Ci 12 Iftfemna public Ucb$ei, PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY etmsa u. it. CtUMMM, l.udlnrt SS V wmumnj( CI KTIR PVDST .udlnrton, Vleo president John e !M id Trcaauren I'liiup Momnn, John J. PpurEcon IMrrttorH EDITOniAti IlOAHDt Cliva It K. fonTm, I'tulrniaii tAVtP K. aUlLKT , IMItor . JTOflff C MAltTIS . .Oencral tlualngna xiaiwH-r FuWtihfd dally at PtnLio l.toin llultdlns, , Independence Bgoare, Philadelphia LD" CalTntl., . Broad and Ch'etnut rUrtn I A T."ria Crer Pmi luton liulidlnu ' 7- Tnjtr . . . . .i!0(l Ifptmnolltuli lower ' Tiaraotr..,, .......... 4im Konl llulldinn. Mr. lecM.,,( t.t 1008 Fvllcrton iiuiirpna- CetCAOO.. .IVUS Tribune UullUlns Viakidw$ ntaiut. I ' - T--. t).-.. ti.Hli, ft, an. I lilk Nl KmW Ioik UoauL 1 hr. Nun llull.llnit H.'"ibo.t He unit. . , London Tlmra 81 BHCmrTION TUIlitS The- Dymiso PtJHiro Lannrn ts served to nub air!kr in Philadelphia and nurroundlnK tunua at th rate of tuelvo (IS) cents per wl. pwaUt i By rnall to'potnta outside of I'htlari,ltihla In ill ITiVltMl Htafrfl. Canada or Lntasl Htateu Hi i nalana. voatate tree, flftr (Ml ce-nts per month. pU ( dollars per jcar, parable In mlvnmv, To- all ronton oountrlen one IM dollar per L (Moth, r y .Nolle -Sutiarrlbers wlehtns uddrens chutced Mt slve old a well m n"w adlrcse. EIA JUDO TCALMTT KCYSTONF, MAIN 5000 CT'ArfdrfA oil couimtinlentlos to f.ecnis0 liit Lrdotr. Independence Sanarr. pitlaoVii'nlii. it i i i --7-t Cntired at thu rnil-iiiDtrnu losr i.rm i IIKCOMI COS. VAIL MATTER rhllidtlphll. Fnd). Vprll 5. I'll FACTIONAL AUTOCRACY BY COURT l ij nr it Kt: fmillS Supremo Court which has the last ''-L guess at the incunlng of thu Statu I. Constitution, hua decided by a vote of four t0 lureo that the Governor has tho power IO appoint lO OlIICU UlCIl vvwoill mi; mtw hie refused to confirm. Tho cogent nrgti Jiacnt of Chief JUHtleo Brown In Ills dis- . ntlns opinion that buch an lntcrjitcin- Ptlon of tho Constitution nullifies tho. e Idem .Intent of the provision that the Mieaneto should bo Jllled l?j the Qocrnor "lj and Kwith tho advice -and consent of the Senate," ft docs not matter, beeauso the majority of 1,- th Judges disagree with hUu. Wo now huve a court ri'llng that tho , Governor la auprcino In tho matter of ap pointments. Tl"j objection of tho Senate 'may be flouted whcnecr tho Cloxcrnor Wlehca to disregard It. Tho lows of the Senate t111 not heitafttr ha considered. Tlio faction which controls tho Governor 'Will control absolutely all hi appoint ments. Tho moral of all thU la o!nlou. It in illlat this court decision must be considered ' In the futuro In the election of u Governor. -Jf tho people l!li to turn the control of all appointments ocr to a facllonallst tho will elect a factionalism to tho governor- ahlp. Germany appnarj to be having tioublc KCttlnsr tho blc cuiiB up tu the front. Tin b)e cuns In uniform will 1uic (.vt-n mou troublo one of tlicc dajs In g' ttins to the ' rear . THE IWRCK GOCS O.N Ii AiXJEi; calling to ma aisiunei in uecp A Inc Uie cltj cleui the Suvuu nietnbua "of tho United Hualness Men's AbsueUittonv and the 2200 members of the Homo He- tfense Rcsonc, the Mayor made n tour of lrone of tho Ice district!, and reported that lto "saw nothlntr olfcnslve, nor did I tio- t' Hoi nnflitnrr liti.li voiil.t i.tnln i,irn. fintr one." Tit lie wishes to be taken seuuul,v. It uj not necessary to rail on uny one outside of tho police depurtnietit to f II , hint where tho Melons tesorts are. Ul- t. tflot Attoniej Iitau leinhuled him of that ;tho other day when lie cnlkil attention to tho notorious fact that btfore tho primary election a yddr or two ugo wonl was emt out to tho roioris that thej wero to be - Allowed to run w ido open for a w hl'io The resorts were then run without any .fear of police Interference. Then tho word gifaAont around that tln-j were to be aioseo. arifi, the were closed, that Is. thj ;ran. but under coer. Tlio iKillceineii in I'jthe dlitrlcts kiuw what was Komg on lti:iiej' kept their bunds uff when th were told to and when tiny received the wind ,tliat vjco must hide under a blanket Hit rpassed It along the lino to the retort JceepcrH I So long as tho Mayor cuntlnuts to pluy Ijlhe- fareo In which ho Is now appearing ' &i. tllA nilnntnnl .1. r, ....... .... .1. . .