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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-17
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

l. John +. Hylan Is the Tammany CDeme-
cratic) candidate for Mayor Of New York.
q tame volcano" Is one which Ia In action
put which does not cast matter outslde
the limits Of its crater.
D. Inc tiger first appeared In o cartoon 70
represent Tammany two days before the
election OF November. 1871, In which
thrown. 80
L. Men have not been drafted for the United
states navy.
D. In refracting telescopes the rays Of llEht
are made to converse TO % focus By
lenses, while In rejecting telescopes they
nre made to converge by being reelected
from the surface of n slightly ConeaVed,
highly polished mirror.
6' Today is New Years Day CMuharram) Of
the year 1896 in the Mohammedan cal
q Pecksnif; An unctuous hypoerIte pratInE Of
Denevolence. From the character OF that
name In Dlekens's Martin ChuzElewit."
o. "yptography; The art and science OF sen
u Ennlade; Fire from artillery sweeping Q
hhe OF works or men from end 70 end.
iO' The objection of certain sects 10 the use Of
me common names Of days was based on
me pagan origin OF them, For example,
lhursday, ThOr's Days Saturday, Sat.
urns Day, etc.
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A PLATFORM TO STAND ON

THE platform Of the Town Meeting
l. party is one on which any decent cam
didate can stand and one for which any
decent man can vote. II states, what
every citizen knows, that the conduct
OF government i'm Philadelphia has been
characterized by "usurpation of power
and BETRAYAL Of public rights II calls
for Integrity. economy, efficiency and
businesslike methods" i'm the conduct OF
the ctys affairs. 1t declares against law
lessness and proposes to take the police and
other city employees out of politics. 1t
emphasizes the fact that reckless and
eXtravagant expenditures threaten the
prosperity of every owner of property in
the city, putting burdens on house-owners
Of small means and jeopardzng their
control Of their own property. 1t urges
the redemption of the city government
by the election of independent and honest
citizens to Councils, thus assuring good
government Mayor or no Mayor. IT
offers three major candidates whose
abilities and characters are beyond
criticism.
There is nothing surer than death and
taxes under the govcrnment-by-murder
party. There is nothing more than good
and decent government promised by the
Town Meeting party, party which is the
result Of "a popular uprising against
tyranny and lawlesancss and i'm behalf OF
public safety and public integrity
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SHORTAGE IN MINISTER'S

The war has caused shortage of preach
ers. A great many churches are pastorless
this fall. II the war continues another
year the shortage will increase, and many
thousands OF churches, Protestant and Cath
Ollie, will be without ministers.
1t takes about 1000 new ministers each
year to repair the losses by death and TO
supply demands of growth in Protestant
churches alone In this country. The great
majority Of these, OF course come from
the theological seminarles. which annually
graduate about $500, and thus Keen un
with the demand. But great many Of the
students In theological seminaries when
war began, and in the FIRST and second years
of the war, have gone to the war IN various
capacities, many as private soldiers, others
as chaplains and workers for the Y. NJ
c, A. Many young men who would have
entered seminaries this fan have enlisted,
and enrollments in theological seminarles
have fallen OF an average Of 30 per cent
Kansas City star
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THE SCOTCH IN WILSON

