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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-22
Answers TO Yesterdays Quiz

I. General Petain Is in command Of the French
troops which have entered Metz. \ -,
9. Champs Elysees means Elyslan Fields.
8. King George broke precedent this week by
EoinE to Parliament to receive and BepIy
to the loyalty address passed By the houeee.
Heretofore ON such an Occaslon 10 has been
The custom for the Parliament to 80 10 the
King. -
4. The ri mination OF static" with the resr,t
that wireless communication will NOT IL
hammered by atmosDherie conditions. Is tie
latest accomplishment In radio science. &,
D. WedgwOOd In u kind Of semIyItrtaed pottS.ry
mamed after its English inyrntsr. Josieh
w".'gwood. who lived durinK the eishtesntk
century. -
o. Joseph y. smith. head Of the Mormon Church
bas lust died In salt Lake City. 7,-
I. Wordsworth. ColrridEe and southey ars
ranked as the Lake Poets. ~
y. George Meredith. in THE Ordeal es RIehsrd
the apparatus of Illusions" :. - - =
D. Idaho y lndian for "Oem af the Meuntsin.
~. W,i.em Mekigie, was elected rrc-id<af feea
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-22
THE CHATTING DISH

ITO JUDGE by some Of the soft soprano
l. yelps we lear from Germany about the
armistlce terms, it seems that she thinks
the truce was arranged aimply to please
her errant fancy.
Foch had only one kind CS armistice In
stock, and it is not eXchanGeable.
Sir John Lavery, the noted British artist,
sat in at the naval surrender in Admiral
Beattys cabin on the Queen Elizabeth. in
order to make sketches for an oil painting.
What one might call oil on the troubled
waters.
1t is said that there will be fifteen fig
ures in the painting, just abo as many
as there will be in the German indemnity
to France and Belgium.
The other evening Will reading one Of
Joseph Conrad's stories we came across
sentence that has some vibrations of its
own:
Wore appalling than the furp Of Il tctld
beast, mplishinD In all Innocence Of
hCdrt~d natural function, Is the fatty Of
sdru0e purpose man alone is capable Of
displaying,
VIII government ownership Of means
of communication" imply that not answer
ing letters will be treason
Firing squads will be busy, We fear.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-22
Philadelphia, November IS.


TO the Editor Of the Evening Pubic Ledger:
Sr-I wish to express my hearty approval
of the timely article In your paper of the
nth inst, signed by Elmer Peavey Blen-
kinsop on a question that should be of great
interest to both the public and to artists.
The many eifigles of soldiers strewn all
over the United States. which have been
dignified with the name monument" oc-
cupying conspicuous park sites. are disgrace
to America The pity of It Is that as
memorials they are hard TO remove. The
memory Of the grand old men that helped to
erect them, as well rs what they COM
menorate makes II almost an impossible task
10 do anything with them, and as their great
they we're made Of eR1urins rran'ts o.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-22

represents the ultimate jewel Of modern
economic thought. No greater dehtsion
ever fared from, soap boa.
Government ownership as it is contem-
plated in Mr.. Lewis's resolution Of
yesterday represents a theory contrived
to protect peoples who have admitted in
desperation that they are unable to pro-
tect themselves 1t is doctrine suitable
only for the backward peoples of Europe,
for those who cannot or will not think
for themselves, for tired millions and
burnt-out races who prefer a paternal
government and an existence of slack
Incidence rather than independence and
responsibility. Thus paternalism and
government ownership appear first in
countries where the people are either
irresponsible by temperament or dis
couraged and broken by long oppression.
1t was paternalism and government own
ership that robbed all of Germany of the
habit of Independent thought. The Ameri-
can is now asked to confess that he can
not regulate the life about him through
the medium of his Government. He is
asked to destroy forces that made his
nation strong and self-reliant and mar
velously vital. It is suggested to him
that he let the Government do his think
ing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-22

The mystery of Won
Horror of War Tirpitz's whisll 8,
which had disap-
prured when the Hun admiral appeared yes
terday from a long retirement, has already
melted the whole world to feverish specula-
tion. As a matter of fact. the incident offers
additional proof of terrible hardship in Ger
many. Won Tirpitz probably ate his whisk-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-22

