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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-07
NOT TOO EARLY TO PREPARE

SENEN years from Friday last will be
- the one hundred and fft;eth ami
vcrsary Of the adoption Of the DccIara-
ton of Independence. 1t would be fitting
that this city should arrange for an ade-
quatc celebration of that momentOus
anniversary.
Paradcs. pageants and oratory are
what first occur to the mind in connec-
ton with such an occasion. But they will
not be enough.
The right and the ability Of men to
govern themselves were asserted in the
Declaration. They have done fairly well
in this respect save in the great cities.
Popular government there has been a
failure. The cities are run on the feudal
rather than on the democratic system.
There is an overload and retainers who
do his bidding and the rest of US get
along as best We may.
Philadel pha does not differ in this
respect from New York or Boston or
Chicago or San Francisco. But it ought
to be different In view Of our history
and traditions this should be the most
democratical,y governed community in
the United States. We have recently Sc
cured a charter which opens the way to
such a kind Of government and under
that charter we are to elect Mayor and
members Of a Council in the autumn. If
the members of the Counci. and the
Mayor arc the creatures of an overlord
instead of men who recognize that their
responsibility is first to govern in the
interest of all the people we shall make a
very bad beginning of our preparation
for celebrating the one hundred and
fftieth anniversary of the adoption of
the Declaration.
The best way to begin preparation for
the celebration will be for the people to
assert themselves and to insist on the
election to Office next November Of men
who are their own masters.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-07
STATUS OF THE KAISER

7 LLOYD GEORGE says that the kaiser
~ will be tried in London by bench
of judges representing the five great
powers.
The Paris correspondent of the New
York Sun reports that the Americans in
that city are confident that the kaiser
will never be put on trial.
The London correspondent of the New
York Herald says that the Americans at
the Peace Conference succeeded in fore
ing an agreement that the kaiser was
not to be put to death.
Won Bethmann- -Hollweg insists that he
was responsible for whatever the kaiser
did and that he and not the kaiser should
be put on trial.
Won Hindenburg announces that from
August 26, 1918, until the signing of the
armistice all the orders of Wilhelm We're
issued upon his advice and responsibility
and he asks that the attention of the
Allies be called to this.
The peace treaty arraigns Wilhelm
"for a supreme offense against interna-
: onal morality and The sanctity of treat.
les and the German Government recog-
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ALCOHOL AND THE COURTS

THE courts Accustomed to deal with the
L drunk and disorderly have had little to
do since Tuesday. The higher courts,
however. are likely to be crowded with
cases involving the Interpretation of the
"dry" laws.
Two classes of cases will be before
them. One class will consist of the cases
arising out of the wartime prohibition
statute. which forbids the manufacture or
sale of "intoxicating" drinks. There is
the widest difference of opinion on the
amount of alcohol needed to make drink
Intoxicating. The Rhode Island statutes
put it at per cent. Other states have
put it at one-half of per cent. Congress
has not yet fixed any percentage, though
there are bills before it defining an in
toxicating beverage as one containing
more than one-half of per cent of alco-
hol.
No one questions the power of Con-
gress to make such a definition, so far as
it relates to the wartime prohibition act.
But the lawyers for the "wetS" are in
sisting that Congress may not make a
permanent definition of an Intoxicating
beverage under the constitutional amend
ment. for the courts and not Congress are
intrusted with the duty of interpreting
the constitution. The second class of
cases will arise out of this dispute.
If these lawyers are right the country
will be in doubt until the Supreme Court
itself has passed on the question.
All this uncertainty makes business for
the lawyers and will crowd from the court
calendars cases in which only the liti-
gants are Interested The whole country
is anxious that the legal limit of alcohol
in drink be fixed at the earliest con-
venient moment so that it may know
when harmless sweet cider and home.
brewed root beer become outlaws.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-07
UNITING THE AMERICAS

