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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-15
HURLEY SEEKS LIGHT IN DARK
PLACES

fINHE shipping policy of the United States
will not be settled by the national refer
endum which Chairman Hurley. OF the
shipping board is asking the United States
Chamber of Commerce to take The refer
endum will assist Congress to an under.
standing Of what the commercial bodies
OF the country think on the subject. But
unfortunately many of the commercial
bodies have no wcll-grounded opinions TO
express. They have only impressions and
prejudices. referendum to be worth
while ought TO be preceded by campaign
of education, in the course of which the
arguments for and against the different
forms of shipping control are fairly set
forth for the information of the ignorant.
There are large sections of the country
where the average man is supremely in
different to the whole subject. He does not
realize that the prosperity of his business
is dependent upon the development of the
ports on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts
and on the use of those ports by ocean.
going ships. When he thinks Of II at all
he says that he does not care whether his
grain is carried abroad in an American or
n British or a French or Japanese ship
so long as 1t is carried. He has not even
learned the lesson of the last four years
that nation dependent on foreign.owned
shipping in time of peace must also be
dependent on 1t in time of war. The cam.
paign Of education must start with driving
home the fundamental proposition that we
must have a merchant marine approx.
mately adequate to take care of our for
eign trade
When we admit that we must have a
merchant marine, then we are prepared to
consider whether the merchant marine
shall be publicly or privately owned;
whether it shall be assisted by subventions
or subsidies and whether the ships shall
be part of naval reseEye to be operated
by naval reserve seamen with the govern.
ment paying part of their wages
The referendum plan under present cir
cumstances is interesting but not impor.
tant.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-15
WHEN AN ALIEN HAS NO RIGHTS

MO MATTER how many times a point of
= law has been decided a LAWYER cap
always be found who will accept a fee
10 ask the courts to pass upon it again
This profound reflection is suggested by
the action of a lawyer who sued out a
writ of habeas corpus in behalf of forty.
nine undesirable aliens who are awaiting
deportation in New York.
The lawyer doubtless knew that the
writ would ultimately be denied for the
Supreme Court passed upon the question
Jears ago. It was raised in the case
of a distinguished British intellectual an.
archist who came TO America to lectur..
He did not advocate violence, but he did
preach opposition to all governments. The
Immigration authorities ordered his de-
portation. His lawyers sought his re-.
lease and sued out writ of habeas
corpus and pleaded the provision of the
Constitution that the privilege of the writ
should not be suspended except in ex.
ceptional circumstances. The case was
taken TO the Supreme Court which de.
cided that the guarantees of the Consti
tuition do not extend 10 nonresident aliens.
bnt are for the protection of citizenssof the
United States.
8 But even IL there had been no court
decision on this point. there is undoubted
power under the authority OF the imrni.
Bration laws to deport every undesirable
alien In the country.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-15
Kissing in Alsace

kissing WAS very much in evidence in
Alsace. where pretty Alsatian girls, in
the costume of their country, were seen to
throw their arms around the necks of the
President and his companions and to re-
ceive good hug. M. Clemenceau, for ex-
ample, the octogenarian Prime Minister.
kissed a great many of these pretty girls
saying aloud the while, "Ah, If I wer.
twenty years of age again!" General
Guillemot, Marshal Petain and even the
immortal Foch showed that IL they were
great warriors they we're also very human
have suspicion that many of the Eng
lish correspondents were absent from mi.
part of the function or they would have
written quite brilliant letters on kis,,n1
as a fine art.
met for example. Mr.. Gerald Campbell
the exceedingly able correspondent OF the
Times. but while ! read many fine arti.
cles from him on the subject of Alsaoe
and Lorraine, missed descriptive sketch
on "the generals and the girls" which
should have appealed to his Irish heart
Clement Shorter. in the London Sphere.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-15

