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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-25
New preoedents in intern

New precedents in international
law are created in every war, but no
war thus far has caused the nations to
agree that attack upon hospitals or hos
pital ships is justifiable The Britannia
and the Braemar Castle, which have
been sunk in tine Aegean. were hospital
ships In the service of the Allies. They
were really ambulances carrying the
wounded from the front to the base hos
pitals. Probably they were sunk by
mines, but il 1t is proved that torpedoes
destroyed them, all the Powers of the
world ought to protest. in the. name of
humanity against such methods of war
fare.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-25
We are going 10 have n re,

We are going to have a revolution
In educational methods II the practice of
Professor Miller, of Chicago University.
becomes general. He has prepared list
OF questions to test the qualities of the
students in the department of education.
They are. neither upon dates in history
nor on the technicalities of mathematics
or chemistry; but are intended to throw
some light on the human equation. Re
ports do not indicate whether the stu.
dents passed the examination, but most
OF us win agree that student unable to
receive a mark of at least seventy-five
would better choose some other occupa-
tion than teaching Here are the ques.
tions for the benefit of those who are en-
gagged in the profession of living:
!. Do you see anything to love In
child?
: .. Have you sympathy with all good
causes?
3. Can you look straight I'm the eye OF
an honest man or a pure woman?
I :, Z. Will lonely dog follow you?
.. Do you believe In lending a help
Ing hand TO weaker men?
= Do you believe in taking advantage
OF the law when you can do so?
T. Can you be high-minded and happy
in drudgery?
:. Can you see as much beauty I'm
washing dishes and hoeing corn
as in playing golf and the plano?
q Do you know the value OF time and
money?
10. Are YOU good friends with your
self?
IL. DO you see anything in life besides
dollars and cents?
~. Can you see sunshine In a mud
puddle?
-. Can you Zee beyond the stars7
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-25

The new dean of Carson College
received the degree of master OF arts
from Columbia for a thesis on THE Shirt
waist Trade" thereby proving that she
knew better what was of contemporary
interest than the Harvard students who
get masters and doctors degrees for
theses on the floral eplthets in Chaucer
and the metaphors in Shakespeare.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-25

Il. What II "Phl Beta Kappa"9
2. Why is . cyclone 80 cRIled9
B. What 10 debenturc bond?
T.. Abeut. what proportion of whisky 10 alec
81 What Is meant by "ereatlns Cardinal In
Q. Noyada's three electoral votes nre nearly
three times greater. in proportion to p0pu-
latlcn, than PennsylVGnia's thlrty-clEht.
Explain this.
7. In what direction Is tho center Of popuIa-
tion OF the United States moving?
B.. Perhaps the most important project In In
land water transportation that has beon
undertaken In this country In nfty years
is nearing comDlstlon. What IL Il?
0. Why II gold. exported or imported?
10. About when did Emerson liver
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-25
The last session of the Legislator,

The last session of the Legislature
did much for the port of Philadelphia,
but there are certain measures which
cannot be overlooked in the coming ses.
sion Shipping men experience many
difficulties in connectioniwith that trouble.
center. the Horseshoe Curve. The re.
moyal of shoal on the Pennsylvania
side of the curve would do much to free
1t of the ice which gathers in the deep
channel and would provide an auxiliary
channel and convenient "cut-of" for
nayigatIon
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-25
The GabHns

y. W S-sThe poam Ia which occars the
line quoted about 3th6 goblins will get you
Is trom James Whiteomb Rilsy's Little
orRhaat Annie" The other line you quots
Is from Sir Waiter SCOTS Lay OF the
Last Minstrel 1he passage reads;
BEeathss there ; man Hith souI 30 dad
Who neVer 70 himaclf hath aaid. =
khia = nay oHn, my aatlye iandN
Whpae heart hath ne e. Blthln him burusd-
~ honls his fapistepa ~ hath tuTn'd
fr1m Waudeflng On ! foreign atrand7
~ luch there breathe. - mark him Welll
For hiln nq minatrei rADtufea sven.
hlgh though he titles prold his name.
houudleaa he afaith Aa Wlah can claim
HleaIta tnf1a titlt4 roNsr Ana ntIf
Lu4 #EtrInI e1aceufrza aII " SELF
LitIazs 1.4I zaI1lIL laIF f1llaa.
.Na 44Nt.F a#z1f sHeA So ae#H
az 4zz l1E
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-25
Latin. n.Amsriean Mail

