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The evening leader., 1918-11-26

There Is more Catarrh in this section
OF the country than all other diseases
put together. and for years it was sup
posed to be incurable. Doctors prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly failing
to cure with local treatment, pronounced
it incurable. Catarrh is local disease,
greatly influenced by constitutional con-
ditions and therefore requires constitu-
tional treatment. II lis Catarrh Medi-
cine, manufactured by F J. Cheney &
Co., Toledo, Ohio, IS a constitutional
remedy, is taken internally and acts
thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
of the System. One Hundred Dollars re-
ward is offered for any case that Halls
Catarrh Medicine fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials.
F. j. CHENEY 6c co. Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation
The evening leader., 1918-11-26

are reliable and guaranteed to help
you or your money will be refunded.
For sale by most druggists. In sealed
packages, three sizes.
The evening leader., 1918-11-26

FOR SALE-Baby buggy, wheel
barrow, water cooler, wash tub No. 2.
See DR.. H. B. Pattishall, Parsonage
M. E. church, South.
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WHAT TO DO WITH THE CLOCK

THE daylight-saving law goes into effect
L at O'Clock tomorrow morning. At that
hour the clocks In all the railroad stations
and the watches in the 'pocekts Of all the
railroad men on the trains are to be set for
ward one hour. Householders are expected
to set their clocks ahead an hour when
they go to bed tonight, in order that thev
may get up Sunday morning on the new
schedule.
Services in the churches will begin at
the usual hour as indicated by the clocks.
but the time will actually be an hour
earlier than they began last Sunday. Men
will go TO business an hour earlier on Mon
day morning and schools will open sixty
minutes sooner than usual.
So remember to set the clock ahead to-
night and adjust yourself on Sunday to
the new time schedule.
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INTERNATIONALIZING LABOR

TNHERE has been a conspicuous lack of
l. enthusiasm in American trades union
ism for the program of sublimated inter-
nationslism promulgated in London re-
Gently by the Inter-Allied Labor and So
cialist Conference dominated by Arthur
Henderson, of England. and Emile Wander
velde, of Belgium. The reserve maintained
in this country under the influence Of the
American Federation of Labor is imposed
upon the delegation of prominent labor
representatives who are about to start for
Europe with the message Of American
workers to the workers abroad.
Organized labor in America has for the
present at least withheld completely its
support from a project for the establish
ment of a labor empire " Soun-
daries Even the admirab of
Mr.. Henderson's program do s1to
have atoned in the Americs for
the radical departures from l1tine
method suggested elsewhere irVAsnS gem
erai plan.
Advanced and altogether humane as the
general scheme APPEARED when outlined
on paper at tine Inter-AlIied Conference in
London. it bevertheless proposed labor
bloc Of woId din9nsionl With interests In
fGslf2 xp!y = ~ eevsFr-
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WHAT X. L. S. SAW At
NOYON Il

