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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-16

The three salt water piers of the
Norfolk and Western, the Chesapeake
and Ohio and the Virginian Railway at
Hampton Roads. from which New Eng
land draws a vital and large proportion
of its coal, amounting to 5000 900 or
5000, 900 tons, have been running
smoothly and to their capacity since
April /. but the trouble has been that
the coal operators have been sending
the larger part of their coal to the four
corners Of the earth instead of to their
regular customers located in New Eng
land and elsewhere.
TT MAY be asked why If New Eng
L land needs an extra 450, 900 tons at
Hampton Roads out of the 1900, 200
now going to export it does not raise
its prices further and bid this coal
away from the foreign countries who
are taking it. But there is no price at
which New England can buy these extra
400, 900 tons at Hampton Roads. Ships
to carry away our coal are steaming to
these ports from all over the world
Many of them are backed by their ma
tional governments. They are deter
mined to get the coal without regard to
price. There are, this week, sixty for
eign steamers struggling for this coal
at Hampton Roads. These foreign gov
ernments are really not bidding for coal
at Hampton Roads, they are buying q
portion of the limited railroad facilities
which, at the utmost, can only dump
into salt water bottoms l ,000,0 tons
month. Moreover, the word has been
passed around among the coal operators
that II the attorney general should show
an interest in their abnormal profits
they will probably be in stronger OIL
safer legal position if they let Ameri- :
can citizens go without their coal and
profiteer on the foreigner. 1t has been
reported to us more than once that
mine operators offering coal for export
and bid their asking price have refused
to let it 60 when told it was taken fol
an American coastwise port.
| We asked that this route should be
kept open to New England, and that
instead Of the present movement to New
England, which is running at about
450 900 tons a month, she should be
permitted to impinge on the present
export movement to the extent of ar
additional 100000 or 450,0 tons a
month for the balance of the coal year
so as to bring her movement of this
southern coal up to normal. The New
England consumers who have beer
crowded off the Hampton Roads piers
since the first of April have no other
place to go for their coal except tc
the Pennsylvania field.
TT IS true this abnormal influx OF
L new buyers into the Pennsylvania
field can hope to increase the movement
from this field to New England but little
because our New England railways for
many years have not undertaken or
fitted themselves to draw this extra
tonnage, and the utmost they can hone
to haul through their western gateWays
is not more than A per cent of the
total requirements. 1t is also the fact
that the movement through the con -.
gested port of New York, which nor
mally amounts to about IL per cent nj
the total, can respond but little to such
increased pressure.
We do not regard the fuel situation
in this country as hopeless. provided !,
can be taken under prompt and orderlv
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-16
HOW STANDPATS ARE MADE

THE conspicuous feature of the third
L party convention at Chicago was the
snub to the rank and file Of the dele
gates of the so called intellectual lead
ers of liberal propaganda. Yet the
writer's and the bOltcrs from other par
ties who were jostlcd into the back
ground and finally lost in the melee OF
debate represent an important element
without which no political movement
ever got anywhere but on the rocks.
A great many of the men who have
been most violently attacking the older
fashioned political party and whooping
it up for the radicals were guided for
the most part by theory before they
went to Chicago. 1t was in the third
party convention that they had their
first intimate contacts with the insur- =
gent proletarians whose cause they
made their own. If these hCralds of the
new dawn are returning dazod and dis
illusioned from the convention, it is only
because they had to grapplc with ac-
Qualities for the first time. They have
had the training and experience neces-
sary for leadership and the ability to
bring to the cause of liberal politics the
endless power Of the written word.
Naturally, they hoped for a declara-
tion of beliefs at Chicago which would
not run counter to the mass opinion
of the country. Instead, they were
asked to support platform made up of
odds and ends of the sort of patter that
has bubbled for years from amateur
propagandists of formless socialism
Power" says the third party plat
form, should be returned to the peo-
pie :" Who Is to- return it? Who
wields the power now? BY what
method other than the ballot can people
control their government and make it
representative Of their will and their
hopes?
The dominant Cliqucs at the recent
Chicago convention would have credited
the farmers or the radical labor unions
with oil earthly wisdom and granted
them more or less exclusive rights to
dictate and govern. If the farmers and
the unions alone are 'the people" how
are the rest of the folk in the United
States to be classified and defined?
Even a superficial study of political
evolution in this country shows that
numberless men who enter public life
as sincere rcformers and liberals end
by becoming conservative or even re-
dictionary and illiberal. The men and
women who, solely because of their
convictions and a conscientious impulse.
turned from easier tasks to fight by the
side of laNor radicals have had glimpse
of forces that frequently enough make
standpatters of men who would far
rather be something else. They have
seen unreason, sclfshness and aggrPs-
sive ignorance dominant in a place
where logic and sincerity should have
ruled. They were made to feel helpless,
forlorn and foolish. VIII they, too. go
sorrowfully and for self defense into the
ranks Of the standpats?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-16
REED Is RIGHT

