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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-01
SPIES AGAIN

IT WILL be interesting TO observe the
nature of governmental reaction TO the
news that German agents have actually
been at work in the plant of the Curtiss
Airplane Company at Hampstead l.. l.,
and wo: king systematically 20 weaken i'm
portant parts OF American warplanes SEN
ator Overman's open charge in the Senate
that lead brackets were substituted for
the usual steel radiator supports had vivid
corroboration through arrests made by
Federal agents
II ha- been known almost since the be-
ginning Of the war that German money
has oecn sent to America in great guam.
Titles ard that special fuLds were raised
BY pro-Cermsns here for ujes never ex.
aetiy defined. The arrests at Hampstead
may help to explain the situation.
America seems infested not only with
spies, but with mercenaries too despicable
to be designated by term usually reserved
for men who assume normal risk in the
performance OF a questionable duty. 1t
remains TO be seen now whether the Gov.
ernment will intern plotters OF this type
In comfortable quarters at public expense
Or take them decently out before firing
squad.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-01
FOCH THE BRILLIANT

THE staff of the Twentieth Corps of the.
L French army had a banquet at Nancy 10
1913. The commander of the corps in adj
dressing his officers said
Find out the weak point of your enemy
and deliver the blow there" "a
But suppose, general" said an artillery
officer, the enemy has no weak point?'
Then make one - the general came back
with CLEAN in his eye and a decisive tilt Of
the chin. H|
The general was Ferdinand Foch, who has
just been made generalissimo of the Allied
armies in Picardy. General Joffre has char
acterzed him as the greatest strategist in
Europe. He justified Joffre's judgment BY
his brilliant maneuvers at the Battle of the
MarneA He held the center of the French line
with 10000 men, opposed to 100000 Ger
mans. Both his wings were driven back. but
he decided that the Germans were disregard,
ing their own center and he made Terrific
: attack upon that point, broke the German
line and saved the day. He was also in com.
oand during the first successful fight at
Ypres and prevented the Germans from
breaking through TO Calais.
Foch was born in the Basque country on
the border of Spain. His father was Bona
partist and was secretary for the prefecture
of Tarbes under Napoleon III. One of his
brothers is lawyer and the other Is
Jesuit priest. He served as n subaltern in
the French army in the Franco-Prussian
War. He later became captain Of artillery
and then was made professor of tactics In
the Ecole de Guerre with the title of com.
mandant. When he reached the grade of q
brlgader general he was put at the head Of
the War College. Ciemenceau was Premier
at the time. He had Foch as a guest at
dinner and discussed routine business with
him. When the coffee was brought in thd
Premier remarked
I've a good bit of news for you. You ara
nominated director of the War College" lA
Foch expressed his astonishment and said
that he was not candidate. E.
THAT is possible" the Premier replied
but you are appointed" 4
Foch protested and said that he was
afraid that Clemenceau did not know that
one of his brothers was a Jesuit priest. This
Jesuit priests were then In disrepute IL
political circles.
Jesuit be d. the Premier is said 70
have replied. "Oh, | beg your pardon You
are the director of the War College. All the
Jesuits in creation won't alter that--it is a
fait accompn." 81
This is the way promotions have come
to this great soldier. He has been picked
for important work because he was quail;
fed and not because he sought to push him'
self forward. The selection of him, therefore,
in the present emergency to direct the strait
egy of the Allies indicates that he is the
choice of the men who know his abilities
and is not pushed forward as the result q
favoritism
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WOOD STILL FIT

THIS nation is to be congratulated upon
Wood passed his physical test with flying
colors, It would be a national calamity
for IN officer of leonard Woods gallantry
and experience to be placed on the retired
list moment sooner than is absolutely
necessary We have not such a plethora
of proved and seasoned generals that we
can afford to spare man of his capacity.
Majoi General Wood has come back
from France with personal knowledge and
personal scars to testify to his study Of
the military problem at the front. He now
returns TO his post at Camp Funston. Kan
sas, TO II still into the men of his command
the energy and igiting enthusiasm for
which he is so highly esteem ed.
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The Tanning Of the Snooze


