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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-09
THE NEW YORK DRAFT RIOTS

TNHE conscription act of March g. l'a
l. contained one clause which cost i'A
lives in New York city four months laia
It was provided that any man, after benz
drafted, might procure exemption from sd'
ice by the payment of $500.
The act was vigorously assailed as
constitutional by the opponents Of the 40
ministration, who asserted that the =
emptlon clause was a flimsy device
enabling the rich to eVade service. Amoq
those who adopted and proclaimed M.
views was Governor Seymour, of New 20.
State, who seems also to have represenls
the attitude of many prominent men
New York city. Among the people Wel,
was much agitation. 1t was obvious M
the average drafted man could not nn
$500 to procure a substitute. II WI
Indeed, only the rich who could anola II
buy their freedom from military service
On Saturday, July IL, the draft peg.
without much opposition I'm New lork II
one of the enrolment offices in the strong
Democratic Ninth District on Suho-'
some drafted workingmen aided by ns.
ber of political agitators, fomented the q.
content of the populace and organiLeo
opposition to enrolment. The draH vi
renewed at 10 o'clock Monday morning y
the assistant provost marshal's office ".
soon attacked, demolished and burned !,
furious mob, which, after overcoming
squad Of police sent against 1t, roa'n.i
about the city. Frenzed by excitement -.
drink, the rioters committed numoel.
outrages. Declaring that the negroes WY
the cause of the abolition war" they
saulted, tortured and killed a number "
fell into their hands. The Colored Orpns,.
Asylum was burned and the offices OF W
New York Tribune, one of the Admlnss-
ton papers, narrowly escaped destrucuo-
On Tuesday the mobs, increased IN nusff
ber, continued to pillage, sack burn ~
kill, though In many districts they W.
sharply repulsed and partly dispersed Y
the police and militia. 1t was annouhs.,
that the draft would be Temporarily "
continued on Wednesday Meanwhile ~.
ments from Pennsylvania helped to dispe.1
the mobs. BY Friday the uprising haa ~
thoroughly suppressed About lOVV ~
had been killed and the property loss
$1,5O0;0OO. on August 10 the drati W
renewed, and II was completed WIZ"
further resistance within ten days
The act authorized the President 70 4.
cruit the army whenever necessary y
drafting "all able-bodied male citizens
tween twenty and forty-five. Thousc-
paid their exemption money, and thefe ~
such a demand for substitutes that ot'
nents OF the draft even went SO FAR
attempt to import men from Helant
take their places.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-09
MISSTATING HISTORY

To the Editor Of the BUentn0 Ledger:
Slr--There was presented in your issue
of July a letter signed by Walter A. Cum
mings, of New York, which outside of some
compliments personal to himself, contained
an Incorporate attack entirely opposite to
the facts in relation to Great Britain's ad-
ministration in India, also, incidentally, Ire
land, Egypt, South Africa and Persia, and
some remarks about what he called the
"gush" in President Wilson's message to
the world of our reasons for going to war
with the Central Powers
The gentleman confesses to being a stu
dent of history, and yet by his extreme
statements one can hardly believe that he is
warranted by the knowledge he has gained
in giving out this distorted message to the
public His inherited strong dislike of the
British is his private privilege, but It is
unfair and undemocratic to msstate history
in order to serve his personal bias.
II. w. NELSON
Ardmore, Pa, July 6.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-09
Government Afraid Of Him

