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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-04
Tom Days Column
McAroni Ballads
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WHEN A MANS SINGLE
You Enot0 dd Joe Gdldi dat cledna VouT
hat
Dat sassy vo'n0 Jalloi0, so o0ly an idt'
En- Sure you rdymcmberl An mebbe
you knoto
Dose three othrd tdllotcs dat ran t0eeth
deeS Joe3
Eh1 Nog Dere tcas Rao0io-Tonv an
Jeem-
An Sterd Barrdtt dev t0as chumS tCeetho
hecm.
But now! Wal, dere's three o. dem
murry, you knop,
An so deg dint gotta no usd for Joe
Fine girls der tCiUes, too, an so good an
so true;
Dose tdllotcs GOT som theen0 more better
to do
Dan be loohin' for fun on dd street cen
dd night.
But Joe he's so mad he JUS taxa delight
To tcdlb by dd steps Uhere deu sect an
TO Snccr
An talk TO hccmSaP so dev sure oond
hear;
20, my! Wen ce're marry ho,o sofia
tDe 0dti
You bdtta mv Hte,
Eef had a tCite.
tcould no be soochd becg toold Ike ddtr'
Las 'ceek deeso Joe got letter iran day
OATS small IKE da spreengtime; an here's
tcnt Get say
"lfy heart eet tceeH bust eet I longer
conceal,
o! beautiful Tdn, soochd loue tTdt
feel"
or som'theen0 Ike that. AnVtoav, Get ecs
tUrote
Zen fine female style; an she tai cen
dd note
Jus tchere an ,1dt time sho tcould Ike
hecm to meet
AN so Dou t0eeH knotO t'en com dotcn
dd street
RI hare tOhitc rose an DeeH oeeue
eet to you."
Wal, Joe he 1UdS dereI An he's dress
to keel, too
An he look all around for dd girl ,oeeth
dd rose.
But all for n sudden com's-,U'dt do you
S'pOScg
Three fnd bec0 cdbbd0es urdrd hoes
nose'
Dose tcireS Of Jeem, Tony an Steue
pdSSd by,
An lihd tcdn Uotce dd tohole three o.
dem crU
90! mn, tC'en eees Seenole ho,O seelly
eet ccsl
You bdttG your Hte,
Eet you had n trlte
You 1oo"id not be soocha bce0 toola Ike
deeS!"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-04
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Plan for Government to Rent
Unworked Coal Lands-Facts
on the Liquor Problem
UNWoRKED COAL LANDS

~ me EH''Or oJ the Evening Ledger.
Sir-In your issue Of the 2lst is the fol-
lowing dispatch from WASHINGTON:
The Federal Trade Commission will
shortly institute an investigation into the
capitalization Of anthracite coal mines of
the United States, following the placing
before 1t Of statements to the effect that
the high price of coal IL due in considerable
measure TO overcapitalization Of these prop
critics"
1t is probable that the commission will
hnd that the allegations are true. II is
true, as the dispatch says, that there are
vast unworked coal fields producing no
part OF the revenue needed to pay divi-
dends' II is common knowledge, also.
that unworked coal lands. like unworked
lands anywhere, are favored by real estate
assessors. | understand that much anthra-
cite coal land II assessed at agricultural
values ThuS we make IL profitable TO
spectators to hold coal lands out of use
The Province of British Columbia has a
tax plan which is respectfully commended
10 pennsylvania. For provincial use, wild
lands are taxed 4 per cent on Canital
value; improved lands are taxed only u
per cent In other words, the province
penalties heavily the nonuse of land. while
pennsylvania rewards il. To tax use more
than neglect is to encourage neglect To
discourage industry. If we would simply
reverse our tax laws there would be no
need for Investigations by committees
which probably will not see the real cause
Of the trouble.
An available and effective remedy is the
assessment and taxation of lands at the
highest possible figure. namely, 100 per
cent OF the market value. Owners Of nm
used land should be invited to make their
own valuations for assessment. at which
valuations they should be invited to offer
lahd Tor sale, for there is no righteous
excuse for speculating in coal land or in
deed, In any kind of land. The business is
essentially immoral, William P,nn provided
with the first settlers of Philadelphia that
any owner who, within three years, wou,d
not plant or man. his land should be dis
possessed without compensation (except
survey fees) In favor of any one wishing
to make use Of 1t. He discouraged non
use We encourage it; and we suffer from
our folly.
Logically, unworked coal land should he
open to the use of any one willing 10 use
1t on payment OF just rental to the Cow
ernment representing the people.
SAMUEL MILLIKEN.
Philadelphia May 2s.
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educating the people TO work against
political and economic autocracy. But
when the greatest enemy Of reform APP
peared in arms against the world, the So
ciahsts encouraged It's propaganda. They
refused 10 see that the war Itself was au.
tomatically producing many Of the re-
forms which they had demanded; national
control Of production, national super.
vision OF labor conditions and a world.
wide campaign for democratic coopera.
tion and for the dethronement Of the last
absolute monarchs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-04
TOGETHER

