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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-30
WANTED: A REAL POWER ADMIN.
n, ISTRATOR

nut of the confusing situation disclosed
sS at the conference held Monday after
\ noon on the electrical power problem in
the Philadelphia industrial district appears
sone plain fact--that with all the numerous
regulatory and supervisory organizations,
governmental official or voluntary. which
have been set up to deal with such affairs.
there is no single authority competent TO
c9pe vigorously and effectively with the
MAtter Of conserving and distributing cur
rent.
There are some four or five gentlemen.
- believe, who have been asked to give
their advice and study to the power situa.
tion as representatives of different gov.
eFnmental agencies. such as the Priority
Board, the Fuel Administration the War
{ lpdustries Board and others But none
appears to have the power to bring order
out OF the chaos which seems threatening
One experienced engineer, armed with
proper credentials should be selected prob
ably BY Mr.. Baruchs War Industries
Board. and told that he was solely respon.
siDle for the handling Of this complex sit
nation. All other factors should be called
~. Then there should be no real diff
'sculty that would not resolve itself speedily
befors the ordinary practices of good engi-
ueering and first-class executive ability.
g The charge made by Mr. Piez against
the Philadelphia Electric Company is grave
He y in a position to know the facts at first
hand as general manager of the shipping
cofporation. II, as he suggests, the local
public service concern is reverting to bad
habits dating back to days of politco-
nnanctal maneuvering and is adopting
mothods Of obstruction in order to force
thu Government to lend 1t money in excess
- that really necessary for war develop
U4pt because Of the favorable terms likely
4 70 b obtained, that ought to be readily
BeDtablished or completely disproved in all
H41Sness by such an authoritative admin
isfrator. If it were established, then it
would be his duty to give orders that the
accmpany must carry out or else submit
- virtual communicating of its plants.
When it comes to having a virtual ban
p1Aeed upon Philadelphia industries at
Warrington, so far as new or further
var work is concerned, which is about the
attitude at the capital now, the matter is
too serious to admit of temporizing with
spoagibly stubborn or selfish private con-
oorns. The citys business interests should
Hot tolerate any dog.in.the-manger tactics
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-30
I Wa',t to Talk to Thee

7 WANT to talk to thee Of many things
Or sit in silence when the robin sings
His little song. When comes the winter
bleak
I want to sit beside thee. cheek by cheek.
I want to hear thy voice my name repeat,
To flll my heart with echoes ever sweet;
I want to hear thy love come calling me,
I want to seek and find but thee. but thee.
I want to talk to thee Of little things
So fond, SO frail. so foolish that one clings
To keep them ours-who could but under
stand
A Joy in speaking them. thus hand in hand
Beside the fire; our joys. our hopes. our
fears,
Our secret laughter or unchidden tears;
Each day old dreams come back with beat
ing wings,
want to speak Of these forgotten things.
/ want to feel thy arms around me pressed,
To hide my weeping eyes upon thy breast;
want thy strength to hold and comfort me
For all the grief had In losing thsA.
Dora sigerson, in "The Sad Years."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-30
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-30
BOLSHEvIK HEALTH BOARDS

