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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-29

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floors hdpc q great
sales rdiuc. TheU tCiN
make UoHr place Of
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time theU SdTc and
their durability mean
actual economies.
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or the seas, as of the world, demands
maintenance of ancient rights which
have repeatedly proved TO be the sal
walton of civilization. Philip II. OF
Spain, Napoleon and the Kaiser were
defeated and the American Union was
saved thereby In the Civil War. Aboll-
tion of the blockade and of contra
band would reduce the value of sea
power 10 per cent because It would
enable great continental armies to be
sustained almost indefinitely. The
sea controls the land and so-cailed
freedom of the seas means military
autocracy by land
BY \. q. Gardner, editor of the Daily
News--Freedom of the seas Is uni
versal and -unqual' fed in peace time.
In case of dispute between nations
If one nation rejects arbitration and
the decision of the league OF nations
and declares war. il will be denied use
of the seas while it's opponent will
have such use safeguardcd
by Colonel y. &. WedGwood. VI. r.
Freedom Of the seas means abolition
of the right of capture or destruction
of private property at sea in wal
time and no discrimination at ports
between the different flags IN peace
time Submarines alter the old situa.
tion. hut always as a Liberal | sup.
port President Wilson.
by Ralph u. Brumenfeld. editor Of the
naily EXpress-Tntil YOU abolish wal
there can he no such thing as freedom
Of the seas.
Copyright 10ls
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Divergent VieUs
of Sea Freedom,

Continued from Page One
slightest idea what freedom Of the
seas means, nor have l met anyone
who can tell me.
by John st. Loe Strachey, editor Of the
Spectator-Freedom of the seas means
sea freed, by viglant policing, from
thieves and murderers, just as free
doom of transport means road free
from similar posts. An example is
the action by the United States in the
civil War and by Great Britain plus
America now. The German version of
freedom of the seas means sinking
without trace.
BY a. II. Pollen. distinguished naval
CritiC-Ciermany was defeated largely
because at the last she was effectively
best eyed by sea. Had neutrals been
free to supply her, the war might have
continued another year. Had all sup
plies, especially from America. been
! stopped from the first, it would have
been over long ago. Non-combatant
/ trading with Germany has cost Eu
rope and America millions of lives
and fifty billion dollars. If this is
freedom of the seas, it has been a
costly luxury
BY NrchibaId Hurd. naval critic of the
Daily Telegraph-1n war, as recent
J events have shown. effective freedom
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PRINCE MAX NOW is FAVORED
AS BERLIN'S FIRST PRESIDENT

