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rhlUJtlphlt, Wtdneidsjr, Otlol.fr IT, 1917
WORLD LIBERTY BELLS
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir The silvery voice ot u bell on July
4, 1776, startled tyranny the world over
and made tho enslaved of nil land loot;
forward to a day of common liberty.
That bell spoke especially lit tones of
confidence and command to tho dis
couraged and divided Colonies. Us voice
vas understood and obeyed by n diversity
ef tongues, nationalities and tellgloiis.
At lta Invitation n common tie of 1 other
hood was formed which now Invites n
brotherhood of men. It pave a new
morale to the army, ti new value to cur
rency, a new significance to gov eminent
and. a new l elation to society. Its mes
sage has carried conviction and hopo
for generations to cvcr-wldcnlng circles,
Uljtll today tho nations of tho earth
part open-eared and Insplted by Its mes
sage and patt deaf to Us appeal aio nr-
n, ,rayed against each other in mot tul com
bat. The -voice of that bell Is not the gut
tural tone of Mars, but the gentle tone
Of tho Man of Nazaieth. Under lta
benign .leadership : few struggling colo
nies have grown to the greatest nation In
all history. It Is still undcistuod by
tongues, races, nationalities unci icliglous,
and is the only benediction, for the modern
Babel. It still furnishes the Slninobc ties
of national brotherhood and l caches for
a common handclasp with tho raco of
Sien- It Is both tho surest guarapteo of
peace, while peace Is biiffer.ible, and the
swiftest messenger of war, when war
pleads the cause of fice men.
,, A world, enslaved to customs long out-y-oin,
lies crushed, bruised and bleeding
under the Iron heel of nutocratlc power.
Utif has long looked to the joung giant,
America, growing up to matuiity, to ef
fect her salvation, and .she still heats the
voice of the bell above the hell of battle
as an angel of deliverance. The duty
of the hour Is to multiply that bell and
ring a symphony choius of "I-Iherty
throughout all lands unto nil Inhabitants."
The United States should Invite all na
tions to pledge themselves to democracy.
Then the respective nations, so pledged,
should be requested to send metal for a
duplicate world Liberty Bell to bo cast
from material having some national sig
nificance or historic value In the country
from which It came. These bells should
be made In Philadelphia, and icturned,
to be rung In concert on a given day at
a certain hour with national ceremony,
proclaiming liberty throughout all tho
wqrld. Each bell should bear the follow-
lng Inscription;
aide. "Universal
Liberty Bell"; on one
Brothel hood"; on tho
other, "World Democracy"; at the bottom,
Proclaim liberty throughout tho land
Hnto all tho Inhabitants thereof." Lev.,
Xxvt10, The effect upon the world would
be electrical and as epochal as the i liming
ef the Liberty Bell of '70.
The children of all lauds participating
hould have a part In contributing the
minimum coin toward tho expense In
etirred, so that they may have a vested In
terest In their Liberty Bell, and, as they
mature to adult ago, they will embody In
life and government the Ideals which the
bell represents, and thus make the world
ate for democracy.
REV. ZED ItETZEL COPP.
Camden, October IS,
L'The foregoing suggestion Is of tremen-
lOoua spiritual value. The LIborty Boll Is
'symbol ot the Ideals for 'which tho
AjUek are now fighting and toward tho
'achievement of which civilization Is work-
tejr.' Replicas of tho bell, cast from metal
i sacred In the history of each nutlon.
V'faWlwthejr our Present enemies or not,
ggould be a concrete testimonial of the
w"era of democracy and the approach
universal peace.
THE KAISER'S GOAT
Austro-IJunjrarlan Foreign Minis-
:' fcreak with tho German Chan-
will Jead to art internal situation
i nerious for the Central Powers than
ftFfcda which Allied Governments
JUt Xq face, unless the breach U
feonded. Ws have only to lmaislne
ilT.' What MM.IlIrl lut (I, a o(Yof .,., ...
4Htwi)nt by Lloyd George that he
twain no foogar aiegotlato with Premier
yiiWa w Mr, tanalng to understand
Mm nr which "has crwfft a aenMtlon
In 13erlln.
