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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-14
sEvENTY.FoUR MILES OF wARsHIPs

TTNHE German bent for suicide may per-
L haps drive the Kaiser some day to
attempt a naval battle. Otherwise a war
of prodigious mechanical wonders will
have to be concluded without a spectacu-
lar mass exhibit of some of it's most tre-
mendous tools in thunderous operation.
It has been generally believed that most
Of the French and Italian naval activities
were confined to the Mediterranean. Con.
gresham Daniel Riordan. lately returned
from abroad. stimulates other notions and
paints a picture Of concentrated co-opera-
tion in sea war that has no parallel in
history. For seven hours in the North
Sea he passed by IAN eight-mile Gordon
of Allied warships-French British, Ital
ian and American"
The mere conception Of the thing pau.
perizes the imagination. Assemble all the
ingredients Of a Salamis, a Navarino, a
Lepanto, an Armada fray, a Manila,
Santiago or even a Jutland and the sum
of them is beggared by the majesty ard
multiplicity of these fraternizing floating
fcrtresses.
Words have obviously failed an awed
Congressman, for he describes this stag.
SCI iHS oattie al lay ds holila. lHe
word Is properly Spanish diminutive Of
"fota," and means a small feet but per-
haps Mr.. Riordan might plead that even
word Of grander substance would be
almost equally futile. The vocabulary has
not yet been expanded to the measure Of
this manifestation Of sea power.
Maybe the shippers of inanimate ships
at Kiel grasp its meaning better than any
one and have succeeded in expressing 1t
in a host Of cultural syllables. And as
the barnacles grow thicker and tighter on
rotting hulls it is conceivable that the
sheer ferocity OF the word with it's impli-
cations is robbing history of a titanic
scene.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-14

To the Editor of the Evening Public Ledger:
Sir-Apropos of your editorial Of suggest
Ing movement for heroes to be placed on
the Parkway. why not also advocate subscrip-
tions by the public for durable trees to be
planted on both sides of Broad street with
individual brass nameplates for each Phila-
delphia hero. Such a memorial would form
an artistic as well fitting feature for the
longest straight" street in the world. and
would certainly maintain lasting and visible
reminder Of our local heroes But let us
hope that there won't be SO many heroes to
thus immortalze that the entire length Of
Broad street from League Island to City Line
would have to be utilized.
DAILY READER.
Philadelphia. September IL.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-14

cooperative expansion. OF course, in per-
fecting the scheme the Hun should over
come his shyness about expressing his
desires. When he feels like moving back
ward and can't quite bring himself to
do SO, let him speak out. Pershing will
furnish the knockdown argument.
The German Joy in retiring from the st.
Mihiel wedge has evidently been clouded
by years Of delay Such things should not
be. Happily, some Of us have a feeling
that the years of consideration about
moving further eastward have been ma
terially cut short The American mind
has a trick of coming to rapid decisions.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-14
Prussia an Outlaw

