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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-02
Waiting for the Three Tribunes

TN A report from Harrisburg, relative to the
i reconvening of the Legislature, it is
naively stated that unless Senators Ware,
McNichol and Grow return from Florida
early in the week little but routine legisla-
ton will be acted on"
Yet the Commonwealth goes to the trouble
of electing scores of legislators and paying
them salaries. How much simpler and
cheaper it would be to have these three great
trtbunes of the people do their lawmaking
directly without the use of Intermediates
It has been suggested, too, that instead Of
the Legislature recessing. while Ware, Nc
Nichol and Grow take a vacation in Florida.
II would be a saving of time to have the
other part of the lawmaking body go South
likewise. Doubtless an appropriation of
State money could he secured to erect a
suitable assembly hall at st. Lucie.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-02
Nc BIoekade Proelaimed at Lnst

AMERICAN relations with the belligerent
"A Powers will be simplihed IL the blockade
OF German ports proclaimed by the British
IS made effective. A paper blockade may be
disregarded with impunity, according to all
the International pre- edents. That is, there
must be something more than a proclamation
that the enemy ports are closed 10 all ship
ping. There must be a sufficient force OF
warships to intercept all merchant vessels
seeking to enter the interdieted harbor.
The Allies certainly can make an effective
blockade, If they set about 1t. The French
and British fleets ought to be able. not only
20 prevent merchant ships from entering
German ports. but 10 prevent German war
ships from getting out to sea. The blockade
IN not be effective unless it works both
Ways
We may expect. therefore. to see greater
naral activity in the North Sea than has
been shown thus far. The fleets must be
moved closer TO the Continent and must be
prepared for any emergency or the profits Of
bloekade running will attract adventurous
eapiains and lead 70 many disputes over the
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-02
WESSEX HEIGHTS

mi, BY Thomas Hardy.
There are some heights in Wesley sba ,.d n. -
by a kindly hand
por thlnking; dreaming, dying on. and at crises
Say, on Ingpen Beacon eF ~ward mr. on wills
l seem where was before my birth. and after
death may be.
the lone mans friend
Her VINO suhereth long and is kind; accepts
What he Is too weak to mend;
Down there they are dubious and askance.
there nobody thinks as l.
But mind-chains do not clank where ones next
nelghbor is the sky.
In the towns | am tracked by fantoms having
weird detective ways
Shadows OF beings who followed with myself OF
earlier days:
They hang about at places. and they say harsh,
heavy things
Men with a frigid sneer, and women with tart
disparagtngs.
Down there l seem to he false to myself, my
simple self that was,
And Is not now, and 1 see him watching, Won
derlng what Grass cause
Can have merged him into such a strange con-
tinuator as this,
Who yet has something in common with him
SELF my ~chrysalis.
l cannot go to the great gray plain; there's a
figure against the moon,
NopouS sees IL nut !, ana IL makes my breast
beat out Of tune;
I cannot go to the tail-spired town. being barred
by the forms now passed
For everybody but me. i'm whose long vision
they stand there fast.
There's a ghost at Yelrham Bottom Gliding
loud at the fall of the night,
There's a ghost In Froom-Side Vale, thin-ipped
and vague, in a shroud Of white.
There Is one Ia the railWay-train whenever ]
do not want Il near,
/ see It's profile against the pane, saying what
/ would not hear,
AS for one rare fair woman. 1 am now but a
thought Of hers, z
] enter her mind and another thought succeeds ?
me that she prefers;
Yet my love for her in its fullness she herself
even did not know;
Well, time cures hearts Of tenderness. and now
l can let her 90.
So l am found on Ingpen Beacon. or on Wylis-
Neck 70 the west,
Or else on homely Bulbarrow, or little Piisdon
Where men have never cared to haunt, nor
women have walked with me.
Ana ghosts then keep their distance; and 1
know some liberty.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-02

