t 'HP i J 12 'EVENING LEDGER-PHIIJADELPHIA', FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1017 - c. T s : u: f.sti.f IA . , J w &A Pv N m;yiui5,5S5LE lucuyur rUDUC LEDGER COMPANY critia ii k curvris, rziDsT Ctearlea H. I.ulInrton. Vlca PreiMrntt John .-... srr. MHIHIIIUIII III ITVIlirilli llUnil V Martin Serretsrv and Treaaureri Philip 8, Collins. John Tl. miliums. John J. Bpurreon, IV II. Wtialijr. Directors. EOITOniAU BOARD: Cti it. K. Cuius, Chairman. P. It. WHALKT Editor OHN C.IAimN. .Oaneral Bmlneas Manater Published 1lljr at Pest to t.znorn nulldlni. Independence Square. Philadelphia. I.tnnrn CetvrsAt .Ttroad and Chestnut streets Atlantic CITI.. rrfD'Unlon nulldlnr Naur Toaic.. ... ,.,...209Metroiolltan Tower Paiaoir ., ..'..son Ford nulldlnr ST. I.nfia .. .....tnna Feallerton Hulldlnc Chicago 1:02 Tiibunr Uulldlns NEWS BUREAUS 1 xVajisaTns nnnii,,,, v. .. nines nulldlnc Naxv Touk Hilar At: . . Thf T(nir Eliilldlna laaSDov lttmuL Xlarronl House. Strand Pasis BuacAU . ....32 -lue l.oula le Grand suBscntrrioK terms Tha Emvi I.annaa l aerxrrl lo lubscrlbers In Philadelphia and aurroundlnc toirns at the rata of twelxe (11') cents pr week, payable to the carrier. Iir malt In point outside of Philadelphia. In ihe United Mtates. Canada or United State poa ailnng, postac free. flrty (50) cents per month. Fix (to) dollars per 5 ear. paable In adxnnra. To all foreign countries one (ID dollar per month. Nones Sub'rrlbva lehlne adalresj chanced must five old aa xxell as nejv address. , HELL, J000 VALMT KEWONr, MAIN J00O " m gag teMre (iff roimnint'raffntit lo Kirialaip Ltdacrt Independence Square, Philadelphia. usTiRrn at Tnr mtrAprrrmA roTorricj aj SICUWa-CLAss MAIL MATTIS Philadelphia. Irldas, Orul.fr 19IT IS GOVERNMENT A FAILURE? fTUinitn Is danger that a.1 r. tmnccl to oillclnls who em ltl?ens accus embezzle power ami bin .en ly lialllo in government niav not appreciate the full enormltv of the filRhtrul conditions so !pleniildl duel dnteil b .IiiiIkc (Jonlon in bis teirillc nr rnlRtimeut of the Maoi ami Ills code ifcndaniB .esteida.v. The (.oiumunit bus so Ions acuulesced In (.looked and wicked Kovciumcnt, It has bcome so ued to f coriuptlon and conxplinc. that thete Is a tendenev to condonesome of I he of-fens-es of the nccused, on the uxiiind that the wcte shown to be meielj tj plcal of the sjsicm which bred them; no better and no woie than stores who had pie- ceded them and bad 1 sod flic same nielli , ods, Uimicli with less frlchtftil results. The cildenrp Is that the Majot had phen a 1 leb i-outiac-toi 'lclteis of maique nnd lcpiKil to co tin ouch the Fifth Wnttfand wicak his put poses with the times and brutal policemen" Of eveij crime committed thete the Jinx or had been promptlx Infniineil He had been told what his acents and nv-ocl.ites wete doing He had been ill Bed to cive piotei tion. He had hocn becced to call of" Ins police thills and penult oiilet to letlirn. IndUidiials and the press had wurned 1 him. lie knew the tiuth. Hut he put pt a paiiiocK on tne maciuneiy or oitier. nnd he took the ollte powet of the cln nnd tinned it oci In political (audi (Hies, and he lefuscd to let the pi messes of justice inn Axe. hail he been tied . to the times xxlth bonds and hiul lliev owned him bod.x and soul, they could " not, the tesllmonj -eems to show, bae got fiom him moie aid not could bis actions have mole suucl doxetailed into their pui poses The (ommunltj has had 1111 oppm tunltj lo see the slimj trail of (he seipenl. It I1H8 seen how the Oicanlzatiou leaches -down fiom Cit Hall Into the nssemblj chambers of crime and poxeiU. It has bad evidence to show how pool, mlsciable tforclcners emicrants to this toimtt ., be ciluse tlie bad lieaid of the dories of ' deninci (( and wanted beie to pet a fresh stmt nuclei fall conditions, xxeie biowbeaten and Riven repeated does of fticiitfulncss In cuclei to ulianse them fiom potentlallv kooc! citieus into bad citizens. Into n held of disciplined oteis. ' They have seen the veij lienit, of box .rnment exposed as a. citadel of coitup tlon, Rieed and tilck"i, piostituted li elected otTlceiH to foul put poses and tit II lzed b deslKuliiK men xhoe onlj lousht was to cet at the tiensiity and suck It dt) The) haxe seen euoiiEh to tttop asking whether nutocrac Is n fail ure or democracj a failure and set down to the soul of the Issue through this iucs- t' tion. Is soveinment a fuiluie? U bus been it Is, In Philadelphia. We have not had sov eminent We haxe had ' "'orsaniiied anarchj and oiRitnired plracj. Wo have had dlsordei nias(.ueiadlns as , oidei. thuss In citizen garli one