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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-22
LLOYD GEORGE CRITICS
OPEN BOLDER ATTACKS
Premier Faces Serious Opposi-
tion From Liberals and
Labor Party

LONDON. Jan 22. -- Premier Lloyd
George faces what may prove TO be a
menace in the journalistic fire which has
been playing on the Government from the
beginning and which has moved up little
closer and is getting more and more bold.
1t is not NorthclTe. Not yet. But it is
the editors who We're 10 condemnatory OF
Northcliffe's attacks upon Asquith few
months ago who are now engaged in an
effort to gas" the Government.
Unlike Lord Northcllffe's hammer-and-
tongs STYLE the present critics adopt bed
room manner and administer their doses
sugar-coated. They are striving to produce
suspicion and dissatisfaction among the
Cabinet members not included in the war
Council by working their pride and
delicate sensibillty.
Lloyd George took over a situation In
some particulars demoralized. No matter
how efficient his methods may be- some
things might get worse before they get
better II the journalistic attack becomes
intolerably misChievous and If thereupon
the Government should curtal editorial
freedom, l believe the British public would
welcome the measure.
Meantime labor is tightening its belt for
"A fresh shove against the rest of society.
The Labor party, which has grown in seven
teen years from membership of $4,000 to
E.SSO,UUU. VIII lolu Il meeting III -ltNlN'F'''
this week and is expected to advance de-
mands that will set new outposts in ma
tlonali zatlOn. Among other things II is
reported, will be asked are advances in en-
ployment and housing for 100000 or
100000 war workers, the raising of the
scale of wages and tho adopting OF a mini
mum weekly wage of thirty Snillings ($r5O)
for common labor, with maximum of for
ty-elght hours work n week, the nat.Onali-
zation of land mining, banking and food
distribution and general conSCriptton Of
accumulated wealth.
1t ia suggested that workpeople should
be relieved of further increased taxation
until all incomes over q thousand pounds
are taxed ifteeR shillings In the pound
CS3.75 on SO or seventy-fye per cent? and
that all unearned incomes over five thou
sand pounds be confisCated. During the war
liberal pensions for the war-strickeU and
travel studies for all by sea and land are
suggested.
Evidently labor means to capitalize % the
last dollar the temporary advantage en-
joyed by its preponderanCe in the national
defense and the indispensability OF its party
support to the present Government
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-22
Il GLASGOW AFFONDA
ICORSARI DEL VDIETA
La Nave Tedesca Distruttrice del
Commercio e. Mandate a Picco
DallIncrociatore Inglese
ROMA. % Gennnlo.


I'm telcEramma da Pernambuco. Brasile,
dice che Tincrociatore inglcse Glasgow, che
rorma parto della squadra che da' Ia cacca
ALA nave cd allie navi tcdesche corsare, ha
affondato. a circa 13O mglia al largo di
Para. una nave armata tcdosca che 81 crede
sia il Nincta. La notizIa e. giunta q Per
nambuco sabato sera dove e considerata
come rispondente ALA verita' giacche' 81
sapeya che IL Vineta 81 trovava appunto al
largo di Para. La noti2Ia nondimeno non e.
ancora cOnfermata ufllcIalmente.
II Glasgow e. gia' famoso nela cacca allie
navi corsare tedesche. Nclla battaglia di
Coroncl al largo della costa cilena, nella
quac perdctte la vita rammiragIio inglese
IraddoCk IL Glasgow, dOpo aver CDmbattutT
accanitamente per parecchic ore contro
force superiori tedesche, riusci' a fuggire.
In mcse piu tardi IL Glasgow faCeva parte
della squadra delIammiraglio Sturdee che
ncontro e diede battaglia ALA squadra te-
dcsca dellammiragliO Won Spec. viECitore dl
Corone al largo dele isole Falkland, ed
affondo' In sQuadra tedesca. 1 Glasgow in
seguf raggunse Dresden, che era slug
gito al disastro, 10 anondo'.
Iori sera il Ministero della Guerra pub
blCava il seGueuts rappOrto del generate
Cadorna circa IL stuazione ALA fronte
italiaua.
Ira Ia vale del Sarca quiella del
IAdigc ST Sono avuti duclli di artigleria
81 sOnO OsserNat MONUMENTAL truppe
nemche.
Sui resto della fronte del Trentino
su quella dcUc Alpi Guile 81 e. avuta
la solita attivita' di mortal da trincea
di artiEIieria. Mel settore di PLAYA
sullaltopiano del Carso I nOstri re-
parti dele ltnee avan2ate hanno avuto
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-22
CONTRACTS TO ALIENS
DEFENDED BY DANIELS
Award of Shell Contracts to Foreign
Bidders Blamed on "Unpatriotic
Americans"

