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The Meeker herald., 1919-04-05
The Gentle Knock

Meeker. Colo, April 3, 1919.
The Meeker herald., 1919-04-05

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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-01

A MONG those acquainted with the
"A personalities involved, there will he
amazement at the dropping of James Al
corn from the State Public Service Com
mission by Governor Sproul.
Mr.. Alcorn's appointment to the office
brought forth very general appreciation
because Of his long and efficient service
in the city solicitors office, where he be-
came expert in municipal law. So far
as the public has been allowed to observe,
his conduct as a commissioner has war
ranted no such abrupt and brutal termi-
nation, except perhaps that he has not
been politically active in the job like
some of his associates.
1t has been the custom well observed
in the past, even by the politicians, to
reappoint men of Mr.. Acorns type
where they held semi-judicial offices and
had given good service. This change
therefore has deplerable smell of selfish
political bartering.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-01
A REAL JUBILEE is POSSIBLE

ANY peace jubilee that would fnan-
"A cially embarrass the city would be an
ironic celebration. Plans that are too
grandiose to be executed without painful
strain should be discarded. But rejec-
ton of the half million dollar festivities,
originally suggested by some members of
the jubilee committee, by no means neces-
states abandonment of the whole project
]. Jarden Guenther, the executive sec
retary of the committee, believes that a
brilliant spectacle at far less cost to the
municipality is possible. His view COM
mends itself to common sense.
A civic pageant such as was a conspic-
uous feature of the Constitutional Cen
tennial could easily be conducted on a
voluntary basis. Industrial and CONNER
cial Philadelphia would gladly embrace
the opportunity for the sort of exhibit
that is invariably effective and interest
ing.
The military display should be regard
full of artistic proportions. AS a factor
of romantic entertainment ten thousand
khaki-clad troops are as potent as fifty
thousand.
What Philadelphians would like would
he celebration consonant with the dig
lAty of the occasion, honorably reflective
of the city's spirit and enjoyable on its
own merits as a spectacle. 1t ought not to
be impossible to achieve this result with,
out overaccenting the tragic note of pay
dav
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-01

to turn the energies of peace into ener-
gies of war even more swiftly than the
Germans. The ethical standards sus-
tanned largely by what is known as the
higher education have prevailed to large
extent in the peace program urged by
the United States.
The dust of the war is still in the air
When it settles, when people are able to
see and think a bit more clearly. when
the futile rows are over in Washington
and the tombstone of the liquor business
has begun to gather ivy, we may be able
to find means for the rehabilitation of
school system that has been permitted to
lapse into decline.
The bills for the war are not yet paid.
They will be heavy enough to cause a
pinch, even in the United States. Yet
the schools cannot be permitted to suffer
unless we are willing to abandon the road
that we have been recommending en-
Enthusiastically to others.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-01
IMPOVERISHED COLLEGES

\ HARVARD has usually been listed as
one of the richest universities in the
country, yet the trustees are now driven
to plead for money.
All colleges are more or less hard up.
The war served not only to disorganize
their settled plans. 1t reduced their re-
ceipts and wiped out sources from which,
in earlier years, they received financial
assistance.
Singularly enough, the plight of the
school system generally does not seem to
inspire popular or helpful interest. Yet
the universities of the country, though
they have never sought recognition
among the innpmerable institutions and
agencies that "won the war" may justly
claim not Il little Of the credit for that
Achievement.
T3ehnicnl training provided BY the
~ |f|oI topat tfie>ts of tbe big universl
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-01
BY AIR, ROAD, RAIL AND WATER

THE league of nations is insurance
l. against war and provides preven-
tive safeguards; but it is no guarantee
that war will not come.
In the event of another war, one that
might bring terror right to our shores,
tremendous strategic value would attend
system of inland waterways that would
enable our navy to move its ships from
one end of our coast to the other without
putting out to sea.
Nature has done much to provide US
with such a System-LOng Island sound
and Delaware and Chesapeake bays.
Man has supplemented the work with
canals which are capable of development
up to modern requirements.
Recognition Of this fact is found in the
bill presented to Congress by Represent
ativc Campbell, of this state, calling for
an appropriation of $500,O0O,00O for the
improvement of the inland waterways of
the country during the next five years.
Of this sum eighteen million dollars a
year would be expended on the purchase
and improvement of the Cape Cod, Della
ware and Raritan, Chesapeake and Della
ware. Schuylkill and Lehigh canals and
and Fernandina, Fla.
Apart from its strategic values, such
system would have all the commercial
advantages of the other waterways
planned
1t is a curious fact that the world. at
a time when airplanes are annihilating
distance, should be awakening to the
value of waterways for the transporta-
tion Of slow freight. Water transporta-
ton, though slow, is cheap.
But with the establishment of any sys-
TEN of waterway transportation the
necessity for government supervision be-
comes paramount.
If the railroad is permitted to become
a predatory competitor of the waterway
the canal becomes slackwatcr in more
ways than one. The railroad can carry
freight at water rates wherever the canal
is in competition and make good its loss
elsewhere. And the moment the water
freighter is driven out Of business the
railroad rates jump up again.
We can confidently look forward to the
time when airplanes will carry nearly all
the mail of the country; tie railroads
nearly all the produce and manufactured
articles and inland boats nearly all the
raw material. And already the motorcar
is fitted into its niche by doing nearly all
the short hauling.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-01
ONE TREATY WOULD BIND US