Mlchaclla would not atato clearly to
Czernln what Germany is trying to got
In tho West Austria Is-having too hard
ft time fighting Italian lnvndcra to bo In
the least Interested In Berlin's hold on
Alsace or tho coal mines of Franco and
Belgium. Sho has mado It as Plain ns
tho language of diplomacy can mako
anything that nil sho wants Is peace on
any towns short of dhmembermont. But
It would bo absurd to thlnlt of Mlchaells
as tho clumsy bunglor of tho situation.
Any man In Germany would bo a bungler
In the position of tho Kaiser's official goat.
A PLAITOKM TO STAND ON
THE platform of the Town Meeting
party Is one on which any decent can
didate can stand nnd one for which any
decent man enn vote. It states, what
every cltlzon knows, that tho conduct
of government in Philadelphia has been
characterized by "usurpation of power
and bcttaynl of public rights." It calls
for "integiity, cconmnv, olliclcncy und
buslnesfllko methods" In tho conduct of
tho city's nlTalrs. It declares against law
lessness and proposes to take tho police nnd
other city employe out of politics. It
emphasizes tho fact that icckless nnd
extiavngant expenditures tin eaten thb
ptospoilty of every owner of property in
tllo city, putting burdens on house-owners
of smalt means and Jcopatdlzing their
contiol of their own piopeity. It utges
the icdciuptlon of tho city government
by tho election of Independent und honest
citizens to Councils, thus assuring good
government. Mayor or no Mayor, it
offers tin co major candidates whoso
abilities and characters aio bejond
ciltlcism.
Theiu is nothing siller than death nnd
taxes under tho govcrnmcnt-liy-murdcr
patty. Thoio Is nothing moio than good
and decent government promised by tho
Town Meeting paitv, a p.trtv which Is tho
lesult of "a popular uprising against
tyranny and lawlessness nnd In behalf ot
public safety nnd public integrity."
NAVIES IN THE BALTIC
CONTROL of the Baltic by tho German
fleet menaces Itussla nnd may have
set lolls tosll!s. Tho censorship Is so
tight that It Is Impossible oven to estimate
the supcrloilty of tho Allied fleets or the
wisdom of splitting them and making n
bold bid for supremacy In tho Baltic.
The Kiel Canal Is obviously Justifying nil
claims of Its value In tlmo of war. In
view, however, of tho precautions the Al
lies find It necessary to take to piotcct
tho grand fleet against silbmaiines. It is
icinarkablo that they have not it udded
the Baltic with their own submarines.
Perhaps they have. A real naval battle
of the first magnitude In defcuo of tho
Russian coast would not be at all sur
mising. NOVEMBER l.'i AT THE LATEST
vro
' presents so much as thoso who are
about to prove, by the supremo sjcilflce,
that wo have any right to Christmas nt
all. Never befoto has America been en
gaged In a Ufo or death struggle to keep
Christmas In the calendar. Only once
before, when wo routed out tho B.ubary
pirates, have wo fought a Power which
had placed Itself outsldo tho clrclo of
Christendom.
"U'o have only until November 15 to put
Christmas picscnts into tho malls for tho
boys In France. Tho ships are ftelghted
with the material essentials, and at tho
best thero will bo little room for gifts.
Spoed Is moio lmpoitant than bulk In
thoso picscnts, for it Is .the meaning of
many small lemlnders of Christmas
rather than tho value of a smaller num
ber of largo gifts that will bo most wel
como to tho ntmy. Something for every
body nnd tiulckly lather than a lot of
things for a few. Is the spirit of the occa
sion on both sides of tho ocean.
Do your Christmas shopi Ing caily for
tho soldlcis at tho front!
THE BEAR MARKET
EAKN'ESS In the stock market Is
W (l
duo In large part, wo believe, to
uncertainty, Thero Is no country In the
world so sound In gold and assets as tho
United States. Thcio aro no Industrial
securities in tho world in a stronger
position than thoso of this country. It
is a little prcmaturo to organize jho
market on a peace basis. Moro than that,
tho assumption that peace means a
marked diminution in earning power is
puicly giatultous.