WASHINGTON, Jan. z2.-Secretary of
the Navy Daniels believes it proper TO give
navy contracts to foreign bidders II Amer
lean bidders fail to meet requirements or
are unpatriotic
This view. apropos of the recent award Of
shell contracts to Hadhelds. of England,
contained also the following sentiment:
Nothing but the utter failure of the
most patient negotiations and appeals to
the patriotism of the little group OF steel
manufacturers who have practical monop-
oily of this business has made it imperative
for the Government to build a projectile
factory and give contract to foreign
bidder"
Daniels is particularly incensed at the
Bethlehem Steel Company's advertised
criticisms.
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the rate varying with the age Of tho steam
ship.
The vessels will be chartered for IN.
duration OF the war and six months there.
after to make such voyages as the Governs
ment desires.
1t the owners are unwilling to accent this
agreement the ships will be commandeered
at the rate Of seven shlings G175) per ton
Shipowners have shown no dislike to the
proposals.
LONDON, Jan. 22.-The Times shipping
correspondent commenting on the foreFo-
ing dispatch, says:
"The rate described above can scarceiv
be considered unsatisfactory to Greek shin.
owners considering that the rate Of thirtv
shillings ton dead weight per month ia
nearly ten times the rate current before
the war. Whether the offer of such terms
will be approved by British owners, who
receive about seven shillings ton for
vessels requistiored, is another matter"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-22
BRITAIN TO SEIZE
ALL GREEK SHIPS
Will Confiscate Merchant
Vessels if Owners Reject
Lease Proposal
OFFERS LARGE RATE

ATHENS. Jan. 22.-All Greek ship own
ers have been Informed that the British
Government intends to charter all suitable
Greek steamships, though leaving a suf'
ficient number for the countrys necessities
Some newspapers here are quick to lament
the seizure OF Greeces commercial fleet.
Different versions OF the intended contract
are published, but that which Is understood
to be correct reveals that the terms are ad-
vantageous England will pay 30 shillings
(s750) per ton per month tonnage calcu-
lated on the weight OF the ship loaded. The
ships are to be insured by the British Gov
ernment from $50 to $40 CS200) per ton,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-22
Big Prices for Wheat and Potatoes

Dig TTICVs tut WHtHI anu Potatoes
High prices prevail in the northern SEQ.
ton William whiteside. Of Horshnm. sold
400 bushels Of wheat to william Hubersack
of 1vyland for si.75 a bushel. At a sale
conducted by William Stephan, OF near Fox
Chase, "nrst-size" potatoes sold fol s2.1O
per bushel; second size for SlS2ih beets
and carrots. 80 cents per basket and corn
brought S1l3 per bushel
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-11
JAMES PEAsE is DEAD.

James Pease, one time powerful
Republican leader, died today at St
Luke's hospital from a complication
of diseases resulting from rheumaT
tism. He had been i'll for a year.
Mrs. Pease and their daughters, Mrs.
Margaret SennOtt and Mrs. A. Mem
tinio, were at the bedside when the
end came. A son, VIM. J. Pease, lives
in Lewiston, Idaho.
Pease twice served as sheriff Of
Cook county. At one time Pease,
Lorimer and Henry L. Hertz were
credited with fixing the states and
deciding who would be the candi-
dates of their party.
Pease was born in Wilmot, Wis.,
July II, 1851. -Ea.--.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-11
WAR BRIEFS

p = = =
Washington.-WiIson liner Saline,
with one American, Michael Piorun,
Philadelphia, aboard, sunk by explO-
sion amidships, April z, according to
message from Consul Frose at Lon
don.
New York.-Orders received at ma
tiOnal headquarters here from wal
department gUardsmen having de-
pendents to be discharged from serV-
ice whether they wish discharge OF
not"
The HagUe.-Gennan women riot
for food in Dusseldorf.
Washington.-686 neutral boats
have been sunk by U-boats since war
began.
San Francisco.-In last two weeks
issuance of marriage licenses has
been $50 per cent over normal.
Muskogee.-EVery Indian in Okla
hOma under government guardian
ship has been drafted into service as
a farmer.
Guatemala City.-MartiaI law de-
Clared in Guatemala, following dis
turbances along Mexican and Saliva
dOrean frontiers.
DenVer.-OnIy four marriage H.
censes issued here in "a hours, fol-
lowing wave of public sentiment
against war grOoms.
San Diego.-Schooner carrying
munitions and bound for Mexican
west coast chased, fired upon and
captured by U. S. destrOyers.
Springfield, Mass.-County food
production committee after investi-
cation gives warning that we may
expect $40 flour within few months.
New York.-Army of 10000 Boy
Scouts signed up to raise gardens
and distribute information for gar
den raisers to help feed nation at
war.
Cincinnati. - Recruiting officers
look for big rush to. colors today.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-11

