davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1919-11-25
Angeles Trial
is Reported to
be in Progress

IN rASO Texas Nov 2f-rhe trial
hN court martial 0f General Felipe
Angeles. the villa leader who wps cap
turcd recently near larral began today
according O. am announcement hy An
drca q Careful CONSUL general at El
iaso. 81 details Of the proceedings
bad reached Mr Garcia up Go "a late
nOtff. tuiflN
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1919-11-25

Tho arm, draft ir 1918 showed 700nn
r.,rn of araN aro rorieiorcd who couiH
NOT rcad or write in English or any
other language.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-26
THE BUDGET

T'HE city will have to be run next year
on the money provided for in the bud
get which the present administration is
preparing.
That budget will also nave to take
care of the deficits which, under the old
practice, were met out of loan in order
to fool the people and keep the tax rate
down.
The new charter forbids this sort of
fraudulent fnanciering, and the people
next year will have to pay the debts of
the present administration.
Mayor-elect Moore seems to be de-
termined that the men framing the
budget shall obey the charter provisions
and provide all that is needed to meet
the current expenses for all the depart.
ments 'and to meet all the deficits. The
responsibility is upon them even to the
extent of increasing the tax rate.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-26
1.-THE SUICIDE FLEET"

T ONELY and perilous beyond the COM
- prehension of landsmen was the task
just finished in the North sea by 5000
Americans under command of Rear Ad-
miral Joseph Strauss. In winter weather,
mauled by the savage winds of that lati-
tude, these men went about the job of
removing the sea mines laid from Scot
land to Norway as a barrier against
German raids.
They had no audience and no applause
Few people on this side of the world
knew that they existed or what they
were about. Their ships were little and
the life they led was so hard and danger
Gus that the squadron became known in
European waters as "the suicide fleet"
Almost all of the vessels were damaged
by explosions of one sort or another, and
if the officers and men have returned
alive it is only because they were brave
and infinitely skillful.
The British offered bonuses to attract
volunteers to the same sort of work.
The Americans drew no extra pay. The
men of the suicide fleet were paid the
same wage that they draw when they
are peacefully in port. They finished the
job with the loss of only one vessel. The
British lost two. The navy assumed
that mine sweeping in the toughest water
known to men was part of the days
work, just as it assumed that the trans
ocean fight was part of the days work
to be done-because it ought to be done.
Now the suicide fleet is lone and the
men have had fine reception in New
York, where Secretary Daniels told them
simply that they had nobly upheld the
traditions of their service. 1t is all very
inspiring. There is no American who can
think of the suicide fleet without infinite
pride. But how strange it must seem to
these officers and men to be back in a
land harassed by protiteers!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-26
Verdun

Verdun
DRONE are the bravest bones, and deep
l. the dead
Who saw Verdun yet looked not on her
walls,
And fighting fell as rain in summer falls
BY writhen hills and bleak environed'
A ND now the streets of that immortal town
"A Hear no accustomed slow or hurried feet;
No housewives chatter for the daily meat,
No aproned urchins clatter up and down.
ONCE blew n fountain in garden green
~ Soft rainbow mists above sunlit lawn
That now is drabbled dust; and once, at
dawn,
Stood slim white candles at the altar screen.
NOV on that broken floor lies broken glass
IN And fallen sainthood-but they did not
pass! -
ALEC B. STEVENSON.
Verdun, January, 1913.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-26
THANKSGIVING


7 RATHER think Though I confess the
l. thought is rather rude)
A nan is egotistical when showing gratitude.
We somewhat cramp the universe, for in
stance, do you see,
When we cackle Of the benefits bestowed
Oh you and me.
But never mind I'll own at once have
some joy in life.
I'm thankful for my daily work; I'm thank
full for my wife;
I'm thankful (quite oblivious to pills In
Fortunes JAM
For what I think my friends believe the
kind of man am.
I'm thankful for illusions of philosophy
and fame
Permitting effervescent zest while playing
at ''the game"
And since it gives me happiness and COM
fort, oh, my brothers,
I'm thankful don't see myself as I am
seen by others.
I'm thankful for Dame Fortunes frowns
before she degns to smile.
I'm thankful for the sickly days that make
my health worth while.
I'm thankful life shows kindness very often
when she hurts;
And I'm really very thankful I don't get
my just deserts.
GRIF ALEXANDER.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-26
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