To the Editor of the Evening Public Ledger:
sir-When one reads in your columns that
the Plotting Erzberser, OF the Reichstag,
and the Hapsburgers. Burian and Czernin. are
in favor of a league of nations one feels in
c,,ned to throw it overheard, on the ground
that ANYTHING that precious plunderers could
favor could not possibly be good 1t reminds
II. how they are an echo Of their German
chief before them, who said. with unconscious
but e-splitting humor. that Germany also
would favor such league and graciously, not
to say self-sacrihcingly, even be willing to
place herself at the head Of 1t!
The brazen impudence of the dishonest
man has it's counterpart in the brasen impu-
dence of dishonest nation. and both must
be- treated alike. The sooner every member
of the Allied nations gives the Teutonc pow
ers to understand that their every statement
is discounted In advance as the utterance OF
an outlaw to whom none listen with patience,
tba sooner those Powers will come to their
senses and the sooner the people Of those
land. will understand what has happened,
namely, that this is not fight between
| EQUALS it is a fight to overpower panoit
nation and perform a surgical operation on
their diseased political morals; that they
will have a nara time WipiHB oii INC
stain that rests upon them that 1t VIII take
a whole generation of new moral education
before they will be beyond suspicion-even II
| they are then.
Al this leads to the statement that
criminal is disfranchised, and that the pres
ent or any similar government In Germany
| and Austria will have no vote In a league
OF nations; the word Of the present Teutonic
Governments is "as good as their bond" and
| their bond Is "a scrap of paper" The sooner
| this is made plain to the Governments and
| peoples of the Teutonic allies the sooner will
| the people Of those lands wake up and clean
| house"-make a beginning at housecleaning,
| rather; for their cleansing involves the reno
| walton of their whole educational system. so
| far as 1t relates to political morals Prussia
| will probably be ostracized for a generation
indeed until Prussianism is no longer q mi
crobe in the German blood. Prusslanism 10
/ an international crime to be made to disap-
| near from the face of the earth. Therefore
| IL does not seem probable that non-Prussian n
Germans can AFFORD to form q new Govern
| ment in association with Prussia. Certainly
nothing would 80 reassure the world - to
/ thsir sincerity A. the organisption cf = Ger
| man republic. leaving Prpssis out 10 oy1onise
- sepNhiio ~ hsrrsif that. inees<
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-14
GIRL MARINES

uIHATS this-what's this? A Ladies
~ Day in the marines recruiting offices!
y Well, we'll! Times change so swiftly
that. one instinctively holds on to ones
hat. when one reads the papers, Some
BODY has said that when the war is over
everybody will have lost but the ladies'
meaning. Of course that the feminine
part Of creation will benefit in most ways
b1 the reactions due with the first days
Of peace. That may be. But it cannot be
I'D that women aren't doing a marvellous
part to help save the world for democracy.
Why shouldn't they be In the marines,
Whore there is much to be done that they
ca DO IN the way Of clerical work? And
1lSeoAy with prophets eve is forced to
o11ove that this is merely the beginning.
W6men are appearing everywhere in the
V4 They are even driving plunging am
Rn1ancss over the broken roads of France.
Nm Any one doubt that there aren't many
ke6g them who would be steady.handed
- steady-souled enough to take the next
80 and run battleplane if all their
Nrothers were downed and out of the
kting? We think not
W 1,b9se are few heroines formally glori.
~ ~ the histories of war. But the deeds
apoSt you are privileged to read about
NJ an immortal glory, Joan of Arc was
~ Our own Molly Pitcher was an
&ss. what viii the histories say of the
- Gross In this war. Of the English
nen and the French women and the
1wcs1eans;
s. ~ Marys and the Elizabeths and the
= ii - =
o1,o % . proud place In citizenship
- pn6h whom they have helped
~ y which they them
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-14
PUTTING TOO MUCH ON CONSCIENCE


,FHE conviction of Debs was a foregone
= conclusion from the moment he made
his Canton speech. He claimed immunity
from punishment under the free-speech
guarantee of the Constitution. A man
accused Of libel or slander might as we'll
claim immunity under the same guarantee
While the Constitution forbids the passage
Of laws interfering with the freedom OF
speech or Of the press, both the press and
private individuals must assume respon
sibility for what they say. II they do in
jury they must suffer the consequences.
In times Of peace a man may say things
cape, but If in time of war he does any
thing which gives aid and comfort to the
enemy he is guilty of a form of treason
and exposes himself to punishment.
Debs was accused of attempting to in
cite characterization and disloyalty in the
military and naval forces, attempting to
obstruct recruiting and uttering language
tending to encourage resistance to the
United States and to promote the cause
Of the enemy. He admitted the charges
and pleaded that he conscientously be-
lIsved what he said and would not take
hank . word Of 1t.
There was no other course open to the
jury than to hnd him guilty. Conscientious
incttsrs Of characterization are not i'm,
mdne. else German agents might ply their
trade here with impunity. We may be
tolerant Of conscience when it makes cow
tsrds Of us, but not when it makes us
traitors.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-14
Heat-defying folk a

