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LOST CUSTOMERS
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VEHYBODY who keeps
Shop,
whether It Is one In which the open
ing of the door rings a bell summoning
the proprietor-salesman or a giant depart
ment store, has a practical reason for
demanding good government.
Some years ago a new business Idea
was Invented. There was to be a chain
Ol stores spread over America. The ad
Vance agents of the enterprise were men
Vrlth counting devices In their packets.
They stood at street corners In every city
and town, counting the people who passed
ftt every hour of the day and night. When
It had found the busiest corners In the
country, the management put stores
there.
Security brings people to a city, which
la a street corner on a large scale. Sec
tions where thugs aro waylaying and
murdering people do not cnoourago men
With little cigar stores and candy shops
to stay In business there, and when thug
gery goes into every phase ot municipal
government, as here, the Fame sense ot
insecurity keeps big business nuay. Tho
merchant seeks out the crowded street
corner, tho manufacturer seeks out tho
labor center. But what Is a labor center?
It is nothing more or less than a great
aggregation of people dealing at groceries,
tobacco shops and the like near their
homes. When some one pulled a gun and
killed a man In the Fifth Ward, the peo
ple fled In all directions, and many of
them arc still running perhaps, out of
the Fifth Ward, out of Philadelphia. Be
hind the murderer there stood an Invisible
man with a counting device In Ills pocket,
ready to tell his employer, "This Is no
place to put one of your chain stoics."
A breakfast-food manufacturing llrm
once announced that it was going to build,
In' u certain western State, a new fuctory
which wduid give 5000 men employment.
It hesitated between two towns. One of
them offered to exempt the factory
building from taxation; but still, In spite
of this manifest advantage, the company
hesitated. Was the government of the en
terprising town god enough to keep 5000
workers healthy, contented, satisfied to
remain there? All the tax-exempting
'In the world will not keep a population
table und hopeful, In spite of the single
taxers arguments. Morality transcends
economics. -
tTou can vote Vare Into perpetual
power, but you cannot easily vote lost
customers and lost workmen back to Phil
adelphia once you have lost them. Will
there be Immigration after the war? Until
a few months ago nobody knew. But we
know now. There will be a tremendous
Immigration after the war; probably more
than 2,000,000 men will come to America
a few months after peace is proclaimed.
They will be our returning soldiers, men
whose lives the war has torn up by the
roots, who aro to be toughened and made
Independent by the searing breath of the
war furnace. Will those men tamely
come back to cities wlilch offer them the
ame old rottenness and hopelessness?
Never! They will pick and choose. We
will have to have our dirty linen all
cleaned to compete with other cities for
tha homecoming Americans.
On November 6 tho shopkeepers of
Philadelphia must send forth a thunder
ous message across the continent. We
must th.ow down tho gantlet to rival
cities, challenging them to a friendly con
test fqr the honor of housing and helping
to a fresh utart In workaday life the mil
lions who will some day como homo to
us -tvlth the glow of victory upon their
brows-
BAKER'S HINT OF "ACTION"
SECUETAItY IMKI51V8 weekly war
bulletin attains International import
ance for the first time this week. It Indi
cates that our expeditionary forco ex
yecta to get Into action before long. The
en aro in "efficient fighting1 trim," aaya
Mo Secretary, and "It Is not anticipated
that tho Allies will go Into winter quar
ters tlla year." It had been taken for
ranted that Ilalg's push would virtually
wp mui me; iri snow, uui "tno prep
arations which havo been going on for
Maey months will make t possible for
tfc British and French commanders to
trttomtti. over natural obstacles, and
with a far short Intervals wo may expect
to tm forward."
M aajMaa for ta -
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eral belief tliat Amerlcnh troops would
not bo to the trendies until "tlio spring
drive." If spring Is to bo anticipated In
midwinter and tlio fighting In to bo vir
tually continuous, there will bo.ns much
icnson for our forces to take their turn
now as later. Krench and British re-enforcements
arc arriving dally nt tho Ital
ian front, It Is announced, and that move
ment, If on n large scale, could only be
made possible by n filling In of the gap by
our regulars, whoso only 'fault If It can
be called fault has been that they have
been ovcreager to get Into tho fray.
