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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-18
A Sectional Cry

@. It. Am political slang "to wave tho
bloody shirt" means to keep up the sectional
Issues of the Civil War by appeals to preJu-
dice and passion, A probable origin of the
phrase may be found In Corslcan custom
nearly. IL not quite. obsolete. In tho days
OF the fierce 'vendette'-the feuds which
divided Corsican family from family
bloodshed was a common occurrence Be-
fore the burial of a murdered man the
"gridata" was celebrated, This word. which
literally means a 'crying aloud" may be
translated a wake" The body of the
victim was laid upon = plank; his useless
firearms were placed near his hand, and his
bloodstained shirt was hung above his head
Around the rude bier sat circle OF women
wrapped in their black mantles who rocked
themselves TO and fro with strange wall
ings. The man, relatives and friends OF the
murdered man. fully armed. stood around
tho room. mad with thirst for revenge
Then one OF the women, the wife or mother
or sister of the dead man, with a sharp
scream. would snatch the bloody shirt, and
waving 1t aloft, begin the ''yocero"-ths
lamentation-
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insnsss to Join with sbs oity in the con.
summation Of this gigantic and necessary
undertaking. we trust, therefore, that
the play OF politics viii ceass and affairs
be put almost immediateix on a business
basis.
why does the Mayor not gather mr..
Taylor, Mr.. Ballard and other Phiisdel-
phians about him at council table, whip
tho differences out and start the digging7
Suppose he should sayl livery man in
this room is loyal Phlladelphian. II he
is not let him got out, and get out quick
We ali know that Philadelphia needs this
new transit system. The people have
voted for and viii have it. Let's put our
heads together and make good In the peo
ple's interest" we believe, II he docs,
that the issue will be settled then and
there forever.
Citizens are not looking for q night.
They expect the big mon Of Philadelphia
to cooperate in their interest.
That spirit OF cooperation In in tho
air. Now for resultsi
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INSISTS yETsY ROSS DID IT
no tha Editor ot the Eventnq Led0er:

To tho Editor Of tho EvoninJ Ledger:
sIr-Ths article which appeared In tho,
EVENING LEDGER of November 3, entitled
Tho Great Flag Myth" is misleading In
several respects, In tho hrst Pia"9. tuo
story of the making of the first American
flag Is not a myth" A myth is story
whose origin Is unknown and which can
not be verified by any sort OF testimony.
Tho nag story Is n tradition. entirely cred
ible even II unsupported coming through
number OF separate channels. and consist
ent with all the documentary evidence in
regard TO the early history OF the nag
which has come to light. Second. the writer
of the article speaks OF 'Rn alleged mem
orandum" of monsy paid TO Ellzapeth ROSS
for making nags This memorandum Is q
minute of the Pennsylvania Navy Board
dated May 20. l777, and may be found In
Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, vol
ume l. page 1Gi. The amount Is tl4 IN
stead of "a. To call such record AN al
legged memorandum Is absurd, ana would
seem to show that the writer was trying to
throw discredlt on the story which he mas
related. A third misleading particular is
the statement that the lag-makers second
husband Joseph Ashburn, was captain In
the Pennsylvania limo. He was captain
in the merchant marine, and so far as Is
known was never soldier.
The writer OF the article in question re-
Ters to q book entitled our Flag" written
py r. A. Campbell, and quotes from 1t GER
tain opinions. When George Candy was
collecting the materials for his history OF
the flag he wrote to Mr. Campbell. asking
for his authority for certain statements IN
the book Mr., Campbell replied to the
effect that no authority beyond his asser-
ton was necessary. The value OF the book
aa history may be fairly gauged by this
answer,
Another passage in the article quotes
remarks made to the State committee by
w. J. Campbell. These remarks are sim
ply an opinion of Mr.. Campbell, entirely
unsupported by evidence. and his position
on the matter was thoroughly dlscredited
in the controversy which followed his
speech before the committee.
I have no wish to magnify the tmpor-
tanos of the flag-making episode. 1t Is
one of the many Revolutionary stories
which belong to Philadelphia, and possesses
kind of interest for patriotic Americana
which viii keep II alive. No one has been
able to discover the motive which inspired
the efforts OF w. ] Campbell and others to
discredlt IL, but these attacks have never
been backed up by a particle OF evidence
of any kind tending to show that the story
Is not worthy of belief. Any Ons who
wishes to look into the evidence on which
the story rests can find 1t at the Flag
House, and 80 far as / have heard. no one
who has really examined the evidence has
expressed doubt of the story.
LLOYD BALDERSToN
Ridgyay Pa. November Is,
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Treaty of 1889

