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T!!..BI,.',,.,, I"1" ' served to subscribers In rblladelrhla, ami surrounding- towns at tha rata of twolre US) cents per week, payable to tha carrier. By mall to points outalda of Philadelphia. In ta United States. Canada or United Stairs poa teutons, poatats freer fifty (BO) cents per month. Six (to) dollars per 3 ear, pa) able In advance. To all foreltn countries on (II) dollar per month. Noticx Subscribers wlihlnr address chanted must Hva old as well as nsiy address. BELL, MOO VALNyT KEYSTONE, MAIN J00O tarjtffrrs all communications to Fienlng Ledger, Independence Square, Philadelphia. "- - zvrsixD at in rnir.iciLrniA fosrorncx xt beco-ip-cuss uaii. virrxn rbilaJelpMi, U.JikiJ.j, September :(. 1917 IT IS WAR TO THE DEATH THIS TIME milB Major Is still In office. iJircctor of Public Safety Wilson Is still In office. Lieutenant Bennett Is still In office. Government by murder continues. The degenerate and narcotic-fed dregs of so- , defy that did tho dirty work ate In jail, whero they belong. An Assistant District Attorney In New Yoik reports that his office believe? that telephone wires lead ing Into tho Bronx coutthouso have been tapped by men wishing to serve cer tain Interestan Philadelphia. New York, 1 in the meantime, has promised that the confessions of gunmen, no matter what mon "higher up" are named, will be pub lished In that city It they are not pub- Hshed here. The long ami of the Organl zatlon Is not long enough to reach Into neighboring citadels of Justico and pre ent publicity. Jts ami, indeed. Is with out power oven in somo places within our own cn Irons, since Sir. Rotan shows no signs of beliig afraid and lclteratcd yesterday his demand upon tho Major that Lieutenant Bennett be lemovcd, but cot no response from his Honor, although he pointed out that Bennett's presence hampers pollco investigation of tho con spiracy. Tho arrogant attitude of Director Wil son Is not changed. Tho Mayor and his cohorts sit tight, refusing to do any , thing, making no movo to assist in tha ascertainment of the facts, confident that the power of the Organization which they control Is superior to any other power that the humiliated community can bring to bear. Insult Is heaped on insult, mid once moro the old device of stilling public Indignation by asserting that attet all this Is nothing but a factional fight, a mere partisan murder, not to be taken too seriously, is being brought to the f.ront. Hypocrisy Is "immense." There is noth ing like it to fool the people. The Greek demagogues had it down to a fine art. Give a .skillful lawyer time enough and he'll have people weeping tears and spend ing their hard earned money for flowers for murderers. Mac be, beforo we get through with this affair, somebody will be proposing a public testimonial for tho Mayor on tho ground that he has been persecuted. It beats tho Dutch what hypocrisy can do. Assuming that the Mayor was morally Innocent before tho fact, which is a very violent assumption, his conduct since the murder Is' sufficient to render his con tinuance in office an insult to the com munity. The murderers, so far as any action by' him is concerned, could be riding about in limousines now and drink lng champagne with their blood money. It has not occurred to him, apparently, that he has any duty in the premises. Ills deploratlons are the sort of deploratlons that begin and end In deploring. As for catching a murderer, a thug or a grafter, his attitude Is the same as that assumed by him In the vice matter. "There isn't anyvjee, and wo would have put an end to It anyhow if the United States had not intervened. Why hold up Philadelphia to scorn? It must be a Democratic trick for political advantage." To men like tha llayor nobody eytr does anything unless it (3 for political advantage. Possibly he thinks that every soldier who has vol unteered to fight in France has done so only because he believes he will get an office when, he gets back home. Yet we have heard that It advantagetli a man nothing if he gain the whole world and lose his soul. We have heard It whispered at the altars wheia men tell the truth and purge themselves of Ilea that tho good Is better tTian tho wrong and that the Christ taught only holy things. Government by murder! But Is tho pleading of the defendants, "We are not the murderers; we are only their friends"? Aye, and In the mercy of God let them Jiopo for their physical safety that those friends who stand ,in actual condemnation "3o not tell the truth. Let them tremble, as they must, In fear of what forthcom tag confessions may reveal. Tho sword at JJamoclea hang over their heads. frWr arrogance, la asaumud. Their guilt fossa- uporj. them. They vainly try an4 hoM thenMlVM utnatnr.