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New-York tribune., 1917-07-20
Michaelis Urges Close
Cooperation Between
Germany and Austria

Copenhagen, July 19.-On the occa-
.ion of his acceptance OF the herman
Cbancellorship, says Vienna dispa'ch'
Dr Michaelis sent a message to count
czernin. the Austro-Hungarian. for-
o;gn Minister, declaring that ne con-
.idered it his chief and inviolaoie du'y
20 preserve the previous inheritance OF
,be closest and most loyal confedera.
tion. IL was his firm conviction Una.
Austria Aust Hungary and Germany would
hs victorious and that the war would
secure for the heroic peoples happy
and bright future.
Count Czernin, in reply. said ne saw
che most secure guarantee OF a happy
tnturc for the peoples in intimate and
1nn6dent cooperation with the leaders
~ The German policy and trm insist
oncs upon the well-trisd alliance. Aus
,ria was ready for glorious peace.
i'nt otherwise, was determined TO hgnt
40 the last. Germany and Austr's
aouId in cooperation force condition.,
assuring an undisturbed and peacefnl
future.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-20
Germans
Killed; z, ,325,58l
Wounded in War
Mon,a's Casualties. 28.0I9
Killed, 900 Prisoners
and Missing

London. July 1S.-The German cas-,
uslti.s reported in the German omc'A'
I,.,, during June, but not az having
o,.,,,.S in June, are given out by the
ws, once here as follows KILLED or
a,.a ~ wounds. 2s,sis: died Of sick
n.., azI6; prisoners and missing, 49,
900. .,u.,.
Tn. Totals Of the German ohicial list'
,ine. the war began are as ioyIw ns5 o"o.
Killed or died OF wounosl l,oo.'ovOdd .ud
dled Of sickness, 72.seoi pons prsons xs,
missing, Bst,ses; wounaeo, .,,,.it;es .,i; are
The naval and colon's' e"''A''
sos: wounded. Sb,soe.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-20
Berlin Holds
Back Speech
OF Chancellor
No Reports of Michaelis S
Talk Before Reiohs-
tag Let Out

Germany yesterday and early this
morning ,oas apparently in censored
isolation from the rest Of the World.
1t had been announced that DR..
Georq Michnelis, the new Chancellor,
,ro,,ld make his maiden address to
the Reichstdg at p. NJ, yesterday
and might possibly formulate h's
policy, for peace, for Internal re-
form, or for continued ,0dr.
But no mixing Of ,chot took place
IL, the Rcichstag has been dlIowed to
leak out Of Berlin into ne,ghoor'hg
reutral countries.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-20
Report Americans
Tried to Kill Kaiser
Reuter- Dispatch Says Two
Were Shot After Attempt
on Emperor's Life

London. July is.-The Reuter- Am
sterdam correspondent sends the fol-
lowing:
According TO information available
here, which must, however, be treated
with necessary reserve, two Americans
were shot recently on the charge OF
having attempted to take the German
Emperor's life" .
New-York tribune., 1917-07-20
BerIin Police Break Up
Radicals Demonstration

Copenhagen, July 1s.-The radical
Socialists organized a demonstration
in Berlin on Tuesday night, but it was
dispersed by the police after reaching
the centre of the city The official
version of the affair, which is the only
ore TO reach Copenhagen, describes the
demonstration as including only few
hundred participants and unimportant'
New-York tribune., 1917-07-20

GREAT DEAR SPRING wAIEn-soe
tbs case Iof siI glass s'oppsrsd oo"'ss
-Adyt
New-York tribune., 1917-07-20
WEATHER

..,,,v cloudy to-day and to-mor-
cow. Little change IN tenn
oerature. Gentle to mod
crate south winds.
Pnil Report on Page is
New-York tribune., 1917-07-20
On Page Three
By
BROUN

The first true account of
the Pershing Army's discoU-
cry of France and the Amcr-
ican Regulars adventures
,rith that countrys naiUe and
astonished people. :
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-14
LET CIVIC PROGRESS GO ON