Maybe Councils is after a monopoly of
the sldp-stop system. The City Fathers
order the p. r. r. to cut 1t out at the same
time that they themselves practice 1t most
impetuously with regard to the expenditure
of the public's money.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-22

The new Ware marching club just organ
lied might take its practice in some of the
downtown streets where a sweeper hasn't ap-
peared in years and years.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-22

When Mr.. Widener says we must guara
the beauty of the Parkway his aim is com
mendable, but It would be interesting to be
told just what precious part Of It demands ar
tistc sentry duty at the present moment.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-22

A survey Of the plan
sad But True by which Councils
Finance Comm I t Q
pared down appropriations for charity In
order to keep salaries up for the holders of
soft jobs at city Hall makes 1t once more
apparent that one has to be fairly well-to-do
before he can expect aims from politician.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-22
safety first

Lord Charnwood, who
safety First was ''rah-rahed" by
the West Philadelphia
High School boys yesterday, said II was the
hrst time he had ever had ouch a reception
There spoke the true, diplomat. Anything IN
the entlrs sasnul fsom Nslaise 70 blame =
sIedueljls from his Observation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-22

"Docked in the cradle of the deep"-the
German grand fleet the British naval
clerks licked off each item.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-22

A reader (or is it The reader?) of The
Chatting Dish says that Dove Dulcet gave
himself away by speaking of clipping Lib
erty Bond coupons with a scissors. He
SAYS that no bondholder uses a scissors for
this purpose but a little notched piece of
metal that the banks keep in the safe de-
post department for the convenience of
clients.
Dove, however, used his scissors on pur-
pose He always carries them with him
so that he can cut his stuff out of the
paper right away, without waiting to get
home. He first got in the habit of carry.
ing scissors in order to sever the links of
Frankfurters that are SO toughly Joined
together.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-22

The long timorOusly discussed Hun
plane attacks on America turned out to DO
nothing more than hot-ar raids
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-22

Responsibility for the conditions that
give some force to this suggestion is
pretty general. The corporation chiefs
and the organizers of great utilities have
much to answer for. The copper mines
in Colorado, the coal industry, the wire
systems and the railroads have, in their
relations with their workers and the
public left dark pages in the history of
American ndustrialism. It has been said
that they corrupted politicians. They
did. But is the corrupted man any safer
or more. virtuous than the man who cor
rupted him?
Much of the violent logic, much Of the
selishness of modern radicals in the
labor movement was learned in bitter
ness at the knee of capital. Yet the sug-
gestion that the constructive energy of
individual organizers be hampered comes
at a time when the prig and the snob, the
fool and the mandarin are alike disap-
pearing in the high places of industry
Corporations are actually finding con-
science. They have found that it pays
To turn all talent out of industry now
to shut off all opportunities for the ex-
preston of individual genius and to for
malize utilities as government mo-
nopoly would be to sin against posterity
Legislation and legislators in America
hare q better task in the encourage
ment OF the forces that built AmeIqcn
and in regulating them and adjusting
them to neav ideals of service.
That would be constructive work. Is
Washington equal to 1t?
1t would be we'll for the public now
if there were a pulse feeler in Washing
ton. The Administration and it's sup
porters can exert great influence in the
Senate and the House. 1t is fair to pre-
sumo that Mr.. Wilson has an open mind
on the question of government utilities.
What he should do now, without mo-
ment's delay, is to inform the country
of his beliefs and plans in this relation.
| Public opinion is supposed to dictate all
! great decisions in American legislation
! It should be given the opportunity to
| lolHl lHIelllSeIt Judgments DeIofe the
time for decision arrives.
Industry needs to be stabilized
Anxiety and uncertainty at this crucial
time may be costly and destructive. The
Administration can do great service tc
the country with an explanation of the
attitude it will assume in the greatest
question of domestic policy that has con
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-22
together

The favorite French phrase of commen-
dation for great men IS that they have
deserved we'll of humanity" We hope,
however. the French papers were tactful
enough not to spring this when the Boil
shevilli dropped some grand dukes down
an artesan shaft.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-22

