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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01
Value of an old Book

Editor Of 'WhGt Do You RHoIgD-In the
EVENING LEDGER Of June 26 there an
peaFed an article on Masonry by John FL
freth Watkins, entitled The Disapnaar-
anee OF James Morgan" Can YOU tell M
II an old book on this same subject has
any Yalue2 The book was printed IN 1897
and bears on the title page the following.
Illustrations Of Masonry
by one OF the Fraternity who has devotsd
80 years to the subject.
with an account OF the kidnappinU, of
the Author
Printed for the Author In New Yorx
1897.
The name Of the author Is Morgan % =,
you cannot give me the Information A.
sired. perhaps you can refer me to so~,.
authority who can. MARY S. WINDI.E
Probably the value Of the book eopl5 !.
determined BY consulting some authorit,, -
books or reputable buyer and sellsy -
rare volumes. Il Is not possible 81 s,'st
trade advice Of this sort IN this eol,',,r
but Il Is quite possible that private mai
yidnals net II trade, would Be- inferssf-t
IN the book you describe ana might voi'sn-
~ l2kez4aasesa eeaearuips - tnuortas's.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01

Motor car accidents in Philadel
phia since the beginning OF the year
are responsible for the deaths of 76 per-
sons, nearly three-quarters Of the num-
Der killed on the Lusitapia. 1t would
have been monstrous thing, but better
for Philadelphia, il the whole number
had been killed in one accident. in one
slaughter OF the innocents, so that the
city might be infiamed against the guilty,
AS 1t is, each man thanks his stars that
he has not been affected and goes on
uncoAscious of great wrong.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01
Inconsistency

Unless his eggs are fresh Bill Gum
VIII find lot of fault
But always. when he's served with one,
He covers II with salt.
-Rody McPhee. in Springfield Union.
More silly traits to Bill belong.
Here's one of which we'd speak:
Unless a cup of coffee's strong
He'll holer for a week.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01
How Bout It, Mr.. Mayor?

sir-If you want to enjoy about zero
in amusement, do a hard days work
this broiling weather, drag your weary
feet down the stove.lid sidewalk. and with
your mind on a tall orc with mint stick
ing out, run into blast from one of these
sidewalk gridlrOns. Now that the lid
is being put on again. why not apply it
10 these inventions OF tne devil? NJ
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01
Philadelphia, July 20.
FROM A MAN WHO "THINKS"

To the Editor OF EUeniug Ledger:
Sir-Treasonable frothngs may go as
the real stuff in Philadelphia, where the
majority allows some one else TO do its
thinking. Even the EVENING LEDGER
gives up the exercise of thought and al
lows partlsanship to destroy all decent re-
straint.
Does the EVENING LEDGER know that
election laws are made by the State Legis-
latures not by the national. and hence this
matter OF the soldier vote was very prop
erly removed from an appropriation meas.
ure.
l shall paste your "know-nothing' edl-
torial on my November calendar sheet for
comparison. JOHN H. EVANS
Furious" to beat Wilson!
PHILADELPHIA, July al
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01

Ths international conference OF So
slalszts. now IN session At The Hague.
lrsts itself unnecessarily about is part
ii peacs terms. In 4 marked way the
zorld has passed Socialism BY. ana its
Efforts now are @ assure a maximum
81 democratic control over the forces
81 diplomacy The agitation Of half a
rcnturY in faroy og paciasm and IN
Israzlionahzm ga nothiug for Europs.
zna soeiefiats af each country clseyed
g lhzr eEa The spirit cf nasloaaIism
- - seleaa|a feslsal e spils pl "a
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01

A gain OF nine will make the SEN
ate Republican after next March. Chair
man Woods, OF the Republican Congress
sional Committee, saws that 1t is reason.
ably certain that ten and possibly eleven
Republicans will be e,ected to displace
Democrats. The terms Of seventeen Dem.
ocrats expire on March 3. The ten
States In which the Republican chances
vary from probable TO certain victory
-oAre Indiana, Maine. Maryland. Missouri.
Montana. Nebraska, New Jersey. New
siYork. Chic and West Virginia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01
TELEPHONE.
How to Get London Papers