SENATOR REED, of Missouri, usu-
~ ally so tragically wrong, is alto
gether right when he says. that "the
demagogue is a political profteer. "
The demagogue resorts to every con-
ceivablo trick and subterfuge in order to
win office and power, and is as con-
temptibe as the business man who
charges eXorbitant prices merely be-
cause he can.
The possibility that the senator may
have been looking in n mirror when he
sought a picture of demagogue does
not affect the accuracy of his descrip-
tion
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-16
A FouR.pEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA

Things on which the people expect
the new administration to concen-
frate Its attention.
Ihe DcAIt1ure rfper bridge.
drydock big enough to dccomno-
date the largest ships.
Development Of the rapid transit sys-
tenn.
A cosvention hall
building for the Free Library.
An Art Museum.
enlargement Of the todter supply.
Homes to, accommodate the populo-
ton.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-16

The trip of the four army airplanes
from Mineola, n. Y, to Nome, Alaska,
and return, a distance of 5000 miles,
has important commercial and military
possibilities, for the aviators will take
photographs of the territory traversed
in the Far North; but it is as sport
ing event most people view it while
wishing the travellers the best of luck.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-16

Mrs. Margaret Hill McCarter,
Topeka, Kan. authoress and Repub-
lican leader, has passed up her right to
vote rather than give her age to the
election officers. Therein she is exer-
cising her proud privilege. But Mrs.
McCarter is complaining about it and
proposes to make it "a test case" And
therein she is unreasonable. Every
fright" gained means "privilege''
Lost
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-16

The Saxon minister of finance is
planning the issuance of money made
of Dresden china. In view of the char
actcr of the money issued throughout
Germany during the last few years we
take it the plan is one of conservation
as a result of the paper shortage.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-16

Gas to corsets." remarks a con-
temporary after ably defending ciga-
rettes, well, they may leave that
to the ladies'" We sincerely trust so.
A man may still worry along with a
belt-unless he is a pronounced pessi-
mist and insists upon wearing suspend
ers into the bargain.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-16

Lehigh county this year so far has
issued S36 marriage licenses, 1872 more
than during the same period last year.
1t is untrue, however, that the marriage
license clerk was guilty of the asser-
ton, Marriages come Lehigh, but we
must have EN-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-16

When Connellsvile officers sought
to place smallpox patients in the Mu-
nicipal Hospital they found that the
bui ilding had been stolen, all that re-
mained of it being few boards. Can
fuel be so scarce in the coke regions?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-16
Let Them
Make Good

The railroads have
Let Them admitted that they
Make Good have not furnished
cars enough to meet
the needs of the coal industry. Having
owned UP to dereliction, it is now up
to them to make amends. There are
fewer freight cars than are
necessary. The present problem is to fiji
those available to more than the present
70 per cent of their capacity; to speed
up their average of less than twenty
five miles day; to arrange for the
fewest possible runs of emptics - all
problems of railroad management with
which, we have been told Cand have no
reason to doubt, despite present trou-
bes), private ownership and manage
ment is better able to cope than gov
ernment ownership and management.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-16

