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PhlliJ-lphli, Toeidir. Jule 17, 1917
A MIRACLE IN THE MAKING
GENERAL ClOETHALS has arranged
to answer the world's cry for ships.
He has completed plans for the Imme
diate erection of two monstci ship-assembling
plants, one at Newark and the
other at Philadelphia the former to bo
handled by the, Submarine noa' Com
pany nntl the latter by the American In
ternational Corporatioi. Hls plant con
template not only relief from tlio sub
marine, but the supremacy of the Amer
ican merchant marine In time of peace.
The sums Involved nro too enormous to
be expended for temporary purposes only,
When it Is quit' ltaslblo to provide for
permanent uses at 'lie same time So
complete a.o the nrrun&ements made by
General Gnthalr. nd c ibvlouslv are
they In the public Intel eit that the Inter
ference of Mr. Dnmni. can be effective
only cmporarlly In holding up the pro
ram. It Is a pity that It should be tu'ld
up at aU for everything Is ready to begin
et once the construction ot the plants
It Is important in the Interest if fair
ness to understand that General Goethals,
however, has not torpedoed tin wooden
ship scheme Ho announced last Friday
that contracts had been let or agreed
upon for 348 such ships, with contraols
under negotiation for 100 more "I shall
Continue tc lit all conttacts for wood
hips." 'io observed, "which I can secure
from -esponslhW bidders." There Is no
evidence In this attitude ir hostility to
wooden vessels, ot it a failure xp utilize
wood construction tt he uttermos
The main reliance of the Government,
however will be on 'he ronstructlon of
fabricated steel ships of utandard pattern.
I shall offer contracts," sal". General
Ooethals "to produce 4K fabilcatcd steel
hips of an aggregate tonnago capacity
of 2,500.000 tons wlthlr thb next eighteen
to twentv-four months. The design ot
the ship "s ready. 4he plans of tho vnrds
are ready, the. distribution of the work
of furnishing tho materl"! and of fabrica
tion If arranged."
Behind this simple statement lies a rec
ord of achievement almost inconceivable.
Working julctlv bu' nurelv. Genernl
Goethals and his associates have arranged
tor the instruction of two shipyards of
a capacity 'lithertr unapproached they
have made provision for all materials for
the "onstructlon of the plants, down o
tho last nail needed, for tho rapid assem
bling of all 'his material and foi the
prompt manufactur. and delivery ot all
parts or tho ships -'hlch nr to be fabri
cated We doubt If in the- history of In
dustry any plan equal It In compre
hensiveness considering the factor of
Urgency, has ever 'een waived.
We feel Justified in surmising that when
the War It over this great yard will be
the oackboni' ot the American merchant
marine that is again to assert its suprem
acy on the high seas. This Is all the more
probable because the banking Interests
Involved are the identical banking Inter
ests which have alreadj ipread net
Work of agencies through Latin America
and other foreign parts, and arb perform
tpgr Trojan work In the xtenslor ar d de
velopment of American trade.
At the risk too of causing annoyance to
public officials whose lackadal;;ca methods
of administering publlo affairs threatened
for a period the great development of the
League Island yard first, through their
acquiescence In deplorable moral sur
roundings, and, secondly, through their
dilatory tactics In providing the new In
dustrial territory with transit facilities
we take It upon ourselves to state that
two controlling1 reasons for the selection
of the site for the gigantic shipbuilding
plant were these:
First It was outside the city limits,
wherefore it would not be subject to the
harassing tactics of Organization politi
cians. Second. It offered a five-cent trolley
fare to -a residential district for workmen.
lien who months ago visloned the ex
pansion that la already surpassing even
their loseate expectations mlgat be par
doned now If they aiked sour-faced ob-
tructlonlsts why they held back and why
Philadelphia today Is HCtla better prepared
rUh proper public utilities for her treat
future than she wan three years ago.
Wigm? '. howvr, to te efcar
Ublex, Th Philadelphia district leaps In
a bound to world ascendancy In ship
building. A body of skilled workmen to
the number of not less than JB.OOO Is
added to our citizenship, and the proper
development et the Delaware River
channel becomes at once . superior na
tional Interest. The prodigious new
undertaking. And the other great enter
prises contemplated o In operation In lis
vicinity, constitute a now unit In, our
Industrial formula, make Imperative the
rapid construction of the Darby Vi and a
probable extension if the South Broad
StreeS Subway, and give protagonists of
progress In this community new whip
which they will not hesltato to ply. A
veritable miracle Is In the making, anil
It If t miracle made possible by the
supremacy of Industrial organization.
TIME FOK RED-HOT WARiNINGS
The country Is not afraid of enslave
ment or oppression at the hands of
President Wilson or of Mr Hoover. The
country Is afraid that Congress will dis
regard the Imperative demand to do
everything posslhle to win the war Sen
ator HoUl-
IT IS time for the country to stop being
afraid It Is tlmo for it ti) make Its
servrnts afraid. Nothing In tho world
Is so swift as the rlght-about-faco that
Congress makes tho moment It llnds the
peoplo are In earnest. The supposedly
unchangeable Senato rule, which for 12S
years had permitted filibustering, went
by tho board In a few houis when the
President's red-hot statement about the
"willful men" was seen to have tho might
of public opinion back of It.
