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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-09-03

VAIHO offer their entire stock Of Sam
Wv rie Pieces CT high-grate toa'ings at worthwhile
concession which makes possible tor To- offer them
this remarkable price.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-09-03
Gold Teeth Stolen
and Pawned by Man

SYRACUSE. N. Y. Sept. az e
G. Tiff. a lawyer. enteredehls office,
and. as II was hot. removed his coat
and vest, and hung them on rack.
A few minutes later he left the
office. He returned. and an hour
later discovered that his coat and
vest had been stolen In the pocket
OF his vest we're five gold teeth.
which had been broken from his
plate.
He notified the police. who. few
hours later. recovered the teeth In
q pawnehop
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-09-03
WILSON ON the JOB;
IS Player MANAGER


guard. but these men are So iucos-
spicuous that frequently 20 ou-
knows they are about The presi.
dent himself has nothing 10 do
with their movements. and u IL
doubtful II h. Is aware G. tsss
presence Of some OF them.
When the president gsesa 10 40
office to find out about somets sss
he gets the facts by talking face 10
face with the men doing the wors.
He absorbs the information 10 his
brain. not on some stenogrspA er's
note book. In fact. eco gwls 90
takes secretary alon.
These unannounced triNs. are
redolent OF the democracy ses
which America Is fighting. Red
tape is slashed thru There are 20
uniforms, no gold lace. ~ fSssSl.
ties.
The other day wsses tss ss.sx0.
dent dropped IN 90 tsss feser~l
trade commission TO talk aso.s
coal prices be fouss the scsos % ~
sion In the y1idst OF Novish is ss
fees into new sulldiss. E-srt.
thing w@ upset Hsss- uss,sadu
porter.s were takag out t~s sspos
ture ard. s.scurs.ests ass sow TaoanS
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trassss
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2 dasaS &es&D 60 asRS &aa@se esqG
s& psbsssDss b ses. psr 80 Ss& eklnse
ssas sasssss ~ ~ q t%e Iona and
shst hon.
The president Is not immune
from the detrimental red tape
which has accumulated dn Wash
ington for over century. When
he drops into @the anteroomD of a
bureau chief he runs into the mes.
sengers. assistant secretaries and
the other buffers always planted in
the outer office to keSR the crowd
eput. "
A few Gays@go he landed in an
outer office presided over by a
young man who had learned his
job we'll He also had the Ameri.
can spirit. and a president looked
like anybody else to him. At any
rate. the president got the old
formula:
"sorry, Mr.. President, but
he Is In a conference Just now
and can't be interrupted. VIII
you wait7"
The big boss OF the United
States sat down to wait. and tho
outer guard Of the little depart.
ment boss wanted TO be friendly,
He handed the president copy Of
one Of the Washington afternoon
papers.
Have you read III" he
asked.
As the president took tho
paper, the young man added,
"How's Mrs. Wilson,"
THE CONVERSATION WAS
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-09-03

ID EAUTlFUI Coating Veours all wool which simply
- splendid values at $500 yard Suitable weights tor
and suits in shades OF green ose gold, f7up
khaki Burgundy purple, sapphire. nggerbrown and navy.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-09-03
Rooster Honks Horn
But Doesn'to waker

WELLINGTON. N. Y. Sept. j.
Late one night Ambrose Putt was
awakened by tho blowing OF an au-
tomobile horn in his garage. lie
hurriedly dressed and armed with
revolver went to the garage and
found rooster roosting upon the
horn.
Putt says the rooster was asleep.
and that the noise OF the horn did
not disturb him.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-09-03

Filed In the diary also was asn
anonymous letter TO DT. VI. A.
Matthews. written. according 10 Its
own statement. "by a citizen and a
taxpayer" who could not give his
name. because his position was his
livelihood. and he could not afford
20 lose IL" This letter stated
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-09-03

tA1Nrvs<. Ness. s--0&s mss
vac esiiaG sst sbus eosse end
esss6see sAs~WS Vee 30 scoss 90
en0 aeeese 10 Zen beby KILLING eee
@eees@ Lord o'reuch Snnoto ced
ea3@e. Lest nights rsid. he said.
ESQ o@rried out by oeeS dDc0lls
@srcIlaue. Ssyeea o saas1Soe Vore
dnapped over Dovgs.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-09-03
MESS FUND BENEFIT