fear of trench in his heart didn't even
know the last name of his anti-war
bride. He didn't get marriage Ii
cense.
Washington.-NationaI AgricuItur-
al society recommends establishment
of federal food commission to mobil-
ize supplies and fix prices of food
stuffs.
Paris.-Crew of an American
steamer, the Edwin Humid, picked up
at sea off Almeria, Spain, after hav-
ing been torpedoed by German sub
marine.
ST. Louis.-Conference Of agricuI-
tural experts urges that recruits re-
jected for physical unftness for army
service be used in government serv-
ice on the farms.
Detroit-A. B. Hall, wealthy at
torney, who said he was too old and
fat" to enlist, is paying $50 a month
to family of young man who took
Halls place by enlisting in navy.
Dallas, Tex.-GoW. F. E. Ferguson
promises Texas will furnish $4,000
soldiers in one day by volunteer sys-
TEN while it would take month to get
so many by CONSUMPTION, he says.
New York.-lf any American loses
life as result of explosives placed on
alien liners taken over by govern
ment, captain of, ship and chief en-
gineer will be charged with murder.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-01-04
BEAVER AN EXPERT WORKER
Little Animal Exceis Lumber Jacks %
Tree-FeIIers and 10 Prize
Dam Builder.

"The most expert lumber Jack Ia In.
ferior to the beaver as a uee-feller. He
cuts down trees In the most scientific
way. He can fell tree so 1t will fall
toward the pond where he wishes to
construct his home, thus saving him
self unnecessary work.
AFTER the trees are felled the con-
struction work begins. He works chief
ly BY night, for he Is nocturnal PROV
Ter. The moon Is his lantern, the
quiet Of the night his inspiration. his
sharp teeth are his hatchet and chisel,
and his little paws are his means OF
conveyance, his spade, his hammer AMI
his trowel. His hard. fat. hairless
and scaly tail is propeller when
swimming and balance when he Is
cutting timber, for he stands on his
hind legs while gnawing down trees.
"The beaver Is strict vegetarian
and his diet consists chiefly Of barks,
tender shoots and water plants. The
trees which furnish the bark he most
likes are the cottonwood, poplar, elm
willow, birch. aspen and boxelder. The
bark Of the oak, ash and hickory he
does not eat.
ITO flood low ground. the beavers
sometimes have to build a dam ex
ceeding so feet in length. They usual
ly lay ii out with the curve facing
upstream The foundation Is built Of
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furrow or stakes. II will save much
time when II is desired to begin lay
Ing tiles.
Any drainage system should be
planned with reference both to the
work 1t is to perform and to Its future
maintenance. Expense should not ne
spared In securing accurate data on
which to base the plan.
1t Is well to maintain the shallow
open-ditch system. In use before the
tile are laid. These surface-drains as.
sist In quickly clearing the land of
water from heavy rains. In amounts
for which 1t would not be economical
to provide tile Of sufficient size to do
the work so quickly. In Minnesota,
spring floods are often carried off by
the surface drains before the frost Is
out sufficiently to permit tile-drains
to work. Time spent In opening sur
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OBTAINING TRUE GRADE LINE BY GRADE LATH METHOD.
line parallel BY
lining grade
fixed before the trench Is dug

