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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-18
REACH NO AGREEMENT ON
PROPOSED BUDGET Plan
President Wilson aud Members OF
Special Committee in Several
Hours Conference.
TWO PROPOSALS CONSIDERED
Members Urged to Get Together as
Soon AS Possible on Something
DeIinite-Contidenti Data Is Be-
ing Gathered.

WASHINGTON. November l;-For
Wilson and members Of the special
budget committee OF the House CON
ferred over methods of systc,na.izins
appropriations in Congress- No uirree-
nicnt VAS reached. and. after the long
discussion the President asked the com
'"'ttec1fch To get together as soon NJ
POSSIBLE on some definite plan.
Representative Fitzgerald, or New
'o'h' chairman of the Appropriations
Committee. was insistcnt upou his
i''hn CT cc'itrnlixing all approprialious
~ one committee, the Appropriations
onmittce.
~ the other hand. Representatives
"'ei 10y OF Kentucky, strongly advo-
Gated plan he has urged for so,,.
years for O. bulge, cornmitto, :, H..
niade w OF chaiyincn and ranLin-
minority members OF the various com
initte.s having jurisdiction over M.
preparations.
speaker Clark, Majority Leader
kitchin and Representative HAY of VIZ
r'nia. the other members OF the bud..,,
committee, were absent from the. con
-efeicc. ana IT was agreed that as SOON
is lfieH returned TO the city late in the
'"rh, another conference woul no be,d
"' VIC w nitc iitNSS. Meantime. IL yas
arranged that certain confidential
iata t"latin" To tho appropriations of
the government should b. t..o into
shap" Tor consideration at the mex,
conference.
Members OF the conference were rot
icent as to the nature of this data
'tuhonEh IT WAS admitted the President
hi:td" suggestions as 10 revenue re
uuiremcnts, with particular reference
ITO national dcfcnscs
PRESIDENT FEELS
NO RESENTMENT
WHIT" House officials let IL be kno yn
to-day that President Wilson has no
feeling against Rcprcscntative Claude
Nitchin because OF tho lattcr's atti-
tuae on preparedness legislation. and
comedies the right OF Mr.. Kitchin TO
follow his own convictions Gratifi-
cation was expressed. however that
My. kitchin realizes that the admins
traiion program viii go through Con.
gress.
Those VINO understand President Will
sons methods III similar cases have
never believed that the opposition of
Mr. kitchin would lead 10 AN attack
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-18
Nirs. Niur, u IInlI

Especial Ia Til" Times Dis,a;ch.l
PETERShtsG. VA. No"c,nber H.
Mrs. Mary tor'iela Hall. wifi" Of Ron.
ct fiai. OF Warsaw. aud IL sister of
Congressman w \. Jones. died this
morning at her home. 'Hclicvuc. IL
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-18
Tn Ri:SroR: PRESTIGE
nI' tNs'Iy:Nr GREECE;

III RlsSIORl. IRESGIt,E
oE AN.IENT GREECE
l;ut besides this local ISSUE. Circccc's
great coas; line ON tho Mediterranean
and Aegean, and her proximity to
Egypt. the Sucz Caual. Turkey and
The East. have inspired hopes of Il
greater Greece. restoring the prcSt igc
81 ancient Greece as one al the great
powers of the world. France has looN ed
with sympathy of these aspirations
"htl" bulgaria pins her faith on Ger
uany ~ the same time Italy has
hupcs in the. eastern Mediterranean
and one OF the reasons Italian troops
did not Join the Au.lo-frcuch LANDING
party at Salouiki was IL aNaid eNcit-
ing ,irrccc's susceptihili,ics that her
held Of expansion WAS being en-
troHchcd upon.
Greccc's harbors. notably Salonil,
and Cavnila. also supply the allies with
the best strategic landing ports, for
the double purpose of aiding tirccccS
ally, Serbia, and the greater end of
throwing Il barrier i'll front Of the
AusIro- German advance toward FUR
key. at tavalla u landing party would
hc within 100 miles OF the route
through bulgaria to Comtantinoplr. At
Saloniii the railways through Greece
and Serbia give quick means OF transit
for Il landing party up to the Serbian
frontier. 80 that Greece IL the strutc-
sic highway by which the allies must
accomplish their purpose oi aiding Ser
hia and preventing an Austro- German
junction with Turkey.
Roumania has thus far held aloof
from the gathering conflict Her pre-.
micr. Eratiauo, is strongly favorable to
neutrality. EoumaniS is at issue with
Bulgaria over the Black Sea country.
which bulgaria claims was unfairly
taken from her hy Roumania Rou-
mania's natural interests are with Rus
STA, as EoumaniHn hope Of expansion
is nurthward in Trausylvamia. i:ut
there ar" powerful elements I'll work
To draw ioumau!u in. and &c siic enters
the conflict she viii add the LARGEST
popilat ion and the largest army of the
Balkan states 10 the settlement Of
their internal and their international
issues
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-18