home will be a sort Of triumphal entry. He
will not make a speech at Madison Square
Garden advocating dangerous doctrines to de-
stroy the business interests of the country,
but he will tell his countrymen how they can
deliver themselves from the evil spell that has
fallen on all our industrial progress"
The same Republican authority said fur
Their: Mr.. Taft is gaining every day. More
people are talking about him in a friendly
way than ever before. He has behaved so
splendidly in all things since he left the
White House, has talked so sensibly on all
public questions, has kept his head when all
about him were losing theirs, has reproached
none of his former opponents, that he has won
his way into the hearts and consciences of all
his old party associates. Could he be elected?
Why, without half trying. VIII he get the
nomination? That's different. Does he want
it? / don't know. But any Republican can
be elected"
There has been a good deal OF quiet fun
about what Vice President Marshall said on
a recent festive occasion here. The story Is
that in the course Of a Variously appreciated
speech he said something like this: I'm 1876
we elected Samuel ]. Tilden President of the
United states, and you fellows cheated us
out of the election, / want to say now that
in 1916 YOU won't have to cheat us out Of the
presidency-we are going to give it to YOU;
or, as another version has 1t, 1--WE are going
TO force you to take it," But, of course, as
anybody can see, the Vice President was
Joking"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-02
Incidcntals Must Not Obscure the Main
Issue in the Transit Fight

ASIDE from the personal factor which has
"A been injected into the fight for rapid
transit. one big fact stands out. It is that
program as practicable, reasonable and feasi-
bic, from an engineering as we'll as a fnan-
cial viewpoint, and presumably considered it
also the best possible plan for the realization
of the hopes Of Philadelphia.
The achievement Of the agreement then en-
tered into, MIR. stotesbury declares, was our
expectation and desire, STILL s.
Mr.. Stotesbury, It will be observed, enters
no objection to the plan. He is merely
doubtful Of the ability of his own company
to finance its part Of the undertaking, owing
to conditions in the money market and be-
cause the credit of the company, he AYERS,
has been attacked. IT is but fair to observe
that the campaign for transit was rcmarka-
bly, free from assaults on the p. r. r. Not
until last week was a demand made for a
statement from the company, a statement
which obviously was necessary both for the
protection of the company and the interests
of the city.
BE 1t remembered that the city proposes
to spend more than S45, OOO,O 900 in the build
ing of high-speed lines. So vast a property
is to be turned over to the operating com
pany, upon investment by it OF a quarter as
much, under specific guarantees against loss.
The credit of the institution would be en-
HANGED by participation in so favorable an
arrangement, not injured.
The situation is not different from what it
was last week. There is an illegal and trick
ordinance before Councils. It is the business
OF the people to see that this ordinance is
defeated and the original legal ordinances
substituted in its stead. The time has passed
when participation by the p. r. r. is essen
tial, however desirable 1t may be. The con-
structlon, not the operation, of tho new lines
is the subject under consideration. This con-
struction must he assured by the passage of
proper legislation.
There is not less but greater reason now
why there should be a monster outpourins
of citizens Thursday afternoon. Councils
must be made to see what public opinion
really is and compelled to respond to it. No
man who is for rapid transit can afford to
he absent from that demonstration The
fight is on. 1t must not be lost by default.
The city must not be made the victim Of
jugglers and tricksters. Now is the time for
Philadelphia to get rapid transit If it is ever
going to get it.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-02
Policemen More Necessary Than Councils

