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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-09

A SIGNIFICANT antidoto for depression
"A over the indications that a cynical
antique diplomacy is fast assuming in
creased power in the European chanCel-
z leries Is available in the contents of the
Presidents mailbag. The documents in
that receptacle constitute indeed a heart
ening novelty in the annals of interna.
tional relations. They are reflective Of
the great mass of European opinion on
the necessity of just peace guarantees and
the precedence which this issue takes over
all other questions booked for considers.
ton at the Paris sessions. In as many as
fifteen different languages, stop war for
ever" is the fervent burden of the cor
respondence emanating from strife-weary
peoples.
remier and diplomatists with n zeal
for driving hard, selfish bargains; states
men intent on peace opportunism rather
than enduring peace preservatives; legis.
lators unearthing dusty and blood.stained
balance-of-power doctrines are Obstinately
inclined TO discount such popular senti-
ments. Interference of this kind in the
grand old she'll game of diplomacy is not
Cricket" The Talleyrands. the Castle
wv 80 tNAAt Va N''N ''ANA ~
such disruption Of their inner circles.
Patching up Europe with a perilous ad.
justment of greedy ambitions was an Tex.
elusive" Undertaking.
Toryism. albeit somewhat chasten,d by
current revolutionary warnings, would he
pleased to enjoy "a similar complacency
today. But times have changed since the
Congress of Vienna. even since the almost
equally nefarious Congress of Berlin. Di-
rect communication unique and unim-
peachably sincere. has been established
between the real heart of the nations and
the spokesman of Il land with no private
ak to grind. The hundreds of terribly
Earnest letters which Mr.. Wilson has re-
6eived impressively typify a new sort OF
diplomacy, altogether spontaneous and
co~ntemptuous Of the rules. They form but
one of the numerous indlces of the spirit
of the plain people in Europe. a spirit
which the President has both sought and
fired in his recent inspiring travels.
These letters are represer tative to Mr..
Wilson of a constituency on whose newly
asserted powers he will undoubtedly rely
strongly at the coming deliberations.
America has important strictly material.
istic cards to lay on the peace table. She
can assert her wealth. her phiCal
security, her immense naval and military
potentially. But equally vital in com.
parison with these assets is the fortifica-
ton of her position that comes OF the
deep popular sympathy it inspires in those
who have suffered and now demand that
that suffering cease.
On the might of this passionate desire
which effaces frontiers is dependent the
security OF mankind. On the extent OF
the defiance which it dares 10 make to
statesmen who are purJlind depends a
sane outcome of the conference. There
are evidences in virtually all Of Mr.. Will
sons recent addresses that he Is inclined
to regard it as a trump card in the great
game, the lineup Of which is daily hard
ening.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-09

THE interrupted story OF the Frankfort
1 Elevated, now TO be completed, involves
a moral.
If half OF the enthusiasm, energy, In
terest and money necessary to successful
warfare could be concentrated for a year
on the works of peace that now confront
civilization. the face OF the world would
be changed.
In twelve months in Philadelphia. we
I should rave Broad street subways, ele.
waited lines TO Darby ard the northwest,
widened streets in the congested traffic
y, fs of the city, a new system Of street
traffic in South Philadelphia and a
. $leted Parkway.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-09

know that they can tand the gaff, but It
would be more stimulating for them to
back us up.
The surest way 10 make n rival formid-
able is to acknowledge one, even though the
language employed was intended to be
crushing. The subtlest of resolutions
would have been merely mental.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-09
What Do You Kno,v?
QUIZ

l. "G S.s,T rars 9 HSlisps j. Belgium said to be
2. How old il President Wilson?
8. What Is a crevasse?
4. WHIT were the Seven Wonders Of the
8. Where are the Straits Settlements?
o. How m,ny, times was Henry VIII Of ENGLAND
!. What Is the meaning Of the Latin phrase an.
mOrtuis nil nisi bonum"? ~
4. What Is a postern?
o. Which Is the largest planet NJ IN. .oI.. ana
TEN? '""f -"
Quire? '~'' ""A0 "
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-09
THE GOODS

