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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-02
DOWN TO DOTS WITH MEXICO

A STUDIED effort to avoid any sug-
gestion of turbulence is apparent in
Secretary Lansing's reply to the Mexi-
can Governments refusal to release
Consular Agent Jenkins.
The extreme caution displayed has
both merits and drawbacks. 1t is not
inspiriting to find the American Gov
ernment speaking in velvety phrases
when Mexico sees fit to indulge in such
tart and acrid utterance.
On the other hand, the courtesy of
our note-which will become all the more
deferential in the Spanish-has an ele-
ment of strength that will acquire ad-
ditional value should Carranza continue
20 be obdurate.
In other words, if the jenkins case is
TO become casus belli it will be Mexico
itself that will give it that character.
In that event the rectitude of the Amer
lean position will be beyond dispute.
No one will be able to question the
morality of drastic action after a pre-
lude of outraged patience.
Fortunately, too, the note is inform
ing to the American as well as the Mex-
lean public. The triviality and vague
ness Of the charge upon which jenkins
Is held are contrasted with the terrorism
of which he was a victim. His bandit
captors are unpunished, while the consul
lar agent is imprisoned for rendering
false judicial testimony" the substance
Of which Mexico carefully declines to
reveal.
Opposed to that nations "bare unsup-
ported statement" is the welcome an
nouncement that Investigation of the
case by representatives Of the United
States in Mexico fails utterly TO sup
pCrtv the Mexican contention. This is
news which has heretofore been with
held from the American public. It must
unife popular opinion,
AZ. Lapaing's convincing proof that
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Answers to- Yesterdays ouIx

Answers to- Yesterdays QuIx
I. Oklahoma City is the capital of OkIa-
homa.
2. John Bartram, who founded the first
botanical garden in America, may be
regarded as the first great American
naturalist. He was born in Penn
sylvania in 1900.
3. The Alamo is a mission building founded
in San Antonio, Texas, in 1744. Tt
was subsequently used as fort. It
is famous for the terrible siege Of
1896, when it was captured from ths
Americans by the Mexicans. The
entire garrison, including Colonel w.
b. Travis, Davy Crockett and Colonel
Bowie, were killed.
4. Truman Fl. Newberry is at present Re.
publican senator from Michigan. He
has been indicted by grand jury on
charges OF Illegal expenditures In his
political campaign.
5. SIN the name of the prophet, figsi's
is burlesque Of the solemn Language
employed in eastern countries In the
common business Of life. The line
occurs in the imitation Of Doctor
Johnson's pompous style in "Reieeted
Addresses" by James and Horace
Smith.
@. John Napier, a Scotch mathemaeician,
invented logarithms. His dates are
1550-1617.
T. Polygyny is plurality Of wives.
8. There are six transcontinental railways
on the American continent south Of
the United States. Two are In Mexs
leo. The others are. respectively, In
Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama and
Argentina Chile.
8. Gargantuan means enormous, gigantic,
in allusion to Gargantna, a giant ia
Rabelais's satire.
10. The "A B or nations are Argentinsu
Brazil and Chile.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-02
What Do You Kno,o?
QUIZ

QUIZ
1. What will be the balance of naytie. a. n
the Senate if Truman III, Newberrv i.
excluded?
2. What are penetralia?
3. Name two books by Maria Edgewortb.
4. What is the smallest state in the Aun-
tralian Commonwealth?
B. What is polyandry?
g. Name three poisonous plants?
z. How many kings have regned over
United Italy?
s. Who were they?
D. what part OF England will Lady Astor
represent in Parliament?
10. Two political parties in American his-
tory elected, respectively, only tive
Presidents. What were these narties5
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FATE