Continued from Page One
what little hold they have on certain
classes is rapidly slipping away from
them. The. realize that unless they
receive vigorous aid from without they
will lose all ground in Germany.
For this reason they hasten to ad-
dress a, pronunciamento ito the pro-
letarians of all nations" which covers
the whole first page in their organ,
Die Rote Fahne, and is signed Spar
tacus League" "Liebknecht." LUX
emburg," "Mehring," Aetkin."
'1n Europe" says the pronunciamen-
to. twelve million bodies cover the
scenes of the imperialists crimes. The
flower of youth and vigorous manhood
has been moved down, innumerable
productive forms being destroyed. HUI
manity is in despair, victors and van.
quished alike stand trembling at the
brink Of chaos, threatened by the most
awful famine, .pestilence and degenera.
ton.
THE capitalists are the criminals
responsible for this chaos. They are
unable to mask the devils of their
own creation.
The pronunciamento proceeds to as
sert that the only salvation Is Social
ism as understood by the Sparta
cides." If the proletarians of all ma
tions would unite! it is set forth, they
would make peace within a few hours.
There would not be such questions as
the left bank of the Rhine, Mesopota-
mia, Egypt or the Colonies then. There
would be only one law. namely, the
equality of all mankind only one pur-
pose, welfare and progress for all.
Want Peace by Revolution
The signers of the pronunciamento
do not want Lloyd George, Poincare
Wilson, Sonnino, ErZberger or Scheide'
mann to conclude this peace, but in.
sist that it be concluded under the
banner of the worlds revolution"
These biood-curdling incantations
will only cause a smile in America
but, they are characteristic of the state
of mind of the Spartacides, who are
feeling the ground slip from under
their feet in Germany. They hope to
revolutionize France and England and
speak even of certain classes in Amer
lea as their sympathiZers.
Despite the rapidly decreasing num-
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variety and complexity of the tasks to
be undertaken.
The Daily Telegraph in the course OF
an editorial on the celebration OF
Thanksgiving Day, says;
THE British and American peoples
have been fellow students during these
last anxious months in the same hard
school, and If that companionshlp has
cxemplfed one moral more than another
II is that real freedom of the seas, as
il has been practiced by the two nations,
is an effective check on tyranny on land
Put for the blockade in spite OF the
! splendid contributions Of troops by the
! United states and hv ourselves. the war
might have dragged on for years. if
! Germany had not. indeed been able al
! no very distant date to profit by the
! economic exhaustion Of the whole world
Lauds Churchill Statement
1T is appropriate that on the eve OF
| Thanksgiving Winston Churchill. son OF
! an American mother and a British
! statesman. should have made IA specific
declaration on the determination of the
| British people TO preserve their sea
lights. TO which, If its history be traced
back to its source, the Repubnc OF the
| United States owes its existence With.
out the fleet there would have been nc
plantations and without the fleet ther,
could have been no American army tc
co. operate with fine resource and cour.
age In overthrowing Prussanism
I'VE believe the good sense Of the
American people will lead them to A
recognition of the debt which is due &c
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Der of their followers the Spartacides
of peaceful political developments.
Somehow they seem to be possessed of
enormous funds, with which they are
batting certain lawless elements.
When they found the Government
determined not to permit the appropri.
alton of the Lokal Anzeiger. Liebk-
necht went to Rudolf Mosse and of
erred him 100000 marks for one of
his publications. Die Volks Zeitung.
which they intended to make their
own organ. Not until Mosse definitely
refused did they find another printing
establishment for their organ, Die Rote
F'ahne.
The SpartacideS are extremely lavish
with their money. If the BOrSen kurier
IS correctly informed, they have their
spies in every government office acting
rs clerks or messengers. to whom they
pay an extra salary of twenty marks
day and upward They are said to
have enormous ammunition stores and
eoodstuffs and their agents at the front
1re we'll provided with meants to con.
1uct propaganda among the returning
winding success!
JunlSer Spirit Still Lives
The same might be said of certain
propaganda of the former Junker par
ties These have publicly accepted the
new political conditions, and, in the
guise of various new political forma-
tions, promise to support the present
Government Nevertheless, there is no
doubt that the old Junker spirit is still
alive, lurking even now in the columns
of such papers as the Deutsche Tages
Zeitung, the Tagische Rundschau and
the Kreus Zeitung, which never omit a
chance of throwing ridicule on the new
Government.
The worst among these reactionaries
II Reyentlow. who never let's up damn
ing the evidence of Lerchenfelde reports
to Munich, just made public, and dares
to defend the old regime, saying:
"Bethmann-Hollweg and his palladins
never wanted the war. They blundered
into it, They believed that by bluffing
policy they could bring about a similar
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-29
NEW GARRISON RATION
FOR u. S. SOLDIERS

Tours. Nov 29.-(By A. PD--Six days
notice was given the American quarter
master corps to put into effect new
garrison ration for all the American
soldiers In Europe, as a consequence of
the signature of the armistice between
the Allies and Germany. This was a task
Of no small magnitude when applied to
an army Of over 100000 men.
Last week 100000 pounds of canned
beef from Argentina was received. The
total stock of frozen beef on hand now
amounts to 20,O00,000 pounds. The sug-
gestion by the quartermaster's depart
nient that boneless beef be shipped has
been acted upon and has proved a
great success. 1t has worked a saving
OF 80 per cent in tonnage and 90 per
cent In the number of cars moved
and has increased the capacity of cold
storage houses in France $50 per cent.
Bread is now being made by new
sponge process which uses only one-hfth
of the Yeast formerly necessary. 1t was
Suggested that candy for the men be
made in France; but investigation proved
IL was best to import it from the United
States.
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Our soldier workmen will soon re-
turn home. They will find their
old jobs waiting for them - and
we expect to have sufficient work
to keep them busy.
This expansion of our facilities
will enable us to accept - and
faithfully eXecute-YOUR orders
Large or small.
The advantages Of hardwood
floors for every type of building
are obvious. They never crack,
warp or shrink. Once laid, they
''stay put" being proof against
the elements which affect ordi-
nary wood. You will be surprised
at their durability, notwithstand-
ing the hardest wear, and this is
vital where cost Of upkeep and
repairs are considered.
NoW-as you consider construc-
ton, renovation or alteration
write US for full particulars and
estimates. Installation charges
are surprisingly low, and the
work entrusted to us will be per-
fectly done, quickly and without
troubling you, by master crafts
men.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-29