Editor Of "IYhat Do You Know'-Pleass
advise me how may obtain copies OF some
prominent London (Eng) newspaper.
G. VT
Copies OF London papers may be obtained
through the American News Company. New
York, or direct from the publishing offices
in London. The leading papers OF London
are the Times. the Daily Mall, the Tele-
graph, the Post and the Chronicle.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01
What Did All Oscar,

Mr.. Oscar Endicott, driver Of the Ocean,
vile baker wagon, was found In front OF
Mrs. Bates house on Monday in an uncon-
seious state Kind friends carried him in
the house and called Or. Allen. after which
he soon recovered consciousness 1t being
a very sultFY day he might have been over
come by the heat-Port Republic corre-
spondent in Atlantic City Press.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01
Uncertainty the Word

But why did the Hamburg.American
Line cancel the sailngs of the vaterand,
Amerika, Imperator? Was England com
ing in? We turned to our reports from
England and were as much at sea as this
English fleet. The Goodwood races, the
Cowes regatta and week.ends occupied
British minds. Occasionally question
was asked, so naively as to make us
smile today. 1t was, Can the British
fleet protect England from isolation?
Uncertainty was the word. There was
near-panic in wheat, there was the
threat of a world strike, there was trou.
BILE with our currency. But in the midst
of these a terrible thing happened, one
which never was given its proper con.
sideration. 1t was the assassination Of
Jean Juares. We who know now that
Liebknecht was powerless may speculate
on what Juares would have tried to do
in France. But he was taken off, and
two years later we are treated to the
choice idea that France had him put out
of the way to avoid trouble. At the
moment the assassination affected US
like thunderstorm when we are in the
midst of an unhappy family quarrel II
was an omen.
Remember that all this was before the
days of Efficiency and Frightfulness, be
fore our orientation in the war set our
hearts so close to the Entente and our
faces so firm against Germany. We were
appalled,, not by human will. but by hu-
man folly; we saw only the inevitable. II
was too early for moral Judgments, too
soon for us to blame or praise. We were
conscious of forces dragging sanity and
wisdom down, but we did not suspect
that all the sanity and wisdom of two
generations had prepared those forces
and put graphing hooks into their hands
The processes of diplomacy irritated us
In them as practiced by the Teutonic
empires we found the first ground for
our faith in England and France, for we
slowly began to compare facts, to see
that virtually every communication from
Germany and Austria was an ultimatum
set definite time, and that not far
ahead, for an answer We know now
what the reason was, can even see that
the piling up OF Russian and French
forces was what ruined Germany's bright
hope OF quick and victorious war. We
see now that the doctrine OF military
necessity justified the sharp words, the
impossible conditions, the snarlng of the
dogs before they were sent on the chase.
But in those days we did not know the
doctrine of necessity at ALL
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01

Might suggest that Conductor s03 on
Route 1s go out TO corner to greet
each incoming lady. Might even furnish
her an umbrella and rubbers when il
rains. Really won't that hat tipping and
smirking ever wear out? But il gives US
amusement and a laugh Is worth a lot
these days. r. +. P.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01
HANDFUL OF wOMEN'S FINE SILK
BATHING SUITS NOW $3.50.
Dam RI tnant Sfnrn Ad.

''I used to laugh" says w. s. H. "at the
wheeze about woman carrying her bath
ing suit in a handbag, but / guess I'm old
fashioned What is a handful. anyway"
Personally we are incompetent to answer.
but an unhappily married man once told us
that any one woman is handful.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01
Men are nsvsr 80 good or so bod
az their opinfons-Machin

No one is allowed TO enter or leave
Germany after today unless in case of
absolute necessity. This rule is supposed
TO apply to the Allied armies as we'll as
TO ordinary travellers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01
SHOCK OF WAR
ON AUGUST j
A Day All in Melancholy Gray
Tones, When the Great War
Was Only Shown in SYM
bols

