A r PV 83 5. - w4-' .? f ex ptoMMfg! wtuoer t UOMTMiX. mm& '. . l ramp . counts, nni uirrnpra. klBOARDl ., ValML Coab-maa ,V .,'.....,........... Editor i jH-arT tn tertl'Batlaots ihwlir t PiM.!a'5jfno'BolMlnt, at japaro, rnuaaaipnia. ,.Bre4 nd Chcitnat Stroots .......t... .ma.I7nfOfa Bttllaln .......... .4. .20(1 Metropolitan Tower iiiiiii I - us J ora jtoi a ni .,,......., .100 rulttrton Hul dine ..I, .... .1.1.1202 THtPUM liulidlnc M lWS BTOBAUSl . , Cor. Pennsylvania Ave. ana latirst. niUD. :..i.Thi Sun Dutldlne- MUV..M...iMMant Houat. Strand ... ........ .;2 An Louis It Orand r ' WTMCntPTIOM TERMS fiMH muo Liuoxm li aarred to tub M at FblliMjilphla and surrounding town t raw eriwtiva u.l I ctnU ptr WMki pajrablo td -mint MiaCd. of Phtladelbhla. In f,s fltatea. Ctiu'li or United Statu poa- Hun irto. nriy tool nu per monut. WWlin per year, jwjaoio in anr. v ailforeltn countries one ($1) dollar ptr RidiBerIbn within addreaa chanred (t old u well at new addreae. AUWr XETSTOKt, MAIN IMS aM ..Hiimimii-nfi'mf fn Stottnfnff PuMlO y iTi"' intfcpontifnca tfgwarc. i'sUcdc-lBMa. MrfMaDaT tub rnrUDn.rnu rofr arrica xi ., . Vty ttco.xp cutis mail mmn, ' V?. 5 i'rlWtlali. Taond.r. Mirth H, 1911 r ..Si. jd ' , ((. - b ' tJHJUfll 1SINUUU11 JTUH ALiLi liaiur. 17 - rrWV..nM fnrTnuln nf "rofnrm within the .kll, Pfrty" is by no means nntlquatod, no fl rtAlM hnn.'Aftn If la tt.rnnrwrl hv nnrtl. i4J . "" "v - " fry ' i .laariacuonauiaui. rK formal statement by Pennsylvania -.ni-y liVZI ic.fica wic Biutio.il v ..v lajorlty of those whq were membtrs of I' f1 K' ..haWashlnuton party are again enrolled filial memCvrs or me itepuoiican party, ii is ihx hTunanImous opinion that the way of F1 r luPmffMttlvM this vpnr 11p Tvtthln fh rl, itpubllcan ranks," Is the substance. This F.& ' f.enlbi. 'it Is practical arl It Is party SJ ojltlca of a high order. Furthermore, It '. 1r . UlVMlkf 11 A..O null IITO Vlljr w lM. - rjan nays, new neaa oi me itopuuiican 'at!onal Committee, not only to get Itcpub- i cans who wandered from the reservation incic, but to make the reservation a place where real Republicans will want to s.ay. ,', s 'The Progressives are no Ipneer a sen- W' nratfttiriwery In nnlltlea. hut thev have left f. heritage of worthwhile lnlluenco. They 've put many of their Ideals Into the !itO, P. and for the matter of thai Into the Jtomocr&cy. Enlisted again under the UnJard of Itcpubllcanlsm they have a Idepiportunlty to enforce such of these Usals as are acceptable. r Bread riots lA Austria need not be l""red here If each ono does his bit by saving ,.!s bit. A slice a meal will do It. DISTRAINING AND DISTRESS fe? 'tl1 reR"y owners are not so grasping EV . ?JL 'as the 'squires In the "B'cosh" drama Jid'Some tenants are not bevond the ensv. Kl, t ring Micawber philosophy that It Is per Wi -wUy legitimate to take advantage of Er ''$ ndlorda If you can get away with It. " .,.T.rBut this is nn exetiA fnr thn rnllnna !v gynouncenent of a constable sent to dls I yn:c tnB effects of a woman whose 1 K .goaMiia Is In the servlco and to evict her H& id twa small children Into the streets. it" v ,C 'don't rare who thev nre-a-gnliHem nr Jlors or any one else If they don't pay f j rent in go my men and out they go," J'to quoted as saying. It is a question iur i, constaDies acting on uns theory are ot spinning, a legal net In which they V til be badlv tancled. alniA nn net nf An. fKj, irably of 1915 provides, that "No civil BP.a 'ocesa shall bo brought against any per P$. 'n'mustered into the service of the Com- iS'-r lorrwaaitn" under certain conditions. . , i,The Federal District Attorney Is per- ctljr within his rights in trying to cor- jct'hardshlps that bring not only a con- '.abbe's distress warrant, but distress in -.more, poignant sense on the dependents i Midlers. t , Bread may be the staff of life, but any BiS8, . 'Can hobble alone pretty Jhely on corn E'fS ai'iauiDsa wncaiHans URys. fSSHaLC ?HJtGOMPEKS SCORES AGAIN Z- . . ... -'li'illr inumpns ot war Deiong '..i-'la Baaauel Oomnera. he -id nf thn inuH. 7' '.'U.lV.Mtlnn n. T.k ...I .... .1 WuJtMi-ot'A highly intelligent and timely 9iasrvaUm, has added new dignity to r :-tT.1jl tradition Of his oreanlzatlnn. fr. rfBwra'bas been one of the sanest Inter. if, .raaajfg oi labor opinion in this country , iit''ji.Uie war came on to confuse and dls- -K Biany earlier theories. "'JBrfT latest triumph of the federation i" mC1 in the complete reversal from St. .