THIS IS THE GREAT DAY
THIS day Is set aside by tho President
ns n red-letter day, tho day on which
the nation Is to concentrate in pushing
Liberty Bonds for sale, it' Is the day of
tho great drlvo for funds, the day for
testimonials In support of democracy, of
Amerlcnn Institutions ttnd of the unalter
able determination of the people of this
country to end forever the menaco of
autocracy and military fury.
The appeal Is made national In scope,
reaching Into every hamlet of the land,
because It Is Imperative thai the bonds be
bought out of current Income and not out
of Invested funds. It will enhance Im
measurably the future prosperity of the
nation If Its great loans represent sav
ings, thus nddlng to the national capital
acccunt and assuring In tho days after
the war ample funds with which to
finance the enormous Industrial and com
mercial undertakings In which we aro to
engage. Other nations are eating up
their capital to finance tho war. We can
do all of our financing, if wo so deter
mine, out of Income. Just that vast Is
the wealth ot this country nnd that
mighty its energy.
Wo appeal to all persons this day to
measure their resources and determine
the maximum amount they can lend
Uncle Sam. They help him by to doing
and they help themselves. By tonight
the overwhelming success of this second
loan should be absolutely certain. Our
money sets In motion forces that It Is not
within the power of the Kaiser success
fully to resist.
CUSTODIAN OF ENEMY PROPERTY
AT THE time of his appointment It was
not generally understood Just how
important is the position which A.
Mitchell Palmer will occupy. As Cus
todian of Knemy roperty lie will hilve
direct control of business and property
amounting In the aggregato to hundreds
of millions of dollars and possibly to moro
than a billion. Supplies of all sorts which
Herman agents purchased and cached
here before tlio outbreak of war have al
ready been seized. He will take over
German-controlled banks and all other
business enterprises of which German In
terests control as much as 6- per cent of
the stock. Great sums of money ho Is
authorized to employ In the purchase of
Government bonds, although necessary
delays will prevent his making subscrip
tions to the present offering. Mr. Palmer
Is likely to be In direct control of stagger
ing aggregations of money and business.
It must not bo supposed that this
means confiscation of enemy possessions.
An accounting will bo made and after
the war all private German citizens will
have their property or Its equivalent re
turned to them. They will probably get
this equivalent, too, in terms of the pres
ent value of money, which will be greatly
to their financial ndvuntage. Mr. Palmer
bids fair to becomo "a person of Inter
national Importance.
WISCONSIN GOES TO TRIAL
TS WISCONSIN nntl-Amcrlcan? It has
been "antl" In almost everything
under the beneficent political despotism
of Mr. I.a Follette, whose failure to
achieve the Presidency has rankled in his
soul and embittered him considerably In
utterance and outlook.
Kvery State has two Senators. Paul
Hustlng. who was accidentally shot by
his brother, was as ardent a patriot as
his colleague Is an ardent anti-patriot.
Nobody doubted where he stood. He knew
a Hun when he saw one, and he did not
have cold chills at the thought of Amer
icans shouldering guns and taking their
place In tho battle line. Rescuing hu
man beings from rapine, murder and
tyranny seemed to him to be consider
ably more important than academic argu.
ments and hair-splitting debates concern
ing the line of demarcation between free
speech and treason. Therein he did not
differ greatly from Governor Phllipp, who
has been delivering sledge-hammer blows
throughout his Commonwealth In a
mighty effort to save the State from the
humiliation of La Folletteism.
There will bo a special election to
choose a successor to the lamented Hust
lng. It will be a straight campaign to
dctermlno whether Wisconsin Is a mem
ber ot the Union or has seceded spiritual
ly. The Issuo will be tried before the
whole electorate, which Is better than a
trial before tho Senate. We predict that
Wisconsin will emerge from the ordeal
purged of contamination and with her
Integrity triumphantly 'vindicated. Sen
ator Lu Follette represents a state of
mind, not a State of the Union.
What's become of Glfford Plnchot?
There are plenty of cattle, but
they're not all In tho stockyards.
Could tho otlicer who Interfered
I with the Colonel's vision be said to havo
hit tho bull's eye7
Senator Vare's plea teems to bo
that all his faction djd was to out-Herod
Herod. Well, that was enough, wasn't It?