A benefit silver tea and musical
win be held at the home OF ". G.
F1anIey. 202s Federal ave, Wed.
nesday. for the benefit OF the signal
corps mess fund. All members Of
the corps and their friends are in.
vited.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-09-03

GETTING ON VERY NICELY
when one o. the secret servic.
men butted In and told the fIno.
tionary In the inner office his boss
wanted 10 see him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-13
ENLIST ON THE FARM

ENVERY bushel of wheat we send the
- Allies is driving the Germans nearer
the Rhine. An American bushel Of wheat
will do more now than any high explosive
shell fired from an American gun by
American gunners will ever do to end
the war and prevent useless loss OF life.
Every farmworker should enlist for
service on the farm. There is literally
not a moment to be lost in sending this
message forth across the country by
printed word and word of mouth. There
are not enough farmworkers as It is.
Inevitably numbers Of young farmwork
ers will want to enlist, because it is in
their blood, the fighting heritage of four
But the Administration should be able to
count upon them to take in the right
spirit its refusal to accept them ms army
or navy recruits, and that refusal should
be announced now.
The size of this years American crop
and the success or failure of shipping It
will decide whether we are to have fur
ther years of war or quick peace. We
should expand our food resources as II
we knew that every third food ship was
sure to be torpedoed.
Plentiful food means war won by us,
and war won by us means a shortened
war and permanent peace.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-13
SLACKERS AT HARRISBURG

THIS state was slow enough in follow
l. ing the example of the New England
States, New York and New Jersey in
preparing for war. When It did get
started an ambitious program was
mapped out and an excellent chairman
was put in charge of a public safety
committee-plans that were enthusiastic
cally hailed in every town from Erie to
Chester. But the rascaly little nest of
factionalists, having besmirched the fame
of the Commonwealth ever since they
first began appealing in the name of Lin.
coin for election to office, now make the
State impotent by holding up war appro.
priations and every measure that di.
rectly or indirectly can help the nation
to come out of the worlds crisis victo-
rious.
The habit of years is too strong for
them TO break even when America is at
war. Petty political motive is a narcotic
drug in their systems. They are like the
dope fiends": they refuse to remove from
temptation. They will heed nothing un-
less it be the mighty voice of the peoples
righteous indignation.
For. like all slackers, they are moral
towards.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-13
THE TASK OF THE RAILROADS

A MERICA, so i'll prepared in many
L \ ways, enters the war with at least
one asset not possessed by any other of
the belligerents, even after nearly three
years of strife. We have developed the
finest and best equipped railway system
on the globe. Five men, admirably chosen
by the Council of National Defense, will
now cooperate with the Government in
organizing this gigantic steel network on
a war basis. They have thus been in
trusted with vast responsibilities in soly-
ing the transportation problem.
This very responsibility is all the
greater because the railway resources at
hand are already SO mighty. Not even a
genius could have made the trans sibe-
rian road equal to Russias demands In the
conflict. French railways were seriously
wanting In many of the essentials of
modern equipment England's system
lacked means for handling freight on a
scale with which we have long been
familiar. Tremendous personal initiative
has revolutionized these steel ways
abroad. But we have passed many OF
those preliminary stages. Intelligent, ex-
psft Reconsideration must now seo that
u irla1 ~ a<xoato - = ~ ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-13
. SOLDIERS WAGES
o the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:

To the Editor OF the evening Led0er
Sir Some have wondered why enlist
ments are so few, not coming up to the
expectations of the army officials when
a look into the conditions which such re-
cruits must endure might help solve the
seemingly hard puzzle. A private is given
SIS per month, forty-eight cents per day.
An ordinary policeman gets $50 per month.
SO per day. The fireman gets SO per day,
and a mere messenger in our own city
building gets 800 per month or s333 per
day. What a comparison with the measly
forty-eight cents the Woodworking private
receives!
Is not his duty just as great as those of
policemen. firemen. letter carriers or mes
sengers? Is not his work Just as honorable
as that of those who get six times as much
salary? Is not his hours of work equal to
or greater than theirs9 Are not his de-
pendents just as many?
II is proper that the Government see to
IL that at least decent wage be given the
worthy arms bearers 1t is due them that
they be placed on plane higher than that
of the street cleaner. 1t Is due them that
thew receive at least this consideration at
the hands of those whose business 1t Is
TO look out for their welfare.
A. LINCOLN MEYERS.
philadelphia April TO-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-13

over likely 70 have Ct one time. The
thousand small armed ships that We are
to build will be the nucleus Of the great
est navy In the world. which we must
have TO insure the freedom of the seas.
The types OF war craft change from
decade to decade to meet new needs. The
chances are that, with war developed
into a contest TO cut off food supplies,
submarines and some form Of armed mer-
chantman will be the mainstays OF the
navy of the future. The chief work OF
dreadnoughts is to save themselves from
being sunk by submarines. The chief
work OF submarines is TO sink armed food
ships. The battle is narrowing down to
these two types.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-13
JEFFERSON IN 1907

William Sampson was an Irish patriot
who. after exile in Europe finally obtained
asylum in America, where he published an
account of his troubles with the British
Government In a book entitled "The Memo
ries of William Sampson" (New York,
1SOO. 1t closes with "A Few Observations
of the State OF Manners, etc. in America
in the form of satirical letter to Lord
Spencer, the British Home Secretary. In
this Sampson presents n quantity humorous
sketch Of Thomas Jefferson, the annver.
sary of whose birth is observed today, that
Is Illuminating in regard not only to the
personal character of Jefferson. but also to
the attitude of the American people toward
their Chief Executive, which. 1t may be
remarked, has changed very little since
that day. The passage Is reproduced i'm
american Debate" a history of political
controversy in the United States, written by
DR.. Marion Mills Miller, and recently pub
lished by G.. p. Putnam's Sons, New York
1t reads as follows:
AS to the Government at the head
of 1T Is an old country philosopher |
wish your lordship could get sight of
one Of his shoes. with quarters up to
his ankles and tied with leather thongs
He has neither chamberlain nor vice
chamberlain, groom Of the stole nor of
the bedchamber master OF the ceremo-
nies, nor gentlemen usher of the privy-
chamber, nor black rod. nor groom
nor page of the priyy-chamber nor
page OF the backstairs, nor messenger
to his robes-he has nc robes-nothing
but red breeches, which are now a Jest
and threadbare one. He
will talk with anybody. like the good
natured Vicar of Wakefield. If the
stranger talks better than him, he Is
willing to learn: and II he talks better
he Is willing the stranger should profit
He Is simple gentleman every way.
and keeps his own conscience and
pays his own debts, and the
nations debts, and has boarded ,up
eight millions and half of dollars in
the treasury. Your lordship will smile
at such an oddity.
We do all we can to shake him-we,
do all we can to vex him-we do ali
we can TO remove him. He is like a
wise old Dervish He will not be shaken
--he will not be vexed-he will not be
moved. If he gets up, we say he is too
tall. IL he sits down, we say he is too
short. If we think he will 60 to war
we say he Is bloody. II we think he
Is for peace, We say he Is a coward
II he will not prosecute. we say he has
no energy. II he executes the law. we
say he In tyrant. ] think, my lord
with great difference, that a good Lon.
don quarto might be written ana
thrown at his head. He has no guards
nor battle-axes. and lodges all alone
upon his cid horse, from the Presidsnt's,
2cSsS ", W. >Isntels Y q Ilese m!sht y 4
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-13

If they knew that n man would be mobbed
today for speaking his mind Yes. this Is
some Cradle of Liberty when 1t comes to
free speech.
The older men should enlist first. They
have married. have home. wife and chill
dren. They have lived-why not send them
first? Also it may be pointed out that a
man who has had fifteen or twenty years
young man who still has those years of
usefulness Why not use these less useful
persons first?
I can trace my family beyond 1910 in New
England and my ancestors fought in the
Revolution and Civil War. / am utterly
against German imperialism (and Allied i'm
perialism) for the same reason that l am
opposed to the bridling of free speech, but
/ am against hypocrisy
DISGUSTED THE SECOND.
Philadelphia, April 8.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-13