MUNICIPAL health boards may casu-
A ally dismiss or ignore the explicit orders
n the State Department of Health, what
Unoi or wisdom is there in the maintenance
Ic& department such as that organized
supon q scientific basis by the late DIR.
Aauuel G. Dixon and now administered
qllctently and in the general interest by
poctor Roger?
1he function of the State department Is
~ preservation of health in the State as
= whole. Doctor Roger would be justified
'{she should insist on exercising the au-
s0oFjty Of his office and enforcing the pre-.
<qntions necessary for the preservation of
- The time appears to have come when
~ good influence and the efficiency of
- State Department of Health may be
5tnttsd u the officers of that important
1tDartment refrain from making their
'IGuor felt.
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the city will not suffer from their activities.
( CONGRESSMAN DEwALT, Of Berks.
~ Lehigh District. whom Speaker Clark
calls to the chair once in a while, con.
tributes a yarn which has an indirect bear
ing upon tins agreeable topic of good.
fellowship In religion. He let it loose upon
]. Davis Brodhead, a predecessor of Con.
gresham Steele, of Easton, who visited the
House recently.
Nice morning" said the Congressman to
one Of the hotel boys.
Certainly Is, Mr.. Dewalt; certainly is"
"All you Washington Baptists ought 70
feel grateful for a morning like this"
"Y<s, indeed; yes, indeed, but Use no
Baptist; Use 'Pisccopal"
You're Episcopal; why how's that? 1
thought you were all Baptists down here"
IT'S just this way, Congressman The
Baptists, they believe in getting to Heaven
by the water route; we 'Piscopals believe
in bread and wine"
All OF which is respectfully commended
to the Rev. Dr. Brodhead of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. who Is closely related to
the Easton Judge.
VANCE McCORMIck's name still
stands at the top of the Democratic
National Committees letterhead, notwith-
standing the announcements that Mr.. Mo.
Cormick's duties chairman of the war
trade board preclude his taking an active
part in tho campaign. So does Mitchell
Palmer retain hts membership in the Penn.
sylvania Democratic State Committee de-
spite his governmental activities as alien
property custodian. These men are both
close to the White House and. IL rumor be
true. have BEEN capturing good many ap.
pointments sfor their constituents. The
rumor that Pennsylvania Republicans were
slipping into a few of the military places
is said to have had something to do with
this situation. The Democratic National
Committees appeal for funds went out
recently IN the name of the assistant
treasurer. Now much Of the circularizing
is being done by Howell s. Cummings, OF
Connecticut vice chairman under Mr.. Nc
Cormick: A wicked Republican" from
Iowa. Representative Good, who spent the
summer at Ocean City, New Jersey, and
said he enjoyed H. dug up and printed in
the Congressional Record some State com.
mittee demands on postmasters for cam
paign funds They were a bit disconcert-
ing. to say the least. But nevertheless the
Congress- passed another and q new cor.
rupt practices act and the President signed
1t a week or SO ago.
HAPPY thought. that of Burd s. Patter-
= son. of Pittsburgh. the industrious sec,
retary of the Lake Erie and Ohio River
Canal Association. to cooperate with east
ern Pennsylvania waterways men who
want to improve the Delaware River and
open up the Chesapeake and Delaware and
New Jersey ship canals. That idea of 90,
operation has generally been halted at the
Allegheny Aountains. 1t IL unfortunate
because Psnnsylvania. although an inland
state, has unsurpassed waterway connsc
tions east and west. Let Pittsburgh take
hold Of that c0operative idea In Congress
(, ~ 10 VII apd Phile1eiphie s>ady.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-30
1FALY's DRIVE IN FULL SWING

new Italian offensive is apparently
.Vou past the preparatory aspect. That
- bristled with difficulties. 1t was
10y to complete the passage of a
- the Piave - large enough to have
| Dias's army in the past and also to
hald up last June its pursuit of the
= n was also imperative to surprise the
~ NJ "a front on which he has long
Dcgfectly sure that operations would
6nmsd.
~ two problems have been admirably
cfed. The Piave Is no longer a safe
tor Austria's weary legions In
ooctors italian and British forces are
1 u for a depth of ten miles The
Uhjch was needed in order to divert
m11Gn from the main issue was skill.
QEecuted by an attack in the noun.
oGion between the upper reaches OF
1oye and Brsnta Rivers
~ meantime the Piaye had been
and the victorious armies were
= for the important towns OF Cone
nn1 0derso The former has been
a brssk through at the latter
80 conceivebly dislocate the Aus
@~onupication system. II the pres
n orogrees y maintained Kaiser
~pGey aPnies nay ~ hud-
<1rG l1Gnn1oR.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-30
Washington, D. c.. Oct. 80.

