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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-11
DENOUNCE MURDER RULE
Letter From Camp Tells of Feelings of Men in
Training About the Fifth Ward Case-Want
Democracy Preserved at Home

have an ideal. Strip the Crusader of his
Jerusalem and you have a beast deprive
the American soldier of today of his faith
in democracy and you will have profess
sional murderer
Many earnest men in training today to
meet foreign foe long to strike at the
disease that is eating away our domestic
self-respect and tending to make America
paradox; fighting to spread democracy and
to liberate a shackled Germany while the
ballot in Philadelphia is at the mercy Of
thugs. We cannot help now; we must bide
our time; but If our city is to avoid the
meshes of political Machiavelism the strong
men of Philadelphia whose names we
proudly bear must stand shoulder to shoul-
der to preserve that democracy at home
which their sons, shoulder to shoulder, are
fighting to establish on foreign soil The
day of awakening will come to Philadelphia
If its best citizens only recognize the writ
ing on the wall" To us, their sons they owe
a solemn duty TO cast aside self-cOmplaCency
and recognize their trust to keep their and
our city clean, that we may return to a
home Of which we may be proud, not to a
city where democracy is a sham and politi-
cal honesty myth.
out of the bloody days of the French
Revolution arose Mirabeau and Danton.
The magnitude of their tasks produced
their strength. Self-interest was forgot
ten in the greater cause Of political freedom
So today, during the hour of our nations
trial and when the country, the world and
even our enemies are turning wondering
eyes toward the scene Of our nations birth,
it is the prayer of your sons who cherish
the memory of the homes they left behind,
that you may select a leader fearless, dis
interested, possessing a character unim-
peachable, who may redeem that city and
fulfill the trust which is imposed upon YOU,
by making the city of our birth truly safe
for democracy, while we do our part in the
titanic attemnt 10 mako ba vyor1d fa e.,
democracy, and it may not be said of us /:
Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam
out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou
see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy
brothers eye" A SOLDIER.
Southern Training Camp, October g.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-11
UNTAPPED RESOURCES

! LIVERY one has done what he calls
IL his best" in the six months since our
entrance into the war, but no one, from
the President down, has begun to tap his
real resources. No one knows how fast
he can run till the bear Is after him.
Has any one put the same amount of
energy into war work that he would put
into his effort t~ get out Of a burning
building? OF course not Only few
people have lost any sleep over the war
and most Of us have been satisfied with
routine effort, thanks to the eXtraordi-
nary work done by the few.
Just consider for a moment the tan
gibe resources that are behind this
loan" says Thomas w Lamont. "The
property Of the citizens of the United
States is estimated at S225,0O0 600 900. The
income Of the people of the United states
is about $40 100000 900. When we com
pare those figures with those Of the ma.
tions abroad we ought to be ashamed
of having to work so hard to raise this
money for our Government with the re.
sources Of Great Britain, France Italy
and Russia combined hardly equal to
those Of the United states ard the in
come of all those people nothing like
equal to our income. Yet those coun-
tries since the war began have raised
$40 900 100000 in the form Of Govern.
ment loans. They have done it in the
midst of fighting, destruction and death
right at their doors"
Right at their doors! The tangible
evidence which we have right at our doors
that we are in it is an occasional body
of boys on the way to camp and the flag
hung from a window here and there with
the placard beneath telling that "a man
from this house is with the United States
forces in France" Are we to be more
niggardly with our dollars than we are
with our sons? Are we to wait for
casualty lists to stir US, when by speedy
bond buying we can cut down the size
of casualty lists
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-11
GERMAN CROWN PRINCE IN INDIA

