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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-10
Food and Clothing Prices Remain
AlmOst Prohibitire as Poverty.
Stricken Refugees Return
Former Philadelphia Girl. Here
With Husband, From Brussels
Explains Conditions

CTORIES OF Civil War days, carried
- in memories of American mothers
and grandmothers, cannot compare with
the tales of suffering and the ingenuity
Of Belgian women as they tried TO save
treasures from ruthless German hands
md TO supply food for their families.
For the first time some OF those init.
mate details are brought to the ears
OF Philadelphians by Mrs. Fernand Pa
ternotte. formerly Miss Anna Snow, Of
this city.
Mr. and Mrs Paternotte have just re-
turned from Brussels and are guests OF
the latter's sister Mrs. Philip F. Stoever.
and mother. Mrs. Anna Snow, of 3216
West Penn street. Germantown. Mr..
Paternotte is on sick leave from the Bel
gian army, in which he enlisted at the
beginning of the war His wife was
fortunate enough to be with him during
his illness in England last summer. and
they went together to Brussels soon after
the signing of .he armistice.
Not only the peasants, but all classes,
suffered during the reign of terror Of
the last few years, Mrs. Paternotte said
Mr.. Paternotte's mother. his aunts
cousins and other relatives were in the
midst OF II all.
Like other Belgian women. they built
false walls in their houses, behind which
to hide their treasures; buried some of 1t
beneath the fagstones in the garden :;
smuggled precious potatoes from the
country by the dozens: made over bed
clothing and housefurnishings into cloth
ing and managed somehow to live
through the war.
Indeed. there is still much suffering
in Belgium" said Mrs Paternotte
The greatest problem is lack of trans
portation. Before the war IL took an
hour and half to go from Brugge to
Brussels by rail. Now the journey takes
sixteen hours. The entire railroad sys-
tenn was disrupted by the Germans and
the signal system destroyed Soldiers
in relay stand guard by the tracks now
and wave the signals. Naturally,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-10
BELGIUM STILL SUFFERING
DESPITE JOY OF ARNLSTICE

traint have to go slowly. Most of the
transportation is by automobile. not
only IL there little food or clothing in
the country--there Is no equipment and
no material with which to manufacture
things. Factories were destroyed and
there is little means of distributing the
things that are shipped from outside
sources. Gradually. Of course, condi-
tions are being bettered. but it will be
many years before the country Is any
where normal
Prices are still prohibtive and many
things simply are not to be had at any
price.
As for clothes--you will see members
of the nobility and peasants alike still
wearing dresses. coats and undercloth-
Ing made of household furnishings.
Blankets dyed black have been made
into overcoats: sheets and table linens
made up for underwear; window cur
tains fashioned into dresses. One Sunday
] saw member of the nobility at
church in carpet slippers. Few smiled
because n was an ordinary sight Many
people had boarded bicycle tires to fash
lon shoes or TO put new soles on old
shoes"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-10

extra pay on discharge based on the
length and character Of their service.
LEFT Them objects ~ Charity
"On the contrary. many thousands
of the soldiers were brought back and
dumped in New York city, in the midst
Of immoral Inducements instead of pro-
vision being made for sending them
back to their homes, their families and
their Jobs Many of them are still
there. the subjects OF charity and
neither can obtain suitable employment
there nor get back to where they came
from.
Another woeful omission OF Congress
was the failure 20 reform the Articles
Of war and the court-martial regula-
tlons so that an American boy can serve
In the army with a feeling that he Will
get the measure of justice to which he
would be entitled in civil life"
Mr. johnson is confident that reforms
will he effected in the court-martial pro-
ceedings and sweeping changes made In
the Articles of War by the next Con-
gress. He already has obtained enough
pledges from the members of the next
Congress to insure these reforms, he said
today
Soon after the declaration OF war,
Representative johnson left his seat in
Congress and went TO Camp Meade. Md.
as a private for training. Later he was
transferred TO Camp Lee, Va. and pro-
noted to corporal. sergeant and then
second lieutenant He went to France
and fought In the battle of the Argonne
Forest and was promoted to first lieu
tenant He suffered a shrapnel wound In
the shoulder in that battle. He was
advanced to rank Of captain on the
n IN 4atI
bestowed because he was sent to hos
pital and the armistice came. and he
returned home before again seeing active
service
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-10

