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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-04

Anna Hamilton of Limerick, Ireland,
who had the experience OF being on
three ships that were torpedoed.
The commission sailing with tine
resident carries with 1t the most nearly
)mpletc set existing of base maps
ock diagrams and other cartographic
ia all furnished by the United states
overnmcnt and by the American Geo
raphical Society, Maps have been made
visualize not only all manner of ter.
torial boundaries. but all manner OF
strlbution of peoples. number and To-
II densities of population, religions.
,onomic activities. distribution Of ma
rial resources and trade routes.
The library for the commission IN
udes hundreds Of hooks and maps
ON the American Geographical Society
ID from Harvard. Princeton, Havcrford
ollege. the Library of Congress and
lc New York Public Library. All OF
nis data has been under strict guard
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-04
WILSON SLEEPS THROUGH CITY
Presidents Special Stops Only
Long Enough to Change Engines

President Wilson slept peacefully
hrough Philadelphia early this morn
ng, on his way from Washington to
Tew York to embark or his trip to at
tend the peace conference.
The putting of the engine and the
rrindlng of steel against steel as the
rain made it's way across the city were
he only evidence Of the visit
Mr. Wilson was asleep and every one
n his party seemed also to be deep in
lumber. As the train rolled into West
Philadelphia station at o'clock, no one
but members Of the train crew got Off
They gave the word that the President
vas in his berth, asleep.
The special stood on the tracks only
eight minutes--just long enough to
change engines.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-04

Paris. Dec. A.--(By \, PD--NinE Al
bert of Belgium intends to create a new
military order, to be known as the Or
der of the User. the Echo dc Paris
says. The first man to be decorated
with the new order will be Marshal
FOch.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-04
President Wilson
Sails for Europe
Vessel Meets Its Convoy
eontinusd from Page One

dipping flags and footing whistles in
salute to the departing chief executive.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-04

Vessel Meets Its Convoy
Cff Staten Island, whose shores were
black with throngs who had waited since
early morning TO witness precedent
breaking spectacle in American history,
the George Washington met its ocean
conyoy--the dreadnought Pennsylvania
and a quintet OF dcstroyers, trim in
new coats of battleship grey.
As the squadron passed through the
gate IN the submarine net which
stretches across the Narrows and within
500 feet OF the Staten Island shore a
group OF several hundred school children
was transformed at a word OF com
niand into a sea of waving flags.
Tho presidential feet passed quaran-
time at IL o'clock, the Pennsylvania
leading and the destroyers deployed on
etther side and In the wake of the trans
port 0unboats In the lower bay fired
snlyos In salute.
AZ the squadron steamed out to sea
4 single airplane, travelling only fifty
feet above the water, could be seen lead
ing the way toward the eastern hori-
ron.
Cheered by Returning Troops
( = Across the waters of the Hudson, Just
as fho George Washington was about
to sail there came the roaring CHEERS
,of more than 1000 American soldiers
refurning 10 American shores in the
uf{ttsh transport Lapland. From crowd
"A flr6lnK from densely packed rails
IA from Every porthole the home-com-
.}nf aohtinx men shouted greetings TO
|5l.S PPnHident. and from the decks of
<,< 1fosf1entia1 liner and the Destroyer
+ 1,@@z1|11n ~ snswuring cheers came
t. 4. !. n. 1. 81 L.. !. x&... u. 4. = !,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-04

Senator Borah made a suggestion that
a resolution requesting the American
delegation to furnish the Senate com
plete copies of the official proceedings
of the peace conference and also all data
and documents the Senate might need
in considering the treaty.
In opposing the Cummins resolution.
Democratic committee members. ii was
stated, took the ground that Il Senate
committee might cmbarrass the Prcsi-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-04

and Martha Washington occupied tho
space in the salon formerly taken up by
a large painting of the German Emperor.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-04
Weekly Coal Bulletin
Of the Federal Fuel Admi'aiStrdtio"
for Philadelphia
An erroneous report
has been published