- ... K"Undertand that they aro to allow matters CJO remain as they are. 5 Tlio location of tho dtns Into which thn Itiwldlsra and sailors aro Inveigled is no ; crt, A word from thoso in autliority Trould close them at once. Caa It bo that the '.M.isor Is not tho 1 man with authorlt? It Isn't atransc Hint CoiiirrewMnn nn ; talk, at the rate of 100.000 word .i. Th4y ire alwas In training -TI3IB TO SAY "I WILL!" . flPHJBY now tell us that the water sunnlv E1--would bo conserved If meters wore In- tpUiieI in ever' house. II would take only dve years to Install them. They tell us also that the only real relief rfa 10 tx obtained from tho Installation of -three forty-clclit inch cpross mains Jrom lb. Torresdalo pumping station to the Iter of the city. Tlmy would oot rM!O,00O and cannot be built until the rul of the, war. tl'Jiat are w'e to do In tho meantime? VCith confessions of Impotence comliiii ront tlio City Ilall tho situation Is certainly noflt unsaUbfnotory. it seems to bo about Sfena that aorno ono In thb wutoi buroau look for his motto tho famous Mosan of Chicago. "I nllll" Tho great German sun that tiro oita- ieaai'y at I'aiU from a dtance of t)eeiit ni(ejr seems to liavo an uncanny Ivablt, ie r to Its makers, of picking off womtm Bd ohlldrop. j THOSE "WHO WISH TO JIELI" s.TBmCJIE Is still tn opjiorlunlt for men above tho draft age who wish to help JlA the wur l''ort-seeu hundred of (j) "" ncwJcd by tho "i. M. C. A. to go i Ifronco to tke ohurgo of thu canteens fAnJ there fer tlio beneilt of the ol- lt Is hoped that this number will !itw before Jul 1 only J700 have fur ff6red their services. nlili honest purposes and busluesr' can do as much in this sort !f they wera carrying a rifle ?'! sjt necessary ua thut In the ,tf1re in not so much glorj t m but w'e arc not heoU(u we, r nujM'osca a ijS"r PEACE NOW WOULD HE A GERMAN VICTORY WERE it not for tlic fact tlml only so n-ccntly tts l'cbruary 11 last Presi dent Wilhon fn nddrossinc ti joint ses sion of Congress solemnly iia.ii! tribute to the sttitesiimiisliip or Count Czernin, the Austfo-lhiiiKttrinn 1 oioiifii Minister, in tliese words, "Comil Cxci-nhi ccmn to sre fiDiilmnrnliil tlcimnt ' pcarc with vlcur (cm arf ducg not mrl; to obscure tlicm," the latest elFusion of that wily tool of Potsdam might be contcnii tuously dismissed as merely another ef fort to lime the doe of peace. But unfoi-tuiiately tin- lecollei'lion U still ivid in the minds of the Anieiietin peo ple. So it culln for somethiii),' more than offliaiid disinisiiil. Of course the Piesfdcnfs com)liiuenls to tho Count were drawn forth by the apparently conciliatory tone of the Aus triiitiV eoinmcnts before the KclchM-utlt on January US upon .Mr. Wilson's "four tteu couditiuns of peace" speech before Congress .lanmiry S. Tho Piosidcnt's purpose was to contrast the dilTerence between the ways in which tVernin and Yon llcitling responded to that utter unco. At the time it gue rise to the idea that Austria-Hungary might be split tiwtiy from tioimnnj. and that hope did not fade until thu revelations of the Brest-Liloxsk negotiations piovcd how utterly false was the delusion that the imperialistic cynicism which dom inated the toursc of Berlin diplomacy did not likewise infect that of Vlenrri. In the face of those icvclatioiii Count Izcrtiln bus the etVrontery once more U) spread his net of line phrases. The Teuton mind is impenious to its own inconsistencies, it can inspiie tieueh erics unspeakable like those perpetrated upon tho lUi.ssiun people under the guise of "peace negotiations" ami still blandly oll'er to open a peace dicussiou with the United Stules on the basis of the Presi dent's "four general piiiiciph." laid down in the speech of February II, with out appearing to realize that they arc fundamentally-and diametrically the anti thesis of acts dclilierntel;, and baldly com mitted before a woiltl aghast. Count Czvinin is cunning. But lie has oxen-cached himself. However ingenuous President Wilson may appear to him and his adroit coadjutors at Great Headquarters, by reason of his direct honesty and straightforward simplicity qualities of the American spirit xvhlch. by the xn. are likely to remain wholly incompieheiihible to the Teuton under standing there is not u chance that lie can again be diaxxn into any discussion xviiich in the slightest degree will weaken the lesolutiun of tho natum to see this xxar through to it.