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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-22
SEATS FOR COMMUTERS

TF THE government is to run the rail.
u roads five years longer does that mean
that commuters will have to wait five
years for seat on the morning trains to
town?
Repeatedly We are told by dwellers along
the Reading line that on the trains about
z or O'Clock a. m. they have to stand
all the way from Jenkntovn. EIkins Park.
Oak Lane or Wayne junction. This is
trying enough when it happens only to
men in the smoker though why there
should not toe more than one smoker we
do not know; but when dozens of women
in the other coaches also have to iostle
erect in the aisles during q twentymiuute
or half-hour trip the condition is beyond
excuse.
The Reading road is not the only rul-
prit, those who have occasion To take
the 9 and 10 o'clock morning trains from
Broad street to New York can testify. In
the smoker on those trains there are a.
most always men who, il they want to
smoke. will have to wait until they get
to Trenton for seat: in many cases must
stand all the way to Manhattan Transfer,
an hour and three-quarterS
During the war many commuters were
loath 10 complain of these matters. as
they knew the railroads We're under great
strain and felt that patience was a matter
OF patriotism. But conditions show no
signs of mending Some suburDanites have
banded together with laudab'e spirit. re-
fusing to pay fares when no seats are to
be had, But for those who hold thir,yday
tickets this remedy does not serve. a.
the pass expires whetheI pluched or not.
Accommodation trains that Uo NOT accom-
modate are an outrage. surely, there are
plenty Of cars? The pubi,c = patient and
complaisant We are Injured to cod cars.
hot cars cars that jolt. cars without lug
gage racks. But be- they plush. rattan or
linoleum, for heavens sake give Us seats.
Commuters are not oberIuS
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-22
Our Suburban Correspondence
Badly Delayed
Marathon, Pa, Nov. 80, 10


Fred Myers is reported to have got the
better of a particularly fierce turkey which
arrived Just before Thanksgiving and spent
the weekend,
Freds friends, who are a. Nious to take
the most charitable view of the incident,
think that the birds conduct was not ami
mated by any personal Grudge against
Fred himself They think that the turkey
must have been ill.used in youth or else
was unaccustomed TO the society Of
human beings. for upon seeing its host it
at once exhibited every symptom Of sus-
picion and alarm.
Fred interned it in large chicken coop,
but the fowl escaped by night. However,
il was unable to break through the Gordon
of neighbors and was reconfined,
With characteristic Kindness of heart
Fred refused to believe that the honorable
bird would again break parole, lie an
chored it to the house with clothes line.
1t seems, however, that the turkey had
a case Of the prevailing few.
Again 1t broke away, and spent the night
i'm uneasy flight above the peaceful roofs
of Marathon. Many citizen thought the
roar of it's wings was the sound OF a hostile
airpane. At dawn It was discovered roost-
ing upon a tree. The Marathon arsenal,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-22

OF life. The troubles Of even unofficial
statesmen are not always obvious and the
intrigue Of an old-fashioned dplomatist
proceeds to pitiless limits. Any one read.
ing Bernstorffs final tribute would imagine
a Berlin whelmed in sorrow for our Colonel
and all the little llunlings smiling in
unison. But it is clearly apparent on sec.
ond thought that Bcrnsturff tried TO kill
Colonel House with modification and
shame. No meaner advantage was ever
taken Of an earnest and wellmcaning man.
Must We look now for Zeppelin over the
Peace Conference, with Bcrnstorff as chief
of the fire control?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-22
EQUALITY

XNTElI;N fifty bowmen. straining in row,
w Vary no fingers breadth in measured
flight;
When down the stadium ten runners go. =
And first to choose defies all human.
sight:
When yew and olive branch yield bow for,
bow. 4
And star and minor star flash equal
light;
When maids of one birth-morn are all so
fair -
That none in visible degree surpass
In gifts of grace, bright eyes and shining
hair; =
When Weights of lead and gold give mass
for mass, "
When the high gods shall answer every
prayer. "
And each mans auspices come forth to
pass: q
In that,--aud in no edrlier,--hour shall 70
Wall fifty in the streets, "Equality.' -
James Edward Richardson. in THE For
est-.ttar and Other Poems"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-22
HOW REPl BIICA\ GERMANY
AFFECTS PEACE ISSt Is
Though Civilization Ma, Have an Organized
Government to Deal With. the Diplo.
matte Battle Will Be Intensified