WYE DROVE furrow straight
w And we planted a seed well;
These were the deeds of Fate
That wise world should tell.
We set fire at the gate
And the foe to our sword fell;
This they remember who wait
To the last ember of He'll.
We came to grave late,
When the brown leaves fell;
And there were tears for a hate
That was buried deep and WE'LL,
Shall blood and a dream mate?
Shall Heaven be compassed by Hellf
Strange are the deeds of Fate
That the wise angels tell.
The heralds cry in the gate,
In the flying tongue of the bell
There is joy golden and great
Where peace has come TO dwell.
George Street, in Sydney Bulletin.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-02
Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman
LIS was the prophets voice, the voice of
- a spirit which sang
Songs of immortal tone,-
Holy, gigantic, crude,-
Sweet as the breath of the dawn and strong
as the heart of the hills
Boldly he sang, but they needed him not;
Laughed him to scorn and said:
Listen the songs that he sings Heard ye
their like before?
Strange are the gods that he worships: dan
gerous the things he proclaims
Away with him and his songs! We will have
none of his works!"
NOR he sang of an age and time to hasten
L which great men have greatly died.
The age of Brotherhood of Man, when clean,
and strong, and pure,
Mans naked heart shall speak to naked
T OUD In his songs are the sounds of the
IL winds of the wars of the world:
Blood death tenderness righteousness un-
afraid,-yea and the moan of the man
Suffering, lone, hurt on the field of the battle
of life
LIS life bore witness of his songs and of
IL his life he made -
The things of which he sang.
He was
Himself, none other
So he lived and thus it was he died, his life
and work
A hymn of praise to that great land he
loved, America ! ''''t
Al, WHITMAN! Poet Prophet Man
"A When comes there such another?
@. H. VAN HOUSEN.
A good many young ladies are being
presented to society," these cool evenings.
1t is an arduous life, and we admire their
courage,
OF course, you have heard of the famous
football team of Centre College, Kentucky.
The rumor that two members of the fac
ulty played on the team will serve greatly
to enhance the respect in which college pro-
fessors are held. Increased salaries will
now be easily nttainable throughout the
country. &DCHATES.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-02
A 100000 MISTAKE

KNOWLEDGE of human nature is a
AN rare and valuable thing in any>busi-
ness. Lack of it has just cost the Cam
den trolley company about million dol
lars.
Part of that sum was spent within
the past few months in reorganizing
and equipping the street car lines for
the zone fare system that has just been
abandoned after futile efforts to recon-
cile the public to the new arrangement
Losses due to diminished patronage
make up the imposing total.
Mr.. McCarter, president of the Public
Service Railway Corporation admits that
the zone fare experiment failed dismally.
at was" said he, "the most expensive
mistake of my business life"
The money is not altogether lost if
it has bought wisdom for the street car
management. And good many ques-
tions of modern street railway admin
istration seem to have been settled for
the country at large by the great faux
pas of the Camden company.
1t is made plain, for example, that
when street car fares were put up to
eight and ten cents they reached the
limit. Regular riders will not be in
duced to pay fifteen and eighteen cents
to be carried to work.
The high cost of living has gone up
for corporations and their men, and
greater revenues are doubtless neces-
sary. But the trolley lines will have to
increase their earnings by efficient man.
agement and through an increased pat
ronage rather than by a constant in
crease in rates of fare.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-02

Among the jams sold
You Take by the government in
Cake Of Yeast, Etc. Allentown the Crane
fruit article was q
drug on the market until somebody discov-
cred that it could be turned'into wine Then
it became the most popular brand. Which
goes to show that the unregenerate are
numerous and that Uncle Sam knows the
value of good press agent
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-02

And IL by his words and his acts he
justified the confidence of the other
congressman, he would soon become one
Of the most influential men in Wash
ington.
No mere dummy can fill the place.
No rubber stamp for Penrose or Ware
will be equal to the responsibilities Of
the Office. And no man who would hesi-
tate to act until some banker or manu-
facturer told him what to do would
command the respect even Of the men
who gave him orders.
As we said yesterday, Congress for
metropolitan Philadelphia consists Of
nine men. Through them this city must
make itself felt in Washington, or else
take what the rest of the country chooses
to give us.
These nine men as a whole do not
represent this community as it should
be represented. They have been chosen,
as rule, not primarily because Of their
fitness but as a reward for some kind
of service to the bosses who have Sc
lected them. 1t is useless to blink this
fact, for everybody knows it, even the
representatives themselves.
There is no use, either, in blinking the
fact that the successor to Mr.. Moore
will be chosen by one boss or another.
The only hope there is for getting man
who will measure up to the standard
set by the retiring congressman lies in
impressing on the bosses the Importance
of turning down all the political hacks
eager to get the salary of the office, and
the imperative need of nominating a
man of courage, force and ability who
has some knowledge of the problems
with which he will have to deal.
This can be done if the interests vi
tally affected wish it to be done; but if
they prefer to sit idly at their desks
while the politicians use the Office to re-
ward man who is an expert bell-puller
on election day or successful shaker
down of officeholders for campaign funds,
the new representative from the Third
district will be about as effective in
Washington as a penny squirt gun in
putting out fire.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-02