1t is amazing to observe the hold that
the theory of public ownership has upon
the Washington mind. Mr.. Lewis, Mr..
Burleson, Mr.. MeAdoo, in some of his
moods, and great many men in Con-
gress and the Senate appear to believe
that governmental control Of all utilities
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-22

But it is at the top that government
ownership would be most certainly dis
astrous. Sectionalism is still the curse
of Congress. Whatever may be charged
against the industrial captains of the
past-and they were robust and persis
tent sinners often enough-t must be
admitted that they developed the great
utilities from a national viewpoint.
TIE industrial pioneers in this country
represent almost all that we have of
creative genius. They did great good
and great evil. They were bene1icent
and they were ruthless. Their otfenses
and their achievements were alike great.
Yet theirs lcere the talents and the i'm
animation aud the GdUentlrOH9pess Of
spirit, the riSiou and the during thCt
still are necessary to complete fndas-
trial A Americd. To suppose that we shall
shackle the spirit embodied in these men
and put all their unfinished tasks in the
hands of listless and lazy-minded and
imaginative Congress is to cherish an
intolerable presumption.
Congress has It's virtues, OF course.
But it was Congress that rolled in pork
and laughed at army officers when they
begged in vain for funds with which to
carry on aviation experiments before the
war.
The true test of government efficiency
in the immediate future will be in our
ability to retain all that is creative and
restless and pioneering and constructive
in the American system of industry and
at the same time submit it to wise and
helpful regulation. 1t will be no triumph
to kill off all that is good to be rid of
the attendant evil. 1t WiH be rather a
confession, of ineptitude TO meet the chal,
lenge of the times aeith destructive vio,
lence to natiOnal institutions.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-02
LIBERTY THEATRE OPENING AT CAMP DIX DEFERRED
Because of Measles-Performanee Mill Be Given at Camp pevens Feb. il.

Washington, . Feb 1.--Because of
 measles at Camp Dix, Wrightetown,
 N. J., the first of the Liberty theatre
 performances at tne national army
 cantonments, which was to have been held there next Monday night, has been postponed. It probably will be given at Camp Devens, Aver, Mass. Feb. Il. Jasper J. Mayer, general manager of the camp theatres, annourced tonight that the first of the sixteen companies
 will be on the road by Feb. il and that the entire number will be playing 1 March l., Thirteen of the sixteen the- atres have been completed and the others are expected to be ready by the end of this month.
 l Twelve of the theatrical companies will carry a personnel of fourteen players and preeen. legitimate plays only. The other four will give variety entertainments The companies will
 play each cantonment one week, with
 nightly performances and matinses l Wednesdays and Saturdays. The bills will be changed every two days. Among the managers for the thirteen com pleted theatres are Maurice Greet Camp Devens, Aver. MassS ". o Wheeler, Camp Dix. Wrightstown, N 1 J., and Charles E. Barton, Can't
 Meade. Annapolis Junction. Md.
 ''Smiieage books will be accepted for admission at all of the theatres.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-02
NEWS AND MESSENGER; BOYS
 ON STRIKE IN NEW YORK
Heatless Monday Added Burden to
 Western Union Boys.

New York, Feb. 1.-The spirit of
 unrest which frnpeiled the leather-
 lunged newsboys of the city ostrike a week ago spread today to the mes- senger boys employed by the Western Union Telegraph Company and many of them. especially those attached to downtown offices, walked out.
 The messengers appealed to the po-
 lice for protection, saying they want ed to hold street meetings and tell the
 public their grievances. While they have no definite plans, a committee said. they hope to form 8 union. They have to work twelve hours day, they declared, and are paid only 15 cents an hour. Heatiess Mondays added the lost straw to their burden. With elevators not running they trequently have to climb fifteen ana twenty flights of stairs to deliver Amessases. they averred. They protested also because they frequently have to carry as much as fifty pounds of baggage when delivering messages to travelling salesmen-
 The newsboys strike continued to- day, It seems to hinge on a question of mathematics. When papers were selling at one cent they got 100 of them for SO cents New the publish CTS ask $1.4o 8 hundred for two cent papers. The publishers point out that the profit on each paper at that price would be, six tenths of a cent where as was onlya four tenths under the old priee.a The boys can't see it that way, however, and insist they should get 100 two cent papers for swice what 100 one cent papersecost
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-02


