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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-10
HUGHES: THE MASTER OF METHOD
Instances of His Control Detail Small and Big Things Give
Clue to His Present Exalted
Position

| TT THERE is any young man who is
Il ambitious to get on In business in
any Of the professions or In politics there
is no contemporary American whose life
he can study with more profit than that
OF Mr.. Hughes
The one outstanding fact In the career
| Of this man Is that he has devoted him.
self with his whole strength to whatever
task he has undertaken. He has the gift
of concentration. Long before the public
knew anything about him he had won
a reputation among New York lawyers
for his ability to master complicated and
technical problems. He was once EN-
ployed in sugar case, and after he had
completed his examination of a sugar
manufacturer the manufacturer drew
sigh of relief, and remarked, THAT law.
yer knows more about making sugar
than do"
When a legislative COMMITTEES sought
for counsel to assist it in investigating
the gas situation In New York, Hughes
was recommended to the chairman. He
had never heard of Hughes before, but
the latter proved in his conduct of the
inquiry that he knew not only as much
as any gas expert about the manufacture
Of gas, but that he was also familiar with
all the peculiarities of the business
methods of the gas companies.
Since he had shown that he was able
to unravel tangled mass of facts in the
gas inquiry, he was the man chosen to
let the light into the methods of the big
insurance companies. An attempt was
made during the investigation to tempt
him from It by the offer of the mayoralty
nomination, but he refused to consider 1t.
He said that he was seeking to get at the
facts In nonpolltical inquiry, and that
If he should run for office the value of the
investigation would be destroyed, because
1t would be charged, with some show of
Justice, that 1t was only political trick
of the Republican organization. There
was no moving him from this determine.
tion. Other and more sinister efforts
were made to divert him, but it was dis.
covered that he could not even be tempted
to be unfalthful to the trust which he
was executing as the attorney for the
people of the whole country in an inquiry
in which every man who carried an in.
surance policy was vitality interested.
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o sleep. o gentle sleep,
Natures softest nurse, how have frishted
thee,
That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids
down
And sleep my senses In forFetfuIness7
Why rather, sleep, Hest thou in smoky cribsS
Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee
And hush'd with buszinR night-fies TO thy
slumber,
Than in the perfumed chambers Of the
great,
Under the canopies Of costly state
And lulld with sound of sweetest meloty7
o thou dull god, why liest thou with the
vile
In loathsome beds, and leavest the kinsly
couch
A watchcase or a common 'larum bell7
wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast
Seal UP the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his
brains
In cradle of the rude imperious surge
And in the visitation Of the winds,
Who take the rufTlan billows by the top.
Curling their monstrous heads and hanging
them
with deafening clamor in the slippery
clouds,
That, with the hurry. death itself awakes7
Canst thou, o partial sleep give thy repose
To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude,
And in the calmest and most stilest night
with all appliances and means TO boot
Deny 1t to a king7 Then happy, low, lie
down.
Uneasy lies the head that wears crown
Shakespeare in King Henry ".
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SULZER is FOR PEACE

10 tH6 EuHOT " HVoNlHU LouOeF
Sir-There is TO be another national po-
litical convention at st. Paul. MINI, July
17-1S-19-that of the Prohibition party
and there is more than usual Significance
attached TO their convention. for they have
more than 100000 pledges OF support by
men opposed to the booze business.
One of the prospective candidates for
president. Hon. William Sulzer, Of New
York. has been asked by the railroad men
of Minneapolis TO define his position on
peace or war, which he has done as fol-
lows:
Your telegram received. ! am for peace
not war. The spirit of the age cries
for peace and means brotherhood-not war
and hate. l am for the establishment of
an international court having Jurisdiction
OF every international question, with power
TO enforce its decisions, just the same as
our United States Supreme Court has juris-
diction Of every interstate question, with
power TO enforce its decisions. The har-
mony of the times demands 1t and the
voice of humanity Will soon secure II in
this war-mad world We must prepare for
peace not war; the peace of international
brotherhood the peace OF world ciyiliza-
ton and not the war Of decipation and
devastation. War is a relic Of barbRrism
and belongs TO the stone age. War is
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RussIAN Live sTnoK

