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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-16
Boy Scout Commissioner

NJ, .P.-The scout commissioner of the
Philadelphia Boy Scouts or America Is
Assistant District Attorney Charles Edwin
Fox. The scout commissioner is elected an
nually by the Philadelphia executive scout
council His office is honorary and volun-
teer In addition, there are two field com.
mssioners, L. Urner Goodman and Hayden
o. Merrill salaried oScials appointed by
the scout executive, subject to ratification
by the council. They have active super.
vision OF all field work
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-16

THIS ultimatum issued on the eve of
Il the Senator's departure for the South,
transla Ted into the language of the pres.
ent international conflict, means that
there can be no peace without a German
victory-or shall we say an allied vic.
tory? The fight for spoils is to be con.
tinued regardless Of the consequences if
the Senator has his way.
Well let the fight go on. If 1t gets
bitter enough the people are likely to ex.
claim, "A plague on both your housesr'
and take matters in their own hands.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-16
GERMANY's UNIVERSAL GUILT

To the Editor Of the EUeniH0 Ledger:
Sir-The newspaper headings say that
Germany is responsible for political
troubles in China, Mexico and Cuba. These
newspapers are right and. in addition, Ger
many is responsible for the high price of
eggs, the strike that caused an advance
in sugar, the periodical du Pont explosions,
the fact that the bicycle racers in Chicago
are far behind the record the ice foes in
the Delaware, the fact that Speaker Champ
Clark has become a grandfather and the
probe of the irreproachable Governor of
Pennsylvania.
Indeed it may be urged with some show
of reason that Germany and Germany
alone, is responsible for the devil.
f. Il. COY.
Philadelphia, February II.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-16

Now they are saying Penrose is
% eager to have the Governor investi.
gated that If the Sproul resolution is
vetoed he will have another one passed
which can be effective without executive
approval, as it will carry no appropria.
ton. The expenses will be paid by pri.
vate contributions. Perhaps he would
like this better, anyway, for II is well
known that the man who pays the piper
can call the tunes
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-16

Any one who has visited the Rue
St. Martin, Paris, and seen the rows of
horse meat butchers shops with the big
brass signs advertising besides the horse
meat, First class mule" and First class
donkey" may have visions of what we
may soon come to. A Swiss butcher who
opened horse meat shop in New York
last week is jubilant over his success of
1900 pounds of horse meat for his first
weeks sales.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-16
Tom Days Column
McAroni Ballads

Ld4V IN
FUNNY BEEzNMs "
Oh, Profess An1eiott. dos.
for me, "e'eA0I
Could be reech toeetha ry.h,
But I'm Derrd mooch scare dat \.
for, uou see, "' ~e@
He ees soft Hkd nush. ~
He ces gotta too noocha ao IA
hees heart,
Wheech cen beesness ees bad IA
For eefs uerrd bad theeno IA l.. =,
cen you start
Wen you ouohtd be mad
Wal you see, dats hees boota,ro,.
over dere,
Where hees monev ees made.
An he's gotta ttDo helpers-ob =,
dat pdiri--
To tax care Of hees trade.
Yestiddy W'en Profess ees com. ~,
hees place
From hees noonutime msnr ~
He todlb orer to me toeeth a lov.. 3
hees face
Ddts as beeg as a tcheeL
wen J leore for my lonohD am -
TESS Anoelott,
ri tax out from da droye,
All dd monep ddts dere, an do,. ,.u.
sure got
Ploynta Jobs yor max more"
Sure" I SAP, "tor I see from dn ~.
you're dtDdy
Nanny customer dere." le#
"Hd! hn! hd! OATS GOOD ,pors x
laugh. an he say,
For dn drd,oer steel ees bare~
"SteeH you lnu6h' Dey are robAev.
Waits matter 1Cceth youS"
But he say. "TV'dt dn hav VI
Wen tCorked for my boss joost da -
like dem ttoo,
Why, I done eet mpsdpi"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-16

ing. He was a bit the worse for wear
Briefly, his sweet bells were jangled-out
of tune and harsh How did it hapnen p"
we asked being of a curious nature. "You
remember" he replied, the Teller sayin'
'Readn' maketh full man'?" We assured
him that our memory of the quotation wa q
quite sufficient WELL" he continued "tbe
gink that said that spoke a truthful mouth
full"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-16

1t must be admitted that Vance
Mccormick, who is being doomed for
the presidency, can boast the same quail
fications as Buchanan. the only Pennsyl.
vanian who became President. He is a
bachelor.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-16

