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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1915-07-01
For County Treasurer

Mr.. Editor: Please announce Mr..
FRED. &. DAVIS, of Chaptico. as a
suitable candidate for the Democratic
nomination for County Treasurer, and
say that IL he consents To run he will
receive very ilattering vote.
4-22-tf. DEMOCRATS.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1915-07-01

The minister of q small Missouri
town called the grocer on the phone
the other day and gave the following
order: Send a dollars worth Of meat
out to my house: IL there is no one at
home Just poke it through the key
hole"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1915-07-01
important Factors.

II is very often as much the fault of
the mixer. If the cow goes dry. as il
is the fault OF the COW herself. The
way she is handled and the feed she Is
given are important factors.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1915-07-01

AIR. Editor:- Please announce Mr..
JOS NJ. MATTTNGLY. as a candidate
for County Commissioner, subject 10
the will OF the Democratic primary.
THIRD DISTRICT.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1915-07-01
Gold.

Gold III found very often In quarts
rock ana AZ all depths, from the sur
face down TO thousands Of test
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1915-07-01
LOCalWiSe and Otherwise.

communications should reach "a. M.
alter than Tuesday. iB order TO In.wrs
publication In current issue.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1915-07-01
Automobile For Hire f!

Having purchased n Four-Seated
Automobile. am nov prepared to
take parties To any part Of the county
or TO baltimore and Washington.
Terms reasonable. Address:
q. FRANK CRANE.
3-ls-d. JarhoesvilIe. Md
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1915-07-01

On Sunday last over a hundred
and fifty motorists visited Leonard
town.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-26
Surfeited With Wonders

TTTE ARE accustomed to wonders that
w the successful transmission of the hui
man voice from New York to San Francisco
by telephone hardly stirs the emotions.
These who thought of such things at the time
knew that when Doctor Bell talked from
Boston to Cambridge over the first telephone
line, there was in his invention the poten-
tiality OF transcontinental conversation. And
the rest of us have taken the gradual i'm
provements in telephony as a matter Of
course. The man in the street will be only
mildly interested in the announcement, when
1t comes. that 1t is possible to telephone
across the ocean.
One has only to look back to 1875. when
the first practical telephone was made to
realize how far the world has moved There
were no electric cars then, and no electric
lights; no electric elevators and no electric
table coasters or warming pans; and no great
factories with all the machinery operated by
electric current transmitted 100 or 200 miles
from the generating plant. There was not
only no practicable telephone, but there was
no wireless telegraphy, the most marvellous
and awe-inspiring invention OF civilized times
which makes 1t possible for the laboring ship
on the trackless deep TO raise it's beseeching
fnasts to the heavens and cry for help and
have It's prayer heard and answered. There
were submarines and no airships There
were no illustrated daily newspapers and no
moving picture shows and no talking ma
chimes; and no great war engines and no
war rendlng a continent and millions OF
human hearts at the same time. The won
ders and the tragedies that have developed
since 1876 are almost past belief
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-26
pike and Repudiate 1t

ONE thing is certain; the days of the seven
~ seas without an American flag floating
over them are at an end. The merchant
marine has become the vital issue before the
country, by far the most important with
which our statesmen have to deal, and the
problems connected with it press for a solu-
tion.
The enormous increase in ocean freight
rates, which in some cases are ten-fold what
they were year ago, indicate our helpless
ness They drive the Administration to the
conclusion that the only remedy is purchase
by the Government of fleets of merchantmen
to be operated, It may be, at a nominal profit;
although the President himself has suggested
that such vessels should be used in un-
profitable trade only.
The logical conclusion is the reverse. BY
the magic of general war there has been
brought about an abnormal equalization be-
tween foreign and American vessels For the
first time in decades, even under our op-
pressive navigation laws, 1t is possible for
American merchantmen to be operated at
profit. Ships have become attractive as
investment. They promise a handsome yield,
even If there is n material reduction in
rates. Since August tonnage of approXi-
mately half a million has been brought under
American registry. This in spite of the un
settled conditions existing, mainly in respect
to the Interpretation of marine law. Should
the Dacia case be decided in our favor,
immediate increase of hundreds Of thousands
of tons in our marine, purchased by private
capital, could reasonably be expected. Let
the Government guarantee to privately
owned ships the same protection that it would
give it's own, and deluge of money would
offer for investment. Nor there any ships
available for purchase by the Government
that private capital could not buy.
1t is. then, particularly a time to encour-
age general investment in ships, and most
obviously a time not to prevent it entirely by
putting the Government into competition with
private enterprise. The Administration
scheme proposes to keep private American
capital off the seas at the very moment when
such capital for the first time in years, is
ready for the venture. The Senate, as the
citadel of conservative, deliberate and we'll
digested craftsmanship should spike the prof.
ect and utterly repudiate 1t.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-26
Docs Not Heed Its Masters Voice

