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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-21
THREE QUESTIONS

DERSHING'S column, U-boats and the
Supreme Court-around these three
center the big problems that confront
the Administration.
The Mexicans want Pershing to with.
draw, or, failing that, to take orders from
a Mexican commander. They are not
likely to have these bumptious requests
granted. Carranza must either consent
TO the loss OF prestige he sees in acqui-
escence to unqualified American occupa-
ton of Mexican soil or else withdraw his
commissioners. That would mean no
immediate injury to either country, but
IL would leave the Mexican trouble
thorn in the ADMINISTRATORS side indefi-
nitely.
The U,boat situation is strangely dove
tailed with Americas share in making
peace. The five critical submarine cases,
one OF them involving the loss of six
American lives. are Just bad enough to
start a new controversy with Germany,
and not quite bad enough TO make Il vii.
son peace move impossible. It is con
eeiVable that subtle German statesmen
would like to see America enter the war,
because, entering without much bitter
ness against Germany. she would imme-
diately, as one OF the Allies, inject a
most generous foree1af sentiment among
them. Germany welcomes league to
enforce peace because. IL America takes
up the sword, she will be in herself a
league 10 enforce a peace in which the
Allies will have to come half way which
is just what they do not want to do. Mr..
Wilson, seeing in his reelection a triumph
of ultra-paeific sentiment, will probably
take advantage of that not to press Ger.
many too hard. while exerting every pres.
sure on both sides 10 come to an agree
ment.
All viii be well for Mr. Wilson's rail
road plans II the Adamson wage increase
law Is not declared unconstitutional
Three members of the Supreme Court are
Wilson appointees. MeIteynoius was a
member OF the Cabinet Brandeis doubt.
less shares the Presidents Yiews-may
even have had hand in framing the law.
Clarke Is said 10 be progressive in rail
-oad regulation. Two more members of
.he Court would have 10 be won over.
3ut four of the six whose views cannot
. guessed were born In the forties and
lelong 10 the eold school" to which Adam
on laws Were anthinkable Much may
iepend On Mr. Justice Brandeis's per.
II any event. L VII almost /
certainty IS s ase#to-fonf decision. With |
-. Wilson - she anxious heaea about
ha aaz Ehe aeeAslns vote fills
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DON'T SCATTER THE MONEY

SECRBTARY DANIELS has reached
~ the logical conclusion that If battle.
ships are to be built more generally in
the navy yards the League Island yard
must be equipped for that purpose. The
naval appropriation law authorized him
to improve and equip eight navy yards
for shipbuildlng and appropriated $6O0O,-
900 for the purpose. 1t directed him to
provide for tho construction of capital
ships here and at Norfolk Boston and
Bremerton. His announcement that
League Island Is to be improved Is &C.
companied by the suggestion that an
additional appropriation may be neces.
sary, but there is nothing in the law
which requires him to divert the amount
already appropriated to the other yards.
The law puts Norfolk first and Phila-
delphia second in the list of yards to be
improved. 1t is reasonable to assume
that Congress intended them to be con-
sidered in this order. 1t has been esti-
mated that SO 100000 would put the yard
here IN shape to build as big ship as
can be constructed in any private yard
II would be better economy to spend that
sum here at once so that the work cf
shipbuilding could begin at the earliest
possible date. than to spend a little in all
the yards without preparing any OF them
for the work hat is to be done
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army officer, a nobleman. In an Alsatian
town had led to conflict between the
garrison and the townsfolk. But as the Inn
perial Ministry supported the garrison off,
Ger, and as the Kaiser supported the Inn
peral Ministry in defiance of the Reichstag's 8
overwhelming vote of no confidence, the
dispute over the zabern incident assumed
the aspect of battle for civil liberty and
Tor responsible government. II the officers
IN question. Lieutenant Won Forsther and
Colonel Won Reuter-. were allowed to escape
without punishment, IL would mean that
army officers WOULD henceforth with impu-
nifty ride roughshod over the civil popula-
ton II the Government continued to disre-
gard the wishes of the Reichstag, one more
triumph would have been scored for autoc-
racy. Late in December, 1918, the court
martial sentenced Lieutenant Won Forstner
10 forty-three days imprisonment for vio-
ience and abuse of military privilege. Early
N January the court-martial acquitted
Colonel Won Reuter- of the charge Of i'm
proper usurpation of police power which
hau Ll Deen brought against him for support
ing young Won FOrstner in the feud against
the garrison and the town.
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AN UNLISTED PLOT OF CITY
PROPERTY

