$?g: W' Y-J W: 'It . M '' $i E:rir t .V l'.V, ting public HctJgcr JBLIC LEDGER COMPANY IttTS It, 1C. CUIITIS. PtiBvr X Miaing-ion, vie l-rtuaenii jonn -; rtrr na Trea.uren i-nnip o. n 11. Williams. John J HDuraeon. ly. Dlrctor. '?. " SBITORIAL BOJUID! ''Ciici II, K. rmtia. Chairman C. MARTIN... Oentral Ilutlneei Manager hod dally t I'rit.io I.xtxi llulldlnr, (vendenc Pquare, rtilladelphla. liauvTaai...,uroaa ana wn'iinui mrrei. VITT I'rrifunion uuiiaine 403 Ford Jlulldln tit,.... 1004 Fullcrton IWIMInrc .!., IS02 Trillion liuliainc ." NEWS BUREAUS I MTOR ntlliU, . K. Cor. 1'tmurlvinU Ave. and 14th Ml. IE UCBCAU Til HM.l UUIItlinr maaic Marronl Hou. ruronl rjauo... 32 Hut Loula It Grand atmanmnrtrwi irimvifl Xraxisa 1'etu.io I.iixitx In eenrr.1 to .lib- .Oft re in j'nitaaripnia ana porrounainr wwni I tin of twelve (13) cent, per week, payablo carrier. Br mall to point, eutalda of Philadelphia, In vnnea ruiifi. canana or unuea ruai-a p"-1- .. not late free, fifty tool cents Per month. r (c8 dollar, per ear, payable In advance, Fa ail forelm rountrifi on. fill dollar per JWmkUi. '- Henea Subacrlbera wtthtnr arldreia chanted Zlamat lira old a. will aa new addreKs. v : tf-nt'MU.MN VAtXUT KEYSTONE. MAIN JKO fe" !g' '. . .:: r'ilaWrctt all comminiicolloru fo i;i-nmo ruouo IfcsV Letter, ImffprnJcnce HQuare, J'Mlarlt'pMa. iWmnTO XT Tit riiitiMt.rnii roir omca fyv-t ttcoip cun mail uitth. TT, 'i FilUJ.IpKIi, TSut.d.j. Mitth :. 1)11 P? MAKE THE DIRT FLY! 80 'OPERATION between tlio city nrnl SJetv "8 Government for' llio Immediate 6$Vrectlon of 2000 houses In tlio Fortieth tTard for Hog Islnntl shlpworkcrs pcem" By , now to ue entirely nssurcu. nut ininic- jfo i41te" Is not n word that can bo dallied Pl'-irtth, and this vita) Improvement wiih lo i-ife.VhVe been "Immediately" put throuKh yomo EJ('f-That the ehlpplnff .idmlnlstratlon was aorapelleil to lssuo what amount.-) to nn uiti- ,'lru.ium to tho city to facilitate Government !?' 'Stations was Intimated In tho recent le- 'h'-S Serts that sites fnr tlio houses mlcht be fceiulned In Xcw Jersey, because 1'hllailcl- ffi pma was not mcetins tno war numinis- $H tMtlon half way In tho project. It may jret have been essential for the Mayor to !i have been at tho all-day conference when 'Ue 'flnal plans were drawn up, for capable yJ'OHjr, ofllclals were present In tho absence e'f ,'Mr. Smith, who was at Atlantic City. . But the Mavnr'H c.xtilanatlon of delays is "tkardly proof that any one In City Hall has $c Devn lauin? on iuk uuui unu t;uiii uuuut iv'A Uncio Fam'n business In his shirtsleeves. w. JDtlays. he said, were duo to tho fact that KJ;. fcJ"1 received for thq work to be done In Sr'Srthe'Fortleth Ward had been con.s!dcred too Egg,v.Mvh and that It had been necessary to re- ?i. tkdvartlsa for bids for this work. teJS ' i - K,V''P one wants faBrnnt prolltecrlnB to ,! permitted, but In this enso delay Is pi'taweasurably more dangerous than waste. ftWdHow, much too IiIbIi were the bids? When K'.tf'i.: - ii.i -i.. ,.. ... Pl'.wvvry icapuubiuiu iiiuu vi uuuim in wiu jt.vry' rcsponElblo man of all illwMvntry la dcmandlnc ships, 2'. at any price, It Is seal moro shlp, at any price, It Is scarcely in the K'f:';'rtt o.' the times to qulbblo about lino l-V"ii ,...., . . , ,, ffA wciiuauuiia ucr imuraciurs llgurcs. PjhTIm plrH at the times is to take n chance. KViVWthln reasonablo limits, on profiteering In RVj'riartl Jobs, and depend on the Income and fefiweflta taxes to restore the equilibrium of SVSIco later. (iijgA Boon as 'the city acts wo are icady (US- a'Vfr tl.A A..I 1in.l l L. . a-A...l ,, ........ UAr n fub vijv iitot niiuvi ill iliu K'UUIIU, n.is K-Admiral Bowles. hv It la now up to tho Mayor to make the t'r-r' Mri flv bv exerclalnir 1i!m r-xtrnnrdln.-ii-v iv . . : . . . .. vj powers anu put tnrougn councils tho ordl- ! 5 1? anr4Ad 9 aaaa air 4 n itinlttrt tli f mh Mxwwn m tuftu uci i.iu uii.. ul ii uiiy, rl M II llAIIII F.Ui-ll1i1 tin aiaA-iti..! nxaa aB...t Kt.Ir,Bi uwi QiiuuiM w u.oi,4ja u;i luilliui i'y WUa In iUia ma.fnt l V aaauvtwa VfiConsuuctlvo cnticlsm, attcinMInf; lo 'awco the most of this lesson how not to criticism, .'.l Aj thinii. should not be content to rcrnon- W&tlmXi. with the Mayor alone. Tho lazy. rr jit' LKtndedness that has dawdled over and i ra.;a ,thls housing project Is a condl con- rnti1lttMt 7 -. . & jmi ba forced every other grout munlcl- l;itendeavor to go through a long mud p- V;U1 Ugo before action could begin. Thoro Et04''o. aaii lnrk nf jaiithnrltntfvn inlr0u In :r. . . -------- - MftBclis, wiucii mignt taue initiative In ilne public opinion when It happens ("a. commanding personality Is absent fr" 'iMHMai 4hA aent nf rhlef nitthnrtlt- n.