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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-08
This W0MAN'S
SICKNESS
Quickly Yielded To Lydia E.
Pinkhafn's Vegetable
Compound.

Baltimore, Md. 81 am more than
glad to tell what Lydia K. Pinkham' s
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-08
Games Monday

Brattleboro at Greenfield.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-08
American League.

F'ishcr and Nunamaker; Weliman
and Agnew, Crossin.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-07
Changing CITY Hall Plaza

IHTHAT with the rapid construction OF the
w Finance Building, the widener Building
and the Commercial Trust Building on South
and West Penn Square an entirely new
aspect is given the surroundings and setting
OF the City Hall. 1t is a matter for public
congratulation that the architectural designs
OF the new skyscrapers are such as to blend
tremendously with the Wanamaker Building
and others Of similar nature lining the
square
Regrettable it undoubtedly is that park
OF goody proportions was not established
during the long years of the City Halls con-
struetion and at time when the land could
have been had for a 1.-THE of present values.
nevertheless Philadelphians have reason to
pride themselves on the growing metropolitan
and busnessllke appearance of the Plaza
viewed whole. And old BILLY" Penn still
tops and dominates his new neighbors as he
has done all previous ones from his 5OO-foot
perch on the City Hall Tower
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-07
Municipal Ownership and Party Politics

GRANTED that Frederick c. Howe Com
NJ missioner of immigration at Ellis Island,
~ correct in his statement that municipal
ownership of public utilities is a success in
many European cities, it does not follow that
the same policy will be successful in Amer
ican cities. Monarchy is satisfactory to
England, but it would be intolerable here
Traditions, temperament and well-estab-
iished habits reinforce certain features Of
government in Europe, but are firmly set
against the establishment of similar fea-
lures in this country.
All municipal ownership in Great Britain
is conditioned by specific acts Of Parlia-
ment and both in the purchase and opera
tion of the utilities the public is protected
against the very dangers that beset any sim
liar experiment In America. officials and
employees of municipal corporations are not
subject to change with every veering of the
political wind. Appointments are not made
on the basis of reward for petty party serv-
ices. Training and efficiency are the in
voable standards of service. The City
Councils being composed of successful busi-
ness men rather than ward politicians. are
able to guarantee a continuous business ad-
ministration of the publicly owned utilities
II America can ultimately free it's cities
from the archaic bieameral and ward rep
resentation system and elect the most com
petent men available as municipal board
OF management, the era may arrive when we
can consider municipal ownership and oper-
alton as feasible and practical plan. For
the time being, it must remain an academic
theory. Our first duty is to insist upon a
higher standard Of character and efficiency
IN municipal representatives. Men of the
highest type are willing to serve their cities
u the hampering and paraly2ing restrictions
of party politics are taken away.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-07
Hnmor is a Civic Asset

THE increase of from $4,000 to $4,000 in prizes
i for the "mummers' parade" on New Years
Day made by Councils is in reality tribute
to the growing public appreciation of the
civic side of the pageant That the mum
mers' have been to Philadelphia what the
Mardi Gras has been 10 New Orleans in ad-
vertising value has long been patent. But
more than this there has come to be an an
nual expectation that the follies and foibles
of the city will be depicted in keen yet
enjoyable sense, entirely without malice yet
not without a certain sting.
Thus things political have been shown up
literally by means OF floats or organized
bodies of marching men, During the fight
for better water supply the "mummers"
clubs made pronounced hit with their de-
rsive and pointed moving carlcatures of ilter
plants that were not and muddy water that
was,
1t is healthy condition when a municipal
ity of the size OF Philadelphia can see its
faults In a humorous light.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-07

