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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-12-21
A CHESLAR FELL
AND BROKE ANKLE
WAS UNLOADING SACK OF CORN
FROM DELIVERY WAGON
WITH FOOT SLIPPED.

A. Cheslar, grocery merchant in
West End, fell this afternoon while
unloading sack of corn from his de-
livery wagon slipped on the ice and
fell and shattered one OF his ankles
Medical attention was immediately
secured and al last accounts the pa
tient was resting as easily as could be
expected under the circumstances.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-12-21

,Nr1zEN or MORE AUTOMOBILES DESTROYED AND WRECKED
rorA, oss ESTIMATED AT $4,000 TO $25oo WITH SEVERAL
cAps COVERED BY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. sCATTERs BURN
EmsERs HUNDREDS YARDS, KNOCKS DOWN SFECTA-
voas AND SHOCKS ENTIRE ClTY-DlsCoVERED BY MANAGER
9 H,ITcHERsoN WIEN ENTERED HIS ROOM IN
BUILDING.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-12-21
CANNON WATSON!
JOINS ARTILLERY

Cannon Watson left few days ago
for Nashville where he Joined the
field artillery. He was assigned to
Fort Oslethorpe for disposition.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-12-21
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Circuit Judge.

/ he Herald i. authorized to announce
W. BRUCE TURNER
candidate for reelection as Judge of
the Eleventh JUDICIAL circuit, subject
10 the aetisn Of the democratic party
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-12-21
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL.

The Herald is authorized to announce
w. s. FLEMING. JR.,
- q ssndida.s for Attorney General
OF the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, sub
tset - Sks action Of she democratic
party. dkw
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-12-21
TERRIFIC EXPLOSION OF GASOLINE
TANK STABLES SLEEPING PEOPLE

FIRE THAT DESTROYED GARAGE OF CEN RAJ
AUTO co. MADE MORE SPECTACULAR BY COM
Bu5iICN OF STANDARD OIL co. GASOLINE
1NMOIOR TRUCK EARLY HIS MORNING
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LAND SALE
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No. 2096.
Haley Johnson, Guardian,
VS..

Ben. T. Martin, ct al.
In the Chancery Court, at Columbia
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-26
PARTITION OF IRELAND

To the Editor Of the EUening Ledger;
Sir-Despite the manifesto against parti.
tion of Ireland, issued by eighteen Irish
Catholic bishops and three Protestant Epis-
copal Mr.. Lloyd George has revived his
mutiation scheme again.
The six Ulster counties which his plan
would exclude from home rule are Antrim,
Armagh, Donegal, Derry, Down and Tyrone,
These counties return twenty-One members
to the Imperial Parliament, of whom twelve
are opposed to home rule and nine are for il.
Belfast, the stronghold of Unionsm, has, in
addition, four members of Parliament, Of
whom one is a Nationalist, while the old
time stronghold of Orangeism, the city OF
Derry, is represented by home ruler alone
In face Of those figures, in face of the fact
that of the twenty-siX members returned by
the six counties and their two boroughs
eleven are stanCh home rulers, how in the
name Of common sense can Lloyd George
or anybody. else contend that the area pro-
posed for exclusion Is absolutely solid
against home rule? Lloyd George asserts
that the rights of the Unionist minority in
Ireland must be protected. This is only fair
and right, but why not also protect the
rights of the home rule minority in the
counties named? +. j. COY.
Philadelphia, May 25.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-26
NO TINE FOR KILL-JOYS

DRESIDENT WILSON has done the
1 country a world Of good by taking his
stand on the side Of play against gloom.
Keep on with athletic games during the
war. says tho White House; and the
White House ought to know. It's harassed
occupant insisted on his game Of
golf even on the morning after ne de-
livered his war speech TO Congress, and
golf has never failed to restore him after
the most wcariaomc and ncrvo-raclting
ordeals
Mr.. Wilson will not he the only tired
business man" in the months to come.
All citizens must expect to face unwontcd
tests with the increasing demands made
upon their energies and sympathlos. We
must keep "a sound mind in a sound
body" 1t is our right and our duty to
forget all about the war after each day
spent in doing our best for tho success
Of the nation Sport, engaged in or
watched from the stands in the open air,
is the hest healer II puts us in fine
fettlc for the next days lahors,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-26
COLLEGES MUST NOT CLOSE

