davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Imperial Valley press., 1918-08-23

FOR SALE-Pasture for 40 to so head
horses or mules, cheap. Fred Berch-
tole, 3 miles west on State Highway
Is mile northwest
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-14
TROLLEY ILLS HINDER
WORK AT HOG ISLAND
Wartime Emergencies Demand
Improved Service on
Route 81
EMPLOYEES ARE DELAYED
Some Forced to Quit Jobs at Ship
Plant Because of Inconven-
fences Suffered

'If the great industrial weapon of
war which is being forged at Hog Island
Is to be delivered on schedule something
must be done and done at once to get
the men employed there to and from
their work. To accomplish this the I
r. 7. must do its bit, and speeding things
up at Hog Island means speeding up
their trolleys."
This statement was made to an EVE
MING PUBLIC LEDGER reporter by a man
employed at Hog Island in a responsible
position and who has had splendid OPP
portunity to study the present transit
facilities
IL use Route 81" he stated. "and
tell you some days IT is most discourage
ing. l live in the heart of the city and
have to get to work by 7 O'Clock In the
morning. have to leave home long
before | should in order to get there on
time, and on many occasions | have
not been there on time. Coming home
1 it is the same way There are not
enough cars to meet the demands on
this line
/ A reporter has made the trip to Hog
Island by this route on two occasions,
/ and II his experience on these trips are
/ the daily experiences of those who use
/ this line. he Is convinced that a great
/ deal could be done to hep the situation.
NEED HEAT AND REPAIRS
He boarded the car at Thirteenth and
Market streets and left the car at
Ninety y-fourth street. the nearest point
to the yard The cars on this line are
the old type of yellow car and thos,
on which he rode both going and return
ing were badly in need of repair and
not heated.
"The y. II. 7. claims that IL is doinp
everything In its power to meet the
emergency with the equipment that Il
has" said man who was suffering th'
same discomforts as the reporter "bu
fail to see why public service cor
poration should allow its equipment e
get in such a dcplorable condition"
IL have been told that the compan!
does not pay enough wages to mechanic
to attract men who are capable of tax
ing the proper care of equipment" saiC
the reporter
That's just it," said this man. 3"
was told by one of the men on this lin
that they pay only about $l3 weel
to men for this work How can the.
expect to get men when a common Ia
borer can make twice that much at tn
various shipyards? I tell you they ough
to wake up to the fact that we are a
war and they should not let the matte
of wages tie up their system ard handi
cap the speeding up of the war;
OTHER CONDITIONS SIMILAR
Hog Island is not the only considera
tion either" he continued. There Il
the Westinghouse plant at Lester ant
Baldwins and Eddystone below. Thou
sands of the men employed at thes'
plants depend on this line, and you cal
see for yourself how bad the conditions
are. Many night | stand in the COLI
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-14
To Sue Coal Company for $1,000, 900

SCRANTON. Pa. Jan. 14.-Former
Sheriff A. b. Stevens will start proceed
ings to recover royalties worth ST.
600, 900 from the Peoples Coal Com
pany. The basis of the suit will be
that property controlled by Mr.. Stevens
had been mined by the company with
no legal authority.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-14
RED CROSS INJUNCTION
LAID TO FALSE IDEA
Writ Against Building of 100000
Research Laboratory in
France

WASHINGTON. Jan. 14.-Misunder-
standing. pure and simple, is the verdict
in official Red Cross circles here on the
writ Of injunction which has been filed
IN New York to prevent the society froV
building a laboratory for military medi-
cal research in France. The laboratory
was to have cost 100000, and the OBJ
jsctors contend that it was to be used
Tor vivisection purposes.
The officials Of the society have re-
|eeived statement from forty-one army
medical officials, also from Brigadier
General Alfred Az Bradley, chief sur
econ Of the American expeditionary
forces in France. and all commend the
Idea Of medical research abroad. These
statements will undoubtedly be used in
the case Of the society.
No fears are felt among officials OF
the society here that the writ will pre-
vent the construction of the laboratory
and all are hopeful that the members
responsible for the swearing out Of the
uocument will be glad to withdraw when
tney are properly informed on the sub
1sct.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-14