Fortunate Is tho man who can
hand down to his children bonds bought
with his savings and say, "This is part
of what I did for my country during the
great war."
In the dictionary we find "peace"
as well as "trouble." It depends on -what
we're looking for. The same thing applies
to those who visit our soldier camps de
termined to find Immorality.
A gift for a soldier.In France muse
not welch moro than seven pounds. Per
uana It would be better to send one-jlotind
packages to seven soldiers instead. But.
In any case, Christmas mall must bo'
posted by November 16, which Is tho lot-
uiimr to romembeiv
EVENING LEDOERPHILAi)ELPBCDi, WnESDAY.. OCTOBER 2$,
FIRST AMERICAN
TO SINK A U-BOAT
Cnptnin Charlton Telia of His
Experience With Sea
Pirate
By A. ROLAND GARBER .
W,
URN all the stories of the world war
havo been written nfterl Its close, a
niche In tlio annals must bo reserved for
Captain John Fred Chnrlton, captain of the
first vessel lljing the Stars and Stripes to
sink a German U-boat, His name will rank
with Hobson's the one difference being
that the llobson Incident ot tho Spanish
American War was deliberately planned and
executed, while tho affair of Charlton and
the Silver Shell was ono of the quick, though
to bo expected, Incidents of the underseas
warfare.
Captain Charlton was "built for a uni
form." Several years ago ho was a pa
trolman, a member of a suburban police
department In a district near Philadelphia.
In tlio blue nf the policeman he made good
a trim figure ot a man, of medium
stature, of bllm, military erectness, with
piercing bluo eyes and a chin that denoted
firmness and celerity of action.
But his forebears wero of Swedish ex
traction and tho luro of tlio seas was para
mount. Ho served In different capacities
on board ihlps flying the United States
flag ns chief officer on ono vessel. Ills
experiences wero almost as thrilling as
whn he became commander of the Silver
Shell, a tuiikcr. They were of such a char
acter that It becamo essential for Chief
Oftlcor Charlton to assume command of the
vessel and take it Into an English port
at a time when the captain could not do so,
Before ho was thirty-two he held a mas
ter's certificate and was In command ot the
Silver Shell. And then the naval serWce
flK Ills country wnnts him has him. In
Lift. He Is tendered a commission, ranking
1. ,,i In tlio ervlce.
Battled for Ninety Minutes
Just the merest details covering the fact
Were made public early in Juno describing
tho battle In the Mediterranean which re
sulted in the sinking of the German U-boat.
When Captain Charlton returned to New
York a few days ago, and later went to his
home in Jotikintown. the story was ampli
fied and told In detail. And In tho telling
the hero-captain was brief, effective, to th
point Not a word wasted, as ho paced
from one side of the tooin to the other
Just as he might be pictured on tho bridge.
"We gave the boat the opportunity to ap
proach nnd show imr colors But no Hag
wai ltlble. We dlplnjcd the Stars and
Stripes. And Ftlll the other boat shnwrd no
flag. They came within range. Thero was
one thing to do und wo did It fired the first
"lint. Our twenty-fourth struck In front ot
tho boat. Our gun was elevated a trifle,
and the twcnty-llflh struck fairly In front
of the conning tower. There was a terrific
explosion and th U-boat disappeared dis
appeared forever."
Terse and thoroughly comprehensive ; but
that running battle lasted nlmost ninety
minutes, and It was Captain Charlton's
masterly control of his boat that prevented
the successful Jaunchlns of a torpedo and
made the shell tire directed at tho Silver
Shell Ineffective. Captain Charlton thus
described this phase of the battle:
"When the U-boat was reported on our
starboard, six or seven miles away, I was
In my cabin, ill with rheumatism. I was
almost carried on duck by two of tho men.
I ordered the ship thrown across seas and
called for slower speed tiy permit the sub
marine to come up and show her colors.
"By putting my esiel 'across seas' I vir
tually nullified the possibility of a success
ful hit by a torpedo, and nt the same .time
lessened the danger from shcllflre. Of tho
thlrty-nlno shots tired by the crew of the
('-boat, seven were shrapnel shells, fired
with the Intent of killing my crew. The
battle neared Its end with tho twenty-fourth
shot from the gun crew of the Silver Shell.
The twenty-fifth shot llnlshed It. Tho next
day wo were in Marseilles."