A red-hot statement from the Presi
dent would probably have put tho food
control bill through earlier. But this
was precisely what h could not do In
the circumstances, though he knew pub
lic opinion was for the measure. Tho
fight agnlnst the bill was made on the
cry of presidential dictatorship, and
nothing would have pleasod the opposi
tion more than to have had the President
do a bit of dictating to prove their point.
So Mr. Wilson had to wait for tho people
to do their own dictating, nnd, since
public opinion has not yet been realigned
on a war basis, with a majority "war
party" and a minority "peace party," as
In other countries, the dictating has not
come. Organs of opinion like the Now
York Sun nnd the Tribune, which for
two years have been trying to bully Mr.
Wilson lntc war fever, turned around
nnd called him a dictator the moment
thej had attained that supreme state of
dictatorship war!
This Is a state of mind that cannot last.
We can't change Presidents. We've got
to win with Wilson or lose with Wilson
The wretched tenement children have
got to eat with Hoover or starve with
Hoover. Just now they are starving bo
cause Congress refuses to let Hoover
hammer down tho price of flour to $9 a
barrel and lower because the extortionists
make them eat bread that may be half
alum and half holes.
It Is not necessary to find out what
Senator or Congressman Is an obstruc
tionist. Your Senator or Congressman is
an obstructionist If he does not raise his
voice loud enough for all the country
to hear, no matter how much lip service
he- gives to food control. Make him yell!
A PRUSSIAN COMPLIMENT
Doctor Mlchells Is Prussian In the
best sense of the word, but Is not par
ticularly Prussian. Frankfurter Zel
tung. Wo get you. He's all right In spite
t' bIng a Prussian.
imiTSSILOFF SETS THB STAGE
THE contemptuous manner In which
the Berlin War Office announced the
beginning of the Russian offensive on
July 2 has been rebuked as fittingly as
England rebuked the Kaiser's slur about
a certain "contemptible llttlo army." The
cave-in of the Austrian defense betrays
a surprisingly bad morale rather that,
bmall numbers, for an army that Is still
Intact after loblng tens of thousands ot
prisoners can be no small force.
German re-enforcements save the day
after each Austrian retirement, accoidlng
to Berlin. This can only mean that troops
are being drawn from the hard-pressed
western front In ever-Increasing numbers.
If past stiategy Is followed, It can be
expected that Halg will wait until the
lines In front of him are well thinned,
and then strike as he struck a month aio.
The amazing action in Gallcla should
have an equal reaction in Belgium.
Paris cafes are offering "Poulet a
la Wilson." That any chicken hearts are
served with this delicacy la. however,
wholly Improbable.
It Is safe to say that Dr. Dixon's
advocacy of a "mixed diet" Is a program
that would awaken no enthusiasm in the
contused realm of German politics.
"Seven Keys to Baldpate" once
seemed a good many, but Russia will
back them off the map If she continues
to open any more doors to Lemberg.
Quoting quotas Is on ot Uncle
Sam's favorite pastimes Just now. Para
doxically enough, Its aspects are figura
tive without being In the least literary.
Now that our troops abroad are
to be paid in French money, the "pollu"
whr ilnds ''Sammees" too much of a
tongue-twister may perhaps .get relief by
calling them "franc-tlreurs."
With Bethmann fallen, there Is
now no belligerent nation with the same
leading statesman It had In August, 1914,
except one. And the war alms of that
exceptional nation are the only ones
which will not change.
Constanttne, formerly of Greece,
haa evolved a new version of Richard
IH'a "My kingdom for a horse." Judg
ing from Premier Venlzeloa's reports of
young Alexander's obstinacy, the ex-klng
seems to have turned over his realm to
a mule.
Porto Rico's transit from a state of
anomaly to one of full-fledged American
Ism took nineteen years. In view of
much political muddling and delay In
achieving this result Phlladelp,hlan
irtust agree that employment ot the ab
breviation "P. R. t,r for Porto Rico Ter
rM&TOJ!? cuttingly appropriate.
I m ira" . i -r '-j f
EVENING
WHEN A GIRL MAY
WRITE TO A KING
And hho King May Answer Her
Letter The Experience of
Little Genevieve Cri-
non, of Pnris
By HENRI BAZIN
Staff Correjpomffnf of th Evtntno Ledger
In Frane.
PARI8, June 23.
H1
ER name Is Genevieve Crlnon, she Is
nine years old and she lives at 128
Rue Ferdlnan, Paris. Her hair is as black
as a raven's wing and her eyes the color
of a gazelle's
Genevieve had very often heard during
'ho last two years of the sufferings of
lier uncle, who was a prisoner of war In
Germany. She remembered h -i y well,
for she had loved him very l . oh Her
mother and her aunt often son owed at
belated tidings, or soi rowed more at none
at all They had no word from him for
three months, nnd tho last letter was
ery short, as the regulations specify, toll
Intr only of llfo and love for thoso In
France, and also of sickness.