It brings to mind the chaos which to
suited when tho war began. What should
have been a bull market was mado such
a bear market that the exchanges were
compelled to close. When they lcopcncd
It did not take long for quotations to
reveal true values. Thero Is no money
to spcal: of going out of the country.
Almost all of It Is bolng spent here.
Other nations aie piling up their Indebteo
nosu to us. No matter what tho war
costs, wo aro suie to come out of It
with Increased financial prestlgo and with
control of markets formerly beyond our
reach. Wo shall have. In addition, a
mercantile marlno of our own. Low
prices on the stock market aro psychologl
cal and not representative of true values
or real conditions.
We've got the first billion, now for
the other four.
Tho Organization hns no platform,
but It boasts a bier.
( - " "
No matter how coal ptlccs may
vary, the lowest seem too high.
In addition to broad cards, Berlin
now has clothing cards. Tho beginning
of tho end seems to bo beginning.
Tho Germans always win when
they have io opposition. They are
mighty warriors In Russia, but do not
resemble giants (n Belgium.
j
Secretary Lane Is coming1 to Phila
delphia to boost the Liberty Loan. We're
mighty glad to have him, but he may
rest assured that Philadelphia will make
good.
Thlrtyflvo years In Jail Is the sen
tence given a kldnonpor The crime la
one of the moat dastardly known, and
there aro cquntriea which do not con
alder hanclnc too aeyere a penalty.
MAY DRAFT MEN
TO BtJILD SHIPS
Question Should Bo Considered
Before It Is Too Late, Says
H. L. Ferguson
By HOMER L. FERGUSON
President and Oeneral Manager of tha Newport
News Bhlnbulldlnc end Drj dock Company.
Abstract of an address delivered last merit
before the Engineers' Club.
THE submarine campaign of tho Ger
mans has rendered it Imperative that
present mcrchnnt ships In existence bo
furnished a more ndequato protection and
nlso thnt ships lost be replaced at an
unprecedented rnto by new construction.
Tho largo number ot sinkings of steel
vessels has probably abolished forever
tho eight, nlno and ten knot vessels In
tiansoceanlc Undo.
Tho military requirements for shipping
troops nnd supplies havo made enormous
demands for high-speed passenger trans
port vessels, which demands so far have
been fairly well filled by British ships; but
thoio mo probably not enough available
ttansport ships for the United States to
carry to Europo more than 780,000 sol
diers per annum. This growing domar.d
for largo, high-speed vessels Is becoming
more Insistent and Is bound to result In
tho construction of vessels of this kind.
Tho demand for slower freight vessels
Is bolng met In part by the construction
of so-called standardized types abroad,
by the construction of additional ships of
the "fabricated" designs In this country
and by tho attempted construction ot
wooden cssels.
Tho center of the fabricated steel ship
Industry will be Philadelphia, thus em
phasising tho fnct that the Delaware Is
rapidly becoming the first shipbuilding
liver In tho world, Kortunntely for tho
Dolavvnie, few wooden ships nte to bo
built here. The wooden shipbuilding pro
gram is destined to bo one of tho greatest
disappointments of the war nnd, not
being an cxpcit In building wooden ships
and not being acquainted with them, It
does not seem necessary to elaborate on
this theme.
Standardizing- Shipbuilding
Tho standardized ship has been the
dream of shipbuilding architects and en
glnccrs ever since tho first steel ship was
built. Tho best results, up to the present
time, havo been obtained by the yards on
tho Gtcat Lakes In building oie ships for
a given fixed trade with htually standard
loading and unloading facilities. Tho
standaid ship hns also been developed to
a certain extent by Individual merclmnt
yards In Great Britain.
All of the shipyards have naturally, in
the course of years, built up standard
methods of doing certain things, such
as standaid fittings, valves, flanges,
drop foiglncs nnd deck and en-glno-room
fittings of nil kinds, but,
except for tho Gieat Lakes, tho yards
have not been able to adopt standard
hulls, which Is tho main essential differ
ence between tho pioposed new vessels
being built for the Government under a
mo3t urgent necessity and vessels built
herctofoio to tho Individual tasto and te
quhements of scattered owners.