HABITS of thought requiring long de-
- velopment are reflected invariably in
every great decision of men and nations.
Thus the German war began generations
ago in the minds of the German people.
1t was not so sudden a thing as some
people believe. Beliefs and convictions
of today become the acts of tomorrow.
DR.. Alberto Martinez publicist whose
opinions are greatly respected by all in
fuential business men in the Argentine
republic, said in a Fourth of July ad-
dress to his countrymen that the United
States saved Europe-and civilization.
He said we are actually dealistic and
well-intentioned toward all the world.
This is a relatively new note in South
American criticism. Mr.. Wilson's di-
plomacy has been characte lied by con-
States to the other peoples of this con-
tinent. His recent messages to the presi-
dent of Brazil have plainly had an effect
as benefcent as others Of like sort in
tended for Latin America.
In relation to South America, we are
only observing a rule of conduct that has
characterized our relations with all other
nations-with Cuba. for example, and
China and the Philippines. Our magma
nimity has been costly. The war in
Europe was costlier still Yet, if all
Latin America ever really understands
the United States We shall dwell upon
a continent as safe from aggression as
the stars
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WE'VE OUTGROWN OUR CLOTHES

THERE may have been a time when this
city was oversupplied with office
buildings, but at present men are seeking
vainly for accommodations in the big
downtown buildings. This condition has
encouraged the capitalists who planned
before we went into the war to erect
thirty-two story building on Broad st 'eet
between Walnut and SAMSON to begin
its erection in the ea-ly spring. when
leases on the present structure expire
The high cost of materials will be more
than offset by the higher rentals which
can be obtained
The announcement that the building is
to be erected in the near future vindi-
Gates the estimates of the growth of the
city within the past five years. We have
only estimates of the population, but
when hundreds Of men are finding it
difficult to get Office space in modern
buildings we have proof more substan-
tial than any estimate that we have out
grown our clothes, if such proof were
needed
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nizes in that treaty the right of the
allied and associated powers to bring
before military tribunals persons accused
Of having committed acts in violation Of
the laws of war, and the allied and asso-
ciated powers announce that they will
form a tribunal to try Wilhelm Hohen-
zollern and will demand his surrender
by the Netherlands.
Here we have the stipulatons in the
treaty, the efforts of the agents Of Will
helm to absolve him from responsibility
and the gossip about the status of the
case.
It will be cooler weather before order
is brought out Of the confusion in which
all thinking on this question is now
involved
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Answers to Saturdays Quiz

1. Major Scott is in command of the huge
British dirigible R-34.
Q. William Phillips, of Massachusetts,, Is
acting secretary of state.
8. A gloss Is a word inserted between lines
or in margin to explain a word
or words in the text; comment ex
PLANTATION. Apart from its ordinary
meaning Of superficial luster, the word
also means Misrepresentation of an4
others words glossary, interlinear
translation, set of notes.
4. Brazil derives it's name from the Brazil
wood trees, which Cabral, the dis
coyerer, found in profusion there.
5. Tobias Smollet wrote ''Peregrine
Pickle"
6. Rhode Island for many years had two
capitals, Providence and Newport.
Z. The ordinary English name for the drink
which Americans call ale is beer.
8. There were fifty six signers to the
Declaration of Independence.
0. The naval victory of Santiago de Cuba.
in which the American feet defeated
that Of Spain under Cervera, was re
ported to the world on the Fourth Of
July.
10. A steclet Il small Kind Of sturgeon.
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reprisals against American citizens in

reprsals against American citizens in
Russia"
The indictment is correct so far as it
goes, but it is incomplete. The general
charge would embrace a record of atroci
ties which it is almost inconceivable that
a self-respecting nation would have toll
Grated.
It is imperative that the welcome new
spirit manifested in this diplomatic COM
munication be consistently asserted until
regardless of the follies which the Rus
slams may commit among themselves,
they are taught that nationalsm still
abides in the United States and that so
long as it does it will protect its citizens.
A similar course Of instruction is in
order for Mexico. A significant begin
ming was made when a brief but effec-
tive American invasion put an end to the
"Battle Of Juarez" few weeks ago.
That this warning, although salutary
with reference to the particular ofense
under treatment, was insufficient in the
larger aspect is evidenced from the re-
ports from Tampico. A vigorous follow
ing up Of both the Russian note and the
warning on the Rio Grande should be
reflected upon every occasion in which
American rights in foreign lands are
violated.
This is not turbulence, but mainte-
nance of the national dignity based upon
the soundost principles both of humanity
and Of self-respect.
If the administration should balk now
not onn Of the old excuses will avail it.
Our responsibility. too. is absolute.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-07
TRAVELS IN PHIL UADEL LPHIA
BY Christopher Morley

