s l ,' rOBLIC LEDGER COMPANY CmUi It. K. CUITI8, Pioeni Chaxtta n. T.udlngton. Vice rrealdantl John Ci Martin. awratarr and Trcaauren Philip P. rolllni, John n. vvtlllama, John J. Bpurrton, T, II. VTtiaJty, Dlrtctora. SDITOP.IAL BOAP.DI Cues It. K. Ccith, Chairman. P. m mtAUlY ..Editor JOHN C. MATtnX.. General Bualntsa Uanagtr IuMlsried dal). at rrntio T.nqfcn Ttulhllna;, inuapvrraa ic oquara , a-nuaueipnift, . Lamas Cn-traii,,. Broad and Chestnut Streets Atuvtio C1TT. rrtss-Unton Building ' air ioac.,,,, ..,,,.. :uo Metropolitan Tower DntoiT ......i 4ni Ford HulMIre At. t.otjll...... , tons milerton llulMlns Chicago ....1203 rrttmn Building mars nuncAus: WuititOTox Bel I in Ttlggs Building Nfw ToK ncniu...... .The rfuiri Hulldlng Losrov Bcftrau Marionl House, strand Paaia Duaaic. ....... 3 llua t.oula le Urand 8UB9JRIPT10N TKIIMS . Th Errsivo Lrimrn li served to subscribers in Philadelphia and surrounding towns at thn ra of twelve (12) centa per wtcit. pa.ablo to ire carrier. Uy mall to polnta outride of Philadelphia, In I, 'United States. Canida or L'nltvd States pos attalens. postage freo. ntty (Vol centa per mcnta. Six (50) dollars per year, parable In advance. To all foreign coun'rles one (It) dollar per nv.ntH. tiiTicr -Subacr rs wlahlng addreis chanced imut rive old a ' CI is new addreaa. rat, JODO TALr .T KLYSTONF. .MAIN J000 rMd(trrsJ rll rot -mmfrnfloiii li Kinilttj; l.etcer, ndepr ten I Squart, Philadelphia. tLtjud t rni nil .anzLrnii. rosTorricx as BECOM CU' JI11L UklTTK I'hilidtlphia, Tur It;, September 15. 111? 'I HE TIME HAS COME TO j'IGHT pUH inassni--" ns i.i Thursday a. tho Academ if Music called in protest fc&alnsl go em ncnt b murder and te vi i-slon U tie methods of the caveman !i the conduct tf society's business lit J'lilladelrhla, should be of such propoi tlons as to itt Use terror to the he.t.'t of the omlabi responsible for the unspeak able situs Mm which has been tevealed. Citizens ncid not fear to attend the meet Ins Thej will not be clubbed by the police ard they will not be shot at by t huffs. The chaiac'.er of the men who Rt- to :e prerent tt a v.arinnt of them. i.Vj man, therefo' e, need ffel that lie Is jeopardizing limb and life b bis attend ance. v Tlirre a-e men who this day must feel In their hearts that thelt, too. Is some vt the lesponfclbldtv for conditions. They have bee l passixe under outtase. an J mrny have, at one tftn oi another, even vi ted for and lent succor to the criminal onspiiatort.. u js men 0f tjild character, "who have at last beiun to feel compelling Indlgnutiou In Iheh besoms, Who must reJeem themselve3 now by active par ticipation in everj inovp tounnl good Kovernment. It Is not too late to ex culpate themselves They can now dedi cate themselves, pumaneutlv and with deep pin pose, to onl.cs waifaie against contractor Kovemment. and povernment for profit, and Rovein-nent by muidei, and government hv fiaud. and Rovein ment b Intlmldatlnu. The can pledge tlipmsehes to themjelxea to make this i city a better, safer place for their chil- dien to live In. nnd thev cin put Into I effect the piinciples which, flist enuncl-1 aied heie, Iirvp cltenheip ovei turned ; dj nasties and covernments and revolu-! tlcitilzed the conditions of livelihood for I muie than half of the millions of human ' beings who lnhab't ibis eath. Suttl.v all good citizens have at last been thocked Into a leailzatlon of their te aponslbilltles and their duties The meeting of citizens should not con fine Itself bo!el to denunciation. Whether social ostiacism of the .Major should be decreed we do not know. We under aland that there aie alteady some men who have decided to have nothing to do lth him unless and until he Is excul pated. Others do not desire to so that fRt, Athenians, who loved their city, did not hesitate to osttaclze men who deserved such tieatment. We can Imagine nothing that would be more effective In piomoting good government than for citizens generally to refuse all recog nition to officials who betiay their trust, dealing with them only In a business way tv hen necessary and having nothing to do with them otherwise. Aloio damning than the verdicts of a doien courts would be the deliberate decision of a large body o! reputable citizens to linore his Honor, It would be a harsh punishment and we