minute 1 nnd tMilice uniform the next. We haxe S had the sott of thine that otoxoked the Kiench Itevolutlon and that within the year sent a Czar Into exile. I..et citizens think of It In this way. Had the 11a- 2&...I tlonal Government been admlnlsteied as our municipal affairs have been con- ducted, what chance would our arinv , have had In Kurope,or detnociacy In the World Tfcls. the Industrial school of democracy, the workshop of democracy, jf has been at the mercy t local liuna. It is appalling- The situation la beyond relief by Judges, E court or Juries. Philadelphia can be jjrercuecl. only by the people themselves, 'who are court. Judge and Jury. Only the & . . ' . .. &v -people can vindicate tne integrity of the. ojty and restoie government. They have Chance to begin the work in November mt they must not fall, ACADEMIC FREEDOM Nr rrKBTT-TimEfe: piofessonr, heralded tlit uream of German scholarship tutuedf ft 0Mplte defense of the Roche MmiWffi.fflsS tmrav tri lM 11 ijMpHM SL academic freedom dldnot .exist In Ger many, that the Cloxernment had seen to It that llhemls did not get pi ofessol ships lleie there has been no such solldatjt) In academic tanks. Thete Is eeiy sh.ade of opinion, fiom the- eatly peace-b)--negO' tlallon stand of Doctor Eliot to the war to a finish demand of Doctor Hlbbcn. A few pi ofestacii s have been expelled for dlslo)alty. Kvcty piofesslnn lint Its Mack sheep, tint each Institution settles thee dispute!) foi Itself ami Intel feience by our Government would be Inconceivable This fact must have an Important effect on the ftittue of Ameiiiau scholaishlp In Its lelutloti to flcttnnnv Scholaishlp to be wot tli while, should be alloed the Ktentest possible libel t). Those who have taken It for giantcd that Cleiniau scholai shlp Is stipeilot to mil a will abandon theli fetish and Rain a new confidence In the woik of unheislties that for so Ioiir lmc tlolitishcd fteel on a fiee soil. UUTIIKKAK AT WILUKL.MSHAVILN IT IS a little pieiiMttue we believe, to talk of revolution In (JeiPianv An Allied mtlitatv xlctoiv of the flint magni tude will be nccessaiv befoie the foices of advanced llbeiallsm can nit xlcoiouslv and successfull.v. The Hohenrollein tia ditloii Is still stioiiK and canncjt be excised until the 1 elision of fi Ishtfulne-s has been dpflnitel.x dilven out of the heai t of men The mailed (1st 1 cumins an idol becaue it has not been cnished Hut the seeds of levolution aip In the Kicriiiid and tbex will be swollen Into bloom bj moie Ueiuian blond. The Outlook letentlj leciilled one of Napoleon's utteiances at St Helena. "I iiiide the mistake of mx canei " assei ted the Little t'oipoial "that xvhui I bad the oppoitunltx, 1 did not lemoxc the Hoheti7ollei lis fiom the thionc of PiussIh As Ions as this house lelsns nnd until the led cap of llbeitv Is elected In (!ei mam. thcie xxill be no peace In I'm ope." What xxas tt lie then Is tine noxx, and the PieMdent tinciiluclv put his ringer on the diiv of the situation when he decided that the powei to make vvai must be taken fiom the linhenrollpi 11s. Thev con stitute the pel II to the human tace Their powei must lie taken fiom them either bj levolution en b.x the aimed might of the Poxxeis. (JUKIIY TTTHAT iiuiitunt of capital Invested In tlie subsldiaix companies of rh I It. T is entitled to protecllon? RUSSIA'S NEW IMtO.MISi: TODA (lie lalhoad ttalus In (ieiniiinv aie nil coins westward Thex ate lushing tioops fiom the Itiissinn lines to fill the appalling saps Hint Hals has torn lu the Knlsei's legions Hut uoxx Itus sla's nexv Cabinet announces that it xxill suppoit "xx Itli Its entile stieiiRth" the cause of the Allies Of cotiisp, this pioiiiKe must he dis counted I'lnxlsional (lOveiumentM In Itussln aLe Indeed provisional lather than pi ov idem But nnx help lit nil must be consideied moie than we iimlil icason ably hoiie, C"i. since the pi ins of fjei. liian.x's foes aie mux made on the lusls that Itussla ten maiix mouths K to count us nil Can Keienskx brlns Industilal peace to Jtu-sia ' If so, xxe can besln to count on militaij assistance fiom that couutix It Is nexci xxNe to iea--ou fiom the piemlse tint men's natuips dlffei xeix much In dlffpieut paits of the win Id We doubt not that the teasou tliat Impelled 25 01") men in 0111 I'ac lllc hiiv ai els to so on stiike leceutlv xxns the siitne as that at the bottom of the main lEussl.iit stiike. If our shipxanl xxoikeis had struck foi pe.ice thex xxould not be at xv oik todav. In some Russian factoi ies the xxoikeis demanded and sot 10(1 nnd HO pel cent luci eases In xxases But thex xvent back