John n Patterson, a
Where Nomencla- prisoner, through C..
ture Patters On Stuart Patterson, his
attorney, has OBJ
tanned from Judge John NJ. Patterson
a writ of habeas corpus requiring Will
liam Patterson, superintendent Of the
House of Correction, to show why he
holds John Patterson in custody. Be.
fore the case is over we may hope to
discover who struck Billy Patterson.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-16
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

Answers to Yesterdays Qulx
1. Four Presidents OF the United States
used automobiles during their
terms Of office.
2. They were Mckinley, Roosevelt,
Taft and Wilson.
8. The city of Singapore Is on an island
of the same name south of the
southern extremity of the Malay
Peninsula in the East Indies. It
belongs to the British colony Of
the Straits Settlements.
T. Queen Liliuokalani was the last
royal ruler of Hawaii.
s, Napoleon Bonaparte was emperor
of the French for ten years, from
1904 to 1914, and again for the
Hundred Days" In the spring of
1915.
6. Printing was invented in Europe In
the fifteenth century, although
long previously known In China.
7. JOAQUIN Sorrolla y Bastiea Is the
acknowledged head OF the modern
Spanish school OF painting. He was
born In Valencia In 1858.
8, Red pepper Is made from capsicum.
tropical plant. with hot, capsules
and seeds.
0, A cedilla Is a mark, written like a
comma under a &C" 10 show that
IL takes the kissing sound of "s''
and Is not sounded like a *"
10. Victoria on Vancouver island IL the
capital OF British Columbia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-16

The trouble with evers so many po-
litical economists is that they seem to
think that it is absolutely necessary
that reparations should be sufficiently
low to enable Germany to have a good
time while she is making payments.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-16

There is diplomat in Trenton
Mo-, whose attainments deserve q larger
field. He was a member of a Fourth
of July. committee which offered a prize
for the prettiest baby buggy with
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-16

Add Horrors of War.-Music has
now a definite place in the United
States army and a definite program has
been arranged so that soldiers may be
taught to sing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-16
SHORT CUTS

Having been given rope enough, the
third party has hanged itself.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-16
ECHOES

TT is the supreme tragedy of the Ger
~ man people that the things done in
nsseir name and with their help during
th last six years were so various and
Z, .onishing as to leave almost every :
4 44,Sip4 4fhe world reminders thRt con 7
{ sppear when they A Least
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-16

The barnacle covered life belt
marked Lusitania picked up in the
Delaware yesterday should be shipped
TO Spa as an aid to the deliberations
there.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-16

Hangmen in Ger.
Tying Up many have gone on
Necktie Socials strike tor higher
wages. Murderers
awaiting execution won't care if the
trouble Is never settled.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-16

Though every year proves It lie,
we shall continue to believe that be-
cause 1t rained yesterday it will rain
daily for forty days.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-16

st. Swithin yesterday definitely
placed himself in the wet column.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-16

1t gives US joy to discover one
little bit of harmony in the third party
convention. Christensen initials are
as alike as two P's.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-16

Republicans as we'll as Democrats
join in the wish that the President will
make speedy recovery.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-16

st. Swithin saw to. it that the
yacht racers had q wet sheet and a
flowing sea and a wind that followed
fast,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-16
What Do You Know?
QUIZ

QUIZ
1. How did Graham bread get its
name?
2. When did the Liberty Bell crack?
g.. Which Is the older religion, Bud
dahism or Brahminism?
4. How long has the Americas cup
been In American hands?
s. What is a swingle?
6. What Is the meaning OF the Latin
phrase ultra vires"?
7. Name two American Presidents who
married during their term of office ?
s. What is the origin of the word UNI
pire?
O. Why was Joan OF Arc called the
Maid of Orleans?
10. What was Mark Twain's native
state?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-16

The price of neckties has gone up
in Germany. The hangmen are on
strike.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-16