-t .rf.'Si' ' ;! rt' from the, political phases of It this t'-Y-jljieouragtnrr cpli-ado should spell a warn- i ijmf. w rar-sigiueu ousiness men. our 'jmialclpal system Is sick. Tho city does -iwtifriM to bis opportuntlcs as a city, but '''iiifcli 'badly co-ordinated se-lc of strag- ii'-1ti(ii aectlons. Where aro wo to look for TKWHf uu iiub iui'iu viiivni ll nut bb'tlut leader! of enterorlsa who suffer mnf .. f:iiid'twho8e subordinates and employes suf- w,-r-T'- " " r " - jfJtR; proportion by failure to focus nttcn- una enori upon me extension or tlio ltedufitrlcs and trade? i,uuviuu wi.uiiip.t tiv v, v utrtru ii cuy .kaaf...... ...... tr ln a. . ...! .... f manager, if only to straighten out aclng of routine affairs of municipal ent apart from constructive lm nts. nut to elect such a manager B'mavnrnltv. which, with. Ita t.t-A-. b b...w i4.mA n-Aflllu-a fa On. In..t .... ,.t mu l-.flH"i -a vt.v ucai yuoillun yblch to direct progress in every ndeavor, bush. ess men must first ,iore serious view of their position and lay deep and sure founda- 'organized reform. & . S'JOHN REDSION'D V Irishmen who question the t'and policies of the dead chief- rpatlohaiUtii. Whether rightly tab la riot tno place to say, haa' not-yet vindicated his pol- ft,and not even a prelim- t, wilj'.rturnrl until the aua.d, ii. . ment for Erin. As a matter of fact, since tho sharp depnrturo of the Sinn Fein polit ical Ideals from tho policies of John Itcd mond, his critics Incroaaed rapidly. Hut nono has over doubted his Intcicrlty. 1'ls nlnccrlty and his loyal lovo for mother land. Ills bitterest parliamentary oppo nents iravo Brudfilns or ndmlrlns testi mony to his astuteness and ability. Ire land has lost ft devoted son anil KiiRland will not forcct his support In tho war against autocracy. Tin- pity Is that ho could not llvo to scu tho harvest of his earnest and patriotic sowing. WHAT THK SOCIALIST WOMEN 1)11) TllK returns from tho special congres sional elections of Tuesday. In tho four New York districts t-how that the Demo crats helil their own In two of tho districts, gained In onn and lost srrcngth In another. There was. of comsc, .i railing off In tho total voto pulled. This ha. peneil 1" spite of tlio fact that tho women east their ballots for tho llrst time. There aro about 110.000 women of voting ago In the four dlstilets, of whom 33.000 registered, and 3:1,000, In round numbers, voted. It It had not been for tho women tho total poll In tho Twenty-second District would have been less than one-quarter of tho poll at the regular eloctlon In 1910. In no district would It have exceeded one half of tho voto at tho preceding regular congressional election. In th Sevinth District, where tho Dem ocrats won by a plurality of 3160 with n vote of in.:;.' for their candidate, they should have polled 13,000 votes to havo ref allied tho position which they occupied In 191C In the Klghth nnii Tncnty-llrst Districts tho Democrats held their own, the proportion of the total voto polled being substantially tin; same as eighteen months ago. In the Twenty-second District, hope lessly Demoeiatlc, not much more than a third of the voto of 19K. was polled. Tlf Socialists, however, pained In evory district, Increasing thclt voto In tho Sev enth fiom 4:.2. In 191C, ti ISO:: on Tuesday. The gains In tho other districts wore not hi marked. The explanation doubtless lies rhletly In tho activity of the Socialist women. Their husbands and fathers look them to tho polls and had them vote. There Is no consolation for the Demo crats in tho lesult, but there Is a warning to both Republicans and Democrats in tho evident determination of tho Socialists til voto their women. A OHASTLY joiu: ADVANCES aro beingmade by llerlln - through tho Ited Cross to re-establish tho convention prohibiting the use of poison gas. Our gas Is better than the Germans', Is less easy to detect and Is moro deadly. Tho advances will fall. It Is to bo hoped, however, that tho enemy will renew them at tho moro logical point of having mercy on the women and chil dren of upon towns. Hut ho will probably remain silent on that ls.iuc, as all the "ad vantage" of this form of warfaro still lies with lilm. I'lTCIIFORKS IX THK SENAT1 BEN in EN TILLMAN Is typically tlllmancaqua announcing his candidacy for a llfth term In tho United States Senate. Once he sought the toga co ns to be able, when any ono threw a rock at tho South, to throw two back in reply. Tills was a very poor conception of tho (statesmanlike functions befitting the grave and reverend telgnorshlp of tho .loftiest legislative body In tho world. Mr. Tillman was a bit of a nolshelk long before that name was attached to tho philosophy. Dut "Pitch fork Hen" has become Senator Tillman In fact as well as name. lie makes a patriotic point in support ol 1 Is new candidacy. Ills long service