Tho designs of these "fabricated" ves
sels aio such as to peimlt of tho use of
the most modem shop methods in piepar
ing the material In order that tho mini
mum amount of work may remain to bo
done In tho assembling and launching
ynrds; but, no matter what tho typo of
vessel to bo consttucted, tho crux of tho
shipbuilding question lies In tho nmount
of labor that may bo made avallablo for
this building. Steel matetlal, of course, Is
a most Important factor; but there Is no
doubt in tho minds of the men best able
to Judge that the steel output of ship
building bteel material Is at present far
ahead of the shipbuilding capacity. If
our shipbuilding program Is to havo nny
icasonablo nssuiauce of success, It Is nec
essary that the output on this coast, for
Instance, bo doubled within the next
twelve months. ,
As men skilled In shipbuilding are not
avallablo and as shipbuilding communi
ties aro now crowded to tho doors for
housing accommodations, it seems fairly
clear that the problem narrows down to
tho question of breaking Into shipbuilding
men from tho interior, in largo part, nnd
of providing theso men with suitable
housing facilities.
May Havo to Draft Workers
At picsent thero are employed In the
shipyards on the Delaware and on tho
Chesapeake Bay and tributaries about
32.000 men. These shlpyaids aro plannlns
impiovcments which, when completed, in
about one year, , will provldo for 58.000
men. Their picsent capacity, as a matter
of fact, would employ 4C.000 men If the
jnrds qould get them.
The new shipyards contemplated for
"fabricated" ships In this dlsttlct will re
quho fiom 20,000 to 23.000 additional
men. Tho extraordlnatlly high wages
being paid at tho present time have, un
foitunatoly, icsulted In a deci cased pro
duction, due to a poorer attendance. That
Is tho experience of virtually all shipyard
managers at this time. If tho war is to
bo won by ships, or, to put it In another
way, If, of all the elements entering into
tho winning of tho war, tho production of
sulllclent ships to win the war Is the one
clement for which no satisfactory solu
tion has yet been offered, does not ship
building nssumo a newer significance and
is It not time that It should bo considered
not only on act of patriotism but a bind
ing duty upon every man engaged in ship
building to remain In that service con
tinuously? The drafting of men for the work of
shipbuilding, In one form or another, will
probably become necessary, and It Is to
be hoped that tho necessity of meeting
this question In tlmo will become ap.
parent before our soldiers In Franco need
either food or munitions.
A CRADLE SONG OP TODAY
Unless the Belgian babes are mine,
I' fall you, littlest one;
I'm but a woman who bore a child
And not tho mother of a son 1
Unless, as you lie close and warm,
I hear their hungry cry,
I but rejoice with the Pharisees
i That famine passed u by.
If I am blind to pleading hands
As I thank Ood for you.
My prayer shah never reach Hit heart,
Nor my "Amen" rlnjr trua I
llarsaret Btubea $hupen. In Umuey'o,
Tom Daly's Column
TO A BEREAVED MOTHER
Oh, my not that your tittle ion l) dead;
Tha word too harsh and much too hope'
Jets teem.
Believe, instead,
That he hat left hit little trundle bed
To climo the hillt
Of morning, and to thare the Joy that flllt
God't pleatant land of dreamt.
A'nj, say not that your Uttte ton t dead.
It is not right, because It Is not true.
Believe, Instead,
Ho has but gone the way which you must
tread.
And smiling, icalts,
In loving ambush by those holy gates,
To fling himself at you,
Xo knight that does you service can be
dead,
Xor Idle is this young knight gone be
fore. Believe, instead,
Upon an envoy's -mission he hnth sped
That doth import
Your greatest good; for he at Heaven's
court
Is your ambassador.
