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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-03-16
HOUSE AND SENATE
D[ADLOCKED Upon
ANT|-PASS LAWS
LATTER REFUSES TO AGREE TO
AMENDMENTS MADE BY
THE FORMER.
No LEGISLATION EXPECTED
Gov. Rye's Veto Of The Bill To Legal
ize Gambling on Future is Sustained
BY The Senate-Two Hundred
Thousand More for Pensions.

Special to The Herald.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, March 13.-On
motion of Senator Albert e. Hill, OF
Davidson, the State Senate this morn
ing declined to concur in the House
amendments to the anti-pass bill. The
bill goes back to the House, where a
report will be made on the Senate's
failure to concur. The House amend
ments make a large number of exemp'
lions, and unless they are reconsid.
cred and repealed by the House there
will be no antipass legislation at this
session. -,
The Senate sustained Gov. Rye's
veto of the bill legalizing dealing in
futures.
The pension committee of the Sen
ate made a report recommending for
passage the bill appropriating $780,
900 annually for pensioning INDECENT
Confederate soldiers who served faith
fully in the war but, for satisfactory
reasons, were not with their COM
mands at the end of the war and who,
therefore, did not get their honorable
discharge. The bill also, provides
that soldiers get SIS per month; sol
diers serving faithfully for at least
one year to get $50 year; and that
no widows be hereafter added to the
rolls who married after 1880. 1t was
announced that Senator X. D. Nickel
lar would appear before the commit
tee on elections and privileges at a
joint committee hearing Friday at
noon. He is expected to discuss the
primary bill The House ordered 500
copies Of the new assessment bill and
the public service commission bill
printed and the Senate ordered 200
copies of the back tax section of the
assessment bill printed. The House
passed Senate bill No. 60 protecting
injured persons in recovering dam
ages for injury by automobiles.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-03-16
LOOKING BACKWARD.

Il could have bought farm land once
in what is now the center of Chicago"
Cheap, I'll bet"
Eyes, if | had done it I'd be rich
now"
1--WE all have those vain regrets"
Opined the grocer IF | had every
potato I've stuck on the spout of a
kerosene can I'd be wealthy beyond
the dreams Of avarice."
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-03-16
sPRAlNs AND STRAINS RELIEVED

Sloan's Liniment quickly takes the
pain out of strains, sprains, bruises
and all muscle soreness. A clean,
clear liquid easily applied, it quickly
penetrates without rubbing. Sloan's
Lniment does not stain the skin or
clog the pores like mussy plasters or
ointments. For chronic rheumatic
aches and pains. neuralgia, govt and
lumbago have this wellknown remedy
handy. For the pains of grippe and
following strenuous work, 1t gives
quick relief. At all druggists, 25c-
(Advt) 2
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-03-16
CLEAR YOUR SKIN IN SPRING

Spring house cleaning means clean
ing inside and outside. Dull, pimply
skin is an aftermath of winter mac
tivity. Flush your intestines with a
mild laxative and clean out the &C
cumulated wastes, easy to take, they
do not grippe. DR.. Kings New Life
Pills will clear your complexion and
brighten your eye. Try DR.. Kings New
Life pills tonight and throw off the
sluggish winter shell. At druggists,
25c.-(Advt.)
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-03-16
BAD coueH7 FEvERIsHa cR,ppy,

You need DR.. Kings New Discovery
to stop that cold, the soothing balsam
ingredients heal the irritated mem.
branes, soothe the sore throat the
antiseptic qualities kill the germ and
your cold is quickly relieved. DR..
Kings New Discovery has for 4S years
been the standard remedy for coughs
and colds in thousands of homes. Get
a bottle today and have it handy in
your medicine chest for coughs, colds,
Group, grippe and all bronchial affec-
tons. At your druggist, 50c.-(Advt.)
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-03-16
NOT BOTHERED ANY MORE

So-called rheumatic pains, grippe
aches, lame back, sore muscles or stiff
joints are the result of overworked,
weak or disordered kidneys. e. l..
Turner, Homer, KY, writes: "Since
taking Foley Kidney Pills l have not
been bothered any more" Strength
ems weak kidneys and help rid the
blood Of acids and poisons.-SMISER
DRUG CO.-(Advt)
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-03-16
AFTER MARRIAGE.