 Guard. The doctor said there was not the slightest basis for the report that he had received a commission for mili- tary service.
 Congressman Stfvers has publicly announced the selection of principal and three afternates tor an appoint ment as midshipman to the naval academy as follows. Alexander El- win Paterson, of Westerly, principal, Robert Eustaciie Meunier, of Arctic, Harold Joseph Wilson and John Ed ward O'Brien of Providence, alter mates.
 Friday afternoon an intoxicated man appeared in Dixon square and put lip stiff fight at an imaginary advers- ary, giving good exhibition of shad ow sIuggifg. He then went up High street and made himself generally ob- noxious. He was taken into custody by Police Sergeant West and after a struggle was landed in the police sta ton. Within five minutes thereafter the police off1cer dropped dead. The Second District board, under | the selective service law. has placed John Albert Pawson, 34 Sprice street in class three, division one as fiec- essary assistant industrial manager l William A. Francis and Harold E. T A. Burns of East Greenwich and Phil | ip R. De Mandell Of Narraganseti ! Pier, were placed in class one, di- l vision A. single men without depend ents, their claims for exemption be- | ing denied. 4t i
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-02
vOLUNTOWN.
Miss Ruth Campbell Gives Party-- Miss Rainey Leaves Center Schoo to Teach in Bristol.


 Several local young people attend ed the Firenen's ball at Jewett City Friday evening of last week.
 Mrs. Mary Maine, Miss Emma Maine and Charles V. Maine have returned to Thornaston.
 Miss Bertha E. Lewis has been wis., iting friends at Willimantic for few days.
 Mrs. c. W. chatfeld visited Putnam relatives recently.
 Mrs. J. B. Knowles conducted the young peoples service At the Bap- tist church Sunday evening.
 Miss Campbell Entertains.
 Miss Ruth Campbell entertained al her home Monday evening the Misses Douilla Reil. Eva Lanoine, Dorothy Scranton, Bertha Douglass, Ethel Lew. is, Beatrice Gaudette and Mary Vio. let; also Royal Scranton, Clifford Reil Elijah Gaudette, Walter Mcguire Adelore Dupont, George Mcguire ant Morris Anderson. Games were playet and all spent a very enjoyable even ing. Served Boiled Dinner. Tfe Ladies' society served a boiled dinner in the chapel last Tuesday ov. enine at which, there was a good at tendance. New Teacher at Center School. Miss Lillian Cooper of Moosup, i teacher of the primary grades at tn, Center school, succeeding Miss MolIi' Rainey of Ridgefeid, who resigned t teach at Bristol.
 Mrs. Stephen Sweet of Southbridge 1 Mass, is visiting in town.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-02
WHY WOMEN
 DREAD OLD AGE

Don't worry. about old age. Don't worry about being in, other peoples way when you are getting on in yeafs Keep your body in good condition ina you can be as hale ah7 he trsy iii your old days as you were .s len a kid, and every one will be slA1 t1 see you.
 me Kidneys and bia lier ar6 the causes of sehlte affilstilns Keep them cleAh and in proper working 1ufidition. Drive the poisonous wastes from the lions. Take. GoLD Mkr4f, iIaiif.s m 0ll. Capsules peri lticiiiv ana you vii nc h psfss. tse Merks sra"r ns s%sys sp e it's will he ehliyened, .soar, n,iisoiss made stronE and your face hays. once more the look of youth and health.
 There Is only one guaranteed brand of Haarlem Oil Capsules, HOLD MED- A. There are many fakss eh the. ipas. doLD MEDAL Imported Haarlern oii Capsules. They are :ho only reliable Ear sala hy all frst-n1a-Ss drlzgists.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-02
LAW TO REGULATE SIZE
 OF LoBsTERs TRAPPED
Favored by Speakers at Meeting of h. ternationaI Fisheries Commission.

