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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21
SINKING

s SOME one said recently of the Mayor
Ia OF New York, the Hun has a peculiar
talent for making everything he touches
seem insignificant.
In the submarine, as it was secretly de-
veloped before the war. Germany seemed to
( have novel weapon of limtless potency
The new device had all the advantages
Of the situation. 1t appeared to involve
} . terrible challenge TO the brave men who
have had to fight it. And yet, like the
zeppelin, the submarine has lived through
4 ~ short hour of successful terrorism and
y no longer a serious factor, even in d
nnrtive and skulking system of warfare.
And as 1t disappears from the active arena
Of the fighting it is appearing elsewhers
Z at new sort Of employment, debased to
the level of the general German effort.
The undersea boat of the German
navy is new carrier of fanatical sedi.
ttonists, a vehicle of cheap and futile in
frigue A high use, surely. for a ship of
war!
Just before the latest outbreak in Ire
land 1t was submarine that landed some
upfortunate leader of the trouble in a col
iapsible boat; landed him as another YES.
sci OF the same sort landed Roger Case.
ment-into the hands of the law. Sub
marines are reported in the Gulf of Mexico
just before each new Mexican paroxysm
Even at these despised chores of war the
pride OF the German navy is failure.
secrecy is the first essential of successful
Intrigue. And the German U-boats always
manage to be discovered sunk or bounded
from place to place at their fantastic job.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21
Answers TO Yesterday! Quiz

/. Alexander Hamilton was !hs first Secretary
of the Treasury of the United States.
.. Ben Bolt: once highly popular song, writ
ten by DIR. Thomas Dunu English. Phila-
delphia poet.
3, The name of California Is a derivation FROM
Caliha. queen OF q beautiful unknown lard
in the New World, In romance published
shortly after Columbus discovered Ani~-isn
and written by MontalyO. Spanish anthsr.
1. Hybrid perpetual are not, az the
name might indicate. constant hlOOmers,
but are the sn-called June roses. The word
perpetual" refers to longevity OF tho
bushes.
3. The Sage Of Monticello; a name applied 10
Thomas jefferson, In allusion to his estate.
o. MctIopOlItan zone: n term applied to the dis
trict including u METROPOLIS and It's suburbs
and enylrons outside municipal limits,
Used as a postal policing unit in some
cities.
Z. GeOphOne; an American Invention which gives.
data for asCertaining the emDlacement OF
enemy guns ana reveals the presence OF
saDpers and miners.
8. Ordnance: military supplies. Including can
nOn, small arms, machinery, tools and all
. store, except those of the Guarterniaster's
s depurtment.
o. Heir presumptlye; one In the line OF success
sion TO title, but not the Immediate heir
who is the heir apparent.
TO- NO accidents are unlueky but that the
prudent may draw same adyaHts ge from
NO them, - irom the "fetiecilons,' of ".
kochefoucauld. " =
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21

Herr Sim Fem, the wellknown Irish re-
publican, arrested and jailed by brutal
government of King Lloyd George V.
President Wilson, terrified by White
House sheep flies to New York to consult
Colonel Haus.
French Blue Devils, routed by our brave
troops, flee all the way to Philadelphia.
The terrific Cannonade of our new Krupp
superguns has caused such vibration of
the air that the Philadelphia Liberty Bell
was by the concusslon cracked.
Panic-stricken Americans, fearing u
boats, are their possessions in a gigantic
War Chest for safety hiding.
The question now is, Have large nations
any rights? Russia has chosen not to have
any rights. Have we a right to force her
rights upon her?
The British navy has long made a prac.
tice of naming its ships after the warrior
virtues: Indefatigibe, Audacious, Vindic-
tive. Intrepid, etc. Now Mr. Daniels goes
that one better by naming our new de-
stroyers after the American seamen who
have exhibited those virtues
Lives of Kaisers all remind us
How their schrecklichkeit sublimes:
We, like they, can leave behind us
Battered monuments like Rheims.
pronounce 1t any way you like.
SOCRATES.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21
What Do You Know?
QUIZ

I, What is meant by the phrase status QUO
ante beiium," used in connection with
peace discussions"
@ Who was the first Chief Justice of the United
states?
g. What tJvb Presidents of the United Staten
died the same day and what day was itc
g. Name the author of "Jo's Boys
g. Which j. the Badger State?
O. What IL meant by "bIaZnE the tran"?
l. What flag was known us "the Stars and
BARS?
3. What is the capital OF Massachusetts:
o. Nhdt Is meant by the initials "Y. VI. G. A.?
10. Who Is George Sicho barnes?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21
HOW ABOUT THE EAsTe
Germany Must Be Defeated There by
Victory of the Entente Allies
on the West