THE personality of the President is com.
L pleX, battling at times even to his closest
friends; but there is one phase of him that
must always be considered The President
Is or Scotch descent. He is a loyal gener-
Gus, open-handed man: kindly, courteous,
seeking to do pleasant services for his
friends but, also, he is a canny, thrifty
man, and he watches out for himself as Q
canny, thrifty Scot would do Likewise no
watches out for his country, raising this
trait to high power, and provides for con.
tngencies. The Scot provides for the fu-
ture when the providing is good So does
the President.
He is under no delusions over what
courses this war may take, so far as the
popular esteem of 1t may be concerned. He
knows that II is the history OF all wars. Of
all administrations, from the earliest war
to this one, that there comes a period when
vox populi is raised against those in power.
He knows that no administration can 80
through two years, say, of war like this and
not be assailed. And there is where his
vision, seconded by his Scotch trait Of
thrift, comes in. That is why we note his
inslstence to Congress on sufficient money,
on enormous money, on all sorts Of leglsla-
tion to provide him with war-making and
war-supporting machinery. He demands
II and gets II, for he foresees the storms. the
possible loss Of popularity, that will mean
the loss Of getting power. His house will be
in order when the country turns, as It un'
doubtedly will II the war is greatly pro-
longed. He will have his plant in efficient
shape to continue the war, regardless OK
what the public clamor may be. He VIII
have his appropriations and his men.
No shrewder craftsmanship has been
known In our time than his forestalling OF
the possible protests Of the future while the
opportunity was ripe. He has urged his
measures through Congress, and has been
successful for we are In the first flush OF
the war now He has or will have his ph.
lions and billions provided for, his armies
in course of making, his plans under way
Then he can continue as serenely as may
be; for the basic things, the foundations
will be secure. and the changes In the 81.
perstructure that may be forced VIII nos
affect the underlying predication.
And there are persons who say this mAn
is entirely an idealst, with no skill OF prac-
tice or provision They forget the Scotch
in him.--ssmuel G. Blythe. in the Saturday
Evening Post
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THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Mata-Hari and Miss Cavell-A
Postoffice Clerks
Protest
WOMEN . SHOT AS SPIES
To the Editor Of the Epening LEDGER

To the Editor Of the Ereuing ledger
Sr-In your Night Extra edition of yes
terday under the news dispatch announcing
that Mile. Mata-Hari Marguerite Gertrude
Zele), the dancer, had been shot as n spy
Iy the French Government, appeared note
saying that so far was known she was
the first woman thus to ne executed by the
French. My CE 'eCt Is to correct this mac
curacy, which brings back unpleasant memo
ries of the shooting of Edith Cavell by the
Germans and of the widespread Condemna-
ton of the act that appeared for days upon
days i'm the newspapers
At that time, when the German Govern
ment attempted to Justify its act by in
sisting that the French already had shot
women spies, Paris news dispatch, in turn
attempting to justify the shooting of women
spies by the French, gave the names Of
two German women who had suffered TINS
fate-the one, Schmidt; the other, Moos
The dispatch that announced the death Of
the Sc two German women at the hands of
the French authorities was buried on an
inside page of Philadelphia newspaper
,the only place ! saw iD at the conclusion
Of one of the lengthy and violent denuncia-
tions of the Germans for killing Miss
Cavell; and your editor, or copyreader, who
believed that Mile. Mata-tlari was the first
woman spy shot by the French, hardly can
be blamed for having failed to see it,
FRANCIS LUDWIG
PhiladelnhIa October 6.
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last twenty years, and he has been for
the Fortieth Ward the Tim Sullivan of the
Bowery: his hand Is always ready to GO
down in his pocket and help the needy
poor either to pay a months rent or buy
n ton of coal. | have known him to give
bonds to help fellows with families to buy
a little home, and if it were not for him
it would be possible that they would be
paying rent as long as they live
l haven't seen George Connell or spoken
to him in the last three months. It's no
more than right that the citizens Of ths
Fortieth should say something to put this
man to the front so he can help every
one.
1t makes no difference what your creed
Is or if you are white or black. If you
are deserving, you will get assistance.
1t would he no mistake to have "A man
like George Connell occupying the Mayors
place %S,,naoinhia in PhladelphiH. aotda r. F NJ
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THE EPPLEY FUND

To the Editor Of the EUening Ledger:
Sir-The city of Brotherly Love has con-
tributed most generously and most
promptly to the relief of destitute Belgians
and the war sufferers OF other nationalities
This Is most Commendable but, at the
same time, it were well that the destitute
of Philadelphia be given heed to. The
mother Of Eppley the detective so brutally
murdered in the Fifth Ward, is one Of
these, and yet the fund suggested for her
relief by Father McDermott and Sc ably
backed up by the EVENING LEDGER is an
absolute failure.
No church organizations, so far as
have seen, have come to her aid, and from
the few subscribers whose names have
been published we miss those long asso-
ciated with works of philanthropy
Yes, the Eppley fund is failure, and
the fact is not creditable to Philadelphia.
FIFTH WARD CITIZEN.
Philadelphia, october 16.
1.-THE Workmens Compensation Board
yesterday awarded Mrs. Eppley $1,000. The
fund raised by Father McDermott amounted
to $7S5.-Editor of the EVENING LEDGER
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is vour ambassador.

