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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-23
An ITuexpected Setback for Germany

THERE will be no tendency among critical
i observers to minimize the defeat which
Germany suffered in her attacks on Rus
sian soil by way of the Gulf of Riga. Apart
from the check 10 cooperative effort, which
may change the whole course of land opera
,tions IN that district, the direct injury To
Gefmany's naval prestige is enormous In
the two great battles with England, Ger
many has come of at least half victor
In her attack on the inferior Russian heet'
she has been overcome.
The disaster is all the greater because II
comes directly after the first entrance Of a
British submarine into Baltic waters. II
the harbor at Kiel should turn out to be a
rat-trap, IL the British can prosecute with
TGernan 'vfgor and German success pre-
7cisely the same campaign which her enemy
!, has so successfully waged. the German threat
20 shipping enemy and neutral alike, be
comes invalid
So far, the active arm of the German navy
has Been undersea; but II England and Rus
sia can destroy the German fleet, or coax 1t
,pinto1open battle under unfavorable circum-
stances, the submarine, unsupported, will be
no great terror. The weekend news. after
a month Of German successes, must be heart
ening to the Allies.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-23
Italy Will Ask Pay for What She Does

THE significance of the Italian declara-
i ton of war is to be found in the state
of the campaign against Constantinople. The
Allies have forced their way for only a few
miles toward the Sea Of Marmora. They
have been baked by the land defenses. Italy
has $50, 900 men who can be spared to rein
force the British and French troops on the
Gallipon Peninsula The British have just
succeeded by ruse in landing a consider
able body of men there, but much larger
force is needed to storm the forts and open
the way for the warships.
Italy, of course, has interests Of her own
involved in fighting Turkey. She has pro-
tested against the failure of Turkey to keep
the agreement made in the peace treaty that
ended the Tripolitan war, and she is anxious
to secure the cooperation of the Powers in
maintaining her foothold in Africa. There
is doubtless an understanding with Eng
land, France and Russia that the rights lof
Italy are to be considered in any final peace,
provided the Allies win. Italy was once the
great Mediterranean Power, and she has
ambitions to extend her sway over some of
her ancient possessions not only along the
Mediterranean, but on the eastern shores OF
the Adriatic also.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-23
Reducing the city,s Dark Places

THE octavia Hill Association. which for a
i score OF years has been working to give
the poor of Philadelphia the comforts Of
sanitary homes almost at cost is an organ
ization which has done much to make this
the City Of Homes. From its inception 1t
has been vigorously attacking and cleaning
up the insanitary places in the city and
making homes habitable. It's latest venture,
that OF providing cheap and well-built
apartments in the heart Of Kensington for
the workingmen whose salaries are so small
that otherwise they Would have to live in
one or two poorly ventilated rooms, deserves
special commendation The octavia Hill
Association is in no sense a rival Of the
building operators, nor are its benefciaries
the objects Of special charity. The asso-
citation is giving the worlSingmen an oppor-
tunity to live well and to pay for what they
get Such homes it provides are bless
Ting 70 the community and to those fortunate
enopgh to- secure them. They reduce the
ipAtlbers of The eity's dark places.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-23
SEMMES FOUGHT FAIRLY

In view of the discussion as to modern meth.
DDS of marine warfare raised by the sinking Of
the Lusitania, 1t is interesting to note what
was the practice of the Confederate Admiral
Semmes during our own Civil War. Semnes Is
credited with having captured more vessels
than any other commander. In % months on the
Alabama he boarded 1856 vessels. burned 81 and
took 1000 men off enemy ships. By the North
he was designated "a robber and plundersr
of unarmed vessels" and every effort was put
forth to make out a case against him, but all
the evidence showed that he adhered to the
usual rules of warfare, and not single death
could be attributed to him. Semmes released
all enemy ships containing neutral cargoes, and
all passenger vessels carrying women and chill.
dren, and in one case the women and children
found upon an East Indian trader were taken
aboard the Alabama and made comfortable IN
the officers cabins. - New Orleans Times.
Picavune
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-23
Liability of German Citizens

