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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-17
LIKES AMERICANIsM

To me Editor Of the Eueaiag Ledger.
Sir-Your opinion about the war In Ell
rope Is perfectly good not Anglophile ana
not Germanophlle, but Am rlcanophlle,
am reading Russian aud German. but 1
Ike 10 read the daily news only IN the
English language The EVENING LEDGER
gives me all the pleasure that / want after
day Of hard work, although that luxury
costs me two csHts more every day for the
local evening paper PATRlOTUS.
washington, d. c., January l2
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-17
win Senator stone nnd II Impos

VIII Senator Stone find It impos-
sible to talk on the same platform tomor-
row night with Daniel +, Cohalan, the
pro-German Grishman Of New York? Mr..
Stone is chairman Of the Committee on
Foreign Relations Of the Senate, and is
the spokesman Of tho Administration I'm
that body. He is much more closely
connected with Mr., Wilson than is OK
Judge Gray who refused to speak after
Mr.. Beck had said bitter things about
Mr.. Wilson.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-17
AIarOOns

/. II-Ruuaway negro slaves were called
rnaroons in Jamaica and Dutcu Guiana. Tie
term was first applied 10 those slaves who
ran away and took refuge la the uplands
when their Spanish masters were driven
out by the British after the latter CON
auered Jamaica in 1856 For l40 years
they maintained "A constant warfare with
the British colonists, put In 1895 were
subdued.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-17
TOM DAILY

During ule Illness Of Tom DAILY his col
umn has been conducted by his friends
Mr. DAILY Is now convalescent. and it is
ezpected that his column viii be resumed
as a regular feature 10 the course Of the
next few days In the interval a poem By
Mr. DAILY win be printed every day
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-17

To connect the Chesapeake and the
Delaware, offering "A secure inland water
route for the greatest ships Of the navy
would cost very few million dollars. It
IS obvious, therefore that the project
should be postponed until Podunk gets
100000 postofilce. Preparedness, avcrrcd
the philosopher is doing the things that
ought not to be done in order that the
things which ought to be done cannot be
done.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-17
Automobile Prices

b. 1T is without the scope Of this coll
umn TO furnish information regarding the
prices Of motoTcar5. If you will write to the
company you mention AT Detroit, Mich.
doubtless sou viii obtain the desired prices
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-17

1t would he a pity, would it not, II
fifty years after slavery was whipped
out of America It should find congenAal
roost in Europe2
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-17
5000 Estates

URGENT Yes, 1t Is necessary for the
heirs 20 have an administrator appointed
10 settle a $500 estate
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-17
SAM LoYD's PUZZLE

TET us see how many Of our puzzlelsts
can solve, ohhand, that good old
piscatorial poser which describes "a fish
that had head 9 inches long: the body
was as long as the head and tail to-
gether and the tail as long as the head
and half Of the body Now. then. what
was the length Of the FISH?
Answer 10 Yesterdays Puzzle
TIME three missing words. arranged
from the same eight letters are
licensed. silenced and declines
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-17

1t begins to look as II some one
in Washington were trying to start
new Ananlas Club
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-17

Is Mr.. peurose playing for the
adoption Of a policy Of reconciliation, di.
vision and silence?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-17
when a housewife pays thirty-hyI

When housewife pays thirty-flYe
cents 3 dozen for California oranges.
shout ten cents OF the sum goes 70 the
zallsoaa company for bringing the fruit
aeEeas the continent. or a little less than
eHz ssnt for each orange. Wheh she pays
aIzI5 csnls a dozen for Washington Or
Oregon apples sac pags about tea cents
= ias amount To- eaFHglas the apples
4zan 1hz aeasafa orchards e lhls city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-17
Every time Doctor I.icb!nccht n

Every time Doctor Licbknccht mp.
peals from his sentence he gets addl-
tional punishment. His first sentence
was to thirty months imprisonment.
When he appealed he got four years
His second appeal has been followed by
an additional sentence to four and n
half years in prison at hard labor, with
expulsion from the Berlin bar. when
peace comes, Government will certainly
have to reckon with the followers OF this
great popular leader.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-17

The dividing line between East and
West Philadelphia is the SchuylkIll River.
From the forlorn appearance Of this
stream below Callowhin street one would
hardly believe that it led to the hand
soonest park in the world. In fact, it
looks now as though it might lead to
perditlon. Somewhere around city Hall
in the pigeonhole Of some desk there is
a plan for beautifylng the schuylklTs
banks, but it has probably been lost in
the shuttle.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-17
America Has Given 8 Cents Per Capita