TNHE people voted s1.OOOOOO for new hos
L pital buildings at Blockley. Presumably
they knew what they were doing and did not
expect Councils to nullify their verdict.
That, nevertheless, is what Councils is doing
for 1t refuses to perform it's ministerial func-
tion of formally appropriating the money
The johnson contract was a bad enough
thing but it has been sidetracked vital
issue, and there is no longer even political
reason for holding up the money. It would
be a splendid thing for the municipality If
Councils represented Philadelphia instead of
somebody or something else.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-26
SUNDAY DOES nor FRIGHTEN

To the Editor OF the EvenlnO Ledger:
Sir-Your accounts of the Billy Sunday
meetings at the tabernacle about as ac-
curate as It is possible to be, and In printing
these sermons your paper and the other papers
are doing a world of good. You helping
the evangelist in the great work in which he
is engaged for the uplift OF mankind
must take exception to the article in your
paper of January 2O taken from an interview
with the Rev. Mr., st. John, OF the Unitarian
Church. In the interview many incorrect state
ments were made in fact, absolutely untrue.
Mr.. Sunday is not endeavorng to frighten
anybody, nor does he frghten anybody. He
simply breaches the plain matter of fact gospel
of Jesus Christ and Him crucihed, and the
people are rushing in the thousands and tens
OF thousands anxious to hear the word of God
preached in the language that every man,
woman and child can understand. When he
speaks of a little child twelve years old going
up the sawdust trail and having idea of
what he is doing he is not correct. as there
are many people living today who date their
conversion hack when they were much younger
in life than ~ years.
There is no vugarity put into the mouth
of Jesus. Mr. Sunday simply wants the people
TO do as Jesus would have them do, and Is
yoicing the word of God when he says. God
calls for all men everywhere to repent" and
any man. no matter who he may be, that cam
not see the great good that is being accom-
plIshed by the Sunday party in this great city
of Philadelphia at the present time certainly
must have a perverted mind.
CHARLES H. BARRITT.
Philadelphia, January 22 1915,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-26