Heat-defying folk at
A Charitable View the North Pole, pow
erty-defying million
aires, hunger -defying restaurant owners and
tho ladies and gentlemen of the South Sea
Islands for whom snow and ice have no
terrors will understand the Kaiser when he
talks Of his death-defying navy. To the rest
of us Wilhelm will seem merely an ass of
dimensions SO vast as. to defy all human
calculation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-14
THE READERS VIEWPOINT

Isolation of Prussia-is all that will be salts
factory to mankind The Punishment Of
Prussia" is a phrase that will take its place
beside Carthage delenda est"
Therefore it is immateral what the MEM
bers or sympathzers of the present Teutonic
Governments think or say about a league of
nations: as mmaterial as the sayings of
bachelors and spnsters on "Is Marriage a
Failure? because neither will be represented
In the generations to come when both insti-
tutions are in successful operation.
BURTON ALVA KONKLE.
Swarthmore, September ~.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-14
COOPERATIVE WARFARE

DERLIN announces that 1t has had the
- evacuation of the st. Mihiel salient
under consideration for some years" In
that case the general stan owes General
Pershing a vote of thanks. It had the
will to retreat" but lacked sufficiently
forcible incentive to that action. We sup
ply the specific excuse for withdrawal and
the dreams Of the war lords are at last
turned TO reality.
The arrangement seems admirable. al.
most friepdly. In the midst sf war. II 4
-~<>u ~ ceoorov. q Hirh1x.- II 6kferffno
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-14
The First American Troops
in Paris ~
THE tramp Of feet
L In a Paris street,
ThA rhvfhnnfN haut

THE tramp Of feet |;
L In a Paris street, s.E
Tho rhythmic beat
OF drums; hit 900
Limo after limo ' .f''ta
OF glowing eyes !
Hot with the FIRE ~ +
OF a holy desire, III
The light Of q high emprise.
A culver stirs the waiting throng:
How oft they had prayed, 20 Lord. how
long?
How long till the beat Of the western drums
Shall say to the weary, America comess"
4 H
A cloud Of dust
In a Paris street,
A cloud Of glory i
From marching feet,
A cloud Of incense
Rising sweet - '-' "''S
To the eager throng -
In the Paris street; -..f
And the rhythmic beat
OF the western drums
Proclaims to the world
America comes!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-14
Liberty for EverysLand

o the Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger
Sir 81,
Wilson. the democratizer. -
Will subdue the German Kaiser
II we'll give him a helping hand.
For the glory is ours
In these trying hours,
And a blessing for every land.
"Sons of will. determination
Do your duty for this Nation
'Tis democracy's great command.
Gather up your ammunition,
Keep intact your old tradition,
Freedom for every land
Do not fear or shiver!
And we'll make the Kaiser quiver
In his own land.
Heed the writing on the wall
Pointing to the Kaiser's fall
And to liberty for every land!
JACOB H. SHERMAN
Philadelphia. September ~.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-14

Season your mental cocktails with dash
Of geography and note the stimulating eject
of the fact that Pagny. now in American
hands, lies some $50 miles from Paris and
only twelve from Mets.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-14

II will be dificult to convince the public
that the Logan Company. dealer in bitumi-
nous fuel, which has just been penalised
ess3oo 81 prontssrng, = not HARD eeal
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-14

J NGeneral Pershing was ffty-eisht years old
yesterday and the EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER
b four years old today. Each is doing pretty
well. thank youf'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-14

The war demands peach pits have
given joy to many a pie eater whose af-
fronted molars have had occasion to curse
careless pastry cook
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-14

Heart failure in England. says Lloyd
George, can alone endanger the Allied cause
That particular malady is more likely to
pervade Germany.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-14
The decline of football

The decline of football
The Large Goal in the colleges seems
to be accompanied
with the ascendancy Of its spirit on the bat
tleneld. Variety Of play is just as much a
cardinal principle Of Marshal Foch's sue
cessful game as it ever was in the days OF
quarterback captains like Stevenson or Carl
Williams.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-14
No!