week or two ago they talked Of him a
great deal He was to be the new food
controller; he was TO succeed Lord Cow
dray at the air board new post was to be
found for him the Government was afraid
to take him on And with this talk came a
revival of everything which Britain has felt
since the early days of the war. For the
average man and woman who gives Church.
i'll credit for mobilizing the neet-really the
decisive factor in the declaration OF war,
for If the fleet had not been mobilized the
declaration might have been even later
these same people blame him bitterly for the
ruin Of Antwerp and the folly Of the Dar-
danelles Those who read the papers re-
member that Mr.. Asquith took responsible
ity for the Dardanelles on himself and on
the whole Cabinet. When the Galipoli re-
port came out 1t was Asquith and not
Churchill who made the great defense. But
Churchill remains the whipping boy for this
misfortune. And yet not one person in
England will venture a bet against his re-
turn TO Office to great office.
1t is more than astonishing; IT Is a trib
ute to the fierce sincerity of the man him
self He left the Cabinet--he could hardly
do less But he would not leave the coun-
try. He believes, at least he did believe
until recently, that the war could not be
won by pushes" He believed in STROKES"
everywhere, but particularly away from the
eastern-western main theatres Of war. He
diagnosed the German strategy absolutely.
| doubt whether he Will be out much
longer. i saw him recently and heard him
speak, and 1 am inclined to bet on his
vigor against the properness and sobriety
of his colleagues. He is still a handsome
man, still young looking But the best
thing about him is the impression he gives
of, of fighting, fighting always, and for
cause.
II he stays out all through the war he
will still have his chance. When he
"chucked" the Unionst party It was al
most as If a covenant had been made TO
make him Prime Minister One other Lib
eral stood in his way, and that man is now
the Prime Minister, but he has lost the
Liberal party. After the war, in the shift
ings Of parties, Winston Churchill may
find himself leader Of a group outside both
parties, yet strong enough to put its leader
in a place of power. But there is no fore
telling There is only the pleasure of watch
ing an unaccountabe star.
In book written many years before the
war Alfred G. Gardner, the brilliant editor
of the Daily News wrote Of Churchill;
Remember, he is a soldier. first, last
and always. He will write his name big
on our future. Let us take care that he
does not write 1t in blood
And now Churchill has written II in
blood. But there are many who feel sure
that he will write 1t again, more slowly
more brilliantly in the golden letters OF
genius devoted TO the service of his coun-
try. He is not altogether an Alcibiades.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-09
CAMOUFLAGE

We have heard a good deal about ca
mouhage since the war began. Camoufage
we used to know as the term applied by
biologists to the protective coloring by
which birds and minor animals find safety
through blending into the landscape Now
1t has become the art, so highly deyeloned
by the French, by which the movement Of
troops or the position Of guns is concealed
from the enemy.
we must believe that this ingenious art
of war has been studied by some Kansas
Citians who have used 1t for their own nur-
poses with results highly satisfactory 10
themselves. Some men of means, who have
desired to keep out Of sight of the Red
Cross canyassers, have made themselves
scape.-Kansas City Times.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-09
Tom Days Column
McArOni Ballads
LXXATP
DA WIFE

In Il Il
DA WIFE
Dd iCitc OF Joe Ddddrio
she's verra prctta mccng for shoW
She's beautiful upon dd face
An toalbs tCcch soocha queenly grace
She should be marry 1ocetha kecng;
An, too, she gotta Uoicc TO Secn0
Dat shame dd birds upon dd tree
But she ceS not da ioitc for me.
No1o, Mtoheldngclo Bdrdtt
He's gotta tOitc ddtS plain an fat;
An dcrc ees fet0 IKE her so good
For keep dd house and cdrrD rood
An tCdn thecn0 sure. you bat mn net
NobodUs gon' for steal hecs 1Cite-
Bat, steel, for all her cendustrD
She tcould not be da tcitc for mel
am UeTrd busy man
Fen tendin' decs peanutta stan
I hare no time for looEG see
Who toould be 6estd 'oite for me;
But somtiH,cs cen dd night sect
At home alone an theenE Of Get
Wen I t0as youn0 cen Itdlv
Dcrc acdS girl use to see
Dat pass me by upon da road,
An dllcdys 1rccthd hcaUy load,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-09
A GAsTRoNoMIC VICTORY

THREE French officers, inspecting
4 United States naval station in Illinois,
have met ice cream cones. They looked
delectable. They tasted better. The crisp
batter-like receptacles in which the cool
ing dessert nestled enhanced its charm.
American menu patriots promised the
introduction OF this soul-satisfying refresh
ment to France. That was no idle pledge
Baseball has gone to Gaul with our
marines. The ice cream cone is its inevi-
table concomitant
Flavored ices are no novelty in Paris.
A cunning Neapolitan took their secret
there IN the waning years OF the sight
eanth century. He bequeathod the mys-
tories of hip Art 70 the iIlustrioua Tortoni4
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-09

