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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-01
Mr.. sCHWAB's EXAMPLE

N1HEN Charles Nj. Schwab. as director
w general of the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration. recommended the cancellation OF
$60,0C0.0O0 shipbuilding contract with
Charles NJ Schwab the steel man. he pro-
vided a fine demonstration of the American
spirit at its best
Mr.. Schwab as an officer Of the Govern
ment has consistently made his personal
interests secondary to those of the nation
His Union Iron Works at Alameda. CAL
will lose virtually all its shipbuding con-
tracts because of his decision that the
work being done there doesn't meet the
requirements of efficiency in the general
war plan.
Mr.. Schwab is one OF those who ceased
to think of himself when the war began.
What his service to the country has cost
him no one knows. He is n tonic for our
national faith in these days of screechinG
politicians, who seem never to be able to
look upon their own country as anything
but an institution that can be exploited
for private ambitions and restless egoism
or made to provide an easy life or easier
money for those who prey upon it,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-01
AN ECHO OF SALADIN

1T WAS the Seljukian Turks of whose
- .chivalry tragic Tasso sung and whom
ssuhsequent romanticists have celebrated in
song and story. Their successors. the OF
t0M,ans, have hideously defiled ideals of
eastern gallantry, but that some memory
OF their Inheritance remains to them is
and inspirinsly revealed in
<heir treatment of General Townshend,
AAaeen as the messenger to bear the
quest for the armistice.
The episode is of the most gracious
:oG the war. 1t is in line also with the
rood report of the Turks in the conduct
~ =hostilities. record which when con.
trasted with their ant-Christian outrages
and their persecution of the Armenans
~ curiously battling. Perhaps, however
the brutal Turk has been largely product
~ feuton dictation,
Il His chains severed, he is free to play
role OF honor. In the selection of General
sT0wnshend who has been a prisoner since
Hi surrender to Overwhelmingly superior
forces at Kut-el-Amara, the stirring of
Generous instincts is assursdly manifested
The act recalls Saladin, the Seljuk: the
days of the Lion-Hearted Richard Baldwin
~ Jerusalem and the courtly historical
paGeant of the storied East.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-01
DEFEAT THIS AMENDMENT

TNHERE was general approval of the
amendment to the Constitution. ratified
by the voters in 1915, permitting this city
to increase its Indebtedness to sum
equal to 10 per cent Of its assessed value,
provided the extra per cent above the
normal 7 per cent debt limit should be
incurred for the construction and improve.
nent of subways tunnels, railways and
other transit facilities and for the con.
struction and Improvement of wharves and
docks and for the reclamation of land to
be used for such wharves and docks owned
or TO be owned by the city.
But before this extension of the debt.
incurring power OF the city for specific
purposes was agreed upon the General
Assembly was asked by Interested par.
ties to take out of the amendment all limi-
tation on the use Of the per cent increase
in the size of the possible debt Ii. adopted
the necessary resolution in 1915 and again
in 1917 and the voters are asked this year
to ratify the desires of the political con.
tractors to use for any public works the
funds earmarked by the previous amend
ment specifically for port and transit de-
velopment.
The objection to this proposed amend
ment Is not that 10 per cent is too big a
debt limit for Philadelphia, but that there
is involved in 1t the possible mortga
of the resources OF the city for other work
to such an extent that no money will be
plans. There is no public demand for the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-01
7 0OLDIERS NEED NOT BE SCHOLARS

55xIHEN the War Department decided that
m candidates for admission to the Stu.
|4onts' Army Training Corps need not have
;tne necessary scholastic requirements for
zQealege entrance. provided that they had
military or business experience which
mould qualify them for service as ofticers,
~ tehOwed much practical common sense.
college entrance requirements are
kod In order to prevent young men with
544t proper preparation from attempting
1fo pursue studies for which the ground
q d5ek has not been laid. The members of
u otudents' Army Training Corps are
expected to pursue full college
Ufoe. They are to be trained as rapidly
~ Dossible so they may receive commits
1Do in the army. None of them is en-
H*&o<Ad to remain in the college fun year
n nsmember of the corps. What is needed
Qualify for admission to the courses is
~1tminary education enough 10 be able
n0rsue the studies in the course set
) 5re them.
x&1b ruling will be interesting To many
& St)G1eIphia youth who have wished to
II the corps now training in the Uni.
~. but had not made the attempt
4x1oS Of lack of scholastic preparation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-01
Member Of the Associated Press
CAN THIS BE TRUE?

