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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-22
SQUEEZING DEAD YEARS FOR
CASH

TT is clear that important sections of the
J. House revenue bill will have to be re-
written in the Senate. The proposal to
make the income tax retroactive for 1915
is inconceivably mischievous. Every busi-
ness in the land has already made its
returns for 1916, set aside the legal
amount for income tax. settled its books
and paid its dividends. To throw an addi-
tional burden back on completed business.
causing endless confusion, would be the
rankest sort Of folly.
1t is not probable that the Senate will
acquiesce in so foolish a measure. II
there is anything worse than taxing the
future It is taxing the past. No industry
and few citizens are objecting 20 the
necessary levies proposed. but all alike
certainly VIII object 10 squeezing financial
bl9od DAT of dead years
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-22
USE WHOLE WHEAT

=, II Is said that 2s per cent Of the what ,s
discarded by millers who make white so,,n Is
A large part Of this 2s per cent has a "Sul Sona
,,'Iu value |nlch men, Is now wasted in the manufac-
far healthier than the ordinary white ksN au rs
that has been conclusively proved Eau reau
times and people would be I'm much many
physical condition II they disoardad petter M
white flour entirely. But il seems to the
rad TO put on the table bread as WHIT e :.
npwSnt,e Sap,s "a thn bread with some of the best
have tried out the whole-wheat brssS VINO
go back to the bleaehed article pna. never
Wiley, former head of the Federal foeS J. sor
partment, advises al women 10 49, 49,. us-
~hole-waeat nopr,S-Appleton Crescent MT 20
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-22
BE HONEST

NOR every man who cannot spend his
L blood there is chance to spend his
money in defense Of liberty. Contempti-
BILE as is the military Stacker, more con-
temptible is the financial Stacker who
hesitates even to lend his money for a
price to the nation.
Those who go 10 the front have a right
to expect that those who remain at home
will furnish the necessary cash to assure
vigorous prosecution OF the war. Few
men are so poor that they cannot buy
at least a $50 bond. and none is so poor
as he who refuses 10 do So
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-22

one for Ireland and the empire" The
spirit OF his word will surely be echoed
by lovers Of liberty throughout the world.
Ireland's greatest opportunity to assert
herself as a nation has come at last. A
final settlement Of all the difficulties
would not only justify the new Britain as
a champion OF freedom, but 1t would also
prove that II was the lack Of free hand
that prevented Ireland from being har.
monlous and selfgoverned.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-22
Excess Profits Tax

Il. h-The British excess profits tax
or November. 1915, prescribed a levy of
% oo per cent on all profits in excess Of
the average profits of each business dur.
ing TWO OF the three years preceding the
war, year ago the levy was increased
70 oV per cent, and only recently was in.
creased 10 80 per cent. This tax has proved
very profitable to the Government II is esti.
mated mated That 1t will yield more than 81 ,O0O,.
Ooo'ooo at the latest rate. As an example,
company that earned 100000 annually
peIore the war and now earns S4OO 900
must pay as tax so per cent of $500, 900
Uhe excess proflts) or S24O,OOO,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-22
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

l. A. = kerensky is the new Russian Minister
OF war and Marine.
T. ordinary table salt Is sodium chloride, q
chemical combination Of two elements, So
uium and chlorine.
D. Major General John j. Pershlng, who com.
mhnued the troops pursuing villa, will
command the American forces in France
D. Jared grandfather of MethuseIah, lived to
An age of 962 wears, according to the
blDle's rms ts seven years less than the
age Of Methuselah.
o. DrlTTters are steam-propelled fishing vessels.
They are used In the war TO sweep up
u hNpoite lrigOyen is President of Argentina.
q minute gun Is a cannon fired at intervals
o. pa a minute usually as signal Of dis
H. The countries at war are Germany. Austria:
hungary' Turkey and Bulgaria, opposed
" RUSSIA, FRANCE, Great Britain, United
SiHtes, Italy, Japan, Serbia, Belgium,
Montenegro, San MarinO. Portugal, Ru.
mama and Cuba. Panama, China, Brazil,
nOllNia' Guatemala, Honduras, Liberia
anu Nicaragua have broken relations with
u Vegetables bearing sO-called fruit crops are
i1malOes; peas, cucumbers. beans, pump
iO' george Wharton Pepper Is a prominent
Iiauelphln lawyer and chairman of the
e.snsSlNanla Committee Public
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-22
QUIZ