and has gained circulation large number OF coal con
the effect that the coal Dealers presumably with the
authorization the Fuel Administration delivering the last
onehr tonnage who already have twords
This report been accepted fact by
who have very naturally considered unfair to coal
those who do need it. when there many who do
need it,
In great many consumers with only small amount
of have been led feel that dealers discriminating
against them favor of other whose needs
less immediate And many having tVohids OF
their already led by this apply to their deal
es for onehd and when the dealer denied his right
give it to them led doubt his word and his square
dealing
These instances will illustrate how false rumor work
HARM it gets abroad.
wish plainly words do it, that dealers
have been authorized deliver and delivering the
last onehrd of tonnage those who already have twohds
September advised the public that the delivery of this last
onehd would certainly not be permitted until after January
earliest This date has since been changed
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-09-19
THINGS INJURIOUS 70 t-ish.

The gaunt skeletons VI trees which
are no conspicuous in the "cdl:e re-
gions" show the effects Of sulphurous
gases on vegetation. and the influence
Of mine water 81. IT,. life may be read
lily imagined. The heavy sediment COW
ers UP the grnvclly spawning beds, and
suffocates the eggs, thus inflicting in
Jury on the fishes ut the most wilmer
Hble point. The sawmi.l is the "dear-
est foe" of nature lovers. It's Unsuitable
nav has well-nigh dcvGurcd orr for
ests, and, not content with the dcsola-
tion 1t has produced in this way on
land, 1t is running our lakes and rivers
by sawdust.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-09-19
Few Non.,taIi.n Popes.

A majority of the popes have been
Italians, but there is no national lin.
ltation. Pope Clement II, for example,
was Saxon German, whose family
name was Suidger; Clement Nv wss a
Frenchman named Leo eros; Clement
V was Frenchman named dAgoust
Clement vi was another Frenchman
named Pierre Roger; Alexander VI
was Spahard, named Borgia Calix.
tux II was Frenchman and Calixtuk
III was Spaniard named Borgia and
was uncle to Alexander vi. These IRE
a few examples Of non-Italian popes.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-09-19
SAVE YOUR STRAW.

Bismarck Sept. 19.-"Don't burn
your straw, Every straw stack seer
burning this fall means that part
OF the food necessary to win the war
is being destroyed"
iEis appeal is made to the farmers
Il .,ortn Dakcta by Commissioner OF
Agriculture and Labor John N. Ha-
gan after careful study of the feed
situation throughout the entire state
of North Dakota. Commissioner Ha-
gan finds that there are large areas
Of the state absolutely without feed
of any kind and he says that it is
going to be absolutely necessary. to
feed straw during the winter months.
Commenting further on the feed sit
uation Mr.. Hagan says:
"While the feed situation is not as
serious as last fall it is such that not
a single stack SHOULD be destroyed.
This applies especially to the stacks
of oat wheat and barley straw.
lowing to the improved pastures
stock that were due to be sent to the
slaughter houses are still in the state
and unless they will make dressed
carcass that will weigh in the neigh
borhood Of $50 pounds or more they
should stay until they acquire that
size. This is due to the fact that
the government which is purchasing
large amounts of beef for the con-
sumption of our soldiers and of oul
allies is not buying any beef that
does not dress out carcass of 45'
mounds which requires a live weight
of around 1000 pounds.
"a steer or heifer that goes intt
the winter in fair flesh will winter OF
, practically nothing but straw although
other feed is desirable if obtainable
Hoover plans. on building up re
serve supply of wheat; and it is VI
/ to the farmers of North Dakota t.
have reserve supply of feed. TIL
,, early spring in 1918 was the onl!
thing that saved hundreds of head o
, live stock the little straw produced il
1917 giving out early and the stocl
being saved only by the open white
and the few stacks that remained owe
from the previous years.
efforts are being made to provid
a low rate for the shipment Of stra,
!, to districts where needed and for thi
: reason farmers in the eastern part o
s the state who will have .surplu
and who due to the excellent GRO
) are not possibly in need of the sma
!, financial return that the sale OF stra,
generally briEgs are not to illuminat
the night with hundreds of bonfir
straw piles but. to save them so as t
.. have reserve fer themselves and to
, the farmers in the westrn part o
: the state"
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-09-19
EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS DO a
LITTLE BIT MORE.