GO MUCH is said in Washington about
OF the world that one is sometimes led
to think that millennium is the one great
object for which we are striving in this
war And that would be an excellent
thing II we could satisfy ourselves that
when the material victory is won there
will be no more human selfishness, or no
more taxes to pay. There is reason for
congratulation, however, that in conse-
quence of the war the religious denomina-
ing with one another how best and most
effectively to do their spiritual and hu-
manitarian work. The Hebrews, the Ro-
man Catholics and the Protestants are all
cooperating In a creditable way, and
where they are not working together, they
are at least not Intentionally interfering
with one another. What the Young
Mems Christian Association. the Knights
of Columbus and the Young Mems Hebrew
Association have thus far done and are
planning to do, to brighten up the cor
ner" Of the young men in the trenches
and to help them make the most Of their
lives, will prove to be one Of the most In.
teresting chapters OF the ultimate history
Of the great struggle.
WE KNOW of numerous instances
w where the various denominations have
actually been assisting one another In the
cantonments and upon the ships. An cpl
demic such as prevailed in Philadelphia,
or a great battle which carries off many
lives In the twinking Of an eye impels this
sort of religious fraternization. 1t is no
new story that men like Dr.. Joseph Kraus,
kopf. who has been helping Mr.. Hoover
In Washington, and the Rev. Russell H.
Conwell, d. D., having churches near to
each other on North Broad street. have
been cultivating . better feeling between
Jew and GENTLE for years. The Rev. J..
Gray Bolton, d. D., sometime, moderator
of the General Assembly Of the Presby.
terian Church. and coming On. we hear In
Washington, to be an expert In golf ike
another prominent Presbyterian who plays
occasionally at'the Chevy Chase Club. IL
vice president of downtown improvement
association presided over by a public
spirited priest. And another pleasing story
that teaches W 10 that the Rev. DR.. Robert
Hunter. the popular pastor Of the Union
Tabernacle Church. 'of Kensington, was
called during the influenza epidemic to min
ister to the sick In certain Hebrew fam
lilies where the ordinary devotional comfort
| could not b. had The selection of Doctor
Hunter to be associate secrstary OF the
Presbyterian Board Of Ministerial Relief
and Sustsntation. by the way, will take him
away from Phiisdelphia occasionally. since
the new work assigned TO him and the Rev.
| DR.. John n Davies, Of Bethlehem Church,
10 national In scope. Doctor Davies 70
already known to q good many Congress'
men who have heard him-not necessarily
at church-but at dinners Of the Philadel-
phia Hardware Manufacturers' Association
vhsrs the doctor Was IN annual expeete-
tion - lsllght oelGpo - ~. ~ oCl
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-30

yienna's temptation to characterize the
independence movements in the Hungarian
capital as Budapestiferous must be hourly
growing more and more Irresistible.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-30

Germany may be crippled in many ways.
but there seems nothing to hinder q gor-
geous celebration of Halloween. The gen
srar stan can supply the pumpkin heads In
enormous quantities.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-30

The suggestion to
serappinr Dsnssrsus break up the recent
PlsythinGs consignments OF toys
made in Germany
may soon be supsrhuous II Maximilian
Harden and some other Germans succeed in
destroying crowned puppets and. above all.
the military game. which doesn't seem At
all worth playing nowadays.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-30

The present mild weather and the Hun
concessions concurrently prompt the preg-
nant thought that Indian summer may also
be the season of Indian givers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-30

The orange dealers,
The Fruits of armed with statistics,
Coincidence are contending that
their high prices dur
ing the influenza epidemic were charged
because Of an interval between the Florida
and California crops Consumers, however,
are suspicious mortals and they can't help
rejecting that the Juicy oblate spheroids went
up In cost at the precise time when the
spread Of the grip made them most In Dc.
mand. II this be not an explanation, 1t II as
least dstasteful coincidence.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-30

So far as the army training corps stu
dents of the University Of Pennsylvania
who have been barred from the theatres by
their commanding oficers are concsrAsd. the
grip y stiil On
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-30

Surgical note-At the
And Gas Was Hospital for Sick Ma.
Freely Administered tionalities In Budapest
yesterday the hyphen
was removed from Herr Oesterreichisch-
Ungarische Monarchie. The results of the
operation are still in doubt.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-30

