davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1916-08-29
ldiotizem in MEGA zdravljenje.

Rus DIR. ForOnov je pred kratkim
predaval V Zdravniski akademiji V Pa
rizu, kako Sc da leciti telesna neraz-
vitost otrok in idiotizem. Davno je
znano, da je oboje b~olezen, XII ina
svoj postanek v nezadostnem delova-
nju izvestne zleze. Otroci $ to hibo so
ma oci ~starikasti. zaspani, Min kret-
nje medic, ; tezavo govore ne r~astejo
ter razumevajo malo ali slabo yuma
ME vtiske. Min mozgani so kakor
%obtezeni., noce Sc Jim delati. Izvle6ki
IL imenovane zleze pa izboljsajo Min
stanje, ali kakor nitro Sc preneha z
zdravljenjem, padejo V prejsnje sta
ME ma veliko zalost svojih roditeliev.
Stirinajstleten tax de6ek je prisel V
Nici k DIR. Noronovu. da bi ga ozdra-
vii. Bio je jasno. da bi ga bilo moci
ozdraviti, ako bi Sc mu dial zdrav or
gan, V katerem ie izvirek njegove bo-
lezni. Ali kje maj ga vzame? DR.. Vo-
ronov je predlagal deckovim starSem,
maj 81 da vsak izrezati del obrambne
zleze in jo z~rtvuje "a zdravljenje ST.
novo. Ali s.arsl MISC sprejeli zdrav-
nikovega predloga. Tedaj je prisla DIR.
Noronovu y glavo srecna ali jake sme-
la misel. b svojem laboratoriju je ne
goval mlado opico IL rodu pavijanov.
DR.. Foronov Sc je odlocil, da il vzame
del rccene zleze in 10 prenese ma dec
ka. Operacijo je izvrSil v Nici V boil
nici oh navzocnosti II zdravnikov. Ko
so bill pri decku odprli tisto mesto,
kjer je obrambna zleza. so nasli. da ie
bill ME levi in srednji del tenak, sko-
raj ~brezkrven track. Del ~pavijanove
zleze je zdravnik prisil bolniku in ra-
no ma kozi zaprl. P%renesena zleza Sc
je zrastla 2 deckovo zlezo, zacela je
deloyati. in bolnikovo stanje Sc lie
kmalu izboljsalo. Njegovo lice je ma
glo izgubilo rumeno barvo, nos in ust-
nice napihnjenost, oval obli6ja Sc je
podaljsal, deck Sc je ozivil, je zacel
burke uganjati in Sc saliti. Vsi njego-
vi ~ucitelji so trdili. da Sc njegova ma
%darjenost r~azvija rapidno. To je kon-
s~tatiral tudi ~bordeauxski vseuciliscni
professor Hobbies, XII je vsakih stiri-
najst dni o%biskoval deGka. Kakor du-
sevno Sc je decek zaGel razvijati tudi
telesno. - Francoski akademiki so H.
najdbo ruskega zdravnika well ma
znanje z burnim ploskanjem.
In zdaj maj nazadnjaski modrijani
in nasprotniki razvojnega nauka Sc
trdijo. da nj sorodstva med clovekom
in opico!
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1916-08-29
o %zELEZNICA.

