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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
Getting After the Coal Embargoes

NEW laws and regulations have not put
IN an end to railroad rebates and dis
ordinations. Even a college economist can
testify to new ways of turning old tricks.
BY pro-rating spur-lines and half a dozen
other means and methods all the essential
practices Of rebating are still possible. The
Interstate Commerce Commission thinks it
has spotted a new ruse. 1t is the so-caled
embargo placed by coal-carrying railroads
on the fuel Informal complaint alleges
that they have been used to discriminate
against certain shippers.
Though it is evident that coal-owning
roads might be sorely tempted to such action,
the truth of the matter is not yet at issue.
The commission simply considers the charge
serious enough to justify some action, and
it has summoned representatives of all the
roads affected to appear before it in jan
uary. If it finds evidence to support the
complaints, nobody will applaud its enter
prise more loudly than the consumer who
will then be burning that steadily advanc-
ing fuel
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
THE IDEALIST

Can you think on your feet? BY which
do not necessarily mean. Can Won
stand cup and make a speech, without
preyioGs notification, on any given subiects >
Those that excel in the art of quickly think
ing out a situation and putting il I'm a sys
tematic order Of presentation do not aIvvs 20
come within that class we term "extempors-
neous speakers"
A man can handle situation with marked
skin and precision, can convince those witbiD
sight or hearing OF the wisdom OF his ATM
tude without saying a word.
One day high official Of the police de-
Partment came tearing down one Of our nrjn
cipal streets In a carriage At an intersectIng
street his morse grew unruly. Just AT me
moment n trolley car passed and in the con
fusion tif motorman attempted to run his
car oet q the horses course. He figured
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
Verbal Atrocities

THERE are atrocities and atrocities Ono
L OF them is a name like Kluck 1--WE prefer
the common or barnyard spelling). Half
dozen more are the "sweezes" such a cog
nomen draws from the professional humor-
lists. \ man has a right to any name he
likes, or any his great-great- grandparents
chose for him. But that privilege entails
duties. He should not thrust himself reck-
lessly into public view if the result is going
TO be such remarks as "KluCk counts his
chickens before they're hatched," or allu-
sions to his battle-cry as Lay on The
only alternative to changing his name or re-
tiring from the army is TO copyright the
word and prosecute any breach Of the peace,
such as General Kluck's right wing
smashed The horrors of war are bad
enough without verbal carnage.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
on SOME HUMAN BONES

Found on Headand in the Bay of Panama.l
Vague Mystery hangs on all these desert places:
The fear which hath no name hath wrought
a spell:
strength courage, wrath, have been and left
no traces
They came, and fed; but whittier? Who can
tell?
We know but that they wero-that once in DAYS
When ocean was a bar 'twiNt man ana man,
stout spirits wandered DER these capes ana
bays
And pershed where these river waters ran,
Methrnhs they should have built some mighty
whose granite might endure the century's
Cold winter, aud the sharp night winds. that
boom
Like spirits in their purgatoral pain.
They left, tis said their proud, unburied bones
To wlrcu ,u This unuplupwledged shore;
Yet uaugAr beside the rocks and worn sea-
stones
NOW answer to the great Paciac's roar.
A mountain stands where Agamemnon died.
And Cheops hath derived eternal fame
BE- ause he made his tomb a place OF pride
Aud there the dead Metella earned "A name
But theae-they vanished as the Hghtnings die
Tueir ulschieta oyer Iu Tie alfrighted earth.
And no one kuOwctH underneath the sky
What heroes pershed here, nor whence their
birth
Bryaa weller Proctor n the sprlngasla RepusAosa.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
ANY PROFIT IN "BUYINC A BALE?