THOUGH lauded as a virtue, modesty
L can hardly validate its claim when it
clashes with civic pride. The goods OF
L.Be University of Pennsylvania in for.
antally resolving to fight the influence
Aohich is being brought to bear Oh our
boys overseas by French girls are con-
ceivably less bold than they imagine,
Their words are resoundine but does not
it's very existence imply deferentIal
auslms?
Heretofore every American city was
perfectly aware that it contained the most
attractive girls extant the world over.
,Interrogate a Chicagoan, a Baltimorean.
Bostonian, a New Yorker, II this state
ptnent be doubted. With these examples Of
an a,d fortitude. Philadelphia femininity
the bdnly should not weaken. We all
~ Gu A
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-09

1t was always interesting to wonder what
the professional haters would do for exercise
after Germany was beaten. But no one ever
supposed that they would turn their attention
on the President.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-09

II Is conceivable that should the Kaiser's
eye run across the Berlin dispatch proclaim
ing Firing all over city, "Still ut it -
would be his melancholy verdict.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-09

We Will root for Doctor CAREERS better
English' plan If We are assured that the
good work will be applied at the very be-
ginning to improve some of the official proc
lamations from Harrisburg and City Hall.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-09

In the days of his greatness William
fiohenzollern had a habit of picking violets.
1t is safe now to suppose that he wishes he
had stuck to vlolets and RETAINED from in
dulging himself in the matter of quarrels.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-09

The riot that is brewing in Harrisburg
over Governor Bruinbaugh's job suggests
that the Governor may be a war historian
In more ways than one.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-09

II is pleasant TO hear that Europe Is
going wild over the President. A lot of
people will feel that it will be better II it
goes sane.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-09

Lcnine, now in irons by Trotsky's order,
has an opportunity TO realize why everybody
disllkes him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-09

THE photographs are certainly q.
l. triumph of camera skill and ~quickness.
Their exceptional size makes it possible
to study all phases of naval warfare, its
humors as we'll as its tragedies. The aerial
views of the zeebrugge mole and Bruges
Canal mouth, blocked by sunken cruisers,
Will make those daring sallies palmer than
many books Of print. Icecoated rigging,
hreproof garments. gasmasks and Cog
giles make plain some of the ordeals the
sailor faces on his lawful occasions. The
whole exhibition is not to be missed by
one who has a mind to know something
of the work of the navies of freedom. To.
morrow and Sunday will be free days, and
on Saturday admission is twenty-five cents
for adults and ten for children. The ad.
mission receipts go to American war chart
ties. c.. ID NJ,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-09

They call Trotsky red, AZ this distance
y has a yellow look.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-09

For Fritz had t.;ks of his own and one
of them was to release a quantity Of oil
if a depth bomb had failed to reach him,
to fool the enemy into believing he had
been destroyed. Whereupon he would pres.
emily come up again and have another try.
But this wholesome fear of depth bombs
is we'll understood after examining the
photos of such charges exploding, throw
ing up masses of crumbling water and
tearing the heaving surface into a lather
of foam.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-09

VIGIL is a wonderful word. 1t means,
' as l understand it. keeping awake
during the time usually given to sleep.
We all keep vigil now and then, and it is
an austere and purifying experience. But
the vigil of the sea, facing the spears
of the wind, the memories of those far
away, and the menace of an unseen enemy,
is surely the most drastic seasoning for
human fiber. HE that will learn to pray"
said an old poet, "let him go TO sea-" And
not the least interesting feature Of the
showing Of naval photographs are the few
pictures Of the men themselves, both sail
ors and officers. The British mariner has a
face Of his own. 1t is clean shaver, secured
and puckered by the nipping wind. 1t has
"A suggestion of beefy nourishment and lin
the ranks that simple unimaginative stolid.
iy which is always Joined to the complet-
est courage. The eyes are gray and keen.
Such is the face of Jack Cornwell, known
in British naval ratings as Boy Mrst-class)
John Travers Cornwell," who died of
wounds received while sticking to his post
at the battle of J~utland. and was awarded
the v. c. posthumously. Such are the
| faces, here shown Of three of the volunteer
| crew OF the Vindictive, who took part in
the famous raid of Zeebrugge. From
Beatty and Carpenter and the other officers
down to the grizzled old seadogs who man
Britain's trawlers and minesweepers, the
same calm and hardened look may be
traced In all the faces. The ships are won.
derful. but the men are also a fascinating
study. And the mascots should not be
forgotten, too. Let no one say hence.
forth that sailormen are ~distrustful Of
black cats at sea, for the mascots of the
Vindictive on her great exploit were two
large mousers Of that color.
THESE pictures, 1t must be emphasized,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-09
ELBOW ROOM
A Russian Lullaby