TNHE restoration of order in Germany,
u revealed in the conduct of general
election involving the broadest privileges
of franchise, should have the effect Of
clarifying some Of the most vital issues
of the Peace Conference. The event, alb
solutely unique in the history Of land
in which for generations political liberty
receded as material accomplishment sped
on, may conceivably give a stability to
world opinion. which has grown increas-
ingly nebulous in the most ncbulous
period in human annals--the interval be-
tween Armistice Day and the formal
opening of the monumental sessions at
the Quai d'Orsay.
The well-nigh universal and inspiringly
wholesome Endorsement of the principle
of a league of nations does not contra
vene that statement. But the unanmity
of applause is for the basic theory. The
fog thickens as practical modes of pro
cedure are broached, while through the
haze it has not been easy to discern the
outlines of another problem which must
be solved in recompensc for season of
unspeakable suffering That question
concerns the squarng of accounts with
Germany. That justice. not unreasoning
revenge. must be the solvent only in
creaseS liberty-loving mankind's obliga
tion to realize just as vividly as it did
last summer the depth of Tcuton guilt
and the persistence of Tcuton outrage
until halted by military defeat.
While Berlin. according to exceedingly
coorful reports, was torn by civil dis
sensons. while the German nation whose
armies had been overcome. seemed also
to have collapsed structurally, opportuni-
ties for loose thinking were numerous.
II was difficult to imagine the ratifca-
tion of a treaty with a nation which had
ceased to exist. It seemed heartlesS to
execute certain just aims. definite enough
while the war was on. when a congeries
Of states was alleged to be disoriented
and laundering.
Even the man who abhors the deeds of
BosheviSm has instructive pity for Rus
sta. 1t is that feeling which has with
held the operation Of any suggested plan
for fortnight action and inspired the
protracted efforts to devise project
which shall combine compassion with
such rcbukes to madness as shall benefit
both Russia and the rest Of the world
Equally delicate might have been the ad-
iustment Of issues with Germany had
she drunk from the same cup Of woe a
her Slavic neighhOrs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-22

but sound justice warranty IL might
not have were the nation utterly pros
tratc.
That country is apparently still whole
enough for civilization TO deal fairly
with it, and fairness implies full cog
nzance and memory of its offenses.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-22
THE CHAFFING DISH

We have an idea that Mr.. Sproul vii. he
a good Governor, for he seems TO have
been almost the only man in Harrisburg
yesterday who had the good sense not to
wear a silk hat.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-22

Railroad man says tight skirts make
trains late. as il takes the women so long
to get on and off the cars.-N News item.
The railroads are missing their old alihi
"SnoWstOrms up the line"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-22

Tno Harrisburg inaugural demonstrates
that. although there may be- difficulty in
making s1h purses out Of uupromsiug
material, the rude docs no, apply 40 sill, hats
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-22

Let MS hope that the pulchrtudinous
Union Republican Club marched only on
clean streets in Harrisburg and that its
spats were not hopelcssly ruined
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-22

AS the Peace Conference progresses, the
necessity for Russian representation will be-
come steadily more apparent
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-22

There is pathos in the thought that the
wet forces Of today will be the dry forces
at the next inaugural,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-22

Though taking one thing with another.
the pu...omaus Iot is not a happy one. II Is
pleasing to note that he has njl,a,ve enough
to try to make IL 50.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-22

Nobody expects that Governor Sproui
will please everybody. What is hoped and
believed is that he will steer a straight
course.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-22

Harrisburg missed the National Guard
yesterday, hut thrilled to the glory that
caused their absence.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-22

And. of course. the gentleman doesn't
care who is state Historian so he may do his
Sl0000 song and dance.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-22

The President has very evidently taken,
his open mind with him TO the Peace con'
ference.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-22

And Of course, the line will be busy
just as frequently with the new telephone
rates as with the old.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-22

In April We will all have another chance
o become stockholders in Uucle Sans bank
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-22

Mr. Brumbaugh is going SoIrh ,o G.te
Pennsylvania a res'.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-22

Gerrany seems 10 10, ,at'ug o0 Frr
Ward tactics
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-02

ing Australian feeling, which is eX-
ccedingly strong on this question.
Then again if Australia had to
choose between all the Pacific eX-
German islands being internationalized
or New Guinea being given to Aus
tralia, while in return Japan would
be allowed to retain possession or con-
troll of the Caroline and Marshall is
lands, north of the line, it would prob
ably be a very delicate point for Aus
tralia to decide whether the presi-
dents scheme would not be more ac-
ceptable on the whole.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-02
TRANsACT Of
OIL COMPAN|E.S
To Be EXAMINE D

lsr MoRNiNS JouHnSL $uuCtkL LEASED wtsgl
Phoenix, Ariz.,. Feb, 1.--First dctl-
mite action in the investigation of the
operations of oil companies in this
state was taken today when the Ari
IONA state corporation commission is
sued orders for the officials of the
Arizona oil and Refining company
and the Il. A. Edwards Oil and Re
filming company to present their books,
vouchers and papers showing all
their transactions. The order called
for their delivery before D. N. to
dag,
The orders were served on Shelly c.
Talbert, secretary of the two COM
panies. Some of the books and papers
were turned over this morning and it
was expected that all of the remand
err would be in the possession of the
commission before the expiration of
the time limit,
In addition to the two companies
named, the commission Is planning to
investigate the United Chino Oil and
Refining company, now in the hands
of received, and similar action in
that matter is forecast.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-02
10000 MISSING MEN UN-
ACCOUNTED FOR IN LAST
WAR DEPARTMENT LIST
Continued From page oneO