Pc statistiki Ripleya je p~latala
z%eleznica Illinois Central 2 "a svoja
zemljisca 100000 dolarjev. Leta
1900. so bila Ia zemljisca vredna
"a ~milionov dolarjev. Vsak vloze-
nj dollar : e je zelcznici 169 krat
pomnozil. POvrh tega vleGejo re
lezniski baroni cd vsakih vlozenih
100 dOlarjev ma leto "A dolarjev
dividende.
kOmisar Franklin X. Lane vpra-
suje: "Koliko je v~eljala z~eleznica
Burlington podjctnike? Koliko
znaSa njena sedanja vrednostP
kako Sc je zviSala njena vred-
nOst?" Odg0vor .ie sledeti: Delo-
ina zvodenili in le ma papiriu vlo-
aeni kapital znaSa 25S miljonov;
pc nizki cenitvi znaSa njcna vred-
most sedaj $50 miljonov. Ia $50
milionov dolariev sc .je zviSala
vrednost Sedaj $50 miljonov. Ia
80 milionov dolarjev Sc .je zviSa-
ia vrednost nienih zcml.iiSc, in 81.
Ger ne da hi bill lastniki IA 10 lie
2 mezinccm genili. Bio .ie dovolj,
da Sc jc %pomnozilo Stevilo prebi-
valStva z n0vimi priseljenci.
komisar II. X. Smith, Xxi je slu-
zboval oh taSu Taftove Wade, pri-
~povcduje, kako so priSla zeml.iiSta
z mineralnimi in lesnimi zakladi V
vrednoSti mongo miliard d~olariev
" posest lelezniSkih druzb, XII so
Jill dObile popolnoma zastonj. V
svojem. p%orocilu pravi: "Ne lie ola
so Sc ustvarili ogrmni Sumski mo-
nopoli, ampak zeleznicc so Sc po-
%lastilc tudi ogrommih zemljiSc, OBJ
segajoGih vclikanSka mineralna
bogaStva. Z~eleZnica Southern Pa
cific ina Severni California i'm
v zapadnem OregOnu 4,;31S.00O n
krov, Skupaj z z~eleznico Union
Pacific pa k%ontrolira ma milionc
akrov pc vSei dezeli. Zeleznica
Northern Pacific ina 3,Ol7 900 a
krov leSnih in ma mil.ione akrov
otiStenih zemljiSt. Sumo so po-
vsod spojenc z interest zeleznic.
Nsled tega kontrolira.jo ~zeleznice
vse prirodno bogastvo Zedinjenih
drzav i'll ~pripravijo lahko prebi-
valstvo V najnevarneisi poloza.i".
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1916-08-29
Premogarji in zeleznicarska
stavka.

Talnik premOgarske organiza-
ciIe V Illinois, Duncan Mcdonald.
lie iziavil, da dobi predsednik
Wilson, ako izbruhne g~eneralna
stavka ma zelcznicah, V nekoliko
urah peticijo 100000 premogar-
Jev, da maj prevzame vlada vsc
zeleznice Zedinienih draav V svo-
10 upravo in maj Jill vodi tako dol
90, dokler ne bo Spor po.avnan.
Mnogo tiSoc premogaricv drza-
vi Illinois je re pOdpiSalo take pc
iiciJe. Xxi so gotove, da Sc odpoSlje-
10 V Washington. Mcdonald pra-
vi, da so premogarii odvisni cd
zeleznic in hi prisli V slucaju ze-
lrznitarSke stavke oh delo.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1916-08-29

kratka Znaciina vest IL Amsterdama pravi,
da SO pogajanja med Nemtijo in Avstrijo zaradi
hodofega politicmcga razmerja Poliske prckinjc-
Ma, kcr 50 priSla ma mrtvo toxic. Obc vladi "a
htcvata namrcc kontrolo mad bodoco avtonomno
PolJSko. Idclo hi 80 nam, da hi V Bcrlinu i'll ma
Dunaju lahko Sc pocakali $ takimi pogajanii, do
tiStega casa, ko Sc bo Sklepal mir: Aakaj u bodot-
most: Poljskc no morda incl tudi Sc kdo drugi
kaj reel, ne lie Vilcc in Tisza, po cigar piSGalki
pleSc Dumaj. Poroiilo nam kaZc, kako silno Sc mo-
tito vsi tSti, Xxi mislijo, da Sc vodi ia vojna ma ka-
tcrikoi Strani zaradi kakSne pravicc Zlasti pa "a
radi narodnoStnc pravicnoSti. Xmagati h~ocejo,
in tisti. Xxi zmaga, hoGc urediti razmcrc tako, ka-
kor no MENU pray, ne pa kakor zahteva pravica.
Avtononno Poljsko hoccjo. To iz"leda, iiakor da
Sc ~bojujejo ia Svobodo Poljakov. .Impak Ncmti-
ia in AvStrija hoceta lobiti to "avtonomno" Polj-
sko pod svojo kontrolo, in : tenn so Nsi upi Y svo-
bodo ubiti. Avtonomija pod tujo kontrolo ic
ironiJa. &c me ina kdO privcZanega. jc vse en- hui
die. maj pobarva vrv Zcleno ali pa rumcno. Avto-
nomija, Xxi jo hoGejo DAFT Poljakom, jc avtOnomi-
ia medvcda, Xxi lahko pleSe tako dalec naokrog.
kolikor sega veriga &c hi pa malo predalec "a
tancal, ga spomni obrOc V nosu, : kaiSnim vatlom
81 platnO mcri.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1916-08-29
Tehniiki eudeii.