SAM. who seems to have lost his -
name forty-three years ago, when
began to stand guard outside the Cor
ernor's office at Trenton, says the pastN
of the Baptist Church he attends, ~
occasion recently to complain of eboin1
collections. "Bredren,' said the revereno
81 CANT preach on earth an boad q
heaben"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-16

The plan to print all legislative bills
in pages of the same size as the pam.
phlet laws can be made a measure of
printing economy in Harrisburg if the
powers that be choose to make it so, for
the same type used for the legislative bill
can be used in printing the pamphlets.
But does any one believe that this is
the purpose of the plan?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-16

1t is pity that the president of the
Trenton School Board cannot issue orders
to the New York Tribune. The schools
are not the only place where war talk is
dangerous.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-16

The caption under a picture on IA
back page of our favorite illustratl
evening paper of yesterdays da'1
Feeding the squirrels is a popular -
time on the grounds surrounding W
State Capitol" put pep in our imasln
ton and gave us a couple of spontans0''
cackles. FL
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-16

More than a thousand obsolete
laws are to be repealed by the General
Assembly, while 1t passes several hun.
dred new laws to become obsolete in
their turn.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-16
THE VOICE OF.
THE PEOPLE
An Appeal for a Referendum on
War-Mr. Moore Praised.
German Guilt

This Department Is free to all readers ,cho
triSh 10 cypress their opinions subjects Of
current interest. 10 is open forum, and the
Evening Ledger assumes responsibility for
the Uie,cs Of its correspondents. Letters must
he signed bU the name aud address Of the
wrter. not necessarily for publication but as
guarantee OF good faith
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-16
Suffrage and Anti-Suffrage

c. McI.-Arguments for your debate on
woman suffrage may be obtained by ad-
dressing the National American Woman
Suffrage Association, III Madison avenue,
New York city and the National Associa-
tion opposed to Woman Suffrage, 1857 X
street. Washington. ID. c.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-16

Old Doc Quinn, who for many years has
sold chewing gum. peppermint lozenges and
cigars at the Bee Hive, is quitting his posi-
ton there. Where are you going?'' we
asked. What are you going to dor "I'm
figurin'," he replied ION ridin a few horses
goin' to Florida. playin' In the water for
spell and then comm back and. gettin' a
regular job"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-16

The Ohio River is the natural
southwestern boundary of Pennsylvania.
but the panhandle of West Virginia ex.
tends up between this State and Ohio.
The suggestion has been made in West
Virginia that the four counties in the
panhandle be sold to either of the abut.
ting States in order to raise money to
assist in paying the part OF the debt
of old Virginia which the Supreme Court
has decided is proper burden on the
people of that part Of the state which
was separated from the original Com.
monwealth at the time of the Civil War.
The sum involved is $4,000. 900. II the
are to be sold. they should be
bought by Pennsylvania. provided the
price is not prohibitive, It will be soon
snough TO consider prices when West
Vlrginia has approved the sale
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-16

At 245 South Fifth street one
vised "If you want good skirt'
to Apples" and get a pippin'
sumably? ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-16

Colonel william g. Smyth Mr.. David "a.
lasco's pacemalSer, blames the story on irwin
Cobb, and Irv Is big enough to stand II
Well, anyway, II, appears there was a br,-
nette preacher who heard one of his parish
toner's out In the henhouse swearing dread
fully 'Whuffor you all cussin' that
way?" he asked. \" 'snnff to make a ss,nt
cdss his tran'ma" replied Mr. johnson
:: e ss x'ss Xs e 'sf a sssr n ''sh - sil 81
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-16
BUT THEY WON'T

Now that a nationwide union of farmers
has been begun there is nothing for II but
for the ultimate consumers to organize, up
and at 'em.-New York Evening Sun.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-16

The Mayor says he will stand by
the little fellow; but we hope he
won't forget to stand by the big fellow
on the tower above his office.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-16

Will nobody answer this bell? TIM
a-ling.ling.ling! Ah here q
last! Where've va bin, boy? Didn't htol
me till I rang the fourth time. oh? A
right, page Mr.. Bert Lesion Taylor, q
the Chi. Trib. and hand him this note--
here, wait! To save time and you tn
trouble of reading 1t yourself, listen:
''Sr-What does your proofroom knoJ
of this definition in the Webster Nsq
International? Ky
"COPYHOLDER A proofreadsra
nincompoop." "a
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-16
What Do You Know?