THosE German citizens engaged in the
4 steel business in Pittsburgh who asked
their Government about their liability under
the German laws If they made war ma
terials for the Allies were prudent
And the German officials who replied that
under the law German citizens who gave aid
70 AN enemy during war were liable to i'm
prisonment ON conviction did merely their
duty The fact that the Germans were on
American soil did not affect their liability to
punishment when they returned 10 the juris-
dictpn Of the German courts. A German
soldier on French soil would be liable 10
punishment under the German laws OF war
II he should betray his military secrets TO
the enemy.
There have been enough German indiscre-
tious In this country since the war began
and Il Is not necessary TO drag the land with
a nne-tooth comb lest any German act shall
escape condemnation. The fact that a Ger.
man does thing does not necessarily max.
Il wrong
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-23
what Plattshurr Is Proving

IIToRD comes down from the Piattsburg
w camp that the men from Philadelphia
and other cities are impressed with the
demonstration OF the imposslbility Of Inn
prowsing a great national defense force.
II was not for this purpose that the mill
tary training camp for civilians was opened
but this will be It's most important product.
A thousand men are there representing all
professions. They have shown their patriot
ism by a willingness to devote from two to
four weeks to study OF the soldiers profess
sion. And they are learning that however
willing or intelligent they may be, It can
not be mastered in four weeks or four
months.
No one will dispute Mr.. Bryans assertion
that in the event Of a foreign war a million
men would respond within day to a call
for volunteers. There is no doubt Of the
Willingness of the people to fight under
provocation But It is notorious that more
than willingness is required to make an ex-
pert in any calling with a thousand in
telligent and influential men who have seen
with their own eyes how little can be
learned in a training camp in month, re-
turning to their homes prepared to talk
national defense to their neighbors, step
has been taken in the right direction, short
indeed but still a step.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-23
"As 1T WERE"

To the Editor Of the EVeninO Ledger:
Sir-I see the Harrison paint works Win, A.,
1000 employees is also going TO move outside the
city limits, This industry has been in the eitv
Tor more than 100 years, and must have an
exceptionally valid reason for abandonine ~
extensive plant and moving TO Jersey.
we surely (as you say) will need additionsl
rapid transit. but 1t will be to haul the work
builders. however. need not feel disco,,rs 80
as they have ample work TO provide dweT-
ines for these people elsewhere; the owners .,
the vacant dwellings are the ones who viii
ger soaked II we would only borrow sewer,
hundred million more for the beneat OF Corr
tractors this city would get real unlift =
II were WILLIAM s. LUcKENBAC.it
Philadelphia. August 20, 1918 a.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-23
Comedy in subterranean Transit

HIHE Juniper street station-level below
i the subway. where the great green cars
(yellow for Chester Short-line) daily engulf
thousands of good Philadelphians and with
sublime certainty bear them upward and on
ward to their destinations-this station level
is the true home Of the spirit of comedy Be
tween and $3.50 p. m. il is the most amusing
spot in Philadelphia, only most Of those who
frequent it are unconscious OF that fact
The humor Of it can be seen by watching
the crowd. Barring street car (Route 3S)
runs to stop 4 Immediately the Baringers
billow their way to station A. but before the
wave of humans breaks on the reluctant
doors of the car transverse movement halts
II. Although no car is visible at station g.
another crowd has already gathered there.
OF the thirty men and women assembled at
stop g. nine want to go out Lancaster ave-
nue. (Route 10), six are determined to reach
Darby (Route IL, eight seek the consultations
OF Baltimore avenue Route 34) and the rest
are scattering. BY the irony of fate. the yell
low intruder among the green's is sent to
stop 3; two men and a child, willing to brave
the long journey to Chester (short- -line)
board the car And the crowd? II dashes
down to station 2.
Extraordinary how trustful men and women
may be! faith immovable possesses each
and every one that his must come to
the next stop. So all alike tread on corns
and crush bundles and swear. perhaps. and
charge the next stopl The real Joke OF II all
is that in the end about half OF them don't
get seats. But they seem very happy none
the less.
There is certain satisfaction in getting
on car; in fact great satisfaction. Can
any thrill equal the hot flushed triumph OF
Just catching a car after a run OF twenty
feet? Indeed not! Compared with that
achievement making a million is trivial
Incident
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-23