-.' irtJ;.. ..... ..i.. .j. ..... ''"fv T "m" vium jusi announceu -fXtoa, United Hebrew Trades, a series of 'iUV1'""?" fliutea with the Federation of ., "- ' """ urcw 'xraaes was S.'i. (Id? that it would- hava tn liml,m n V "?1'' "rt and cease pacifist propa , ,J3b or quit, the federation. The decision and 'the Hehr-aw Tntiu mi.i.t. fryed for a time by the radical 'aatjof event Jn Russia, has achieved a W; -American viewpoint and elected to aXaln'to'the Federation of Labor. :4" K'tkaaa'chan arrested for nm.fm.in !':wf,I'to:bir "" .there- are plenty . JMTinmit .recruiting stations. " j' : . R, USEFUL' RICH . g't; .:? danger that Mr. John wr wr ar. a. w. JITICK WJ1I jZ?-f.-" -" w.'jr b1?.,axef' Bnd, thera pt-hM bn the evolution- C.pttbllolHlon, .a good WauldifheWfuilv fel sorrv llr. HUefeMer' mutt paytap- ma be jcttted in any eoU JUad"X.Amer- etajr.trca..iu M (tie. law WC ; or inaiHiir I. tmrju W. tnu tat art ttaafef'te Hofhfeflar aaii mJmw At hi. .r jrV ' "j t't .-'Wi44Av.- -tfi.1-.jgwW).J- ' HOW'Dlb if STRIKE Y0V1 rNCE yesterday's newspapers were, as 'the saying jroes, on tho street, the time had passed for n space, at least when men needed "to turn to books or prophecies or pulpits for sermons of guidance. The front pago of any paper will servo that ancient need for the pres ent The staccato paragraphs cabled from the French sector whero the Amer icans have been making their first lunges at the astonished Germans cry out to every one, epic and Imperative. And they firing Intimations that shoud numb the heart of any man with a touch of the slacker remaining in his mind or his disposition. The casualty lists have been growing a little longer, but they have not been ade quate, apparently, to concentrate general attention upon tho inevitable fact. Tho first war photographs came through on Tuesday and they were adequate. Thero they stood, the first of our own men over whom the flro had passed. Tiiero were half a doscn of them. Those pictures were a sobering experience. So hard ened have wo become to the sight of French and Dritish soldiers hurt nnd maimed that it was necessary to look twice to be sure that the young man with one foot shot away and nn odd touch of sorrow in his eyes actually wore the familiar blouso and tho wide-brimmed hat of our own service. They stood re vealed, these first serious disunities, as if by tho hand of nn ironic destiny in a land where there are men still grumbling and bullying restaurant waiters because their bread is not white or because they are denied their accustomed chops on ono day of the week. The types of these soldiers were easily recognizable. We had seen them in tho war pictures of a few months ago march ing up from tho quays, swinging along in the pride of strength, waving cheerful hands to tho welcoming French. They shall march no more. And yet it was not for comforts or pride or possessions or for any of the lesser passions that they delivered themselves up. They werp, in that final experience of theirs, the compassionato heart of their own far country. So it was pity that drove them on; a wish that tho little nnd the weak as yet unborn shall live free from ter rors; that homes may be established and kept in green peace; that the mothers of France may smile again in years to come and sing above their cradles. For these things they went these children of tho light, who looked out from printed pages into the eyes of mil lions of Americans as they stood, some of them broken forever, against the side of ono of tho French baso hospitals. High causes surelyl Yet it is for little else that these soldiers and the ethers who kept the wires busy with their blithe attacks .yesterday and tho day before have been listeners at tho bellowing gates of a very real and actual hell or cheerful adven turers into the fires from which so many have to be carried back. High causes, indeed, and far remove", from tho dis comforts of war bread and taxes and fuelless day3 and lightless nights. Well, it had to come, this Intimate real ization of what is actually going on. The news from France and the pictures that have already arrived have had something of the warning quality of a gun shot. There were, in the faces of the men pho tographed, intimations that should touch and stir a sensitive min ' like a blast of music. They had suffered greatly, but you never would have known itl Euro peans have always said this sort of spirit ual experiences would wake us from lethargy. Perhaps It will. Perhaps we shall hear less, as the casualties grow, of kicks and complaints; less about dodgers of the food regulations. And from this on at least every man whose