To the Editor Of tho Eucning Ledger:
Sir-T wish some Southern reader of tho
EVENING LEDGER would be good enough to ex.
plain how the purchaser of a bale of cotton Ia
going to profit, or even how he is going to
break even?" hear IL said that he can keen
the cotton in storage and sell 1t at an advance
next year. But by that time, 1t seems to me-
price down instead of up. Am 1 right? And IL
I am right why not call the "buy-a-bale"
movement legitimate charity and not try to
make people think 1t IS profitable philan-
thropy7 II. l.. HUSKINS.
Philadelphia, September %, 1914.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
The Ethics Of Shining

FrOm the Boston Transcript
"Suiping' is a comparatively recent addition
tc the red lexicon of war. Originally or on it's
first appearance ii sgnied shooting from am
bush or at "A great distance. A soldier under
this definition might be a sniper. The current
definition, however, apples only 10 civilians who
take part i'm lighting and are therefore not ELI
giblc TO the consideration accorded to those
who fight in uniform as members OF recop-
uized military organization. Though the word
may be new the action il describes is very old
Sniping can be traced far back in history. n
existed when organized armies were few and
very small and by the commanders NJ ola
times regarded simply one of the risks
Of war, Snipers We're not worse than any other
fighters IN the era before the war became
profession apart. The defenders Of JerusaIen,
against the Roman egions were almost win.
out exception in the category of snipers The
men and women who manned the walls og S.ra
gossa 10 reinforce its scanty garrison subjected
themselves to the lex talionis
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

LNGRE-and rotten hose again! 1t is be-
l. coming an old story, a sickening, mad
dening story; fire that destroys property and
rotten hose that bursts. Today, tomorrow
or some other time. it may be more than
property that will be destroyed; it may be
human life. Attention has been called often
enough to the fact that large part of the
hose owned by the city is unfit for use.
Something must be done Immediately. not
by and by. Councils have way of financing
land grabs with the public money Couldn't
it finance a little public safety?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
Our osition is Imprcgnable.

Say that our jokes are shy of point
And verse is lame and halt:
Spot, if you will and show the world
Our every slip and fault.
Rant at our stuff in sheer disgust,
Fen to the smallest wheeZe;
Poke it as full Of gaping holes
AS an ancient SChweitzer cheese.
Roast if YOU must but play us fair
And herald it near and far,
From the ice-bound shores of the Arctic Sea
To the glades of Zanzibar;
That we, alone of a horde of bards,
Hold not a line in store,
Nor have we written single line
OF verse about the war
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
Ferocious Pacifcists
From the Springfield Republican.

From the Springfield Republican
1t is strange to find some of the iercest ad-
vocates of a fight ito the finish" among the
advocates of peace, yet the reason is simple
enough. When an English exponent of pacific
ism is found demanding that Germany must
be crushed. and its Emperor, perhaps sent to
st. Helena, what seems like vindlctiveness hs
explains really due to desire for peace.
This must be the last war. To make OF
it Europe must destroy miltarsm. and to de.
stroy militarism it is necessary to destroy Ger
many 1t Is simple logic simple as that OF
Torquemada, and those who apply it do not
think of themselves as inhuman, or recognize
their likeness to the ferocious Cato the censor,
with his Carthaginem esse delendam.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
VIEWS OF READERS
ON TIMELY TOPICS
Contributions That Reflect Public Opin.
ion on Subjects Important to City,
State and Nation.

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger.
Sir-As newcomer to Philadelphia, I want
to express my satisfaction with a novel featur.
of your city, It's one-way street car lines. Az
first they may be little hard to learn, though
the straight streets and right angled corners
greatly simplify the matter. But the singular
value of your arrangement of routes seems TO
be the way it facilitates traffic. The car.
move much swiftly and with far less
danger to pedestrians and vehicles than in any
American city l know of. In this respect al
least. Philadelphia is neither "sow" nor
dead" LIP
PHILADELPHIA, September %. 1914.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
Button. Button

w HOLESALE grocers think that house
w wives have raised the price of sugar.
Housewives, or those with enough ready
money to buy barrel at a time blame it on
the grocers. They saw the price rising and
they laid in a supply. So nobody gets the
blame for what seems an unjustiiabe stua-
tion. 1t is the old story of no responsibility.
Blame it on those venerable scapegoats
Supply and Demand, and let somebody
pocket the profit The ultimate consumer
must look with en- y on the citizens of those
'war-ridden' countries where the food sup
ply Is under a responsible. if official thumb
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