reporter on one trip he waited for
more than an hour before he was able
TO get on n car. and on another day he
was compelled to hang on the back part
Of the car until he reached Forty-ninth
street, where he caught a car across
Fifty-second street and finished his ride
to City Hall on the elevated.
On these trips the reporter inter-
various plants. men who lived In various
sections of Philadelphia. Almost every
one complained of the service.
at Is not only Route a." said one
man. but the various other lines which
the workmen have to use In order to
get TO the center of the city and take
this Chester short line. I cannot under
stand how the traction people ever al
lowed their equipment to get In such
shape. They make statements about
weather conditions, equipment conditions,
labor conditions and what not, but /
wish they would stop making statements
and do something verybody Is CONF
planning, and the employees seem to do
as much of 1t as anybody else"
The reporter talked to a man VIII
rad just given mp n position at Hog
Island because of the difficulty to get
to and from the plant. 1T is enough
to work ten hours day without hav-
ing to spend three or four more getting
to and from the job. ] feel sure that
the =. r. r. is making an effort to i'm
prove conditions. but 1t certainly was
a long time getting stirred up and eve
now II does not seem to have grasped
the situation"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-14
"FRENZIED LIBERTY"
FATAL, SAYS KAHN
Freedom Not Foolproof," De-
clares Banker in Wis
consin Speech
MERITS OF SOCIALIS M
Warns University Students Against
militant Bolsheviki in
Our Midst"

MADISON, Wis, Jan, 14'-o,to H.
Kahn. of the banking firm Of Kuhn
Loeb & Co.. New York, made vigorous
address to the students of the uniVer-
sity of wisconsin on "Frenzied -in-
erty," in which he said:
"The deadliest foe of democracy Is
not autocracy but liberty frenzied. LIB
erty is not foolproof. For its beneh-
cent working 1t demands self-rcstrain''
a sane and clear recognition of the prac-
tical and attainable and of the fact that
there are laws of nature which are be-
yond our power to change.
Some there are VINO have been
blinded by the glare of liberty and they
dare to aspire to force their guidance
upon Americans. who for generatlohs
nave walk, d in the light of liberty They
have become drunk with the srong
wine of freedom, these men VINO uhtil
they landed on Americas coasts hau
tasted nothing but the bitter wate- or
tyranny. Drunk. they presume TO i'm
nose their reeling gait upon Amerl-
cans. In fatuous effrontery they seek
to graft the growth Of their stunted
vision upon the splendid and ancient
tree of American institutions.
owe will not have 1t so, we who are
Americans by birth or adoption We
re- iect these impudent pretens'ons lno
time is ripe and overripe to call nan
upon these spreadcrs Of outlandish ana
pernicious doctrines.
LET the militant Bolsheviki in OUT
midst be warned in time. When retei
to the militant Bslsheviki / do not NEAR
to reflect upon those who, while deter
mined Socialists are natriotic Ameri
cans. To the extent that socialism Is
an antidote and a check upon excessive
| individualism and holds up to busy
and self.centered and far from ncrfec'
world grievances to be remedicd
wrongs to be righted, ideals to b'
striven for, it is a force distinctly fol
| good.
| "Still less do I mean to reflect upor
the labor union movement, which I re
gard as an absolutely necessary element
| in the scheme of our economic life. IT.
leaders have acted with admirable pa
triotism in this crisis of the nation
| and on the whole have been n facto
| against extreme tendencies and IRA
tlonal aspirations.
But this is not the time for settling
complex social questions. When you
! house is being invaded by burglars yo,
do not discuss family questions. Let ii
I win the war first. Nothing else mus
now be permitted TO occupy ou
thoughts and divert our aims.
when we shall have attained victor,
and peace. then will be the time for u
to sit down and reason together an,
make such changes in political and so
cial conditions as, after full and fai
discussion. free from heat and passion
the enlightened public opinion of tn,
country deems requisite"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-14
NATION BEGINS ATTACK
ON PLED.UP FREIGHT
Business Aids in Week of Or
ganized Effort to Solve
Railroad Congestion
WASHINGTON. Ian. IA.

WASHINGTON, Jan. Ia.
The national railroad aided by bus
mess organizations all over the land. be-
ran today an assault on piled-up freight.
with opening of freight: moving week"
unusual efforts were made to clear con-
gestion at terminals. The abnormal pres
sure of recent weeks was enhanced by
the tied-up traffic Of the Middle West,
but through the East considerable relief
Is anticipated.
Snow plows are wording on the west
crn lines to open way for the most i'm
portant traffic, but II will be several
days before normal conditions are
restored
Meanwhile steps to alter the coal
transportation problem in the East are
expected from the fuel administration,
The least essential industrial establish.
ments will probably be barred from get
ting coal shipments in order TO supply
other more pressing needs. This is ex-
pected 10 result in periods of closed
theatres and other places Of amusement
as well as manufacturing plants not vital
to the war
In clearing up congestion resulting
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-14
MOTHER SAVES CHILDREN
Dares Danger to Carry Offspring to
Safety When Home Burns