Balsam Groves Of Grandfather Mountain.
The. cowpuncher's Song
0H, l feel like I'm wantin' to go, boys,
" / feel like I'm wantin' to go;
Though where to 1 can't say as 1 know,
boys, where to 1 can't say as l know ;
But feel that IN in for a change, boys,
an I'm tired o. this life on the grange.
OH,
l wanta go back to the range, boys, wanta
~, so back to the range!
OH, MY boss, he is pinin' to roam, boys,
~ my hoss, he is pinin' to roam;
An l feel like | wanta go home, boys, I
feel like 1 wanta go home;
Oh, itch like as if I'd the mango, boys, an
I'm tired O. this life on the grange.
OH,
1 wanta go back to the range, boys,
wanta go back to the range!
Oh, THE moon, she is shinin' so bright,
~ boys, the moon, she is shinin' so bright,
That I'm packin' my blanket tonight, boys,
I'm swingin' my saddle tonight.
Sure, the feelin' / got, she is strange, boys !;
but I'm tired O. this life on the grange.
so,
I'm goin' right back to the range, boys, I'm
headin' right back for the range!
ROBERT LESLIE BELLEM.
There are many worse jobs than that of
colyumist. How would you like to be an
American charge d'affaires in the DAN
nunzio sector?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-02

Count Karolyi's fortune, amounting To
$50 100000, has been found in the cellar
of his palace and confscated by the Hun
garian Government. Since no dry laws are
being enforced in Budapest, wonder how
they came to look in the cellarP
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-02

Though contrary to the belief and under
standing of the Washington political done
sters, it may be that the indictment of
Senator Newberry was based on the simnIe
fact that he is alleged to have broken
the law
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-02

A British investigating committee has
awarded Winston Spencer Churchill the
credit for having invented the tank as an
engine of war. Now who gets the credit for
putting the tank out of business with the
dry laWs2
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-02

At meeting in Milan the government
was asked to suppress D'Annunzio's enter
prises in Dalmatia. Italy apparently is he
ginning to realize that even a patriot NAV
go too far
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-02

Considering that we all have to dia
some time, fear that the world is going 10
end with the end of the year would be inst
little silly, even if the facts were correct
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-02

We now anxiously await the maiden
speech of the first matron in the British
House of Commons
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-02

The country has again the opportunity
of judging how long Congress can have
hen on without Matching ANYTHING OUT.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-02

Perhaps it is just as well Mexico b.,
been given no ultimatum. We ought TO bave
a policy first.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-02

Mine leaders declared they would mot
fight the United States Government. Miners
themselves will be not less patriotic.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-02

Experiences light to the feet. When
a man takes tumble to himself he realizes
that Inany bad spill nghts a good lamp.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-02

Whether they win or
Strong ior the Caws lose, opponents of the
Republican state
chalrman are going to eat Grow.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-02
Portrait Of Mr.. s. T. Kelsey

Mr. S. T. Kelsey, the general manager
NJ the I,inville Improvement Co, is at once
a philosopher and engineer botanist and
a scholar. His neatly proportioned person
is little smaller than that OF the average
man, and from beneath his brim peeps, in
cunning brilliancy a pair OF small, keen,
penetrating, expressive blue eyes, which
everybody takes for black until they are
otherwise informed.
His long beard, that would do honor to
the days Of Moses, falling gracefully upon
his bosom is clean and white as the snow.
His hair is Of solid, rich. glossy cream
color. whils . faw black AtreameEB In his
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-02
Or Should
1t Be Cow?

