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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-27

Capt. and Mrs. Claire X. Bennett
were the dinner guests on Thursday
evening Of Miss Deems Of Honolulu.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-27

Capt and Mrs. Claire r. Bennett
entertained at dinner on Saturday
evening. Red carnations and maiden.
hair ferns made very artistic center
piece. Those present we're Mr.. George
Marshall and Miss Chaplin Of Homo
lulu and the host and hostess.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-27

When Mrs. James B. Houston enter.
tanned at luncheon Ct the Country
Club on Wednesday. Her guests
from Fort Shafter were Mrs. Guy g.
Palmer, Mrs. William B. Cochran and
Mrs. william b. Dashiell.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-19
COAL PIRACY

A more organized resistance has been
made in the Great Lakes section of the
Middle West to the extortion of the coal
operators than in New England. But Il Is
question whether New England has not been
pillaged quite as ruthlessly. or worse 1t is
stated in dispatches from Washington that
the shortage of coal has been created to keep
up the prices. while at the same time other
sections previously kept short have been
glutted with coal. Thus Canada, which had
previously been denied It's normal supply, is
represented as being glutted at New Eng
lands expense today. It is also charged that
the coal operators have taken advantage of
alleged freight-car shortage to represent to
ma nufacturers holding contracts with them
that delivery could not be made because of
lack Of cars. and have then gone out and sold
tho coal, thus fraudulently withheld, at ex-
orbitant prices on the open market A more
wanton and insolent piracy has seldom been
committed There is ample evidence to show
that the prices charged by operators have
been absolutely ''indefensible," as seems to
have been admitted by one operator In
Chicago The performance has slowed UP and
almost paralyzed business in many lines and
created a situation which was unnecessary
and from which an Immediate recovery can
hardly be expected. The coal operators will
have themselves to think of II the Federal
and State authorities now take extreme and
drastic action.-Springfield Republican.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-19
SEATTLE BECOMES ISLAND

They have been making Seattle look some
thing like New York, only in the process
Seattle gets waterfront of more than 100
miles as against New York's forty.three Chat
is, Manhattan's). Next winter you will bound"
Seattle like this; Seattle Is bounded on the
east by Lake Washington deep fresh water
Ave wide on the south and west by Puget
Sound (salt). and on the north by the new
deep-water lock canal. completed this sum.
mer at a total cost Of nearly 5000, 900. to
say nothing OF the cost of regarding streets.
building new bridges and doing other things
to adjust the city to the change" The change
includes the dredging of the new waterway
to Lake Union in the very heart of Seattle.
The two lakes named are nine feet above the
waters Of the, sound at high tide. The new
canal will take the largest merchant ships
ahoat. which 10 doing enough. for IT'S only
the ships afoat that oount-Boys' Life
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-19
A CENSORED GERMAN BOOK

One OF the biggest recent sensations of the
war ip Germany has been caused by a book
It . entitled lessons From the Great War"
Ihs author Is Lieutenant General Baron Won
Freytag-Loringhoven deputy chief Of the
Prussian grand general staff
The text is sensational So much so that
the Government has forbidden that any
copies be sent out of Germany. Great preoau.
tons have been taken to guard against Der.
sons who might attempt to smugxie q
precious copy across the frontiers. German
newspapers are forbidden to print any part
Of the text. The book has aroused a furore
ana thousands OF copies are being sold-at
home.
One can easily see what sensation the
volume would produce here or in Europe ut
large. 1t Is beyond question the most widely
read book In Germany today. These are Q
few Of the reasons. it is said:
Won Freytag advocates a Germany Of the
future more powerful, more aggressive, more
bellcose than In the past Germany must bs
armed to the teeth at all times. Immense
armaments will keep peace. and only they,
The author says that the immense expendi.
lures incurred for the Germany army would
have been. worth mourning sooner. This
would have saved billions and many lives,
he thinks.
These are not the reasons why German
officialdom refuses to allow the book to leave
the country. The meaning is far deeper. The
author tells Of the mistakes the Kaiser's
armies have made. The defeat of the Msrne
and the failures of the drives against Verdun
and Calais are commented upon In no mild
terms.
These are a few of the lessons" Germany
should learn from the world war Won Frey.
tag says Little wonder the Kaiser would
prefer to keep such a book at home!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-19
MEXICAN WOMEN TO VOTE