The two children of Abraham Lei
bowitz, Of 2342 North Twenty-ninth
street were rescued through the herosm
of their mother. Mrs. Hannah Leibowitz,
when their dwelling caught fire.
Just as she was putting the children
to bed Mrs. Leibowitz detected the odor
Of smoke In the house and discovered
that the building was on fire. Seizing
the children in her arms and needless
of the danger to herself. she carried
them safely outside the building. Her
husband was not at home at the time.
The fire was a difficult one for the
firemen to handle and a loss of about
$1,000 resulted.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-14
START "STAY-AT-HOME"DRIVE
Lancaster Feels Exodus of People to
Munition Centers

LANCASTER, Pa, Jan. 1i.--Aroused
by the exodus of lar egpart of the
city population to munition-making cen.
ters and cities where wage scales are
higher, local civic associations have
pSnned to open an animal "stay-at
home" campa 'gn.
While 10 definite policy has been de.
cided on, a committee has been an.
pointed by the Chamber of Commerce
to investigate the situation a-d file n
report as.soon as possible and the manu-.
facturers' association will take some ac.
tion Tuesday night. The Lancaster rea,
estate board has Joined the movement
Scores Of skilled mechanics and hun.
dreds cf laborers have migrated to Hog
Island, Carney's Point and other big
industrial centers and the effect on local
business Is being keenly felt.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-14
EVASION OF INCOME TAX
ON SALARIES ISN'T HARD
All One Has to Do Is to Get and Hold Munich
pal Job and theConstitution Does
the Rest

Said a Government official stationed
N the Federal Building here today:
'"rhe average man who wanted the
United States to go to war to answer
German insults and to avenge German
wrongs Is contributing to the Red Cross
and buying Liberty Bonds thrift stamps
and. like a good, honest and willing
fellow, preparing to pay his war in.
come tax IL his income is big enough
to be subject to the tax.
"The average man who didn't want
the United States to go to war is doing
the same thing just as Loyalty, just as
willingly, now that his country has
gone into the fight.
"These average men don't mind doing
J their bit, and they are not yelping be-
cause fighting the battle of democracy
means sacrifices of comforts and lux
uries and money. But they are COM
planning a little as they prepare to pay
their income taxes because the salaries
of fat jobholders of States and cities are
exempt from operation of the income
tax. =
"The average man on the street who
works like the devil for S25OO to $4,000
. year can't see the justice in the ex-
emption of salaries of otficeholders in
oities and States. Neither can the aver
ment employ. who-just like the average
man in civil life-must pay an income
tax II he, not being married, receives
more than $1,000 a .xear or, being the
head of family. receives more than
. $4,000 a year.
TT isn't a pretty fact and 1t isn't a
pleasant fact for the average man to
contemplate, but it is a hard. cold fact,
nonetheless, that the incomes of State
and city employees are exempt.
NEITHER OVERwORKED NOR
OVERTAkED
'Tt wouldn't seem quite fair. to the
man who works for a private individual
or concern even IL the public jobhoders
worked just as hard for their money,
but there seems to be a rather deep
seated conviction in the mind of the
average man that public jobholders are
not given to overwork. The average man
has notion there would not be so many
, hospitals around II their only patients
were public servants of State and city
Z Who suffered nervous collapse as re-
suit Of putting in extra hours for the
benefit Of the alleged dear peepul'
City jobs and State Jobs are tra-
! ditionally soft and easy. They are
additionally better than jobs for private
separations. which have time clocks.
efficiency experts and all sorts of de-
Vices for getting a full days work out
Of every man and woman that gets a
. full days pay. Under the income tax
law the grand old tradition of the soft
public job is magnificently sustained :.
. g., If you're single man. working
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-14