lin January, 1902, there were printed In
the Independent and reprinted in the Times
the following verses by the late ALFRED
Austin then poet laureate of England. They
have new interest at this timel
Who say we cherish far-off feud,
Stll nurse the ancient grudges?
SNOW me the title of this brood
or self-appointed judges;
Ihelr name, their race, their nation, clan
AND we will teach them whether
We do not, as none others can,
reel, think and work together!
Both speak the tongue that Milton spoke
shakespeare and Chatham welded,
Ana washington and all his folk
When their just claim was yielded.
In II both lisp, both learn, both pray,
Dirge death, and thus the tether
Grows tighter, tenderer, every day,
That binds the two together.
Our ways are one. and one our aim
And one wiz be our story,
Who lights for Freedom. not for fame,
From Duty, not for glory.
Both stock of the old Home where blow
shamrock, and rose, and heathAP.
And every year link arms ana go
Through its loved haunts together.
should envlous aliens plan and plot
'Gainst one, and now the other
They swift would learn how strong the knos
Binds brother unto brother.
How quickly they would change their tack
And show the recreant feather.
Should Star and Stripe and Union Jack
But float mast-high together.
Now let us give one hearty grip,
AS by true men Is given,
And vow fraternal fellowship
That never shall be riven;
And with our peaceful nags unfurled.
he fair OF foul the weather,
should need arise face an the world
And stand o. fail together.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-04
SHIPPING LOSSES

10 the Editor Of the Evenin0 Ledger:
ASnI me @ British Admiralty returns Of
shlps torpedoed Is both inslncere and rois,
leading. Taking 1900 tons as the stananns ms
the reports say that so many shine o,iS
mat Were sunk and 30 many under ''e'
Now, ship of more than 1901 tonu
range from 100 tons to IA, 900 b,,t i 'shI 81
Admiralty returns i4,0OO-ton shin a ia IN. .ne
Iown ID as a snip OF more than 1900 tons 81 !
IN no case Is the actual tonnage givan So
that twenty vessels sunk mIght h' Say
resented a gross total OF "a 600 or 300 tep, odS
"a vast difference, indeed -'V'VoO
IL VIII seem, therefore, that ~ 4.
the actual number OF shipa sunk that no nor
80 much as the tonnage, This IA invs g 9
withheld, 70 that the public does moi ,,,sly
sustained. 81 n, ~'e' y 'pt,nt has
RhlIads|phla. june 1 81irVR-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-04
FACTS ON POVERTY AND DRINK
r Of the EUenin0 Ledger i:

10 the hdttOT OF the Evening LedOeT.
Sir-ln recent issue of your journal Mr.
Theodore j. Lewis was privileged 10 sta.e
that Facts Versus Fallacies" advertise.
ment had misrepresented in giving tha
Philadelphia Society for Organizing Charity
as authority for only about per cent of the
total appeals for sustenance coming FROM
those who misused liquors.
For the information OF Mr.. Lewis. a vica
president OF the aforesaid society, he is here
Informed that at the annual board meeting
OF TINS organization, on November 81, 1915,
advance figures 0rom the annual report moi
even yet published) were given the PhiIas
delphia papers to print. The data at that
time given out by officers Of this society
were authority for the Facts Versus
Fallacies" quotation concerning a minimum
per cent OF appeals for charity from
alcoholics. and said; THE statistical re-
port Of dealing with 10000 individuals In
5997 families contains the following. Siclx,
ness was the difficulty in sO46 cases and
tuberculosis was found ia times: alcohol
ism, 9ls times" etc. These were the so-
ciety's figures,
For the further information OF Mr.. IaVVis
he is advised that the Rochester IN w
Department Of Charities found less than 4
per cent OF It's applications for aid as due
TO drink. The Portland (Ore) Assnciated
Charities reported but seven in each one
hundred the result Of overindulgence An
liquors, and the New York Association for
Improving the Condition OF the Poor gave
se per cent OF It's charity funds 20 families
whose cause of need was the sickness or
death OF wage-earnera The New Yorl
society report Significantly stated Causes
q poverty aeaif with. other than llekhesa
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-04

