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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-29
THE SOLDIERS, GREAT sAcRIFIcE

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:
Sir-I am very much interested In what other
people write about Gods curse. the war, but
up to date have not read anything which will
show. us Americans why we should again
rihce ourselves and our posterity. For example,
let us take the Civil War and what It did for
some Of us Americans in the North. I will
cite what know to be facts and will use my
own family as an example. My father and his
three brothers and my mothers four brothers
ali responded to the first call OF President.
Abraham Lincoln. April 49, 1851 At the time
OF their enlistment they all IN business
and prosperous. One uncle fell at the battle
OF Bull Run in July, 1861 Two mere at the
battle of Antietam, in 1852. Three fell at the
battle OF Gettysburg, in July. 1868. My father
and my Uncle Oliver, the remains OF eight
healthy men, were with General Sheridans
command at Five Forks when General Lee
surrendered at AppomattoN, In April, 1865.
Wen. they were mustered out OF service to
where they had their former business and home
investments2 Not by any means. What did
they hnd? Several gentlemen who We're not
american citizens and who had been in their
employment before the war had taken their
business in hand. and 1t was a case OF start
opposition.
What LAS the resuIt2 Did their old customers
flock back and patronize the men who for four
years had suffered untold hardships and lost
six Of their loved ones7 No.
The dear friends and patrons would sooner
siyo their trade 70 a elass OF people who do
not pay for the upkeep OF our glorious eoun-
try. ana whea we are called to the front 10
giyo our life these same people can grab an
the conditions we leave when duty calls.
Philadelphia. July r.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-29
"The New System Is Necessary: That
Answers All Objections

"The New System Is Necessary: That
Answers All Objections
THE projected transit system is needed;
nobody denies that
The city offers to build and then lease IT
to the p. r.. t. No proposal for competi-
tive system has been made; not a single
objection has arisen to granting the existing
company monopoly Of transit in the city.
II has been conferred with its wishes con-
sldered, its interests carefully balanced Tho
city has sought to guarantee it against any
financial loss to give 1t valuable rights In
exchange for universal transfers. The only
thing that prevents complete harmony, un-
der the fairest possible terms, is the COM
pany itself
In these circumstances 1t is positively
startling that any sane person should ad-
vance the argument that the whole project
should be held UP indefinitely and that Phil
adelphia should forever give UP hope of
rapid transit until It receives the permission
of the Union Traction Company to go ahead.
But there is going to be no tail wagging the
Fortunately, the city is making no expert
mentaton in deciding to go ahead and build
the new subways and elevated lines with or
without the sanction of the transit company
New York did the experimenting from which
Philadelphia is to profit. In a situation al
most identical when the operating companies
were dogs in the mangcr, holding back and
refusing to do anything, the municipality
took the bit in it's teeth, awarded contracts
and began construction work. Did the transit
companies then hesitate? Not a bit Of 1t.
They could not come to an agreement fast
enough. They talked when faced with possi-
billties; they acted when confronted with
facts.
The p. r. T. cannot afford not to operate
the new system. 1t could never countenance
the admission of a competing company. 1t is
on record as believing the Taylor plans to
be sound and practical. 1t would be better
off financially under the new system than
1t is under the present one, 1t may be par
doned for looking a gift horse in the mouth.
but its inspection has been thorough enough
by now to convince it that the animal is as
Let the proposal that everything be held
up until the existing company says Yes" be
recognized for what it s-a device to confuse
to becloud the issue and to accom-
plisll the purpose of the obstructlonists. Let
no man be deluded by such sophistry.
The building of the new system will mean
universal transfers, Failure to build means
the perpetuation of the present exchange
tickets That is what experience elsewhere
1t is the conclusion to which present
conditions inevitably point.
1t is the city, not the P. R. t. or any Of
It's subsidiaries. which has the whip hand
would like to have the P. r. T.
as partner, but, partner or no partner, It
will go ahead.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-29
Scam in the German Armor