identity, it is proud and reserved. 1t is
native American settlement the children are
faxen and sturdy. their skin gilded with
that amazing richness and beauty of color
that comes to small urchins who play all day
long in the sun in scant garmcnting.
OVER another railway siding one passes
~ into the fens proper. and away from the
village of Stonehouse lane. II wonder. by
the way. what was the stone house which
gave it the name? All the present cottages
are plainly wood) Now one is in a country
almost Dutch in aspect. 1t is scanned with
canals and was probably an island originally,
for it is still spoken of as Greenwich Island.
Along the canals are paths, white and dusty
in the summer drought. very soft to walk
upon. Great clumps of thick old willows
stand up against the low horizon. The light
grows less steep as the sun sinks in pow
derry haze of rose and orange. In one of the
canals, below high embankment, half a
dozen naked boys were bathing. attended by
a joyous white dog. In that evening pink
ness of light their bodies cleaned beaut
fully. Through masses of Towering sumac,
past thick copses and masses of reeds, over
broad fields of bird song. narrow paths lead
down to the river. In the warm SAVIOR of
summer air it all seemed as deserted and re-
freshing as some Adirondack pasture. Then
one stands at the top of a little sandy bank
and sees the great bend of the Delaware
Opposite is the mouth of Timber Greek, Walt
Whitman's favOrite pleasure haunt A little
lower down is League Island.
One of the most fascinating dreams one
could have is of all this broad fen land as
great city playground 1t is strange that
Philadelphia has made so little use of the
Delaware for purposes of public beauty. A
landscape architect would go mad with joy
if given the delightful task of planning The
Neck as a park. 1t would take comparatively
little effort to drain it properly and make it
one of the noblest pleasure grounds in the
world. Will this wonderful strip of river
bank be allowed to pass into slime and smoke
as the lower Schuylkill has done?
VNHE stream lap laps agsinst a narrow
shelf of sandy beach, where there are a
number of logs for comfortable sitting. A
water rat ran quietly up the bank as slid
down it. steamer passed up the river, her
windows af1ame with the last of the sun =
light. Birds were merry in the scrub will
lows. and big dragon flies fittering about
The light grew softer and grayer, while a
concave moon swung high over the water.
Motorboats chugged gently by, while a big
dredge further upstream continued to clang
and grind. BY and by the river was empty.
1t had been a very hot day, and a great idea
occurred to me. In the good old brownsh
water of the Delaware ] had what my friend
Mifdin McGill used to call "surreptious'
swim.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-07
What Do You Kno,U?
QUIZ

I. Where is Lake Itasca?
. What great river has its source in it?
g. What is tauromachy?
4. OF what state was Henry Clay a native?
8. What two great federal victories of the
Civil War occurred within a day of
each other?
g. Who wrote '"Tales of Traveller?
Z. Where is Tasmania, and of what COM
monwealth is it part!
s. What are the three brightest planets In
our heavens?
g.. How long was Napoleon exiled on the
island of Elba?
10. In what city did Jess Willard defeat
Jack johnson.
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Another Fight
With Germany

colony in Mexico. That is political con
tingency we shall probably not have to face
Rut there is a commercial contingency of
enual Importance to America the army of
German salpsmcn ready to swoop down on
south America with the intention of con
trolling the markets there.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-07

Protests from neutral countries against
the peace treaty emanate neither from the
hearts nor the minds of the protestants. but
from their pocketbooks.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-07

Even now that the peace treaty is signed
there are ever so many of us who know we
could have drawn it up so much better.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-07

As a nation we are strong for business
but how many of our discharged soldiers
have kept up their army insurance?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-07

There is difference of thirteen years
in the ages of Willard and Dempsey-an
unlucky thirteen, Willard will be willing to
cnncedP.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-07