lehnibkI cudezi.
Da tehnika cimdalj ebolj nadomesca
clovesko delo. je znano: zadnji cas-
pa JIG za6ela konkurirati S clovestvom
&c cello ma poljih, kjer je treba samo-
stojno misliti. Lokomotiva brez vod-
nika je najnovejsi tax izum. Loko-
motiva Sc ustavi ma dolocenih tockah.
gre zopet sama cd sebe naprej in DO
stoji, ako ma tracnicah naleti ma kak-
sno oviro, ali &c proga nj prosta.
Use To della elektricna moe, XII Sc pa
u~porablja V TEN s~lucaju precej emo
stavno. Da Sc lokomotiva ustavi pred
oviro, sc zgodi ma primer tako:
Mala elektricna lokomotiva "a pre-
voz blaga nosi pred seboj nekoliko
mad tracnicami precej dolg locen -
Tiki tipalnica zuzelk - XII Sc OBJ vsaki
najmanjsi oviri, tudi &c mu pride clo-
Vek ali zival ma pot, skrci in tako
stroju zapove: Stoj! Locen, XII je pri-
trJen ma zaviti vZmeti, Sc V TAKEN Stu
caJu dotakne 5 svojim zadnjim kon-
Gem odbijalne ploSce ter s tenn pre-
trga elektricni tok. Istodobno pa Sc
spoil druga elektricna zveza ter ma
stane nov elektricen tok. XII stroi "a
vira, oziroma zene locomotive V ma
sprotni smeri. Torej ~zavora! Kakor
nitro je ovira o~dstranjena, Sc locen
zopet sam cd sebe raztegne - 5 po-
mocjo spiralnega vzmeta - in gleda
zopet veselo V svet, pace ma love ne
%varnosti, WAX pa nadaljuje svojo "a
crtano mu pot. Pravijo. da so vsi ii
aparati neverjetno obcutljivi in da Sc
lokomotiva ustavi pred najmanjsim
sovraznikom.
Vkljub temu pa lokomotiva opravi
posteno precej hudo delo. &c 10 en-
KRAFT napolnis s cudapolnim eleksirjom,
elektriko, ii tece deset kilometroy
dalec. Vlece pa 10 do l6 vozov.
Zlasti 10 rabijo v temnih premogov-
nikih, kjer kakor krt, toda malo hi
treJe, riJe pc g%rozotnih predorih, pri
cemer sc je re toliko ~izobrazila. da 81
rama predusna vratica odpira in "a
pira.
Toda to je Sc malenkost V primeri
s postum uradnikom ma vzmetih in
kolescih, XII zdaj re precej casa oprav-
liza v Berlinu svojo sluzbo ma splosno
z~adovoljnost predstojnikov. Vrzi mu
pisma ali dopisnice V 2relu, pa ii sam
prilepi ma ME potrebne postne znam-
Ike. ii znamke in pisma, XII pa morajo
biti enako velikega obsega, posteno
presteje in naznani Min stevilo, ODE.
mem pa tudi, koliko moras placati
Nikdar sc Sc nj zmotil, nj treba, da
hi ga kdo n~adZoroval, ker je skrajnc
poster, in kar je '~'najbolje", nikdai
ne godrnja Zaradi move sluzbene prag.
matike, oziroma Z~avoljo draginje ir
prepicle place. Zivi pa samo cd malif
porch elektrike.
Steer so to vse popolnoma naravnt
reel, in sc torej po pravici ne bi smelt
imenovati Gudezi. Ali njih ucinek j,
tako p~resenetljiv, da Sc lahko pravi
Cudovit je. Vsega tega Sc vceraj n
bilo. In vcndar Sc upajo zagovornik
reakcijc trditi. da nj napredka in raz
voja, ampak da je vedno bio. kakor JIG
PRAY tn mogocni napredek tehnike
XII boljinbolj ibpodriva clovesko me
hanicno delo, pa prinasa $ seboj tud
vpraSanjc: Kako dolgo bo mogel t,
razvoj Sc prenasati sedanjo obliko clio
veSke druzbe? TIE nov metode del;
so tako radikalno move, da zahtevaj,
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1916-08-29