NOTHING could have been more in
N spring than the rush to the colors
made by college students all over the
country. 4 majority Of them are under
twenty.one and would not have been con.
scripted. These boys fooled the noncol-
lege public, which had been wont TO be-
lieve that collegians We're kid-glove book
worms or mere "rahrah" sports. They
proved that learning is the handmaiden
of true manhood.
But an erroneous and dangerous i'm
preston has been spread about that the
colleges will be so depleted that they will
not open in the fall. Adventurous youth,
always keen for big change and clean
slate, has beer saying that "no one knows
where or what he may be half a year
from now" The college ranks must be
| filed. Civilian life in the next decade
must have it's officers Just as military life
| calls in emergency for picked men. Boys
| OF sixteen or seventeen not eligible for
| immediate military service are doing their
country an i'll turn If they allow them
| selves 10 drift now and think of their
| education as the last and least of their
| duties. For the 500 young men leaving
the University Of Pennsylvania for army
service substitutes should be found and,
il necessary, scholarships or other aids
| should be provided for apt high school
| graduates who otherwise could not go
to college,
France made the mistake Of emptying
its higher schools. but later saw the error
and now its halls Of learning are approXi-
mating the activities Of peace times. As
she in her great need did not begin to
conscript eighteen-year-old youths until
recently. there is certainly no need OF
young American students getting into
uniforms before they are needed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-26
U.BoATs AND MEDICINE MEN

TT WOULD be rather humiliating to re-
count the number of statements that
have been made in the last few weeks 10
the effect that the U-boat has been con-
quered This eagcrness, which halls every
inventor and optimistic statesman rs joy
fully as the Indians used to hail the
Medicine Man" and his magic shows
how much unvoiccd worry about sub
marines is at work in mems minds; for
hidden worry produces just this type Of
Intellectual dishonesty, which will accept
any cheerful phrase as meaning that VIC
tory is in sight
Lloyd Georges olation over the fact
that "wo dealt more effective blows to
the submarine menace during the last
three weeks than during any corresponds
ing period" is encouraging; but it would
be wise to remember that it. is part Of
the Prcmiers business to encourage. His
country is in mourning; it needs every
scrap Of optimism in sight. America,
however, far from the scene Of conflict
and in little danger Of invasion, is in "A
position to resist the temptation Of false
dawns Of hope. The situation is certainly
not hopeless, the submarine can be beaten
by an extraordinary effort. But mere
boastful confidence is not going TO beat it,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-26
KEEP THE RECORD
STRAIGHT

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tens OF millions under the proposed
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-26
TRIBUTE TO ITALY

To the Editor Of the EUCHing Ledger:
Slr-Now that the Italian commission is
in the United States 1t would surely be a
breach of patriotic custom not to place the
sights of the city at their disposal, as was
done for the French group. This is no time
to argue as to whether Italy has been doing
her share Of the fighting This is no time
20 discuss whether she has already bIed
enough to warrant our aid This is no time
TO deny her at least respectable homage
during her ENJOYS stay in America. Italy's
commissioners should be invited here
Think of the greater strength given will
liam the Fateful" were Italy fighting, not
against, but side by side with his forces
Think of the moral effect such move
would he capable of bestowng in the
breasts of all loyal Germans, and think OF
the problems the United States and the
Allies would have to handle were things so
We have Italy TO thank for many things
Marconi surely deserves commendation for
his wireless endeaVors. We have Italy to
thank from a humanitarian standpoint. for
lessening the duration of the war and we
have her to thank for casting much fear
into the actions of the Emperor so much in
fact. that his concentrated attacks lack the
remarkable potential power once accredited
10 Deutschland.
Let as give the Italians a rousing well
come. Let the Italian nag fly from our
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-26
UPLIFTING A POET

The poets claim that poetry knows no
law, that 1t is above and beyond the law
The poets would have us believe that tbe
invention of the phonograph of the tele-
phone, of wireless telegraphy the discovery
OF gravitation, are not equal to such tri-
umphs OF the poets as Aurora Leigh
Curtew Must Not Ring Tonight and
the May Queen II is perfectly safe for
the poets TO live and move in error. but q
does not do even for a poet, when working
with explosive materials to eliminate sciens
tihc procedure. This very thing actually,
occurred in the Pennsylvania OH region
when the poet laureate of his communit,,
was blessed by the discovery of petroIeuT
on his otherwise worthless farm. one do,
he conceived the idea Of climbing ~ ~
top of the oil derrick and writing a noon,
TO vent his pent-up fervor lie engagod
the services of photographer to catch M
beatitudinations. The photographer bad
said: Ready, look pleasant, please Tbis
was the moment Of inspiration. Tba 80,
loosed his divine affiatus and set his az
frenzy TO doing things Ana n did
Tor at this point the poet struck a n,stoS
to light cigarette, and the explosive r,i,,
ture OF natural gas and air about him NrSd
hrst, When last seen the poet was hsaded
for the Milky Way"-From "D,,nsr.t,l
Stories" by Hudson Maxim. A'''''s
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-26
WOULD KEEP WILSON AS
PRESIDENT UNTIL 1920