TF ANY ONE doubts the accuracy of
Il the description given in this plaoa
Yesterday let him turn to the files ~
the daily papers before August 1, 1914.
Let hi for brevity, consult the Literarv
Digest for August of that year, DEALING
with events up to the end of July. All
the papers quoted deal with the Austro.
Serbian struggle, with only faint indl.
cations of a wider war, of Entente and
Alliance. Editorially, there is mention Of
the menace. In the news there is next
to nothing.
So we come to the first day of August
the day on which Germany and Russia
found themselves at war, when France
was mobilizing, while 1t made desperats
efforts to treat with Germany. 1t was the
day on which Austria made its first
break over Serbian soil, when American
tourists began to suffer the lesser rigora
we knew nothing. The first Of August
was a Saturday, and we went to the
shore or Joined our families at a noun.
tain resort with only an unwonted per.
plexity in our minds. It wasn't war that
bothered us, but strange threat, a
cloud not thunderbolt. Our vision was
obscured, but we were not blinded. III
That Saturday morning was all In
gray. Every measure was precautionary.
every event was scanned for hidden and
disastrous meaning. Our banker friends
had known for "a hours what we learned:
that the stock exchanges of the whols
world had closed their doors simul.
taneously for the first time in history. We
aren't all economists, but we all knew
that something serious had happened.
"Those boys in Wall street know everyl
thing" we figured. 1T means bad" we
saw that fast enough.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01
UNIQUE

One big cartridge company IN Canada
has returned TO the Government $3.50 600
the profits On orders for war supplies. m
Minister Of Finance IN acknowledging ~
gift says the donor showed high pafriofie
sentiment" But the example does moi -,
20 be followed numerously Troy rlrneS'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01

No opinion ever delivered by Mr..
Hughes carried more weight and convic-
tion than that Of last night. We surmise
that It will be sustained by the Supreme
Court namely, the American electorate.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01

We have no hesitaney whatever In as
serting that our August Sale OF Furniture,
Metal Beds and Bedding. to begin on Tues
day. etc Department store ad
The metal beds and bedding, suppose,
insure heavy sleep. A. A.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01

The Legalistas says a report from
Mexico. insist that Carranza's power is
fast ebbing. basing part Of their claims
even on the bullflght in Juarez. Is bull.
fight" the courteous Mexican way Of
referring to note interchanges?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01

Thfantile paralysis in Philadelphia
is not so disproportionate as to cause
hysteria, but there is plenty of reason
for precaution and care. The city has
had ample warning in the scourge of
New York. Not to profit by 1t would
be criminal
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01
II Colonel slocum. commanding the

II Colonel Slocum, commanding the
Thirteenth Cavalry, at Columbus. N. NJ,
was not responsible for the escape OF
villa after raiding the town, as War De.
partment investigators find who was
responsible? Must we regard Villa as
. flood or a whirlwind and classify the
destruction which follows his raids as an
act of God?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01

In discussing the munitions phase
OF the war writer says that no blame
should be attached TO dead Kitchener.
England. he says, realized that it was
not one-man war and gave the Job to
Lloyd George. Thereby confirming the
lay opinion that Lloyd George is at
least a syndicate.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01
HUPMOBILE KNOCKS
FORD CAR INTO A

LUMBER PILE
Headline in stroudseurg Times.
This is correct from any angle Before
folks in these United States began to
call timber lumber" the word meant:
"Old or refuse household stuff; things
cumbrous. or bulky and useless. or OF
small value" And before that, accord
ing to Trench, a lumber room was the
room where the Lombard pawnbroker
stored his pledges
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01
THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
the Philadelphia More Discour-
teous Than "Pennsylvanian" Found the Men-Some
Remarks About Thinking

comfortably. while up here the ladies seem
TO be without appreciation entirely.
| may be wrong IN my judgment but
ride about the city In street cars great
deal, and / have seen numerous cases Of
ladies being given seats by men, but In
mighty few has there been any acknowl-
edgment on the part of the lazy.
SOUTHERNER.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01

war. when the war is over the task will
be to preserve that spirit and to cut from
Il the excrescences Of jingoisJn. But the
scaipel Is not in the hands OF interna-
tionalists and cannot be.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01
ANOTHER NOTE

