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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-05
A CONTINUOUS CAMPAIGN

TWO States, New York and Ohio, will
l. express an opinion on woman suffrage
tomorrow. 1t will be only an opinion,
for suffrage will never be decided until
1t is decided riplt and decided univer-
sally. 1t is a co. tinuous campaign. If
those States turn Gown the women to-
morrow the suffrage campaign will start
again in Ohio and New Tork on Wednes-
day morning.
Suffrage is not only a question OF JUS
tice. 1t is also a war measure. In those
amazing English factories, with their
acres of shells, women workers are In
many cases in the majority. They are
winning the war and they are winning
the vote for women everywhere. For
they are smashing the last of the sad
anti" arguments, that men can fight
without womeh's aid.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-05
Tom Daly's Column
THE DEVILS ACCENT

I'm jtst a common sim y, DO, like yott-
Unless you chance to be a bloomin'
saint
And maybe tchot rue got to ten Is neto
And maybe, on the other hand. it amt.
II tcith certain person you're dcqudint
And chat ioith him as do, yoH'H
dllotc,
When you hear the conversation
Meant to lead yoh to temptation,
That the DeUH has German accent
notc.
Remember iehen he tohispered IN Vour
Before this derned disturbance came
along,
He talked IN simple English, plain and
clear,
And sang a Very pleasant Kind Of song.
But lately you hare noticed something
1orong;
You really can't srplain It, 1ohy or
ho,U,
But you notice tChen you listen,
To those oily icordS Of his'n
AHut bJ DCtH Huo u OIfHtuH uCCCHt
noiC.
OF late he has been busy, much too much,
Where tails IN purcSt English isn't
spoke;
For SeUeral years he's put himself In
Dutch
, And therefore he is "out' Icith decent
tolb
I neUer thought good eats iOould hurt
a blokc,
But 1chen I am too hungry for mn
'"cholc,"
OJserUo IN edc" TEN ptdtion
To ignore Food Conservation
That the DeuH has German accent
nOtC,
IT'S funny too, 7 ncUer used to think
That shirking Of a duty tCdS sin,
And 1chen Sdto the DcUH smile and
1Cink
I neUer tCaS the man I should hare
been.
But HOlc rap Of light Is breaking IN:
I'm marching on my trdy 1Cith lifted
brotc!
I'm determined not to listen
To those oily tcOrds of hiS'n
For the DeuH has German accent
nolo!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-05
pENRosE RESPONSIBLE

TO the Editor Of the Evenin0 Ledger:
Slr-One of the highest duties of MEM
bership In a party is fairly, freely and fear
lessly to criticize the action OF the party
organization. This becomes all the mere
necessary in the preservation OF the Re-
publican party, the promotion of the public
welfare, the safeguarding OF society and
the advancement of executive efficiency in
city, State and nation. t'
Between the time OF his election and in
auguration Thomas Il. Smith. with an au-
dacity never equaled, proclaimed to the
people of Pennsylvania that he was the
leader Of the Republican party In Phlladel-
phia and announced that In matters Of
State politics. he would recognize Senator
Penrcse as the leader and himself as leader
Of political AFFAIRS In Philadelphia.
To many that declaration was a great
surprise 70 me II was what had expected.
inasmuch as Thomas b. Smith was Indebted
to Senator Penrose for his advancement
from president Of bonding company 10
the mayoralty OF the third largest city In
the United States and Of the ninth largest
In the world.
During the summer OF 1915 a number Of
conferences Of the party Organization of
PennsylVania were held In Atlantic City
for the purpose OF choosing a candidate Tor
Mayor OF Philadelphia. for whom the men,
bershlp II the party should vote Ever
since the death of Senator Quay In 190f
a1nator R4proao has been the paramount
Leader "a Republican, politics h r.nnaI|.
Fa0|1 4n1 Il W@f 4| |4th ha took 08.| IA
that ntI1.4|.I 1n1|NI.ne. 11I I0I.|. j
"o .|||1||I 1t {'||.& n 31''N .I.
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gardeners who fancied otherwise have
only scratched the surface of the possi'
billties-and Of their ground. Secretary
OF Agriculture Patton tells them what's
what. Soil can be prepared now for
spring planting. some crops can be put
In now and kept under cover for earliest
spring bearing many vegetables can be
grown or wintered over in hotbeds and
cold frames.
There's lots to be done, you war gar
'deners. whose record last spring is the
encouraging fact in food production and
conservation and discomforting tidings
to the enemy that Americas home gar
deners increased their number and area
by 222 per cent and produced truck"
valued at about s4OO, 900 900 for summer
consumption and winter storage. The
National Emergency Food Garden Com
missions survey is authority for these
amazing statistics. And with the expe-
rience gained by innumerable green.
horns" this year the harvest should be
double pext year. .'
Food is to win this war, and gardens
are muni.ion plants. Prepare now TO
make weapons and ammunition every
whit as important as howitzers and
II you are in need of advice
Just ask the Department: OF Agriculture
at Harrisburg and get all you want free.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-05

