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Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-05-12

Everything first-class at the Sac
ramento saloon. Drop in. get ac-
quainted and ask for anything you
want II
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-06
Agamemnons in the Making

JUSTICE HUGHES objection is to
- being a candidate, not to being
President. That is an office which no
man has ever refused and which no
man is likely to refuse. Yet 1t is a
good sign, an evidence that patriotism
in this country is not dead. that a
great citizen, occupying one of the
most responsible offices In the Repub-
lie, should be content to do the duty
which he realizes he is most fitted to
perform, and refuses to be lured from
that office by the honor and glory of
any other.
The Republican party is not destitute
Of capable leaders. No one has emerged
yet from the chaos of 1912 to assume
commanding position, but there are as
great fish in the sea as ever came out
of 1t. 1t is still essentially a period of
preparation. There are dozen men
being watched, any one OF whom would
make an acceptable candidate, and.
what is better, an efficient President.
The occasion will bring forth the man.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-06
John Runny's "Fortnnen

VTTHEN John Bunny died 1t was said
w that for the last year or two OF
his life he had been getting a salary
bigger than that of the President of the
United States. The President receives
$4,000. 1t was also said that before
his salary was raised to this large
amount he was getting $4,000 a year
When his widow offered his will for
probate she stated in her petition that
the estate. consisting entirely of per-
sonal property. amounted to only ssOOO
The most natural inquiry is. what did
he do with the money that he earned? I?
There will be skeptical persons ready
to say that he did not get the enor-
nous salary which the publicity agents
of the movies declared was paid to
him, Some explanation of the discrep-
ancy between the amount that he is re-
puted to have earned i'm the past five
years and the sum which he saved Is
needed before the public will be salts
fed, He cannot have lived at the rate
OF $4,000 a year, Did he give his money
TO his sons as he earned 1t or did he
hand 1t over to his wife and tell her
to invest II for him in her own name?
Or did not he get II after all?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-06
Sacred Rut profanpd

TT rs a pity that Councilmanlc gen
i tlemen cannot junket without taxi
ing the Liberty Bell along as an ex-
cuse About the precious relic cluster
memories of great scenes, big with sig
nificance In human history. Under 1t
gathered men who held a nations des-
tiny in their hands, sober, determined
statesmen. 1t cracked on an historic
occasion; 1t would he pity for it to
break asunder while put to baser
purposes.
But If the jbell must go, not directly,
but by n devious route, to San Fran
cisco, and If half a hundred invited
guests must go with 1t, by all means
among that cohort let there be num-
bered at least one expert metallurgist
and a committee from historic soce-
ties, versed in the history of the relic
and Inspired with proper veneration
for It, Policemen may guard ii
against the acts of vandals, but they
cannot protect it against its own in
herent weakness.
OF all the relics in the world this is
the holy of holes In the catalogue of
liberty. None approaches it in sacred
ness. There should be some inhibition.
irrevocable, against it's removal ever
again. For II, by lucky fate, 1t survive
uninjured it's present contemplated
Journey, there will be other CALIFORNIA;
to demand it, other fairs to want it.
other Councilmen to junket with It.
At least let this be the last trip, and
so let it be understood from one end
of the country to the other.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-06

vehicle for his pen; the second by writ
Ing ballet-play of "St. Sebastian" In
which the noted dancer appeared. Ida
Rubinstein took. at least in the public
imagination. the place that Duse had
held; and all the while d'Annunzio turned
out verse and novel in his second mother
tongue He slipped completely into the
life of the gayest and most exotic Of
Paris many literary cults; he wrote La
Pisanelle, or the Purple Death" for
the Russian ballet which 20 held sway
there, and he INDUCED in many weird
fads and fashions ominently suited to
press agent publicity. The newest story,
before war came. was as sensational:
Ida Rubinstein had won him and re-
jected him as a vicarious vengeance for
the treatment he had meted her sister
artist, Duse
War found the poet of purple passion
right in his element. He was all for COM
bat, Hailing a new crusade on barbar-
ism, he pushed his Italy toward conflict
with such words:
Here is the same irresistible impulse,
the same necessity of reconquering ones
true life, forging ones power anew. We
cannot continue to live If we are not
capable of creating for ourselves the
springtime of our minds"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-06
GarlbaIdl. AMI idea Inearnate