Heretofore Russia's live stock has fur
nlshed the world with some hides. skins ana
a small amount OF butter After the war
there must be a greater call from importing
countries for meat and dairy products.
With the land available and a people famL
liar with live stock there Is no reason why
Russia, dlscardins all its primitive methods
OF agriculture, shall not become = great
producer OF these commodities The result
ing Improvement IN the people means Z
larger purchasing power for them 1t also
means FOR the Government source Of
financing the debt now pilinE Up. that i
more promising shan some other var debts
secured BY promises 70 the taxpaysrs.-.
- AL street Journal
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The utilization OF green spots in
the gray asphalt-bound expanses of the
city is carried one step, at least, further
by the Playground Association in open.
ing the grounds Of the Friends Meeting
House at Fourth and Arch streets TO
mothers and their children. Untn some
way OF wholesale transportation. to Fair
mount Park is established, the parks I'm
miniature should be used to every ad-
vantage. 1t Is quite incidental. Of course.
that most citizens Of Philadelphia were
only vaguely conscious OF the existence
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THE MIRACLE VOYAGE

d EGARDLEss of the commercial pos
~ sibilities in transatlantic sub
marine, the exploit of Germany which cul-
minated in the appearance Of such a
vessel at Baltimore is a triumph, a mag
nificent demonstration of German re-
sourcefulness. ingenuity and power. An
incredible joke has become an astounding
fact. German mastery and control Of the
elements is demonstrated again.
There must be some Americans to
whom this feat brings a touch Of sadness.
They are glad that the thing is done, and
with Germany now confessedly the under
dog. they are glad that Germany had this
spectacular rebuttal. But they remember
that the submarine and all the many in
ventions of earth and sea and air which
have been produced in this war stem
from American ideas. Console themselves
as they will with the thought that Amer.
icn was not driven by necessity to this
dramatic expedlent, they will still feel
regret.
But Germany takes her credit, clean
this time OF all innocent blood. The sub
marine came unarmed, bearing, per-
haps, message to the President, carrying
goods, harbinger of peace in the terrible
waters Of war. The exploits of the EN-.
den. the case Of the Appam, the thousand
instances OF private heroism and tender
ness are the things which have atoned in
part for the sins which Germany has com.
mitted. They were personal and human.
This achievement is heroic because 1t Is
the work OF a whole nation. 1t is the
product OF a system two generations old.
In strange way It turns mems thoughts
away from war to the glowing future
which lies before Germany when she for
snkes the March madness of militarism
and begins to plow again in the calm
acres OF peace.
For a moment belligerency and the
prejudice or deep feeling occasioned by
war can be forgotten in the just pride
OF the human race. The thing which
could not be done has been DONE The
hoax OF last week Is the reality OF this
week. No more will men laugh when It
is reported that trip TO America by a
Zeppelin is contemplated. We are pre-
pared 10 believe that almost anything can
be accomplished when the incentive is
great enough.
II Is not probable that submersibles as
blockade runners can have any great
effect on the war. The Confederacy, even
at the very last. was able TO bring a ship
in now and then. But in time of war
nation needs vaster commerce than in
time OF peace. Were there thirty sub
or even a hundred. moving
regularly between America and Germany,
they could do no more than relieve the
cruelest features OF the blockade. They
could not supply Germany with food for
her millions or with the raw materials
which she requires in such enormous
quantities.
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Tom Days Column
pDUTsoBLANp uNTER ALLEsi