t. o~-rhs treaty guaranteeing the neu-
tralitY OF Belgium, which formed the casus
hslli for England's entrance In 1914, was
the Treaty of 1889. This treaty, by which
in April of that year, Prussia, France
England. Austria and Russia declared them
selves guarantors OF the treaty concluded
on the same day between the King of the
Bslgians and the King of the Netherlands
and which Is the famous Scrap of Paper"
of the present war, was not signed by the
United States. nor was the United States
in any way concerned with the problem
OF the neutrality OF the buffer States" OF
Northern Europe ths matter was one which
was OF interest TO Belgium, Holland and
the signatory and protecting Powers and
the United States had nothing to DO with
IL In any way The treaty provided that
Belgium formed ian Independent State OF
perpetual neutrality" That Is, Belgium
was forbidden. In case OF war, 10 take the
part of any OF the belligerents. ana was
TO be free from violation The United
States was a signatory TO the "Convention
Respecting the Rights ana Duties of Neu.
tral Powers and Persons In Case OF War
on Land" In the second Hague Conference
OF 1907, and there declared the territory OF
All neutral nations to be inYiolabla
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DEFEATED BUT NOT CoNoUERED

The stability OF the republic, of any
democratic form of government, rests upon
the willingness OF the losing side to accept
defeat. Certain forms are provided for
contention and they control But to pro-
fess contentment when a violent campaign
has come out all wrong would be to con-
fess that there was no excuse for the vio-
lence, that nothing really mattered Aftsg
all, that things would go along one way
Just as well as another. and that an cleo
tion was only sporting event intended to
discover which side could cozen the people
most successfully. The Tribune Is as much
can people now as 1t was before the cleo
tion, and IL a good loser has to change his
convictions, then The Tribune Is the worss
loser ever caught in defeAt.-chicaGo Trt-
bune-
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MEMORIES


Tho Christmas season drawcth nigh,
with all It's JOY and cheer;
The Hhops assume n festive alri
The days ARE cold and clear.
For once my heart will not rejoice,
Tho song is gtilled therein,
And though my busy fingers toll,
yearn for what has been.
Last year flvo little stockings hung
Securely In row l.
This year old Kris viii noto n change,
AS one child had to go,
And though tho cracking Yule log sheds
A glow of warmth DER all,
And ohildren's voices ring and shout
Throughout the festooned hail.
MY hoart will cry aloud for ono
Who bideS in fairor realms,
Tho while I force bright smiles to hide
A grief that overwhelmB.
MRS. J. w. F.
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Dear Toni read in o. o. d. p. that Bos-
sle Penross and the Freres Ware are likely
to go TO the mat to settle the little matter
OF which clan shall pass out tho swsetening
10 the faithful OF course. as an uplifter
I'm pulling for a draw, on the ground that
the old adage, when hooks battle over the
breakup, the honest gsszer gets what's COM
ing to him." is regular dope It's the in
spiration fer the following spasm
hlck
An be handed bunk In bundles an never make
Also tate douelo-orOss an not put up
When i wisephsimor slips across some stun that
isn't right.
But I'm always hssDtn cases on tn siuks who
OF sDlltlia' Up III candy and whO'n take steve
tn penqlss from blind man an any from
Yes. I'm always strstahin' rubber to see 'sm hit
IN skid.
think IN tims's aFTtvin'. pal ts COP = bet
From the band OF bunoo artists who'vs been
trlmmln me and you,
For while tn ashcaFt an IN statesman are
satin' up tn sock
We can creep up on IN dough haa an Jam tn
bunch In hook HEINIH.
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QUIZ