White ono evening about tho Are an '
her mother and her aunt were crying,
she asked whero the German prison camp
wna Her mother told her It was Camp
Fenterdorf. In Westphalia, nnd that's all
she knew- An hour later, while Gene
vieve was looking at the evening paper,
she suddenly said aloud, "Mon Dieu!"
which In French Is tho equivalent of
"Well, I never!" or "The Idea!" or any
kindred ejaculation The next afternoon,
while her mother nnd her aunt were out,
sho stealthily opened her. little savings
bank, took from It forty centimes, went
out herself nnd bought n sheet of paper,
an envelope and a twcnty-flvc-centlme
stamp, camo homo nnd wroto this letter;
wrote It In her childish way, oblivious of
crior, unmindful of a big blot that leaked
from her mother's pen, and she signed
her name:
Monsieur Your Majesty the King of
Spain- You will please see about my
Uncle Gabriel Crlnon, who is a prisoner
In Camp Festerdorf in Westphalia, ha
is sick and I read In the paper sick
French prisoners can be sent to Switzer
land to be made vo!l again. I read In
the same paper you had a friend who said
you were good I am a little friend who
asks you for myself and my mama and
my aunt. It would make us happy to
know my uncle was in Switzerland and
away from the Uoche that hurt him with
a big gun. He would never have made
my uncle prisoner If he had not hurt him
first I will kiss you If you send him to
Switzerland He Is a sergeant and I
love him He Is a sergennt of the line,
my aunt says I don't KVww what the
line Is, but he wears a gray uniform and
has a mustache. I am only nine years
old and If you will send him to Switzer
land I will come to your castle when this
nasty war Is over and see you my own
self.
Then Genevlevo wrote upon the envel
ope, "The King of Spain, Madrid," and
put tho letter In tho post box at tho
corner as sho went to school the next
morning. And every day she went to
school again and she played and helped
her mama and her aunt and lived her
little life of childish Innocence.
One evening, long after, so long that
Genevlevo had forgotten, thinking only
now and then that some day she would
have to tell her mama about tho forty
missing centimes from her bank, the post
man came to the door. Her mother
greeted him eagerly, for no news had
come from the prisoner In Westphalia
for four months. And she cried out:
"Genevieve! Genevieve! It's i. letter
for you. And U comes from Spain. What
can It be?"
And then little Genevieve remembered.
Her little face grew red and then It grew
pale, and then she burst Into tears, sob
blngly telling what she had done weeks
before. Her mother looked at her aunt
and her aunt looked at her mother, and
both looked at Genevlevo while they both
reached to take her in their arms at the
same time And while they all three sat
down together Genevieve opened her first
letter all her own self It was written
upon beautiful paper and had a coronet
at Its top while at Its bottom was the
signature, Alfonso. She passed It to
her mother, who read it aloud. And here
Is what she read:
Mademoiselle When one Is but nine
one cannot, of course, know that even
kings cannot always do that which they
wish to do If this one could, vour uncle
would be home with you now
But learn, mademoiselle, that I myself
have written to Oermany, not through
a secretary, but In my own hand, as I
would for a dear personal friend I have
done this because your letter moed and
charmed me And I hope that which I
have written will bring your uncle to
you. I would not be surprised If it did
I thank you for your confidence in me.
mademoiselle Every one has not confi
dence, even In a king, and I shall hold
you to your promise to come and see me
In Madrid when the wicked war Is over,
or If not then, at least a little later,
when you can bring your uncle and your
aunt and your mama.
Permit, mademoiselle, that the King
of Spain express his gratitude to you
for having written him, and that he
place two big papa kisses upon the cheeks
of a little French girl whose heart Is In
that she has written, so that It Is here
In Spain with him
That letter was received by Genevieve
some weeks ago. She is waiting for her
uncle waiting in the surety of childish
confidence.
GETTING WELL
Thfc nicest thing 'pout beln' sick
Is when,yer gettln' well;
Then your mother and yer sisters
They treat you sumphln' swell;
They bring you Jams and custards
To "tempt yer appetite."
They play with you and read to you
From mornln' until night j
They wrap you up in blankets
An' put pillows In a, chair.
An' set you by the window
So you can get the air.
An' when yer wabblln' round a bit,
A-hangin' on to chairs.
They let you put yer clothes on.
An' help you down tho stairs.
Bo somehow you feel sorry when 5tf hear
your mother say,
"My son. I guesa you'r rrtJl enough to
go to school todjty,"
LatgriciSga
i.i 4 ,.1 .1 431MA
LEBGERr-PHILADELPHU, TUESDAY,
Tom Daly's Column
THIS STIRRING of rlghteour Indlgna
tlon In the Italian quarter against the po
litical domination of C. C. A. Baldl recalls
the trials of Baldi's Immediate predecessor,
Joe Malatesta. Nearly thirty years ago,
when Joo fell Into disfavor with his com
patriots and they hanged him in emgy
and made a demonstration befor6 his
door, Mr. Baldi's role was a sort of mod
ernized version of that created by Mr.
SI. Antony, of Rome. At any rate, the
crowd followed the new leader and left
Joe to the gloomy contemplation of the
faded glory Of the gorgeous uniform he
had designed for himself as becoming
the political office especially created for
him Inspector of Vans of the Bureau
of Police. This livery, more resplendent
than any major general's, Joe kept on
exhibition In his saloon, at Eighth and
Lombard, or, aa Johnny Kcrncll was fond
of putting It to the patron3 of the old
Central Theatre, "beyant at the coorner
of Eighth an' Malatesta." Tho successor
of tho Malatesta haa more polish than tho
man whose place he took, and those who
are to end this man's power will do It
mainly by virtue of their superior social
graces nnd their civic unselfishness. "Da
Poleetlca Boss" Is passing.