To the Editor Of the Evening LCdJCT.
Sr-The other day Senator Lodge made
long speech deprecatng the criticism Of
Congress for not acting promptly on war
measures Congress, he said had done re-
markably well and had passed more bills in
few weeks than any one would have ex-
pected it to pass. Underneath all his re-
marks you could feel the bitter animosity
which his group Of Senators feel against
tho President.
Why is there this hostility to Mr.. Wilson?
Here is President who, every honest man
knows in his heart, is devoted to the sue
cess Of the United States. He should have
third yes and n fourth term as PreSi-
dent. and If he refuses to accept another
nomination, as of course he will "A CRATE
: tul people, ! predict, will force it upon him.
] make bold To say, despite the storm
Of criticism which the statement may draw
upon me- that he should he elected for
third and for fourth term, 50 that in the
stormy twelve years before us we may be
assured Of the intensely patriotic service
the wonderful foresight, the truly demo-
cratic justice Of our greatest American.
Who now remembers that Congress op-
posed Lincoln? Verify the mouths of those
Copperheads and puny politicians Of lS6l-6
are stopped with dust We do not remem-
her their names nor what criticisms they
made Of Lincoln. We only remember Lin
coin. This nonsense that is talked in Con-
.
The tools Of rich men, the Senators who
would put the brake upon Mr.. Wilson's pa
triotic and efficient efforts, they are tho die
tators. Twelve more years of Wilson would
see our commerce expanded, industrial JUS
tice given to workers, 1.-THE world set free "
with the American principles of democracy
spreading to every corner of the world
under the guidance Of Wilson and the
school Of statesmen which Is undoubtedly
growing up about him though not vet
emerging as distinct figures largely owing
to the pre-eminence Of their chief
II a great Englshman were to become
Premier and do as brilliantly as Wilson has
done he would dominate the statcsmanshlp
of his country for a generation DO we
realize that Gladstone was q dominating
| power CthOugh not continuously in author
ity) for twenty years? DO we realize that
| Andrew Jackson was virtually the leader
/ of American political thought from 1925
| until 1871? He received a plurality i'm the
| electoral college in 1924 and shaped the ac-
| tions of Congress during the term of the
| second Adams then he was President for
| eight years; then he named and controlled
! his successor. He was thus the center OF
| leadership for sixteen years. And vet he
was often on 40 wrong side Of political is.
! sues. But Wilson is almost invariably
| right If we think so, why not say So?
| Why elect as his successors inferior men
| just for the fun of changing? And whv
| hamper him with envious and petty bicker.
| ings now? DEMOS
Philadelphia, May 25.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-26
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

l. Money Is called "the sinews of war" be-
cause a nation Is dependent upOn money
Tor, conducting war.
:. General Luigi CadOrna. chief Of the Italian
general stan. Il commander of the Italian
army.
3. \ tramp steamer il a steamship not making
regular scheduled trips between certain
ports. hut taking cargOes whenever and
Wherever they are offered.
l. Morris Hillquit, of New York is interna-
tOnal secretary Of the Socialist party
ana one OF the American delegates TO the
socialist peace conference at StOckhOlm
who were refused passports by the Gov
eminent.
D. Eeyser * "a spring that elects streams Of
not water. The phenomenon is caused by
water coming In contact with heated roc
Tar below the earths surface.
D. The Foreign Legion of the French army IL
unit composed of foreigners. In II are
represented hfty-One natiOnalties. includ-
Ing the American.
!. John Lester C'Les') Darcy was the heavy
weight boxing champion Of Australia He
recently enlisted In the aviation corps Of
the United states army.
3. Ordained ministers of religion and students
Tor the ministry are exempt from mill
tarS service
o. halc Is variety Of cabbage, the leaves Of
which often are finely cut and which do
not form u dense head.
10. An ACE" in France Is "A military aviator
who j. officially credited with having
brought down five enemy airplanPs within
the French lines.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-26