on the West
livery expert who has given serious
- thought to the matter has reached the
conclusion that a peace which took into
| consideration the conditions on the west
ern front alone would be German vic
tory. The President, in his Red Cross
speech. characterzes the German and
Austrian peace proposals as insincere be-
cause they leave the German ,conqucsts
| in the east undisturbcd
There is no profit to bc obtained from
ignoring the strength of the German
position. Germany has created a great
Central European empire on the war map.
Austria Hungary Bulgaria, Rumania
and Turkey are her vassals. Her power
has been extended over Poland and the
Ukraine. and is being pushed further
every week into Russia. Serbia has been
destroyed, and the effort is making to
destroy as much Of independent Russia
as possible.
When Germany is defeated on the west
crn front by the re-cnforcements which
We are sending to the relief of the French
and the British, the problem of the east
vii, remain. How can it be solved?
"o'n' sUu"e"C' VI Ine question n".e
confessed that they see no solution of it.
They think that Germany will be able
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21
PRUNES 4ND PRISWS
In Case You Should Ak

The pituitary gland. at the base of the
brain. is supposed To I've the seat Of the
soul "Around this tiny organ play tn"
sweet fanrics and the masterfuI passions
upon which hinges the pcrpetuation of
the race" DIR. j. s. Lankford
Tell me where is fancy bred,
In the heart or in the head?
We reply in accents bland,
in the pituitary gland
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21
GENERAL MARCH

THE nomination of Major General Peyton
C. March, Of Pennsylvania, to the rank
Of general is probably to be followed by the
promotion of other officers to that high
rank. General Pershing was promoted
some time ago. He has already recon-
mended thar the rank Of lieutenant gen.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21

FOrmalized study of grammar may he
eliminated by the Board Of Education. If
the present system is responsible for the die
ton Of some Of our exalted poIiticos it has
endured too long aIrcadv
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21

II was about tim" that we had Hnot her
general in the army. When we have 5.O0n. 20
600 men IN uniform We shalt need generals
enough to command thenI
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21

The necessity Of arrestlnG those Sim
Fcincrs may have been the reason Field
Marshal French was made Lord Lieutenant
of Ireland
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21

BILLY" Sunday has inst corvcrtod a. 5oo
III ,hlcago, II some Of the Chicago writer's
"I ir'' verse rcpented on the trail Mr.
SUNDAY Will not have lived in vain.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21

The Oyerman bill is now a law and
Woodrow Wilson automatically becomes tbs
whole executive department of the Govern
ment '
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21

1t was pleasant to
How Wilhelm win hear that paper cloth
Write Now! ing has been a dismal
failure in Germany.
Now the world can quit worrying about the
things that might happen in the event of
more serious paper shortage in the fatherland
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21

Now that the bathing
season has opened at
Atlantic City at a time
a great manys per-
} before going to the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21

III" oldest food conservation device lis
the hShleas fShbalI.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21

| Keep up an incessant hullaha.O" of barkirr
especially on Sunday evenngsl birds ana
squirrels and sheep are ccasClcSSly chCcD.
| ing and SGuaWking and beating There is
| Il poplar tree just outside my bedroom win
| d0W. tree that I can forgive much he
| cause 1t losses its graceful pumcs 50
| nohiN against the translucent cvCninn air.
| mat tree is never quiet. ON the stiliest
| day its leaves are voluble. ,Urkir. ana
| '"llchihE and sighng among themselves
IL rrateS II goSsips, it never holds It's
| peace.
| NJ ATj RE is shiftless and unkempl. She
needs constant pruning, everlasting
oversight and attention. Give the houov-
SuHkies and the lapis lazuIi and the Italia
fFedehta chance, and they Will he climb
ing all over the place shutting out the
air ana sun, attracting the aphises and
upaSeS and "ooties and ccntipcdes and all
manner of villamy. Nature is derejtfuI
and ambiguous. one tree looks too nucb
like another Why should it he so hard
to tell an elm from "A beech? WHY sho,Id
they all be green? If the elm is grcen
why shouldn't the beech be crimson or
opal? Nature lacks Variety
NATlR is depressing. There is too
much Of her. One or two dandelions
or buttercups would I've jolly. but thousands
ana thousands, of them arc monotonuus.
Nature is badly stage managed
And Nature is careless. When Tho
Ir'hin and 20 out strolling with the 70.
cart ii is all we can do to koop from, ru,;-
ming over nnumcrabe ants that are
toddling about ali over the payemrnts
Why can't they have sense enough -
walk somewhere else? And they build
their nests in the most rid!clllcls nIaces
just where one wants to sit down Who
was 1t SAID Go to the ant, thou sluggard
consider her ways and be wise? Spcak
ing OF sluggards. If any ant works harder
than ] do, Id like to see his timccard'
Nature is not thrifty. In these duys of
thrift stamps she goes right on. wastefu'
and improvident There is so much moro
of her than any one needs Think how sbe
wastes time and energy on things like
goldenrod and Chckweed and Great Salt
Lakes when she might he busy about
wheat or corn or fried chicken.
MATURE is unwieldy. She is noisv
She is inefficient. Consider all the
fresh, cool air up in the Sky which ought
to be more literally circulated down
along city streets. Nature is badternpered
and. caprcious. Thunderstorms, for ex.
ample. What respect can one have for A
scheme of things that brandshes lightning
about like an irresponsible child at play?
And Nature is monotonous, untidy and
vain. Day after day the birds sing the
same songs, the grass sprawls over. the
pavement, the trees admire their reilec.
tions in the water A man who would be.
have in that fashion would soon be in
tolerable.
The conclusion that the Urchin and 7
have come to is this: If we were as
tediously habitual as the sun and moon.
as impertinent as the sparrow, as bad
tempered as the Thunderstorm we would |
soon be locked up by the indignant com.
munity. Why should Nature be exempt
from all the laws of good manners? Why
doesn't the Department of Justice put
some one on her trail? Is il possible that
Nature is pro-German?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21