do not lecommend It, but it has been much talked of In tho last few daj s, and vtirialnly the close associates of the Mayor themselves are not looked on with favor. A social remedy of the sort should b' the laBt lecourse of decency. Passing fiom the personal guilt of the Waor, which there Is a disposition In eome iiuarters to minimize, the mass nieeting can ptopeily concern itself with a program of fundamental Issues. They aie: 1 Thu police must be taken out of politics. '. Dliector Wilson must go and there be appointed In his place a nonfactlonary tvho can be depended on to fulfill his J..tJut!ev t 3 Political assessments must cease t ot ever. 4. ' Contractor government most be driven out. 6. XU.caU must cease to ply their trade, under the banners of Itepubll .canlsm. Factionalism must be 'supplanted by a, atral&ht fight between decency and indecency, and no respectable person, whatever his national politics, should ivtttitenance, aid of In any way aeait tot peH reasons the so-called Organ!, UM',S, k mr vuutei 10 mm me mltted abuses, whether he nouiumed them or not, should ho asked to resign. T. Philadelphia for Philadelphia!!1), and not (or graftets. 8. Hit them every tlmo they show their heads. D No tianslt lease with the Smith labs' on It. We can so to the poll on that pio Btam. suggested In part by other news papeis and overwhelmingly Indorsed by public sentiment thioughotit the town, and win the most oerwhelmlnit victoiy ever won by the fmces of good govern ment In this communis . Let eveiy man show IiIh colois Thins day night. Those who tunnot Kel In chn make themselves heaid and will be seen on the outside. Theie ought to be audi n ciowd that it dozen Academlet) of Music could not hold them A MILLION KOK A HKSIONATION A.MUItl'HANT inline wanted to iiilsc u fund of n billion dolbiis whet cm 1th to buy Belgium back from the Cleimaiis Now a local contemporary suggests that citizens raise JIOO.UOO wllh which to pin chase the Major's i rMtrnutlon It is evident that our rontempniiiry undei estimates what the ottlco Is worth It has been estimated, Mr Instance, that the profit from fees on tianslt contract bonds alone mav lunch cotibideiablv above the sum upcciried. The gang will ingly spends far mine limn $100,000 to elect u Mavoi The Job. theicfuie. must bi worth coiisldeinbl.v in escess of that sum. I of $100,000 i We suspect that an offer would not tippcnl to his Honor at nil. It Is, Indeed, nn Insult .to hi business Judg ment. If we aio going to buy back con tiol of our own city government, Instead of fighting for It. we shall have to comu across with ical money. Multiply the offer 1 ten and pe-haps the ball will be nibbled at KNOCKING OUT A "JOKKIt" WI U1LK Mr Lewis Onus that "there Is nolhiut; in tln proposed leaao which obligates, dliectlv or Indlrerll. the clt to purchase Hip property of the tianslt lompuny at any time." lalei on he Kiys. On tunsldeintlon I think that this (compulsory ue of ceituln funds for the purcliRse of the P II. T. propel t I would bo the tesult of the contiact as sub mitted in so fai n.s concerns payments to the Sinking I'und Commission undei Aitlcle XXII. paiagiaph 1. items 9 and 11. It theie ever are any payments undei those Items, which, as stated. Is a viitual imposslbllltj." In the ihcumstnnces, tt Is grallfing to know that Mr. Lewis Intends to sub mit it specific clause in writing which Mill lectlfj thi3 fault. NKAKLY "OVHK THK 'l()"' THKP.K ere man) whe thought the American troops would be In the tienches by July I. Thiee months have gone by nnd It Is onlv now that n con tingent of our expcdltlouaiy force Is stationed well within the innge of enemy suns, ready apparently to tnke Its turn j In the front lino any da Theie Is bitd to be only one dlllleultv, and that a most encouingins one: Tho Amei leans uro too Impatient to get into action. It is wise to give our troops the ad vantage of a long piellminaiy training. Judging fiom expert opinions expressed by foreign writers. The British arm was not created In n da. For weary months Fiance had to stand the brunt ot the lighting while Itiitain was tialn ins her legions Theie Is added reason for patieive In the tialntng of thb Amer ican aimv. The blows it will strike nre to lead to the knockout, and no chances should be taken In pieparing foi the