John j. Herrison-peace to his head!-
Had one passion. and that was bed.
Truly he counted the day ll.spent
Unless by nine to the hay he went.
My, how he loved, on a chilly night,
To turai down the coverlet, tuck up tight
And lie, like the beautiful girl in Keats,
A little bit goose-heshed, between cold
sheets.
Buried by blanket and padded quilt,
Many a castle in Spain he built;
Nestled and snuggled and spread his toes.
And Just evaporated into repose.
John J. Harrison wisely deemed
That sleep can never be overesteemed.
And a twelve-hour night, on good wire
springs.
Is something rare in the lives OF kings.
The passion that most men bestow
On golf or cards or tit-tat-toe.
On the other sex. or basebel. scores.
]. J. II. put in on snores.
OH that man made sleep a career;
lie would lie and pound his ear
Eighty ostermoor hours a week.
What co you think OF that techniquef
l. as his roommate. had often chidden
Him for being so bedridden;
Il looked 10 me like certain .Jign
or horizontality Of the spinel
Johns sleepmeter would new and buzz.
But never could lure him out o the fuzE
Az eight o'clock. when to work ! went
John would register great content.
Sleep he said, appeals TO me,
So ! take Il seriously;
! wish my blanket could be my pal-
Save the daylight and save it alls"
he As man 80 edmircd
That helped him 70 what he desired.
N|1t be waited was what ne eol--
vac ratl|e4naIsa IN be col.
r4n IF9PHEn Hoflff
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HELLO, MR.. HINDENBURG,

TWENTY THREE American telephone
u girls are now on official duty at the
wires that serve the American army in
Paris and beyond. and the officers who
lifted receivers a day or two ago and
heard tie familiar "Hellol" must have ex-
perienceo sense Of home such as comes
with the far-off sound Of an old melody.
One unfortunate restriction applies to
the service OF the American telephone girl
near the front II the tides Of war should
mix the wires and II she should some day
get Hindenburg or the Crown Prince or
the Kaiser on the line she couldn't tell
any Of those celebrities what she thinks
Of them She is too polite.
The manners of the modern telephone
girl are often source OF inspiration. She
keeps her good temper and her pleasant
tone often under great difficulties. She
has been known to help others to a cheer.
full frame Of mind by the mere force of
example
One Of these days an American tele-
phone girl in France may get Hindenburg
on the wire. Though she will be too nice
to tell the old boy what an appalling
chump he is, she may be imaginative
enough to say:
"Helol MIR. Hindenourg? Nemesis
calling!"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-01
MAKING REAL MEN OF BOYS

TIME Democrats, assisted by four Repub-
leans. defeated in the Senate the plan
for six months compulsory military train
ing for all youths between the ages OF
nineteen and twenty-one. 1t was argued
that this war we are fighting has for one
OF its purposes the prevention Of future
wars; therefore, why universal military
training?"
II Is incomprehensible how a man big
enough TO be elected TO the Senate can
deude himself by any such pop2ycock.
No man whose opinion is worth the breath
1t takes to express II thinks for a moment
that thus war is 70 end all war.
The triumph Of force over the powers
Of evil can continue only 80 long as force
l. availPbie 70 keep the powers Of evil In
subjectlon. The time win come when All
nations will desire justice and fair play.
but that day has not yet dawned and Is
not ikeiy 10 dawn FOR many generations.
In the interval the only way 70 preserve
the peace of the world Is 10 be ready To
nspf ior 4. We have had our lesson In
lhs consequences Of unpreparedpess. Il
would ts The height OF folly 10 forget Il
Our yopnE lpen must be trained IN tae
n'|'it'> efl1 a 6nlsf ma no arrogant
gN.' a any r|t. u Iot HetId may dare
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-01
THE WORST IN THE COUNTRY

