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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-13
Tom Daly's Column
SANDY CLAWS

SANDY CLAWS
The ChriStmdSes O. notcddays amt no .poys
near like those
AZ enjoyed ichen lcuz Jest a kid.
II seems cz 'ou0h old Kriss turgits the older
at he grotcs
Jest hoU his tricks O. long ago ,Dus did.
And Christmas no,o don't seem to hold O.
quarter o. the joys,
Like them ut flled the good old times
and alters use ter cause
4 jceHn' o. contentment fur 10 MI us coun.
try boys
When father played 'at he Vus se~dv
CLAUS.
on. ho,C tried to Keep awake and aDotch
on Christmas Ere
For Sandy Cld,cs to comc--I kno,oed he
acouId.
For mother she had told me, aud she .oould
not deceive
Al he loped all little boys achen thcy
wus good.
But couldn't Keep awakc at all-tsv
'cmS young, yer sec
An IN the mornin' tohen yoke 7 didn't
ncrer pause,
Ter 'spiciOn ho,O IL aCuz t.c prctty thinos
he'd come ter me,
when father played at re 1ouS Sandy
Cld,cs.
But uhen groDcd up bigger and had q
little sense,
I'd lag and Jest pertend IL asleep.
An purity soon I'd hear old Sandy Clo1us
commence
T,,. pT;.,, he, If.b -ls
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-13
DRAMATIZING DEMOCRACY

To the Editor Of the EUeHiH0 Public LeJoer.
Sir-There was very foolish sketch n, 4,
vaudeville house this week called The Ron
fires of Old Empires" 1t dealt with the need
to make the world safe for democracy because
"the gods were calling to men to come higher
up"
That's very poetic sentiment, of course
but such sketches are dangerous business
because In this very practical age they do moi
have the capacity to stimulate enthusiasm
II is not the gods who are calling TO men
to come higher up What is happeniny 10
that men themselves are determined that thew
shall go higher up, gods or no gods, Kings
no kings.
Such a sketch. dealing as 1t does with tbe
aims of democracy and based upon President
Wilson's famous message calling for a state
of war declaration against Germany. ought
II II were buided properly create such an
enthusiasm that there would be no stopping
the wild wave sweeping over the hous,
Because 1t does not create such an enthu-
siasm, because the house is not awakened
except to give the usual applause that gree,s
all cleveriy acted affairs, the sketch must he
nut down as failure.
1t failed for one thing because the author
instead of being content with a theme Of
democracy. used the same old female clemens
for the skeleton OF his poetry With guns
booming over an entire continent fields
drenched in blood, manned men coming home
from the battle fronts. women forced into
industries and babies left alone TO get along
a. best they may. this h no time for the gods
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-13

the pulse Of progress, whether that prog.
ress manifests itself in Los Angeles or
Bagdad. The way TO serve Philadelphia is
to serve 1t. II. then. our own business men
can be kept jump ahead of their competi-
tors, owing to quicker and more reliable
information, or IL they can be prodded now
and then when sluggishness sets in, a really
great result is accomplished The spirit of
Philadelphia Is the sum total of the minds
Of its business leaders. They set the pace.
The town cannot be slow unless they are
slow. Our business is to furnish the infor-
nation, theirs to use it.
We may suggest, however, that il Phila.
delphia is slow the fact Is worth three army
corps to the Kaiser. On the industries of
this district, including Hog Island, the issue
of the conflict may well depend, 1t is
because our industries arc what they are
that vigilance is imperative and business
vision is required that dips into the future
and writes its policies in terms of tomor.
row.
The only slogan Philadelphia should
know is, "Ful Speed Ahead"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-13
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Julian Street May Describe This
City-Making Theatre Safe
for Democracy
"WHO HOLDS THE BAGpn