- ut tha whip of popular acorn la on their backs. They havo bagun to sweat. They" have lost their murderous bolsterousnesi. They will not daro to send thugs to the meeting tomorrow night They will not dare to shoot moro citizens. Their reign of blackjacking la dono and they know It. But thoy stilt sit In office They still draw salaries and hold the power of gov ernment In their hands. They still, somo of them, crow rich on contracts. They Still meet together and consplro against the public weal. They still daro tho pub lic wrath. They still hopo that Philadel phia will forget Its anger and return, as so often sho has dono before, to no qulesccnco III their monstrous dominance. They are wrong, for by tho graco of hcacn at last tho era Is right, tho psy chology of tho human mind Is right and tho world Itself is sot steadfast In tho pursuit of right and justice. Thero comes to us from outiagcd Belgium, from pil laged Serbia and all tho other districts whero vlolcnco has outraged lnnocenco tho stern lncentlvo to do our duty hero at home. No longer can wo neglect It. Wo must fight, fight or qultnd loso our self-respect and ull that wo hold dear. Our choice Is made. We will fight. Aye, and wo will fight with such a conscious ness of rectitude, with such a faith In tho necessity of winning, that all tho hired thugs and. murderers nnd diug ad dicts and drunken brutes that can bo Im ported, bought, purchased, tradod for or solicited will not bu sufficient in number to oveicomo thd righteous Indignation of tho community and victory will bo as surcd. I"or us this is no mere factional row. It Is the call of tho tocsin, tho signal for a mighty upilsing, thd. old Liberty Bell ringing out onco moio Its summons, and It Is a summons that every decent man will answer. AKGENTINA'S lUEASLES ARGENTINA Is haing Its caiefully A staged food shortage, big tallroad .strike and nil tho other connivances that German agents alwajs attempt when a. neutral nation Is nbout to Join tho Allies. We had to go through it. Every neutral has to have It, as they used to say of a child with tho measles. This Is a caso of German measles. An thing to keep Argentina out of tho war Is tho slogan of tho German agents. No matter it the Argcntlno Senato adopted by a oto of S3 to 1 a resolution to break with Germany, It Is Berlin's will that this net bo revoked. Wo havo to stand 11 great deal of lecturing from Ger many nbout Interfering with her Gov ernment. But tho Germans feel free to interfere with ccry Government in the world but their ow 11. MISUNDERSTANDING AMERICA THL3 leni.ukable notion seems to pre vail in some parts of Europe that tho official statement of policy by an Amer ican President, indorsed by tho people, can bo amended or withdrawn. Slow wo may be to como to a decision on matters international, difficult it may bo for us to agree. But once decided", once agreed when havo wo backed down, when would we need to back down? The Monroe Doctrine Is as much a law as the law against murder Is a law. The American reply to the Pope's appeal Is as much a law as any treaty. No Adminis tration would .daro to make terms with an irresponsible Kaiser, ev en if it wanted to, after the publication in every language In all lands of the American ultimatum to autocracy. Tho statement of Cardinal Gasparrl, thai? "tho objection made by President Wilson Is easily overcome, ns tho people of tho Central Powers, as well as thoso of tho Allies, aro ready and will ing to glvo all guarantees for tho fulfill ment of conditions leading to a Just and lasting peace," breathes an optimism we cannot sharo. If It is true that the German people aro so near self-government as that, then we have suffered under as cruel a mis apprehension as any people ever