delivery of Its messuge to autoctacy. CONSEKVE THK SUPPLY OF DENTISTS OK THU man) pleas for special consid eration in the draft the dentists' Is one of the best established Their ptopa ganda makes It plain that what they want to do Is not to evade duty under the flag, but to make that duty more potent and moie sustained. Their argu ment that students should be permitted to continue then studies until they giaduate takes on added force when one leflects on the positive havoc that Im propel ly treated teeth have caused In modern English, Fienoh and Canadian warfaie. Appaiently thete Is no legal barrier to letting the joung men finish their stud ies, since the dentists would seem to be Included In the medical departments, for which enlisted teserve corps are piovided in the Government regulation Put the dental students have not now nccees to those corps. There Is not only the Held service to be consldeied. Those not of dinft age who Btay at home, those who are unfit by reason ot phjslque or sex. will need attention as well as the fighters. In recent ears we have learned much about the t elation of mouth Infections to geneial health. People have been edu cated to see that a sound mind in u sound body means not only legs and arms and heart action, but firm bicuspids as well Even under the most auspicious condi tions, the United States dental schools could not turn out enough men In the next five years Ni'urally, If the army takes what It needs, those at home must suffer. Germany Is quite as prepared today as she was ten months ago to lay down her arms. Berlin Tageblait. Perhaps even more so. The United States wa,s not In the war then. It Is significant that the man who bewails the draft a rare bird la the one who Is personally untouched by It. Prospective members of the National Army are Us best boosters. Not all the efficiency In the world Is centralized In Berlin, For Instance. c ..... .. . i ...". e Unas inai ine mese qmeer, onjinj.i tJW , .. .. ... 7i -. ' T?1 EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER -25, BOCHE BUNGLING IN SOUTH AMERICA How Kaiser's Agents Vainly Pitted Brazil Against Argen tina in War Game Hy ANNIDAL DOMFIM A SHOUT time before the (Jcrninn-Swcd-ih plot was discovered another plot had lieeu exposed In Argentina It was In tended to stir up trouble between Argentina on thn one side and the Pnlled States and llinzll on the other. 1 am a citizen ot the latter country. Tho plot inlghl have sucVecded had II not brought the mental stamp of tlermany bo furc the ejes ot the world II mav help the render In mi umlerstajid .Ing of the situation to know what has been happening In South Ameilca as regards Ihf friendly relations between the two largest countries there Urazll and Argen tina. Itrazil has Hlwnjs been the most powerful inuntry In South America, owing to her enormous size and her almort endles re aonri.es. but about twenty-five years ngo the Argentine trade started developing with uonilciful rapldll.v Ilerause of this tho Argentines thought themselves entitled to he thn lendeis In South America This won deiful growth nf Ariiitine trade was due lo the great tmmpnrtatton foclltlles of the lountry. which lies mostly upon an enormous plain, where tallwav constiuctloti Is hii easy undei taking. plain In which tho grass for raising ratlle and the wheat grow almost wild Argentina vet soon hc oame a gieat exporter of frozen meat anil one of th.' I.ugest gtanailcs of the world At the limp the Argentines were so easily developing thelt tiade tho Utazlll.tn engi neers weio busy drawing plans and laying Hacks tu hind b ialln their scnpoits wllh Iheli inoductlnii centers Thev had during the project In i limb nn enormous wn I of mountains ranging from 2"0O to SOOQ feet In altitude This dlllleultv piii-mmleied In iitllwa.v . i,ui.,iiint, ..nnseil iIih lli.izlli.io trade to drag along eiv dolv. while tho Argentine trade was making tapid piogrcss. For wiino vears me .xrgtniinca unmii"" ...... selves with the Idea of soon being the most powerful lounlrj In the southern part or tho continent Some ten years ago. when the rabwa ostein was nearlv completed and alrendv inrr.vlng goods icgul.trly from the rlrh pi iteati to the seaports, the Brazilian trade rivaled Us steailv growth. The Ai gentine.s were liltlctlj disappointed