routine and habits of life arc not read justed to the common purpose must con tinue to realize with a deadening cer tainty how unutterably far he is in com mon decency below tho vast majority of hishumblest countrymen. OUR LITTLE BROTHERS' KEEPERS MEN", ufter all, are their brothers' keepers. So it is gratifying to witness the general extension of the Big Brother movement, by which business men share their busy-ness with lads who are the better for such interest, represented In guidance and counsel and sometimes In more substantial ways. The PhUopatrlan Club Is doing a good work in bringing to tho attention of tho Cathollo laity one of the civic "good works" already developed In their fields' by the Y. M. C. A. and the T. M. H. A., a work as broad as tho universal brotbtr llness cf man and one too fine to be con fined within denominational areas. Trotsky must know, If h Is reading the news from Petrograd, about how Nero felt when he did the violin solo so much talked about. Baktr driven to wind cellar by air bombs. Headline. j But the War Secretary Is not setting an example to the men In the Benlcel The opening of Old York road suggests again how Invariably progress lags behind human aspirations. Before the last tollgate Is abolished we shall have no use for roads. Speeders will have acquired the air machines of their dreams. If a general vote were cast to deter mine the class first to be elected to compul sory farm service there are a good many who jvouldn't have to hesitate before desig nating a source at which Incalculable human energy Is consistently wasted. They would name the Jan bands at the restaurants. , No stigma attaches to the generals who have been transferred from active field com mands to other duties on account ot physical and other disabilities. Their bravery Is not questioned. .That they have to make way for .younger commanders is merely one ot the fortunes of war. Vigor In. their generals "means "victory for our troops. "We go'to-prets gladly with the news that s,' congressional committee has" "vindicated" the navy after .an inquiry Into the part clayed by, the' navy in the present war. We may sleep peacefully after this in the assur 'ansa thatoWchtrlahed .ConsTHs will 'not j have to go out upon 'the deep and troubled waters to ..take' Up the dUHeult job. on It own aoeount' "W ,' - t ' -i r - ,ir "BuHog, .HWerWootirow Hapa; ,'of iTHicnyiw. n.' 4., nrwijine. time consumma te) tt the proposes! Merger" pt.tsd Freaby- CtaMt Marti) ao4 MMrTyWyUrta Itv Ua with wU-kaWHj &r EVENING Iffij -E WU TING FANG AND GOV. PENNYPACKER Chinese Statesman Had Sense of Humor Pen Sketches of Gen. Pearson and James Brycc r-ENNYr-ACKEn AtJTOniOGKAt'ItV NO. 100 (CopvrtgM, lilt, iu ruWc Lttotr Compami) WU TINO-FANO THIS bright Chinaman when Minister from his country to tho United States made a very agreeable Impression upon Americans. Ho had much of the American trend o.' thought nnd was keen as a brlnr. When tho University of Pennsylvania dedi cated Its law building he was present. A baronet named nowo had been sent to rep resent tho University of Oxford and ho made on address nf the Academy of Music. A poorer speaker never appeared In public. He had no voice and no manner. He read from a manuscript and his slsht was de fective. Ho turned his back to the au dlenco and rapidly emptied the hall. Wu leaned over to me and whimpered: "I wish ho would shut up." Again with un air of relief from weari ness, lie said: "I did see your wlfo today. I did make a Joke ot her. I told her ,she could pack pennies." GENERAL SAMUEL. PEARSON I had an Interview today, February 17, 1911, with Ocnernl Samuel Pearson, of tho Boer army, a short, thick-net man, rugged nnd brown In comploxlon, with an earnest and emotional manner and rapidity of ut terance, which reminded mo much of Mr. Itoosovelt, nnd I am sure that In tempera ment they are quite alike. When carried along with a rapid flow of words, and with tho bloci flowing to his head, he oc casionally lost control of tho nerves of speech and stammered. He was born In the Transvaal. Ills people, on the elde of his father, came from Dernmrk, and on the side of his mother, from Holland. Kruger, to whom ho says he was opposed nnd who, In his opinion, was a most remark able personage, sent him with a message to Mr. Roosevelt, at that time President of the United States.' He took with him a letter of Introduction fromRobeit Roose velt, of New York, the uncle of the Presi dent, The President grcetod him with: "What can I do for you?" "There Is nothing