/. William NJ. Calder and James W. wads-
worth Jr., represent New York in
the Senate. .-
.. Henry Fielding wrote "The History of
Joseph Andrews"
8. The Battle of Gettysburg ended on July
g. 1868, and Vicksburg fell to General
Grant on the next day.
4. Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra, an oasis in
the Syrian desert reigned in the third
century A. d. She was defeated and
made prisoner by the Romans.
s. There are thirty nine books in the Old
Testament.
6. Pushball is a game invented by NJ. G.
Coane, of Newton, Mass, 1894. 1t
is played by two sides of eleven men
each on a field of 140 by 150>y yards,
with ball six feet In diameter and
weighing fifty pounds. There are two
pairs of goal posts with crossbars.
Pushing the ball under the bar counts
Eve points. Putting it over the bar
counts eight. A safety counts two
for the attacking side.
Z. A planet is in apogee when 1t Is In that
part Of its orbit which is furthest from
the earth.
8. A heresiarch is leader or founder Of a
heresy.
8. Tomasso Tittoni recently resigned as
Italian minister of foreign affairs.
10. An imperial is small beard growing
beneath the lower lip. II was named
for Napoleon III who wore one,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-26
Member of the Associated Press
Philadelphia, Wednesday, November 60, 1919
Mr.. SMYTH'S OPPORTUNITY

JNTHAT the people will think of DaVlu
w. Smyth four years from now VIII
depend entirely on the record which Mr..
Smyth makes in the Office Of city sollcI-
tor.
He has been selected for that office
by the Mayor-elect without the intcWen-
tion of any political boss or combination
of bosses. He is the first man for years
to become the chief legal adviser OF the
city without hampering obligations to
influences outside of his office. lie is
free to give to the Mayor the best that
is "A him.
The P. R. T. has been among his
clients, and it is understood that he has
served that corporation well and salts
factorily. In becoming city solicitor he
changes clients, withdrawing from the
service of the street railway company.
As a good lawyer, loyal to the best ira
ditions of his profession, he is expected
10 serve his new client faithfully and
well. If he meets this expectation he
will leave Office with the respect Of every
one.
Mr.. Smyth's experience in defending
the +. n. L. against damage CldlHS VIII
serve him in good stead as the chief law
officer of the city. No small part of the
time of the solicitors staff is taken up
in the preparation of the defense of the
city in suits for damages. Mr.. Smyth,
who knows all the tricks Of the damage
lawyer, can give good advice to his as
sistants in such cases. But his chief
function will be TO advise the Mayor
and heads of the various departments
and to find legal ways for them to dc
that which must be done if'the abuses
Of the past are to be ended
The opportunity is open TO Mr.. Smytl
: TO prove that the charter trainers die
wisely in making the city solicitor al
appointed officer directly responsible tc
the Mayor.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-26

(minus the United States) of the peace
treaty, scheduled for next Monday. The
society will have jurisdiction over several
plebiscites to be held in eastern Prussia
and Schleswig- Holstein.
Why therefore should it not concern
itself also with the Fiume frying pan?
A calm determination of the values III
this issue would be of vital aid and it
would Furthermore demonstrate with
immediate practice the worth of an al
Turing theory.
The fact is indisputable that it was
an ntolerable situation in a portion of
what is now the rb-Croat-Slovene
kingdom which provoked the great war.
A nominal peace, with fires still
smoldering in the same neighborhood,
will contain dangerous elements of in
stability
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-26
ITALY AND ALEACUE FUNCTION