That conscience doth US co1aTds make
We quote loith HeaO refidHce-
For ne tohO kept US out Of tedT"
Is master Of coR science.
JAY DESEE.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01

This department is free to all readers tOho
lrish 10 crprcss their opinions on subjects ot
current interest. IT is open forum aud the
Eveniu0 Ledger assumes no responsibility for
the rietcS OF its correspondents.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01
Mrs. Breitenuf Says:

My man doesn't worry me any until he
begins to be polite.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01
What Do You Know?

Queries Of general Interest iCill be dnStoered
IN this column. Ten questions, the dnslUers TO
t0hich cvery wcli-intorIned person should knoto,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01

F. F. S. reports this sign on Ninth street,
opposite Postofice:
SHOES HALF SOLID WHILE YOU
WAIT IN FIRST CLASS ORDER.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01

50 many contribs have called cur al.
tention 70 Russia taking Brody7 that
we've decided 10 say nothing st Al about
Il
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01
Submarines

Editor Of "Whdt Do You Rnoto"-Can
you tell me whether any submarines crossed
the ocean from this side under their own
power since the war began?
TELEPHONE.
All Information concerning the move
ments of belligerent vessels is subject 10
scrutiny, but as far as we can find out
there is no reason to doubt the following
facts: fiotilla of submarines did leave
from some Canadian port about a year
ago and proceeded under their own power
TO a friendly port. probably in Great Bri-
tain, possibly further on The ultimate
destination OF some OF these submarines
was the Dardanelles We cannot saw
whether the submarines stopped en- route
But they unquestionably went Consult
the EVENING LEDGER for July IL, 1916,
for the name Of the engineer who managed
the work.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-12-09

down her home and kindergarten at
1541 Howard st. in order to get the
insurance. Her confession involved
Leroy F. Trauger, fire insurance ad-
justOr,~ and VIM. P. Brennan, real es-
tate dealer. Warrants were issued
for their arrest. They deny the
charge. Mrs MCGOWAN is 26. She
said she was broke and desperate.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-12-09

COLLEGE WOMAN CONFESSES
SHE BURNED HER HOME
Wealthy Evanston is shocked to-
day at the startling confession of
Mrs. Elizabeth Miller MCGOWAN, a
pretty young college woman with de-
grees from two universities and head
OF kindergarten, that she burned
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-10-26
CIVILIZATIONS

CIVILIZATION.-Our whole civili-
cation rests on an economic founda-
ton, the production of goods for
profit. Consequently, the object of
our industries is to find the most
profitable market, and to that end
they do not hesitate to invoke all
other classes in danger of war. Be-
cause the working people of the U. S.
receive in wages only a part of what
they produce, a large surplus is Gre
ated. AS the capitalists who con-
troll industry and own the products
cannot personally dispose of this sur
plus, their own personal demands for
such commodities being strictly lin
tied, they must have some other
country to buy up the surplus.
Every industrial country is in
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-10-26

Oor will they unite in demanding the
new social order that socialism will
bring about? Hughes and Wilson
are talking on every subject under
the sun except the one that the
workers are the most vitality interest
ed in. And that is, how to get a
decent living without working and
worrying yourself to death. Why do
the old party candidates dodge this
subject? Because they haven't a
thorough-going, consistent plan of
action that will lift the workers up
from industrial slavery. The Social
lists have a plan and they want every
worker to do himself the Justice of
earnestly studying and appraising
their claims.
When worker votes an old party
ticket he is not only throwing his
vote away, but is doing himself a
positive injury. Dropping your ballot
in the ballot box is equivalent, to
dropping a letter in the mail box adj
dressed to yourself, saying what you
want. An old party ballot plainly
says: 81 want these rotten condi-
lions to continue because I don't
know any better" What will your
ballot say? And don't get so ex-
cited about the national election that
you forget that Bill Guinea is the
only workers candidate running for
states Attorney. B.
CIVIL IZATIOM- Our whole ciuili=
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-10-26

