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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-27
THE WEATHER
Official Forecast
WAsHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, July q.
M eastern Pennsylvania and New
FNs Partly cloudy tonight and We'd
moderate temperature; light
Pc winds.
rains We're general in the At
states from Maryland northward
Hes the last "a hours. and IN some
were accompanied by thunder
General rains are also reported
ne upper Mississippi basin and
mail areas In other portions OF the
sE On the whole. the conditions
20 be more settled than they were
DAY morning. with a tendency
clearing weather The tempera-
are mostly seasonable in all parts
4e country this morning. the de-
as being generally local and un-
tant
= 5. Weather Bureau Bulletin
|.II4HN Nluna faIr = ina
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-27
MISS JULIA LEWIS
WROTE 10 60
Suffrage Party Leader Rot
Franchise Society Hea
Wanted to Know Attitude

Miss Julia Lewis. chairman Of the e's1
paisn cormittee Of tae Woman suHna
party. wrote The letter tn Governor
Brumbaueh. asking declaration Of hla
position on the woman suiiraao question
Mrs. Wiifred Lewis, president uf ihs
Equal Franchise Society. efronooaalY naa
named as the author Of the letter fesI
terday The mistake was due 10 con-
fusion Of slightly dlffsrcnt NAMES
Miss Lewis was quoted ne sayInal
Every Pennsylvania woman shouid he
proud Of having such a FennayivaniaH as
you occupy the Presidential chair and
would be only too glad 70 work Tor suCh
an end This should have read. "Hv6ff
Pennsylvania woman ought 10 BE proud
10 have such a Penneylvaninn as ron
occupy the Presidential chair and be only
too glad TO work for such an end
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-27
MRS. MARY RHoADs cArTELL
Wife Of Henry S. Cattell, Of 2S15
Delancey Plaoo.

Word was received in this city today
OF the sudden death last night az Poland
Springs, Me, OF Mrs. Mary Rhoads cat
tell. wife of Henry 8. Catteil, attorney,
who has offices in the Bailey Building.
The Cattell home is at 2Si5 De Lancey
place. The body is being brought back
to thiS city for burial
Heart disease is believed to have been
the cause of death. Mrs. Cattell, her hus-
band and their daughter, Miss Esther Cat
tell were summering in Maine, Arrange
ments for the funeral are being made to.
day. II is expected the body viii reach
this city late today. Before marriage Mrs
Cattell was Mary Rhoads Stokes
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-27
MUSIC ON CRY HALL PLAZA
Philadelphia Band Win Play There
Tonight.

The Philadelphia Band will play on
City Hall Plaza at o'clock tonight
The program;
4. Overture, Der Freischutx'' ....von Weber
?. (a) charaeterstic. "In, the Spinning Room
Eilenherr
Cb) Popular. "rm Going Back to tho Farm1
Berlin
3. Sings. (al How Firm a Foundation
OBJ abide with Mo-
4. Excerpts from THE )Gondniiers" Sullivan
5. operatic potpourri. Creme de ia Creme
@. Sings, (a) "Onward, Christian Soldiers"
4 Valse al concert 'Wienor Blut'' Streuaa
8. GralHritter march from "Parslfal' Wagner
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-27
MUSIC IN THE PARK
Band Will Play at Strawberry Man.
sion Afternoon and Night.

The Fairmount Park Band viii play AZ
Strawberry Mansion this afternoon end
tonight The program.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-31
Better Right Than Impetuous

T7xPLANATIoN for the delay in demand
Ling reparation from Germany for the
sinking of the William P. Frye is found in
the announcement from Washington that
the cargo was the property of Engshmen
and not of Americans. 1t was at first said
that the grain on board belonged to Ameri-
cans and was on the way To England TO
await orders. The owners Of the ship, it
seems, have made it difficult for the State
Department to learn the facts. Their course
discredited their good faith and made the
Government suspicious. 1t was, therefore,
Important that the exact facts should he
learned before action was taken
In all these matters, from the Dacia to the
Frye, the Government is in the position of
the plaintiffs attorney. If its client is not
frank with 1t and conceals the truth the re-
suits are likely to be exceedingly embarrass-
ing. There are men who would like to get
the United States mixed up in the war, as
the state Department is very well aware
The claim of the owners of the Frye will
not be invalidated by the delay necessary 10
discover just what the claim is. 1t is much
better to be right than To he impetuous
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-31
wash the Linen at Harrisburg