lausanne. IL the Grcei> Prime Minister.
answering iiu!2arias claims as ia Mae
cdonia, and establishing hy II sass OF
data that taNalla. Sa,ouil>! and the great
crnt"rs at Macedonia. rs welt ~ the
interior. are oNcrw hclmiu@ly Greek in
population. language and customs. This
h3# been on" al the chief Internal
points OF issue. Bulgaria claiming the
country TO Il" essentially bulgarian.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-13
AMERICA FOR AMERICANS

To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir-If the President of the United States Is
disposed to take orders from Berlin, via Vienna,
is places the obligation upon patriotic citizens
to combat the situation created by Mr.. Dumba.
Let employers blacklist every German who
quits work at the command of Mr.. Dumba or
any foreign power, and let no one give them
work aid long they acknowledge such
control II they desire to return to work, let 1t
be after oath properly recorded that they
renounce foreign control
1t is quite time that American wages should
be spent or invested in America, and not be
spent to assist in the of nations that dis
turb the worlds peace. We want work done
by Americans or those who propose to be
such, not by a horde of foreign controlled men
who send their wages out of the country. We
are glad to welcome bone-fde emigrants, but
Mr.. Dumba has done much to open our eyes
to the evils of encouraging the class he con-
trolls processes to control.
AN AMERICAN.
Philadelphia, September 13, 1915.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-13
GREATER TRANSIT PROBLEM

yTTHILD the Mayor was breaking ground
Wv for extension of the rapid transit
system within the limits of the city the first
electric passenger train began to run be-
tween Broad Street Station and Paon
for the accommodation of the great sub
urban district along the main line of the
Pennsylvania Railroad.
It is as important that the men who wish
TO bring up their families in the country
should be accommodated by frequent and
fast trains as that the men who live in
the city should be carried quickly and
cheaply to their work. The development of
the suburbs is as essential to the growth
Of Philadelphia as the development of the
still unoccupied territory governed from the
City Hail. Every house built within
radius of 25 miles from william Penns
bronze hat means more business for this
city. This is the centre of supply for
constantly increasing population within the
metropolitan district The managers of the
Pennsylvania Railroad are awake to their
opportunities and to their duty to solve the
rapid transit problem. They promise to ex-
tend the electrlhcation of all their suburban
lines as rapidly possible The Reading
is expected to do as much for the districts
which 1t serves
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-13
GENERAL JACKSoN's FLAG

graceful act OF courtesy to a chivalrous foe
Is that of the Illinois Legislature in returning
to New Orleans the historic flag OF General
Andrew jackson, a faded relic more than 100
years old, which has "smelled powder on the
battlenelds of three wars. Carried by Jackson a
men when they won their victory over the
British at New Orleans. later the emblem of a
Louisiana regiment in the Mexican war when
the trying days OF 81 came the venerable bit OF
bunting, little tattered from the scars of its
honorable service was still intact, and was car
ried into many nght In Tennessee II was its
fate TO be taken by thersth Illinois Cavalry onS
since the close OF the II has reposed in tha
Illinois Memorial Hall in the State House at
Springfield. ~
Three generations have come upon the s,a o..
since It's capture. and now the grandsons NJ tSs
men who bore II back beyond the Ohio win ra-
turn II TO the great at-grandsons OF those
who fought hrst beneath it's folds II a. sJs~
nlncant that the bill providing for its return 70
New Orleans was introduced in the nlinois
Legislature by a veteran who lost a Ieg -
Vieksburs and took part in the very battle In
Wheh the nag FELL Soldiers are ever the nrst
10 forgive their enemies perhaps because tba,,
can appreciate better than can the stay-at,
Transcript. D'''oh
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-13
THE CRIME OF INDIFFERENCE