DINNS, who relates the incident in his
ID recollections, declared that he never was
able to learn the identity of his mysterious
letter writer, whom he believed to have been
the same person who called upon President
Madison that evening in the winter of 1915.
In view of how the news of the peace of
Ghent was first given to the American pub
lie through the agency of a Philadelphia
newspaper Dame Rumor may not be so
faithless a jade. While it is a good plan TO
be wary of tales of a surprising character,
It does not necessarily follow that all ru-
mors are untrue. no matter how extraordi-
nary they may appear Big news does not
always come first from the fountain head.
GRANVILLE.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
SARCASTIC IN REGARD TO pENRosE

To the Editor Of the EveninO Ledger:
Sir-I heart and soul for Boes Penrose.
Senator Penrose Is a gentleman sui geners. He
Is a professional office-seeker. and a profess
sional is always more competent than ANA.
teur
You abuse the Senator for adherng to the
machine. But this is the day of machinery.
Why. in some States they have voting ma
chimes. I understand that in this State the
machine has done the voting whenever neces-
sary, but this may not be true after all.
THEOPHRASTUS CLUTTERBUCK.
Philadelphia, September 25, 1914.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
JUSTICE FOR VILLA

To the Editor OF the Evening Ledger:
Sir-I am glad to see the entire fairness with
which you treat Francisco Villa. Other papers
label him on every occasion with all possible
derivatives of "thief," and bandit" while you
inquire only into the sincerity with which he
backs what seem excellent principles. Certainly
Mexico will never be at peace long as an
officer of the army is in the saddle. Villa
soldiers, himself as much Carranza. In such
n work he should have the sympathy of every
American. c. * H.
Camden, September 2S 1914
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
" ar Is Gethsemane

TN explaining Why Christians 20 to war it
should be understood that when the com
maud is given TO fight a mans faith counts
for nothing. He must answer the call. Chris
t!anity is not discounted by the European
war. any more than the multiplication table
is destroyed by shooting it full of holes
Truth is eternal Man is still imperfect.
The world is passing through the throes
Of evolution Civilization does not move in
straight line, European political ideals are
for the time, predominating over the Chris
r!an IDEALS Of the 20th century. The conflict
VIII result I'm q new enthusiasm for those
moral forces which are the leayen working
s!aw,vIu modern Fife, There is a comfortable
optimism in the conviction thar good things
work together for good to them that believe
them The end of the world is not yet, and
the path II progress leads through the Gar
den uf Ci@thEemaue
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
Good Nm Is Pnhlic Snirit

GCHILLER had for the whole human race
- kindly feeling, which might almost be
called intense The history of statesmanship
is not devoid Of names which stand for Ut
terly unselhsh devotion 20 the public good,
One OF them is that Of cir Robert Peel who
broke with his party ikhs4s ana declared his
sense Of unhtness fos1.he task Of forming
= .left centre" organization John Bright.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
Banning a Bane

From the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle
School is on in the big cities of the East. And
"war in school has been tabooed. In Phila-
delphla the acting superintendent of the schools
Doctor Brumbaugh being busy the hustings
has banned all war discussions. all geographical
studies pertaining to the battle lines and all
narratives Of thrilling experiences had by
teachers before their flight refugees. This
Is sound procedure.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
Easy Money