SPEAKING of uniforms, Robert Russa
Moton, who succeeded Booker WnBhlng-
on as head of Tuskogee Institute, never
wears a uniform when ho travels now,
as he used to do some years ago, when
he was major of the Hampton Battalion.
Tho major quit shortly after his en
counter with a fussy old lady In Broad
Street Station, who demanded to know
when the next train left for Reading.
"I don't know, madame," said ho in his
best Hampton manner. "Why," said she,
"what do you think you're paid for. you
lazy black rascal?"
AND speaking of Booker Washlngon,
havo you all noticed that the head of
the new Russian mission bears tho name
Bahkmetoff, Just like tho letlrlng Russian
Ambassador, who went down when the
double-headed Muscovlto eagles slipped
off of nearly everything except New
York's misguided decorations In honor of
the eaglo hunters' visit. Well, somebody
In New York who got closo enough to
the aristocrat to hang a question mark
nround hit neck put It this way: 'I
seo tho head of the new mission has tho
same name as you. Is ho related to you?"
"Well, about tho same relation as Booker
to Goorge Washington."
Song of Cold Storage
I remember, I remember
The coop where I was laid ;
The little window In the eavet
Whereat the candler stayed.
He never bought a wink too lat
Nor sold a wink too soon,
But now I often wish I'd burst
From out my March cocoon.
I remember, I remember
The chemlcs all In white
Who packed and swathed and bundled me
Into a frozen night!
'Twas sunny April when perforce
I donned these cerements:
Oh, who shall give me back the tlmi
When I was fifty cents.
I remember, I remember
The market prices high ;
I used to think their spreading tops
Were close against the sky.
But mine no childish Ignorance
Like that which Irks the flesh
Of course, I'm farther off from heaven
Than first when I was fresh. ,
STANLEY K. WILSON.
The Village Poet's Saturday spree got
some of the neighbors started on the
downward path. Hero Is one who
staggers along, the main street pretty well
until he stubs his toe upon a word that
doesn't exist. "Nun"' Is not In any dic
tionary, we ever encountered, but If "a
nuff". be made to read "an huff' It would
get by as "nearly pure":
Mike odd! Thus train a pawn mob rain
Tomb ache mire I'm bee pew wcrel
Oak hcarsel It stuff I Eye fad a nuff!
Ike Ann Nome ore end you xceret
RJ.LUF.
Among the eligible fighters registered
as of Delaware Water Gap, Pa., Is one
"Kaiser, William."
"In the morning paper," says D. C. Ver,
"you'll find the head, "French Praise Sen
ate's Rum Stand." How far Is that from
the bar of the House?
PHIL-
FROO
THE FAMILY
THEE
Oh! here's u tale
for thee
About a family tres!
It teas begun
By one
Who early made his
plan '
To be a nurseryman;
That is to say, the kind
By whom the twig's inclined;
A planter in the soil.
He prospered at his toll
And as his nursery grew
Bo grew that other, too,
Wherein, before he knew.
His family tree had grown
Ten branches of Its own!
Sow, friend I cannot tell
What kindly bond may dwell
'Twixt planting shrubs and trees
And raising families.
But this I know full wel.
And this the neighbors "tell:
Buides the ten, their own, '
Joto atronj; and hearty grown,
They have adopted five
And happily contrive
To keep alive
And thrive.
Thee never could 'behold
A more contented fold!
to her, the helpful mate
Who shares his high estate,
Our due respects we pay,
But on his brow we lay
Our civic icreath today.
iBPK
arBSA
WM
2
JULY
IT, 1917
POSTAGE STAMPS IN WARTIME
Albania Has Issued an Independent Series and
Philatelists Now Recognize That Country.
Other Changes
LEGITIMACY falls to Kttach to a political
uprising, in the single-tiack mind at a
tamp collector, until the nation where tha
revolution takes place establishes a postal
system and announces" the coming of a
stamp Issue The philatelist regards with
suspicion the creation of an Independent
or of a provisional government until he
learns It Is planning to put forth stamps or
has done so. Aj soon as these appear the
stamp collector lookc with favor upon tho
3niRVrnme.nt and l8 rtaay mentally to
dignify Us existence
The dissension In Greece was one ex
?.T, nr"1 nnothr was the short-lived
rebel movement in Cuba last spring. As
soon as Vcnizelos's followers Issued fbecal
stamps for their provisional government
of tho uprising wag deeper than they had
taHnni. 0Ut?"1, ""2 uhen ,he Cuban revo
or Cuba and began to use some prermred
?rt 'rd M1 hemeve. collectors bcgEn" to
read f0r the flrflt tlmo wUh K n
of the movements of these rebels. One up.
whawT,'1?11 an.d ,h0 otl,er falle. but
what was of Importance to collectors was
the fact that each left philatelic records
ii? r0 ",n.y C0llcct0I" who are not dl.
en' "l" ' n? cable dispatches and
L"h mlnd8 the events In the Balkans
havo been more or less confusing, the first
PnZ nt A'ban,a l,ad c'a""d anew her
nn,P.h. MC,lCan,e.'lvlt,i ths announcement
that this tiny country had sot up a postal
adm nlstratlon Thllatellsts, knowing that
the troops of a number of the Entente na
tlons were In that part of the world, won
dered whether this postal service was to be
tinder British. French or Italian paternity.