A RESOLUTION which begins as follows
"A has been introduced in the House;
e Whereas, It has been alleged in the public
press and public discussion that large sums
of money were illegally collected and eN-
pended by the liquor interests IN the poht
ica campaign and the election In Pennsyl-
vania in 1914, and etc, etc.
During the progress of the campaign the
EVENING LEDGER published comprehensive
articles specifying the modes OF contribu-
tion. an estimate Of the amounts collected
from the liquor interests, a summary of the
presumed agreement between these interests
and the politicians for whose advantage the
money was collected and presented, like
wise circumstantial and other evidence OF
slush fund Of large proportions.
II is now an open secret that there was
such a fund 1t is seldom denied in private
1t is notorious that local option is held up
at Harrisburg only because men who prof
tied, directly or indirectly, from that siush
fund are endeavoriug to fulfil the letter of
their contract and do for the liquor inter
ests what they promised to do. 1t seems to
he as clear case Of barter and sale as was
ever known in Pennsylvania.
Doctor Brumbaugh would have nothing TO
do with that fund. lie refused to let
penny OF 1t be used in his behalf. At all
times during the campaign he iterated and
reiterated his support of local option and
flung out his challenge OF opposition TO the
infamous alliance between the whisky ring
and the politicians. lie refused to be branded
with alcohol and he did what he could TO
keep its mark off tho hide of the party.
Glenn, who introduced the resolution for
an investigation, Is Democrat, but the
resolution should pass, nevertheless. 1t is
time for Pennsylvania to throw off her
lcthurgy and strike blow for political
morality. We need not wash our dirty linen
I'm Washington. We cannot afford not to
wash it in Harrisburg For the Legislature
itself stands impeaChed and besmirChed. 1t
is the Legsa turc that was offered for bar
ter, and every man in it who votes against
local option whether he does from con-
viction or not stands within the shadow of
suspicion. 1t behooves the innocent there
fore to prove their innocence by voting for
a thorough investigation, that the black
sheep may he sorted out and their de-
bauchery or trcltery exposed
Pennsylvania is mighter than the liquor
ring, on the methods of which a searChlisht
should be turned. The Republican party,
now that it has a real Governor at Harris
burg, can purge itself by boldly ascertain
ing and publishing the truth. even if in so
doing it has to besmirCh and ruin formerly
trusted leadership.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-31
CITIZENS DUTY
TOWARD HOUSING
Why the Gransback Bill Should Not
Become Law - A Reactionary
Measure-Prompt Action by Peo-
pie Is Necessary.
BY HELEN L. PARRISH
Secretary of the octavia nm Association.

Secretary Of the Octavia hin Association.
TT is with CONSERVATION and dismay that
i those who have been striving for many
years to bring about better sanitary and hous-
ing conditions in the poorer section of Phia-
delphia are confronted with the fact that the
Legislature has passed the Gransback bill,
II. II. No. 295. 1t does not seem credible that
a body of men chosen to legislate for the
best interests OF their fellows should by one
such act decide to sweep away the results
of years of slow but steady progress; to do
this also without an opportunity being given
for hearing or without submitting the bill
for Endorsement to any of those qualified
through their official positions or through
their special knowledge and experience to
judge of its merits
The bill divides the responsibility for the
vital questions of housing and sanitation be-
tween three bureaus of the Department of
Public Health and Charities. 1t expressly
rcpeals the lodging house act of 1895, the
act for the licensing and inspection of tene-
ment houses Of 1907 and the housing code of
1918. 1t eXempts from the fire escape law,
without making other provisions for fire pro-
lection, large proportion OF the tenement
houses of the city and seriously weakens
and exposes to litigation the original tene-
ment house law of 1895.
Thc acts thus ruthessy handled have
marked successive and distinct stages in the
forward progress of Philadelphia Each one
means incalculable benefit to those who are
crowded into our many court and alley
dwellings. our countless houses built for one
family and now converted" into tenement
houses where many families dwell Their
repeal would set us back for 90 years To
those who have fought the grim fight for
better conditions against the greed of land
lords. the hostility or apathy of City Coun-
ellis. the Indifference of many citizens, the
changes that these laws have wrought have
been full of encouragement.
The Gransback bill offers nothing to take
their place. 1t establishes standards
makes no rules or regulations. 1t creates
sanitary board" consisting Of the Director
of Public Health and Charities and the bu-
reau chiefs, who are empowered to make
rules ana regulations which Select Council
must approve. 1t provides for oversight
or inspection of dwellings,,
Surely it is the insistent duty of every
citizen who has the welfare of our great city
at heart to write to Governor Brumbaugh,
in whose hands the momentous question is
now placed, urging him to veto this destruc-
tive and reaCtlonary measure.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-31
centraI Rul Limited Control

