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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-19
END OF THE TACEBLATT CASE

Tn THE first days of American partici.
l. patton in the war the Philadelphia
Tageblatt was fairly representative Of the
dirty and reasonable journalism fostered
so generally by proGermans in the United
States. The editors violated the laws of
hospitality, imposed upon the careless good
nature of a patient host and resortcd to
falsehood and Misrepresentation to inspire
enmity and disloyalty against the land that
sheltered them.
They were too stupid to be dangerous.
And that Is why the relatively light sen.
tences imposed by Judge Dickinson yes
terday on Werner. Darkow and the others
seem severe enough
The war is over. If after a period the
Tageblatt editors should be pardoned no
one will complain. A great many men who
are doing time for violations Of the es-
pionage act will probably be let go after
peace is made. To a great many people
it will seem chat the country would honor
Werner and his associates too greatly
by entertaining them in Jail. They should
be shipped to Germany and never allowed
to return. That would be real punishment
now.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-19
THE READERS VIEWPOINT
Valiant Portugal

To the Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger:
: sir-yiva Portugal; viva sempre tu macao
honrada digna Long live Portugal live
forever. your honorable and worthy nationi),
VIII you kindly permit me to show my ap-
probation of your just and kindly tribute to
our small and almost unknown ally. 1. e. Por-
tugal Small and yet great; great in its de-
sire to live UP to and even beyond the spirit
of its treaties What contrast 1t shows to
the once powerful German nation, which In
Its haste to conquer the, world threw Its
treaties to the winds, and by 80 doing began
its journey on the downward path. Viva
Portugal toda macao semelhante! Gong
live Portugal and every nation like her y
,.. ,.,. wHYTTYNGToN.
Philadelphia, December IS, 1918.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-19
Little Studies in Words
HIGHWAY

THE Roman road builders are RESPONSE
l. BILE for the introduction Of the word
highway into the English language: And
they did it by introducing the thing itself
into England. The great Roman: roads
were built after a fashion unknown to the
native Britishers The top soil was taken
off and the trench thus made was filled
with large stones and four layers Of stone
and top dressing were placed on the foun-
dation. The surface Of the road thus, built
extended above the surrounding ground.
In some cases It presented the appearance
of an embankment. The Latin name for
the road was via strata or the road laid In
strata. The Britishers, who did not speak
Latin, referred to the roads Of their con.
querors as the high road or the high way
or the high street.-the word street deriving
directly from the Latin strata--and they
called 1t thus because 1t was a high road
that is, a road higher than the fields around
1t and different from the ordinary dirt road,
which is gradually worn down until It Is
below the surrounding country. The Eng.
lish villages and towns built along the
Roman roads all have a street which Ia
known not as High street. but as the High
street, this. form Of words surviving from
the early days when "high" in this con.
nection was not a noun but descriptive
adjective.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-19

We'll Wilson'll meet lot of brainy men
over there"
II guess he's as brainy as they are"
"I see he and Grayson were going out to
play some golf, but the rain stopped them"
$50 that's what they took Grayson along
for. hey?"
well, he's got to keep Grayson out o.
mischief, amt he? Why that fellow might
tell some of the Frenchmen he's a rear
admiral, and they might ask him which
was port and which was stabbord"-
well, now, don't get the idea he's over
there on any pleasure trip. If he could
just have little sightseeing, and one day
go round the town and get tired out maybe
and then say, I guess we'll stay home to-
night and rest up but believe me he's got
a big Job on his hands, gotta be doing
something every minute. gotta be thinking
up a speech, gotta have something nice
ready to say. All that social stuff Is hard
going, take it from me-"
Funny about that playin' golf, though,
If he's so busy"
Jaw, look here, get this right. D'you
spose he lcants to play golf. just for fur?
That's all camoufiage. bet Pinker, that
Erencn fTeslucHt says 10 MIN, mere we
can't get any business done with all this
bunch around. Meet me out on the links
and we'll get chance to talk turkey.
Why, bet you that'll be the way things is
done over there. Wilson and Pinker and
| Lloyd George will have everything framed
| up before that bunch sits down at Versiles
| They'll fix it up right. too"
well, he's gonna run into a whole LOT
| of brainy men over there. 1t don't take
| any brains to get along with that bunch
down in Washington, but over there he'll
need all the bean he's got"
well, guess he's as brainy as they are
| every crack out of the box
"Well. hope they don't put anythins
over on him."
| Jaw, that's crazy stun. Who suants Il
put anything over on him? German,
maybe, and they've got fat chance, nix
Leave it to the old man. He knows wha
he's doing"
| y guess that's right He's brain,
4 man." socRAVEa
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-19
Lead On