It was expected that tho military forces of
one of these three would supervise It, and
no surprise would have been occasioned If
British ticnrh or Italian stamps had ap
peared, overprinted to Indicate their use
by Albanians.
Instead, this newly autonomous country
has won the admiration of philately by de
signing nnd putting forth her own stamps
labels of distinctly Albanian character
Once more tho Albanian doublo-headed eagle
was brought into use.
Thui devlco was first .used by Albania
when, shaking off Turkish rule In 1913 and
finding hertelf In Immediate need of stamps
other than the hated Ottoman labols she
had been forced to use, sho surcharged a
figure of the two-headed bird upon those
Turkish stamps. This was an expedient
pending tho printing of a permanent set
bearing tho portrait of Scanderheg. a fif
teenth century Albanian rational hero.
The history of the past few years tells
tho story of how Albania was engulfed In
the world war She lost her postal Fervlce
with her national entity, to regain both only
In recent weeks after the arrival of French
troops sent from Salonlca to aid her In
setting up a new government. ThuR Franco
having promised military protection and
Italy political protection, Albania chose a
flag, obtained finances and Issued stamps.
The new Albanian postal series consists
of eight denominations: one, two, three,
five, ten, twenty-five and fifty centimes and
ono franc Tho fact that the values are
expressed in rentlmes and franc and not In
centeslml and lira shows that France and
not Italy Inaugurated Albania's postal serv
ice. The Illustration on the labels Is the
double-headed eagle. Each, stamp bears
thrco native words: "Korre." meaning
Kortlza, tho name of a district where the
French troops took counsel with Albania
leaders; "Shqlpcnle," meaning Albania, and
"vetqeverltare," meaning autonomy.
Religion nnd Philately
The close of a long legal and religious
conflict, during which Mohammedan Inter
ests endeavored unsuccessfully to overthrow
the world's oldest Christian country, Abys
sinia, has been signalized with a series of
postage stamps The throne of Solomon
may be seen as the Illustration of one of
these labels.
The stamps are those of Abyssinia's 1909
set, showing Solomon's seat upon the lower
values and portraits of Negus Menellk, then
Emperor, upon the higher denominations,
but which have now been overprinted with
the name of the present Empress. The
latter's name has been variously spelled
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
"Wets" to Biamo for Delay of
Food Bill Idlers in
Squares
"WETS" ARE TO BLAME
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger.
Sir In our issue of July 14 there ap
pears an article by Hon. J Hampton Moore.
This article, and the headlines given to it,
accuse the prohibitionists of attempting to
"hold up war legislation till their demands
are granted."
The food control bill was not delayed In
the House by the prohibition section It Is
true that tho debate occasioned by it lasted
seven hours, but the bill was passed before
the session adjourned and it reached the
Senate In time for the opening of the next
legislative day, at exactly the same moment
It would have reached It If there had been
no debate
The "wets" Immediately started a cam
paign of obstruction and delay in opposition
to the bill Within two days of Its passago
in the House, one of which was Sunday,
Arthur Brisbane, who for many years has
been one of the chief defenders and eulo
glzerS of beer and breweries, rushed to
Washington, paid a premium price to Frank
Munsey for the Washington Times, came
out with a big double-column black-faced
editorial and played a front page "spread"
against the bill.
The bill was promptly reported In tho
Senate and an attempt was made to provide
for a voto on the whole bill on Friday, the
29th Every "dry" Senator present favored
the proposition, and every objection made
in the Interests of delay came from the
"wets "
Senator Lodge, ot Massachusetts, and
Senator Penrose, of our own State, both
fanatical opponents of prohibition and
"tlme-trled, fire-tested" friends of the liquor
Interests, immediately begin obstructive
work and, as one report has It, told Presi
dent Wilson they would "stay here until
hell freezes over" before they would allow
the food control bill to pass with the pro
hibition section
Realizing the folly of appealing to the
patriotism of the "wets," President Wilson
wrote to the leaders of the Ant -Saloon
League, appealing to their patriotism and
asking them to consent to certain modifica
tions of the prohibition section In order to
expedite the passage of the bill. Their
answer came by return mall and, notwith
standing the fact that the bill had passed
the House by an almost unanimous vote,
365 to 5, and the further fact that they were
assured of ultimate victory If they held out.
they expressed a willingness to comply with
the President's desire, and promised for
their constituency to place no 'obstacles In
the way of the prompt passage ot the food
control bill.
Every obstructive movement to the pass
age of the bill originated with the "wets"
and other dissatisfied, so-called, big business
Interests.