enter tained. Wo have totally misunderstood the Imprisonment of Llebkneuht nnd the demands of Reichstag members for a re sponsible ministry and for universal suf frage, If it is truo that "tho objection made by President Wilson Is easily over come." The Cardinal 13 also reported to havo said: "Tho proposal of President Wilson to enforce democratic government in Germany is impractical." Wo aro not trying to enforco democratic government In Germany: members of the Reichstag are trying to do that. Tho President said: "Wo cannot take the word of tho present rulers of Germany as a guaran tee of anything that is to endure, unless explicitly supported by such conclusive "evidence of tho will and purpose of the German people themselves as the othtr peoples of tho world would be Justified In accepting. We must await somo new evi dence of the purposes of the great peoples of the Central Powers." Wo havo not asked tho German people to govern themselves; wo havo asked them to stata clearly whether It Is really their purpose to help their Kaiser to con quer Europe and defy America and Asia. It that Is their purpose, they1 may form tho most advanced form of ripubllo in the world tomorrow without Baying themselves from the necessity of fighting a war to exhaustion. The Kaiser's latestyjieace offer has killed fifteen and Injured seventy non combatants In England. The schoolboy axiom, "What goes up must come down," seems to be exem plified in the case of the "men higher up" in the "Bloody Fifth" scandal. School teachers in Germany will laud Von Hlndenburg (soon to ba Prince; on his birthday. It Is reported that tha pupil will receive special Instruction In paper-tcrap tearing on that occasion. MANY PATRIOTS DISLIKE TAXES "Rrmbfeia of Confercss Bom bhVfleny Complnints-T-Tho Cry of "WolfT" ' Special Corrcsnontimcs of Ins A'iciiIhb Ltdoef WASHINGTON, Sept 26. BUSINESS men from all parts of the country aro still bombarding Washing ton with suggestions about the war tax bill. If tho Hood of telegrams and letters received by members ut the conference com tnlttco Is to be accepted as truthfully forecasting the future, there may be break ers ahead for many business concerns; but the assertion that certain lines of business will bo "ruined" If taxes are Imposed as the writers fear has bcqbmo'so Stereotyped as to sound like the cry of "Vplf 1" Nearly all of, theao complaints are In the old familiar phraseology: "We aro pa triotic and anxious to do our part, but do not want to be put out of business." It Is pot unusual for tho average member of Congress to receive from BO to 100 letters and telegrams malting this argument each day Spnators, who represent a wider con stituency than mombers of th House, and members of tho conference commltteo re ceive so many moro o-f them that It has becoino necessary In somo instances to ac knowledge them on mimeographed forms So far as Congress Is concerned, tho broad answer to alt correspondents complaining of tho tax bill is simply this: "The war Is on and must bo fought to a finish Tho Presi dent needs tho money and It Is tho duty of Congress to ralso It for him There Is no alternative." Tho attacks upon the tat bill are not confined to nny ono State or to any one branch of business. The farmer has been aroused because of tho Inclusion, as he be hoves, of tho f.trm paper In tho higher postal rates Tho reader of the religious paper lms also been urged to take up the battle for his publisher Colleges and phil anthropic Institutions havo been seeking the exemption fiom taxation of contributors to their funds i far as such contributions aro concerned It Is not sololy a business man's grievance All classes seem to havo been Httrred tip to 11 rcalbatlon of tho gravltyof the tax situation That they havo reason to bo Is shown by tho fact that tho amount to be raised by taxes to meet tho expenses of war will with tho passage of this bill, plus taxes already imposed, aggregato about $4,000,000,000. Passaic of tho Bond Bill Tlio p.T-snuo last week of the second emergency bond law inrrltd with It none of the vexatious tax bill woriles. That bill put the Secretary of tho Ticasury In posi tion to borrow money rather than to raise It by taxes Ho will now bo nblo to lend to our allies In addition to $3,000,000,000 alreadyprovldid for, nil additional $4,000. 