Captain Charlton's demeano'r Is that of
the quiet, thoughtful man who has seen
things, has figured In the doing of them.
That Is evidenced by his statement:
"This country Is the land of opportunity
to the boy ; particularly the boy from some
other country.. The chances to do something,
to bo some one In this wonderful country,
are so numerous that the average American
boy does not take the same advantage as
docs tho boy from some other land. To
the American lad this condition Is such
th it It approaches the commonplace.
Two Narrow Escapes
'The war will end In favor of tho Allies.
The entrnnce of the United States Into the
struggle makes this result ultimately cer
tain. We nre In tho war to win. We must
win. To do this every sacrifice demanded
must willingly be made. And, first of all.
wo must, each and every one of uy, co
operate with our Government In the effort
to punish to the fullest extent of our laws
all the propagandists against this our
country."
After tho affair of tho Sliver Shell and
the U-boat, CapUIn Charlton made a trip
to China, and, returning, IiIb boat figured
In Incidents with two more U-boats In the
Mediterranean, on two successive day. In
the first of these battles two torpedoes were
fired at tho Silver Shell. Both missed, but
one struck another vessel fairly, the boat
sinking In a few minutes. Tho next day an
other U-boat appeared, but before a torpedo
could be fired at either tho Silver Shell or
a French troomhlp which w.is he inn- r,
oed a patrol boat ran alongside and
dropped, a mine on the L'-boat, sending It
to the bottom.
Returning to his homo in Jenklntown.
near Philadelphia. Captain Charlton found
his only duughter ill and quarantined. She
has since recovered. He had brought with
him a number of curios and art objects
and things with which to furnish u new
home, the contract for which ho gave Just
prior to sailing on the memorable trip of
the Silver Shell. "And." says Captain
Charlton, "everything I'vo brought was se
cured with the thought of pleasing Mrs
Charlton, and everything will have an un
usual value and Interest to me in after
years, because of the memories attached
and the knowledge that the things were
brought through tho blockade in the big
war."
Mrs. Charlton Is a former Philadelphia
girl. She was Miss Kathryn Dlehl. There
are two children a girl, named for the
mother. Kathryn, and a boy, John Fred
Charlton, Jr.
Captain Charlton was home only a day
or two when the call came from Washing
ton with tho offer of the commission.
SHRAPNEL
Shrapnel, which has achieved great fame
in the world war, is not a new invention
by any means. It was used effectively by
the English at the Battle of Waterloo and
he'ped considerably to defeat Napoleon.
The shell now Is used against aircraft and
troops In the open. HIgh-exploslve shells
are used mostly In wiping trenches out of
existence, Shrapnel is not nearly so deadly.
Against exposed troops one single shrapnel
shell has been known to kill or wound an
entire platoon. When exploding It covers
an area of many yards. '
Shrapnel was Invented by Colonel Henry
Shrapnel In England and first was used by
the English In the Peninsular War of 1804.
The shell Is so made that It explodes a
certain number of seconds after leaving the
gun or upon striking, In attacking aircraft
the time fuse, of course. Is used. The shell
In exploding sends slugs and bullets in
every direction,
Incidentally, with troops lying fiat In the
open, the haversack worn on the back forms
good protection against shrapnel.
It was to protect against shrapnal. Ut
the steal helmets first wer use4- In Hm
VVV,b L
Toni Daly's Column
wixnMAKEn'B soxa.
Xoio aro do gropes ripe,
And soon comes da ttinc;
Oh, I am da maestro,
And decs dats aro mine!
Silt dcrc ccs a youngglrl
Bo vciillc as can be,
And she ccs a letter man,
A letter man dan mc!
I male' da grape idiie.
Hut great ccs her art
One took her cges give
And tdnc'a ccn my heart,
Wtne dat ccs maUt'n' vte
So drunk as I can be
And so she's a letter man,
A better inatt dan mc.
THE CONCORD GRAPE Is plentcously
in our midst and Llttlo Italy Is busy
making wine. Tho grape's began to come
Into market ten days ago and will keep
coming for ten days more, so we're In the
exact middle of things.