1. Where Is the New York shipbuIIdlnE Com
pany'B plant?
>. What was the chief feature of tho famous
Danbury hatters' case?
8. Were the Pilgrims and the Puritana the
Eame persons. and II not what Is the
distinction?
Z. Were FREQ negroes allowed to vote in the
North before the Civil War?
b. Who are the two Winston Churehills?
@. 1t is reported that "ths plan to reorEnnize
the Rock Island provides for a voting
trust" What IL voting trust3
I. Name books by Henryk SIenldewioz.
8. What arc the Powers?
o. Is there any basis for tho talk Of four van
ishlnE meat supply?
10. What Is the correct pronunciation Of 'saert-
IeglOus"?
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THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
Lloyd Baderston Betsy RossWhy Blaine
Was Defeated by Cleveland in 1884 Wall
From q Commuter

lltely refused and made sure that ia never
see them again.
believe that the peddlinE at the time
was carried on with the knowledge and con-
sent Of ths owners. because no ono who
was unknown there could enter. When one
OF the doors OF the saloon was raped a
Few times. the waiter would cautiously
open the door just enough for him to seo
who was there and then would refuse ad-
mittanco to all but the habitues OF the
place and those with them.
DuEing the times / was around the place
saw none but unmistakable drug users
both men and women, the latter usually ac-
oompanied by sailors and others of like Ills
enter the cafe. Others refused admission
are sometlmes, in fact, most times roughly
handled when they persisted in trying to
get In or course, these precautions all
tended to show that something of an Illicit
nature was being carried on MN
Ardmore, Pa, November 16,
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WEATHER DEFEATED BLAINE
TO tho Editor Of ths E,,.ni,,o T.Josr.

Sir-The long uncertainty az to tho re.
suits OF the recent election led to many
references to tho Blaine Cleveland election
or 1884, which came at the close of what
was probably one of the most bitterly
Fought campaigns in the history of Amer
lean politics, and in which the result hung
in the balance for nearly a week before
II was finally decided In favor OF Mr..
Cleveland, being accredited IA plurality of
ll49 votes in the great State of New York,
upon which the result hinged.
Tho defeat OF Mr.. Blaine was attributed
to various causes, among the chief of which
In ths Anal wind-up OF the campaign was
that known as the "Burchard Incident Z"
when the Rev. Doctor Burchard, a great
admirer of Mr. Blaine, but unfortunately
possessed with moro enthusiasm than tu-
diciousness, characterized the Democratic
party as the party of Rum Romanlsm and
Rebellion" which fatal ALTERATION was re-
sented by many Withdrawing from Mr.
Blaine who otherwise would have sup
ported him. Another fatality to Mr.. Blaine,
and one which I personally have always
regarded as having been one of the potent
factors in bringing about his defeat, was
the weather. The election that year, un-
fortunately, fell upon a day characterized
by extremely inelement weather. This pre-
vented a large proportion OF tho voters in
the Republican stronghold in the interior
counties of New York from getting to the
polls Whereas, a pleasant day, one for
instance like this years election day, would
have brought them out and carried tho
State for Blainei and thus, instead of elect
ing to the presidency OF the United States
the then comparatively littls-known Grover
Cleveland. there would have been elected
that prince of American statesmen. James
C. Blaine. f. II. WHITNER,
Allentown, Pa, November 16.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-18

The difficulty OF distributing
freight cars is 30 great that there is
always shortage somewhere in the
country. In the period OF great busI-
ness depression OF the winter and spring
OF 1908, when there were 413,33s Idle cars
on April 20. there was actually specific
demand for 267 cars which could not be
supplied On the other hand. during the
period OF great prosperity Of the winter
OF 1905 and 1907 when there was a net
shortage OF 1S7,s47 cars on February g.,
there were 1908 cars which could not
be used because they were not where the
demand for them existed The net short.
age on November / OF this year was
10s.010. or nearly $4,000 less than in Feb.
ruary, 1907, yet there were 1904 idle
cars scattered about the country where
they were not needed. The American
Railway Association has decided to ask
the Interstate Commerce Commission to
consent to an increase IN the demurrags
rates in the hope that the extra charge
win compel shippers to stop using freight
cars as warehouses. and consequently
free the cars for their legitimate use.
But IL all the cars In the country were
engaged in carrying freight, there would
still be a shortage, Il increased from
1873 on September / 20 6o.6s7 on Sep
tembsr 80. and, as already indicated.
It passed the hundredthousand mark on
the first Of this month. Yet the actual
number OF freight ears has increased
from 1.99l557 on July l. laQ7, to 2.44T.17s
on the same date Of this year. The
present condition is temporary, but Il Is
none the less distressing. It Is evident
that with the most perfect system OF
ear distribution there win always be
certain percentage Of idle cars awaiting
but II the shippers, the rail-
roads and ths Interstate Commerce Com
mission cooperate. the present made.
luate supply can be made to do better
service.
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what we wanted done. lie said nothing
IKE that had ever beon done before. We
spoke to another official. He shook his
head. At this point tho Bunishound made
O spring at the officials left leg. We
grabbed tho Bunkhound's collar Just in
tlmo, but not before he had torn away
a largo piece of red tape. Tho Bunk
hounds Mutations drew crowd and in
tho crowd we found our friend. We bo-
leve youIl have no trouble in paging
your friends there hereafter.
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Ridgway. Pa. November IS.
A COMMuTER KICKS