Opening his memorable cafe on the Grand
Boulevard, the latter eventually made
his establishment the ice cream center OF
Europe. From the American viewpoint,
however. his efforts were niggardly. Had
his ices been jewolry they could scarcely
have been more parsimoniously dolod
out. A silver franc produced but puny
mouthful.
The custom abides today. Ice cream
and generosity make no marriage in
France. our capacious cones, which unth
now no Frenchmen have ever known,
foreshadow startling revolution in the
Psychology of taste"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-09

letting the people know things than keep
ing them secret If It were not for the
American press we too, like the good
German citizen, would never hear Of such
conditions prevailing in our cities.
1 have been in Germany for six years.
In that time l learned that Germany
reeked with commerclalized vice as much
as any country I've ever read Of My
business in Germany centered around the
German central offices and for that reason
l learned more than I saw or read.
Johnstown, Pa, July s. A MAN.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-09
A Wise Man of the East

When we were rushing TO press last
night we found already settled in our
column this charmlngy naive letter
which was intended, perhaps, for the
column Immediately to the west of us.
We hadn't the heart TO disturb it:
Hotel Adelphla, 9Th July, 1917.
Honored Sir--In many American coll
umns l amuse myself exceedingly to con-
stantly read the always Irish patriot who
speaks of India, Egypt, Transvaal in
his foolish comparisons, and strong
vitupcrations of England. An eloquent
gentleman named Mr. Cummings writes
in your today press much about such
things which he is not Informed about.
I am Hindustanl an am born in Cal
cutta, where the English rule has such
bencfconce, so that in not many years
l have gained not a little wealths by
business. | anger myself much that Mr..
Cummings thinks we are slaves. Does
he not know that before the English
coming that the rajah took by force any
money he desire by brutal operations,
and If some objections being made, that
person was caused to disappear dying
very rapidly. There are now no objec-
tions, as the English magistrate is very
justly fierce in taking no backsheesh. In
gone days the justice people We're not
such, and we must bury in the earth all
our possessing sopulence. All thugs like
night murderers are swiftly killed by the
kind English. We like It. l reside six
months i'm Egypt and discover also that
before the English such happenings were
exceedingly worse but now the poor
stricken fellaheen can cultivate for some
certain riches Effend Cummings must
study his histories from some uncertain
books No man of wisdom credits secret
Tewtonill writings My brother is making
businesses in the, Transvaal and reports
much prosperities Believe not therefore
improved malediCtions. The true studies
are to have residence in such lands, not
TO peruse agitating scriptures. If n robber
steals my land, the magistrate with great
celeTity. and strong remarks gives it TO
me back Why therefore shall France
not receive back their stolen Alsace.
comprehend that Lloyd George desires
only indemnities for Belgium. The Ger.
many Colony question is yet inanimated.
I do not know of the soldiers of America
but 1t is not the custom of elsewhere Of
soldiers to write to newspapers of their
intended fighting objects but perhaps in
the land of the free, each soldier makes
himself his commands. This would conceive
much battle confusion. We have many
Irishmen In India, but we find them much
complaining and desiring to fight emerging
from the canteen. They love the fight for
the combat merely In such fighting
lands, as in Bhopal and mountains, the
British raj stops much murders, and un-
faithfulness Some peoples fit themselves
not for voting government, perhaps Ire
land Is such. The mon of the mountains
who constantly fight do not make safe
living there for business. Great safety
and freedom to live doing business are
each countries requirements. If Ireland
has such, her revolutions are sinful and
will have no successful endeavor Re
ceive Sir the abased and humble saluta-
tlons of your devoted servant
HADJIDEE AKBAR.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-09
Answers to Saturdays Quiz