Rock ably, baby, and drowsily nod
That's only the noise of a new firing squad.
Thy fathers condemned and thy sisters
in Jail,
Thy grandpa is offering pencils for sale.
Hush-a.by, baby, in old Petrograd,
Some day youll live to revenge your poor
Dad:
s~oviet'll fall,
And down will come Lenine and Trotsky
and all.
pomp and ceremony are never needed
when a truly great man goes to rest.
Nothing in Theodore Roosevclt's career
was more expressive of his manly sim
plicity than his funeral. And he will need
no introduction in the Elysian Fields.
The Fifth Ward will soon be able to
get some hints from Berlin on the manner
of celebrating all election.
But tho speech OF President Wilson's
that VIC are eager to hear will be the one
he will make after seeing the devastated
regions of France and Belgium. We hope
that he will be made a citizen of Louvaiu,
Ncrdun and Rheims, as we'll as Of London,
Rome and Turin.
"The League of Nations is not a panaCea
for all mortal problems says a statesman.
We'll, We did not expect Europe 20 leap
right out of the fire into the pauacca.
The most amazing thing about Mr.. vii.
sons European mail is not that he is ro-
Ceiving thousands of letters, but that he
intends to answer them all.
our correspondent IN Berlin cables that
that city re-echoes with mighty shouts
of 'Hoch.'" Evidently tho High Price of
Everything is getting on Berlin's nerves.
too.
We arc empowered 10 contradict the
rumor that the Dutch province Of Linn
burg is piIinE up all its stock Of Limburger
cheese Oh the frontier to prevent anneXa.
ton Of that territory by the Belgians.
Three hundred d~ist.llers have pledged a
billion dollars to fight prohibition. They
take their stand on Article Y of the Con-
stitution. Blu what they are really inter-
cstcd in is their own article MN.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-09
THE NORTH SEA VIGIL
Remarkable Pictures That ShoiU Ho,U the Seas Vere Made Free

TT WAS a sort OF North Sea morning
L when / slipped my office hawser and set
sail for the Academy of the Fine Arts to
see the exhibit of British naval photo.
graphs. Mingled snow and rain were fall.
ing and the streets were as slippery as the
deck of a destroyer tumbling in a heavy
sea. Keeping a sharp lookout for hostile
taxicabs, / coasted the dangerous reefs
of the City Hall and bore away up the
fairway of Broad street under a smoke
screen of after-breakfast tobacco. 1 luffed
at Cherry street and ported my helm into
the academy.
These probably misused) naval terms
must be %pardoned, for the remarkable pho.
tographs of the official British exhibit, on
display until next Sunday evening, give
so strong a smack of the bitter North
Sea that one comes away almost feeling
the pavement sway and swing underfoot.
Many of us have envicd the tough and
bracing life of the men on that bleak
water, just as Il suppose) the sailors them
selves nave sometimes envied us at home,
our tough and bracing daily discipline,
facing careering motor traffic and striking
milkmen and awaiting prices. Generous
British mapmakers used to call it the Ger.
man Ocean. But the German Ocean has
been drained off and there now remains
only the North Sea, which might well be
called the ocean of freedom. And after
studying these amazing photos, said to be
the largest lens pictures in the world, one
has some intling of the circumstances of
the hard vigil that sends the seaman home
with such a clean, rudy, tough-cheeked
look, such a calm and wholesome simplicity
in the eyes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-09