MTE HAVE conquered where you led,
w Said the living to the dead,
We have followed firm and true,
You were with us and we knew,
Knew it in our darkest hour
When the fiend rose in his power.
Miracles can be no more"
Said they, sin this world Of war"
But we followed where you led,"
Said the living to the dead.
Brothers, comrades, not in vain
Were your brave.young bodies slain,
For your spirits marched before,
Brothers, comrades evermore.
We have crowned your holy visions,
Keep us to our high decisions,
Brothers, comrades evermore,
Guide and lead us as before.
PHOEBE HOFFMAN.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-19
LARCENY MADE A SCIENCE

AUTOMOBILE owners who have been
"A mysttied for years by the increasing
altitude of insurance rates should find in
teresting reading in the police reports OF
a system operated in this city to defraud
insurance companies through frequent and
make-believe thefts of property" cars.
Captain Souder, of the detective bureau,
and the men of his special squad deserve
good deal of applause for rounding up
the crooked chief and his associates in the
system.
1t appears that not a little of the money
collected in high automobile insurance
premiums has been tricked out of easy
going insurance companies by this highly
organized band. The insurance companies
passed the losses on to their subscribers
generally, causing increases in rates. The
police records show that various companies
paid more than $1,000 in insurance claims
on one flivver that was stolen over and
between the owners and the thieves.
No automobile is thief-proof The habit
of owners who leave motorcars standing
about the streets unprotected provides a
problem of great difficulty for the police.
One Of these days the insurance companies
may find that they themselves might save
money by instituting really efficient and
far.reaching supplementary detective sys-
tens Of their own. Having done that much.
they should vigorously fight the shysters
who live by instituting faxed damage
claims against owners of motorcars, and
thereby reveal another sort of graft that
has f1ourished amazingly in recent years.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-19
When You Put on Your Overcoat

Mr. Arnold Bennett remarks, you can.
not even put your overcoat on without
pleasurably rejecting that the necessity
for your overcoat is due to the fact that
the plane of the equator is somewhat tilted
to the plane of the earth's orbit"
Far from this being a pleasurable re-
Election, it causes us slight sensation of
nausea 1t is bad enough to have our de-
cent planet careering through the void like
tpsy toedancer-dong her orbit, we
might call !t-without being reminded of
the fact every time we climb into our sur
tout. What we are far more likely to re.
fleet on such occasions is that our overcoat
is six years old and very mature for its
age; and that as soon as wool comes down
bit we are going to hook one of Mr. Nc
Adoos autographs and buy a new one.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-19
THE GOWNSMAN