all day long, Saturdays included for
$1,000 n year and studying law at nigh
you have to pay 2 per cent on $500
but IL you work along easily in some
public job, taking about all the time
OFT you please, and spend your nights
mingling with the boys jollying them
along so they will vote for your leader
at the next election, then you don't
have to pay red cent"
The benign feature of the war income
tax law. to which the Government Of
ficial referred, is found In the section
on exempt incomes. 1t exempts "the
compensation Of all officers and en-
ployes Of a State or any political sub
division thereof, except when such COM
pensatlon Is paid by the United States
Government"
BLAME THE CONSTITUTION
Ephraim Lederer. United States In
ternal Revenue Collector for the Phla-
delphia District when asked what he
had to say about the exemption of in
comes Of State and city employees and
officers, said today:
There is very little that l can say.
The law exempts those incomes and. OF
course, we must carry out the law. We
can't change it. The law very clearly
exempts those incomes and the depart
ment has instructed us to that effect
The exemption was placed in the law
because it was contended that to Tux
those officials and employees would be
in violation of the Constitution. Whether
it would be or not don't know"
But Mr.. Lederer had no hesitancy
about saying what he thought about the
justice of the situation.
"Of - N SaiI stha n nd
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-14

from the storm. McAdoo is getting val
liant aid from his assistant directors, TO
whom he wired II should like you to use
every possible means to overcome the
situation and restore railroad service at
the earliest possible moment"
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-07-27

sever beating and sent his men.
such Of them ns could escape. scurrs
ing hack across the Marine,
q is interesting TO note tho con.
test between the two opposing schools
OF strategy. From the beginning, the
Ecrpans have attempted vast en-
yoiopment movements. General Foch.
ON the other hand, holds to the Nap.
olcouic school, AZ opposed 10 hat of
Hannibal which the Germans ave
adoptcd Ia the exclusion of ever
thing else.
Napoleon established contact und
hN fighting liked the enemy he re-
tanned u mass of maneuvor IN re-
serve. which he hurled at the rign-
moment upon the decisive point in
tho enemy lines. ON that point. aftcr
it had been disclosed toy the process
of battle, hc massed everything h.
had cannon, infantry, cavalr,
Ia the present great conflict. I'ocb
has followed the Napolconio theory
even though hc has also trtcd our
the German pinccr process, but oul,
~ the points whcye the nornlr OF
The Germans was shown 20 bc tm
paired hy the lighting. There tho
Allied commanncr hurled his reserve
with telling effect.
We an ash the question uppormosi
in ever, American mind "HoW long
viii the war last ''
When the mighty struggle hurst
lp iurA on Europe, few of us ne
lioted u possible that IL would last
mote than a fcw months German
was confident that France would be
crushed In six weeks. Then she
vould mop m Russia at leisure.
Kitchener was laughed at when he
said the wa, would last from three
10 five years.
That the war viii not bc over
when the end of the fifth year ~
reached. we may predict with rcus-
onablc certainty. The allies mult
win completely, and Germany ~ still
victor on every front IN Europe.
Hut the kaiser must discount hi,
note at the bank OF Time. oven al hu
,Ntorliunato rate of interest, only
months are at his disposal now, c,en
BE- his DAYS of grace have not been
entirely used MP alrcad,
The Americans are coming ami
soon viii be as fatal 10 Iudcndortt
hh the coming oi u i'luhAlhiA on
the flank OF Nrpoleon az waterloo
I%udcudorft knows that behind his
urmies there W. a staggering Germany
which must, before many moro voa's
OF war have passed, become proH
rate. lie must get u decision with
Boo the most few months, ~ hc won
down as the roman wore down
Hannibal and as the allies wore down
Napoleon.
Hannibal had 10 drink the oitt"t
cup AZ Inma and Napoleon hid H.
drink to It's drogs ~ Waterloo From
that same cup the kaiser must also
drink-and perish.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-07-27
Allied Pressure
North of Thierry
Is Beink Kept Up
~ ASSOCIATED pssss

Win the American Army OF th"
Aiusc- Marine Front, July 20. tSta6
"a. M The Franco-AmeriCan forces
on the front northeast of Chateau
Thiorry have driver the Germans al
most entirely out OF the woodmi area
which they have been so ~stubhornlN
defending. The allied pressure ~
being constantly maintained AMI
early today the punishment Of the
cncuN ay artillery lirc war resumed
with added yigor. Under the cover
ot the guns, the Franco American
troops again began crawling forward
The advance IN bringing the allcs
Atill nearer 10 the important road
junction OF Fcro I'm Tardonois. II
is bciur carried out through the re-
mtiudtg of the dense woods in thus
region ana over the raln-sonked
fields and hills on their outskirts.
Slowly %retreating, the Germans are
lighting stubborn, as they retire,
Persistent ~ was the German rear
guard defense. however the encmy'H
most intense efforts to hold his lines
ave still hoinR pat forth ON his flanbs
iu the Rhoinis and SCISSORS regions.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-07-27

