It's not only tough for the valet, But rough on vour feelings, bv gollv. We want to get rid of our valet, But help us In markln' our ballot; You sure can't expect us to iounce Jilm Until tec know how to pronounce him. Who'll Buy a Paintlng7 Dear Sir Knowing- th Intereit you tak In everythlnr that tenda to do sood or to alleevlata dlatrcai, I bee vary respectfully to lt you know, as you are well awar that all tha Italian Aaaactatlona and prlvataa ara providing for a volontary contribution In ' helping tho lied Croat, I am a bny of 13 yeara old and having- no money for that purpose, I paint a picture rappreaentlng a view or Venice (Italy) that I with to be. aold by your advertisement on the liTEiiso I.KDnin and devolving the amount In behalf of the nobll Institution after taklnc out your expenacee of advertlaementa. , Hoping, dear Sir that you will grant me thla favor, I am, yours very sincerely, -.. ..I'HIMl'COTUMACCIO. .. 5017 North Twenty-second atreet By slipping your lottcr In hero, Philip, wo can ovnde tho advertising tax and thus mako our gross rccolpts virtually not. Thcro is another virtue about tho posi tion wo are giving your adver. No one over lnokp In this column for "buslnoss opportunities," but many of our readers, though poor, havo warm hearts, nnd we know by personal oxperlcnco that they often overnppralso things seen hero be causo they assume that the writer's In tention Is good nnd that his heart Is ns warm as theirs. Wo venturo to bollevo, Philip, that onough readers will bo touched by your letter to mako a ro spertablo fund for the purchase of your painting. Wo nlready havo a dollar In hand to start It, nnd vo now nsk all our renders to contribute, If It be only a couplo of pcnnlos. run voice or bappiio Lost Sappho's voice passed on the wind todav In thn pcrlshlnrj soprano of a lark That called down April's flowcr-ap-parclcd wav: And keen quick thrills of color frayed the dark. As though God's garment trailed along tha cast: Faint, trndcr odors ditftcd from the sea; And splendid gold through all the skv Increased As her wild lyric cry rang out to me. Her strain fell quivering sweet, "For bear to love"; Fell with the old heart rlfttng of despair, Fell In a break of grief past telling of, "Forbear to love; oh, heart, forbear, forbcarV Only to my grief -sharpened car she cried, Uoxn could she know my heart last night had died I 3I11S. EDWIX MAIUCIIAM. Here's that word "poignant" when it wai polgnanx. This is from Charles Lamb's essay upon "Newspapers Thlrty flvo Years Ago." (That would mean about 1800) In those days every Morning Paper, ns an essential retainer to Its establishment, kept an author, who was bound to furnish dally a quantum of witty paragraphs Six penco a Joke and It was thought pretty, high, too was Dan Stuart's settled re muneration In these cases Tho chat of the day, scandal, but, above all, dress, fur nished tho material. The length of no pirngrnphs was to exceed seven lines Shorter they might be, but they must be poignant. A fashion of flesh, or, rather, pink-coloured hoso for tho ladles, luc-klly coming up at tho Juncture when wo wero on our proba tion for tho placo of Chief Jester to S s Paper, established our reputation In that line. Wo wero pronounced a "capital hand " We Apologize, Governor! "Oh, oh, oh!" ejaculates Ralston, "you had bettor apologize to FORMER. Gov ernor Wnrflold for calling him 'ex.' He'll novor forglvo you. I havo heard him say, 'an ox-Governor Is a man who has been Governor nnd would llko to be again but tho people won't have him, whereas n former Governor can havo anything ho wants.' " PASTE THIS ON YOUB LIBERTY BOND We hope no one missed the story of Nathan Gendler, born In Russia, of Jewish blood, who now lives In a little Minnesota town. Some one suggested to him that ho dispose of his scrap iron beforo the Government decided to come along and tako it nt its own price And tint some one heard from Nathan Gendler. American. "If the Government wnnts that scrap Iron It can havo It," ho said, "nnd I will load It on the cars. I have two or three carloads of auto tires, and It can have them. too. I have n llttlo money In tho bank, and that Is at tho dis posal of tho Government." A friend who read of this wrote to ask Nate Gendler If it wero so. This was his nnswer: "You can rest assured that It Is so, as I ovvo everything I have to this great country of the United States. I came here twenty-one years ago. I was seven teen and didn't speak the American language. I had nine cents on hand. Thank the Stars and Stripes, I now have a nice wife and four nice children. We have a very nice homo, nnd