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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
Ferocious Paci6cists

From The SprlngfeId RepubIlcan.
1t is strange to find some of the fiercest adj
voCatos of a fight "to the finish among the
advocates of peace, yet the reason Is simple
enough. When English exponent Of pacific
ism is found demanding that Germany must
be crushed, and its Emperor, perhaps, sent to
st. Helena, what seems like vindictiveness he
explains as really due to a desire for peace.
This must be the last war. To make sure OF
it Europe must destroy militarism. and to de-
stroy militarism it is necessary to destroy Ger
many 1t. is simple logic. simple 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
JUSTICE FOR VILLA

TO The Editor Of the EUerinO Ledger:
Sir-I am glad to see the entire fairness with
which you treat Francisco Villa. Other papers
label him 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
knows that. and he is trying to eliminate all
soldiers, himself as much Carranza. In such
a work he should have the sympathy of every
American G. X. H.
Camden, September 2S, 1914.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
ANY PROFIT IN Buying A BALE?
To the Editor Of The Eventra LEDGER.

To Che Editor Of The BUcnirO Ledger:
Sir-t wish some Southern reader of tina
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
"brcak even?" I hear it 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.
another crop is going to drive the
price down instead of UP. Am I right? And IL
I am right. why not call the "buy-a-bale"
movement legitimate charity and not try to
make people think it is n profitable philan.
thropy? H. L. HUSKINS.
Phndelnhia. Sentemher q 1911
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 am heart and soul for Boies Penrose.
Senator Penrose Is a gentleman sui geners. He
is professional office-seeker, and profess
sional is always more competent than
teur
You abuse the Senator for adhering to tho
machine But this is the day of machinery.
Why, in some States they have voting
chimes. l 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
DONE IN PHILADELPHIA

MANY Of the big events in the worlds
IHl history come to America first from an
unexpected quarter and in an irresponsible,
mysterious manner. recall that week
before we received the official account of the
result of Dewey's battle in Manila Bay
brief dispatch came from Paris to the effect
that the battle had been fought and the
American fleet had not lost single vessel.
The astonishing character of the informa-
ton made most people loath to believe 1t
until week later, when the regular dis
patches from correspondents verified the
fact
How did Paris receive the first word? 1t
has always been suspected that 1t got 1t
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
Banning n Bane

From the Augusta CGa) Chronicle.
school is on in the big cities of the East And
war in school has been tabooed. In Phia-
dephIa 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
teachers before their flight as refugees. This
Is sound procedure.
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:

TO the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:
Sir-As newcomer to Philadelphia, want
to express my satisfaction with a novel feature
of your city, its 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 cars
move much swiftly and with far less
danger to pedestrians and vehicles than in any
American city l know of. In this respect, at
least Philadelphia is neither "slow" nor
dead" L. p
PHILADELPHIA Sentember 30, 1914
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

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
T.. Bakers swing?
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
Easy Money

Three minor political workers whose party
lost an election found it necessary to do
something to keep the wolf away and ap-
piled to the boss. lie got them work as con-
ductors on the local trolley line.
Some weeks later one of the three hap
pened into the car barn after his run and
found his two pals dancing about in high
glee
"Whassa matter?" 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
A NEW COLLEGE DECREE FOR PENRosE

To the Editor Of the Erenin1 Ledger:
Sir-The colleges give honorary degrees each
spring. If few more men like Penrose HIar-
ward, SD develop his failings their alma matters
will have to join us in admins tering the sort
OF dlshonorary degrees that the State of Penn.
sylvana is going to bestow. on Penrose and his
crowd this fall. ALBERT WELT
PHILADELPHIA, September %, 1914.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
of Course

Barney Phelan, 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?"
"BegOrra, | dunno" replied Barney; unless
it is to keep your calf from eatin' your corn"
-BOStOn TranSCriDt
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
The Higher Explanation

Father, what is this higher criticism
read much about?'
1T is a method by which a man convinces
himself of the falsity of something which
he knows is not true
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
CURIOSITY SHOP

A Sabbath days journey was estimated al
~ furlongs or 1850 yards. The Rabbins
hxed it al 1000 cuDits, or 1880 yards To-
sephus says that the Mount Of Olives was
FIVE stadia, or 625 PAGES from Jerusalem,
which would make the allowable Sabbath
day's Journey about 1850 yards.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
Model Malthusianism

From the New York world.
How Malthus would have delighted in this
war CHEEKY old soul!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
v hat. in n Nnme

It must be difficult to find a prouder man
than Grant b. Peacock, the Princeton golfer
who beat champion Ouimet up and l to
play at Grcerwich,-New York sun.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