Deieting the "em' from embargo may
suggsst to some Philadelphians a slogan Of
- present moment
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-30

Il n will be q case of self-determlnation
1 Rother than for, the polls next Tuesday
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-30

New Premers in Austria seem to be In
serted under the throne room door every
morning with the daily paper.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-30
How Poets Write

(who Is Joyce Kilmer's best friend and his
literary executor) tells US a pleasant story
of the high,spirited and ofihand way In
which some CT Joyce'a best work was done.
Kilmer was arguing that goes without
saying: he was always arguing. delight
fully. about something or other)-he was
arguing with a colleague In the New York
Times once about the possibility of writ.
ing a poem on almost any topic under the
sun.
Nonsense" said his friend. Some
things simply don't lend themselves to
poetry. For instance"-tand he cast about
in his mind to think OF the least poetical
subjectl-"no one could write a good poem
about Sixth avenue delicatessen shop"
Kilmers face shone with enthusiasm.
In his quantity grandiloqusnt manner he
said: II will write a poem about deli
catessen shop. 1t will be good poem.
will sell it to one Of the big magazines
and make much gold thsrefrom."
The poem, one Of the most appealing
and delightful Of Kilmer's pieces, 10 ia
miIiar to all friends of his work. He sold
1t to The Smart Set and II 10 in his volume,
Trees and cthsr Poems"
1t doesn't do to take poets too seriously.
They would like to have you believe that
all the good poems proceed from some
severe spiritual agony. Happily. It Isn't 20.
SOCRATES.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-30
THE CEDAR CHEST
At a Newspaper Bulletin Board

Al Newspaper Bulletin Board
AMONG the crowd on Chestnut street
4 saw he~ reading the printed sheet
That carries the lightninged bulletins
OF mankind's triumphs, griefs and sins.
Poor old lady! Her dress long-worn.
Her little black bag with corner torn
Her tarnished bonnet--all showed to me
No armistice with poverty.
Her eyes with passive, sad assent,
Watched, and wondered what it meant:
The pathos Of that puzzled face
Was symbol of the worlds disgrace.
Tourndt Is ecdcudted--
Kaiser may hare dbdtcdted--
Fifteen thousand Austrians taken
Encmys morale Is shaken
Reichstao sitting rent IN tdctton--
L. s. men in heopy action
Belgian rinagcs defled-
Casualty list com piled
All these she read, with mind inert
For those whom life has greatly hurt
Seek not to struggle nor explain:
They have learnt dumbness under pain.
The letters or the printed roll
Moved on. She stood. with patient soul:
The Allies land more men In Greece
Predictions Of an early peace
! saw the tremble of work warped hand:
There was news she could understand.
o men, do Justice. nor disgrace
The hopefulr. ess Of that poor face!
Here's How!
Once more it is possible to see the bar.
tender through a glass darkly.
A. J. r. Schumacher tells us that by send
ing a clipping Of our piece on "Unanswer-
ing Letters" he got a reply from a friend
who hadn't written to him in three years
We are greatly pleased by that news:
but as far as we are concerned we don't
dare to begin to poke up the people who
haven't written to us for three years, for
the simple reason that they quit writing
because we hadn't answered their last
letter.
Today the rum battalion resumes its set
ting up exercises.
Our private information about the war
is that 1t can't go very much longer
unless the tailors enlarge coat 'lapels
Some of us won't have room for all our
patriotic buttons.
There are conflicting ideas as to what
constitutes bliss, but among our own
theories is the idea that beautiful ste
noerapher who could hand us a fresh.
filled corncob pipe every twenty minutes
all ready to light. would be an addition to
our personal staff.
She might take hand In writing a
poem now and then. too. so that all we
would have to do would be to sign It. But
| better still, she should be poem herself
rhyming gloriously with the autumn
| leaves and the slender birch trees and III
| possible) with the rules of grammar.
How Poets Write
Speaking of writing poetry. Bob Holiday
| E-,l,o 10 Jovcn Kil,nApie heot Sri>cA ooA HI,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-30
WHAT A CONGRESSMAN SEES
Semicc Letter Touching the Washington Dngs
y. Familiar to Phadelphiars
By J. Hampton Moore

two active Philadelphians in the field and
the city will not suffer from their activities.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-30