Our own Bob Maxwell's zippy story of
Eddlo Colllns's sprint to tho plato pur
sued by Hclnlo ZIm had in It nil tho ele
ments of a stirring ballad, nnd wo
couldn't help thinking of a big league
scribe by tho namo of Covvper, William
Cowper, who wroto "Tho Diverting His
tory of John Gilpin," back In tho eight
eenth century. And Mr. Eddie Collins,
who probably icad that pleco in his
school days, may bo tickled to bo remind
ed that tho full title of Cowper's ballad Is
"Tho Diverting History of John Gilpin
Showing How Ho Went Farther Than Ho
Intended and Canto Safe Homo Again."
Father Goose
I had n little, ballot once, the chief of my
delights;
I lent it to a suffragette to help her ivin
her rights.
She picketed, slw rioted, she dragged it in
the mire,
I will not lend my vote again for all the
ladled hire.
JAZZBO.
A Barbecue Leftover
And there was another flno singer at
that batbecue, whoso namo appeared on
tho list of guests as "George II. O'Connor,
A. M." Georgetown gave him tho degree
last June. When it happened tho old col
ored cook in his houso said to his folks,
"Whut's dls hyar thing dey'ro hangln'
on to ouah Mlstah George?"
"Master of arts," they told her, "an
A. M."
"Well," said she, "Ah kin see whar ho
deserve dat, lense dat's do tlmo he mos
gen'nlly gits homo fum dem dinnahs ho
goes to."
Henry Holt & Co. havo Just reprinted
Margaret Wlddemer's flno book of verso
with tho unpoctlo name "Tnctotles," so
why shouldn't wo do the same with tho
tltlo poem? Havo at you!
Tin: rAOTonivs
I have shut my little sister in from life
and light
(For a rose, for a ribbon, for a wreath
aeioss my hair),
I have made her icstlrss feet still until
the night,
Locked from sieccts of summer and
fiom wild spring air;
I who ranged the mcadowlands, free from
sun to sun,
1'rcr to sing and pull the buds and
wnteh the far wings fly,
I have hound my sister till her play-tlmc
was done
07i, my little sister, was It IT Wos It IT
I have tabbed my sister of her day of
maidenhood
(I'or a robe, for a feather, for a trinket's
icstlcss spark),
Shut from Love till dusk shall fall, how
shall she know good, ,
How shall she go scatheless through
the sin-lit darkr
I who could be Innocent, I who could be
gay,
I who could have love and mirth before
the light went by,
I have put my sister in her matlng-tlme
atcay
Sister, my young sister, was it If TVas
it It
I have robbed my sister of the lips
against her breast,
(For a coin, for the weaving of my
children's lace and laicn),
I'cct that pace beside the loom, hands
that cannot rest
7oio can she knoio motherhood, whose
strength Is gone?
I who took no heed of her, starved and
labor-icarn,
I, against whose placid heart my sleepy
gold-heads lie,
Round my path they cry to me, little
souls unborn
Ood of JAfct Creator! It was II It
was II
MARGARET W1DDE.MER.
FRANK 1CLAUDER has entered with
us (but not for publication) the nnmo of
one of his patrons as tho most absent
minded of local motorists. This man's
car misbehaved In some way while he
was on his summer vacation and had to
bo sent to the garage for reformation,
Tho best thing he could find as a substi
tute was a buggy and a plug of a livery
horse. First day out the" old plug balked,
wouldn't budge a step; so tho driver
started off to buy a can of gasoline.
REJECTED
Ho wrote her of his love and begged she
would not spurn it.
(Ah I h'c was poor In everything but
gall.)
Tha daughter of the editor, alasl did not
return it,
Because he hadn't any stamps at all.
"You men," she said, "don't seem to
realize that a girl can't Imagine any
thing worse than to have a young man
kiss her against her will."
"No7" smiled tho youth and ho cer
talnly did look smart In his new uni
form "I should think It would bo worse
to have us forget to kiss you when you're
willing."