You can always do little bit more.
Just at the time you think you have
exhausted every ounce of effort you
find, that you are capable of still
further accomplishment success
instead of failure gladens you!
You can lend more than you ever
thought you could lend in this bi.
War Savings Stamp campaign.
Did you ever fill a barrel of potatoe.
to the top until you could not get in
another potato? Cont you know tina,
you could still get in bushel or SO
Of beans and quart or two Of peas
and : you wanted to do it you could
fra room for n couple of pounds of
mea. or h-a,a and even after that pour
il e couple o. gallons of water.
II makes no difference how much
yor have contributed in Liber4y Bonds
it you have not done ALL that YOU
couid 90 you nave not done your
share. !. -. :.
What if every one considered him
self the self-constitutad judge of how
much he should do and when
he should stop? Who would go on
and win the war?
T, No you can always do little bit
more and you'd better do it for your
self and for your country than for the
Kaiser.
1t is not the United States army MOI
the United States navy that is at wal
with Germany. Il is the United
/ States of America. That means you
What part are you playing in the
war? Buy War Savings Stamps now
A certificate in your pocket beats {
dozen flags on the lapel of your coat
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-09-19
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Fish Bath.

A nnne to which is attached .
wealth Of the romance and reputation
Of traveller and writer is that Of Lady
Lugard. in the British empire honors
list. She was Miss Flora Shaw in for.
mer days, and Of her travels there are
many humorous incidents to tell. Once,
for instance, on arriving at an up.
country town in South Africa. the PEG.
pie wished Immediately to do her
honor. But Miss Shaw asked that she
might first be allowed to have wash.
She had to wait little time before
water was brought to her. and then
the fish that she was to have for din
ner had already been cooked in It'll
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-09-19

Moving under sealed orders the con
tingent of msn who have been quar-
tered at the University Of North Da.
kota since July left for other camp
on Wednesday August %. These men
have received training in special and
technical lines of work in addition to
the regular military drill work and arc
now ready for active duty. On Sun.
day September LIST the new contin-
gent of 20s men arrived at the Uni
vcrsity to begin work.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-09-19
Many Have Felt the same way.

Nothing Is to be said in commenda.
ton VI the spirit Of the mnn who re-
Gently advertised in a London newspa-
per: Loud, secondhand grnmophone,
wanted for reprlsals." Bfnny people.
however, not only in London hit In
many other towns the world over. are
only too familiar With the circun,-
stances which provoked this vengeful
and mistaken determination. Such cir
cumstnnccs certainly constitute one OF
the things which will need to be seen
to" sooner or later.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-09-19
Paper Shelf.

1t Is always problem to keep old
papers and magazines looking neat in
the basement. Make rack on the
order of swing shelf. having the
shelf in Stats about two inches wide
and three inches apart. The papers
can then be tied up without lifting
from the shelf. After they are tied
the bundles can be put In corner
ready to sell
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-09-19
No Mtstakino His Meanino.

Smith was taking his friend out for
drive. The car had the jumps. It
baked and bucked and bounced along
unsteadily, Greatly to the friends dis
comfort. They turned into park
boulevard and the friend noted a sign
at the side of the road. "Smith, you
better not drive on this road" said the
friend. "Why?" asked Smith. "Well,
that sign says Pleasure cars only"
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-09-19
Prey on Eacn Other.

Some microscopic one-cell animals
develop poison which kills other MI
cro-organisms that devour them. Such
Is the nature of the formation of germ
destroying toxins in the blood Of men
and animals.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-09-19
Pathway tc Knowledae.

Ignorance seldom vaults into knowl-.
edge. but passes into IT through an in
termediate state of obscurity even as
night into day through twilight. Cole
ridge.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-09-19

Perhaps Mother Explained Later.
Willie. aged six, upon returning
from school. after receiving his MONTH
" report card. innocently asked his
older brother, SIS B. A. D. good?''
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-09-19

Daily Thought.
Light is the tnsk when many sliere
the toil.-Homer.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-09-19

Buy Thrift Stamps.
Bps War Savings Stamps.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-06
Russians Agitate
Union With Germany
Government Circles Said to
Seek Alliance to Defeat
Czecho-Slovak Army