maintained. Some of our larger universities
tell very different story A few had been
converted into virtually military schools last
year. Others, like Pennsylvania, strove hard
to maintain the college curriculum and to do
likewise what was expected of them; and
such have gone through a checkered career
in these months. For what with the delays
which history and experience teach us are
inevitably incident to the workings of all
free forms Of government and some others
what with the influenza, with adjustment
and readjustment we had scarcely estab-
lishcd the students Of the s. A: r. c. in their
quarters when, with the conclusion of the
war, the bottom dropped out of the whole
thing. Above the difficulties of teacher and
officer the sympathy of the Gownsman goes
out to the student-recruit, whose daily busi-
ness during this time 1t has been literally
to serve two masters How to get time from
soldering to study with soldering impera-
tive, led to n very certain result for those
with less than the nimblest minds. And II
is to the credit of the genuine college man
among these recruits that he has generally
contrved to do as we'll as he has.
ITO RETURN to the S. A. r. c., there are
/ some gains besides those implicitly noticed
in the last paragraph. Perhaps they are
not important. However, the Gownsman
would like to meet with a carriage among tine
young somewhere between the slouchy lacka-
daisicality that was and the staccato smart
ness Of drill sergeant. He would ike 10
hear speech removed alike from the mouth
Ing drawl which he has sometimes endured
and from the sententious grunt that some
times answers military command. ANA ne
could wish for the display of greater IN
terest in current affairs on the part OF tne
student than Is shown In the small eooies
of college Journalism" The Gownsman VIII
look, too, anxiously to see whether punctu-
ality has followed the student-recrult that
was back into civil life and whether he VIII
less untidily. thumb and dog-ear his DOCKS
MILITARY training, even at It's pest'
lNl ought to make clear to every American
Young man how wholly abnormal war really
Ia and how utterly exceptionally not Inn
Observation-Disclosures must labor to make II
Tor war to recur Splendid 1t Is when sup
ported by the patriotism Of sacrifice. when
waged to defend that which makes iife worth
living: preposterous and criminal. on the
other hand. when 1t reduces the pursuit. Oh
learning, the uplift Of high IDEALS 10
mechanical preparation successfully 70 oe-
stroy our fellow man and what Is MS II
we have learned anything by these years OF
stress and trial we must have learned that
there is no glory in war, though PATRIOTISM
deviation to duty, sacrifice OF self, shine out
,nore pIoriously than ever. In war Itself Is
there verify no glory; and now when II mas
80, shown 10 an astonished world that the
rew ,eyies of democracy on diet OF liberty
an cone on more than equal terms with
nrnfsssonal veterans fed on militarism. the
last argument of the militarist Is once ana
forever gone.<
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-19

1t has been calculated by an erudte
scholar that there were only 100 days when
Doctor Johnson and Boswell could possibly
have seen each other, and this assumes
that they met every day when they were
both in London.
If 79O days Of Johnson-Boswell produced
a book the size of Boswells biography, I
sometimes wonder Ia little apprehensively)
how big tome several thousand days of
Wilson-Tumuty will bring forth?
ANN DANTE
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-19

Instead of voting $4,000 for Sunday or.
chestral concerts the Finance Committee OF
Snuncils has decided to set apart the money
~ h,rs ten hydrant inspectors at SlOOO a
wsar W But this is tribute to melody, for
ye YEA 10 more musical than the gurgling of
water from a leaking joint on summer day?
And composers have spent weary h0ats srSng
70 - sh,nale of a shallow stream.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-19
THE ELECTRIC CHAIR
The Truth at Last


CWim no apologies to the popular poem)
HSoMEBoDY said that 1t couldn't be
~ done,
But he with chuclkle deried It:
And cried that at any rate he was the one
who wouldn't give up till he tried IT,
He tackled the job and endeduored his best,
Saying Fame is for those acho pursue
IT,: 80
The upshot, Of course, Is much better sup.
pressed:
He tdtled-the poor fish didn't do Il!
"GoMEBoDY scoffed oh you'll never
~ do that, .... X, 81, ,:..'
Or, at least no one ever has done it;
But he only laughed while his enemies
Chaffed
And the first thing they knew, he'd begun
it,!
He ,orked like a s1aUe, 1cith unlimited grit,
When discourdgcment came, he'd pooh
pooh it;
But. though II 0ireS Orison Mdrden fit,
The fact is-the Boob didn't do it,
"THousANDs will tell you it cannot be
l. done:
Thousands of friends too. will fail you;
Thousands will argue, enjoying the fun.
The dangers that wait to assail you
Maybe they're right, and this doctrine Of
Is bunkum, you'd better escheU It.:
When they say IT'S Impossible, ponder your
step
And do not endearor to do il!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-19
MIR. WILSON AND FRENCH SOCIALISTS

MANY OF the reactions inspired in Eu-
&SA rope by the Presidents visit will puz-
zle newspaper readers who happen to be
Unfamiliar with the political elements op-
posed in the current diplomatic confer
oncss. The news in Mr.. Gilbert's dispatch
70 this newspaper yesterday that French
6ocialists were endeavoring to make capital
,of Mr. Wilson's visit illustrates the case
nkly. Considered from the average
~ Amsfiosn point Of view, that
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-19