000,000, which, beginning with November next, will mean $500,000,000 In monthly pajments until tho end of tho fiscal jear, Juno 30, next Although tho Secretary will havo at his disposal moro than $23,000,000 for pi emo tion purposes, Including advertising In tfie newspapers, If ho decides upon that cour.se, it Is tho Treasury Department opinion that ho will need every dollar of It to put tho loan through. Tho Secretary feels that there Is a wldo territory jet to bo tanned for tho alo ,of bonds, nnd ho has a great reliance upon thn small Investor who was not reached in tho $2,000,000,000 Liberty Loan campaign. Acting for tho Adminis tration, the Secretary has no recourse The loan must bo bold and tho requirements of our allies must bo met. Thus far wo havo been lending money to Great Britain, which Is our heaviest bor rower; to Trance, Italy, Russia, Belgium and Seibla Tho smallest loan was made to Serbia, and thero was some question In Congress about the propilety of making It. As to most of these loans. Congress has been Informed that much of the money ban been or will bo spent In the United States, although It is believed there has been no obligation to so spend It. except In ono In stance Hy the first of November It Is be lieved all of the $3,000,000,000 authorized by the first loan bill will have been turned over to foreign nations. Then the new allotment of $4,000,000,000 will como In for distribution. As to this new loan, there is no assurance that It may go exclusively to the countries already bor rowing. A loan to" China has been sug gested, and It Is not Improbable that Cuba, which has turned over to the United States certain seized German ships, may come In for consideration. While It Is contended that tho Industries of the United States re ceive the benefit of much of the money thus raised, thero Is no doubt that much of It Is going Into the construction of railroads and bridges, as well as munitions, in for eign lands U. S. Well Up in Co-operation In view of these loans and the expendi tures mado by tho United States for our own account. It cannot be said with good grace that Undo Sam Is lacking In war action or sjmpathy. When Congress ad journs provision wlll havo been made for the expenditure of American money nnd credit to tho end of the fiscal year to an aggregato exceeding $19,000,000,000, During the debato on the bond bill it was pointed out that although tho United States had been In war only five months and had not yet flred a shot, and Great Britain had been at war moro than three jears, the expendi tures of Great Britain up to July 21 last had ben nbout $21,000,000,000, or only $2,900,000,000 more than the United States pro-vlded for In five months. At the same time it was shown from De partment of Commerce statistics that the French war debt up to April 30 was $17, 700,000,000, the Russian debt up to Janu ary 1 last about $13,009,000,000 and the Italian debt up to Jaiftary 1 moro than $6,000,000,000. Each of the allied nations has1 Increased Its expenditures since the dates referred to ; but even so, no one Is In position to chide the United States for In difference to the President's war program or for delay In meeting the financial re quirements of this and other countries. Expenditures made necessary by our par ticipation in the war must bo provided by Congress through taxes or loans. The Piesldent and .lis Secietary of the Treas try started out with the thought that Con- git S3 would loceed to raise the revenuo'' on a flfty-nlty oasis, nair, taxes and halt leans, but that program Is destined to be shattered. Tho loans have already far ex ceeded the taxes, and unless the war closes suddenly aro likely to so continue. The tax bill now .under consideration, corcernlng wh'ch thera is so much business anxiety, provided originally for only $1,800,000,000. It Is now necessary to ralro the total to $2,500,000,000. If It is not soon enactsd Into law, even that amount iray have to be Increased. The efforts of the conferees nave been to adjust the taxes In this great financial measure as equi tably as possible and with a due regard to future business conditions. It Is well understood that another tax bill will have to be passed when Congress meets In regular session In December and thn new methods it taxation lot disclosed by the present bill may have to bo employed. J. HAMPTON MOORE. A FORBIDDEN SONG "There Is one subject no man mentions at the front unless It be very casually, en passant." says Captain Ralph Vf. Bell In "Canada In War paint" "Even then It brings with It a sudden silence. There Is so much, so very much, In that little word 'Home' If man were to get up at a sing-song and sing 'Home. Sjreet Home' his llfo would be Imperiled. His audience would rise and annihilate him. because fit could not she vt trf Its feelings in any other way There r ome things that strike dlrictly at the heart, and tWa la on of them.'' Tom Daly's Column LWE8 ON A LOVINO OUP 3tV heart to thv heart, Mil lips to thine. In the dew of tha cornfield Tha hlood of the vine. Tho taat stgh at leaving, Tha xcord as wo part Is', ij lips to thv UP' It'o fito, heart to heart. O. 11'. BTODDAItD. Add Vacation Aftermath That Rapturous Rhapsody on Ocean City leads to tho suggestion that the w rltcr bo employed by tho New England Vacation Bureau for a tour of tho Down East beaches next summer. Even his Irrcpresslblo chcerlniss would suffer lapses, wo fear, under experiences of LYankco hospitality llko theso few sam ples encountered recently: AND COo A POUND AT THAT Tho Missus (to Butcher) Have you a nice steak this morning? Butcher Why, I don't know It's been so long since I cut one off. And then he waits to hear If she'll take It for sure beforo bringing to light the one piece of beef he keeps In stock. AT A PUBLIC PHONE PAY STATION Young Lady May I use tho phono? Crabbed Proprietress Is It a long-distance call'' Y. L Yes C. P. You'd better go somewhere else then It takes too long (Next nearest pay station one-half mile) AND MR HOOVER'S NOT NEEDED THERE The Yank who cut tho grass from aban doned graves held tho record for Hoover ing the h. c. of 1. until a few days ago when another do. turned his horse loose on the beach to eat up tho seaweed I HUGH MERR. Tin: A'nr office boy lie's a modest little curly-headed fellow, Whose age Is scarcely greater than clcicn. The effulgence of his locks of taicnv yel low Is supgcslUe of a lialo corn of heaven. Wc ucrc smitten ulth his most uncom mon beauty, And we deemed him far too perfect for thit earth, iricn he modestly reported here for duty, All unconscious of his transcendental north. Oh, the sweetness of his early morning greeting In those flist few days! II010 soft his boyish tones. As he handed me my letters In the wtorn Ing, With "A lovely day! Good morning, Mr. Jones." Ah! the period of all things that giow endearing Is as flccttng as the dew upon the grass. We havo felt It; the misfortune we were fearing rrom the very first has come at length to pass. For our office boy has left us; wo are lonely. He Is nothing but a memory of the past, lie was with 11s but a fleeting fortnight only, - And has vanished, for he was too good to last. We could tolerate his cigarettes and 1101 els, , And his whistling, which was constant, loud and shrill, But I drctotho line when he remarked this morning:' "Ocet ycr loolln' on do hog-dls mornin', mill" Foetle license, "heaven." riftten doesn't rhyma with Wo onco know a man who always gave his llttlo girl a thermomotor for a Christ mas present. Ho had a bug on thermom eters. But wo can't qulto figure tho men tal processes of tho fellow who puts In any part of his vacation tlmo reading last year's bulletins In college assembly halls. Still thero Is such a man, and ha reports to us now that ho read on a bulletin board at Vasslr: I.OST 0 "THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF MORALITY" TIain Language- From Truthful James' About three hours before train time a large crowd gathered In the courthouse auditorium to make pleasant the last evening of tho boys In their home town. The following gentlemen punctuated the musical program with short iatrlotlo talks: Attorneys W. T. Brothers and F. Falrcloth and Dr. J. R. Thompson. In this bombardment of hot air the boys got a foretaste, perhaps, of the poison ous gases that await them In the trenches. At the close of this feature they were given better treatment at the hands of Mrs. A. P. Grzlachowskl, 'who, von behalf of the Red Cross, presented them with useful and appropriate presents Santa Fo New Mexican Tho society editor, for soma reason known only to herself, has placed upon our desk a clipping from tho "society col umn" of somo newspaper, which sayat "The Barrenness of Bean was a gest of Dr. and Mrs. Dr. Ithuriel Wolzer over Sunday. Her Lazyshlp Is a welcome visi tor In these parts. Como again, Barren ness." Tho reference excited our curiosity so deeply that we sent tha office boy out for a copy of tho Almanach do Gotha, tho Who'sthls of High Life, and searched .diligently for a description of the Barren ness of Bean. Nary a Bean could wo find. But wo know her personally. Just tha same. She has visited at our humble homo Just as frequently, we are sure, as she has ever Sundayed at the villa of Doctor and Mrs. Dr. Ithuriel Wolzer. Only, wo have never known her as a "welcome! visitor, and wa would certain ly never 'dream of referring to her as a "gesf." 8ha is taken far too seriously to be classed as a Jest. The Barrenness of Bean (wa adopt tha spelling or tha newspaper) usually dropa In on uaJust when we have decided that we are going to produce somo master piece of literature. Almost Invariably she la followed by another member of tha debility Barren De gpalr. Tho two hang around tha house like a couple of love-birds, uttering faint twit terings and cheeplnga of delight. But as soon as they are announced we know that our evening is ruined. j I declmret There they are? again! I, da CLARE. i llaPtSfl rSJiSf- GOVERNMENT BY MURDER DOOMED Citizens' Denunciations Show Public Is Aroused to City's Crisis This Department is free to all readers who v.tsh to express their opinions on tuilects of current Interest. It Is an open forum and the Evening Ledger assumes no responsibility tor the views of Us correspondents. Letters musti tie sianed bv the name and address of tho writer, not necessarily for implication, but as a guarantee of mod faith. A CALL FOR LEADERSHIP To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir It has become evident that some thing Is radically wrong with tha health of our city government, and we must all shoulder the blame for tho unfortunato hap pening In our Fifth Ward, for society Is to blame for Us criminals. It Is hardly nocessary to dwell on tho episode, but let us size up the situation as It really is and see It there is not a logical way for better ment. This City of Brotherly Love should first face tho mirror and answer this question: Is It not high time our Counollmen were paid a salary so aa to enable them to give good service and their whole time to the very Important business and In so doing stop the drain on our lty Treasury? Here let me suggest a means of getting good, efficient help within this body. A representative of ability from your paper might noto the active men in Councils, their suggestions and Initiative In 'good legisla tion and their votes on matters of vital Interest to the public. Then previous to primaries and election their records should be printed, guiding our better citizens to give Intelligently deserving men their vote. In this way, I believe we can lay tho first foundation to a healthier .body for patient Philadelphia. Then urge the ousting of Magistrates' courts. Build up the Municipal Court sep arate from political Influence as far as pos sible. Philadelphia Is certain to emerge throueh this healthier, mentally, morally and physl-'J cony, tor a city mat saves 10 our naupn mo foundation pf good government namely, the home la the .city that will be the envy of those who .are prone to forjjetjn building 'that tha care of home Is the care or gov ernment and tho prime faotor In the kind ottidmlnlstratlon wa long for, So let me, In behalf of our better citizens, ask for your leadership In obtaining for our city and people some of the benefits which by the nature of their resources they are en- titled to. A READER, Philadelphia, September 24. MURDER SHOULD WAKE CITY UP To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir It Is certainly sickening to return to tha supposed pity of Brotherly Love after a few days tt pleasant motoring through New York State and learn tho details of the terrible atrocities by tho rotten politicians who seem to have turned Philadelphia Into tho "City of Bloody Love." The xld phrase "Everythlrir fair In war" no doubt nleana political wfrs, tooj and while, It Is quits sad that Eppley waa murdered. It all may havo heen for the best. Probably now the real Phlladelphlana will exert themselves and oust both tho Mo Nlchol and Vara factions next November and put In somi of tho good parts of tha .Blankenburg retime, should any be re maining and still Interested In behalf of the qrlglr. of the City of Brotherly Love. Poor Blankenburg may have jjeen. alow, but he got thero with a clean-cut admln istratfon, after having to start from a bank rupt City Treasury, and If any of "Relentless RufolpbV contingent could yet be Induced to take up whatever reins the can grasp at next election and give Philadelphia a real and correct reform poer Epsley will hare died a perfect martyr to duty. Lrs-fcef that rhlladelsnUna will nnr THE THINKER WBXftnl uWrau; i-Viri'i r ...-i. .iv-ii CV7fi E'O , "v- . JM nvAV Tf- ' mm huh j.-j.'f- 5?. "W fT .-"a. 1 HffiritTOTai a',fr jMr'JSTSSl 'nsTsTiTr ri'N&MXZiH'j massBrj(.mrw-t-u.( wt r.'rev. nniHHKAC. --" -CS.,- ... , IE1, KTO'ftMbUl.ffl'l awaken to tho real opportunity that was theirs In tho Blankenburg administration to havo continued his good work, an op portunity temporarily lost by falluro to elect George D. Porter, who also may bo considered Blow and wavering by many, but Porter Is honest above nil othor weak nesses, and It Is honesty that's badly wanted In Philadelphia. If this city had chosen George D. nt Its last mayoralty election a new story of "Paradise Regained" would havo undoubt edly been the revised edition of "Philadel phia, Corrupt and Contented," by Lincoln Steffens. it, R, Philadelphia, September 22. VOTERS MUST END MURDER REGIME To Vie Editor of the Evening Ledger: ' Sir Whilo our young men are going to the front to uphold tho strugglo of tho world for democracy, here In tho Cradlo of Llborty wo witness scenes that not even tho "ruthless Germans" can exceed. Now let every red-blooded American who desires to rebuke such outrages for the future and the causes that lead thereto re solve that when ho goes to the pojls in November to help select tho men who are to occupy the positions of trust In this city ho shall do his full duty as a self-respecting and liberty-loving citizen. This ho can best do, and wo might prop erly say only do, by voting for those who aro opposed to the mn who stood to gain by the methods Invoked in the "Bloody Fifth" on Wednesday. Tho name nt the head of tho uiuopenuent iicKet tp DB put In tho field to redeem Philadelphia AntI - Contractors' ticket whilo a good, title, is onljr to form a rallying placo for those opposed to the continued domination of the city and State by unprincipled contractors who care nothing for the means taken to accomplish their ends. .1. Wo ,havo come t0 tho Parting of the ways ; there Is no middle course possible. I know not, and care less, who the man mnv t,o i, nro to bo selected to fill the various places on tho Independent ticket which has been decided upon. In my opinion, the only o!!U!0 for nny man wh0 ,s not willing to condone and be a party to such actions as wero w tnessed hero for tho last month. wiS'?"" " murder by hlred ehuw on Wednesday, is to vote against every man 1$ES?T on tha "harmonyB0.?n iV .!: ' decld,ea upon and forced through ?h,r,iankat,on- No-ma" bo better " ha company ho keeps, and tho only JmarfBH4,!"? th.? clty la to them In ?hft ,"r that w11 slnk even through their thick hides. ANTI-CONTRACTOR. Philadelphia, September 24. MR. ACKERMAN AIDS. EPPLEY FUND To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: - 'Jry? t0 send you W neck for $5 for tha Eppley relief fund. Although I am no1t resident of Philadelphia, 1 believe that ail those who have read about the election blot In Philadelphia ought to voice their ? "i1 nrouh this fund for tho mother of tho -dead policeman. V.1,11.- , u, 5ARL W' ACKERMAN. Philadelphia. September 21. PITILESS PUBLICITY To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: ' Blr May I express hearty approval of the leading editorial" In yesterday's Evenino Lbdobr entitled "Too Proud to Hide the Truth"? It was what wo call down hero a corker. It Is men whq ah not afraid to wrlto such opinions and publish them who will redeem Philadelphia. These aro the men who refuse to admit that the 'city's politics must remain a hissing; and a byword. They deny that the moral stench of a Vare-Smlth combine, or of any other combine, shall pf. fend the nostrils of visitors as tho train ap proaohea tho jfreat historic city. They deny that the interests of the city are In the keep-' lng of tho poltroons who think that fighting rascality Is bad advertising. There wero men once who thought that fighting New Jersey mosquitoes was bad .advertising, The'best advertising Philadelphia ever gets la when a paper like the Ertcuma Ledger opens up ita big guns on the scalawags who presume to terrorize It. ALPECLK CURNSEf. JMHoenry. ,., bw"K i, Z&Xfal ''.f'.-Jf. IN i 3K - fttt3ia -WAW AMD, mzm sJWb --ac S&BjwrSK: SSK2H rtwSSs SUP What Do You Knovfd QUIZ 1, Want Is the name of the tm n I Blr mnthlne which tiss JnH riltn bdu wno imemta 117 Z. Of what natlnimlltr Is MarialHul euuor or "Die zunnnn. -; r 3. What war measures has Amatol InteljT I a 4. Give the date of (he battle ethetwir C. vV ho was rrtini Joaef IIarla7' tvnere is me vvellana Canair f What noted Illustrator for Usl beeaiue a famous novel! ilutJtUbl 8. What was the last battls fotuMnl sun; . fe 0. What was tha "red wslltcMttt icuiii writ 10. Whnt doea the French rhrtM Ik ( cnuiiitfro" meanr . Answers to Yesterday's Qtk 1. The "Mooney eaae" Is ranetroM mHa 1 J. Mnnnr. Nan PranrlMAnUaer I nualtlnr execution on tha ebarttall been a partr to a "preosneam i bomb ouirase in that cltr. 2. Germany mar promise to rs uUMMI slum on condition that tae AIUm set Oennaii colonics ana pnadMiU territorial ana econonue miw. 3. Mntnr nnMPnl ffiakM W. 1taaSf li I raandrr ot Camp Ull. JTrljhtimi. JJ . uimert Jt. meiitrion, Mm " dramatist und writer of. dttlw Is generally accepted as U9 Inr xnonent of orthodox C 0. Bucharest, Rumania, Is the sHsfjiJ latest Herman Intrlrue col. nnd explosives are said Is kstiMNS In tha Herman lttsUon Iters mil mania, was still neutral. . 0. "riaminr bullets,'' noif twlnf "J'' llalrliim. Irnlta soldiers' clsteM M.l eessfullr that those strwli krj to be rolled In mod ksftrs't! 7. Maurice Maeterlinck wwJ2j,T It means "My Lodjr Oknmf' S. Irnatlus ot Lojola founded U',W 0. Thi Order of the KnUMi of tS Sir founded In ltJt., . , ju-.. 10. The Areopas us was hat hfflii "! J tha hlihnt Judicial court est. Mars's 1I1U. A BATTLE'S AFTERMATl mnr ni-ollmlnsrles to the battle, t I ,tmj?n nra more -stlrrinf I 1 aftermath, but not so Patu4 ,WJ smoke nnd fog had been ales!' rj winds, citizens of QermwWW w" plteous sight. The town hid be?" '. - ihH. lmurfl- Blooaarss tho dust as men ay gupwr m ' breath out Orchards and garte (J" i.m ....in Tha nail Of battle huttf losses on each Bide were 1"V"" . t.At. ms had Quel, uem omcers on uui ,' tei 1 Washington's army, thirty b&W'.JZl men were slain, one nunuxtu -j officers and 101 men were wonnM taken prisoners, uritien io men killed. flfty-fle nicer wai men wounded, , mk. lAtln Am nt fna DSOWS 1 ., ,.. iM.MaHlf.a flflma bY tlK 1 Qermantown. Appreciating U",! steady activity of Wftsnmi0 gave him a vote of thanks f f and well-concerted attacKup r-.ni.n" The COW" army nca v"'-w";" -, as in-chief of the American wW.L pollte twist to tno occasmu w r latlng his officers for their "breve-J on tnat occasion.- . . i..l.,4lnv snmsl several cuki iuu" ,.rt.,hl ones, havo been cited as conulboWM repulse Of the Americans In tM " la asserieu inui m " .T rtusrl Others blamed the delay t the "J" others yet declared tnai " ""HST , Stephens wis at fault. i".t!2i were said to be the lack 01 nj between tho several army dYiewv want of ammunition. . Washington's account ! nv foresting. Tho aenerm "Although an unfortunate feft. tho smoke, prevented tno "-r- ...li. rA Hticrjorting cay sometimes even from dl"?,S nro rrom w fv u ' 7 vt I .. . -.-.,.: wlileh as ye 'TEil TXJttSKB neveri""!"" ,.-v and 0UJ ' mralnst a vigorous atts. "l lo flight nTKefKm will remember, and they W that" on the next occ'v'. -j peine inpiu i CL".,. the whleh they are enJrMf torlovf- ixiJM-BBJSM! torjT&fWLa AtfJTrJiT. AaaaJV f 1 r ." '. '&&: r. . A ' ' j riP,WKZNs' m
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