WHEN man familiar with the bus-
ness Of this port was asked why we
did not get more business for our piers.
ne said 1t was because the Philadelphia
business men were pikers He remarked
tnat they would have to have the serum
of activity injected into their veins before
aqything could be done. For example the
heed for a floating derrick for loading the
heaviest freight into the holds of steam
ehips is admitted but the city has neg
iected to have one built. AS a consequence
when locomotive has to be loaded the
zip has to tie up at the Reading pier
Nhere there is derrick load the locomo-
tive and then move back to its old pier to
take on the rest of it's cargo.
I8k But why have not this derrick "
Why are the piers used to only 80 per
cent Of their capacity? Car it be true as
one Philadelphian says. that the rest of us
are pikers?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-01
RHEIMS-1918
THE cathedraps lyric stones

TINE cathedrals lyric stones
Spoke in faithful monotones:
Through their dust ] heard them say
Beauty has not fed aWay.
Windows where the glass was gone
Put the sky's blue crystal on.
And the barest to my sight
Was a rose, of colored light.
Where a saint had left his place.
Memory filled the wounded space,
And the nave knew SO we'll
Trembled to ghostly bell.
Forth ] went to see once more
Joan of Arc before the door
Stih unhurt and poised to ride.
VictOrvi i thought she cried.
Grace Hazard Conklins in the Centur2
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-01
LANDS ACROSS THE CHAsM

personal reconciliation of the two
nbiican former Presidents was ef-
anne ynonths ago. Their political
11Ation was signed and sealed when
ued their joint statement appealing
oIection of a Republican Congress
y that the tendency toward autoc-
Washington might be checked.
M have been strange II common
ut had not brought them together.
nxe both criticized the Republican
- when an outsider launches his
~ they forget their differences and
0Ghting for the same cause Both
o had severe critics in their own
~ Republicans are ,.kely TO have
1rnnogtant work to do for the next
~ than to find fault with their
nast such as Is nov in progress
sntipn for the work to come.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-01

>66ASs. 1ksrs ~ Z iso0 Ge6u6d skes
the way b. opened for the sSss os the
public credit tor the new subways and the
new piers and docks. The amendment
should be defeated by an overwhelming
vote in Philadelphia in order that a possi-
BILE favorable vote up the state may not
carry IL.
The resolution will appear on the bal
lots No. 3 Voters should remember
this in order that they may be certain
they put the negative mark against the
right resolution.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-01
What Do You Kn0w?
QUIZ

QUIZ
I. What disting uished English prIsoner bors In.
armIstice terms to the British army? w
2. What IL the capital Of B0henla?
3. Who In the Empress Of Austria-Hungsry?
4. Who were the Gnosticss
g. Who WEete the modern novel "Ths Old Wiyes'
g. To what raca did Heinrich Heins belons:
lican Committee?
g. What IL NeEyito.
0. hcT many miles distant from the earth IL
10. What !. the meaning Of plenIpotentiary.
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz
o"s. ssI 81 $%s. N.~ K: EYssean Yssst ea'a
g. ntn nolsstonss e.. L soft sandstone used for
8. Charles v. Emperor Of. the Holy Roman EN-
nlre; yeuntsrly abdlcated in 1855 and re-
tired r. the pqn9stsgy Of Yuste. hpain.
q chess A. w6ish the pisssr = sasslaesss ss"s :
s. The battle ~ MsIisn Il liz RnssS.sauane.. sssj
War was fought between FebTusry 10 snd
March io: 1908, 1t resulted IN fke defeat
Psas@ na SatSssr y tSs rn.s ss....s the hotties.
B. Tie Rhine hows nearest to French trCrjtory
In Its ceuyse near the southern end VI tks
boundary between francc and AisuCr.
y. The lessor o. p.onertS u the sne Mho ss.
~. Potable neans afankAtle. A
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-01

n HEAVENS, how | hate the guy
" Who's never, never, never wrong
He always has an alibi,
He always pulls the same old song
He lamps the boss straight in the eye
As confident as star boarder
And has some ready reason why
The other fellow got the order.
LIE KNOWS exactly how to pad
"a Expense accounts on every trip:
His bean is bony as a shad.
But always we'll supplied with lip;
Some day that guy will get in bad,
His bright young dream be rudely
shaken
Jupiter, come can the lad
Who never, never is mistaken
when municipal buildings are as chdsteiy
beautiful as the little gasoline temples on
North Broad street aud Walnut street
cirih.otion ,riH be UcH advanced to,curd
the millennium.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-01

Even among thieves
In the Last Ditch there is said to be a
sort of honor. Ger
implications provided for them by the old
axiom. Every Government in the crumbling
system opposed TO the Allies is for itself
now and none of them seems TO care about
the fate of it's neighbors.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-01

Admitting that there
Please Be Serious recently has been
maximum of talk and
a minimum of action in diplomatic quarters
at Berlin. there is one fact that ought to be
remembered. Germany has been short of
food for years and need be surprised
If the hungry statesmen chew, in the absence
of more nutritious things, the legendary rag.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-01

The theatre at Sing Sing. which had been
closed on account of Influenza in the prison,
has been reopened. We presume, however.
that the boys up the river" are still rooted
to the spot by a ban on gasoline
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-01