-1 logical triumph over the ( cntrnl Powers on the Held of battle or slow up its preparation for putting the full puwer of its resources behind the united fovces of the Entente Allies. What faith can be placed in tiie words of a statesman who. speaking of the ie suits on the eastern trout, sa.xs. "I have already concluded thiee moderate, but honorable, peace treaties" anil then de scribes the aggiessions and aggrandize ments in Kussut and Rumania as any thing but aiiiie.Miliun and oppiessiun? Consequently when, leulying to tile smug intimation that the Trench dm eminent had sought to negotiate for peace secret ly. Premier Clemenceau laconically said, "Crernin lies," no further proof xvns nec essary. Of ii surety C.einin lies, lies now as he lied befote ami will lie again if he can find enemies ialuuus enough to place any credence in bis mouthings. Tlio of foit to sox discord among the western allies and inxolxe their leaders in doubts and jealousies is too palpable this time. It is too thin a screen to coxer up the desire of Germany to gain tune for dig ging in on its newly xxon front in Trance and recover bioath foi another ilrixe, which might iiUaiu the toxoU'd ( hanucl porU and Paris. lint theie is oii' parugrnpli in the Czernin speech xxell worth pondering by all Americans, Britishers. Frenchmen and Italians. With the sub.-titiition of their own Jainl for Austria it applies with equal orce in each of their countries: "I must jj. to my letn-it. that during the last few weeks and moutjis much has been spoken uud done in Austria that prolongs the wai. Thor who aro piolouglug the wur aro divided Into xurlous groups, ueronllng tu their mo tives and tnelli h. There me. Ilrstl. those xv ho continuouslv beg for peace. They aro despicable and foolish. To endeavor to eonelude pe'ice at uny price is despicable for It is unmaiil, and it is foolish beeiiuse it eontlnuouslv feidb lite alrud dvlng aggressive spirit of the i ncniv Tin dfslre for peuet of tho greut musi-is Is natural u well iih com prehensible, but the leaders of the peo ple must consider that certain iitterniiees produce abioad just the opposite cffict from xvhui thtj dfslu." ' It is this kind of paeilism in America which has clogged our efforts in the war. There should bo no more dallying or hi tience with it. because it is only necessary to study the thinly xeiled Teuton haughti ness or Lucrum s speech to realize that xx hat he and his masters in Berlin are seeking to accomplish is to terminate the xxar now on a negotiated basis that could never be obtained by force of military proxxess, '(.ncc mou uonld be u German victory. If it be true, as intimated from Wash ington, that President Wilson will tepu diate this peace-baiting from Tcutonia in liln Liberty Loan addiess tomorrow, ho xx ill dcseive the heartiest plaudits of not only the American people, but of all the Allies. And here's hoping lie makes it as strong as. his admirable command of rhetoric and diction will let lrni. The Allied peoples just now need something tonic like such a declaration. Nothing could be mo" buowontms - Hven though one-third of the uddrfases given In the Kidfral vlco rvpoit rt present errors, the reinaluhib two-thirds suggest mme brisk ijueatlunn TIIE EMPEROR IS A LADY JL'ST before tho beginning of the last German drlxo the Kaiser and Ludcn dorff clashed in u bawling ini)act of egos at army headquarters. "Are ou Emneror or am I'" shouted Wllhelr.t to his over bearing generul Uudeildorff apologised and admitted thut Wilhehu xas Umperor and thus sforctt one more on the long list of his mistaken , If one may Juct;e by political Inljucuee, .wujiUtH,t,he acquired spoils nl xvnr and tle jwit pnwe usually CRepted U jtytHimf IV w fctate I T v -- ' EVENING LTBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, Wllhohn tviis, so to speak, kidding himself and Ludctjdorff dutifully nped his delusion. Tho actual German Umperor Is l'rau Ki u pp. "f)lsarni !" cried I'njnhi Ttls udikc is live jeurs too lab- PROTAN1TY IN THE SENATE Bi:iOKW a, limn can be elected to tho S'ennto of the t'nlted Stales hU con stltuentK luxatlnbl.v nssuie thcmsolxcs that hie character and his xocauulary aro allko pure and equal to nil emergencies. Tlutefoio It Is easy to perceive that Sena tor Ovetmnn was In graxo error when ho turned llcrcoly to rebuko a eollcnguo who inten hi texl one of his speeches xxlth nil ojnculnt'uu thut sounded llko ti nolo Of protutio derision. Mr. Overmun was do cUilminpr that the President alwios takes Congress to ills bosom and his confidence. A Voire broko out harshly ii few rows to tho tear. "OI" said tills Volco and rrlcd the namo of that place wherein th" Prince of Uarlniess reigns In red splondor and waits lbr the Junkors anil tho Itclchs tag majority and the whole of the Dundv.i rath There wa a seune. Mr. overman r3ed, Uut it is obvious that no Souutor would nt so at a loss for u word