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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-07
Bedrock of Power

II you all agreed with me. then I'd know
was wrong.-"Biy" Sunday.
cyUBsTANTIALLY what Socrates, Buddha,
- Mahomet Jesus of Nazareth, Lincoln.
Gladstone. Emerson and many other pioneers
nave said. mot only do great men know
that they are right. but they know that they
know It. although they must often stand
alone IN their convictions" said Ruskin. One
ounce Of conviction Is worth more than tons
q fluctuating opinion; one ringing affirmation
ontweighB a multitude Of nice discrlmina-
tons Men who move their fellows must
have = nrm fulcrum OF self confidence. Pee
pie who run from neighbor to neIghbor, from
1iand o friend, from relative to relative. In
a1der % confirm their beliefs. rarely have
se|ief that j. worth continuation. When
ssnselsnce backs the mind, then the man
aast b prepared TO follow his conclusions
Ehoueh All the world diner from him.
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Near-Cataclysm

DANIC firted with tragedy in New York
= yesterday and by a miracle a situation
filed with catastrophe elements resolved
itself into a minor calamity in comparison
with the awful sacrifices to which the world
has become accustomed in the past few
months.
In the rush hours the New York subways
are cattle drives. Their capacity is wofully
inadequate. and such crowding, squirming
masses of humanity as travel through them
cannot be duplicated anywhere else in the
world. That panic broke out in the dark
tubes, amid the fire and smoke and the un-
certain terrors of electricity, and only one
death resulted is one of those remarkable
things that cannot be explained.
Considering the millions of people carried
and the close schedules, freedom from acci-
dent in the subways has been testimonial
to the truly wonderful efficiency of man.
This is the first accident of any Importance,
and it is certain to lead to improvement in
methods of operation and safeguarding the
public
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Soldering

From the Detroit News!
To work long hours sometimes for days and
nights, with entrenching tools-the work OF
ditch digger;
To load and unload and carry large packs of
supples-the work of stevedore;
TO stand at the beck and call of officers and
serve them their food-the work OF a waiter;
To replace torn-up ties, and relay torn-up
rails. and rehoist torn-down poles-the work OF
a section hand;
TO serve Ia the mess with towel ana troukhs
of water-the work OF a dish washer;
10 cut down forests and hew large trees with
adze and ax-the work Of lumberjack;
To feed and curry and tend ones horses or
some one else's horses-the work OF a hostler;
To touch the torch to peasants crops ana
hayricks and eottages-ths work OF a vandal:
no stand up before one man or two whom
he has never met before, and shoot them to
death-the work Of an executionsr;
no run on pigs apd cattle belonging 10 others
and prepare their flesh for the kettle-the work
OF a butcher;
TO march for hours and hours IN sun or rain
until his movements become mechanical, the
mind benumbed and the whole matter lees than
a uightmRrs-the work OF 3 Brankensteini
To be huns into combat where ana with
whom be cannot tell;
And then to have the trench covered over
him. or to be laid ia tbs ditch and nave ne
road ploWed over him, or 10 be tied up Win
three others (shodlea are tied Ia bundles 81 four
10 facilitate handns1-
That IS the WORK of q soldier
That e che folnapee % soldlerin4
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The Swiss Army of Defense

From the Boston Transcript.
Switzerland finds citizen army anything 4
a cheap defense, In peace times its annual ~
is about 50. 00o one-thrd of the naugrs.
budget AS the Swiss army has been moots
for the enforcement of neutrality ever sA.
the war began. the bill this year Is OF nss
gerIng proportions to the thrifty people OF Y
little mountain republic. deficit OF nss's
IS co., 900 has to be made up, mainly due
mobilization. Switzerland's population Is y
very much larger than that of MassachussN
but its army has an aggregate OF sliW
thereabouts. Draw this force from peoi,
who have been deprived of one great souroe
income. the presence Of tourists, and who I.
no prospect of an influx of summer Vlslto.
and we can measure the exactions which e.
trality imposes on a nation that only ASKS
be let alone. Switzerland is determined 70
let alone this time, for ii has not forgol1
that 100 years ago its neutrality was disresaf.s
by allied Prussia Russia and Austria. W.
we're bent on making a short cut into frah''
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A Rnnort From Mars