NEW TYPE OF SHIP
Dreadnoughts and Battle
Cruisers May Be Abandon.
ed for Composite Craft
CHIEF OBJECT OF TRIP
Overseas Admirals Favor the
Speedy Vessel With Batteries
of Present Giants
CHIEF OBJECT OF TRIP
By the Associated Press

Washington, March i0.-Secretary
Daniels and his chief technical advisers,
Rear Admirals Taylor, Grifin and Earle.
will confer with officers Of the navy gen.
eral board before. they sail next satur-
day on the transport Leviathan for
Europe to study questions of warship de
sign which have arisen as a result Of the
great war.
Mr.. Daniels said today that while the
chief purpose OF the trip was TO prepare
n report from Congress on the advis-
ability of abandoning the construction of
dreadnoughts and battle cruisers in
favor of new type of composite ship,
every other lesson of the war that ap-
piled to naval development would be
reviewed. He expects to return early
enough to have time before Congress
meets to prepare his report
The party will land at Brest and
spend day or so there before going
to Paris for n conference with Admiral
Benson. chief of the naval operations
ana adviser on naval matters to the
American Peace Conference delegation.
No itinerary beyond that has been map
ped out, but Mr.. Daniels is anxious to
consult officials of both the Italian and
British admiraltcs as we'll as the
French on ship design questions
The Secretary said Admrals Benson.
Sims. Mayo. Rodman and Pratt and
virtually all the officers who have served
overseas during the war and with whom
he had talked favored the composite
ship idea Such n vessel. he said would
be a very fast hattleship with a speed
approaching thirty knots an hour but
with the protection of ship of the line
and the main batteries of the present
day dreadnought as near as possible.
Officers of the general board do not
favor the change in the light of their
present information and IL is essential.
the Secretary said, that every aspect Of
the debate should be reviewed in order
that the department could present a we'll
studied recommendation when Congress
reassembled.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-10
UNIFORM RATE ORDERED
Boyertown Electric Company Directed
to Observe Established Charge

harrisburg. March 10 - The Boyer
town Electric Company is directed by the
Public Service Commission In an opin-
ION by Commissioner Milton J. Brecht
TO cancel within thirty days all con-
tracts which conflict with it's schedule
OF rates and charge all consumers only
the rates established as a result Of com
PLANT by residents of that place that
the company was discriminating by
holding to contracts made before the
schedule OF rates was filed. 1t is said
that apparently the company filed the
tariff TO provide an emergency rate to
continue in effect at least during the
period Of the high prices recently pre-
vailing.
The opinion says: This in substance
10 implying that when the cost of labor
and materials resume a normal and stab
ilixed level there will be a revision of
rates" The complaint is dismissed, with
leave to renew later on.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-10
SCORES CONGRESS
FOR INGRATITUDE
A Uniform ant. 80 Limit
of Generosity to Fighters,
Says Rep. Johnson
FOUGHT IN WAR HIMSELF
Writes Indictment of What
Wasn't Done to Take
Care of Soldiers
FOUGHT IN WAR HIMSELF
BD a Std6 Correspondent

Washington, March 1O.-"The Sixty
| sixth Congress did virtually moth
ing of real consequence for the Ameri-
can soldiers, either to reward them for
their fine work in putting the finishing
touch to the Huns or to render them as
, sistance when the time came for going
back to peace-time pursuits"
This was the statement made today
by Representative Royal c. johnson. OF
South Dakota. in answer to the question
What did the last Congress do for the
| solders?"
"All the talk about passing recon
struction readjustment legislation to
benefit the soldiers ended in just talk"
said Mr.. Johnson
Representative johnson was a soldier
In the war, serving in all the grades
from private to captain; he served in
the House of Representatives before the
war was declared. and was discharged
from the army and went back to Con-
gress after the armistice was signed He
appears to he in a better position than
any other member OF Congress to an
swer the question.
Generosity Limited to $50
AN that Congress did to benefit the
soldiers directly was to give them two
months extra pay on their discharge
and allow them TO keep their Uniforms"
continued Mr.. Johnson.
Congress did nothing in tho way of
the much discussed reconstruction legs-
lation, and what reconstruction there
has been was carried on by the federal
departments. The work of sending TO
college after their discharge young men
who we're taken away from school and
put into the army in the war was car
ried on by the departments. a large
number of young men were sent back
to college by the government. which
paid their tuition and their expenses.
But Congress failed to do anything
to offer employments for the returning
soldiers who had been taken away from
steady Jobs and, In the majority of
cases. could not return to them.
ut failed also to adopt a system like
that of Canada for giving the soldiers
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-10
MURDOCH WAVES JOB
State Draft Officer Declines Berth
Under Judge Advocate