He used to look into her eyes
Hours at a stretch.
It makes her peevish, you surmise,
To find the wretch
Ignoring all her pretty capers
To look into the daily papers.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-03-16
THE BENEFICIARY.

"What happened when Opportunity
knocked at your door,"
"The housemaid answered and got
an offer of two more plunks per
week."
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-03-16
TRUE ART.

"Wombat is what | call a real art
ist." ..
"Eh?"
"He can get fair likeness and yet
make the portrait 40 per cent. better
looking than the original"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-03-16
NOT THAT KIND.

did you go to the Senator's din.
ner?"
Eyes, the appointments were splen.
did"
Appointments? Who got 'em?"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-06
WHEN QUAKERS EIGHT

American history is full of instances of
Quakers yielding to righteous indignation
and using force They have carried arms in
defense of their country and they have
used their fists in defense of their friends.
Joseph T. Dubois, ex-Minister to Colombia,
in his recently published life of Galusha
1t was at the time of the fight between Rep
resentative Keit, Of South Carolina. in the
House on February 5. 1858. Keit had
called Grow Republican puppy and Grow
had called keit a slave-driver. Then blows
were struck.
Great commotion followed, writes Mr.,
Dubois, and the entire House was involved
at once in rough-and tumble fight. In
stantly the center aisle in front of the
Speakers desk was packed with an ex-
cited crowd. Mob spirit descended each
lawmaker struck lawess blow wherever
an opponent could be reached, John
Cnvode. of Pennsylvania, marched down
the side aisle with an old earthen cuspidor
in his hand. As he passed Richard Mott.
a peace-loving Quaker from Ohio Mott
cried out:
whittier goest thou, Brother John, with
thy earthen spittoon?"
ITO night for Grow with this weapon 80
shouted Covode. waving the cuspldor on
Peace be with thee, brother" counseled
Mott But If thou must fight for Galusha,
ann thy splttoon well. John, and hit the
mark /" '''
And with this Mott followed Coyode into
the nght and got badly damaged
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-06
JOIN THE NAVY

TNHE navy needs men. 1t needs them
l. to man capital ships; it needs them in
the marine corps; it needs them for
service on smaller craft, for gun crews
on our merchantmen and for scores of
other purposes.
The navy's needs are the prime needs
of the nation in this crisis. 1t is on the
sea that we must humble Germany. The
sulen submarine must be driven from the
depths. The lines of communication to
Europe must DE kept open. 1t is the
navy that will get first into action. 1t is
the navy that will make possible quick
ending of the war
The nation is destined to have the
greatest navy in the world. The people
have walked up. They have learned the
lesson Captain Mahan tried to teach a
quarter of a century ago. A great mer-
chant marine will grow up alongside this
great navy.
Young man. go into the navy! There
Is a great future on the high seas. a
future such as has not been offered to
Americans in generations. Men who
know the sea will be in great demand
for years to come. Let young men help
their country by joining the navy now.
They will find that by so doing they have
also greatly helped themselves
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-06
UNIVERSAL SERVICE FOR
DOLLARS

MAKERS of war material are well paid,
AVl and they should be we'll paid. Rail-
road and farm workers are seeing to it
that they get a just reward for their
industry. Upon these three sets of work
ers depends Americas success in the war.
No system of financing our campaigns
should decrease their earnings, directly
or indirectly.
Those who have raised the cry, Let the
rich pay for their war;" manage to make
two errors.
First, it is not a war of the rich. If 1t
were, there would be no war. If they
could have censored the demands in news
papers that the honor of America be
upheld. they would have sought to have
the news of the Lusitania sinking cen
sored. The idea that rich men controlled
the newspapers in order to make war
explodes on contact with the stony truth
that consistently unpopular newspaper
cannot make living. The alternative to
this view is that the American people are
so hysterical that majority of them can
always be led around by the nose by any
plutocrat run amuck.
Second, If by the rich is meant the own
ers Of property upon which all the needs
of a nation at war are produced, II will
be necessary to impose very heavy super
taxes on the owners of FARMS railroads
and a majority of factories. The first
effect of such a procedure would be to
raise the price of food. for labor is not
to suffer Labor has done better in Eng
land in wartime than it ever did in time
of peace.
The unproductive rich, or, rather that
part of the nations wealth which is not
employed in producing necessities. should
feel the burden first. Increases in the
income tax should be made and the ex-
emption margin should be cut down to
$500 or $1,000. We must prepare to raise
billions, not millions.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-06
TO A SELF-CONFESSED
PHILOSOPHER