MAYOR SMITHS statement, devised to
~'A explain away upon the ground Of poll
tics the Navy Departments revelations OF
unbridled vice In this city, does not explain
satisfactorily. Secretary Daniels and Mr.
Fosdic< reviewing the situation, call Phila-
delphia the worst vice-infested city in the
country
Director Wilson is responsible for the
work OF his department His mismanage-
mens and ineflciency have now brought
down upon his men one Of the uglest in
dictments ever aimed from an official quar-.
ter at police organization in the United
States.
The Navy Department has merely cor
roborated a belief common to everybody
hereabouts. For the work Of the Wares
and their Mayor and their Director of Pub.
lie Safety and the conditions of a service
which these men have maladministered and
prostituted, the city as a whole is indicted
officially before all the country Even the
decent men in the rank and file OF the
police department seem forced, In many
Instances, to live down the standards set
by men higher up.
How long must the pseudo -respectables
who support such conditions wait to re.
aiize that the corruption which they have
encouraged in politics is actually pene-
trating into the moral life of the com
munity?
Philadelphia isn't actually the worst city
IN the country. But It happens at present
to be saddled with one Of the worst police
administrations
Mayor Smith, make your Director Of
Public Safety clean up the resorts and
enforce the law or kick him out of officel
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pline and development OF the young men.
There is not n man In the camps who is
not enthusiastic over the effect Of military
life upon him. Some of them have written
home the. they have changed their views
about compulsory military training and
now believe that every boy ought TO be
allowed to profit by It as part OF his
preparation for civilian life. 4 for nothing
else. When Congress- discovers how the
nation feels on this matter, II is expected
to respond to what is bound to become an
imperative demand.
In the meantime we must not try to de-
lude ourselves into believing that this
war is to end all war
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-01
APRIL FOLLIES

NTELL 1t seems rather obvious. but it's
w got to be done, April fool, Hindy!
Dandelon wine is our favorte drink, and
it'll be along soon,
Dove Dulcet believes in doing a thing
handsomely when you do II at all. He says
If daylight is worth saving, why not save
all of it? He says he turned his clock on
twelve whole hours and never expects to
see the sun again. And yet. he adds, the
change doesn't seem to make much difference
in his daily schedule.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-01
What Do You Know?

QUIZ
L. WHY Is. PENNSYLVANIA called the KeystoHs
2. identity "BIua King Hail.
8. Where Is the D9brcdja and ia what eonie''
a Name the author Of 'Tsrafel."
9. What s swiss ehard?
Q. which city Is known as Gotham
=. What Is meant hy cattle saIt''s
8. What Is the sign Of office Of a field marsIlals
o. where Is Noyonf
10. whe is ssneralissimo Of the Allied forces 70
Answers TO Saturdays Quiz
l. General Nitil Is the Italian financial mlnlstei
who has iuat honted new loan.
=. Toe third isAgs q Liberty Bonds wi, VII esns
3. Thomas Carlyle. British historian. essasi.t
and philosopher. wrcto .Sartor ResariptH q
book 0f decD philosophy and HpififuIIII4a
written IN EroteAque a1d no,nttimes uaA-
tcrlng manner.
EnElena Is twenty miles b. the Enai',t
5. ''The sage of Meufleello a sabrluuet applied
&, Thomas jefferson. from his estate Meri'i
9. Tanlecn. srunular. ptepa.ailjn made ise..
es sIe,, sarissa sed 9lsns s with a.a ns.is s''
tbe tnIled states
Atuuflf< ~ lerihera Frnnye. 10 M Aaffl
~ INe prcsent haslIs &.oae,
3. IN4Q ufFr. Ntnlt1 |1.1.. hI1d now 1<
IHlI HnlI|fl y u II - nfrkeI
AZ In||1naiT1 Itt K
q Nh N...S3| te. 0||1 - :
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VOICES OF BATTLE

f0lNHElR great motors" said wounded
= French officer, telling proudly OF the
part played by the air fleets OF his service
n the present drive. sounded ceaseisssly
IN the air all through the nig-.t. and 1t was
like The music OF nmense organs. Tie
n,echines were steady overhead in great.
great numbers. and their wings. glistening
N the moonlight made us think of great
shield CT siiver!"
Yisiol . and voices are always in the air
Of France. because there are eyes and ears
there y see and 70 hear them The spirit
Of Joan has taken many forms since it re-
turned for the war. In the end II may be
said that Il appeared most wonderfully
over tho moonlit battlenelds near Amiens.
secretary Baker viii know a lot more
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-01

Lancaster has bought more than its
quota Of thrift stamps. But what would you
expect Of the metropolis Of the richest farm.
ing district in the world2
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-01

