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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-09
BLINDNESS OF BOOZE SELLERS

TUE fight in New York to extend local
l. option from the rural communities to
the cities will ultimately succeed IL the
present Legislature fails to pass the bill
before It. That bill provides that when
twenty-five per cent of the voters in a
city Join in a petition the local author
files shall submit at the next election the
question. shall this be dry territory"
If a majority of the registered voters an
swer this in the affirmative, the sale of
liquor must cease after a reasonable time.
The Governor stands behind the bill as
a proper extension of home rule to the
cities.
This Is the sound political reason back
Of every local option measure. .Commu-
mites should have the right to say
whether liquor shall be sold within their
borders. Every time the liquor interests
defeat local option proposition they
strengthen the case OF the advocates of
state-wide prohibition, not only In New
York and In Pennsyivania, but In, every
other state where liquor has not been
outiawed by constitutional amendment
The iiauor interests need not fear that
under any fair local option plan New
York or philadelphia or any other large
city In either STATE would vote dry. But
under prohibitory constitutional amend
mont such cities would be dry whether
they wished II or not and a premium
would be placed on illicit liquor selling
producing police Generalization beside
which that which has existed in the past
would seem like virtue incarnate.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-09
Canned Openers
Predigested Preludes Prepared for po
prandial Prattlers

Tleiuues prepared foI Post
prandial Prattlers
This being their harvest time, Il Ia no
unnatural to assume that the Plumber
Order Of the Plump Plums will be hold
ing the customary annual banquet about
now. 1t may be too mucls to assume th,,
one Of our pupils will be called upon 10
speak. but just suppose. Let him ars
and say:
II do not wish TO take too much Of
your time--but. after all, what's time
to a plumber? It's the one big thing,
that's what 1t is; 1t fils the bill. got
bill from one OF your craft (ms.
print for CRAFTY calling for Time
$3.50. Friend wife assured me the
plumber had tarried with us Just
twenty minutes and no more. So we
asked an explanation. Two hours and
half at a dollar an hour we were
told We protested that the man hadn't
honored us that long. That's So came
the correction, 1T was a foreman you
had at s1,25 an hour Gosh! we
said. good thing your president didn't
yawn and'stretch that morning and de.
eide to take the job himself There's
an idea for you: why not make all
your journeymen presidents? And
don't forget to put in the time you're
using UP now listening to my pipes"
That will be about enough. We cam
afford to let 'em listen to our pupil long
Back home on the farm the fellow
have given up match-stick poker AM
have taken to real gambling-with potai
ch,ps RUBE
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-09

on emergency measures Of national de-
fehse. Some form Of closure IL there
fore necessary, and II any mistake II
made the rule can be changed again in
calmer times. Sherman's attitude is as
oulpabis a. Ia Foliette's. II he were
candid he would demand that the Presi-
dent be impeached. And II ho would only
say so openly the country would under.
stand his veiled abuse OF the Executive
and could promptly forget him and his
folly,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-09
SAM LOYD's PUZZLE

TN WORD evolution" changing one
l. letter at time and always producing
correct words. we transform PIG into
RAT in three moves as follows. Pig, PIT.
Pat. Rat or Pig, Rig. Rag Rat. y
Now transform the following pairs in
three moves each: Cat to Dog, Boy 10
Man. Wood to Coal. Lion to Lamb, Hate
to Love. NJ
Answer to Yesterdays Puzzle
MISS Bo-PEEP must have had eight
xl sheep. Eight posts arranged In a
square would contain the same area as
ten posts arranged In an obione-of
course. assuming that the posts In both
cases were set . uniform distance apart.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-09
READY TO FIGHT AGAIN
To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:

Sir--J. Fl. states she Is an American
woman of American ancestry of some gen.
erations back. / would consider that a
good reason to sign any honest declara-
tion. / do not understand why j. II.
criticizes all citizens of these United States
that are fortunate enough to bear Irish
names. / should like ]. II. to know that my
father. Major Francis T. Qunlan, and other
members of my family gladly fought in the
United States army and myself and sons
are ready to do so if we should be called
on in the near future.
PAIL F. QUINLAN.
Philadelphia, March 3.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-09
THE WHIPPING POST
To fha Editor Of the EpeninQ LedQer

slr-while here in the civilized State of
Pennsylvania aggressive agitation for the
abolishment OF capital punishment is under
way on the grounds of plain humanity,
while a great number of people are trying
to prove that capital punishment Is only
legaiizsd murder. over In the neighboring
medieval State Of Delaware there exists
the public whipping post. that relic of
Americas early days. the oorello OF the
piIiory and the stocks of the days when
heretics were burned alive and when Thou
shalt not suffer witch to live" was con-
scientiously observed.
Whils parents have begun TO recognise
the fact that whipping is Of little moral
aid to the child. the Governor OF Delaware
tells the public
'sThe whipping post IL Z GOOD institution.
Fear Of Il has kept criminals out Of the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-09

