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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-18
BON the Cub's Notebook

At least one street car crew finds a mora
than passing interest in shop windows and
the wares displayed in them. on Sunday
morning lone green street car rose slowly
over the hill from the Market street ferries
ana rolled plaeidly onward to 9Th street
There the chronicler climbed aboard ana
dropped into a seat.
AS soon as the car started the Conductor
leaned low over his box and turned a watch
ful gaze az store windows on the north side
or Market street. Two blocks further on
he clapped his hands
Hey Billy" he shouted TO the fat motor
man. there II isl Shirts 90 cents. There's
the cheap store. Over there on your right
The motorman and curious PASSENGERS
looked out on bargain sale OF haberdasheFy
piastered with red-inked linen signs shrek
Ing cut prices. The conductor exultsd.
Hun 'er slow a minute, Bill Look Al
that shirts, 30 cents. Why ] pay a dollar
down the street Hats for a dollar or
you beat Il? That's the place for me nexl
the tat motorman craned his neck and
srunted appreeiatiyely 'Tm with you. bo
said he.
The conductor took a last look. .rn rs
member me plaee" he said regretfuIy. see.
ing u disappear. Go ahead BIZ
ahs car rode On toward City Hall
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shop while the shopping,. Good

nlHERE is an annual charity almost due, TO
J. which we owe as close attention as to
any appeal for help that reaches us through
the year. 1t aims 10 make the lives Of
countless toillng women easier; to lift the
strain Of hurried aching hours from the
backs Of thousands Of young girls II means
cheer at Christmas for those who see riches
and gifts and beautiful things all about them
and must not take of them, Yet it is not
charity of material giving. The boon you
bestow is the boon OF time, OF comfort, OF
lelsure-when you do your Christmas shop
ping early.
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ogontz, November IS.
EURoPEs INTEREST IN MEXICO

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:
Sir-Tho other day a Unionist arose In the
House OF Commons and asked for information
on the Mexican situation He wanted TO know IL
President Wilson and Carranza had come to
terms and inquired II the Government had any
information as to the prospects for the estao-
lishment In Mexico of peace and order Evil
dently Europe is still interested In Mexico. More
so now than before the European war; perhaps;
for this Is Just the time when French and Eng
lish oil and mining interests In Mexico are OF
immense Importance to the nations represented
there by those interests.
JAMES H. THURBBR.
Philadelphia, November 49,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-18
President Wilson Takes a Walk

TT WAS recorded the other day with the
i proper blare of trumpets that President
Wilson made journey on foot through
many New York streets, chief among them
Broadway and 9th avenue" 1t is only too
true that the greatest public official in
America caH mix so little with the people
he must understand and guide that even a
little half-hour venture among them is ft
subject for headlines
'Tis true, 'tis pity;
And pity tbs 'tis true.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-18
COCKTAILS GOOD LESSON

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:
Sr-It is n fine, true picture of Colonel
Gocthals that you give today in one OF your
editorials He has done all the great work Of
organization and construction which you record,
and has done Il we'll But has he done more in
this way than hundreds OF industrial managers
and capitalists have done in the development OF
commercial America? Goethals' work, however,
stands out from theirs, and deservedly. because
he has done It purely and solely for the pub
lie good, with no incentive but the profit of his
country. 1t Is good lesson.
EARLE WINTER.
pbiIadaIpbI, Nyoror,h.- 1e
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-18
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 Erenng LEDGER =,
Slr-Wll one OF those kind and apparently an
knowing gentlemen who discuss the war pie''o
explain the following situation;
The torpedo submarine has made the super
dreadnought obsolete
Therefore, say the experts tsave the marK''
build no more batteships..
But IL you stop building battleships, you
make the submarine worse than obsolete-you
make it useless.
II will be like the postman in Lord Dundrearys
speech Going about looking for man WIN
no name. becase he found letter without an
address,
MoR1TURUs
,hnr
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The Sting of the Bee

How doth the busy gossip bee
Improve each shining minute,
BY gath'ring trouble all the da.'
And getting people In 1t.
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PrZennysl J

The Germans ESQ the papers say)
Are changing all the French town names
This gives excitement when you play
The latest military games.
But with pure Joy l would exclaim
II England only beat the Russes,
And changed each Russian Polish name
So that they didn't sound like cusses.
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Seriously Speaking