The word Suggestive" once meant produc-
tive of suggestion, of thought; now, on ac-
count of persistent use in one sense only, 1t
means something naughty Words are being
created every day. Jones creates them. You
create them.
Somebody once invented a dreadful dish
composed of melted cheese, with which Is
commingled milk or ale. Perhaps the In
ventor himself also christened the dish on its
looks, probably in vein of humor, welsh
rabbit" Then somebody else came along,
person with fastidious taste who thought
rabbits when cooked looked too much like
broied CATS and called the cheese dish
welsh rarebit." And welsh rarebit" it has
been ever since. 1t should be rabbit" But
If everybody else calls it a "rarebit" you
may well cave in and call it a 'rarebit"
yourself.
The truth is that every word is a dead
poem. Way back yonder when they were in
venting all the nouns and verbs, men tried to
make words sound like the things they
named. Take the word swish" Doesn't it
sound like the noise of whip cutting the
air? Do you know that the common pos
sessive "its" came in since the seventeenth
century? 1t never occurs in the version Of
the Bible Of that period. Shakespeare had
his nerve with him and used it ten times, but
rare old Ben Jonson turned up his nose at
the slangy expression.
A Matter of Imitation
The pity about Sir James Murray's four
hundred thousand words is that some day a
large percentage of them-say S32,32S-may
become obsolete. A dictionary of Chaucer's
time would be useless today as a guide to
parlor conversation. Imagine what bore
you would be If you set out to entertain a
dinner table by the use of Chaucerian Eng
! lish! Every year, every minute words are
changing. 1t isn't what the dictionary says
that determines correct speech. Correct
| speech is the language used by people of rec
ognized sense and taste, whom all the rest of
us are willing to initiate. By and by the die
tionary itself has to initiate them.
One time the Emperor Tiberius was re-
| proved by an impertinent grammarian for n
mistake in grammar plausible story, as
any one knows who has ever tried his hand
| at writing or speaking in Latin. Tiberius re-
Piled What the Emperor speaks is bound
to be good Latin, or if not it soon will be-"
And for once in his life Tiberius was right.
Words are what you make them. But you
can see for yourself what an amount of talk
there is in the world when Sir James Murray
can collect four hundred thousand separate
and distinct words, and still can die without
having collared easily two hundred thousand
more that are still floating round loose.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-23
A Protest Against Coddling

MANY, observers win agree with DR..
lXI Charles w Burr that there is too much
coddling OF the young people in the schools
The only way to develop vigorous brain is
to give IT, hard and strenuous work to do,
adjusted. Of course as the work in a gym.
nasium is adjusted to the state of develop
ment Of that great organ.
The bright child has too little to do in
school and the dulard has too much; but
the whole tendency of parental protest is to
compel the schools to drag along at the
pace at which the dullard perforce must GO
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-23

surprised to hear that the State Of Gecrr,.
had him convicted the testimony Of allow.
uneducated negro. whose word was taken in
preference to a white man.
Now where is Justice? Why should man
like Thaw go free and doubted man like
Frank should have been so prosecuted. Tbs
Bibles words THE truth shall make you free y
seemed to have little bearing in Franks trial
'Too much politics." say
The State of Georgia only uphold its
honor by capturing those savage criminals and
dealing them the extreme penalty Of the law,
which is "A life for life" JOHN CRAIG
Philadelphia, August 20.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-23