G. S,-The PostOfflcs Department has
Just issued statement showing the amount
OF mails dispatched from the United States
to Central and South American countries
and TO the West Indies during the year
ended June 80, 1916, compared W4th the
preceding year. This statement gives the
total weight OF the letters and postcards
mailed to those countries in the nscaI
year 1916 as s75,00D pounds; OF printed
matter, 100000 pounds. and of parcel
post matter, 100000 pounds These were
Increases over the preceding year OF twelve.
seventeen and ninetySthrss per cent. re-
Bpeetively.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-25

conflict as will interrupt the operation
OF the trains. The President is supposed
TO represent tho public as well as the
trainmen and the railroads. The nation
looks 70 him in this crisis and It expects
all parties TO It to put the public good
above any immediate and temporary ad.
vnntara.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-25
Tom Days Column
TBB VILLAGE POET

Whenever iPs Saturday N sharp No
Vcmber t1edther
rnt not q toi1lin1 sIdUe TO the drtistio.
altogether,
An vet shouldn't overlook 'ohatever
may do
To Introduce to Chestnut street a Ht Of
netos that's neto.
SO, reading IN the papers an advertise
ment or ttCo
Regarding certain pictures that the
movies had on Uieto-
And having seen the pictures, tool took
from them nv cue
And ne upon bn Of cork feel ought
to do.
You sec the movin0.picture shoto 70 tohioh
the ads refer,
Displayed noted st0immer (dnd-er.mddo
the most Of her)
In poses most drtisticoI--dt least the
manager
Assured us Nth his hand on heart that
that todS tchdt thcv toere-
An since they toero so "tUondertul an
ioUely an refined"
The fact that they tOere bare OF clothes
should-tUoil, zoe shouldn't mind,
Besides, remarked the manager, again
toith hand on heart,
'TIs Art alone that matters much, an
this tcas surely Art.
'T,cds that tranSccndent thought that
gaze mn big idea to me,
an tUhile can't divWl0c eTdctly tDhdt
the shotU t6Hl be
I hope youH be on Chestnut street this
afternoon TO see.
I knoto that clothes are trtsomo things
to buy as tCeH as tDedr,
/ also knoio tho highest Art Is usually
bare,
Is mV present plan
To make mn stroll on Chestnut street
artistic as can.
OF course, our Circulation Man mdv haze
his netosbovs out -,
To sell lot of ertrys 'Oith description
of the rout
An all that sort Of thing, you knoto; but
really, though, you SEQ
That's mere commercidlisn; OF no conse-
Quence to me.
Ny only thought, but one that 1odrns the
cookies of mv heart,
Is that I'm doing something IN the noble
cause Of ART.
That's tohv upon this Saturday In sharp
November tCedther,
Though not a 1UtlHn0 sIdve to the artistic,
altogether.
IN glory f,ohile shiver) In the stunt I'm
going to do
To Introduce to Chestnut street a bit Of
netCs that's nelO.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-25
sNEEzER BILL

] know q guy
Who wouldn't lie,
And wouldn't beat his wifs-
He wouldn't steal,
He WQuidnt sdueal,
Nor take 1 brothers life
To see q jan
Would make him quali
Hes never slain = friend
with shRrpened sword
or heavy board;
Yet hs viii cause my end
This gpy will eneezs
Wherefer he please
Right In his neighbors Iaes
HES bringing woe
10 friend and foe
He'll KIN the human rAce
He seatters bugs
on rocks and rugs
he sneezaz germs gAiofss
! hate y klll
~ old 1rIana a4IH
Bul ha 4|Iah sneete e .-tzz
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-25

Ralph Bingham, peusing in his flight
long enough to llft& letterhead OF the
Logan House, Altoona, writes:
There was souse on the depot plat
form at Cumberland CweO Nd. today.
An acquaintance said to him: bill,
you're pretty full. chr" yep" sez
he, but not crowded"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-25
ANNIE

A widower, young, with accent bad
Called on maid called Annie.
The wish 10 motherin-laW the Lad
Grew in her mother eanny.
But he declared, One wife I've had
And now don't want Annie"
WALTER H. BOOM.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-25
THERE ARE TIMES when Il Is safer

THERE ARE TINES when It Is safer
for US 20 be served by an Irish rather
than a German waiter. The other day
as we settled ourself at a restaurant
table opposite the most charming lady
We know the Teutonic kellner handed
Us q wine card Never mind that" We
said Ia a stage whisper. this Is only fhs
vie.
~ asDszE nazi 49,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-25
MUENsTERBERG,s oPPoRTuNITY