ondotnc plinarniSkc druzbe. pri kateri il udelelen
vclik del angleikcga kapitala.
Po londonskih ~pOrocilih ie nemSki zvezni svet
dine 81. julia tidal naredbo. o kateri mislijo, da So
ticr a~ngleSkih interesov. Kancelarju je bi!o 5 to
naredbo dano pooblastilo. da ukrene konfiskacijo
tistih podjetii. katerih kapital je Y vecjem delu V
a~ngleskih rokah, ali pa XII Sc kontroliraio ali vo-
diio IL Angelic.
Tako spremlja gospodarska vojna voiaSko.
Cuditi sc pac hi takim u%krepom cuditi hi 81 bilo
kveGjcmu, da Sc nj to re pref zgodilo. Kakor je
znano, jc Anglia lc davno ukazala likvidacijo
ncmSkih podjetij.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1916-08-29

Moderni topovi so zelo dovrseni
stroll. Dandanes je re VISA evropska
%javnost infOrmirana o modernih topo-
Vih. PRAY gotovo pa nj znano vsem,
da so bill cast, ko so V vojni uporab-
'Jali topove il lesa. koz, da, cello il
ledu. Najzanimivejse in ~najdragoce-
nejSe topoye ina neka indijska kne-
ginja. Ii topovi so IL zlata. IL teh do
danes nj bill izstreljen niti en- strel.
teprav je notranjstina liz najbolisega
jekla. En- zlat top je stall okoli diva
milJona kron. I'll topovi so p~osveGeni
in indijsko p~rebivalstvo prireja proce-
size. da Jill more videti.-List "Schuss
und Waffle" poroca, da so bill topovi
i~zgotovlJeni re tudi liz ledu in da so
baJe IL teh tudi streljali. Ruska carica
Ana, HI Je vladala leta 173O.-l74O..
Ie dala napraviti stir topove in diva
moznarja liz ledu. liz ten ledenih TO-
pow je bilo izstreljenih sest streloy
in topovi MISC popokali! Tibetski vo-
jaki. XII so sc bojevali prot Angliji, so
imeli topove IL koz, XII so bill v zelez-
NH obrocih. Razen topov IL koz so
raoili V Aziji baje tudi lesene topove.
Tako so ma primer Kitajci pred ne
davnim postavili V svojih trdnjavah
lesene topove. da zmotijo svoje So
vraznike. Ma otoku Malta so malteski
vitezi streljali il topov, XII so jih iz-
vrtali IL skal. V luknje so nasipali
'modnika in kose z~eleza, pa streljali
mimi ma sovraznika, XII Sc lie no
morJu blizal %skalnatemu otoku. V prvi
polovici minulega stoletja so nasli v
lndiJskih %puscavah Mehike topove in
krogie ~ CLINE. I~zvirali so liz XVI. sto-
letJa' liz dobe, ko so vdrli Spanci v Me-
hiko. Streljali IL Nth pa najbrze MISC.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1916-08-29

IL New Yorka porocajo: Ma temeIju avtoritc-
to- cncga prvih producentov streliva Sc lahko sod.
da niso 2avezniki pred kratkim podali V Ameriki
narotila IA tolikO in toliko nabojev ali ma tako i'm
ta;o mnOlino topov, tcmvec ma ''vse, kar Sc more
pr0ducirati'. Ena prvih druzb ina tako nJro-
clio, da Sc ne more preklicati ali izpremcniti do
inarca 1917, Dasi Sc pc tenn casu lahko izpremeni,
j. bllo doticni korporaciji vcndar zagotovlieno.
da Sc bo potrebovala neomejcna produkeiia do
lcta 1918. u ozir0m ma ia narocilo misli Vcl;ko
britannia najeti v Ameriki novo p~osojilo V znesku
$50 milijonOv do~larjev. Po TEN ie soditi. da no
racnnaJo zavezniki lie s triletno, ampak z znatno
daljso vojnO.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1916-08-29

Cleveland. Ohio.
Clanom DIR. "Delavee" S. d. p. Z.
mammalian. da sem Sc pre.elil ma ll25
E. so. ulieo.
Ia vse druitvcne potrebe Sc obrnite
da meme.
AUGUST OREL,
novi tajnik dr.. "Delavec'' st. ST.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1916-08-29
Medina dob elektrisno ra~zsvetljavo.