to woik xxheu thex sot them. And a ISO pel cent inlse did not look ei unieasounble to men whose xxases allowed them lo llxe little better than doss It Is no moie leasonable to ouppose that tho Kusslaii people xxould abandon Poland to Cieimanx than that the 1'iench xxould slxe up theli claim to Alsace 01 that the pacifists aie moie numeiuus In Kussia than In any otliei Inxaded coun try. Theie haxe been blend liots In Itus sla, but theie haxe 1 een biead liots. In tieimaux, too Russia can feed Itself, and xxhen hei (Joxeinment Is able to feed all the piople it can expect them to lisht Theie Is some leason to expect that Bulsaila Is about to set heis. In H9- Columbus disioxeied Amei leu and In 191" Ameilca uncoxeied the Kaisei. Some people hate to save mone : but those who buy I.lbeity Bonds can't help It. t It'h going to come pretty haul to the Mayor to Issue a Thanksgiving pi op la matlun. The Unheiblt) of Penns)lvania wan luckier than Columbia She got rid of her pacifists befoie Apill 2. Von Tiipltz. it will Intel est Mi. MGiaxv to leain. "denies" h'e'ever tald "the U-boats will finish Cheat Britain by August) 1 " Sii.co Senator Vaie is ho avetse to having the Fifth Waid affair In politics, maybe he will head a movement to take the streets out of politics. Ahpost any statement tin 11s out to he hue If )ou wait long enough. For example, since certain events east of Ypiea the Kalser'g lemark that lie Is the most peace-loving ruler In the world sounds like a leal fact. The National Aimy training camps aie "health lesoits." accoidlng to General Goodman. It the same sanitary precau tions weie taken lu conti actor-cleaned Philadelphia our Infant mortality flguies would approach the vanishing point. The President has nevei even aug geated that Geimany should have a President He does insist that Germany Tfnuftt Mve representative government;, 'avMJMMMMMf Mf GermarHi elemandad the wm&mm , HsUf i tfqMww vn utrfrtioii. RAILROADS SEE TROUBLE AHEAD Shippers Should Help Them Get Fair Treatment, Says Mr. Dixon y GEORGE DALLAS DIXON Kxreipi, from an addrex h th Ice rreal ilenl In ( harae of Traffic- of (lie Pennaylxanla Railroad before Ihe Traffic Club TODAV the ralltoads of the Pulled States moie than 280 000 miles of them am being run as one continental sxsleni. under the illicctlnn of five men nt Washington, whoae xvord Is laxv Since Max 1 the tallrnnds haxe cstrled about 2R pet cent moie frelsht and 11 'J per cent giestet paseiiKei ttafllc, tint In cluding mix of the ttoop innxeinents, than In the corresiicinillng peilod ofilnst enr. n peiiod which In Itself luoke all piexlolls lecoids foi volume of trartlc They haxe ie dlicecl the unfilled car oldeis fiom 150.000 to 30 nun cars In toiinrl flRiuc" The ainniilit of expiess shipments hnnilled ahnot passes belief. We would nexer. bx any chance. hnx done nil this hs well as we hnvc done It had we not won the confidence of the sen eral public and lud our patioin not ex hlblted snd llxed up to such a helpful "I'll It of to-opeiatlon. Nor could xxe liax'e dolip tt If the inlllnaris lind not been permitted to consolidate theli fncilltles Into one Rieat sjstem, under uni fied contiol We lecentlx called upon the shippers of Philadelphia I" so along with us lu Ihe shipping-day" or ' rallllig-riatc" plan foi the handling of less-lhan-cniioad rielshl oilRlnatlng In this cltj The plan has been now working onlx .1 Utile oxer a ninntli. rl It has Hlrcadx Inc leased b nearlx one thliri the axerase amount of less-t hall-carload fi eight shipped pel cat out of Phila delphia and Is axlng upward of 90 lo Imo cais pel riax nt this cltx alone h lung as tho war lals .xou nia.x expect In sec 111 our tialns a smaller propoitlnn of pat lot club nnd lestaiirant cars and a giealei propnitlon or day coaches oti will also see sinallei nalns and fewci of them and the sight of people standing In cars will not be as tare a sight as fomierI To be perfectl.x plain about it. we haxe got lo nioxe the soldiers Hist trnil .xou i cond We haxe gieatlj leilucrd the liiiinbet of lestntirant 1.11s which we opeinle, ami haxe xlituall.x discontinued the use of more III en one restaiiiant cat In a train We haxe cut down the nuinbci of pallor cars and sleepers In use XVcaie -'hie to cari.x moie penplo to a tinlli. and o redure the 1111111 her of train milts which we haxe to opetat" to hsnclle the tinDlc 'Ibis helps to rcllexe (nnBellnii of Hacks and terminals, saxes fuel and ieeaes locomniues for frelRhl reixtce nnd hoop movements Cannot Get Locomotives To anile Ipate a thought Why don t von rpi more ears nnd locomotives ' Theie nie