Queries OF general interest toiH be dnsUered
IN this column. Ten questions, the dustUerS to
Uhtch eUerU t1eI-informed person should knoto.
are asked daily,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-16
Aftermathters
THE SUM OF LIFE

THE SUM OF LIFE
Wires Of great men all remind them
They must ,cipe their feet outside;
Or, departing, leaue behind them
Footprints muddy, long and tptde.
pI
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-16

It was a Boston youth, stationed 4.
tho crows nest, who first saw Cervsra,a
fleet coming out of Santiago harbor n
friends made much of him when he sut
home. so" said an admirer, you ~
them first Yes" he blurted out, '.sn6
I saw them a damn sight sooner thas
I wanted to-"
Let us mediate upon this, fellov
citizens. in these days of watchfu wait
ing War, if it comes, will be no crs<
but let us bring to the performance 1
trained zeal. 3k
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-16
All Points of the Compass
Rubaiyat of a COmmuter
LXVIII

Wife thinks that nowhere ever, ever bl ,ws
Such Flowers as our daughter paints! rhe
Rose
Or Hyacinth upon a China tile
Extraordinary Talent plainly shows.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-16
NO PEACE WITHOUT VICTORY

Senator McNichol made It plain that
there could be no harmony until every
ally Of his who had been discharged by
Ware officeholder had first been re-
stored 10 his place.-News report
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-16
SAM LOYD'S PUZZLE

TN EACH sentence one blank is filed
i with a transposition of the other. IAN
the blanks to contain words of six letters
For example, the answer to the first is
Latent talent"
No. THE young artist evidently DOS.
No2-The schoolboy got into a
through his -.
the side Of the -.
No. 4-The - stopped swimming
for want of --.
No. 5-My friend had to - ana
so we
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-16

BEHOLDEN are we to w. N JennIn~
for the plot of the above, he hayfs2
plucked.it from real life.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-16

Our favorite evening papers
Chunk correspondent sent in this no's
Harry Reichard, of Lehishton,
employe in the New Jersey oen,d
Railroad shops at Mauch Cnunk, sil N
assisting in moving bolster - =
hand under II and lost TWO hhse's
And the office boy, whose motner
a boarding house, Is curious " -
what was hiding under that bolster
THE Senate and House, In joint -
assembled on Saint Valentines Day
tied for all time the fact that We
hat from Joe Damai on the "seVen'.
Of November last past" We haven
got the hat, but we have the coH'io'
knowledge that it's a roof III
Joe's manager of Stetson's. you
why don't you come In ana s0'
hat?" he asked, meeting us on tns a.
the other day. Come on, lets co1
YOU with one or our nobby ost
"Derby? we snorted. "As lons
live we'll never don dipky DERBY.
we passed on, leaving the quo
statu. This morning. just TO see
men folks were growing as wise
on opr journey from the Head'n
minal to the Ledger Office we
all the derbies we saw. We pa
800 men and only thirty-nvs
'bowler." and OF these four ~
man of colog nnd one uoQ
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-16
IXIX

And then the Tulip on shiny PLAQUE
Or Oaken Panel, coated with Shellac:-
Pink Morning Glories on a Bannerette
or Gala Lily on a Ground of Black
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-16
Answer to Yesterdays Puzzle

XNJITH the wind behind him he could
w ride ~ OF mile in one minute
Against the wind he could go Y of a
mile In one minute. therefore, in two
minutes time. equally divided betwesn
wind assistance and hndrance. he would
60 7-l2 of mile This gives his time
psutrdl' 'zed'fr.v = 'ct~r*ss + n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-01
MAKING VIGOROUS DRIVE
TO OBTAIN NAVY RECRUITS
Movement Inaugurated by Mayor
Mitchell in New York Shows
Substantial Gains.

NEW YORK, May 1.-Figures avail
able today in the results of the first
day of the navy week" campaign de-
creed by Mayor Mitchell to stimulate
recruiting for the navy showed that
lightweight men had enlisted in Man
haitian and Brooklyn yesterday. as
compared with five men from both
boroughs on the previous day. To fur
Their increase enlisting in this c5ty 200
campaigners, to be known as thirty
minute men," begin today a vigorous
drive for recruits, to continue all this
week.
The campaisners VIII appeal for re-
cruits from wagons, school audito-
RUINS. theater stages. street corners
and recruiting stations. The mayors
recruiting committee hopes in this way
to I'LL the full quota of 1000 men ex-
pected Of 1T by the Navy Department
by Saturday.
Among the thirty minute men. are
Charles e. Hughes, Chauncey NJ
Depew, George B. Cortelyou, Joseph H.
Choate and Mayor Mitchell.
Among yesterdays recruits were
Junius Spencer Morgan. son Of J. p.
Morgan. I'd, and Adrian Iselln, son of
c. Oliver Iselin. the yachtsman. Both
were enrolled in the naval coast de-
tense reserve
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-01

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Praise for President Wilson.