I. What and where IL BaEdadc
2. Who is the newly appointed chief Of star
of the United States army?
3. or what country Is King Gustaf ruler?
4. Who Is General Jose Miguel Conner?
8. What great internal obstacle blocks home
rule for Ireland?
9. What IL schnapps?
I. What is the chief port OF Japan?
q. Identify Rubens with his time. wofk and
country.
0. Who were the "forty- -niners"s
10. What country leads in production Of cane
sugar?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-09
EXECUTIVE UsURPATION


Slr--While reading public document
last night ] was impressed with the follow
ing description Of conditions said to exist:
Another principle which has not been
carried out. and consequently has had no
positive noticeable value, is that funda-
mental one clearly stated In the Gonstitu-
tlon relative to the division OF public power;
for such division has as general rule been
that public powers have been exercised by
supreme law has been evidenced by a series &.
TO the Chief Executive without any oppos-
Jects, and the legislative power was reduced
to acquiesCe and afterward TO approve what
was done by virtue. of those faculties; and
no case is on record wherein the legislative
power has reDroved or even raised an OBJ
lection to the usurpation OF Its rights.
This is not from a speech in Congress
critczing the President for his repeated
successful efforts to dictate to Congress and
resenting his orders to the Senate to change
its rules. But it is from the address OF
Carranza to the Mexican Congress. Yet
If executive power in the United States con-
tinues to be extended 1t will not be many
years before 1t will aptly describe condi-
tions here. CONSTITUTIONALIST
Philadelphia, March s.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-09

State Crooks do not care for the humilia-
tion of being publicly whipped"
Can you imagine such a statement from
an executive of one of these United States?
How many criminals ever contemplate
crime expecting TO be apprehended? There Is
penalty to At almost every crime under
the sun, but has 1t reduced crime?
Let us look up to Delaware. 1t Is in a
class only with Georgia, Of lynching fame.
THE SOCIALIST.
Philadelphia, March S.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-09
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Zimmermann's Plan to Dismem-
ber the United States-EX-
ecutive Usurpation-The
Whipping Post

THIS Departures. Is free to all readers uho
tCfSh 10 cypress their opinions subjects OF
current interest. 10 Is an open forum; Gnd the
ErchtnD LCdOcr assumes NO reSpOnSibiHtU J0r
the rte1cs Of its correspondents. Letters must
be signed on the and address OF me
,criter, not ncccsSdriiU for publication. but as a
guarantee Of UOOd faith.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-09

The Latin-American News A..o,,...
sends out an English ver,ion nv.'atiss y.
ranza's report as Chief of tho ~. ~ w
tonalist Army, in which the o,a .'u's
Is made to say that certain cor.". c
named at length. did nothing bu, u'a'
Justice, inipossibiiitating the oc,,o, 'evss
courts" How would that wo,a " :, ~
possibilitatins" sound in Spanish, TIM =.
whiskers? "ins
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-09

Five thousand merchant ships ar
rived at and departed from British ports
last week and only twenty-three were
sunk, a loss of less than one.half of one
per cent According to unofficial reports
from London. the percentage of loss in
the submarine fleet is far greater than
that.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-09

The attempt to legalize the circula-
tion of blrthcontrol literature in New
York has failed, to the regret of a small
circle Of agitators who think that they
are social reformers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-09

Ex-President Gomez of Cuba. is a
prisoner and the insurrecton is ended.
The insurgents apparently forgot that
President Menocal is a graduate OF Cor.
nell and knows something about military
tactics
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-09

A quarter. of a million dollars has
been added to the pension fund of the
Presbyterian Church for the benefit of
aged ministers. The unwillingness OF the
donor to have his identity disclosed shines
like good deed in naughty world; but
the men in charge of the fund would
gladly accept contributions even from
generous men and women who wish to
receive the praise due them for their
interest in the cause.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-09
HORACE HOOK.