| TLTHEN Commodore Preble, Of the United
w States navy, decided to make an at
tack on Tripoli he placed the advance line
of his squadron Of war frigates In command
Of young officer who had already won
fame for his daredevil courage. This
young man was Captain Stephen Decatur
who feared nothing on land or sea, and who
would have welcomed bout with Satan
himself IL such a contest was within range
Of possibility
Decatur grinned with Joy when he heard
the command 10 proceed against the Turks.
He went alongside each Of the vessels in
the advance line and directed the crews to
unship their bowsprts and follow him.
As It is my intention to board the
enemy's boats" he said, you can look for
some warm work ahead"
The enemy's gunboats were moored along
the harbor under the batteries, and when
Captain Decatur in the leading boat came
within range, the batteries and gunboats
opened fire. The whistle Of solid shot was
but music to the battle soul Of Stephen
Decatur, He sailed his ships right into
the nest OF the enemy's gunboats and war.
fare OF the real old-fashioned kind began.
At this point. Commodore Preble fearing
that disaster would result from Decatur's
recklessness, ordered the signal to be made
for retreat However. it was found to be
impossible to recall the daring Decatur,
because in making out the signals before
going into battle no one had thought to
arrange for a retreat signal.
In the meantime Decatur and his men
had boarded the biggest of the enemy's gum
boats and were engaged in a hand.to-hand
conflict with the Turks in which pistols
and sabers played an important part 1t
took Decatur and his men just ten minutes
to clear the deck. The Turks who had not
been killed or wounded in the fighting
leaped into the sea- Only three of the
Americans were wounded
Decatur was Withdrawing with his prize
when the boat Of his brother Lieutenant
James Decatur, came under the stern The
crew told him that they had engaged and
captured one Of the enemy, but that the
Turk in command after surrenderlng had
treacherously killed Lieutenant James
Decatur. And while the Americans were
searching for the body of their beloved
lieutenant, the Turkish commander sot his
sails and made for the mouth of the
harbor
Enraged by the treacherous murder Of
his brother, Captain Decatur determined
that the Turkish commander and his crew
would pay dearly for their Judas-like act
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-04

ana It's results, were wife desertion and nom
support, delinquency such as Imprisonment
and alcoholism old age and unemployment
But all of these causes combined produced
small burden as compared with sickness
and its consequences"
Therefore, Mr.. Lewis erred in his charge
that Facts and Fallacies" misrepresented
IN It's claim that only a very small percent-
age OF charity appeals come from persons
who overindulge in liquors As TO the gem
temans report that there are $3.50 men and
boys apply in one year for refuge at the
Wayfarers' Lodge, verify that number must
De conceded comparatively small in this
great and popuous city and its suburban n
towns. For Mr.. Lewis should bear in mind
that great portion of the persons thus
housed are "repeaters"-not so many differ
ent Individuals that aside from the occa-
slonal worthy but unfortunate man who
seeks that kind of lodging the great body is
only rounding up" Of big and populous
community's deTelicts-the degenerate or
the mentally and physically weak classes +:
detectives In humanity who prefer "trannn''
llfe to work, and who tend TO the misuse Of
drink or whatever else they come in con-
tact with.
As for the Facts Versus Fallacies" dis
cussions, there were nearly 200 of these
paid advertisements published. And in ali
my long and diversified experience in Jour
naiism | have never known more conscien-
tious care exercised for the promulgation OF
only accuracy and truth. After each article
was written the most rigid censorship of a
committee passed upon the responsibility of
the information to be given the public. only
Government reports, year-books and other
authoritative sources were quoted. II was
possible for an error to have occurred in
this series of Facts Versus Fallacies'
articles, but not with intent.
f. J. FRYSINGER-
Chester, Pa, May 81.
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.For correct name consult adv coils.