Is It your pride sustdtns you most
When other mems conceit sounds
hollo,v
my Schools tho aoorldi" you often boast
And 1uait for the applause to follo,o
Wtth any casual phrase, you lope
TO strike a noble attitude;
Ans toith aohdt eIoquence vo~ prove
Some stale and standard pIutitudei
Is there no cure for this oTense
That human flesh, tt seems, Is heir to;
This philosophic hdtulence
That all your underlin0s must s,cear tot
Is there no end TO your superb
Po,oer of rhetoric and tnuction'
Can nothing shdtter, nothing curb.
Your sleek and smiling satisfaction
In soft emotions you lie curled
with all your placid creeds beside pou;
And blink approval on a Corld
You Ike TO think has taught and tried
you.
The 1oorld. you SAP, hos been your school
But hare you neuer contemplated,
oh. positiue and pompous fool,
Ho1o badly you'De been educdtedP
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-06

syria. Anatolia and even Asia Minor.
1T is even possible that a Russo.British
army may eventually attack Constanti'
nople from the East, as did its last captor,
the great ottoman Mohammed III,
in 1883. There is plenty Of historical
precedent to show that great wars are
not always decided by what are commonly
regarded as their major operations.
Napoleon himself confessed that it was
not SO much Waterloo that wrought his
downfall as the tremendous drain on his
men and resources exacted in Spain.
where Wellington led his expeditionary
forces far from the scene of the central
European shambles. A beaten Turkey,
an Asiatic dream shattered, may provoke
reasonable German peace proposals long
before Entente troops ever enter Berlin
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-06
SAVE A BABY!

TIME soil Of Belgium will never be re-
- deemed il in the abomination of desola.
ton human life, too. ceases to exist. The
utter extirpation Of that great people Is
under way. The million children who
must father and mother the next genera
ton of Belgiums are being slowly starved.
They can survive only If the world comes
to their existence. One hundred thousand
of them can survive only IL Philadelphia
child. They are children worth saving,
for they are the offspring Of heroic fore.
bears. Philadelphians, you have been
slow to answer. Be slow no longer!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-06
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

i. Selective cOnscripti0n" is conservation Of
certain classes of men.
=. Inc population Of Mexico Is about 10 900. 900.
D. Elizabeth Barrett Browning. who died in
1851. was the wife of Robert Browning,
the English poet. and herself n poet.
4. The German retreat in northern France
shortened the war front there by about
forty miles.
3. An are Is 100 square meters. or 1876 square
yards.
a. Reykjavik is the capital of Iceland. which
Is q Danish colony
T. "A pointer 10 q s1pooth-coated hunting dog
nose mon scentfnr nnm u,n, poin's ttar W,h has @
away coat and usually crouehes instead
OF pointing.
y. mandarin Is q Chinese public official who
wears DISTINGUISHING button on the hat.
U. The vanishing race" of America is pOpu-
iarly supposed to be the Indians.
collects anecdotes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-06
OUR WAR BEGINS

TNHE nation Is at war. It is no longer
l. in order to discuss some borderland
state Of war or of armed defense" OF
our rights. We stand with everything
that we are and everything that we have, )"
to go forward with this fight, against foes
when free German people gives tho
world the guarantee of peace that only
a free people can give, or. as the alter
native, when our flag floats with those
of the Allies over tho last Of the despot-
sms, setting its subjects free.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-06
All Points of the Compass
Casuals of the Days Work
XIII,