To the Editor Of the ErCHia0 puJlic LcJ,r..
Sir--iour editorial of December entitled
Who Holds the Bag" started Off with this
statement: "'rhe owner of a $4,000 house will
have to pay n tax OF s9i next year. His tax
bill when Mayor Smith entered Office WAS
$50"
1t is true that owners of $1,000 bo,,sos
are not numerous enough to arrange A town
meeting of formidable proportions. but if they
were joined by the owners and renters Of
$1,000 houses they could put a large sized
dent in any program arranged by any boss--
whether he be of the contractor or cornora.
tion variety
In the first place. why should the owner of
any priced house he taxed at all? What crime
mas ne committed or in what way has no
injured the community that the latte-
should place yearly fine on him of 500 or
ss4' is the committing of an improven1en
sucn n nigh crime or misde meauor that one
punishment or penalization is not sufficient
but must be continued while the in,proyc
ment lasts?
IN the second place, is it moral or inst .
Ihe value of the house belongs to the owner
ana does not belong to the city Tho civ
employs at great expense numerous police.
men To guard the property Of its citizens rro,,
those who would despoil them. vet tho civ,
would employ this same force if necessary,
IN prytng loose from the citizens strong bnx
OF pahk account certain evidences of wealth
.a,tu uolidrS IN tne thlrd place Ii is the
height OF foolishness The city wants peonIe
TO build $1,000 houses and other varieties of
houses. stores, hotels. etc. The better buiIt
and the more beautiful and useful they are
MADE and their steady increase in number
are things we make the subject of civic pride.
Then why, in the name of common sensa
should we annually fine the producer of one
of them? ~
In the fourth place, we should not Law all
the blame for this absurd and wicked process
on Mayor smith He may be to some extent
responsible for increasing the penalty of com.
mttlng an Improvement from the old fine of
$50 to s9l, but we cannot justly hold him re-
sponsible for the establishment of "A systen,
which operates to place the owner of a
house in the same class as the petty Grim.
inals and commuters of nuisanccs
In the fifth place, let us cease to nI,ca
in the collective treasury dollars which do not
belong to the collective body and begin to
take and to place in the collective treasury
and spend for the collective good only Tho
value which has its origin in and is mair.
tained by collective growth, progressyeness
and desire-the rent of land
OLIVER MCKNIGHT
Philadelphia, December ~.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-13
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

/. Kari Marx: German economist and pLiIo.o-
pher OF the nineteenth century, whosa honpp
"Capital," Is the basis for the doctrioss..
OF Socialism.
=. kohirabi; 4 vegetable uniting the delicate
haycrs OF the turnip aud cabbage. Ths
edible portion is II bulb which appear, iu.s
above the ground. '"''
3. william shakespeare wrote Hamlet,
4. Crossing the RubicOp" means taking . a
cisiye action. Alnsion In to Julius Caes.r's
passage Of small river, crossinr AZ
which was tantamount to Invasion of R0
man territory. " ~"
8. A simiie Is n definitely expressed Gamma r;so
"A metaphor, sn implied comma rjson y,.. TIT
former Is introduced by a word snch me ne
tribute Of one thing o on anSthers w,a,a,,t; NJ at,
introduction. Simiie; '"sIy life is IiLs L"9Sa ~.
summer rose" Meta phOr: .s,Iy iiSs,.' ~.
rose of summer, that fades with summer
close"
o. Marcoing is u town In the Cambria sector ,ov
In possession Of the Germans. ""
T. Fairfax Harrison Is president Of the South.-,,
Railway and chairman Of the United Statea
railroad board. 'sS
4. wisconsin is the Badger State.
0. An ohm H. the standard unit In the measure
Of electrical resistance, being the resistance
Of v circuit In which potential dIiferenee
Of one volt produces current of one
ampere.
10. Perigies was an. Athenian ststesmsp, under
whose rule Athens fnleyed ~ GoIies ~
of art literature an& phliesonkys - N -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-13

10 lie calling men to come higher up via the
somewhat unreliable female route. What the
world Is demanding before il will give its en-
thuSiasm Is something that will help men to
81 higher up Via their own efforts Through
all ages we have had poetry and religion ana,
romance the three combined. as their climax
of gifts, could present to the world nothing
better than "A world war; world bigotry
world murder These creatures of "a poets
sphere no longer hold our allegiance; we
want facts, not words and mere pretty pic
lures.
When we get those facts then we shall be
enthusiastic for the prosecution of the war
Tor the sake of a triumphant democracy
but that enthusiasm refuses to come so long
rs mere poets try to cram their superfciali-
ties into our craniums. The great hope OF
the twentieth century IS that every last yes-
tigc of the diseased poets mind will be tossed
out from democracy's-
CECIL MONTAGUE
Philadelphia, December T.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-13
THE SEVENTH CITY