For the first time In the history of Mexico
women are to be permitted to vote, the State
Of Guanajuato enjoying this privilege. The
newly adopted Constitution, of that State con-
fers the privilege of suffrage in all municipal
matters upon women, the only restriction
being that they must be of reputable char.
and it is reported that the male portion 81
the population is awaiting the outcome with
great interest. ~
The newly adopted national Constitution
does not prohibit woman suffrage, but by
implication permits 1t. No test has as yet
been made In national election but the
State of GuanaJuato has set the example Of
granting the privilege in local affairs.
will shortly be followed in other States, such
as Yucatan. for example, which has shown
itself very advanced In this as we'll as q
other respects. the first women's oongress
ever convened In the republic having been
held In the capital city. Merida.-Msxican
Review.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-19
CHANGING THE EPITHETs

WE USED to call the Delaware the
w Clyde Of America" when we wished
to be self-gratulatory over the fact that
new keels were being laid in the shipways
Of Philadelphia, Camden and Chester
yards. More ships were built on the Clyde
than on any other river in the world,
more even than on the Elbe or weser,
where oentered Germany's vast marine
construction. Reversal Of the epithets Is
now due. The Clyde is the Delaware OF
Europe"
Two hundred and seventy-two ships are
now building on our river with a tonnage
Of 2,240.00o. A force OF $4,000 men Is EN-.
ployed and II will be doubled, adding
greatly in number, value and variety to
the skilled artisan population of Phlladel
phia- The action Of the Emergency Fleet
Corporation isassigning half Of the ships
to be made under its program to the Del.
aware is a tribute to the labor resources,
acof ~sibility Of raw materials and indus.
trial capacity Of Philadelphia. 1t is tribute
and more, for It represents the beginning
OF a restoration of the river to its onetime
and longtime supremacy as the shipbuild
ing center of the New World lost gradually
with the sinful abandonment OF the Ameri.
can merchant marine.
The maritime scope and power OF the
United States, when Old Glory will fly in
every trade port on the seven seas, is in
process of rehabilitation, and hand in hand
with It is bound to go Phiadelphia's re.
gaining Of its prestige in marine architec.
ture. 1t will make the Clyde. the Elbe or
the Weser, when complimentary conpari.
sons are sought. the Delaware Of .Europe."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-19
CANADA's NOTE TO KAIsERIsM

THREE facts should be realized as
dian election: first, that Canada has already
given everything she could reasonably be
expected to give to the cause OF the Allies;
second, that opposition to the Government
was concentrated in and almost limited to
the French-Canadian element, and third,
that England herself rejected conscription
for two years and Australia rejected it
finally without any dlminution OF their war
efforts.
Canada Is a young and growing country.
that is, the Canada of transcontinental rail.
ways. bumper crops and spreading in.
citizens is a much more serious blow TO
her future welfare than It IS TO the old
civilizations of the Continent. which will
recuperate through the growing UP OF the
next generation, whereas Canada has
thrived and put her faith in immigration.
Old countries lose nothing by having their
populations remain static; new ones lose
much by failure to increase rapidly.
But in spite OF many good reasons for
hesitation about conscription. Canada, IN
accepting It by an overwhelming majority
of her citizens of English stock, has struck
as powerful a blow at Kaiserism as she
did at Vimy Ridge. It is the Kaiser's
dearest wish to break up the British and
American Commonwealths. A typical
member of one Of those Commonwealths
has sent him the right answer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-19
THE WHITE CHrvALRY

Oh SEQ the white chivalry come. the conn
panions of Christ;
White horsemen who ride on white horses,
the knights of God.
They for their Lord and their Lover have
sacrificed
All save the pleasure Of treadng where he
first trod
These through the darkness of death. m.
dominion of night.
Swept. and they woke IN white places at
morning-tide.
They raised up their eyes and cried for inv
at the eight
They saw with their eyes the eyes Of ths,
crucifed.
Now whithersoever he goeth with him thev
go,
White horsemen who ride on white horses
ah, fair TO see /! 80.
They ride where the rivers of Paradise fash
and flow.
white horss%sn with Christ their captain,
LIONEL JOHNSON
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-19
DRAFTEEs' QUICK PROMOTION

