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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19
JUSTICE IN THE ARMY

MAJOR GENERAL EDWARD F.
AsA GLENN, who is in command at
Camp Sherman, with other officers who
have been addressing the American Bar
Association in relation to the harsh pro-
cedure often charged against military
courts, spoke plainly enough to make
both sides of the case easily understand
able to the average man.
General Glenn said frankly that the
aim of courts martial is not to do Justice
to the individual Here he cited rule
that is perfectly familiar to all men who
have to train and command armies,
From the point of view of military
court it matters little how much the in
dividual may suffer so long as the disci-
pline essential to the preservation of
the army itself is maintained. A SOL
dierss court is Intentionally harsh. Now
and then in our own army s9ntenc IS have
been unnecessarily cruel. Faults and
tyrants are to be found in every big
organization. In the main the army
courts have been adopting a course OF
procedure that is as old as militarism
and absolutely essential to the continu-
auce of any military organization in a
state Of efficiency. And that is the pre-
cises reason why the world is sick OF
milikarism and trying to get rid of it.
The case Of the American soldier be-
fore court-martial is particularly
strange. We fought for the very rights
IND principles which are denied the men
HHp have to do the fighting. The
rF8 are sense to blame. Unless
n to have sack and dis
|rsa|eient ar1ny q could
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19

not see that hive of endeavor as too
huge to be controllable by any particu-
lar ring, political, financial or industrial.
It's millionaires are powerful, but not all
powerful in their bailiwick They have
formidable competition. II one crowd of
producers lacks initiative, another has it.
The needed work, whatever it is, gets
done.
Similar circumstances operate in con-
nection with politics. One "gang" never
rules New York for long. Neither does
it control London or Paris uninterrupt-
edly. These cities have attained the
bona fide metropolitan rank. So has
Philadelphia, though she hardly seems
to haze realised 1t as get and is suffering
painfully IN the transition from the old
status.
The period of adjustment may appear
protracted, but in the end the impetus
of the new forces, the increased popula-
ton, the mighty new industries and
expanded original ones will not brook
opposition. 1t will soon be quite impos-
sible for any clique, either aggressively
malign or merely timidly reactionary,
to hold Philadelphia "in the hollow of
its hand No hand, even in metaphor,
will be large enough.
The forecast is not boastful. 1t is
made in recognition of existing facts
which proclaim an utter change in the
character of this crowded community,
deeply concerned just now over becoming
Getty of Homelessness."
Anxiety about the alteration is justi-
fed. 1t is a nasty business complicated
by the acts of eXtortionists and the
march of inevitable progress. But if
self-pity is not to be legitimately with
held, neither should the thrill of joy
over the fact that the hermetical sealing
with which this city was for so long
afflicted has been finally removed.
The lid of immutability has been blown
off. Many of us are still stunned by the
explosion. But the blasting was overdue.
When we get our bearings there should
be an altogether new vigor on the banks
of the Delaware.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz


1. Symbols of the evangeists: Matthew is
usually represented with a scroll before
him and holds pen Mark sits writing
with winged lion by his side; Luke
holds pen and scroll and near him
is an OK; John has an eagle near him.
2. Carter S. Glass is secretary of the
treasury.
3. 'Tron Division popular name an
piled to the Twenty eighth Division,
A. Il. F.-also known as the Keystope,
Division, and made up originally of the
National Guard Of Pennsylvania. 4
4. Sobriquet: nickname or popular
epithet. M
5. Escurial: A Spanish royal palace, about
twenty miles from Madrid
6. Hugh Gibson. formerly first secretary
of the United States embassy at Brns-
sells, has been designated as the fest
American minister to the new Polish
republic. <a
Z. w. NJ. Hughes is the premier of Aus
tralia.
s. "Sister Carrie" is by Theodore Dresser.
an American novelist of the realistic
school.
0. The Liberty Bell is kept in Independence.
Hall, Philadelphia.
10. The flag OF the Irish republic is ri
color OF orange, white and green, the
stripes running parallel with the STAFF
II ofieinated from the banner, of ths|
United Iflsk Soeirties. 4. 81.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19
What Do You Knou?
QUIZ

i. What is termagant?
2. Who are the Spartacans?
g. Name the commander of the American
naval forces in French waters durin; the
war.
4. What and where is the Sphinx?
5. What American city is known as ..tbs
City of Elms"?
o. Who is the attorney general of the
United States? TX
Z. What is the "Stabat Mater?
s. What was the Tammany Ring?
0, Give the origin of the phrase, ITO sound
ones own trumpet
10. What is the most richly endowed church
in the United States? i - Ei
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19

not well relax rule that experience has
proved to be necessary.
Yet, since another general war seems
long way off, there is no reason why
extreme sentences pronounced for tech
nical violations of army rules should not
be mitigated or set aside after peace is
made secure.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19