on i o Naval Committee and his later con nection as hnlrman of that committee, which has been one of tho most Intelligent and achieving In tho Senate, qualifies him peculiarly for publics ti-erulnes. ritch forks of that type, albeit they havo digni fied themselves under tho appellation of agricultural Implements, aro needed In this time of crltls. Sobered radicals aro of great vnluo to American statesmanship Just now. Senator Tillman puts his per sonal desire for retirement, announced In 1914, aside in tho Interest of tho public weal. Ho cannot Justly bo accused of nm bltlon or lust of office. Ho has had all tho honors. And his candidacy is especially com mendable for one thing. It will prevent Colo Illeaso from Joining Vnrdarnan and tho few other llolshevlki who drape the senatorial toga over their red radicalism. Socialism In the Itustlan sense Is becom ing a synonym for autocracy in tho Prussian seu-e. (Jt-rmani lia.n 'Neiv Weapon"; I.atrit Horror. IJeadll.i. "Horror" is lediind.int, of course Workmen and Midlers are conspicuous by their absence from the Workmen's and Suldlers' Committed of thu llolshevlki. Mr. Gerald asks If there wns ever a ruler so versatile as tlio Kaiser. Well. J. Caesar had quite a reputation along those lines. As every sectpr on the western front has been authoritatively and ofllclally "threat ened." the Allies must be pretty well pre pared everywhere by this time. Suggestion is made that the Government commandeer the Mammoth Cavo as a placo of exile for 1a Valletta. Why waste space? Mammoth and La Kollcttelsm are not synonymous. , Mmkrat Mtea cop. Ittadllnr. And a shake-up Is forecast In the police department. Ir. the words of Gilbert: "Taking one consideration with another, a policeman's lot Is riot a happy one." "About as big as the Congressional Becord," says Northcllffe, as If that would give- the average American an Idea of site. Docs he realize how small Is the circula tion of America's funniest magazine? Adults can cut down their wheat con sumption without endangering health, but the milk diet of babies cannot be reduced and it must be uncontamlnated milk. Infant con servation makos Immediate and Imperative a satlnfaotory eolutUuv ,of the Ice shortage problem. , Dyroo la a favorite poet In aermany. The Hun air folders seem to be using "Chllde Harold's Pilgrimage" as a Daedeker for the destruction of treasures of art and archi tecture. In: Vanlea on lh Srldca of flit h anda Prlaoo 00 aaon hand. b -'1- -!i - tu'.iJJ.r. .. tf EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER OLIVER, LANE AND KNOX WROTE WORDS OF PRAISE TO PENNYP ACKER Other Prominent Persons Communicated With the Former Governor on Various Subjects Last Letters Printed Today rr.N.si'.tKF.it ,t TiiiuiHiii.xi'iiv mi. ni (Coritiiht, I) If. In I'ublic Uiljir ( ornimai.' reluui'i-y l, 1907. My Dear Governor Penuypacker- I nm Just In rerelpt of your letter, nnd inn go ing to Mill further trespass on your kind tie". Mr. Hnydcu writes mo that ho has f-eut tho Gazette file (with his llbrarj) to Mr. Ilenliets, lit 1111! Wnlnut street, for sale. If t will not Inconvenience you, will you. tho next thno you ure in tho city, vIMt Mr. HenkflH'H place uml pur rlmsp the file for me. iHng your own Judgment ns lo the prlee.' If any error is inado. 1 would rather It was on tho side of liberality, on Mr. lluvdon appears to bo an enthusiastic collector, and I think lie ought to rcrelie good value for what he Iiiih gathered log"ther. I note what you say nbntit resuming practlec In Philadelphia. If I can assist you in this or any other way, I will surely do so. 1 hope, however, that our good old State will ,et secure your f-crv-Ire-i as one of tho Jmlgfs of Its highest tribunal. That Is where you ought to bo. Very sincerely, your friend, GEOHGI' T. ULIVI'U. Hon. Samuel W. Pennypaeker, Pennypacker's Mills, Pa. MOO North Thlitieiith street. Philn. February -2. 1!'0T. Dear Guw-runr-I lead your rniittlbii tlon to trio Public Ledger, it Is n sim ple li-eltnl of a sincere infill who per forme 1 his duty without a selfish inntivo or nn timbitinuM desire. I know you abandoned u eongeuUil envlruiiment with Its material advantage", reluctantly, fur an nilleo, ill-tingulsliecl n II was, that had always brought trouble to Its occu pant. Tho two men who were primarily op posed to your candidacy were (jutiy and yourself. I (-peak whereof 1 know, but how many people believe It'.' For your tribute to politicians, I thank you. How Is It mi- Independent friends cannot lealb.e that tho average man 111 public nlfalrs is the same ns the uverago mail outside'.' I have been acquainted with every Governor of Peiinxylviinln slnco ISflO. I have had ,i leasonaldo intimacy with tho political Intrigues of their administration, nnd their achievements, and I say, chal lenging contradiction, that yours, for Its exclusion of polities and for things done, stands out In bold relief compaied with them all. May the world come lo know you as Bomo of our friends do. 1 sought for opportunities to call on o'i when In the city, but you had gone when the announcement of your arrival was printed. 