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Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-01-02
AT 81 He FOUGHT
IN BATTLE OF NRDUN
Judge" Alden Bell Of Culpeper,
Va, Has Had Notable Career
With Pen and Sword.

Men in the Base Hospital area had
the privilege Monday night of hear
ing an address delivered by Private
Alden Bell, 18th Infantry. 2sth Divi-|
sion, who Is now a patient at the
Base Hospital. Few men OF our ex.
peditionary force can boast Of no
eventful career as his. He has been
lawyer Judge, mayor, correspondent
and legislator as well as soldier.
Private Bells case is unique in that
he is fifty-four years of age. He has
in his possession a copy Of q special
order. dated October 81, 1917, and
signed by the adjutant general, which
authorizes the enlistment of Alden
Bell, formerly a member Of Co. 3.
Sd Va. Infantry, National Guard,
waving average and defective Wis
ion, II otherwise qualified
Lectured in Paris.
After spending five months at Camp
Mcclellan, Private Bell went across"
landing at ST. Nazaire, France, June
q last. He was in action with his
regiment at Verdun. He delivered
his lecture on The Patriotism of the
L -,
and Rome. This lecture received
high praise from such newspapers as
the London Times, the Paris Daily
Matin and the European edition Of
the New York Herald.
Private Bell is the son Of John w.
Bell, who for thirty years was Judge
of the county court at Culpeper
county. Va. Private Bell studied at
the Virginia Military Institute and at
the University of Virginia. He was
for some years Judge of probate and
criminal court in the state of Texas.
He was a member Of the Virginia
house Of delegates during four terms.
He was four times mayor of the city
of Culpeper, Va. He has travelled ex-
tensively in Europe and Africa as a
correspondent for various newspapers
and magazines. Nor is this his first
experience in Army life, as he is a
veteran of the Spanish-American
war. Hats off to this fiery young
American soldier Of f1fty-fouri
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-01-02
CHRISTMAS SPIRIT BRINGS
MANY MERRY DAYS AT MEADE
Holidays Mean Much to Men Who Stayed
in Camp-Overseas Men and All Get
Presents and Fine Dinner.

in the huts. In 20" hut, where the
wounded men from N block gathered.
the Red Cross added to these gifts a
towel and cake of soap and candy for
each wounded soldier and the smiles
on their faces were hard to conceal.
Trees Attract Notice.
The Hostess House was the scene Of
many festivities. and refreshments
were served all the evening. The tree
here. besides the large one erected
by the ~" opposite the post office,
attracted favorable comment.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-01-02
After Taps.
ny LIEUT.. c. A. GURD.

C-3rd Battalion, 164th Depot Brigade.
Ito the memory Of those quiet
heart-to-heart talks with comrades
and those moments Of dreaming in the
peace Of the night, after taps" has
called the camp to rest.)
Taps Is the CLOSING CALI of the
Army. After the long day with its
multitude Of duties, cares and worries
is over. it is taps" that closes the day
and calls peace and rest to the tired
soldier.
And after the soldier has answered
the last great assembly" and has
gone "over yonder" to answer roll call
and to report to the Great Commander
of Us all, 1t Ia the sweet call of taps"
that is sounded over the empty earth
ly tent Of the soul as It is laid away
in the ground.
In the GOODNESS Of the evening,
After al the lights are out;
And throughout the camp 10 silence.
Comes the hour Of deep rejection
For the resting soldier chaps,
And the weary oft ind comfort
After "tars.'
In the darkness CLEAN the foes
OF the folks we've left behind-
There 10 mother, wife or sweetheart,
And our ''pais'' 20 true and kind.
Once again there come the visions
OF that homeland, and, perhaps,
One can even hear the voices
or those loved ones
After "taps."
Oft the aching heart grows weary;
Oft It almost seems to break;
Midst wars mad and hellish turmoils
And the suffering they make.
How we hail the starlit cleaning,
As the busy day It caps,
And we find escape from torment
In our dreamings-
After "taps."
To the soul there comes assurance
That the cause 10 good and just;
That we can't be doomed to failure
While in God we place our trust;
And should deaths cold arms enfold US.
There'll be peace, as LIES cord snaps,
For we know we'll nnd our loved ones
'Over yonder'-
After "taps"
(From a booklet Of verse Campfire
Thoughts" published BY the author in Decem-
Der, 1919
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-01-02

soldiers. A feature of the Sunday
morning service was the soprano s6lo
given by Mrs. Altenbaugh OF BaIti-
more. Her accompanied was Mrs b.
H. BrUher.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-01-02