The police, of course, do not pretend
that there is anything either immoral or
criminal about charity dance in respcc :
table hotel. 1t is simply that having rooted
out all vice, closed all gambling dens, jailed
all footpads, and made the city safe for
democracy, they jes' nachalIy had to look
around for new worlds 70 conquer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19

With an army 1ier making the trip from
California to Texas in ten hours, and an
other bird" ready to cross the Atlantic
in twenty hours, all records for encircling
the world are soon likely to be beaten--save
that of Puck
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19

With the return Of the various hospital
units certain popular song should be
amended to read in at least one verse,
when the girls come home"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19
Brainstorm

Brainstorm
WISH my mind would let me alone
l. And cease to harass me:
My head rings like telephone,
Why won't II let me be?
My poor old fuses might be bust
BY Thoughts bright lightning squalls
My mental switchboard won't adjust
For such long distance calls.
j am convinced that Thought is vain:
RefleXes see me through
Why cant do without my brain
As other people do?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19

1t is gratifying to learn that the watch
on the Rhine has at last been wound vi
so far as the Peace Conference is concerned
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19

Relatives will be interested to learn that
Japan has paid the United States Govern
meut $40, 900 for the killing of two Ameri-
can soldiers by japanese soldiers at Tien-
n.;,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19

The fact revealed in divorce proceed =
ings that little Willie Hohenzolern is a
wife beater surprises nobody.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19

The purchase by the city of all the tents
in some of the dismanted army camps might
temporarily solve the housing problem.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19

There is nothing really new in the sWil-
son doctrine IAN unwritten pledge to sup
port France as the outpost of civilization. },
The pledge was made and kept when the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19

The weatherman promised an "ideal
setting for Easter. All, yes. Eggs is
eggs
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19

1t is impossible that the Song of Peace
should be sung by the international Quar-
tel in such a way that the German critics
will be unable to detect a few blue notes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19

President Wilson has ever been quick t
realize that confidence is catching.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19

As cup that cheers beer with half o.
one per cent kick will never make goal.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19

Commonsense plus enthusiasm equals q
successful Victory Liberty Loan.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19

Melancholy" to "rectify the perturbations"
of his mind, and that seems to be the motive
behind much of the scribbling German states
men are doing.
II OaffodiIs Were Merely Yellow Flowers
Third Version)
III dafodls were merely yellow flowers
They would not cost us fifty cents per
plant:
q buy one, just to cheer the gloomy hours,
But at their present price, I simply can't.
Alas. When even necessary buying,
Must be restricted by H. C. of L.,
can afford to purchase, though I'm dying
To take daffy home with me to dwell.
If daffodils were merely yellow flowers.
How easy in their golden light to bask!
Instead, each day the price still mounts and
The florists figures chill me when l ask. :.
The price of one would buy the family
luncheon;
As I'm the one who has to meet the bills
For all the food we have to buy to MUNICH on
cant consider buying daffodls
Think how their cheerful glow would light
the hours
When springtime's drenching rains come,
gray and cold
Did you hint they were merely yellow
flowers?
think they must be made of solid gold.
SUB ROSA.
Desk Notices
Aeneas Sylvius, amongst many other.
sets down three special ways to find a fool
by. He is fool that seeks that he cannot
lind: he is fool that seeks that which,
being found, will do him more harm than
good he is fool that, having variety of
ways to bring him to his journeys end.
takes that which is worst. If so, methinks
most men are fools; examine their courses.
and you shall soon perceive what dizards and
mad men the major part are.-The Anatomy
of Melancholy. ..
Now that the service men are landing
every day, keep the home hires earning.
The German peace mission, man sagt, will
number about 200. Undoubtedly as many
German statesmen as possible are eager to
get away from the fatherland into a Fatter-
land where they can get a square meal.
Has any one written The Watch on the
Wine? ~
After July first it will all be over but the
1roughting ...,-
Mr.. Lloyd George says the Peace Con.
ference was disturbed by wild men scream
ing through the keyhole.' But people opIy
scream through keyholes when doors are
shut and locked.
When the German ENJOYS get to Versailles
we trust they will be told that the dotted
line forms on the right
Donald Evans, Philadelphia's sheerest and
starkest bard, having failed to shock Phia.
delphia, has moved land his publisher with
him) to New York, in the hope of horrifying
that less sophisticated city. Perhaps that is
what his publisher means by saying that
Donald sis now emerging from behind his
awful barriers" y,
Sydney Coates. the best known reciter NJ
Kipling's EAST Is East and West Is West,
in these parts. spent an evening with us re-
Gently, to mutual satisfaction.
Mr.. Glass rs government loan booster
seems less picturesque than Mr.. McAdoo
was. This time last year Mr.. McAdoo was
telling as all about his half soled trousers.
hut then, perhaps, Mr.. Glass ID actually
~enrjns them and saying nothing about IT,
! r. II ~ 't X(IIf{/ XfTK-x| IA
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19
Peccavlmus !