termined solely by the way be pronounces
his as But the Southern speech, in other
respects often so musical, is apparently more
and more inclined to the fiat a, and 1t is prac-
tically the standard of the West.
A Sign of Philadelphia
In regions where both uses are common. Il
is almost invariably the more "aristocratic'
class who use the broad form. I have fan
cied that of late this was becoming more
marked in Philadelphia
There are innumerable minor differences
in speech throughout America The people Of
the Piedmont region of the South for ex-
y ample do not talk like those from Alabama
or Mississippi. 1t is only people from tha
southernmost regions, the black belt, who
travel by the Sea Bode A Line. The people Of
Atlanta are less soft of speech. and much
more rapid, than the people, of Charleston. II
Is almost always possible in the South also,
to distinguish the difference between a man
one of whose parents was born and reared
in the North, and a man both Of whose
parents We're Southerners. The idiom Is the
same, but the former man does not polish
off so many corners of his words.
The New Englander of course, can tell the
difference between a Cape Colder and New
Hampshire farmer before they have spoken
ten words. They both pronounce down as II It
were deown, but the nasal twang Is on
different note. One of the most curious diff
ferences in New England, and one which oc-
ours within the smallest radius, Is that found
in Harvard College. In spite OF the great
geographical range represented by the
student body, the predominant speech at
Harvard is Bostonian in character-that Is,
1t employs the broad and is fairly well
standardized on dictionary models, through
the debating clubs, unconscious imitation,
and the example of the professors.
But there is one section of Harvard known
as the Gold Coast" where the majority OF
the socially elect live, men of wealth, family
position. and with that same touch of uncon-
cious arrogance which characterizes their
mothers The Gold Coast lies along Mt. Au-
burn street. and the curious accent these men
have evolved may be called the Mt Au-
burn street accent. 1t is not exactly English
though it has certain relation TO the speech
you hear at Oxford. It is the Boston speech
with dash OF affectation. These men al
read the Boston Transcript Yet that alone
does not describe 1t. 1t cannot be described
yet once heard 1t will be always recognized.
dare say Professor Higgins could stand IN
Harvard square and tell almost what dormi-
tory each passing Harvard man lived in. Ger
layer he belongs to. Nor does the accent de-
sert these men in after years. Like the Pc
culiar angle at which they tip their hala
when they sit in their clubs, they retain y
till their hair is gray.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-26

universities display the films in their own
institutions. thus afiXing their seal of ap-
proval of the character and quality of the
films and then send them out in the hands
of competent professors to show to the COM
nlunities.
The agricultural colleges Of the States show
the agricultural films and other educational
films and then send them out in the lands,
affixing their seal of approval, disseminate
them through the medium of the State
Grange organizations and rural communities,
Thus the bureau is able to reach at a low es-
innate more than 100000 persons a month
and acquant them with the conditions that
exist in the industrial world.
This method of inparting information helps
the manufacturer to produce better goods,
for he will have the pick of the best work
men in the country, who will seek to find a
home and employment in the institution
which has the most consideration for his wei
fare. Though it is impossible to take the pub
lie into every factory and shop that they may
discern conditions for themselves, it is pos
sible to take the factory and shop into every
household through the medium of motion PIC
lures.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-26
PORTS OF PHILADELPHIA AND BOSTON

To the Editor Of the Evcnng Ledger.
Sir: II the figures on shipping in the port of
Boston in my recent article on the development
Of PostOn port were wrong, your correspon-
dent, George f. Sproule, thinks they are,
am only too glad to stand corrected. The error
il there was one, must fall on the shoulders of
the Boston Port Directors from whose most
recent reports my figures taken. But
think that Mr. Sproue has in mind the figures
for n different year from that reported upon by
the Boston Port Observation-Disclosures not their
figures are correct. The totals submitted by the
Boston Port Directors covered the year 1913,
point which I may not have made clear
thought; whereas Mr. Sproue takes the totals
of 1914 in his letter upholding Philadelphia's
claim to second rank as port.
Right wrong, the figures quoted seem to
me not the material point in my article. I am
ever honors belong to Philadelphia. The inten-
ton of my article was to set forth to Phila-
delphians. or to any others concerned. Bostons
encouraging example of self-improvement 1t
seemed to me less important to compare Boston
with other ports than to compare Boston port
today with Boston port before this energetic de-
velopment undertaken. Since the war Bos-
ton has lost heavily in shipping; but the loss Is
only temporary. And regardless of the figures
and of Bostons relation to Philadelphia in totals
of shipping, the advancement of Boston port,
achieved in the face of that discouraging public
inertia which so often blocks large public i'm
provements is a model OF enterprise that any
city In the country may copy with profit. That
was what my article aimed to say. hope the
figures quoted did not obscure that point
BURTON KLINE.
Boston, Jan. 20, 1915.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-26
Round Pegs in Square Holes