two reasons In the fit ot place, we haxent tin- niiuie In the seiond place. If we had II. we couldii t fcet enough cars 01 loe iiuntlvis to do appreciable good foi a eix long time 'Ihe propel occasion to haxe allowed us nioie monev I hope 1 shall be pirdotied for susseslliiK was sexpral xeais ar.n be foie the will stalled The 11 we 1 ould line plodded the additional facilities that were so plalnl reeiulted nnd we would be In a much bettei position now to handle xour rnislness and meet the liovcimneiit's iiphiU But the time I speak of was befoie e Xiueiieans bad been tauslit what co-opeia-llon xxas I do not believe tin- public In cenetal reell7es the situation that exists In legaid to the supp v of new locomotives. .Mail) persons have heaid of the euoimoiis Ineieasc In cost how heavv engines tliat two )eais aeo sold for $23.00(i lecentl) commandtd JTn.nrtii apiece and no doubt think the ellttlcultv of Rettlnc moie i one of pi Ice onlx Ihe truth of the niattei howevei Is that It has now become almost Impossible to biiv new eiiRlnes at anx price The lea on for this Is that the military exlcem le of iiniselxes anil mil allies icipiiip thai all 01 vlituallv all of Ihe IckoiiioIIxps that can be turned nut in Ihe I'nlled states slnll lie sent ahioad Mid now the Rieat queslion looms befoie us Wh-xi is to come after the war' Our tallroads aie not financially able In take the steps thex should be taking at this ei) moment lo piepaio against the lomlng of that dax N'ot onlx aie we not expanding 01 stiengthenlng our sysuin plusleally. but it Is a giaxe eniestlon bow long xe can manage to combine nillnluiuing them xvlth oul suffering palpable Ueteiioration We haxe to face not onlx the pi. u ileal Impossl lillltx of renewing our motive powei foi some time but also tile lue reaslng dilticultx In obtaining sufficient laboi to continue proper Hack and equipment tepalrs To the seneral scaicltx of laboi Is added the fail that the tallioads aie unable to compete in the laboi maiket with the iiulirfi Ies which are pennltted to adjust the 1 onduct of theli business 10 Ihe laws of upplv and demand Will Need Money After War It seems lo me theiefoie an nxeiwhelm iug piobabllllv that the dose of the wai will find oui railroads In utsent need of large sums of leadx monex to enable them to undertake the task of readjustment to the conditions of peaceful conunetce Would it not be the highest foieslght to be making provision now for the accumulation of suf ficient funds in the railroad treasuries lo peunilt this to be accomplished when the time comes' Ihe railroads In the eastern dlstilct. In tlie peilod fiom January 1 to Jul) 31, ren deied Incieased sen Ice which lalsed theli earnings JT8 61)11 000 . but it cost tbem JI17 BOli (ion more to do it and the) xvent behind J9 oon 000 In net Obviously, the needed funds to enahle the railroads to meet post-bellum conditions are not being saxed Can the) be bonowed' The rail roads haxe not the credit now to borroxx on teims that the) can stand do )oti think the) will haxe better credit if the end of the war finds them ph)Blcally lun down and their treasuries depleted' Of one thing I am certain Had the voices of the shipper who proxlde the vast bulk of the countr)'s fi eight traffic pre vailed hi the last 15 per cent case, the rail roads would haxe recfelxed exery cent of additional rexenur ror which the) aakeel Those xx ho use the railroads must saxe them. There Is onl) one way to do It, and lhat Is for you the shippers of the coun try, who business is absolute!) limited by the tisinsportatlon )ou can get to let those who control our affairs at Washlnr. ton know. In no uncertain way, that jou want good and adequate railroad service and are willing to pay for It The railroads muBt do their glowing and expanding In advance of commercial needs, because otherwise insufficiency of transpor tation will act as a permanent check upon industrial expansion The great task U lo convince the Inter state Commerce Commission of the vital ne cessity for the country 1 good, of restoring railroad creuu 1 have conic to" the Con cumuli ii m must oe periormeji ''Dampnl" Ji Mtsrsrizm-ZM "??hsp tbetr vtvice trill avot b rained to . W- Tom Daly's Column zU)7) SOCIETY xr.ws Hcnr Kditoii An If cm Ml 7fM(, perhaps, ffilt year, AUhouyh I'm kern to iodic 'on, Ihe lieu to scanty heic, Svcielu' (( foutilnlin Air proiiinp 1 rru (fij 'there' nothing In the n ountntns Hut illcncc, locks mi J sky. Tet by the sitmar torches 'that on the Mfftfrfr rlavre, Kale posstpi on the poirhcs Spy out one last lomancc. The beaiilllul Hellr Hummer, , Who' fill ted