Miss Erma Paulson. 500 Pine street,
Ehilndelphia. offers $40 reward to any
one who might return her Eastman
pocket koealS which she lost in the
H&sEess House In Meade.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-01-02

Ann Gray. harpist. is playing in the
"Y'' huts this week
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-03
NANISHINl, AIlnS

THE joys Of joyrlding and the lure of
- the latest modes in motors seem to have
been the prime factors i'm prompting the
theft OF nearly three million collars worth
or automobiles in this city during 1918.
Most of the cars stolen wore deserted after
the conclusion of the Illicit spins and Nerc
restored TO their owners In some in
stances the recovery gave dubious salts.
faction, since according to Detective Cap
tain Souder % per cent of the vanishing
autos were taken through connivancc with
their owners, who wanted to collect ins,Ir.
ance. Car styles change almost as RAPIDLY
as feminine fashions, and the insurance
fim.fam game perhaps commended itself
as means of keeping up to date. The
money thus nefariously secured is likely
to exceed tho price honestly obtalnablc for
an old automobile.
The Cox bill now in the Legislature pro-
vides barriers to the sale of stolen used
cars. But only a part of the evil will be
renedied thereby. Neither the average
joyrider nor the insurance CRATER will be
entirely checked thereby. Proper police
protection is the real solution of the prob
lem. although. of course, more stringent
laws will help In some degree.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-03
THE MONSTROUS HOLOCAUST

THE death toll Of the war has mounted
- to a figure about equal to the population
Of Pennsylvania, according to the last
census.
Available statistics summarized by Gen.
eral Crowder present tho total Of 7,S5iQoO
men killed in action or dead as the result
OF wounds.
The American losses are given us approx.
imately 10000. The contrast between what
we suffered and the hoocausts experienced
by Germany, Russia France. Great Britain
and Italy Is as significant as the fact that
the league to insure peace is encountcring
Its severest opposition in this country.
Abroad even the most ierry-built cove.
nsnt inspires hope for the compelling
reason that nothing more horrible than tic
consequences of the old "go-as-recklessly-
ss-you-please" system is imaginable.
Mr.. Lodge considers the possibility of
greater wars" His imaginative powers
must be extraordinary. Some Americans
have been unable to grasp the extent OF the
colossal shambles of the last conflict. IL
they understood it better they would not
worty over commas in tho peace cove.
pant.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-03

among the powers seems impossible. Eng
land seeks to cut the Gordian knot by sink
ing them in midocesn. France, needing
ships thinks this course absurd.
The EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER has sforc
time suggested that the ships he scrappcd
for junk and sold tho proceeds being turned
over TO the International Rcd Cross. Purely
In the interest OF future peace, It herewith
makes another suggestion:
Let the ships bc sunk but not IN any
Nantou mood. Let every ship scut down
be the coffin Of some high mightincss re
sponsible for the war The Kaiser could
90 down in ono. Won Tirpitz in another, q
batch Of submarine commanders IN "A third.
aud so on and 50 forth, SO to speak until
tho world Is madc safe and clean Tor
Democracy
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-03
PEACE TRIUMPHANT

D DAT-TAT-TAT-TATTLE through the street
~ L hear the drummers maxim riot,
An set thinkin' o. the feet
That follered once an now are quiet
White feet ez snowdrops innercent,
That never knowed the paths O. Satan.
Whose comm step ther s ears that won't,
No, not lifelong, leave of awaitin'.
Wuts words to them whose faith and truth
On wars red techstone rang true metal
Who yentcred life an lovo an youth
For the great prize O. death in battle?
To him who, deadly hurt, agen e
FLASHED on afore the charges thunder.
Tippin' with fire the bolt of men q
Thet rived the Rebel line asunder?
My eyes cloud UP from rain; my mouth
Win take the twitchin' roun' the corners !;
I pity mothers, tu, down South,
For all they sot among the scorners;
Id sooner take my chance to stan
At Jedgment where your meanest slave IL,
Than at Gods bar hol' UP han
Ez drippin' red as yourn, jeff Davis
Come, Peace not like n mourncr bowed
For honor lost an dear ones wasted,
But proud to meet a people proud,
With eyes that tell o. triumph tasted!
Come with han grippin' on the hilt
An step that proves ye Victory's daughteYl
Longin for you. our sperits wilt
Like shpwrecked mems on RATS for water
Come. while our country feels the MT
OF a gret instinct shoutin Towards -
An knows that freedom amt a gift - @ =.
Thet tarries long in hans O. towards d. -
Come, sech ez mothers prayed for. when " :;
They kissed their cross with lips thet
quivered, .ss- ."
An bring fair wages for brave men, -
A nation saved, a race delivered!
james Russell Lowell, in The Biglow
Papers ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-03
FAIR PLAY TO FRANCE