1.-TWO young men once Travelled bycanoedow1
l. the Sambre and the Disc, lght-heartedly'
enough, jcsting with love and death. Little
did they think that forty years later that
sweet and quiet country would be the arena
of the worlds greatest death struggle The2F
thought of war. TO be sure, for red tds'
had swept through the land not many year
before their paddles flashed In those bright
waters. But not in their widest moneht4
did they dream Of what the future held. y
The two young men were Robert L0ui5
Stevenson and his friend Sir Walter Slmpsnl
the book in which they told their advep-
ture was 1.-The Inland Voyage" And VI
seems one of the ironies of fate that Their
fascinating chronicle should become for tho
moment the authoritative textbook OF thai
region of carnage. None of the war corrsf
spondents tell us as much of the country
where Destiny hangs In the balance as "
can learn from the boyish log-book 81
l., L. S. NJ
1t was at origny, not far from st. Quentin
(where the German general staff is quartered
at present., that Stevenson and Simpson met
the three young ladies so charmingly oe-
scribed as "the graces of Origny" 1t was A.
la Fere--"La Fere of cursed memory ~
that they were turned out of an inn. AND "
was at Noyon, now the storm center OF NJ
southern wing of the German thrust, tn.s.
II. l.. S. fell in love with the cathedral
ever ! join the Church of Rome, ne Gs
II shall stipulate to be bishop OF Noyu1
on the Oise!' .is,i
Stevenson's description OF Noyon ca.neesss
makes one pray that 1t may survive tns " ~
and the earthquake that rage about n
have seldom looked" he writes. "on tne
end of church with more complete Hp'{
pathy. As 1t flanges out in three wioe .~-' NC
races and settles down broadly on
earth II looks like the poop OF some u y
old battleship. Hollow-backed buus "a
carry vases. which figure for the stern -I
terms. There is Il roll In the grounc,
the towers just appear above the pie "
the roof, as though the good ship were sH
ing lazily over an Atlantic swell. ~ c@
moment 1t might be n hundred ieet s&
from you. climbing the next biiiow a.
moment a window might open ana sonslxi
admiral thrust forth cooked nat aHu r2Z
ceed TO take an observation. the oia
mirals sail the sea no longer; the o'o -. a
of battle are all broken up and i've onz ~
pictures; but this, that was cnurcn y.r
ever they were thought upon, is still q. c'.us7 ~
and makes as brave an appearance " ~
Oise." .nureh ~
one prays that It may still be chur,n r"s
outride the sea of bloody death as ss"~r
as the old vessel to which II. L. o N.Y. ~
pared it. P
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ments and rights suggestive Of a distinct
new nationalism.
Even though the general program Of the
conference often paralleled the aims Of the
Allied nations in the war. the suggestion
remained OF new political and economic
entity Of stupendous influence and pro-
portions. The general plan was such as
to leave doubts in such minds as are con.
cerned with program of universal justice
to the rich and the poor alike.
The conference aimed 10 solidify all labor
influence in aid of war to the end. II
declared against secret diplomacy, against
economic warfare under any circumstances
and for n treaty of peace so drawn as TO
leave mass opinion everywhere dominant
beyond doubt. The term labor was re-
defined to include every person who pro-
duced anything OF worth in any form In
a word, the English labor leader and his
associates aimed to leap all gaps and re.
organize the world so that in the future
it will be governed exclusively by thoac
who produce.
The experiment is in many respects ex-
traordinary 1t has a romantic appeal.
And yet the aoofness OF American labor
was justlfable because of the disqtiietlng
effect that such Il program might be ex.
pectcd to have upon the delicate and en-
traordinalr processes which must operate
after the war to restore tho life Of all ma
tions to a normal balance.
The message to be carried abroad by the
American labor men and women will IN.
form European labor merely that all the
trades unionists in this country are united
to stand behind America and her Allies to
the successful end of the war. The solu.
ton OF all attendant problems has been
wisely left to the future.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-30
SHlPBUILDING AS A SPORT

DElllND the runner of Marathon there
II was a heroic urge that has served TO
elorify and perpctuate one phase of field
sports for all time. Are we less magina.
tive than the ancients? Are we to turn
Il deaf ear TO the almost but not quite in.
articulate spirits of those modern cham.
pions who would give to prowess some
thing of its old significance?
Somewhere in the deeps Of the Hog
Island organization there is an efficient
captain of pile drivers, who sneercd the
other day when he heard the boasts OF
another captain Of pile drivers at tho
Newark plant of the Submarine Boat Com
pany and promptly turned TO and broke
all existing worlds records for pile driving.
Then he challenged Newark. lie has had
10 answer No one offered silver cup,
though pile,driying is mans size work, re.
quiring far more skill. strength and clever
ness than football or tennis or rowing in
a shell.
Now the voice of Captain Bill Barker
goes UP defantly at the plant of the New
York Shipbuildlng Company at Glouces.
ter TO declaim the achievements of
riveting crew that has sent all records for
that difficult work skyhigh in tatters.
Captain Bits crew will challenge any
crew in an American shpyard.
Some urge under the jackets OF riveters
and pile drivers is making up for such
mistakes as there have been higher up.
And yet no one has so far recognized the
sporting spirit of the shpbuilders with
the formal suggestion of n tournament or
the offer of n cup for the champions!
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Paradise Deprecated