HdrdlUood floors are
CdSiiU kept clean and
maintain their beau
fifUl polished finish.
Ran ouer them tCitH
an oilU cloth aud uour
sICeCpiig Is finished.
More, theU are suni-
particularly iIt
sum Bler. tUhen rugs
and carpets catch and
hold the dust and
heat.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-29

ever seductive must lead Us TO abandVn
our naval supremacy, which Is the onIy
sure defense of these islands and OF our
distant dominions In joining in ce1e-
brating Thanksgiving Day we may per-
haps entertain the hope that the great
American people, remembering the pass
age of their troops In safety across
the Atlantic in the face of the enemy's
submarines, and the dramatic close OF
the war as a direct result of the block
ade In which American naval forces also
joined, will be as firmly resolved as we
are resolved not to barter away those
ancient rights which once more proved
the deliverance of the world"
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they must make room for men who were
not compromised by their relations with
the old regime, because the enemy might
refuse even toierablo peace terms If
they remained in an influential position.
Eisner is a very forceful speaker, and
he quickly succeeded in winning his au-
dience. at first opposed to his views, to
see matters with his own eyes.
He said Erzberger and Solf seemed as
yet unable TO realize what tremendous
earthquake had shaken Germany and
that quite a different Germany had
emerged He also demanded more def
mite phrases from Ebert regarding the
time and exact conditions under which
the national convention would take
place.
The convention remained the principal
question of doubt throughout the eve
ming. some southern representatives eY-
pressing the wish of their respective
States that the convention not be called
I in Berlin but in some other city of Ger
many, preferably Frankfort -on-the- Main,
which was once the center of the Gei'
man Empire and the center of previous
efforts for German freedom.
Toward evening. when the assembly
was still in session. several machine
guns were brought and put in position
in front of the palace, because i was
thought not impossible that Liebknecht
and his associates might try to bring of
a coup d'etat.
Berlin, Nov. 29,--(By 4. P)--lndulrE
among the leading ndustrialists has
drawn out the admission that many OF
the largest plants in Berlin already are
being systematically terrorized by the
working forces. The latter are demand
ing eXprbitant wage increases, shorter
hours and other concessions calculated
ultimately to. force the employers to
shut down
The propaganda of Or Kari Lien
Nocht is responsible for the usuTpation
Of two big plants which were boldly
seized by the workingmen and are now
being operated under their control. Al
the PieChatzok Crane Works and the
Tmperator Motor Company plant In the
northern part of the city the factory
hands. with the aid of soldiers, threw
out the mana cement. The funds and
books of both firms were seized and
Red Guard soldier placed in charge OF
the vault The manager of the I'M
pcrator Motor Company, having scented
'rouhle. succeeded in having the firm
bank balance transferred.
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Peace Meetings
Begin Next Week
Continued from Page One