INiI' French ambition To utr0l the Sarrc
basin. with its rich coal fields. is fire.
puooi} asrrlhcd oitucr to cupidity or the
passionate desire to bc compensated in Kind
for tho destruction Of tho Ions mines.
Even from France Itself few references to
the historical aspects Of tho case have been
reported. Yet they are OF considerable
Significance.
SarrcIouis was never anything but
French town until 1915. Louis XIV
founded it in 1881. and the great military
engineer, Nauban, designed its once ccle-
brated fortifications few years later Ney.
tho most dashing of Napoleon's marshals,
tho brarcst of tho brave" was born there
in 1863.
The first overthrow of tho emperor in
1914 resulted in the restoration of France
to her natural bouudaries." Tho Sarrc
Valley was contained within them. and it
was not until the vcngerul spirit Of Prussia
had moro sway after Waterloo that that
rich region was accorded her by the treaty
following the French empires final down
fan in 1915.
Plans for the restoration OF Poland arc
based on tho idea of reparation for the
partition crime Of the middle of the eight
centh century, If the world reconstruct
tionists are willing to 90 - far back in
ono instance. is it not equally fitting to
take cosnizaucc OF later acts of aGgres-
siuu?
OF course, in the revision of boundaries
the principle Of sclf.detcrmination is of
paramount importance, and it can be ar
gued that IL the Sarrc country is by this
time thoroughly German it would be cyn-
cal and unjust to turn it over to France.
Nonetheless, it is hardly fair to admit the
testimony of history into one question and
dsdain it in another. It will beget the
sort of tolerance that makes for equitable
adjustment if Sarrelouis be viewed as some
thing IA little different from an intrinsic
part Of Prussia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-03
Phasdalphia. Nouda,. Narrh B.. rora


DRELTMINARY plans for q suicide CLUB
l. arc visible n. the rcuor, that .,l,l Re.
publicans as johnson of California. Fn,,,I.
OF idaho. Eor,or ,f low, and Norris of
Nebrssta will at,erl n r,oo,f,,. II, ,-l,icaro
this spring TO rorcstaIl consideration Of
William II TAR ne q possrhIe candidate q,
his marty for presider,
"a man u.bo has no enemies" ohsor,ed n
visa Gid Roman "bas no folIouiro"
Fortunate Mr. Taft, Ills posi,ion is no,
oplv cbariaod l, hi. ,.lords pa,,,r,ri,,,,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-03
Presidential Nursery Rhymes

N'hdt Mr. Wilson MAY Groom TO his grand
child at the Jefferson HospitoD
Senator Muffet
Sat on a tuffet,
Eating persimmons and soap;
The President spled him
And sat down beside him
And said, 81 have fighting blood in me.
and sometimes it is delight to let it
have scope"
There was an old statesman of intellect
scant
lie lived upon nothing but roaring and
rant;
Roaring and rant were the chief of his diet,
And this little old statesman could never
kcer quiet,
lie went TO the newsstand some papers
for buying,
And when lie came back Monroe Doctrine
was dying;
lie uttered an obsequy, brilliant and clever,
And then found the Doctrine was liver
than ever.
Senator Lodge has lost his goat
And can't tell where to find it:
Leave him alone and it'll come homo
And bring the League behind It,
This is the League that Woodrow built.
This is the covenant
That lay in the League that Woodrow built.
This is the Senate
That nibbled the covenant
That lay in the League that Woodrow built.
This is the Monroe Doctrine
That worried the Senate
That nibbled the covenant
That lay in the League that Woodrow built
This is the dilemma with the crumpled
horn
That tossed the Monroe Doctrine
That worried tho Senate
That nibbed the covenant
That lay in the League that Woodrow built.
Bye baby bunting,
Grandpa's gone a-huntinS
To find a leagueof- nations skin
70 wrap the baby bunting in
Woodrow had little League,
On parchment white as snow,
And everywhere that Woodrow went
The League was sure TO so,
1t followe him to- Washington,
Where Congress was In session:
The statesmen criticized the League
For looseness OF expression.
What makes the League love Wood.
row so?"
The eager Senate cried.
"oh, Woodrow loves the League, you
KNOW"
Tumulty quick replied.
"And you each gentle foreign power
In confidence may bind
And make them follow at your will
If you are only kind"
Hushaby Q Senator on the hilltop
When tho hot air blows the planet will
rock:
May l not say, If yoa let the League fall,
Down will come Senate and Congress
ana ALL
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-03
A USEFUL END FOR THE GERMAN
FLEET