To the Editor Of the EVeaia1 Ledger.
sir-It appears to me more and more
that you are championing the cause OF the
ordinary man and l hope you will cons
tinue to look after the interests of the COM
muters zone OF whom I am which," TO use
a quotation. l see today you are publish
ing the news OF the 'picks' at the Reading,
ana l want to call your attention to the in
suffsrable service on the Burlington division
OF the Pennsylvania.
Served" eleven years as = eommutsr
on the good old Erie ana we were never
delayed In a year as much as we have been
on this particular division OF the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad during October,
Your paper Is read by many commuters
ana know they will welcome anything you
may do in behalf OF those who live along
this line OF the great Pennsylvania.
q. II. q
Riysrton. N. j., November is.
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louis AGAssIz FUERTEs assured
us as long ago as october /; when I'm
In your town in November, I'll be glad to
spend some time at your house." Ho
came and he has gone. and we saw
nothing of him. We are peeved, also
we are surprised, to ind so great bird
expert emulating the ostrich Silly of
him to think that no could hide from us
in this way:
At the thirty-fourth annual meeting
OF tho American Ornthologlsts' Union
in the Academy OF Natural Sciences,
Nineteenth ana Race streets
Agassls Fuerton, OF Ithaca. N. z,
exhibited species OF hybrid ducks.
p, L. OF Thursday.
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Thoso who arc for a prepnrednes,

Those who are for preparedness
that does not stop short of conscription
must face the fact that soldering is not
popular in these States. Militia officers
and privates who move heaven and
earth TO get back to business are APP
parently not unrepresentativs in view
of tho rarity OF volunteers. The mis-.
take was to seek leadership and workers
in the leisure class. Plattsburg looked
too much like golf to hard.worlcng men
of small salaries.
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HOW DOPE rs GOT
ID &c Bdllor ot ths EveaIli0 Lsdgsr

TO ths Editor Of the Evening LEDGER
sir-I have been following your narcotic
drug crusade IN the EVENING LEDoER and
I am writing this letter TO you in the hope
that It may help you stop the peddllng OF
the dope.
Last year. around this time. was hack
ing an automobile and OF course. had occa-
sion to take parties 10 cafes. etc. There
were two women, drug users. whom 1 fre-
auently drove 70 a saloon. After they had
hired me = number of times. one Impaired
the information to ma that they got thelr
drugs there ana oIered to sst me some
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-18

Posters advertising tho coming of THE
Cuban Spy" by the La Mott Dramatic
Club, to tho Realty Hall. La Mott Pa. an
nounce: "It will be your last chance TO SEQ
this great play; you should Hes the spy
save tho American from many deaths
caused by the Spanish captain" Notwith-
standing this fact, little further on the
poster reads. "Refreshsnts FOR sale" And
the fact that the play is to be produced for
the benefit of the La Mott A. NJ, n. church
choir justfes tho further statement on the
poster, "Coored lights used"
THE SMITH.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-18

It must have made tho White
House tremble to get that congratulstory
visit from Mother" Jones. The rIotous
old woman is only one of many thou
sands OF malcontents who nre going to be
bitterly disappointed. Tho man who
heard two laborers exchange greetings
on the morning when Wilson's victory
was assured had reason to record the
incident. I'VE can strike now" said
one. ~Sure." said tho other.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-18
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW

It is funny how the politicians cure fos
anything is always to create new ofticsA
The offlceholders' cure for anything is ale
ways TO raise official salaries The socioio-
gists' cure for anything is always to endov
more sociologists. Meanwhile the common
people have perfores to fall back on their
only expedient for meeting the high cost of
llving-hustle harder, and do without
Brooklyn Standard Union
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-18

George w. Perkins wants to reduce
tho high cost of living by tho distribution
OF bulletins such as are issued by tho
Weather Bureau, telling where tho best
food can be supplied at the lowest prices.
We did not know that any ono had quito
that much faith in tho Weather Bureau.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-18

fore, who was oom-
Ing in from st. LouiA.
yvo had wired this
man Mt Altoona that
we'd page him in the
Broad Street Station
dining room We
went 20 the head
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BEWARE THE BuNKHouNDl
Serving the City Beautiful He Bites
All Unlovely Things

II win be remembered we sent the Bunlo.
hound into the country to keep him from
swapping at nearly every other person
he met around election day. Yesterday
we went to get him and bring him home
Incidentally, too, we had arranged to
dine In the Broad Street Station restau-
rant with man wo had never met be.
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Tom Daly,s Column
TIE rrr.nAan rnnr

Whsnspsy tss Saturday 10Th 0hrtstsos
ttsac IN vieto,
TAe %issVs TAKES mo bp ths eoT tnhca oil
nsg tDoYb is through,
Asf' sas to me, my little uloa, tOs'Oo got
go mach 10 do,
You tCon't hove time for oAestntst street
TO see tohat ne1cs Is nofo.
And then shs takes ms SHOPPING.
hadf What7 Oh, simply hoppinEi
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-18

Is Y not about time Luther Burbank
zas held responsible for what hap
ened in Californian Did not the inventor
f the spIneless cactus say that Mr.. Will
on was the greatest President we ever
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-18
A PROPHET WITHOUT HONOR

Inasmuch as the cold wave has come as
per the specifications and prognostlcat tIons
OF the Weather Bureau, perhaps that's not
the place for Colonel George Harvey, after
all.-Boston Record.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-18
short-windedness

H Cor course there may be symptoms
connected with shoFtWindedness which
should be called to the attention OF a phy-
siclau Smoking Is one OF the habits that
make one short-Winded Exercises ana
elong breathing" are sometimes undertaken.
but before doing 30 e wouid be best 70 have
the advice Of doctor. as some of TIE more
violent exercises are nat the fhlns Ter
nsak hzaF1
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Knnsns eoes boyond nero sum

Kansas goes beyond mere suffrage.
II invites the constructive energies of
women as we'll as their ballots. The
t51 women elected to educational, pro-
baionary and clerical posts can do, say,
two.thirds OF this work better than mon.
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Bachelor Bereavements

TO EMMA
I called you. Emma nation
And world and all creation.
''You surely are" l muTmured. Emma,
great"
But then your laugh sardonio
Upset my pose Byronio,
And l heard an echoed murmur. "Emi-
CRATE"
WOE NJ. 4
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-18

tDiSb 10 tTprcs8 their opinions on subtsctS oJ
current interest. II Is an ops1I forum ara the
FU6ninU Ledger no responsibility Jor
tho Uictus VI :ts corr, apOndents. LoiterS muSI
bd stgnCd bU tho name and dddrcfs oT Nd
,Drttor. not roccs&artrv Tor publication. but as
uMnrnntat OF mood IEttLI.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-18

II the prophets who pick Penn
and Princeton TO win today arc any
thing like those prophets of the first
three days Of last week, we'll
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-18

The water that is over the dam win not
ooms back. but the question has renewed
pertinenes of who and what are In control
OF the Republican party The intelligenes
that James r. Mann would become Speaker
II the Republicans control the House ts not
of good omen.-NeW York Globe.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-18

Attending a Philadelphia CAUCUS
I noticed the voices were raueous
But saw the reason, of course,
Philly is always a little hoarse.
NJ. n. ANDERING.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-18

Dear Tom-OuF millSmau is a foxy old
guy He used to put our supply on the
porch, but now he puts 1t on the lowest
step and tries to convince us that We are
getting our milk ''much lower"
Can you beat Il? j.