TNHB Bureau OF City Property Keeps
tab on lands and buildings that the
city owns. II is not given to building
castles in the air. 1t has had enough
to do to keep tabuated and in repair our
material possessions ana their rxtures
But on Saturday the bureau found a
new plot Of city property hitherto un.
listed. That was in the Office where $50
men and women gathered at noon for
prayer, parcel of time and space not
TO be bounded by figures In ledgers or
calculated In square feet and hours of
labor. Oflce employees, laborers, clean
ers, bureau ofilcials-all who work under
Chief Cummlskey without question of
rank or precedence-bared and bowed
their heads in suppllcation that the sur.
gical operation their chief was TO under.
go in that hour might be successful
Later they learned that marked i'm.
provement In his condition had come
about the time their thoughts were with
him in his trouble.
There is no record Of such n meeting
In any other great city on such an occa-
sion. IT has attracted attention in all
parts OF Philadelphia, in the suburbs and
In other cities. 1t was spontaneous, It was
unanimous. 1t has shown how shallow
1t is to lump 10000 men and women
in the category Of city employees" as the
massed subservient tool of politicians,
praying, IL praying at all, only to hold
Jobs, and material and without jndivld-
uallty of mind or soul. rhe world has
been too busy counting votes and guns.
One would think there were no rules
save those of machinery and force. and
the laws seem to take for granted that
the only thing men can be counted on
to be Is to be selfish.
The prayers that have so unexpectedly
come from the cold, gray pile of City
Hall are not an added touch of efficiency,
nor n precedent for custom to become
stalled by forced lip service It does not
matter II the thing never happens again
In just that way. That incident was per.
feet In itself and transforming of the
lives OF all who took n part in 1t,
or 1t was nothing at all and not worthy
TO be recorded. 1t is best not to tamper
with the heart. 1t Is best not to say
or to do too much offhand about the mys.
teries of its great adventures.
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is DOPE NECESSARY?

To tho Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir--I have read various communications
in your estimabe journal on the drug curse
i was out Of town when you published
your editorial on the subject, and l would
like to know the date OF its publication In
order that l might read II.
have just written the following letter TO
Congressman William $. Ware:
Honorable sir-In relation TO the measure
hablt.formng drugs, l think could prove
that opium heron and cocaine are not
needed by tho physician; They are cer-
/ respectfully suggest that Instead Of toll
clans prescriptions. Il would be- a service
manufastIre and distribution altogether.
II this thought Of total prohibition OF
these poisonous drugs should appear 70 you,
l will gladly call on you TO give further
particulars.
So long as the physician Is allowed to
prescribe these drugs, so long as the drug
glst can sell them under the name of pare
goric, etc, every measure taken by the
press and by the Government will be, as 1t
were, only pin-prick.
think can make good my assertion
that the use of these drugs is absolutely
uncaled for in medicine; and that, there
fore, the physician should be forbidden pre-
scrlbing them. and the druggist selling
them. " A. MAIGNEN.
Philadelphia, November ls,
1.-THE first of n series of news articles on
the drug evil was published on September
s, with an editorial article on the same
day. The series continued until September
11.-Editor OF the EVENING LEDGER
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A CALIFORNIAN EXPLAINS IT

To the Editor OF the Evenin0 Ledger:
Sir-California is safe In the column for
Wilson. The majority is too great to
change materially against him even IL there
be dozen recounts of the votes. Mr..
Hughes's personality weighed against him
with the people in his visit here electioneer-
ing, especially with the women folks. and
the women, you know, vote here now. Per-
sonality Is an important factor TO be Feck-
oned with among the women, as we men all
know His personality and his whskers were
against him. Then, too, he had no issues
to present. He simply devoted himself
when here to critlcizing Mr. Wilson. giving
general impression that he thought Mr..
Wilson should have had the country at
war, not only with Mexico but also with
Germany We could not make any other
sense out of what he was driving at. He
also created the impression in this State
that he was lined up with the "Old Guard"
Perhaps 1t was fifty-ffty war" and "Old
Guard" ; or to be exact 1t was SO 1-3-one-
third war" one-third "Old Guard" and
one third 'personality''-that caused his de-
feat in California.
CHARLES JOHNSON.
Berkeley. Cal. November IA.
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The Mayor is drafting seven bill