IF 1T were necessary to judge Francesca
Nitti solely by his interview with the
Associated Press correspondent, one
would be forced to conclude that Or
lando's successor We're a sponsor also
for Orlando's policies Premier Nitti ar
rays himself in the armor of national
aspirations" and alleges cruelty by the
Allies in their treatment of the Fiume
problem.
On the other hand, the head of the
Italian Government in a recent speech
declared that he regarded as "singularly
harmful all those acts which disturb our
relations of sentiment with those beside
whom we have fought and with whom we
have poured forth our blood and with
whom we have conquered"
Here we plainly have sober advice for
home consumption and new variety
of plaintive chauvinism for outside at
tention. In other words, domestic poll
tics is adding to the difficulties of an
international situation just as it does in
America in the senatorial wrangling.
What America would like to know
about Italy is in principle very much
the same thing as what Europe would
like to know about u.s. What do the
people really think? In what proportion
do hotheads, jingoes and spitfres rep
resent genuine national sentiment?
Until that matter is cleared up the
Italian muddle is likely to remain murky
"National aspirations" has u sinister
sound. 1t can cloak either a policy OF
honor or a policy of insolence and greed
Germany used to emphasize the latter
Interpretation. utmost concession" i,
another unsavory phrase. 1t is said t.
have been used in a note submitted By
former Foreign Minister Tittoni to oul
State Department. Compromise and con
ciliation, illumined by justice, has =
tsofny path to travel under such condi
tions.
II is worth remembering that it is TO
the Strengthening out of just sucl
tanrles as that of Fiume that the leagu
Of nations was planned and that to
certain extent the international organi
I zat;on will come into being almost i'm
" EAtely after the formal ratification
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-26
What Do You Kno,U?
QUIZ

I. When did the German request for an
armistice reach Washington?
2. What nation is to be given possession of
Spitzbergen?
g. Where is this region?
A. Who is the author of the Koran?
g. Senator Harding has been mentioned as
a possible candidate for the presi-
dency. What is his state?
6. Who was Alexander Stephens?
Z. What is the literal meaning of the word
'saute'' in cooking?
8. How should 1t be pronounced?
0. Name two cities in Armenia.
10. What is narwhal?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-26
MAYOR-ELECT MOORE'S
LETTER
Presidential Booms Of Sproul and
Palmer-GossIp About Colonel
Miller, Doctor karsner
and Others

THAT Sproul- Palmer presidential dis
l. cussion is calculated to bring Swarth-
more College into the limelight rne United
States attorney general and the Keystone
state Governor were not only graduates of
Swarthmore but they were ''bunkirs," which
is n term in good fellowship somewhat an
alogous to 'buddics' on shore or ship
mates at sea. Both are hefty young fell
lows now, Just as they were in the Thee and
Thou period ut school, but Sproul was Il
stalwart Republican and Palmer an irrec-
oncilable Democrat. Up to date it looks as
If Palmer is an out and out candidate to
succeed the President. The activity of the
attorney general on the one hand and of
former Secretary McAdoo on the other would
seem to bear out the suggestion. Sproul
makes light of the mention of his name. but
he is being talked about, and the thought
that he and Palmer might be found in the
final heat is uppermost in the minds of u
pretty strong group of the Swarthmore
alumni, who are naturally, for the sake Of
alma mater. interested in the outcome. The
onlookers of this group include Il. Pusey
Passmorc, of the Federal Reserve Morris Il.
Clothicr, Frederick G. Hicks, member of the
naval affairs committee of Congress; his
Long Island brother, William w. Hicks. who
still dresses like real Quaker. and host
of successful ones whom Swarthmore points
TO with pride.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-26