II ever the children in the United States
,o,, thev will not carry banners such as
s,sr a thousand juvenile rebels in Berlin
Saunted in the air when they attacked the
,ns.art Goyernment We can see, in our minds
Ep ,ha banners Of the childrens revolt in
eye, ay,,ar,ca. 'More Sugar In Our Tea I" Down
With School Teachers" "one Christmas a
Week!" t +
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-19

brow, glorious in beauty is Scared with
tokens of old wars. His spirit must pre-
side in Versailles in order that all men
of every race and creed may be protected
from the shackles with which the intol-
Grant, the passionate, the prejudiced
would bind them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-19

If the conspiring monarchists have, as
reported, failed in Russia because the secret
leaked out" there is a mighty poor chance
for any Muscovite crown as public institu-
ton.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-19

MAYOR SMITH had to plead under an
A'4 Indictment for election conspiracy yes.
terday, while Governor 3rumbaugh was
lodging a N'rit.server sent by folks who
have instituted an equity suit to oust him
from 10000 job as State war historian.
Yet we are presuming to educate the
world in the processes of good govern
ment!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-19
A Whole Constellation

Now that Mrs. McAdoo has taken down
the service flag that symbolized her hus-
bands labors, we are permitted to wonder
how many stars there were on it?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-19

The Tageblatt, for the offenses of which
,xyo editors and their associates have been
Nn,.nced to jail seems to have been scrap
90 naper with the sharp proclivities of a
boomerant
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-19

But they have not yet worn themselves
out completely, even in America. The
fight of those who have had vision of
freedom must be kept up, and we must
remember that Liberty is an ancient
warrior, armed to the teeth, with one
mailed hand grssping broad shield and
the otherTa flashing sword, while his
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-19

The sixth Commandment, which reader
suggested 10 the attention OF the p. r, T.
lnstead OF Proverbs xii:tp" Il. ~ " course
you know, rThou Sd " not XIII
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-19

No legislator has yet arisen bold enough
to say that he is opposed to an increase in
the pay of the teachers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-19

The now silent Crown Prince seems to
have abandoned the attempt to compete with
the windmills of the land in which he's exilesl.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-19

Those who will be least pleased at the
prospect Of the new mutiplex telephone
(Which is said to permit five conversations
over the same wire) are the Mormon hus-
bands.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-19

westward the course Of empire takes its
way, but the soviets and the Councils OF
So,diers and workmen are not likely to get
any farther west than Germany
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-19

The T. r. r. cannot get by with it, The
company might as we'll do its Christmas stop
ping early.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-19

There are serious riots in Dresden, but
no news yet that the rioters have broken
any OF the china.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-19

Now that the r. r. T. managers have
aaroonstratsd that they read the Bible. their
o5fsnses against IL mani fftes are all the more
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-19
A prying reporter dis
covered yesterday that
while the Republican
Ci. ~o.na,4. -
Our Political
Vaudeville

eight months ago and authorized the ap-
pointment of Colonel Sheldon Potter and Ed
win o. Lewis to draft a bill to take the
police and firemen out Of politics." Colonel
Potter and Mr. Lewis were never even in
formed officially of the momentous proce-
dure. IAN oversight" says Senator Ware.
1T will be attended to at once!' Obviously
neither the Republican City Committee. on
the one hand, nor Senator Ware, on the other,
has any hope of seeing the police and fremen
out of politics. If this boon were possible
the City Committee would have been less
negligent and Mr.. Ware wouldn't !"attend to
it at once"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-19

Whoever put the cant" in Canto failed to
keep a good man down. for he is now Presi-
dent of Portugal.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-19
The French have en-


sons luncheon fare, consisting of hors
d'oeuvres, eggs, white sauce, saddle of lamb.
celery fruit and cheese. Here at home, how
ever, a feeling that a stirring band rendition
of Hail to the Chef, Who in Triumph Ad-
vances," would more adequately express the
sItua
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-19
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

Answers 10 Yesterdays Quiz
!. NJ, yenizelos Is the Premier Of Greece whan
Mr.. Wilson has met in Paris. w Vt
2. Constant BotslhY Ma5a!hass. the Rraslliar
Is9D, was, seLeSsIly known af Bsnjagilg
!Sl5,in02l was . French pa!nterl and
tician.
8. Frederick Tennyson was. English poet
4. The Madeira Islands belong to PORTUGAL.
g. william II, Seward WAS Abraham Lincotnss
Secretary OF state.
Q. The explosive tint" Is known as "Deeies''
army slang. H s4sf 4
Z. The singular Of she word kline Is cow.
=. A fete-ehnmpetre u an outdoor festIyei.
0. a .Sesfsr Il close dopbie-bfeaHtsd tters
= osis fss..s;s 6 aE::: s:ss az s s' :ssss'', "
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-19
What Do You Kno,c?
QUIZ