A nHUD-sLINGING never won a battle
Ifl Calling the German race Second rate"
VIII no more dispose OF It's military power or
Its Industrial yigor than it win dispose Of
Beethoven or Mozart or Wagner There is
q weak spot In the armor OF imperial Ger
many, but even so distinguished an antago-
mist as Lord Northeliffe doesn't find II with
a statement of this sort
II is not possible whatever may be
the iuetuatns fortunes OF war that nations
composed OF free men and indlvidualists shall
be ruled By such seeond-rate ana Initiative
races as the Prussians, Saxons and Bava-
rIans have always held that this nassed
attempt OF the seeond-Fate 70 dominate ths
world will fail because Il is unjust and enRi-
nsered BY the seeond-rate
+ Is somewhat the same attack which G.
X Chesterton phrasedl in his Appetite OF
Tyranny." TO the world the Prussian is sec
ond-rate; to the Prussian ne Is hrst-rate:
there lies the difficulty. And it permits OF
the same answer an answer that demolishes
bolh Lord NoFthchnes verbal attack on the
Germans ana Germany's military assault on
The World.
The simple faer Of the matter is that
though the Germans are undoubtedly second
fate % the poiity Of the world, among them
selves they are as manifestIy hrst-rate.
Ihey have organized an admirable Industrial
nafpn r. al points but one. Their energy
has heen used 10 the full because It has been
zeiF husbended. BY abolishlng abieet pov-
Es and unemployment through sovefn-
nenlas iuteTVentl7u. they brought more
neali1 and nlere Freedom b their Inhabitants
H hes saz nfhsf arQraan natoa Gers
1a3ar #ea pe HhoiIs admirable
at 1n a #h1a#
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-29
HOW TO KEEP COOL

From the Baltimore sun.
II is easy enough 10 keep cool IL you will
follow any one OF the suggestions given below;
Buy or lease comfortable ocean-going steam
yacht and go cruising around the shores OF
Greenland, or
Set sail for Iceland by the northern route
ana spend the summer on one of it's glaciers, or
Get special car, with a refrigerating nlant
attached and go to Mount Rainier or one OF the
Canadian peaks and live in a bungalow just
above or just below the snow line
But the people who must say at home-how
are we TO keep coolY
Answer-It can't be done
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-29

which has been the bane Of every burgeon-
ing people since Athens rose and fell
German civilization as a home growth Is
admirable. II is an experiment from which
the world might learn much. But German
civilization as a panacea to be forced down
the threats Of the rest of us Is very differ
ent thing. It Is thing TO be resisted to the
last gasp.
Nations as well as individuals must win to
their own salvation
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-29
THE FIRsT MAN KILLRp

10 the Editor of the Evefllng Ledger:
sir-Kindly put Ia your paper something vary
important about the very hrst American soi-
diek thal was killed In the Mexican and Ameri-
can Rar that put the first American nag there
Was be an American or was his father an
American2 have big bet he was an AIneri-
can. but the other man says ha was an italian
and he Says he Was born someHhera in Jersey.
4 said he Vas born % Philadelphia Fieass
see who is right or wrong.
NICHOLAS FEcuLO
D4n1aflQu' >. u. July 81
IInt effEl40 LEDGER aass Hrt aacils
ass Atas adazEa Ha4gaH reported s taa
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-29
LAYING the Ghost Of Graft

APART from all sentimental considerations
"A the signing and sealing of Charles
Beckers doom will have a profound moral
effect on the American community. There
has been, from the tragic day of the Rosen-
thai murder a sustained belief that Becker
is guilty that his guilt is black and bitter
and that no equivocation could redeem him.
At the same time the American public,
always cynical Of its own capacities for
honesty asserted that Becker won't diet"
For so many years has the power of graft
been invincible. 1t seemed impossible to
throw it off.
Yet Becker is to die. With the denial of
his application for a new trial his case re-
turns to Governor Whitman. And Whitman
is Governor of New York chiefly because of
the relentless prosecution of Becker and his
associates. Hope ends there With the
ending Of that hope the ghost of graft is
laid.
1t is possible that Becker's promised reve-
lations OF other names more prominent than
his own, was made in good faith It is even
possible that other men were as deeply in
volved in that shameful tragedy as Becker
surely was. That does not absolye the mur-
derer. 1t does not detract from the salts
faction Of knowing that, at last, the man
"higher up" win be punished
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-29