Policemen More Necessary Than Councils
THE Director Of Public Safety wants 1000
i additional policemen. The crime Their
moineter rises in periods of Unemployment;
1000 men given steady jobs would reduce un-
employment and crime, too. The situation,
therefore, offers n double reason for grant
Ing the Directors request. Besides, unless
500 patrolmen are added to the force at once
II will he necessary to return to the two
platoon system, which means a 12-hour in
stead of an S-hour day for present members
of the service.
There has probably been no greater in
crease in crime in Philadelphia than else
where. All large cities have been infested
this winter with an unusually large number
of social dellnquents. But it is true that in
some sections police protection is so made
quate as to amount to no protection at all.
Thieves have done their will without inter-
ruption. Cracksmen and others have worked
with more or less impunity. Great as is the
efficiency of the force, one man has but two
eyes and two legs and cannot be In more
than one place at once. 1t is simply a ques-
tion of more officers of the law or a con-
tinued violation of law.
The situation is so plain that Councils
should not hesitate a minute. But it will
hesitate, and delay, and pussy-foot along in
mn exasperating way, unless all signs ran.
The reason? Mr.. McNichol and some of his
friends cannot get out of their heads the idea
that the police are still in politics. One
might suspect that they feared lest the nests
OF criminals had been stirred up by the Adj
ministration as a mere device to get more
policemen wherewith to intimidate voters
next fall. So it is considered good politics to
leave the town at the mercy of thieves until
after the next election. AS to what will go
on then and how, no prediction is possible
until the votes have been counted. The city
really could get along better without Coun-
ellis than without an adequate police force.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-02

serve the food supplies Of tho world for the
Allies. Russia has 10000. 900 bushels OF wheat
at odessa which will be shipped to France
and England as soon as the way to the Black
Sea is forced by the fleet operating in the
Dardanelles. The release OF this mass Of
food grain will relieve the pressure in the
United states, and should be followed by a
rapid fall in the price Of wheat here and pre-
vent the disaster Of six-cent bread in the
homes Of the poor. So. aside from any in
tcrest In the fortunes of either Of the groups
OF belliserent Powers, every American
should look with eager expectation to the
success Of the naval campaign in the Turkish
waters.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-02
WHAT MEXICO MUST LEARN

From the Chicago Herald.
The Chinese government has given a pardon
TO pr. Sun Vat Sen and other leaders who
helped create the republic. 1t has invited them
10 return and accept high ofice on the sole
condition that they take the oath OF allegiance.
In brief, China is beginning TO learn the flnda-
mental fact that all government Is eompro-
mise and that a republic means liberation. Il
Is a pity that Mexico gives no indications OF
learning the same lesson.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-02
A Poor Reserve Is Better Than Nome

- q SNA NNoN ~ - NNhNS AiaN ANOIN
TT Is unfortunate that the organization of
i a first line of reserves should be left to
private initiative. But it is fortunate that
private citizens are taking enough interest
I'm the subject to begin the formation of an
American Legion to serve as such a reserve.
The plan, which has the Endorsement of the
active officers of both the army and the
navy, provides for the enlistment of all men
with military training and all men who are
able to take care of themselves in the open,
together with machinists, electricians, enEi-
neers. photographers, chauffeurs, black
smiths and men skilled in all the trades and
army in the field. These men will be required
to do no more than to express their willing
ness to respond to a call when they are
needed. to report by mail to division quar-
tiers four times a year and to pay % cents
annually to defray the cost OF keeping the
records.
The purpose is TO prepare for emergencies
by securing the promise of patriotic citizens
to do their part. No reasonable person can
find any objection to this plan, save the gem
eral objection to war, But even that argu-
ment against military preparedness will not
hold in this case, for there is no intention to
plan to encourage military drill or to do any
of those things which offend the p~acifsts.
II is merely to find out how many men there
are ready to respond in case their services
are needed. As army reserves go this will
be a pretty poor excuse for such a line OF
defense. But 1t viii be better than nothing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-02

Owing TO the unsettled conditions which have
prevailed throughout the world since the out
break OF the present war in Europe, the in
creased cost OF operation in the other depart
ments can not be fairly stated, as We have no
basis upon which TO make a definite COM
parison.
Yours very truly,
United States Steel Products Co,
John Hughes. General Agent.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-02

The hunt in New York Tor a Conspiracy"
to raise the price OF wheat has failed. II
the search we're continued over to Europe Il
would doubtless be found thai the real rea-
son for the war vas the desire OF the Euro
pean statesmen 70 turn q pretty penny IN
wheat sbeculatioa-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-02