Uradno izjavljajo. da je re polozen
temeljni kamen "a elektricno centralo,
XII no razsvetljevala muslimansko "bo-
zjo pot" v Medini. V Medini sc naha-
ia grob Mohamedov. Use delo izvrse
moslimani, ker JIG drugovercem prepo-
vedan vstop v sveto mesto.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1916-08-29

tudi move oblike. In hoceS ali noGes
Sc DO morala individualno kapitalistic-
ma druiba umakniti kolektivno socia-
listi6ni.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1916-08-29

Mislite ma to, da Sc krajsa cas-
DO volitev. Dramite spece tova-
rise!
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1916-08-29

socialisticni kandidati govore v
nedeljo ma picnicu v Riveryiew.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1916-08-29

socialism je srcdstvo, XII ga
c~iovestvo %potrebuje "a p~ovisanie
svOje kulture.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1916-08-29
Prebivalstvo v Sviei.

IL Berna porocajo o rezultatu ljud-
skega stetja v Svici. Prebivalstva je v
Svici 3.74l,97l dus. to je "a 1876, 52S
wee kot pred desetimi lett. Cd ten JIG
| ,509,792 katolikov, 2,1O8,69O prote-
stantov, 1908 zidov in 46,397 pri-
padnikov raznih veroizpovedanj. Pc
%narodnosti je 2.799,154 Nemcev, 1885,
PAP Francozov, 3O1 1926 Italijanov.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1916-08-29
dno Classic: PROLETAREC, 4OOs VS.. slst sN. Chicago. BON.
UstaHovljena dine 10. avs-ssta
1904

~" W 'T wv VH"Hg0' III"
Cenjena drustva. ozroma Nth uradniki, SO uljudno prSeni, posnati vs
dors" aravnost a glaNnega taihka IN nikogar lrugega Denar nj Sc poSja
potion Postum, ENpresnih. ali Banrnih denarnih nakazuic, nikakor ia ne
rcom pivatuih tckov ma naNOv Bias NoNak. s d. T. Z 4 Conemouob Denost
Bank y ton"maugh. Pa.
' sueajn' da opazijo drustveni tainiki pri poro6iHh glavnega tainika kake
ahJNJ'o naJ to nemudoma aaznauUo uradu gavnega tajnika, da Sc v pri
hodnje popravi.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1916-08-29

NedelJski socialisticni picnic v
Riverview parku je namenjen vo-
lilni kampanji. Vsak socialist pri-
de tia.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1916-08-29

Brezzicna depesa IL Berlina pravi, da je nem-
Ska vlada ukrenila konfiskacijo premozenja neke
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-15
CHARACTER COACHES

THE public has been surfelted with
L stories about the football coach and
his fabulous salary. Can he turn out n
winning team? Then let him name his
price
But they do differently In the restless
sWest' There is Doble, the nonpareil.
coach for the University OF Washington.
whose team has not lowered It's eolors 10
any antagonist during the eight years in
which Dobie has been In command. That's
a record for you, but II Is not good enough
to keep Dobie in his job. The eleven
It seems, went on strike just before the
Thanksgiving game with California be.
cause one member OF 1t had been dIs.
eiplined by the faculty for irregular work
In an examination. Dobie put n second
eleven In the field and won, but his svm.
pathy, II was understood, was with The
strikers.
Into the scene steps the president Of
the institution THE chief function OF
the university" he says, sis to train char.
acter, and Dobie failed to perform his
fun share Of the work" SO Doble must
go no matter what happens hereafter 10
the football team.
A character coach! There are thou.
sands OF American parents who want 10
shake hands with you, President SUI.
zalio' OF the University OF Washington.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-15
THE PRECEDENT IN THE CASE

WHY doesn't Senator Ware cite the con.
" duct OF Woodrow Wilson as tustIiea.
tion of the course which Senator Me.
Niehol is charging Governor Brumbaugh
with following? When the president OF
Princeton was made Governor Of New
Jersey he turned his back on the political
bosses who made him and announced that
he had been elected by the people as the
Democratic leader of the state. Wilson
was able to get away with It ana has be.
come President He Is now. according 10
his theory OF politics the Democrats
leader Of the nation, and he has been able
to get away with this contention also
with some degree OF success. II We are
TO have bosses they should be elected
according to the whilom Princeton school
teacher, The trouble IN Pennsylvania Is
that the Governor. instead Of setting an
IN the boss business on his own account.
4 lending himself 70 the creation Of an
boss Nno Is ambitious 10 De
throne lhs oid one + s not - edlfsins
apeetaele nor eae Ehas promises aueA -
reform.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-15
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