The library and its branches contain a
total of 51o,72S volumes of books and 2OO271
pamphlets. For reference purposes alone the
library was used by 1,622.42O persons last
year, number greater than the population
of Philadelphia. 1t was an increase OF
245,769 over the year before.
Not only does the Free Library encourage
reading among the older members of every
community but 1t especially endeavors to
give an impetus to good reading by the chill
dren of the public schools. This movement
is aided by registration of the school chill
dren by districts and visits to the schools by
the librarians and their assistants on open
ing days to furnish children with reading
cards and to explain to them how to use the
library intelligently This sort of supervision
has been largely responsible for the interest
taken in topical and graded reading by the
public school children. The circulation OF
books in the childrens departments of the
various branch libraries for the year was
S9s,57O, gain of 237a9 new registrations
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-29

and the first man killed was George Poinsette,
seaman, from the Florida" Poinsette lived in
Philadelphla.-Edtor OF the EVENING I.EpaER.l
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-29
WHAT'S A PALTRY. MILLION?

L .
And now the glaring headlines announce, Ten
Millions more"
In orders from the nations that are shedding
Europe's gore;
"Ten millions reads the passerby, and calmly
passes on,
So lacking in excitement that he almost has to
yawn.
For every one who stops to read knows what
the cash is for,
And what are paltry millions when the orders
for war?
Forgotten now in factories the dness that was
For every mill within the land gives out busy
buzz;
And every honest laborer who had been out of
work,
Now finds it rather difficult to dodge job or
shirk
But do the people marvel that we turn out such
a store?
Not so, they know the tons of stun are destined
for the war.
Alas, the one-time magic phrase. "A million
iron men,"
The people of this smiling land shall never thrill
again;
They've had look at billions now in headlines
day by day,
And one who speaks of lesser sums is told to go
away,
Accused of talking "small-tlme stuff." of being
quite a bore
For what's paltry million when the orders are
for war? ZIP"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-29
THE NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW

The demand for the repeal of the seamen's act
Is growing every day, and unless the signs fail
Songress will be compelled to heed it.-Spring-
field CMass) Union
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-29

Italy paves way for war with Turkey. -
suggests a reerudeseenee OF the oceupationaI
Jokes which began with italians digging
trenches on Isonzo."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-29

If the German submarines really have tor
pedoes for Churchill and Grey it's a pity
they don't try to deliver them to the right
parties.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-29

II President Lincoln were alive he woult
want to know what kind OF whisky tn,
Kaiser's generals drink.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-29

Turkey did not desire this war" says
Fashun Effendi. "and would gladly see the
arrival OF peace" Here at last IS the old. old
plant with a bit OF truth IN &C.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-29

The Austro-Hungarian protest against the ex-
port OF munitions from the United States TO the
Alles would come more convineingly from
graph.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-29

Madness and hate began to get a grip on
the world only a year ago. MY, how they
have grown
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-29

No one win ever deny that Warsaw saw
war.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-29

The Braves have just recalled namo and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-29

To prohibit the expectation OF cotton or levy
an export tax upon II would merely impound
the crop In the United States and subject It 70
Whatever pressure the American spinners would
choose to put upon It. That would not help the
producers It would sacrifice them Houston
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-29

JudEing from reports of conditions az the
Georsia prison farm, certain Atlanta gentle
msn we're not only right but highly humani-
tartan q net wanting Leo Frank to ao thazs
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-29

The man toho 1oould do a biz business tCithout
procidimin0 his ,odres Is Ike the man
toho 1oould bore du0er holes
tOith Difnict
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-29

so Tar as the scheme for a world league 70
enforce peace Is concerned the Colonel puts
matters into their proper relationship very vel
when he declares that before promising 10 carry
on onensYe war IN the interest OF other people
y Is matter OF common sense 10 prepare %
carry on defensive war Ia our, own interests-
Detroit Free Press
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-29