see before we can know how greatly he
ought to be blamed for the things he has
been doing.
In a general way there is confusion in
the political field; confusion and cropping
uncertainty. But the skies will clear.
Political horses are always darkest be-
fore dawn. A steed Of ebon hue will come
galumping sooner or later to upset all
present hopes and plans.
Meanwhile we may put our trust in
the hook When statesmen and n negli-
gent public drop that indispensable inn
pement Providence, the watching friend
of the United States, invariably takes 1t
UP and uses it with a discretion truly
magnificent.
Harding can swing Ohio. johnson can
deliver California OF this the worshipful
editors and those who study politics by
ward standards are sure. For what would
Harding swing Ohio? For what would
California be delivered?
You must not ask your editorial
Polonius that question. He doesn't
know. He hasn't even thought of it. Yet
stupendous changes are afoot in Europe.
The whole face of European civilization
is changing. Social, economic, financial,
trade and political readjustments abroad
will affect our own life here for good or
i'll according to the degree of wisdom
with which we react to them.
We are involved in Europe through
trade interests, through the immense
sums of money that the Allies owe US
and certainly we are more deeply in
volved because of the dead we left there.
Our own affairs are wretchedly confused.
Mere party patter and old-fashioned
political formuae can help US little now.
A thoroughly informed public opinion
is better means of national defense than
armies with artillery.
The trouble with the favorite sons is
that they almost always raise meaning
less clatter and make clear thinking diff
ticult, and stir up cloud of petty issues
that, in time like this, may make it
hard for the people to discern clearly the
outlines of great questions that are
marching forward inexorably to demand
sober thought and ultimate solution.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-26
Rollo In Philadelphia

(Wtth apologies TO JACOB A0ootJ
DOLLO visited Philadelphia in company
IN with his uncle George, gentleman who
had Travelled so much in Europe that he was
familiar with all possible discomforts and in
conyeniences of human transit MIR. George.
moreover, was young man OF phllosophlcal
mind, and his comments on the things they
saw were highly improving to Rollo's youth
full mind Rollo was aged twelve and at that
neriod of youth when impressions are very
clearly received
"We will take the car down Chestnut
street." said Mr.. George, after answering all
RolIo's eager questions about the City Hall
and the statue of William Penn.
TIME electric cars in Philadelphia are OF
i two kinds, Mr.. George told Rollo as they
stood at the corner of Broad street. There
is first the kind known as the pay you
enter car Rollo was curious to know why
II should be given this name, and Mr.. George
exnlsined that in this type of vehicle the
passengers are expected to have their fare
readv when they board the car The other,
and newer kind. is called the side door car.
Wr George permitted several cars to pass by
so that Rollo could get firmly liked IN his
mind the reason for the name OF this type.
"Ob," cried Rollo at last, II see that they
are called slde e-uoor cuis ocr"u'e 'N' o
| door in one side.
"vou do not pay your fare until you depart
| from the car. by way of the door IN the
| middle That leaves the front door entirely
| free for entering passengers.
| Rollo was watching the passengers get on
and off the cars and was much interested.
"Why does the motorman call out, Both
sides on? - he asked.
''Philadelphians are conservative said
! Uncle George, 'and will not permit them
selves TO be fooled by anything For some
years they have carefully trained themselves
70 the older type of car, in which the front
door was used for both entrance and exit.
In that kind of car the entrance was divided
| bv an iron rail, on the right OF which one
entered the car while people were getting on
at the left When l say left, mean left as
you enter. OF course, to the people getting
off it was apparent that they were keeping
TO the right. You see, what is your left as
YOU enter becomes your right as you leave"
''That is very interesting" said Rollo
"I noticed the same thing in Italy In the
diligences.
ItVT is universal phenomenon, said Mr.
i George. "But as ! was saying, Phila
delphians. having taught themselves to use th'
front door both for entrance and exit, in
stinctively still use only the right hand sid
of the platform as they board the new cars
thinking that the left side is reserved fo
exit Therefore the motorman, in order b
get them all on more expeditiously, has 4
exclaim or exhort in loud voice
Several more cars passed aud Mr.. Georg
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-26
World History

warfare, X ng of
World History NJ ost Everywhere,
when driven from his
throne was succeeded by Unrest, who, dis
credited by his aiders and abcttors was put
to sleep by the physician, Time. A republic
being proclaimed. Sober Second Thought was
elected President and it is rumored that he
is now busily engaged in selecting Cabinet ="
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-26

Pennsylvania is going
Waiting for the Bolt to have favorite son
for the presidency, the
dopesters inform us. What the Keystone
State needs. therefore, is q Franklin TO bring
down the lightning
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-26