TO the Editor OF The EOen4n0 Public Ledger:
Sir-I would like you to publish in your
paper the difference in treatment shown be-
tween a draftee and an enlisted man. The
enlisted man enlists and goes to camp or
France or wherever they need him and Is
seldom put UP in the ranks. In one Of your
papers I read that more than a hundred
drafted men were made sergeants first class
and some were made truck masters. Not
only In this camp but In every camp there
are men who have spent most of their time
around motortrucks and they never get any
higher. Just because they are enlisted. I
would like to know why the authorities ad.
vance the drafted men in rank ahead of a
man who has been in the service five or ten
years and who knows 'the ropes"
A SOLDIER
Camp Meade, Admiral, Md, December il.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-19
THE UNREFUSABLE APPEAL

THE Irresistible appeal Of the Red Cross
l. is that II all these wounded men had
been incapacitated by famine, hurricane or
earthquake the Red Cross would be on
the Job as strenuously as It is today. In
that case it would be just as much treason
to humanity to refuse to aid 1t as Il would
be now to close ones ears to the cry of
the wounded. That cry is the more de
tressing because II is so rarely sounded
The wounded, as a rule, set their teeth and
suffer in silence. 1t is because they are
so pathetically silent that our money must
talk at the top of its lungs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-19
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Saving Boys Means Gaining Good
Citizens-Promotion
Of Draftees
To the Editor Of the Everdno Public Ledger:

TO the Editor Of the Evevsino Public Ledger.
sir-Just now when hearts are full of
love and pocketbooks wide open, I wish to
recall quotation Of the late Judge @. Harry
Davis, The saving of a boy is not only the
saving of his immortal soul but dollars in
the pockets of our taxpayers" For almost
twenty years 1t has been my privilege as we'll
as my duty (simply as a volunteer) to look
after the boys Of our Streets chiefly those
or wayward sort. In doing SO / 20 into
many home which little Christmas
cheer would brighten and on their behalf
would thank our generous citizens for any
financial aid they may be inclined to give
BE merciful after thy power; IL thou hast
much, give plenteously; if thou hast little, do
thy diligence gladly to give Of that little"
"A Christmas tree with presents bright
And pretty candles all alight,
Supposing you had none?
A candy dog and turkey wing.
With pumpkin pie and everything,
Supposing you had none?
"a dolly dear with bluest eyes
And truly shoes for surprise.
Supposing you had none?
And a cozy bed and mother too. ..,,....
To tuck you in and pray with you.
. Supposing you had none?"
whats the thought of christma.7
Giving.
What's the heart of christmasY
Loving
What's the hope of Christmas?
Living.
Love.
"And so. as Tiny Tim observes, God
Your. friend for service. for what is best
for the boy OF any age. race. color. creed.
DAVID WITMER.
Philadelphia. December 49,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-19
Tom Daly's Column
McARONI. BALLADS
XCTTT

hClll
CARLOTTA'S INDECISION
I toould Hka mooch to kno,U
Why Carlotta treat me so.
EUrd time ask cef she
Ees gon' marry aUeethu me,
First she smila, den she froWn,
Den she look me up an do,Un,
Den she shak' her head an saY.
II gon' tai you Chrees'nsds Day." .
Once ,O'en Wc are out for .ualE
An'I am begin to talk,
She say: "Don'ta speak no more.
on. come see dees je,O'ler store.
Ny! Joost look dat di'mon' reen1
Eet ees joosta s,Ueetes' theengI
Only seera-feefty, seer"
OATS da tUdy she teasa me,
Ftndtn' theengs for talk1 bout
Joost for max me shut my mout,,
Bimeby aChen she turn for 40
! say: "Come! I musta knop-"
"Oh," she stamp her foot, an say:
II gon' tai you Chrees'm mas Day."
I .uould ika moock to kno,o
Why CdrlottG treat me so.
Wata for she dlWays say
:" gon' tai you Chrees'mas Day."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-19
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