similar plight, and with the deVel-
Opment of industry in these back
ward countries, which have hither-
to furnished the markets for our sur
plus, there comes an ever-increasing-
ly bitter trade competition. Here is
where the necessity of big navy
comes in. These backward countries
as rule have weak governments or
ones quite responsive to the right
kind of financial approaches.
So when Rockefeller, we will say,
learning of immense oil deposits in
China, decides on its exploitation, he
offers to lend the Chinese govern
ment large sum of money in return
for the exclusive privilege Of erecting
oil derTicks on these fields. The gov
eminent is willing, but English or
German capitalist groups, also seek
ing similar concessions, use every
means in their power to defeat the
grant. Because these cOntending
groups represent powerful align
ments of money interests influential
in the home country, they are each
able to secure their own government
to back them. Diplomatic maneuVers
take place, each group combining all
the forces at their disposal Here is
where the danger comes, particularly
where the nations involved are heaV-
lily armed, as our trading interests
advocate. East nation thus backing
financial groups Of it's own or allied
nations tends to enforce CLOSED
door" against its rivals as soon as it
has the advantage. Japan has, ap-
parently, reached this stage in her
relations with the weak Chinese gov
eminent.
Sooner or later, if this policy of
vigorous trade expansion is persist
ed in, conflict will be provoked and
war, with all it's horrors, will follow.
Because Of this ineHtability we must
to avert war, supplant the present in
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-05-11
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE

salem and every man heard him in
his own language.
The Mormons teach their flocks
that salvation comes through Joe
Smith. The Catholic comes through
the Pope and our Methodists have
sidetracked our Savior to give
Foreign Missions the right of way.
But Acts Alp says: neither is there
salvation in any other name under
heaven given among men whereby
we must be saved.
Brother Watson four-fifths of the
peoples hearts are with you in all
your, battles for truth and justice
but they need courage to come out
in the open. The people are aware
that if these big salaries and high
feeding was stopped the Foreign Mis-
sionaries would find out they we're
mistaken in their calling / have
been deprived of a college education
land am sometimes glad of it lest
might doubt the old time religion),
but if you want this to go to print,
0. K
Brother Watson, keep on fighting.
God will bless you for He is truth.
May His choice blessing abide with
you.
Signed,
Ga. MRS. LOU M. DAVIS.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-05-11
CARROLL COUNTY HAS TOM
WATSON CLJTR.

We, the citizens of Tyus, Carroll
County, Georgia, have organized a
Tom Watson Club. At our meetings
we discuss the various questions,
public and private, effecting our
interest as Georgians and Ameri-
cans.
We endeavor to keep in touch
with the State Legislature and Ma
tional Congress, and ascertain
whether the various measures intro
duced will be beneficial or detri-
mental to our interest and remind
our law makers of the fact that they
are the servants of the people, and
are expected to give an accounting of
their stewardship to old man people,
their constituents.
We call upon all patriotic citizens
of the State to organize like, or
similar clubs, and keep tab on the
men in office. Then, and not till
then, will the People become a party
to the affairs of the greatest nation
on earth.
The foundation principles upon
which this government was organ
lied, are being gradually, but surely
undermined The politician has
displaced the statesman. The dema-
gogue has succeeded the patriot. If
this state of affairs are allowed to
continue, it means the downfall of
our Republic.
The remedy lies in educating the
masses along political lines The
Farmers Alliance nobly begun this
task some years ago. The politi-
clans, at the behest of Vested Inter
est, aided by Roman Catholicism,
both of which are enemies of public
education and Jeffersonian Democ-
racy, succeeded in disrupting that
great organization.
When you, Mr.. Watson, took up
the work so nobly begun in the Alli-
ance, of educating the people through
your publications, the same interest
began their diabolical schemes to
silence your voice and still your pen
by overthrowing the blood bought
principles of our constitution which
guarantees to her citizens Free
Speech and Free Press.
DIR. E. G, KIRBY, Prest.
L. G.. BROOK, Sect.