| ish, has German sister. and her husband and.
/ I think, her son--shsw's nephew-ate fighting
bravely in the German trenches.
The nations are interpenetrated. Nothing can
affect one nation Tor one mani without Affecting
every other nation Cor mani.
Thinking Humble
In the first anger and surprise Of war lots OF
foolish, bad things were said and written, in
England, as elsewhere. What you hear now is
different-and what you read 1 think Lloyd.
George voiced It first; and his words are worth
knowing. He said the nations were shedding
themselves OF selnshness," and making a new
Europe-s new world That view is worth while.
And the newspapers are dropping the tone Of
brag and anathema. The London Times In a
fine way denounces those who exult over the
enemy-or envy them, This article in the Times
and If you know that essentially English
newspaper you will agree with me-shows deA-
niLely how and splendid an ideal has risen
up In the public mind of England. new ideal
has risen where there were sloth, obscurity and
fatted insoence. You can see II in this. "rhe
comparison we have to make is with our own
IDEAL not with other existing men or nations
1t does not matter whether we are inferior or
superior TO them in any respect; 1t matters only
whether doing our best TO reach our
would neither hate themselves nor others, but
only forget themselves and all comparisons with
others and when comparisons were forced upon
them by the struggle for life they would not
suffer them to trouble the peace OF their souls
with pride or hate envy. So a nation would
bo able to make even without hate. We
hone and believe we are making war So hut
we must be on our guard lest we think OF vic
tory as a heaven beyond which we need not
aspire. Victory is glorious in proportion to the
value OF the cause that triumphs in IT, And
ours will be dust and ashes If It means to lis
only that we have shown ourselves better men
than the Germans"
That is high thlnking-and humble thinking.
II England has learned that lesson, something
is already gained in that red horror of war.
The way she is facing 1t matters more than
what happens to her.
And France, you remember has found unity:
and has learned-in the darkness-to call upon
God.
Two new things: and In them there is a hint
Of what the new Europe may be.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-07
ANTONIO SALANDRA, PREMIER OF ITALY
Accepting Under Unusual Difficulties He Has Brought Order Out
of Dsorder-Hs Diplomacy Evident in the Conduct of
Internal AHars-An Able Cabinet
By A. A. BERNARDY

rebellion from the threshold of the Adriatic
The word of the Conference of London must
be respected the eastern shore while some
one is capable of enforcing it with the demon
stration of quiet power against disorderly
elements, and the ministrations of human
mercy to the suffering crowd whose distress
ing ill-health might prove a serious menace
TO the military conditions of the whole Adrl
attic coast. The military occupation Of the
little strategic island of Saseno guarantees
the situation from another standpoint.
Salandra's Able Advisers
one piece of good fortune has befallen
Premier salandra in the accomplishment of
his arduous duties: the acceptance by Baron
Sonnino of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
and that came as the consequence of a knot
of difficult inside conditions happily re-
solved.
Shortly after the opening of the European
war, the Secretary of State for the Navy,
Admiral Milo, who had previously taken an
active part in the Italian colonial war had to
resign on account of prolonged ill-health,
Later the Secretary of War, and, after him.
the Minister of Finance found H. eXpedent
TO resign in favor of stronger or bolder sue
cessors Meanwhile Marquis dl San Giulano
succumbed TO an attack of the gout that had
been troubling him for years, 80 that It
seemed impossible to proceed to the necessary
reorganization of the Cabinet without trans
formation, be IL ever so slight, of its political
character; and Premier Salandra resigned his
office and that of his colleagues, remaining in
power, lin the hands of the Crown" OF
course, since this resignation was not the
consequece of parliamentary vote or OF obvi-
in far Ia tba
trary), the Crown very wisely as we'll as con-
stitutionaly reintrusted to Salandra the COM
position of new Cabinet which was effected
successfully and with exceptional promptness;
the most notable accession TO it being that of
Baron Sonnino, former Premier a man of
irreprOachable character and undisputed rep
utation, as his Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Apropos of this accession, the wags have not
failed to remark that Salandra's situation re-
sembled that of Pope Benedict XIV, in that
the Pope had for his Secretary of State man
preconized Pope himself and the Premier
who began his career as a satellite of sonnno
has Sonnino now as his rlght-hand man. But
both Premier and Minister are far too superb
or-minded to attach any Importance TO a diff
ference of outward position when the nation
needs their services in a moment which may
decide history TO come; and Italy as a whole
understands the arrangement in the right
spirit and appreciates the services of her big
men as they richly deserve to be appreciated.
Rome. November 25. 1914
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-07
Better Than Cheaper Lirhis

