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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09
KINGS

THE obscurity that doth hedge a king
= is typifed in the extremely nebulous
reports Of the alleged ascension of Prince
Boris of Bulgaria to the throne Of that
bargain-counter monarchy. That the ac.
counts are vague is a circumstance that
gives few Of us the slightest concern. Per-
haps new king holds court in Sofa Per-
haps he doesn't. What's the odds?
Invoke the most enterprising current
events" class to name the monarchs of
Japan. Turkey, Serbia, Rumania. Monte
negro, Norway, Sweden and Denmark and
! pause for a reply, Something longer than
a stage-wait will ensue.
Alfonso of Spain is remembered because
our country fought a small war with his
when he was boy. Far more easily than
the present king Of Italy is Humbert re.
called. for he was slain, and assassina ton
lends dramatic vigor to throne lore. Mich.
olas OF Russia gains permanent publicity
Thereby.
: Which name will start a spirit" fire the
5nternational hosts of liberty that OF the
e<timable George Windsor or of David
Lloyd George? Karl OF Austria seems mo.
mentarily safe and is therefore dull cab.
hages and kings is crisply quotable but
the association 1sf ideas compromises the
dlstinction OF the vegetable. Why dampen
our Interest by Juggling in royalty:
Paging Wilhelm Hohenzolern does not
affect the situation. for the Kaiser is as
yet insufficiently efaced for rating in the
twentieth century king class. AS a sort
oe malignant whiffenpo.f he still elicits
attention, shortly to be permanently with
<rawn. But as to kings in general why,
arm Esperanto is a more enlivening thome.
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OWEN Philadelphia begins 80 show real
- dislike and impatence with some Of
its municipal government monstrosires.-
New York Evening Sun
Thanks. We even have shadowy hope
that the fashion may spread tu New York.
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Advice for Autumn

II You think 1t Is too much trouble TO rake
the autumn leaves together and carry them
into the cellar to burn in the furnace. use
them TO enrich the garden soil II you think
1t is too much trouble to use them TO enrich
the garden soil, carry them into the cellar
and burn them in the furnace when Won
need some heat-Boston Globe
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09

The Gnome engine a
The Fsst-Mo,ing rotary gasoline mo-
world tor of marvellous power
and ingenuity, was
the best aerial engine known TO the world
when the war began. Now more than SO
ooo, 600 worth Of parts for this type of motor
are 10 be sold by the United States Govern
ment because the Gnome engine has been
made obsolete by the advance Of newer types
of aviation mo 1rs
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09
A SHOWDOWN ON PEACE

Prcsiden, Wilson's Message Examined ia
the Light Of His Own Uuersnces
WHILE President Wilson's response to
W the Imperial German Chancellor
peace Note is not that curt, withering
refusal which the American people-and
probably our allies--had been keyed up
to expect. disappointment ought TO he
tempered by the knowledge that it is in
no sense a reply, but merely an inter
locutory inquiry intended to fix the
status of the proffer
The President carefully indicates his
purpose in his first sentence, where he
says "before making reply to the request
of the Imperial German Government,
and in order that that reply shall be as
candid and straightforward as the mo-
mentous interests involved require. y
Hence there is no conclusion to be hastily
drawn.
His first question aims at brushing
away all equivocation over the Chancel-
lor's phrase "Thc German Government
accepts as a basis for peace negotiation
the conditional program outlined by the
President in his speech of January (
and subsequent additions. The oppor-
tunity for sophstry Of the familiar Ger
man brand has been already pointed out.
Almost any principle could he accepted
as basis for negotiation without bind
ing the German Government to accept
ance of the principle itself. The German
autocrats are eager for negotiation. They
pride themselves that therein they excel.
Once they could draw the President into
formal conversations over principles
however concrete and specific, they be-
lieve they could becloud the issues, drive
sharp bargains, turn narrow corners
and save their faces before the German
people They 10 no, forget the inter-
minable underwriting which followed the
Lusitania sinking and the accompanying
lessening Of tension in the United States
as the tcmporizing and backing and fill
ING proceeded its weary way. Therefore,
it is easy to understand the Presidents
wariness now.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09