Mazakazu Nakatani, chief of the Toxic
police, is in town to study our system. Let
us fervently hope that no one will mention
Honorable Frog Hollow in the presence of
this friendly visitor.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-01

Germany's troubles will never end Now
they are talking of giving her twelve-year-
old king. the kaisers grandson. And a
twelve-year-old king seems a poor reward
for four and a half ye1fs' horror and sac
riAce
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-01

The Tigris- -Euphratcs country, where the
Turks surrendered is said to be near the
site of the Garden of Eden. Evidently the
tradition of ban'shment still obtains there.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-01

Army doctors in authority at the uni
versties say now that the college yell Is
unhysienic. Somehow other we would have
expected stronger language than that from
an army doctor under the circumstances.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-01
hut We Don't

If we believe half that
Hut We Don't is being said the
side by the Re-
publicans and on the other by the Democrats
ii would certain that whichever way
the election goes Tuesday the country is
doomed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-01
Ministering Angels


Dedicated to the Red Cross
(Air--Integer Vitae)
pure as the flowers brought with sweet
devotion
BeaminK with sunshines, ministering angels,
Round the white couches serve with faithful
tenderness.
Sisters of the Red Cross
Comfort our heroes. ministering angels
Care for the wounded in their pain and
anguish.
Bind up their hurts. send messages to loved
Sisters Of the Red Cross.
Blue service stars are turning into golden.
As shadows deepen. ministerng angels.
With holy fervor. whisper inspiration,
sisters Of the Red Cross
JAMES H. PENNIMAN
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-01

William jennings Bryan hopes. IL is said,
to be appointed 10 the peace conference. And
yet If W. j. B. had had his way there might
not have been peace conference, as
understand il now.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-01

Edward 7. Fleming,
We Thought
secretary of the Penn
He Was Self-Made am,
sylvania Distiers and
Wholesale Liquor Dealers League says that
the liquor dealers have made Senator Ware
what he IS today.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-01

n NJ Bryan, who was opposed to making
&svants to Sit at the peace table. The
1ont II as likely to appoint the Spanish
n1onei. who really fought, as to send
jner Secretary of State to the con-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-01

with the surrender Of Turkey the world
must look TO Berlin for the Sick Man of
Europe.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-01

If srmistices keep on being consum-
mated on the battlefelds the Versailles
Council may be forced 10 adjourn because of
no new business"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-01

For one that is universally hated the
demon rum seemed To have great many
friends when the saloons were opened after
the Influenza drought.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-01

A s GREEN as mountain torrents.
AS white as Alpine drifts,
AS red as the hearts pulses
1talia's banner lifts
Green mercy stripes that bunting,
White truth. red angcrs glow
Honored by all freemen
And even by her foe.
ANN DANTE.
Only ffty-frc days to Christmas No,c
is the time to 1crite Christmas letters to
the boys orcr there.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-01

This is indeed an abnormal year, with
Turkey all in" three weeks before Thanks
giving
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-01

Among the benefcent results Of the war
must be listed the final reconciliation of VIII
and Theodore
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-01

Prepare TO hear Of strategic abdicatior
VIGOROUSLY accomplished.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-01
II Poems We're Written
Like the Tailors' Ads

Mature men Of youthful spirit
Who are compelled to be dignified
But still feel the pep boiling in their veins
And busy executives whose important affairs
Require mahogany fling cases.
Like their poems cut with little fare
and jazz.
But still with sufficient restraint and mel
lowness
To prevent them from being taken
For burlesque comedians.
For these gentlemen we have devised
Poems of this sort.
How do you like them?
II the Kaiser spent last night throtcing
apple pcelin0s orcr his left shoulder to sec
If they uould spell AbdicdtiOn. he 7castcd
his time. He lcould hare been better em-
t,loyed in getting pair of Wnlking shoes
halt -sOlcd.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-01

sf@ ssHas 1t occurred to any one that the
Allies on all fronts doing their Christ
mas moppng early?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-01

The dispatch of General Townshend to
solicit the British army to let up was a
practical idea as well as chivalric. Al a
ma aster of his native tongue errors of trans
lation with respect to his interview with that
English comma nder were happily obviated.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-01

Austria sues and Italy pursues The
eventual effects of either action will be
Identical
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-01