here slnic June, Has met a hold neiL-vomer And ihc'lt mi lender soon. far Ihnuph by height 01 hollow Xcitiislaii ihe may ieck; Hold Jack h 1111 e lo follow And feed upon her iheek, lloiednnnded by his klsics, Her tptnitcihood f IW. .Wfn Summer now h "Wis," Hei mauled name Is "7'roif." This Is C. Columhtis, Irrs da, and theirs Is nothing nexv to be dlscoxered. The woild Is still tnunil, but constantl) chang ing in tlie neigliboihood of the front-line tienches and tlie I'lflh Wnid, nnd the egg which C C tiilned, lo stand It upon end, nppioachcth In xnluc the Jewels of Isa bella. Because of 0111 gieat Inteiest In Ocean Cltx a eopx of the iiununl lepoit of Chief Scull, of the Polite Depai tment, hns been sent to us It Is u niasteifiil document, and we wish xxe might pilnl it In full. If onl.x ns Ai thin Bnkei to whom xxe are indebted foi It. suggests that it mnv seixe ns a timelx xxainins to evildoers to hew aie while Chief Scull icmains 011 the lob But we must lie content with a fexv excel pts onlx Ihe lepoil shows theie xceie 11) of various kinds of ctlnics lhat weie apple bended In the Police department with total extia expenses at Jln.OP. I For example nriestlng one XHsraut, expense, oil , suicide Intent, expense, .11, clcxcn cllsorelerlx ejepense i.' The motorcxcle did good woik 'Ibeie weie not sn 111 inx anests foi speeding, but II hid a good effect, as the ntltomn blip elilxeis urn. nfiald of II lodging fiom the icpoits of the differ ent ofllcers, nnd me own knowlerlce, we went thiough the siminier xeix pood I haxe been on the polite fori e for twentx je.ir. itid nexei axv o maiix people as we had this Inst summer I'vei) thing was filled nnd people had to go aw ax as thex could not find a place to set In Of ceiuisc nil 0111 lendcis me cxeecd Inslv liusx listening to tho testlinotiv In couit these da.va and have little time to considei those things xxhleh tile cltx Is pax Ins some' of them to do Theiefoie letteis like this come to tile- editors: It Is mx inlsfoituue lo woiiv with hn poi lunate complaint tlie plaildll) of join olllclsl peisonalltx Soon after genius inv household Roods xx oiited to 0111 nexx home. 11 little (latbage lame to us Tim and helphss at Ilrsl II cie-xx as t litis psssed closer nnd ile.uer to us l b dax xxe xxatc lied It sioxx noting hoxc the bud unfolded '-o Ihe time xxent In and w hat xxas but a leaf of lei tine and pi tins if potato expanded and look on new beauties , Vil entild mil x Ic with online s niodeH xx oik 'Ihe delicate gteen of the fading cabbaRe leaf the bolder touches of iinn beii) aniline tlm mellow lug tlulw of ina)onnalse the eciu of the niiliciuo egg. nnd the sobci eoloi of the coffee giounels all blended In liaimonx like tho fading lines of a siiuiine 1 sunset 'Ihe waimth of the ui.itiii Itiv. sun lax IoxIiirIx on it dax In risx ami when nlsht descended the kisses of the chasm moon lested theie Tlie eiiani canine nl tiaeted In Us loxtliuess loved with It, nnd the llert-fool-d feline xxnrshlped at Its shrine elrax mildew and gieen mold till ew theli xelxet mantle oxer the lugged biead cruets Its odors xxafted bv the wandeiing xxlnds siole on the ciie nice a ell earn of dlnneis long forgotten ue thus it Rrexx neaiei and dealer the eon eiete essence of good things pisspel awav ISaeh exenlug on mx letum home fiom the xxeaix tieadmlll of 1 1 a 1 1 toll mx (list Inciuiix was for the (SaihaRe no( the little thing that It once xxas but Clown 111 statute and easting Its xx-ealth of 1 Ich ness lu laxlsh piofusioii about inn hum ble back door But why should I teat mx affections In ilbbnns xx herewith to deck a holiday of an unfeeling municipality? On dax- be foie vesteiday a minion, a tluie-uei lug serf a thing redolent with odors of his sins, came and took from us our Gar bage. 0111 Swlllle Now the can mourn ful III Us emptiness Is all we have left, saxe Its sweet niemorx Of )ou. who sit in unlmp .ssloned judg ment (net the destinies of lateials and eatchbaslns; of )ou who dictate the fate of sweepeis and sw liters of xou 1 ask. Is It right that such things as 0111 (iai base should he left with us until it be. comes a pan of oui llxes and then be taken awax. (aii)iug with It 0111 affec lions and loxe? N'o' thousand limes SCI'" Uettei that II be lemoxed each xxeek before lis piesence sains such a hold upon our llxes and a nialeix oxei oui senses CIVIS. M. C. Clatk. with notebook and pencil, caught this, Just befoie the First Penn sxlxanl.c Cav all enti allied foi camp. "Oh." chliped a fair filend. to Pfigeant Mltchel, of headquailers, "jou are sei geant of the color guaid. aren't you?" "I'm color sergeant ves." "Well, where do thev keep the colored soldiers I haven't seen one?" If you can use this stor.v . wiltes II. A. T, It might brighten up some leader who hasn't an) thing else to do but think of the high cost of living A Germantoxxn man was standing in tho postoftlce wait ing his tut n to bux some stamps. A man just ahead of him asked 'foi a dollar's worth of stamps, and a the cletk vvai; counting them out piepaied to pay foi them lu pennies. A dollai's worth' of pennies. The clerk noticed them and saW, ,"We cannot accept those pennies in paj- ment "vh 7" askel. the man "Be cause they are not legal tender," said the clerk. 