1 havo it few moro years of voile in inc. nnd they aio ut your disposal when occasion requires. With highest regards, your sinreio friend, DAVID II. LANE. Hon. Samuel W. Pennypaeker. Greonsburg, Pn.. February ::, 1907. Him. Samuel W. Pennypaeker, Schwenksvllle, Pa. My Dear Governor I have reid with very great Interest Indeed your very nblo paper in Sunday's Ledger, reviewing tho work of your administration. I am t-utlsllcd that your conduct of public affairs during tho paht four ears will become historic for your accomplish ment In constructive legislation, and t'.ia. the peoplo of the country will point, to it with very great pride. Yours very tiuly, CYP.US E. WOODS. February 17, 1907. My Dear Governor Pennypaeker-I am In tecelpt or the Ledger containing your recent article and I most heartily tu.iuk you for It. You havo made ii gient re.--old In a great olllco nnd 1 contriilul'iio you upon ll. I wish that all good nny follow you. Wry sincerely yours, C1IAP.LES W. FAIP.P.ANKS. Hon. Samuel W. Pennypaeker, Hariisbuig, Pa, March S. 1907. My Dear Sir I think I can honestly nay that not u day goes around that I do not miss yon as Governor of this State. Y'our ears must often burn, ns your ad mirers so frequently inform tno that you nro going down in hlstor ns ono of the greatest Governors t Pennsylvania. The present Governor hns taken me Into his confidence and H determined upon learning the truth and doing all In his power to formulato a good iidmlnl" tratlon for the people. H Is. however, unfortunate, as you havo already said, that tho Governor of this Common wealth should have all his duties thrown upon him nt the tlmo tlio l.uglslntmo meet.'-. Willi nil I havo upon tno Jast now in lighting tho antl-viicclnatlonhtp, In try ing to impress tlioso In power villi tho Importance and comprehensiveness of tho responsibilities that you havo placed upon mc, and looking after the work of this department that comes In each day, 1 feci depressed and only nrouso from Mich depression when I get my morning mall and read such comforting congratu lations from my friends and men ll!i yourself, who hao an Intelligent nnd comprehensive) knowledge of the wor't, 1 havo before me. Thanking you for your encouragement and expressions of appreciation of my biborH, 1 um yours faithfully, SAMUEL G. DIXON. Hon. Samuel W. Pennypaeker, Schwenksvllle, Pa.. May 1'7, 1907. Dear Governor I was out of town last week nnd, did not recelvo yours of May Ti till yesterday. If I could go through tho tiles of the Public Ledger. for tho period of your administration. 1 am sure that I could find moro than one editorial cordially recognizing and sus taining your views upon eminent domain. Certainly what you wroto on the subject left a strong Impression upon ine, and If I had had a volumo of your messages at hand when I wns writing the article you inclose, 1 ehniild havo strengthened It by a citation. When I read the nrticlo In print 1 felt that it should havo In cluded more distinct recognition of your attitude, but tho reference to the sub ject there was only Incidental, and could not bo complete. What you say of checks upon corporations Interests me very much. Tho actual character or purpose of legislation affecting corporations Is so often obscuro to tho outside qbsorver, as In recent Instances of trolley and elec tric power companies, that I doubt If nny of us really appreciated ut tlio time the consistency of your attitude. Would not this bo a proper subject for present treatment? I should prl7o a paper from you on the lino suggested by your note, or If you do not feel disposed to that, I shall hope, when I have un opportunity of seeing you. to get tho mntorlnl from you for ii review of what I have niwuys recognized as ono of tho strongest of the many very strong features" of your ad ministration. Ilcllovo me, dear Governor. Very sincerely yours, ALBERT C. LAMBDIN. Washington, D. C, November 22, 1907. My Dear Governor I thnnf? you for the poem on Oreater Pittsburgh. When the truth of history Is known, you will be honored as tho real father of thu OreaVar Pittsburgh, -for if It had not beoii for your own great wisdom, backed up j'.W'.yowrr.paraonai courage, uiwo-wouiq - PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, State prldo In desiring lo see n. greater city In tho western end of the Stale, the legislation under which tho Greater Pittsburgh has now. come Into