TARIBALDI was an idea incarnated.
VI He had neither wealth nor posi-
tion. His father was a sailor, and he
himself followed the sea. But the idea
OF united Italy burned within him.
He was involved In the revolutionary
movements in the thirties OF the last
century and had to flee for his life.
He went to South America. then back
70 Italy again, and once more had to
take refuge abroad as an exile. He
lived for some years on Staten Island,
IN New York harbor where he made
candles for a living. When Italy
called, however. he responded on May
5, 1850 ffty-five years ago yesterday.
he set sail from Genoa with a force Of
about 1000 patriots to free Sicily. He
was victorious, crossed 10 the main
land and finally took Naples with an
army that grew as IL marched north
ward This campaign made Victor En-
manuel. the elder. King and laid the
foundations OF Italy as II exists today.
All Italy is now celebrating his
achievements In connection with the
dedication OF a monument to him at
Genoa on the anniversary OF his fate
fal embarkation for Sicily The King
himself had made arrangements to 20
% cenaa, but the acute diplomatic
s.lnation made II necessary Tor him 10
remain Eu Rome Bur It 3 not the
deeds 8 Qaribalal that Italy q cele-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-06

CCRUBWOMEN, janitors and watch
- men in the postoffice in this city
and in every other city in the country
are to he taxed to raise funds to reduce
the deficit. The acting Secretary of the
Treasury has ordered that every such
person in the employ of the Govern
ment shall be docsed eight days pay
some time before the end of the fiscal
year. This economy will save about
100000 and enable the Administration
to close the year with Just so much
smaller balance on the wrong side of
the ledger
OF course, it Is necessary to econo-
mize. but it is difficult to conceive of
a more unwise and inhuman way of
saving money. The humble employees
in the Government buildings never
have any large surplus on which to fall
back when sickness overtakes them.
And they probably have no surplus at
all to carry them over the eight days
of enforced idleness without pay with
which they must begin the summer.
The outrage of the new order is so
great that 1t is not even good politics
to economize in this way 1t ought to
be possible to save 100000 without tax
ing scrubwomen to pay for the eX-
travagances of a Democratic Congress.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-06

| TNHERE is the tragedy of force in the
| L Chino-Japanese situation. The young
giant of the East has just begun to
| wake. Constructive craftsmanship has
been bringing the country forward rap
idly. Rich in history, in human and
material assets, China has just caught
the inspiration of n great future n flu
ture of accomplishment and fast prog
ress. Yet. with all It's riches, 1t is un-
prepared, an easy prey for any armed
nation.
China. of course, has been considered
for years field for exploitation. Her
sovereignty has again and again been
violated. Concessions of all sorts have
been wrung from her. This must be
taken into account in considering the
attitude of Japan. Toxic can see no
immortality in doing what other ma
tions have done whenever the oppor-
tunity presented itself She has China
at her mercy, why not take advantage
of it? So forth goes the ultimatum
1t is a shortsighted policy on
Japan's part. If there is to be an East
ern Monroe Doctrine, there must be be-
hind 1t n force greater than Nippon's.
II would be a wiser policy to strengthen
China; to aid her to assume a proper
place among the nations of the earth;
to cultivate her friendship; TO make
her n co-guarantor of the territorial
integrity OF the East. A Monroe Doc
trine in that part OF the world will
never be maintained by Japan alone.
That is obvious and beyond dispute
AS to the course to be followed by
the United States, it appears that we
must again assume the role of pro-
tester. That has been our fate for more
than two years. We have been pro-
testing in Mexico, protesting In Eu-
rope and now we must protest in Asia.
But our moral influence does not seem
to get results. We are listened to and
politely ignored. Yet even so, the
greatest of republics must stand by the
youngest and most populous of all re-
publics and exert in it's behalf the full
weight of its moral influence
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-06