'JAII light," said the man. "please give me a stamp.' The cleik did so. Give me another stamp," said the man. The clerk d!d so. "Now another one," said the man and the clerk did so. "Another," said the man. But the clerk didn't see It In that light. "I can't stand here all day handing you stamps," he said, "can't you move on 'and let these other people get wHat they want?" "I am Just aa important as those other people." safd the man, "gTVe me another stamp,- - , Hut thin was too much for the qlerlc. gays, "gimme votic. . I .1 . 1 1 'X. ft . .- M.WVtfiS'T. -mm pn THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE The Five-Cent Fare an Estab lished Institution Lone some Aviators r'IVK-CKNT FARES 7o llir I dllm nt Ihr f.'i mOiir f.rifier Sir The (lxe.cenl fine will leiualn In ex istence m ihe ell) transit comp-cnles of Ibis coimliv will not This Is the onlx allei mtlxe Capllal overx xx hei e has a fellow feeling foi capllal It Is Instinctive Vsk a tiacllnii magnate In San Fi.uiclno If Phila delphia oi New Ycuk should hnxo n six cent faic and be will sax. Of iuuie." with out Btitdvlnp the question The S'ew 0i k sheet lallwax Inleiesls haxe stalled an actlxe lampilgii foi a hlghei fine tlian fixe cents Thex complain thex haxe been haid hit bx the high cost of llxing '1 hex haxe the neixe to appeal to the geneiosltv of the public We ale lo foiget about the Red ('loss, about Liberty Bonds and economies and let tin stieet lailwax men in exeix cltx In the coinitix hnxe the assuianie that the) are lo siiffei not the slightest Inconvenience from wai conditions If exei thcie x is an elalilished lustuu tlou hexond challense It Is the the-, eut faie 'Ihe Piesldent said that the clghl hour dax had won tlie sanction of snUetx So lias the flxe-ceut fate OO'lllX.M Philadelphia, Octobei 11 'LONESOME AVIATORS 7o ihr Kcfifoi, of Ihe lUentnp l.fdnri Si Heie Is a poem written bv one of our lieutenants (One stanra is here glxen ) ou ma) leaxe behind home and mothei. rh uwetilieirt xou loxe best. Yon ma leaxe xout place to nnolliei. But )ou nevei leaxe Imresoineness i It Isn't so bad In tlie dax time. Rut when night comes with shadows deep on lie on xotir col and tumble Willi nexer a thought or sleep, You onlx think of the past, down deep In xour hear! )ou harbor feeling of lonesoineness Theie ale a few lonesome boxs hum Ihe North In Cticle siam s minx now stationed at Kellex Axlatlon Held South San n totiio, Tex. who would like to haxe Ihe Klrls of Philadelphia wille to them Unplug to hear from them soon, we lemaln, flAYMONd CAMP. JOHN P .MlLLF.lt HARRY C. FONTAI.NK, WILLIAM IIOGAV. JAMKS McGOVBV Kell) Aviation Field, Sail Antonio, lex, October 1, 19 W THE MEANING OF BENNETT To the T.dltor of Ihe F.i eiibif l.edgei, Sll When the lleutepant of police known as Bennett adopted that name, d'd he know ita meaning.' It signifies a benediction a blessing. JAMKS MILUL'RN. Philadelphia, October 5 JUDAS, ARNOLD ET AL. To the Kdltnr of the Eicnltui l.edper sir 1 have read with ninth interest the letter wlltten by J. R In defense of SenatorJ La Follette in ioaa) s i.xkmno t.FDorn He Is quite light, and reasoning along the same lines Judis deserxes commendation ahoxe all the other disciples And, since his theory seems that hinxery is paramount, Benedict Arnolds lecord far outshines all other patriots of Htxolutlonary War fame, tor nau ne noi ine courage 10 tackle (for a loss) all conceptions of duty and accepted ethlcil standards of that and all time? Following the paiallel, Messrs, Judas and rnolcl had splendid records up to the tbne of their moral lapse, ns ex en )our "sodden editorial, Intellects" should appreciate Philadelphia. October 10 Q K D IMPOSED UPON BY LANDLORD To the Editor of the Evening Ledger- Sli- Kindly advise me through )our valued paper whether there Is any one or any department In Philadelphia that looks after people who pay rent Must one pay rent for a house In which the beater and the kitchen