TO hc EditOr Of the EUcning Public Lcdger:
Sir--ln your editorial entitled ."The Seventh
city, you say your say in your usual en-
phatic way about Julian Street leaving out
Philadelphia from the cities one should see |
rather suspect that Mr. Street will prob
ably see PhilaGt lphia i'm a professional way
some time in the near future. Before he
started out on hiS quest IF hts ',,ueriClu
Adventures he did me the honor of asking
me to SurEcst a route through t.c Sou,L
! NCntureG TO suggest that he WoLlI mako
his startn 8 point At Portland. Me- showing
H. NV taat pini.bi ion dil net p"i,ilit.
after that writing up Boston, tnat quaint
old BritishAmeriCan town. dropping off at
New Haven to see the professors of Yale
struggle with mllionaircs' sons TO get IL
through their mind tfa. money does not make
men, and then before going to Baltimore the
gateway of the South, to spend "a week in
Philadelphia, this great, old, historical city
that has lost the art of self-govcrnment. ana
point out in his 'nimitablo way the right
side and wrong side of us. JuI!ar Street
could do this. In his reply he said il was his
purpose to confne himself to the South ard
as you well say, "He dipped his pen in molten
gold when he wrote his latest of his American
studies This young man, who has eyes and
ears, combined with wit and wisdom and
knows so well how to use them. will, IL is to
be hoped, see Philadelphia, and If he gets her
true perspective, he will no doubt add il
to his cites that are worth white
RYERSON w. JENNINGS,
Philadelphia, December IL.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-13

|. Here's new angle on the I'VE stuff,'"
writes Arthur ~rabb:
~ and my youngest son, aged three and
one-half often start breakfast before the
rest of the family arrive on the lower
floor. Our breakfast always consists of
fruit, oatmeal and eggs. with coffee for
me. It has been his custom to look about
when he has finished his oatmeal and an.
nounce, Il beat everybody
One day. however, his claims were a
little to, raw to pass unchallenged. There.
fore. said:
Look here. son, I've finished my oat.
meal, my eggs and my coffee and toast.
and I'm smoking my pipe and reading the
paper"
That statement caused him no concsrn
whatever
well. anyway. you and I beat, didn't
we. dad?" said he.
About this. time the rest Of the family
began 70 drift in.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-13
NEW ORLEANS 200 YEARS oI,D

New Orleans has passed her 2OOth cente-
nary without any attempt at "a great ca,e-
bration OF the event. the reason for tbe ar
stention being that her people, for the ms,
part are busily occupied with other mat,ans
OF course the event was not forgotten alto
gether. and one OF the pleasing inclden,s 20
tending the generally quiet Observance ~,
the occasion was characteristicaIIy frisna,,,
message from Marshal Joffrs to the prs.a.s
inhapitanss OF 2 city once almost entirely
q this dsy-- Christian scieues Nonitor. 's'en
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-13

Gamblers in this town need not
imagine that they can fool the Mayor. He
may not know much about card games. bur
he has men under him who do. Consider
ing the ease with which the vice district
was cleaned up, it must be perfectly OBJ
vious to anybody that the gamblers do not
stand q chance.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-13
Missouri had to be shown.

Missouri had to be shown" before
she believed things about this war. Stone
was against lighting and Clark was against
conscription. Now Reed has gone to the
other extreme. asking that youths of eight.
cen be called to the colors. 'Tis ever thus
T'hs xfoutest pacihst makes the best Of
1ess whsn snoe n fete etartsd
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-13

Mcclellan and a group of voters
tried to convince ABE" Lincoln in 1864
that the South was winning the war. But
ABE" used Grant to convince the South
that it wasn't. General Pershing did not
go to France merely to appear in prema-
ture peace parade.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-13

Every new thing we hear of Kale.
dimes of the Cossacks makes him look more
and more like what Kerensky might have
been. I'VE only delayed to act until we
were assured of success" sounds like the
utterance of a man of might
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-13

1t is reported that the Kaiser will
not celebrate Christmas 1t appears that
his God was born some other day
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-13

Maybe the Government will not take
Governor Brumbaugh's view of the full
crew law seriously
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-13
Rogers's Artistic Touch