DEUTSCHLAND INTER AbLEsf
Es ndcht nichts aus cot Vov you Uote,
For toho viII vin das Krieo
Jetst muss du sag dot Deutschland" boat
GebHdet ettods bio.
Der French Wnd English sailed der sea,
Und Uile dev patched, by GoINesi
So schoen, so schoen as 70 could be,
KoDrD,t "Deptschiand" unter ATlesi
Es n1dcht uns krdnb, dot f0ht on land
For Deutschland" ueber AHes,
Bat hter tCird ettOds schoen Hnd grand,
Und safe as pldyin' dolHesi
Gdns ferti0 Vds der enemy
MT guns for shootin volleys,
Ven into Nortolb from der sea,
Rommt Deutschland" inter AIlesi
Es mdcht NIGHTS aus udt vdv you Uote
For icho UHI Uin dds Rrie0
Jetzt muSs dW sag dot Deutschland" boat
Gebildet etteas big.
Dough "ueber Allies" makes you smile
For con of WHhelms tollies,
Hier stCei and fnsrtsig hundert mile
hommt "DeutSchland" unter Allesi
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with influential officials who had her ap-
pointed TO the consular corps
She was stationed at first In Mexico, then
in New York; but In the year OF our
great Worlds Fair, at Chicago, we find her
appearing in our Western metropolis as a
young Russian gentleman in the honorable
employ OF His Imperial Majesty, the Car.
For the next 10 years she was destined 10
play a most difficult part with cleverness
which dazed her superlors when her true
story was finally told TO the world
BY day she was the manly. plain-speakinK
Monsieur NichOli de Reylan," confidential
secretary to Baron Schlippenbaeh, the Rus.
sian Consul. By night she was the petite,
girlish Mile. Racznowitz." a hery "under-
ground worker" In the Russian bunds which.
throughout our country in the days pre-
eedlng the late revolutionary movement at
Petrograd, were secretly plotting for a rep
resentative government in the motherland
But as Mile. RaeznOwitz," repository OF
the black secrets concerning the dynamite
fund, she was no more Trustworthy than
when. next morning, as m. de Rsylan, {"
she received the stenographic dictatlon OF
Baron Schleppenbach's confidential letters
to the home goYernment--letters outlining
his campaign against the dreaded under
ground workers.
This remarkable creature would have
continued her dificult role unmasksd but
for the ravages Of tuberculosis, which drove
her to Arizona, where she died In 1905.
WoRderment at the prolonged success OF
her masquerade Is heightened by the fact
that nature had given her the poorest pos
sible equipment Tor her daring role. Her
weight was not above 100 pounds, her skin
MAS fair and delicate; her feet ana hands
tiny, even for petite woman.
Csasri.tk
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Mexican War

Editor Of "What Do You RHoD''-Can
you tell me about how long the Mexican
War lasted and the dates OF some OF tbs
high points in II? q. II, X
March IS, 1s4s, a Mexican general Issued
a proclamation of hostility to the United
States. April %, that year, reconnoitring
troops Of General Zachary Taylor were sur,
prlsed and captured. May is. after a pre-
iimInary defeat OF the Msxicans Congress
recognized the war. Five days later the
United States occupied Matamoros. In
September Santa Ana assumed command OF
the Mexicans. September 2s. Monterey sur.
rendered. February 30, is47 Taylor vic.
torious at Buena Vista. March 2s Mexi.
cans gave up Vera Cruz 20 General Scott
April 10, Scott defeated Santa Ana al
Cerro Gordo. September l3, United States
armies took chapuitepee by assault and
the next day invested Mexico City. After
the siege OF Puebla had been raised, October
12, santa Ana virtually gave up the war,
but the United States troops remained in
Mexico. February 2. ls4s. the treaty OF
Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed May TO-
ratlhcatioRs were exchanged and June ~
~ the Mexican nag new once more over
the palace In Mexico City,
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BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE

To the Editor Of Evening Ledger:
Sir-Mr. H. Bomberger, whose letter you
printed last Saturday, has voiced the
thoughts of many readers of the EVENING
LEDGER 1 also have noticed with disgust
and surprise, your cowardly and sneering
references to ex-President Roosevelt and his
place in American political life. You may
not have called him n "batherskite," but
you have gone pretty near 1t, and your car
toonist Sykes, also You have permitted
unknown and unnamed correspondents to
traduce him and his great work for the
American people. Such correspondents can
have no idea or knowledge of what constl-
tutes an American citizen or patriot. Their
ideas may be prevalent at the pothouse
bar but this class does not constitute the
backbone of the thousands who buy the
LEDGER ROBT. f. BRAY.
Philadelphia, July 8.
tColonel Roosevelt's admirers are unduy
sensitive IL they are grIeved by the editorial
comments of the EVENING LEDGER. Corre-
spondents have been permitted to express
their opinions freely in praise and blame
but. as the italIc paragraph at the head OF
this department announces, this newspaper
dlsclaims all responsibility for the views
expressed by them, The EVENING LEDGER
regards Mr.. Roosevelt as one of the greatest
living Americans-Editor of EVENING
LEDdER.1
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-10
THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
The Prohibition Convention, Sulzer Pacsm-Tipping
Defended Again-"Barring UP the
Wrong Tree"

wholesale murder and more indefenstble
than retail murder. The time Is near
when no king or kaiser, no President or
potentate can make one man cut the throat
of another man and call II war. The
theory that might makes right is an eN-
ploded fallacy. 1t belongs on the same
political scrap heap as the divine right OF
kings. The doctrine of physical force Is
becoming more and more n diminishing
factor in the progress of human affairs
and the onward and Upward march of
civilization. No political party can carry
this country on war platform If some
other political party has the courage to
declare for brotherhood on a peace plat
form" w, LEWIS KANE,
West Chester Pa, July 6.
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Anarchism