you can bet It is a happy homo; and we have a host of friends. All these things I have ac complished under this great flag." Milwaukee Journal. ALL MY DAYS All my days were full of life Ere my first love came: Hoses waking Into bloom, Bunbeams dancing In tha room, Btars that twinkled through the gloom! All my days were full of life Ere my lover came. All my days are empty now. Since my true love's gone: riotcers bloom and flowers die, Each day's sun sets In the sky, Btars are palo and cold and MoW All my days are empty now. Since my lover's gone. WILL LOU. The American Press Humorists will meet in unconventional convention In New York during the last week in June, and If wo can't find a suitable war cor respondent willing to brave bursting bombs of laughing gas, we'll go over and report the thing ourself. Wo will prob ably go anyway. It will' be a very Im portant meeting. President Dixon Mer rltt, of the Nashville Tennessoan. will offer as his annual message the correct version of his much-garbled masterpiece, which most people recite In this fashion: A wonderful bird la the pelican, (lie till holds mora than hla ballcan. And rum-tl-tum-tum, Tum-tum-tl-tum-tum. Tum-tum-tl-tum-tum-tl-tha hallcan The best etory in this paper Is "What Sixty Bells Did." Thla floor tfcl. .1.1. lfc the right. astraR dffifSHBra? i4aSHBKSaBssSHsl5iy-fi, vv, VI. '":aTi. -trf:Ar-.rrs.-f3 . .7sS6BaMaiaaW!ii'ai,,i4i.; rAiSM a Jilir&f.l I Ikb5W i. s-r-7l frf i m' L3 jtfSKKKiC r.; &&&&&. iMTA'ViE'J '$m 1 .-VIM r-'K' jniJ?! V? Sefe'i 'TmBBsme WEiMmwzmmiwmLm mm ikkrhis -il"jaitriijrjv-i iV.t r.wrw7&iii jrizxfmmj'iBSikWtf fwl. h vitsh ? - t? :ijk jiur.piui t- jm.. 1. , ,vr.,i.ijyJvv-;w-iKsj jly' svt r,ic pk w t ?,:" !3tfsM-i ot-M f'-.'.?-wjsrti- - ti. tv ivun immm rjr.vi3i i -rtiiT x IMPORTANCE OF LIBERTY LOAN William A. Law Tells State Bankers' Association at Bedford Springs Its Purpose Is to Preserve Civilization From Destruction WILLIAM A. LAW, president of the First National Bank, of this city, addressed the annual convention of the Pennsylvania Bankers' Association at Bedford Springs on the Liberty Loan He said: The Liberty Loan offers the American people the first opportunity to vote their ap proval of war against Gormany The na tional election last fall was regarded as an expression of neutrality, though It Is doubtful If, after the Lusltanla tragedy, neutrality was ever the actual position of the American people. Tho nation's sub scriptions to the Liberty Loan will record an unofficial referendum on the war The cntlro nation Is now being recruited for patrlotlo servico. Congress has Ub staggering problems created by unprece dented situations; the Executive has Its myriad perplexities; private citizens every where are searching their hearts to find where duty leads, and frequently decision Is difficult. But for us who are bank and trust com pany ofTlcors there can be no mistaking tho plain path. Our duty lies in devoting our tlmo and energies toward making the Lib erty Loan a tremendous success; In work ing for It wherever nnd whenever we have opportunity, and until distribution Is com pleted. There has nover been nny doubt In my mind that the loan would be absorbed My fear has been that after It was all taken I might look back and see with regret that I had not dono my share In helping to placo it. Is patriotism only an emotional condi tion of mind, evidenced by displaying the flag and singing the national anthem? No. It Is today the acceptance by each man of his practical opportunity for personal serv ice, At the outset thl9 loan seemed bo co lossal that there were no other figures by tvhlch It could be measured. We have long been accustomed to saying "millions," but havo only lately begun to say "bil lions." Yet, comparing the $2,000,000,000 Liberty Loan, ns a contribution from our national Income, with tho actual amount of that national Income, say, $40,000,000, 000, we find that the Liberty Loan Is much lsss than three weeks' national Income. Our national wealth Is estimated at $350,000, 000,000; our bank resources exceed $35, 000,000,000. So relatively the loan Is not out of proportion to Income. The total loan Is less than one-third of the value of our farm products for 1916, which amount ed to over $7,600,000,000. A Liberty Bond Is the best Investment In soundness and safety ever offared to the public at any time in the world's his tory. Its conversion privilege will proba bly make It a profitable purchase If held until peace comes, for a 4 per cent United States bond will sell at a premium under normal conditions and Jhe next Issue will probably be at 4 per