following the lead of Lady Astor. If this
kind of thing keeps on the typical Brtisher
may change from John Bull to Jane Bull.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-02
THE CHAFFZNG DISH

mustache, intersperslng the white, are his
only souvenir f1laments of middle lfe.-The
Balsam Groves of Grandfather Mountain.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-02
is A POLITICAL HACK
TO SUCCEED MOORE?
On the Answer to This Question Largely
Depends the Influence Of Philadelphia
on National Legislation

OH INdLlO0dl LCYISldb'Oh
WHO is to succeed j. Hampton Moore
w as representative in Congress from
the Third district?
Mr.. Moore will become Mayor on the
first Monday in January and will resign
from Congress in time to take the oath
of Office when he assumes his new
duties
The district is one of the most inn
portant commercial centers in the whole
United States. 1t contains all the
waterfront wards from Wharton street
to Lehigh avenue, and in addition the
Twelfth and Seventeenth wards, which
are separated from the waterfront by
only few squares. Cramps shipyard
is in it. 1t contains the great banking
and insurance houses in Chestnut and
Walnut streets below Seventh. Some
of the biggest manufacturing establish
ments in the world are within its bound
aries. And the great piers with their
adjacent warehouses, which handle the
bulk of the water-borne traffic of this
port, line the waterfront between the
northern and southern extremities of
the district.
Mr.. Moore has adequately represented
in Washington the interests of these
great enterprises and through them the
interests of the people who are en-
ployed by them. And he represented
them so we'll that he won the respect
of his colleagues and rose to a position
of power and influence in the House of
Representatives.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-02

The plans of the bosses will be car
ried out even to the nomination and
election of mere dummy who will act
only when somebody pulls the strings
unless the big men of the city intervene
and demand that the political hacks be
turned down and a candidate be nomi-
mated who is more anxious to serve the
community than to get his name on the
federal payroll.
In the search for a candidate it is not
necessary to confine the investigation
to the district itself. Any resident of
Pennsylvania is eligible, and this means,
of course, that any resident of any ward
of Philadelphia can legally enter the
primaries as a candidate for the nomina-
tion. He may live in Germantown or
West Philadelphia or Frankford or
South Philadelphia.
The first essential is that he be a man
Of tried ability, loyal to the principles
of Republicanism, with a mind open to
all the progressive influences now work
ing upon the minds of the nation.
There are such men here. Thew are
practicing law or medicine. They are
managing great commercial enterprises.
They are men who have made their for
tunes and retired to life of compara-
tive leisure that they may have time to
devote to the service of the state.
Never was a more splendid oppor-
tunity for public service opened to anv
man than that of going to Washington
to represent the Third district. The
prestige of the commercial constituency
back of him would get for him the ear
Of Congress as sd9n as he took his seat.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-02

So far as has been disclosed no one
but the professional politicians is TAX
ing any interest in the selection of sue
cessor to Mr.. Moore. Sheriff Ransley
and Isdore Stern are said to be rivals
for the nomination.
Does any one for moment believe
that Ransleys strength lies in his COM
prehension of the questions on which
member of the House of Representa-
tives must vote? Ransley is noted
chiefly for his activities as a county
officer in raising campaign funds through
the collection of assessments on city
officeholders. Such activity is forbidden
by law to city officeholders, but due to
the dual government here it has been
possible to beat the law through the
willingness of men like Ransley to pass
the hat.
This newspaper, in order to allow
Ransley to exhibit his qualifications to
an anxious public, offered him the free
dom of its columns to make any state
ment he chose. It's reporter put series
of questions to him in the hope that he
might be drawn out. But the sheriff
had nothing to say. He will not even
admit that he is a candidate. He is
mum because political leaders appar-
emily have not yet told him to announce
his candidacy with their support on the
ticket.
Mr.. Stern could not be reached when
the reporters sought for him. 1t will be
interesting to see whether he is any
more communicative than Sheriff Rams
ley.
Thus far the only development in the
Third district situation is that the Wares
and Penrose are planning to test their
strength. The issue is not whether the
district should be represented by man
of ability with imagination and vision,
but whether it should be represented by
Penrose hack politician or Ware po-
litical nonentity.
And this is happening in the greatest
Republican city on the continent and in
the most important commercial district
of that city!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-02
NORTHAMPTON,
old D. PrInoe. In Now YORK rribune