'm.I,'',.''' .' anu @ a. n,i,.',... ,,,'...
h'.'', @l 1"al "' nav" give" Tor ht'F gu
t.'... ''i Your hio" 'l'I|'h'iE "' IlI
"f.I''h wa" deliberately irhm"d 20 eau
oH' ln" cnhIl"ur". Let MS look al what
"' N'F" gwen Tor '"iHIan i'ueI. Inc
iEH"t are from william !. li"Hn"Id direc-
tor in Awnuoa of Nh" Commission for Re
lief boo belgium. This commission has col
lnD'"d 5000 poO.OGD iu iw1 years from all
pnrts Df the world. The amount given by
America s slightly logs than $1,000 900
partly iu food and clothing Although
France .a Nu desperate straits to meet her
nEyu needs the French Government is
giving s2uD0.DO0 per month for BcIp an rc-
Naf: England alfbougn financing tho war
for H.r.arr ANA mos, ~ hrr Allies lg giving
a.DD0 oU0 Nor ,r,rtp for grrp..p rclirf
,r., f...,.J 4,.,t,s j,aa ,,.,..r ",Igrt rlp,a
mar r,r.,., gr,,, T,rI,,i, cipb,ncr crr,o
,.,,..t, ,i.i,n,,, c,,,t, ,r.,r,li. gi ,a
,..... .,...r...I ft,. ,..,I,,..','r, osa- ''-''
'.''''.' ''''.' ''''''''''''
""1.d :" COD that w"r" th" end OF the
Story u N"'In4 that TINS Iaud which pro-
duc"d Washington aud Rroii'cd by the aid
"i l"iaFr''" aud raised I.iuc"'L to "manci-
pat" African slaves has a9,FallF made an
unbiushur rr"ht ont Of bu,chcr"d Bel
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-17

With one college president resign,
ing because most Of the students" sim
ply idle their time away and State,
Princeton and Harvard all at ono time
crying for huge sums Of money, we arc
constrained to wonder If the $500, 900
which Temple University wants isn't
100000 that ought to be supplied
quickly. We are told that most Of those
who attend Temple go there to work. be,
cause II IS the only chance they have,
4 d II Is a chance which in most cases
they have to make for themselves. Yes.
it Is quite probable a dollar given to
Temple would do a fun days work every
day In the cause OF real education.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-17

Thomas Raeburn White favors
abolishing the two-chambered City Coun-
els ana substituting for It a single cham
Der OF sixteen men, receiving a salary OF
$500 each and elected from the SEN
atorial districts He would also forbid
councilmen 10 hold any other public office
Of profit. We do not suppose he thinks
thai all public abuses would end with
the adoption OF this plan any more than
We suppose a man who had found his
new suit Of clothes was made OF shoddy
would expect a better suit II he should
fe1 the tailor 70 make new one out
OF the same piece Of cloth, but cut on a
aInerent pattern The fundamental evils
IL the city government do not find their
source In the charter. They cannot be
cured BY a change in that document
The trouble lies IN the indifference OF
lie vast mass Of the voters. So long as
fheF are willing to tolerate the kind OF
government We have, that Is the kind
& government the politicians win give
tHsn. whether the charter Is changed
e net.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-17

CuLAT1ON OF THE ErESTsG LEDGER
FOR DECEMBER WAS 1850
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-23
SENATOR SMITH GOES
BACK TO WASHINGTON
May Make Suggestions of
Benefit to Authorities in
AmeIiOrating Conditions