Answers to Saturdays Quiz
/. General Chang Hsun recently restored a
boy Emperor to the Chinese throne
Pekin.
2. POnta Delgada, which was bOmbarded "
week by q German submarine, Is the fhlt
city and seaport Of the Azores IslaneA
POrtugueso possession In the North N
lantic Ocean.
g. LACROSSE is regarded as the national Aa
Of Canada.
4. st. Patrick's dates are A. d. S77-4eO.
3. An American court for United States Il
Zens Is maintained In the city Of shanf
hal, China.
@, t. @. Appleton Is reputed to be the auth
OF the remark, Gan good Americans, vAa
they die, go TO Paris" Holmes quotes
In THE AutOcrat of the Breakl'
I. A mirage Is an optical Illusion usually I
curing In deserts. Far-away 0blN1
produce m inverted image as N reneds
IN n sheet Of water. The phenOmenon
due TO the OVerheatng of strata OF al g
consequently to unequal refractiOn Of
suns rays.
8. Edgar Wilson Nye was the real nams
"Bill Nye," the American humOrist.
D. Premier NeniEelOs, of Greece, is o natlW
the Island Of Crete.
10. number Of species OF the cereus phI
bloom at night.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-09
BangI

PASSING the Gorgas Public School in
this fashionable suburb" writes Luke.
from Fishtown, Il stopped TO watch the
janitor lowering the American nag. This
is more than the Kaiser can DO said he.
Did he hit the mark2"
Indeed. yes regular janffo~neen
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-09

The distillerles that would stop making
whisky could be transformed into plants
making alcohol for the manufacture OF ex-
plosives, for the manufacture OF ether and
other medicinal articles, for the manufac-
ture OF fuel and dyes.-Springfield Repub-
lfaan.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-09

The Fluck suit was merely one of
a number Of more or less abortive efforts
10 delay or defeat rapid transit. II has
been very properly thrown out Of court.
II is a pity that some other obstruction
ary schemes cannot be treated similarly.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-09

Gustav F. Touchard, of New York, former
indoor tennis champion, has gone to Can
ada where he will enter the aviation corps.
There isn't much honor in being a champion
at any kind Of game now, If one is able
News
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-09

Let us hope, for the sake of France,
that Philadelphia's adoption Of a ruined
town, selected by Ambassador Jusserand,
will not involve the construction Of its
transit system
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-09

If like cures like" as we've been told
and If you should be i'll and not know
what is the matter with you, why
shouldn't it help you TO try something
equally mysterious? Somewhere uptown
there is a healer who announces himself
as a practitioner of "physio-psychic
pronormalism." whatever that means.
MANY a college campus took on the
sere and yellow look prematurely this
spring, and none was hit harder or sooner
than Holy Cross, at Worcester, Mass.
In the faculty of that institution there
is a true poet-the Rev. Michael Earls,
S. J.--and he sings:
THE TOWERS OF HOLY CROSS
The roads look up to Holy Cross
The sturdy towers look down,
And show kindly word to all
Who pass by Worcester town;
And once you'd see the boys at play,
or marching cap and gown.
The gallant towers at Holy Cross
Are silent night and day;
A few young lads are left behind
Who still may take their play
The Cross and Flag look out afar
For them that went away
Then God be with you, says the Cross
And the brave towers looking down.
I'll be your cloth, sings out the Flag,
For other cap and gown,
And may we see you safe again,
on the hills Of Worcester town.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-09

No police department IN the country has
ever had a worse showing up than that OF
New York In the Cruger case but the
record OF neglect and ineflciency will have
a better side II Il convinces the department
that solf-Bu0iciency Il a erievous fault
Sew Orleans States
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-09

Bread will rise on yeast short.
age" says a New York Herald headline.
This is astonishing news to the American
housewife, so long dependent on the yeast
cake to give the stan of life its requisite
eleyation,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-09

The fact that General Chang is
dubbed the "king maker" doesn't seem in
the least to deter the Chinese republicans
from finishing his special product.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-09
n Rumania responds to Ger

II Rumania responds to General
scott's visit TO Jassy as readily as Russia
did to Mr.. Roots arrival in Petrograd.
our old misspelling and mispronunciation
OF the pobrudja VIII be revived, but this
time with victory, not defeat, as its news
rreo-r.angment
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-09
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW

Change the name of New York city to
Zion. In the city directory the Cohens out
number the Smiths-IouisYllle Herald
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-09
What Do You Know
QUIZ

1. How many American Territories are thr
2. What was the famous "NIutiny Of 4
Bounty?
8. What four American Presidents died
office?
4. Where is the Great Wall Of Chlna9
3. When was the Paris Bastile stOrmed'
@. What are incunabula?
Z. Which is the index finger?
8. What State does Senator ChamberlAh n,
resent? az \
o. What is n "lapsus Iinguae"?
10. What is the capital of Arizona?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-09