The Clocks
The clocks of the city
Are striking the time:
Some strike in melody,
Others in rhyme.
Time for getting up. they say,
Time for lying down;
Time to follow all the roads
That wind about the town.
Time to love. the tall clocks sing.
Ginning through the night;
Time to hunt for all our dreams.
Now it's time to fight.
Time for work time for play,
And time to suffer pain.
Time for happiness perhaps,
Then time to sleep again.
BEATRICE WASHBURN.
Armistices are being accepted so fast 1t
looks as though the demand Would erceed
the supply. SOCRATES.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-01
PRAYER in Time Of Victory

siosCi I"C VI NICtOTS
GoD of our fathers, Who hath called
~ once more
Our far.fluns leGions to the parent shore
Where England guards the gateway Of the
And France uphods mans old equalites.
Where Belgium bleeds beneath the steady
stars
And Serbia flames through freedoms
avatars.
Where grace of Florence and the hills of
Still lift the cross to fling hells cohorts
home,
Grant Thou. our God Who nerved Crom-
we'll with steel.
In Maenad forms cried loud 4 has BastHe.
Who breathed through Garibaldi and Rous
And lifted Lincoln to prove a nations
That we not lightly overthrow the suns
Too young. too proud. for all our belching
guns
EMEMBER Thou the agony of Thy
~ cross
Which turned to triumph all the bitter loss
America runs swift upon appoin ted feet ; .
Stay Thou our steps lest they become too
fleet
Break Thou our backs and crown our
brOws with pain,
Lest we become as those that We have
slain:
And then in faith of loves great victories
Broken with wonder fling us to our knees
PVT. WILLARD WATTLES.
Why is IL alacays the cO0liesi pair Of
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-01

socks that doesn't come back from the
laundiyp
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-07-11
HUNDRED SHIPS ARE LAUNCHED.
Ceremonies Held In Yards In The
East And West.

Washington. - Americas merchant
fiset, grown to 10,04O,659 gross tons by
the construction OF 1922 new ships OF
1,430,793 tons in the fiscal year ended
June 80, was augmented by the unprece.
dented launching Of about 100 ships.
The feat of the loyal army OF work
men which made the launchings pos
sible received due recognition from the
highest officials directing the war &C.
tivities Of the nation.
1--WE are all comrades in a great
cause" declared President Wilson in
a message read as part OF the launch.
ing ceremonies in rs yards. From
General Pershing came the thanks Of
the American fighting men in Europe
for the support OF which the launch
ings are substantial evidence.
with such backing we cannot fail
to win," asserted the commander OF the
United States Army in France.
Chairman Hurley, chief Of the men
directing the shipbuilding program, did
not stint his praise OF the men actually
building the ships in expressing the
appreciation OF the Shipping Board for
the work accomplished,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-07-11
MANY KILLED IN EXPLOSION.
over 100 Believed Dead Or Injured At
TINT Plant Near Syracuse.

Syracuse, n. Y..-Many persons were
killed or injured in two terrible explo.
sions at the huge plant of the Semet.
Solway Company, located at Split
Rock. a suburb.
The force Of the explosion rocked
this city. Plate.glass windows in the
business section were broken and res.
idences swayed perceptibly, causing
their occupants to rush into the
streets.
The police believe the l'st of dcad
and injured will amount above 100
when final details are available IN.
complete returns showed l6 persons
had been killed.
Unequipped with fire apparatus, vol.
untcer firemen were unable TO make
headway against the spreading flames.
Columns o; flames sho, 800 feet in
height. The heat was so intense that
It cracked g.0ss hundreds of yards
away and thick noxious smoke com.
b.. I'd to han1it - the iire.hghters and
rescues.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-07-11
HUNS SMASHED
BY AMERICANS
Big German Counter.AttaCk Is
Crushed
MANY PRISONERS CAPTURED
Important Position Won BY The
Americans Ends In Dismal
Failure.

American Forces on the Marne.-A
counter-attack made by the Germans
against the new positions won the
night before by the American forces
to the west of Chateau-Thierry was
completely broken UP. The Americans
did not give up foot OF ground which
they had captured.
Reports from the advanced front
brought back through heavy enemy
barrage, confirmed the earlier state
ments that the Americans have
reached their every objective and are
holding every point
An entire German regiment has
been virtually annihilated in the
fighting west OF Hill 2O4, according
to official information.
The total number of Germans cap
tured by the Americans is now esti.
mated to number about 500, including
seven officers. Many groups OF prison
ers have been sent to the rear 9th.
ers have been located in hospitals
where they were taken after being
wounded.
The German counter.attack which
was fercely conducted, was launched
against the American positions at
o'clock in the morning. II resulted
in the Americans further increasing
their number OF prisoners. Virtually
the remainder OF the enemy attack.
ing force was annihilated.
In brilliant operation after hard
fighting, American troops on this
front captured the village of Vaux,
together with a large slice of the
Paris highway west of Chateau.Thier.
ry and two patches OF wooded land.
The Americans took 275 German
prisoners, including FIVE officers and
captured quantity of machine guns
and other equipment.
In the Vaux region the Americans
took the Germans completely by sur.
prise. Most of the prisoners were
taken out OF cellars and dugouts.
How many Germans were killed, OF
course, is unknown, but from the mum.
ber Of dead in plain view at various
places the total must have been con-
siderable.