The Mayor is drafting seven bills
TO be submitted to the General Assembly
for the relief of this city. Why should
1t be necessary to go to Harrisburg when
ever we need to correct abuses here? The
rest of the Commonwealth has no in
terest in our peculiar local affairs. When
It assents to our requests it takes the
word of the local legislators. Some day
we may have genuine home rule. If we
20 about 1t in the right way we can get
the assistance of every other consider
able community in the State in the pass
age of laws which will transform the
General Assembly into n State law
making body and relieve II from acting
as a local councils for the cities.
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The fireman

The fireman is always gallant fig-
ure. like the prophet, everywhere but at
home. A fire marshals' association has
Just enjoyed the alteration OF Nashville
and all Tennessee. but that associations
title carries the affix "of North America" !"
Philadelphia would open its arms TO the
nremen OF the world, but 1t has been
rather slow to see the needs of its own
men. who soon In the winter season will
be fghting fires In helmets caked with ice
when most folk are swathed in blankets
Better hours and wages for them have
been urged by all prominent citizens who
have had the facts brought TO their no.
tiee. 1t is a matter OF simple justice that
the eity's government should respond.
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WOMEN IN THE ELECTION
To The Editor Of The EUening ledger;


Sr-"The lady doth protest too much, me-
thinks" The songs of victory. hymns OF
power and chorus of self-congratuation
bursting forth from suffrage headquarters
since the election lead one invOluntarily to
facts back OF these peans of satisfaction,
and prompt me to warn our suffrage friends
that despite their success In fooling some
of the people part of the time, they cant
fool all the people all the time"
I wonder though, whether any one can be
fooled by the fine talk and pretended satis-
factlon-hollow phrases for the most part
put out TO blind an easy-going public to the
truth Gas plain as the nose on my face)
that the election has given woman suffrage
a staggering blow
Take, first, the complete collapse of the
much-vaunted 100000 woman vote. that
terrible threat that in bandit fashion held
up the two great political parties to force
a suffrage plank In their platforms. OF
this the suffrage publicity bureau puts out
as news: There was no Sontrolllng OF the
women's votes either by women or by vest
ed interests, Statistics prove that women
did not all vote one way, as was predicted,
but they did a little Independent thinking"
May we not hope that men of influence
in national affairs are saying In their post
election conferences Never again will this
bogey muddle our judgment and confuse
our policies?
In connection with the boasted power In
prediction that the women of Illinois held
the balance of power and would probably
turn the scale so nicely balanced. But the
'llttle independent thinking" OF the women
there followed so closely the thinking Of
the men that their votes had no effect on
the result l am told that Illinois is the
only State In which an official record Is
made OF the women's votes.
An officer of the Congressional Union
tells us that IN the West woman's little in
dependent thinking" was greatly Influenced
by the appeal of the slogan HE kept US
out OF war" For this she says 1--WE
have excellent reasons for satisfaction"
Why. we wonder. this satisfaction? Is It
because so many women were found willing
10 accept the slogan at Its face value? Is
IL because there Is a strong suspicion that
the kept US out of war votes elected Mr..
Wilson 10 the presidency? 1t can scarcely
be, because the man they set out 10 de-
feat was elected, even though we are as
sured that 1t made no difference TO the
woman party or the Congressional Union
which candidate was elected" We are SUP
posed 10 have forgotten that extensively ad-
vertlsed half million dollars raised 10 de-
feat the Democratic party Ia reprlsal for
their failure 70 pass the Federal suffrage
We must forget also that won
derful Hughes Special with its band OF fair
spallhlndeEa spreading broadcast Is q wait
Ing nation 1hAlf enthusiasm sd lhelr IDEAS
e Ehs nfaaAa q Ele Raeaalseaa candidate faT
President. mezHsfsa p - zsIzsazas Eaa=
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4 SIDEWALK REYERIE