existence would not have been Included In tno pro gram. 1 felicitate you upon tho result. Very sincerely yours. P. O. KNOX. Hon. Samuel W. Pennypaeker, Schwenksvllle, Pa. Philadelphia, March 8, 1907. My Dear Governor Accept my thanks for vour review of your administration. It will stand tho test of lime and when tho newspapers get over their wounded vanity at being told they are not always tho Incarnation of wisdom and greatness, they will acknowledge It. Yours f-lnrcrrly, JAMES T. MITCHELL. Columbia. Pa.. November IS. If07. Dear Governor Pennypaeker 1 seo that I shall have to make this u very personal and familiar letter, and beg you to pardon It. It was with a sonsc of genuine pleasuro that I read your kindest of letters of No vember Iff, Informing me that tho His torical Society of Pennsylvania would Invite me to be their guest nt u leceptlon to bo given me at some tlmo In tho near future which might suit my convenience: nnd telling me also that the Idea, having originated with you, you Miiirclf would arrange for my comfort, would niako my reception a s,ucress, and would, so to say. brush iiwnv the pus-dhlo thorns In thn path, and metaphorically strew It with laurel uml loses. Now, my dear Gov ernor, nothing In the world could bo kinder, more generous or more delicately enticing; but one consideration has ben overlooked, a vital one, nnd that Is tho btato of my health. This It Is that prevents mo from sub jecting myself to any undue excitement, and willed has for years caused mc to ab sent myself from nil public function-.. Tho recital of our ailments Is tedious, but vou will pardon me for touching upon mine that 1 may Justify what would otherwise) seem ungratefulness. Some years ago, after a too prolonged siege of visiting, I was suddenly stricken with heart failure, neurasthenia and nil its ills following, nnd for some years thereafter my life was despaired of, at tacks of heait falluie making It seem that th end might come nt any time. All exciting causes were avoided. And out of conMdciutioti for my dellcato health Franklin and Murshall did me the honor to give me Lltt. D. In absentia. Only lat year I had an Imitation from a professor at Yale who was authorized to speak for the faculty inviting me to talk to ono nf the classes upon poetry, quite Informally, If 1 wished, they wero good enough to say, yet I knew I should not be nblo to go through tho ordeal and had to give up tho alluring idea. Indeed, I could no moro undertake to undergo n reception you can too I un consciously uso tlie won! "undergo" ns if one expected a surgeon's operation than I could climb Pike's Peak, for each might provo fatal to tho weak heart. I havo been told that my mother was one of the most frail of women, and that it was not unusual for her to faint iiay after day, and I often think that some of my lack of robustness comes to mo from her, but then ono loves to inherit even a defect from his mother. It Is the strain that 1och the Injurs'. and nothing can elimlnnto thn strain. lly avoiding events which might be in jurious I have been enabled to do a little work, such as It Is, now and then, and to tenialn among tho living. You surely do not wish to exterminate mol And yet n reception might do it. Such tilings havo happened. A live poet nt a reception might pass muster, but I ask you, my dear Governor, what you would do with a collapsed poet. I fear tho strain, and so do my doctors, and under the circumstances I feel that you will surely understand my inability to be present, much as I would enjoy the honor which would accrue. It Is so unhandsome In ono to refuse such a distinction nnd such proffers of wide hospitality, for I am conscious that there would be assembled many men eminent In lltcrnttin-, law and thn liberal arts and sciences, that t feel oppressen by my own Inability to accept join- kind invitation. Hut I beg you will ut least bellcvo mo sim ere In my profound thanks, and that with tho highest ap preciation of all your Intended kindness, i nope i may Kuonui, without offense, how impossible It Is for me to accept tho honors which you propose and which you and others so bountifully mean to shower upon me. I am, my dear Governor, I assure you, under a mountain of obligation, and re main, .Most Sincerely yours, ' T.IX)YD MIFFLIN. The spirit Is willing but tho flesh Is weak. December 20, 1911. Hon. Samuel . Pennypaeker. . Philadelphia. Pa. My Dear Governor Of courso I do not expect that you lemember mo. but f had tho pleasure of meeting you hero nnd at Hnrrlsburg. It seems to bo that a publlo-ofllclal who hns served tho Commonwealth wisely nnd conscientiously ns you linve, must feel n- rankling and resentment nt tho unjust ridicule nnd criticism that has been your aharo to suffer. The lato Judge