you can do for me personally. Mr. Kruger has sent me to see whether something cannot be done to prevent the English from getting horses In America. If they cannot get horses here they cannot win In the war. sir. Mc KInley Issued a proclamation on neutral lty; this is not being neutral. It Is aiding one side In thowar, and that side an em-. plro against a democracy." "That question has been settled," said tho President. "It was decided by the Judge In Louisiana." "What the Judge In Louisiana decided was that he had no right to Interfere and that If thero was to be Interference It must como front tho Go eminent of the United States. It Is, therefore, a matter for you." "It is all settled," was the reply. "Your people ought to stop fighting. They ought to surrender.' This statement angered the General, and he said: "I did not come here to ask your advlco about military matters :.nd I do not think you nro competent to give It, General Louis Botha Is the man to say whether or not the cause ought to be surrendered." "I shall not Interfere," said the Presi dent. "I will compel you to take some action," replied the General, who says that Mrs. Van Rensselaer, who wrote the history of New York, told him that the Roosevelts were not Dutchmen but Jews. He then went to Louisiana with the determination of gathering a lot of men together and killing the Englishmen there buying and shipping horse-j. There were about a hundred and fifty of them. He was per suaded to tho contrary by the Judge and by tho fact that ho was entirely without money to defend his cause In the Amer ican courts. "I made a great mistake," he added. "If I had killed those Englishmen tho Ameri can people would 'have been .aroused and our cause would have been won. How ever, the Dutch have control of the Gov ernment in the Transvaal, and as soon as England gets into trouble they will be in dependent. It is the greatest war in his tory and we ruined the prestige of Eng land." Some time later the saw John Hay, who told him that tho Dutch in the Transvaal were the vassals ot the English. JAMES BRYCE. October 15 and 16, 1912, the American Antiquarian Society celebrated at Worces ter, Massachusetts, tho hundredth anniver sary of Its foundation and assembled many distinguished men, including President Taft. Waldo Lincoln, the president of the society, gave us a luncheon in his house and I sat at a little square table, which could accommodate four persons, with Charles Francis Adams, of Massachusetts, and James Bryce, author of the "American Commonwealth," and then Ambassador from England to the United States, A thin, little marf, with a bright eye and long whiskers, he Is utterly Incapable of dressing himself and his shirt bulged out in a iiump before him, but alert, knowing and wise, "I have all the works of Voltaire in my library, a hundred volumes or so," said Adams, "but nobody reads Voltaire any more," "I-could read the works of Jacob Boehm with interest," added Bryce, "but nc: 'La Henriade.' " "I have read 'La Henriade,' " I ventured to suggest '"ft is a pleasure to'meet a man in Amer lea who ha really read 'La1 Henriade,' " re plIedBryce fn a tono which d not quite disclose whether it meant surprise or sar casm. "Rabelais can no longer be read," again suggested Adams. "It is too. coarse,'' said I. "It is stupid," aided' Bryce. "So -1 J la with Hudibras. Its wit is mere dullnea." aald A'dams. " v Tak such line oa . " Thara'wie an anolent sage, philosopher TgURSflAX ' AiROH ' lV which wo found acceptable In the In goldsby Legends," I genOy suggested, but It met with no response. Bryce mado many" queries Tn regard to existing conditions In America, but always stopped short at the point of danger and never ventured an opinion, tThe effect of tho blending of races nnd the result of tho coming presidential election Interested him, but he had no views, ' "What will Pennsylvania do7" he in quired. ' "Voto for.Taft," iVeplled, and there the subject was dropped. Ho listened to the address ot .Henry Cabot Lodge, which contained many stric tures upon England, wltnout the Indication of any emotion whatever. At the dlnnei the President, Bryce, Adams, Paget. the Minister from Peru to the United States and myself all made speeches. mrlb-TffiTa'Wa'Sl Ob0,,i h" 7 STRENGTH OF HIRAM JOHNSON The Californian Said to Be a Bet ter Vote-Getter Than Roosevelt, ' Hughes or Taft Sir Will jou pica! eliminate Taft. Rooe y?" Jnd Hughe ns ncpuhllcan ennd'dates In 19.07 All are "hnck numbers." None repre sents any definite Is'ue In tho crisis