!. Why Is Mount Parnassus associated with
poets? Where Is II?
2. II subscrlptlons to the Liberty Loan were
divided equally among the Inhabitants Of
the United States, what would be each
PERSONS share?
s. who Is Charles Edward Russell?
John Jones, VI. P."?
D. Explain why true friends are said to be
like David and Jonathan"
o. Ihe British war mission to the United
states visited the old capital OF the Con.
federacy. Where Is IL?
d correct the sentence, "The balloon ascended
to an altitude of 500 feet"
\. What Is CarbOy?
.. Who is "Ma" Sunday?
lo' Inc Isle Of Pines is called the "Gem Of
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-22

Unless craftsmanship and settle.
ment Of the Irish question are altogether
irreconcilable, the Emerald Isles prospect
for home rule at last unfolds. Lloyd
George has authorized a convention
Of all classes OF Irishmen to agree for
themselves on some plan OF self-govern.
ment to be submitted to Parliament. This
Is precisely in line with the scheme that
bore such brilliant results in South Africa.
The problems Of the Afrikanders were
almost as difficult as those now before the
Irish people. Beers and British settlers
had clashed on the battlefelds OF the
veldt. England had been both intensely
hated and passionately loved from Cape
Town 20 the zambesi. The South Afri.
can convention was held behind closed
doors. and so is Ireland's assembly TO be
John Redmond, who a few days ago fatly
turned down the compromise whereby
the counties OF northeast Ulster were to
have been excluded from the home rule
plan. has expressed the hope that ''the
ltsult u The convention wiz be a blessed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-22
Some of the greatest cities in tn

Some Of the greatest cities in the
land-Chicago, Boston, San Francisco,
been through devastating
confiagrations such as the one that has
Just destroyed many blocks in Atlanta.
In the history of our metropolises Ten.
nyson's trust that somehow good will
be the final goal of i'll" has been justi.
fed many times. A better built Chi
cago. more splendid Boston, a more
spacious San Francisco and a cleaner
Baltimore arose from the ashes OF de,
struction. 1t is entirely in keeping with
the American spirit that the new At.
lanta will far transcend the old.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-22

The rumors that Russia is "out of
the war" for some time are not exactly
confirmed by the news that German re.
endorsements now are being hurried from
the western to the eastern front. Armies
are seldom strengthened as a protection
against friends
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-22
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Patriotism of the Roosevelt Vol
understand Spectators At
tacked-Self-G Government
for Ireland Urged e,

This Department Is free 10 all readers 'rho
WtSh TO erprcss their opinions subjects Of
current interest. II is open forum and the
EUern0 Ledger assumes no responsibility for
the rtctrs Of its correspondents. Letters must
be signed Jy the name ard address Of the
Writer. not necessarily for publication, but as q
guarantee OF good faith.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-22

OF course it's natural to expect bridges
TO be guarded these days, but at Niagara
Falls even the statements of hot keep
ers regarding bridges are guarded A
folder of the Imperial Hotel, Niagara
Falls n. Y, says;
The war situation has In no wise In.
terfered with the tourists seeing the
Falls and big Cataract from both the
American and Canadian sides OF the
river You can cross the bridge with no
more Inconvenience than ever.
This hotel. by the way, is the very
one in which Herself and Ourself sat at
breakfast one morning nearly a quarter
of a century ago, hoping we didn't look
as new as we felt and that nobody else
could see the rice and confetti we were
surreptitiously picking out OF our hair.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-22

OF truly lasting" significance is
the nearly one million dollars worth of
chewing gum which. according to Gov.
ernment reports, this country has sent
abroad within the last nine months.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-22

The reported "cordialty" of the
note with which Germany replied TO
SPANS protest on a recent U.boat out
rage was probably only equaled by the
charming spirit of good-fellowship in
which the act Of piracy was committed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-22
Army Registration

mlFE'-All male residents of the specl-
hed age, whether citizens Of this or OF
some other country. are required TO regis.
Ter June in accordance with the selective
tion. -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-22

An announcement of local regis
tration plans contains the statement
that the Republican organization officials
are to draft men free" This will be a
real novelty at some of the polling places
where the potential troops are to sign up.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-22
Base HOspitaIs

n. only physical examinations are
necessary for applicants FOR enlistnoent in
the base hospitals being organized Phar-
Tnaclsts are being accepted for service. The
pennsylvania Hospital unit has left for
service and the units of the Episcopal
ssnrefsoSterian and Jefferson hospitals are
Milling up rapidly
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-22
Investigation Of the tragic