FTHE greatest gain that could possibly
i come TO Philadelphia from the hearing at
harrisburg on the public and private light
Ing rates in this city would be willing CO.
operation between the parties concerned. II
the controversy should cease to be con-
troversy and become a real get -tog ether,
that result itself would be a hundred times
more important than the reduction OF cleo
trie light bills The company, says it's chief
counsel. will gladly meet the city half way.
1t will furnish the facts which It bases
It's schedule Of rates and talk things over
IN cooperative spirit Such an attitude
cannot make trouble, 1t can only put an
end to the hostile feeling that sometimes,
unfortunately. exists where there need he no
hostility of interest. Nothing better could
hapnen
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-07
!. safely First > for Polltics

HCsAFETY FIRST" is a good idea but why
- restrict it to street crossings? Teach
ing the Camden children how TO avoid the
avid street car Is an excellent thing; but why
net taka in politics? Try few sample
sdon'tsa for a political safety irst" pro-
gFam:
pont expect a Councilman to work for
nothing.
Don't expect a Councilman TO hold two jobs
better than one.
Don't exReet Councilman who owns tene-
naen1s 10 vote for a housing bill
oonI think you've done all your work when
- nailng booth closes.
Dent forget Al about politics TIL the next
sllon
Getting across the street may be ali right
- saaay but tomorrow The child will be
lnaa.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-07

I1IAR strikes is blows ia unlocked for
quarters. they fall upon strangely un-
nzsElas heads While America strains 10
- naaeFpienes upon stricken Bel
S iima when Il IS ordinarily eon-
So Hilh ksepIng the pot boiling Tor
naar af ehristmas il learns that the
z.ns e Fsa=zashed aoEkers she lend lhuss
- 1ase something almost Ike exIefmina-
warning Eprapa. The salvation Army
srsaf s.erss e Belgium and France
nsess haze been drafted into hospital
go - aals sHoFf. hsssfl = eus-
znas rs turned = he a1s4laIl8a
szs = Har
- k eIsse aEH4z
Has -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-07
PhIIadelphIa. peeember 2.
THE CRuIsER

The cruiser is a predatory craft with a thin
skin and huge set OF engines 1t is built
for the purpose OF Getting to places in a tremen-
dous hurry and Of removing from said places
with even greater speed.
The cruiser Is built Of steel and carries plenty
Of guns. However, they not large guns.
They ate only large enough to tear an ocean
liner In two at one shot-.not large enough ~
be of any use in real war. A battleship
would bark oncs at a cruiser and then spend
gel within reach. But the business of the
cruiser is TO remain exceedingly aloOf from the
hostile battleship.
Fur this purpose the modern cruiser ls COM
posed largely OF engines. II travel faster
than train on a railroad operated safe
" hrsl, speed nowhere schedule. Thirty
miles hour Is not fast for an agile cruiser
when It u headed for safety under full steam.
Germany and England have cruisers which are
As large az battleships, and which travel IS
The entire English and French heets hunted
her up and down the Mediterranean, but she
lodged tile whole collection aud is nov paeidly
blowing Up Russian sunhoats under q Turkish
nag
The United States also has many cruisers.
but they DO not travel 30 miles hour. An
American cruiser Is built for comfort, not for
speed. II has always been the policy Of the
eminent fossils in charge Of the American navy
10 build war vessels about iige knots slower
Than the prevailing style abroad. This adds to
their safety IN making It impossible FOR them
a night
Tha cruisers business = 10 destroy ths enc
nays merchant marine and 70 do the general
al-aronnd serapplng Whlle the hatllsahIpz re-
main tsnderly guarded At home. over 100 cruis-
srs Of All nations have been sunk sinee the
prsaent war began. Nhile the battlsahips are
sun doing daty e health rssortss-GeoFge
Fiteh.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-07
THE PEACE.PAcT