Ts8JfL0WING the example OF the execu-
I tive officers OF other corporations which
have been compelled TO regulate their busi4
ness according 70 the wishes OF more than
fao score Of different State regulating bodies
ffssident Carlton OF the Western Union
qelerfaph Company. urges that more power
So loaeed in the Interstate Commerce Com
fIIssion-
rhs arelimenf. OF course, rests on the as
sumption that this control would mean re-
Jesse nom the exactions Of state bodies TO
,aakn 1896 statements annually 10 public
safhl4ties ls a task Of some magnitude and
a|s Io - utterly unnecessary
Iunortant 40 recollect, however. that
sa control does nor imply sofer-
- ihe central eontroilins body
saistI,h MAI peli desire 10 be under
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-31
LIQUOR or Victory?

TIME British Chancellor of the EXcheQuer
l. has Joined with Lord Kitchener in urging
the British wortmen to show their loyalty to
their country by doing their utmost to equip
the armies in the field with the necessary
munitions and by rushing construction and
repair work on battleships to the full eX-
tent of their ability. The soldiers cannot
fight without guns and ammunition. But
the British workmen are spending their
money on drink and neglecting their duty
in the factories. At the shpyards it is diff
hcult to get 81 or 40 hours "A week out of
them, Unless there is change for the bet
ter David Loyd-George announces there
must be compulsory prohibition while the
war lasts. The public houses must close
their bars and the men must be kept sober,
Temperance is an economic and not a moral
Question i'm this crisis.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-31
what Shall 1t Profit a MANI"

HTtHE EVENING LEDGER publishes today
Il comparison of the present housing law
with the substitute measure which has been
sent to the Governor It reveals the utter
inferiority of the proposed law TO the eN-
isting law. II shows clearly how futile OF
remedial effectiveness the "toothless" stat
ute would be, devised as it is. not in the in
terest of tenants, but for the greater pront
of landlords. These landlords. to be sure,
are entitled to protection. but not until they
have protected the people to whom they rent.
1t is an axiom of modern civilization that
no city should permit dwellings to be rented
unless they are decent habitatons, and no
citizen has a right to receive money for any
other kind of habtation.
The Governor is an advocate Of decent
living and an apostle of cleanliness. He has
let II be known repeatedly that he would
not acquiesce in any statute devised to pre-
vent rectiicaton of existing conditions. Most
of all is he unlikely to join in a conspiracy
to uphold City Councils in its policy of wan
ton nullihcaton
veto is the only thing that can reason
ably be expected, and that veto will be up
held unless the Legislature has lost all sense
of public duty.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-31
The Band Wagon Is Filling Up

As YOU know am In favor of local option
and will be delighted If our bill is enacted.
Senator Oliver TO Governor Brumbaugh.
fTHE Senator is unable to be present at the
u hearing on the bill next week, but he sent
the above cheering message to the Cover
nor lndorslng the measure. He has set an
example 10 his colleague in the Senate that
deserves to be followed.
There are men who believe that 1t is bet
ter % be different than to be right and at
tain eonsplcuity by their idiosyncrasies: but
few practical politicians care to be so differ
emf that they are in lone minority. The
hand wagon is about to start, aud when II
moves it viii be going so fast that laggards
viii md il difficult If not impossible to whip
an behind II is much better TO ride with
the procession than TO get covered with dust
al the roadside while it moves by There is
SELL time for Senator Penrose to get a back
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-31
End of RipelOMism