Much tordo is being made over the
possibility of Philadelphia acquiring an air
plane police force. But we have always had
fly cons
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-26

1--WE are going to make a dent in this
old town of ours" said Mayor elect Moore.
Let us hope it will be a dimple born of
iOcund mood.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-26

With a not too conscientious regard
for the high cost of living the late unla-
mented Congress saw that the pork barrel
was fairly we'll filled.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-26

A cop looks pretty good to Red whel
he is threatened by mob.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-26

Bituminous operators are of the opinion
that any musical comedy can provide better
figures than Mr. McAdoo's.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-26

You have cause for thanksgiving if you
have food in your larder and coal in your
cellar.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-26

Within three months after next Mon =
day Germany must turn over to Belgium
10000 goats. Wonder if Won Bethmann-
Hollweg will wish to travel with the first
batch?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-26

Judging by the prices paid the Hatfield
turkey is some bird.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-26

If the professors of
To Get Square Carnegie Tech, Pitts
With the World burgh, too poor to buy
eggs, are forced into
other businesses it is safe bet that some
of them will go in for chicken farming.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-26

The high price of hats deters no patric
from throwing his tile into the ring.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-26
tom MILLER of Whining

TNOM MILLER of Wilmingtc
ant Colonel Thomas W. Miller. Y. S. r.,
to be more accurate-is one of the active men
in the new American Legion. Tom acquired
the organization habit many years ago when
he concluded to run for Congress from Della
ware, where his father. Charles w. Miller,
was governor. After he got to Congress he
helped In the organization of the Republican
congressional committee and then went into
the army, where he got all the organization
that is coming to a vigorous, red blooded
young man. The ex congressman has just
returned from the Minneapolis convention of
the American Legion, in which he took au
active part. Over in France he was very
close to General Pcrshing throughout the
war.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-26

THAT is an interesting task that falls to
the lot of Frederick j. Pooley, general
agent of the Pennsylvania Prison Society
This old institution. which was organized in
1877, still maintains the practice of visiting
prisoners and giving them such comfort as
may be permitted by the regulations Mr.
Pooley has been visiting the cell room in the
City Hall daily since 1910, and in that time
has sent out nearly 10000 letters to relatives
and friends of those who have been arrested
He could tell some very interesting stories
about those who get behind the bars, some
Of them for the first time, when they are
particularly in need of friend.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-26

nR. CHARLES w. KARSNER, of South
Broad street, who used to be a member
of Councils, is a veteran of the Grand Army
of the Republic, being member of the
General L. S. Grant Post. No. 5. He is
also attached to the Philadelphia Naval
Veterans Association. The ex-councilman's s
ancestry runs back to the war for independ-
cnce and accounts for his membership in the
Philadelphia Chapter of the Sons of Ameri-
can Revolution. Doctor Karsner still feels
fit for public service.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-26

E1RANK W. SHORT, the political foro-
caster, agrees with Ezra Parker +bo
Barnegat banker, that the government is
slow to protect the famous Barnepat Iiobt
For many moons the people of the coast
back of Barnegat shoals have been calling
attention to the menace of the waves wash
ing up against the lighthouse foundations
A carload of stone is dumped in st odd
intervals to hold the old tower in place but
the Barnegatters are fearful that something
will happen sooner or later. Short heard a
good deal about the situation recentlv while
touring the coast with Parker and CbarIoo
Elmer Smith. of the Builders Excbareo
who has bungalow close to the water A.,
edge in full view of the Barnegat light SborI
saws it is either lighthouses or lghtsbins and
that careful observation off Cane Hattoras
and Frying Pan Shoals convinces him that
the lighthouse is very desirable at certair
points along shore, Barnegat City being on1
of them, and that lightships are of eoua
;mnortance when stationed at certain no;nt,
off shore. The Jerseymen who have boe,
concerned about the Barnegat light will ~,
doubt be pleased to have Frank w. Law hi
,iaws on this subject before the next Pom.
sylyania Legislature,
~ HAMPTON Affr,pp,