From the Chicago Daily Journal
If the oft-quoted traveller from Mars eoui
take n look at the armies OF idle men. 9ns =,
imagine him sending back report somethaI
like this:
The earth people. especially those in q,
part called the United States. have InisRea
improving their planet. They have no canaA
to dig, no transportation systems to improve
no rivers to curb. no mountains to pieree
no swamps to drain, no deserts to water, y
houses to build. 1 have not been over ths
country to verify these facts. but knoH
they must be true. for in their cities -
tens OF thousands OF men asking FOR WofA
and quite unable to find 1t.
Since it is impossible that an intelgenI
community would let men starve in idlenea
when anything remained to be done, am
driven to the conclusion that there ls 10
useful work left unfinished in the unlsea
States
The logic OF such report is fawless- !
possible, however. that the Martian maas
slight mistake In assuming that the earn
occupied by intelligent beings.
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johnson Contract Forces Harto Out

FTNHE Johnson contract, long a public scan
\ dal has resulted In the resignation Of
Director Harte of the Department of Public
Health and Charities Director Harte burned
with the desire for u new Blockley, and he
believed II better to take the Johnson kind of
hospital than to run the risk of dilatory
tactics on the part of Councils. In so doing
he came Immediately into conflict with the
Blankenburg Administration, which is de-
voted to the principle of efficiency and is un-
willing to acquiesce in the dlctum that an
administration decade ago was authorized
to deliver the city, bound hand and foot, to a
particular architect irrespective of the merit
of his designs or his fitness for the particular
work required.
The Johnson contract has been upheld in
the courts, particularly in a well de-
vised to assure an opinion favorable to Mr..
johnson. There is every reason to believe,
however, that the higher courts, with the
contract itself an issue, would declare 1t
null and void. That explains why the Organ
iEatlon is fighting so vigorously to push the
matter through without letting 1t get into the
courts. If Johnson only goes far enough he
will have a real, valid and legal contract,
and that is the purpose of the present play.
1t Is pity that Director Harte's services
should be lost but better that than john
son hospital and a perpetual Johnson con-
tract. There has been suffering enough al
ready at Blockley The new institution must
he modern in every respect; up-to-date,
suited to it's purpose. The city wants some
thing worth while for it's money 1t is going
to get it, for the Mayor has not hesitated to
protect the public interest, and his Admins
traton is firmly fixed in its determination to
Zee that Philadelphia gets square deal. The
situation is unfortunate in some respects, but
there is plenty of for satisfaction in
the knowledge that sleight -of-hand work is
not deceiving either the Mayor or his ad-
vfsers
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Omen the Doors

REPRESENTATIVES, PALMER and Rup-
1N ley have specifically charged before the
Senate Committee on Privileges and Elec-
tions that more than $1,OOO,O0O was collected
and spent on behalf of Senator Penroses
candidacy for the United States Senate. Mr..
Penrose has back of him an enormous plural
ity but there are not enough votes in Penn
sylvaria to clear his title to his seat If 1t is
established that 1t cost 81 100000 to pui him
into it. He is entitled to day in court, and
so is Pennsylvania. The Norris resolution
must be favorably reported and the nose Of
the Investigating committee pushed into the
very penetralia of the campaign funds.
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Turkey Becoming Negligible