AMSTERDAM, July 5.-Governnent
circles in Moscow are agitatine for a
temporary union" with Germany. ac
cordng 20 a letter from that city
dated July 26, which is printed in the
"Frankfort Gazette" The letter reads.
1T is comprehensive that, under the
stress of the foreign situation. move
ment should be manifesting itself on
the part of the Soviet government tow
ard certain temporary union with
Germany, as a power which must pro
tect Its rear lines in a fight against the
menace of the Czccho Slovaks. The an
polntment of DR.. Karl Heltferich as
Ambassador to Russia is welcomed in
this sense in government circles here
as promising both military relief and
economic cooperation. Under the CON
dltlons of the war. however, a break
between the Soviet government and
the Entente is an essential prerequisite
for this, and since the murder of Count
Won Mirbach, it has been the task of
German diplomacy in Moscow to &C
centuate this Prerequisite"
New-York tribune., 1918-08-06
Siberians Expected
To Declare War on
Soviet in Feu Davs

LONDON, Aug. 5.-The semi-oficial
newspapers "Pravada" and "Izves,ia"
declare that the Provisional Gov
eminent of Siberia intends forma ally
10 declare war on the Soviet govern
ment within few days, according to
an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Copenhagen. The Omsk (Siberia) gov
eminent, 1T is added, has informed all
neutral and Allied powers of the es-
tabilshment of an independent Siberian
government
A plot against Nicholai Lenine. the
Bolshevlk Premier Of Russia, and Leon
1rotzky, the Minister of War and Ma
flne, has been discovered, according
TO Moscow telegram printed in The
Sossische Zeltung' of Berlin on Sun
doubled their precautionary measures
Lenlne, it is stated, appears in pub
lie only with strong guard. He vis-
tied DR.. Karl Helfferich, the German
Ambassador at Moscow, on FRIDAY.
passing through streets which had
been closed to the public by a Gordon
Of troops
Michael Rodzianko, former President
OF the Russian Duma, has published an
appeal in the "Vechernee Vremya" Of
petrograd in favor of the restoration
Of tie imperial regime.
only car" he writes, "can create
a strong army and establish a gov
erhment able to netain the rights
gained by the revolution. ONLY q czar
can bring the labor question to a
salts factory solution. One single party
must De organized in which ali classes
can unite in strong league"
New-York tribune., 1918-08-06
Hold Fast' Lloyd George Pleads;
Warning That VctoryIs Not Yet Won

AoNDON Aug 5lhe folowng message from Premier
Lloyd George to the British Empire promulgated throuqhou tn
;ngdon tonight:
The which send to the people British Empire
on the fourth anniversary of their entry is
"HOLD FAST"
I'VE this We are in To recover
freedom for which
spoiled and that people,
itself to the awless ambitions mtasm without meeting rerbu
swift certain and DISASTROUS
the world 10 stop short of this to
promise the future of mankind
say hold Fast because
been bright they to-day Six ago the rulers of Ger
many ooeate
oy the Allies Throwing aside the moderation thew
partitoned Russia attempted to seize supreme
power by overthrowing the Allies desperate attack
lhanN TO the nvnclbe bravery of all the Allied armies
evident to all that this dream
"ncn they wantony prolonged the fulfilled
but the battle not yet The
VIII stl violence
marsm lease life seek escape the horrors
OF war for them children Having set
our hnds to the task through and lasting
settlement is achieved
I'm no other endure world set free from war
"HOLD FAST!'
LLOYD GEORGE
New-York tribune., 1918-08-06
Germany's s Ill Humor
Toward Ally Grows
Austria's Demands Looked
Upon as Drag" on Mill
tary Machine
The Nsw York Tribune
Eore,rn pr.ss Emr.n..