Major William G. MurGock, of Milton.
officer In charge of the operation of the
draft in Pennsylvania during the war,
has declined an appointment az a 'majo
in the Judge advocate generals depart
ment OF the United States army made by
Provost Marshal General Crowder.
AS the offer would have required i'm
mediate acceptance, Major Murdoch de-
c;ined it because the work OF properly
closing the work of the states local
and appeal boards is under way.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-10
FTLIPINOS ASK INDEPENDENCE
Legislature Backs Mission Now
on Way to United States

Manila. March 1O--(By a. PD--The
special session of the Legislature has
closed with the adoption of instructions
to the Independence Mission" some of
the members of which are now on their
way to the United States, perpetuating
that body until Independence is achieved
and serving notice on the world that
the people of the Philippine Islands
think the time has come for America to
redeem its promise.
The Legislature has approved the
formation of national cement and iron
companies. with the insular government
as chief stockholder, revision of the land
laws and the limiting of foreign owner
ship of land. This action Is subject to
the Presidents approval
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-10
Memorial Mass for John Diamond

A solemn months mind mass in mem
cry of John Diamond, one Of the hest
known Catholic laymen of Philadelphia
was celebrated at 10 o'clock this morn
ing In St Agath.l's Church, Thirty
eighth and Spring Garden streets. The
Rev. Joseph II. Diamond, of the Erie
diocese. n son. sang the mass. Mr. Dia.
mond had been for many years actively
Identified with the ST, Vincent de Pau
6ociety and had long been president OF
St. Agathas Conference. He was also
president Of the Federation of Catholic
Societies and was a member of the
Friendly Sons of 81. Patrick
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-10

Hospital. Several days ago the clergy
man was afflicted with a severe cold and
yesterday was removed from the Belle
vue-Stratford Hotel to the hospital To-
day he was much better, and according
to hospital physicians will resume his
work in a few days
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-10
The Rev. d. M. Steele in Hospital

The Rev. David NJ. steele. rector Of
the Episcopal Church of st. Luke and
the Epiphany, Thirteenth street near
Spruce. Is n patient at the Pennsylvania
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-05
Inhaming Mob Spirit.

Rain, descending at opportune moment,
apparently saved Gary, Ind, yesterday from
imminent danger of street rioting, accompanied
by loss of life. As it was number of resi-
dents today are carrying sore heads acquired
in clashes between red sympathizers and
officers
There is~a large foreign element in Gary
In fact not much else is there. Ten THOUSAND
undertook demonstration in protest against
the conviction of Eugene V. Debs and Kate
Richards O'Hare for violations of the espion-
age act. The mayor issued a proclamation
banning parades for 10 days on the well just
fed ground that to permit them would be to
invite a repetition of the trouble at Cleveland
May l. Police, deputy sheriffs, a company of
state militia and squads of volunteers prepared
to back the mayors edct The stage was set
for serious trouble, and minor clashes actually
occurred. While the main effort to make a
demonstration was being organized the rain
came
Many of the DISCONTINUED ones in Gary are
Russian Socialists, almost entirely ignorant in
regard to American ways and institutions and
utterly unable to comprehend the American
form of government. For all they know or
are likely to know. with their present facili-
ties for getting information. government in this
country is as despotc and as far from the
people that in Russia used to be. They know
how little chance for an expression of the pop
ular~will there was in, the land of their birth
and they assumd that the same conditions pre-
vail here. The impression is encouraged by
the conditions under which they live and work
and by the literature that those who are able
to read are supplied with.
Americans, or those who go by that name,
are as much responsible for the presence of
these Russians as they themselves, and even
more than they for their surroundings. AS to
what they are given to read they should be pro-
tected, rather than censured for being misled.
This red literature mostly is incendiary in
its nature. The men who prepare it and cir
culate 1t by the wagon load ought to know and
probably do know that it is tommy-rot, but
that is the Way they keep following and make
"a living. So long as they are permitted free
hand so long will their stuff be read and taken
seriously, not only BY those who read but by
the thousands of foreigners in industrial cen
tiers who get their impressions from what the
ones who read tell them.
This country is being flooded with anarchis-
tic propaganda The worst of it ought to be
suppressed and the effect of the rest should
be counteracted by intelligent American prop
uganda, persistently applied.
And in the meantime let's shut the gates
against this alien flood, at least -tillbthe for
eigners already here are better assimilated.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-05
In the Days News