in the confident belief that with Smith as
Mayor the Ware influence in city and state
could be destroyed.
Had Senator Fenrose presented such
candidate as Ex-Governor Stuart, John
Wanamaker, Judge Audenried or Dinner
Beeber for Mayor that conference would
readily have acquiesced; but Smith had
been the Penrose postmaster for four years,
under Taft, and the Senator having abso-
lutte confidence in the fealty of Smith for
the paramount party leader, dominated that
party organization conference and Thomas
y. Smith was chosen as its candidate for
Mayor
And to the extent that Mayor Smith is
held responsible for the serious condition
or affairs in the municipality, either NOR
ally, politically CT otherwise to that extent
Boies Penrose should be held responsible
especially morally and politically RESPONSE
ble-for that condition expressed so forci-
bly by one of the foremost statesmen of the
United States, Elihu Root, that Pennsyl-
Vania Is corrupt and contented and which
has never been disputed by any newspaper
in Pennsylvania.
p. 7, Barnum held that the American
people were happiest when they were being
humbugged, and further to increase that
happiness he painted an ordinary elephant
white, exhibiting it for years as sacred
white elephant from India, secured at very
great cost, and If the daub of whitewash of
the Town Meeting will make our paramount
political leader really and truly white then
the Armstrong; -Blankenburg Town Meeting
will not have been held in vain.
JOHN w. FRAZIER.
Philadelphia, November 3.
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THE ORGANIZATION EULoGIzEp

To the Editor Of the Evening Led1er:
Sir-In speaking to my fellow citizens of
the coming election l wish to saw that I
nave been voter for more than fifty years,
a republican In politics of the Abraham
Lincoln type, who believes in reform NOT
only in the Republican and Democratic
parties, but In church and social life as
well. Most earnestly do l advise our citi-
zens to consider well before they rush off
INTO an abyss they are not now conscious
or IL is my theory that reform should take
place inside our organizations-why rush
outside when we have such men of the John
NJ. Patterson and George Wharton Pepper
type. not few, but many? 1t is true that
those whom the gods would destroy they
hrst make mad"-so without knowing the
why's or wherefores l can upon the two
factions, on one side Penrose and Nc
Nichol and on the other the Ware brothers.
to get together. I'm union there is
strength"
1t is rather amusing to see Senator PEN
rose against his party. In what respect has
Mr.. Nicholson (good as he may bel quail
tiles fitting him to be City Treasurer over
Frederick j. Shoyer, who has been known
many years and with a name beyond re-
proach? Just this afternoon l learned from
one or his Sunday school scholars that he
Is clean In his habits, total abstainer does
not use tobacco. pure in his life and a hus-
band, father and citizen that any yoUng
man should be glad to follow in his foot
steps. what has George Walter Smiths
ability over my friend James b. Sheehan
for Register OF Wills? The only claim
against the latter is as to money II he Is
entitled TO II by law let him have IT, Repeal
the law, but don't blame the man AIR
Sheehan while Assistant Director of Public
Safety did so much for me, or should saw
for assisting In the discharge and for
giving Of many poor fellow In the Housa
OF Correction In what respect will Mr.
Armstrong make better Receiver OF Taxes
than the present one, Mr.. KendriclP ne
and hia father before him were so we'll
known and so much loved that, no mater
how good his opponent is. how can he he
better than the best2 So I beg my fellow
members Of the old party TO stand together
shoulder TO shoulder and give these three
Sheehan, Shoyer and Kendrck. one Of our
old-tlme rousing maJorities. Do NOT
imagine they are any more murderers than
i, and trust am not one but on the con-
trary, am Ia favor Of pure politics ana nnre
politicians and IN favor OF reform inside
Philadelphia, November 3.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-05
RECLAIMING BILLIONS