It may be that Mr.. Cox has a
vision Of himself marching to the White
House to the tune of "Coming Through
the Rye"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-16

Bread is to be sold by the ounce in
Pittsburgh. Cheer up. That's the way
we'll be buying coal sons of these days.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-16

Striking German hangmen would
feel cheap II the Reichstsg should abol-
ish the death penalty.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-16

1t is a long, long lesson, but at
last it really begins to appear that
Germany will learn the meaning of the
word Must !"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-16
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efciusicelv entitled, TO the use tor
qualification Of all ncioS dispatches
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IN this paper. and also the local nenS
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-16

1t is apparently the confirmed be-
lief Of A. B. Schmidt that he talked too
much.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-16

As signer Germany is gaining ex-
perience, but is still most unwilling
worker.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-16

PhiIsdeiphis. Friday. July 10. 1870
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-16

The beach plan, as has been said,
need not seriously trouble those Phila
delphians who are supplied with
Schuylkill drinking water. Perhaps
the best location for the bathing ground
would be on the east bank well below
the Belmont pumping station. With
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-16

A committee composed Of the heuten-
and other officials OF Massachusetts
Connecticut, Maine, Rhode Island. NetO
Hampshire aud Vermont has just pre-
sented a report to the governors o. these
states concerning the present fuel crisis
haze strong resemblance to conditions
elsewhere aud have. moreover. a direct
bearing on the trade Of the entire coun,
try, the tollotoing excerpts toiH be 1ound
NJ iutereSt.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-16

| REC INIT MARKET ST. Bel. 17rH
ETHEL CLAYTON
In Ladder OF Lies'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-04
FAIRFIELD

Mr.. and Mrs. Carol Tracey and
daughter, Beatrice, of Hartland.
were recently in town calling on
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Fish Of Lynn,
Mass, are guests At the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. Calvin Horne.
Rev. and Mrs. F. F. Fochay and
children have returned from Marie
boro. Mass, where they have heen
visiting Mrs. Fochay's mother,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. o. Files have re-
turned from Boston. where thew at
tended the millinery opening
Mr.. and Mrs. W. W. Trussell and
son, Wilmont, of Dresden, are Wis
itins their daughter. Mrs. Percy
Crosby.
At the First Baptist Church-The
regular Sunday services will be held
at the usual hours, Rev. r. r. Fochay
will omciate. The subject for the
morning will be. The Souls Wis.
ion" The evening subject win be:
The Light of the World" Services
will be held at ~Shawmut chanel
At $50 o'clock standard time. PRAY
er meeting will be held as usual on
Tuesday evening.
There was a large gathering at the
Gerald Yesterday morning to listen
TO Franklin d. Roosevelt. the Demo
cratic nominee for president.
ne was presented BY chairman W.
j. Bradbury and for q few moments
gave very interesting talk TO an
audience which was composed Of a.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-04
NORTH AUGUSTA

Mrs. Nat Johnsonsa Ind dauhte'
Margaret and Guy Corifngs. members
OF the North Augusta grange attend
ed the Pomona grange meeting az
Litchheld. Wednesday. Thrtytour
took the fifth degree.
Mrs. Nat johnson and son. Nat haVe
returned home after a visit with ne'
mother and sister at New York ara
Niagara Falls.
Mrs Everett Written Of Chelsea
Mass. is visiting at the home Of Pc
mother. Mrs. J. G. Wilton.
Mrs. Harry Ballard and little daugh'
ter. Dorothy. are at Round Pon1
where Mrs. Ballard went 10 attend t's
wedding Of her sister. Miss Winlf7e4
Weber of Reading, Mass, and WI,
liam Edsall OF New York. Mrs. Edsa
has many friends in Augusta who WIS"
her much happiness.
Leforest and Chester Mitchell WIZ
nave been passing their vacation WIN
their aunt and uncle. Mr.. and MS
Hansey Hanson. have returned 10
their home in Hartford, Conn.
MRS. Lester league and dauSh'e.'
Amy. have returned after a visit WIN
Mrs. Owen Pierce. Mrs. Teagus
granddaughter, at Oakfeld.
Mrs. A. J. Mitchell is passing '.'
week with her son. Warren Mitche''
IN Oakland. and attending the "S's'
Vile fair.
Mrs. G. W, Knowles and party wiz
nave been camping at China lake L,
. week. have returned home after
ans outing. y
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-04
BOARD OF EDUCATION
TRANSLATES PRELIMINARY
SCHOOL BUSINESS