PHILIP KIND, in taking Matthew Muir.
ply, Jr, to the annual exercises at the
Jewish Foster Home in Germantown yes
terday afternoon, accidentally brought
forth an idea that should be helpful to the
parents of all families as large as the one
to which NJ. NJ, Jr. happens to belong
Young Matthew watched the several boys
and girls of the home come forward to
receive the prizes awarded to them for
excellence in various branches OF work
and study. "I'll have TO tell father about
this" said he to his host IL think II he'd
put up dozen or so prizes for us at home
we'd all behave better during the year"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-04
THE PURE FOOD SHOP

on Chestnut street often stop
TO look at BldnkbEdnbS'' Pure Food Shop
And stand and stare, toith eyes fast glued
Upon that grand display Of toodi
All that men delight to eat
When theD 0ive their toiUes treat:
ounces, ofUeS, honey, beets,
AnchoUies and jellied meats.
Chicken pies and deviled clans,
Rudy cheese, Virginia hams.
Mdruldldde aud timed Sdrdines,
Boston bread and Boston beans.
Mdcdroni, candy peel,
Pdttied oyster, pictled eel.
And the leek, tDith emerald top,
Little brother Of the t0opl
Then 90, t1ith 0dzin0 fed,
To the Automdt instead
CHRISTOPHER MORLEY.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-04

DON'T tell me-" says an Irish reader
Of Reedys Mirror, that there is no retri-
button in history. 1t was an Irishman,
Holland, who invented the submarine"
Which recalls a remark made TO us
over the dinner table several years ago
by the late William Uhler Hensel. why
is IT," he asked that the Irish so often
start things splendidly. but seldom carry
them to triumphant completion?" First
we ventured the opinion that the pre-
dominant trait of the Celt was a lively
imagination, or, as some might put 1t, a
restless fancy, which only infrequently
inhablts an orderly mansion. Then we
mildly resented the arraignment OF the
whole race and began to look about for
distinguished Irishmen in history who
were not only good starters, but good fin
ishers. Hold on a minute! We're not
talking "of fightin' an music an love-
maxim an the like O. that" But can any
one name a living Irishman who might
be capable of inventing, that is to say
starting" an invention that would finish
the submarine which that other Irishman
started?
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DUTY OF FOREIGNERS

10 the Editor Of the EUenin0 Led0er,
Sr-lt this country intends IN sand
troops to Europe. It should first soma az,
foreigners from the ages Of eighteen 70
my IaI that Is, English. French. Belglans
japanese Italians, Serbians and Russ,aas
all foreigners that hail from conptrSnS ans ahs,
are allied against Germany and A,1s.ria .ms'
II Is their duty to this country ana thaS.
mother countries to 90. TtTEon ,,e"
Fox Chase. May 2S 0DOh'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-04

What will the bereaved families Of
those lost on the Spanish steamship Eliza.
guirre have to say If Germany carries
out her promise TO atone" for her sub
marine outrages on King Alfonso's sub.
jects by formally saluting the red and
yellow standard of Spain and firing a
salute in honor of CASTLE and Aragon?
Or will these stricken Iberians madly call
this threatened evidence of cordially"
the most impertinePt spectacle in the en-
tire history of international relations?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-04
with the announcemen, that .,

With the announcement that four
Pennsylvania regiments are TO mobilize
for active war service on July is, the
various Home Defense" organizations
of the State assume important roles
sooner perhaps than was anticipated. As
the National Guard relinquishes its work
Of guarding railroads. waterways and
bridges, the various bodies of home volun.
teers will be summoned to take up these
duties. 1t is hard to see how even a
chronic pacihst could argue himself out
OF taking up such work in case Of need
Surely the peace Of the home is best pre-
served by protecting it.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-04
Comparatively ParamOuntainOus

No one expected three days would have
passed without q trace Of the fourteen.
monthsold baby. Speculation as TO the
proper method of administering quick Jus.
tice was far more paramount than the prob.
able hidden location of the child
News dispatch in Sundays paper.
Really. these news dispatchers should
use more supreme care in a more com
plete effort to attain to more perfect
EnQliah
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The splIt in the Socialist party. no,

The split in the Socialist party, now
rapidly developing, promises TO perform
some useful surgery upon what Is bad in
socialism and save what II good. John
spargo's resignation has been declared
.'unimportant" by the leaders OF the old.
fashioned faction. but his crystal-clear
reasons are certainly important for the
Socialist movement. though not for the
party. in proving that this movement was
capable OF producing so courageous and
fine a thinker as Spargo. He shows that
The party's endeayors were precisely those
which the German Government would
have desired II to exert. Each pro-Ger-
man argument was sndorsed by the So
cialist party. II was thus being placed
IN an unpopular and un-American posi-
ton which would lsave Il helpless IN the
fanfe % further social and economlc
Ili5fn qhe pN,x pfoisase4 p be
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-04
Answers to Saturdays oui,