of today. There Is to be only one Impartnnt Issue be Tore the American people In 1920. and the political party which makes Itself the chant p.on of the right fcldo of th.it Issue will sweep the country. The Issue Is Americanism ersus Hjphen Ism. It Is nn issue by which every righteous force In this nation Is to bo utilized In driv ing out the many-headed hjphen that the I.uropein war unfbrlunately has develaneS In America. Taft. Roosevelt and Hughes c ch represents a species of hphenletn. All are tainted with It, but Taft the least of all. However, Taft could not win, ns the Roosevelt element un doubtedly would practice sabotage. Roose elt would be given a crushing defeat the reason Is apparent. Hughes Is believed to hae behind him a pollt'cil alliance, the mere suspicion of which will defeat him. Hut In Hiram Johnson, of California, tho Re publican party has n candldato whose Amer icanism Is beyond doubt, whoso progressive ncss Is conceded and who has boldly cham ploned the very essence of a political pro gram which Is necessary to defeat the pres tlgo of Wilson. The nation Is demanding public ownership of the railroads. 'Johnson also demands It. The nation Is demanding a creitlon of hys terlcal pntrlotlrm. Johnson also demands It. Tho nation is demanding that tho Mippres slon of free speech, with the connhance of an alleged Democratic Administration, cease. Johnson also demands It. Tho nation Is de manding that that Invisible economic ln lluenco Btandlng between the farmer and the consumer be drawn Into tho light and crushed. Johnson also demands It. The nation Is demanding industrial justice. John. -son nlso demands It. Tho nation Is demand ing universal suffrage, regardless of sex or other previous condition of servitude. John son not only demands It. but was elected to the Senate with the aid of women's votes. The sphere of lnlluenco has drifted from .ew England, tho East and tho Eastern Mld dlo est to the Middle West nnd the Far West. No political cand.datc can win the presidency unless ho Is supported by the In. Ilucnces west of Illinois, whero the shackles of ui ,m iorK city monejbund and the New I.ngland tariff clique have been thrown off. Woodrow Wilson owes hlj second term to those Influences. lift tvnnif. .. i. .i. Lclslvely beaten had the Republicans sensed ... cm ui o. iimng irom uughes to Johnson, yet the latter was comparatively unknown as a ote-gotter In 1915. It required the elec tion. It required the words. "Walt for the returns from the West," to force the conclu sion that nn eastern candidate, without n western spirit, had no chance In the political market. Johnson Is all that the West re quires, and that In Itself Mould elect him. Hut In the East, as well, he Is strong, for oven here, even In cynical New York and en slaved Pennsylvania, the throbs of a new democracy, shaming the present quackoeracy. are being felt. In two more years, by the time that everything Is rlpo for tho picking the new democracy not written or under stood by Wilson will have come to Its majority; and, unless both Republicans and Democrats want to send hundreds of thou sands of antl-Soclalists to otlng'tho Socialist ticket, tho former, at least, ought to prewnt Johnson for the sake of a pure Americanism . , tl , CECIL MONTAGUE. Philadelphia, March 13. FAVORS MUNICIPAL STREET CLEANING To the Editor of the Evening Pnbltc Leader Sir The tendency of tho times Is for gov ernmental ounerMilp and control of utilities The war has quickly nationalised the rall im The rederal railway administration officially Intimates that the express com panies will be taken over. Philadelphia has reached the point of municipal financing of Its new subway system. In view of these patent signs of the times I wish to commend heartily your editorial articles proposing an end of dirty streets, neglected by the paid contractors, through the simple, efficient method of municipal operation of street cleaning. There are some disadvantages to this system and It ought to be kept out of politics. But I have noticed in cities so cleaned that they ARE clean and are KEPT clean. No Bystem could be worse than thu present Philadelphia system. u t n. Philadelphia, March 13. GEORGE OR JOHN LAW? To the Editor of the Evening PubUo Ledger: Sir Who was George Law? In the install ment of Qovemor Pennypacker's autobi ography printed In the Evenino Public LEDann on March 12 the author expresses doubt whether Theodore Roosevelt should be "put In (he class with Richard Coeur de Lion and Henri Quatre, or In that other class