Edgar1 A., Guest, of tho Detroit Free
Press, la out with a new book of verse,
"Just Folks." We'll steal something
from It some day soon, but meantime, ask
rriena wue lor i.z and jro buy. a copy,
1 1 , ,-, . I
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Mata-Hari and Mis Cavell A
Postofflce Clerk's
Protest
WOMEN -SHOT AS SPIES
To Vic Editor of the Evnilng Ledger:
Sir In our Night Kxtta edition ot yo
teiday, under tho iipvvs dispatch announcing
that Mile. Mnta-llarl (Miuguoiito Gertrude
Y.eUe), the tlanecr, had bei-n shot as a spy
hy the French Government, appeared a note
saying that so far as was known she was
tho lit st woman thus to tie executed by li.o
Flench. Jlv fl ect I- In foucct this Inac
cuiacy, which brings back unpleasant memo
ries of the shooting of Edith Cavell by the
Get mans and of tho widespread condemna
tion of the act that appealed for days upon
days In tho nevvspipcrs.
At that time, when tho German Govern
ment nttempted to Justify Its act by in
tlHtltig that tho French already had shot
womiin spies, n Pa, is news dtp:tch, in turn
attempting to Justify tho shwntim; of women
spies by the French, gave tho names of
two German women who had suffeied tlun
fate the one. Schmidt ; the other, Moos
The dispatch that announced tho death of
lluse two Gtru.an women at tho hauls of
the French authorities was 'hulled" on an
inside pago of a Philadelphia newspapei
tthe only place I saw- It) at the conclusion
of one of tho lengthy and violent denuncia
tions of the Germans for killing Miss
Cavell ; nnd your editor, or cop reader, who
believed that Mllo. Mata-Hnrl was the first
woman spy shot by tho French, hardly can
be blamed for hav Ing failed to seo It.
fuancis Lumvia.
Philadelphia, October 1C.
POSTOFFICE CLERK PROTESTS
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir I am a clerk In tho Central Tnst
ofllce. During tho recent holy days (Sep
tember 17, 18 and 20) I was compelled for
religious reasons to ask for leave of ab
sence, but my request was turned down as
"not approved." As a consequence, I was
given 600 demerits for "dlnct insubordina
tion." (It happened that 1 was out Just one
day, as I was compensated on tho others.)
Think of being penalized for observing my
own religion!
It seems to mo that because the Jews
havo a holy holiday onco In a year, thereby
necessitating their abstaining from work,
they are punished. Furthermore, tho really
real reason, I think, why they nro dcmcrlted
Is that they will not get the yearly In
crease of J100 due them
JEWISH POSTOFFICE CLERK.
Philadelphia, October 1C.
ABUSE HELPS LA FOLLETTE
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Senator La Folletto nee'ds no de
fense. His actions proclaim moro eloquently
than' words that ho Is a man without n
price. And It is not necessary to empha&lzo
the fact that he Is one of tho very fow
fearless Americans In the Senate who re
main undaunted despite the flood of vitu
perative abuse which has been heaped on
his gallant head by Journalists who dls
grace the word American.
Berate him, abuse him, malign him as
you will. beaBSurcd you are but Intrench
ing him more deeply In the heart of the
American laboring man. Let the Senato
dare expel him, and it will receive the
country's answer by tho olection of Rob
ert M La Follette to the piesidency of the
Unfted States. J. A. D.
Philadelphia, October 10.
"IT WAS A FRAME-UP"
To the Editor of The Evening Ledger:
Sir Senator Vare Is right. The whole
thing Is a "frame-up."
There were no gunmen In the Fifth Ward
election day.
Nobody wore white ribbons or "Deutsch
Carey was not blackjacked.
Neither was Maurer, and
Eppley k' nQt Bnot dead'
The whole thing Is a "frame-up" to tar
nlsh the political "purity" of contractor
rUe. IRON I, CAU
Philadelphia. October JO.
PRAISE FOR CONNELL
So the Editor of the Evening Ltdper:
Sir I have noticed In your valuable'
naeer where our Councilman, Oeorge Cop.
nell. refuses to carry the banner which
baa been besmeared with our citizens'
blood by the Fifth Ward thugs
I have known Georse Connell for the
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MiOSTLY FROTH
last twenty years, and he has been for
the Fortieth Ward the Tim Sullivan of tho
Bowery: his hand is always ready to gif
down In his pocket and help the needy
pnnr either to pay a month's lent or bu'
a ton of coal. I have known him to give
lmnds to help fellows with families to buy
a liltln homo, and If It were not for him
It would bo possible that they would bo
paying rent as long as they live.