1t was in those years which now seem
so long ago, when Germany was still
outwardly friendly with the rest Of
the world, that the Crown Prince
made visit to India with the most bril-
liant welcomes, proceedings and social func-
tions marking his tour. Why he went
home sooner than he expected to is told
in Memories Discreet and Indiscreet," an
anonymous volume of great interest AZ
ball in one city he met very beautiful
lady, and during his stay in that place
paid her devoted attention Afterward.
while the guest of a high English official
in another city some distance from tne
home of the fair one a reception Of the
stateliest kind had been arranged for him
Instead OF attending it the Crown Primes
left word that he was not well enough 1e
appear, and in a hired motor sped back 70
visit his temporary enchantress. The hlsa
Official deeply concerned, sent his own
physician to visit the invalid, and presently
the police were making Investigation
among motorcar proprietoTs in both cities
The waiting driver of the Crown Princes
car getting wind of these inquiries, thousn'
discretion the better part of valor ana al'-
appeared. The author of the "reminiscences
finishes the story as follows;
A disconsolate-looking, long-nosed youns
man, in civilian clothes made modes
appearance at the railway station and en-
of young subalterns, rolled up in rugs oc,
cupied the only two comfortable bertDs
contained. 1t was a chilly night and w
long-nosed young man sat upright anu
shivered until he could bear 1t no longs,
lie then began to pull the rug on one v
the subalterns, who at once walked up any
addressed him in language he had never
heard before. unless perhaps from ="
father.
"'Do you know who 1 am? demanosu
the young man haughtily.
''The infuriated subaltern described Fels
lucidly and luridly how little he cared WV
or what the intruder was. This was W
much to be tolerated and drawing himssn
up haughtily, the shiYering young man "
piled, We'll / am and then stoppu.
suddenly remembering that the last tnlns
he could do would be to tell who ne va.
Sc he returned to his cold and lonely peIen
followed by parting insults from the sus
altern as he wrapped himself more seeui~'
in his rug.
In due course the chastened youth "
turned to his rooms in the official reslaes'-
where he was a guest. and went 70 Deo.
The next morning his host told him ". ~
his train for Calcutta started In ~
hours
But am not going to Calcutta 3sN
said the prince.
His host took him into a private fgq4
and when he came out he meekly pfep'
20 take the train Il appears tne'
Kaiser had been Informed OF the Ws*
~, 19n rag peen behaving himself rno
I.|... I.......
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-11

Speaking of hats of our other days."
contributes E. NJ, 81 thought you might
like to know that I almost wept my eyes
out Sunday when I saw a kid wearing
one of those Scotch Highlanders cha
peauX, with the two streamers down the
back! Gosh, how it brought back to my
mind the sorriest days of my life, for I,
too, wore one of those lids once upon a
time, and never did mortal being suffer
as I did. But l made up for all that
anguish a few years later when l saved
up my money and bought me a blue cap
with great long peak, like Sock Sey.
bold used to wear out in right field to
keep the sun out Of his eyes. Oh, boy,
but that was some hat"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-11
"LovE US, LOVE OUR DOG"

To The Editor Of the EUenin0 Ledger,
Sr-That Sykes cartoon-"Love Us, Love
Our Dog"-in tonight's EVENING LEDGER is
a superb presentation of the actual truth
about Philadelphias shame.
Why not have some proofs made up and
sell the same, deduct costs and donate
proceeds TO the Red Cross or other worthy
charities as work of sympathy with
the actual reform spirit in the city? With
out question this certain cartoon is worth
framing-but insert Mayor Smith" in
stead of His Honor'--as such former
label would be explicit as a record for fu-
ture posterity.
Some Mayor Philadelphia has in Hon.
Smith-but such seems to be the sad fate
Of the town every election except one re-
cently-that of Blankenburg, the real @.
Philadelphia, october 8. LEDGERITE,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-11

WE think we can lay our finger upon
the most hopeless and thankless job O.
philanthropy "A kindly man could select
for himself. 1t is to arouse public inter-
est in the erection of a monument over
the grave of a dead jester, THE King is
dead long live the King!"
More than ten years ago a movement
was inaugurated having such a benevo-
lent design upon the grave of Bill Nye.
Nothing of any consequence ever came Of
it. And now up stands William J. Box, in
the goodness of las heart, to offer to
start a fund to care for the neglected
grave of J. w. Kelly in Old Cathedral
Cemetery, West Philadelphia.
Surely" he says, 1T should be easy
to find a hundred or more lovers of the
pure fun of the Rolling Mill Man who
for this little thing"
But the kindly mans own investiga-
tions, which seem to have been thorough,
would appear to refute his hope.
John William Shields CJ. w KellyO"
he writes "was born in Philadelphia in
1857 and died in New York city on June
90 1896. His grave DOT 34 range 7, sec.
tion y in the old cemetery out at Forty.
eighth street and Lancaster avenue, is al
most sunken out of sight and overrun
with weeds. Not far away is the un-
recorded sepulcher Of John Diamond, the
Master Diamond introduced to America
by p. T. Barnum. Diamond died in OBJ
scurity in October 1857, but in earlier
time had been regarded as the most cele-
brated jig dancer of America and Europe,
who was oourted and feted between New
York and San Francisco and drew enor-
nous and enthusiastic audiences. Denny
Gallagher, who died in Philadelphia in
November, 1868, a song and dance artist
and black face idol, is also buried near
Kelly in grave quite as neglected and
forgotten"
With no great hope that the good heart
Of Mr.. William Box will be rejoiced by
the rush of Kelly's admirers to share in
this movement, we will ourself contribute
the price of two good seats"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-11
What Do You Know?
QUIZ