Elizabeth Marbury, who is to
share with William G. McAdoo,
Jaues W. Gerard and other nOta-
bies the honor of addressing the
league of nations banquet in New
York tonight. is probably the most
famous OF American business wom-
en-. Miss Marbury is the play
broker" for the most famous dram
Artists OF Europe and as such she
has disposed of more plays for
dramatic authors than any other
person in America. She has fam
Gus intuition in Judging a manu-
script drama and likewise is emin-
entity shrewd and successful ne
getiating with theatrical managers.
Aside from her business she has
found she has found time to write
fer the press about affairs of the
stage. and also on woman's claims
to recognition as a factor in con-
temporary life, political and eco
nomic. For her service to French
authors. especially playrights, Miss
Marbury has been decorated by the
French government.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-05
Today's Events

Ri Rev MaArice z. Burke, Cath
Ole bishop of st. Joseph, Mo, to-
day enters upon his seyenty-fifth
year.
A city election will be held at
Raleigh, n. c., today for the choice
of mayor and other municipal Of
ficials.
The annual southern textile ex-
position will be opened at Green
through the week.
The Yukon territorial legislative
council will assemble at Dawson
today to begin its annual session.
The red Triangle fund campaign
will be launched in Canada today
to raise $1.10O,000 for the Y. NJ.
C. A. and the Y. w. c. A.
The future of the national guard
will be considered at the goth an
nual convention of the National
Guard association of the United
States. which is to open today at
Chicago.
William G. McAdoo. James w
GSFdIu anu OtHCI 4iOtSu SPSohSi .
are. to be heard at a dinner to be
given in New York City tonight
under the-Mspices of the New York
commit ee for the league of ma
tons.
7 The trial is set to begin IN Seat
tie today of 2O-year-Old Ruth Garri-
son. who confessed, according to
the police, that she poisoned Mrs.
Grace Storrs, her rival for the love
CT Mrs. Storr's husband.
A call has been issued for a ma
tional conference of lynching to as
semble in New York City today to
take concerted action against
lynching and lawlessness wherever
found"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-05
o. d. K.

call and learned that 1t had come
fr0Tn Stanton. Had Blake been
less stirred up and anxious he
night have endeavored to secure
the number of the phone sending
the message. but the fact that he
bad located the city where Dora
was seemed sufficient as a hopeful
starting point
Blake reached Staunton that aft
ernoon. Two facts were within his
clear understanding: Dora was in
hiding somewhere in that place. the
house from which she had phoned
had a parrot His only anxiety
row was that Dora might start on
her proposed trip as a nurse before
he had time to locate her.
Fate favored him most auspic-
iovsly. CHANGING to pass a bird
store he was soon engaged in con-
Yersation with its proprietor. Par
rots were not common in Staunton.
He had furnished all four of the
only ones he knew of in the town.
''The one you are inquiring
about" he told Blake. must be the
patriotic pet of widow lady. Mrs
Dalton" and he gave her address.
And there the persistent lover
found Dora Blake did not hold
back his sentiments now. He had
only to tell Dora of his love to have
her consent to return. to Ferndale
as his wife.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-05
Brad's O. Verse
TIME o. MAY,