'1'is queer world my masters. The
donkeys who hee hawed in the British
House of Commons get more notice than the
wise men who labored.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-07

The ex kaiser has on his staff a fine
bunch of alibi manufacturers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-07

Let us hope that Congress will not
allow the national budget system to get
nipped in the bud.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-07

Fourth of July weather was tough on
the young and tender.
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If the league of nations isn't scrap
of paper the Franco American treaty is a
work of supererogation.
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The kaiser is not yet dead sure whether
he is being preserved in Holland gin OIL
trapped in it.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-07

The soda fountain man cuts some Ice
n the community these days.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-07

And to think that among all the presi :
Dental bees there Is only one honey maker
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With that $1OO, 900 Jess Willard will
be able to buy beefsteak to reduce the
swelling of his eye.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-07

While Russia is learning its lessons. in
the hardest school in the world, Il is not
surprising that bullies Of Che class should
monaentarIIy hold swsz.
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BARTER
p1LT.s Of exchange and sight drafts fade

p1LLs Of exchange and sight drafts fade
- afar,
With tedious detail Of the ocean trade;
And dreaming I can see. past foam and bar
Primeval barter; in this eastern raid
Essential oils and simsim seeds are spread
For cleaning cutlery and iron bars;
And eyes strain westward where the sun
sinks red,
Seeking a market under alien stars.
Textiles are asked in trade for caraway,
And coriander for enameled kid:
In ardent Africa the merchants pray
For roaring motors: in their eager bid
They offer almonds and pistachio
And dates conveyed through distant desert
On patient camels rocking to and fro,
Through far, enhancing, slow Algerian
-..days.
-Thos. j. Murray, in the New York Times.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-07

Political fate is always cutting and
shutting for a new deal
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-07

The cry Of the parlor Bolshevist is
what is the constitution among I'm
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-07

vT tIAn hoo. , ,,.,,, H.. J,r A. seyen
ueen very no' u"'. ..:,,
, NV ~ - 80. .o. Tho
snlendid evening TO see the sunset over the
level fens of The Neck. that curious canal
country of South Philadelphia which so few
of us know.
o,, M rou.h s,roo. oar to Fifth
Voo take 'he rourtn e''ee' '"' .m.-
and ftner Inc "lue spa'e - VOL,
square is 1uli OF piaSihg cniicieh ~,
halt to light pipe. 1his Is , uu' lna af
you will see IN a moment. 'uup
blocks south orlhgs you W 'he u - IL
noxlous areas o, uu.hp n.nps o,;1 0snell-
ters IN the world AN 'Apans. VI 80 h,,n,;nr
ing junk smokes with thin haHe VI nu' ,s ns'
Queer little wooden shachs s.aD .:s @ n,n ond
SIT comtortap'S III u,seit u w +ohoooo ;f
sour rubbish iou VIII heeu s9ur - r,ou,.
you are squeamish' III the t:1 sna'I" Ios ,,ndor
tains of outcast scrap are tiny homes uhuer
dusty shade, where pauent oiu '"us ""'
sitting in wheel chair reading pooh' -.
winding track incohceivap'S aIaa
ieaus 'niousn n'ue p.a, hoons r W an
cleht nolSes to;, nathos in white van
o,oo,n,sred ot the crossing where Stonehouse
Io,o ooou over tbe freight tracks. The Broom
-, !, said Remorers of Dead Ami
wi.
ro,, stan into
Rol once across 'n' ,,
- new world, country unu' u:
by the uptown citizen. Green meadows lie
under the pink sunset light. ohe SUI
white houses. very small put WIN yarus
swept clean and neat whlte"asneu ~ itnces' ai
,1la.r md L
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Equality of the sexes has now extended
10 automobile banditry.
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Though these are prohibition days,
there is much small beer" In the United
st1tes Senate.
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Old Sol also has been trying to break
some records.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-07

There is probably no
truth in the rumor
that 5000, 900 Ger
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-07