ceaseless rain of fire, now only single
shell which comes by blind chance
bringing death in its wake. And the
ruins surround themselves with silence
as they await the end of the great
drama.
After the Nightmare of Winter
Now the silhouettes of the cathedral
and the great belfry are all that are
pictured against the sky, like the gcs-
ture of shattered arm now turned
into stone. AS the night gradually
closes in on you under the weight of
its clouds you recall with increasing
vividness the mournful surroundings in
the midst of which Ypres is now lost,
the vast, tenantless plain, now almost
black, the mutilated roads, over which
none would know how to flee, the fields
flooded with water or blanketed with
snow, the lines of trenches where, alas!
our soldiers are cold and suffering.
And quite near, about the distance of
q cannon shot. stand those other grim
mer and more sordid bitches where the
ineradicable savages lurk, always ready
to charge in compact masses with the
war cry OF the wild Indian, or to steal
forth treacherously that they may hurl
burning liquid at our soldiers.
But how long the twilight fingers
these last few days! Without knowing
the time you feel it is late, and this de-
spite everything, is a vague harbinger
of spring. You feel that the nightmare
of winter has run its course, that the
sun will shine once more, the sun of
deliverance, that sweet breezes will
come just as they did before to bring
back the flowers and the song of birds
to those vast wastes, to the thou
sands of fresh-dug graves. And there
is another sign of spring. Upon the
square which Is now deserted three or
four little girls who cannot be much
over run wildly about having es-
capped from the cave where they sleep.
They join hands to dance a ring dance
TO an old Flemish folk-song as they
would on an evening in May Then n
little grown-up. about 10 years old.
bids them be silent, and whilst they
grumhle loudly chases them toward
the cellars, where they go to sleep
after having said a prayer to their
gentle mother.
What unspeakable sadness there is in
this childish ring which formed there
IN the dusk of cold March evening, in
square commanded by the ghost of
a belfry in a martyred town, in the
midst OF mournful flooded country
covered by blackness, where danger
and sorrow lurk!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-06
READERS VIEWS
On the City Hall Statues Il,
the Mistake of ALLOWING 81.
Turk in Europe.
To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger,

To the Editor OF the Evening Ledo..
slr--1t is indeed impossible 70 -
from attempting to try IN elFaa
"Turcophile' in his commiseratiop 80 "
Turk, especially for one like the vys,.i w
who has been born in the midst ~ "Iitet
thing turkish and knows what he - -
by actual experience. not moro sayi
hand information. I have been ai.o aiseyad'
tunate In coming in contact with tbs ,Ac loc
thought in America through nv v,et
here and can see things from 'uule,
Yankee viewpoint of right and v,ra. lsai
Toleratton is a negative virtna "
all nations worthy of the mama no,.nsa
to large degree, and to INV rni,s ssVssep y
actual asset In the field of perfor,,,nsh - 70
There has been and there Is alalu's
enough of liberation and afrabillty wVi
worldful of hospitality to a foreienor ul Y,
visits Turkey; Just a matter of nolic,. NJ "
create a favorable impression on tba ~ "
tor. Most of the foreign travolers ~! W
been shadowed by Government way. nsis
and no complaint has been allows senN
reach their cars. under tho tbrase Y
severe reprisal. II anything should ha - y
closed unfavorable to the autbas,,tns'
The Turkish Government is n wolf ~ " ~
earb of sheep. Wa
Dclve into anything I'm Turkev
mnrcial, economic, literary, dinIo,,,,,SSso'a' So'a'
military, YOU will invariably tlnd tts.9
is the result Of the brain poysr y Y Y
emanates from a non-Turk. The sas Wy
field of activity in which the TURF. s.v
dominate are the army and the oS,s.s
dom, which they have always trlsS
keep for themselves.
The great Powers of Europe ac,r.,.,
by mutual Jealousy, have long perru,,.s, ,ra.s,
the Turk to oDpress and decimats 'uN NV
native races, in spite of the contlrn..1 lu1
agitation and pleading of the latter \,
relief They are now reaping what ~.
sowed and find themselves forced to ssS, &
ests and will thus accomplish q ,nes' ,n,
desired result at very heavy socr1sa
to them. for which they only arr =
blame. OPTS>,aT'se, a'e
Philadelphia, May 8. az
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-06
CITY HALL SQUARE