cent. America Must Win tho War What Is the object of the loan? To pre serve civilization from destruction ; to main tain the freedom not only of our people but of all the other decent peoples on earth; to punish the brutes who have torpedoed hospital ships, attacked Innocent women and maimed helpless children whenever they felt they might thereby gain a mill, tary advantage. In short, the Issue has been Joined between tyranny and democ racy ; between barbarism and humanity. By winning we gain everything on earth that Is worth while. Treaty rights, property rights women's rights and numan rights are all at Btako. Especially since the recent revolu tion In Russia the burden Is upon Ameri cans to win this war, and with God's help we are going to win It In real American fashion by universal oo-operatlqn, by heavy and continued sacrifices, by lighting not for territory, not for material gain, but for the rights of peoples who need our help and who In former generations helped us when our need waa the sorest. To accomplish this Is no small task It will require the sustained effort of our en tire people and the mobilization of all our natlwal forces; but If all will co-operate If can be done. For ours Is a country rich In manhood, resources and spirit, far beyond what any of ua can realize, and thla War la tha one treat Job n which every one can Ita a na. WITHIN RANGE mmm&mmmmmmmmms, ' & vMjfau -JffiiJWlUli PM?f'siTliP, JUissssKHrSsrarSiHls Let us not be appalled, therefore, by the immensity of this loan. It Is offered to moie than 100.000.000 Americans and will finally bo owned by the groat masses of our people when they realize their duty. It Is less than tlueo weeks' national Income; It Is less than 1 per cent of our national wealth. It averages less than $J0 per capita of population Tho point Is not whether It will be placed, but how aie ou going to help placo It.' What Is jour shaio of tho Country's work In this emergency ? Let us not say that tho loan will bo placed and that others will take It. It Is as much your right, your privilege nnd your duty to buy tho bonds In propoitlon to jour means as tho right of the richest citizen of Cleve land, O 1 to tako $25,000,000. United in a Common Service This war will create a better undei stand ing than ever beforo between all classes of our people How can any 0110 appeal to the envy and class hatred of tho masses against men of Utger means who In this crisis are not only beating more tbnn their share of the cost of the wnr, but aie send ing their sons Into the army, tho nnvy and the aviation coips, whllo their daughters are training ns nurses and learning to per form other tasks of which they never before dreamed themsolves capable? This common tervlce will unite us and help us to under stand each other's problems and tench us at the same time a broader economy and a higher efficiency. It will diffuse moro gen erally the true spirit of democracy and teach us tho real values In men and In life Subscribers should not be urged to pay for Liberty Bonds by the sale of other securities, but should pay pijferably out of earnings from Income, even if It involves borrowing. Savings will resjilt from cut ting out wasto nnd eliminating unnecessary luxuries In everyday llfo America will gain greatly by the creation of new sources of labor, recruited from tho&o who were hitherto peoplo of leisure, and by tho In creasing Intensity and energy of labor. But of course Immense supplies of labor will be withdrawn from productive pursuits into the camps and activities incident to war. The simple things of life should becomo mora popular. Wo havo been living ex travagantly and many luxuries havo come to be regarded as necessities. This war will bring us to our senses In many respects. No people ever engaged in a holler or more worthy cause nor endured a sorer trial of their patience beforo being dragged unwillingly Into the conflict. Now the die Is cast and wo are at war. Many of our engineers, surgeons and nurses are on their way to the front. Our young men are crowding to battleships and tialnlng camps, many of them tho finest flower of the flock, preparing to cross the ocean and to fight our battles on the soil ofr fair France. Some of the brightest brains in American business are organizing for relief work and reconstruction. Are wo asked to a, m,Ucl 'compared with what they are ftnB..,rPJ? "I,"16 hour t0T ""-sacrifice; for seir-dedlcatlon; for the subordination of selfish Interests to the needs of our common country. In Buch a cause I am confident the bankers of Pennsylvania will respond unanimously and whole-heartedly SPRING RAIN I though I had forgotten, But It all comes back again in a rush of rain. I remembered a darkened doorway Where we stood while the storm swentbv Thunder gripping tho earth P y' And lightning scrawled on the sky. The passing motorbuses swayed. For the street was a river of rain Lashed Into little golden waves In the lamplight's stain. With the wild spring rain and thunder My heart was wild and gay; Your eyes said more to me that night Than your lips could ever fcay. I thought I had forgotten, But It all came back again Tonight with the flrsjt spring thunder In a rush of rain, n .