Safe-navigation money to captains, $500 per
year, payable annually January l.. on showing
a clean record for the previous months.
The wages Of the following members Of the
crew vary on the different steamers, depend
ing upon the supply available. and the port at
which signed on, The steamship San Fran
cisco is quoted as an example:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-02
OF VII SAME E

from the CleFeIand LeadeF.
It's better than An even bet that the man who
PUSHES by your open bedroom window every
morning at $50 with his auto muller cut out
would block the aisie with his feet u he were
Ia a street car.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-02

The managers Of the Panama-Paeihc Fair
ought to send a resolution Of thanks to the
Kaiser for his submarine campaign. 1t has
frightened tourists from the Atlantic and
compelled them TO look elsewhere to spend
their spare cash. Much OF it will be used in
seeing America first.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-02
Hon. j. II. Galllnger.

United States Senator, Washington, d. c..
Dear Sir-Hour letter of the 10th instant, adj
dressed to A. j. Farrell, president United
States Steel Corporation, has been referred to
us for attention, as this company is the sub
sidiary Of the corporation which owns the for
eign-built steamers recently transferred TO the
American flag. Tho present and former scale
of wages on our steamers and tho percentage
of increase is shown in the following state
ment;
Wages of captains under American scale vary
according to seniority.
Wages Of other officers and the engineers are
fixed. being same on all steamers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-02
WAR INSURANCE

1t Is Paid in Higher Wages on Ships
Transferred to the American Flag.
From the Congressional Record.
Mr.. SWANSON. l desire to call up the UNI
finished business.
Mr.. GALLINGER. Will the Senator from
Virginia yield to me to make a request?
Mr.. SWANSON. l will yield temporarily to
the Senator.
Mr.. GALLINGER. I ask unanimous con-
sent to place in the Record a statement con-
corning the wages on foreign and American
ships.
There being no objection, the statement was
ordered to be printed in the Record, as fol-
lows:
Cost Of Operating Foreign built Vessels Trans
ferred to American Flag,
80 Church street, New York. y. Y,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-02

II the prairie dogs guess wrong on the
weather, the head of the Weather Bureau,
who is a man gifted with brains instead Of
instincts. may be excused for his frequent
miscalculations. Perhaps If he trusted TO
his bones he might guess right ofteneT.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-02

That riot in Jacob Langeloth's model town
was a model riot.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-02

We are impressed with the bigness of this
great country when We read that Uncle
Toms Cabin" was played in Red Lion. York
County. for the first time a few days ago.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-02

It is understood that the proposed hospital
In the financial district of New York is for
the accommodation of the lambs who were
clipped too close in the shearing process.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-02

March came in, not like the roaring lion
Of the fable, but about as the British lion
will feel II the m win.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-02
Burton Around the World

Senator Burton, Of Ohio, would make a
great President and would beat Mr., Wilson
out OF sight, After he gives up his seat in
the Senate On March 4, Mr.. Burton will leave
the United States for a trip around the world,
ana when he comes back IN time for the pres
idential campaign he Will come back. / think,
70 tax the leadership Of his party. and I'M
less al nay gifts Of Rropheoy fan. mis- return
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-02-23
SERIOUS FIGHTING
NOW IN PROGRESS
POSSE COMBATING INDIANS HAS
BEEN REINFORCED FROM
VILLAGES
lny Arsoclnled Presa.l


DENVER, Feb 23-The lighting
between the posse led by Neveker
and two bands of Indians. near Bluff,
has assumed serious proportions. The
Indians numbered 80 A posse, rein
forced by volunteers from the viii
lagos, swept down upon the Indians.
killing three and burning the huts of
Use Ne-Gat Five members of the
posse became detached during the
battle on Sunday. They are without
food, it is believed, but have plenty
of ammunition. Some of the Indian
leaders have been urging the rene
gades to surrender ito save the
squaws and children" but the sug,
gestion was refused. 1t is reported
that troops passed through Moab
Utah. Nebeker denied that he re-
quested troops.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-02-23
BLACK HAND NOTE
NAILED TO A DOOR
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ASKED
TO GIVE UP MONEY OR TAKE
THE RESULTS