The Hindu system Of mythology has a
he'll so comprehensive that its nethermost
realms have never been measured OF even
described. Nuraka is the generic name. The
T,Irana gives Is divisions Of Naraka, besides
which, we are told, there are hundreds aud
thousands Of others i'm which sinners pay the
penalty Of their crimes
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
Quite Damp

IIokus--I never knew such a wet blanket
as Flubdub.
Pokus-That'S right. If that fellow should
Jump from the frying-pa into the fire he
would put the fire out.--Lfe.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
Health Hint
\ Cubist Poem

Never sing the "Marseillaise" at a German
Enquirer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
The Imnossiblc

War has been able to do everything except
push the pretty girl from the front cover Of
the popular magazinc.-Chicago Herald.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
A Kindred Feeling

Fighting aboard ship nowadays, with at
taCkS from beneath the and from above
the clouds, is very much like going through
a graveyard at night-you're apt just to feel
that something's going to grab you from be-
mind.
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 lat:
for the Mexican factions to get together anC
prevent fresh carnival of blood.-New or
leans State.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
4 NaIlIral OuerY

The Flirt-Oh dear what lot of people
will he unhappy when | get married!
The Other-Why how many are you
MISUNDERSTANDING
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

The Lovers Leap, TO which Byron refers
In Don Juan" is in reality Leucadas rock,
a promontory on the southern extremity of
the island Of Leucus in the Ionian Sea.
Sappho the poetess. Is said to have leaped
into the sea frrIa his rcck Eeesu frFs
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

THE first report that the Treaty Of Ghent
i had been completed and peace estab-
lished with Great Britain reached Philadel+
phia in most mysterious manner and fully
a week before Washington had official ad-
vices. AS we expect to celebrate the CEN
tennial anniversary of the conclusion OF the
peace Of Ghent 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 1916 a mysterious
stranger called upon President Madison at
Washington one evening and brought him
the news.
That night this same mysterious stranger
sent letter to John Binns, who published
tho 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.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

The most intelligible complaint of the Ger
man sympathizers in this country is that our
newspapers print too much news obtained
Times
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
In A SPIRIT OF HUMOR
The Knock Subtle.

certain man makes hats and in them
advertises as follows: New York ana DIG
cities"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

No sensible or fair-minded person wants 10
have the railroads oppressed and crippled meTe'
ly because some railroad directors have been
remiss unfaithful and some railroad pres,
dents have been oYerambitious.-Springn
(Mass) Union.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

There is more than one "Cty 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

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
wa his
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

Colonel Blood, disreputable and cast-off
member of Cromwelrs 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
ished.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

As a man of experience, Villa distrusts the
military politician.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

military politician.
New Yorks primary purpose was evidently
not the defeat Of Tammany
"Penrose, at Pittsburgh says voters are
aroused. Fatal confession,
Pretty soon We shall be we'll enough
acquainted with fall 10 call it autumn.
And now nine ont of twelve Kentucky
counties join Virginia in wedding out the
mint.
Jimmy" Bennett reports a German army
telephone in flower bed. But perhaps it is
only one VI his flowers Of speech.
10 Congress wants to win the praise Of a
grateful public, it might place a tax ON war
poetry
AIDING up the total Of the daily retreats Of
the Germans, 1t is clear thar 10y now they
have just about reached the Pacific coast.
About this time let us recall that the
Braves once went by the tail-end title Of the
Doves What's in a name?
AS a good many suspected, it took John
AIaseheld to write the" English war poem
and it is more poem than war
Vance McCormick doubtless considers he
has advanced Bit but the enemy, firmly in
trenched, doesn't seem 10 mind it.
President Wilson requests that American
neutrality be preserved but any housewife
can tell him that with sugar selling at war
time prices it's difncult to preserve anything
these days.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

Vance McCormick doubtless considers he
has advanced a Bit, but the enemy, firmly in
treuched doesn't seem 10 mind il.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

When Congress meets next winter u
should make a careful effort to revise ths
patent laws. Our present patent system has
6eGof an aiu check To- inyenpors or and mar.
velous promoter of lawsuts.-Chicago Jour-
nal
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

AS q good many suspected, it took John
Maseheld TO write THE" English war poem
and 1t is more poem than war
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

About this time let us recall that the
Braves once went by the tail-end title Of the
L-NeE Whats I'm a name2
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

"Peurose, ar Pittsburgh says voters are
aroused - Fatal confession.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

AIDING up the total Of the daily retreats Of
the Germans, 1t is clear thar 10y now they
have just about reached the Pacific coast.
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
he wary of tales of a surprising character,
Il 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