AFTER flirting with Spanish influenza
Nor week or SO, we almost regret all
the unkind things we said about Hindy
when he had IT,
In the fine high-spirtod kind OF books
We used to read when we we're a boy.
tsrry sallormen used to get this Spanish
influenza once in a while, and their cure
for 1t was always to chew tobacco tina.
had been soaked in rum The trouble with
the present epidemic. however is that YOU
can't buy pannikin of rum anywhere
and the grip seems to take away all taste
for tobacco.
Buy till it hurts" is one slogan for the
Liberty Loan. but il oughtnt to hurt a
man very badly TO buy Liberty Bonds
even II he has to borrow to do so,
There is no arrnistice in the Liberty
Loan campaign.
Some people seem TO be more worried
about learning when the saloons will re.
open than about the exact date OF the end
ing Of the war.
We all know the chap who used to say
he could either take drink or do without
1t with equal pleasure. Now he has TO do
without il, what fuss he makes
We had 4 friend who vowed he would
never let hoozc get the best of him II
didn't, But It. got the worst of him. and
there wasn't much left.
II used TO he said that woman's privilege
Is 10 change her mind II seems to us
that her far more valuable privilege is that
Of changing some one else's mind.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09

The one other stipulation in the Presi-
dents message is a demand that the
armies of the Central Powers be with
drawn Immediately everywhere from in
vaded territory before an armistice can
be considered. This is moderate enough
too moderate to please those who ap-
plauded when Great Britain stipulated
successfully that Bulgaria, in addition to
evacuating conquered territory, should
disarm. What assurance would a mere
unmolested withdrawal of the German
armies behind the great Notifications of
the Rhine give the Allies against a re-
sumption Of hostilities whenever the
crafty, dishonorable leaders found nego.
tiations going against their liking? At
present they can Withdraw from Foch's
pincers only at immense cost in men
and materials, What would such a
breathing spell be worth to Ludendorff I?
Here again the President must hold the
key to the puzzle. We prefer to think
that he has some larger purpose in view
than appears on the surface. He must
have to justify the sublime faith the
people have been reposing in his leader
ship.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09

MY navy is holding It's own" says the
Kaiser. Yes. fortunately for Bill, the Kiel
Canal is still secure
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ping early will avail her nothing until she
consepts 10 pay full, exacting war prices.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09

With Austria and Turkey eager 20 break
away at any moment the Raiser inyoluu.
tsrily accepts the prevailing tip to avoid
crowds
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SWARSONG.

Doctor Krusen's announcement that the
grip is at its peak prompts the hope that 1t
will no longer hesitate TO pine.
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superhuous
Question

w h c m has the
superauous snlffies. His eyes wa
Question ter. He is in cold
sweat and manifests
all the symptoms of complete collapse, is
Il the Grip or the grip thai afilcls him. Z.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09

Phiudclphas telephone mouthpieces
wrapped I'D IN disinfectant rags suggest gas
masks. llapIess receivers have long needed
them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09

From the case Of grip which Marshal
Foch has spread along the western front no
Hun recovery is possible
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09

ONE seldom vishs any American city
" without running up against Philadel-
pbians somewhere along the line. II. {.
DUNLAP. identified with the printing in
dustry for half century was hobnobbing
with oldtimers in Boston before the close
of the first days exercises. So was Frank
lin NJ. Harris, formerly president OF the
Builders Exchange. The marine engineers
got hold Of William f. Bernard before the
end of the first days rainfall, and 1t was
amusing 10 note how many Yankee
cousins" turned up to greet Wilfred II,
Schof. 1t appeared that one Jacob Schofl
arrived in Ma ssachusetts about the time
the Pilgrim Fathers escorted their wives
TO church with a gun. He was industrious
and thrifty. Hence the cousins ana
"aunts" who came along to see Wilfred;
Howard b. French. who has many ac'
ouaintances. due TO his varied public and
private interests, was greeted at the very
threshold of the hotel. He said he had
attended national conventions in Chicago
and elsewhere but few of them dispensed
hospitality as he found II in Boston Emil
r. Albrecht. with the honors of the Bourse
presidency resting upon his shoulders, OF
course had no difficulty in finding his
way about. Joseph w. Cooper, OF Cooper's
Point, the New Jersey Society and the
Union League, turned up. at the hotel
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09