~ half that the politicians havr said Of
each other is true the primaries are a dis
aster.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21
And Then Go

of cloth conservation
sons will think twic,
shore for a week-ena.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21

TNHE I-rchin and | had been told by
l. those who write and read great books
and essays and poems about Nature
Wordsworth. for instanCe-that we might
learn beautiful lessons from her And
now we are putting Nature to the acid
test. When you see us prowlng with the
go-cart you think you see the customary
suburban husband, docile and broken to
harness, pushing bis innocent offspring.
But, like those persons who saw President
Wilson at the theatre, you are mistaken.
What you really see is two indignant
philosophers bringing Nature to an ac-
count for her manifold errors and breaches
of taste 1t is time this Nature propaganda
were exposed. Most of the outdoor senti-
mentalizing is written by persons in steam
heated apartments in the city, who eXtol
the joys of the country merely to depre.
ciate urban rents.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21

Why is it that every time We so to the
poStOftiCe TO buy Il stamp we have to stand
in a line thirty Yards long, while some one
at the head of the queue pulls some cXCep.
tional stuff like 1913 sevcn.cent stamps and
sixteen and une-half dozen stamped en-.
vclopes?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21

The bread ration has
been cut again in
Germany, but the Gov
ernment. always con-
has doubled the daily
4 which the nation has
ginning.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21

TNHE Urchin has mind and judgment
, that l feel I can trust. I show him a
dandelion or a stalk of feathery grass or
a grove of trees and he is only moderately
interested. He surveys these trinkets
with a calm and unkindled eye. But call
his attention to train on the Cinder and
Bioodshot or "A motorcar or maCadamized
road and straightway he beams. He rec
ognizes the marvellous handiwork of man
and approves it. After all, Nature is only
a hasty and amateurish piece of work, done
in seven days, bit of Bodybuilding. Man
has been working for many thousands of
years TO perfect his imaginings. 1t is
reasonable TO suppose that he could do
better than that hurried one-week job. 1t
is painfully evident that Nature fell down
on her contract. She couldn't deliver"
CENTIMENTAL writers talk of Natures
~ sweet silenees. The yrchin and deny
It, Nature babbles as much as human
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21

DEING of a serious and medlatiVe tenn
- per. az I have several times implied
in these exclusive dispatches, | like to OBJ
serve the life that goes on about me, in
the hope of finding for myself grave and
valuable lessons of conduct and deport-
ment And when was told to take the
Irrhn round and show him the glNrics
of Nature that he mch- 'earn her sweet
lessons. | began to wonder whether all
this talk about Nature is justified by the
facts. | began to look Nature in the face,
Instead of talking about her | really sat
down and watched her. Then il was that
discovered the hollowncss of her propa
ganda. She puts up Il brave front. but
she is black at heart
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21

Is Mr.. Borglum merely resting or has he
exhausted his vocabulary
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21
As Reported in Germany

Herr Sim Fciu, the wellknown Irish re.
publican, arrested and jailed by brutal
government of King Lloyd George V.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21
And stu
They're Hungry

siderate of the people,
allowance of lies upon
been fed since the begi
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21

President Wilson terrified by White
House sheep, flies to New York to consul
Colonel Haus.
Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1918-07-12
More Patients
for Fort Stanton