with Mahomet and George Law." Perhaps this was a slip of the pen, and for 'leorgo" we should read "John." Ad mirers of the former President, however are not likely to see any resemblance, either In character or achievements, between the Colonel ahd that hare-brained, Scotchman. John Law, whose "Mississippi Scheme" bcgl gared thousands and all but plunged France Into utter bankruptcy back In the days of the Tegency, TROJAN Philadelphia, March 13. OAN'T ESCAPE POLITICS To thedttor of the Evening PuoUe Ledger: Slf-Are you able to see any further than the length of your editorial nose? In big type you inveigh against the dirty streets under the contractor system. To clean up the streets of Philadelphia you advocate munici pal operation of th ttreet-cleanlng system. I'm -sure the Vares don't care whether they "clean" the streets as contractors - or as political bosses, Probably, though, they would prefer the latter method. Philadelphia, March-45. TAXPAYER. EDITORIAL Er-JflRAMS , Will imm returned traveler Wnalyt tell' us If the KUer.hof,rm of Chlnso'n plitll hoi.li H-.IUI oin traaineu under ht natntT Bir mingham An.lUrald. . , "Frohlnltlonjlhlp.on Keef of .Dlention.", aara a headllna. To mueh irlna ' aha 'fwatar, eJf DuUalo Comnwrclaj. R , , jU I!. V. ''" B' meat la another BiaVs .", .J" ''5 w PolwnleM iter. foaataa Time, l .. At$, . . ww-wmnmfHjms-fw "li.W" ".'V lv lvwHhfsT-.rr-; ww&YirT -t yyffp yl '"WHIM THE PERISCOPE . . ' fr- - . r-si Ws as. 1 1' ts' jr,Ttrj3 .- vjsfrf '" f'-'.z--'-- lM LABOR ENLISTS IT WILL bo Interesting to follow tho effect of the present method of enrolling work men nnd leading men In the Emergency Fleet so as to save thcra from conscription or save them from going until they so de sire. It Is quite possible that this present arrangement so quietly carried on may solve many of tho labor problems and may cventu nliy bo the backbone of safety In all labor questions. The original proposition, as far as tho navy Is concerned, was by far the best one, but that was killed by labor. The proposi tion was to enroll as members of tho naval reserve all Important members of nny plant doing work for tho navy'. Tho presidents of the companies were io have tho rank of lieutenant commander, the next officials that of lieutenant and so on down through thol grades of petty ofllccrs until the gicat mass of workmen would" have tho ranks of the enlisted men. It was not a question of pay, but of being enrolled In tho naval service so that valuable men would not leave posts whero they were so valuable to be pawns In the nrmy, where their especial abilities would not be used. The Idea was promul gated and orders given to so enroll, but before tho practical details were worked out the labor leaders of tho country killed the proposition. The argument was that the Idea uoutd precnt men from changing their places of work as they chose and that the men would bo subject to being sent to any placo whero more needed. Really there should be no reason why the labor forces should not be under control Just as the other kind of lighting forces arc under control, but the moguls of labor thought differently and the older was revoked. It would seem that the country is hotter prepared now for such an Idea and It cer tainly will bo still more prepared beforo tho war Is over and labor must come to time eventually Just as all the Test of us are in line. HOWEVER, the present scheme, that is ap parently known to few, or that has caused little stir, at least. Is along'the same lines and may be accomplishing the same re sult without upsetting the leaders who may fear to lose control of those under them. The bare working of the Emergency Fleet seems to Imply only those who aro nrtuallv working on ships or In shipyards, whereas the enrollingof labor under that heading Is going Into all manner of trades and occupations. From tho raw materials of the mines and Including all the various steps along the line to the finished product, all workmen are able to get on the lists of the Emergency Fleet Some of those aro miners, foundry workers, sheet-steel .work ers, puddlers, forgers, tinners, galvanized Iron workers, electricians, asbestos workers, linen and cotton-cloth makers, sewing-machine .operators. This Is the merest begin ning of the list which carries Into all trades supplying tho various materials that go Into the building of a ship. It goes Into virtu ally every Industry where material Ms han dled. It la further reachingten to one, than anybody oyer dreamed. In these plants not all may