H1HERE are no end of stories-humorous
l. pathetic. even tragic-that the X. of c.
secretaries can tell A X. of c. man has
walked up Johnny's mother in South Phila
delphia at o'clock in the morning to tell her
that her boy is mighty well, and sends his
love and his mandolin.
When the Twenty eighth and Seventy
ninth Divisions were coming in an open tele-
nhone wire was maintained between Camp
Dix and Philadelphia for the free use of re e
turning soldiers and their relatives.
The most pathetic story told by the secre
taries is about ten year old boy who
wanted to speak to his daddy at Dix.
The little fellow got on the wire and his
father recognized the familiar voice.
But why doesn't your mother come TO
the phone?'' the soldier asked.
"She can't the little fellow faltered,
"'cause she's buried out in Holy Cross
and Mary's with her, and Maggie and little
Jimmy, too
Mother and three children had died of in
auenza. The father collapsed at the terrible
news. When he was revived he asked the
X. of c. to take care of the ten year old
survivor until he could get out of the service.
Neighbors had been looking after the boy.
The Knights of Columbus took charge OF
the child 1t was part of the days work
For without price, and without distinction
of race or creed or color, they are in business
to "See 'em through" "
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identity, it is proud and reserved. 1t is a
native American settlement: the children are
faxen and sturdy. their skin gided with
that amazing richness and beauty Of color
that comes to small urchins who play all day
long in the sun in scant garmcnting.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1919-05-07

GOOD four-room house near High
school, It's real bargain at
$1,000 on very easy terms. Chilrote
4 Smith. 6SS Main ST. 5-5t
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1919-05-07
LEGAL NOTICES
suit In Equity Divorce

suit IN Equity Divorce
In the Circuit Court OF the Stat, OF
Oregon. for the County OF Klnm.
ath.
orville +, Vaughn, Plaintiff:
Emma Vaughn. Defendant.
To Emma Vaughn, above nawec de-
fendant:
in the name OF the State NJ Oregon
You are hereby required to appear
and answer the complaint illed
against you in the above entitled suit
on or before the 7th day OF May
1919, and II you fail to answer. for
want thereof, the plaintiff viii, take
q decree against you as prayed for In
plaintiffs complaint, to-wit: That
the bonds of matrimony existing he
tween plaintiff and defendant he dis
solved and annulled. and Sor such
other relief as TO the Honorable
Court may seem just and equitable.
This summons is served by puhlica-
ton by order OF the Honorable d. V.
Kuykendall. Judge OF the Circuit
Court OF the State OF Oregon. for
klamath County. dated March rs.
1919, which order requires that sum-
mons be published for six successive
weeks. the date of the first publica-
tion to be made on March 26th. and
the last publication thereof on May
7. 1919, that being the time within
which the defendant Is required In
said order to appear and answer.
F. II. MILLS.
Attorney for Plaintiff.
26 2 8 Is 90 80
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1919-05-07
by Administrator, mt Private Sale,
OF Property Of Dictiriksen Estate.

Notice Of Sale Of Personal Property
by Administrator, Mt Private Sale,
OF Property Of Dictiriksen Estate.
Notice is Hereby Given. That the
undersigned administrator OF the es-
tate OF Christ Diedriksen. deceased,
will on or after the 18th day Of May.
1919, sell at private sale for cash in
hand. The following described per-
sonal property belonging to the said
estate. viz:
One Buick automobile. one certif-
icate OF 40 shares of the capital stock
OF the Vulcan Fire Insurance Co OF
Oakland. California. one suit case
and several small articles or personal
effects;
Any and all OF said mentioned per-
soDal property may be seen and eX-
amined. at my place OF business in
Merrill, Oregon.
Bids for the purchase OF said prop
erty will be received at my place OF
business and address. Merrill Oregon,
or bids may be left with or mailed to
my attorney, +. l.. Elliott, 2ll-2li
Willis building. klamath Falls. Ore.
The above mentioned properly to
be sold under and by virtue or an
order of sale made upon application
OF the undersigned administrator to
the Hon, II. II Bunuell. Judge
county court of Klamath County. Or
egon. J, IL. HOBBS,
Administrator OF the Estate of
Chris Diedriksen. deceased,
Cat Merrill. oregon.