TT is obvious that American ratification
of the peace treaty will entail future
responsibilities. If the terms are vio-
lated it is inconceivable that this country
would shirk the taking of any steps nee
essary in association with the other men,
,ber nations to secure enforcement.
Unless, therefore, the so-called Franco
American convention is of scope not
hitherto disclosed it is, judging from the
meager reports, a curious essay in diplo
matte tautology.
France" it is said, will have the
right to request American and British
assistance" in case Germany violates cer-
tain specified provisions of the Versailles
pact.
The singular implication made here is
that one treaty is made more binding if a
second document goes over the same
ground. The process might be continued
indefinitely with a parade of treaties,
each proclaiming the validity Of its imme-
diate predecessor.
The exact nature in its entirety of the
proposed American agreement with
France will be revealed soon after the
President returns. Until that time a sus-
pension of judgment is in order Such
an attitude, however, does not bar recog-
milton of the fact that the pledged word
of this country is never lightly given.
If we ratify the treaty we will stick by
it. Any further verbiage as spur to
our honor is a repetition of the automatic
and entirely superfuous.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-01
THE MYSTERY OF TURKEY HASH
..I,HROUGH the Looking Glass" condi-

"T'HROUGH the Looking Glass" condi-
l. tions are calculated to embarrass
any school. not even excepting the pre-
tentiouS ore devoted to diplomacy at
Versailles. The headmasters, unable to
answer the questions of their Turkish
pupils, have dismissed the whole class
and sent it home.
In this scene Of tOpsyturVydom the
willy Ottomans have injected into the
Peace Conference a piquant element of
novelty. When Brockdorff- -Rantzau
queried nsidiously the whole profess
sorial staff was on the trigger with its
decisive responses. Austria received her
drastic orders in iiffy. But the Turk
ish problem is as tough as calculus. For
centuries it was gnominously funked
by every civilized nation in Europe
When any answers were given they were
hopelessly incorrect, as in the case of
Disraeli's bungling.
mot prepared" is therefore the reply
of the Entente savants to the thorny ques-
tions propounded by the Constantinople
delegates. Though the situation is rich
with comedy, it bespeaks sanity of pur-
pose which relieves the humor of sting
This time or never Europe's Turkish
malady must be cured. The monumental
task cannot be considered lightly. If the
reconstructionists are not yet ready to
instruct their refractory interrogators
wisely, then study and investigation
should be pursued until the justice to be
administered has the ring of fnality.
Just the same, it is drol that the
pundits equal to giving orders to what
was once mighty empire should be non
plused when helpless, partitioned Turkey
pleads for enlightenment.
Turkey hash was ever a mystery.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-01
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

l. The peace treaty was signed on Japa-
nese parchment.
>. Doctors Mueller and Bell were the Ger
man signatories.
3. The rebeck was a medieval three
stringed musical instrument, an carly
form of fiddle.
4. A mare clausum'' is a sea under the
jurisdiction of particular country.
). Nevada has the smallest population OF
any state in the Union.
6. A landau is four wheeled carriage with
top, the front and back halves OF
which can be independently raised aud
lowered.
I. lama is a Thibetan or Mongolian
Buddhist priest. A llama is South
American animal, u ruminant allied
to the camel, smaller, humpless and
woolly haired. used as a beast OF
burden.
s. Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins
wrote the short novel, mo Thorough
fare
0. A rap" used in the expression mot
worth rap" was base halfpenny =
intrinsicaly worth about half q
farthpg. issued for short time I'M
ireland In 1921, because small coin
was very scarce
10. Henry George was the most noted ex'
pcnent of the sirslsst tsk pr;peipIe a.
yeioped A. length n Ills woFk,
1rexress and i'ofestx-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-01
What Do You Knom?