DIGELoW1SM has ended, for Bgelow him
ID self will hereafter be dissocated from
the public service.
To his conduct of his Office, as much as
to anything else, could be laid the defeat of
the proposal to eXpend S5OOOO,OOO for good
roads in Pennsylvania. The electorate was
mot so enchanted with the kind of roads it
got and the cost at which it got them as to
be enthusiastic about spending millions more
in a similar way.
Good roads have become a public ncccs-
sity- They are no longer tad They must
be built scientifically and economically and
they must be maintained The road system
of the state tends and more to be-
come one of the greatest assets o. the Com
S1onwealth, requiring as expert care as the
conduct of any of our other great institu-
tions.
Instead of Bigelow, an expert; instead of
ineficiency, efficiency instead of haphaaard
methods, scientific construction.
Bigelow goes and there is none to weep.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-31
OPERA SINGERS ON SALARIES

TO the Editor of the Euentng Ledger:
r-Referring to your article i'm today's ISSUE
Inflated Salaries Paid TO Grand Opera sing
ers," concerning the late Chicago-Phlladelpha
opera Company, of which was member for
four years beg to say that the article In ques-
ton is incorrect hy reason of an omission which
/ am constrained to ask you to set right.
In several instances mention is made of tho
increase in the salaries of certain artists. For
some unaccountabe reason this statement
which should have been made in connection
with my name, was omitted. The salary mem
toned in the article that which | received
the first year. which afterwards raised
twice until it was practically double the
original amount.
Also in each of my contracts there was a
clause allowing me to sing in concerts during
the opera season and retain the money there
for myself Moreover | frequently sang more
than the required performances per week,
meaning extra compensation. At the close Of
the regular season the company made "A trans
continental tour of about two months; which
also meant additional salary.
| did not as nearly all foreign artists
obliged to do pay a commission of from 10 to
% per cent of my salary to an agent or repre-
sentative abroad
The Chicago Opera Company contained more
than one singer whose foreign reputation never
rose above mediocrlty and who received "in-
ilatcd" salaries while Americans were obliged
to accept less.
During my connection with the Chicago Opera
Company I sang the leading bass roles in
Faust" aida" "Don Giovanni" Barber OF
Seville" La Goconda," Lucia" "Gir of tho
Golden West" "Rlgoletto," MARTHA" "Jong-
leur de Notre Dame" Die Walkuere." Tristan
and Isolde" "LohenErn" "Crcket on the
Hearth" "Natoma," etc. etc.
While not receiving the salary of a Mary
Garden or n Titta RuTo, the management must
have had a sufficient appreciation OF my merit
10 assign to me these roles which cover a va
dPty of schools in addition to being sung in
four different languages. As to the success
with which my work has met at the hands
of the public that IL a matter OF history.
l am convinced that the time has arrived
when an American artist can stand squarely
upon his own merits and, all other things be-
ing equal hold his own with the foreign singer.
HENRI SCOTT.
Leading Basso, Chicago Grand Opera Company,
l9ll-H; TeatrO Adriano, Rome Italy 1g1O-1i;
Manhattan Opera House, New York, 19O9-1O.
Philadelphia, March 25.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-31
THE LOST LAUREL
BY WILLIAM A. HeQARRY

The Pennsylvania Mountain Bay
Or Laurel as YOU will
That twines the trees by rock and rill
In regions wild and hushed and still
Alas! Alackaday!
Our noble, stately brow
Shall not adOrn-but mind ye, now,
'Tis not for us to query how
The how'r was laid away.
But-some one went and killed the bill
Because the little flowers
Put forth officially as ours
Grow on a poisoned vine where towers
The lofty mount and hill;
In fact. with firm intent.
The laurel bud they swiftly sent
To pickle with the c0ndiment
Some one has christened dill.
Shall heroes In the State OF Penn
Become extinct at last2
The state that Ia her noble past
To an grand defiance cast
No more reward her men2
Must she nos turn away
Her stately head and sadly say
THE Governor has cau7<k So hay7"
ess must2 Wei. let her. thaa
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-31
An Investment Worth While