Searle, of Montrose told mo the last time I saw him nlle tliat In fifty years Pennypaeker would bo regatded as the greatest of our Gov ernors. I nm not asking for anything, not even a reply, but think it moro flttinr nt this season to express to you my appreciation of your services ,ns an oillcial and citizen than to eulogize you after your death. Sincerely EDWAIlD Ii. FAHn. Tomorrow will he printed the flnt of n -(He of miniature iliarni terlintlama of nronillitlil nVr. Mn. Iloirrnnr rrnnjriHirkrr ileorrlbm "l!irl ,loo" Cannon alsl former ITcilclrnt Taft, "" RATS ALLIES OF HUNS Government Favors Extermination War Measure for Snvinp; Food. Also Spread Plague ns GOVEHN.MENT experts nre urging u,at the rat be exterminated as a war ineas ure for saving food. The waste each year duo to the rodent Is estimated at 1200,000, 000. A full-grown rat consumes more food than, a baby. In addition, the 'animal Is a menace to health, Tho terrible scourge of tho bubonic plague In "Europe and Asia whs spread by rats and their parailtes. When tho plague was carried by the animals In ships to our Pacific coast a campaign for their extermination was con ducted In the seaports at much cost. The disease was thus stamped out aa it had been In the Orient, by the pound of cure Instead of the ounce of prevention. The plague returns at Intervals from Its breeding plaeea In the overcrowded and filthy elite pf Asia. Wur, pestilence and famine .travel i"no: jii nana. ,v recurrence may.b SEEMS TO HAVE HIS HANDS FULL, -.r,r?,-isaga;- -f.tfiL'oi'3jr" 3tS, W?" Wr mf; 3 "..- .!. THE KAISER'S TRIP TO THE HOLY LAND Deliriously Described in a Bur lesque "Diary" Printed in a Paris Comic Paper SOON lifter tho German Emperor's Journey to Constantinople and the Holy Land, nearly twenty years ago. the wholo French nation was convulsed over nn Issuo of Lo ill re, a well-known comic paper of Pails, which purported to reveal the private ... , . 1 . .n..n.1 travel notes of the Knlsc r on what lie termeil his dlilno mission. As France and Germany wero at this tlmo theoretically nt peace, il mild attempt was made by tho French Gov (runient to suppress the I'sue, but every ono secured a copy and tho laugh was general at tho Kaiser's expense. A translation of the Kaiser's "notes" has just been published In Amctlca by tho Georgo H. Doran Company, of New York. P.ead In the light nf subsequent events tho "diary" is a delicious political satire. Here Is tho burlcsquo explanation of how the story was recured: "Lo lllio offers to Its renders today thn Impiesslons of tills trip to tho Oilcnt of Emperor William 11: tb'-se lmpierslor.s wero written by the august traveler himself. This Is how we procured them; tho Lmperor wrote every evening the recital of the day a eienls upon th.i leaves of a. little notebook which neer left lilm. On retiring at night William II placid this notebook under his bolster; on rising lie placed It (the notebook, not thn bolster, let It bo understood) in tho left poLlcet of ids coat. Wednesday, at the moment whn tho Emperor had just fallen asleep ono of our nun stole tlio notebook nnd brought It away. In less time than It takes to tell It wu'photogiapbed tho wiltten pages which we hero transcribe ; and, u few mo ments afterward, the secret document was replaced under the head of the sleeping urn-reign. Ono sees how simple It was! Only tho matter bad to be thought out. "We havo accomplished the greatest stro'ce of repot ling that lias been seen for a long time. .,.,,, "The first entry in tlio diary is: "'October IS. 1 have always loed to travel; In rplte of tho fact that ono Is an emperor, it teaches you many things of which inn are Ignorant. The Orient especially at tracts tne nnd I would liko to lead there n peaceful crusado; all tho sovereigns of nnv consequence have gone there from their journey Into Asia Minor.' Turks Who Speak Germnn "On October 18 the tour began. The em peror wrote! 'I gave the signal for departure ..loir iv tilowliu: Into n little order truimif t. The train starts. 1 climb aboard and Install mvself In the compartment for sovereigns only. " 'October 24. As I awakened the Sultan sent me the broet of corporal of Turkish Infantry. By chanco 1 bad brought tho cos tume: I put It on; Abdul Informs mo that they are going in iiavo a icvicw in my nonor. At last I shall havo some distraction. ' 'Four o'clock. I return ; the review- did not satisfy mo; the men maneuvered like firemen. .... , .. .-j-iiey began by presenting mo to tlio generals of the Turkish nrmy. Schlelfmann Pasha, Von der Wurst-Pasha, linns llrauwer Kffendl. Sidl-Kobus-liey.' Touinch-Pasha, etc. They speak the Oerman language quite riurely and without accent. "October 2C. It Is ended. I must leave. My Divine Mission demands It. I nm the Messiah who comes to renew tlio chain of mystic traditions. I decided to resume rny route toward Jerusalem. At tho moment of leaving Abdul-Hamld loaded mo with pres ents: lie gave mo things of which thn coin merclal value Is almost nothing, but the his toric value Is unrivaled. 