Continued from Page One
British imperial war cabinet sitting in
Paris. The fact that the British staff
will he between 400 and 500 strong. and
that virtually every department Of the
State will be represented. indicates the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-29

solution of the Serbian crisis as BuIow
did in 1908"
Reventlow, however guilty in the past,
Is Regarded as comparatively harmless
at present by the ruling circles. Never
theless, there is a strong movement for
having him with the rest of the culprits.
Rethmann, Tirpitz and Helfferich, ar
rayed before a national court.
There are other men connected with
the old regime who have been suspected
Of evil designs on the loyalty of the
officers returning from the front The
Government however, is not asleep ana
while it accepts the assurances OF 10Y
atty by the soldiers council, with HIN
denburg, as bona fide, 1t has its eyes on
the Vaccinations of certain ofttcials II
high position and the Dutch border is
under close surveillance today.
\oyemher 25-"AS early as tomorrow
the Cabinet will consider the rules under
which the elections for national con
yention shall take place, the Government
having determined to call the conNen
| ton Just as soon as possible.
It was a little after 10 O'Clock TINS
morning. when Friedrich Ebert. the
people s COnllllSSlolleIr pIoliouhIe' '"''>
welghty words before an assembly o
seventy delegates, representing twenty
one German States. They were seated a
| two long tables in the so-called Con
| gress Hall of the Chancellor's palace
| from the walls of which the life-siz
pictures of the last three Hohenzollern
| have been removed, everything else
however remaining undisturbed. Man
, of the representatives, are well known Il
Berlin as member of the Reichstag, bu
there were also men in soldiers uniform
| and sailors Jackets Their faces shove
that they were conscious of the seriou
nature of the business that had calle
them together IN these gorgeously dec
Grated rooms, SO markedly in contras
with their own workday appearance.
Ebert's remarks were evidently al
proved by the assembly, but only whe
he made the statement quoted was ther
anything like applause. They were a
solemn, those men from all parts of Gel
many, as If they were witnessing
funeral instead of the birth of a neN
nation.
The mkt speakers. Secretaries So
and Erzberger, too, We're list ened to
respectful silence, and it rather SCENE
to jar most of the representatives whe
a third orator. Premier Kurt Eisner, c
Bavaria, began scathing criticism {
the two previous speakers, saying tn;
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= n u n q U1 n

The dbOUe iiluStrd-
ton shoUS an Elec-
fric Floor SurJacsaO
Muchinc tUe use for
SurgGcin1 the floors
Of bathrooms. Skdt-
iID rinks. boipiinD al
lCUS, Office buildings
aud all other large
foor spaces. Avoid
The teiioiU tGith his
Office IN his TeSt
pocket and his cork
shop in the cellar.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-29

II a rdtcood floors
can be cdSily. quickly
aud economically IN
stalled in dnU home,
once or store =
'rhcthcr under con-
SfTuction or already
built. when neceS-
SdrU. ace eau ldy a
foor in store or Office
OVER NIGHT.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-29

IN the home hard
iCOOd floors rnedu
greater beauty aud
convenience. Theu are
a d a PIT cd to am
scheme Of decoration.
aud maD be laid ia
mdnU different ar
tiStic patterns. TheV
also enable Uou 10
QHicklU cOnpCrt UoUr
rooms into an dttrac-
tue ddHce floor.
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1918-12-07
ROSS A. woop. DEAD

Ross \. Wood. young man only 23
years of age and former resident of
Union county, died at his home near
Springer, December 4. Mr.. Wood had
just returned from n trip to Kansas
City when he was stricken with influ-
enza, which claimed his life. The re-
mains were shipped to Clayton and laiG
to rest in the Clayton cemetery.
Ross A. Wood was the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. f. Wood, who lived in this coun
ty near Cuates for several years. Mr.
Wood leaves his father mother, and
five brothers. besides a host Of friends
to mourn his loss.
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1918-12-07
DANISH BAKER IN rowN

l.. c. Kitteng. famous Danish baker,
arrived in Clayton Friday and will
give a practical demonstration in bak-
ing at the High School Building Mon
day afternoon at . o'clock. Mr.. Kitteng
came to America in December, 1915.
About one week later he baked the Dan
ish pastry which was served for Pres
ident wilson's wedding in Washington
December is. We consider the people
OF Clayton are fortunate to have Mr.
Kitteng with them, and all the ladies
of this town should take advantage OF
the opportunity to hear him lecture
Monday afternoon.
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1918-12-07
Conserve all the food possible
The Public Health in Peace and wor