Now that the bosses
No! are passing the hat
among municipal sm-
ployes, will any one be patriotic enough to
ask about the uses to which this pirate fund
is usually put?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-14

"The operation was successful but the
patient died" The phrase has angered us
in the past, but Pershing can employ 1t as
often as he likes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-14

The Kaissr's confession that he does
mot know when the struggle win end" COM
fortably denotes our ceutFei q ths time
setSduIs - ,usli a. IL 1ni<lnt1g~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-14

The salient" facts are those of victory.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-14

Guns as well as pens have registered
our resolve. -..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-14

At the present rate of
Now for Germany! movement In the AL
lied armies France will
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-14

Who can offer a job to a half-witted
Kaiser?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-14

soon be un-Hunned.
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you think Scotch cap would be quite out
| Of the question?
| AJAX-Absolutely.
| SOCRATES-How about a Tyrolean hat
one Of those jolly little conical ones, with
| pheasant feather?
| AJAX - All right for a colonel in the
Deaths Head Hussars or the Cockchafers,
| but really, you must remember that a
| writer for the Philadelphia papers has a
certain duty to the public.
| SOCRATES Il think probably a deer-
| stalker cap and an Inverness coat with
three little capes would help to establish
| me as a serious thinker.
| AJAX-This b no matter for testing.
soCRATEs-ln my cellarette at home
| ! have very nice old derby. Xanthippe
threw it out two years ago, but I rescued
1t from the ashman and have been keep
ing it for an emergency. Perhaps / could
smuggle that out without Xanthippe seq
ing 1t. l could keep it at the newsstand
round the corner
| AJAX-You see, Socrates it la m hays
always said. You are very sage in dis.
cussing speculative problems, but any
practical question bereaves you of sense
Now l will tell you what we will do. You
60 and get your hair cut In the mean
time will go to the hat shop taking this
straw effigy as a sample for size and vii
buy for you something that will do vol
credit. There will be nothing jazz abou
IT.; 1t will be pure in outline and gsn,a
in hue. Trust me.
9ncRArEs-Ajax. you are true frisnl
4 1Dxer.fEaef this, aocRAIu4 .
The Cordova daily times., 1918-06-25
ODYSSEY OF THE NORTH
 PUBLISHED BY EsKIM0

Adventures of 'Ki-ya-yuk-tua-look," a tale of the wanderings of a charac. ter in Eskimo lore, was the only ar ticle published in a recent issue of the Eskimo, native school publication is- sued at Nome. The story, written by a native, is believed to be as vivid to the natives of this country as the stories of Ulysses were to the Greeks and the Sagas to the Norsemen.
 Joe Seknoik, an Eskimo, the author of the tale, is said to have spent much time in gathering his material from the old people of the Kavalina section, near Nome, many of whom hear it from their fathers. According to the tale, "Ki-ya-yuk-t -tua-look," the hero of the story was the father of the Kay alina tribe.
 The heor wandered in many parts of northwestern Alaska, meeting strange adventures, fighting hostile natives and finally killing a giant. The tale tells of life of the early Eskimos, of their belief in magic and their harsh treatment of strangers.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-06-25
MORMON's DESCENDANTS
 SERVING UNCLE SAMUEL

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 25, -Thirty-seven descendants of Brig ham Young, who led the Mormon pio- neers to the Salt Lake valley, are in active military service of the United States, according to statistics compiled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Lat ter Day Saints.
 The descendants of the famous Utah pioneer are in practically every branch of the military service. Two are known to have reached the battlefront in France and several are in the navy. Brigadier General Richard w. Young, commanding the 145th field artillery, now at Camp Kearny, is a grandson of Brigham Young. Colonel Willard Young, United States engineering ser. vice, is son of the pioneer Accord ing to records available the descend ants comprise son, twenty-two grand sons and fourteen great grandsons.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-06-25
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION


 In the District Court for the Terri
 tory of Alaska, Third Division. John E. Andrus, plaintiff, vs. Robert
 Blei, E. N. Brooks, M. E. Condon,
 William Cummings, R. o. Dimmitt,
 M. S. Griffith, J. D. Meenach, Dan.
 iel D. Novinger, A. E. Rowland and
 Charles White, defendants.
 The President of the United States
 of America sends greeting to the
 above named defendants:
 You and each of you are hereby re- quired to appear in the district court for the territory of Alaska, Third di- vision, within thirty days after the completion of the period of this sum- mons, to wit, within thirty days after July 5, 1918, and to answer the com plaint of the plaintiff filed herein on May IS, 1918, and you are notified that unless you so appear and an swer your default for want of such answer or appearance will be duly entered and the plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief demanded in said complaint.
 This is an action brought by the plaintiff to quiet his title to the prop erty described in his complaint an to satisfy or to redeem the same from any and all liens or other claims or estate or interest asserted by the de- fendants, or either of them, in or to such property or any portion thereof, which property consists of certain placer mining locations situated in the Nizina (unorganized) mining dis trict, within the Chitina recording precinct, in the Third judicial divi sion of the territory of Alaska, and includes Discovery claim on Chititu creek, Nos. 1 and 2 below discovery, and Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, g and 10 above discovery on said Chititu creek, the Kentucky Bench, the Lexington Bench, creek claims Nos. ?. 3, 4, 5, 6, ', 8, g, 10 and 12 on Rex gulch, and creek claims Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8 on White gulch.
 This summons is published by or der of the above entitled court herein on May 21, A. D. 1914. ...
 Witness: The Honorable Fred M.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-06-25
MOTION FOR PUBLICATION OF
 SUMMONS
No. C-141

No. C-141 Ira Mclean, plaintiff, vs. Marie Mo Lean, defendant.
 To Marie Mclean: You are hereby notified that you have been sued in the above entitled cause in tho above named court by Ira Mclean. that said suit is brought by him to secure a decree of dvorce from you. And un- less you appear and answer his con- plaint filed in said cause within thirty days after completion of publication of this summons against you, to wit, within thirty days after July 8, 1918, your default will be entered end said plaintiff will apply to the court to grant the relief asked in his complaint.
 This publication of summons is made pursuant to an order duly made in said court on May 22, 1918. Dated at. Valdez, Alaska, this 22d day of May, 1918.
 Court SeaD ARTHUR LANG,
 Clerk. By c. H. WILCOX, Deputy. First publication, May 27, 1918. Last publication. July 8. 1918.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-06-25

Brown, judge of said court, this 21st day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, and of our independence the one hundred and forty-second.
 (Seal of Court.)
 ARTHUR LANG, Clerk. By JOHN B. MILLER,
 Deputy Clerk.
 Maurice D. Leehey and L. V. Ray, attorneys for plaintiff. Office and postoffice address: 62O Alaska build ing, Seattle, and Seward, Alaska.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-06-25
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION
IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA, THIRD DIVISION.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA, THIRD DIVISION
 Ruby Nevins, Plaintiff, vs. James Nevins, Defendant.
 To James Nevins: You are hereby notified that you have been sued in the above-cntitled cause, in the above named court, by Ruby Nevins; that said suit is brought by her to secure decree of divorce from you; and unless you appear and answer her complaint filed in said cause, within thirty days after completion of pub lication of this summons against you; to-wit, within thirty days after June "A, 1918, your default will be entered and said plaintiff will apply to the cosrt to grant the relief asked in her complaint.
 This publication of summons is made pursuant to an order duly made in said court on May g, 1918, by Hon Fred M. Brown, the judge presiding therein.
 Dated, May 10, 1918.
 ARTHUR LANG,
 Clerk Court SeaD
 By c. H. WILCOX, Deputy First Publication, May IA. 1918.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-06-25
WAR BUDGETS OF
 TODAY AND YESTERDAY

LONDON, June 25.-The budget re- gently introduced by the chancellor of the exchequer, amounting to GS42,- 000O00, compares with that introduced to the house of commons during the Napoleonic wars in 1900, when the amount was G38,000,000.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-06-25

William Atherton Du Puy, author and magazine writer of Washington, began few weeks ago to use as final paragraph in every letter he wrote the following pledge: q swear so long as l live never knowingly to buy anything made in Germany" He found instant approval and apprecia- tion of the slogan, many of his core Spondents immediately spreading the idea by using it themselves.