imrlng Ihe veais or opuleneo they had organized a falily good army, while Brazil had neglected hers almost eiillrel. - A Campaign Apainst Brazil pnllttelnn then high in power In Ar gentina. Zehnllos, Instituted a, campaign against Hmzll and for a little whllo the question seemed t he a serious one. in less than n month all Hie Brazilian students nnd voung buslnexs men volunteered for i the iinii.v. and we had n huge rorre In llti I making ' This, however, was unneeess.m. hee.nii'e the seii'lhle polltlelans In both 'countries leallzcd the danger t,f such u situation 'Ihe matter was soon settled Tho leatlei of tho campaign against Brazil was disgraced and ostiaclzed for a long lime or this whole affair Heie remains onlv a slight mutual distrust, w lib h is lessening ever car About a month ago Ihe Herman element In Argentina, feeling that thai country would soon be joining tl.e Allies, tried lo tesurreet the ancient troubles, or at least to use the slight Ill-feeling which still re mained, as a wedge for pro-Herman activity They also tried to use against tho L'nlted Slates an old aigunient which for a long llmo troubled the nilnil3 o many bouth I Americans, it was tho Idea that the Ameri cans meant the .Monroe Doctrine to bo: "America for tho (.North) Americans, ana that tho States wanted to conquer the whole continent "Nuestra Guerra" Published hook was published In Buenos Aires with tho title ".Nuestra liueira l.e Coali tion I'ontia la Aigenllnn, ' b Pedro de Cordoba. Th it 1, Our War The Coali tion Against Aigentlne." It was meant to Impress upon the Argentine people that the L'nlted Stales wan planning lo attack Argentina and that it was urging Brazil to help The coier of the hook shows at the top the Stais ami Stilpes drawn acros3 the wbolo page little oelow we see an enor mous American eagle holding In his claws the Brazilian flag and flying down In a menacing attitude At the bottom there is n part of the South American map, show ing the Itlvei Plate with Ihe Argentine Hag beside It The whole Is ei-y Teutonl callv Hjinbolistk, as it gives the author's Idea of Biazll being dragged along by the l'nlted State? and failing upon Argentine. Exposed by a Newspaper in tontradlitlon of this theory we have the facts that the I lilted States has never huun an desire of making war on Ai gentlna and Brazil lias for a long time .shown that she Is not afiaid of a war. lhat she Is Killing leadv foi it, but- that sho does not want it b anv means. The Ar gentine people nio already awaro of these facts and every one could see that Ihe author of that book was either a German writing under an assumed name or an Argentine bribed by the Germans. Tho argument was mi far from the real facts, was so trulv nnd typically German tn Its htlndness as icgards the other peo nies feelings, that the Scuth American reader simply laughed at it. "A .Nolle." a ltlo de Janelio paper, from which 1 learned of the book, tays: " '.Nuestra Huerra' is the title of the fa mous little book published 111 Argentina whkh has unhappily been taken In serious consideration by one paper In this town. It seems riallv unbelievable that the Ger mans, inimitable and unsurpassed as they are In the art of Intrigue, should have spent any money for publishing such an idlotlo booklet, which so clear.y shows their hand Thc have not even thought of concealing the name of the publisher We retd on the cover that It has been printed at l,i Haceta de i:spina. the most passionate, broadly German paper in Buenos Aires " 'Nuestra Guerra' Is not, as li seemed In the telegraphic news, a book that was written especially against Brazil. Its chief Intent was to set Ai gentlna against the l'nlted States As the author thinks that in the case of war between the two countries Brazil would side with the States, he also goes against Brazil But from the first lines of '.N'uestra Guerra' we realize at once that the aim of the nuthor Is to stir up trouble In the Amerlcin continent and prevent Argentina from lining up with the nations that broke diplomatic re.atlons with Ger many "it is not worth while giving any further notli to Ihe HBrniauophlle. His Intent Is so evident that the Brazilians and Argen tines should pay no attention to It. Prob ably it is nothing more than a 'business' made by some- starving 'writer' with