Some Of the ludicrous stories about
America prevalent IN Germany have
been told 10 the Hague correspondent
OF The Times of London, by a friend
who has been living for some time IN
a suburb of Berlin. lie says:
"plslike of America is now prevalent
IN some quarters and is being vigor-
ously preached, but the German public
has been taught to regard American
influence on the war with contempt
and they do not unlearn easily The
crazlest stories are being circulated
freely regarding American manners
and customs. One lady solemnly as
serted that the majority of Americans
into II by system of terrorism. ex-
erted by local committees appointed
Jointly by British and American manu-
facturers.
DO you know what happens to any
one who raises a voice for peace in
America Men and women are tarred
and feathered and then burned alive
Il ventured TO protest. but she said
1t had been printed in lots of German
papers, so it must be so She de-
cllned 10 believe that these papers,
which she did not name. could be mis-
taken.
IN Berlin noticeable feature in
recent weeks has been sullen Ill
humor against the Austrians which
has found vent in violent outbursts,
owing to the announcement that food
is to be sent. Generally the complaint
is that Austria is suffering from her
own muddle- headed policy. or lack Of
policy; that she is merely a drag on
the German wheel, is always having to
be helped out of messes, and is never
grateful
New-York tribune., 1918-08-06
Sen1enof Forced Back
Along Manchurian Line

HARBIN, Monday, July 2e-General
Semenof. commander of anti Bolshe-
v,lk SIBERIAN forces operating against
the bolsheviki and Austro- German
forces east of Lake Baikal, has been
forced to retire from the town of
Manchuria, on the border between
rams balkal and Chinese Manchuria,
for a distance of ten miles. The people
are fleeing from the town of Manchuria
to khailar. on the Trans Siberian rail
way. sixty miles to the westward. In
describaDle confusion reigns in that
region.
1t is reported that German agents
are buying large numbers of cattle in
Mongolia. The Chinese are said to be
ignoring the Bolsheviki and Austro-
herman prisoners who cross the from
tier
New-York tribune., 1918-08-06

celved by the Russian Embassy here
in the shape of returns from the re-
suit of the municipal elections These
showed that the Bourgeois and Moder-
ate Socialists polled SO per cent of the
votes, while the Bolsheviki received
only 81 per cent
The embassy also gave out a state
ment that Everywhere the population
of different classes and political groups
has manifested vivid interest and sym
pathy with the efforts of the united
Siberian government.' in cooperation
with the Czecho-Slovaks, to organize an
army to reesta ablsh, together with the
Allies, a battlefront against Germany,
the formation cf which is proceeding
very successfully. Their relations with
Czecho- Slovaks are brotherly."
Co0perNte With Allies
The embassy further declares that
1t has received definite information
concerning the programme and inten-
tlons of the various political groups
IN Siberia which, without bloods'- ed
or violence, have succeeded the So
viets, which dispersed before the
advance of the CzechoSlovak troops
The political group in Vladivostok k
known as "The Siberian Temporary
Government' is closely affiliated with,
and IN fact is a part of the group at
Omsk,. where General Horvath origi-
nally had his headquarters
1t is declared that this Omitted ST.
berlan Government" as it is now desig-
mated, was elected January 26, 1916, BY
the members of the Regional Siberian
Duma; that it has transferred its centre
temporarily to Vladivostok, a section
remaining at Omsk to conduct military
operations.
1t was reported to-day from this
Omsk section that through the com
blned efforts of the Czecho- -Slovacs the
following cities, mostly in Western ST.
IBERIA, have been liberated from the
bolsheviki control: Marinsk, Novo
Nlcoiaievsk, Tomsk, Marine, Tobolsk.
barnaoul, Semipa -Latinsk, Carcaral-
insk, Atchinsk and Crasnoiarsk.
organization of peoples army to
reesta abllsh, with the help of the Allies.
the battlefront against Germany is
proceeding very successfully, the dis
patches said. and everywhere the popu-
lation belonging to different political
groups are manifestinc vivid interest
and sympathy" with the movement
The relations between the new army
and the Czecho-Slovaks were described
as brotherly.
1t also was announced that the tenn
porary government of Siberia, organ
lied at Vladivostok and said not to be
different from the United Siberian gov
eminent at Omsk, has made a public
statement of its political aims as fol-
lows:
"Creation of Russian army to fight
against Germany
Recognition of all the international
treaties and agreements of Russia with
frie ndly nations which were in force
when the Bolshcviks overthrew the
provisional government.
Creation of all Russian central u
thority which will be recognized.
Reestablis hment of local and munic-
ipal self government.
Enforcement of guarantees of indi-