1 haven't seen George Connoll or spoken
to him In the last thtee months It's no
mom than light that tho citizens of thi
Fortieth should say something to put this
man to tho front so ho can help every
one.
It makes no difference what your creed
Is or if you ure whllo or black. If you
nro deserving, you will get assistance.
It would ho no mistnko to have a man
lllto George Connell occupying the Mayor's
place In Philadelphia. R. F. M.
Philadelphia, October 16.
THE EPPLEY FUND
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir The City of Brotherly Love has con
tributed most generously and most
promptly to tho relief of destitute Belgians,
and the war sufferers of other nationalities.
This Is most commendable ; hut, at the
same time. It vvero well that the destitute
of Philadelphia bo given heed to. Tho
mother of Eppley, tho detective so brutally
murdered in tha Fifth Ward, is one of
these, and yet tho fund suggested for her
relief by Pather McDcrmott and sw ably
backed up by the Dvknino Ledoer is an
nbsoluto failure.
No church organizations, so far as I
have seen, have come to her aid, nnd from
the few subscribers whose names have
been published wo miss thoso long asso
ciated with works of philanthropy.
Yes, tho Dppley fund Is a failure, and
the fact Is not crcdltablo to Philadelphia
FIFTH WARD CITIZEN.
Philadelphia, October 1C.
The Workmen's Compensation Board
yesterday awarded Mrs. Eppley J1300. Tho
fund raised by Father McDermott amounted
to $785. Editor of the L'veninq LEDOEn.
A WALKING TELEPHONE
A foicbt officer of Missoula, Montana,
has Invented a very Ingenious pot table
telephone weighing only two and a half
pounds and so practical that It has been
adopted by the Government and Is part
ot tho regular equipment of patrol In tho
national forests this season.
It Is said that a field-man equipped
vvitli this telephone, a few yards of light
emergency wire and a short 'pleco of
heavy wire to mako the ground connec
tion can "cut In" anywhere along tho
moro than 20,000 miles of forest service
telephone lines and get In touch with the
headquarters of a supervisor or district
ranger. To talk, one end of the emer
gency wlro is thrown over the telephone
line, the two ends are connected to tho
portable Instrument and the Instrument
Is connected to the ground wire, tho end
of which must bo thrust Into the dump
earth or In water , Contact with the lino
wire is made possible by removal of the
Insulation from a few Inches ot the emer
gency wire.
Tho Instrument does not ring tho bell
of the receiving telephone, but instead
causes a screeching sound from a small
megaphone-shaped apparatus descriptive
ly known as a "howler." This Instrument
Is Installed at the ranger station telephone
and Is said to give effective notice that
some one Is on the wire The transmis
sion Is equal to any standard wall tele
phone, conversations having been held
with it for n distance of a thousand
miles. D. L. a.. In St. Nicholas.
SHORTAGE IN MINISTERS
The war has caused a shortage of preach
ers. A great many churches ore pastorless
this fall. If the war continues another
year the shortage will Increase, and many
thousands of churches, Protestant and Cath
olic, will be without ministers.
It takes about 4000 new ministers each
year to repair the losses by death and to
Bupply demands of growth In Protestant
churches alone In this country, Tho great
majority of those, of course, come from
the theological seminaries, which annually
graduate about 4500, and thus keep up
with the demand, But a great many of the
students in theological seminaries when
war began, and In the first and second years
of the war, havb gone to the war In various
capacities, many as private soldiers, others
as chaplains and workers for the Y. M.
C. A. Many young man who would have
entered seminaries this fall have enlisted,
and enrollments in theoloalcat seminnrina
have' fallen off an average of jo per ccntv
Kansas City Htar.
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What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. Whit leetslatlre bodr Is called the I.