Mr. Jlooro mention ths losv of revenue
which will result from prohibition and
writes; "Atl In official life know that pro
hibition means more taxes." Many men In
official life are prohibitionists ; In fact, it Is
probable that a majority ot the official a In
thU country now favor prohibition. This
would not b true tfh statement uoted
waa correct
... in cmldrln,r lh revenue (juration; am
,. Jti cpnsiaerw w vnu. uuiattoiy
Zeoudltou. Zaudltu and Zeodltu. and when
the new stamps 'reach America we shall
know the favorite Abyssinian spelling. This
royal lady took the throne last October an
"Empress of Ethiopia." after ths downfall
of Mohammedanism, which had sought lo
retain as ruler the youthful LldJ Jeatsu,
who succeeded his grandfather. Negus Mene
llk, as Emperor upon Menellk's death In
1913. The coronation of the new Empress,
an aunt of LldJ Jeassu took place In Feb
ruary, but the lssuo of the Menellk stamps
bearing her name surcharged upon them
has only now become known In the philatelic
world Tho one-fourth, one-half, two, four,
eight and sixteen guerehe values are known
to have had the overprint stamped by hand,
and at least one denomination, the four
guerche, was later overstamped with a press,
and probably other values since have been.
The one-guercho denomination appears to
have been neglected entirely.
"Moral Concession Stomps"
The British hatred for the Hun has been
shared by stamp collectors In King George s
land almost since the beginning of the war.
Dealing In "enemy stamps" is forbidden by
law, and British dealers profess an nn
tlpathy for stamps of German. Austrian.
Bulgarian and Turkish origin. Yet the
American collector has been amused at
times to note the obviously lively Interest
evinced by the British philatelic world In
all stamps produced by the Central Powers,
especially thoso labels Issued for use in oc
cupled Entente territory.
The latest outburst of British Indigna
tion against Germany that Is Interesting
American collectors Is the decision by Brit
ish military authorities In German East
Africa to surcharge Entente stamps for
use by tho British In that territory fast
being lost to Germany, with' the letters "G.
E A " Obviously, those letters stand for
"German East Africa." The ordinary pro
cedure of the conquering force would be
to think of a surcharge signifying the
British occupancy. What the British In
vaders are doing this time Is to surcharge
their own stamps of their colony known as
"East Africa and Uganda" with letters
which, on the surface of things, would In
dicate in the 'world's future history that tho
Germans had conquered that British colony
and surcharged "G. E. A." upon Its stamps
to mark such a victory
As the reverse Is true, British philately
is gnashing Its teeth, criticizing the British
otllclals administering tho conquered por
tion of German East Africa and inditing
eloquent sarcasm through the stamp
Journals. Ono British philatelic publica
tion has gone so far as to protest to tho
Government Another says that "the de
cision to preserve the reprehensible epithet
'German' for this colony Is an extraordinary
moral concession to the Huns which will
surprise the entire world." This paper sug
gests that the letters "G. E. A " are not
worthy of the device "Light and Liberty,"
which appeared on the first British East
Africa stamps, In 1890.
Meanwhile the rewly issued British oc
cupation stamps for German East Africa,
the ones with the "G. E. A." overprint, are
In seventeen denominations aud form one
of the most intorestlng and novel of the
war sets.
An Air-Post Stamp
It has remained for the Italian Govern
ment to Issue a special stamp for use on
mall carried" by airplane post. Letters
have been posted for transportation by such
routes In many countries. Including the
United States, but heretofore the ordinary
stamps have been employed. In America'
a special postmark has been usually put
upon such mall by way of providing can
cellation of the stamps, but these oblitera
tions havo not given the stamps any added
philatelic value such as would make them
desirable for collections.
In May the Italian Government created
an experimental aerial post between Turin
and Rome, with letters and postal cards
carried for the price of twenty-five centeslml
each, or approximately five American cents.
To prepay this postage, the Government
employed some remainders of Its special
delivery twenty-five centeslml stamp put
forth In 1903 upon which to overprint tho
following surcharge: "Sperlmento Posta
Aerea, Magglo. 1917, Torlno-Roma-Bn-na-Torlno."
ple, are the Government, and that the men
in Washington and elsewhere who receive
and spend the revenues are only our hired
men It Is not convenient for us, tho people,
to go to Washington ourselves, so we make
choice of some of us to attend to our busi
ness and pay them well for doing It. What
ever money they pay out for any purpose It
Is paid out by us, the people. If we, the
people, find upon investigation that the con
tinued existence of any source of revenue
entails expenses In excess of tho revenue re
ceived from that source we are a foolish
people If we do not find some other way to
provide the revenue needed.
J!?namr.Boran'n July C' "Peking on tha
food bill in the Senate chamber, said tho
cash cost of the liquor trafflo to us last year
exceeded the Liberty Loan and the great
Red Crow subscription combined, and placed
It at J2.t83.000.000. During no year of
our history has the liquor trafflo paid more
than one-seventh of this amount In revenue
to the Federal Government We would think
a farmer foolish If he fed a cow J7 worth of
good timothy hay to Insure the life of a
.MCail'i.nd ll1 are advl8eJ to adopt
this foolish method to raise a revenue
The liquor dealers pay no revenue." They
; "" l" popie, iney collect
from us annually about $2,000,000,000 in
excess of the revenue returned. This Is
their commission We pay them too much
.1"'ltl'l to the large surplus In cash
wh ch the liquor dealers receive, and for
which they give no helpful thing we are
5? 1, "."f.8"1 t0.th9 destruction of hun
dreds of millions of dollars' worth of food
III for foonnUai'r Whlle Btarvln'e natlns
y'j'M a"1 to consent to the diversion
of a billion of capital and the labor of half
a, million of people from profitable and help
ful production, and to consent to the con
tlnued physical, mental, moral and spiritual
deterioration of the race and-let us say It
with shame there are those among us who
are willing to do this Judas-like act for the
pieces of sliver Involved.