The President spoke of the necessity of
unity Of command at home as well as in
the military field abroad, forgetting that
the Government created by the Constitu-
tion is not a military autocracy. There
must be counsel and the Congress is the
body created to counsel the President and
to express the will of the nation in all
matters of war and Of peace. It is
strange, as Senator Knox remarked in
the Senate on Monday, that at a mo-
ment when there is talk of the sbdica-
| tion of the Kaiser 1t should be proposed
that the American people should abdi-
cate their right to have opinions and
that the Senate and the House should be
asked to relinquish their sworn and in
dependent duties.
In this crisis, with such views hos
pitably entertained in the White House,
it is of the first Importance that we
should have q genuine American Con-
gress loyal to the best traditions Of the
country. The right to hold sincere views
contrary to those of the President on
peace terms and on reconstruction plans
must be defended to the last ditch il we
are to have not only world safe for
democracy but q nation safe for the
truth.
Mr.. Roosevelt's logic forces the con-
clusion that Mr.. Wilson's appeal for q
blindly fsctional Congress is nothing
short Of an appeal for absolutism. and
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-09
SOLDIERS AND DRINK

General Pershing's order forbidding
the use OF all alcoholic beverages ex-
cept light wines and beers by soldiers
and instituting various irons OF at
hletics and wholesome amusements
to prevent immortality has brought
him much gratifying and favorable
comment from American and Allied
sources which have been striving for
betterment of the men in the field
His admonition of "promp discipli
nary action" is having a salutary eff
feet.
Efforts are being made to keep
every American soldier when he is
not actually under fire or in the
trenches, occupied with instruction
On various useful subjects, work
drill, baseball, football, wrestling, box.
ing. foot racing and other forms of
sport athletic games, theatrical en-
tcrtainments and clean motion pic
ture shows.
The determination of the American
commander to secure rigid enforce
ment of his antidrunkenness and an
| ti-immorality regulation was indicat-
ed in a letter written by General Per
shing appointing representatives to
British American conference on the
subject, in which he said.
1.-THE gravest responsibility rests
on those to whom the parents of our
soldiers have entrusted their sons to
the battle and we fail if we neglect
any effort to safeguard them in
/ every way. We have the common
ground of humanity; we have the
we'll considered conclusions of the
best scientific minds on our side, and
from the fact that, in this war of
nations in arms the soldier is merely
citizen on war service, we have all
the elements which will force coope-
ration between military and civilian
authorities"
Leniency by courts martial in deal
ing with cases arising from non
J observance of the order, General Per
shing stated, would not be tolerated
and to insure this" he said, "the re-
cords of all sentences will be care
fully examined and compared and
courts and officers held strickly &C
countable.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-09
GERMAN PRISONERS ARE
CHANGING DEMEANOR

A British Port, Sept. 3O.-(Corres-
pondence of The Associated Press)
German prisoners captured in the re-
cent fighting, who have arrived here,
show surprising depreciation of the
once coveted Iron Cross. One of them
traded his decoration for a cigarette
and an American officer who accom-;
panied the captives from France said
several of them spoke slightingly of
the war token bestowed upon them
by Emperor William.
A marked change in the demeanor
of the new prisoners was also notice
able. Instead of the arrogant and al
most insolent manner which charac-
terized their predecessors. when the
Germans were sweeping everything be-
AOiO ZIG ldICSG.
seems humble and crestfallen AL
most every officer and one in ten of
the men wore the ribbon of the Iron
Cross. r. <
The TOBACCO famine which exists
among the prisoners make it easy
for American soldiers to collect
souvenirs. The Germans will part
with almost any of their belongings
for package of cigarettes.
American troops are leaving here
for France daily with hand playing
and flags flying.