our own Bob Maxwell's zippy story Of
Eddie Collinss sprint TO the plate pur-
sued by Heinie Zim had in 1t all the ele-
ments Of a stirring ballad and we
couldn't help thinking OF a big league
scribe by the name of Cowper, William
Cowper, who wrote THE Diverting His.
tory Of John Gilpin," back in the eight
eenth century. And Mr.. Eddie Collins,
who probably read that piece in his
school days, may be tickled to be remind
ed that the full title of Cowper's ballad is
The Diverting History Of John Gilpin-
Showing How He Went Farther Than He
Intended and Came Safe Home Again"
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NAVIES IN THE BALTIC

CONTROL Of the Baltic by the German
~ fleet mcuaces Russia and may have
serious results. The censorship is so
tight that It is impossible even to estimate
the superiority of the Allied fleets or the
wisdom OF splitting them and making a
bold bid for supremacy in the Baltic.
The Niel Canal is obviously justifying all
claims of its value in time of war. In
view. however. of the precautions the Al
lies find it necessary to take to protect
the grand fleet against submarines, it is
remarkable that they have not studded
the Baltic with their own submarines
Perhaps they have. A real naval battle
Of the first magnitude in defense Of the
Russian coast would not he at all sur
prising.
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she news which has created q sensation
IN Berlin
Michaclls would not state clearly 70
Czernin what Germany is trying to get
in the West. Austria is'having too hard
time fighting italian invaders to be In
the least interested in Berlin's hold on
Alsace or the coal mines OF France ana
Belgium. She has made 1t as plain as
the language OF diplomacy can make
anything that all she wants is peace on
any terms short OF dismemberment. But
II would be absurd to think OF Michaelis
as the clumsy bungler Of the situation
Any man I'm Germany would be bungler
in the position Of the Kaisers official goat.
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Philadelphia, October 16.
PnsToEFICE CLERK PROTESTS

To the Editor Of the EUeninG Ledger:
Sir-I am a clerk in the Central Post
office. During the recent holy days Sep
tember II, IS and 26) l was compelled for
religious reasons to ask for leave of alb
sence, but my request was turned down as
mot approved" AS a consequence, ] was
given 600 demerits for direct insubordina-
ton" Qt happened that / was out just one
day, as l was compensated on the others.)
Think Of being penalized for observing my
own religion!
II seems to me that because the Jews
have a holy holiday once in year, thereby
necessitating their abstaning from work,
they are punished. Furthermore, the really
real reason, l think, why they are demerited
is that they will not get the yearly in
crease of 500 due them.
JEWISH POSTOFFICE CLERK.
philadelphia october l6.
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Tom DIV column
TO A BEREAvBD MoTHpR

tO a BbhHAHHD MOIdhH
oh, say not that pour little son u dedd:
The tcord too harsh and much too hope
less seems
Believe, Instead,
That he has lett hts little trttndle bed
To climb the htils
OF morning, and to share the Jov that dlrS
Gods pleasant land Of dreams.
Ndy. SAP not that Dour little son "a decd.
10 Is not right, because II Is not true.
Believe, Instead,
He has 0ut gone the tcoy t0hich vou must
tread,
Aud smiling, tcdtts,
In loUing ambush By those holy gates,
TO fling himself at vou,
No knight that does you servtce con be
dead,
Nor idle Is this young knight gone be.
fore.
Believe, Instead,
Upon an cnvoys mission he hath sped
That doth import
Your greatest good; for he at Heavens
court
is your ambassador.
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ABUSE HELPS LA TOILETTE

TO the Editor Of The Epcntng LEDGER
Sir-Senator La Toilette needs no de-
fense. His actions proclaim more eloquently
tban words that he is man without a
nrice And 1t is not necessary to emphasize
The fact that he is one of the very few
fearless Americans in the Senate who re-
main undaunted despite the flood of vitu-
nerative abuse which has been heaped on
his gallant head by journalists who dis
grace the word American.
Berate him, abuse him, malign him as
Won will, be assured you are but intrench-
ing him more deeply in the heart Of the
American laboring man. Let the Senate
dara expel him, and II will receive the
country's answer by the election of Rob-
ert nj La toilette to the presidency of the
United states j. A. D;
pbiIadelphia October 16.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-17