As other people do?
Peccavlmus!
Speaking Of aviation, what we want to
see among the Germans is some peccaviation.
Between the dark and the daylight 1--WE
have it straight from Mr.. Longfellow) comes
what is known as the Children's Hour.
The Husbands Hour comes along about
midnight, when the icebox in the pantry lies
unguarded and defenseless.
We understand that the headline, "Cali-
fornia May Lift Ban on Coolies" was a
misprint. 1t should have been coolies.
We also understand that the question of
coolies was hotly discussed in. Paris.
To the list Of those not favorte sons, add
Burleson.
The peace treaty as so far drafted is said
to contain about 10000 words. "Tush ~
cries the editor Of the Congressional Record.
1--WE can do better than that almost any
busy day ~
This office has just passed through a nerve
racking time. The learned pundt who COM
piles the daily Quiz took to his bed with
tonsilitis. after having prepared several lists
of questions but no answers. After several
days of feeble attempt to answer them, his
colleagues are ready to admit that there is
no other man of reference living who can
cope with this job. Happily our little brother
of the lexicon is back again and the Quiz
fans may breathe easy.
Except the poets, no one uses the good
old word dwell any longer. The way rents
run nowadays. no one can stay in any one
spot long enough to say he ''dwells' there,
All this talk about the Saar Valley leads
us to remark that we bathed in that stream
on August A, 1912, and spent the night at
the Hotel Muenchner Kindl at Saargemund
and if it is still under boche management we
would warn tourists against that hostelry
The beer was admirable, but the tavern itself
was noisy, dirty and oathful. The Saar
| itself is none too jolly stream, being pol
| luted by some kind of chemicals from fac
| tories and fringed with reeds that have a
Shiny cutting edge, This is our personal
| contribution to an international question of
some magnitude.
How is Milwaukee going to keep famous
after July first?
In his new job as food distributor. it looks
| as though Nansen would reach the Poles at
last.
| The Grammarisn's Funeral
The good old Litotes Brothers are hard nj
| work these days. 1T is not unlikely that
| no small indemnity will be assessed they
say, 'and 1t is no secret that the Germans
| will not assent without demur'
Paraphrasing Bassanio's friend, if your
| love do not persuade you TO oversubscribe the
| loan, let not.o our paragraphs.
| .How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this
| bank !" cried Lorenzo. Meaning, of course
the hank where he kept his Victory Bonds.
Don't let the new Statue spf Victory be a
lorn Loan woman. 3 \ I.
Rcbers Burton wrote s.1.e Auata,a, a
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19

Peace is carefully pickipg her way
through a crowd of brawlers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19

Events in Libau prove the German *
only. gentle when he must be.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19

Peccavlmus!
Speaking Of aviation, what we want to
see among the Germans is some peccaviation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19
Charlotte
Russo

By the simple expedi-
Charlotte rnt of getting its
Russo loan workers to
pledge themselves for
the full amount Charlotte. Mich, is the first
Michigan city, if not the first in the country,
to subscribe its full quota for the Victory
Liberty Loan. Charlotte's ruse thus enables
il TO take the cake.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19

Between the dark and the daylight 1--WE
have it straight from Mr.. Longfellow) comes
what is known as the Children's Hour.
The Husbands Hour comes along about
midnight, when the icebox in the pantry lies
unguarded and defenseless.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19

We also understand that the question OF
coolies was hotly discussed in Paris.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19

TO the list of those not favorite sons add
Burleson.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19
THE ELECTRIC CHAIR

Melancholy" to "rectfy the perturbations'
of his mind, and that seems to be the motive
behind much of the scribbing German states
men are doing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19

The peace treaty as so far drafted is said
to contain about 10000 words. "Tush ~
cries the editor Of the Congressional Record.
1--WE can do better than that almost any
busy day" ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19

We understand that the headline. "Cali-
fornia May Lift Ban on Coolies" was
misprint 1t should have been coolies.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19

''How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this
bank! cried Lorenzo. Meaning, of course,
the hank where he kept his Victory Bonds.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19

Paraphrasing Bassanio's friend, if your
love do not persuade you to oversubscribe the
loan, let not.our paragraphs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19
The Grammarian's Funeral

The good old Litotes Brothers are hard at
work these days. 1T is not unlikely that
no small indemnity will be assessed they
say, "and it is no secret that the Germans
will not assent without demur"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19
Member of the Associated Press
THE WHEELER VERDICT

Philsdelphia, Saturday, April 10, 1919
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19