Even the most rigid 'bone-dry'
legislator can't keep Champagne out Of
the war
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-09

Food conservation rule No. l.
Never scrap your scraps
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-11-23
IF THEY KEEP THE
PLEDGE TO THE L. S.
1T WON'T BE so BAD

The effect of the new licensing
system of the Food Administration
should be felt Immediately in lower
prices in many stores on canned
corn, tomatoes and peas.
Many lines of canned goods were
bought by dealers at low prices last
spring on future contracts. These
goods are now being delivered, the
canning season being at an end. If
dealers take only REASONABLE mar
gin of profit on these goods, the
prices to the consumer should be
correspondingly low.
1t is expected that goods which
the wholesalers still have on hand
and which were bought early will
be sold on a lower margin under the
licensing regulations than has pre-
vailed up to the present, and also
in accordance with voluntary assur-
ances given by them to the Food
Administration.
The Food Administration is hope
full Of the patriotic cooperation of
retailers in this regard. At meet
ing recently held in Washington, rep
resentatives of the retail grocery
trade passed resolutions in which
was included the following:
Owe pledge ourselves to the Unit
ed States Government not to sell
any of the fundamental necessities
at margin of profit over the de-
livered cost to the merchant that
will yield to him more than a rea-
sOnable living profit, irrespective of
the market conditions at time of re-
sale; and we pledge ourselves to
urge other grocers, whether under
the licensing plan or not, to the end
that margins of profit by retail gro
GERS throughout the country over the
cost to them shall not be greater
than prevails under normal condi-
tions. We urge that each retail
grocer act individually, and that he
sells the staple foods at no greater
profit than is reasonable in accord
ance with their cost, and his individ-
ual cost of doing business, as sane
toned by the U. S. Food Admins
tration."
This resolution had the support
of the entire executive committee of
the National Retail Grocers Associa-
ton, representatives. of the principal
state AMI local retail organizations,
and of large system of chain stores
and many prominet Independent re
tailers from Maine to California.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-11-23
RAILROADS
CONCESSIONS
PATRIOTIC

The concessions made by the rail
way companies and the four brother
hoods of employees seem to insure
peace between the railways and the
men during the war. At any rate
promises have been given President
Wilson that nothing will be allowed
to hamper the transportation of the
Governments supplies and troops
during the war.
The offer of the roads to place
their interests in the hands of the
president for such decision as he
may deem necessary and of the
brotherhoods to mediate any question
of wages, it was pointed out, have
not been limited as to time. They
will be effective until peace is won.
Representative of the four broth
erhoods conferred with the President
at the White House yesterday.
With the reign of industrial peace
throughout the country many peo-
Pile will not realize that their coun-
try is engaged in a frightfully de-
structive war.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-11-23
WASHINGTON STATE
FEDERATION OF LABOR
COMMITTEE MEET
Tacoma, Wash, Nov. 18, 1917.

Tacoma, Wash, Nov. 18, 1917
To All Affiliated Organizations:
The Executive and Legislative
Committee of the Washington State
Federation of Labor will hold a two
or three days meeting at the Ia
coma hotel, Tacoma, Wash, begin
ming at II a. M, Sunday, November
rs, 1917.
The Sunday session will be devoted
to conferences with the officers of
the State Grange and Farmers
Union, the Industrial Insurance Com
sioner and the First Aid Commits
sioner representing Labor on these
State Commissions, and the mem
bers of the Joint Legislative Com
mittee, of the Farmers and Union
. lists Alliance
On Monday, at 10 a. M, and if
need be, on the following day, the
Executive Committee will be glad
to receive representatives from any
affiliated organization that may de-
sire to present trade union business
for the consideration of the Commit
tee. Or affiliated organizations
may address communications to the
Secretary on any subject of Union
or Federation interest, as may, be
preferred.
President Marsh will arrive from
California on November "a, going to
his home in Everett and returning to
Tacoma on Monday for the meeting
of the Committee.
With best wishes, your friend and
brother
CHARLES PERRY TAYLOR,
Secretary Treasurer.