Bakers thought perhaps, is that by trading
Alexander and Kllefcr for $4,000 he will
start the business year that much to the good
no matter what else may happen. But we
fancy the clever Mr.. Rogers would not an
prove Mr.. Bakers raw methods Mr.. Rogers
was a business man, but he was an artist,
If we were in a position to PROFOUND such
a question to Mr.. Reach, and if he wero in
the mood to answer, we feel sure he'd tell us
that John /. Rogers understood the business
of baseball better than any other man in
the history of the game. But that's as far
as he'd be likely to go.
1t was our privilege during nearly the
whole of one afternoon to sit well within
earshot of Mr. Rogers while he explained
how unjust were the remarks of those news
papermen who accused the Philadelphia club
management of Intentionally keeping the cI,h
among the "also rams" Yet during all that
wordy discussion Mr.. Rogers evaded answer
ing the pointblank question. us a winning
ball club a good business proposition"
ANY one who has the time or the inclination
to look up the figures will find that thoro
never was more faithful or more patient
following than the Phillies enjoyed for a
quarter of a century In the face of success
sive years of failure ito cop the pennant"
There was a time when the statistics ,voro
pretty familiar to US, but we've forgot,o,
them and recall only that in one year ana
In one year only. did the Phillies finish o
good as second. In many other years ,bo,,
were well up in the first division. Just good
enough to keep the crowds coming. but new
quite too good.
Success is sometimes failure. The prs,,
Baltimore team managed by Ed Hanlon. won
the National League pennant in 1894, 1895
and 1895. and then killed Baltimore as a
baseball city. The team finished second in
1897 and 1898 and the town couldn't stand
1t. In 1899 Baltimore passed out of the biz
league.
Baseball Is a business. that's ALL Tan
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-13

Maybe too many of the railroad ex-
perts were sent to France. We could use
two or three in this country.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-13
PRUssIAN PHYsIOGNoMy

Judging by the most recent Portraits n,
Won Hindenburg. he has q 6 o'clock In ~. ~.
morning temper throughout the twenty.fo
hourss--Toledo Blade.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-13
ITALY'S NEEDS

II Is not backbone that Italy needs bu,
guns and coal and grain-Louisvillc Herald
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-13

We were not winning the war with
Russia: we can win it without her.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-13
Two Successful Careers

No man but the surviving partner of tho
early management knows how much Reach
and Rogers made in any year. but in
prosperous seasons they probably divided be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000. They got out of
the business before players salaries began
to be stellar. They even got by the trouble
some revolt of the Brotherhood about 1S9Ol
without serious drain upon the purse and
they probably never had upon their books n
player drawing more than $500 in any one
year.
When Reach and Rogers sold out to a
syndicate of prominent en-about-town Cwas
it ten years agoD they closed a baseball bust.
ness career of almost steady success and
surely one of uncommon peace. In the moro
than twenty years of their administration
they weathered all storms so well that, looked
back upon, they seem to have been few
But. as We said at the outset, Mr. Rogers
was an accomplished dancer upon the edge
of a volcano, and it was TO his keen lnowl.
edge of baseball law, not to mention other
qualities, that the long life of the firm OF
Reach g. Rogers was due.
War is a great worker of change and John
l. Rogers never had TO reckon with a war
in the conduct of his business. We don't
count the Spanish-Amercan ripple of 1898
T'iat wasn't big enough to matter We won
der what he would have done however II
he had ever got as deep into things as presi-
dent Baker and had to face the puzzling sea-
son of 1918. All this Is futile guessing bo.
cause as we've said, Rogers would never have
wa tbat far
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-13
BUSINESS SIDE OF
NATIONAL GAME
History of Baseball Contains
Many Commercial Transactions
Which Annoyed "Fans"