1. What Is the probable reason why ENGLAND
did not put embargOes on supplies 10
Holland and the Scandinavian countries
until after three years of war?
2. What is the chief present difficulty Of the
Mexican Government?
8. What is the normal value Of the French
centimo?
4. The four divisions of certain country are
known MOldaVia, Grand Wallacha
Oltenla and Dobrudja. Name the country.
8. Where Is the Island OF Zanzibar and how
is IL governed?
G. Where Is Costa Rica?
I. What is kleptOmana?
3. What was the MinOtaur?
o. What was meant by the "squrearchy"9
10. What is u squeegee?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-11
COAL PRICES AND JAIL

THE Lever act provides fine and i'm
L prisonment for those guilty of deliber-
ately reducing the output of coal because
of dissatisfaction with prices fixed by the
Government. THE most effective remedy
would be to send some of these operators
to the penitentiary," said Senator Pom
creme as he left the White House yester-
day, and the President is said to agree
with him.
Men are in Jail today for refusing to
register under the selective cOnscnption
law. Some Of those arrestea for this or
fense have maintained that the Govern.
ment asked them to abandon profitable
business for a job in the army at $50 a
month Many a drafted man, with bust.
ness that required his immediate personal
attention for success, has been in the
commercial parlance ruined" by joining
the :.rmy. 1t is a surprising ana en-
couraging fact that so very rarely has
such a man complained. on his return
from France it may easily be the case
that many a soldier will not find just
that commercial opportunity to attain
llCneS WHICH ne TLeSIluIlE iOi9
But some coal operators can't take any
risks. 1t is useless for the fuel admnistra-
tor to tell them that the price-fiXing has
been tentative and will be adjusted wher
ever injustice is shown to exist No
they are all very poor men, just starting
on their careers. Their mines may evapO
rate in a year or two if they don't sit
tight. For, who knows? once the public
gets accustomed to the facts Of the Goa
business it may never be possible tC
.ls..1a4 ,,,onIa
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-11
COLLECTION AT THE SOURCE

Does Charles F. Murphy pay an in
come tax to the United states Govern
ment2
Is II collected at the source?
If so. what is the source?-New York
World.
CUBSTITUTING for Charles f. Murphy
~ the names Of some of our own emil
nent political contractors, the query Is
as pertinent here as in New York. Per
haps we shall yet find our City Treasurer
making proper deductions in favor of the
United States.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-11
THE PHILLY BLACKSMITH

CWith apologies to Longfellow.)
Under the city ash-cart see
The Philly Blacksmith stands.
A varey mighty manywho fain
Would hide his reel1ing hands.
While Eppley's dead
And Carey's head
Is swathed in linen bands.
Under the Peoples righteous wrath
The Phllly Blackjack gpardon me,
mean Blacksmith) squirms
With Steinburg. alias Bennett. Deutscb
And all his fellow worms
And soon they'll an be doing tine
l speak in prison terms
L'EnvoD
Burn. o fires OF shame and scorn.
Blister and belch until
out OF the Smithy furnace comes
Fruit OF the Gunman'a kill--t
An irresistible Whlta-hot wave
AWakoned civic N|I| =
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-11