be, registered. Those left out by theNavy Department are clerks, laborers and watchmen. AH the rest may be placed on the list. Including the offi cials of the companies under their ratings wltbA the .firms, the sales agents, the special rrien -of all kinds, tpe Idea Is to keep all Industries going to their best, capacities. It Is 'understood that those on these lists are'thoite of conscription age only. i MANUFACTURERS are sending In these lists rapidly fin facVall are virtually in now, and they are following up with great care the necessary notifications each month. If a change is desired In the list the new names must be suomittea to wasmngton and the authorisation obtained. If a man is dis charged or leaves on) his own. account his name must be at once sent In so the lists .may be correct It a marl leaves or Is dls-' charged "and notice be not sent the manu facturers may lose their right to the exemp tion of their men, The men on these lists are exempt from conscription' as long, as they a stay on the aama.llst, but the" moment a man leaves his place. of employment! or a discharged that "tnsnla liable V'be called. toahe colors. ''His name " at once sent to the local, board and they are after htm. Unless he gets on' .another llsti within a month he l liable'' to oi to! the, front, 'Tkfr five fety to, the' 4 1$18 FOR WAR WORK Is ready to go and will not be retained longer. And there are more of theso men than many dream. From the point of view of the manufac turer the evidence obtainable so far Is that It Is a good workable scheme and that the manufacturers are In favor of It, as Is shown by. tho quickness with which they have sent In the lists. These lists they must take affi davit to that these men are necessary to carry on work) for the Government and that these men are paramountly employed In Qov ernment work. THE Ideas of the workmen are harder to obtain, as they are many and scattered, while. It Is easy to consult Ith heads of firms, who can at onco tell tho results from their experience. It has been found, how-. ever, that the Ideas have been clearly ex plained to the workmen and that'thelr names may not- be used without their consent. At any rate, it has not been possible to find one workman who did not favor the Idea and who did not want his name down. What Is the result to date? Men on the lists feel that they are settled for the war and can carry on with some degree of cer tainty. They are not so prone to hunt an other Job and shift about with whatever wind tells them they may- get a little more somewhere else. They are more stable, and the shop foremen are not fretted so much by finding half their men gone on a Monday morning. Also those on the lists are con sidered desirable men and they realize that they may be left off tho ilst at any time at the desire of the employer. Hence they keep up their good work so as to retain their safety of certainty. And the man who finds he Is not put on the list when those about him are there at once gets busy and makes himself more val uable so as to be added to the list, the next month. And he tries to get there as soon as possible, so as not to be called. He goes to his foreman and Inquires why he Is left off and Is told why and Immediately prom ises a betterment ALL this applies to men from the ages of "twenty-ono to thirty nnd these constitute the vast mass of the drifters who are up setting tho labor market today. After thirty most men are settled somewhere and have attachments that they do not like to leave and are not Inclined to change place of work. It all sounds good and It will be Interesting to watch how It turns out and whether, with out the workman knowing how It came about labor will be quieted -and will do Its war work as It really wishes to do If only It could get quiescent and satisfied that It la getting a fair deal. , IN TRAISE OF OlRDENg Ttm.klia of tha aim for pardon. The aons of thi blrda for mffih. "" I" nearer O0.1 'a heart In a aardet. Than anywhara ! on earth. What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. Where are the'Ttaka oil field.?' t. Name 'the author of "InJMemorlam " ' "M tJ.tn;rVr,,y """''"' ' "en- 4, now ranch waa a lerrt ' 8. Where la the llola de DonlosnoT . What Is the symbolic meaning ( ermln.T 7. What la a trope In rhetorlet ermln,T 8. What Is a cenatellatlonT -, . Who, Is Major General Oeorr, T, BarfleMT 10. Whore U LnaeriUef ' ""'"" J law Answers to Yesterday'i Qui .. "T. nisoii- la baaed an VW.. jlnsy's i drama "Lo Hoi B'.UJoa," (&! 