NTUNITtAMPIUN, Where Governor
~ Coolidge has lived for more than twenty
three years, is about $50 miles north of
New York city, and about the same dis
tance west OF Boston.
Its population is divided into three classes,
French, Irish and Yankee" and the city,
save when "Cal' Coolidge is running for
office, is subject to violent political fuctua-
tions. Sometimes it goes Republican and
at other times Democratic, but when Coo
lidge is candidate it is almost undoubtedly
Coolidge.
Why this should be, however, is mystery
to the inhabitants Themselves
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-02

Is it only our imagination, or is the
amount of bunk in circulation increasing?
Perhaps il is only our annoyance at the
annual crop of Christmas illuminated senti-
ments" which always spell Its with an
anostronhe,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-28
MORE TRUCK TOURS
BEING OUTLINED
Success Of First Trip Into
West Tennessee Causes
Others To Be Planned.

The success of the first ship-by- truck
tour into West Tennessee has encour-
aged originators of the plan to outline
a second and a third similar expedi-
tons. On next Tuesday a second cara
var viii start from Memphis with
Brownsville as its objective. Other
towns to be visited will be Kerrville,
Brighton, Covington, Henning, Durham
vile, Stanton, Mason. Braden, Gallo
way. Arlington, Glendale. Bartlett and
Raleigh.
The third trip will be with clarks-
dale n Charleston, Miss, as objec-
tlves and stops at towns along the way
This expedition will leave Memphis on
the morning Of Sept. . and will re-
quire three days for the round trip
The 70 big trucks and eight touring
cars composing the first caravan re-
turned Wednesday afternoon from
Someryille with encouraging reports
from all points visited during the two
days journey except from the Fayettt
county seat, 1t will take some cam
paigning In that county on the part Of
good roads advocates. 1t Is said, before
the issuance OF bonds for road improve.
Inents can be made a reality,
According 10 Eliwood Lloyd, In com
mand OF the trip, all expectations were
met and the first trip, merely a try
out, was an unqualified success.
Other speakers accompanying the
trucks were Thomas B. King, chair
man Of the good roads committee 81
the Chamber Of Commerce, and Hard
wig Peres.
All those who participated In the first
trip are requested to meet at the Cham.
Der Of Commerce al s o'clock, Friday
evening. !
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-28
CRUSADE ON SPECIAL
DISEASES IS OUTLINED

A threefcld method to combat the
spread of special diseases was outlined
wednesday evening before a repre-
sentative gathering Of physicians and
social workers by Capt. George A.
Hays, of the United States public
health service. The meeting. held In
the second criminal courtroom, was
presided over by DIR. ], l.. Andrews, SUI
p~erlntendent OF the city health depart
ment.
Legal, medical and educational meth
oas must be employed, in the opinion
and care of patients by public clinics
were advocated as some OF. the lega,
methods OF combating the evil. Re-
moval, so far as possible, Of the mora
and social stigma from sufferers were
advocated as educational means for nit.
gazing the evil OF menacing diseases.
The charge OF indencency should moi
necessarily be lodged against a suffer
er from special Diseases" declared
Capt. Hays, but discrimination should
be used In individual cases."
The government has provided a small
amount OF money to start the campaign
now being launched. Tennessee's ap.
~portionment is $23, 700. To this amount
state and municipal appropriations
should be added, according to the fed.
eral officer.
The immediate problem in Memphis
is to get present laws enforced. A
committee, headed by j. A. Riechman,
win work along this line. Effort viii
be made t6 put into effect the sys.
TEN Of reporting special diseases. They
will be reported by a number Of ply.
sicians to the city health department
according to the proposed plan. Should
a patient not carry out treatment unit
a cure is affected, he will be reported
then by name and the board of health
fit.
Report Of the work of the local de-
tention hospital was made by Mis-:
Clara Ahlegren,