that he would bo compelled to resort to so burial a term of anger or Impatience. There is a sim pler explanation. Tho Voice xvos purely thut nl n good Democrat who hnpponcd at H mmnciit to bo thinking of a dear and unrecognized friend. Ituminating upon possible menus by which his. high regard might llttlngl be oprcssed. he doubtless vxns made Joyousl voeul ny tho Ihought of the only place. In which u postm.utei It je' to Ix appointed. Kveii In rtuxslu tlio.v liavc ceui-d tu argue v ,th Ueriiiunt The hubk prcvullt now- only In America,. The UuUhuvIki, urganixirr tin 1; now arm, appear to have learned thai '.lii poinpHi words do not kill. Muor rimith. In his vloo crusade, doisn t stini to hnxu any more tutth In the 1'irector of fubllo Mufely than the rest of the ell. ti might bo apitroiniuto to ask vvlnilur the Mayor took Htm to glance at the strirts und alleys In thu course of lilu ull-nlglit tour after Hit eleiui-up spirit had club-In d him. " rimes und v .olcnce. In Icrrlkle ny thu dispuu-hes. Irmprrl ' uro tneroustng rapidly in llerlin. Now wo know thai II hchn ts home ugiitu trom the vvisl front Tin Mee invc ilgatorj loo I rue! Jim 'Inlet missed a goldou ot- tiortunltj vilion tin y fulkd to refer to tho ulgnt-onl Jitin: men as n taxl-inhal. THE ELECTRIC CUAlll Our Acceptance Slip EijsU'ulJ I'UAt'Of'K is uidiguunt at our 'having attaelieil Ids ,iumt) to a vejee tloii sMp. So we havi prcpaud an aeceptr unci slip and urc holding It riudy for the nut llilng ho seiius in. In fact, wt are going to kiep a pigtonholo in our desk or ii ptueoch hole-, specially for Koseo'.V stulT Nui-rata bro-i 10 in'orm noil Hint In hm not rtuif .'our i-ontributiuii, btU he ii hard mi lor nuact. o li la uulin' to u i If Ik' u l thut iour umnicipt hoi Unit fouwl UiiiMintr cnoufli ioi 7ie r,U i trie Chair doc no iirccimarlli impli hiph voltaye on uonr pait. ' a mau hurt atalm the idea front aomr other tint battery. If It conjorma to our liuuit ly anil iiiKerutable Idea of unc mint, thin if the plave for tt. 'I his is ohm .a i it olini, and Hits lateml liny is on. fuii DuUit, the aiaociutc editor of tin IXnlrle Chttir. aW i our tiiotl mitt i. If In Hkin n tlilny, ic diri it down at ontt. lit bieli v tustf it uiierrlnr There is u good dial of Jealousy brtwecn Hove Hulctt ond Uunruvtii Illiuk and we liaxe to try to humor them both. Since Mr. Dulcet was uppolnted xico ckctriclan of this department Mrs. Weak and Mrs. Dulcet havo not bcn on speaking terms. This 1 very unfortunate, bccatiso both ladles aro on tho seed committee of the Obesity (.V. J.) Women's Club and arc novr ut loggerheuds on tho question of what crop the i lub Is to rulse this mumncr. Tho club lias ulvvii been patriotic. Last year they ruhrcd 700 bushels of catnip by plovr ing oxer the croquet lawn, but they hud to buy h Skoda, howitzer to keep tlio wild New Jersey cats from tho prcmltes. .Mrs. Weak wants tho club to raise pick erel xveed or inarshmallows this summer; Mis. Dulcet Autos for tnoek oranges or cas tor oil beau?. Fortunately, Mis. Calvert Craxat has the casting vote on the com mltUe. Sho has pioposeii gardener's gar. ters or loxo lies bleeding us a compromise. liut the e'ub is rent by this schism. Mrs. Bluuk, who stammers a Uttlo when sho is excited, iys that it sho du-clocsn't have her xvay she'll seeeilo from the old ssc-secil conunittce. Answers to Ladies IJ.M.MA No; Hoscoo I'caeook is a real name. A poacock has lovely pliimea, hut thta in not a nom do phnuo. UVAN'UHLINI Wo Uaxo forwarded your letter to Mr. Dulcet. VIOLIJT Dlkcontlnuu .xour acquaint anco xxlth tho young man Immediately. GKBTBUDC Try rubbing them with honnoalo of brandy. If this proved amor phous, apply a kirdlno poultice and play tho Chimin of Camden on tho dUharmo nlum. lleiiry l'lantugenet, spurred on by some thing ho road In tho Jvew Vurk L'venlng Sun, lip into the olcctrlc chair with this: The Ice liox Van I, who am a married .man. Sing tho sohg of the lec box pan, In winter, xvhen tho days ore bleak, I empty It only twice a week; In summer, quite the other way. I empty it four times u day. Cd Muschamp and titcvo Mcader, Jointly, bout us u tatting pin. In reply xvould say there Is an Interchangeable lunch waiting lu this office for them. It will (It either. The one thut gets here Urst xvlnh. What Jou might call Ut for, tatting. lOCItATEB. TO EVERY MAN AND WOMAN ROH1SUT LOLIS 8TI3VUNMJN said: "Mankind t, never ho happily Inspired as when It made u cathedral " a thing as lively and Interesting as a foiost. Though I hato licuid a. eoiislderablo variety of terinons, I nexcr jet htatd bno tliat xvab so esprceslvo as a cathedral. 