TT is 10 wonder that this tender solicitude
i for Fighting great wrongs should have
brought about "A sharp and eloquent reminder
to the friend of Germany. then and there. that
there are other and greater barbarians even
than the Turks, without whose ~abetting aid
thousands of horrors more terrible than the
destruction of Greek marbles could not have
been perpetrated. whose own deeds of violence
and raplne have appalled, the world. But this
Is wandering from the subject in hand.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-09
More Thoughts About Wilhelm

At any rate, we hope that prohibition
won go into effect before the Kaiser
croaks, because that will be the one day
when we shall feel that humanity owes
itself a congratulatory drink.
And when the Kaiser does get his, IL IS
to be hoped the Crown Prince will accom-.
pan him, on the principle of getting rid
of the heir of the dog that bit you.
Eighty miles of flight per day keeps a
carrier pigeon in good condition. and the
same thing might apply to the Kaiser.
SOCRATES.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-09

THESE pictures. 1t must be emphasized.
L are not the imaginative brushwork of
artists. but actual photographs. most of
them taken from the air and tinted in the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-09
Uses FOR WAR ENERGY

Have you ever heard OF a BolsheyIc'ory?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-09
Queen Of the Bolsheyixen.

The cruelest autocrat in Petrograd is
said to be a young woman twenty-five
years old. Kipling was right.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-09

II the suffragists keep on lighting bon
fires around the White House, maybe Mr..
Wilson will nave no home TO return to.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-09

Al any rate, Berlin is not suffering from
feud shortage.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-09

Wilson will have no home to return to.
Only the Kaiser's strong religious con-
viction has restrained him from commit
ting suicide, it is said. Never mind, there
Is another kind of strong conviction that
is coming his way. lie will find that as
far as he is concerned. the Netherlands is
only a halfway house to the neither re.
gions.
Even influenza seems puny compared to
the ravages Of anarchy in poor PetroGrad.
One OF the atrocities that we would like
to see stopped is the incessant quoting OF
Shakespeare by German newspapers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-09

The Fifth Ward will soon be able to
get some hints from Berlin on the manner
of celebrating an election.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-09

JNDUBITABLY there would be but little
i talk IL we were all OF US to speak only OF
that which we know and one OF the great
est of human delights, gossip about our neigh
bors, would be dried up at its yelling source
by any such unwise prohibition. But there
is an enormous difference between talk, idle
talk for talks sake, when that unruly mem
Der, the tongue, plays the FRANKS of a school
boy. and the vibrant flash of the forked
tongue OF scandal and Islander. The pulling
down of great names, to trample them I'm The
muck where tread many feet, Is the one
thing worse than the PRONUNCIATION OF IN
truths In the help OF a cause" or a ~"party"
There are some minds that find nothing
wrong In the Islander of the enemy. The Ten
tons, in this war, have made Islander of them
on the part OF their enemies. impossible,
But there are still many who feel that a sense
of loyalty to the great'country OF our birth.
loyalty to the great cause In which we are
united, loyalty to our sons and brothers VINO
have fallen In that cause, should close the ear
to the petty hisslngs of gossip as to the choral
croak Of irresponsible pessimlsmL
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-09

Three hundred dist!llers have pledged a
billion dollars to fight prohibition. They
take their stand on Article X Of the Con-
'titution, But what they are really inter-
csted in is their own article NH%.
The Washington times., 1919-09-12
u. S. ACTIVE FLEET
NOW TOPS BRITISH
Naval Expert Cites Figures
to Show American
Supremacy.

LONDON, Sept. 12.-"It is an ar
resting fact" Archibald Hurd, the
naval expert, writes in the Daily
Telegraph, "that, judged by the
strength Of it's battle squadrons in
active commission, this country's su-
pregnancy has at least temporarily
passed away.
''The United States has now in com
mission thirty-one battleshipps, and
Washington plans to have twenty
nine next year, the reduction in num-
Der being balanced by the increased
power Of some Of the ships now ap-
preaching completion.
I'VE have in q similar state Of
readiness twenty-five battIeships and
FIVE cruisers, and, in accordance with
the order published yesterday with
reference to reduction to a reserve
basis, our instantly ready battle
force will fall at an early date to
sixteen ships, ten OF them forming
the Atlantic Fleet and the other six
cruising in the Mediterranean. 1t
may be somewhat of an affront to
our national pride that we should
have reached this secondary position
at sea"
Mr.. Hurd consoles himself with the
reflection that the British Admiralty
is saving money.
The Washington times., 1919-09-12
COLD WATER CURE
GETS DOC IN BAD