They were foes ss they fell in that frontier
fight,
They were friends as they lay with their
Waiting the dawn OF their last morning light
II was silence all, save shuddering sound
From the souls Of the dying that rose around;
And the heart OF the one to the other cried.
As closer they drew, and their arms en-
wound
There viii be no war on the other side"
As the souls OF the dying mounted high
II seemed they could hear the long fareweni
Then together they spake. and they questioned
why
Since they hated not-why this evil befelI7
And neither the Frank nor the German could
Wherefore themselves and their cOuntryman
died
But they said that Hereafter in peace they
There win be no on the Other side"
As they languished there on that field aceurst
With their wounds unbound, IN their mortal
pain.
spake one to the other. Il faint from thirst,
ana ne other made answer, What drops re-
IN my vater-aask thou shalt surely dralnl.
As he lifted the mask the ether replied
II pledge thee n this TIL we meet AGAIN.
There viii be no war on the Other sldevi
And # eame to pass as the night wore deep
That fever through al their veins was famed
50 that visions we're theirs yet not from slespl
ana sssa vas down to his own loved lana
But reqslns again. one mufmursd sarhy
Fsos soa.ts,s e ny .a. sge'sss-aasFet .aaa ayas
There VIII be 40 war on the other SIDE
ENNoI
AemEaasa e paaes Ns can give haf or leafs
as He lo9k 90 rhs Nasae of he human lIaa
ass forever eHs efs s. Haaals ast saas
@A = = NaH aH Eas aIHsH sIaz
A# q - AsH zsFz ###za
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-07
Philadelphia. December 8.
TURKEY I'M THE WAR

To the Editor OF the EUsnin0 Ledger:
Slr-Notnng as yet has tested out the real
force Of Turkeys entrance into the war. But
whether or not her forces are menacing the
Suez Canal. this is an excellent occasion for
the Allies 10 realize that the entrance of Tur-
key into the war is far from an unmlxed boon.
Russia may welcome the opportunity OF selz-
ing Constantinople, but France and England
must know that Turkish participation means
Just that much more work for the already over
loaded Allies.
Turkey surprised the world by proving an in
significant opponent to the Balkan League Her
famed lighting power was only thing OF mem
ory Even German training had not prevented
It's evaporation in the years since Turkey whip
ped Greece
Now, however. 1t may be another story
Britain learned much from the Boer War; Rus
sia from her experiences with Japan. 1t is
not unlikely that Turkey has done the same.
And Turkey now has German officers and all
the Ntactical resources of the German General
Stan at its command.
The ray of hope for the Allles-outside the
possibility that the Turks learn nothing" as
well as forget nothing''-is that any consider
able success for Ottoman arms will throw the
Balkans into the conflict, The threat OF Turk
ish ascendeney can never again be tolerated.
l.. c. c.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-07
ECONOMIC Anarchy

ITTHEN 80 people eat and sleep in two
w rooms every law OF nature is broken
every sanction of society is outraged aud
every instinct OF decency is violated. Humans
cannot herd like cattle and remain human.
A sane and healthy civilization cannot bear
flowers or fruit with its roots bedded in Nth.
Wherever gold1is set above men there must
come, sooner or later, a day Of reckoning
IN which the bill OF costs against society is
staggering Outside of the health of its citi-
a nation has no realizable assets haF-
vests must remain ungathered minerals left
in the ground raw material be unutilized
unless the health Of the workers is main
tanned, The worst economy is 10 waste
human energy; the worst anarchy Is TO deny
the elemental rights 10 men, women and
children.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-07
America Tomorrow

THE face of the world s being changed.
Il Twenty years ago the politics OF Europe
was OF incidental interest to the United
states: today the course of world events
can be Bauged by the volume OF smoke from
American factories. Tomorrow the quota
tlons from Argentina will be as important
to the business man as the San Francisco
markets were yesterday.
The important thing is not so much that
we are acquiring the international viewpoint
| ms that our business interests are about to
| be unlversalized. we are approaching the
era of concessions, when the statesmanshlp
of our Government must concern itself with
the extension encoura cement and protection
of our investments In every land under the
sun. We shall be concerned as much with
the tariff imposed by Chill as we have been
with the imposts at our own customs houses
we shall be vltally interested in the Bra
lillian elections. and a storm will not blow
over Sumatra that the report Of It will not
carry also statement of the effect
American business there.
Our politics, therefore. whether we wish
1t or not, is In transition period. New
questions are already bursting into promi-
nence. Great issues before unknown here
will compel gradual national unanimity i'm
respect to protection as a basic formula for
certain and fixed an American principle
the Monroe Doctrine. A great navy to pro-
tect our vast outlying interests will become
absolute necessity and the sustenance
of II will become a matter of course. Our
diplomatic corps will develop into trained
body of experts and national efficiency will
become the keynote of our entire represen-
tation abroad
The Office will demand world figures as
Secretaries Of State. Our Presidents will be
tested by new standards. There will be a
sweep to our legislation. momentum be-
hind our policies, that will make many of
our former paramount issues seem insig-
nifcant Open questions will become set
tied questions, longer open to debate
since the new perspective of the nation will
glimpse far vaster horizons. our great ma
tional advertisers will become great inter
national advertisers. Destruction in Europe
is making America the overpowering con-
structive force of the world.
1t is a good thing. perhaps, that the ma
tion has undergone its recurrent experiment
in government by sentimentalsm and hys-
terra. There will be need for hard common
sense at Washington hereafter for big men
with broad visions, who have been tested
in the crucible of experience. There will
be need for men capable of apprecating the
destiny of the country and its place in the
world And it will be decades before the
nation again is sldetracked by the exagger-
alton of minor issues. The people under
stand better than ever before what
they after and they are going TO fight
for 1t in a sober. deliberate way, under in
-elligent guidance. The country is young: 1t !
IS only beginning to put the toga and
take its proper place in the world. Enor-
nous as our progress and prosperity have
been, the nation, after all, has been in a
preparatory period only.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-07
MORE DATA ON IMMORTALITY