TURKEY must be thoroughly disillusioned
i and sorry that the Ottoman Empire was
ever drawn into the war. The Dardanelles
are under bombardment by the allied fleet;
three armies have been broken by the Rus
SLAMS and $4,000 prisoners taken; the world
wide Moslem invasion did not materialize;
Egypt seems to have no serious fear of in
vasion. Ever since the Young Turk move
ment became effective, five years ago. the
Ottoman Power has been weak through in
ternal dissension. The fatalistic doctrine OF
Islam no longer gives an element OF invinci
bility to Moslem soldiers. Altogether, 1t seems
as IL the "sick Man of Europe" were in his
last Illness
Strategically. the ineffectiveness of the
Turkish campaign is an important factor in
the Eastern theatre of the war. Russia will
have more troops TO throw across the Car
pathlan Mountains into Hungary; with the
Hungarian expedition free from the menace
that threatened from the Caucasus, the Cali
clan movement can be pushed with more
force and confidence; this again will cOnsd-
erably strengthen the Russian defensive and
offensive in both Poland and East Prussia.
There is only the slightest possibility now
that Turkey can collect herself and bulk
large during the balance of the war
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being ordered elsewhere. The Union Tank
Line Company has ordered 500 cars from the
standard Steel Car Company, OF Butler, and
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Is awaiting delivery Of 200 cars from tho
Pressed Steel Car Company. The Baltimore
and Ohio is in the market for 1000 box and
steel hopper cars. These are facts and facts
that show the rise Of commercial confidence.
pesginIsn1 beponat
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-07

4eOURT vanishes; indubitable proofs Of
~ prosperity ara offered. The Pennsyi-
1'.Ia Hailfead compans needs l1oseoo tons of
raj 1of 1915 s S eQe.ooa order This ia
1aes easE ef Pittsburgh aIone The
|.aeHl Aad chia zaiIidaa has aIso r.aead
ORDERS faI l|e ae1 eHisss nIIa EltIs-
~ I a eaf head
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A BIT OF NONSENSE. AND THEN

To M. q, Is.
I'd like to be a Governor
With half q million cares,
And nothing else TO think about
But how the poor world fares
Each dewy morn upon the grass
I'd take things easy, sure.
ia watch the good job-hunters pass
And all their troubles cure.
And when the restfui night did cons
ia hear the telephone,
I'd Joy i'm that persistent ring
Which makes SO many moan.
o! sometimes IN the Silent Watch,
AS TO my couch l wsnd,
1 wonder II ia whisper
Please God, for Just a Friend
A Friend in whose true bosom hides
No wish save that above
All other prize the world can siYe-
The fellowship OF Love.
Who In my anxious moments stands
True-heart with hand 70 lend,
'Twixt me and all the selfish bands
"old fellow. Here's 3 Friend.
God grant that come Whatever may
l know / can depend
on loyal men with naught 70 say
Save. Martin. here's your frisne
Some one whose arm Will slip afoahe
A shoulder care may bend,
Whose lips may utter not a sound
But heart say Loving Friend
Surround ne With the m1ny Great
Who bid ms heights ascend.
And View the prize of Miehty STATE;
SlIll grip me- Hand q friend
Ihe Soul must heIuae eff -
Nhea lhIHes 81 W1Qerg E1a{
Ia eas a1zt EaEea Ezt see
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Lord Kitchener fOresees a triumphant end
assuming that his speech win not be repu-
dated
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The Russians pursue the Turks within the
shadow OF Mount Ararat. Civilization Is be-
ing attacked in its seat
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Professor TAFT Is q guest IN Philadelphia
today. We make better professors out 81
presidsnls than We Dc Presidents en1 Il
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Copper Is selling in Germany for ss25 the
ton. No wonder some daring shippers are
irving 10 take the metal over.
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Facing opposition is the best thing Doctor
Brumbaugh does, as more than one obstruc-
ZIONIST before this has discovered.
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The entire city Is IN favor OF rapid tran
slt: the thing is TO set Councils onicIalIy
to say 50.
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The Senate may fight for the plums, bui
the President holds them in the hollow OF
his hand
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Wherever there is hghting there is a Carl
baldi.
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To Do EXPENpRp.