Nothing Can Take the Horses Place in War
D4UL coNNEILY can nll his contraet
4 FOR 1900 horses for the Frencn Govern
ment without pereeptbly affecting the SUP
ply Of horses IN the country. And II he gets
$500 head for the animals, or ss 200 900 FOR
the iot, The sum he viii receive win be only a
small fraction of the total value Of the ma
iIon's stock. The Department OF Agriculture
estimates that the horses on the farms last
year were worth 81, 2sl. .sas 600. OF an average
vnlue of about $40 for each Of the 2oss2. 900
of them.
"a WIN take very long war hppreciabIy
TO AFFECT the number OF animals we have for
sale. Our own Civil War resulted IN the re-
.dprtlon of the total number OF horses in the
country from e.sss,ooo IN 1860 to 6loi 900 in
1867; but this decrease was due partly 10 the
abaudonment Of horse raising in large
reft Of me country oyerrun by war. But
lfr,aiaflo ihfre has been an almost con-
f|rnott l1fIeaef 10 rue present In 1898 the
14nbff naa fl.en fIom the nve and a hall
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-23
THE GERMAN PERIL

Into the story. of the German rush
Today fear doth silently obtrude,
OF Teuton plan the Russian pride to crush
And make the Muscovite In shame to brood.
For now the Kaisers men are at the gate
OF Russias famous city, Petrograd;
And should they enter, what shall be its fate
At hands OF storming legions. conquest madi
Perhaps, although the thought gives one chill
They have fiendish plan, these German men,
And when they've captured Petrograd they win
christen the town st. Petersburg again.
w. A. Meg.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-23
ORIGIN OF "cARPET-BAGCERsr

To the Editor Of the EVeninO Ledger:
Sir-Both George W. Douglas and the Rich
mond News Leader are at sea as TO the origin
OF the phrase carpet bagger." Nearly 10 years
ago II was current In Ireland. and originated in
the fact that Sir Thomas Redington, the then
uS4D Chief Secretary had been credited with
opening carpet bag owned by. William smith
O'Brien who had just been arrested for hieh
treason. Until his death Sir Thomas was known
as the Knight OF the Carpet Bag" and ''car-
pet bagger' became common expression
j. ST. GEORGE JOYCE.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-23
TOO MUCH PoLITIcs

10 me Editor Of the Bvsnin0 Ledger:
sir-in the state OF Georgia there was a man
by the name Of Leo NJ. Frank who was -
oused OF committing a crime and who. instssn
OF having jury try him. was conviefed ~,
an lknoIent, low down mob. Preiudice seerneS
20 De ssa,nst him. Later, we md that ne hss
been stabbed BY fellow prisoner Whv 80 49,
ne s.appeaF just plain frame-up. some
prominent men might have ordered ii s.'s W.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-23
MIGHT AND RIGHT

II Might made Right. life were villa beasts
CAGE
n Right made Might, this we're the golden egs
But now. pnti We win the long campaign
blight must gain Might 20 conquer and TO reign.
-Henry ven Dyke IN ths Outlook.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-23

There may be thousand lessons that the
United States can learn from a year of world
war. but only of them is vital. That Is the
lesson of sea power as democracy's defensive
weapon for the preservation of its life and
liberty.-New York World.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-23

Possibly the literacy test, which has been
vetoed. is not the best means of closing the
doors to undesirable immigration. but 1t does
not lessen the need Of restrictive legislation
The present lull affords excellent opportu-
nifty for further study.-Chicago Tribune
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-23

Il is nov admitted in Georgia that the
Identity OF the lynchers Of Frank Is known
a. though any one bad supposed that It was
unknown.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-23

Harrisburg is tired OF contractors government,
and the time to end it is now. The voters gave
it tremendous shock the last time they had q
chance, and it is no less certain that the same
punishment will be inflicted agan.-Harrisburg
Patriot
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-23

New York newspaper says that John l.
Sullivan's talk on the booze question to the con-
victs in Sing Sing prison carried conviction
to them" And most of them had already been
convicted on the booze question.-Kansas City
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-23

Al the present rate OF demand for labor
the man out Of work win soon be called on
% prove that he does not belong 10 the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-23

Germany is planning 10 make the Allie
pay the cost OF the war But what II tn
Allies should win7
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-23

Professor Kuno FRANKIE wants to know II
the sale of arms by private citizens OF the
United States is moral. Vest And a lot more
moral than the sale of arms to belligerents by
the Krupps-with the Kaiser the largest stock
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-23

All an American can hope is that Great
Britain VIII set hsr sS.OOO,oOO.OOO worth out
OF the affair.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-23

Fish are caught only by those toho bait thoi'
hooks ltCith tChat fsh Ike.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-23

The collier Franklin is a finer boat than
any that Franklin himself ever saw.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-23

They are taking a tuck In the Tuokerton
wireless fast enough.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-23
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW

This war is really for the peace of the wofl
Ohio State Journal.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-03-04
Or. J. |. JOHNSON DIES
AFTER A LONG ILLNESS
Prominent Baptist Preacher
Passes Away At His Home
In Clinton.