THE most depressing fact disclosed in con-
aection with the registration Of the voters
is that OF the ss5,OoO citizens entitled by age
or residence to cast their ballot in the No
vember election, only 900 have qualified.
This is about $4,000 more than last year,
but Il indicates that a great mass OF citizens
are still Indifferent to their public obliga-
tions
The unregistered citizens are made up of
two classes The very poor, who are too
closely confined by their toll to find time 20
vote or to take any interest in how the city
is governed, composed one group. The we'll
to-do business men, who think that local
politics Is too unimportant for them to in
terest themselves in, compose the other
group. The very poor continue to be in
who neglects his duty denounces the local
government when he finds that his tax bill
is too large, or that the pavement in front
of his store OF factory is in bad repair.
that the water supply is polluted, or that
the garbage ia not removed from his door
by the political contractor, who is more in
terested in the profits of his contract than
in the faithful performance of his work.
All the fraud and corruption and graft and
misrule that have dsgraced American cities
for generations have sprung from the indif-
ference Of the electorate. And the same in
difference has been responsible for the cleo
ton of Congressman who represent party
machines instead OF the great mass Of voters
There are about $4,000, 900 men of voting age
entitled to assist in choosing a President
At least 100000 ought to go to the polls
every four years. The total number Of votes
cast for presidential electors in 1912 how
ever, was only a little more than $4,000 Oo0
Not more than 25OOOO of the $4,000 voters
in this city will vote on November 2. What
could not the other $4,000 do for the re-
demption Of Philadelphia If they could be
aroused from their indifference and per-
suaded to combine with the large and in
creasing body Of citizens fighting for clean
and representative government herel
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-13
THE REVERSIBLE CoLoNELs

TtWEEDLE-DUM, Colonel, U. S. A. and
i rweedle-Dee, Colonel, u. s. A, the famous
Ex-es, are in dire straits. 1t seems that
presently little children will have difficulty in
telling them apart
Tweedle-Dum used to be against peace. He
was the only ex-President of America who
was for war at any price. Tweedle-Dee
used to be against preparedness. They were
as unlike as two Colonels could be.
Yet within a few weeks Tweedle-Dum
wrote with fearful pride of the seven years
of his Administration during which no war
despoiled his country. Within the last seven
days Tweedle-Dee has countered with the ex-
traordinary suggestion that this country pre-
pare for war by stripping the land zebra-like.
with great roads on which the unarmed, un-
schSbled citizenry might ride against the en-
en1y TO be shot down like dogs
Which Colonel is which. anyhow?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-13
UNDESIRABLE CITIZENS

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:
Sir-The EVENING LEDGER should not have
taken the pains to answer the TRADE of that
man, Schrablsch, of Lambertville, who wrote
so wrothily against this great democratic coun-
try which has permitted him to come here,
unlimited, and has so far granted him It's gem
erous hospitality. He's just got a sore head,
that man has.
The old veterans Of the Civil War are angered
by such insulting, hyphenated stupidity. We
did not save this country for the purpose OF
harboring n brood of such renegades. All for
eigners who don't like this great and noble land
are perfectly free to go back where they came
from. The way is open, wide open. They are
wanted on the other side, very badly wanted.
Why don't they go back? They know mighty
well why-and do we. VETERAN.
Atlantic City, Sept 13.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-13
BLESSED PEACE OF THE POOR

THERE are compensations even in pow
L erty. No humble widow, sitting by her
lamp in the evening, ever breads the ap-
proach of burglar tempted by the brilliant
diamonds which she wears, for the simple
reason that she wears none.
She is not worried, either, lest her men
servants and maid servants are criminals
conspiring to rob her, for the simple reason
that she does her own work.
The New York widow with several hun
dred thousand dollars worth OF jewls, who
was found dead after visit Of burglars,
would have been alive today If her only
diamond had been the one in the engage
ment ring her husband gave her
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-13
CURIOUS USES OF
PERSONAL NAMES
The Punster Is One of the Least
Mitigated of Pests, as a Few Ex-
amples of His Madness Are
Sufficient to Prove
BY RAYMOND G. FULLER

nUMBA, according TO The Atrocious Pun
~ ster, was Archibald out The Atrocious
Punster said something else about Dumba
the other day-Dumba, dumb, forget how
II went This is indeed a pun-stirring age.
Its canons are merciless. They are no
respecters Of persons. Anybody and any
thing may become their food. who put
the nick I'm the Grand Duke Nicholas" So
IL goes, only worse than that, IL possible.
Whoever has a punnable name knows how
It is. Mr. Shott, for instance, or Mr. Wiley;
but especially a man with a name that can
be compared, like Long longer, longest or
Swift, swifter, swiftest. Kline's lot is easier
there is more variety: in-Kline, re-Kline,
e-Kline.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-13
Wilmington
WHY ARE THEY HERE2
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:

To the Editor OF the EUentng Ledger:
Sir-Your correspondent, who signs himself
Max Schrabisch, in Wednesdays issue, labels
your editorial of the 4th inst. the product of
diseased mind"
He is a victim of the Prussian system
of real education" which he lauds so highly;
the system that teaches wrong, and calls II
right; the system that has made of the Ger
mans the most submissive people on Gods
green earth.
DO exactly what 1t has done. II was devised
and has been executed with all the cunning
deWlishness OF the insane minds that conceived
1t. Its results have justified their fondest ex-
pectatons. 1t has made OF the German people
slaves to the murderous whims of a cabal of
Germany too small to continue TO arrogantly
strut about In, have decided to attempt to ex-
act homage from freemen.
But the attempt is doomed to failure The
really brave peoples of the world have long
since unshackled themselves of the letters Of
arlstocratic despotisms, and will never again
submit to the medieval thralldom which stIII
slaves.
So we cannot blame Mr. schrabisch for fight
ing democracy but we cannot help wonderin1
why he is in America instead of In Germany
II Germany has the right idea" WHY does
ne not go there? Is II that he can exist more
comfortably here? II Germany has the Fright
ldea why Is II that the Idea" has not rem
dered conditions there so good that the Ger
man would not want to leave his countrv7 Mhv
10 ne herer Why are they all here? Because
conoiuons IN Germany are so intolerable that
they are forced to come to this "abominallv
Cruz oIuhe oemoeraey' where men may live as
Sod intended them to iive-free and indenapd :
ehuy, not bondmen and slaves to the will on n
rotten, tottering aristocracy JAY puT
Fmladeiphia September II, 1915.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-13
WHY FOREIGN BANKERS ARE HERE

MO ONE should fall into the error of
IN assuming that the result of the negotia-
tions now in progress between a delegation
of British and French bankers and the lead
ing financial men of the United States is in
teresting only to the bankers. Every branch
of American industry will be affected by it,
New York is at present the financial capt.
tai Of the world. The United States is selling
TO Europe about $1OO,OOOO00 every month
more than II is buying. The debt of Europe
to America is piling up so fast that it is
imperative that some way be found for pay
ing it now or funding It for future payment
II II Is impossible to reach some agreement
satisfactory to both side the exports must
stop, not only exports OF munitions of war;
but exports OF the products of the farms and
factories.
The situation Is very simple: solvent
customer who has bought more than he can
pay for at the present time still needs our
goods II we will make favorable terms for
future payment he win continue TO buy
Otherwise he must get along as best he can
without what we sell. The progress Of the
negotiations win be followed with intense
interest by every intelligent American who
Understands the Importance Of the confer
ence, both for its effect upon present busi
ness conditions and for its relation to the
position which the United States is To ooeupv
as the great creditor nation for a long time
to come.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-13
CHIMMIE

Hey, Chimmie, with the tousled hair
Hey, Chimmie, with the eyes so blue
Have you notion I could care
Two bits worth OF dried prunes for you7
That dimple In your elbow, son,
The way you set your teeth ana pinch
Or wave your nst at me and run
Don't worry me, and that's a cinchf
You will not climb into my lap7
You Will not let me smooth your hair7
You're bracing yourself for a scrap2
All right; then, scrapi What do / caray
Shake not thy yellow locks at me
With any notion that / care,
Nor run 10 clasp your mothers knee
Or stand beside your fathers chair.
I do not want you anyhow;
would not care II you were gone:
I'm going TO the pantry now
To get a cake with sugar on
A big round cake with sugar son
As sweet and big as IL can be-
No, II Is too late now TO run
With your two hands held up 70 mel
Gee whiz don't sqeeze my knee so Tight
U'nhand me. chames Here Just OF lata
You doubled up your fists TO night
You tried 70 sing hymn Of hatsl
Oh, we'll, come on then 10 the shelf,
Though still my heart nrst hold fte ach..
You DO not love me for myself
Iou love me for my suear-cake
r~Jnd4 A3orflmsE Lsalk n uoaulsa p,.l
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-13
AN EVANGELIST ON EvANcEr1sTs