Extras allowed BY Councils Finance
Committee since Judge sulzhsrger
upheld the johnson eontraet,..... f277,0o0
Home for the INDECENT Females at
Brown Farm. Torresdele. s5o.Oo0
Fhiladslnhia General H1sr|Eai ~
s|arhlss s,s..s.ss. 8 s...- saoo oe3
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johnson in the Golden Saddle

II was during the Ashbridge administration
that Councils authorized the Mayor by ordi-
nance to employ an architect for all health
and charities buildings that it was deemed
probable the city might need in the future.
Councils knew whom the Mayor was going
to hire so did the Mayor. For the word
had been passed over from the Betz Build
ing 10 sit Brother-in-law Johnson in this
golden saddle and to see that his stirrups
held.
Here is the way the remarkable municipal
contract has worked out for Johnson;
ALREADY EXPENDED.
Home for the Indlgent Males at
Holmesburg .....,............",.... ssa5,OOO
Home for the Predetermined at By
berry Observation-Disclosures. 100000
Hospital for Contagious Diseases at
2d and Luzerne streets............. 100000
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He built bathhouse for the Department of
Recreation that was without proper water
connection. In fact, the s277,Ooo Councils has
suddenly found for Director Richard Fl.
Harte of the Department of Health and
Charities, is all for patchwork, odds and
ends that should have been provided for in
the original contracts.
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Remember this: You must hare an aim before
you cdn make a hit.
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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-01-04

San Francisco, CAL, Jan. A.-Can
you imagine women and girls-hun-
dreds Of them - pleading tearfully
pleading with the blunt .eloquence of
dire need, begging Historically, to be
allowed to go into the life of woman's
lowest estate because that seems to
them the only way" rather than
1.-The easiest way?"
II you can you may appreciate one
Of the graVest problems confronting
the authorities of this city on the eve
Of the 1915 exposition.
1t is the problem of treating intel
igentIy and cOnstructively the case
of the women who have been thrown
out Of their redlight dens by the
abatement law ratified in this state
at the recent election and made eff
fective Dec. Is. Their profession, the
oldest in the world, and long toler-
ated and licensed in San Francisco,
has suddenly been outlawed.
What is going to become Of them?
The aim of the law was primarily
at the property owners who fattened
of the shame of their tenants, but it
struck the women hardest.
To say that the women deserve no
pity; that they must accept the lot
they have elected, an attitude taken
by many Of the good people here, is
not a solution. Rather, it is a STUN
bling block, assert the officials upon
whom 'deYolYes much of the respon-
sibility in the situation. N-~
There are 1877 registered denizens
of the tenderIoin here.
Besides these there are hundreds
on "the waiting lis" girls who have
begged Detective Thos. Fufman, head
of the white slave department of -po-
lice, to give them registry in the un-
deTworld.
cit is largely the unemployment or
precariOus employment of many
women that is responsible" declared
Detective Furman..
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-01-04
1000 MODERN MAGDALENEs oUTLAWED IN A
DAY SCHEMING TO DEFY STATE

IL DEF I 81 "A lE
them. I would tell them the terrible
consequences of such a life. would
paint it in all it's horrors. But they .
would only continue to beg and plead.
Many a girl was down to her last
10-cent piece,
The authorities are striving ear
nestly to impress the people of this
city that the situation presented by
these women is one which can no
longer be ignored or whispered about.
It must be handled with eyes open
and with frank speech, as well as
definite action.
Where will they go? What will
they do?
81 guess I'll have to get a heavier
pair of shoes, that's all"
A girl with brown curls and purple
silk hose contemplated her thin suede
slippers. She meant she would walk
the streets to ply her oUtlawed trade.
81 used to be a waitress - earning
$3.50 a week.
Another one spoke, tall and blonde.
81 intend to remain in the city and
walk. the Streets" she said deter
minedly. 'T'l pay my fines and go
to Jail No use going to another city,
the streets are full everywhere. Some
day, I suppose, I'll be found muir
dered. In a house a girl has some
protection. On the streets none. Pm
26 years old. I've been in this BUSH
ness for 10 years. My health is brOk-
en- down. l couldn't work in a htch-
en-, even if 1 would be taken in and
given a chance, which 1 know
won't"
Turning US all out at this
time, added a girl in gold stockings
and gilt slippers. What sort Of
heart have these good people?
Many of the girls here have children
to support
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-09
MORRIS PLAN LENDS SAG S0.
Accommodates 3.s2+ Persons IL
Period of Eight Months.