'TIs tho beet preacher lt'( If, and preaches day and night i not only telling jou of man's art and snl latiotis In tlio past, but conxlctlng your own soul of ardent tympathlcs : llko all good pieachers, It sets jou preaching to yourself and cx-ry man is his own dector of di vinity hi thy lust resort." It US. was thinking about Nqyon Ca thedial when he wrote those xvod lie had been at Xoyon, elhubfd one of tho tall twin towers and listened to "the sweet groaning thunder" of the oigan VoOn Cathedral M tu llnniob. Daca not that "set jou pleaching to your:lf '" alHU night wmclinran in too bjilaii.e of . the Commltlco of l'llbllo Information tn Washington xvan tnurden-d ycfterdaj morn ing. In that building tire krpt many Paper, containing secret and tinnortniit nion .i tlon concerning this nation' participation m the war. Does thai tet us pieuchlna l -r-selxes? attlU great bat lo in I'louc. I- bv no s.i -. at an ond. Tne t-opad-for counter-, t.-o by tho Miles winch would "it ti-ouc lllndcnburar'i ti tangle of death ha. not d xeioped. And the Central 1'owe-e aro i.auv to spring their now peaeo drive, xvl llo tl.. j uro maneuvering for peaeo the v III b strengthening their positions bcfor Amieiu and Arraa tu readiness for a posjlbb n thrust now or later lu the rprlng. Arc v.i reudy to act opt a pcocn on tho present lu'N" Aro we brave enough lo face- the Im ts'.' At the moment the oifenslvi has ileilnltely passed from the Allies to the uicmy. XVo aro on the defensive in Trance and have for tlio time being torn the tostly gains of two v-cara. Doca that eci us proachlng to ourseheW WH Wiaii that thla tliousht eould be burned tn fire In the mind of ever thinking citizen of this nation: ,ovla the most critical pcrlml of the war. .Vow, If oxer, Vhls nation must give the final answer to tho German attempt to enforce the creed of inlKht makes right, lllndenburg prophe sies a "German praoc" bj Christmas. This Is aormatiy's last chance. .She counts on tlir vvorld a wearlnoss and horror of tho wur. phi-, her own present commanding position both In east and wost, tn niakr potsiblo a nego tiated truce before tlio quickening forces of America eon be brought to lull cxrrosc D"is that set uj preaching to ourselves'' mllD Trencli d-partnunt oi sonn,. .ii'C J. nnd Alkin aro n trag'l- lianoruma oi strloUen Villager.! dragging their plttfu! good, along tho roads In u mm ond exodus tar sadder than tho first, for a ear thiy hud .inivf-n to rebuild tluir battered homes, lo knit up the avelcd sleaxo of life brutal'y torn and soiled by the derdlng el'iti h of Invasion. Their heart were bitter enough before, now they have to go through It all ugain. If vvc you uud 1 who nuri thla had devoted ever fiber ef our souls to the caue, perliapj this ennd debueii would not huvo happened : T'oes that sit us preaching to ourselves? APMinx.!.. TinriTiS t-a:a there is no teu .sou why liemany siiould concluilo a pears of uonciliutlcfi. having won the war so far. "Itussla 1-- scttleil" lie wi '. "Tin west ern powers arc now the gnattst danger V'r U-. mericus asslttaiuo Is Untiled bv tlie hhortugc uj- topuagi ." l.ifr.v ilolUr thut inlcbt K Into tlo third l.lltrrt l.otiii and iluen't I- u trullor. I.irr.v dollar lluil infRtit spreil culls unit hliljis mill sniniunltinii und alrplrtlifi. and tlito-il'l, i;ivr telil nml lotnfnrl lo lite rnelii f.ver.v ilollnr Unit Is mil niohillrril In the slniKKlr Tor Iih srl.v In n friend of Firpll mimI mliiht Junt hs well he put in his pot krt. Ll-T this bo our l.ibti-ty I'an ri-"l I believe In Libert Mondr us the united expression of thost wlto cannot express, themselves with rifle and bayonet and bomb 1 believe thut ever Libert) Bond speaks with tho vole of the American people and Is a pulse In tho lift of thl nation. Kvcry Liberty Uond ts a testhuon that tho Cnltfd fctutra is ono und indivisible lu this effort to win for mankind the bounties of free llfo und democracy that we havo sought for our solve. Uvcry Liberty Uond speaks with tho voice of uue-onriuerable deinocrac), which suffers grievous ills but ehall prevail in the end. I. v'lm lm.e n"t suifervd the blood ana went and horror of the bnttlitield, who have beou prlvlhged lo servo this great cause at home and without breaking the- tesue of my m-customed life, deem it not h dut but u glorj and an honor to put my money Into Liberty Bonds, which arc btead uud weapons and laughter und life Itself to my fieSh und kin in arm-. I