NTTELL-ADVANCED plans for the reca'
w nation of some $4,000 acres Of swamp
land in Lowndes County, Ala, are am
nounced by a correspondent of the Manufac-
turers' Record who adds that "as this is
already a very important cotton, corn and
general produce farming section. as well az
the second largest cattle and hog producing
county in Alabama, the new enterprise
takes on semblance Of national Inn
portance." ..
Every successful project of this kind u
of national importance because of It's con-
tribution to the country's wealth and power
The South has approximately bO,OOOOVv
acres Of wet lands, which in their present
condition are virtually useless and In numer-
GUS instances a menace TO health, put
which II properly drained would provide
farm sites of unsurpassed fertility. These
lands are now worth only a few dollars
an acre--not more than $40 at the InosI
liberal estimate. But suppose these bO'-
100000 acres were drained They would
sell for at least 800 an acre and woula
yield harvests of Incompatible richness
Thus in land values alone this swamp area
would increase from $500 900 to w..
900, 900 900, as much as the maximum OK
the colossal Liberty Loan The consequent
benefits would be no less marked for the
community and the State than for the IN
dividual land owner. The augmented TAX
returns would be enough TO reimburse tne
cost of the reclamation projects, while tns
gains for the community's health and pros
perity would be really incalculable.
Georgia has the largest area OF swamp
and overhowed lands in any State on tns
Atlantic coast, with the single exception OF
Florida, and Florida is retaining her
swamp lands at a truly herculean pace
One-seventh OF GeorgiaS entire territory
consists of land which must be drained be-
fore II can be used. But far from being q
liability, this will prove a priceless asset u
reclamation IS brought duly into service
The valley of the Nile itself does not excel
the fertility which the ages have packed into
this swampy soil and which drainage VIII
make easily available. While vast expansea
like the okefenokee present formidable
engineering problems, there are thousands
of acres which can be dr. lined at a cost cOnl-
parativey trivial, besides the profitable re-
suits which are certain 20 follow.
In fact. few expenditures OF public money
yield such rich and speedy returns as do
those for the reclamation OF swamp or over
flow lands, Under the Georgia law author
izlng the formation OF drainage districts
and the Issuance OF drainage bonds thea1
improvements can be made without burden
INK the taxpayers and property oNneral foI
4 iqyar|aplY happens 4 such enterprises
nte f|FnI'H rQnoue't1 Inet I0t llo1N1|| 1I
.r@ 1'Q|.'|Hel bud n,tEe I141 N|f|st {. ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-05
" A PRESIDENT
OF HUMANITY?
Internationalism Has Dodged
This Question-Political
Discussion
To ,he Editor Of the Evening Ledger:

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:
Sir-The suggestion in your financial
column of October 26 that following the
democr ltization of the world the war derts
Of the nations should be assumed by all,
should not pass without comment, as 1t is
one of the most luminous suggestions that
have yet been made regarding that i'm
portant subject-an international Govern
ment.
Before noting the main point which
wish especially to present, let me remind
your writer that he would find no prece-
dent in our Civil War, which made only
the successful sides debt payable by the
Interstate Government. Possibly, however,
your writer only expects that international
Government to include all the Allied
non-Teutonic nations. If it were to include
all nations. though, his proposition wou
be magnifcently mlgnanimous proposal.
from the present point of view; and yet
1t would only be treating the present world
convulsion as a surgical operation for which
the whole world would offer to pay, just
the head, heart and lungs pay for the dis
orders of bad living. One could readily
think of President Wilson Offering, after the
surrender of the Teutons, so magnanimous
a program. 1t would be like Lincoln and
Grant. That however is for the future.
The point that wish to make now, how
ever, is to note the recurrence in your ar
ticle of expressions such as international
navy" international police" and "inter-
national court of arbitration! For, like
your own writer. other writer's, almost with
one accord, do not name an international
Legislature" to make proper international
laws, an international executive" to exc
cute those laws and handle the navy" and
police" or an international court" which
acts legally, not a mere arbitration board
And II is plain that these necessities are
not in their minds or they would be in their
words To speak of navy" or police"
without provision for an executive is like
saying there must be hand without a man
to use 1t. 1t will not do to say that an
executive is inferred or assumed when one
speaks of navy" or police" for 1t is not
If It were, they would talk about interna-
tlonaI constitution" Legislature" ''execu-
tive" and judiciary" and power of the
press and electorate" without which there
can be no international navy" or "police"
or any proper Government which Is the
real need. There will be no real progress
until we begin to discuss the real thing
instead OF its appurtenances.
BURTON ALVA KONKLE
Swarthmore, Pa, November 3.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-05
BALANCING Losses

WHlGN the enemy made his last big
w strategic retreat" in March he had
no victory elsewhere to offset it, It was
generally agreed that another German
retreat ON the west front would be an
open confession of inferiority. Such a
retreat seer g TO be under way But this
time the high command prepared the
German people for it by creating a diver
sion in Italy. Under the cover of an
impressive invasion in the south, the
Germans have abandoned untenable
ground along the Aisne having in the
last ten days lost 4o2 cannon and 700
machine guns. 1t seems probable now
that the italian invasion was planned
very largely beca use Of expected trouble
in the west. Some experts even talk of
possible retreat to the Meuse, with the
surrender OF nearly all the occupied
French territory. Now would be the time
to do it, with all Germany being told
that Italy is hopelessy disabled
1t is important to realize that the Ger.
mans did not dream of such a retreat
last summer. The Crown Prince, from
April to July, tried to overwhelm the
French on the Chemin.des Danes, en-
ploying seventy-one divisions, or about
1,O65,O00 men, and losing nearly 100000,
some say more, in the whole operation.
Counting the huge casualties in the last
month in Belgium and on the Aisne, we
see German loss at least three times as
great as that Of the Italians.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-05
MAKE IT OVERWHELMING

ENLEVENTH HOUR numerical estimates
~ Of tomorrow's vote in the city are
interesting, but even less reliable, than
the usual prediction forecasts. When
the issue is deeply moral, as in the pres.
ent case, when the way mans vote is
cast tells whether he thinks murder is
right or wrong, there is no telling what
landslide may be started. But let no
man be overconfident Every Town
Meeting party vote will be needed. When
the most degraded elements in the COM
munity conspire, every honest man must
show his colors. Do not be satisfied with
mere victory Make it Overwhelming.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-05
LAST CARD

WAIT minute. voter. on your way
to the pollsl
Here's something you should know.
We turn to page 1896 of webster's Re.
vised Unabridged Dictionary aud we find,
at about the middle of the first column:
Ware, n. A wand or stan OF author.
ity or justice. [obsI
And below that is a auolauon from
Dryden. who might have been writing OF
one smith:
His hand ware Of juAtios aid uphold"
But obs" voter, means obsolete,
played out done for. and all that sort Of
thing.
wait another minutes Here's another
definition;
Ware, v. lzool. A Weasel
These shlnsa' ci,lrsp, It 1, ven for
yoa @ know nat zoa nay y ~ o..I.,n
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-05
Answers to Saturdays Quiz