| CONNlE MACK is the most approachablc
" man in the world. his friends say--whcn
he wants TO be approached! But we were
| absolutely unable to approach him yesterday.
| We wanted him TO write this story.
| We wanted to ask him how II feels. after
| having yourself once braved the anger Of the
Philadelphia baseball fan by breaking up a
| championship team, to stand unobserved in
| the bushes and watch somebody else perpe-
trate even more horrible assault-and such
n battery.
We wished also to ask him why Phadel-
phia.--the best baseball town in the country,
rs many Of us bclievc-has so often been
chosen for the scene of that sort Of tragedy
But Connie was not to he approached, and
John !. Rogers has been dead for some years.
We do not mean that Mr. Rogers ever
figured in such an explosion as that Of which
Mr. Baker has just been the igniting spark
or that other which blew up the Athletics
100000 infcld, but during nearly twenty
years as managing director of the phics
Mr.. Rogers danced upon the edge Of u vol.
cano Mr.. Rogers was beyond doubt tho
shrewdest director of baseball club that
ever operated In this city. II would be inter.
csting to interview him TODAY
New Thing in Baseball Curiosities
No authentic records arc at hand at this
writing aud it may be that the passing years
have taken the edge off our memory but it
seems safe to say that no action ever taken
by the management of the Philadelphia club
since its entrance into the National League
in 1888 ever stirred the public as this deal Of
President Baker which sends Alexander and
klIleier TO Chicago. 1t is doubtful If John
l. Rogers would have done such a thing but
then the business of baseball didn't run into
such high figures in those old days 1t would
be hard to imagine tho early management
ot the Phillics passing the 1lubicon Of tho
ldes Of March last, when Grover Alexander
demanded and was conceded a salary OF
$l200O--or whatever the exact amount may
have been.
In the beginning of things. and even well
toward the end of the century. the sum of
$500 for seasons salary was the mark of
the star. Many lesser luminarics got less.
We recall listening with gaping mouth. while
another boy, "A near relative of the famous
Ferguson, gave out tho information that
"Fergio' had signed contract for $500
for the season probably 1880 And l'crgu.
son was an all-round player of a type now
extinct. lie was a good outfieldor, II brilliant
second baseman, a heady pitcher and--if the
thing were possible-he would have caught
himself skIllfully.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-13

1.-The number of prisoners taken in this
war was 81 600 and that OF the dead /. 4 90. 600
and the greatest part of them were Jews bv
nation. though not natives of Judea for thew
were a promiscuous multitude that were gath
cred together at Jerusalem to celebrate the
Feast of the Passover. and were there s,r-
prised by the war.
the crowd first brought the plague and tbsn
the famine into the city
"Soon after Titus celebrated his brother
Domitian's birthday with great splendor: ana
$500 prisoners were destroyed by fire and
combat and with beasts in honor of that
soemnity"
The Little River news., 1917-11-10
SECOND LIBERTY LOAN
 FUhD $ S4,617,532,300
Minimum OyersubScribed Ji Per Cent Little Short of Maximum. All Subscriptions to Be
 Issued in Bonds.

Washington Nov. 7.-Amaricans re- sponded to the call for a second L:ber- ty war loan by subscribing S4,617 ,532,- 300, an ovcrsubscription by 54 per cent of the $3,O0O O00,00O asked and only $383 900 900 less than the $5,000,- 000,0 ,000 maXimum.
 Tabulations completed tonight show ed that every federal reserve district exceeded it's quota and 9. 100000 per sons subscribed.
 Half of the ovcrsubscriSed sum will be accepted, making the amount of bonds to be issued $3,SoS766 150. Ninety-nine per cent or the subscrip- CTS will receive the amount for which thcy bargained, Ail subscrll tions foG $5O,000 or less will be allotted in full s;nd those above that amount will be pared down in proportions rang ing from 90 per cent allowance on subscriptions between $50,000 and $100 900 to 40 per cent for the larg- est single subscription Of So0,000 900
The Little River news., 1917-11-10
AMERICAN PATROL VESSEL SUNK
Naval Yacht A!iedo Torpcdoed NOyem- Der 5-One Officer and 70
 Men Lost.

Washington Nov. 6.-An American patrol vessel has been sunk in the danger zone with the loss of one o. ficer and twenty men.
 The navy department announces that the converted yacht Aliedo was torpedoed at 13O a. m, November 5. The official announcement reads:
 "The navy department has received a report from Admiral Sims stating that at 1:3O a. m., on November D. the American patrol vessel Aliedo con- yerted yacht, was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine in the war zone
 One officer and twenty men are missing. The ship sank within four minutes after she was struck. Several vessels were searching for possible survivors at the time the report was made. The Aliedo carried seven off cers; and S5 men,"