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
The German Government may send over a
corps of competent professors to do missionary
work In this preJudiced nation. They are prom
ised a fair field and respectful hearing Fo,
references apply TO Professor Muensterberg and
Professor Kuehnemann.
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CRISES IN GREAT LIVES

The March OF the Ten Thousand'' Is the
name given TO the expedition OF that num-
Asia back to the Ionian coast and their ma
tive home They were mercenaries of C,r1z
ln MS attempt % gain the Aedo- Pqrslsn
ksHpire from his brother ia the battle of
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Anatomical

There is the enemy's wing"
Eyes, General"
"See If you can't make 1t yield a feather
for your cap."-Louisville Courier-Journal
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Useless Fears

''Do you think It implies bad luck to be
married on Friday7"
II don't think the day makes the slightest
difference"
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Served Elm Ripht

The Vicar-For shame, my ladl What
have those poor little fish done to be impris-
oned upon the day of rest?
Tommy-That-that' what they got for.
for chasing worms a Sunday, sir.--John
Bull.
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Teacher-Now, children, name some Of
the lower animals, starting with Willis
.Tones.-Boston Transcript.
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One Reason Why Nero Killed EN- OF

The martyr was bound and tied. He
looked worried.
TITS no wonder I'm troubled" he muttered;
"see how much l have at stake"
Whereupon Nero began to fiddle to em-
phasize his agony.
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No Time TO Lose

English Newse (selling extras)--Better
ave one and read about 1t now, sir; 1t might
be contradcted in the morning.-Punch.
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Defying the Law of Gravity

How does that saphead ever get away
with such big jOb?"
Guess his brains are so light he can't fall
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swilson Felieitates King OF Italy" But
it was only on his birthday. not on the Joy
OF being neutrals.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-18

The secret Of the Audacious is one sub
ject. at any rate, on which the Secretary OF
State has succeeded In holding his tongue.
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Romance in the underworld has not gone
to join its prophet, o. Henry. Not while %
tramps can steal a railroad train In the
Mojava Desert and land themselves in jail.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-18

At last that operation known as a work
Of supererogation has been located II Is
the suit OF Uncle Sam TO dissolve the
syrup trust"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-18

Somehow this doesn't seem just the time
to reprint President Lowelrs volume on THE
Europe But Harvard 4 80 fond Of anti
quarlan research.
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The Point of View

''Pa, ma told Mrs. Jones today that YOU
sometimes have lucid moments What does
that meanT
son" N-' ~
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By Any Reporter

Who gets the blame for all things wrong7
On every page. for yarns too long,
For stuff too short, to weak, too strong?
The copy reader.
And who is blamed for slashing stuff
And making rhymthic writing roughly
Whose journalistic life is tough?
The copy reader.
Who is the luckless man between
The victim of the double spleen
From editor and writer's mean?
The copy reader.
Who kills the clever lines and lets
Poor stuff go through and never frets"
And who deserves each roast he gets
The copy reader.
Who wrote, in sheer, unholy glee,
These lines and then the desk did fee?
oh, some poor youth who used to be
A copy reader.
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CURIOSITY SHOP

The ancient English coin originally valued
at shilings pence Cor S161Iz) was known
as the angel" because on its diverse side
Il bore the figure OF the archangel Michael
overcoming the dragon. An olden verse, In
which its name appears, is a ready reckoner
FOR the lazy Briton. 1t ran;
Compute but the pence
or one days expense;
So many pounds. angels groats and
Are spent in one whole years circum-
ference.
So that II a penny a day be spent, the
amount at the end OF the year will be equal
10 one pound, one angel, one groat and ono
penny; or FL los. sd. TWo-pence day is
equal 10 two pounds two angels, two greats
and two pennies. or ss iod., and 30 on.
..Drunk as blazes" was originally drunk
as Blazers" Blazers being admirers OF
Bishop Blaize patron saint OF the wool
combers, who at Leicester and other Eng
fish towns celebrated his name-day with
marehings and drinking bouts. Sir Thomas
Wyse, in impressions OF Greece" mentions
this custom ana says:
Those who took part IN the procession
were called 'Blaizeras and the phrase drunk
a. Blsizers' originated IN the conYivialitiea
common on those oceasions.~
Joseph Miller noted because his joke book
"a a foke among Joke writers was born In
England IN 1854 and died there In lTss He
was an actor, famed for his wit.
The Heart OF Midlothian" was not oFiEl-
nal with Sir Walter Scott. Tue name was
first applied to the old AL IN Edinburgh.
which y the capital of Midlothian County.
Ihe jan vas tern down ia lslt
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All honor to the Germantown Sunday
school that is giving up it's Christmas candy
to make the lot OF the Belgians sweeter.
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Too Innocent