]. The names Of Columbus's shlps were the
Pintn. the Nina and the Santa Marin
q Through the arteries the blood pnsses from
the left side OF the heart TO The Tissues
Through the veins the Venous (Or bInei
blood H. carried from the caDillaFes back
TO the heart,
j. "saraeens" IL the name employed by medI-
eva! writer's 10 designate the MOham-
medhnB OF syria and Palestine, the Arabs
generally. or tho Arab-Berber races OF
northern Africa who conquered spain and
sicily hnd Invaded France.
I. ArroyOs In Mexico Rrs gullles.
o. Milton was blind. Homer, according TO the
Legend blind
q. The name Of kriss Kringle In "a corruptIon
OF the German word "Chrlstklndeir %
meaninE ''llttIe Christ Child"
Z. The trade winds are those which trnda
Or tread derived from AnEio-saxon
from ''tTade'D Ia one uniform Track to-
ward the thermal equator. Ia this north
ern hemisphere they blow from the north
east aud In the southern from the south
the equator.
D. warren ~ "A piece OF ground IN which
rabbits are preserved abound,
o. Robert Morris, after his great ilnanclaI scry-
Ice 10 the cause OF the Revolution, an
tered Into unfortunate Business sueeula-
tl0ns, and on February ia, t10S. entered
the debtors prison In phllalelnhn where
he WAS confined until August go. 1901
10, fuvls de ChayRnnes was the leading mural
painter Of France IN the nineteenth CEN
tuTy. FuEls was not his first name-the
name here Given II to be considered his
last name His first name was Pierre.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-15
LIKES THE PEACE PROPOSALS

To the Editor OF the EpsHiH1 Ledger:
Sir-No happier news has come 10 us
since the outbreak of the present war than
the announcement Of the proposed offer OF
peace by the Kaiser to the Allies. Our news
papers and prominent men are indulglng in
wild speculation as 10 the motive that ac-
tuated the Kaiser In his effort 10 restore
peace to the suffering belligerent nations
of Europe. Let US be fair to the Kaiser
IL We blamed him for causing the var, let
us credit him with the good viii and hu-
manltarlan motive Of ending H. He has
taken the initiative; let US help him by
showing the Allies that civilization demands
a speedy cessation OF the wholesale murder
1t Is true the Kaiser has all the advan-
tage at his side in this bloody game. 10
much more 70 his credit IN showing an
opening for an honorable peace The
Allies contrary TO All speculation, viii ae-
eept the Kaiser's proposition for neeotia
tion. In fact, 1 feel that the state De
partment az Washington knew All about
Il weeks before and the Allies knew All
about II. l shall 80 further and saw thai
credit our President with having hlnted
20 the German Government that this would
be the most feasible step to further ne
interest Of peace, by making negotiations
possible. II was not a mere Coincidence fhat
the announcement Of the Kaiser came I'M
mediately after the arrival Of Ambassador
Gerard at Berlin. 1 rather think that tie
Ambassador carried this well-dafnal sIsn
70 The German Government ana with fhs
knowledge of Al the belllsereat rsnrasen.
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NATIONAL ANTHEM

To the Editor Of the Evening ledger.
Slr-There ought to be legislation against
the indiscrminate playing OF the national
anthem Its use should be- restricted The
playing OF the piece at moving-picture
houses, theatres, minstrel shows clrcuses
or at any occasion whose dignity does not
warrant II. only serves to cheaper il In
the eyes of the nation.
The belief that the frequent playing OF
the anthem at every Tom, Dick and Harry
occasion arouses patriotism is foolish 10
the sublime. for no one who holds Il I'm
reverence likes 20 see II mauled and abused
at every semdramatic patriotic occurrence
which is staged within mile of an AmeFi-
can flag. Such playing at playhouses and
the like Is nothing but commerclalIzing
patriotism.
II the anthem is continued to be Haunted
before the public In such fragrant examples
II viii not be long before Il will be re-
garded as part OF paid-for entertain
ment and cease to have the proper respect
paid to IL, The playing Of the anthem
Is restricted In the army and navy. and
Il should be protected in civil life. b.
Philadelphia December l4,