Consistent with his earlier attitude.
Herr Harden has only words Of high
praise for President Wilson and his
policy, and reveals in various pas
sages sighting opinion of DIR. Alfred
Zimmerman. which he did not con-
ceal at the time of zimmermann's ele-
walton to ministerial rank.
Another articles by Herr Harden
eliminates in an appeal to Germany
to put the interior of her house in
order and introduce democratic con-
ditnons. which the writer says is the
only sure basis for future peace.
Scarcely less noteworthy than his
scathing criticism of German diplo-
macy (but not that of Count Won Bern
storff, former ambassador to the
United States, whose work he praises)
is Herr Harden's justification to Ger
man readers of Americas attitude dur
ing the war. and his demolition. for
example. of the favorite pan-German
arguments that the United States was
inspired solely by dollar-chasing and
looked upon war only as a source for
enormous profits from munition sup
plies.
United States Acted for an Ideal.
The United States, Herr Harden de-
clares could have continued to amass
unmeasured riches, not from munDtion
contracts, from which only a minute
part of its income was derived, but as
a worlds source OF supply. Instead. he
adds, the United States chose for an
ideal to reject a continuance of its
profitable neutrality to load itself with
a burden of expenditures which no
other country could safely bear. Those
who would profit, Harden tells his
readers, can be sought nearer home,
In the ranks Of those wanting to re-
tain Belgium, the Briey iron district.
Courland and Livonia.
Condemns Peace Offer.
Herr Harden condemns the limitations
of the peace offer Of the central powers,
whose purpose was, he says, to pave the
way for a declaration of submarine war
and the rejection Of President Wilson's
offer Of mediation. and the German official
efforts to deceive and mislead the Presi-
dent regarding the coming submarine CAM
paign. A rupture of relations was In
evitable from President Wilson's notes
the moment this was proclaimed. but Herr
Harden believes that 1t might have been
limited to this and armed neutrality II 1t
had not been for the overtures looking to
an alliance with Mexico and Japan, upon
which he lavishes all the language of
ridicule and contempt. He laments that
this did not lead to the fall Of the i'm
veg, and the foreign secretary. DIR. Zim-
hermann. which President Wilson may
perhaps have expected when the publica-
ton occurred
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-01
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-01
SLAMS Of GERMANY
BITTERLY EXPOSED
Macmillan Harden Lays Bare
Pretenses and Mistakes
of Government.
LAUDs PRESIDENT WILSON
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
COPENHAGEN. via London, May L.
Macmillan Harden. the German "enfant
terrible" publishes in the latest issue
of Die Zukunft another daringly frank
article. exposing to German readers the
"shams, pretenses and mistakes of
their governments policy.
The article is devoted to the entry of
the United States into the war, which
Herr Harden warns the people must be
taken most seriously, both from the
moral side. as a symptom of the weak
ness of Germany's appeal to the neutral
world and the failure of her foreign
policy, and because of the physical as
poets of the weight that America will
ultimately be able to throw into the
scale In the article he reviews the
steps leading to the German and Ameri-
can peace proposals. the proclamation
of unrestricted submarine war and the
American declaration of state of war
and declares, with a daring to which
probably no other German publicist is
equal. that Germany's peace overtures
were put forward only as a bridge over
which Germany could pass to relentless
submarine warfare.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-01

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paper. are right here in America.

Orders have greatlyincreased
in the last month-the sales
have jumped to an average Of
more than 1900 sets a week.
This fact makes it certain that
the few remaining sets will not
last beyond 2 or 8 weeks.
If you know the Britannica,
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"Put House in Order"

Put the German house in such order
that tomorrow it will be habitable and
not an eyesore to the world. The
United States won't fight German en-
pire which is guided by fresh men and
heading for the goal indicated by Pres
ident Wilson.
Democracy" concludes Herr Harden.
sis the word Of the hour. A league of
nations is on the way. Shall Germany
freeze without and in the era of com
ing peace shall milftarism remain the
root and branch of German political
life? Responsibility for the coming
peace can be borne not by any prince
or any family. but only by the backs Of
the whole nation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-01
Blames Reichstag Members.

Coming to the lessons for the Germans.
Herr Harden declares that the impotence
of the reichstag is not due to the weakness
Of the German constitution or franchise,
but to the deliberate choice of members.
who refuse to use their control Of credits
to force accountability. and who are,
therefore, irresponsible for any guilt in
the origin Of the war and any misfortunes
in it's endingR
What now is needed" he continues,
SIS not longing whimpers for peace, not
the crazy peace missions of Scheide-
mann, Ergberger and other amateur
diplomats. but bold attempt to rec
ognize again the plain truths of the
situation and restore worthy freedom
Of criticism and decision.
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