Investigation of the tragic acci.
dent that resulted in the killing of the
two Red Cross nurses on the Mongolia
must be rigid and thorough. Accounts
OF the explosion disagree. II a defective
shell was really responsible for this
wanton sacrifice Of life, the Government
should leave nothing undone in tracing
such criminal weakness Of munitions
equipment to its source. Death is a ter.
rible concomltant Of war, but the mex.
cusable taking of lives-particularly OF
lives devoted to the relief of agony and
.sufering-arouses a feeling OF poignant
Indignation that not even the human
losses in great battle engender.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-22

The movement among the House
Republicans TO remove Mr.. Mann from
a leadership in which he does not lead
should inspire the Democrats to relieve
Mr.. Kitchin from his similarly unfortu.
nate prominence. 1t is no wonder that
so many voices have taken up the cry
for responsible ministry" with Cabinet
officers chosen from the personnel OF
Congress and permitted to retain their
seats at the Capitol, since members
cling to archaic rules Of precedence
which make it impossible for really rep.
resentative congressional leaders to co.
operate with the heads OF executive de-
partments. There was some criticism OF
Mr.. Wilson for not calling Senators into
conference with Mr.. Balfour and NJ.
lViviani. But the explanation was sim.
pie. The men who would naturally be
called TO such conference had not been
IN sympathy with the war.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-22
Selective Age Limit

MfS' @. ID. T.-As your husband will
pe only thirty years old September he
must register June 5. Non-citizens as well
as citizens must register.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-22
A PLEA FOR COMPLETE HOME
RULE

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger,
Sir-In your editorial, Hard on Ir.-
lands Friends" you say, THE grleyances ~
the Emerald Isle are unQuestionably iuati.
ned and they are centuries old, But what
can be said q nation that repeatedly
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-22
Philadelphia, Tuesday, May %, 1917

If pens are still as superior 10
swords as Bulwer's Richeieu once said
they were, the best way to prove their
worth just now will be in signing appli.
cations for Liberty Loans.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-22
What Do You Know?

Queries Of general interest toiH be dnSpered
IN this column. Ten questions, the dnSUerS to
tOhich every trell-inJorned person should knov,
asked ddinv.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-22
"Alien Army.

"a; IA German-born resident who took
OUT ms nrst papers for citizenship last oc-
%at,, sSoer Is an alien enemy" according 10 the
CONTAMINATION Bureau. 1t is necessary for
TWO years TO elapse between first and final
papers unless the applicant is a member OF
'he eountry's naval or military forces.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-22
War Bill

L. kit is difficult 10 estimate tba ma.
uons war bin" One financial writer nuts
II at about Sl5,OOOOOO day at the present
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-22
Tom DalY's Column
BOUT YOU