LONG AGO we learned by pleasant ex-
perience the utter baselessness of the
mother.in-law joke. The other day We
gathered further proof Of it. We sat at
luncheon with Louis Agassiz Fuertes and
his wife and his wife's mother. Although
there isn't a drop of Irish blood in the
latter's veins, she can sing an Irish come
all-ye in way that would make native
Connaught woman yellow with jealousy.
Her father was lawyer in Ithaca. The
Irish farmers in the neighborhood," said
she, used to come to him to borrow
money. remember particularly Mr.,
Tim Toomey. The first time I saw him I
was about nine years old, had Just re-
covered from the measles, and am sure
[ was in no sense a beauty, but l was
the only child left my parents and they
were rather proud of me. When Mr.,
Tim Toomey saw me he lifted his hands
I'm a grand gesture, Dear. oh, dear! said
he. An this is yer only child? Why
don't ye have more Of them and not
SO prettyr He got his money"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-26

|. What j. the meaning Of "Correspondent"P
of "cOrespondent"?
,. Who Is RibOt?
haE?
1 What and where is Joppa?
>. What is the cassowary aRi where Is Il
found? "
g. Prisoners in Mexico often gre said In he
held incOmmuniSSdO. What does this
mean?
!. Who Is Nathan Straus?
T. What and where Is Trieste toward which
the Italian army Is advancing
D. Is there penalty for selling liquor TO an
army man in uniform?
10. Name the beSt-knONn Indian school in the
United States. Where is il?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-26
THE LIGHTING OF THEATRES


y I7TI IWTTVI U TWI II IIWTWV LIWVtT'
Sir-Wlthout the fantest wish to dis.
please local theatrical managers may I ask
you why they persist in certain outmoded
habits in reference to their playhouscs?
why for example, do two of our principal
theatres keep fairly bright lights burning
in the rear Of the auditorium during the
showing of photoplays? This illumination
distraCts the attention from the screen Of
nearly every one in the house and is posi-
tive torture to those seated toward the
rear. Combined with ventilation, which may
he considered, for all practical purposes, a
nullity, it is distressing, to say the least.
If Legitimate" theatres enter into rivalry
with the purely movie theatres, could they
NOT take hints from their rivals and cater
to the convenience of patrons rather than
TO that Of their employees?
WNNGATE SMYTHE.
Philadelphia May 25.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-26
Philadelphia Orchestra

NJ T. The conductors. conCertmasters
ana principal violoncellists of the Phia-
deIphia Orchestra since il was founded are
as follows: Conductors-19OO-07 Fritz
Scheel l9O7-l2, Carl PohlE: 19l2-present
time, Leopold Stokowski. Concertmasters-
10000, Carl Doell; 1901-O2. Elkan Kos
man; l9O2-O3, John Marquardt; 10000,
Hugo ok; l9o4-O6, Michael Svedrofsky /;
l9O6'present time, Thaddeus Rich Princi-
pal ioloncellists-19OO-O1, Rudolph Hennig (;
l9ol-o2' w. b. Ebann; 10000, Herman
sandy; l9O4-aS FIRED Saal; i906-07.
vladimir DubinsSy; I9O7-Os. Horace Britt !;
lSoS-l6, Herman Sandby; l9l6-present
time. Hans Kinder.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-26

OF them had originally intended to serve
with the American Ambulance. Others
have been employed as soldiers under
the French colors The whole corps is
said to he seasoned and well drilled. We
have talked a great deal about the moral
effect Of carrying the American flag TO
the trenches. Captain Tinkhans men
will be the first officially to enjoy this
privilege America honors them as the
vanguard Of Pershing's regulars and the
mighty selected army, that will follow
later
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-26

Concerning what contribution Of
America is justly entitled TO be consid.
cred as the first one in this war. there
has been almost as much difference of
opinion as over the birthplace OF Homer.
II hospital aid counts as participation
IN the conflict. we have been in II from
the start. Thousands OF Americans have
fought in the Entente armies Our
nviators have performed daring feats OF
heroism. In a broad sense we have,
therefore, been fighting with the Allies
Tor a long time, but from a technical
military standpoint we really entered the
fray Thursday. Then there departed
from the Grand Headquarters of the
French ARMY to the front the first Amer
lean combatant corps under the com
r1and ol Captain z. l. Tinkhan. Many
rf hi1 men are civil engineers and most
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-26