mo state shall be admitted 10 the League
unless 1t is able TO give effective guarantees
OF its sincere intention to observe it's inter.
national obligations" But sane behavior
will secure admission. without which the
League, which will prescribe the extent Of
must agree, would eventually be incom.
plete.
Many skeptics will be heard before the
involved procedure, including ratification
OF the draft by the Peace Conference and
by all the constituted home. authorities
OF the nations, has been attained. Objec.
lions that It won't work are invalid, be-
cause judgment without trial Is indefen.
sibe. But where criticism Is even more
likely to be forthcoming is in respect to
the colossal scope of the plan. you can't
change human nature on so vast a scale"
is the pat formula. History has something
TO say on this theme.
Mankind abolished slavery.
Mankind abolished religious persecution.
The record leads directly to the concept
that mankind will abolish war.
The third universal reform is surely
imaginable in the light Of such precedents.
Moreover the world, with the wondrous
accomplishment in Paris TO hearten IT, has
triumphantly passed the stage of the
thin" and abstract. II Is in sight OF the
solid and concrete foundation of the great
redemption.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-15
A DEMOCRAT CRITICIZEs THE ADMIN.
=. ISTRATTON

II is gratifying to find such evidence of
= economic sanity in Washington as that
which Senator Gore, chairman of the Com
mittee on Agriculture, manifested the other
day when he criticized the price-f fixing of
wheat.
The action of the government in fixing
IN arbitrary price, he said caused q loss
to the farmers of s40O, 900 900 in 1917 and
similar sum in 1918. The price fixed for
the new crop will enable them TO recoup
themselves for their losses in the two pre-
ceding years. Whereas, If the price had
been allowed to take its natural course
under the operation of the law of supply
and demand, they would have made money.
the consumers would not have suffered any
worse than they did and it would not be
necessary for the Government to appro.
pirate several hundred millions to meet the
difference between what the market prica
- likely to be next summer and the price
nxed by the Presidents proclamation.
Senator Gore is a Democrat and cannot
BE charged with partisan political motives
in criticizing the course of the food admin
fstration Indeed he protested against the
price-fixng program before II was adopted
and said what every one familiar with
sach, experiments knows, namely, that they
had never succeeded
Incidentally, the Senator reminded us
that the world supply of wheat is not SO
large as had been supposed, so that three
or four hundred millions instead of a bill
Lion would probably be all that would
have; to be appropriated to assure the arbi.
trary price of s226 a bushel TO the farmers
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-15
4 SWITCH IN TINE
There Is ntrniety, q too-muchness In all
Germuns.-Co Table Talk" ...--


THERE'S still too much too-muchness,
- Assertive such.assuchness, .,. ., .s.
Complacent over-Dutchness, rt.
In German thought and act; 80. -
= Both root and branch need thinning, =,
Bismarckian discipining- ..s o..
If left to think they're winning, .--.
~ They will have won In fact!. .....,..-,
They must be taught the blunder
or legalizing plunder, -, .,.-
And should be taught it under 90.
The victims whom they robbed .a.
What is there harsh or spiteful .-..s
In yielding to the rightful
The tanning of the frightful a,
Who struck them when they sobbsdf
Why should we give button N.t, =
That wolf should lack his mutton? 80, =
It's only fair a glutton '~.s-r =.
Should tighten up his belt.
Have done with mush and twaddle;
No conscience-stricken model "'
Strayer for saints to coddle.
This shark of'Lys and Scheldt! s.t'
Richard Butler Glaenzer in New York
Times. A.'t,-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-15
NEEDED. SERUM FOR INDIFFERENCE

A PLAN for spending s2ll 100000 to over
a come the handicap Of the port of New
~tsrk, arising from the fact that the city
y ON an island has been outlined by Gus
taye Lindenthal to the New York and New
Jsrsey Port and Harbor Development Com.
1nission.
-1t Includes beltline railroad on the
~ Jersey shore extending from Staten
IND to Undercliff on the Hudson. and
weef freight classification yard on the
IL JoGsey meadows. from which local
1ruel1 y aistribatsd In carload lots
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-15
A Loftier Desire

"A German wanted; experienced. Apply
-" This advertisement. which appeared
in a Manchester newspaper. caused great
indignation. a
The manager of the firm concerned, which
has bleaching. dyeing, printing. and finish
ing works. states that an amusing mistake
has been made. I'VE want an agerman and
certainly not a German" he said. An ager-
man is worker in charge OF a machine
which hxes coiors." London Evening
Standard
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-15
RUBBER HEELS.