THE breaking of ground for a 100000
L library on Saturday and the 'presenta-
ton of an elaborate "Masque of American
Drama" at the University of Pennsylva.
ria tonight encourage the hope that Phia.
Gelphia is not going TO use the war as an
excuse for halting educational artistic
and cultural progress.
1t is exceedingly easy just now, to
blame it on the times when anything goes
wrong or doesn't go at all. France had
her fill Of such experiences In the early
stages of the conflict. "C'est la guerre"
Ut is the wary was the phrase repeatedly
summoned to condone innumerable varie.
ties of indifference and incompetence
"C'est la guerre!" insisted the waiter in
explanation OF why he had served a bad
egg to the restaurant patron. "Cest la
guerre!" echoed the schoolboy who had
played truant.
Eventually Paris saw the satire of this
overworked apology. Savants at the Sor.
bonne reopened their classes. Hgh.grade
theatrical and operate performances were
resumed. Civic improvements, in abey.
ance at the outbreak of the struggle, were
diligently prosecuted. Science and art
upheld the claims of Gallo culture.
1t is intellectual progress, not frivolity,
that is fostered by SO worthy an Offering
as this forthcoming masque. illustrative
of the best achievements Of the native
stage and of the forces Of American his.
tory which directed the dramatic develop.
ment. The aim is idealstic, artistic, edu.
cational The new library has a simi.
larly lofty purpose. The city for many
years has shamefully lacked great
book repository.
No one wants TO see the war Danish
financial prosperity. But this can be
sacricially forgone long before we
economize in art culture and learning.
The two intellectual projects now under
way here augur well for educational
progress in the midst of world strife.
They should stimulate us to relax no effort
along this line. II even battle.scarred
France could not stomach the war
apology" for mental stagnation, weak.
ness on our part would be altogether IN.
pardonable.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-14
LIBERALS POSTAL MINT
Stamps Printed Solely to Sell to
Collectors

,,,,
Liberia Is rapidly becoming the Laughing
stock Of philately and the bugaboo of col
lectors who specialize in twentieth-century
issros Eor,,, l., ,o,c A.. ,,.,.. -,
~ -'' '',o
hc CANNED II was graphing with short
age Of current issues because It was unable
TO Obtain fresh sunn,es from Cermany
o""s " ''e r'"'eh'e coi''roi Oh the seas
The two series OF 1906 and 1903 were sur
charged with ne,y yaIies thus crea+,ng ten
new denominations. Prior to that Liberia
had put forth two charity labels, surcharg-
ing her 1913 stamps with Red Cross and
an additional value-.two cents on three
cent values OF the revenue derived from
each nve cents, one cent went to tho En-
tente, one cent to the Central Powers. and
Lheria retained the remaining three cents.
Through this magnanimous act native Ii
oerians were permitted to aid war sufferers
TWO cents worth for every three cents they
tossed into the Liberian treasury.
Subsequently Liberia must have ensaped
in some sort Of warfare of her own. becavsa
she overprinted a number OF her stamns
with a crimson cross and the letters r Il
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-14
Sir Francis Burnand

SIR FRANCIS BURNAND, who was
for twenty-five years the editor Of Punch,
died in London recently at the age of
eighty-one. He was representative of the
fine tradition that has made Punch with
out a peer in the realm of humorous
Journalism. His mirth was swift subtle
and without bitterness. Thousands have
chuckled over his classic Happy
Thoughts" in which he recorded the
polyinanities of a guileless and simple
literary man intent on writing a phil.
osophical treatise, Typical Develop.
ments," which by reason of a thousand
absurd Interruptions never progresses
beyond a few pages Of MS.
1t is always pleasant when a humorist
lives to a ripe old age. So many of them
are cut off in their prime by coal bills
or by reading Bernard Shaw. But Bur-
nand lived to see his own jokes accredited
to his grandchildren in the craft and
even to be knighted for his services to
letters. and his passing merits the re-
spectful salute Of all brothers OF the pen.
c.. M
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-14
Answers to Saturdays Quiz

]. Slightly more than 10, 900 900 men between
twenty-one and thirty-One years old live
In this country and will be required 10
register for selective draft.
2. "Between you and 1" il Incorrect. because
the proposition 'between" must be fol-
lowed by the objective form. Between
you and me-" is correct.
3. The 125 American prisoners In Germany
were taken from armed merchantmen cap
tured or sunk by the Germans. Other
Americans In Germany not held,
4. La Madeleine, u famous church in Paris. Is
OF the Corinthian style of architecture.
8. An itinerant fighter is wandering Jour.
neytng fighter. "Itinerant' Is pronounced
"eye-tinerant," with the accent on the
second syllable.
g. Edgar Wilson Nye was an American humor.
list writing under the name OF "Bill" Nye.
'.Bill" Nye. of the United states Secret
of the JOffre-Viyiani party.
Z. Rear Admiral BENJAMIN Tappan, Is the new
commandant Of the Philadelphia NaW
Yard.
8. Envoy Is pronounced with the short -
sound. the accent being on the first syla'
BILE.
0. Anthropoid apes are those most closely r.
sembling man. They form a family u.
Guiding the gibbon. chimpanzee, orans'
utan and gorilla.
TO- Sir Henry Rider Haggard Is an Engnsn,
writer OF romantic and semihistoneai
novels
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-14
WASTE NO MORE TINE