ANOTHER evidence of German efficiency
4 10 being made manifest The devllish
reason for the Huns keeping their navy
on the safe side of the Kiel Canal is now
known. 1t was part OF their propaganda.
With the same far.sghted policy which
dominated every strategic retreat on the
western front QSnowing fun well that the
proper way to reach Paris was TO attend
. Peace Conference they held their ships
aloof from the vulgar British, whom they
suspected OF being anxious to brawl, feel.
ing that the vessels might prove useful as
q source OF dissension among the Allies
whom the cruel war gave place 70 an
equally harassing peace,
And their course is being justified. The
Allies have the ships and don't know what
= - with them. An equitable division
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-03

THE political isolation of tho President
l. was never SO complete IT. Washington
as It is today. Ills reiterated explanations
of the league covenant and his repeated
assurances that American dominance on
this continent is or will be completely as
sured by the final pact, and his insistent
references to the clause in which each ma
tion's right is fixed to regulate domestic
questions like that Of immigration, have
not been properly amplified in tho Senate
debate.
Mr.. Wilson will have TO Undertake .the
task of answering his critics. lie has no
representative in the Senate so ablo and
astute as Mr. Lodge and Mr.. Knox. Mr.,
Hitchcock, chairman OF the Foreign Rela.
tions Committee, smoldering and flaming
with a copy OF the covenant always In his
hand, is lonely and sometimes a magnif-
cent figure. Behind him are ranged the
various utilities who represent or mis-.
represent the Democratic party. They con-
tribute little help.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-03
THE CHAFFING DISH
Social Chat

Social Chat
Tho Weather Man seems to have signed
the Peace Treaty anyway.
But they say there's a blizzard coming.
Also an income tax.
The latter doesn't bother us much
We call the Kaiser's attention to the
fact that the price of tombstoncs is going
up. Now's the time to get in on the
ground floor.
Envelopes with loopholcs ARE in style
this week.
At $3.50 every sunny morning a lovely
stripe of sunshine falls athwart the rounded
skull of the Grard Trust Building. We
don't know Just how it gets there, but it's
worth rising carly to look at.
We answered a letter over the weekend.
Saturday is the thrticth anniversary of
the completion of the funniest book ever
written in tho English language. More
anon.
Jack Kenderdine, of this city, has been
made a captain. He was slightly wounded
In the Argonne fighting, we hear but is
well, and will be home next month,
Jim Whitall, also of this city, is on his
way homo from London, where he had a
dugout among the imagist poets,
George Gibbs, this newspapers favorite
writer of startling fiction, has published
another novel.
We fear that when Grandpa Wilson .eans
over that bassinette at the jefferson Hos
pital he will say. from sheer force of habit,
clay not tell you how very delightful
1t is to be here?" ..,
When YOU see a middle-age man fitting
his cigar so high that the ashirubs the rim
of his derby you may know that his boy
has just got home from France.
The whole fabric of civilization, will be
destroyed If that bedmanufacturing COM
pany keeps On with its ads saying Have
you given much thought to seep?''
The only way we ever get anything done
is by resolutcly putting the thought of
sleep out of our mind.
. 4 caller was telling. US about the joys of
life in Florida at this time OF the year.
We had already. been noticing the exhila-
rating effect of Palm Beach. on Petey Dink,
on the comic page OF this paper.
But then we took u stroll around Inde-
pendence Square. observed the admirable
blue sky Mr.. Bliss, the weather man, had
draped there for our pleasure, and saw the
sun skirmishing around Commodore Barry's
statue and the grass already as green as
n new dollar bill, and determined to carry
on at home for u while longer
SOCRATES.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-03