Grammar to the contrary we'd all prefer
the past tense Of ,au" TO be flight
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09

Germany has made her bed but tho 4 lcs
have determined that she shall not lie IN it,
Guns will eventually extract the tagging
truth
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Though i
striking
ontrasts

Though it is tempo
striking rarlly impossible to
Contrasts hit one home here
in bar-barrcd Phila-
delphla, the repeatedly stricken Hun dis
mally realizes that the prohibition does not
extend abroad.
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Washington. ID. e.. Oct. 2.

WAsHINGToNIANs who went to Eos-
w ton to attend the Atlantic Deeper
Waterways Convention included Secretary
Rcdheld OF the Department Of Commerce
who made a corliug speech at the great
banquet in the Boston symphony OrcheS-
ira Hall; United States Senator Ransde,i'
president OF the National Rivers and liar-
hors Congress. who rushed back TO the
Capitol to save. woman suffrage and
lost out by neck; Congressman John H.
Small chairman OF the Rivers and iiar'
bors COMMITTEE Congressman William ).
Greene, of Fall River, who is a godfather
TO waterways up in Massachusetts; Dr.
Clarence J. owen the eloquent secretary
Of the Southern Commercial Congress, and
others. They mixed up freely with the
many delegates from Pennsylvania, New
Jersey and Delaware, and reported feeling
better because Of IL. Like many Phila'
delphians they came back with colds but
this they attributed To the miserable
wea ather that prevailed in the Hub during
their stay. 1t was not due to any lack of
hospitality What these men went to
ment of our inland waterways and N heIp
pave the way for a better transportation
system after the war They accentuated
the Importance of the intracoastal project
and seemed to be much impressed by the
strong speeches of Director George $
Webster of of the Department of Wharves,
Docks and Ferries, and by Edward +,
Henson, Director Websters statement of
Philadelphia's port statistics was an eye
opener, and Mr.. Henson's story of what
might be accomplished If an improved
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal were
added to the scheme had a telling effect.
Secretary Redfeld sized 1t up succincty
when he quoted Secretary Daniels, of the
Navy as saying, in substance, 1--WE must
have those canals"
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At LAST, we are told, the ambition OF
"a Colonel Jacob f.. Hyneman of the
Philadelphia Union League. is To be graft.
fled, Along with Colonel Edward H. Has
kell, of Boston, Colonel Hyneman and
handful oe survivors of the United States
Veteran Signal Corps Association, have
striven for years to place on the Gettys
burg battlefield suitable memorial of the
achievements OF The signal corps in the
Civil War, They tried through Congress
to obtain an appropriation for a monument
conclusive as TO the services of the wig
waggers" of 81 and "a, and although their
bill got up TO the House itself on several
casions there was always some last
hour impediment to block It's passage.
Now, we learn, that the Gettysburg
National Park Commission. through our
Philadelphia Colonel John p. Nicholson
chairman, has approved the inscription
prepared by the Signal Corps Association
committee for a tablet which 1t proposes
10 set up at Gettysburg without further
waiting. Like all Civil War organizations.
the Signal Corps Association has lost
many of It's active members but those
who remain have insisted that Justice
should be done the memory OF their falleI
comrades. They claim a large share in
the victory at Gettysburg and point with
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09

"illness halts revenue BILL" says head
line. But when did it have sufficient health
for normal progress anyway?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09

American checks in Mr.. Mchdoos cam
paign are the best antidoJcs for them in
General Pershing's.
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Liberty Limerick