To he Editor OF the Evening Ledger:
STA good many people thought that Dar-
win and his followers had killed off the human
soul. And they did annlhllate for many
OF us the belief in a spirit that rested on no
foundation OF scientific knowledge Now how
ever, we see the scientists-SIr oliver Lodge
as the latest-revlvlfyng the soul with the
facts and deductions of the psychologist as
well as the psychic, laboratory. The newest
contHbution-the revival of life in Califor-
MIA woman who ceased to breathe and pulsate
as the result of a major operatlon-may seem
to befog tho issue by suggesting such awk-
ward questions as: Where was her soul dur
ing The 10 minutes of death?" How was 1t
drawn back into the body by the merely ply
sicnl operation OF the DOCTORS squeezing the
hearth" "Or was her vital spark a mere prod
uct of physical actiOn?" Such questions how
ever, do not befog the issue. They are merely
new facts which may take great effort to read
Alright but in which there Ii more chance Of a
solution than in the vaeuiy of Ignorance
S. NJ. l..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-07
YES, THE SAME CONNELLY

TO the Editor Of the Euening Ledger:
Sir-Some time since n Councilman by the
name of Connolly proposed that the city pur-
chase the tract of ground bounded by Juniper
Broad, South Penn square and Chestnut street
the idea being to demolIsh the buildings worth
millions and transform the site into a public
park. In yesterdays EVENING LEDGER
noticed that a Councilman bearing the same
name announced that funds could not be found
for the Housing Commission Kindly inform
me which wards these Connellys represent, and
whether or not they are any relation to each
other H q r.
Philadelphia, December T.
1.-THE two Connellys one and the same
man, namely, John p. Connolly chairman OF
the Finance Committee of Counclls.-Editor of
the EVENING IEDGER1
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-07

ened. Israel zanswIli SAYS; "It seems to me,
when the mighty conflict IL over, that it win
hardly be possible for some years ahead to
have German and English or Russian and
Austrian Jews meeting on a common basis"
But zanswill should remember that Jews
have held their countryless nationality
through 10 centuries Of wars, and they are
not likely ever 10 lose H.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-07
Who Knows?

TN THE ordinary news of the day is found
1 the following;
The schooner Gavota reported that 120
miles south of Valparaiso she found a por-
tion OF the body of a British sailor floating
on lifebuoy from an English warship.
The battle a sinking ship, a plunge into
the stormy depths, and then, by the mercy
of God, a lifebuoy! Long hours. days and
nights. waiting for sail. exhaustion and
shark Who knows?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-07

FFem the Sew EaEz Evening Peat
These s iuuch leoze taIk about taa need of
'preparsdaes5 bet nheu anYbray asAs shat
saa . prepare feT "details Azs aal foFlHeaQa=
Inz AuH. - e8HHez zae aaIekiv set iale oaz
4aaas laas Eas HEz. IaiaH 8 prepare s ae.lzz
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-07

What difference does 1t make who does moi
want rapid transit IN Philadelphia II the
people themselves are on the other side2