J. Wallace Hallowcll. who has watched
tho swarming of tho Italian rrape buy
ers for many years, tells us they're as
numerous und ns eager ns ever, nlthough
tho grnpo crop's shorter than usual nnd
prices are 30 per cent higher. The
twenty-pound basket which cost sixty
cents last year is eighty cents now. But
the Italians como with bags of miscel
laneous coins, from pennies to gold pieces,
and gladly swap them for tho purple
clusters. Mr. Hallowcll remarked one
buyer, a young woman, who flashed a
crisp one-hundred-dollar bill nnd spent
It all. She was probably buying for a
community,
Groups of families in Little Italy and
In smaller settlements In Nlcetown,
Mnnayunk, Germantown nnd other sub
urbs pool their Issues not only for the
purchase of tlio grapes but for the actual
wlne-mnklng. Many prefer to go It alono
even the bachelor wtio has no thought
beyond his own quart a day but there's
not much fun In that. Tho thing to do
is to attach yourself to a largo and har
monious group nnd share tho jollities of
tho community wine-making. Or If you
can't do that, horn In upon somo largo
family whoso yearly needs amount to
nlno or ten barrels. Wo know ot one
largo group hero whoso members come
from a northern province famous for Its
wines nnd who tread out tho Jtilcc of the
grnpo In tho prlmttlvn old-country way.
We can't Invito you In, but, without
miming any names, we can tell you
something about this pleasant old-world
business which Is even now going for
ward In this alien neighborhood.
Tho community tank into which tho
grapes are gathered has a capacity of
something like 10,000 gnllons. That
means there'll bo something like eighty
or ninety tons of grapes waiting for tho
foot of tho pressor, who now enters. He
Jumps into tlio tank quickly and, wo
may add, lightly being handicapped by
nothing In tho naturo of apparel, scorn-"
lng even tho Ivy chaplct of Bacchus,
which ho might proptrly have put on.
This solitary ofllclal dances over tho
grapes for tho space ot ten or fifteen min
utes to soften them, and that's all thero
Is to tho first chapter.
Chapter two opens a day or two later
when the grapes have begun to ferment.
There aro now threo or four treaders
busy In the tank. Their uniform is only
a trlllo moro cumbersomo than that of
tho hero of chapter one. With their baro
feet they crush the grapes, and tho bung
now being open permits tho Juice to begin
flowing Into vats In waiting about twelve
feet long by threo feet wide. This is tho
big day and the work is usually begun at
about 4 o'clock in the afternoon and goes
on steadily until 2 In tho morning.
Tho treaders begin upon thoso grapes
which He furthest from and gradually
work round to those nearest to the bung.
When all the grapes havo shed their
blood, the hardest labor of all begins
the tearing up of the stems and skins into
small pieces. This is done with the heels
and it's got to bo dono thoroughly, for
this mash, or "grappa," Is to bo mixed
with tho Juice drawn off into tho vats
and left to ferment; for that's what gives
tho tartness to the wine.
That, then, is tho big day's work; and
when it's over, say, at 2 a. m. or there
abouts, everybody washes up and sits In
nt tho feast. And this, to be regular
"old .country," must consist of polcufa
(corn meal mush), cardo (a .hlstle-llko
plant, or, let's say, overgrown celery),
dipped In Moiiiu calda (a sauco made of
ollvo oil, butter, garlic and anchovies).
If It's an extra swell affair there'll bo
ratio!! (llttlo biscuits stuffed with chop
ped meat). Of course, too, some of tho
previous year's wine.
Now In a. day or so tho new wine be
gins to ferment und tho mash lias to bo
kept down In tho vats. It's fiery stuff
nnd constantly tries to get over tho top,
Also, If It isn't occasionally wet down with
some .old wlno It's likely to commit spon
taneous combustion and just ruin every
thing. After two or threo days, however,
it behaves, and in from twelvo to fifteen
days tho wlno Is ready to bo draw'n oft
Into barrels and sealed up for tho winter;
that is, until the old moon of February
(luna vecchla), when It Is bottled and laid
away.
This operation, on the grand or tho
small scale, Is going forward In thou-'
sands of places hereabouts and keeping
tho Italians happily busy this week.