UP to date New Mexico mourns the
loss of 25S of her sons who have died
on the field of battle, or from wounds
or disease while fighting for the cause
of democracy against the forces of the
Beast of Berlin
We were at war from April, 1917, to
october, 1913, inclusive, a period of nine
teen months. Basing our calculations
on the estimates of the Children's Bu-
reau of the Department of Labor of the
Federal government in the absence Of
actual figures inasmuch as New Mexico
has no reliable records of vital statis-
tics, there were 2O19 helpless little
children between birth and five years
of age died in New Mexico during the
same period, most of them of preventa-
BILE disease.
War is a terrible thing; but the in
difference that permits the death Of
1876 innocent little ones annually in a
state with so small population as New
Mexico is still more appalling.
While tuberculosis in the United
States generally is said to be slightly
on the decrease, 1t is known to be on
the increase in this state. especially
among the native people. The fact that
from the army camps on account of tu-
berculosis, 80 have names indicating
them to be of Spanish origin, places 1t
beyond doubt that this dread disease
is very prevalent among our Spanish
American population.
1t is a matter Of record that the
death rate from tuberculosis among the
indians in New Mexico is over twice that
Nr.A ,-f.k. H..
and that disease is estimated to cause
over 500 deaths mot migratory health
seekers) annually in our state.
Probably we will never know the ex-
tent of the toll taken from our citizens
during the influenza epidemic, but rec
ords compiled by Surgeon John w. Kerr
of the United States public health SER
vice during the tine he was in the state
showed upwards of 10000 cases and
over 1000 deaths. Dr. Kerr estimated
that up to the time he left the state in
November there had been at least 5O,-
600 cases and a proporti0nate number
Of deaths. In many cases entire families
and "a some cases small communities
were completely wiped out.
Concerning the prevalence of disease
In general throughout the state, the
case OF bIndll Settleinenl III Ndlencld
county may be cited as typical Of many
of the less enlightened communities.
Among this small group Of people who
today number about 800 souls all told,
100 cases of smallpox occurred in 1914.
In 1915 they had an epidemic OF dip
theria OF over 100 cases. Since 1914 this
little place has lost 120 of it's citizens,
81 of them this year.
template, and interest in 1t must be
regarded as being TO some extent NOR
bid, unless Il has as its ultimate object
either cure or prevention.
Let anyone who doubts the need In
New Mexico of an adequate state de-
partment of health look about him and
see the enormous economic loss caused
through the sickness and premature
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1918-12-07
Mr.. A. James Mcdonald, Clayton. New

Mr. a. James Mcdonald, Clayton, New
Mexico.
Dear Mr.. McDonald
Il wish to thank you for the good
report from Union county and also for
the splendid work you and several 9th
er Clayton citizens have rendered dur
ing the campaign. 1 am sure that your
untiring efforts will be appreciated by
the good people of Union county and
especially by the boys who have left
their homes and gone to fight our bat
ties They will appreciate more than
we will ever know the work that we
have done for them. 1 am indeed sorry
to know that Union county has not yet
reached it's so per cent oversubscription
as we were asked to do. The state of
New Mexico has almose cversubscribed
its quota so per cent, and 1 feel that
when final reports are in that we will
have complied with national headquar-
ters request, by increasing our quota
so per cent
Just as soon as it is convenient for
you to do so, 1 would be glad If you
would supply this offic- --'tN list of
the Clayton subscribe. -.swiag the
amounts pledged by them. We would
like to have this list divided into three
! classes: First, those who gave their
quota; second, those who only pledged
a part of their quota; aud third, these
who refused to give any at all. feel
that such records will be worth keep
ing. The New Mexico soldiers have con-
Quoted themselves in such n way that
/ know they will be glad for future
generations to know what they did dur
ing the years of 1917 and 1918, and we
are going to try and keep n record of
what has been done by those left at
home. 1 would suggest that you pub
lish list as above in your local papers
that the people of Union county may
know who is due the credit for put
ting Union county up in the front lines
during this campaign.
,'I trust that you will remember me
to each of the United War Work Cam
paign committee in Union county. Tell
them their efforts in behalf of the drive
will not be forgotten by the state ex-
ecutive committee Again thanking you
! for your untring efforts and with best
wishes for your continued success, am
Yours very sincerely,
w. Z. MCDOWELL,
Director of Collections"