When the faucets all stop dripping
AnG the bathtub never leaks;
When the house has weatherstripping
Against the blizzard weeks;
When the piping never freezes
And plumbers cease to plumb.
When every prospect pleases
And we clean by vacuum
When wallpaper never blisters
And plaster does not fall,
When larcenous laundry sisters
Plumber US not at all;
When kitchen maids don't mutter
And tablecloths show no stain,
And husbands never utter
A single word profane-
When the rugs are never faded
And eggs go down In price;
When pantries are not raided
BY children or by mice
Then wives will never be weary,
Commuters win all grow fat:
But keayens! Il would be dreary
To I've IN 2 house like that
1 1x \. n IN (HHI6XoFHNR NOZZLE
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WOE AT BUSTLETON

C,RoM this distance it is impossible to
y perceive the exact nature of the sinister,
designs that the Postoffce Department
seems to have upon Bustleton. But that
the fell purposes Of the mail authorities
are deeprooted and determined is plainly
evident In the announcement that Mr..
Bdrleson is willing to spoil the most i'm
portant experiment yet planned in his
department by bringing his air mail ma
chimes down at Bustleton and thus throw
fpg away the hour which he had saved In
e5TangsnE the new, letter schedule between
1@t York and Philadelphia
oubtlsss time win reveal the reasons
fbts Meanwhile It appears that Bus
:. having avoided for q Hundred years
aiy rs>llzation of the dresdful Inn
@nq Is IT. name, will now be drawn
~ lnstIe and whirl Of modern af-
= IN - thrust blushing and pro.
11rlory ana everrun with visi-
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THE HOMEWARD SWORD

IL1ILHELM OF GERMANY still comforts
w himself with reiterations of his fami-
lar promise that the sword shall bring
peace. He has some justification for the
belief. Within the last ten days the
Kaisers sword has brought lasting peace
to probably 100000 German soldiers, who
being dead, are free forever from the null
titudinous agonies which this singular
monarch has called down upon the heads
of his neople.
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PILING UP THE EVIDENCE

MO INFORMED person at the present
~ time doubts that this war was
planned by Germany for years in advance
and that it was Germany which brought it
about on the date when it started.
But il any one is still In uncertainty lie
should read the revelations of Prince Lich.
nowsky. lately made public in Berlin and
cabled to this country. The Prince was
the German Ambassador in London in
1914 and had been there for some time
previous. In his notes, made for the
benefit of his family and not for publica.
ton, he wrote that there was chance
for peaceful settlement of the differences
between Austria Hungary and Serbia, that
Sir Edward Grey worked for that settle
ment. but that Germany deliberately de-
stroyed the possibility" Of such an out
come. She wanted war because Russia
was unprepared. She was willing to run
the risk of British action because If she
waited until 1916, when war would
come anyway Russia would have been
ready. 1t was necessary to strike while
the chances Of victory seemed good.
These statements support the evidence
which has been accumulating for the last
three ana mar years tnat tnls war Is
the result of a great German plot to con.
troll the world. 1t is medievalism, as
Prince Lichnowsky says. and thus is out
of place when the autocratic theories OF
princes have given place to the principles
of democracy. 1t is an attempt to set back
the clock OF time and will fail in these
days when we are setting the clock ahead
that we may make better use Of the light
of day to keep freedom alive.
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AN OMEN OF GASOLINE

A LII the rubber.tired world that regards
"A gasoline as something more important
than food or daylight or virtue itself will
experience an unpleasant thrill at the sug.
geston of the president of the Standard
Oil Company, who has proposed with the
naivete peculiar to the times. that the
Government put up the price of crude oil
to encourage production.
Big business studying at the feet of
farmers is new marvel in these marvel.
Gus days. High prices should be a logical
enough tonic to the aspirations of wheat
growers. But oil doesn't have to h
planted; it flows from the ground without
hesitation. Doubtless Mr.. Bedford con-
siders refinement and transportation and
storage and all that sort of thing under
the general term of production. That
cannot be helped. The fact remains that
oil is being produced and used in vast
quantities and that the present prices are
rather high. Crude oil as 1t Is utilized in
countless war industries gives up gasoline
as one of its most valuable by-products.
Gasoline Is said to be accommodating in
vast quantities. Can it be that the oil men
are merely making excuses in advance for
an upward jump in the price of gasoline? !?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-30