Professor Muensterberg has great op-
poFtunity IN the Billy Sunday meetings
almost next door. II he doasn't write a
tie with the devil he viii dlsappoint a host
OF would-be readers.-Springheld Repub-
lean.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-25

We are accustomed to waiting for
the rain to clean the streets, but we have
not yet got used to waiting for shower
10 take tho smell from the drinking
water
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-25

This Department Is free to all readers tcho
Dtsh TO cypress their opinions on subjects Of
Evening Ledber assumes no respoaSijlitV Jor
the yiet0s Of ITS correspondents. Letters must
De signed bD the name and address, OF the
toritsr. not neccsSdTtly for publication, but as
guarantee Of good faith.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-25
AN UNEQUAL coNTEsT

Nothing could be much more pakheLic
than the brave but well-nifh hopeless zirpg-
SIC Whieh the bank accounts X fas great
middle class thfQrFhout ilhia psqa1 lsna are
m--A4 against the as4t-al- p. I.1ala 4|I
-oafs at1ts 5onrna1
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-25

II we can say next January HE
kept us out of strike" no one will feel
like criticizlng. provided he does 1t
without another white flag.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-25

THE poorest-paid but best.dressed con-
l. nection Of the office Of large Chester
industry was carving out a friendship
with new arrival fresh from college.
Exhibit A. learning that Exhibit b had
graduated from the U. of p. last June,
asserted his intimate friendship with sew
eral Penn students, and with one in par
ticular. who was in the 1916 class
HE went up every morning on the sds
train" said he.
"Ah, he was a commuter." politely re.
marked the Penn man.
"oh, don't know what course he took
up, but he had a hard time getting
through" replied he OF the high neck ana
low brow. HO HUMM.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-25
Life is not 40 short but there 10
sitDdys time for courtesy.-Emerson.
order on the border. A big order

The British proclamation making
money contraband will not prevent raids
on the pocketbooks of the men during
this holiday season.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-25
Lignite and coal

w. F. C.-The presence of Ignite on tho
surface OF the ground is an indication that
there may be further beds OF Ignite be-
low, but not necessarily anyqbituminous or
other forms OF coal. ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-25
The PubIic's BusIness

Philadelphia was, In effect, told 10 mind
Its own business, while the Pennsylvania
Railroad threw away as much OF Its rev
enue as 1t saw fit in New York. and took
away as much revenue as II saw ht to
exact from Philadelphia. An excerpt from
hearing before the Interstate Commsrcs
Commission in February, 1915, will shoW
in Nhat way Mr.. Neall battled with thssa
complexities:
Mr.. Dixon-I do not see where you ara
interested in that. I do not see how ths
public is interested in how we divide our
revenue.
Mr.. Neall-No. but the public is inter
ested in whether you get the revenue or NOT.
and what we want to find out is why you
do get revenue in one case and do not 81
1t in another, and whether the city is d.
advantaged by your emitting to get It IN
so far as Philadelphia Is concerned
Mr.. Dixon--we look at 1t from a differ
ent standpoint than you. We feel that ne
shipper and the public are interested N
what they are going to pay for this gIaln
from the point OF shipment TO the hold Or
the Ship for export. II we choose 10 throw
those charges anywhere on our line-lt He
choose to rob the whole line east Of Pitts
burgh-I do not SEQ that It is any Of you'
AFFAIR,
Mr. NeaII-That was the old idea Of
transportation, but Il is not tho presehs
There are too many insurgents around ~
over the country 20 permit you 70 DO IN.
now. That will not be tolerated
And yet. in the midst OF these dtspesss
tho Pennsylvania called upon ar; & ss.
no one else was skillful enough to hanaei
to help II out OF congestion problems ", -,
IL engaged his services In the statlsl1-.
work, of which he was master
Mr.. NsalIs information and counsel - -
open 10 any one who couiG use them 70 -
heneht OF the city and its business lIs
he had given his talents TO endeayoIs ~
important than those he pursued pst -
easily comprehended by the public e
would doubtless have been called 70 -
civic office. The whole-hearted generos4t
he threw into his work should inspiis
similar public spirit In others, ana -
political and Industrial Development -
mRnding the energies OF Just suen uessH7 =
auerabls men.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-25

One OF the most unique appearances of
Mr.. Cooke In Cincinnati was when he talked
to the deaf children of Peaslee school. OF
course, he had to resort to other methods
than his voice, but his recltations were just
as much of n success as when he talked to
the thousands Of children who could hear.
Nashville Tennosseean.
Passing over the most unique" candid
friends have said the sam6Sthing to us in
slightly different words.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-25
What Do You Know?