BOUT you
I amt much use for roses
THIS star stun amt mn stple,
An songs o. Verse an such arc tcorSe--
They misses me mile.
But tohen mv eyes closes
TO Sleep-blcssed u do.
lie an blink an tcink an think
Bout you.
! used to cat so hearty
An feel Ike forty kings.
But pork an beans don't jibe Uf
queens
hate the smell o. things.
THIS surcs n lonesome pdrtU
tcclS-oh, kind o. blue!
I'm aHCdys bad or glad or mad
Bout yOu
ain't IN lorc-tchy, bless you
IT'S jes' the time o. year.
II makes the trees, the birds an bees
An eUerythm' seem dear.
An pct ! must confess Dou
Haunt all mn days clean through;
In camp at night tCriic-or fGht
Bout you. VARLER'
II is with pain we acknowledge to our
self that our Irish Convention on Satur'
day was, for one reason or another, a
sort OFlivver. 1t didn't coaguate at all.
It needed our guiding hand, mayhap.
Sorry indeed are we that we had to be
away: and chiefly because we missed a
real Irish palaverer who called in our
absence Frank Ward O'Malley of the
New York Sun, onetime called "the best
reporter in the L. s." and other points,
seems now to be otherwise engaged, at
least in his spare time. He left this upon
our desk:
Sir--I called chiefly 10 tell you of my
deep admiration Of your many excellent
poems and also to relate to you the num-
herless complimentary things that ] have
heard about your work while I have been
touring the country seeking 70 supply the
demand for O'Conclarty's Lives Of the
Irish Popes" in four volumes published by
McGillicuddy & Bro, Of Belfast and Lon
donderry. It Is only deep regret | have
Mr. DAILY. that when ] came in you were
out The like Of man Of your aclnowl-
edged genius would am sure but have
added to the joy Of my visit in your hand
some city and 1t Is you and ] that could
have put in n happy intellectual hour skim.
ming through O'Conclartys Lives Of the
Irish Popes," n set of which it's so by
chance ! have under my arm.
Twas with no thoughts Of business. sir
that I came In here but Just by accident
that ] had with me the four volumes of
O'Concarty's Lives Of the Irish PopeS'
in four volumes on Indian paper. II was "a
tell you that you are coming man | came
aye, you're more than a coming man
you're here You like O'Conclartys Lives
Of the Irish POpcs,' are indispensable to
all that Is good in literature. We could
no more do without you and your work
we men of culture couldn't, than one OF
our kind could do without O'Conclarty's
Lives of the Irish Popcs' In four volumes
'Tis with hope that I'll see you before
(and the last set OF the "Lives'D leave
for the dear old green isle that we all love
so well, which. with the help of God, soon
l shall see again unless one Of the G.boats
OF the great Imperial German Government
slips around one Of the guarding destrOyers
and sinks us. My trip 10 your great
country and city in the interest Of O'Con-
clarty's magnifcent-and fast disappearing
work would itself be next to wasted un-
less | could personally pay you my COM
piments. you poor. Godforsaken, over-in-
sured, one-Cylindercd total loss
FRANK WARD OMALLEY,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-22


Wells's new book, God the Invisible
King" worth reading, by the way, and
found in it sentence that beGs TO be
sliced up into free verse. Here it is:
little while ago
We current individuals,
We who are alive now,
Were each of us distributed
Between two parents,
Then between four grandparents,
And so on backward.
We are temporarily assembled, as it were
out Of an ancestral diffusion;
We stand our trial and presently
our individuality Is dispersed
And mixed again with other indvidualities
In an uncertain multitude
or descendants.
I'm afraid don't know much about the
technique of free verse. My only traffic
rule is that one must wait for the lines
on the near side of the paper, because you
never know just where they will stop on
the other side. KIT MORLEY.
On Monday and Tuesday William Fox
presents the fve-reel production she"
which is taken from Peter Haggard's
famous novel of the same name.
-Norristown Register.
Strange, remarks o. n, that famous
novels are sometimes written by men
whose names are not famous enough to
be remembered.
We don't remember ever TO have seen
before a rhyme for either. None but an
Englshman could get away with IT. This
is from a poem by f. w Hornung in the
London Spectator:
"Who is the one with the heavy stick
Who seems to walk from the shoulder ?"
why, manys the goal you have watched
him kick !!
Hes looking lifetime older.
| Who is the one that's so full Of fun
never beheld a blther-
Yet his eyes are fixed as the furrow be-
twiXt?'
He cannot see out of either"
STRONG language from ye World AL
manac, 1917, p. 513:
Prince Roland Bonaparte is the only
| living male cousin of Prince Charles
| Napoleon. He Is n son OF the late Prince
Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte was born
1858, married, 1880, the daughter of
Blanc, one of the proprietors of the Monte
Carlo gambling-hell. ZEIS.
Then there were some anagrams OF
sacreys that might have filled a chlnb
or two. He made Ireland:
RE A l. DIN
LAIN RED
DEAR NIL
A clever thing of this sort is in the
Eastern Enigma for this month. It's or
"A rolling stone gathers no moss"
NO GO! STROLLER AMAssEs MOTH
ING.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-22
Lafayette

IN i issS sssi.-r'i'y'tts visited n. United stats.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-22
Making Free With Verse

Dear Tom--I've been reading II. G.
Wells's new book, God the Invisible
King" worth reading, by the way, and
found in it a sentence that beGs TO be
sliced up into free verse. Here it is:
A lLLLln II.l.Lln
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-22

I aint IN louc-rhy, bless you
IT'S jes' the time o. year.
II makes the trees, the birds an bees
An eUerpthi' seem dear.
An pct ! must confess Uou
Haunt all mn days clean through;
IN camp at night ] iCritc-or foht
Bout voU VARLEf'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-22

on Monday and Tuesday William Fox
presents the flve-reel production she"
which is taken from Peter Haggards
famous novel OF the same name.
-Norristown Register
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-22
Then there were some anagrams of
Sacrey's that might have filled a chlnk
or two. He made Ireland:

A clever thing of this sort is in the
Eastern Enigma for this month It's on
"A rolling stone gathers no moss"
NO GO! STROLLER AMASSES MOTH.
ING.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-22

Strange, remarks o. n, that famous
novels are sometimes written by men
whose names are not famous enough to
be remembered.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1917-10-24

geno elmer 3eit an ibrc regelm1Bi-
9enaunoen 5u nerfouien; oieie Glion.
titot ioll oieien aunoen BON 10 "a.
gen bis 2 @ohen rciden jc na6 Der
0robc Der 6amilie."
Gie Gonferen5 cinigtc lih oui Elm
SpItcm Der geitroillng. INN Die slls.
iilbrung ocS 8ergleid,s 5u er5pingen.
Gic Gonillmerten nliliien jeood) ibren
Ebcil ourd geidrdnfung ibrer a1u.
ic itno ourdl ofononliihcn Ierbrouf
ole'er Waore tbun. SauSirauen ner.
ocn criudt, ibre Hationcn nm so
Ero5ent uno. lpenn moglih, INN nebr
bcrobieben.
Sn allen ytcip gorfer Hoiiinerien
puroen beute Elafnte bes Snbolts
angeihlagen bnB Der Yerfauf bon
3uder an Gonbpiabrifcn aui Veiebl
Der 9tationalen Nabrlingsmittel. Ser.
lpaltung bis auf peiteres berboten
poroen 1T.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1917-10-24
Snnser.N .Nepplten in Gciterreih.

Non 3 0 H. q. Oftober. = Iic
oiicrrcidlifsi sihmei5eriihe 8ren5e lit
iniolge Der erniten internen Satbluee
in Seiterreih ge'tloiien worbcn luie
cine Gepeihe aus Bern an Die rGr.
hnngc Selegrapb Gompanp" beiogt.
Ter Melolng 5uiolgc wurocn bel
tilr5lihen Slingcr.Heuolten in Mien.
Erebburg, griinn uno 2aibad nleb.
rere 0llnitions.Sabritcn aeritort.
lie Voli5ci icucrtc anaebIih auf
Ole Nense ,r,S tGotete begin. perlpun.
oetc piele Ecrionen.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1917-10-24
gmcrifaniIdJer Tlieger aet0otct.

EoriS, %. Sftober. 9lobert
9on'oro Don 9rooflpn, N..g., ein
dmcrifonil6cr 6lic9cr i'm Gicnite Der
1ran5oiilhcn 9lrn1cc, muroe get0otet,
nGbrcno CT IN elmer 6lie9criAule am
10. Oftobcr einen 9l6ltieg unternobm.
Gieic &unoe lief beute bier ein. Son.
1oro mor Gin friiberer Stuoent Der
8corgetonn -llniperlitGt.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1917-10-24

@cbcn IN @cinbr, ionoern lie iubicri.
biren oth nod Don ibrer mngeren
geioloung ncbr iilr bic 9onos Der
Ncgierllng per capita ola bic Gipil.
gepDlferllng.
Ger 6cblidlog Der 2ibertp. .9lnleibe
nirbe Den Greoit Der Negierung scr.
ltorcn, Gcrtrauen i,ntergrabeiL bie
yiabmelt III 8eiabr bringen mo l,ns
in oen 9ligen Der Mclt entebren.
TaS patriotii6e @olf Der 4S Stla.
ten Der Union ml,f cine iolhc aata.
itropbe unn1oglid MAIDEN.
gSenn am glbeno ocs 2ibertp. Sn'
aes Die Sonne llntergebt, iollten 5ebn
Millionen Amcrifaner lire 3eidniln'
gen fiir Die slueite 2ibertp.stnleibe
reeiitrirt ba6en."
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1917-10-24
@erbGnsniipollc Grploiion.

u m ltcrbonL %. Sftober. -
IoS edo DC Beige" lngt, baB bel
cincr Grploiion in 9clgien, bic iid
filr5lid in 2lttrc, in Scr Erooinj
Soinonlt in 9clgien, crcigncte, 100
Irbclter - 10 oerlelbcn Belgicr -
getOotct uno 100 perlest ,puroen.
Scr ongcriGtctc Oioterinlibooen ioa
bcOentcn0 aclpeien icin.