At the regular meeting Of the board
Of education Friday evening several
matters of business pertinent to the
opening Of the school year were taken
up.
King Gullifer was elected janitor OF
Brook street school; Mrs. Mary DUDE
Maddocks was elected school nurse for
the coming year. and DIR. F. = Thayer
was elected school physician at a sal
airy Of $500.
1t was voted to approve the rules
and regulations for athletics at the
high school as submitted by the prin.
cipal.
Miss Dora Libby was elected clerk
to the superintendent of schools at a
salary of SIS per week. 1t was voted
that the matter of conveyors Of pupils
be left with Superintendent Patten
and Messrs. Dubord. Hilton and Per.
kins.
Superintendent Patten was appointed
a committee to draw up a set ofireso.
lutions on the death of Frank T.
Brown, q member Of the board. the
resolutions to be spread on the records
and read at the next meeting.
z. L. Hall was appointed on the text
book committee. and Harry Hilton on
the teachers committee IN the vacancy
caused BY the death Of Frank z. Brown.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-04
H. & w. DOWN OAKLAND
IN SPEEDY CONTEST

The H. & w. got revenge for Tues
days defeat and won from Oakland
Friday afternoon at the Central
Maine Fair grounds by a score of
to 8. 1t was a fast and interesting
game full Of good plays by the H.
&~W. boys. Mickey O'Brien, whose
arm has not been right for some time,
was on the mound and pitched a good
game, keeping all the hits Of his
opponents scattered. Sukeforth, the
Maine Central pitcher vas in the
box and the H. & ". team bunche
four hits in the fourth inning and
scored thres runs. The feature of
the game was the lightning double
play, Fraas to Paganucci to Mouiton.
Blackstone also made . wonderful
running catch of Pitts bat in the
first inning.
The II. & ". scored in the fourth
inning when Blackstone singled 20
short left with nobody out. He
stole second and went to third on a
poor throw by Pitt. O'Brien hit IN
front of the plate and beat the throw
to first and Blackstone held third
Then Blackstone and O'Brien pulled
double steal and the former came
across with the first run. O'Brien
scoring a moment later. when Pet
tingill hit to O'Donnefi. who booted
the ball. Paganucci walked. Boldic
Tanned and Sammy Herd bounced a
hit off Brick Reeds glove. Fraas
ended the inning by flying out to
Fowler.
Oakland scored next in the sixth
inning. Maxim, the first man up hit
to Boldic. who threw Wild to first
Maxim going to second on the play.
Reed popped to Paganucci. Fowler
singled to right and overran first and
fine throw by Pettinsill caught him
OF the sack. Sukeforth made the
third out by tanning.
The H. & W. scored a pm ~ ~,
seventh when Fraas led of with a
single to center. A little later Suke-
1orth tried to catch Fraas of first
out threw wild and Fraas went IN
second. With two men out LANDRY
singled and scored Fraas. Pettinriil
nied to right for the third out osk-
land gave the II. & w. BOYS q scare
, in the eighth inning when thew came
across with two runs. The H. & W.
sewed the game in their half of the
eighth and scored two runs on er-
rors. "
TINS is the last Of the games to be
played during the Central Maine
,a'r' An excellent brand of baseball
mas oeen put up there all the week
and the fans have greatly entoved
the contests No matter vhat 49,.
a..ractions there may have beer
mere was always a large audience
In attendance at the ball games.
! The score Friday: