K 4 f WX:,M: OK: -. EVENING LEDGEK-PfiLILADELPHtA, THURSDAY, , OCTOBER- 11, 1917 1-, Ej S- witfg,gfe Meager & PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY JUK CVltOfl II. It CUIIT1S, Tmnxnt VtarlM IT. Ludlntlon. Vice rreatdenti John gtJUrtin, Secretary and Treaiurrri Philip 8. EV&" U. 'i'".""' Jh" J- Bpur.eon. i vgnn ii. wiuiam: iVhilw, Director. EDITORIAL BOADt Cues It. IC Ccnrie. Chairman. 't. K. W1IALCY Editor ftC, lLUVnN..Gineral Bustneaa Manager -t- JLalialijo! dally tt Pernio I.Ktmita nutMIng-, a. uurvviiueiiu Dqukrvi i-miaaeipnia. MMn CtvnuL. ,. Promt and Chftnut streets Mario Citt Prrta-Vnlon Bulldlnc nr YoK 200 Metropolitan Tower tboit 40.1 Ford nulldlna- IOCIS 100ft Full-rtnn llullrilnir HlOiao 1202 Tribune Bulidlnc , NEWS BUREAUS: WlSHmoTOX DcaiAD niRta Tralldlna- Naw Tohk mmx.u The Tones Uullaina- . Ijsnox llcmm ....... Marconi House, HtraniJ , FaMs Ocbcau. ......32 Hue Loula le Grand BUBSCIUPTION TERMS The Etkiino I.rivmn la rved to aubacrlbers m 1'hlladelphla and surrounding towns at the rate ot twelve (12) centa per week, parable to the carrier. Mr malt to point" outside of Philadelphia, In vnv umica males. Linaaa or unueu tunica pos ,.v aeaslona Poatace Iree, ntty (."01 cents per Is (tO) dollars per year, payable In , Month. SI Advance. To all forelrn countries one (ID dollar per tnonth. NoTica Hubscrlbere wlihlnit address chanced must ;lve old as well aa new address. ItEtX, 3000 TALNUT KEYSTONE. MAIN J00O SSXMri'Jrrss all communication to Evening Ledger, independence Square, Philadelphia. Z.TTCBZO at Tnn rniL.ntii.rnii, rosTorriCB as ECUMCIJlJ llilL UAm.ll Philadelphia, Thuridajr. October 11, 1917 WHERE DO YOUR DOLLARS GO? rpiIEUE Is no man In this town who can tell accurately what profit accrues to tho city from tho waterworks. There Is no city official who can tell accurately what the city Is losing on nc- count of tho monstrous mlsmVnagcmenl which resulted in tho lease of the gas works. ' There is no man .In this town who can tell what the cltyjoses annually In money and In health as a result of letting street M cleaning contracts to private contractors. There Is no man In this town who 'can estimate accurately what tho annual caving to the City Treasury would be If the affairs of the municipality were ad ministered by honest men who took Into consideration only the good of the com munity. There Is no man In this town who can tell with any precision how many big and productive business projects do not make this city their domicile on account of the political depravity which must be reckoned with. There Is no man In this town who can compute in dollars and cents the loss in business to the port tesulting solely from failure on the part of ward politicians to provide in advance a comprehensive port program and carry it on. There Is no man In this town who can compute in dollars and cents what the dilatory tactics of Councils cost the city In delaying the awaid of transit con- miction contracts, although nil citizens ; know that trillions must bo paid for j failure to accept Mr. Taylor's advice and award contracts when prices were low. There Is no man In this town who can tell how many millions the people have paid, nnd aro paying, on account of franchises sold by corrupt politicians, the forebears politically of men now domi nant. There Is no man in this town who can tell accurately how many millions have Improperly gone Into the pockets of po litical contractors who drew their own specifications and controlled the Inspec tors detailed to soe that the work was .properly done. Thero is no man in this town, not in tho Organization, who can tell what the demoralization of the police department means in dollars and cents to certain Centlemen. . .There Is no man In this town who can tell accurately what part of the tax rate Is levied to maintain bad government and what part la necessary to pay for , legitimate conduct of the city's affairs. The Chamber of Commerce can give Jaea ot information to any prospective factory about general business conditions, but the Chamber of Commerce apparently itnowa little and cares less about the greatest business of all the municipal business. This might be excusable In the Chamber as a Chamber, but when tho in dictment Is brought against the in dividuals composing the Chamber It Is unanswerable. It la not a time for men to accuse each ether or for any organization to be at- ,?5jt&cked too violently. Too many aro in gtSe.' some boat, Neglect has been gen- GSral, Editors, perhaps, are as much to iMame as other people. Rut It Is mant Meluy very much worth white now for pM, business- men to throw OBlde their -flehargy and make up for tost time. They have the opiwrtunlty to show their moral fiber- They have got to show It or bo catalogued with the gang, ' , It la not a. reform movement that is sXmyr under way. It Is a business move- t, a public health "measure. Bring the le. question down to a mere question 4lavs and cents, omitting from pon itlon government by murder, and a tjlne Investigation wltj prove th?t government Ur the most expensive ' maintained In this community. MARKSMANSHIP NEEDED ?iSiRK to ehoat," aya Perahlng. The it . jw aumm ami nan aiwuys Mtreil uio f" Sni' laotqr Ji American land tactics, ljh i mar ww -min uiej nne, ana noi on tilk ihrfifcvalr, fiJ Ui brunt of the Cjmi War rlafctsii. VWW chaso a mail .... .. 1 . . - - ' - -u T; ; wivnwv LHJisjJBw , ewHiv a bullet?" Is In effect the message of Uio American general on tho spot. It Is a message that 'has gono to every canton ment. "Modorn warfare," as Uio term Is some, times used to define conditions since and Including tho Spanish-American War, means nothing. Modern warfnro Is the warfare of October, 1917, and nothing else.' One of the 'oincors who catnoJicro with Ilalfour remarked that whenever ho was ns long as three weeks nwtiy from tho front ho had a very hard time getting on to tho new tricks In artillery that had been evolved In that time. It Is easily possible that American par ticipation in trench warfaro will cause some radical changes In tactics. More straight shooting and less bayonet stab bing would nt least ho a humano Im provement In modern methods. UNTAPPED RESOURCES .TTWEUY ono has dono what he calls --' his "best" In tho six months slnco our entrnnco into the war, but no one, from tho President down, has begun to tap his real resources. No ono knows how fast he can run till tho bear Is after him. Has any ono put tho same amount of energy into war work that ho would put into his effort f pet out of a burning building? Of com so not. Only n few people have lost any sleep over tho war and most of us have been satisfied with toutlno effort, thanks to tho extraordi nary work 'dono by the few. "Just consider, for a moment, tho tan gible tcsources that are behind this loan," says Thomas W. Lamont. "Tho property of tho citizens of tho United States Is estimated nt $223,000,000,000. The Income of the people of the United States Is about $40,000,000,000. When Wo com pare those figures with thoso of tho na tions abroad wo ought to bo ashamed of having to work so hard to raise this money for our Government, with tho re sources of Great Ilrltain, Franco, Italy and llussla combined hardly equal to those of tho United States and tho In come of all those people nothing like equal to our Income. Yet those coun tries since tho war beran havo raised $40,000,000,000 in the form of Govern ment loans. They have done It In tho midst of fighting, destruction nnd death right at their doors." Right at their doors! The tanglblo evidence which we have right at our doors that we are in It Is an occasional body of boys on the way to camp and the Hag hung from a window here and thero with the placard beneath telling that "a man fiom this house is with tho United States forces in France." Are wo to bo moro niggardly with our dollars than wo are with our sons? Are wo to watt for casualty lists to stir us, when by speedy bond buying we can cut down the size of casualty lists? v COLLECTION AT THE SOUKCE Does Charles F. Murphy pay an In come tax to tho United States Govern ment? Is It collected nt the source? If so. what Is the source? New York Woild. QUBSTITUTING for Charles F. Murphy J the names of somo of our own emi nent political contractors, tho query Is ns nertinent here as in New York. Per ha,,3 wo iiajj yct nnd our City Treasurer making proper deductions in favor of tho United States. COAL PKICES AND JAIL THE Lever act provides fine and Im prisonment for those guilty of deliber ately reducing the output ot coal because of dissatisfaction with prices llxed by the Government. "The most effectlvo remedy would be to send some of these operators to tho penitentiary," said Senator Pom erene, as ho left the White House yester day, and the President is said to agree with him. Men aro In Jail today for refusing to register under the selective conscription law. Some of thoso arrcstei for this or fenso huvo maintained that the Govern ment asked them to abandon a proiltablo business for a Job In tho army at $30 a month. Many n drafted man, with a busi ness that required his Immediate personal attention for success, has been In the commercial parlance "ruined" by Jolnlns tho -amy. It Is a surprising and en couraging fact that so very rarely has such a man complained. On his return from France it may enslly be the case that many a soldier will not find Jusv that commercial opportunity to attain riches which he cheerfully forsook. Rut some coal operators can't tako any risks. I,t Is useless for tho fuel administra tor to tell them that tho price-fixing has been tentative and will be adjusted wher ever Injustice Is shown to exist. No, they arc all very poor men. Just starting on their careers. Their mines may evapn rate In a year or two If they don't sit tight. For, who knows? Once the public gets accustomed to the facts of tho coal business It may never bo possible to mulct tho people again! Whisky to be $1 a drink. Headline. Real prohibition. The main thing about tho Hlnden burg lino is that tt Isn't. The man who is really Interested in the war is getting Interest on a Liberty Rond. Five-cent fares 'must go, say trolley engineers. Headline. Either that or the water. We havo heard no complaints from the men who are doing tho fighting. All the kickers seem to have remained at home. Just what kind of baseball team the old Athletics was is Indicated by the fact that parts of It made two world cham pions. Now that $2000 has been appro- nrlated "for the nrocurement of nn nil priatea ior me procurement or an ol) portrait of Champ. Clark, Speaker of the House of Representatives." Is It too much to hope that a h.oun dawg will be In cluded? According to the banner on Chest nut street, a vote for tho Oang la a vote for "good, clean government" As thla declaration appear .under a, picture ot ., thejfee-jnbber, we suspie ENGLAND HAS NO WARWEARINESS People Are Contented to "Carry On"--Our Aid Gives Confidence By GILBERT VIVIAN SELDES LONDON. Sept. 23. IIIAVK Just returned from a thrco weeks' tour of tho western counties of Rngland and am nblo to leport from first-hand nnd rather mlnuto observation on ono of the most Important aspects of the war namely, tho war-wenrlness of England. In doing so I am In tho position of somo philosophers who write nliout things which aro not. War wenrlness simply docs not exist. Tho thing will tnke somo explaining, be- causo I do not mean to suggest that I Jiavo met a single person, among nil the hundreds I havo met, who wants tho war to go through another winter. What I do mean ! that In country Inns nnd pubs, In city hotels nnd along the highway, In miners' cottnges and farmers' homes, In blcyclo shops nnd tea rooms. I have met no one literally and absolutely no one who wns nt tho exhaus tion point j not one person who did npt feel that ho could carry on, and Ncry, very few tttho did not feel that we stood to gain over) thing by holding out another spell. Reports of this nature nro generally so misleading that In tho Interest of accuracy I nin going to glvo tho basis of my ex perience. Tho ground covered includes War wickshire, from Stratford-upon-Aon. Glou cestershire, .Somerset. Devon ami Cornwall, and, In a second tour, Oxfordshire and the counties nearer London. Tltiough these counties I traveled on a bicycle nnd on foot, taking potluck in the way. of sleeping quar ters, meeting many pooplo along the toads and stopping to chat with them or accom panying them en route, dropping Into pub lic houses for refreshment at all hours of the day, teceivlng shelter from prlato in dividuals In their homes, sitting In the com mon rooms of Inns and In tho smoking rooms of hotels, talking to everybody. The reason It was so easy to tnlk to people nnd to talk directly about tho war and their feelings was that I am so recognizably an American. The ilrst question wns nlways about out1 American army. Tho second was "How long will it last?" "Not nt Homo" In twenty days I heard exactly one man ppeak with bitterness about the war. nnd ho was a soldier who had been badly ticatcd owing to olllclal blundering. I confess that tho bulldog determination, tho grim desire to see it through, nnd nil tno rest oi mo gray, noblo things which nro supposed to characterize the countryside were not ap parent. The "attitude or most pcoplo Is no more grim than tho attitude of a moderately poor fnmlly determined to work on until It nchleved prosperity. Tho war Is being taken as a matter of hard course ; tho sit uation has solidified long ago, new grooves havo been worn and tho people walk In them, not without pain, but without the acute feeling of rawness and novelty. Tho western counties are among those where the people are not supposed to know that a war Is on. London generally arro gates to itself a superior consciousness of tho war, because It sees so many more wounded and unwounded men and olllcers, because It suffers from air raids, and can occasionally hear the guns of Flanders breaking tin tlllness of the tramless nights, nut ns I rodo through the little towns I saw over and over again a little red disc hanging In the windows, and could mako out the words, "Not at Home." It puzzled me, and finally I btopped to read the entire disc. These were tho words: A Man From This House NOT AT HOME Serving in His Majesty's Forces. So they feel tho war with a directness not less than that of London. They suffer less than London and the southeastern munties because they are nearer to coal and because they bake for themsclos a good deal and because they raise produce. Hut tho fact Is that no part of England surfers much, and the Irri tation of hugnrless coffee may be ns great to tho worker in a Cornwall clay factory or to a Devon dairyman as to a London government clerk. In all, I felt that these people felt the war keenly ; that made their testimony valuable. A liner's Opinion In Somerset a miner who put mo up for tho night iiBked tho usual questions and began a dlseourso on tho wnr which ranged from the necessity of restoring Bel gium to the wicked wrongncss of n certain conscientious objector. He and his wife spoke of their two sons now at the front, one of whom had come from Saskatchewan to fight ; they expected their third son to tnllst from Seranton. Their one regret was that they could do so little In tho way of entertaining tho wounded who were In hospitals nearby. In a railway compartment we discussed tho Count Luxburg disclosures, and I heard high praise for Lansing. Tho man who talked most decisively and carried the others with him felt that we had taken a long step toward peace because the recent rumored terms Epoke of restoring Belgium. Ho thought if Germany were willing to do so much we had only to go on a bit more and we could havo n satisfactory settle ment. At a pub in Cornwall I was asked how long the war would last. I said fiom eighteen months to three years. The gen tleman for whose drink I was allowed to pav opined that there wouldn't be any one left to fight for If the bloody war went on that long, nnd tho lady who served the drinks agteed. Then they cursed the Kaiser. In the midst of Dartmoor Forest I heard much talk of a man who was always called "Kernlsky," and was told that If Russia hadn't broken the war would be over now. But I heard no ono regret, ns some of the writers In London papers regret, that Rus sia had freed herself. Those are samples of, literally, hundreds of conversations. Not ono has the least diplomatic importance; not one can claim to give the whole heart of England so far as the war Is concerned. But the total effect cannot bo mistaken. Leave out for the time being the other side of the ques tion, wh'ch Is a chaotic yearning for some thing better In the way of old England's living nfter the war, and you can with hon esty and accuracy say that these wetsiern counties from which the solid stock of England largely comes are heavily and steadily backing the war. "Western ' England Likc3 Us Also they are hopeful. One hears In credibly little about International relations after the war, except, such remarks as "We'll not have to see another war soon If we end Oris one well," There la no new Idea of tho league of nations in the popular mind, so far as I can discover, although tes timony from tho'mldlands and other labor districts would give another v'ew. The hope Is simply that the Allies will win the war rather handsomely nnd that It will be worth winning, because In some way vic tory will Insure peace. And now If any American wants to know why they are noueiui, i can tell him, negatively. Like thlst If the Russian affair na1 Pur"ue1 " Present course and the I 1Tni.,rt s.a(a wer not In the wnr hi. moment and welt advanced with its nran. aratlons. the countryside of England would be hopeless and despairing. It would not conceive tho possibility ot a successful end because the hard-hearted people in the west are pot deluded by "victories" they go to the extreme of consulting nothing but maps and want to know And. In a certain sense, the victory would hardly bo so well worth winning. Because here. 300 miles or so from London, the people really like us and rejolco U their hearts that we. an ij;wiui mom, wiiwui rMrva,Mona u4 Tom Daly's Column Uorycef 'tyrM&ru & OCTOnUR I do not like tho poets who Write lines about October And ahcaiis so it makes them blue liccausc it rhymes iclth sober. October It a lovclu time , All crimson brown and ioldcn Itoth here or in some other clime It's lovely for beholding. Of course some days it may be cold When sunlight is not shlnlnp Yct every cloud Kill have a gold Or else a silver lining. I do not mind its clouds a bit Hut welcome it quite hearty liccausc my birthday comes in it And I will have a party. WE think wo can lay our linger upon the most hopeless and thankless job o philanthropy ti kindly man could select for himself. It Is to nrouso public Inter est In tho erection of a monument over the grave of a dead Jester. "Tho King Is dead, long llvo tho King!" Moro than ten years ago a movement wns Inaugurated having such n benevo lent design upon tho grave of Hill Nye. Nothing of any consequence ever came of It. And now up stands William J. Bok. In tho goodness of his heart, to offer to start a fund to caro for tho neglected grav(o of .1. W. Kelly In Old Cathedral Cemetery, West Philadelphia. "Surely," he says, "It should bo easy to find a hundred or more lovers of the pui'o fun of tho 'Rolling Mill Man' who would bo willing to contribute their bit for this little thing." ' Rut the kindly man's own Investiga tions, which seem to havo been thorough, would appear to rcfuto his hope. "John William Shields (M. W. Kelly')," ho writes, "was born in Philadelphia in 18C7 nnd died in New York city on June 26, 1S9C. His grave (lot 34, range 7, sec tion I) In tho old cemetery out at Forty eighth street and Lancaster avenue, Is al most sunken out of sight nnd overrun with weeds. Not far away is tho tin tecorded sepulcher of John Diamond, tho 'Master Diamond' Introduced to America by P. T. Barnum. Diamond died In ob scurity in October 1857, but in earlier time had been regarded as tho most cele brated Jig dancer of America and Europe, who was aotirted and feted between New York and San Francisco and drew enor mous and enthusiastic audiences 'Denny' Gallagher, who died in Philadelphia In November, 18C8, a song and danco artist and 'block-face' Idol, Is also burled near Kelly In n grave quite as neglected and forgotten." With no great hope that the good heart of Mr. William Bok will bo rejoiced by the rush of Kelly's admirers to share In this movement, wo will oursclf contrlbuto tho price of "two good seats." IN THE QUAINT town of Columbia, In tho quainter county of Lancaster, there flourishes n dally newspaper not Inappro priately called the "Spy." It Is tho ono journal coming to our desk which ap pears to havo found some good In tho "Congressional Record." The "Spy" uses tho "Record" pages for wrappers for Its mall subscribers. nnvAUPixa ax old oxe The butterfly has wings of gold; The firefly has his flame; Xo wings at all have coal and bread But they aviate just the same. JAZ7.R0. "Speaking of hats of our other days," contributes E. M., "I thought you might like to know that I almost wept my eyes out Sunday when I saw a. kid wearing ono of thoso Scotch Highlander's cha peaux, with tho two streamers down tho back! Gosh, how it brought back to my mind the sorriest days of my life, for I, too, wore ono of those lids onco upon a time, and never did mortal being suffer ns I did. But I made up for all that anguish a few years later when I saved up my money and bought mo a blue cap with a great long peak, llko Sock Sey bold used to wear out In right Held to keep tho sun out of his eyes. Oh, boy, but that was somo hat!" If we had not been politely, but firmly, requested to "go slow upon tho silly signs," we'd cladly tako advantage of J. A. M.'s list of "sanitary mausoleums" und other things noted In tho outskirts of Allentown, along the lino of the Philadel phia trolley. Reversing tho old order, here's a ma rina telling It to us: Thero seems to be an utterly erro neous Impression abroad that wo ma rines nro past redemption, but listen: Yesterday when we were drilling in company front (pardon these technical terms) tho order "about face" was given, thus Inverting the company. To test tho quickness of wit of a suppos edly average marine, the company com mander stopped suddenly before a cer tain youth and inquired, "Where do you belong?" The hero in embryo gulped several times, nearly dropped his rlfio and then burst forth with tho information, "I was number three, rear rank, before I was con verted, sir." You see, we really aren't ns bad aa we're painted. (Army and Navy Jour nal pleoso copy.) ULTRA MARINE. SPENCER B. GRAVES is one of those whoso llfework haa to do with the train ing of the young idea, He'a connected with the department ot commerce and history of the South Philadelphia High School, and they do nay he puts all his salary into Liberty Bonds. At any rate, that one thing appeara to be much upon his mind, for here's an anagram he'a made: SECOND LIBERTY LOAV. yltteJl, oOtt JUST SOLDIERS DENOUNCE MURDER RULE Letter From Camp Tells of Feelings of Men in Training About the Fifth Ward Case Want Democracy Preserved at Home Thla Department M fret to il! readers who u-teh to express thetr opinions on suWrcM ot eurtent intere.it. It Is an open forum nucl (lie Kventno Ledger assumrs mo responsibility for the tint's of its correspondents. Letters must be siuncd Uu the name and address of the writer, not necesiarilv for implication, but as a guarantee of eood faith. To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir It Is ..with a certain dlffldenco that I address this communication to you. Since tho revolting details of the primary elec tion day scenes, enacted In the city which I lovo by nn orgnnlzation which I loathe, and whose leaders do not merit tho re spect which we might accredit to a Hohen zollern, I have on several occasions en deavored to express my convictions con cerning this episode. I have refrained be cause of the seeming Inefficacy of one small voice raised at n time of unlversnl chat ter, particularly when tho author of these remarks Is totally unablo to translato his suggestions into actions, being at present deeply engrossed in nn endeavor to master the grim science of war.. It was not until I became convinced as a result of many sober after-mess talks In a great southern training camp with khakl-clad Phlladclphlana grouped about glowing campfircs that I was expressing not my own views, but the sentiments of many of our city's most devoted sons, that I havo been Induced to champion the cause of those Philadelphia's sons who aro calmly preparing to light tho battle of the ages and whose nerve demands that they be heard. These men are learning to fight as men, not as cravens; and It Is because they love their city and respect Its heritage that they protest against tho revolting measures adopted by factional leaders whose selfishness has stunted their nobler natures tactics dubbed "politics" by tho perpe trators, but known before the bar of Justice by tho less congenial name, "murder." One brlgnt day last August eomo of these men bade farewell, publicly and personally, to hundreds of Philadelphia boys. They told us that we were the vanguard of thoso fmm our State who were to make the world "safe for democracy." That phrase resounded (n my brain as the train pulled away from our city. I gloried In the theught of return nnd without weighing the consequences. Thero were sober faces that day. Those men. nurtured In homes of refinement, blessed with culturo and the will to accomplish, had voluntarily sacri ficed the heritage of youth to become actors In that splendid cause of democracy. It, was an Ideal only that could Induce these men to surrender lives devoted to creation to learn the science of destruction, that the future might live secure We left to those who remained home the preservation of democracy for which we are to fight. Recent events have sullied that democracy and those who lade us god speed have demonstrated that their patriot Ism was Pickwickian ; the leaders of Phila delphia' democracy havo prostituted the trust with which we endowed them on our departure. At nny other time than the present these occurrences might be con sidered lnly In the light of local disorders of a peculiarly morbid character. Today, however, they assume a far greater signifi cance, national In Its scope and International In Its effect. You (and I address the honest citizenship of Philadelphia) have sent to the colors thousands of men Inspired by the Ideal of democracy for the world. The morale of an army depends upon Its discipline and Its patriotism. Its patriotism Is measured by the willingness of the men to undergo Bacrl ticeo for the commoa goal, Convince the me comprising our fighting personnel that democracy la a sham, that even In this land of liberty our people will splnelessly per mit episodes auch as were recently enacted In Philadelphia, and you destroy the Ideal wnica la the very sinew of American patriotism. We who are now under the colors believe that the flag which we revere symbollzea the Ideal for which we are ready and willing tp die. Destroy that Ideal by cynical eventa such aa your city haa wit. ntased, showing the lengths to which "auto cratlo boualsm" parading; under the guise of "democracy" wm w, iju jou win nave an CAN'T SEEM TO MAKE have nn Ideal. Strip the Crusader of his Jerusalem and you have a beast; deprive tho American soldier of today of his faith In democracy and you will havo a profes sional murderer. Many earnest men In training today to meet a foreign foe long to strlko at tho disease that is eating away our domestic self-respect and tending to mako America a paradox; lighting to spread democracy and to liberate a shackled Germany whllo tho ballot In Philadelphia is at the mercy of thugs. We cannot help now ; wo must bide our time; but If our city Is to avoid the meshes of political Machlavellstn tho strong men of Philadelphia whoso names wo proudly bear must stand shoulder to shoul der to preserve that democracy at homo which their sons, shoulder to shoulder, aro fighting to establish on foreign soil. Tho day of awakening will como to Philadelphia if Its best citizens only recognize tho "writ ing on the wall." To us, their sons, they owe a solemn duty to castnsldo self-complacency and recognize their trust to keep their nnd our city clean, that we may return to a homo of which wo may bo proud, not to a city where democracy Is a sham and politi cal honesty a myth. Out of the bloody days of the French Revolution arose Mirabeau and Danton. Tho magnltudo of their tasks produced their strength. Self-interest was forgot ten In the greater causo of political freedom. So today, during the hour of our nation's trial and when tho country, the world and even our enemies are turning wondering eyes toward the scene of our nation s birth, it is the prayer of your sons, who cherish the memory of the homes they left behind, that you may select a leader fearless, dis interested, possessing a character unim peachable, who may redeem that city and fulfill the trust which Is imposed upon you, by making tho city of our birth truly safe for democracy, while wo do our part In tho titanic attempt to make the world safe for democracy, and It may not be said of us: "Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou bco clearly to cist out the mote out of thy brother's eye." A SOLDIER, A Southern Training Camp, October 5. "LOVE US, LOVE OUR DOG" To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir That Sykes cartoon "Lovo Us, Love Our Dog" In tonight's Evenino LBDOEn Is a superb presentation of tho actual truth about Philadelphia's shame. Why not havo some proofs made up and sell the same, deduct costs nnd donate proceeds to the Red Cross or other worthy charities aa a work of sympathy with tho actual reform spirit In the city? With out question this certain cartoon Is worth framing but Insert "Mayor Smith" In stead of "His Honor" as such former label would be explicit as a record for fu ture posterity Some Mayor Philadelphia has in Hon Smith but such seems to be the sad fate of the town every election except one re centlythat of Blankenburg, the real a O. P. (Grand Old Pop. of Philadelphia), Philadelphia, October 9. LEDaEIUTE) THE PHILLt BLACKSMITH (With apolola to Longfellow.) Under the city ash-cart see The Thllly Blacksmith stands, A Varey mighty m)rtVvho fain Would hide his reeking hands,' While Eppley'a.dead "- And' Carey's head la swathed In llne.n bands. Under the People's righteous 'wrath The PhlUy BlackjJek (pardon me. I mean Blacksmith squirms. With Stelnburg. alias Bennett, Deutech And all his fellow worms; ' And Boon they'll all be "doing time" I speak In prison terms. (LUnvolJ Burn, O fires of shame and Scorn, ' BlUter and belch until Out Of the Smithy furnace cornea tuii ot wo vunman'a tyii- A HIT What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. What la the prolmljlo reason why Enjlinl rilri not put embargoes on aapptlts ta llollnnd nml the hr.tndlnntlnn couotrlei until utter three jenrs of war? 2. Wlint Is the filler present cUITIcuItr of the Mexican ttoternment? 3. What Is the normal value of the French centlmo? 4. The four ilhlilons of a certain ronntrr an known un Molilalia, Orand W&Uachla, Oltenla nnd Dobrudju. Name the conntrr. C. Where N the Inland of Zantlbar and law 1h It Eoierned? C. Where Is Cosln Itlea? 7. What Is Kleptomania? 8. What una the Minotaur? O. What wns meant by the "8aulrearcliy"f 10. What Is n aqtiee&ee? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz fj 1. Cadiz Is a heapnrt on the extreme nouthmsl co.iht of .Spain. 2. Alakkn was added to the United States Bfty j ears ami. 3. The orn irop will bo nbout S,200,000,CW 41 bushels, the lamest on record. II t. ji iiiiuuiis is n uncut noun or halo InTeitloi n saint or deity. In tneteorolocy It la a rain cloud. 0. "CanoN"i abbreviation for the Drltlia (ioi eminent urcurltlea which In 1751 vert unltnl In the consolidated fund, tbt product of various taxes, whence the Is- '"est on national debt Is paid. 5" . . e """"th estnte"! tho nenapapen. 7. lien objects can be clearly keen through Mihstiuiro, such us window xlaae. It It ailed transparent. It U tranalurent what It permits the entrance of light bit sot o c,ne clear xlslon of objects s. Mill sediment deposited by water In a ttuu). nel, harbor or river. 0. Lonmhorrmrn lire cng-ncrd In loadinl aol utiloiiillnir rnrcoes. 10. A. O. '! barman ran with Cleveland In 1MI. GERMAN CROWN PRINCE IN INpiA It was In those years which now setm so long ago, when Germany was itlll a outwardly friendly with the rest of tho world, that the Crown Prince made a visit to India with the most bril liant welcomes, proceedings and social func tions marking his , tour. Why he went home sooner than 'ho expected to Is toI4 in "Memories Discreet and Indiscreet," anonymous volume of great Interest At n. hnll In enn -lti, f.n mat n v.fv tnllHftll lady, and during his stay In that pUee S paid her devoted attention, Afterward. -while the guest of a high English official In another city some distance from tai home of tho fair one, n receptlen of tbi stateliest kind had been arranged for hint. Instead of attending It the Crown Prince left word that he was not well enoufb to appear, nnd In a hired motor sped back to visit his temporary 'enchantress. The Wa olllclal. deenlv concerned, sent his own physician to visit tho Invalid, and presentlr -4 the nollce worA mnlflni Investigation m amnncr mntnrnnr nrnnrlnlnr. In hnlh CttleS. Tho .waiting driver of tho Crown Prlnce'lW car, getting wind or these inquiries, uroua" discretion the better part of valor and di appeared. Tho author of tho reminiscence! finishes tho story -as follows: A disconsolate-looking, long-poted younl man, In civilian clothes, made- a modest j nppearance at the railway station and en- i tereu a sleeping compartment, a couh- nf Vfiltrift tHlhniAna nltt.l tin tn r 111? ft- OC". w wunrj suuuitcuio, t unci m -! m cupled tho only two comfortable berths a contained. It was a chilly night aV'J-l long-nosed young man sat uprlgni ""j shivered until he could bear It no lomw. TIa fllnn han.,.. ... nt.1t .1... ( f.tt OTlh 01 - .. u.bll VU iJUlt UIO tub s..- . - tha BUbnlternH whn n nnA wnlted UD anOtti addressed him In language he had wr heard before, unless perhaps from fi" father. ' , "'Do you know who I am?" deman. the young man haughtily. l "The Infuriated subaltern described tcJJ lucidly and luridly how little he cared r.,- wlint tt.a ll.rf.. . rrUta -Wftf W much to be tolerated and, drawing htm"l up haughtily, the shivering young roan nlleil. 'WII T nm onri hen stOPP" suddenly, remembering that tha last tbtef lie could do would be to tell who n "r Kft hfl rfftlli-nAri n Uio mM nnH InnfllV Df-rCA followed by parting insults from the ti aitern as ho wrapped himself more ecwa'a In his rug. "3 "In due course the chastened you "S turnea to his rooms in tho official rf""," The next morning his host told hint taw, his train for Calcutta started In "S hours. "Dut I am not going to Calcutta W saiq me prince. Ills h03t took htm Into s. nrlvate and when ho carrie out ha meekly pre! to take the trnln tt amwarl that .. . - - ---'.. .-...-T - . unwer n$a bten Informed of the way. I puiib nao 9W Uebavlng ItlmseH ' r; mLM&SEk p?j':a WT. sk'. . ., f- . .. . s-Wlai-i' f M c r 'nz . T ' - a t ' f ' v ,.: a hV . TMaTatlaMill t.K, tu timffiwK?P?i$t'''- ??;?- AjaWKSr,'!- T MKBt a.'" v n
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