Senator Hoke Smith returned from
Camp Wheeler Wednesday night and
left Thursday morning for Washington.
Discussing hisv isit to Camp Wheeler.
the senator said that his purpose was
not to make an investigation to be used
as a part of the discussion with refer
ence to the condition of Camp Wheeler,
but rather, to see for himself If by any
suggestion to the authorities on his ar
rival at Washington he could do any
thing to improve the condition of the
boys in the camp. He stated, however,
that the camp was beautifully located
and that most of the tents were in as
good condition as tents could be made;
some few had not yet been floored, but
this. he was advised, would be done in
few days. Som chad not received
their winter overcoats. but these were
coming in. He learned that General
Gorgas would be at the camp Thursday.
Senator Smith said that he has the
highest respect for General Gorgas, and
feels sure that his visit will be greatly
contribute to amelioration of conditions
now unfavorable. He added that Colo
mel Duncan, now at the head of the hos
pital service at Camp Wheeler, was
man OF ability and courage, and he felt
sure that rapid Improvement of ~condi-
tons would take place at the camp.
Senator Smiths return to- Washing
ton is due to the fact that Mrs Smith
has not sufficiently recovered her health
TO be with him and to thief urther fact
that there are many things to be done
in the departments for his constituents,
which he is anxious to complete before
The senate meets on the Sd of Decem-
Der.
Senator Smith said: my only regret
about being in the senate is that it has
kept me away from Georgia so much
of my time. long for a vacation suf-
ficient in length to go all over the state
and see personally my friends and con-
stituents."
I'VE have undertaken the organization
of a great army and have been forced
into a great war with no real prepara-
ton or organization for the struggle
We should not be critical of those I'm
authority, but should give them loyal
support. 1t is a task of great difficulty
which confronts them. We must sup
port, not hinder. Every citizen at this
time must realize that success in this
war is essential to American liberty and
American independence. 1t is not only
our countrys fight but each man and
woman should become a part of the
fight Sand realize that 1t is his or her
fight. We will make the sacrifices
necessary, and we will conduct it until
we win success and are assured that
Germany is no longer menace to our
future"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-23
AMERICAN TANKS
MORE POWERFUL
THAN GEN. HAIG'S
PerShing'S Men Will Be Equip
ped With Iron Monsters Cap
able of Even Greater De-
StruCtion to PruSSian Army

BERLIN, Nov. %, via London-Re-
ferring to the British. attack on the
Somme front, today's official commune
cation says that before and behind the
German lines lies the wreckage of
tanks, which have been shot to pieces.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.-American
army officers in France who have ra-
turned to Washington knew the Brit
ish were planning to use tanks on an
unprecedented scale in the Arras often
sive and kept the secret. One of these
officers described the tanks TODAY as
monsters of a size, undreamed of before
their first successes in the war which
gave a high British commander the
''hunch" for this weeks tank drive.
The latest improvements in the Brit
ish tanks will be found on American le-
viathans now being prepared for Gem
eral Pershing's expeditionary forces
Originally adapted from the American
caterpillar tractor, the American tanks
which later will lead the Americans in
just such onslaughts as Haig's surprise
smash will be even greater fighting ma
chimes. officials intimated.
American military men today saw in
the British victory possible relief for
the Italians from the Teuton pressure
They also predicted that the lessons Of
Haig's new methods would quickly be
adapted by the imaginative United
States fighters. Yankee ingenuity and
pep" were counted on to improve on
the chances for open fighting the new
tactics developed.
The new British tanks, according to
the American officer here, are equipped
with motors of tremendous power and
their caterpillar treads are longer, en-
abling them to straddle stretches of en-
.
The giant tractors are more heavily
armored and carry more guns of all
calibers.
Experiments with the American tanks
are now being made. A fund of $1,000
900 for armored motor cars is being
used in this work.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-23
IMPORTANT RAILWAY
CENTER IS ALMOST
IN HANDS OF HA|G
British Forces Which Have
Driven Through Hindenbarg
/ Line Are Only 2 ga Miles
Out of Cambria

LONDON. Nov 22.-More progress to-
ward Cambria in the great drive was
reported by Field Marshal Hais to-
day.
. North of Cantaing we attacked and
captured Fontaine Notre Dame village
"A number were taken prisoner yester-
day evening"
Fontalne Notre Dame is village ~
ing on the main Bapaume-Cambrai road,
ton and three-quarter miles from the
German depot city Of Cambria.
1t is generally known that all has no.
been told of the extent of the victorv
In France, which is being extended hour
by hour. The people were thrilled this
morning when they were permitted to
know that cavalry had been in action.
not only in clearing the battlefield. aS
II had done on several occasions during
the past year, but in actually Charging
artillery and infantry out in the Oman
and in widening the breach in the Ger
man line 49,
HOW Tar the cavalry has gone is not
know but one correspondent at the front
says that early yesterday morning tha
cavalry was sui pouring over the
1urthest hill, good six miles from the
cracked line" while it is also stated Nv
correspondents that the British line
swings much farther north than Grain-
court, behind the broken wing of the
Hindenburg line. If the latter be true.
the retreat Of the Germans entrenched
between the Bapaume-Cambrai road and
the Scarpe river is seriously Threatened.
5000 prisoners have been counted q
date and they are still coming in. More
than score of towns and villages have
been captured
Berlin's accounts of the battle am
nounces its continuance, coupled with
a denial that the front was broken. al
though admitting that the British had
gained ground beyond the German
front lines"
1t claims further the pushing back
of Byng's troops west of Cambria,
where they had ADVANCED north Of
Fontaine and Anneux, and similar
German success southwest of Cambrai,
where the British were forced to give
ground south of Rumilly Rumilly it
self, however, is within 8 1-2 miles Of
Cambria and the German mention of
a starting position" here evidently
means the line from which the British
yesterday began resumption of their
attack after their original advance,
which reached nearly five miles at this
DOint
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-23
Tanks, Cavalry and Infantry
Closing Steadily on Cambria
BY WILLIAM PHILIP srMnrs

WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES BE-
YOND THE HINDENBURG LINE, Nov.
22.-Victorious Britain carried on" to-
day with her triumphant smashing Of
the Hindenburg lines.
Tanks, cavalry, infantry-all were
closing steadily around Cambrai-the
great war machine ruThbling over the
the way through the German lines
The Tommies are now almost within
grasp of the German depot of Cambrai
as this dispatch is written.
Every hour makes the British victory
more gigantic in its scope, more as
founding in its conception and execu-
ton. So
The Hindenburg line has been smashed
to flinders. ~
In some sections of the battle front,
the fighting is practically in the open.
British cavalry has been in action. The
vast and intricate trench defenses OF
the Hindenburg line and its subsidiary
lines have in many places been storned
and the enemy forced into defense from
the open.
French Civilians Freed
Literally delirious with joy, 500 civil
ians repatriated to France by the Brit
ish stroke came back from the front
today. They had been hurriedly removed
from Masnieres to Gouzeaucourt by the
Germans and then abandoned. At Gou-
zeaucourt they welcomed the sweating
Tommies as they. streamed in the town.
With their stories and the tales wrung
from German prisoners still dazed with
the surprise of the British blow, it was
possible today to piece together some
idea of conditions in the luxurious and
upposedly-impregnab German posi-
lions of the Hindenburg line when Gem
eral Byng loosed his surprise party.
Not a German had any knowledge of
the attack until the tanks doomed over
their heads Then they literally ."blew
up" in panic. French civilians in towns
Just behind the lines described the Of
fcers and men as running around like
with their heads cut off"
The whole army quIvered and shook
with the suddenness of the thing; the
great ghost-like steel monsters that bat
tered through cement and earth and
human walls were fearsome giants; the
swearing, yelling fiends who followed
them were gnomes who suddenly sprang
10 life out of the ground.
Germans Dazed
1t must have been hours before this
palsy of surprise. of fear and of what
almost amounted to superstitious panic
that something supernatural had occur
led, passed away among the Germans.
British "moppers up" told Of how men
from whose heads the lethargy Of sleep
had hardly passed, blinkingly, dazedIy,
crowded out of their dugoutS, or how
CONTINUED on Page 8, Column ID
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-23
Battle in North Is
Nearing elimination

ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS Wednes-
day. Nov. e1.-(By the Associated
Press The greatest mass attack
which the enemy had made IS in pro-
the point where IL bends TO northeast
into the BeIiuno Alps. As the action
proceeds the enemy is bringing forward
fresh masses OF his reserves
The battle in the mountainous re-
gion in the north between the Piave and
Brenta rivers IS nearing it's elimination
Il eenters at Monte Grappa and has
become a struggle Of giants
II is clear the enemy is able to ad-
vance only very slowly now that the
is not being assisted by the element
OF surprise by treason and other cir
cumstances which favored him at first
Even II the Italians should be obliged
10 abandon the Piave river line they
may be expected to fall hack more
slowly and offer still more tenacious OPP
position.
The action through the day has shift
ed westward from Monte Tomba and
Monte Monfenera TO the slopes Of Monte
Pertfca. where the neavy rushes have
been checked The Italian positions re-
main substantially unchanged in the re-
gion OF Monte Grappa- which dominates
the whole range Of lower hills The
the Italian fleet off the mouth of the
Pave is Smelling heavily the enemy po-
sitions menacing Venice.
A number OF American Red Cross am
balances passed through headquarters
today toward the Piave front The men
and cars appeared TO be in good con-
dition.
Italian aviators who have flown over
the invaded districts Of Venetia say
-Hr- ,Tu-
ton under guard, headed for Austria.
william Marconi, inventor OF the
wireless. has. arrived at headquarters
and taken a place on the staff of Cen
eraI Diaz the commander-in-chief.
The action GIBBS and flows around the
slopes of three low mountains just west
Of the river-Monte Tomba, Monte Mon
fenera and Monte Cornella. Monte Mon
fenera is just on the edge OF the river,
and II is here that some Of the most
desperate fighting has occurred. II is
the key to the situation. as at that point
the river turns into the Venetian plains
and the whole battle hinges on control
OF the river passage leading to the
plains.
Beginning with artillery preparation,
the Austro-German infantry advances
came in successIv= waves, first at the
northernnost mountain. cornella, where
she Italians held the line until crowded
hack by greatly superior numbers. The
enemy then took positions hack Of the
town OF ouero. and violent artillery and
infantry attacks were conferred on Mon
fenera and Tomba. Much of the fight
ing was at close quarters. with bayonet
charges and desperate hand-to-hand
struggles along an extended front
Through Monday. Tuesday and today
charge followed charge and counter at
tack followed attack. In some Of the
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-23
CONCORD BANKER
SENDS CHECK FOR
TOBACCO FUND
Citizens of Fairburn, Gau Con-
tribute $12,47 to Buy
"SmokeS" for American Sol
dierS at the Front