the rich Germans In Buenos Aires. "We have seen very similar things at home " Germans Try to Use Chili As we can see from tills article, the book let was tiken seriously in Brazil for only a very short while. Only a short time be fore a copy of It was carefully analyzed by tho Journalists, .Nevertheless It Is a good example ot the work the Germans were doing in South America. Argentina and Chill were the two coun tries In which the Germans had the great est number ot sympathizers; Chill be cause the whole modern organization of the country In commerce. Industry and edu cation was made under tie supervision of Germans and the people are 'naturally thankful to I ham Argentina, because the German Influence was strong only among the military officers who had been trained In Germany and were dazzled with the Prussian display of might The Govern ment was greatly Influenced by the mili tary party, which H very powerful (ei Arrniina and by tho Chilian friendship.- For thl reason It has always been trying: 'tO-'avty.U preawnj: min utrromj. uua.u Septalon -had hot yt been converted Vie yiiftr' ft? $ b fWWR,4 Tom Daly's Column The young man In the light lunch cafe (monosyllable, please) wiped the counter with ono hand and his eye with the other, and handed us this double portion of sen timent: rni: VAsatsa or rtSiWRA'Sci: tim 1'r'en'n drop a tear fur Temp'rance Tim Kur he has flew de coop; Oey wuz'n enny flies on him But frequent in his soup. tf 1 teuz on'y dead cock swe toherr. at he's burled at I'd make a moulmeiil fur 'Jim uHi' scnti- vxents like dal. Hut (Jeel dr odds It fru ter one, since 'I dcccait las' fall. till poor off bones Is knockln' roun' idf' out no grave at all, I'ur people ain't a-cartn' much fur com- won .eonAt tc'nf. croaks. JAkc v'at dey'd do fur (len'ial (Irani an'l udder noted blokci in' yet he had 'is schemes an' plans w'at meant as much ter Tim As all fliant's war campaigns an' fights an' vlc'trtes meant ter htm. Tote Tim! dcy called htm "Temp'rance," jlst because 'r uscicr say liev wouldn't be no slch a t'lng if 'e ould haic '( way. lie didn't have nn steady home, 'cept w'en de Judgc'd hout: "lie same old t'lng, free mon't's bclmo. Ilcform when pause gits out." Wen Tim ti ho "at home" he uscter icoik hit reg'lar beat. A-tellln' haid-luck stories ter de sof mugs on de street. . lie high-toned way he'd make n touch, tcij. say, it looked like Tim Wttz hon'tln' yousc be tcttln' yousc cough up yer dimes ter Mm. I'olst lime I met de guy he comet inside our cafe an' to J Aciosi ilr catln' counter deie, where 1 wuz woikln' at. "A dish o' soup," cz 'e. .to giand, yer'd think V oiuirii de place. Hut, taj. V did n't lose ynuch time n-feed- In' of 'It face. Den suddenly "ll'inf't dhf" he yclkd, an' den I seen 'im sloop. An' wit' 'is t'umb an' finger pull a hoisc- fly frum 'it soup. "Sec hoc," he ciled, an' fi owned at me, "am I ier undcistan' lili hcrc't de kind a' stuff yousc fllt'e ter cv'ry gentleman?" "I oulercd food." tr he. "nn' dls ain't foul, nur meat, uur )lsh. Xtir It if good led heiiin', to Jill fetch nnuihier dish." In" dough he'd cat tiim nil his soup nloic de fly was kclched II r didn't kick at dal an' so anuddcr dhh irat tetched .Vol', strange ier tnj. twivct mole V come afore de ucck wuz done An' faun' mote files, an' got two opt fur jltf de pi ice o' one. lien mddlntly Tim dlsappeaied, an' t'ice long moil 't had passed Hctuecn de time w'en V got back, an' lo'cn t seen 'im last. "Hello," sez 'e, "yousc necd'n fcai I met wit' any harm, I've jlst bin out a-vlsltin' de ole folki on da fai m." I dtd'n' make no funny clack, but yousc kin bet a hat , ,, i ten' itch a jay but ttfat l,knou.cd where he'd bin at. .... Pc ushal dish o' soup," sez 'rupiicinkln' uv 'Is eye, , ,,( An uiy! 