To the Editor Of the Evening Lcdosr,
sir-Though not resident of pbIl,da.
phia, l venture to call attention to whsi
seems to me an artistic anomaly In ~
Hall Square. ! refer to the two ~
equestrian statues at the north entran..
OF the City Hall-those of Mcclellan sns
of Reynolds. Why not have these hsI
anced on the other side by an eauestrIs,
statue of Hancock. opposite of ReynoS.
and one of Meade at the eastern end !,
the square? At the south entrance I
would suggest four more figures. one j
General Thomas Eilby Smith ian adop,.,
son of Pennsylvania), at one corner. asi
at the other one of General Birney. IN,
the entrance. opposite each other, one A
General Hartranft and one Of Colop.l
Blddle tboth or whom, ] believe. wsr,
colonels at Gettysburg) There are sta.
ues, I think, of Meade and Hancock Il
the Park; but that does not matter. How
many people see them?
]. FIR. WALSH
Florence, N. j., May 3.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-06
ITALYs ANGEL GABRIEL
Better Known to the World as
Gabrielle d'Annunzio

Gabrielle d'Annunzio-Angel Gabriel
the Annuneiator-choss his pen nsms
with no foreknowledge OF the day when
the Interventionists OF his native TtaIv
should bid him sound the call 10 arms
at the Garlbaldi celebration. N u,as
not for this last trump" TO the tndg9
ment OF war that the man who vas
to be Italy's foremost poet-novelist- -nIsH ~
wright hit upon his picturesque nom Ss
plume. Perhaps II was only an eynrasS
sion OF that same vainglorious sIds ~
his personality which caused him ~ rs
1olee In some lS pairs OF purple soeks
The socks may be as ledendarv
his name Is poetic and arFektinr RS,t
there are other stories clinging about This
curious man which are quite as strsneS
At the sublimer end they eulniinata A.
his love anair with the inconnarshI
Duse. According TO the legend ~
eourted the great Italian actress WIZ,
all the fury OF his verse, wrote nIsvs
for her thar fell short only OF hsr snh.
lime art, dedicated them ali 10 her ana
when he had won her love turned Il an
into the literary grist OF his mir.
From the Italy Of his Duse ana Of bls
grim "Gioeonda," HIS passionately basu-
uful Francesca da Rimini" he turned
70 Paris ana Ida Rubinstein' The flrst -
eeaftea by @aepts2s r<snch A. The nsgs
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-06
INVOCATION

o Thou whose equal purpose runs
In drops OF rain or streams of suns.
And with a soft compulsion rolls
The green earth with her snowy poles;
o Thou who kespest in Thy ken
The times of flowers, tho dooms of msD
Stretch out mighty wing above
BE tender to the land we love!
II all the huddlers from the storm
Have found her hearthstone wide an
warm;
If she has made men free and glad,
Sharing, with all, the good she had.
II she has blown the very dust
From her bright balance to be Just
Oh spread a mighty wing above
Be tender to the land we love!
When in the dark eternal tower
The star-clock strikes her trial hour
And for her help no more avail
Her sea-blue shield. her mountain-mal
But sweeping wide, from gulf to lakes,
The battle on her forehead breaks,
Throw Thou n thunderous wing above
Be lightning for the land we love!
Wendell Phillips Stafford in Atlantic Monht
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-06
POETRY

Poetry is the record of the best and
happiest moments of the happiest and
best minds. 1t makes immortal the best
and most beautiful in the world: it arrests
the vanishing apparitions which haunt
the determinations of life, and, yelling
them, or in language or in form, sends
them forth among mankind, bearing
sweet news of kindred joy to those with
whom their sisters abide, because there
Is no portal Of expression from the cav
erns of the spirit which they inhabit into
the universe of things. Poetry redeems
from decay the visitations of the divinity
in man.-Shelley.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-06
South VS.. North