!. What nation among the Allies refused to-
sign the peace treaty?
=. Who was Kamehameha?
,. Which is the heavier. iron or gold?
4. Which is the city of Churches?
5. In what part of Ireland is the county
of Donegal?
6. Who was Pico della Mirandola?
Z. What is a paralelogram? '-
8. What is a sericulture?
o. Who wrote the music of the opera
"Mignon'?
TO- Who was the commander in chief Of
the Italian armies in the war from
1915 to 1917?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-01
WHARTES OF SLUMBER

Upon the wharves of Slumber
~ I watched the Ships of Dreams
Come sailing in through mist and moon,
With glowworm lights and CLEANS
Their holds were stuffed with plumber
Of every land and time.
With Ophir gold and gods of Greece,
And scraps of ancient rime.
Pastils of Cretan henbane.
And bales of Yemen silk,
With casSia buds and sandalwOod
And Oman pearls like milk.
And slaves, both men and women.
Most fair to look upon.
Whose chanting made the breeze to blow
That swept the Dream Ships on.
] had the pick and taking
OF every cargo there
The spice and gold, the gems and slaves,
And myrrh and pearls and vair.
But while stood debating
What thing to take and choose.
A voice cried. "Lo. the good ship Da,o~
Draws in across the dews.
And all the Dream Ships vanished,
And left me wide awake
To think of many. many things
IL had been mine to take.
Madison Cawen.
The United States Senate has a little
latchet waiting for the T. = s Georpe
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-01

Toward nightfall. as soon as the cam
dies are lit, the mind like the eye. no
longer sees things so clearly as by day
il is time unsuited to serious meditation,
especially on unpleasant subjects. The
morning is the proper time. for that. DO
not shorten the morning by getting up late,
or waste IT in unworthy occupations or in
talk.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-01
Recompense

Well here it is. that dread July
Which causes many a tear-dimmed eye
But ! view the date with spirits high,
To Fate I give no hostage.
I hop about with a whistled tune
I'm happy morning. night and noon.
For To- they've given back our un-
iNersal two-cent postage.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-01

try him is provided for in the treaty and
that tribunal is to be pledged to guide
itself by the highest motives of interna-
tional policy with a view to vindicating
the solemn obligations of international
undertakings and international morality"
TINS tribunal is to have absolute dis
cretion in fixing the penalty. Whether it
shall be death or banishment to a desert
island, or sentence to go about among
his former people as common citizen,
subject to their revilings, no one knows,
but that it will be as severe as possible
every believer in justice is confident. The
punishment will not be adequate, because
it is not within the mind of man to con-
ceivc any penalty which will fit the crime.
As the treaty will go into effect when
it has been ratified by Germany and by
three of the Allied powers. the arrange
mcnts for furnishing the kaiser will not
have to wait upon the deliberations of
the American Senate. Nor will the
reparations have to await the course Of
events here
In the meantime we shall hear from
Germany much about the harshncSs of
the terms The revolutionary agitators
will do a lot of talking. The extreme
Socialists will declaim in defense of that
Germany which they devoted themselves
to attacking during all the years prior to
1914. But the moderates, who have
ruled the country in the past, will go
about their work of making the best of
bad bargain.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-01
Leaving OF Drinking

neighbor once, a real friend.
Besought Tom Toddynose his life to mend
Asserting twas by all declared
The aforesaid Tom drank much too hard.
TOO hard?" cries Tom-''That | deny:
None drink more easily than T.
--Miscellanes Selected from the Publ
Journals. Boston. 1922.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-01
THE CHAEFZNG DISH

power these days. Even Mr.. Viereck will
admit that a good deal of rotary energy
could be harnessed if some one would con
meet belt with Bisrnarck's resting place.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-01
Persistent rulnors thu

Persistent rumors that
Snake TO be Killed our boys in France
are being held there
because Of misconduct have brought indig-
naut denials from writers who know the
facts and from the men themselves. II is
about time that this nasty sleudcr should be
killed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-01
Sub Rosa

Jim Shields calls our attention to the fol-
lomipg. phich he found in an old polumc on
a second hand stall:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-01
Their Shins Are Foraiven

If Europe is really worried about the
growing custom Of ladies going bare legged
1t should not be hard to break up the habit.
few crates of Long Island mosquitoes
would do the trick
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-01

IN REGARD to the peace treaty the Sen
l. ate reminds us of that old fashioned
figure. the man who used to boast that he
could either Take 1t or Let 1t Alone.
He always ended by Taking 1t.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-01

The sinking of the
He COnIesseS Ii ships was true to the
best traditions of the
German navy says Admiral Scheer, for
mer commander in chief. of the German
high seas fleet Well he ought to know!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-01

And the biggest German turnverein these
days is unquestionably the number of Ger
man warriors of 1870 who are turning in
their graves.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-01
SCHOPENHACER.