believe lu the Liberty Uond us the vital and lasting expression of the soul of America, of the soul of democratic mankind. rplID third Liberty Loan campaign begins J. tomorrow. CHRLSTOI'IIKK MOKLUY. No! It would not be proper to call the log of tho Jlaor'8 llmou. sine, written during I'lir.v Haw- lllm ( Killing that v Ic.huntlng tour of the city, the record of a sightless night. The German language Iiurj Tliem! newspapers in various parts of ttie country are said to he dying rapidly of their own poison, to be sure. lias any one eve-r ll In llrrrb Hone thought of calling tho Ualsor the King of Gunmen? The llnishcvlkl now allow tho Hoinanoff family li0 a mouth Kimlnrio, Will Prevail: and all the fresh air they wish to breathe What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. What President, of llirt elicit states were born In the Middle Malm? 2. XV ho sild "L'Ulat. e'rt inol," and what doe . It ineiin? 3. XVIihI Is niMinl in illutsmaij' tir a "bufler stale"? t. XUint Ii H-e fanillr name of the rojal houfe of Knslandr S. XVh.il Is u ienerallsinin? fi lloiv far l It from San Xnlonlo to lot An- teleef 7. XVIirre In the Somuie Rtvrr? 8. Ilie composed the "llnllnlslird hynipliuuy"-,1 9. IdentUjr "Mltle Star"? 10. Mho l Joeph IiCTlInf Answers to Yesterday's: Quiz 1. Iirrldooua trees are lhoe vvhhli ilrun Ihrlr IcuTea at the end or the crowing seasoni lIU,V4 U cri.i.nii 1. 't he iirrlrirnl of Princeton I nhc rllj rr, Jiifn brier lllltben. 3. 4. 0, rheniuo Iluvenbrn, Amcrlran arlUt, nilnlcd the relrbrslfd entloienlal ramaa "ilrrak. Inc Home Tl." "The Seonrce or flod." a name applletl lo Allllu the Hon, a barburiaii alnc and con. eiiicrer. Mllrallleaaei a breech-loadlnc ntaclilnn inn. fonll of a nnniber of harrela fitted : tetheri flree umalt urojrctllea, utcettitelr or alniiilluneoiiiil, Wllllain Dean llonclls. the. dean of Amer. Iran aulhora, wrote the reulltllo novel, "1110 lll.r of IU Ipham,'' .Scflorl (n inllllarr uf, sn orcanitcd portion of a Imlllffront. Amonc the prime rhararterlallra In Tudor do- rocklle arcnltccture are I he u.e of llni. hered sopporta and of cabled endai eoelra. I lakllral like of flat foor-centefed arc lire and rrofuklon af pancllni, Monidldlcri a .town In rlrartlr. wolh or tho (-limine at Amlena. Hie f.jlnwln I'reklilenU tjere tiom In Xew FjicuiihIi John Adaina ainl Jylm Uulner Adinyj. Maiwaeliiwellki I ranklln pierce, JL01UDAY, APltlL 5, S& i -a?r?- ,;?gSri'-ri i sy i .. . - i i - - j?eW' s .. v j A ..... -.v" ' -- - " .j. jf.v.'!. " - --vrri.. " "--j? . " ---"r "''A ' ajntr-.'iS.-r.- ., - ,' a- w- TAPPING THE RED TAPE WORM Hy Our Special T7i; TOOK u fast train to Washington, '' cairjlug our sleeping sack and pup toil with us. The tlrst night we bivouutko.il near Wilmington. All the p.isengin-s gath ered urouqd the camp lire uud we baibicucd a I'ullmuu porter, lie tlppid the bcant at 100 pounds and mcustircel at least sin feet from tip to tip. a tine vvcll-nourlshcd piece ot pemmlnnu. tJurroundcd Utouch vvc were by the lopsided and rugged scenery of Delaware, the spirits or the lltlto fjroun ot pioneers xvero iuitctlous nnd gay. Sonio of tho la.llcs tald tho rortcrhouse stak in-.de them tipsy. Our earuvun reached Baltimore in timo for lunch tho following duy nnd ut sunset. Jusi as we were consldirtng the nocer.slty of broiling the conductor en eatero1o for supper, we elaitesl safely into the I plon Stallon, uhlnslon. I made haste to seek out tho Keel Tupe Worm, having appr'sed him by courier of my urilval rnIU genial fellow- wus sittmj m 'ois - swivel chair munching it card index. "You will pardon my having supper while wo talk," ho tald. "There is an important conference of reserve ollleerM and third nr Blatant sionugrapheis tills evening, at which I must bo picsont. These- are stren uous days fur me. You would hardly be llevo xvhat Innuincrahlc uffairs; haxo to bo digested by me bcfoie action ran bo taken. As ono of the innumerable poets of tho Congrosslonnl Iteeord puts It, "Count the day squandered whose declining sun Sees not tlio plan for some new super-gun ; Peem tho night w-arte d w hose refulgent stnra Ueeii not fiino novice with bright shoulder bars." "I had heard that you weie- very aotlxo down hcie," I responded, "that xvas why r dared to take so long and perilous a jour ney to interview- you. The managing editor says that tho .best Is barely food enough for our readers. If you have any snappy stuff that I can put In print, out with it." H!3 LAID down tlio card index at "Mo." and handed mo a pink blank with a sheaf of flimsies clipped to it. "If you wilt IIU these In." ho said, "and come back to morrow afternoon 1 shall bo nblo to glvo you all the Infuiiniitlou you desire. I havo to tabulate ull requests for publicity mate rial, to bo forwarded to Gcorgo Creel's com mittee." "Hut, my dear sir," I cried, "vvc havo to l.uvo this story for tho paper tomorrow. I Mial! luavo to send It to Philadelphia by postilion tonight lu etiso tho trains aro late. Isn't there something you can toll me at oneo?" "In that case," ho said. "I shall havo to get you to till out form No, SS,T'J9. 