But this cry of execratlon and VEN
geance that rose from upper Italy found
only passive echo in the south There
the present Italian Government repre-
sents to the popular imagination only
the greed of northern industrlalism
acting upon the agriculturists of the
south as the perpetuator and the con-
secrator of Bourbon feudalism. If the
north looked toward Trent and Trieste.
the south looked toward Algiers and
Morocco. II Milan remembered Sol
ferino and Marino, the southern Carl
baldians recalled Mentano and Aspro-
mont There have been agrarian riots
and labor riots, anti-Austrian riots
and anti French riots.
The result Is that the anti-Austrian
spirit and the ant-French spirit,
the pro-German spirit and the
pro-Allies spirit. have blended
into a pro-Itallan spirit. Italy to-
day looks upon the war with a
sense of nationalism stronger than at
any time in her history. She has pro-
claimed officially that this confiagra-
tion was begun by an Austro- German
aggression. an aggression which ex-
cuses her from any obligation under
the Triple Alliance. She has served
notice on Austria that the sins of Ma
poleon Bonaparte must now be erased
from the map of Northern Italy. But
she sees in the motives of imperial
Britain and imperial France nothing
that deserves the spilling of Italian
blood, much that merits Italian sus-
picion and requires Italian watchful-
ness. So that when she enters the war,
It will indeed be against German mill
tarism and Austrian rapaeity; but also
against Russian tyranny and Franco
British imperialism. Her citizens mean
while have ample opportunity for aca-
demic emotions and academic idealism.
But Italy is going to fight in this war
for Italy,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-06
THE FORCE OF THOUGHT

Truth, opinions, ideas, spoken or writ
ten' are not merely facts or entities, they
are forces; and it is easy to discover their
supremacy over all the energies of tba
material world. Every invention, every
utensi or vehicle, like the locomotive or
the telegraph, assists society--is a means
by which 1t Is developed; but the develop-
Ing power itself is the intelligence which
runs to and fro with the railcar, is the
sentiment which leaps along the wires,-
Edwin Hubbel Chaplin
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-06

brstlng 80 much ms the idea Of which
this picturesque patriot was the em-
bodiment That idea transformed him
from mere sailor and an adventurous
fighter into great national charac-
ter and an inspiration to lovers Of free
dom wherever his name is known. 1t
is an idea that dominates all Italy in
the present crisis
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-06
Now In Put the Verdict Into Eject

Now to Put the Verdict Into EHect
TNHE chief object in holding the spe-
l. cial transit election last Thursday
was to make possible the beginning of
construction this summer. Unless this
is accomplished, the cost Of the election
was waste OF public funds. II work
was not to begin until next year, an
election next November would have
been perfectly satisfactory.
Technical procedure requires time. It
is already SO late in the year that the
loan and appropriation ordinances must
he facilitated in every way II n delay
Of year Is TO he avoided The issue
has been before the public for many
months The majority in the election
was overwhelming in favor OF the pro-
ject. There is nothing, therefore, to
cause Councils to hesitate It has Il
clear field ahead and nothing over
which to stumble.
The whole city is watching Councils
today, confident that 1t will enter
whole heartedly into support of the
necessary measures and work them to
final passage with the utmost speed.
There need be no partisanship dis
played, for all can work together in
behalf OF an undertaking of such OBJ
vious merit Delay now can mean only
one thing, and that is obstruction. 1t
is no time to make haste slowly.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-06

II any one thought that Judge
Hughes did not have a following he
must have changed his mind when he
saw the eagerness with which eandl-
dates for the presidential nomination
are seeking 70 win over the friends Of
the man who Is trying 10 take himself
opt q ths situation,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-06

Sentimental pleas for sympathy did
not work in the case OF the man who
confessed that he had robbed his en-
ployers, but would not have done II If
his employers had not led him to drink
He has been sentenced TO Imprisonment
for seven years and six months. as he
deserved.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-06
TOO EFFECTIVE

From ths Christian Register.
That sermon YOU preached the other
sunday on thrift had a great enact oa
ne. said Grigss 70 his minister. u
vent Gus before the eolleetiony