'c wuz'n half way fiouuh afoic V foun' a fly. malinger 'c happened by xifen Tim tic begun ter kick: "Daft mlrjhty stiange," sez 'e ter me, "1 half suspect a trick"; An' den 'c turned ter Tim an' sez, "It stitkei me Undei queer Out pause should find a fly so late nt (fit ft In dc year. HV ain't had none since summer, so 1 think I pipe yer game." I'oia Tim got white an' cited, an' sez: "t must confess wit' shame, I played jottf fer a sucker, an' regard In' (t ?icrc fly I foun' it in me pocket, wheie I've kep' it since July." Right off 'c started weepln' as If 'is heail wuz broke: De manager jist pitied 'im an' took It ay a joke. But Tim, 'e took it diff'rent. Toiue see, 'is pride wnz hurt. Ter find how little all 'is schemes an' ciafty plans iixiz wort'; An a'ter dat 'c had ter pay fur every- t'lng V el, fore, anudder Week wuz out 'c drunk hliself to deaf. An' Fren's drop a tear fur "Temp'rante Tim,' Fur he has flew de coop; Dey wuz'n enny files on him But fiequent In his soup. "The Madonna of the Curb," a lovely bit of verse In the L. H. .7. by Christopher Morley, touchlngly tells of the little mother In the tenements, but an adver tiser In an eve. contemp. fractures all existing child labor iccords with this: NUnsi: Infant nurao for year-old bab. etc Call. And let us, in passing, add an nl for the same C. Morley's "Parnassus on Wheels," a book just Issued, which has the spirit ot Frank n. Stockton rollick ing through It. We'll have more to say of It later. In the meantime we're get ting ready for a Stockton revival, to be "staged" (sport slang for "held") In this colyum. Who knew him well enough to describe the color of his hair? Write us about It. On the other hapd. here comes Henry James, with "The Middle Years," from which we extract Uils perfectly If you've got tho time Intelligible sentence: A volume, and h most substantial, bad felt Its pages -very gravely pressed to gether before the winter's end that I have spoken of, but a restriction may still bear, and blessedly enough, as I gather from memory, on my sense of the whole year then terminated a year seen by me now In the light of asitatlons, ex plorations. Initiations (I scarce know how endearingly enough to name them1) which I ahouZd call fairly Infar.tlne l ie.- m difference to proportions and alms, had they not still more left with me effeetn and posaesilons that even yet lend them selves to estimation An evident miss prjnt is this frpm, o. o, d. p, ot last evening;. TTho Gerrnwia wie 'TIS TRUE .-snm?isT5a SAf5i'-'.'..'ti,:S-5i .-dd&glSWIBS? tsTS&asssk&mms- Tl2Si3 , u5r-j-w tw.:."!-" -?,-- - !" ;a-r-i Tnr,.? .-i- -;-.,. , . vSTr'-. :Jo;iTr J -. i Jil'-JL fvJTrf.. SMITH REGIME IS CONDEMNED Citizen Declares Mayor Should Be Ousted Compared With Blankenburg 77i(i Jrjinilinmf ( Irtr to all rtadm uft iciah lo nnrrtj their opinion" on subjects o current interest. It (a on niim Jorum and the f.i.enino l.ettaer oaaiimrs no rrapomlolllty tor the t feud of (It rorrranotideiiU. .filers must be stoned bu the name and address of the xrriter, not nccesiarllv for vulllcation, but as a guarantee of good faith. "OUST SMITH; ELECT PORTER" To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir What Is the matter with Philadel phia? For more than fifty years it has been my home and I am debating seriously whether 1 shall ever return there again. I feel disgraced. Will the people never wake up? They had a chance to elect a decent .Mayor In Porter, but 'Instead they choso a pot-house politician, and they now have a like Administration I have no sympathy for the people; they are getting what they deserve. "O Philadelphia' What crimes are com mitted In thy name!' And Is there none to redeem her from her terrible apathy? Smith ought to be impeached and Porter put In his place. Philadelphia never had a better or cleaner police Administration than under this young man. Give him a chance and he will Imitate Blankenburg, and he will restore our city to the place she deserves. Porter has the respect of the police and the citizens generally. Give him a chance to clean this rotten gang out. A L. WOUTHINGTON. Atlantic City. September 23. "GOVERNMENT BY MURDER" To the Editor of the Evening Ledger! Sir Your editorial in tonight's edition en titled "Government by Murder" Is In my opinion a smashing blow right from the shoulder to tho Iron Jaw of one Thomas B Smith a blow that would send the ordinary man Into oblivion and the land of sleep for ever but not the said "Tom" Smith. He's too tough for all that. In order to be In "irood standing" he is playing the game just as the gang he represents requires him to do. While going from Cleveland to Detroit ono day a few weeks ago I met former Governor McGovern, of Wisconsin, and very naturally after a while we ta'ked of things political In Pennsylvania. He Is more or less familiar with the way