A statement Issued by tho Tlio Layers
and Helpers, oxplainlng.thelr sldo of their
quarrel with tho Mantel and Tlio Dealers,
is a most human document, being so fall
of delightful errors of speschr and wo
sincerely hopo that all whom It may con
cern will hearken sympathetically to tho
concluding plea ("In the cause of Justice
and right wo ask that you lend your In
fluence to tho bonified Tile Layers") be
fore the readers become too bonified.
Here comes Jofe in again to suggest
the setting aside ot a Beefless Day for
such beefers as La Follette.
Tou don't know me," he said, bursting
In upon the heels of tlfo o.Tlce boy, wlio
bore his eard, "but I though. It would
Interest you to know that Frog Hollow In
my town (Noo' Yawk, y know) where th
gunmonhang out, got Its name from Mm
croakl that procet Irom It"
I ' "DERTAG" "" H
"'I 'i ' .i ' 1 1 1 . . . j filVTaKV'
THE VOICE OP
THE PEOPLE
Soldiers Want Fruit Indian
War Pension $600
Teachers
SOLDIERS WANT FRUIT
To tho Kdttor of tlic livening Ledger:
Sir Many "tobacco funds" for men In
tho war service of the United States aro
being raised throughout thb country, and
subscriptions aro being solicited by the
press.
Every one know." that the tobacco habit
l.i not a healthful one, although I, person
ally, am not opposed to it. Th distribu
tion of tobacco among Undo Sam's boys
has resulted in tho uso of tobacco by many
who have never used It before.
I beg to suggest that you advocate a
"fruit fund." At Camp Meade, I know,
wo have received absolutely no fruit at
any of our meals, nnd so far as I havte
seen thero Is nono for sale at any ot tho
canteens in the camp. Parcel-post pack
ages are now being delivered promptly.
The men In the camps will certainly
very much appreciate having fruit for Its
beneficial effects. "Condensed milk" or
"lump sugar" funds would also be In
order, at- wo receive a lot of unsweetened
coffee. JOSEPH D. GOODMAN.
304th Ammunition Train, Camp Meade
October 23.
Philadelphia address, care of Federal Re
serve Bank.
600 TEACHER'S PROBLEMS
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Cannot something be done for the
teachers who are getting from $000 to $700
pert annum? These aro the ones who feel
tho high cost of living.
It would not take much to Increase the
salaries of these underpaid teachers. Butter
Is flfty-livo cents; eggs, fifty cents; coal,
$7.90; Hour, $12; milk, twelve cents; steak,
thirty-five cents ; lamb chops, forty cents ;
shoes, $0, and clothes, 25 per cent higher.
ROSE CREELMAN.
Philadelphia, October 23.
INDIAN WAR PENSIONS
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir An act of Congress of March 4, 1917,
provided that all honorably discharged sol
diers who served on tho frontiers from 1859
to 1831 against hostile Indians aro entitled
to pensions.
Many of these men do not Know this. They
may get full Information from A, Given,
2809 West Lehigh avenue, Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, October 23. A, GIVEN.
A LIBERTY ACROSTIC
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir
Iluy Liberty Bonds I
Use your savings
Your country needs them
And all you can apare from wages
Lest our soldiers In France and Allies
In all Europe
lie reduced to starvation.
Kvery Liberty Bond sold
llelleves the bhortago In ships
That carry food and munitions to
your beloved soldier boys,
Hrave men aro fighting for you
over there.
Kever let It be said that you
Deserted them In the hour of need.
Philadelphia, pctober 23. E. A. W.
OPPONENTS OF SOCIALISM
To the EdUor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Your editorial on the '.'drowth of
Socialism" will surely startle many of our
cltlrens who know llttlo and care less for
the thoughts and aspirations of the "com
mon herd."
The need of the warring Governments
has been so extraordinary that many meas
ures of government have be'en passively
accepted by patriotic cltlrens which would be
promptly sat upon In time ojt peace. The
apparent success of these measures Is hailed
by Its advocates as a "triumph of Social
ism" j but neither this nor any great ac
tivity in the propaganda of State Socialists
will account for the expected increase of the
Socialist party vote.
Tro-Oermadhxa,", 'pacifist sentiment."
'fX Wt ofwreer at the tesfefM
1917
o , jsm
lako ndvantago of tho unusual conditions
brought nbout by tho war aro tho mala
factors which (If united on election day)
may give to Socialism an apparent victory.