There can be finer induction into
citizenship Of the young men who have
become of age since the draft law was passed
than registration as eigibles for military
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War gardeners can make a profit OF
sio0.0oo,0oO this summer IL they choose.
according to the Department OF Agriculture.
They are expected to choose
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-30
KAISER REVLSES GERARD,S BOOK
Personal Inerrie,c With Eminent Reueer From Our Special
Correspondent at the Rear

r LEFT the battlefield early in the morning,
i and. travelling four hours in a swift motor
car in the direction OF least resistance. ar
rived at the barred zone occupied by the
Kaiser. II was a matter of some difficulty
to gain access to this area. as an hour be-
fore one of the imperial dachshunds had eX-
pired of q plethora of (deleted by cehsor,,
but, on showing my credentials as a book
reviewer I was admitted. Some years ago
I wrote a very glowing review of the kaisers
book of verses, and consequently am
persona gratissina.
I found the Emperor in his pavilion, toying
with a volume of Walt NIasons poems.
think this was merely a pose however, as
underneath the table I noticed Baedeker
of St. Helena. evidently thrust there hur-
riediy ] think the Al-Highest was making
up his mind to take a little sightseeing tour
after the outbreak of peace However, that
Is besd, the point.
ttX/OUR MAJESTY" I said. "my paper
i has sent me here to get YOU to do for
US Il review of Mr.. Gerards famous DOOR,
My -Four Years in Germany"
was it only four years?' he said dole
fully. 1T seemed much longer
waited a moment. not wishing TO intrude
upon painful memories.
"Your Majesty has read the volume" I
asked.
His mustache flashed and his eyes
bristled. 'I have" he said. And as con-
noisseur of literature, l must tell you
frankly that Mr.. Gerard is no stylist Even
coming to me purged by several translations,
I must confess that the authors treatment
of his subject is sadly amateurish. The
edition l read had been translated from the
American into Danish. thence into Japanese.
then into Hindustani, and from that into
BolshevilS and Turkish. The German edition
came from the Turkish. Even with all those
chances for improvement I must say that
was distressed by the lack Of beauty of Mr.
Gerard's phrasing. I cannot permit the
literary taste of my people to be stultified
bv such wretched writing. have had the
German edition suppressed. and am rewriting
IL myself That may seem arbitrary but
my deep reverence for culture insists that
the German people deserve only the best"
But, your Majesty" I demurred, Even
granting that Mr.. Gerard is no styllst,
surely the question is whether he tells the
truth?"
The Emperor's fist pounded the table.
WHO is the book reviewer here, you or
To- he snapped
acknowledged my indiscretion,
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Pershings offer of the entire American
army in France for use on the threatened
front is not surprising. That is what the
army is there for.
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4 student once wrote in an examination
paper, Browning died in 1889, the sam,
year that | was born 1t hardly seems g
fair exchange.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-30

The police are being kept out Of politics
by sending out a saloon squad to get" tn,
men opposed to the Wares.
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Victory for Berger in Wisconsin is so
unthnkable that the Wisconsin voters are
expected to make it impossible next Tuesday
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The big battle in Picardy is likely to
make the Kaiser wonder for more than nine
days why he did not win.
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Hog Island appears
But TAere Is to be rapidly living
Lots Of Roofing down the horrd sug-
gSstion of its name
which recently was so general.
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Old gems can be put TO no better use
than transformation into smokes" for the
soldiers.
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T. II. hit the nail on the head when he
said that this Is the peoples war.
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Government orders
Stop the War for a cessation of
municipal contract
work will cut Mayor Smiths bond profits.
The agonies of this war are endless.
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High
= ;ploslyes