believe that the American people per-
haps hardly yet realize the sacrifices ana
sufferings that are before them.
This is no war for amateurs. This Is no
mere war for spontaneous impulse. IL
means grim business on every side OF H.
President Wilson.
TT IS happily true that Mr.. Wilson and
his Cabinet have been from the first
aware of these solemn facts and that
there has been no delay over any measure
that could be accomplished by executive
order Congress, however, has not kept
step either with the Administration or
with the people There was no reason
for the loss of all last week in debate over
the army selection bill. 1t should he
passed by the middle of this week, Roosc
welt volunteering and all, so that the
President can set day for registration
Of citizens liable TO service. If Mr.. Wilson
is advised that the Roosevelt plan is un.
wise, he will not be required to sanction 1t,
and in this case 1t would be good discl.
pline for Mr.. Roosevelt and a number OF
persons who have not come closely in
contact with the grim business" of mod.
ern war to bow to the verdict Of the Gen.
eral staff.
There Is much cause for congratulation
that we shall be spared the many months
of muddling which lack of the selective
draft caused in England. But the people
can well require of their representatives
in Congress that in matters of emergency,
when the principle has once been decided
upon. quibbling and useless rhetoric are
outrageous flippancies. The people are
every day nervinG themselves to meet
those sacrifices and sufferings of which
the President speaks, and when our men
are at grips with the foe the postpone.
ment of legislation necessary for the
equipment, health, comfort or re.enforce.
ment of our soldiers would bring to the
doors OF the Capitol not the ironical pleas.
antries which the present delay has re.
ceived, but the stern and bitter rebukes
of nation that has put aside childish
things.
Congress has confounded emergency
measures with those that obviously re.
qure time. The war revenue bill has
been considered simultaneously with more
urgent matters and there is no reason
why it should not take a month or more
to settle the difficult questions of taxes.
which, in the event of delay, can always be
made retroactive. But there is a sharp
dividing line between such measures and
provisions for army and navy in which II
is perfectly proper that the Executive,
who has most of the responsibility for sue.
cess or failure, should take the initiative.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-14
MOTHERS DAY

To the Editor Of the Epcning Ledger:
Sir-Once more we celebrate the day
dedicated in honor of her to whom God has
given his greatest blessing, Mother. But
what difference there is today! For the
first time since this yearly day of reverence
was established mothers have been called
to make a great sacrifice
This year. as for the last two years
Mothers Day is ushered in accompanied
with the faint obbligato of screeching shells
and booming cannon from across the sea
But this year It comes homo TO us. Mothers
Of America are called to SIND their sous
into the fray as prey for the war demon.
American mothers must bear the terrible
burden with their sisters in other lands
What real loving mother does not mur-
mur in the secrecy of her heart, 81 didn't
raise my boy to be soldier; but when
she realizes that humanity is on the cross
that liberty, justice and culture are at
stake. with Spartan forttude she answers
America, here's my boy
The strongest ,bulwark of our nation, or
any nation, lies not in admirable lines of
defense. rich ports. great cities or famous
men, but in the mothers. She who bore the
man-child; who guided his first tottering
footsteps and led him in the path Of duty I;
who watched his laborious climb toward his
goal, cheering him by the wayside, lifting
MN Wnen ne StufnDleu-Sne Is tne DulWarK
of the nation.
Many OF the world leaders proudly ac-
claim "All that l am or ever hope to be
owe to my santed mother" No poet can
pen a more lasting or nobler eulogy. And
no statue in marble is as lasting as the
monument carved in the soul Of the man
who has gone from his mothers tender care
fired with the zeal to battle for the right
The poet says, "The hand that rocks the
cradle is the hand that rocks the world"
He is wrong, for it is mothers hand that
is steadying the old world. Men who have
forgotten mother love are rocking it, but
mother will conquer in the end and once
more we will ride on an even keel.
1t is we'll that we have set apart one day
in special honor for mother, but in the
words of the great Emancipator: I'm a
larger sense we cannot dedcate--we cannot
conservative cannot hallow. It
Is rather for us to be here dedicated to the
great task remaining before us" The
greatest honor we can pay to mother is to
be true to our faith. true to our flag and
unafraid of lax or gibbet"
Rome fell when her women became de-
graded and some mud-sllngers here would
have US believe that American womanhood
is decadent. But when we see the tender
look of the mother gazing at the tiny infant
in her arms we, of the male sex, can tri-
umphantly shout:
Let all the winds of hell blow in our sails.
THANK God thank God the ship rides
true"
HENRY RIDGAwAY zELLEY.
Paulsboro, N. j.. May IL.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-14