MO BUSINESS man expects to earn divi-
IN dends on an investment that he does
not make. He knows that he does not get
profit out of an enterprise unless he puts
capital in. If he uses his business sense
when considering an invitation to join the
Chamber of Commerce, he will know that
the benefit that he and his business will
derive from the creation of a large and
alert commercial organization will he in
proportion to the investment of his time and
energy in cooperating with other business
men to increase the prosperity of this city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-31
STEPHEN GIRARD's BIRTHDAY
To the Editor Of the Eveming Ledger:

'@NA''"' ~
Sir-Stephen Girard displayed his foresight
when he endowed such noble institution as
Girard College for poor orphan boys born of
American parents
Many of these boys educated by his generos-
ity have become great and powerful citizens,
not only in the city of Philadelphia and State
of Pennsylvania, but have become nationally
prominent commercially financially and po-
litcally.
1t would be a mark of esteem for such a
benefactor Stephen Girard for the citizens
of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania to commem-
crate his coming birthday by wearing a violet,
which Is the emblem of America.
Honor the memory of man so thoughtful
for the future welfare of poor American boys
ALEXANDRIA VICTORIA WILLIAMS
Philadelphia March 27.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-31
Anarchy on the Sea

ACCORDING to the ex parte statement of
IA the circumstances attending the sinking
of the merchant ships by German subma-
rlnes off the coast of Wales one of the YES
sells was sunk by n torpedo while the life
boats were still on the davits, and as re-
suit a large number of passengers were
drowned II this is fair statement of the
facts the course of the German commander
has justification neither i'm the laws and GUS
toms of war nor i'm the necessities of the
case. 1t may he granted that some of the
passengers We're British officers and engi-
neers on the way TO service in Africa, but
that does not excuse torpedOing a ship car
rying noncombatants without giving them an
opportunity to escape, even though the Ger
mans had announced that they intended to
do Just this sort of thing.
This incident is only the latest in a long
series which proves that there is anarchy on
the sea at the present time. All the old
guarantees have lost their force, and those
who have the power are doing their will
without let or hindranee Only superior
power can stop them No amount of hys-
terlcal protest from the neutral nations can
prevent a continuance of the Unprecedented
operations of belligerent ships
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-31
WHOSE THE LEADERSHIP?

In every age of the world there has been a
leading nation one of more generous senti-
ment, whose citizens were willing to stand for
the interests of general Justice and humanity at
the risk of being called by the men of the
moment chmerical and fantastic. Which
should be that nation but these States?-Emer-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-31

the jurisdiction Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission only and vet oppose utterly the
right OF this commission TO fix rates wages
and everything else connected with the
business. There are many, for instance, who
are convinced that the dilatory tactics en-
ployed by the commission in the railway
rate cases proved absolutely the folly OF
conAding to any body too vast an authority
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-31

% Harper's Monthly--"The Brand Of
the City"
(2) New Republic-"The Utilities Bu-
reau."
(3) Atlantic Monthly-"The House on
Henry Street"
(4) Survey-"The Junior Police of New
York City"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-31

nett. The story described the escape of all
the wild animals in the and what hap
pened in city and suburbs in consequence,
winding up with the assertion that it might
have been true if it had been true. April
FOOli
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-31
ROBIN

know where'er the dear saints are
The spacious siences
Have closed around stiffness profound
AL3ut The region lies
That unforsotten are the hills
They used 10 hold so dear
The first glad note from Robins throat
Must thrill them there as here.
-Aolly Hart Woodworth. "a me Boston 4rAnsst e
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-31

Why does not Secretary Garrison follow
the example of the Secretary Of State II he
hnds that his salary Is not big enough 70
l,ay his living expenses IN Washington? The
t'hautauqua societies would pay him to tell
them what he thinks about war.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-31

Will Charles Frohman explain how much
worse it is to sell theatre tickets at cut rates
than to let spectators get them and charge
tVo prices2
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-31

II any one thinks he can fool the Cover
nor about the housing bill ne would better
study Doctor Brumbaugh's record on the
housing question
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-31

Uncle Sam wakes up every little while and
asks Mexico, in the words OF the man who
heard his wife's voice in the middle OF the
night. "Are you rioting again or yetT
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-31

Is not the flag the best monument to Betsy
Ross?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-31

Where is the road builder who can make
the highways of this State famous?