Flowers are a-bloomin' all 9long
the pike. Feelin' kind o. lazy
guess I'll take a nike. Somehow
or another, old man Work and me
long about this season, never
never could agree. Fishll be a
bightin' mighty good today
what's the use o. toflin' in the time
a. Nav. Bees are all a-hummin',
dew is on the grass. tossin' specks
of sunshine at us when we passs
birds are all a-singin' love songs
to the breeze. buildin' coy home
nests I'D among the trees. every
body's happy, everything is gay
what's the use o. frownin' in the
time o. May? Meadows are a
sparklin' with a million gems,
and a-sproutin' green robes edged
with daisy hens, all the harps a
tunin', maxim music grand, sun a
spillin' glory over all the land,
stream and wooda a-calljn', calm
us 'away-what's the US o. mopin'
in the time o. May? Lanes are
cool and restfpl, fields are Wavin'
wide. messy banks are nestlin'
where the shadders hide, not a
thing a-doin' only bein' glad, not
single reason ever to be sad.
Love shall be our sweet queen
crownin' her today-whIt's the
use O. pinin' in the time o. May?
GLEN BRADSHAY.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-05
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Nh TT r n WiSahaimpr-

When one with TIC exercises
what are the danger signals? |
mean how may one know whether
the exercise is doing him harm or
not? How does exercise AFFECT the
formation of heart tissue? Dies
exercise combined with other by
gienic measures help to dry up the
lung? / had one lung collapsed by
surgery a year ago. I exercise now
about half an hour a day. l have
heard it said that you are cured
case of TIC. Is that SO? / will be
eveTlastingIy indebted to you for
some good advice. w. S. 4.
Answer-Very well, then, if l had
THO I should place myself under
the direction of a physician and
not enter upon any fool expert
ments. / should leave it entirely
to my physician to decide whether
l needed any exercise, and If so,
how much Even when a tubercH-
losis individual has had the surgi-
cal treatment you mention, he still
knows rather less than a doctor,
and if he can realize that in time
there is still a chance for him.
Tuberculosis at Home.
Please inform me whether case
of inc.pient tuberculosis can be
treated at home successfully.
MRS. +. y. NJ.
Answer-Yes, provided the pa
tient is constantly under the super
vision of a doctor, has suitable ia
cilities for the open air rest in bed
or chair, wholesome food well serv-
ed, and freedom from annoyance
and worry. If these advantages
are not available, it is far better
for the patient to enter well con-
Quoted sanitorium. Sanitorium care
for few months in any case is ben
eficiaI,- because in a tuberculosis
'sanitor.um the patient learns how
to obey his doctor in all things.
That, of course, is the only safe
course for one with tuberculosis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-05
A RUNAWAY.
BY Vera Blanche Dorr.

Copyright. 1919, by western News
paper UnionD
He had not spoken and Dora Nor
ton had broken her spell of bondage
and her chance of happiness by act
ing rash1y but definitely. He was
Russell Blake and Dora loved him.
Had Blake dreamed of the truth for
a single moment he would have lost
no time in telling her of his INDY
ing devotion. Because he feared TO
be presumptuous and because he
hoped to win her regard by giving
her time to make up her mind con-
sistently he had been friendly but
respectful. attentive but reticent as
10 the real state of his feelings.
Russell Blake did not know that
while on the surface Abel Wilde,
the guardian Of Dora, was suave,
smiling and did not particularly re-
sent his frequent sails upon his
charming young ward. the hypo-
critic was prosecuting her in a way
tnat aroused all the spirit that was
within her. Dora had a little for
tune coming to her and Abel Wilde
Y as trustee for the same. He also
had a son. BARLEY, whom he was
determined to marry to Dora Sht
ives as resolute in a contrary di-
rf.e ion. When she had fully dis
ee-ret TIE purpose of her guard
in she st-enuous1y objected to &C
IT Bartlev wilde as sutton.
Tier there was war. Abel Wilde,
rFaeIIv persistent. faced her with
LIS absolute control of har- means
-. Sx ~
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-05
Objections to the League.

Many sincere and loyal people are opposing
the league of nations, and the objection that is
heard most frequently is that other countries,
perhaps small nations, would outvOte us in
the-meetngs of the league, and be able to tell
us what we should do. This, if it were possible,
might place the United States under the dicta-
tion of a combination of foreign powers. No
loyal American would want to this happen.
This objection, however, is based upon a
misunderstanding of international law. In all
our domestic affairs majority decides any
question. When five members of our supreme
court decide one way and four the opposite,
the opinion of the five is the supreme law of