start out from zcebrugge. which is un'
comfortably near the Straits OF Dover,
they would have TO come all the way from
the German coast The desperate effort
the Germans are making to hold on at
Lens, near the Belgian line, is perhaps
thus explained, for II the British once
broke through so near the sea Northern
Belgium and its coast would be untenable.
The first activity of land forces In Bel
gium was reported several days ago, and
increased pressure in that sector can
probably be expected II the tide begins
to turn against the Germans just across
the line in France.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-14
THE PRUSSIC ACID IN SOCIALISM

THE fact that Charles Edward Russell
L Socialist candidate for Governor of
New York in 1910 and again in 1912, &C.
cepts place on the American commits.
sion to Russia should stop the nonsen.
steal forebodings which Socialists have
been expressing over Mr.. Wilson's choice
Of Elihu Root to head the delegation.
Nothing would have pleased the Kaiser
more than to have America send a group
Of pacifistic Socialists to Petrograd
Prussia's frantic appeal to the Socialists
of the world to stop the war so that she
may keep the territory she has conquered
is today the most dangerous movement
beneath the surface of the international
situation. She knows that this appeal
win reach millions and stir their deepest
feelings and ambitions. because Socialism
serves in place Of a religion for so many
Socialists.
Socialists of materialist tendencies
want to abolish the boundaries between
COUNTRIES and make the world one nation;
- kR RrNoe)a ~ - hRyo oolv ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-14
Submarines

J. Wal 1t is not at all necessary tnas
a submarine be on the surface OF the wa,e.
to discharge torpedoes effectively. on th'
contrary. the effectiveness of the submarlhs
lies In its ability to discharge torpedoes
while far beneath the surface 1t Is only
necessary that the periscope be out o.
the water so that the submarine sailors can
see to aim the torpedo. The ability OF tns
submarine to attack without showing any
thing but its periscope accounts for It's e,.
treme effectiveness. (b) Submarines uo
attack dreadnoughts, but the care win
which these valuable fighting ships aIs
guarded by destroyers. nets, etc. accounts
for the fact that few are sunk by suoms.
rines There Is a prevailing idea that N.
thick armor of a dreadnought shields
from submarines; but this is falacous, ~
the armored portion ends about Ave feet ps.
low the waterline and torpedoes usually
strike the unprotected shell Of the yesss
from eight to ten feet below the waterlins
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-14

Fred Lacey lends us. but not for
keeps" couple Of comic almanacs pub
lished by Turner & Fisher, Just around
the corner on Sixth street. more than
seventy years ago. Pretty rough stun,
bst the paper is still white and soft.
which. you may bet your last penny, no
one seventy years from now will ever
be able to say Of any cheap booklet issued
in this our day. Judd Lewis, of the
Houston Post. would be interested in this
subtitle to the Almanac for 1s4S-"with
astronomical calculations for the whols
Qp(fe1 QfakaR fc6Titprfee X92oo - -.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-14
WORDS TO AVOID

Newspaper men who have "worksd
Charles II. Dana on the New yorl. {
recall the list of words and phrases .,
avoided which was used in that office 7
Is list OF words to be avoided:
Above or over for more than.
Aggregate for total.
Balance for remainder.
Call attention for direct attention.
Claim for assert.
Commence for begin.
Conscious for aware.
Couple for two.
Cultured for cultivated.
Date back to for date from.
DoDate for give.
Indorse for approve.
Fall for autumn.
From whence for whence
Inaugurate for establish, institute
Individual for person.
Infinite for vast. great.
In our midst for among us.
In spite for despite.
Last for latest.
Less for fewer
Materially for largely.
Notice for observe.
Onto for on or upon.
Partially for partly.
Party for person.
Past two years for last two wears
Practically for virtually.
Prior to for before.
Propose for purpose.
Proven for proved.
Quite for something of.
Spend for pass.
Standpoint for point of view.
subsequently tor afterward.
srrangplre tor happen.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-14
Tungsten