4. How old Is Premier Clemenceau.' Of Franeef
9. Who Is the new President Of PORTUGAL?
8. What Is the yearly income which the italian
Pope, but which has never been, cialmsa ES
any Of the PontiRs since. the Papal Stafes
were incOrpcrated In the kinKdom ei Ifaiyf
4. Who was prime minister Of Great Britelp
a,ri.g the years OF tho American ClvfI
AngelebY -.tf' 4. j. X ~
o. Who Carlo DoIeif '-,r l.d
Z. What is the national hymn Of waiesf'
o. Who was the Roman god of agrieuteree
D. What kind OF composition. masieai or
word meanT - Iff4. n
10. What is a shillelaghf
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-19

About the only thing Berlin revolution
airy school children didn't want abolished
were vacations.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-19
A WORLD CHARTER BASED ON
INTOLERANCE WILL FAIL
For New Tyrannies Built on Foundations of
the Old Must Ultimately Be DESTROYED

For New Tyrannies Built on Foundations of
the Old Must Ultimately BE Destroyed
THE rock on which the peace negotia-
tors will wreck their craft, if so be
they do wreck it, will be that of lrtoler-
ance-failure to recognize and admit the
rigny Of other men to disagree with them
and neglect to insist on respectful con-
slderation of opposing views.
A new charter of world freedom is to
be drafted. There is danger that it will
be charter for only part of the world.
The radicals are intolerant of the con-
servatives and the conservatives return
the compliment. Russia is wrecked now
by this conflict. Germany is seething
with the struggle between the two groups
of opinion. And no authoritative voice
has been heard declaring that the tyranny
of the majority is as indefensibe as the
tyranny of the minority.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-06-07
uee.e. Stephens.

Al high noon on "Wednesday. June ,
At the Episcopal church IN Ironton,. q
BIiss Elizabeth Inis Leete became the
bride " Mr. Claude Palmer Stephens
the Rev. Hampton officiating Only
a fen friends and relatives Witnessed
the ceremony Miss Leete. who was
attired In suit Of blue with every
thing 70 harmonic. WAS one Of Pres
tonsburgs most winsorne and charm
ing young ladies'. while Ar. Stephens
is well known throughout the valley
and state in political circles. he being
county attorney for Floyd county MI.
and Mrs. Stephens will take a snort
honeymoon. after which Mr. Stephens
hopes TO enlist in the navy. Mrs. ste
phens will remain with her aunt MIS-,
D. ]. Jenkins at Ironton. for awhhe
before returning to Prestonsburg'
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-06-07
EAST FORK.

Cfidrens day was observed az the
Christian church II was very eneoye
able occasion for the little ones.
Miss Margaret Auxiy was busi-
ness visitor 10 Buffalo Saturday
Mrs. salne Pinson has removed &c
this place from pikeville 20 make her
home with her brotherA
Little Miss Margaret Wharton. OF
Virginia, is visiting her grandmother.
Mrs. W. l. Auxier.
Our neiRhborhood was the scene OF
an unusual tragedy recently. Mr.. VIM
Conley left his home on Lick Fork,
Jennies Creek, and was missing three
days search party ,huntcd for him
day and night and finally found his bo-
dy hanging In a tree on top Of the hill
at the head OF the Len Conley Branch.
He had peeled bark from n nearby tree
by which he hanged himself. Some
trouble over the division OF some land
was the cause OF his rash deed. He
was II years OF age and was respect
ed citizen,
A patriotic meeting was held Al Aux
Ter recently Speeches by Judges
Vaughan and Patrick. A large flag
was raised
Miss Ruth Conley has returned from
pleasant visit In Louisville. Frankfort
and Louisa She thinks Louisville a
real old Southern city and = grand
place TO visit
Bayes Ramey. OF AuIier. has Joined
the army Rs volunteer lie wishes
to enter the navy.
a large number OF our boys register
ed June 8.