Z. I. Smith. president of the Concord
Savings Bank company. of Concord. Ga.
was contributor Thursday to The
Journals fund to buy tobacco for the
American boys in the trenches. Mr..
Smith sent a check for S., and in his
letter he wrote: 81 do not use tobacco.
but I have noticed the satisfaction 9TH
ers get from it. so 1 wish to help that
much for the satisfaction of the boys in
France"
Citizens of Fatrburn, Ca, through
Green's pharmacy, sent a check for
$12.47 to be devoted to the same pur-
pose, all of the money being dropped by
customers of the drug store in a contri-
button box.
Here are the names of the Fairburn
subscribers:
]. w. Steed. 25c; G. ]. Hearn. Csc;
c. ]. Short. Csc; P. L. Kiser, Csc; H. w.
Jones, Csc; w. R. Redwinse. 25c; A. P
Smith, 25c; w. r. Camp. soc; ]. c.
Reid, 25c; E. A. Spier. Csc; j. Med. Rad
ford, Csc; P. c. Reese. 25c; w. H. Clay
ton, 25c; Mr.. Trowbridge, Csc; J. G..
Brock. Csc; E. S. 'McLarin. Csc; w. W
Carter, Csc; ]. c. Boyd. Csc; H W. AL
mand, 25c; A. NJ. Leonard. 25c; d. s.
Camp, Csc; B. F. Jones. Jr., 25c; w. B.
Greene, 25c; c. e. Duncan, 25c; T. G.
Driggers. 25c; G. B. Mcclure. Csc; ]. w.
Slaton, Csc; K. D. Johnson, Zoe; w. H.
Elder, 25c; c. r. Harvey, Csc; ]. c.
Langston, 25c; J. A. Westbrook, Csc; J.
L. Boyd. sc; G. H. Burlington, Csc; r. H.
McLarin, 25c; w. L. Duke, 25c; Paul
Speir, 25c; A. B. Johnson. Csc; Mrs.
Trowbridge, Csc; cash. lie; C. E. Lam
drum, Csc; r. H. Greene. Csc; L. Brew
ster' Csc; o. w. Goullatt, 25c; S. w.
Cowon, Csc; T. B. Woodall. Csc; V. V.
Csc; Lottie Smith, 25c; Alice
Smith, Csc; ]. c. Phillips, Csc.
- An anonymous contribution of %
cents was also received Thursday.
Total for the day. $17.72.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-23
Miss Lucy Gets Food
Via the Nasal Route

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.-Miss Lucy
Burns. was forcibly fed today in the
District jail through the nose. She had
sworn never to submit to the usual
method of feeding the other womans
party hunger strikers through a mouth
tube. Party headquarters received word
that a terrific struggle was heard in
Miss Burns cell ~.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-23
Canvassers Report
Total Of $97,429
For Y. NJ. c. A. Fund

The teams working to complete At
lanta's expected subscription of s125,OO0
to the Y. NJ. c. A. war fund reported
subscriptions amounting to $14.11O at
the noon luncheon at the chamber of
commerce Thursday, which brings the
total to date to sS97,429.
On Friday the teams will go "over the
top" for the last time, and it is expected
that by nightfall of the day on which
this final great drive is launched, the
full $125,0o0 will have been subscribed.