Jimmy Hynson Sure Of Birth on Lafay'
ette Team, runs headline in the Lebanon
Daily News, and personally think. sys
r. villain, that ought to. give them SOM
new life! - y 5-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-09
The subject on which sena

The subject on which Senator La
Toilette did not speak in Wheeling w.
| Va last night because the association
|fRefore which he was to talk Cancelled the
engagement, was THE Undermining of
Democracy" AS the Senator has recently
qualified himself as an expert, it is really
unfortunate that the opportunity to dis.
cuss II was not given to him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-09
LETTER OF APPRECIATION

To the Editor Of the Eve,stn0 Ledger.
Sir-We thank you for the space you have
given US In your pictorial section of the
EVENING LEDGER. The pictures show some
of the people and masaueraders that par
ticipated In our masque ball, and you gave
wido publicity to our organization and we
appreciate the fact that publicity Is very
essential to the growth of useful organi-
zation.
HEBREW LADIES' RELIEF SOCIETY,
Camden, March s. .p@ @..' b. ,..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-09

We are besousht by ]. r.
what has become Of the fine old -. y
Prudence and Patience. "And.sFs =. =
II had a couple of daughters IA -
en- Extravaganza and Hystsr,s.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-09

The proposition which Japan has
put up TO China seems to be that the big
republic must fight for the Allies or
against one, of them. China's 4l3.0OO, 900
Inhabitants would seem to promise a
man-power Of something like $4,000 900,
which exceeds that Of all the belligerents
put together. But It is extremely i'm
probable that Japan would ever put rifles
into the hands of SO many embittered
neishbors for the sake Of humanity.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-09
What Do You Know?

Queries Of general Interest ,ctII be dnspered
IN this column. Ten questions. the dnstDers to
Uhie- e~erD toeH-intormed person should knoto.
are asked dotIp.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-09
IT'S IN THE WEATHER

WHO'S thts telIo,o that comes N ~.
Fingers and toes ,oith his stinc,no I ,.,..
Mnrchi 0gEH
Who's this chap aoith the greedv A...
Stretching icic9es orer the landy
March!
Who's this Idddie that blo,cs <dloho
W'th roaring shout and shrieh.no .o.,,
march, ~
Who's this man that hands out rain
sno'D. sleet, sun aud rain aoainy +
march, .t.
President Wilson. sir. oct ,oise,,
Jump on the Senate and make than o...
Mdrchi {F
WILL Lon
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-09

"a, Jerusalem is soon to be In the
hands Of the British. Thus they get even
with the Jews who, by repute. have long
been in control Of London.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-09
THE AVERAGE NET PAID DAILY CIR
CULATIoN OF THE EVENING LEDGER
FOR JANUARY WAS 115,777


RAISE potatoes is the advice OF
the State Secretary Of Agriculture, u
process almost as difficult for some men
as raising their own salaries.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-09
Cattle

e. K.-Strictly, the term cattle includes
only bovine quadrupeds /; but sometimes f1,s
meaning is extended to all domestic quad
horses. mules and asses.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-09
Some Things That Are Too Long

War.
Waits. y
Sermons.
Some bear ls.
Suffragist parades.
Winter days. ~
Art.
IJ0p T,T HOOK
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-09

We had been told that 'Treamr
Island" was "a fairy tale for grown.
ups" and that children seldom grew a.
cited over It. We didn't believe Il, N
we took a boxful of our youngsterr N
see It yesterday. Wen report later.
LATER BULLETIN
Our informant was wrong. IL was a dst
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-09
Tom Daly's Colun,S

AN THAT'S TIE TRUE
The Irish froSblcr Fotn , 49,.
Wan thing omt,rcishs al, otnss.
" all OF us soas Iooons no,p
Wed Hoe Hike Christian bro,,.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-09
ON THE BORDER

''carranza force moves north" The police
Of the .'lost provinces will take notice
! D7as n Hc4ald,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-09

The public is not so much in.
terested in the statement of the railroads
that they will agree to reduce the freight
on prepared sizes of coal by twenty-five
cents ton as by the promise to the
Public Service Commission by the Retail
Coal Merchants Association that the full
amount Of the reduction in freight rates
VIII be taken from the retail price of coal
Now the public will await the reduction
with the hope that it may not be nulllfed
by an increase in the price at the mines.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-09