DR.. j. l.. Johnson. aged 79
years. one Of the most prominent
Baptist divine in Mississippi, died
Tuesday at his home in Clinton
after a long illness.
DR.. Johnston was pastor of the
First Baptist church in this
city for several years and was
universally loved. Arter retiring
from active ministerial work, he
was elected president Of Missis-
sippi College, which position he
held with satisfaction until he re-
tired on account of i'll health
The death of this prominent
man causes widespread regret.
Funeral services were held yes
terday at the family home in
/ Clinton.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-03-04

THREE STORY BU|lD|NG
Las l. Estimstsd A. 10000.
Only Partly Covered by
Insurance.

The beautiful colonial home Of
Mr.. w. y. Turner. located sever.
al miles east Of Crawford. was
totally destroyed by fire about
3 O'Clock yesterday morning. Mr..
and Mrs. Turner were In Colum.
bus when the news was received
and they Immediately left the
city on the 1890 Mobile & Ohio
train for their plantation.
1t is thought that the fire orig.
mated in the attic Of the building
and was caused from a defective
flue.
The loss on the home. which is
estimated at about $4,000. was
partly covered by insurance.
Mr.. Turner'S home was for.
merly known as the Hairstor
residence and was one of the
prettiest places in the state, be-
ing furnished elegantly through.
out.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-03-04
.FR|ERSON IS RE- ELECTED
SCHOOL Superintendent
Board of Trustees Held Import
ant Business Meeting Tues
day Morning.

A meeting Of the Board of
Trustees of the public schools of
Columbus was held Tuesday
morning at the Franklin Acade-
my and the members presen
were President H. L. Whitfield,
of the |. |. and G., DR.. j. W.
Lipscomb and Messrs. j. 7.
Searcy and w. N. Pickett.
The most important action TAX
en- by the board was the re-elec.
ton of Prof. w. V. Frierson, Jr.,
as superintendent of the city
schools.
Another meeting of the tSus-
tees will be held in April, al
which time applications 'from
teachers for positions in the
schools of Columbus will be re.
ceived.
The board was represented at
meeting of the city council helC
Tuesday evening in the interest
of improvements needed at the
Union Academy, the coloreC
school.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-03-04
Submarines Wm Investigate
Before Proceeding Against
Ship n War zonc
MAKES 4 REPLY TO NOTE
Bslligsfenls ore Unable With
safety ip Do A~aY With
dinss Entirely.

Berlin. March 2 IN its reply
~ the American note concerning
The German naval war zone. the
German government agrees that.
under certain conditions. its sub
marines will halt and investigate
merchantmen and will proceed
against only such vessels az are
found 10 be carrying eontraband
" are owned in nations hostile to
Germany.
The reply declares Germany's
readiness 10 accept virtually all
of the American proposals except
the one which would restrict the
use of anchored mines to purely
defensive purposes. The Ger
man government expresses the
belief that belligerents cannot af-
ford to abandon entirely the use
of anchored mines for offensive
operations. 1t is willing to con-
slider the abandonment of floating
mines.
In case German submarines
take action. after investigation.
against merchantmen carrying
coctraband or owned in hostile
countries, it is agreed that such
action will be in accordance with
the general rules of international
law. This presupposes. however.
the abandonment Of the use of
neutral flags by merchantmen
lof hostile nations or the arming
Of such merchantmen. Ii such
tactics were employed. Germany
contends, it would be impossible
to restrict the operations of sub
marines in this matter.