'Applied tlon for lintnedluto Information.' If you will sign tilts, mentioning yolir quallllca. tlons for the leceptlon of conlldcntlal mat tor, I will bond It by pneumatic carrier to tho State, War and Navy Departments, whero the violet Ink Is kept. Three copies of It will be made thero and two of them returned to me. In the ineantlmo I will get In touclv, with tho Department of Dila tory Evasion. There aro somo vcy capable clerks there, xvho aro accustomed to bcru tlnlzo a'l emergency applications to see that everything I" pro forma und en regie. Wo can.net be too careful IV 111 yon care to read a copy of the Congressional Record while you are waiting?" ",, Tile, face, uljohe y-Jth cnargvaiM dicer. I U-w-sW;" enje-yinff unifv I ..- . Y . . . e . , . IT.-. . - . . . . 191S WHICH END DO YOU BELIjEVE? a '.lv-i,.,..v- v-H ? X 7 w-Su umtij i A. .'!. . iii t. v t xVnx. Tfcn'' lil i IVt-ii . WPP1 - fJlJ 'v' iefJL-' "-" J ArtP'-'.-vr-M '''sW-csr-:--.-.- .r?- f-C-i - - - J'W- r.-.-v ' 'r - ' --Ct-is y T. ?...-. ". .. .' , x-tshl?-s-is ' tf" . " . , ' j-;-i-'.-OTt; "" --. .rL'.'a-'-v'v-s--w...j: Correspondent meiiMel. tlo rang for a btenographcr and began to dlutato memos rapidly. T TOlTNt) tho ConsrosMonal Ilceord xerj lovial reuelliig. J maelo u copy of a llltlo poem I found in its columns.. ''";-'"'s HI", the clerks arc filing I ,jf teen eai-uoiis of cnoh fclirct: riioUKli the swivel chairs wear out And the uuartermabtera about. Still we must havo llftctn coplca for the flics. I xvas copying this when ho inter ruptetl mo. uor of"tho! UTi " Cdi, ',pCnainK tl Clival hov v nm T ,CateS r WQUW "k0 t0 tc 5 riilH h-b been tho greet e-hanco of my Ifctnie. I have certain little theories as to tho way a Government should bo con. ducted. I calculate that X havo taved this nation several hundred thousand Uvea .-ii. nudy. "How is that" i taid. "V,n- bj lPl''yIng the eonstruetion ot ships," ho cried. Xmr t am not speaking in exact ligurcs-if you want MBwt tlBiirca I bimll haxo to telephone to Mr. Uurley for loi-ni T74 It-hut assumo that if baao and unprincipled men went ahead and built ahfpj without properly planning uud co-ordinating their efforts, two hundred thousand nioie men might haxo been in J.-ranco already. Cut tl10 sooner they get there tho sooner their names will bo on tho casualty lists. 1 have p. evented that. Certainly I havo saved tlioso men's lives, haven't 1? itert Yape did It. Could any bUrgical tape have done moro?" "Think,'' ho wont on, "of tho sad eon fusion that xvould bo caused If all thoso ships were rushed through before wo know wlidt wo wcro going to call them. There might bo a duplication of numes. it la xcry important to haxo all tho names picked out und arranged alphabetically before tho keels aro laid Jt Is a great en courugement for workmen to knoxv tho name of the vessel they mo constructing. They will work twice as hard on a bhip that Is to bo called tho Diana or tim rii thla as they will on ono Vhlch is to be named tho Pneumonia or tho Nausea. Two poets and a lexicographer aro coming down next week to help mo choosa somo euphonious names, bo wo can get to work. I llko classic name, such us Astarte. T'D MAK1. a btart Instead of Astarte," 1 suggested, but ho heeded mo not. "X.ou would bo amazed," he said, "to loariy nil tho helpful Ilttlo things wo can do. Thoro lb it shipload of eggb In New York harbor now. That ship was two days out, on tho way to France, when It occurred to mo that thobo eggs had not been tested to seo w bethel they were male or female. It Is xtrj important not to export uny female eggs Just now. All thoso future lions must bev, kept hero to lay eggs for homo con sumption. So I wirelessed to tho com mander to put back at once, I am having an Inspector go over ull tliose eggs and sort them out. There are three million ot them; .It will bo qulto a. Job. Wo havo eont two carloads of blanks up to New York for tho Inspector to record tho history and condition of each egg. Wo take every pains to boo that our woik Js properly done." In his excitement and dollght he de. xourcd & pile of questionnaires nnd carbon sheets and other dupllcatx&pn. t AAinssCNCIiqiL entered with theAlotct. lot.'itll fftVmWI .in in lv,,n,.t. '. VVM'ikfKjwr r-s-1 .