DoUND pegs in square holes and square
IL pegs In round holes!
Among the millions who read Senator
Roots grafton in the Senate yesterday, par
ticularly that part of it in which he declared
that mo crime is so wicked as consideration
of our foreign affairs with view to party
advantage" a goodly majority, we surmise,
came to one certain conclusion, namely, that
Mr. Root valuable as he is in the Senate.
would be ten times more valuable at the head
of the Department of State.
1t is pity that nation which boasts a
man who measures up to the best traditions
of that high office should be out of IT. while
another man, of comparatively trivial at
tainments in statesmanship, holds the rudder
during one of the most critical periods of our
diplomatic and commercial history.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-26

AMERICAS responsibility to the world is
n stupendous. Death and destruction are
common enough. Earthquakes come and go,
hurricanes and stormsi the sinking of a
Titanic stops the world short in It's rushing;
famine and foods epidemies and panies play
their part In the tragedy OF the human
struggle. They are taken as they come with
All their suffering and grief the strong men
ol the world grip anew their tasks. the weak
ones theirs ana the wheels keep on turning.
The catastrophe in Europe, however, has
aazed The participants They have cut loose
every tie 10 sobriety. They are arguing with
& new logic, preaching new doctrines. new
because oatiawed ages ago. and they are
rushing madly into a twin bankruptcy. imam
eial and Intellectual Their arts are being
slaughtered IN the trenches. their sciences
anreolsa and their initiative consumed. They
a4s nilins rain apoa ruin ana tearing up ths
fabric s eIxlItzafiau.
zas Aale burden e international con
Has asea IHsasI en tho UaiGad
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-26

States There is a narrow path for II to
trend, vindicating its own rights and at the
same time giving ample proofs of Its sincere
neutrality. That it, on any account, should
be hurled into the conflict is unthinkabie.
Not by goad or taunt and not by any other
means can that be brought about, for our
International duty is greater than our ma
tional duty, our power in peace greater than
our power in war, our approaching function
in the family Of nations so clearly defined
that to neglect It by following the madness
of Europe would be to pull the temple down
over our own heads and the heads of the
rest Of humanity
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-26
Doubtful Status of Hydroaeroplanes

TIME protest of the German Ambassador
L against the further shipment of hydro
aeroplanes from the Curtiss works to Eng
land must be considered carefully by the
State Department. 1t is not easy to decide
offhand whether hydroaeropane is war
ship or not within the meaning of The Hague
convention, because no such vessel existed
when that convention was drawn
The subject should be approached with an
open mind, backed by determination to be
fair to all the parties concerned. The fair
minded citizens of the country will be disap
pointed If the State Department attempts to
quibbe or indulges in any form of special
pleading We must conduct ourselves in
such a way that we can retain our self re-
spect as a nation, whatever may be the ef-
feet Of our course on any OF the beligerents,
With this general principle in mind the Gov
ernment in Washington cannot go far wrong,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-26
.PHoToPLAY DEPARTMENT.

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger: g
Strive have noticed unusual activity on
the part OF the EVENING LEDGER ana the
splendid display that has been given to photo
plays / would like to say that Ia the course
OF my 8000-mile trip, and after interviewing
many OF the prominent newspaper men OF this
country, I have noticed no better presentation
OF the industry than Is now being given In
the EVENING LEDGER. and feel that the work
you are doing and the good you are accom-
plishlng viii be of lasting beneat 70 a great
many more people than perhaps We realize
because this Industry Is getting 70 be knswn
as 3 great educational benefit 10 the commu-
nifty CARL H PIERCE
Special Representative. BoaWorth. Inc
NeH york. January e. 1a1A
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-26