to the ground, but the leaders were exc
cuted or banlshed, or their property con-
hscated in a series Of terrific reprisals that
left the city cowed for another generation.
In 1906, when revolution was brewing IN
Russia, warsaw was a hotbed of seditlon
But another era Of reprisals followed from
which the city Is stlll suffering It's face
is smiling, but there is bitterness and hate
I'm It's heart.
One OF the proudest possessions of War
saw is Thorwaldsens statue Of Copernicus,
for the people look with swelling bosoms upon
the image Of this great astronomer. who re-
ceived his education at their ancient Uni
versity Of Cracow Another Of their treas
ures is the Capuchn Church Of the Trans
flguration built in 1898 by sobiesti as a
thanlS-ofterlng for his victory over the Turks
at Vienna AT the right of the high altar in
one of the chapels are a gray marble sar-
cophagus, containing the heart of sobiesli,
and n marble urn in which the heart Of
King stanislaus Poniatowsld is preserved.
And the urn bears an inscription in Latin:
What is stronger than death: Honor and
love-"
The Poles like the Austrians, preserve the
hearts of their great in special sarcophagi,
and Chopln's heart, which beat with mel
ody that still charms the world, is wither-
ing away in the Church Of the Holy Cross.
Art Treasures Removed to St. Petersburg
Whether the Germans would ravish these
churches If they should take the city no one
knows. There is little left, however, that is
worth taking away, for after the insurrec-
tion of 1881 the art treasures were removed
to ST. Petersburg. Napoleon, who held War
saw in 1907 carried off to Paris Madonna
that had adorned the high altar of the an
Client cathedral, but it was taken back to
its place by Gear Alexander in 1916
The place in all the city that is reminiscent
Of Warsaw at the height of It's gayest era is
the garden park about the ancient imperial
chateau of Lazenk. This chateau and park
were built by Poniatowski, the favorite of
of Russia. 1t is maze OF shady
alleys, mirror-like lakes. beautiful summer
houses and ripping streams. It's gem is an
open-air theatre The seats are arranged |
lmphitheatrlcally on a slope overlooking
stream. The stage is built on little island
adorned by an artificial ruin and other per-
nanent settings. The spectators look upon
he performance across a streamlet that runs
between the front row of seats and the front
If this stage. The Varsovans delight to
wander through the park to see amlable
comedies presented in the picturesque sur
oundings and now and then to stroll
trough the chateau, where the portraits of
Polish beauties of past generations look down
pon them from the walls, beauties as frlvo-
Gus and as merciless as those who even
low gaze upon the stranger from their car
iages that rattle over the rocky streets.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-29
WHY DEMOCRACY FAILS
By H. G. WELLS

BY Special Arrangement with the New Republic,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-13
THE Fl PLAYER RULE.
National League Magnates Decide Il
Enforce New Economy Measure.

New York, July f3.-At a special
meeting of the National league, called
by President Tener at the leagues
headquarters here Monday the rule
making the player limit twenty-ope
for each club which remained in
allegiance since it was proposed last
December was unanimously adopted.
No player under suspension will be
included in the list of "disa bled play
ers'' for whom other players can be
substituted, but the rule has been
made sufficiently elastic to enable a
club not to be crippled in playing
strength through any of its team
members being injured or rendered
useless from playing standard
through illness
A suspended player must be counted
in the twenty-one limit and the only
recourse for a club in such a case is
to appeal to the national commission
for his reinstatement. The case of
&tcher Larry Mclean, eS the New
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-13
L@M A. Up to the Minute MA
|zNSA SPORTINGNEW &S9H
ZZg9N From Everywhere. -.
SAVACES COT TWO
JackSOn'S Men Won Double Bill
From DrummerS.
Clunn Made Second Engage
ment a ShutOut.

St. Joseph. Mo, July 13.-The To-
peka Sayages set new record LOT
themselves Monday afternoon when
thew wound I'D their series here by
taking a doubleheader from the Drum
mers And bv so doing, they AGAIN
crawIed into the first division. me
score of the first game was 10 -
that of the second l to U.
In the first game "Old HICKORY
.JacIxson's men had things pretty much
their own way from the start Bentley
gave them good send OH III the So So
0nd and third innings, allowing Two
rnns in the second and three in the
third. After that he was revived py
Wideman but the damage had al
ready been done 100
St Joe got one in the second, Two
in the second. two in the fourth anu
one in the fifth, all of which put tneLi
within one run of the VlsltoIsss ~
their manufacturing machine reIuseU
to produce further. The smuggling OF
Monroe, King, Bostick. Jackson aii"
MAYER produced the Topeka runs.
The second Game.
The Seco0d game was an excellent
rarformance with the pitchers play lnS
- s+ar roles CIunn, the Savage SIap-
Star held the Drummers to . mus anu
registered a shut out, While whey al
lowed only bingleS ana one scoa1;
Three times the HoIlanderS IAleu
~ heees when CIunn was wild, but
the Topekan always 'usiileileu up
headed off a rum
Tho Savages scored their winning
49,, IN the second inning. Mayer walk
"a and jackson sacrificed him to sec,
on6 baltimore was safe on RapPs
error and Cochran sihsleo oe
MAYER The RECORDS:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-13
MAYER RECALLED
Savages Lose Their "ClaSSieSt''
Player to X. C. Blues.
Rotten Umpiring Given as Elk
cuse for Losing Games.