Men are getting fat in the training
camps on the army ration. so why feel dowrr
cast at the prospect of putting the whole
country on rations2
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-01

The druggist used to say that he had
something just as good" for less money,
but the bakers are discovering that substi-
tutes FOR wheat flour are SO expensive they
have to go out Of business.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-01

Certainly German repubcansm has a
great asset in the Crown Prince. How any
one can look at him and still support the
Hohenzollerns is beyond our ken
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-01
Real Estate Advertising

The castle Of High Zollern. or Zollern-on-
the Hill. from which a certain family once
influential In Europe takes its name. is said
to be closed for repairs This interesting
mansion, which is near the Danube River
and is not often visited by tourists may be
highly recommended to those in search of
desirable summer residence fully equipped
with family skeletons and emergency exits.
The present lease will fall in shortly. Those
interested may apply to the caretaker, or to
Wilhelm. near ST. Quentin.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-01

-'och is the man who saved the day
n The Battle Of the Narne May he save
the world in the Battle Of the somme
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-01

When t. r. writes on the art Of being
grandfather 1t win be as an expert, quail
ned by a varied experience
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-01

Although they operate under grievous diff
culties all the German humorlsts are not
dead yet. We would like to meet the bold
fellow who was given commission to design
some new Prussian bank notes not long ago
He put in his drawings a marginal decora-
tion Of minute pictures OF his favorite articles
of food. over little vignette Of ham he
inscribed in microscopic letters. "A tender
memory" over wreath of burly sausages
he minusculed in anguish Gone but not
forgotten" And over design of three tur-
nips he wrote This is how the Germans
live" All these little cartoons were so tiny
that they could only be distinguished with
magnifying glass.
Unfortunately he was found out and i'm
prisoned on a charge of holding the father
land up to ridcule.
Dove Ducet. our seventy mllineter
poet. was challenged TO produce a poem COM
plying with the customary laws of rhyme and
measure, and to our amazement he belabored
the Muse to some purpose. This is his effort:
KITH AND KIN
The Lsping Lovers. nice young things
Are walking arm in arm:
But chaperones who hear them talk
Show signs of alarm.
Their words are all Of relatives
And wholly without sin:
When he says. MAY have a klth?"
She answers "sure. you kin"
DOVE DULcET.
We get very fed up with the persons who
are always calling the Administration. the
War Department. Congress. the shipbuilders
the food administration, Mr. McAdoo and all
the rest OF Uncle Sans official neph' VS. bone
heads. II is always a great temptation to
allege bone, or at any rate cartilage, as tho
skull filling of ones immediate superiors but
a grand old biblical refrain to recall now
and then Is Even he "a. T,. %
We would be pleased to see a little parsley
handed about now and then. We like IL
when II comes our way even though it's as
rare as freckles on a negro. Perhaps other
folks like II, too and deserve H. For In
stance, those engineers who rebuilt the Vater-
land and other eminent packets so that
they could take troops across to France The
Leviathan. which was champagned as the
Vaterland, takes more than 5000 men at a
time. Here's a long ard foamy How In the
fellows who put her in running order and
a knot faster than before. In Germany they
would all have had an Iron Cross.
punraven Bleak who Is a disciple OF Dove
Dulcet. by the way. twangs the string now
and then. He sends US this:
soLILOQUY
Al home. az night.
How hne to sit
And drowsy-dreamlns.
Think a bit.
What silly things
I've done today
What daylight savings
y Thrown awayi
What tasks might
Have done insteadi
What wiser words
I could have said
7 might have climbed
Alas I slid. .t.
Ain'f yoa cot no
Ambition. kidf
DuNRAvEN BLEAK.
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Has your stomach accustomed itself
to the shift in the meal hour2
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-01
BULBS

The other day we saw in a magazine
panorama of the staff of the now evaporated
Austro-Hun embassy in Washington We
suppose that Messrs. Harris G. Ewing, pho
tographers, must have had some trying ex-
periences in their day, but hardly one worse
than standing up in cold blood to snapshot
that troupe of Mona Lsas We took a
peculiar negative fancy to the third from the
left, the Baron Stephen Hedry de Hedr ct
de Genere Aba. who used TO earn his pay
envelopes as chamberlain to his imperial
and apostolic Majesty"
There seems to be little uncertainty
about the Baron chamberlains name
Spoken hurriedly, IL seems as though he
might belong to the fine old family of the
de Generates.
BY the way, are we at war with Austria?
We never can remember
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-01