Either a cruel practical joke was
the other morning, or
there is black hand" operating in
this city. When Mrs. M. B. Bartlett
went to the door Saturday morning
in response to a knock, she saw no
one there, but found a note pinned
to the door by the fleeing person
who had raped. II read: "You will
deposit $4,000 tonight outside the
house beside the gas meter or take
the results" The police were notified
and the house was carefully watched,
but nc one came to claim the money,
which, IL is needless to say, was not
left where directed There was no
sleep in the Bartlett household that
evening
The Bonanza was in possession OF
the news of the demand early that
morning, but mention of the matter
was kept out of the paper in order
to give the officers chance to thor
oughly investigate the matter with,
out alarming the author OF the note
However. nothing has yet come OF
the case and the theory OF the "prac
tical joke" seems well, substantiated
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-02-23
MONARCH P|TTSBURG
IS HOLDING UP WELL
RUBY SILVER APPEARS PLENTl-
FULLY sPRlNkLED THROUGH
THE ORE EXPOSED

Material improvement is noted to-
day in the appearance of the face of
the crosscut in which the pay ore
was recently struck in the Monarch
Pittsburg mine. The face still is in
solid ore and the values range from
few dollars up into the hundreds.
The stock is in great demand, selling
today from 16 to 20 cents share,
with but few offerings of stock. Sew
eral people came over from Goldfield
last evening to make investigations
with view to investing in the stock
and informing their friends to do
likewise, if the property stood up
under their inspection. The strike
is said to lend interest to the Tono-
pah rs toward which the ledge seems
to trend. Practically all the material
coming out of the mine is now ore.
Some of 1t shows ruby silver plenti-
fully
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-02-23
ATTEMPTS TO ROB
ARE FRUSTRATED
TWO BUSINESS HOUSES EN-
TERED LAST EVENING, But
NO LOOT TAKEN

While the residential and business
sections of Tonopah were practically
deserted last evening by reason of
the number of attractions in the pub
lie halls, burglars forced an entrance
into the Gray cleaning establishment,
by prying open a rear window. Mr.
and Mrs. Somerville, who occupy a
room at the rear of the Tonopah
Paint and Paper Hanging company's
establishment, heard the noise and
Mr.. Somerville secured his gun, but
the burglar, taking alarm, jumped
out of the window and scaled the
fence before the pistol could be
trained on him. The shoe repairing
shop next door was also entered at
about the same time. but nothing was
taken. The police have several sus.
picious parties under surveillance, but
no arrests have yet been made.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-02-23
MEN WHO FOUND THE
PAY CELEBRATE
HIGH GRADE, SUPPER ENJOYED
LAST EVENING AT THE
MiZPAH GRILL

Robert b. Govan, formerly known
as Bob but now spoken of in more
dignified terms since the Monarch
Pittsburg, Of which property he Is
vice-president, has broken into the
high grade, was the host at a little
dinner party rendered the boys who
found the ore. Branch Smith, the
superintendent and mine manager, to
whose tenacity and intelligence is
largely due the discovery, sat at his
right hand in the Mizpah grill last
evening. Others who graced the
board were Paul MCGUIRE, Ross Gavin,
Toge Holtberg, w. w. Booth and
James O'Brien, although how the two
latter assisted in finding the pay
crack has not yet been made plain.
Alex Dewar spread himself on the
repast and each Of the succeeding
eight courses was better than what
went before. The wine item was not
an inconsiderable one either The
host and guests extended all manner
of Fluctuations toward each other and
the occasion was very happy one.
the occasion was very happy one
One of the guests of honor was
George d. CAREY, the geologist, who
made an inspection of the property
yesterday and was very fayorably i'm
pressed.