star Correspondent Of the Ercrso Pubic Lcdocr
Washington, March 8.
WfIEN Mr.. Knox, of Pennsylvania, I'm.
ishcJ his address to the Senate Satur-
day the prosecution in the case of the
league of nations rested it's case. Mr..
Knox, with mind like knife, began
where Senator Lodge left off. lie saw
America drifting to endless wars, 10 spend
and bleed interminably in support Of un.
rcscncratc empires.
Both addresses arc accepted here as en-.
bodmenis OF ultra.conservutive Republican
convictions in relation to the Paris peace
plans. Nothing that the udvcrsaries of the
league III tho Senate have said previously
and nothing that they may say later will
matter particularly. The other opponents
OF the league of nations plan-Borah, Cum
minis. Reed, Frenghuysen and the rest
brought 10 the general debate only the
ornate pifllc of campaign oratons They
exploded and offervesced In manner that
lists who sit with mps ssivc faces in tho
galleries And. like Mr.. Lodge aud Mr.
KnoN, they skatcd adroitly over every
harsh and living reality that confrouts tho
American delegates at Paris, whose efforts
TO insure peace in the world are incidental
to their larger efforts to insure pence in
America.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-03

Congress Is considering a bill granting
the President a blanket appropriation of
IS 100000 for his European trip and the ex-
penses of the Peace Commission in Paris. II
Paris reaches the right kind Of decision. 1t
will be worth the money.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-03

Philadelphia broke the grain-oadng
record when u local firm put 2si,466 bushels
aboard Belgium relief steamship in sixteen
hours. And every bushel means a grateful
heart across the sea--a fact which may go
on the record still unbroken, a record of
faithful service In time Of trouble.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-03

When justice is meted out it cannot be
too speedily when speed
works injustice. Justice should adjust her
leaden heels. And tho issue is thus Joined
between Judge Audenried and Justice Nc
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-03

Far be It from US TO boast, but We mod.
estly draw attention to the fact that some
days ago We made few remarks concerning
tho pulling power Of Woodrow Wilson Sayrc,
weight nine pounds.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-03

The maxim Of the Bolsheviki is Cto para
phrase the well-advertised inanity of n the
atrlcal company war Is a state OF mind.
Don't lose your mind"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-03

Jacques Lodge sees no merit in Orlando's
tribute TO the League of Nations lie could
even find it in his heart to wish they might
be better strangers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-03

Director Wilson is looking for the beg
gar on horseback" with the avowed intention
Of helping him to the destination the old saw
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-03

Nothing but praise should be spoken OF
the provisions for reorganizing certain de.
partments. The abolition of the office OF
Receiver of Taxes and making that off1co a
bureau of the City Treasury is a stau "
the right direction. 1t reduces the number
OF officers to be elected and 1t concentrates
in one department the receipt and payment
of public funds. The abolition of the
supply department as a separate bureau
and placing it IN the Mayors office is a
reform of the same commendable nature.
And the provision for the appointment of
the City Solicitor by the Mayor and the
definite designation of him as the legal
officer OF all the departments of the govern.
ment is also a long'needed reform. AS the
City Solicitor is at present an elective on.
Ger the change reduces the number OF
places to be filled by popular vote. shortens
the ballot and concentrates responsibility
in the hands OF the Mayor. while Il insures
10 the city . legal onicer who viii be In
sympathy with the gdministrstion. As the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-03

Persons working In gas works are said
to be immune from influenza. What, by tho
way vas the influenza average in Congress?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-03

Frances desire that the Allies pool the
war debt is understsndable--but Uncle Sam
should look long before he leaps into the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-03

Germantown citizens who appreciated
extra police protection have been forced TO
become Indian givers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-03

It will be the duty of the I'ennsyivanla
Commission Of Public Welfare to take the
Red out Of tho little Red School House
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-03
Main Line citizens have sacrificed

Nam Line cItIzens have sacrInced some
OF their sovereignty In banding together 10
put an end TO thuggery, but the fact Is not
hurting their sensibilities. and their feeling
OF Independence Is increased rather than
diminished.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-03

The new budget committee will, oi
course. have authority TO investigate the con-
tents of the pork barrel,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-03

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