Iirnnje.k
2. Where Is the. Gulf of Finland?
S. ,V report enjstlint "Cirrnln has broVea wits
Mlchaells." nho Is C'zcrnlnT
4, Kmf the points nt which there are Federal
prisons.
A. About what was the time of the fllteft
Atlnntlo Occnn passage on recordt
0. Mho uus President Just 100 Tears sto?
7. Of .all the American cities, which one htl
the greatest number of strikes In tM
course of the jear?
8. Yihat.U the derivation of the word "frll-
0. mint Is a Jennet? '
10. Vtliere is Itotten ItowT
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. John F. llrlan Is the Tammsnr (Dens-
rrutlc) ciimlldate fur Major of ew iork.
2. A "tame volcano" Is nno which Is In actios
but wbli h doej not cast matter ootildi
the limits of Its crater.
3. The tkrr first appeared In a cartoon U
represent Tammany two days before tbs
election of member. 18JI, In hk
ie Tweed Klne was completely ott
thrown, 4. Men have not been drafted for tho Unite!
Mates nuvy.
5. In refrartlnir telescopes the rars of HiKt
are made, to convene to focus oj
lenses, while In reflectlnc telescopes tht
yre made to convene by belnr reflect
from the surfuce of a sllthtlr concaves,
.. 1'uni.iiru mirror.
0. Today Is New .Year's Dar (Muhsrram) ot
llfT J CI!
endar.
the jear ISM in tho Mohammedan
W!
7. recksnlffi An unctuous hypocrite pratlnr l
udouiriur-, irom me cnaracter or tnsi
namo In Dickens's "Murtln Chuulewit.'1
8. Glyptography The nrt and science ot IMS
ensxuvlnr,
0. Enflladei Fire from artillery eweeplof a
Hue of works or men from end to end.
Tl'f objection of certain secta to tho use of
the Paean origin of them. For eiampie,
urn's JJa et Saturday, Sst-
THE SCOTCH IN WILSON
THB personality of the President Is com
plex, baffling at times even to his cloMtt
friends; but there Is one phase of him that
must always be considered: The President
Is of Scotch descent, He Is a loyal, gener
ous, open-handed man; kindly, courteous,
seeking to do pleasant services for hli
friends; but, also, he Is a canny, thrifty
man, and ho watches out for himself, as
canny, thrifty Scot would do. Likewise hi
watches out for his country, raising this
trait to a high power, and provides for con
tlngencles, Tho Scot provides for the fu
ture when the providing Is good, So doe!
the President.
He Is under no delusions over what
courses this war may take, so far as the
popular esteem of It may be concerned. lis
knows that it Is the hlstdry of all ware, of
all administrations, from the earliest vvr
to this one, that there comes a period when
vox popull Is raised against those In power.
Ho knows that no administration can go
through two years, say, of war like this and
not be assailed. And there Is where his
vision; seconded by his Scotch 'trait of
thrift, comes in. That is whv we note hit
insistence to Congress on sufficient money
on enormous money, on all sorts of legisla
tion to provide him with war-making and
war-supporting machinery. He demandi
It and gets it, for he foresees the storms, tin
possible loss of popularity, that will mean
the loss of getting power. His house will be
In order when the country turns, as It un
doubtedly will If the war Is greatly pro
longed. He will have his plant In efficient
shape to continue the war, regardless of
what the public clamor may be. He -will
have his appropriations and his men.
No shrewder statesmanship has" "been
known In our time than his forestalling of
the possible protests of the future while the
opportunity was ripe. He has urged bis
measures through Congress, and has been
successful; for we are In the first flush of
the war now. He has or will have his bll
lions and billions provided for, his armies
In course of making, his plans under way.
Then he can continue as serenely as may
be; for the baslo thlpgs. the foundations,
will be secure, and the changes In the su
perstructure that may be forced will "
affect the underlying predication.
And there are persons who say this man
Is entirely on Idealist, with no skill of prac
tice or provision I They forget the Scotcn
In hlm.---Samuel a. Blythe. In the Saturday
Evening Post
DOING IT NOW
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fJerard. Thanks to her good sense, Ainernsaj
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