2, Tlltla Is the capital or tho Cantatas " I," William Makepraro. Tllarkrrar. Knrll.l. . f.ai;Be.?U "H,W -"5 'll&eSell i. A-eoD.ld.rjl)!. .jUnt of the reston'raUr.a 8. HeiwwMatlTe J. Itamnton Moore, of p.... exploits or a-l.tlnruUlied aVAlee. mnllrr S. Bnwtti a ismmtjafeji fcdreheW an cffl'rar h ' i - i f ' 2h Little Polly's Pome IP I WAS A QUEEN Thero Is so much news of Kings - Far across tie wave And of wars and other things Whenthey misbehave .' I can't help believing too That their wives are mean And I've wondered what I'd do If I was a queen. I believe that I would say George or John or Will Be the King's name what it may "You are doing-ill." s Then he'd know right off ho was" Planning something mean I would do as Mother 'does If I was a queen. ' .. TOM DALY,- WARMED-OVER HADDIE A Few More Words About .the FamouiJ Scotch Fish TTEItE'S some fish warmed oer from--iTL Jtldear! dear! was It two weeks'ago thstftl wo had the finnan haddle? Well, anywHr,kjl here's some of that fish warmed oer. .J Herbert Vanderhoof, of Chicago, has tskiajj the trouble to asK mil uoraon, oi mo r'M ...-l. -r . -m ..... l... ....... .U. t7..tfltl. lA wjuib iieciur b ul wmi lliy, iiv.y mu ., ... . n .. ..- .a, tt.jji. i. t"aA.VM ram lioyaie, now k uiuaii xiuuuio .. .- tnr" la nr.nfir. ef'W "It's a very simple dish." said Dill. "Juia take a thick piece of finnan haddle of tin i best quality and boll r steam It for nw or twenty. minutes. Then remove the fJ Cut It In lengths of six or eight wen Place It on a platter und pour cream ,Y It and put boiled potatoes sliced In. 1J around the edgo of the haddle. Butter MJj potatoes well and also put a little but'! on the fish. Then put the platter contain! J the fish and the potatoes under., -uroitj onrf lot It remain thcr until brown. Tal out the platter and put It on a silver servWi and serve." p "I asked Bill." continues the obliging W,. Vanderhoof. "If It was Important to use j silver server, and he raid If I didn't' I ,f71 SWISS unilill uvj (oaap-a f , M Now comes James T). Law, of "Clovsf'j nook," Roxborough, to add a word to wj nl.nniltt Kaon 4lfsT aKnllt Mfhfl rOltl morsel and choicest titbit that eer trseMIl a poor man's table and a fitting leasi im,j, 1.1m.... ...1.4 n.OAMa ' 01 VW'AP ...... HU1-I1D. . p . "Cnnm nn h iM lV.nl t-rtflfl. LondOII. says Mr. Law. "I cdunted over thirty pUh3 carts and donkey carts piled high wiw finnan haddles all Imported from Aberden,J v He holds forth with tho sure voice m,i expert upon the comparative merits 'ot ' eral brands of the nsh orrcrea in oqr markets, and while vhathe says about V- is interesting anu vaiuame, u eaimvi, ohvloua reaaona. bn auoted here. But fl Mr. Law's book, "Here and There InT HemlsDheres." now out of print, we tl thts comment upon the Aberdeen fish nw kef. ' . "The Aberdeen docks cover thirty-six of land, and aa large a body of water as alns-l tingle in tho klna-dnm. Tha fish msrl Is considered the best In Great Brits! Sometimes as many aa ofly steam trawlj and fifty line boats will arrive in a im ....1 J.tl... Unit . a nn ihat Will nuu uciivci luvu luiio ui -", - & ntiBnrh.it hv trndi.ra In n few hours. A. "When Dr. Samuel Johnson was" touru Scot and with Boswell. the lexieogra much tn hla hlnTnher'a dlsaDDOlntl could not be prevailed upon to enjoy- finnan haddle (even then more famous W thu nrinl. hlmnolf II hut in amimlng it- only cut off his nose to spile his fcej ala better in ADeraeen witn me oww nfnvlnA,1'Vtv Tr flnrAnn 'TtOKaV WaS J he might not care "for It ('them' woula locauy correct )(,iano wnen ni notiw him wolfing, down a plate'Vl !n hta'' liiiAvn atvlA Vi vvntttr.il in aaV. Toti t to like' our broth, doctor?? 'Good enough hogs I' he grunted. Then,' quietly saw Cordon, "pray let me' help you to some of It.' Tho faaViful James did not put In hit book, anymore thanhe, told u Li. ... ... 1.1-1. .1. In m hi pia own latnor nv vuuiiiiiiova y argument wined ud the floor with the Englishman- or, how .he' met j,hls ,matV Adam8mlth,' whose Wfealth of . Natlonr said to hay a' circulation next in ex(aV said to hay a'clrcujatlon next W the Bible." t f' Vn r But.-.to et"back'to our haddle I lW grarid .fish even, the poorest Imitation ')U iii,.jitai.Mi.i.'ii..i-luuui n nnr maraal an4 w haveno.doulH Kr.'.'tawlllb I I ' WT' ,Mui'lirMiiMf war he, If jaf y vlina. ' a i 'p m i&. rir huaaa Asm akr a sal aaa - - , :. " II IC you MMUM JUK It, tO JV you uw SL.'WJ"'" "'' t! .Mi psSStS-xz:' K-sANf ftt afKfWfMlT iiuun: f. Ufa H.' , . .Mr. U.....M1 'W... .T .L"a 9 KmF m. -. i .'
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