Mr.. Glass as government loan booster
seems less picturesque than Mr.. McAdoo
was. This time last year Mr.. McAdoo was
telling as all about his half soled trousers.
hut then, perhaps, Mr.. Glass ID actual,
wesrIns them and saying nothing about II.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19

Don't let the new statue.p .pf Victory be a
lorn Loan woman. So x q n
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-05-30
PERMANENTLY r

Charles Piez, who recently retired
as general manager of the emergency
fleet corporation, in a recent address
declared himself permanently cured"
of any embryonic leanings toward gov
eminent ownership he might have en-
tertained.
Political management Of shipbuild-
ing and ship operating industry came
as near wrecking both branches of our
maratime operations as it was pos
sible to do.
Cancellation or threatened cancella-
ton of shipbuilding contracts promised
to close all Pacific coast yards. When
the officials finally realized the mess
they had made they said they didn't
mean to cancel contracts, only change
them. Now western shipbuilders have
been asked to Washington to help re-
pair the damage.
The vacillating policy of the ship
ping board should be ended and con-
gress definitely decide whether or not
the q. S. is to build a fleet as plan
ned and if not, say so. Then it should
adopt a national policy encouraging
the development of an American mer-
chant marine. Foreign trade means
more to US now than ever before.
If anything could sicken the Ameri-
can people of political control of pri-
vate industry, the shipping fiasco has
done it.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-05-30

chief recreation is golf; his chief d.
version, underwriting, When did Mr..
Wilson ever come into direct contact
with "the heart of the world?"
Yet he has been often classed by
his flatterers with Honest Abe, the
Illinois rail-splitter. The classified
ton is inaccurate. Lincoln sprang
from the loins of the people. While
engaged in the hewing of wood and
the drawing of water he educated HIM
self. His language was couched in
terms which every man understood,
vet it was majestic in it's flow. His
whole life was an example of mod
esty and unostentation. Lincoln knew
the heart of the people because Lin
coin was of the core Of that heart.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-05-30
PROFIT AND LOSS IN PEACE
MAKING.

It is now possible to compute with
substantial accuracy the profit and
loss of the diplomacy in which the
president has been unjustifiably en-
gagged for the last six months. The
balance sheet runs substantially as
follows:
GREAT BRITAIN WINS:
Guaranteed and undiminished con
troll Of the seas;
Virtual control Of the League OF
Nations, with six votes to the one OF
the United States or any other power
The major part of the former Ger
man colonies;
Confirmed possession of Egypt;
Greatly increased influence in the
east;
Reparation for injuries and losses
to civilians.
FRANCE WINS:
Alsace Lorraine;
The Sarre Valley;
A barrier along the Rhlne against
another German attack;
Reparation for injuries and losses
to civilians.
BELGIUM WINS:
Additional territory:
Restored independence;
Reparation for her injuries and los
ses in the war.
ITALY WINS:
Restoration of Italia Irredenta;
Security for her Alpine frontier;
Control of the Adriatic sea.
Reparation for injuries and losses
in the war.
JAPAN WINS:
Former German islands in the Pa.
cific;
Control of China;
Increased influence in Asiatic Rus.
STA.
WOODROW WILSON WINS:
A place in history as the founder
of the League Of Nations which
threatens his country with undoing.
THE UNITED STATES LOSES:
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-05-30
COLLEGES TO MAKE
U. S. NAVY OFFICERS

Washington, May 27.-Every uni
versity and college. in the country will
be given an opportunity to cooperate
with the navy department in build
ing up a naval reserve officer corps
under a plan now being developed by
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Roosevelt, details of which were made
public today.
Mr.. Roosevelt and naval officials for
sometime have been working out a
scheme whereby college men may win
commissions as ensigns in the great
reserve sea force to be permanently
maintained.
A four year course in nautical sub
jects, augmented by several months
of postgraduate work at the naval
academy will be offered by the gov
eminent if the proposed plan is adop-
ted.
At the end of the freshman term
members of the training corps would
go to a naval training camp for six
or eight weeks, where they would be
given a rigid course Of practical in
%struction in marine subjects, military
drill and physical subjects. They
would be furnished with clothing,
food and lodging and nominal pay dur
ing that period.
During the second school year an
advanced course in navigation, high
err mathematics and astronomy, in
ternational law and naval strategy
would be studied, and at the end of
that and the third school year the en-
bryo officers would be taken aboard
for a cruise of six or eight weeks
duration.
On graduating from college, mem
bers of the corps who had complet-
ed the course satisfactory would be
sent to the naval academy for two
months of postgraduate work along
general lines, the government paying
all expenses and a salary. That
course completed, the successful can
didates would be commissioned as en-
signs in the reserve and sent to civil
life under no obligation to the gov
eminent except in event of emergen'
cy and to keep in touch with nava
developments.