NContinned From Page One.)
of Columbia troops). with more than
1000 casualties each, tell of 'theswork
they did. These and every other ma
tional guard or national army division
that was given an opportunity at the
front won its ground despite losses in
men.
Analysis of the strenuous service
record of the Twenty eighth division.
army officers said would explain its
high casualties. The Twenty eighth
was ordered overseas about June /
1918, spent the fortnight of June IA
to July 1 in a training area and then
moved UP to the front line. taking its
position northeast of Parnay. on
July JIG. From that date until the
,armistice was signed, with the eXcep-
non of a rest period from September
4 to September 80, the Pennsylvanians
were in the forefront of the fighting
Losses by Divisions.
A summary of the casualty tables
giving the losses by divisions follows.
figures from the field signal battal-
ions and divisional trains not being
included. Total Mai
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-02

to do in support of honor" something
nearly approaching a sensation was
caused and there was much specula-
ton as to what steps Wilson contem-
plated or was prepared to take in or
der to bring about the accomplish
ment of his grand design. He turned
expressively and looked long at the
British delegation when he declared
he was not the sole champion of the
society. 1t was a noble declaration
OF the supreme object of the confer
ence and is destined to become
classic"
The Star says: president Wilson's
speech is a plain blunt warning to
all the open or secret enemies of the
league that they must bow to the
will of the people. Here is man
who means what he says. He is not
prepared to accept sham league, a
new Holy Alliance, a machine that
is not meant to work or that is
meant to strangle democracy
1.-The league he demands is a. real
league and not humburg like The
Hague tribunal, It's business is to
carry out the orders of the plain peo-
pie, who are sick of war"
1t remained for the rock ribbed
lld-lO1S MOIHlHS lOSI lOuuN 10
grow overheated about the peace
conferences action and to sound a
Earring note in the British press. The
Westminster Gazette tonight says of
the Morning Posts idea of a league
of nations, Nobody outside of Bed
lam has ever conceived such a
league"
Calls Wilson Evangelist"
In an editorial entitled "a Yankee
at the Court of King Arthur the
Morning Post compares President
Wilson with the evangelists Moody
and Sankey, saying he belongs 20
"the evangelical school of statesman
ship
The president" it continues, "can
afford to be an idealist, because his
country is not endangered by his
ideals, as our countries are. That is
the difference. We would suggest to
him that although his league of ma
tons may be created, the causes that
have led to war in all ages remain.
For example, there is the question
of tariffs. We used to be told that
free trade made for peace and a
national system of protection for war
President Wilson himself seems to
favor this view. Would he then be
willing to abolish the American tariff
as a means of avoiding war?
Then there is the matter of terri
tory, another fruitful cause of war.
The Americans oppose the Monroe
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-02

WANTED-Clean cotton rags Jour-
ual office.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-02
DictZ to Face Charges.

Los Angeles, Calf, Feb. 1.--Wil-
liam clone star'D Dietz, football
coach, who was indicted at Spokane,
Wash. by a federal grand jury for al
legged Justification of his question
naire, announced here today that he
would arrange an immediate return to
face the charges. Dietz said he had
the advice of an attorney in preparing
his questionable.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-02
MUCH COLORADO LAND
NOT BEING EARNED
by MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wrRel

Denver, Colo, Feb. lone hun
dred and fifty-five thousand, eight
hundred and twenty-three acres of
Colorado land. now under irrigation,
is not being farmed, according to a
statement today from the Colorado
bureau of immigration, This acreage
needs only the breaking of the sod to
fit it for farming, the statement said.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-02
NORTHERN ARIZONA
IN BLIZZARD GRIP


flagstaff, Ariz. Feb 1.-Two feet
of snow fell here today before noon
and the fall continued this afternoon.
A cold wind has caused drifting,
which is said to be seriously interfer-
ing with train movements Reports
indicate that all of northern Arizona
is in the grip of weather approximate
ing blizzard conditions.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-02
Totals .........27762 $3.50

New Mexico drafted men were dis
triubted between the Eighty-ninth and
Ninteth divisions. The Eighty ninth
was trained at Camp Funston and the
Nintieth at Camp Travis. The New
Mexico infantry (national guard) was
with the Fortieth division, which is
not listed. Battery A was on detached
service unattached to any division and
is not listed.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-02
JUAREZ AGAIN IN
FEAR OF ATTACK
BY VILLA BAND