1t is stated upon good auth
ority that the War Department
has asked the U. S. Public
Health and Marine Hospital
Service to arrange for the ac-
commodation of one thousand in
valid soldiers at FIT. Stanton, and
that the necessary lighthouses,
beds, etc. will be received at an
early date. This is no doubt just
a starter for the big drive"
So far as our soldiers in the
actual business of this war eX-
tends, we have just begun, by
the time the Allies are ready and
going, on the big offensive that
IL sure to come, there will be
thousands of gassed and tubcr-
cular men to care for and no
doubt Ft. Stanton will become
one Of the leading sanatoriums
for this class of inyalids in the
country 1t is possible that the
water supply at Stanton will be
Inadequate for so large AN in
stitution, but in that event Lin
coin oilers a most favorable loo
cation for the establishment of
a sanatorium large enough tl
ace immediate Am army, most of
the land is owned by the rail
road 60. and no doubt would be
glad to dispose of it to the gov.
eminent at a reasonable price.
The establishment of a big san
atorium here would mean a
great deal for farmers and
ranchers of Lincoln County and
indirectly benefit the entire
south eastern part of
the state.
A concerted effort on the part
of the citizens of the county al
this time might secure this in.
sttution without opposition and
tlc present is surely an opp0r.
Jlue time Go try. Let as ge.
u
Clement liightower
Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1918-07-12
Methodist Church to
Honor Soldiers and Sailors

The evening services at the
Methodist Church are to be in
honor of the men in the service.
Mrs. Donaldson and her choir
will provide suitable music.
The sermon will be of a fitting
nature. All those that have rel
atives in the service are espec-
tally invited to be honor guests
at .the services. Let every one
come and help make this service
just what it should be. We owe
it to our boys to remember them
in this way.
Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1918-07-12
Better Mind
Your Uncle Sam

The recent trouble experienced
by some people charged with
selling booze" to the soldier
boys. should be a lesson to all
parties who have been in the
habit of treating the orders of
the Government lightly. When
Uncle Sam says something it
means a whole lot nowadays, for
his orders always did carry a
meaning with them, but this
war has added a few more wrink-
les to his forehead, and those
who disobey his orders must
suffer the consequences. Better
mind your Uncle sammy
Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1918-07-12

Best equipped Ford shop in
the state. - Western Garage.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-10

up with these interests is definitely
placed.
Sheridan County is a farming
county.
We have no use for the copper
collared politicians or newspapers.
The farmers know that B. X.
Wheeler has been faithful and pat
riotic official and that the copper int
erests seek to remove him that his
place can be filled by one of their
tools. The Scobey Citizen takes a
position adverse to all the right
thinking people of this county and it
the copper interests have not paid for
the space they are in debt to the pub
fishers.
Of course, the space may have been
acquired and paid for by a Sheridan
County politician who has personal
axe to grind with Mr.. Wheeler, req
ative to certain lawsuit now pend
ing in the United States Court.
Quien Sabe?
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-10

On the first page of this issue of
The Producers News will be found a
couple of letters of Endorsement from
those in authority in tire League. Our
good faith has been questioned by
several people who have tried to
cause dissention: in the ranks of the
League in this county while posing
as,League friends. They have posed as
League friends evidently for revenue
only, and when they saw a real
The Burnley Bowler" naively asks
whether the editor of The PProde-
GERS News is not a socialist. In an
swer We will venture to inquire whe-
Their any of the "Burley Bowler's"
ancestry were afflicted with lunacy?
If there were any of them so afflict-
ed We are very sorry, for they say it
is inherited and that the decendent
of such a one is subject to an attack
at any moment. Take good care of
your self, dear boy, little too much
exertion of delicate mind is likely
to break the silver cord, which no
doubt would cause considerable COM
motion among your thousands" of
of readers. Be awfully careful.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-10
Lets Talk of the Program

Most of the newspapers in opposi--
ton to the League do not touch on its
program but devote space to reehash-
ing exploded personal charges again
st men active in the league or to de-
nouncing the League as disloyal,
without producing any evidence for
that serious charge against the pro-
ducers of the Northwest.
The few papers that do mention
the program dismiss it as impractical
visionary and unavoidable in sane
community. To man who has moth
ing to do but draw dividends the
League program looks not only i'm
practical, but dangerous as well.
And it may be for him.
The League program is in line with
the best evolutionary thought of the
day and in addition to that most of
its .planks are working somewhere in
the world and working very nicely to
the benefit of the producer.
The League demands terminal eIe-
vators. Canada has them already, ar
lake and ocean points and at railway
centers. in the interior. It may De
treason to advocate them in Montana
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-10
Montana Enforces Law

As the result of the kidnapping of a
Nonpartisan league organizer at
Miles City, Mont, the attorney gen
eral of that state has issued warrants
for the arrest of more than 20 per-
sons who composed the mob and an
nounces that he will use his utmost
efforts to place these lawbreakers be-
hind the bars. Governor Stewart is
supporting this stand.
Governor Burnquist. of Mimi, and
his recently appointed attorney gen
eral should follow the example of the
Montana officials. Minnesota has
been disgraced by many outbreaks of
violence against the Nonpartisan
league workers and others. These