Queries. OF 0snerpI Interest toin be ans,oered
IN this column. Ten questions, fhc dnst0er8 TO
tohteh eterY aDeTl-iHJor1ned person should kHoto,
are asked daily.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-25

Overheard on "a Route "a Muzzls-loader.
ogontz- bound. DTamatis personae: A cou-
pla james
"D'ye like those crazy Russian dances2'
Il amt wild about em but even II they
amt 80 refined as the Castles. lots OF nice
people 60" C. @. s.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-25

Dear Slr-Pleass bring the Bunkhount
around Church lane and Wingohockins
terrace and show him the nice. new Wingo
haclSen terrace street sign W.K. s.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-25

WHILE WE'RE ABOUT IT let's make
this regular Art Number, which will
permit us to talk about all manner of
things in perfectly free and easy way.
To begin with, did you see this in
Manayunk paper:
WANTED--A Good female oyster cook and a
male oyster opener. Apply SpRrn's Restaurant,
Gay and Baker streets. Manayunk
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-25

He could have commanded a PennsvIvan,.i
pension in the form of a slnecure IL he hsS
been willing to come to terms But he
chose poverty
His War on Rebates
As head of Peter Wright 4 Sons IA
dominated one of the most important ship
ping firms In the United States. The arm
were general agents for the international
Navigation Company, which operated TIA
Red Star Line. Mr.. Neall advertised wideIv
and attracted ships in ballast from ali
parts of the world to Girard Point whsrt
the grain elevator facilities were proinisna
vast development for the city as a grain.
exporting center. Pressure was brought
to bear upon the International by tho Penn.
sylvania. The proposition was virtuallv
that the road would divert grain TO Balti.
more IL the International would not sell out
Its Glrard Point property, or else build ad-
Jacent elevators to compete with Il. When
the road got It's way 1t let Its plant lie yIr.
tually idle, and then. through dlscrimlna.
tory rates, the grain was sent to other ports
anyhow. So Philadelphia lost through this
skirmish, along with Mr.. Neall, whose nrst
endeavor was for the city's interests.
But 1t was as the foe of the rebate syil.
OF the discriminatory rates which this city
so long had suffered under, that his public
spirit brought him the bitterest enmity He
never said the rate to this city was too
high; he merely said It was unfair New
York, on paper, had not as good a rats as
this city had, but the discrimination In ita
favor, drawing commerce through that port
and away from Philadelphia lay In the facs
that the Pennsylvania gave the metropolis
terminal service free OF charge, Freight
brought here could be sent direct TO the
waters edge and directly loaded from the
car to tho ships hold. But In New York
1t had to be lightered and carried five and
perhaps ten miles before II could be finally
loaded for export And these charges the
railroad absorbed, did not levy--a round
ABOUT but enective rebate. Mr.. Neal con-
tended that II tho charges through New
York and Philadelphia were compaked on =
mileage basis, this result would appear:
that'the railroad got no more revenus for
shipping from, say, Chicago to waters edge.
New York. than IT got for shipment from
Chicago to about Harrisburg on PhIladel.
freight
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-25
NEALL'S WORK
FOR THE PORT
Sacrificed Wealth and F,,o..
ships in Fight for Justice ~
to His City