HILTON-Tungsten called also wolfram
is a rare element of the chromium group
found combined in certain minerals a.
wolframite and scheelte. 1t is Isolated as
a hard. brittle white or gray metal melting
at about 1000 degrees centigrade. having
specific gravity of 16.6-19, an atomic
weight of 1S4 and both acid and basic
properties. 1t Is used chiefly in the manu-
facture Of tungsten steel and OF tungsten
lamps. These electric glow lamps nave
filaments of metallic tungsten. They are
very economical and can'maintain high ten'
peratures owing to the refractory charac'
ter of the metal.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-14
QUIZ
which IL reported

i. Locate the AdratiC Sea. which is reported
cleared OF submarines
Z. Who is Carl vrOoman. who declared that
there Ia an unpatriOtc movement to hand.
cap the Governments proposed control Of
the food supply?
3. What was tho Exodus?
4. What II II spccious argument?
5. What are the sagas?
D. VIII married men be EXEMPT from military
service under the seiectiye draft plan:
Z. What Is satisfy?
y. News dispatches describe Germans as at.
tackinR with hammenwerfer. What are
ftammenwerfer?
0. Explain the origin of the expression "as
changeablc as n chameleon" Z"
10. Each human skeleton includes two claycles.
What are they?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-14

second class on or
before July 10 OF
this year.
This Is n stupen-
dous reform, both
from the European
and Latin perspec.
tive. II Is posi-
lively as sure Q d
through n substan-
tial majority in
both the Chamber
of Deputies and
the Senate and Is
to he granted in
gratitude and re-
cognitlon OF the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-14

II the West really voted for Wilson
because "he kept us out of war" what
does it mean by now shaming many East
ern States in the matter of recruiting?
Democratic Nevada was the first Com.
monwealth to fill its army quota. Oregon,
which went slightly Republican, came sec.
end. And now Utah, which sent up VIII.
son electors, is third. Is it possible that
the simple word patriotism explains the
apparent inconsistency?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-14

Not loud but deep" was the French
women's call for suffrage In no country
In the world were the rights less noisily
agitated, yet national suffrage for women
over twentyeight in cities seems certain
TO be instituted through the Gallo repub
lie on July Is. The professional cynic
might say that when you seemingly want
thing too hard you never get It, Appar.
ent indifference wins the prize.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-14
What other actress in the world bu

What other actress in the world but
Sarah Bernhardt could win a visit-and
q kiss-from statesman so entangled in
the coils of public demonstrations as Rene
Viviani? The great and undoubtedly
weary diplomats hospital call on the
artist was tribute not only to talent, but
to the unfiasging force of a personality
that helped to make France loved long
before we Endorsed the Republics policy
In arms.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-14
A cheerful news dis

easo has 1t that the specter of a greatly
diminished wheat crop is fading away.
The Government report indicated the
abandonment of nearly twelve and one
Aah million acres in the winter wheat
belt; but advices Of private investiga-
tors. which In the past have often been
lore nearly correct. reduce the figure
~ ten millions. 1t is well to know the
Eorst" about such serious matter, but
p great fault to make things out
'~orss than they are. for such pessimism
4ofsats the purposes of economy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-14

The French are said to call their
great Marshal "two-cylinder Joffre," be.
cause the victor Of the Marne has a slight
limp. But as he has never been known
TO blow his own horn, the auto alusion
seems rather Inaccurate
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-14
There has been some trouble get.

There has been some trouble get.
ting good 'ad" to stimulate the buying
Of Liberty Loan bonds. A straight appeal
to patriotism would probably not be so
tr1te as some persons think. But there is
. specula-ive side to these transactions.
Ono writer predicts that If the war ends
within six months the bonds will some
day sell at 40 or IFS. The per cents
that were issued IN 1898 have sold at
109.34.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-14
Catching U-Boats

G. H.-According to reports from ltaiy'
submarine chasers with glass bottoms hass
been very effective in ridding the Adria.l'
Sea Of submarines, and efforts now are
being made to employ them in larger NUM-
bers elsewhere. Observers in the fast motor
boats can locate submarines as deep as wv
feet under the water. Upon locating one,
a signal is given to destroyers, which lie ~
wait for the submarine to come to tn'
surface.