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:
Sir--I wish to thank you for the state
ment that the world cannot be free without
Irish liberty. Words like these reach the
hearts of all Irishmen and all lovers of lib
erty. l only hope that you will keep the
good work up and bring the question before
the American people If President Wilson
made the same demand for ireland that he
has made for Poland 1 do not think con-
scription would be necessary, as all Irish
men would rush to the recruiting stations
If they had the word of our great President
that no peace would be made until Ireland
had a free and independent republic. The
so-called "home rule" will never satisfy the
Irish people. Ireland demands govern
ment by the consent of the governed. Is
that too much? Let US hope that the EVE
MING LEDGER will lead the other American
papers in making this demand. JIM II.
Philadelphia. April H.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-13
Tom Days Column
PRESCIENCE

PRESCIENCE
Who told the ictIIoio tree
That spring had come dDdiN
Ho,o could she eper kno,Cg
$50 tctid the tUtnds that bloic,
SO harsh the rain.)
The sycamore and oak,
The beech, 1oith pears bent lotc,
StW tointer dark and scre,
Hare heard no signal clear;
They do not kno,o.
But since each tcillo,c tcithc
ITO 0rcenin0 toand unfurls.
The naples blossom deep.
And poplar cdtkins peep
With cautious curls.
They find the sun Is kind
with hint Of ,cdrnth to be;
But tchdt first 1rord OF cheer
Aroused the pioneer,
The tcillo,o treer PI
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-13
Respect, for Flag

READER-It is not against the law "
allow theiAmerican flag to fly or hang out
overnight, but, to judge from the comments
made by officers of the United States army
and navy to whom your note was referreu'
it is disrespectful. Army regulations speci'
fly that the colors should. be lowered at sun
set and raised at sunrise. In the navy the
rule Is that the flag should be lowered al
sunset and raised at o'clock in the morn
ing. The lowering and raising OF the nag
are accompanied by patriotic ceremonies IN
both branches of the service. 1t Is true
that these rules which are religiously op-
served by the men who protect the f1ag are
not observed by civilians. The flying OF
the colors at night during the bombard
ment of Fort McHemy, as you point out
that 1.-THE Star Spangled Banner" says, was
permissible. according to officers because
1t was in time Of battle. when the reguia'
tions are not In force.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-13
What Do You Know?
QUIZ

I. What Is the dread q nd butter" warfare
which the United states Is said to be
wagng?
2. What has General George w. Goethals been
commissioned recently to do and for what
engineeering feat " he noted?
3. Name the four dlvisiOns OF time In the
United States. What IL the difference In
hours between them?
4. Who were Isis and Osiris?
8. Name the capital Of Missouri.
o. What IL the evening star now?
I. Name the European countries not at war.
8. What country is called "The Great Repub-
lie of the West? r
0. Name tho eight teams Of the American
Baseball League.
10. About what is the population Of the virgin
Islands. just bought by the GOvernment
and what Is the percentage OF white
persons?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-13
AVOID ENGLAND'S
GREATEST BLUNDER

For three years the British tried
every blunder thinkabie and got into
every bunker. but fine nlblick has
made our score. IL will be worth
while for America to study our blum
ders. so as to begin where we are now,
not where we were three years ago
Lloyd George.
TNHE greatest blunder England made
was the endeavor to raise a volunteer
army. 1t put enthusiastic patriots behind
rifles who ought TO have been behind
lathes.
Bravery and patriotism alone cannot
win this war. Aye. we can get the men,
as England was able TO get them, by a
volunteer system. But getting men is
not the thing The problem is to get the
right men in the right places. That can
he done by selective conscription, and 1t
can be done in no other way.
The compulsive force of public opin-
ion should be brought to bear on Congress
al once to drive the compromisers TO cover.
The President Is incontrovertibly right
in insisting that we adopt no makeshift
measures at this time, but do the thing
as It ought to be done from the begin
ming
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-13
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