THE draft of the League of Nations
- covenant was a very agreeable Valen-
tine for the world.
The only thing tce missed in It aoas MAY
I not"
Our nomination for secretary-general of
the league is Colonel House, viz: r".,.. -
Wholly unquotable,
Always negotiable, ,,, 80.
Secretly notable,
Silence's spouse
Darkly inscrutabe
Quite irrefutable,
Nobly immutable,
Edward NJ House.
There is conspiracy Of silence about
Colonel House, and he Is the ringledder.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-15
Answers to Yesterdays Quis

AusWcIb 70 lcetcTuhyb Qux
1. Phillip Scheidemann is the new cha ncellor
Of Germany.
2. Six Russian factions which have, accepted
the invitation to the conferences at
Prinkipo are those OF the Bolshevists
the Ukraine. Ufa, the crimea, IIetvia
and Esthonia
Q. Hammock comes from the Spanish
hamaca, which Is derived from a
Caribbes word in use when Columbus
discovered the West Indies.
4. According to the last census. Rhode
Island was the most densely populated
State IN the Union.
s. The so-called ''pitcher-plant' eats insects
6. An amalgam is the solution OF any metal
In mercury.
7. Jonathan Trumbuil was an American
patriot. friend ana adviser OF wash
ington. who Is said to have given him
the name Brother Jonathan" sdbse-
quentiy used to personify the United
States T. "
8. Banda Oriental eastern LeaEue) n
sometimes used to describe the South
American republic Of Uruguay. -
Q. Coiumbus's son Ferdinand soconapenisd
the great discoverer on his last voy-
age TO the New World.
~ chrtseoohes Masloxs vgs<s ~ 6raunn.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-15

Representative Mediil Mccormick is
unduly alarmed about the Monroe doctrine.
His demand for heresy trial OF the Presi-
dent on 4the ground of apostasy will not
excite much apprehension anywhere.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-15
Certain Statesmen
at Gettysburg

at Gettysburg
Three score and ten days ago Wood
row Wilson left this continent dedicated
to the proposition that a league Of nations
must be founded to safeguard the peace OF
men.
Now we are engaged in great and acri-
monious discussion, arguing whether that
league, or any league so conceived. can
long endure. We are met on a great bat
tlefield of tongues. We are met to dedicate
a portion of 1t as the final place Of silence
for those who shed their arguments freely
that the league OF nations might not live.
It is altogether itting that we should
do this.
But it Is rather for us here to be dedi.
Gated to the great talk remaining before
us; that from these perished arguments
we take Increased loquaclty to the cause
for which they gave the last full measure
of oration; that we here loudly resolve that
the world shall have a new birth Of argu.
ment, and that government Of the nations,
by the nations, for the nations, shah not
perish from the earth
The iron has entered my sole, cried MISS
Ann Dante as she stepped on tack.
Mr.. Wilson, speaking in faris the other
dav. mentioned the miracles of compre-
hens,on" the war has wrought
We can also think Of some miracles Of
incomprehension.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-15
Movie Nssbness'

We have cried to be sane In the matter
of popular prendioe against German music.
but when hye-piece picture show orchestra
undertakes, 10 play the Ride of the wal
kyries" then the A. p. l. and its allied
forces Of suppression cannot act too ~uicklv
= ~ ua~~<aocna ON ofaH .'E I,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-15

With a sx-hour business day in the de-
partment stores from IL to 5. how is the
husband to manage to do the little shop
ping errands for his wife which he is In the
habit OF setting rid Of On his way 10 the
o1lcs q the mornlAgi
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-15

Sooner or later. II peace has a long
enough reign. lives lost by. the war will be
less in number than lives saved by the war
as result Of the great strides made in
surgery during hostilites.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-15