wILLIAMSPoRT. Pa, Sept. 12.-W.
W. Giffen was yesterday found guilty
in the Lycoming county court on five
charges Of unlawful practice OF medi-
cine and surgery. witnesses In court
who had been patients Of GiRen testi-
ned that he followed q method OF
treatment revealed to him by alleged
supernatural powers, and that his
chief treatment was one Of deep sleep
for the patient. One man whom Giffen
treated for rheumatism testified that
the treatment consisted Of massaging
and pouring cold water on the back
bone. Giffen gave him thirteen treat
ments and then told the patient that
II had been revealed to him that fol-
lowing three more treatments he
would be cured at the end OF four
months. The patient did not recover
as promised.
George Henry, OF Cascade, testified
that he had summoned Giffen, believ-
ing him to be q licensed practitioner,
to attend his wife. He said the treat
ment consisted Of laying the hands
on the body and praying. The woman
died In ten days.
Mrs. Jennie McCloskey took twenty
seven OF GiRen's treatments, for
which he charged 81 each, after
which, she testified. he told her that
Il had been revealed to him that he
should double his charge. She stated
that his treatment consisted Of plac-
ing his patients in q deep sleep, dur
ing which time he would converse
with them.
Another patient told Of his method
Of holding his hands about a foot
above her body and slowly drawing
them toward her feet, when he would
suddePly jump and snap his fingers.
BY this treatment Giffen claimed he
drew the disease from her body. In
treating a woman for blood poisoning
Giffen poured cold water on the af-
hicted part and induced her to 90 to
sleep. When she awakened, she found
GiRen's photograph under her pillow.
The Washington times., 1919-09-12
BALTIMORE FLIER JOINS
POLAND TO FIGHT RUSS

PARIS, Sept. 1.-THE KoseiuSko
Escadrille, headed By Major c. z
Fauntleroy, was today received In au-
dience by Premier Paderewski, Of
Poland. The squadron will leave for
the Polish front next week to fight
with the Poles against the Russian
BolsheVfks and the Germans.
The strength OF the new flying
corps has been brought up TO ten
filters by enlistments this week.
Among the aviators joining up was
Capt. r. p. Brewster, Of Baltimore,
winner Of the British d. 8. o.
The Washington times., 1919-09-12
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The Washington times., 1919-09-12

Secretary to the President, Tumul-
ty, has received the following tele-
gram:
ITO the Hon. Joseph p. Tumulty
Secretary President Unit e d
States.
Helena, Mont, and forward.
with malice toward none, we, the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
and kindred and allied association
bodies in spirit OF patriotism, have
requested your removal Millions of
men demand this. We suggest you
resign.
&c. HOLLAND WILLIAMS,
For William A. Jones, Secretary
Baltimore Centennial
"Odd Fellows Hall,
Baltimore, NJ. D."
The Washington times., 1919-09-12
ATLANTIC CITY GETS
1920 G. AR. MEET

COLUMBUS. Ohio, Sept 1.-THE
hfty-fOurth national encampment Of
the Grand Army Of the Republic viii
be held in 1920 at Atlantic City. Late
yesterday, after boosters for Colorado
Springs and the Eastern resort had
engaged in q debate lasting an houF.
delegates voted 372 to 34s In favor Of
Atlantic City.
The business sessions Of the en-
eampment will be brought 70 a close
today with the election Of Officers for
the coming year.
The Washington times., 1919-09-12
MARYLANDERS PREPARE
FOR OLD DEFENDERS DAY

Old Defenders Day win be eele-
brated under direction Of~the Mary
land state Society tomorrow evening
at o'clock In the auditorium Of Cen
trail High School.
Many prominent speakers win lee
ture, and the Star-Spangled Chorus
Chorus will furnish the music.