I. Count Won HertIng; Mlehaellss successor az
German Chancellor.
2. POmpey contested the leadership OF the
Roman domain with Julius Caesar,
3. Fac-Simile; an exact copy.
4. Sir Arthur Sullivan was British COM
poser who, with Sir William Gilbert,
wrote the famous Gilbert and sullivan
operas, "PinafOre," "Patienee," etc.
8. Sussex: English county on the Channel at
the southeast corner OF England.
o. The TaglamentO is a river flowing south
into the Adrintlc in Venetla, In the ex:
treme northeastern corner OF Italy. h
runs parallel to the Austrian boundary
and now forms the line between the hos
tile forces.
7. Orlando; the new Premier OF Italy.
8. DIR. Karl Muck; conductor Of the Boston
symphony Orchestra.
%. "Welsh DisestabIisliment", the movement
to separate Church and State In Wales.
WHICH has long been an Issue In Enghsn
10. Table salt Is, chemically, sodium chloride.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-05
What Do You Know?
QUIZ

l. In what part Of Russia Is Finland and frum
what country did Russia obtain this ter
ritOry?
2. Who Is Frederick Macmonnies?
3. The Germans have captured about 10000
Italians About what percentage OF the
Italian forces under arms does that hs-
ure represent?
4. The british have captured Beersheba,
Where Is II?
D. Where Is Jamaica?
q. MIR. Hlllquit, who was born In Russia, was
greeted az Our next PRESIDENT, BY an
legally become President?
!. Give another name for soft coal.
8. Explain the old saying, "Do not put all your
eggs into one basket" f .Hl
8. What IL the Importance Of 0stend now. end
what was it distinguished for before she
war? 4.
10. Who are the MOravians? tf
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-05
The unIted states Is often charged

The United States Is often charged
with being a country with few traditions
and institutions. Youth IN nationhood Is.
OF course. responsible for the alleged de.
fciency IN a rich hatoric past such
established institutions as we have should
be cherished. then. and not discarded. So
the news that one Philadelphia institu-
tion OF somewhat venerable standing. the
First City Troop, Is 70 maintain It's in
tegrity IS military body Is doubly wei.
come No useful purpose would have
been served by dlsmemberlng IT. and as
h1111u1flelA irqoP of ne 1Nenf, .elfhth
e 3 w 'eg 'st |n..st = |a
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-05
MOVIES CLOSE sALnnNs

Il don't know exactly how many saloons
the moving picture has put out of busIness .
said billy Sunday 70 Mary Plclxford WV
he was a guest az the Artcraft studlos srf
Mes discussing the benefit Of films FOR moral
upntt There can be no doubt lhaf ~
M0Npn-piefure tntotre n slowly bnl .,,.1'-
|.'.|nf ne hide on ~ lhe oa|a6nh.s.., a.
,nH TIE FoIf|nElnHu a better mas. ~
> h't et4tInfs II11 1.4|.
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Berlin and Yier

Berlin and Vienna are moving
heaven and earth to insure the success
Of the pacifst conference to be held at
Berne. in Switzerland. on November 12-
a strange role for victors. It would
sometimes be hard to believe in ultimate
German defeat If German peace efforts
did not reassure us.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-05

The man who was compelled to
kiss the American flag at Wellsboro, Pa.
because of his pro-German chatter will
find further punishment in the fact that
he will be obliged to talk to himself in
the future.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-05

1t is easy to forget TO put a three.
cent stamp on letter. but it is easier
to forget that November Is is the last
day Christmas boxes for soldiers in
France can be put in the mails.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-05
In laos the orranizat,on Isas

In 1905 the Organization was en-
quilted by the wave of reform. In 1911,
just six years later, the wave again rose
and swept it from power It is Just an
other six years since these alleged Re
publicans received their last drenchlng.
They'd better get their raincoats ready
for tomorrow