Think of the fierce
High energy concentrated in
Explosives an acorn" cries Ber-
nard Shaw. You bury
It in the ground, and it explodes into a giant
oak" We are glad Mr.. Shaw did not per-
versely omit the from accrn. In the super
vegetarianism, the bunion may be almost as
grievous as the onion.
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that was an atrocious thing to do. And he
does not realize the first principles of diplo-
matte etiquette. When statement Is re-
pudiated, that is all there is to It, All my
friends understand that. But this Gerard
why he did not even wear Il uniform.
Think of the humiliation Involved for me;
an ambassador coming to call on me dressed
like waiter"
T ADMITTED that this was serious thing
L 1.-THE book has been put in the movies.
your Majesty" said. "You will be pleased
to hear. Sire, that you yourself play a very
leading role in the film, and one OF the
most competent actors in America has been
cast to impersonate YOU"
TO my surprise he was very angry.
why didn't they let me know?" he cried.
Another breach of courtesy Really YOU
Americans are intolcrable. Kindly cable at
once and have the picture withdrawn until
i can get over to take the part myself. You
should have known that rather than have
any canatlle represent me l would have come
across personally to act the part ] am en-
ceedingly interested in the movies, and
seize every opportunity to get into them
lr necessary ! will sign an armistice until
the matter has been successfully attended
TO. What Is the name Of the actor who
takes my part? Has he a fine physical
presence? 1t Is gross presumption on his
part to thrust himself forward in that way.
or course lie is totally inadequate to the
role"
/ agreed that this was probably true.
E ANOTHER thing" he said 'I have
Anot been approached on the subject %
royalties. Certainly shall have 70 be COM
pensated for my part in the flm: VIII you
please take up the matter with the proper
parties? l am not unreasonable. / am will
ing TO consider a fair offer"
But. your Majesty" j said, "nly paper
sent me here at enormous expense TO secure
from you a review of Mr.. Gerard's book
Am ] to understand that you condemn IL
In toto? This will be serious blow to the
American people. And It may undermine
Mr.. Gerard's health and seriously weaken
him at time when he needs all his endur-
ance, He is doing great deal of public
speaking and that is very taxing, as you
know"
long without fatigue. As for the review
you will have to wait until the book has been
rewritten. In the revised version I doubt
II Mr.. Gerards name will oven be .a.ntioned.
And now you will have to excus. me. |
have to give Ludendorff little coaching in
strategy. Poor Ludy, he is such a good
fellow, but he leans on me dreadfully,"
r WAS just leaving, when lie called me
| i back. Perhaps have been a little
| severe" he said. "Of course. you have not
much literature in America. and don't want
to be too severe OIL Mr.. Gerard for the primi-
| tive uncouthness of his style. When you see
| him just assure him that after I have
polished it up bit it will be all right. The
next time he gets out book he had better
| let me look over the proofs beforehand
| And, Of course. you have some very prom
| ising writer's in America. Give my compli-
ments to that fellow Nearing"
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Rendering
Unto Caesar

Rendering kindliness Of our cor
Unto Caesar respondent who COM
pliments us on having
dubbed the Kaiser william the Damned" in
a recent editorial on this page; but credit
for having originated the phrase should be
given, We believe, to Colonel George Harvey.
It's q good one.
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ttNHR. GERARD was a very troublesome
viewer. "I cannot persuade myself that he
Is a man OF any breeding. Surely it is the
height Of bad taste to render oneself so
obnoxious to ones hosts? He kept Berlin
in an uproar continually. He was always
casting doubt upon our treatment OF
prisoners of war. lie criticized our statu-
ary When ! took him out TO shoot he
bagged more game than did ! cannot
A very great responsibility has been dele
When matters of culture and intellect are
in question, upstarts and counterjumpers
must be eliminated. They have no right to
express an opinion. I am sorry, but 1t Is my
decision that Gerard's book is n wantony
cannot give you a favorable review. /
called My -Four Years With Mr.. Gerard
perhaps your paper would like to make me an
offer for the Transatlantic rightsT
told him that we would pay at least
(delsted by the censor) for such a volume.
"You are sure 1t was only four years?'
he said thoughtfully. 1T seems to me
though ! had known that man all my life.
Sometimes / have nightmares about him.
He was impossible! You would hardly be-
lievs the monstrous things he did In the
first place, he was totally lacking In humor.
when I wrote that memorandum to the
President In August. 1914. he took II seri-
ounly, gave II TO him because thought
~ Woula Ike souvenir of my handwriting
I epr pendlnf 9n n - <rr4'eerts