Tho queer light" in which, ac.
cording to the Socialist complaint, the
United States is put by refusing pass
ports to delegates to the Stockholm peace
conference is nothing compared to the
pecullarity Of the radiance that would
otherwise beat about the presence of pro-
Germans representing America at the
Swedish capital.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-26
william Chauncy Langdon, pageant

William Chauncy Langdon, pageant
director, to whom this city is indebted
for the excellence Of its historical pageant
Of 1912, has written a columnlong pro
test TO the New York Tribune about the
rejection of Colonel Roosevelt and his
2ss,oOO men," This is 100000 more than
the sturdiest Rooseveltian claimed. Pos,
sibly this is only the language Of
pageantry. But 1t is not fair TO the
Colonel 10 ascribe TO him boast which
he did not make.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-26

The perplexity of the State gov
ernment and Mr.. Peppers safety com.
mittee over what to do with the $1,000
600 war fund on hand could be easily dis.
sipated by the contribution OF a substan,
tial sum toward the re-establishment of
the nautical school of which Pennsylva.
mia stands in such urgent need Even
s15O0O0 would start the project well on
It's way without eliminating the delights
OF argument over what shall be done with
the rest OF the funds.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-26
Scilly Islands

+, NJ C-(a) The Scilly Islands are off the
southwest coast Of England, about thirty
miles west-southwest OF Lands End. The
name is pronounced "sl-lee" with the ac-
cent on the first syllable (b) Numbers Of
submarines Of the United States navy are
preceded by letters that designate the type.
For instance all submarines of a certain
type bear the letter TX" followed by the
number. tc) All German submarines are
designated by a ~" and a number the
~ being the abbrevation of "Untersee-
boot (underseaboaD, as recently explained
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-26

One faction of suffragsts is urging
the other faction to abandon its siege Of
the White House. The best reason for
doing so is that every one had forgotten
about It and supposed that 1t had already
been abandoned.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-26
Tom Daly's Column
THE TTLLAGE POET

IhB liLLAbE FOE1
Whenever US Saturday. a Saturday, {
Saturday: 1ohcncUcr as n Sdturdai
an an mn cork Is through.
I lore one occupation Vou'd denomirdt,
as "Idttcr-duy'-ca IN r
motorcdr 10 sec 1chdt netCs IS nctC
'Coulda't hare you hating me
For SHobbtShncSs, or rating nc
As nHriOuS TO DC Sdting me
Wth everything that's rich;
HcUer dtd abommdtc
The corncd beef that the common ate
An net II J could nominate
M breakfast food an Sich,
No doubt you'd hear nc chirrupin'
For buct1cheat cakes irith syrup IN,
For chicken an for tcrrdpir
An other gorgeous grub;
BIT though / hare the 1ciH for It,
I'd hare 10 rob Wl for Il;
I cannot pan the bin for H.
An there's the bloomin' rub.
BUt that's another thing again
O"r muse IS on the ,ciu0 again.
So let ms start to sting again
The song that qrc began
To sing OUr song an oh! 10 ring
7hc belts o jon that grolC to ring
Wherever 1cc 20 motoring
From Bccr8hcbn to DaH
IN roadster or In limousine,
where BW or Jack or Jim Is seen
tlH' she Herself ,cith him Is acc1j,
The bells Of jon ,rjH ring;
or crcu Whcrc me jomilD,
1FCdgcd in Forester clnmmtlU
Goes humping oHlrGrd cdmcl-y
There's siH song 10 sing.
BIT trhat I Wtc'S n touring car,
4 comty, hcadachc-curtn9 car,
4 trboHy rCasSuriug car,
7hdt takes Uou from your door,
An tchiri3 you through proximity
To absolute Subtmity,
with perfect cquantmuy,
L hundred mites or more:
That 1cbishS you through the scenery
OF 1coodcd slope an 0rccncry
An drops you NJ n hCanCrU
where mtliouaircS arc fed;
Then out into the nioht again,
To storm a toirB bci0H again
an rcrCl in the qiCM again.
BEFORE IFS home to bed.
on then IN ErCcIiuq dttitudc
with ndny piouS Dlatitudc,
I raise n song Of gratitude
For tricrds more rich than !;
Ar motoriuo' III SAP for n,
I'm rcodU ann dav for Il,
since dout hare to pdV for 70,