Boston, Feb. 1.-Consideration of the lobster industry occupied the attention
 today Df5 the international fisheries commission, continuing its hearings here on questions involving the fishing interests of the country and Canada.
 A federal law regulating the size of Holsters trapped in the waters of the United States, or shipped in interstate commerce, with similar law in Nova Scotia, was favored by several of the
 speakers. Lobster dealers told the commission that if the industry was to be saved it would have to be pro- teeted by laws rigidly enforced They advocated the adoption of 10 1-2 inches as the minimum size for marketable Holsters in both countries.
 During a discussion of the fish cur ing business 1t was brought out that the increased consumption of salt fish as meat conservation measure had caused an unprecedented demand dur ing which the dealers had not always been able to supply. sFo meet this de- nland plans are being made for the expansion of the steam trawier fleet operating outsof Boston to three times it's present size.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-02
STONINGTON
New Fire Alarm Box in stfpyard-- Atwood Company Voluntarily Ad- vances Wages of Emptoyes.

A fire alarm box is being installed fin the shipyard and will be designated as Box [. of the regular service. It is located at the old car building and soon after installation will be given official test, so as to be sure to be in working order in an emergency.
 Stonington Pointers.
 The board of relief begun it's ses- snons Friday.
 John Gilmore has resigned as a watchmari at the shipyard.
 There has been a voluntary increase in the wages of employees at the At. wood plant.
 Fritz Popkin, whose indiscreet talk and acts caused his arrest. is now in Hartford jaii pending action of the federal department of justice. . Orders have been given for the mil of the American Velvet company to close from Saturday afternoon and not to resume within the time speci- fled in the Garfield order.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-02
L-oeaI Laeonics.

Amos l.. E1son has succeeded John Parker on the Pawcatuck police force.
 The town aouncilnen met Friday evening and canvassed the voting list to be used ar t}te biennial town meet ing next Tuesday.
 The exan1ining board of stats Di- vision No. l, win examine registrants under the sslective service law, at the town hall today. Spectators are bar. red.
 No cases were tried at Fridav'g ses. sion of the Third District court in Westerly. The ssanceraile stabbing case was again continued for one week.
 Senator Largworthy Of Westerly, presented a., resolution appropriating s1o,o0o for treatment nf tuberculosis natients at ths Tfillsgrove branch of St. Joseph's hospital
 To conserve freight traffic, and to guarantee prompt delivery, seven new automobiles of the same make but some differing in model, were driven through Westerly, Friday.
 A bill has been introduced in the senate to increase the pay of the patnologist of the state board of health
 from s400e to s450o, and that of his l assistant from $1.5o6 to s2,ooo. Governor Beeekman has deferred his coming to Westerly until February 21, He will then deliver an address in the
 town hall under the auspices of the
 Catholic club and Red Cross. It cost s1s.o2 per man to fill the 1 draft quota in Rhode Island which is l more than in any other state in the Union. Tn Connecticut the cost. wal
 s444, in Massachusetts $e.s7, in New
 York s11.s0 per man.
 Local business has finally struck the Garfield stride, and without apparent hardship. Several stores are not yet
 accustomed to the Hoover gait in re. gard to the distribution of flour arit
 cereals.
 Governor Beecls1ari has appointed
 Major Horace L. Manchester, propert,
 and disbursing officer. He will alsi
 Rhode Island,/ pending the appoint
 nlent of a successor to Major Charle TT. Glinesl
 1 The funeral services of Rowland G Hazard were held in Santa Barbar ra
 Calif Thursday afternoon Buria will be at Peace Dale. Commorativ
 services were held at Acorn, the hon
 of Mrs. Hazards sister, Mrs. Ma
 thaniel G. Bacon in Peace Dale, The Westerly Public Library ha an autograph copy of the History o New England, with special referenc 10 the denomination of christians cail cd Raptists. The book was printed i , TIT and Rev. Isaac Backus Is the al, , thor. He was born in Norwich, Jan uary 9, TEA.
 A girl of ten years of age was foun
 in the Westerly freight yard, at mid 3 night Thursday, by Policeman C1irti } and taken to the police station, wher s she spent the balance of the night i i comfort, So far as went the weathe } She said her father struck her and sfl l left the house. Friday the parer 3 called and took the Child home. . There was an unfeunded report 0 Friday, that Dr.. Jehn L. May had bee [ commissioned major in the medic, lcprps of the army. Dr. May was 6 tforrner sergeant of the aThir r Regimant Cnnnectica,t Natinn.