Once more Admiral Grayson is going
through all the rgmarole of remembering
which is port and which is starboard.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-01
That Cap

AS the transport moved out the Presi-
dent appeared on the bridge wearing
cap."-News dispatch.
We love to think about that cap. Prob
ably Mrs. Wilson many times urged him to
leave it behind in the bureau drawer at the
Paris White House, where some charwOman
would find il and wear it proudly about the
boulevards Himself probably retorted that
Clemenceau has zap just as old that he
wears when off on a holiday. That any
way, he had no time to go out and buy
new one. and he positively wouldn't trust
Grayson to choose one for him. That he
couldn't possibly wear the silk tile on the
voyage because the brm was crumbling away
from so much doffing, and the gray felt had
a big stain on it where Orlando split some
salad dressing one day at stand-up lunch
when Fiume was being settled.
We love to think about that cap, to wonder
what it looks like and what color the pat
tern is. Our guess is dim, smoky gray
with little green criss cross. something
like Senator Sherman's mind.
We love to think about that cap. because
it is a sign that Himself's morale hasn't
broken down under the strain.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson will both have
happy voyage. She has new hat to wear
and he has an old one.
A strategic place to print those war
savings stamps advertisements would be on
the now vacant backs of menu cards.
There is no necessity for heartburning on
Bethmanns part if he really wants to go
into the box. Try them both.
As a matter of fact the kaiser has been
tried already. All the evidence is in and
only the precise phraseoogy of the verdict
is lacking.
Medltations on Bismarck
In April 1915. Mr.. George Sylvester
Viereck, q German poet of whom one has
heard very little since the 11th of Novem
Der utimo, published a poem in the New
York TndependeHf-a poem which we recall
with the greater pleasure because it doubt
less pains Mr. Vierack to think of II.
This poem recounts how the shade of Bis
marck, hearing the clash OF battle, rose from
the tomb to give things the einzmdt- ueber,
hut finding the good German cause progress
ing so cheerily, concluded he might as well
go back to the ostermoor:
Up to his chin he drew the shroud,
To wait Gods judgment patiently,
While high above a blood-red cloud
Two eagles screamed OF victory
Mr.. Viereck, who is on such intimate
terms with the spook Of Bismarck, will per-
baps inform as whether on Saturday last
the Iron Chancellor gave another grab at
that shroud and pulled y sll The way over
osf ~ i ssid q q shes' # motor
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-01

The United States Senate has a little
hatchet waiting for the L. S. S. George
Washington when it arrives.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-01

Unfortunately the new law does not
guarantee sober thinking.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-01

Admiral Grayson is the President med
,ical adviser, but who is the admral's naval
adviser:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-01

SUB ROSA sends us the following letter
received recently by business firm in answer
to an ad:
Dear Sir:
! see in the paper for boys wanted
again and il seems impossible for you to
keep boys. I would like to COME back on
condition that were on before unless you
are paying more money, for you know
] am older than were when l were there
so am not SO playful now. and know how
to work and hard work at that. II you
consent for me to come hack send card at
once and | win call.
Thanks In return
t1Ys - rxs1,,..s, i. rr.,isft ~ ,e~....,~'
w8 he shallaue'sn< HochArHS.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-01
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-01

salQonkeepere with stocks Of Wet goods
on il,ciF hands DO net yet know whether
shey good business men o. se4t.. q /,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-01

Dear Socrates: Some one told me that
was pigheaded. To which | retorted that
! didn't mind as long as brought home the
bacon. HARDSHELL CRABB,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-01

Speculation about the nature of the
punishment for the kaiser is premature.
and the suggestion that the Allies will
ask the Netherlands Government to keep
careful watch over its unwelcome guest
lest he escape "the moral consequences"
of his acts does not seem to be based on
anything more substantial than mere
irresponsible gossip.
The kaiser has been deliberately
charged not with political crime, but
with offenses against morality, in order
that he might not find safety somewhere
- ! political rsfueee' Tbe tribunal sq'
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-22
The Theatres
WASHINGTON

Never has Alice Brady done such
clever, appealing and splendid work as
in her latest Select Picture, His
Bridal Night" which comes to the
Washington today and tomorrow. The
picture is a sure Knockout; it will
sweep the audience out of their seats.
eve can't say off their feet, because
they will be seated, we hope)
In a dual role, characterizing the
twins, vi and Tiny Playfair, Miss
Brady is excellent. One minute the
demure, quiet dignifed Tiny, whose
one bad habit is to suck her thumb
the next minute the dashing, gay,
f1irtatious vi, whose daring knows no
bounds, not even to prevent her from
clipping with another man on her
bridal night-Miss Brady goes from
one role to the other with ease and
fnesse.
And never-never has such remark,
able doubling been seen as in this
picture You find yourself bordering
how in the world Miss Brady, as the