things are car ried on In this State, and like good citizens everywhere he wonderB why the good citi zens here don t try to help themaelves. He asked me If I knew of a big man who would step out and lead off, but I had to answer him negatively, for I have no one In mind who would sacrifice himself and family as did Rudolph Blankenburg only to re celve the grudging credit that the "Dutch Cleanser" fell heir to because of his en deavors on behalf ot the citizenship of the Commonwealth. i if you can name a man who will assume the leadership and its responsibilities, maybe you might be doing this good old Quaker town a real service. H. A. H. Philadelphia, September 20. WILL 'MEN HIGHER UP' GO FREE? To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir After reading your articles about the recent bloodshed in the Fifth Ward, I must say that, tf your paper Is for the law abiding citizens of this city, why not urge the people through your paper to have the city appoint a special District Attorney to prosecute this case? Such men as Mr. Hoyne, bt Chicago, or Governor Whitman would know how to prosecute. Or shall It be the same old story of the poor un fortunate topi paying the penalty and the men higher up golnr free? If there l any dlfferonce between th Becker case In New York and this case I wish 1 could See It. Justice will never be done hra.an it jwm done when JHr. "Whit- ,man wai '"y-w ise? v" - c i Cpnv frTOKil5 - wmiimw ;! WJU.U wrm mg&mbmm msm ra mm mmm&ZMmm, SSJMtSM IVg&VSaSBWmm ?- --fiwi' i ' Tv 1 iKiSP''sKJiJMalaBLjri EBBSiWf 1917 'TIS PITY; AND PITY 'TIS 'TIS TRUE -v3vfJJliJi-.!ri-1.fru.iKTsi-.v, z. duajiasrAaBE rs.KikrimfiueA-afprjgr':. . 's i'j'A'SsTifaemmi ;3Myfi.ffffSry.j6i i r,v.isv---sK4 r.. i m yz-'.t: .-iit-i-tr-.i -. --.?rirrwm?M&m 1 .Vr'I "StW '? &SWtg!gfttZeWMmB& .t'oft r ja'K- m wi-.vfl ij-.t-jai v ! c-s-irj r -zzjt--,--j-3apn-iaaviaDvi . .mTJ-r- "WE ARE NOT RULED BY MUR DERERS, BUT ONLY BY THEIR FRIENDS" When the special commission created to examine Into the charges that Charles Stewatt Parncll was guilty of Instigating, murder In li eland made its report In 1800, Itudyard Kipling wrote n scathing poem on the verdict. Parnell was "cleared," but such n state of facts was established that Kipling declared: "We are not ruled by murderers, but only by their friends " He found complicity with crime fixed upon the Irish leaders similar to tliot which is now charged against the rulers of this city, and vented his indignation upon them in scathing language. Parts of the poem pertinent to the local situation follow: Help for a patriot distressed, a spotless spirit hurt. Help for an honorable clan sore trampled in the dirt! From Queenstown Bay to Donegal, oh Haten to my song. The honorable gentlemen have suffered grievous wrong! Their noble names were mentioned oh the burning black digrace ! By a brutal Saxon paper in an Irish shoot ing case; They sat upon It for a year, then steeled their heart to brave It, And "coruscating Innocence," the learned judges gave It. Bear wltneas, Heaven, of that grim crime beneath the surgeon's knife, The honorable gentlemen deplored the loss of lite! Bear witness of those chanting chairs that lurk and shirk and snigger. No man laid hand upon the knife or finger to the trigger! Cleared In the face of all mankind beneath the winking skies, Like phoenixes from Phoenix Park (and what lay there) they rise I Go shout it to the emerald seas give word to Erin now. Her honorable gentlemen are cleared and this Is how: They only paid the Moonlighter his cattle- hocking price, They only helped the murderer with counsel's best advice. But sure it keeps their honor white the learned Court believes. They never gave a piece of plate to murderers and thieves, They never told the ramping crowd to cord a woman's hide. They never marked a man for death what fault ot theirs he died? They only said "Intimidate," and talked and went away, By God, the boys that did the work were braver men tllan theyl "Cleared." honorable gentlemen I Be thank- ful It's no more: Tho widow's curse Is on your house, the dead are at your door. On you the shame of open shame, on you from North to South The hand of every honest man fiat-heeted across your mouth. ... "The charge Is old" As old as Cain as fresh as yesterday; Old as the Ten Commandments have e talked those laws away? If words are words or death Is death or powder sends the ball, j You spoke the words that sped the1 shot the curse be on you alt. My soul I I'd sooner be In jail for murder plain and stralghtt pure crime I'd done with my own hand for money, lust or hate. Than take a seat lu Parliament by fellow felons cheered Wldle one pf those "not provens" proved pie cleared as you are cleared. If black Is black pr while Is white, In black antk white It's down. ToU're onlyaltora to the Queen and rebels ia W'tkijm. - ir wintjsw - :-mmmm W. fktsi: -?XMmMM fe.a-risi m&& tmmimsim , What Do You Know?"