IN THE QUAINT town of Columbia, in
the quainter county of Lancaster, there
flourishes daily newspaper not inappro-
priately called the Spy" 1t is the one
journal coming to our desk which ap-
pears to have found some good in the
Congressional Record" The Spy"
uses the Record" pages for wrappers for
its mail subscribers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-11
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

AhS"NlS " 1CSltIudy 0uiL "
1. Cadlz Is q. seaport on the extreme southwest
coast of Spain.
2. Alaska was added to the United States hfy
years ago.
3. The corn crop will be about $500 900
bushels, the largest on record
4. a nimbus Is n bright cloud halo investing
saint or deity. In meteOrOlOgy It Is q
rain cloud
8. "ConsOls"i abbreviation for the British
Government securities which in 17b1 were
united in the consolidated fund, the
product of various taxes, whence the In
. terest on national debt is paid
.. The fourth estate: the newspapers.
q Nhen objects can be clearly seen through Q
substance, such as window glass, II s
called transparent. II Is translucent when
u permits the entrance of light but not
. the clear vision of objects.
b. Silt; sediment deposited by water In q chan
mel, harbOr or river.
U. LOngshoremen are engaged in loading and
- unloading cargOes.
10. A. G. Thurman ran with Cleveland in 1885.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-11

Reversing the old order, here's a ma
rine telling it to us:
There seems to be an utterly erro-
neous impression abroad that we ma
rines are past redemption, but listen:
Yesterday when we were drilling in
company front pardon these technical
terms) the order about face" was
given, thus inverting the company. To
test the quickness Of wit of a suppos-
edly average marine, the company com.
mander stopped suddenly before a Ger.
tain youth and inquired, I
Where do you belong?" The hero in
embryo gulped several times, nearly
dropped his rife and then burst forth
with the information, 81 was number
three. rear rank, before 1 was con-
verted, sir"
You see, we really aren't as bad as
we're painted. (Army and Navy Jour.
nal please copy) ULTRA MARINE.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-11
tooD mARksMANsHIp NEEDED

& HTEARN % snoot," says Pershing The
lnfansry arm has always been the
1e factor a American land tactics.
I|I0a ths map wsth the rife, and not on
|'e ana aHslr, fell the brunt OF the
|N WtI 1Hhl'ne why chase a man
00Iaa1I Hhan ~ stopping ana
'e as||S h'u aQrn vlli
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-11

According TO the banner on Chest.
nut street, vote for the Gang is a vote
for good. clean government" As this
declaration appears under picture Of
Ir sneehan, The feeerabber. we suspect
lhai Il means sood elean.up''
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-11

Now that $4,000 has been appro.
priated for the procurement Of an oil
portrait OF Champ Clark. Speaker of the
House Of Representatives" is it too much
TO hope that a houn' dawg will be in
cluded?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-11
Tom Days Column

OCIOBEh
do not like the poets 1Uho
write lines about october
And dliCdyS sag II makes them blue
Because 10 rhymes tcith sober.
october Is a loucIy time
An crimson brotCn and golden
Both here or IN some other cline
IT'S louclU for bcholdinD.
OF course some days Il may be cold
when sunlight Is not ShmiHg
Yet cuery cloud tciH hare gold
or else SilUer lining.
do not mind its clouds a bit
BIT 1rclcome It quite hearty
Because my birthday comes IN 10
And tUH hare a party
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-11
REVAMPING AN OLD ONE

The butterfly has 1ringS of gold;
The frefy has his flame;
No tcingS at all hare coal and bread
But they aUtate Just the same
JAZZBO.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-11

This Department Is free to all readers tIho
irish to cypress their opinions on subjects Of
current Interest. 1t is an open forum and the
ErcuiuO Ledger assumes no responsibility tor
the riclCs OF its correspondents. Letters must
be signed BY the name and address Of the
tCriter, not necessarily for publication, but as
guarantee Of good faith,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-11

If we had not been politely, but firmly,
requested to go slow upon the silly
signs" we'd gladly take advantage of
]. A. MS list of sanitary mausoleums"
and other things noted in the outskirts of
Allentown, along the line of the Philadel-
phia trolley.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-11

We have heard no complaints from
the men who are doing the fighting. All
the kickers seem to have remained at
home.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-11

Just what kind OF baseball team the
old Athletics was is indicated by the fact
that parts of it made two world cham.
pions
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-11