Tlio old parlies, having no argument to
offer ngalnst or remedy for Socialism, havo
treated Its growth with silent contempt, feel
ing sure that "tho Intelligent American voter
will never vote awuy his own rights nnd
liberties." This policy worked nil right
In the past, but Its usefulness is now nt
an end and a real answer must bo given
to the contention of Socialists, in both
New York and Philadelphia thero Is a party
which has studied Socialism and has argu
ments to offer against Its growth. This
party is the Single Tax party. It believes
in tho freedom rather than tho slavery of
tho individual. It believes In curtailing
rather than extending tho power of Govern
ment in times of peace. It believes that
opening up tho opportunities of earth to
human labor and enterprise Is "tho ono
reform that will make all other reforms
possible." Why not vote for it?
oliver Mcknight.
Philadelphia, October 23.
ALIENS SHOULD FIGHT
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Every one, young or old, must do
his bit In some way or other to help save
tho world from being crushed under the
Iron heel of Prusslanlsm. This Is a flno
phrase when we say It quick, but how about
every one doing his bit? Do wo know that
hero In Philadelphia thero are men of mili
tary age, healthy and strong, who can bo
numbered In tho thousands, who aro run
ning about our city and who defy tho nation
and its draft laws to take them?
And why? Simply because they aro not
naturalized and aro not citizens of these
great United States, where they camo to
better their condition and havo bettered it,
and yet will give tho good old flag that wel
comed them and has protected them tho cold
shoulder by refusing to become naturalized.
My fellow citizens, how long must the
American peoplo stand for this outrage?
Thousands of our natlvo sons have gono to
their training camps. But these ungrateful
aliens, whoso eyes beheld the Statuo of
Liberty as they camo Into New York harbor,
which meant a new life and a new liope, a
vision wlilch to many of them was llko a
vlslpn of heaven, after partaking of this
new Ufa In a new land, to tho number
of several thousands In Philadelphia and
hundreds of thousands In tho country, refuse
polntblank tp becomo citizens of tho country
which has sheltered and fed them and gave
them a chance to make a decent living.
Philadelphia, October 23. JUSTIC.E.
ARE YOU A SUPERIOR PERSON?
A professor of psychology announced to
his class somewhat humorously one day
that ho should propound a problem by
means of which each member could prove
to his own satisfaction whether or not ho
was a superior person. The average per-son,-he
explained, never works It out; only
tho person of superior practical ability suc
ceeds. Hero ts the problem:
A man has two palls, one of which holds
exactly five quarts and tho other exactly
three quarts. He is sent to the river to bring
back exactly seven quarts of water, no
more, no less. With only tho flve-quart
pall and the three-quart pall how can he
measure exactly seven quarts?
Can you solve It? Youth's Companion.
MAIN STREET
I like to look at the blossomy track of the
moon upon the sea,
But It Isn't halt so tine a sight as Main
street used to be
When It all wbb covered over with a couple
of feet of snow,
And over the crisp and radiant road the
ringing sleighs would go.
Now, Main street bordered with autumn
leaves, It was a pleasant thing,
And Its, gutters were gay with dandelions
early In the spring;
I like to think of it white with frost or
dusty In the heat, "
Because I, think It Is humaner than any
other street.
3od ba thanked for the .Milky Way that
runs across the sky,
That's the path that my feet would tread,
whenever I have to die,
gome folks call it a Silver. Sword and some
ii Pearly Crown,
Put the" onljt. thing I think It Is Is Main
street. Helvsntown.
"Mala Street and Other roeraa." by
JrM!
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. A iiirniiry liaa nrrnrrnl In tlir I'nllra FiU
Scnale tliroiiRli the ilrath of Sfnttor Iloit
Injr. How urct tiirnntlra tlllrdf
2. What are "bread fiirilH"?
3. About how many men are undtr atmi ll
tin world wtr?
4. bat Is a durbar?
2. Ytlnt religion prohlblta pictorial reprttttta-
iiuiih oi iiuinun ifinit7
1. Who are the IIrlti-.li nonconformist!?
7. What li ii rasiiK belli"?
H. Dellnp "Eondoln."
0. Who wiin the l.nttlo of liku Eric?
1
10,
Who wh president brtnrcn (lirttll ui
ileielunu?