Can YOU bear to refuse? You're clam,
DO you fear TO invest? You're a ham,
Go purchase bond
And prove YOU are fond
OF the best friend YOU have-Uncle Sam
SQCEAKY McSTRAVOG.
The Gas Meter Poet
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The Germans have made such a habit
Of devastating villages that it won't he
easy tn break them Of IT, We can't re-
sist the idea that when they get driven
across the German frontier they will keep
on burning looting and laying waste their
own towns just as they have done in Bel
sium and France. They won't be able to
check themselves What a grand joke an
kultur that will be!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09

Dear Socrates Mr.. Hosea Waterer. down
near your Office. will have to look to his
laurels | see that Mrs. Sylvan Woods
lives at 1902 Walnut street
BEN ZEEN
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09

'!NiiE writer ran up to Burlington. VT,
- on the return from Boston, to talk to
the people there about port developments
on Lake Champlain. 1t was good meet
ing-and there were Philadelphians there
Also William s. Lloyd, OF the Navy League
will he pleased to know that Major Musser
Is well and desired to he remembered. Fort
Ethan Allen is at Burlington and some of
our Philadelphia boys are stationed there
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09
To a Book Thief

Are you the man who stole my Keats?
hope you'n sleep between damp sheets
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1t is mot to be overlooked that there
is higher strategy at play in these
maneuvers. The President does not wish
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\ Moment Of Cyuicism

Fifteen times week, or the average,
people come into our cave to find out what
We can do for them.
We have yet 10 meet anybody coming
in here To find ont what he can do for MS.
FX-EinG Ferdinand of Bulgaria is on his
way to his estate in Austria TO lead the
life Of a country gentleman, says news
dispatch.
Ferdinand may he able to reside in the
country, but We doubt very much whether
he can live the life OF a gentleman.
4 good many will want To give up being
gentlemen II there is going to he com
petition from folks like Ferdinand.
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BEN ZEEN

Folks in Germany think so well Tor SO
iln Of old Bernstorff that there is talk OF
making him chancellor. Well, we almost
hope he gets the job. for he could put it
on the fritz about as fast as any one we
know.
People in Berlin seem to he almost as
much elated at the prospect Of peace now
as they we're at the idea of war in 1914,
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Member of the Associated Pres.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS is crclu.
eircis entitled t. the use for republication
az all ne,Cs dispatches credited 10 II or not
ofher,sise credited IN this paper. aud also
The local neicS pHbHshed therein
Al rights Of republication ~ Sp. ,toi dis
Tafches herein arc also reserved,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09

We have decided never again to make
any more Jokes about dry zones. We know
too much about them now. He jcs,s at
birs that never felt a drou,h
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wariness now.
But the very asking of the question
presupposes in some degree a possibility
that the Imperial German Government is
at last ready to repent its denominations.
Is it? Perhaps. But. if so. why does it
continue to destroy fair towns of France
and Belgium and commit other unspeak-
able dcpredations as its armies are
forced to retreat? The doubt is irresist-
ible. though even nations can seek grace
on what they fear is n dcathbed. Maybe
the President has better information
concerning the German state of mind
than has been disclosed to the world at
large. We trust he has and merely seeks
this course to blazon it indelibly OH the
scroll of history. Until he vouchsafes a
larger revelation, however. the people
must remain confused on his motive in
thus possibly opening the way to that
step which he himself has repeatedly
condemned with Scorn-negotiations with
those evil forces Of which in New York
oiiiH ANii uaNS "S' h'
We are agreed that there can he no
peace obtained by any kind Of bargain
or compromise with the Governments Of
the Central Empires because we have
dealt with them already and have seen
them deal with other Governments that
We're parties to this struggle. They have
convinced us that they are without
honor ana do not intend justice. They
observe no covenants, accept no prnci.
pie but force and their own interest
We cannot come to terms with them
They have made it impossible The Ger.
man people must by this time he fully
aware that we cannot accept the word
Of those who forced this war upon us.
We do not think the same thoughts or
speak the same language Of agreement.
In the face of such vigorous words did
the American people and her allies have
reason to expect a different tone even in
this preliminary inquiry, since it is ad-
dressed to the Imperial German Chan
cellor, creature of the ImperaY Ger
man ruler?
Clearly this thought was in the Presi.
dents mind, because the last question of
the message asks whether the Chancel-
lor is speaking for "the constituted au-
thorties Of the empire who have so far
conducted the war" Prince Max had al
ready answered this question in his
speech to the Reichstag. when he assert
ed that he was speaking for the whole
German people as well as the Imperial
Government. Undoubtedly he can as
readily reiterate it. Can the President
then confound him by telling the world
of internal conditions giving him the lie ?
Lawyers and diplomats often ask the
obvious for emphasis or dramatic effect.
That seems the only reasonable cxplana.
tion.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09