'A hair from tho prophet's beard, a stono from the great mosque of Mecca, a bono from Mahomet a horsn, n pair of Bllppers, a pair or fez. a worn-out narghllo which came from his uncle, a dozen seals of Mammon. u saber of the National Guard, the Osman cross, come nugat. "Finally. Just as I was about to embark, he presented me with a little harbor on the .i.ta I thanked him nrofuselv. Iln Innuirarf. Are you satisfied with your Bojourn at the Porter 'I could not be moro so.' "'You have not ben bored?" '"Not for a moment.' ""Then you will return?" " 'Have no fear about that 1 The next time I will come without being Invited f "Tills promise did not seem to give him enormous pleasure. "The Cradle of Our Bankers" "Several entries deacrlba .Ida trln -. .Constantinople to Jaffa. Then, there la this w.'1 -- -."Si " -C jW-z"-- - "&r?- .I.-. - - "-T.-1 1918 t .Sv?i-rBriill(alif- t t5f35vr?'nj 3 aBwifilKSHiSiffwBal! J S'P JAjS jBSfe.; ' rfelrn ( J? . ffmwffm V.& - - r -i-"-''- '" " - : ':: ,-!". ii.. -i ---.7 . - 4J.W - --m?, - . vsvsa,.' - . - ': pjxl-' f;. CttfAf13M however. T thought of all the Important things that bad happened in tms region; I gather up inv confuted recollections. I am In the country of Sacred History; It lacks comfort. 1 understand why the Jews nro not In a huiry to restore Jerusalem. Tho country Is. worth nothing. Hut when one'ls a rovcrelgti one musl havo seen tho Holy Laud, tho cradle of our bankers. "'October 31. I announced a tiin to Beth lehem to lie followed by a sermon In my own btyle. I do not know but that this was a mistake, as no one followed me. "'I asked to see tho famous stable; they showed It to me, or rather the first one at band. For wnnt of preservation tho verl iable stable has disappeared. Always the lack of organization. " 'I'pon my return I was entirely nlone. t had prepared nil allocution which greatly ap pealed to me. I was reduced to delleilng it i.. .,... .i . ,.i. . , ..n. t.A n... ... I "I 'I"' '" "'!". Hitli: 1 .till ll"l. 'II'' lllfll W1IV , v..M,mi tllat , happened, i Uellicred the sermon on the plain. " 'I havo a fine talent for speaking. I not only strike iny hearers. I move them. " 'And 1 had the pleasure of converting myself after having moled myself to tears. That conw rslou dues me honor. '"I wore for the occasion the frockcoat jf an nllkiatlng minister. "The heat Is overpowering."' PILGRIMS TO MT. VERNON I'nvoys From Allies nnd Thousands of Others Visit Washington's Tomb PEACEl'L'L and stately as usual, Mount Vernon today seems happily unconscious of tlio very existence of war. Yet the war has had its effect on this mecca of America, fur more peoplo bale lslled It In recent months than in any similar period In Its history. Washington, Hie center of thlnits military and diplomatic, has since. April, 1117, opened Its gates to 50.000 new lesldents come to take up tho work of a Government at war. Thousands of Ihcsn Americans take tho first opportunity to lslt the homo of the greatest American. Besides these, envoys from our allies on diplomatic mission to the United States inako a point or Journeying to Mount Vernon to honor Washington. They travel as guests of tho nation in the l'lesidi-nt'a yacht May flower. Tho Mayflower has already mado four trips of this sou. First slio carried Balfour and .Marshal Joffre, then tho Italian mission, then tio Belgian and Busslan mis sions together, and lastly tho Japanese vis count and his party. Each tuno tho inm gates of Washington's tomb swung open for these men to place their wreaths on the shrine within, while tho diplomats, with the problems of the world on their shoulders, paid tribute to the man who carried similar burdens faithfully and well a century ago. Tho record. for tho largest number of visi tors to Mount Vernon n a day was very nenrly set at tho tlmo of tho recent Confcd erato reunion, when 7000 of tho old soldiers and their filends visited tho estato in ono day. I What Do You Know? QUIZ ' '"iallla?"'0 "' "0"' ana M",t KeV' rusn" 3. tVhrra la Suilmllrn? 3. What wua the (Mend JfnnUf.to? 4. When illil a flrrnmn emperor ait nrliltrr the .MzhteU of fu.ualtle, to lheinlSlie,T fi. Who was Anne llutlitiwa)? 1, What la antlellmiu? 8. Identify the "Arbiter Klrcuiill.iriim," 0, Who wrote "Tom Jon"? 10, What l kojuU? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1, Itflfort U a fyrtlflr-il rlty hi soutlieaktfrn Franor near the Aluare line. v"'"i"n 2, Jonqnln Miller, the pen name of (inrliinafn. Heine Miller, "tho iwt 0f thV Herri?" 