]. F.-There are many publishers OF
too many to list even II this. department
were in the habit of giving business ad-
dresses. Any bookseller will give you the
names and addresses of publishers who have
brought out works on anarchism, and also
the names of those who devote themselves
exclusively to the publication OF anarchist
propaganda and literature. There are sew
eral OF the latter type. You will find the
answer to your other questions In the list
of books published by the latter firms. for
every author who writes In favor OF anar-
chic doctrines may be presumed to believe
them. Actors and actresses are not given
to the expression of definite views on So
clology. We have no recollection OF anar-
ehistic actors and actresses, except, OF
course, such as are aparchlstic by profess
sion and also act. Perhaps reader can
name some.
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BETTINA AMELIA.
Our Blackmail Department

How much would
1t be worth to Miss
Fr-d-ic-Ol-v-a J-nes,
OF Est W-lnut L-ne.
to suppress the story
Of how she sat on
the second story win.
dow-sill in her night
gown, pink piggies
dangling over the
street. and alternate
ly turned on and off
the gas In the wall
brackets or 16
years ago?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-10
SHE WAS A SPY
But No One Knows Whether for the
Gear or His Enemies
By JOHN ELFRETH WAT.
History always repeats itself.


The story of that mysterious. chameleon
like creature, the "ChevalieT d'Eon," secret
agent OF Louis XIV who one day would ap-
pear as a beautiful maid Of honor. sitting
al the feet OF the Empress of Russia,
and another day the gallant, duel-loying
French Ambassador TO the Court OF ST.
James, is we'll known. That such role
has been successfully enacted in our own
country and within our own generation
Is no less true than It is astounding
and the only patent lack Of parallel be-
tween the cheYalier and the equally mys-
terlous character. who In America, repro
ducsd his feats OF transformation, Is that
d'Ison was more generally supposed to be
a man with marvellous skill as a woman
impersonator, while his modern counter
nsrt was more generally supposed 70 be a
woman displaying equal genius as a mas
a,1erader IN male attire.
This human enigma Of our time we viii
refer 10 for convenience sake by the femi-
nine pronoun. Answering the appeal of her
oppressed countrymen. she left her humble
home In the south OF Russia. Joined one
of the revolutionary "bunds" and, although
physically a trail creature, assumed the
mascullns role once played by Louise
Michel. the Joan Of Arc OF anarchy"
With only rs years to her credit ana
Completely QUILTED as a young student ahe
became : clerk IN ST Petersburg ana ski.
- laAnasss = Gsssiss 8. sHaa<satzz1s
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Internment

Editor of "Whdt Do You Knoto"-I un-
derstand the reason why battleships when
they come to our ports should be interned
for the duration of the war, but It seems
unfair that German merchant ships should
be treated in that way Why haven't the
British ships been nterned? r. WOLFF.
No merchant ships are interned for the
duration of the war Every ship now In
American harbors which complies with the
ordinary duties of sailing, such clear.
ance. will be permitted to sail. The German
merchant ship Is treated as every other
ship Is treated. 1t Is allowed to stay and
allowed to go. II chooses to stay.
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1. What Is meant by Zlonism9
2. What is the immediate objective Of the
French driye2
8. What Is the Declaration Of Londonf
4. where Is the geographical centre Of Phila-
deiphla7
5. Wb9t country Is Immediately south Of
Q. or what use is the mOtOrboat in coast de-
Z. Who wrote "I,ocksley Hall'9
8. Has tobacco ever been used as dlslnfec-
0. How many rivers meet Mt PittsburEhf
10. What event Is celebrated on July IL?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-10
Answers to Saturdays Quiz