J. Major General Henry. q. Sharpe Is qusrter-
master general Of the United states sr,nx
2. Mount Caprille, which the Italians have Iost
Italy.
3. Walt Whitman wrote 'Tesves Of Grass"
.. froet p frozen dew vapor.
B. "bulls and "beer.." representins conflict
cause one tries TO toss values up ana tSs
other tries 70 tramp them down.
9. Ln0dicean ts . person lukewarm I'm -
ligion. from the attitude Of the inhabit nj.
Of the city Of Laodlcea In their lack of in
tcrest In the gospel. :. %"
Y. New Orleans IL the Crescent City.
g. sesr.ssm ,s ,sstich.Ske ,.s ~ species Of sun
g. ANDREW Jackson was known a. "OId h!ckery." !"
who made his captives at esactiy On =
bed. II they wsse too shert he strsSshsi
her, s.lss: tScZ bsssas iH.s.lsz O..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-19
Kerensky,s tremendous enerrv soo,n,

Kerensky's tremendous energy seems
to be still with him. He is simultaneously
reported to be holding a cabinet Job in the
new Siberian Republic. leading an army
Of ,anti-Bolsheviki near Petrograd, prepar-
ing to take his place in the constituent as.
sembly and In hiding. Perhaps he has been
syndicated.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-19
AN the democracIe. ar. h,,.,, !,

AL eho oeihocracies are busy with
observation-disclosures with the "affaire
CailIaux," England with the sinking of a
convoy, America with everything you can
think Of But what win happen when that
Reichstag committee to investigate why
there have hesn no Gsrman Investigations
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-19

: ~ sIxfssn out Of bad autoeras. but
~ can strip him Of his masquerade and
drive him back to the innocuity from
which he sprang. And even damn fool
will be able to understand the meaning
Of our artillery when II begins to thunder.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-19
What Do You Know?
Quiz

Quiz
I. What Is o cameo2
Cross? ned
.. which river 10 "The Father Of wstsrs".
Z. Who was Hebcf
8. Name the author Of "Ths Raven"
9. Identify Oulda.
!. What Is "bridsehead" I'm military str.,..u.
3. What IL the meaning Of the phrase "n.y.
JOness Locker? ''
0. Where IL the Piaye River?
10. Who 10 William q. McAdoo?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-19
WHAT BOLsHEyIKI "MEANsp

As to just what may be the correct render
ing of Bolsheyiki We do not pretend to any
precise knewledse, but II 1t should turn out
to be equivalent to here today and gone To-
morrow we do not believe that there VIII -
many tears among those who wish annr(n|
weIL-L0uiBvillo Hernld I7 f, 4. - :, n
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-19
MARKED Al

He was an obvious 'Teadswinger." and the
medical omoer wss 80 no. - ~ La. a.. symps,netio:
asked. ''Well. how far can you walk?"
"Oh, I don't know" replied Cuthbert, but
certainly not more than two, miles" why.
that's all right then, explained the M. o.
than about a thousand yards before you
strike something !-London Sketch.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-19

Many saloonkeepers in schuylkill
County have closed their places and gone
to work in the munition factories. They
evidently concluded it was better to kill
the enemy than help Americans to get
half shot.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-19

Mr. Johnson's suggestion that tho
Government run the ball parks Is inter.
esting. No business seems to be hitting
the toboggan these days without a sus.
gestion from its owners that Uncle Sam
take 1t over.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-19

There is a rumor to the effect that
while the Mayor may have learned how to
play cards. It is Director Wilson who
knows how to shuffle them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-19

Warmer weather is predicted. But
we cannot depend entirely on an aot Of
Providence to remedy the coal shortage.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-19

The artillery of statesmanship has
located strong peace offensive and by
concentrated fire has destroyed It before
It could get started.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-19
We can count as a Christ

We can count as a Christmas gift
from Berlin the 1os German ships we have
seized. all Of which are now in service. It
takes the U.boats Ave weeks to sink that
many.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-19

The Socialists now have a nne new
argument to present. All they have to
say is. "See what Socialism has done to
Russia"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-19

Urges Thrift Bonds as Tips to WATERS
Headline.
Wouldn't it be more thrifty in war
time to abolish the senseless custom Of
giving tips at all?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-19
PATRIOTISM

/. Patriotism u the vital condition Of national
permansnc>- -Gsergs william Curtis.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-19