- .,- --1-- .-r... v rviMP,wlf. ,-. reCHW ', formally and with assurance. What Is the information you wanted?" "Thank you, old top," 1 said. "I have already got what I wanted to know." And I lied without signing tho half-dozen exit passes ho had ready for me. Luckily I caught tho btagccoauh for Philadelphia, nnd got back with my stoiv In tlmo for the early i dltlon. STUDIES IN STATESMAN suir How to Conclude it Magnnmmoui Peace by the Czernin Method HOSTILITIES between the warring king doms of Pennsylvania and Now Jersey having resulted in a glorious victory for Pennsylvania arms, the torelBn minister of the conquering nation spoke uj follows In the diet: "It in unquestionable that tins negotiated peneo will bo the beginning of really friendly relations with tho gallant reoplo of New Jersey, who were only persuaded to take up arms against us by a serious misunderstand ing of our cultural and magnificent ml.-sion The slight changes of frontier which we have felt compelled to arrange are only rectifica tions: they aro In no sense to be construed as annexations. Sparsely inhabited and treeless regions, they were only a tourco of embarrassment and c-vpense to the high spirited people of New Jcrsaj, who will be glad to be relieved of buch burdens. "It has been arranged that Ocean, Bui lington, Atlantic and Camden counties arc. to be ceded to us. including tho stately towns of Camden and Atlantic City. Also the city of Trenton Is to pass under our protectorate. Including tho right to appoint tho Major anil city council, the bartenders, policemen and street car conductors. "ThU lb In the trucet senso an act of magnanimity toward opr stricken neighbor Relieved of tho onus ot maintaining ordr in these turbulent and obstreperous cltleb. the kingdom of New Jersey will bo ublu-to de vote herself to tho activities in which her real futuro lies. Iter destiny la on the sea, and the booncr she l. pushed off the hdid tho fuster sho will develop her natural retources in the way of i.urf bathing, shark fishing, bunburn cures and poison ivy. "We bhall lovy a tithe on the monuito crop for the next twenty jears, exacting a tax of 10 per centum on all mosquito peltr, whether cured or uncured. "The hinterland lying wcs.t of a line drawn from Sandy Hook to Barnegat la alto to pas. Into our hands until we can feel assured that New Jertey harbors no resentment or medi tates no aggressive reprisal ugalnst our so-curltj-. An an Instunco of our clemency, however, wo haxo decided to leave In the possession of New Jertey a strip of fertile and Invigorating s.ind beach Ilng between tho high and low water murks all along tho coast. Thus at low tide, which by good for tune occurs twlco every day. Now Jersey will still hold large nnd enviable territories Jt is understood, however, thut our nullonaU are to have free and unrestricted access to the suit water mid tke fiied ojbters T!" freedom of the ueas must bo assured Hav ing no eaooabt of our ovvn xo have I e" brutally handicapped for gencratione "All Cdblnos, pool pallors, mllllon-do"u' piers and hot-dog stands along tho coast u to pay us a rental for ten yean, or hi ' the war Indemnity Is lifted Our enerr.V l'-"v' ing been conquered by arms, must also b subjugated mprnlly. "We aiu anxious that the eltltens of Novr Jersey sho-ald realize that theso rearrange ments aro purely rectifications, not annex ations. There- will bo no bitternew or ranco In their hearts, for they realize that this a for their own good. New Jersey's futuro lies on the sea. and thero Is really no rraeo:i why the Inhabitants of that kingdom" ehould hot all llvo on flat boats and barges along tho bayoun and Inlets of the coant. Largo lafts could bo built on Hainegat Bay which could accommodate several bundled thousand peo ple, and billions of mosquitoes. "The, safest guarantee ot future peace be tween Pennsylvania una New Jarsoy Is to encourage N.vy Jersey tu expand herself In the way nature, intended slid should develop, This Is the truest kindness to her citizen. Her traffic in movuuitoea and bathing uult-J,, we snail not ftttompt to Htfrlnee, Ju lt magnanimous words of pur Mot Mti? 'euuierer. let her huVa lior nlitaa.ln 'lha a-.LV Itfufn-'t . : ten 1 ft, .1 Q V"
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