l. Chevrons are the marks meeting Al
on the sleeve indicating the r.ahh hngh
soldier, policeman or petty ,asns
military organization. 'er u
2. This IL the year 663O Of the JuI,.u
According TO ScallEer. the NJ, pstd
year began January !. 48 b. V'' Suliai
5. France and England signed n ,,..,-
peace June 2, 1914. "eaV
4. william Willett, an EnEllshman. ,.,.,
the daylight saving plan IA n.ln.,s
Of advancing the clock one ham .cYpnsilh
sDring and setting II back aTSIn
TALL thus giving more hours Of sun.. v.
for labor. " suhshN
8. w. n. Hancock, in 1880, was IN. n
cratic candidate for President Icne
ceived 1865 electoral votes, willis onsea.
the successful candidate, aifbo1skL kLn,a
Geiying 214 votes In the Electoral Tan. y
had II popular plurality Of only 1SIsl ISsl'h
o. Thirteen States have the full InItIat,r.
only. 'O' statuls
sunfiOwers." "os M
3. South Trimbly. Democrat, Of Kentu.Lx 4.
Clerk OF the House Of RepresentatiHs,
0. The .one-mile record for the bicycle /, -.
minute five seconds. w
10. The average rise and fall Of tide M Pill.
delDhia IL five feet three inches
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-04

American scholarship must be a
hardy perennial indeed when, in the
worlds crisis Mr. Wilson and the two ex-
Presidents can find time to write urgent
appeals for the continuation of classical
atudies.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-04
The American commission has q

The American commission has ar
rived in Russia and the Government at
Petrograd still lives. All fear that Mr..
Root and his associates might arrive too
late to be enabled TO do their utmost to
save the infant Slavic republic, both from
itself and from German peace intrigues, is
finally dispelled. The mystery Of the
American envoys' amazingly quick voy.
age lends another touch OF romance to
one Of the most striking situations in all
history-the spectacle of the worlds
greatest national exemplar OF democracy
extending the hand OF help and fellow
ship to the youngest child OF freedom.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-04
Assuming that the renort OF

Assuming that the report Of Ger.
many's attempt to acquire the Venezuelan
island of Margarita as a submarine base
is true, we are at least spared the trou.
BILE Of going to war over the situation. We
picked out the right foe some months ago
and we can thus attend TO violations OF
the Monroe Doctrine at the same time
that we help save the world for freedom.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-04
What Do You Know,


QUlL
I. What was our smallest warp m
soldiers fought in II? nov man,
2. When = Is, T. I9 O'Clock noon in Phr.a.,.,,
Francisco? 70 q,
4. How large Is the Tutulla Eroup n, 4,
What Is the population? VI "lantl,
8. What is the value % n Straits s.,,,.-
goiu doHar IN United states colnS eAsi
g. What and where is Hell Cater
I. What nation declared yar nm 49,
years ago yesterday? ua n,
3. When was the great ST. LouI. -,
What was the damage? Veleni
0. What will be the chief duty Of Dr
Rowe II the Senate confirms NJ. Lee
ment as Assistant Secretary apgeia
10. Who Is HJalmer BrantinEP
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-04
II any one do

II any one doubts the power OF the
pen even In the midst of the worlds
greatest war, the present anxiety over
the mysterious failure of Wilson's i'm
portant message TO the Russian republic
to reach Petrograd might well negative
such an opinion.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-04

The new regulation forbdding a
promiscuous display OF German daily
papers on newsstands bespeaks a modesty
concerning the dissemination of inspired
utterances that i'll accords with the
familiar pomposity of their verbiage.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-04

The Senate food bill makes gambling
IN grain futures an offense punishable by
a fine Of $500 or one years imprisonment.
All right; but why not make the "or" an
"and"?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-04

Germany has come TO the conclu-
sion that It was a good thing to let her
Socialists enter the peace conference. An
excellent reason for keeping ours home.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-04
The Perennial Graduate

In honor Of their son Michael, who has
just graduated from the Jefferson Medical
College. and TO encourage him in his desire
to come out at the head OF his class next
year. his parents, Mr., and Mrs. Samuel
Platt of the southwest corner of Seven
teenth and Mlffiin streets, will tender him
a reception next Sunday. June 3, from 10
p. M. at their home Michael has a host
OF friends and he will be pleased to see
them all.
South Phliadelphlan
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-04

The Kaiser has officially announced
that the Entente's spring offensive Is over.
Granted. But it's the summer push"
that confronts the Hohenzollerns now.