John Savage, owner of the Topeka
team, was in the city long enough
Monday night to say that the reason
his team has not made a better show
ing on the present road trip was be-
cause the umpireS were rotten
Savage sadi Umpire O'Brien was
hungry for his supper Sunday when
he permitted St. Joe to score the win
ming run in the second game that
caused the fight. He denied that either
Jackson or Dashner was knocked
dow nby O'Brien and accused the UNI
pire of hitting Dashner and kicking
him with a spiked shoe while the
pitcher was being held by cop"
Savage further said that Umpire
Abbott robbed his team out of two
games at Des Moines and wound up
his attack on the indicator men by
saying:
THE club owners are getting tired
of this rotten homer umpiring and
are going to get rid of some of these
yellow umpires before the season is
over.
The team is playing good ball
They're fighting hard all the time.
But it was pretty disheartening when
we were fighting so hard to pull Des
Moines down a little to have poor UNI
piring rob us of a couple of game
there
A few days ago Savage said to a
to make a hit with me, you can't say
too much against the umpiring we are
getting.
Also, while in Topeka Savage said
that Sammy Mayer, one of the CLASH
est players the team has had this sea-
son, had been recalled by Kansas City
and that Bill Fisher, a .1S5 hitter, who
has been found wanting by both ST.
Joseph and Wichita, will be expected
to fill Mayors shoes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-13
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
At Brooklyn-Score:

At Brooklyn-Score: r. H. E.
Chcago -.--....-..
Batteries-Pierce, Lavender, and
Bresnahan; Smith and Miller.
Summary: Two base hits-O'Mara,
Smith. Bases on balls-Off Pierce, 1 !;
off Lavender, 2; off Smith, 2. Struck
out-By Pierce, 1; by Smith, 2. UNI
pires-Klem and CockiIl.
At Philadelphia-F'irst game
Score: RH E.
Pittsburg ........... ? 9 Q
Philadelphia ........... L s
Batteries-McQuillan, Cooper and
Schang; Mayer, Lineup and Killifer,
Burns.
Summary: Two base hits-Hinch-
man CD. Wagner. Viox- Home run
Becker. Bases on baIls-Off McQuil-
off lineup, L. Struck out-By Nc
Quillan, 8; by Mayer, 8 by lineup, 2.
Umpires-Ouigley and Emsiie.
Second game-Score: r. H. E.
Pitfsn 1n1g,;a .'''-....--a >
Batteries - Mamaux and Gibson,
Chalmers, Rixey and Burns.
Summary: Two base hits-Hinch-
man, Viox CD, Gibson. Niehoff. Stolen
bases-Carey, Baird. Bases on balls
out-By Mammaux, 5; by Chalmers,
3; by Rixey, ?. Umpires-Quigley
and Emslie.
At Boston-First game:
Score: RHE
st. Louis 8 0
Boston Z =
Batteries: Salee and Snyder; Ru-
dolph and Gowdy.
Summary: Two base hits-Moran
Gather. Stolen bases-H ug n s.
Cowdy. Bases on balls-Off Sallee. g !;
off Rudolph, 1. Struck out-Sy SaIlee
3; by Rudolph, 5. Umpircs-Rigler
and Hart.
Second game-Score: R. H e
81 LOUIS ..--..4
BOSTON
eleven innings.)
BatterieS-Doak, Perdue and shy
der; Tyler and Whaling and Gowdy.
Summary: Two base hits-BetzeI
Tyler. Bases on balls-Off Doak, 2:
off Perdue, 1; off Tyler, . StrucI.
out--By Doak, 2; by Perdue, 1; by
Tyler, Z. Umpires-Rigler and Hart
AT New York-Score: r. H E
SllIcilhdIl' -..---.--6 Il 1
B a e 7 e - Dale and Wingo;
Mathewson, Schauer and Movers
Summary: Two base hits-Herzog,
Merkle, Groh. Three base hit-Burns
S t n bases - Rodgers. Fletcher
Struck out-By Schauer, 1; by Dale, g.
Umpires-ByrOn and Eason.