ON juno o.. the Austrious began
% drive uallusi italy. n WuH ID Iytl.
ura The Nustriaus crossed tho riu,c
but ON the west bank met with such
stubborn resistance that progress was
impossible Slowly the Nustriuns were
driven back toward the river. and thou
tho Piavo. swollen 10y rains u tho
mountains. completed the overthrow
cot Austrlu'H hopes. After suffering
Terrible losses the Austriuns rctroutcd
20 the eastern bank of the piuNc FROM
the Monticello plateau To the Aduauc
Minor Operations.
Among the years operations Of COM
patatiVclS lesser Importance were the
British drives in palcstinc and Moso
potamia, the Turkish advance in the
Caucasus; the French and Italian Of
fcusivc IN Albania; and the fighting
Boa tive German African COLONIES
Jerusalem was captured by the BRIT
ish ~ December 30, ana shortly after
ward tho fall of jericho was 1u-
nouucCd Since tho taking of jericho
The British forces iu Palestine have not
been active on tho offensive.
General Maudo led The British
troops INTO R1gdai un March o.. aud
shortly attcrWard died from cholera
It's forces pushed further up the III
eIis until tine mtrrso heat of summyr
terminated operations
The TURKS after the collapse OF Rus.
STA tuok advantage OF the domomlizcl
condition ui Tia, Russian forces to ad-
vuu,o through the Cau,asus and OBJ
tain possession OF IN, regions auhsr
N 3D. -
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-07-27
Entente Now Relies
On United States to
Turn Tide of Battle


VICINITY of Nri''a. ON th' n"ith to- y"
I''ir "u inc south "nd '~'htc'lnE th'i'
h'''l'7l Columns AGAINST lh' billlsh
i"'''" "h'''i '''n'iA' H"UAh' ~ 81
|"r'i'h
S~t1ss,rins U,lpr, the impact of tho
blow. tbo BRITISH arutN ton back rap
idlt l'ot eigut days the Germans
poured through The allied line boz au
effort to crush tlr British and drive
a wodg, between them 1904 tho
French who were holdinr the lines
Ca Tho south Then came 90 pcfiod of
I'''t"n "Ed ih' '~'eIu'"nS '''n' q" %
H'"p lN'N h'" 'iI\'n "h''n TOT
'h'ilN i've mites 'In"f % ll"n' OK
l'hdiug more th"h nliA mites before
lhcy were hhltc1.
Hardly had their lcgIuus bpcu held
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-07-27

\isn mo world ,puld not under
stand why German, refused even to
uIaDlss peace us 30 solution of tnn
routroN,rsN INTO which kussta htd
boon drawn as the paramount Sla,i"
power
n Is now known that Germany and
Austria had consptrcd so master r.u
ope lrst and thereafter 60 master the
rest OF the world
SO ti tho advantages ul che war
tu,r been Nith the T,uiora Tuoy
brought Turkey and Bulgatia INTO
tho confliciI oN,rran Belgium AMI
northern France Soruiu, Montenegro
and Humauia. Iud, VA tI' E.,.i Test
-aohic,cment OF the war, sJlIu~,ioi
lusHia.
Eut Germany's creates, hlundri
tU, greatest hlunder OF the cnjl,
war was made when she forced 10
United states 90 enter the htruseI'
nccausc the president sand az fhtl-
udolputa that There Was such % tnln
uS u nation helms too proud To llshi,
Berlin made the mistake of hcur'W @
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-07-27
WAR WILL NOT BE OVER AT
END OF FIFTH YEAR, FOR
KAISER is STILL VICTOR
By M. L. Fox, Professor of Political Economy at
the New Mexico College of Agricultural and
Mechanic Arts.

XVIIIEN AUSTRIA declared war ou Serbia, July p, 1914, few
NJ persons not connected with the German aud Austrian war
W parties believed all of the great powers of Europe would be m
VOWED. No one, outside of German circles, imagined that America
would bee drawn into a mighty conflict
Even when a few DAYS later Germany declared war on Russia and
invaded Belgium and France, it was generally believed that diplomacy
would euou find a way TO stop the conflict before blood had been act
uaNy shed. 4 great war was unthmkabc.
For many months what caused the war was a mystery. Few
statesmen Of America offered an opinion as 10 why Europe was fight
ing. II is said that the British ministry was astonishcd and mystiticd
The refusal of Austria to accept any apology or restitution from Serbia
because of the death of the Austrian archdukc, slain by an Austrian
subject Of Serbian birth, was beyond comprehension.