OFTEN we have been allowed N call ot-
~ tention here to the dedications of books,
sometimes the dedications are the mora
important. 1t is for that reason that wa
would like to call somebody's attention.
hsten' please to John Cores dedication
to THE Barmecides Feast" There is one
line In 1t which should stick in the memory
OF strong men, Have donned the real. and
doned the make-belleve." Good Americans
are doing it in these days of history
making, and the whole thing is worth re-
Wondering. Here It is:
For those who in life's monstrors
paseant-play have marked beneath the
tinsel and the gold the common human
Ivery OF gray which all must wear.
since al must fear the cold for those
mno rom tne crowds that prance and
pace beneath the limelipht ana ,h -
smile of kings, sweating and ios,,,n ,ne
Tor forward place, drew back 10 graat
super IN the wings or past the bland
oeripponed courtiers dared 10 A,sh
mute messages of laughter shared.
por you, who har'.' in some widar
space nave donned ,hc real and doffed
tne make-beleve, and found the bear,s
that beat beneath the lace ana 1al,s ,s'
one hour as wise men ever live whaua
oIt tne generous sunshine of Septembar
set Dreamy reminiscence working f.st
t ana many Joyous Surely. you re-,
I9eInper raked into fame the ashes
OF the past, till some lost name or ISnes haIs
In the smoke. A"oes
FOR us. who freed moment from our
gyVes' from the thronged ballrooms 90
the office stools. dreamed we xvo,n, ana
trust our small important lives to tha
warped timbers of the Ship OF Eoo," ne
wnch saiis unspoken on phanton,
quest that fashion frowns on and men
men disdain, to seek life's wealth ean
some unfettered west. and wake 10 h,nd
our letters on again, while westwanS
topsaii OF a ship Of dreams.
For those who one brief hour hav.
known tne worth Of that time-servire
slavery. success, weighed In the ScsSa.
with fellQWahip and mfrth---thers i,,ss,s
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-06
Border Marriages

o. M.-Gretna Green is village of Dunn
fries, border county of Scotland and near
the border line between Scotland aud Eng
land. Formerly common resort of runaway
couples from England, the practice was
broken up by an act of 1856, which provides
that no marriage should be valid in Scotland
unless one of the parties had lived in Scot
land for the twenty-one days next preceding
the marriage or had his or her usual resi-.
dence there at the time
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-06
A Petrifed Forest

n. P.-There is in the northern part Of
Arizona wonderful deposit of petrified
wood, covering nearly 100 square miles, The
trees lie scattered in every kind of posi-
tion and in pieces of all sizes. One great
Trunk forms a natural bridge across a can
yon forty-fve feet wide. There is every
evidence that the trees grew beside some
inland sea. After falling they became
water-logged and during decomposition the
cell structure of the wood was entirely re-
placed by silica from sandstone. The silica
Is either colorless like quartz or shows the
beautiful colors of agate and opal
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-06
THE WORLDS GETHSEMANE

V,HIs Is the worlds Good Friday. Civ
l. ilization in sackcloth undergoes its
passion. pours the full measure of its
sacrifice that the earth may be set free.
The eternal flame of freedom fickers
amid the surrounding darkness. That
light was faint at Chalons, yet it blinded
Attila the Hun. 1t wavered at Tours,
when the fate OF the Aryan race hung
In the balance, but still It burned, and It's
subtle potency rolled back the Moslem
hordes.
Today still miglftier powers of might
invoke even more poignant sacrifice. The
asonies of the tragic garden where lib
erty must be watered and nurtured with
the tears OF men will be deep and bitter.
HIT the radiant sequel Of Good Fridays
1u>r1v vr6oo 4 Easter- and Easter means
u. Il /. . ..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-06
WHY NOT SEND MARJORIE'S
BATTLESHIP?

Having discovered that the European war
is to have its great final battle on the west
or east front or at Salonca, in Mesopotamia
in Egypt or at sea- if it is not going to
end in a stalemate, the New York Tribune
now finds that millions of negroes in the
South are plotting a rebellion against the
United States Tomorrow it probably will
advise Mr.. Wilson to "let the errng Sene-
gambian sisters go."-New York Herald.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-06

The Public Service Commissions
adea Of what constitutes public conven-
1ence leads ordinary citizens to be thank
1ul that that distinguished body is not in
charge of national preparedness. 1t might
bs agitating raising lemons as reply to
German ruthlessness.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-06

"Some people may put it more tenderly,
more automatically" writes one of Bert
Taylor's contribs., but. after all, my
friend Skinner was right when he said:
have big feet"
Kin Hubbards Abe Martin put 1t more
t. and d., and, having said it before friend
Skinner, he put it right: Some girls
have big feet and others wear white
Shoes"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-06
Beggars are plentiful OF

despite the flow of prosperity. Mendi-
cants viii be part Of humanity so long
Is there is a world They are born use.
less, and seem to do all in their power
TO maintain this condition. Practice in
reading faces has made them experts in
aingling out charitably inclined persons.
While their eyesisht is excellent in this
oonnection. they seem to be unable to
nee the recruiting stations which offer
1mmediate employment with Uncle Sam.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-06
The homes of residents Of Penn