Three minor political workers whose party
lost an election found it necessary to do
something to keep the wolf away and APP
piled to the boss. He got them work as con-
ductors on the local trolley line
Some weeks later of the three hap
pened into the car barn after his run and
found his two pals dancing about in high
glee
'Whassa NATTER" he asked
"Tomorrow's payday" chorused his friends.
"Payday-holy smoke, do we get that, too?"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
DONE IN PHILADELPHIA

MANY Of the big events in the worlds
lVl history come to America first from an
unexpected quarter and in an irresponsible,
mysterious manner I recall that a week
before we received the official account of the
result of Deweys battle in Manila Bay, a
brief dispatch came from Paris TO the effect
that the battle had been fought and the
American fleet had not lost a single vessel
The astonishing character of the informa-
tion made most people loath to believe 1t
until n week later, when the regular dis
patches from correspondents verified the
fact.
How did Paris receive the first word? II
has always been suspected that it got it
from Spain before Dewey could cut the
cable. And this appears to be the only
reasonable theory.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
A NEW COLLEGE DECREE FOR PENRosE

To The Editor OF the Evening Ledger:
Sir-The colleges give honorary degrees each
spring. If a few more men like Penrose (Har-
ward, 81 develop his failings, their alma matters
will have To join us in administering the sort
OF dishonorary degrees that the State of Penn
sylvana is going to bestow on Penrose and his
crowd this fall. ALBERT WELT.
Philadelphia, September 49, 1914.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
PLAYING Both Ends

From the Springfield Union.
The Krupps have contributed 100000 marks
TO the Red Cross fund. but their contributions
In cannon and the ammunition that provide
work for the Red Cross run up into the hun-
dreds of millions of marks.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
The Higher Explanation

Father, what is this higher criticism I
read so much about?"
1T is method by which man convinces
himself of the fasity of something which
he knows is not true"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
Yes. Who ?

We do not like McGraw to win.
And yet his losing makes us sigh;
just think of what we'll miss this year
In alibi?
When Comics demons get to work
And one by one the foemen die,
Who'll take the place of Mathewson
To tell us why?
And Matty's famous yearly song,
This year for Boston who shall sing,
To tell the pitchers how to foil
+. Bakers swing?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
OF Course

Barney Phean Father Healey's servant
was celebrated for his ready wit. One day.
while he was serving a dinner of the
guests said to him: Barney, why is my
ankle placed between my calf and my foot?"
"BoEorra, l dunno" replied Barney; unless
it is to keep your calf from eatin' your corn"
Boston TRANSCRIPT
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

There is more than one "City of Palaces
Rome, which was converted from a city of
brick huts into "city of palaces" by
Agrippa; modern Paris; Calcutta, with its
splendid European residences. Edinburgh is
sometimes given the title.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

Colonel Blood a cisreputable and cast-off
member of Cromwells party, seized the Duke
OF Ormond's coach on December 6, 1870 and
carried the Duke to Tyburn to hang him
The Duke escaped through the aid of friends
on May of the following year Blood tried
to steal the crown jewels from the Tower
For neither of these offenses was he pun
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
What in q Name

II must be difficult 10 find a prouder man
than Grant B Peacock, the Princeton golfer
who beat Champion Ouimet up and l to
play at Greeuwch-New York sun.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
Quite Damp

HoIlus--I never knew such a wet blanket
as Flubdub
Pokus-Thats right. If that fellow should
jump from the frying pan into the fire he
would put the fire out.-Life.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
CURIOSITY SHOP

A Sabbath days journey was estimated at
~ furlongs, or 1850 yards The Rabbins
fixed it at 1000 cubits, or 1850 yards. Jo-
sephus says tnat the Mount Of Olives was
fva stadia. or G25 PAGES, from Jerusalem.
which would make the allowable Sabbath
DAYS Journey about 1850 yards.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
4 Kindred Feeling

Fighting aboard ship nowadays with at
tacks from beneath the sea and from above
the Clouds is very much like going through
a graveyard at night-youre apt just to feel
that something's going to grab you from be-
hind.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