(The Rev.) MICHAEL J. FAIJXIVf:
Philadelphia. July 16. A-"M.NG.
IDLERS IN SQUARES
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger.
Sir You read dally in the papers de.
mands for labor, also rwrults forgot" army
and navy. Yet, passing through the pubTlc
squares, you will see hundreds of able-bodied
men idling and sl.oplng upon the benches
the same familiar loafers there daily Pas,:
lng through one of the squares located in
the central part of the city. I counted is?
of that description. I wager not one?thlrd
of them possessed registration cards it
appears strange to me that the superln
Undents of these squares permit these loaf,
era to congregate there dally. kow th't
the squares are under the management of
he Park Commission, why are order, "not
Usued to keep these people out or lock
them up? They can easily distinguish the
regulars from thoet who transiently rest
for a few minutes T
Philadelphia, July 14,
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW '
The once popular expression, "He's a
Prince," loses its carrying weight with each
failure of Willi. Hohenzollern at Verdun
Washington Post , "'
The knowledge that they are fighting for
Russia now, and not the Czar, should en
able the Russian troops to maintain their
winning streak Birmingham Ace-Herald.
Now if ih worknun and loldlera of
Kalserlsm would only do what ih. .,!,.
men and soldiers of Csarlsm did, anybody
awMUiWawa the warwlli c4. bow. an. Miiom
BEAUTY'S yiGToff
His Strategy n thb BatJ vla
- " c" v" iu.tlar,a.
"WHCN '" doubu atUc'' ..
TV Thlo golden ml, ,
tradition was "onsecrated bj- la .rS
Sir David Beatty. commander f ?"J
llsh battle cruiser squadron, whirl J
afternoon of May 31, Idle. hs ., .
Herman name cruiser fleet t Imi..
the Danish man! '"uay ,
Fire was opened almnt . ..
by both squadrons the range baht?
yards Then there was InSuguV. "5 "'
of lnfernos-on the rfa It'X '
under the sea and In th air ov.r tv '
testing squadrons. Hug Buiik..r'
quivering "naval. ev laVnT.?
Zeppelins dropped bombs on tha J2L'
cruisers and n-perdreadnoughU' ' lV?..
i-eas, rising at Intervals to Uunrt,
sengers of destruction against th.
pates or uio enemy, torpedoboaU ,Vb31
about looking for onnortuniiv i a... .""Jl
blows nnd turn the tide of baltia. in2
hells of modern wnrf.nrA ...... ,... A".tll
once on that bright Ma day In UvTvU
Inln rtrrn tv "'"' 01fJ
The redoubtable Beatty stood en tiiJ
bridge of tho Lion unterrlflert by iw. i.HI
of tho sex Ho lost not a whit of M.TM
wnen tno Germans concentrated a ?.3
fire on the Queen Mary, which Innt a?
Lhl.,. " "W
nnvinu mi licet nr niiA nf it. -
"Dig Into th enemy"1 waa .
of Beatty to his flotilla of destroverTI
tne destroyers avenged the i..i.;...n "
the Queen Mary by blowing up twa nJ
man battlo cruisers. lm,M.. .,-,... ";
enemy dostroyers Then another n
flame and went down The IndefatltXi
in tho English lino also sank, but the V.
Beatty was not daunted, though tli8 Cli
ho Indefatigable now left him with kT
four Hhln.q. " "
"Stand
until they
i firm and rip the steel Intt aSl
y all go down . don't 1 cm Zi
...., . !. i . :. -.- vu
......j, t.o inu umvrn oi me DIUdtv aa.
ners responded w lth such a vim th.t XT.
German shlpi were so badly hit that ik3
ll.sted tn nnrt. nnd twn ,iihm..i
sunk. Just then the whole German
seas fleet novo In sight, but now an
lilltla BAIinrlpAna ... f tt T 1ti -
..... 0.,u..u...o u.. io a,iikiwd nt WIN
closing In. engaging the enemv with 1
their guns. Then began a terrific duiIaJ
.itch u. i, to enemy, uiuugn me latter inu
favored by a sudden-appearing mlt uZ
paruiiuy uonceuieu nis snips. ilH
Squadron after squadron of the BntlsiM
fleet maneuvered Into station In ths viuB
of Beatty and fired furiously on the UuwS
ships of tho Koenlg and Kaiser duuIX
which wero at the head of the GermaaSJlB
ii vit u uiunum oi discipline ana tearou.
ship such as has never been wltnema W
tore in naval history The Trlncesj Ren
cannonaded a three-funneled battleship, m(.
ting her on fire, while a third man-of'.i(
engaged by the New Zealand and ta &
domltable fell away Into the shrouaiag; rdjt
keeling over ind blazing A minute In
there was u . lrful detonation. SnillctuS
that this last victim had blown ap. tJ
enemy had now taken advantayjof thirds;
rcr .ugut m
I
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Know? J
quiz I
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vreglnn liner lirlntlanlafjord bu tut Ixt
Trechra.- m
3. tVhtlt would hATft tirATenfM Iiom m
Urrard while he was in UerUa frra .
ceptlni the Order ot the Data, Jut M-
cornea mm nr jvins ueorseT j
3. Who was Urnjnmtn West? J
4. What la the rettl meaning ot hu Onu
"boulevard"? -I
a. Whnt la the normal raluo wf th, SrctAW
i rune s
fl. What Is d "pueblo"?