Secretary Baker viii know lot more
about war when he comes home
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-01

BY the way, are we at war with Austria
We never can remember.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-01

age enough to tell him the truth? That is
the tragedy of Washington square
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-01

Now that YOU have the
extra hour OF daylight.
don't make light OF Il.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-01

THAT was in August, 1912, and we firmly
intended to go back to Switzerland the
next year to have another look at the rain.
iall and the rest of the statistics and status
quos. But the opportunity has not come.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-15
PASSES EXAMINATION.

Ernest w. Platt, who yesterday
enrolled as a sailor in the merchant
marine service, at the Hindle phar.
macy, has passed the physical exam.
nations and will leave this city fof
Boston tomorrow informing to be as
signed to one of the training ships
Four other recruits that were enroll
ed here will leave for Boston, Mon
day, and Leo Joseph Babilya will
leave Bridgeport Thursday to com
mence training.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-15
POLES PLAN WAR RALLY.

Plans have been completed for a
patriotic war rally which is to be
held in st. Johns hall for the benefit
of the Polish residents of the city on
April IA. The program and publicity
is being arranged by the Bridgeport
war bureau and several prominent
Polish residents. Rev. Soltysek of
Middletown, has consented to address
the meeting while Mayor Wilson and
other well known local men will be
invited to speak.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-15

Times Want Ads. One Cent a Word
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-15
DELIVERY DRIVER
ESCAPES INJURY

Lester Gregory, a driver for Cooks
fish market, narrowly escaped SER
ious injuries about noon when the
horse which he was driving became
frightened near the corner of Main
and Cannon streets and dashed down
Cannon street. Gregory chung tight to
the reins and when at a point near
the Goodyear shoe repairing store
the wagon crashed into an automobile
owned by the Shoe Repairing COM
pany.
The horse broke free of the We
hicle and dragged the young man for
a considerable distance along the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-15

street. Edward Pagan, carrier at
the post office, stopped the animal
near the federal building.
The Emergency hospital was called
and DIR. Keegan attended the young
man. Gregory's injuries were slight
he is suffering from an abrasion below
the left knee.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-15
NEW REGULATIONS
ON WHEAT BREAD

Hartford, March 15-New regula-
tons on wheat bread were issued to-
day by the federal food administration
for Connecticut
Bread that is prepared for baking
by person othef than a licensed
baker must not be baked by the Ii
censee unless it contains at least 20
per cent. of wheat substitute.
A licensee in selling or delivering
gluten flour containing less than 40
per cent. gluten to a rosson engaged
in the business of man featuring for
sale gluten bread or other,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-15
INDICT INDUSTRIAL
WORKERS OF WORLD

Wichita, Kan, March 15-Federal
indictments were returned here today
against 35 alleged members of the
Industrial Workers of the World
With only one exception the indicted
men are now under arrest and some
have been interned for the duration
of the war.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-15
HOS MAIN STREET STREET
Bridgeport IA WWHM@RWn - Bridgeport, Conn
908 ola Main ST. ~A & - M St
Wholesale Leading N1iners
Wholesale and Retail Leading Milliners.
SATURDAY BARGAIN DAY VALUES AS DILLONS
GIVE SELDOM OR EVER DUPLICATE

the
emadeh
chandseO eGabl equaHty.
Supply yourself the Saturday money
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-15
ALIEN FAILED TO
OBTAIN A PERMIT

Hugo Koenig, an enemy alien, is
being held at the police headquarters
awaiting investigation of the depart
ment of justice officials regarding his
failure to obtain a permit. Charles
H. Lane of the department of JUS
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-15

tice, said that as yet he hadn't inter-
viewed the man but he understood
Koenig failed to get permit
through ignorance of the laws.
Koenig has obtained his first
papers. Should he give a satisfac-
tory statement to the justice depart
ment he will probably be released i'm
mediately but if he shows a spirit of
Indifference will probably be interned
for the period of the war.