FRANK I<LAUDER has entered with
us but not for publication the name of
one Of his patrons as the most absent
minded of local motorists. This mans
car misbehaved in some way while he
was on his summer vacation and had to
be sent to the garage for reformation.
The best thing he could find as a substi.
tute was buggy and a. plug of livery
horse. First day out the old plug baked,
wouldn't bulge a step; so the driver
started off to buy a can of gasoline.
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TT WAS A FRAME-UP"

To the Editor Of The EUentng Ledger:
sir-senator Ware is right. The whole
thing is a "frame-up.
There were no gunner In the Fifth Ward
election day.
Nobody wore white ribbons or "Deutsch
hats"
Carey was not blackjacked.
Neither was Maurer, and
Eppiey was not shot dead.
The whole thing Is trame'up' to tar
rish the political purity" of contractor
rule. -, ,c iNO-N l. NAL
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What Do You Know?


I. What legislative body Is called the 10
branJe?
2. Where is the Gulf OF FinlandF
5. report SAYS that "Czernln has broken with
Michaelis." Who is CEernin7
4. Name the points Mt which there are Federal
prisons.
D. About what was the time Of the fastest
Atlantic Ocean passage on record?
.. Who was President Just 100 years ago?
!. Of all the American cities, which one hss
the greatest number Of strikes In th
course of the year? - =
8. What Is the derivation OF the word "frit-
0. What Is Jennet?
10. Where Is Rotten Row.
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THE KAIsER's GOAT

fTfHE Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minis
4 ters break with the German Chan
teI|or win lead to an internal situation
r|ole serious for the Central Powers than
1n4 crisis which Allied Governments
have had % face, unless the breach is
F01p mended. We have only to imagine
&NAt would be the effect upon us Of
||0|entDt py Lloyd George thai ne
f.Nt no |Qnser negotiato with Premier
|.'e'.|. Qf AZ. lansing % understand
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A Barbecue Leftover

And there was another fine singer at
that barbecue, whose name appeared on
the list of guests as George II. OConnor,
A. NJ" Georgetown gave him the degree
last June. When it happened the old col
ored cook in his house said to his folks,
"Whut's dis hyar thing dey're hangln'
on to ouah Mistah George?"
Master of arts" they told her, IAN
A. NJ"
We'll" said she, "Ah kin see whar he
deserve dat, kase dat's de time he mos
gen'aly gifts home FUN dem dinnahs he
goes to-"
Henry Holt & Co. have Just reprinted
Margaret Widdemer's fine book of verse
with the unpoetic name Factories" so
why shouldn't we do the same with the
title poem? Have at you
THE FACTORIES
hare shut my little sister IN from Hte
aud light
For a rose. for a ribbon, for a 1Creuth
across my hair,
hare made her restless feet stiH until
the night,
Locked from S,ccets Of summer and
from tcild spring air;
tcho ranged the mcado1clands. free from
sun TO sun,
Free TO sing and pull the buds and
tcdtch the far 1CingS m,
hare bound my sister till her play-time
tCdS done
oh. my little sister, tods It ~ Was IL ~
/ hare robbed my sister Of her day Of
mdidenhOOd
(For robe, for a feather, for trtnketS
restless sparE),
Shut from Lore tin dusk shall fall, hotO
shall she EHoiO good,
HotO shall she 90 ScdthclcSs through
the SiR-W dark?
tcho could be innocent, 1oIto could be
gag,
/ t0ho could hdUe IoUe and mirth before
the light tcent by,
haze put my sister In her mdttn0-time
dlCdD-
Sister. my young sister, toas It II Was
HI3
haze robbed my sister OF the Hps
against her breast,
For coin, for the 1CedUin0 Of my
chHdreH'S lace and latcnJ
Feet that pace beside the loom. hands
that cannot rest
Hol0 can she knolO motherhood, tOhoSe
strength is gomez
I0ho took no heed OF her, starred aud
ldbOr-tCOrn,
I, against tohose placid heart my sleepy
0old-heddS lie,
Round my path they cry to me, little
souls unborn
God Of Life! Credtorl II 1cds I! 1t
tCdS !!
MARGARET WIDDEMER.
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A CRADLE SONG OF TODAY
Unless the Belgian babes. are mine.