New York's primary purpose was evidently
not the defeat Of Tammany.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

Secretary AIcAdoo is acting most com.
mendably in beginning a movement sy l%
bringing TO time national banks which may
be piling up unnecessary reserves in ths.
vaults while refusing legitimate requests ~
loans or which may be taking advantage, "
prevailing conditions to charge excessive III
terest rates.-Los Angeles Express
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

DUT Binns, not knowing from whom the
ID news came and fearing that it was
rumor intended to influence prices of cotton,
rice and other home products, hesitated. The
letter. which was anonymous, reached the
editor one morning He read it and then
meditated upon his next step. He feared
that the information was so important that
it would be risky to consult any person as
to his next step. He had visions of q specu-
lator booming the prices of some home
products or causing fall in the prices of
those imports such as tea, sugar, coffee and
other goods which had been laid away in
large quantities by some of our long headed
merchants.
No person in Philadelphia had received
even a suggestion of the news. Binns made
it his business to mix among men likely to
have heard such a report, but no one ap-
preached him with rumors of that kind. Late
in the afternoon, however, he sent the let
ter to the Merchants Coffee House, and had
it placed in the coffee house books, with
his name as authority In no time the whole
water front was busy getting ships in readi-
ness TO send them to the South for cotton
and rice. The merchants were reader to
accept the news than was Binns. He printed
the news in his paper the next day
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

president MADISON received the news
! in the same manner and spirit. One eve
ming person, not known in Washington,
presented himself at the Presidents House.
He was met by Madson's private secretary,
Edward Coles afterward the second Cover
nor of Illinois, who listened to the strang
er's story. The private secretary asked the
stranger to remain seated until he carried
his message to the President. The latter
was much surprised at both the information
and the method by which it brought to
him, and then told Coles to admit to him
the mysterious courier. Madison wanted TO
have a look at the man, and to determine
if he was worthy Of belief. He also called
to his aid the Postmaster General, r. j.
Meigs, and the two questioned the stranger
closely.
After a long conversation, the President
seemed satisfied, yet no information on the
subject came from the Presidents House
until the confirming official dispatch arrived
some days later, by which time the news
had already penetrated through large part
of the country.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

Pretty soon We shall be we'll enough
acquainted with fall 10 call it autumn.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

jimmy Bennett reports a German army
telephone in flower bed. But perhaps it is
only one VI his flowers Of speech.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

II Congress wants TO win the praise Of a
grateful public it might place a tax on war
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

Unlike John w, Griggs. counsel for the MAI.
conf Wireless Company President Wilson new
was a Mark Hanna Attorney General OF INV
United states, but he happens to be COM
mander-in-Chlef of the army and navy sh.
his Interpretation of the law hearing upon raw
communication with belllgerents is likely TO P'
yall.-New York World.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

Minister Pezet. OF Peru. believes not Vgs
that lack of good American sslssmanship
South America Is the principal cause OF ~.
failure 10 compete successfully with Burops :
the past. bat that, unless We improve our ss'az
manship. even the European war will nol ~
able Us 10 get and keep South American u@'
Charleston News and Courier.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

And now nine ont of twelve Kentucky
counties join Virginia in wedding out the
mint.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1914-08-21
MOI Attracted bv Pictures.

Maurice Costello. who is appearing
in Mr.. Barnes of New York which
is being presented at New York, saw
his first motion picture in more than
two years on the occasion of the open
ing of this play. Strange as 1t may
seem. Mr.. Costello does not care either
for motion pictures or the theater,
and never did. yet he was an actor
I'm the theater for many years prior to
entering the realms of the screen.
After the performance. when asked
what he thought of the pictures, he
replied that he did not know, as prac-
tieally all his attention had been riv-
eted on the organist.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1914-08-21
(To BE coNTINUEDJ
believed Him Honest. But

Mayor Hunt of Cincinnati said the
other day of notorious political boss;
They who call this fellow honest
have to stretch the truth little. They
have to stretch it like the old colored
farmer OF Paint Rock.
This old farmer said to a young
chap:
Look. heah, Calhoun, All don min
yore coffin NAH gal Lillian, but Aid
ruther yo' wouldn't come round nah
house no mo-.
"'Time TO de las wot 20 wuz heah,
Calhoun, All missed a watah bucket,
and de las time de bride wuz gone,
and now as All has use 70 de saddle
Aid ruther yo' wouldn't come roun
no mo-.
"'Ah don't say yo' hain't honest. 70
All b'lieves yo' is; but sich cuts
things happens while yo's In de neigh
borhood; so, jes' ter please an ole
man, wet amt enj'yin' de BEST "a
health, please don come round dis
house no mo-"