That remark you made to Brown about
your lost umbrella seemed to go over his
head"
mo. but the umbrella did"
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Triolet

The Kafser has clipped his mustache.
Gable Dispatch.
Turn down ye must
Achios, turn!
TIL France eats dust
Turn down ye must
Till sword shall rust
Nor shrapnel burn,
Turn down ye must
Achios, turn
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-18

Wilson win be the majority in Congress
for two more years.
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NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW

There seems to be concurrence OF opinion
among all classes of people in the United STATS
that they are ready to cooperate in the Ereat
extension and expansion OF business which fac
tors now operating in the world OF AFFAIRS are
ready to produce.-Cincnnau Enouirar
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-18

The first duty of the Southern farmer in
year unprecedented since the Civil War Is 10 ssI
enough cotton TO pay his debts. The second
duty. and II is hardly less emerKent n - NJ
to escape next year the bondage OF affection
by raising foodstufrs at home. reducing cotton
Sharply and using as little credit as possible 10
the hat terms of the south's emaneipation-A
lanta Constitution. a.
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Convicted

who had the face to tell you that
powdered"
"You.'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-18

Joseph Miller noted because his joke book
Is a Joke among Joke writers. was born IN
ENGLAND in 1854, and died there In 1Tss He
was an actor famed for his wit.
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Running No Risk

Waiter-What will It be7 Sauerkraut or
pate de fois gras?
Ham and eggs. I'm neutral"-Harvard
Lampoon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-18

snappy weatherl
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And It is rather significant that Sir VVuI,sr,
Robertson Nlcol man held In very hiTb -
TEEN By the British people. has begun 10 tsIl
OF conscription. 1t is his opinion thai yVLiis
the upper class and lower class have bsen ~
ing their duty In the way OF volunteering a NJ
element OF the middle class hasn't Consrr5n
tUn Is unpopular in England. but II ma, X.
deemed advisable TO resort to II In ordsr ~
make each class OF the people bear its ,str
share OF the burden OF the war.-savaBnab
News S"AN
No less than II women charged with n,ur5ar
have been acquitted in Chicago since q vo1ssa
was convicted. In all these cases the <uilt ,s,ss
clearly established; in some Instances the er,n,ss
were peculiarly shocking. Sex, accordinS, to ~
chicago code OF gallantry, Is a suhheient sxoiIss
for murder. u Is the Chicago ''unEritten IsSr .
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
what are Ne doing toward seizure ana rnalfins
the most OF these unparalleled opportunitiess
Inc war observes the representative OF a grest
mercantile concern Of Chicago. Is HAVING Tftis
actual elect upon American business iarb~
trouble lies In the frame OF mind OF tha lai,-s
nnaneiai interests who sit on their nav-bsss
ana shout panic" Quite So They havs hSe-
shaken out Of the old and narrow nttle nafbs
on doing suTe-thing business under Govsrn-
ment IaVor and protection, ana trefable bsf,-s
ne ne ne" paths which are broadly obenin4 ~ ie
AA aEeetions.-NsW YORK World
Evening star., 1914-02-09
NEMESIS OF DYNAMITERS
MAY FINISH THE TASK
Charles w. Miller Suggested as
Prosecutor for the Remain
ing Cases.