IT is easy enough to say thai 49,.
Il Neall fought the Penpsv1,ort. r,e.. -ah =
In the interests OF this port ana .is.'teaa ~,
fortune for his pains. But II /. ~.
obviouss as that. For, after All a k,s1 w =
tton Is made up OF men ana No, - y, e.
and many Of the men who ars inanan.s.
~ tne Fenhsylvania revere his msmnr-v -,
that he is gone, and have come ~ ~. - ~ nv
ne was risht' and that the men Of 4 -.
generation were wrong In opposing M, -
did not hight the ralroad.s IL A -. -
rather, the Observation-Disclosures Of ecrt,,.' s.l
inant nsures IN its manakement arS .ai. .eeli.
nttered by his losses, lived 10 rend.r -.
important services TO Il long sftsr 4. ~
sacrificed him to narrower interes,s y -
Mr. Neall antagonized the raI,r... :,
Work Tor the establishment OF the phn-s
phia Belt Line. George b. Rohsrt. 'u.sas.. .
uent or the Pennsylvania at the tIr,. ~. ~.
SL tn,s project that he would fight ~.
peIt line TO the end and would rssts, "
ONCE II II became reality Ru, ,h.s ~
OF shippers, OF tho community at Iargs -
TOO closely connected with ths Iira ~ 49, 49,
nit u to be put aside. The purnos. ~ ~
70 secure franchise for n line parsii.,,.ss
thc riverfronts which should forn,.as' ~
Npen on equal terms to all railroads ds,ie,
ing TO make use OF It. 30 that no Indlv,S,ss,
or corporation should ever obtain = 49,. 49,.
oy OF any portion Of this ali-lmpoyts,s
sateway of our commerce. This va ~ y.
at all desirable end TO those ,vbS ar
directed the Pennsylvania. though now n.
advantases are plain to every one rh.
management wanted to hold control N ,ts
rlver-front terminals. evidently in the h.,t.s
that the future Of Phlladelphla's commsrr.
should be Identified with tho fIturn ~ ~.
pennsylvania and no competing lines.
This conflict sharpened the host,lltx !
those who opposed Mr.. Neails princlpi. y
rendering justice to all shippers alike. IA
was a millionaire and seemed fair rar,s
for attack. Even when he was being drivs.
out OF business there was no let-up n ths
hight waged by men who had been hls oioss
friends. Some of them confidently expeciss
that he would surrender to pressure raths,
tnan sacrihce his hold upon n big incoma
He could have commanded a Pennsylvar,,
pension in the form of sinecure IL he haS
been willing to come to terms, But he
chose poverty.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-25
A SANTA CLAUS PROBLEM

he man who has the goods gets there.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-09-25

DEBAUcHING M'CUTCHEoN.-
Cartoonist McCutcheon has been
more than a Chicago Tribune car
toonist-he has been national in
stitution. With his sympathetic,
homely, human art he has appealed
to the best emotions of men, women
and children everywhere. His good
humored kidding of our national fol-
bles always helped without hurting,
and the quiet laughter he. provoked
was so wholesome that it warmed
the heart. and made us feel good long
after we had passed from the car
toon. He took the cave men and
their women away from the paved
streets and cliffs of stone and steel
back to the country where nature is
sweet. There was no envy, malice,
hatred, venom or other poison for
the mind in the picture stories that
made their author healer and
soother. We can stand the rotten
ness of the editorial column of the
Tribune. We can stand the degener-
acv of it's news columns. For there
are other papers we can read. But
it's almost a tragedy to drag Nc
Cutcheon down into the mire of po-
litical pollution in which the rest of
the once great newspaper is waIlow-
ing like fat old SOW. 1t is a crime
that McCutcheon should be COM
PEELED to curdle a once sweet soul
and put spite, and venom and villainy
in his rotten cartoons Of President
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-09-25
A GREAT oPPoRTUNITY-C:

n NhEH OTTON UNI IG-Odu-
didate Hughes now has the chance
of life time. He can try out his
arbitration theory on that New York
strike. All he has to do is to per-
suade Shonts to arbitrate. And that
ought to be easy, because Wall street
is friendly to Mr.. Hughes and can
certainly put the screws to Shonts
and make that disciple of The-Pub-
Hc-be-Damned Vanderbilt obey or
ders. This sure is a great chance
for Wall street to play a trump card
for its presidential candidate. Hop to
it, Mr.. Hughes.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-09-25
THE ToRRENs SYSTEM
RV Carl Sspdhur0


Before Joe Connery got into office
as county recorder, nobody except
lawyers, experts and high-muck-a-
mucks talked much about the Tor
rens system.
The Torrens system? Well, most
people thought it was something like
twilight sleep or a new kind of Chi
ripOdy or massage.
It's a plan that throws the county
government behind your land title.
If you buy a piece of land and you
go with a real estate man to the
county recorders office to get your
title papers, the Torrens system fixes
it so the county stands behind your
title. If you pay for your land no
lawyer nor experts nor fancy con
men of any kind can take away your
land because Of bum title papers.
That's what the Torrens system does.
The county election this Novem-
Der is in one sense a referendum on
the ToTTens system.
If Connery loses then the people Of
Cook county might as well kiss good
by to the Torrens system and effec-
tive, aggressive operation Of it the
next four years. s.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-09-25

Wilson. The nasty tang Of it WIN
make bitter the taste long after the
campaign is over and the Worlds
Greatest Insane Asylum is trying to
get back to normal. \