Answers to Yesterday's Quit
1. J.lllr, the mnst Important French cltr k
(eriimii ImniN. mut h rrncmtci
IiiiIc'n flrhc rontlmicH much farther.
2. -Ill-i Alice Paul l chair man of I he Nitltut
yioinn' nnrlv, Mir ha lu been tut
to prison for ix months for picketing.
3. 1'otsilaiu In sixteen iiiIIcn hnuthn-eat of Ber
lin. It it the capital ot tho dlntrirt !
1'nthiuni nnil a rojnl rririnre, Tbi wi
nce win built by l'rrdrrick tho Omt.
4. "I.lttlo IVnn," C'nnin Meade, at Admiral
.Mil., In no nicknamed uecatme of the nun
her of IVnnNlvaiilaim there.
C. Mount jlltchell, Yancey Conntr. Nerfi
Carolina. 6711 feet. U the Iilsbett polot
rait of the Mli-lliml.
0. There are about iieirnty cardinals.
7. Most of the South American republics tsref
off the nkr of Spain and Portugal U thi
period 1813-IK23.
. Cliluntl ts u dry rrd Italian nine.
0. "II. SI. s" Ills MaJrtjN Ship.
0. l'arboll. to boll partially.
GERMANY UNMASKED
(THUS recent disclosures by tho State Do
partment of German duplicity towarf
this country while still ostensibly at pen 4
with us nnd of the German Governtnenl'l' ,j
despicable methods in tho effort td gadi ad
vantage at our cost havo shocked al '.
surprised many American citizens. Soma '
are inclined to temper the severity of their j
Judgment for such deception and misuse
of diplomatic confidence because ot tin
straits Into which Germany was plunjel j
by tho war. t
All such people will find amplo proof th
Germany did not wait for a state of Wf j
to practice deception, misuse of conflaenM
and underhanded warfare In A. V, McLaren!
"Peaceful Penetration." The author Is
Australian, who lived In Germany for
niimlmt. if -oncu InaC hrr..rft tllfl W&f- HS
makes a thorough study of the methods j
used by the Germap Government to, ,
t i...i..uH i n1.AM imintrlr IBS
UUIUUll'I IK1U luutuuiua 111 Uliic, v. --. u
then to follow this up with underhanoea
attempts io stir up strife nnd gain rIj
power. Mr. McLaren takes up ono i"
aftcr another and shows how In each poe.
adducing facts nnd Instances to prove n
statemerits, German schools, clubs. Mo
newspapers, missionaries, churches. M'
ness houses, wero all used as Instruments
by the German Government to forward
commercial and political aims. He iM.
too, that tho commercial aim was suMrm
nate to and led toward the political purposs
Although, the book has been written im
tlio war broke out, the author M"
would have been written if there had M
no war. because he had een the tnlnfiy
which -he tells and understood their !T"n
cance and purpose before the war mij
Ho analyzes tho methods of wor"'"6",
scribes the Intricate spy system of tni u
man Government and dwells MPSfS
upon wio use niauo ui wnm o - nn
would not bo suspected by the people nw.
whom thov were placed, 11 mK
gether, an amazing story. Says lit.
M"": .. i,,. has been
developing along eystematlo 1 nea. tn ,
honeycombed every country In tMJ ,
Uld 1101 oegin yeaicruu,. .. , - -- i
movement in the nature of a w JTJ
splracy. Its agencies constuuieu .. ,j
rate but Invisible network of comntercia'j
rate oui invisiuiu nn' - ,",,,-, i
treachery combined with pollt a e''V,!
n.rmnnv' 'nenceful penetration rriay v
defined as the employment. In "MlJi
of commercial, 'cuuuw -- - for
means as weapons to prepare the ww
political influence. In o her J A
aTai?eTthemse
friMidlv nation In order to undermine t
?"f?M?."".SLK? H-"hoTDu.Tuy '
nor w ------. . 0a"
sovereignty. It Is a campaign mj .
by a variety of arnu-P W5 ,,!
by a varlet
nnanciai iiim"- - ---- ......j. to' J
aries. schoos-hav rig for '5aV
the weakening, political y, rttoM
i ,t,irf. it. BirenU work. It na ??"
fart ort cumtMo lines, . I"i
boa co-ordlnU, K
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