-amvagetalt, u. the Century. What Do You Know? QUIZ I thnt important ivIIkIoiik event will be tele- hr.itod tin-, 3 ear? 3. mint Cnr was rnllril "Tho Terrible"? 3. William (are) tiled June 0, 183). Wh w.ih lie? 4. m.on unci, where was the first battle of the i rlme.in War? ft. mint President win called the "tuffI prophet"? fl. Hint four great rivers of Central Europe rle In the Alnb? 7, Hliere 11 ml when iliil n cliff euddenlr U Inlij the ea, carrying ilonn a monaiterr, lulheilrnl and othrr structure!,? 8. What Is nmslzam? I). Hho wrro Hie matl? 0. What Is tho area of the Am-uon River ilrnliiaEO l.iin? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. The Judge Advocate tlcnertil conducts court- inartlal prosecution. 2. Thy next total ocllpee of the sun will be Juno , lOIK. ono jear from sesterdar. S. Cenrco !. I) ill.in, of rvnnsjli.inla, wn Ice President under Tolk. 4. The fulled M.itc tones In the War of 1111 rnnsNtrd of ZMi.c,!' ooldlcru nnd 80.000 Bailors. B. There have Ix-on onlv three ndmlrnli In the I nlteil .slate-, nniv David (,, I iirracut. Vnclrcw Hull l'oatn ami the late Oeerte Deiiev, (I. St. Alhan was the first Christian marlrr In Croat llrltntu. Ho lived in the third centurv. lor seven jears he i-ened under lllciiletisii and then emhraced thrlitlan Itv. Ho Mtflered martyrdom on Juoe 22, n I 7. Alhlnn Is the oldest name hr which the Island of freat llrltnln waa Known to the Creeks und ltomnns. It la now need only In HM-Ir 8. Crneml Jnffro planned the defenses of mod ern Frame. 0. Tennessee seceded June 8, 18(11. 0. The "Old I,ud or Threadnoedle Street" U the Hank of Kncland, so railed from the Ktrect on which it Is located. WHAT SIXTY BELLS DID "The nct time I take a cargo of locomo-' tlvcs across," said tho skipper of a British merchantman in port horo recently, "the bell3 will nil bo silenced with wadding. "On our last tilp over wo left Philadel phia with sixty locomotives all encased In hugo wooden boxes, intact and ready to it taken oft tho ship nnd placed Immediately on the tracks to start dragging ammunition trains to tho front. Labor's tcarcer In France than it Is here, and they've no time to fit locomotives together there "The Delawaro was as smooth as a pond as we mado our way down to the bay, but the first wavelets that struck us at the Capes started something that made mi want to take a header off the bridge Every one of the sixty locomotlvo bells In the hold began to ring! And they all kept rlngln all day and all night nil the way across the Atlantic. 'At first I thought of going back to dock to have the bells taken off. But that would have amounted virtually to unloading th whole cargo, becauso of tho manner la which the locomotives were stowed. It would have meant a week's delay and I was supposed to get to sea as quickly possible. So wo put out that night with thoso sixty mad bells going hammer and tongs continuously. "I thought we would nil lose our sensMi ' Sleep was out of the question, It was U' ringing 'eight bells' eighty times a minute In sixty different keys. You've seen Sir Henry Irving In that play called 'The Bells'? Well, It was like that, only this was no ply but real life. It seemed, as one member ef tho crew who Is by far too Imaginative said,. as If the ghosts of all the murdered ship wero clanging up at us out of tho depUn of the ocean, warning us of the U-bott' that had littered tho sea floors with fhr bones. "We fell In with some nasty weatief H we neared the other side. The vessel rocked and tossed, and every time slw plunged a whole cataract of bells went tear ing down toward perdition. 'We're In thj U-boat zone,' remarked the man at ti wheel to me one nlcht. 'Good'' I cried, "i hope a torpedo hits us soon. Then perhaps 111 get some sleep.' "The destroyers that met ua didn't UnpTTJ what to. make of us. They thought we dm all gone crazy drunk and were trying to,isi the U-boats exactly whore w were, JJut tola, mem, 1 was curou 01 ut isf unseat forever,"'
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