Our friend Mac says a friend o.
describes March az the month "a
all kinds OF weather parade ns'o
- " may pick ouf Nhsf w ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-09
AND THEY'RE ALL DEMOCRATS

The 1918 political campaign in Texas has
begun with three candidates for Governor
and three for Senator. Politics in Texas
is one long but not sweet, song.-New
Orleans Daily States.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-09
Last Century Stuff

Dear Tom-Many of your readers nav
doubtless made the little pilgrimage
Gorham, Me-, while summer Vacatoms
along the Maine coast. The tourist iniormr
ton folders call attention to the nrss pi's.
house ever built in the State, which s.s.S.
a little way beyond the town. near ,ns
site of the old Academy for Young Lao'.s
Probably one will have seen the gra'e
its builder, Hugh Mcclellan, in the cemsu.
within the town. There is dear oa ia's
Mrs. May p Crocker. aged 81. hvlns
Portland. Me-, today, whose mothei ~.
married from that house, standins I'm ~.
1777, when its novelty first surpriseu v,s ~.
Indians Of that vicinity. Indeed, M ~.
Crocker's own uncle, when young poy; ~
captured .by Indians when he venlu,eu s,n,.
yond the stockade about his peren,s nV .ns
at the top Of the hill, where Overioon ~
now stands, and was aided to escape "a
Indian boy of whom he had prevlously a
a playmate. Among the rich treasw trea.n,,s,ns
memory with which Mrs, Groeker, eh,e,'s's ,er' "a
us are her rccollections of Longieho" "a
whom she was related by marriage ~ N
her honeymoon trip to Boston, duriis VS.
she heard Jenny Lind sing.
But a letter from her, dated Mas,rs MalIs
mentions that she attended s~M
Pierce's inaugural ball sxty-nine year. Il
I wonder II there are other sgrpR ttwpR
that occasion? Hooi
HAT SALVATORE. DA LEETLA-ro0Lh .v .orch
Her fingers were in his hair. I.orsy Ine
Of II thrilled her--it seemed so tremenu,s tre. a. 4
alive" This is what C. c. 8. founo -
story in Munsey's.
sir-It's easysto answer your proGerm''
correspondent Of yesterday. ~
GronnA
La FoliEEtts
q, yardAnan ~
Cummings
we t%soaEEs.
N0rrdtiiapp ~
o'oofgSAg RsAsou
nm stone I0HN
Wake up! Nobody has yet turhe1 ~
a worthy name for Victor Herberts ~
for the Rose Festival. A big puh0n
roses ito the right party" F.V s
gests "Naroso." believing. we supp
the festival to be the work Of q Na',os
Rose Society. It's the American n
society's party.
Our friend Mac says frieno
describes March az the month IN
all kinds OF weather parade nsto
= ~ may pick opf what Ne ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-09

Never since the foundation OF the
country has the division of parties in the
House Of Representatives been so close
as It Is now. There are 215 Republicans
and 214 Democrats. The balance of power
Is in the hands of Ave Independents. As
there is one Democratic vacancy, the two
parties win be tied when that is filled. We
have TO go back to the Twenty-fifth Con-
gress, in 1897. to ind a parallel at all
approaching present conditions. The
House then contained III Democrats and
l15 Wings. The Democrats elected James
X. Polk as Speaker He broke many
precedents in order to enable the majority
to have its way. The present House must
be Organised by compromise II it is to
accomplish anything.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-09
Sherman. OF Illinois. has used hi.

sherman. Of Illinois, has used his
seat in the Senate for the sole purpose
OF naggins Mr.. Wilson for 90 long that
his observations on closure are negiisi-
BILE. 1t appears from his speech yestsr-
day that what he wants done is ex-
sctly what the President wants done. but.
q usual. this Senator must needs have his
fCgelevant little ''knock. when debate
nhould be upon important matters and
not upon form. upon present psriIs and
no< upon past mistakes II Il were not
1pr this patty partisan spirit there would
- % great need of dra6<io closure. But
t12o dangers we frcs are too grave to
a11ov <hs ehsrmsns or the Ia Tollsttss
= tn1k - na<ien inos inpotsneA Pronpt
o66tap - ~ 1ppar1est uAa<tss. Nm prob-
c11v h.Eo = - 1shsn again aR1 aopin
rUf84 sprin< end esrnrssE. action
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-09
Government Uses the Press