WILLIAM \. REDDING, formerly of
w Philadelphia. but now at the head If
the patent law fraternity in New York, mo.
tored into Boston while the convention
was in session. lie had made the run
from a beautiful lodge in the wilderness
on Lake WinnipiseoGee and had driven
slam.bang into Bay State "lincstOrm"
with a Gasolneless Sunday behind and the
Spanish influenza all around With one
spoonful Of sugar to divide between his
cereal and his coffee and iSImors of embar-
goes TO prevent strangers leaving town,
Mr.. Reddng had something 70 think about
Is 1t any wonder this former member of
the Pennsylvania Legislature. one-time as.
sociate of Hampton l." Carson. i. lowering
Jones and Dinner Beeber. likewise trustee
of the University of PENNSYLVANIA and "A
member Of the Five O'Clock Club, was glad
to greet the Quaker City delegates? And
ne had something to say, too. The war
was taking his partners and driving him
back TO the office But that wasn't all.
The lfcddlng family jumped one ahead
little more than II year ago and the young.
stcr is doing we'll thank YOU,
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What Do You KnOw?
QUIZ

Sea: w ''e "'seh
2. What IL a kestrel:
3. Whit EnEiiss statesman, on hearing Of the
the map Of Europe"': nv" ~"
T. Whe was Pindar9
5. What IN q myeoIogist?
Troy measure: ="
q what II the meaning Of "habeas eorpus".
"hc said The pcoDle never give M their
""erues o"t under some deiusiop'.
D. Who WAS Sir CHRISTOPHER Wren:
TO- Who II the present king Of Montenegro.
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We all know the chap who used TO say
he could either take a drink or do withou,
it with equal pleasure. Now he has to DC
without IL; what fuss he makes.
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WHAT A CONGRESSMAN SEES
Senieky Letter Touching the Washington Dgs Personalities
Familiar to Phindeiphians
BY J. Hampton Moore

where most Of the delegates We're stopping
without knowing convention was OF. lie
missed the speech Of Mayor Ellis of Cam
den. which was one of the star features
OF the convention. TO hear Charley Ellis
tell about Camden's industrial pre.eminence
was a treat to cultured Boston, as it would
have been delight to the descendant OF
the founders OF Charley Ellis's town.
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THE CHATTING DISH

AFTER flirting with Spanish influenza
1for a week or so, we almost regret all
the unkind things we said about Hindy
when he had II.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09

We had q friend who vowed he would
never let hoozc get the best of him. II
didn't. But IT. got the worst of him. and
there wasn't much left.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09

Some people seem 10 be more worried
about learning when the saloons will re-
open than about the exact date OF The end
ing of the war
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09

II used to he said that woman's privilege
Is 10 change her mind. II seems to us
that her far more va liable privilege is that
Of changing some one else's mind
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09

There is no armistice in the Liberty
Loan campaign.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09

Buy till it hurts" is one slogan for the
Liberty Loan. But il oughtnt o hurt q
man very badly TO buy Liberty Bonds.
even II he has to borrow to do So