Unless the BeIglan babes- are mine,
T fail you littlest one;
I'm but a woman who bore a child
And not the mother Of a son
Unless, as you lie close and warm,
l hear their hungry cry.
1 but rejoice with the Pharisees
That famine passed us by.
II am blind 10 pleading hands
AS 1 thank God for you.
My prayer shall never reach His heart,
Nor my Amen ring truol
Alarsaret Dusbee shPpen. IN Munsey'
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WORLD LIBERTY BELLS

70 the Editor Of the Epeumg Lcdgcr
sir--The silvery voice Of bell on July
Z, 1776, startled tyranny the world over
and made the enslaved OF all lands look
forward to a day Of common liberty.
That bell spoke especially in tones Of
confidence and command to the dis
couraged and divided Colonies. Its voice
was understood and obeyed by a diversity
Of tongues, nationalities and religions.
At its invitation n common tie of brother
hood was formed which now invites a
Brotherhood of men. It gave a new
morale to the army, new value to cur
rency. new significance to government
and a new relation TO society. Its mes
sage has carried conviction and hope
for generations to overwhelming circles
until today the nations of the earth
part open-eared and inspired by its mes
sage and part deaf to its appeal-are ar
rayed against each other in mortal com.
bat
The voice of that bell is not the gut
tural tone of Mars, but the gentle tone
of the Man of Nazareth. Under its
benign leadership 9, few struggling colo
mics have grown to the greatest nation in
all history. 1t is still understood by
tongues races, nationalties and religions,
ard &C. tba orI,, bapali,,f,r r,,. tbo ,,,dor,
Babel It still furnishes the Siamese ties
of national brotherhood and reaches for
common handclasp with the race of
men. 1t is both the surest guarantee of
peace. while peace is sufferable and the
swiftest messenger of war, when war
pleads the cause of free men.
A world, enslaved to customs long out
worn. lies crushed, bruised and bleeding
under the iron heel of autocratic power.
bhe has long looked to the young giant,
America, growing up to maturity to eff.
feet her salvation, and she still hears the
voice of the bell above the hell Of battle
as an angel of deliverance. The duty
of the hour is to multiply that bell and
ring a symphony chorus Of Liberty
throughout all lands unto all inhabitants"
The United States should invite all ma
tons to pledge themselves to democracy.
Then the respective nations, so pledged,
should be requested to send metal for a
duplicate world Liberty Bell to be cast
from material having some national sig
nificance or historic value in the country
from which it came. These bells should
be made in Philadelphia, and returned,
TO be rung in concert on a given day at
. certain hour with national ceremony,
proclaiming liberty throughout all the
wcrld Each bell should bear the follow.
ing inscription: Liberty Bell; on one
side. universal BROTHERHOOD; on the
other, "World Democracy; at the bottom,
~Proclaim liberty throughout the land
unto all the inhabitants thereof Lev,
XIV, 10, The effect upon the world would
be electrical and as epochal as the ringing
of the Liberty Bell of 70
The children of all lands participating
should have a part in contributing the
minimum coin toward the expense in
CURED. so that they may have vested in
terest in their Liberty Bell, and, as they
mature to adult age, they will embody in
life and government the ideals which the
bell represents. and thus make the world
safe for democracy.
REV. ZED HETZEL COPP.
Camden, October 16.
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pRAIsE FOR CoNNELL

70 the Editor OF the Evening Ledger;
sir-I have noticed In your valuable
Daner where our Councilman, George Con-
,,eil refuses 70 carry the banner which
has been besmeared with our citizens
hiood by the Fifth Ward thugs.
i have known George connell for the
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"You men," she said, don't seem to
realize that a girl can't imagine any
thing worse than to have a young man
kiss her against her will"
"No?" smiled the youth-and he Ger.
tainly did look smart in his new uni.
form-'I should think it would be worse
to have us forget to kiss you when you're
willing"
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Father Goose

had n Httle ballot once, the chtet Of mV
deHqhtS;
lent II to a sudrdgette to help her 1Cin
her rights
She ptcteted, she rioted, she dragged It IN
the nire,
toH not lend my uote again for all the
ladies' hire.
JAZZBO,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-17

Thirty'five years in Jail is the sen.
snce given a kidnapper The crime Is
ne OF the most dastardIy known. and
lere are countries which do not con.
der hanging too severe a penalty.