Juarez, Mexico. Feb. 1.--Thrcats
made by General Felipe Angeles, a
Villa general to attack this city on
February 3, the anniversary of the
adoption of the old Mexican consti-
tuition, has caused the military au-
thorities TO employ a battalion Of
sappers digging trenches outside the
city place machine guns and field
pieces in Fort Ilidalgo and double all
outpost guards on all sides of Juarez
Colonel Mora, garrison command
er, announced he was not anticipat-
ing an attack but was taking every
precautionary measure against a sur
prise by Villas command which is re-
ported to be in the Juarez district.
Rumors were in circulation here
late today that General Angeles had
made a formal demand for the sur
render of the town but this was de-
MED. His command is reported to
be fifty miles southeast of here.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-02

the undertakings of the japanese gov
eminent is at least arguable.
However, all these questions are
still under consideration and Will be
further debated at tom orrow's meet
ing of the bureau, when the Domin-
ions, China and South Africa Will
again be represented.
Desire to Get Down to business.
The sincere desire of the bureau
to get down to real business is at
tested by the fact that it only adj
journed for an hour after a discus
sion of two hours and a half. This
second meeting, it is understood, was
held toenable certain expert evidence
to be put forward by Great Britain in
regard to Australias claim.
1t MAY be stated thar so rar the
president has said nothing TO support
the report that he proposes that the
Pacific islands or the eX-German col
onieS as whole shall be placed I'M
der the league of nations. Today
there will be a further meeting, deal
ing with the islands, as the bureau
shows Il distinct determination that
a decision shall be reached with the
least possible delay.
Chinas interest was, of course,
bound up with the future of the Ger
man concession of Tsingtau,s which
Japan captured early in the war, but
that subject is not the main concern
Of the conference at the moment
Then possibly today New Zealand
will put forward her case in relation
to Samoa, in which America has a
more direct interest than in New
Guinea, as the possessor of an i'm
portant settlement there. TodaNs
meeting on the whole dealt more in
timately with concrete questions and
dealt with them in a more practical
spirit than any preceding ones.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-02

Doctrine to the German desire lor
expansion in the New World Wohlu
they be prepared to renounce 'ha'
doctrine at the bidding of league
of nations?
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-02
Novel Feature of the Case.

One feature of the case of the eX-
German Pacific islands is that there
could be no question of self-determi-
nation in relation to them. The alb
origines do not know and could not
be made to understand what self-de-
termination means, while the captured
part Of New Guinea is very sparsely
populated by a cuifously miscellane-
Gus conseries of island natives and
otherY.
Naturally Japan must have taken
hand in the discussion and equally
naturally one presumes that Japan
urged its claim to retain possession
Of the Marshall and Caroline Islands.
TO what extent Great Britain is COM
mitted to Japan's claim under the re-
ported war agreement of 1915 is
matter of speculation, but il is taken
for granted that as these war agree
ments are subject to revision and
discussion by the peace conference
Britain would be found on the side
of whatever solution may ultimately
be reached most acceptable to Aus
tralia.
There is always on record Japan's
expression of Observation-Disclosures when
America and Australia were stirred
III over her seizure of these islands,
and how far that declaration could
equitably he held to be modifiable 10
the ex post facto manifestation of
Japanese public opinion overrulinG
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-02
s. PRA|SE:
IS OvERWH.E LM|NG
IN LONDON PRESS
President Wilson Is Described
as Man Who Means What
He Says and Will Accept
No Sham Peace.
tStaff Correspondent of The Albu-
querque Journal and New York
World)
Copyright 1919, by the Press Pub
(The New York World.)

Copyright 1919, by the Press Pub
fishing Co.
(The New York World)
Especial Gable Despatch)
London, Feb With the eXCep-
ton of the ultra-tory Morning Post
and the Daily Graphic, the press of
London has accorded high praise TO
the league of nations decision of the
peace conference, and pays tribute TO
President Wilson as q man who
means what he says
Declaring that the figure of Presi-
dent Wilson stands out more promi-
pondent of the Westminster Gazette
says today that Clemenceau regards
Wilson with unadulterated admira-
ton and that Lloyd George is ferv-
ent in his support. OF the presidents
speech Saturday the correspondent
says:
Although Wilson's words go out
to all the world, none who did not
hear his magnificent Grafton can real
ize quite how deeply significant it
was or how profound was the i'm
preston made upon the members of
the conference. 1t is not too much
to say that it transformed the whole
spirit of the Paris gathering. A So
ciety of nations is now an absolute
certainty.
\ "Noble Declaration"
when Wilson declared, We must
be crusaders too, whatever it costs
and whatever it might be necessary