The Hindu system Of mythology has a
raI1 SO comprehensive that its nethcrmost
realms have never been measured or even
described Naraka is the generic name The
Purana gives 2S divisions of Naraka besides
which. we are told, there are hundreds and
thousands of others in which sinners pay the
penalty Of their crimes"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
Model Malthusianism

From the New York world
How Nautilus would have delighted in this
war, CHEEKY old soul!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
A Natural Query

The Flirt-Oh dear, what lot of people
will be unhappy when / get married.
The Other-Why, how many are you
marrying Exchange.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW

1t is to be hoped that it is not too late
for the Mexican factions TO get together and
prevent fresh carnival of blood.-New Or
leans State.
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As a man Oh experience ma alsIrusts the
Ne" 4orh S primary purpose was evidently
NOT the defeat ot Iammany
.FenF"sr az Pittsburgh says voters are
aroused. -Ea aiaI confession
-t.r
.., s., ''''. we" enough
a-'"''''-'4 w lN'' '' I'll II autumn
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

The Lovers Leap, 10 which Byron refers
in Don Juan" is in reality Leucadias rock,
a promontory on the southern extremity OF
the island Of ieucus in the Ionian Sea.
Sappho the pOstess, is said to have leaped
into the sea from this rock because of unre-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
The impossible

War has been able to do everything except
push the pretty girl from the front cover OF
the popular magazine.-ChicagO Herald.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
In A SPIRIT OF HUMOR
The Knock Subtle.

A certain man makes hats and in them
ldvertises as follows: New York and big
,ities
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

The most ineligible complaint of the Ger
man sympathzers in this country is that our
newspapers print too much war news obtained
from English and French sources.-New YORK
Times
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

Quilted love- At the annual festival OF
Apollo criminal was hurled from the rock.
Various living birds were fastened to him to
break his fall, and IL he survived freedom
his
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

No sensible or far-minded person wants 10
have the railroads oppressed and crippled mere
ly because some railroad directors have been
remiss or unfaithful and some railroad presl,,
dents have been overambitious,- -Springhed
Mass) Union.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

THIRTY- SEVEN years ago A. II. Ray
i nolds, of Denver a banker of that city,
cashed vouchers amounting to s229O for
contractor doing business with the United
States The banker obtained the necessary
proofs and submitted them to the Depart
ment of the Interior, where they lay for four
years without action. Since then Congresses
have come and gone; statesmen big and little
have espoused Mr.. Reynolds cause; Sena-
tors and Representatives have worked in his
behalf and the claim is still unpaid.
A week ago the attention of Joseph p.
Tumulty, private secretary to the President,
was called TO the matter, and he interested
himself to such an extent that Cato Sells,
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, who has the
claim under jurisdiction, took prompt ac-
ton. But he was as unable to pay the claim
as were his predecessors for under the law
it will require an act of Congress to reim-
burse Mr.. Reynolds for money legally due
him. So the matter rests once more.
All of which reflects little credit on the
business methods of the United States.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

THE first report that the Treaty Of Client
i had been completed and peace estab-
ished with Great Britain reached Philadel=
phia in most mysterious manner and fully
week before Washington had official ad-
vices AS we expect to celebrate the CEN
tennial anniversary of the conclusion of the
peace of Client this year, this little known
story may be of interest now.
The treaty was signed on Christmas Eve,
1914, but sailing vessels did not cross the
Atlantic in those days with the speed of
modern ocean liners, and there was neither
cable nor wireless to transmit the news.
However, early in the year 1915 mysterious
stranger called upon President Madison at
Washington one evening and brought him
the news.
That night this same mysteriou; stranger
sent q letter to John Binns, who published
the Democratic Press in this city, giving
him the same news Probably no modern
newspaper owner would have done what
Binns did. Any newspaper receiving such
important news today would instantly get
out an extra edition, for the whole country
was waiting patiently for word that peace
had been concluded.