CNENAToR VARE'S withdrawal Of his sup
his active indorsement OF the so-called Tay-
lor amendment removes whatever barrier
there may have been to placing Philadelphia
finally in a position of financial independence
The amendment, II ratified by the people,
gives to the municipality a borrowing ca
pacity, for transit and port development
only, equal to per cent of the assessed
valuation of taxable property. The effect of
this is to increase the complete borrowing
capacity from Z to 10 per cent. This gives
an absolute increase of over $685. 600, more
than enough to provide the S4000o,000 for
transit and the $25O00,0OO for port improve
ment
In addition, as these great municipal
projects become self-supporting, proportion
ate amounts may be deducted from the gen.
eral Indebtedness in computing borrowing
capacity. The authorization of 5aIyear in
stead OF So-year bonds reduces the annual
sinking fund requirements from 2h to 1 per
cent, and It is provided that interest charges
during construction and during the first year
Of operation may be capitalized
The proposed amendment proposes to
wrench the financial shackles from Philadel
phia, to freS the municipality, to aid 1t in
the accomplishment of the splendid enter
prises 1t contemplates, to make possible a
supply of capital commensurate with the
necessities of the metropolis. With the
"confcting resolution" out of the way, the
adoption of the Taylor amendment seems to
be assured, and with 1t the future of the
municipality.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-26
A. CHANT OF LOVE FOR ENGLAND

This "ChRnt OF Love" was OF course. suss
gested by Ernst Lissauer's "Chant Of Hate
familiar through the spirited version OF Afa
Archibald Henderson.
A song of hate is a song OF Hell;
Some there be that sing II well.
Let them sing II loud and long
We lift our hearts In Ioftier song r
We lift our hearts to Heaven above,
Singing the glory of her we love
England
Glory Of thought and glory Of deed
Glory OF Hampden and Runnymedei
Glory OF ships that sought far goala =
Glory OF swords and glory OF souls!
Glory of songs mounting as birds,
Glory immortal OF magical words
Glory OF Milton. glory OF Nelson,
Tragical glory of Gordon and Scott;
Glory OF Shelley, glory OF Sidney
Glory transeendent that perishes not
Hers Is the story, hers be the glory,
England
Shatter her beautsOus breast ye may sa
The Spirit OF England none can slay
Dash the bomb on the dome OF fants.
Deem ye the fame Of the Admiral fallsf
Pry the stone from the chanesl moor, .z.5
Dream ye that Shakespeare shaii i've no iAS
Where Is the giant shot that Kills -.
Wordsworth walking the old green niisi
Trample the red rose on the sfoAna :.
Keats Il Beauty while earth spins ronhes
Bind her grind her, burn her with nfs'
Cast her ashes into the sea-
She shall escape. she shall aspire
she shall arise 70 MAKE men kresi
she shah arise ii sacred scofns
Lighting the lives that are yet unpofAs
spirit supeFnal apianaaF stefnaas
asszs asze eaas Ia Is Atlsnlie
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-26

Representative Gardner is taking particular
pairs TO let It be known that he does not in
tend to violate our neutrality by calling out
the army reserve. He merely wishes to give
q dinner to It 50 that he can see what the
le men look like. Mr. Bryan viii doubtless
make the necessary explanation To t. dlplo-
naatle corps s. that the demanatHatIon aaas
ns1 hs mlsunderatoad
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-26

Marconi has been recognized by the
Italian Government and becomes member
of the Senate. 1t takes the world long
time to identify genius, but it generally gets
there finally.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-26

That Democratic Governor of Michigan
need not worry about plots to defeat Wilson
for denomination. The friends OF the plotters
are the men to worry.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-26

Pegasus was the first flying machine, but
he went eayorting around the sky before The
Hague Convention prohibiting the export of
war vessels to beligerents had been framed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-26

Cardinal Gibbons continues to manifest his
usual sanity by denouncing the lIteracy test
in the immigration bill
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-26

The nations have already borrowed all the
money there is in the world. They may pay
the interest. but they will never pay the debt
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-26

Chancellor Won Bethmann- Hollweg is still
explaining that when he said "scrap of
paper he meant something else.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-26

The report that Special Consular Agent
Carothers was shot in Mexico is denied by
Mr.. Carothers himself. He was not even half
shot
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-26

Judge sulzberger calls Director Porter in
competent and Director Porter returns the
compliment, so that honors are now even.