! 1 QUIZ 1. What is the "Mooncy faf." In wlilfh rmV, dent V INtin in about tu lair nctlon? ; 1 On what condition nmr Ctrmanr prank to re-eMtiblli.il PrlKlum? 3. U ho Is Mujor (Jrnrrnl ( lime W, KtnnrW 4 VMi.it KnclMi eMi)lt, ilrnmalM and strlln of ilrtrcllie stories l centrally atrfW ' iih the mntt powerful lar-fipontot n orthodox thrlatlnnlt)? 5. Vlhut rlti Is the rtnr or Hie lalrit Oraii I tntrlsiie Ncanilal? 6. Hhnt nre "flaming bnlltta." ntw hclat ih! In warfare on tho llrltlt.li front In rrwrf n ml IlrlEliim? I 7. lllio wrote "Manna nnna,'ranl ni M ' It mean? R. VVio founded the Society of Jmu! 9. vriieti ihh the (Irdtr or the Knlihti if IK ,irlor founded? 10 What wan the Areopaeua? Answers to Yesterday's Quii I The rtmriuter or "Perky .Sham" .appMii in milium Vliikepeaie Tliackeraj'a aaiil 'Vanity 1'ulr " 5. About 40.000 ilr.irted men will bt nt ll tralnlne nt I'umii Mende. Admiral. Mi. 3 The herond lasue of Liberty loan banii be nut on the market .Monday, 0tH. 4. The three ineiinlnca of "palm" aia (II large family or tree, chiefly, trtplnll (3) that part or tho hana" beiwtea til wrlat nnd tho flntera. and (I) ti tan" fraudulently or pass a thlnr off a a peri-on. 5. Mr. Ilrow nine's tonnet-araunca. "" Tram Ihe Portuguese." wai a '": cnue the author did not wllh ll nam pnblle to know that thf term! ft IJJ donate endearment contained tMHU"' addressed to her husband. . VMIlInm Ernest Henley a a mM WW poet nnd eaasTlat and an InllmlU torn of Robert Louis rllerenion. 7. Trana Schubert composed tha 'Caliilrt" Symphony." which Is w Wely papalar. 5 The trial of General Kornllaff. eft" alan army, will be held at Iba fra 0. A panegyric la a laudatory eiprtaalaa sH n person or thing. . 10. Tho atory of tho ITodlga! , J"1" In St. Luke, in the ew Teatament. ' 41 . nnnlf A VTflWN TfclE JJATTLitt Uf umiiuu""- PHP.HAPS It Is drawing a paraii" " rtn.a ni .ut hut certainly between tht nr.Mtit .rlaln nf the WOrld Wr ana period that Immediately preceded the Ba tie of Germantown there Is some reaea blance. For one thing, undoubted "f greatest military t-ktlt of the preset palgn Is being shown today In rroj And tl.e American Revolution came ' strategic head tn the Battle of aew town. The nation had reached tM cn or mo BirugKie. .j.iiki' 1 The Americans had been defe"'d " J Battle of Brandywlne a montn "'"'"gU blankets and tents had been lo" ., clothing add scanty food were tM r j with penury ana aiscoi " t:,,, but J the army, hundreds marched I In """ , 1 feett and patriotism " lOUKlUK Uf. Uriel 1 ' The activities of the Tories JfiU J these woes. Less than a f rta : M fore their treachery n ""h,i keel' massacre at Paoll wasninw .-- !'.efool?.d..."y ."..We' ' nelnalMf 'U scnuyiKiu nivcr. v"rrr:nuw-i his troops had campeu u. -" ., i I hlladelphla. the American rf .1.. i..nrf. ..f r'nrnwallls, I '""'T.i., I . . ...a ....-.. ----- . ., W,M can"" the greatest national ""'"'. ij uririimentatlve snllts In t oiigre'i. .. -J 'r"'s "' "L'?ri'JSl AciZ ? ' ance in too i(" , ",- -"ur& man, '" by no means a feeble-splrlled "j, heaven, grant us ono great poui. Ing mind Would .extricate the m ,. from that ruin wliicn bcci.ip .- u ,,, But Waslilngton wh - .- , general aespair. '"""'"VT. ,Mprais, mander-ln-cTilers bravery. h . on till success reemed not P'" "VTcurlous to "Pi- that drn.nS then was largely Inhabited I .fc&jj Germans, opposing "a!l,Z. a,M L . em Teuions aoroau. ....... -. 5lkndi . tractive iuwii u " - -- .. vhn testimony m "" "ov""V" h0us. .. Ik. Jnnfo IFtt nmtiiVf -- HorpT.- P'r tsi'WjW u,..Kn hrtuM. All three servaw - SZZZttit th Urttlih a naM V II w VqtC eWlw 5 Tt m9r mm f.A
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