One of the finest things which has hap
pened in England in the last six months was
the funeral Of Zeppelin commander. He
wAs buried with military honors near the
spot where he fell. Apparently little
excitement was anticipated and the au-
thorities were worried. But as the coffin
was brought to the grave the crowd made
way, the men took Off their hats ana
silently listened to the service, 1t was
decent, notably decent, because ''baby-kill-
ers'' are less a joke in that district than
they are in Philadelphia, Yet In Mr.. Bot
tonley's paper all that decency was for
gotten and the only mention OF the Incl
dent was in reference TO an egg which
some one wanted to throw-so far as can
find out no egg was thrown--at the comm.
"come TO think OF it," said the editor OF
John Bull, "it would be wasting a good
egg" That is why some people do not
care too much about John Bull.
Like IL or not, II has to be recognized.
And the other papers, too, Mr., Asquith fell
because he Yas a Balliol man and would
nave nothing TO do with the press have
hsard newspaper men tearfully regret his
Indifference. And Lloyd George Is very
neatly building up press OF his own.
40 that II the Northcline press ana the
Morning Post turn against him he will not
be left out In the cold A Lieutenant or his
Owns the pail Mall Gazette (since tho new
Government was formed), and according to
renort. Lloyd george Is not without an In
,arsst in the paper himself Next week
anothsr sunday paper will start operations
AZ IAN outspoken champion Of the policies
~ the Rt Hon, David Lloyd George" Il
o,,ote from the announcement), and even
ne westminster Gazette cannot be alto.
eether indifferent to him. The Westminsts.
20 edited by one of Mr.. Asquith's best
sr,anda and. according to report. 10 owned
,r mart by one of Lloyd Georges ministers
ant the present Prime MINISTER IL playins
,ha game as 1t must be played In democ-
racv-he IL using the press.
And every day he or any one else usei
II II grows stronger.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-09

HA, SALVATORE. DA LEETI.A-T00IH coas 's,s
Her fingers were in, his hair. rms T.o,sly .v
of II thrilled her-it seemed 80 tremenuy,s -
alive" This is what c. c, 5. iouh' =
story in Munseys.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-14
T0DAYS BEAUTY HINT

IL is not necessary to shampoo
your hair so frequently If il IL en-
tirely and properly cIeansed each
time by the use Of a really good
shampoo. The easiest 20 use and
quickest drying shampoo that we
can recommend 10 our readers is
one that brings out all the natural
beauty Of the hair and may be en-
joyed at very little expense. by dis
solving a teaspoonruI of canthroX.
which can be obtained from any
druggist in "A cup of hot water. This
makes a full cup Of shampoo liquid.
enough so IL Is easy 10 apply IL 20
all the hair instead OF just the to7
of the head. This when rubbed into
the scalp and onto every strand of
hair, chemically dissoIves all impur-
tiles. II is very soothing and cool
ing in its action. as well as benefic-
ial 10 both scalp and hair After
rinsing out the lather so created
you will find the scalp is fresh. clean
and free from dandruf. while the
hair dries quickly and evenly de-
yelopinE q bright luster and a soft
hutfiness that makes il seem very
heavy. ADV.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-14
TO THE LADIES!
Col. Geo. w. Freyermuth Fx-
presses Thanks and Ad-
dresses An Appeal.

To the Ladies Of South Bend.
The generosity with which YOU
have supplied the national guard
camped in this city with pies. cakes.
cookies and other dehcacies is very
gratifying 10 the commanding officer
and his staff and will long be re-
membered by officers and men as
one of the pleasant things connected
with our mobilization in South Bend.
The spirit in which these good
things were brought TO US is ap-
preciated even more than they we're
relished and no one will ever dare
gainsay i'm the presence Of any OF
the troops Of this camp that the fair
ladies of South Bend are the kindest,
and the best pastry cooks in the
land.
Through the goodness Of your
hearts the soldier boys" have a
surfeit of your good things that will
satisfy for some time so it would be
we'll if, for the present, you with
held pastry donations TO the camp.
other food articles that will keep,
however. will always be acceptable.
officers and men alike take this
means Of extending 70 you their
thanks for your thoughtfulness Of
them and interest in their welfare.
GEORGE W. FREYERMUTH
Col 3rd Indiana Infantry.