1. Doctor Krusen, Director Of Health and
Charities, Philadelphia.
2. "Knlckerbocker,'i residents Of New York
State descended from the old Dutch set
tiers nre said to be OF Knickerbocker
8. 1nterpellatlng the Government ls the dues-
tlOning OF Cabinet members by members
OF foreign parllaments.
4. An axiom II q seif-eyident TRUTH n fact
admitted and not debntablo.
8. "a park Of artillery Is a collection Of
guns, In camp or barrack.
O. Blceps; the muscle which gives the rounded
appearance to the front Of the arm.
7. The highest point In Philadelphia Is on SUM
nit avenue, east Of Chestnut Hill. 440
feet.
8. Bunchlights nre lights used behind scenes
to illuminate the stage.
0. NIidewt q term applied to q number Of
plant diseases caused by fungous para
sites, ms well as to spots caused By micro
scoplc fungi on cloth, paper. leather,
glassware, etc.
10. English horn Is wood-wlnd, not brass.
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just what he said
In declaring that
he inten DIS to
adopt the merit
system in the or.
ganizatioh to the
exclusion of poll.
tics. He did II by
confirming tn e
appointment of
two county super.
intendents re C.
commended to him
by Chief Engi.
neer Uhler.
II do not know
these men," he
said. but you
do, and that Is
sufficient"
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MFRS. sNowDEN MITCHELL sent her
1fl very efficient butler aloft on Fourth
o. July morning to hang Old Glory from
the topmost window over Walnut street.
He hung 1t with the starry field inward.
Mrs. Mitchell demurred gently. He said
IL looked all right to him. She expressed
fear OF arrest as n rebel and explained
the right and the wrong of 1t. Thomas,
as became a butler of whom Booker
Washington might we'll have been proud,
accepted the instruction in good part.
There are," said he, some things that
1 haven't had time to study up, and
art needlework is one of them"
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Mr.. Bernard Shaw, who likes to
be infallible and who has never missed a
chance of reminding the world that all
his prophecies about the war are full.
hIIsd, has guessed wrong. He wrote of
the deadlock on the western front in
which neither side can shift the other"
before the drive began, and his article is
printed in paper that on another page
announces the capture of two more towns
by the French.
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I consider our voyage uneysntfuI.-
: main Koanir- ~ The DsntschIand

The perfect and heroic word OF one
OF the many great ones who 80 down 10
and down under the sea In ships. I'm
eventEuI it must have been 70 the man
who ala the job which has set the worlds
heart and the worlds mind afame with
4 new imagination. The FIRST words
spoken over the telephone passed un-
eventfully and the nrst flight In the air
was uneventfuI And the heroes Of
sclencs and Of warfare. almost uneon-
seioas Of their proWess. give always. un-
esentfuIiS. 70 the world, lie great egents.
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WiIhelmina

Laurena Fry-The civil list" or official
income of the Queen of the Netherlands is
5000 guiders, with an immense addi-
tIonal revenue from domains. an additional
allowance of $4,000 guilders for mainte-
nance of the royal palaces and income from
very large private fortune belonging to
the family. A guilder Is about 40 cents
wilhelmina is tho daughter of Willem III
OF Netherlands and Princess Emma, the
daughter of Prince George Victor of Wal
deck. She is not. therefore, intimately re-
lated with any one OF the great thrones Of
Europe. Her antecedents are of the nobil-
ity, as you see,
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E1oR us. however. the voyage is full Of
1 significance. This ship is Columbus
OF navigation. 1t Is Savannah making
the frst trip across the Atlantic under
power other than sail. 1t foreshadows
> new ara in submsrsiblss. when voyages
q great length win be as common for
them as they are now for ordinary ships.
What his may mean commercially we
cannot prophesy. but no man in his
senses can doubt that it grasses little
more q the broad seas between Europe
nd ourselvsss TO that extent weakening
he barrier which has been our guaran-
- q lasting peace ana Of protection.
Inxention has wiped out natural dsfenses.
~ ne new sra. which began to dawn
shsa steam vessels came into vogue. ap-
nFe4ches a second stage, which fore
zAsaa#a necessity for greater vigilance
- sr part
Ist It Be remembered, TOO. that control
= ~ ssaz bS the ensmy made this spec
.zee'ar zip necsssary Ths serz Yogase
. = Iaet evidence e ths exsFemlties .
|es s aeuo4 Is PA when oaes il 1ree