fine Morris Plan OF New York, which
lends to the deserving on their salaries
al a moderate interest rate, In a state
ment of its activities from December 81.
I.I4 to August 81, 1915. Just issued.
shows that It loaned a total of S446.4sO
10 ASA borrowers In that time. There
were l59 women among the borrowers
The average weekly income of all bor-
rowers wac s25. OF the total OF borrow
,rs 2,777 were married and the number
of children supported by them was
5s4g. Among them were 4sl real es-
tate owners,
The largest number of borrowers in a
single class Of occupation was 435, listed
as proprietors and partners. There
we're 3s7 post office employees and 1870
other employees of the United States
government. There were 332 city de-
partIhent and court employees, 3O4 fire.
men and 2O1 policemen.
The most frequent reason for borrow
ing was TO pay miscellaneous debts with
ea2 applications granted. The next was
for illness n births, for which causes
7l3 borrowers sought help. The next
most frequent reason given for borrow
ing was business expansion, the appli-
cants on this score numbering sos. To
repay loan sharks 213 borrowed and l23
borrowed to take up pawns and ana
chatteIs. Other common reasons FOR
borrowing were to help relatives. vaca-
lions, to begin business, household ex-
penses. Weddings and beginning house
keeping and purchase Of homes figured
little.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-09
WABASH HOLDERS WARNED.
Told They VIII Re Left out II
They Oppose WALLACE plan.

The oppouer;s OF the James ". Val
lace plan of reorganization for the
Wabash rittsburg Terminal Railway
Company were told at the meeting yes
terday that II they did not accede to
the plan drawn up by various COM
mittees they would he left or, in the
cold" They wcr" told that the bankers
committee and others had not been in
different to the h'udholdcis. but had
obtained postponemcnt after postpone
ment of the foreclosure sale.
The court will order the sale OF the
property I'm October" they were told,
and the holders OF the receivers cer-
t~iicates will take this road unless YOU
hondhulders arc able to raise S9.00O,-
600" When Daniel u. Ely. one Of the
opponents. proposed that the coal prop
rrty Of The road be sJld he was told
that they could not sell 1t until they
owned IL. tntil the prior liens were
paid Off It was not owned. He was told
also that q $50 assessment was ridicu-
lous. as it will need a 5000 assessment
to pay off the $4,000. 600 claims and
another one OF u similar amount to dis
charge the receivers certificates.
II was announced 10y the Wallace
committee yesterday that 1900 900
NJ the bonds have paid on the first in
stalmcnt OF the assessment The time
FOR this payment has been extended to
September 20.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-09
UNION MINERS WILL
MAKE NEW DEMANDS
President White Urges 8 Hour
Day, Union Recognition and
Better Conditions.
EASY END FOR DISPUTES

WiLKEsnARRE. Pa. Sept. s.-John p.
White. president Of the Mine Workers
of America, urged to-day ut the miners
tri -district convention an eight hour day,
Improvement Of working conditions. bet
ter methods OF adjusting disputes and
complete recognition of the union.
The present agreement with the opera
tors expires April I. 1916. and the con-
ventlon will formulate new demands.
"A very serious duty" said Mr.. White.
"devolves upon each and every delegate
to this convention. This is an exclusive
wage convention and large ISSUES are in
volved. which include the welfare of
the anthracite mine workers. the an,hra-
cite coal industry, and likewise the
welfare OF the public, which always Is
n great and important factor in our
wage adjustments"
Mr.. White remarked that he believed
the present contract" despite its imper.
fections." was generally conceded "a
he the best ever secured.
In formulating our Demands Inc
continued, we should endeavor TO Sc.
cure.
Il The establishment Of right rela-
tions between the operators and miners
OF tho anthracite coal fields, which can
be best accomplished by and through
the joint trade agreement. and this can
he secured when the anthracite Goa on.
orators concede our Just demand for
complete recognition OF the United Mine
Workers Of America.
"2. There IL no longer any valid ar.
gument to ofer against our Just con.
tentinns for tn establishment of the
eight hour day. and this cardinal reform
should he included In your demands.
%. The working conditions should
receive your thoughtful consideration
with a view 10 their Improvement. Our
demands should not he hurdcned with A
lot Of eStraneous matter. but on the
contrary mould he confined largely to
the main and fundamental reforms tina,