Charles W. Miller. who conducted the
Indianapolis dynamite cases, may be
named deputy attorney general to pros
teute tho cases against two other men
indicted ut the same time-Dayis and
.Tones-and not yet tried. \ request that
Miller ne appointed to the task has been
made to Attorney General McReynolds.
All the thirty put on trial as dynanlitcrs
were convicted. but the circuit court of
appeals ordered new trials for six of
them sustaining the convictions of the
other twelty-four.
Counsel for the twenty-four have Sc
cured Il stay in their commitments. on
the ground that it is intended to seek 4
review OF the case from the Supreme
Court OF the United States by writ of
ccrtiorar
Mr.. Miller conducted these cases, and
is familiar with every detail of the eri-
Genco presented at the trials. He is also
familiar with the evidence against the
two men who remain to be tried. The
facts in the case have been presented to
the Attorney General, who also will have
10 decide whether the six men whose
cases were reversed will be tried again.
Evening star., 1914-02-09
ELEVEN YEARS TOO LONG
BEFORE REQUESTING DEED
Justice Stafford Holds Buyer of
Property at Tax Sale Not En-
titled to Purchase.

Holding 5i.at the owner OF d certificate
for property bought at Il tax sale is not
entitled 10 a deed if hc waits eleven
Years before demanding It from the Dis
trict Commissioners, J ice Stafford of
the District Supreme court has decided
To grant til. request OF Philip II. Christ
man Tor an injunction to prevent the
issuance of 4 deed to Leo Luchs.
Tho court holds tlat the certificate
mo der by his delay has lost the right to
demand 4 deed, and that the Commits
s!ouers cannot make the award as a
matter OF grace
Although thinking the certificate hold
er has lost his right, the court finds
that it would be equitable TO require that
he be paid his costs in buying in the
property with legal interest at q per cent
Attorney Il. NJ. Hudson represented
the y aintiff. The defendants were rep
resented by Attorney j. H -Adriaans and
Assistant Corporation Counsel Stephens.
Evening star., 1914-02-09
Tango Is to Replace Oratory.

NEW YORK. February 9.--rbe Indiana
Societ' of New York and thc Daughters
Of Indiana Gsve decided upon dancing,
With auction bridge and vaudeville, for
their next banquet The iioosiers will
sit down TO II speec'less spread ut the
lfoteI AStor on tile e.eniuG of February
~ and afterward VIII enjoy the other
mentioned ''Wc are the
,iist I" replace oratory with tango" said
Horace Ford, secretary.
Evening star., 1914-02-09

ped in vessels from the Potomac river to
points north. quantities of them are being
brought to this city from Glymont.
Occoquan and other river points, and are
being sent to New York and elsewhere
by rail. Since coming of freeze-up time
dealers in ties have been afraid to take
chances on the freezing in of chartered
craft, and the loading of barges and
schooners will not be resumed until about
the middle of next month. Since early
in January the lighter Boo Hoo OF the
Clarke feet has been kept constantly in
service bringing ties from occoquan here,
Evening star., 1914-02-09
SEEK LIGHT ON HUERTA.
German Statesmen Ask if He Has
Acted on Arms Embargo.

BERLIN February 9.-An interpeila-
ton as to whether Provisional Presi-
dent Tfuerta has made representations to
Germany in regard TO President Wilson's
raising OF the embargo on arms was ad-
dressed TO the chancellor in the inpe-
rial parliament today.
The question was put by two OF the
national liberal leaders. Ernst Basser-
mann and Baron Hartmann Won RIGHT
hofen. The latter was at one time Ger
man charge q arfaires IN Mexico. The
question was phFased il a tone of friend
Iiness 10 Huerta.
Evening star., 1914-02-09

other machinery tor the past two weeks
or longer. aud work is being pushed
IN her in order to have her in readi-
ness for service within tue next ten
DAYS. II is stated that when the Castle
returns r. service her machinery will
he in almost Is good order as when
new. Capt. Rell is with the tug. and
is looking after the work being done 10
her
The engineers service dredge Dale
carlia and the snagboa' York. which
are At West Point. Va. undergoing re
pairs. IL is stated. Will he ready 10 re-
sumo service III the --Lstsyr part of this
month. when tn. engineer service Of
ncials viii start work for the spring
season.
Evening star., 1914-02-09
WORLDS SHORTEST RAILWAY.
Oakland. CAL. System Measures
Only 391 Feet in Length.

OAKLAND. Cal. February a-What is
said to be the shortest municipal street
railway system in the world-ineasuring
;;21 feet, the length Of a city block-was
put into operation here yesterday. The
line was built by the city 10 connect the
two ends of q street railway system and
give cross-toNn service. 1t is leased to
Evening star., 1914-02-09
TUG CASTLE TO CRUISE.
q. S. Army Craft to Leave February
20 on Inspection Trip.