There Is just one more thing that every
child In Philadelphia will want TO know;
What has become of Santa Claus?
1t will be remembered that long before the
Salvation Army began to multiply and thus
TO desecrate the jovial saint. Schwarz's toy
bazaar had plump. clean and thoroughly
loyable one of Its own Thirty years ago. at
the instance Of the younger Schwarz, he
made his first appearance at the front door
and somewhat stiffly greeted you a. YOU
entered. You may have thought him rather
pompous and unconmunioative. but some Of
his bedragglsd copies talk too much. Be-
sides-and you never knew this-he had a
slight impediment in his speech.
His greatest Joy In life was the part he
Mayed at Christmas time, and now he Is
done. Whether 1t was because he brooded
upon this We don't know, but he has been
in the hospital png time this last year.
However,, he's out now-in citizens clothes.
Of course--and when he's strong enough he's
70 have . quiet Job that will keep him happy
- spits ef his fallen fertunss.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-08-16
". u RedCrOSS
H|'A d Activities
What 1t Means to BE a Red Cross
Nurse ina War Hospital.

What It Means to BE a Red Cross
Nurse ina War Hospital.
The following extracts were taken
from the letters Of an American girl,
who passed the examination for a
nurses diploma in the French Red
Cross and was sent to the front to
serve in French army hospital near
the trenches of the Marne
"You know how 1t is in the trench
es-load and fire most of the time.
That's how 1t is here. During the
last week, have averaged % opera
tions daily. One day we had 99, and
If you have any conception Of an
operating room where they are short
of assistants, you may know that
there was not much time left over
But the struggle and the sense that
one is saving bits from the wreckage
doesn't give one a chance to be mas
tered by the unutterable woe. Up to
now we have been allowed almost
nothing to work with, and now gen.
eral order has gone forth to econo-
miZe even on that. When I tell you
that have one large needle for my
whole pavilion and that am obliged
to give an average of fifteen injec-
tions a day with it-and, as If that
were not enough, the doctor fire.
quently asks to borrow 1t for another
hospital, you may guess how 1t all
goes. You can't imagine that we
laugh and jest all day long? Yet so
1t is, and If you can't do that, you
might as we'll get out for all the good
you will do a French wounded SOL
dier. Why, believe his very
wounds wouldn't heal II he were not
allowed to make merry over them,
and he will jest with you up to the
hour before he dies My little boy
from Havre, with resection Of the
shoulder and temperature that re-
fuses to moderate. one day was look
ing at my insignia. whats your
rank, Mademoiselle?" / told him
that | had been given the rank of
lieutenant. "Then I think they
should call you lieutenant of the life
guards" he said. 1t is no joke to
pour alcohol into a gaping wound,
and No. 1, though brave as he can
be, resents 1t intensely. One day as
he gripped the sides of the operating
table to keep from upsetting my ar
he gave me quizzical
look: SISTER, why are you tempt
ing me so when you know very we'll
that the government has strictly for
bidden our taking any sort of alco-
hol?"
"The last you heard of me I was
waiting for wounded. Well, they
came, 800 in one night, the latest vic
Tins of Verdun, in such condition as
beggars description and pales all my
former experiences. Usually the
rough filth Of the trenches is re-
but on that night there was
no time for such daintiness and they
were dumped right into their beds
with all manner of blood and filth
caked to their shivering bodies. Both
operating rooms worked all night
and all the next day and most Of the
next night, but, in spite of that. more
than one life was lost that could have
been saved had there been third.
Most of my wounded arrived with
heir first dressing, which had been
lone five days before. Even in win
.er you may know what that means
md the kind of work 1t gave me for
he next two days"
nm I.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-08-16
LEGAL NOTICES.

NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT-In
the County Court of the State of
Oregon, in and for Jackson County
In the matter of the estate OF
Mary ]. Smith, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has filed his Final Ac-
count as executor in said County
Court, and that Hon F. L.-Tou
Velle, Judge of said court, has ap-
pointed Monday, the goth day Of
August, 1917, at 10 o'clock a. m.
of said day. and the court room Of
said court ct Jacksonville, Jackson
county, Oregon, as the time and
place for the hearing and settle
ment Of said Final Account, and
that all persons interested in said
estate may appear on or before
said date and file objections there
to.
Dated and first published July
10, 1917. WALTER L. SMITH,
Executor OF the Estate of Mary j.
Smith, Deceased. 17-5t-Thurs.