| In the case OF the state farm referred
to; and the management feels that
they fully Justify the cost of the i'm
proYement, without considering the
value of the land reclaimed.
The planning of drainage system
should be done with the same careful.
ness that Is bestowed on other i'm
proyements. When large building Is
to be constructed, an architect is con-
suited, plans are carefully drawn. all
the details are looked into, and mate
rial Is selected which will be suitable
for the location. the climate and the
purpose for which the building should
be used. During Its construction, In.
spectors see that the details are car.
ried out and the requirements of the
specifications enforced, regardless of
the fact that the contractor may be
losing money and cheaper materials
might be used. but in drainage en-.
terprises. the evidences Of such care
are too often painfully lacking. even
though the cost be as great or greater
than that OF large building. In
many cases an engineer Is employed
to stake out drain on route which
has been selected only because 1t Is
supposed to be" the best one. No
examination Is made for another route
or outlet; the area of the watershed
Is not measured. As result, the
size Of the ditch Is determined by n
mere guess. Time may develop the
fact that the best route was not Sc.
lected, and that the ditch was too large
or too small. and consequently does
not perform the work satisfactorily. A
ditch, being Improperly located. either
does not drain all the land 1t should
or It Is expensive to construct and
maintain. One that Is too large will
not clean itself properly; while one
that Is too small will not carry re-
qulred volume Of water,
A drainage system, open or under
ground, works by gravity. and that II
may remove the water there must bt
sufficient fall; that is, sufficient
and continuous descent, from leve
somewhat lower than the lowest poin
on the land to be drained, to the poin
where the water Is discharged from
the outlet. II is n common practice I,
start drainage ditch from a slough
at practically the same depth as tn,
bottom of the slough. Such drain
age" will not give satisfaction. us ths
ground-water will not be lowered. ant
the bed OF the slough will continue I,
be swampy. For satisfactory drain
age, the WATER channel must be deeI
enough In the lowest land, and of suf
fcient breadth and depth, to carry tn,
water without an overflow.
Dltch-construction. like carpentry OF
masonry, Is a business In Itself; ant
for satisfactory results, contracts
should be let In similar manner. TIL,
bidders competence, as shown In hi
record In connection with similar un
dertakings, should be taken into con
sideration as well as the size Of hi
bid.
= Dtches nre usually dug In soil tn,
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MANY new LAWS ASKED
BAN ON PRIZE FioHTs AMoNo
PROPOSED MEASURES.
eiIl.orafting Department Established
BY Attorney General-elect Receives
Suggestions for Legislation.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denyer.-Requests for bills for q
new school code for Colorado re-
signed to divorce school affairs from
politics; for teachers tenure Of Of
flee law, which in effect would place
school teachers under civil service;
for Improvements in the present alb.
sent voters law, and for ban on
prize fighting In the state have been
submitted to the bill-drafting depart
ment established by Attorney Gen
eral-elect Leslie E. Hubbard.
The demands for law against prize
fighting, 1t is understood, probably
will result In a bill creating a state
boxing commission which would issue
licenses and have sole supervision
over the holding Of boxing matches In
Denver and all other cities In the
state.
The tenure of office bill is support
ed by the Elementary Teachers Asso-
ciation OF Colorado. It proposes to
give tenure OF office to all teachers
who have been engaged in public
school work for three years, with spe-
cifie provision that after serving three
years they cannot be removed except
for cause. The object of this feature
Of the bill is to safeguard the teacher
against removal for political reasons.
The same bill would extend teach
srs' pension to all teachers engaged
In the public schools Of Colorado. Aft
er serving thirty-five years and reach
Ing the age OF 90 they would be re-
tired on pension Of $50 per month
for life. In this connection consider.
alton ID being given to the proposal o4
either providing for compulsory saw.
Ing fund to build up teachers pen
sion fund or to make this a matter to
be provided for by the state,
The bill drafting department Is Civ.
ing attention to the drafting Of a min.
lmum wage law for women.
Request has also been made for a
law establishing q state sanatorium
for tuberculosis patients to conduct
research work and to provide for the
housing of tubercular patients from
other states for a limited period. As
such patients would include residents
Of other states the plan contemplatea
q request for a federal appropriation
Of 100000 acres Of public land to be
sold for the purposes Of establishing
an endowment fund.
The department is also drafting q
memorial to Congress asking for the
establishment of brigade army post
at Fort Logan.
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wettest and most difficult to handle.
and II Is necessary that construction
be carried on during the wettest sea-
sons. Consequently, the contractor
should base his calculations us TO time
and methods on the worst conditions.
To let contract TO the lowest bid
der" regardless of his experience or
equipment, is often to invite serious
disappointment and loss.
Delays, especially, are expensive 10
landowners. for not only Is money in
vested In incomplete work, but often