AS the. grandmother of the revolution
considers what has happened in Russia, she
must be rejecting that IL is a wise grand
mother who knows her own grandchild.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-15

Henry White. who heads the Peace Con-
ference committee on transit has an easv
Job in comparison with that Of the transit
commissioner of Philadelphia
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-15

There Is no anti-monopolist SO rash az
TO object to the plan of the League Of Ma
tions to monopolize the making power
of the world.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-15

Now II the charter trainers can do as
we'll as the men who have drafted a const,.
tuition for the League of Nations even Sem
ator Ware should be pleased
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-15

Wilson instructs U. S. MISUNDERSTANDING
He seems to have been instructing the
peace conference also, But what else oouId
YOU expect from an ex-professor?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-15

Director Wilson says there will be a
shake-up in the Police Department unless
there are fewer shake-downs In the streets.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-15

II the social welfare conference in Har-
risburs can tell how to make the church
social interesting it Will nll long felt want
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-15

Joseph H.. O'Brien, the new magistrate
who now holds three offices and runs a
plumbing shop. must be, seeking TO break the
record for versatility ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-15

Those burglars frequenting the fur
stores must be laying in a stock for use
next summer. No one is wearing furs now
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-15

Mr.. Wilson ought to arrive in the United
States in time to celebrate Washngton's
Birthday.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-15

Winter may get us yet The famous
blizzard Of 1888 came In March.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-15

President Ebert says
The First TO Run the Germans will de-
mobilize, but Bill
Hohenzollern beat them to it by demobiliz-
ing to Amerongen last November
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-15
Yes. Whcrton, but ,ohere 70 It,

C9s
Sonnet on Colonel House
II q man holds his tongue
You cannot contradict him,
It's the words he has swung
That rise up to sffiict him.
The thoughts left unuttered
win never efnbarrass you,
What you just muttered
win not stay to harass you.
And IL you don't ink 1t
You won't have TO edit 1t,
II you just think 1t
You can't be discredited.
And SO. when It comes to distributing credit
In the matter of silence you have to han,
Ed It!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-15

The difference between
Fgpt and Thomas Edison and
Mouth Disease James M. Beck is that
Edison can kick his
outstretched hand with his foot and Beck
can open his mouth and put both feet in it.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-15
The Supernan

Ihe Supepnan - .
The man I give toast to
And praise in this sonnet
Has never played host to
A bee in his bonnet.
Remarkably moderate,
Thoroughly sane
Indeed odd and odder it ~,
Seems to my brain ...
So few are inclined to
Give heed to his tone,
But still have mind to
Fool views OF their own.
The wisdom of Sinai is his by the shelf:
or course you divine I-allude to myself.
DOVE DULCET.
Noto that the Germans hare otpen up
their morning hour Of hate they no LONGER
observe hate-hour day.
Boston is shortly to begin celebrating the
centennial of James Russell Lowell. and
intends once more to be the hubbub of the
universe.
D.. All patent medicines, says doctor friend
OF ours, have practically the same insredi-
ents: narcotic, laxative and a bitter.
The same analysis applies to most, Do
litical speeches.
Becky aoas Sharp. but Beck Is sharper
stu.
The longest long trail .s that Of the
after-dinner speaker.
SOCRATES.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-15

SO have the times changed They used
to discuss poker in the good old days and
the Governors of the Carolinas were wont 10
talk of irrigation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-15
THE COVENANT WHICH OPENS
THE DOOR TO A NEW AGE
Dreams Turning to Reality as Comprehen.
sive League Program Forecasts
Impossibility Of War