Tonight stood and t0Gtched the croto,
Race up and dolUH the tOdlk,
mused upon the things / sdt0--
The noses dipped In chalk.
mdrUelsd at the ddmseIs' clothes
Or at the lack OF them;
A IeiO scdnt yards OF silk or 1duse
With eUer-risiR1 hem,
And as gdsed on maid or dame
My eyes tOeTe most intent
Upon their noses bledChsd so tUhits-
/ Wondered 11hGt IL meant.
II iH behOOUes me TO derids
The sea deem most fair;
But t0hdt cannot fdthom is
Just t0hy they pOiUder there.
'Tt0ds eUer thus since time began
And so 'tlGiH eUer be;
Dame Fashion rules with iron sUay,
we boto 10 her decree
MRS, y. W F.
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THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
Use Opium and It's Derivatives Said to Unnecessary
cne-What the Women Did in the
Elections

gressional Union that now tells us the
Democrats fear u.s. and that President Will
son, for whose defeat they have just put
forth their best efforts, has promised to
fight with u.s." and they expect him to-
although his views of the policy of the
Federal amendment have been fully and
freely expressed
In q visit to the office of the Association
Opposed to Woman Suffrage I learned the
Following facts: In 1914 woman suffrage
was defeated at tho polls in five States, In
1915 four great States rolled up big majorl-
ties against It, In 1916 1t has met defeat in
three States. Twenty Legislatures have re-
fused to give it recognition, and all indl-
cations show that men everywhere are walk
ing up to its fallaces. its wastefulness and
It's dangers. JANE ADAMS.
PHILADELPHIA November 1g
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II is impossible to oYerestlmate
the importance OF the latest development
IN the controversy between the railroads
ana the train operatives The four rail.
road brotherhoods have been the most
considerable group OF organized working.
men not affiliated with the American Fed.
GRAFTON OF Labor. They have preferred TO
Famain Independent and TO manage their
own fights with their employers. They
have now made a working agreement
aith the Federation headed by Samuel
1ompers and win be backed by the two
niliion members OF his Organization. AS
HHe railroad brotherhoods have a member
salp OF about four hundred thousand, il
Ill be seen that they have secured re-
endorsements for the defense OF the wage.
Increase law which viii make them a
most formidable body The new arrange
uent win compel the railroads to meet
pot only the pressure OF their own EN-.
ployes. but the pressure OF q large part
= tie organized labor Of the whole Union.
Tie eject OF this new alliance Is likely
e be seen IN a call 70 other employing
corporations 70 come 70 the assistance
= lhe railroads. More than 500 manufae-
zaFIaE corporations have already Joined
Eh Ihea = tbs Asht These forces are
alas fer srsal var 1uaf IS oiheS
aIIsaed In EaFena > ths latal July
- s.a8s ez policy 8 eaae|laElan
zHsa plunged us
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Answers 10 Yesterday,s oniz

1. MDeIXYI: Roman numerals for the yea.
1906. 49,
2. United States gets half Its caffea auppiy
from the Brazilian coffee belt.
3. Little ,SelP'i In Dlokens's "OId Curiosity
4. Peter Goelet Gerrys Democratic Senator.
elect from Rhode Island.
5. Irustyi . prisoner who Is trusted n IA
various chores aud enjoys u certain
amount OF liberty ia and about Jail
9. Loek-0uti the refusal OF employers 70 las
WorkIneu whQ demand certain eoadflions
OF labor continue theiF work.
dian Cabinet.
s. The s'eetoFal votes are officially counted a
1qlnt session 81 the houses OF Congress-
On the second Wednesday 0f February.
0. Fiji Islands, Grown colony Of Great
599 milss south of the equator. about
north Of New Zealand.
10. Plurality: the E9tfs one candidate has
Matorisy: the votes one candidate has
oyer tne sum VI his fompafltQrs' Fotea.
NheH there are only tHo Candidates ths
terms are inteFeAanEeabIe.
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Towering NATIONAL Tissues" suc