Under present plans it is proposed
10 have the United states Army en-
gineers service tug Castle leave here
February - on cruise over the Wash
ington engineering district. which EN-
braces the Potomac river and tributaries
of the Chesapeake along its western
shore to and including the York river.
The Castle has been on the marine raj
way at the navy yard receiving gem
eral oNerhauliaS Of engine. boiler and
Evening star., 1914-02-09
But One Recognizable Body.

The only recognizable body thus far
recovered is that of Juan Fernandez
rear brakeman of the passenger tram
who had escaped to within 200 feet Oh
the north portal when he finally sue
cumbed. dying in sitting posture
with n handkerchief tied about ms
nose and mouth, in d vain endeavor 70
save himself from being smothered py
the smoke and gas.
Il is believed that all others IN the
4rains Who were not MANNED o. killed
when the passenger train hit the
wreckage of the freight, attempted to
escape as did Fernandez. but were
overcome.
Among the Americans who iost tneif men
Iiy..s IN the tunnel were Mrs. Lee Car
ruth and five children, family OF an
engineer employed at MADEIRA
Evening star., 1914-02-09
Ali Quiet at Tampico.

\ brief dispatch received today from
Rear Admiral Fletcher by the Navy
Department said that all was quiet at
Tampico and thar mail ana Geographic
communication had been established
between that CITY and Saa Luis Potosi.
Secretary Bryan announced yesterday
that assurances had been received from
,5en. Villa that ile would protect Span
ish subjects in Tprreoa when he cap
rf;ra.s tEI:lt place.
Evening star., 1914-02-09
Americans Who Perisned.

II said rhe Americans known TO nave
been aboard the tain and whose bodies
We're being sought oy q. relief party in
ciEded: NJ j. o;ilmartn. superintendent
OF tfsc Mexican Nortnweste-- railroad at
Chihuahua: Henry Schoiie.d. supe-intend-
cat at Judrez: I. II. Marders, express
.geat: X L. Hatfield business man, I'll
Piaso; Thomas ". Kelly. conductor; j. L.
Norris road.naster: L. L. Williams, CHI
ployo, MADEIRA Lumber Company; J. w.
Webster, conductor in charge % train;
Edward ]. McCutcheon, engineer; ABOUT
thirty ether persons, Including some un-
known AIrericans. were aboard.
From, american Consul Edwards at
guareZ came the Information that Vice
ConnaI Zoeller rad lett with d special
T..;ief train for CumJre tunnel with about
tnirtv americans and guard o. ff5E
corstitutIoralis: soldiers. They took many
collins with them, as they had little hope
Of finding alive any of the passengers
or crew OF the train
Evening star., 1914-02-09

the local street car company at the rate
of 81 a foot a year.
The car company had refused TO con-
struct the line for the city because its
officials were unable to figure approxi
rnately what the revenue would amount
to. The city is to receive . per cent of
the earnings of the line.
Evening star., 1914-02-09

The wreckage is covered by from five
TO ten feet of earth and the only hope
Of finding any bodies is that they may
nave been covered with earth before
having been reached by the flames.
which is not probable In the whole
distance traversed not particle of
the woodwork of all the cars burned
was found
Evening star., 1914-02-09
American Experts Asked For.

The Mexico Northwestern Rali"aS
Company, through Its attorney L. =
Littlepage of this city, has made appii-
cation to the bureau OF mines TO iuril'sh
assistance to try TO penetrate the Cumbfe
tunnel to find out whether any OF the III
fated passengers OF the train when was
wrecked in CuTubTe tunnel are yet ahve'
and If not 10 recover the bodies of the
dad. II is thought hy officials OF the
railroad that if they had men trained IN
tn use of oxygen helmets they cou!d
penetrate the tunnel and carry on the
WORK Of recovery more successfully
Evening star., 1914-02-09

and she makes about two round-trips
each week and on each trip brings about
2.0O0 ties. The power boat Frank Phil
lips is under charter to bring ties from
Glymont here and she makes about
three trips each week.
In addition to these vessels. the schoon-
er Oscar and the sailing scows Bush and
John Fisher have also been employed in
tie running from river points to this city,
and each day, it is stated, several cars
are loaded with ties and sent from this
city to other points.