| FTHE most comprehensive buttress ever
l. created in support of the moral will
| was revealed in Paris yesterday when
President Wilson read the closely reasoned
| covenant agreed upon by the commission
on the League of Nations. Beside the impli.
cations Of this stupendous document the
magnitude of the war shrinks into insignif.
cance, save only If regarded as the instru-
ment most directly responsible for the
foundation Of a world.peace pact. II atone
ment is possible for the monstrous tragedy
of universal strife, 1t is clear that 1t can
only be made by the execution Of a resolve
to sin no more.
But it is clear also that rarifed idealism
however fervently applauded, is by itself
an insufficient stimulus to good behavior
in a world of error. Where selfish interest,"
colored either by hope Of gain or fear of
punishment can be made to coincide with
fundamentals of right a heartening ap.
proXimation Of justice can be attained.
That is so in all states whose laws are
kept. The covenant" aims to apply the
principles Of such "A balance universally.
It is titanic ambition, realization of
which will change the whole course Of
the fashion TO characterize it as a glorious
dream. But that was before the whole
earth was shocked to its foundation by a
war transcending all mundane conceptions
OF horror. 1t is not alone, therefore. high
thoughts which have sped forward the
League Of Nations plan with such enthrall-
ing rapidity, but bitter, agonizlng necessity.
That was the motive which completely
altered the order of proceedings in Paris.
1t is the same motive which reenforces
the moral values of the covenant with un-
precedented practical bulwarks. The ma
chnery is so specific, so mindful OF a host
of eventualites that there is inspiring
warranty to entertain the hope that war
will be made impossible. The document
specifies more checks than any panacea
for peace ever devised by recognized
authorities. The program seeks to consider
realities.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-15
The Fisher Poet

/ sailed in ship of fancy
On, the grim gray biilows of Time.
Ana caught a nstfui of silver Joy
In cunning meshes Of rhyme.
CHARLES WHARTON STORK.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-15

No~ that the Germans haze oipen up
their morning hour Of hate they no longer
observe q hute-hour day
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-15
4, What Do You Kno,D?'
QUIZ

QUIZ eli.
I. What Is the FIRST name of Prendent
Poincare Of France?
2. What tragic event. potently affecting tbs
course of American history, occurred
twenty-one years ago today? ''
g. What kind of a window is called an
"oeil de boeuf" and what does the
name mean?
4. How do ten-penny nails get thsir name?
s. What is the capital OF South Dakota?
9. What is the overhang Of a shipy
7. Who wrote the music of the opera,
Tampa?
8. What is the longest river In Asia? ~
9. How many times in American history did
the Whig party win a presidential
election? -
10. How many articles compose the drafted
plan OF the League Of Nations, which
has just been unanimously adopted?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-15

There is-a conspiracy Of silence about
Colonel House, and he Is the ringledder.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-15

UGH money is being spent by the gov.
AVA eminent to advance the AmericaniEa-
tioh idea through such bureaus as that of
naturalization in the Department Of Labor
and education in the Department OF the
Interior There is also ap association In
Philadelphia which is Specializing on this
work among Jewish immigrants. the presi.
dent OF which is Louis Il. Levy. Mr.. Levy
and Jacob Ginsburg, vice president OF the
association, have been keeping In touch
with the restrictive immigration legislation
recently passed by the Committee on Immi.
grafton and Naturalization. TO which they
are opposed. Thus far the Committee on
Rules. through which 1t was proposed 10
rush this legislation. has not yielded TO
requests TO hasten these measures. out of
order. Meanwhile. the task Of those who
labor among the foreign-born In Philadel-
phia and elsewhere il to keep on with the
work OF molding into good cItIssnship those
from foreign clinss whp ars already IN
this country. s1..|tt ;.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-20
INSURGENTS WIN POINTS
AFFECTING POLICY
By United Press:

By United Press:
CLEVELAND, o., Sept 20
Routine business held the attention
or the United Mine Workers of
America convention here today.
With the conference of miners and
mine owners only a few days off, the
delegates expected Monday to usher
in the most strenuous and important
sessions of the convention. In
surgents defeated the administration
forces in two resolutions affecting
the policy of the organization in the
selection Of travelling auditors, field
workers and district statisticians. Sc
lection by popular election instead
of by appointment was demanded by
the insurgents and they defeated
measures which sought to preserve
the formHr system. The fight was
marked by bitter argument The
wage scale committee is in constant
session in preparation for its report
next week.