range are bom out oipommle- on frprn wain, w nw"' 'A, s. rilHexelfllsai. w"f2"T,' . vsasi AW lw, Si few HaaaHt'tHftsTl. immmm m sTMrti nX. MklBaTaft m of BvCfUMO lJgPWBa. a AND THE WORST IS YET TO wjtwafeSia'a rfi wit uIiwMflH nil k .1 ai r , n mi V' ' r JiCS's2a4iaia!BSSpU' CA '- " r I. I &i WITHOUT ILLUSTRATIONS THIS Is the c Itx that IVuu built 'Ihls Is (be Ball xxheie pill lots met nnd Ihisl.iuds mutinous into upset In the cltx Hint William Peiin built This is dm nftii Ward built around th il fuitons plot of nisi nli sioiiud III losing Hie Hall xxheie pihlols met and Hnglauil Ixt- nnnous nil" up'ot in Hip ellx that William I'eiiu built 'Ihls Is hie Cltlcn inrek and mild xxlio llxes In the wind that l alwaxs sljled 'the Blood) I'lflh ' In which Is enisled the Hill xxlieie) e'nloiilal pall lots met and Ihipl.tnd -t)iaiiiious itilc tilHct, III the cltx that Wil liam Ppiiii IiiiIII This Is thp Cop with n leadx dub to Icr ioil7e Hi it obedient dub the pilxate Citi zen unci, anil mild, xxho llxes In the V.'ud that Is nlwnvs slxlcd 'Hie Bloodv Fifth lu whlili Is enisled the Hill wh"rc Co'o'ilal pitrlnts met and laislaud s twannnu- mle ilpet In the cltx that William Peon built 'I his Is the J.oot nant xxho lalds each' hntisp xxheie the cneinx's henchmen niav catoii'-c. xxlth the nil of the Cop xxith the reailx club to tenorlze tn.it obedient dub the prlxale C1i7pii meek and mild xxho llxes In the Wind th it is .ilxxuxs stxled Ihe Bloodx 1 Ifth ' In xxhleh Is enls pi the Hall xxheie Colonlil patriots met and i.ng l.iiul s Ixiaiitiniis mle upset. III the e llx th it William Pcim built This Is Ihe Cilinrllnrui easel lo mle the Wind xxhleh he i.ilds xxith Cossniv tool the Police Lieutenant xxho talds e.u h house xxheie the c iieiux y bene him n max caiousp with the aid of the Cop with Hie le.ylx club to ten oi Ire that obedient alula the pi Ix ate I'ltlxen. meek and iplld. xxho llxes in the Waid that is alxxars stxled the Blood) Fifth." lu which Is enisled the Hall xxhere C.olonlal patriots met and Hnglands txianuous rule upet. In the elty that Wil liam Penn built Tills Is the Waid Boss, gtav with feci at the thought tliat ills prestlse might illap. peai at the touch of the Councilman caser lo rule the Waid that he i.ilds with his Coack tool the Police Lleutennnl xx ho i a Ids each housp xx'heie the eneiu) s hem h meii ma) eaioiisc with the aid of the Cop xxlth the leadx c lull to teriotlze lhat obe dient dub the pilxste Cltls-en. meek and mild xxho llxes In the Ward tint is alwax-s st) led "the Bin clx Fifth " In which Is en- fsed the Hall xxheie Colonial patrlotr met and Hngland s txianuous rule upset In the cltx that William Penn built , 'llils Is the (itmman bold as a tat xxho sliuck fiom behind at the Ward Boss fat xxhose bloated face xxas siax xxlth fear at the thought thai IiIh picstlge mlghl disap pear nt the finch of Hie Coiinclhnaii "eiger to' rule the Waid xxhleh he mills xxlth his Cossack toil the Police l.leutenapt xxho raids each houe xxhere Ihe enemx lienrh men in iv caiouse xxlth the aid of the Cop witli the leadx club to tertorlre that 'obe dient dull the private ('Itlren. meek and i mild, who llxes In the Ward that Is nlwa)B stxled "the Bloodv Fifth" In which Is en. Isled the Hall xxhere Colonial patilots met and Kngland's txrannous rule upset, In the city that 'William Penn built This Is the Big Boss, tend) to stand for the credit of those xxho dellbeiatel) planned to hbe the (luninan hold as h rat xxho struck from behind at the Waid Boss fat xx hoe. bjtiated face xxas gr) xxlth fear nt the thouaht that his prestige might dlncp. pear at the touch Of the Coiinclhnaii. eager to rule the Waid which he rnlds with his Cossack tiol the Police Lleutepant who lalds each house xxhere the eneiiD's. bench pie n lira carouse with the aid of the Cop with the leady club to terrorize tliat obe dlent dub. the prlxate Citizen meek and lil1le1.xUin Ihe4 in the Ward that In aluax. st)led."the Bloody Fifth."