times Il failure To have the ditch COM
plete at the time fixed means the loss
Of n crop. In the drainage Of swamp
land, which cannot be plowed until
after the work Is completed, II means
n delay Of one or more years before
the cultivation will be paying invest
ment. With scarcely an exception,
where losses have accrued TO agricul-
tural interests through the delay OF n
year In the construction Of proposed
drainage works, these losses have been
greater than the cost of the improve
ments. The attempt TO save one Or
two cents on the cubic yard for ditch
Ing, or on the rod for tile trenches, by
giving the job to po0rly-equlpped
man, often becomes an expensive pro-
ceedlng. Better pay more to COM
pctent man, and be sure Of good
Job, completed ION time
The kind. size and completeness Of
the drainage works needed In d given
locality. the methods Of doing the work
and adjusting the costs must be de-
terlnined by the local conditions. What
is good practice In one place may
not be practical In another. The char
ncter Of the ground, surface slopes,
crops raised. and value OF land, all
have bearing on the subject. In
any locality the first consideration Is
an outlet or channel by which the wa
ter may be carried away. In some
localities nature has provided such an
outlet. In others, II may be necessary
for several landowners to band togefn-
er and construct channel, of snf.
iicient size and depth to serve as the
main outlet of network Of ditches
which will give relief during wet
years. In many parts of the state
where such outlets naturally exist OF
are already completed, crops have suf.
fered from an excess Of water In the
immediate vicinity. for the reason that
the water from the cultivated fields
could not readily escape. Consequent
ly, for complete drainage, 1t Is neces-
sary to have, on the individual farm,
thorough system for collecting the
water as 1t falls and carrying II to the
main outlet.
Unless the ground is very fiat, the
location OF proposed drains can be
best determined when the ground is
free from vegetable growths. A heavy
growth Of crops or weeds may cause
low places to look high and high places
low. A field freshly plowed or sown
Is In the best condition for locating
lines of drainage. II such a field is
examined Immediately after heavy
rain, there will be little danger OF
making a mistake In locating the lines.
II these are at once marked out by a
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lie may be justly held ehargeable with
their share in the cost Of improve
ments, the facts do not justify the In
ference that the state should pay II
nll The correct idea, In raising funds
for drainage works, Is that the acre
more directly benefited is the acre to
pay the expense.
Many landowners will oppose a
drainage Improvement for the reason
that the ditch Will. In part, be located
on their land. They will do this, even
in the face of the fact that from one
fourth to three-fourths Of their land.
because 1t is too wet, produces only
about half Of what It should, In the
ordinary year. They actually prefer
to stand the yearly loss OF half crop
or more. rather than allow one-fftieth
to one.elghtieth part of this wet land
TO be occupied by ditch which would
so thoroughly drain the whole tract
that II could be cultivated up to the
banks Of the ditch.
The benefits accrulng from drainage
nre well illustrated In the improve
ment Of small farm, Of 1880 acres,
recently purchased by the state OF Min
nesota. Six hundred and fifteen dol
lars were spent In draining this farm.
The land had been bought by the state
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cost OF only s6l.50 against sl29.I2
per acre. paid for tillable land and In
the original purchase.
But this added value Of S6s2.20 does
not represent all the benefits which
have come to the farm from the In
PRODUCTION Of undertakings. The DIS
appearance OF the sloughs, and oil the
superilnous water In other places, per-
mlts the division Of the land Into reg
uar, aud therefore more easily cul-
tiyated fields. Such fields, having now
a uniform soil, can be cultivated In
less time, and crop rotations can be ar
ranged to better advantage thhh
where the land Is broken up by nom
cultlyable areas. A dry. loose soil can
be worked more easily than wet,
sticky soil.
Furthermore, a field which in some
seasons is productive, and In others
non-productive by reason of excessive
moisture, may be more detrimental 10
the farmers success than swamp
land; for such lands are often plowed,
planted. cultivated, and then the crop
is destroyed by an influx of water /;
whereby not only are they made non
productive, but labor and seed are
lost. Drainage not only removes the
risk Of such losses but improves the
landscape by substituting broad. fully
cultivated areas for such as are dotted
with sloughs, breeding frogs and mos
aultoes and giving forth III odors from
dead fish and decaying vegetation. 1t
is first step In good road-building,
and, us Il permanent Improvement II
Increases the value of all neighborlng
lands, and benefits the entire COM
munity.
All of these benefits are Illustrated
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Comparison.

"Dr. Isaiah b. Scott, Methodist bish-
op Of Africa" said Methodist divine,
COLLECTED In Monroyia a great deal Of
valuable chronological matter.
Talking about cannibalism one day,
Bishop Scott declared:
"'Your cannibal Is not wicked. He
eats other people as you and ! 60 to
church--in order to improve himself
for he has been taught that he will &C.
quire the virtues-the bravery, beauty,
wisdom and what not-of all those
whom he eats" .
Bishop Scott chuckled.
"a savage cannibal," he ended, 'is
sanity chap alongside Of a civilized
backbiter.'