To the Editor Of the EUenino Ledoar
slr-ln your issue OF last evening is an art,c,.
concerning professional evangeiists." Pleass
permit few comments The office ana ,',erIs
OF an evangelist are God-appoIntsd 80 SoiN IN
recognized by nearly all Christian cb,'roh ~ sO
ana there Is therefore no more reason Tor ean
ing them professional" than for callins nastor.
professional" pastors P9'0iS
You speak of evangelists a. 'aroau,r. ,h.
country at will" Seeing this i1 frss .ssi... .ne
evangelists are at liberty TO travel the ssrSs
as other folks, and, as nearly ali az th.,,. 80
oIoalheo minister's they are subject TO the lave
governing their respective churches
You speak OF the Lucrative natura n, ..,..,-
sehzlhs. am sure have received larger
compensation for my service than nine-tenth. !.
or the evangelsts OF the last 40 years ana 80
nave received less than have heep - =
three dinerent times to become pastor Of thraa
separate churches. can name a iono ust ~
eNahselsls VINO have been obliged TO abandon
their evangeiistic work for secular business An
order to provide bread for their faIoIlias ~ =.
1 can name scores OF competent trustvvo-ths. ~.
evangellsts that are contemplating doins thL
same thing for the same reason. 'n'
Mr, sundays case ie remarkable and unusu-
ally exceptional or the hundreds OF eve gslast
at work In the United States not halr = as"
OF them receive $4,000 year over and sbova
expenses. N ~ooVe
You speak OF 'experts'' ana ..resia,srsa .,,..
sehsus 4 nave been doing the work OF an
evangelism lonser than any man similarlS s,r-
plcysd at the present time. have nrss.hn
70 more people than any living man-unIass NJ
Sunday has recently gone ahead on ,,a -Is ~.
Ing In nearly all Important cities OF the count,.v
ana some beyond the seven seas" 1 presume
therefore 20 know something about ths. ~ ,stes
under consideration or one thing ara w. w..
sure, ana that IL that the opinlona ~ ,.,,.,
OF the Ao~ealled expefta are of little v~l,.r
being largely conlectpral. We had a ao-calle6
Man ana hsnslon Campaign hsrs IN our city
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-13

back door with clothing bedrageled. TO drink
himself into forRetfulness One by one his pc.
sayings have succumbed TO the sane nght OF
reason. Pictures are painted with steadier hahus
and poems sung with clearer reason .,
II can drink today and let Il alone tomorrow,
said one Of Johns friends. But that friend il
dend. -.
"Mv boss drinks. 40 why shouldn't drinkT'
asked another friend But that friend has lost
his Job The boss went broke.
You can't hurt a drunken man. said an
other ne he fell down a flight of stone steps,
got up and reeed toward home. But on the
way home he misjudged the speed OF a motor
car and was killed. -,
So. almost friendless and alone, John Barley
corn sinks In the back door and drinks TO
drown the thought of the tomorrow.
Poor John Barleycorn,-Kansas City star
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-13
MacvEAGH ON PRESIDENTS POLICY
It Is Tmd and Temporzng He Says Regard the Traitors
in Amerca-Other Correspondents Express Their Indigna
tion Over Anti-Amercan Actions and Utterances

and throughout the country a few v..r.
II should have been a great euccess, 4, sse
stupendous failure-largely because OF IN.
experts. ne
Why should evangelists be registee.a -.
than the pastor7 They are nearly ali ords,Slse
ministers. and therefore under control ana srs
ject TO authority. BY whom shall thew he ~ .s,
isteredY Who has given any one the autbnr,.sr
TO do it7 There Is an organization called ~
Federal Council Of Churches OF Christ in A.
lea They claim TO represent 81 different danas.
nations. But not one of these denonninst,o-
has authorized them to act in this matter NJ.
president of this organization is shsu.e
Mathews, dean OF the Divinity School Cbic..a
University, whose views of the Blble ana 49,
doctrines Of the historic faith are very slr,,,as
to those held by the late Prof Charias
Briggs and Prot Preserved Smith. of the ~ -
tartan School, of Meadville, Pa. both OF Uhes.
were expelled from the ministry OF the Preshs'
terian Church for holding and teaching s,,s.
views, which Views are promulgated IN rIriea
Theological Seminary a Presbyterian derellc,
The regular evangelsts OF this country n
man believe the Bible to be the very WORD :,
God, and therefore of supreme authoritv =.
do all Christian churches, and will never oor-
sent for one moment to be controlled bv :.
organization with a president holding the v,.v.
of Dean Mathews; and no church would permit
It. L. w. MUNHALi.
Germantown. Sept 10.
1.-THE article to which our correspondent r.,.-.
is a news article reporting the opinions OF car
tain church workers and contains no edItorisi
expressions.-Editor OF the EVENING LEporni