-In which Is en isled the Hall wheie Colonial pahlota met and Hngland's t)inii(ius rflle upset. In the clt) that William Penn lul)t This Is the Public that's timid and tame 41 nd .makes no attempt to escape fr m the shame of the Man Higher t'p who ( ready to etand for the credit of those ictm dellb eiatel) planned to hire the Gtinmiin, bold as a rat who struck fiom behind at the Ward Boss fat. whose bloated face xxas gray with fear at the thought that his prestige might disappear nt the tiuch of the Councilman eager to rule the "Ward which he raids xvltli his Cossack tool the Police Lieutenant 'who raids each house where the enemy's henchmen may carouse, with the aid of the Cop with the ready club to terrorize lhat bbedlent dub. the private Citizen meek .and mild, who live In the AVnt-,1 et,-t i. Bjspiiisu ine piaiopy rtrin,' In which, m ae ss".) sria"" i iiiaiman JarcfMg i oiyRiil Witts TsaBi wm.m.rwwr .,, ,rauM,p, sTWK WIsaTaTM. JX1 AoA thh to fae cuy thai ptt teUtt COME!" - v l! "''V ''fm 1 amai 11 i JWflDfl-MriT-r f' fit i What-Do You Know? i quiz '1, Uhut l h "Ritlnlmw O lInn In Ihi irmyj ,t, mnpttlirr(- tn Xnirrlrn Innh 2. U If W laiiiu 11 laainr fs aiii-si ! sn-ia 4 Ibe aeialrr nt paipiibitliiii xxus Icxrnlr-thrtl miles ext of llnllliniire hi 115(1. Tlkei la as It iiitileal slnae llifti? .1. One ad (lie lai'it iititarliiu( etfaib, In tntdera liKlnrx hipneneil In IXVt XXhllM (1 l.xiabiba tlie exnrrs-lon "Imur xalraaa." ,. XV lint aloes a rieplel rl-e in tlae baroaaiftM b ethnic? f 8. Is Intataup I c isilil nn siniltfr or Urnf I'nrles lu teaclitaial tltsn In this couatrii !). Mia at the uldr-,1 est.alilMieal rinplrf ll ttl xx atrial' V 10. VVhat Is lite rrtlcitiaa ar Persia Answers lo cslcrdnj's Quiz t. riiclintfl elltl ai?l pitl rinlairznrs on ReirptfrC In llnllaaaal naial snantlhiixhn coontrle anitll after three jears of xvar, !" I a ...... r-.. a ,a.. ...i.a.i anan aha(itanl I'aaaxers Now xxltla the poxxer of Coj in ins xxniihijc. there is no ataaacrr if liuv 1 5. Hie elalef ilirflriillx of (he Vtexlran Gttet naenl is lark of faeaeel T. Tlae itiaraia it xaaltie of tlae trench renttnaa h aabanit aitte-tlfth aif n rent 1 I. Itltntiinlii Is Ibe rntaaatrx of wlalele tbae fesBT r alnl.loais nre Xlolatmlii (rond Mallid, (Mtenla anal Daahraaatjn 1. nnllaar Is ai snanll hllnal off tlae eeothMn1 rnnet nr frlaa It Is a llrltUh nle( tnnile (1. I aiclu Kirn Is tlae Maaillirrnnioat republic at ( entral nierha. ( 7. Ixleplnanainiut an Irresistible IjnJiiao J theft In peraaaias aaot tenanted la It if laeeeir rireaiaaaslanrfs, , 8 Tlae MlnoUiari a falaaalaaais naoniter, Wf laaill. hair rniin, of the island or Crttf. "Sneilreacrrhs " was the jnrailar naaoe il((t lite (nxrrnanent of Kaacland when II "JJJ annlrolled lax the rlass of banded """J laars. annals tin lurzeb of riiiini "sqatlres," 'III. saiaceeaee Is a ruMirr-ealerrf laamlemesl fat i swceiilna vxel clerks or sl-eels. " "" MRS. DAKGAN. PRIZE POET I Till: ll Pill Si Hi; pilze of J300 offered la) tne bow .Seaelet) of .New V ork for the) kefy liteaarx xcoal. aaaabllshed in HUG bV a SOUUe em wiltci has been awaideel to Jlrs. 01h"l Tllfaird Daigan foi hei xolunie of 'soninl The Cxde's Rim The iuclges III the cMia-JJ petition, whhh was open to natives of aTil teen Slates and to work of cither proit ff, metre weac Tslcolt Williams d-an of tH s-chool of Journalism at Columbia: Virgin1 (illdeislcexe. clean of Barnard College ", John II I.'iaalex Kljfe Conlanlssloner of ths niatinti in Vow Vnai. Mrs Dargan's Onsoj Volumes of poetical tbainas "The Uva't Hods and Other Dumas" ' Ird "ft Lovers and Olhea nraanas" and 'Semlr4 and Other Dumas," denoting a llterarJ v, eral rrhata (lia o-a-pnl Kll-abethailS, tlll'L suggest an euily life spent In tame hi.H cultivated center: but that Is not me - She xxrfs born In Haaaxsoil Count). KentUCUa and went to the public schoojs. In h"ThSj father and mother were continuously -- eis until she was ten ears old TJ with hei paients, she moved to the w an ioaaapuaaa. .xco. xx'iaarra- " .--- - . four .veais But at the age of fourteen u herself became a teacher In (h " c. ? of Aikansas, a region of hills aim sn""- -, a .. ., . ..!. a..l olusvl D0P aeaaeiuKea laicsaj )vuas paao cum " - for a college educat'op but when t 'a came eighteen Her mother eiifa '"'..i laa I Aa In IfentUCky, , her chance seemed lost .She was ay mined, however, nnd flnall) obtalneel rt - body scholaishlp. which took hr W vij ITartl. ona,!.. ..0 Xfl..lli-. TantiM " W III aVl P,jr Ul lUaffllt IIIC t.-.v- -- ea Jater she was graduate) anJ . . I.oftli- n i..o1.lH l,lu l...am Ifl MiaffcOUt? " w , ,Wh, . ,.... " WJI incn in icxas uui fier m'lJinf " . Hi A ...- .. -i .l.A trss.iti.il mCttU 11 (lull wl Oil UUKi J4IIU Clio '" " . , IM take a jeai- at nadcllffe In IV1 v' 12 studv of I'nerllela aaad nhllosOPll) - J later she turned again to teaching nd' a place at the Acadia Seminary "w"ri N H Later she worked as a stenotWJ In Boston, and then married a yavPF"! Carollnan Harvard r ucleJit Mfhgm bad met. vxhlle ( Iladcllffe Ileaeni has lived hi Boston In ail MM' VSJ-iToficOpatlon in has a's e'" tin MSUaU-tlnai W o,u-lrc Tftr V KTrmK, V uailuane'vl WJS rntrc eTaWrer yci of
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