5. fijneeilMlin a flciire of perch In which a part Is put for the wholo or the nbolr for iKr,' Kumptra. "(If ty .all" for , "tlf ty ,h pi '" or ".mlllnr eur" for "uprlnc." the part of the Tear In which nature amliM. " 4, No rrrildenta of tho United r!tatea.uer I,. wt of. the MIolHKhipr. """"" born E, William Makepeace Thai krrur, Kncllih nn, , rlUt, wrote "rendrnnli." ' rn",n f 0. Cacliei a pit or mound for ilorinr proil.l.n,, etc, , 7. Celewaro u the laat of the Zulu klnr. i Booth ACrlca. Noted for Ida fro Jit. '" 8. Un the Fahrenheit thermometer the frrrilnr 1rJ. A IWH. f - HptMBSoUeni. I. th. i .i -itir AFTER ALL O. ' ,-- -, ? i I) I Vi r e- '" --ar-V.&.rOtr.kiA ?i Ksjawwiij;- i.f.. . - - '-' - - . - . John' Redmond "Oil, Paddy dear, and did you hear tiff news that's going round?" They're hollowing out another grave In Ireland's holy ground. A banner long with honor borne, Now battle-scarred and torn, Awaits another hand, and droops aboio that new-made mound. "Tis the most distressful country tie world has ever seen." Her heroes long have fought for her, their own, their rightful queen, And, dying, lifted baffled cyc3 To see the light arise Of Freedom's glorious sunburst glov above the sea-washed green. TOM DALY. GIANT WHO COULDN'T TALK And the Wily Press Agent Who Stood By and Profited IT WAS a long while ago that we wero talking of tho "Jersey Devil," tho monu mental fake which emanated from the fertile brain of Norman Jefferies; but, as he pre dicted at that time, souio one has arisen to deny that tho tiling was a fake. A corre spondent, writing from Millvllle, N. J and signing himself "Julius Colvln," declares that nn undo of his who was "the seventh son of a seventh son, and therefore gifted with second sight," had actually seen It, The unele, however, is unfortunately dead. There Is another story lu which Jefferle ilgured which may serve hero to while away an Idlo five minutes, and at the same time show how easy it Is for a resourceful pre agent to start something. .Some years ago, when Jefferies was pren agent for llradenberg's Dime Museum, and was, as usual. In 111 favor with the news papers becauso of the many tricks he had put over upon them in securing publicity i for Ids house, .Harnum & Uailey's clrcui had Just brought Into thla country the Ar abian giant, Hassan All. Jefferies went over to New York and qulelfy made a deal with the circus people for a five weeks' engage ment for Huss.Ti at tho Dimo Museum hr before tho clrciio season started.. The big Arab was smuggled Into Philadel phia, accompanied by a fellow countryman of his, who ncted as Interpreter, for Hastan spoke nothing but tho strange dialect pecu liar to tho obscure Syrian province from which ho came, A special bed had to be built for Hassan, In a remote corner of the museum, arid It was somo Job to keep him there, unknown to the people about th house, Having captured his freak, Jefferies began to cudgel his brains for a plan to break Into pure reading matter about lilm. Fortu nately for lim Hassan's guide, philosopher and friend was called back to New York and bfferlea was left with that sun-burnt ele ihant on his hands and his hands were full. .Speaking .- hands. Hassan Dossessed two of tho largest In captivity. With one of them lie could span the top of an ordinary bucket and lift It from the floor, a bucket, by the way, was what Hassan liked to drink from, and his partiality was not for water. He favored American whisky, nnd Jefferies had to keep him supplied with this ardent stuff to hold him in his prison. As he sat watching Hassan, Jefferles's brain absorbed the big Idea. Ho dressed Hastan for a promenade and took lilm down Ninth street and out Market street to Twelfth. There they stopped and the -crowd which had followed pressed around. When H san'a back wns turned Jefferies quietly slipped away nnd from a point of vantage across the street watched what followed. Now, when Hassan had a few full-tlzed drinks under his belt he had a habit of reaching out with his big hands to puh out of his way anything that happened to be before lilm. He hustled that croivd around like ninepins and still tho crowd grew. It blocked the street Presently a policeman appeared, but Hassan couldn't tell him what the trouble was because he couldn't talk the Philadelphia police dialect. The cop decided to take him to City 1111 nnd there they locked htm In a cell, which, fortunately, was almost big enough. An Interpreter was called from the Quarter Kestlons Court a man who knew every thing but he couldn't solve Hassan. For several dava tha nanera ware full ol news of the stranger whom no one couU'f-j unucrijiu ana wnon Hie proper, time -K . v. eaKi.!J.s
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