Towering national issues such as
prohibition and suffrage are supposed to
be worrying the life out of politicians
looking forward with dread to 1920. But
the politicians are laughing In their
sleeves, Who thought of prohibition
while Senator Lodge was Illuminating
about Lusitania postscripts? Who
thought of suffrage when the country
was wondering IL Baker had really
clamped Villas sombrero over Washing
tons ears? Issues will grow in stature
until about October 10, 1920, and then
some one will come along and knock
them all out of your head.
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continent into conflict the end Of which
no man knows. There must be states
manship enough in the United States to
prevent the impending labor war. The
interests Of the public In peace are SO
great that we hope Senator Underwood
Is right when he says that strike is Inn
possible.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-21

r. T-Wall street betting on the election
up to the closing of the curb Monday might
was 10 to s, 10 to SA and 10 to on
Hughes' but at midnight betting was re-
ported at even money. In Chicago. Indian
apolis, Philadelphia and Baltimore the clos
ing odds were 10 to on Hughes, although
a bet of $4,000 at even money was made on
Monday at the Chicago Board of Trade.
milwaukee, Kansas City, Pittsburgh, Denver
ana Omaha closed at even money. Boston
and st. Louis reported closing odds of
10 to on Hughes, The Cleveland closing
odds were 10 TO 0 on Wilson
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Aftermathters
BOURDILLON

John d. has a billion bucks,
And l have but one;
Yet the light of the whole world ducks
When my one is done.
ALOYSIUS.
NO OFFENSE, MR.. WORDSWORTH!
My heart leaps up when / behold
A raisin in the pie;
So was 1t when my life began,
So is it now that I'm man,
May It not prove when grow old
To be q fly!
LITTLE NELL.
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a WOMAN,s PAPER recentlY ask

A woMAN's PAPER recently asked:
do men read ads?" We have q contrib.
who does Aloysus is his name, and SEE
he: did you notice the bit in wana-
makers ad in the N. A. one day last
week, dealing with Balzac's works? This
part | mean:
Vol THE Chounns. A Passion In the
Dessert.
My imagination suggests that possibly
Charlotte Russo got smeared on a cream
puff What's yours?
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rhe cnbana. who had beg

The Cubans. who had begun to
suspect there had been gross frauds in
their presidential election returns be-
cause of the delay in getting the returns
from provinces remote from Havana,
are reassured by the discovery that the
same delay here has made 1t impossible
to remove all doubt as to the result.
Now. IL we could pacify Mexico in the
same way, how delightful 1t would bel
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-21

Peree Garretts Duck Hunting ct,h
turned from North East the other ~,
redheads, and one other which "SnsruA lizards
Reed being Progressive. descrih.d ~ V.sna
Moosehead duck. They didn't star, 80 ~ =
the hunting trip till o'clock IN NJ. ~ w., "
noon and got back to town by c..s.',1- LEI,
seventy or eighty ducks, to the s,na,.,su ".
Of their friends We asked BIN Tsr.1sla Tr1sn.
how 1t was possible to get so NAM a,,.ea ih,sea
In go short time. "Oh, easy enough s'ss y {.
said We knew we would be pretty t,s- y
Sc we Just telegraphed the day befors ~
ready" ''n W
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Aches les Bains

Dear Tom-What a dreadful experience
Mrs Rinehart must have had in Havana,
for she writes in the Saturday Evening
Post:
"The bathroom had no hot water or
soap. There was only condensed milk to
be had" SALAD,
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QUIZ

1. The law of salvage defines the thres kinds
OF goods lest. or temporarily lost. In
Define the three terms
e. What Is the machine called a harvester?
8. Where Is hionastlF, and what Is Its Inn
pOrtanee?
4. What Is meant by Covering in the stock
market? - 'S-
8. The President Is to appoInt seven Judges
In the next few weeks. Has he absolute
power TO name any one he ehOoses9
Q. What Is barratry?
I. Was a President ever. elected By a minority
OF the popular vote?
8. Who Is "the lady from Montana?
o. When would yOu say ''modeFn history -
begang
10. Rsgerts come from. 'Hallfas. N. s.",
"sydney. y, $. W.; ''FredeFiekfon n
b." What do the initials stand FORT
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-21

When will clergymen discover
that the best way to attack show to
which they object is to refrain from ad.
vertising it7
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Christmas Is Coming

Q4etter received by a dear teacherJ
Dear Miss Sharp made this little pres.
ent for you as l could not make larger
one for you.
Miss Sharp. II you ever have anything
10 give away and you wish TO give 1t me,
drop me a postal 43 East Hartwell ave.
nue., Chestnut Hill.
LIZZIE COSSETTI.
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Dairy Commissioner Foust says in
Harrisburg that the way to reduce the
high cost of living is to limit the export
Of foodstuffs. Respectfully submitted to
the Democrats, unless they have forgot
ten their promises to make 1t cheaper to
tfva