The homes of residents of Penn.
syivania will be protected, providing the
political patriots. otherwise the party
leaders. have the privilege Of spending
the war fund appropriated. 1t makes one
tremble to think what would happen if
these alleged Americans carried any
weight in Washington.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-06
The latest victim of Germ

The latest victim Of German super
wrath is history itself, which. according
- the Berlin Tageblatt Seems to turn
Eopsrything topsy.turvy and does not be-
have at all in conformity with the
thoughts of wise men," Here's a real
problem for "Kultur" to tackle.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-06
The case Of John Bach McMaster

V1vidly exemplifies the difference between
writing history and living it. In the dis
|t1nguished University Of Pennsylvania
,professor's History of the People of the
United States" war is always secondary
consideration and the Revolutionary and
Civil conflicts are not treated at all.
Peaceful development. industrial. social,
economic, is the writer's chief concern.
But when 1t comes to the Philadelphia
document urging the President not to
heed tho pacifists. Doctor McMaster's
uignature is militantly conspicuous.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-06
"sPRING HAS COME =. ="

The trees accre rocked by ApriPS blast;
A frozen robin teli,
. And t,Uittered, as he brcathed his last,
"Lykelle. Iykelle. lukelle."
Bert Taylor. In Chicago Tribune
"The spring has come, has come" began
The Weather Bureau chief
A bli<sdrd struck the silly mani
"Has come, has come to griet!"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-06
Nicholas ii

l.. C.-Nicholas II was Car of Russia
from November. 1894, to March. 1917. the
date of his abdication being reported as
March is. The latest dispatches described
him as being detained at Tsarskoe Selo.
Aiken, S. c.
ID. c. C.-The population of Aiken. S. c.,
Is about 1000, 1t is a popular health and
pleasure resort.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-06
LOUIS UNTERMEYER

On the buff paper Jacket Of Louis
Untermeyer's new book, "These Times"
from which the above Is taken, we read:
Mr. Untermeyer is, first
Of all. singer, while constantly
deepening and broadening his contract
with contemporary problems.
Well, these times are the times of big
contracts,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-06
UNIVERSAL SERVICE

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger.
eir--I favor universal military training
unreservsdly. and hope the Chamberlain
bill will pass.
Compulsory military service was insti-
tutsd by Prussia during the time Napoleon
dominated Europe. and was as much a ma
tional institution as It was national neces-
sity. After 1870 It was adopted by the
other states Of the ,0erman EmpiFe. and "a
" 9 1sss'ss sss'., ~ . ~ osF'sny's z 'nnrn'sy
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-06
Any scare over the alleged attemI

Any scare over the alleged attempt
70 poison the water Of the East Park
reservoir is Immediately allayed by the
fact that this drinking supply is only
used in emergency cases. Chief Davis, Of
the Water Bureau. also reassuringly
states that tons Of most poisons would be
necessary to render the water harmful.
sDlit the whole incident, crazy as it
B1Dpears. should be a spur to Councils to
49, the ordinance. already introduced,
l1horizing five hundred policemen to
taxd the city's waterworks system. No
n qt - too mad for a people run amuck.
{eglect to protect properly great bridge
ot Vancouver. British Columbia, made
.51ossibIe its destruction by dynamite at
1.-THE outbreak of the war. Our new order
jqnnpowsring bridge sentries to shoot boat.
fr4on II = second Challenge is unheeded is
z1(lo the right sort OF precautionary
>1nure, directly In line with the most
1ont Kind Of homo preparedness.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-06

7. b. W.-(a) The divine right of king
ship" is doctrine that rulers are appointed
by heaven to be rulers and that their acts
are inspired. The German Emperor is the
foremost modern proponent of this doctrine.
(b) The German Emperor Is not a cripple.
In that he Is active and athletic, but his
left arm is shorter and smaller than his
right. This is due. It is said. to an accident
at his birth.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-06

BY his statement that the United
/ states ''never quit waging any war
ohe entered until she was victorious"
The Duke Of Rutland handsomely dispels
eur long lingering doubts Of our accom-
reishment in the bungled and mismanaged
War of 1872