1. Eddystone il about twelve miles southeast
of Philadelphia.
2. Shrapnel shells differ from other shells IN
that instead Of exploding into fraEments
they are filed with bullets about the
size of "a grape, which are shot from the
shell by q timing device.
3. Nathaniel Greene. of Rhode Island, Is con
sidered the most brilliant general OF the
American Revolution after Washington.
4. A. J. Bnlfour. special emissary to the United
States, is Great Britain's Secretary for
Foreign Affairs.
8. February 10. 1853, Is the date Of the Treaty
Of Paris whereby France ceded her vast
North American possessions To England
O. Lincoln was shot In Ford's Theatre, WASH
ingtOn.
7. Augusta Is the capital Of Maine.
8. Henry Clay was called "the mlil-bcy OF m tns
Slashes' because he made trips to mui
In that part OF Hanover County. We.
known as the Slashes. where he lived as
boy.
0. Teams of the National Baseball League .s are
located In New York. Phi!adeiphla. Sni-
cagO, Boston, st, louis. Pittsburgh Cin'
cinnati and brooklyn.
10. The Aleutian Islands lie of Alaska.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-13
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
A Virginia Democrat Applauds
Nonpartisan Views Real
Freedom for Ireland
"NO PARTIES; ONE COUNTRY"

To the Editor Of the Erening Ledger:
Sir-This is not the first time l have
clipped your editorials and sent them in
with word of praise. I may do it again.
think you are entitled to 1t, and although,
doubtless a very busy man. you will take
some little pleasure in the fact that your
utterances please even an old Virginia
Democrat. l try not to be hidebound 1
don't want TO be. ] have supreme con-
tempt for partisan politics. Let us wipe
out party lines and work for the common
good l am with the President. with you
and Mr. Roosevelt, Mr.. Root and any one
else that holds high above all other things
the love of country and the God-gven right
of freedom. Your editorial, No Parties.
One Country" strikes the keynote of the
situation. l am glad you were big enough
and broad enough to write It. Allow me
to tender my thanks and congratulations.
w. c. THURSTON.
Salisbury, Md, April IL.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-13
ORIGIN OF THE BATTLE HYMN

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:
Sir---In your last evenings issue you had
an article about John Browns Body" Mrs
Florence Howe Hall is entirely mistaken.
Her mother wrote the words of the Battle
Hymn of the Republic" but this was
adapted to the music of Glory Glory, Hal
lelujah :" written and composed by r. Brig
ham Bishop.
1t was arranged as a march and made
popular as such by Patrick Gilmore, of
Boston. 1t was composed to please his
brother-n-law Andrew Johnson, of Port
land. Me-, to be sung at revival meeting
in that town. The song begins:
II am bound to be a soldier in the army
of the Lord. Glory, Glory, HallelujahI"
He also wrote and composed when Johnny
Comes Marching Home and many other
war songs.
He died in this city in 1906 and is buried
in Mount Peace Cemetery.
MRS. T. BRIGHAM BISHOP.
Philadelphia, April 10.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-13

The Mayors proclamation, in polyglot,
Is displayed in the window Of an eve.
contemp., with each language promi-
nently labeled. 1t certainly must be help
full to bearded immigrant from Petro-
grad to read above the message intended
for him the English word Russian"
While we're upon the subject we must
inform several contribs that this column
has already noticed the Race street sign:
"1Iier wird Chinese gesprochen."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-13
With Stronger Glasses We Might See
This

Patients whom / am trying to get are
often Influenced the place you get in.
You are not familiar with the interior
Specialist of Eyesight. Come to the place
where you can get your treatment Best.
Men, women G. children who prefer to
have their Eyes Examined or Glasses made
TO order naturally want something new In
style. There Is nothing interesting or new
about ordering a display of samples.
Absolutely nothing that would cause 1t
to be remembered any length Of time by
prospective patients. You just try and be
convinced. All work guaranteed,
DIR. HAROLD y. NEWMAN.
52l9 Market Street