7. Why noa the composer Ktrhartl CTiujitran
eille from Germany for several jean? &
. vvual -.-resident or i ranee not klUettrM
anarchist?
J. What were the ramoui last Ctrd" tf
uuriiier
10, When wua the Charleston earthguir?
Answers to Ycsterday'e Qalx
t. ''corse Mlrh.ulls is th? new Chaatttlar.
Cfrmntiv.
t. "nilmpV U IlrftUh Oa-nt for dlraUt
lilraiups.
.. -Lnnnoiir niauo la ine capital or w, r-p
eln Islands.
4. John rietclicr Is now aupposed to bsttai''
,i, i.iiiniiirtuiiiv iviliuu v. a- p i
"Henry VIII." m
, in onirr to rrlm & -cut In FmIIuwC1
m?mu?ni njtif tiplv for the
hteuardshtp ot J.e Thlltern HandrfdLt
nf the Mimor of 1'ojnlnis, or ot Nu
ntanii ni- tli Eairhiif -ri-nkhlK nf Mnnitr.3
6. One tnnn, a rundeninni prisoner In JliM
atp(l thcn th eruption of Mont fm
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"i. J1eelnnd li the ftUth largest clttj ;
KfiKu.l GnAB t-taa nnmilallnN In 1911 Mft
etlnmtf-il nt 637,004). '$
d. The rrenldent ma?' be addr9ro Al Il
Kxcellfno." al
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It mute nun th impnilnr b th I(
eral toeniment or an ffis ami v
bPlrltft distilled In the- United Mates
on bums. A noaj cr minim unuer v
I,, nf Virslnlu. was nent to theAliti
.It.,. .I. In .1. .. sa.vn nart nf thU I
but the' Insurrection was suppressed oil
out mooasnea.
SIGNOR BLITZ
1 fjKITAT occasion In old Philadelphia,!!
Awaa the appearance of Slgnor BluVj
Is doubtful If any contemporary ariui i
....in ...in in. v, thfi tnatlnir fame of U
accomplished Slgnor Mention his nimaj
an old-timer and you will be amazed at
flnnrt of memories It w 111 cxcltu He T
tell von of going t(. the northeast our
nf niehth and Chestnut streets M a
... ... ii. .-it nut It was not men
that the artist was well-nigh 'n'pkiSl
legerdemain, om ne naa "' ,.. j
filnrltvAh fApl a hAit !
mia l- -n Inlaraalintr - lltoblOETtPW
published In 1872. In tt he tells riilw,
how he put his talent to good use In
it...!-,. Vila tHnn'lw HsuImK H S UtUJIAWl
In London regarded him as superhuman j
begged him to leave the house. As M
leaving she said. "Do go away. sir. w
here, let me give you this Bible, so
you may not bo tempted again. "?
:ll.J .A1.. nn.nlH thA hOOk AM &
from It a 5 note, which he handed JHW
and this happy miracle bo pleased ?J
she was finally convinced he wfie wig
league with evil powers. J5J
This lady had a son wno .w
erate gambler. Finally, he used M
... . .... Ul tvinther was a
pioyera inuncy. .,.-....-- ---- j.
..., .-H Iia fanreit ha would KO to PI"1
Blitz took the youth out for j!a
went 10 a Baniuuus """ -- , -.v
play at cards. At -first the Slgnor loit
after a while nis iuck pickou Ul --
leu tne piace uu m " " . ,
"After I had gained the straet. ggl
Blitz In his memoirs, "ana w a
able way from the house, where mr "
had not been a very agreeaoio u.. -
who wisneo. mo in winu. .u.v.. - -
s.nd said: 'There, Harry, you 'W
have done. This fortune, as you "
can it, is u. t"i. "" "";..(,
I have taken from thoso scounareu
.w.a .,,. ..,. minMl tn accordant1
'""'"" "" "--,?.",".. ... tha eM
their own principles. n,- iiirrit rf 1
t r.ivrt with.' and beneath tha MM "J
street lamp I showed him a. pack of
"amTiTmy haVd,. B.7.d... I d-jfifi
marks by wh.ch I, could tell thocaa-
E,W. I ld. 'in thoJ and fl
ways lies the art of gambling. Z.?Z
been duped, but I know, that you wWj
be so again. Anlf'i
Thereupon the young man wa ow
pentant. "Olve me your uu ----will
never touch card or dice box f'D
there Is the money I have won. ri
:: -...Li. ..... u.,. HWn from j
tne sum wiuuu i ; - - ..
employers, make what honest and tWJ
count you can to your mother n,'Trj
bar as long as you Hv ,fco night L
10th of Marcn. is.
. The ;oung, man proroi". -3
haa.oaai mou ,tp oui :
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