SPENCER B. GRAVES is one of those
whose iifework has to do with the train.
ing of the young idea. He's connected
with the department of commerce and
history of the South Philadelphia High
School, and they do say he puts all his
salary into Liberty Bonds. Al any rate.
that one thing appears to be much upon
his mind, for here's an anagram he's
made:
SECOND LIBERTY LOAN.
LABOR LENDS com YET
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-11

The man who is really interested in
the war is getting interest on a Liberty
Bond.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-11
ENGLAND HAS NO
WAR-WEARINESS
People Are Contented to Garry
On"-Our Aid Gives
Confidence
BY GILBERT VIVIAN sELDEs

LONDON. sept. 20
7 HAVE just returned from three weeks
L tour Of the western counties Of England
and am able to report from frst-hand and
rather minute observation on one OF the
most important aspects of the war-namely,
the war-wearness Of England. In doing so
/ am in the position Of some philosophers
who write about things which are not. War
WEAKNESS simply does not exist.
The thing will take some explaining, be-
cause l do not mean to suggest that have
met a single person, among all the hundreds
have met, who wants the war to go
through another winter What l do mean is
that in country inns and pubs, in city hotels
and along the highway, in miners cottages
and farmers homes, in bicycle shops and
tea rooms. l have met no one-literally and
absolutely no one-who was at the eXhaus-
tion point not one person who did not feel
that he could carry on, and very, very few
who did not feel that we stood to gain
everything by holding out another spell.
Reports of this nature are generally so
misleading that in the interest Of accuracy
[ am going to give the basis of my eX-
perience The ground covered includes War
wickshire, from Stratford-upon-Avon, Glou-
cestcrshire Somerset. Devon and Cornwall,
and in a second tour, ONfordshire and the
counties nearer London Through these
counties Travelled on a bicycle and on foot,
taking potlucll in the way. Of sleeping quar-
ters, meeting many people along the roads
and stopping to chat with them or accom-
panying them en- route, dropping into pup
lie houses for refreshment at all hours OF
the day receiving shelter from private In
dividuals i'm their homes. sitting in the COM
mon rooms of inns and in the smoking
rooms Of hotels, talking to everybody, The
reason it was so easy to talk to people ana
to talk directly about the war and their
feelings was that / am so recogni2abIy an
American The first question was always
about our American army. The second was
How long viii it last?'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-11

Five-cent fares must go, say trolley
engineers.-Headline
Either that or the water.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-11

The main thing about the Hinden
burg line is that it isn't
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-11

Whisky to be 81 a drink.-Headline
Real prohibition.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-11
"Not at Home"

In twenty days I heard exactly one man
speak with bitterness about the war ana
he was a soldier who had been badly treated
owing to official laundering. | confess that
the bulldog determination, the grim desire
to see it through, and all the rest OF the
gray, noble things which are supposed to
characterize the countryside were not ap-
parent The attitude OF most people Is no
more grim than the attitude of a moderately
poor family determined to work on until
il achieved prosperity The war Is being
taken as a matter of hard course; the sit
uation has solidified long ago, new grooves
have been worn and the people walk IN
them. not without pain, but without the
acute feeling of rawness and novelty.
The western counties are among those
where the people are not supposed to know
that a war is on. London generally arro-
gates to itself a superior consciousness or
the war. because it sees so many more
wounded and unwounded men ana oticerS
because it suffers from air raids, and can
occasionally hear the guns of Flanders
breal,inr til, .tillness Of the tramless nights
But as | rode through the little towns /
saw over ard over again little red disc
hanging in the windows, and could make
out the words Not at Home 1t puzzled
me and finally I stopped to read the entire
disc. These were the words:
A Man From This House
NOT At HOME
Serving in His Majestys Forces.
So they feel the war with a directness not
less than that Of London.
They suffer less than London and the
southeastern counties because they are
nearer to coal and because they bake for
themselves a good deal and because they
raise produce. But the fact is that no
part of England suffers much, and the irri-
tation of sugarless coffee may be as great
to the worker in a Cornwall clay factory
or to a Devon daiTyman as to a London
government clerk. In all, ! felt that these
people felt the war keenly that made their
testimony valuable.