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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-03

To July > vacationists
Meander Fourth this year.
Dull Care Is smashed upon the wrists
And Gloom gives place to cheer.
We scan the gay excursion lists
And though they're rather dear,
Hey, boys Ho. bows.
Where do we go from here?
Where do we go from here, boys7
Where do We go from here?
We're bound to roam
Afar from home.
That much, at least, is clear.
The farm or beach?
There's joy in each
And each to all is dear.
Hey. boys. Ho, boys!
Where do, we go from here?
- All information will be voucbsafed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-03

. Attacks on Republicans alleging
partisan envy and personal hatred"
would come from the Democratic Mat
form committee with better grace II II
were not itself suffering from the same
complaints. "'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-03

First President Wilson prods Ten.
nnessee; now Senator Harding coaxes
Nermont and the woman suffrapist
prospective beneficiary of the coaSinr
and the prodding, looks on expectantlS
but noncommittally.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-03

Henly Watterson thinks Christie
pher Marlowe wrote Shakespeare 8
plays: We are as convinced of it as we
are that Marse Henry wrote the Chi
cago platform.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-03

More than three million dollars
worth Of pennies were coined In the
Philadelphia Mint last year. That rep.
resents the sellers lagniappe for a
nlckel's worth of anything purchasable
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-03

Democracy's horror at the "shock.
ing disclosures Of the lavish use Of
money by Republicans" is an amusing
disclosure of the lavish use of buncombe
by Democrats.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-03

The fist fight between Chairman
ROBINSON and Stenographer Schwartz
was presumably pulled off just to prove
that it really is Democratic conyen.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-03

Wet cohorts jes' nachally hated to
climb on a bandwagon that was also a
water wagon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-03

speaking In no caviling spirit, but
merely desiring to record fact. we rise
to remark that federal patronage con.
roller.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-03

If the two conventions have dem
onstrated anything. It is that the pro-
1essional funny men are the saddest
men alive,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-03

The weather man has coppered all
9ets tor the Fourth. 1t will be a fine
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-03

The fact that there are thirty wars
IN progress does not damn the League
81 Nations. 1t is an argument that it
should be permitted to function.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-03

The Tom Taggart and Charley
Murphy. crowds are inclined to think Of
the McAdoo chariot as n JupRernaut.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-03

There was indication short time
ago that II. G. l.. was showing signs of
weakening, but now It would appear he
was only getting his second wind.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-03

The only time the Democrats in
convention seem to acquire harmony is
when they are singing their Song Of
Hate OF things Republican.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-03
SHORTCUTS

After the convention is over Mr..
P Palmer may take steps to deport the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-03

Inc platform committee in San
Francisco indorses the President with
rev interpretative reservations.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-03
KILL RATS, AVOID PLAGUE
Director Furbush 10 a Sentinel on
the Housetops Warning
Of Danger
Ry GEORGE NOx MCCAIN
DIRECTOR FURBUSH in his decl

InIRECTOR FURBUsH in his decIa-
~ ration concerning the sanitary con :.
dition Of Philadelphia is the sentinel on
the housetops warning the people OF
impending danger.
The director is an expert in sanitary
science. He has studied IL abroad and
in the plague haunted corners Of South
and Central America. He knows what
he is talking about.
More than this. he is on the job right
at the kick off. He does not wait until
tho plague has slain its hundreds of
thousands before acting. That's what
this city and state did twenty three
years ago. Il was the last time state
and city quarantine was operative.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-03

The Dempcratic bandwagon is not
one boss shay for logic or the unit
down together.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-03
Hold up NIei

It would now ap-
Hold .up Men pear that auto ban
dts and highway
men are merely politicians who believe
in direct action.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-03
Walk.

It is a joyous
Walk, thought that chill
dren may defeat the
street car Company's yardstick policy
bv adopting the two foot rule.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-03

When Palmer sips
PsradoNcal his bitter cup his
illuminating and ex-
,lanatory comment will doubtless be,
Too much sugar
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-03
The bill introduced
by Representative
Morgan, of Okla
To Help
Tenant Farmer

The bill introduced
To Help by Representative
Tenant Farmer Morgan, of Okla
homa, which is de-
signed to give TO tenant farmers the
credit privileges the farm loan act OF
1915 gave to owners of farms, is one
that deserves earnest consideration. II
farming is to be made successful, farm
ors must be- able 10 contract small loans
between planting aud marketing with
out paying the ruinous rates of interest
now obtaining. And at a time when
people are focking from the country to
the cities and when prices of food are
still mounting, too much cannot be done
to make agriculture safe and attractive.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-03

L'OR four years prior to 1897 the
L bubonic plague had been ravishing
the Far East. It gradually crept west :
ward. claiming tens Of thousands OF
victims.
During all this time the health au-
thorities Of Pennsylvania and Of Phila =
delphia took life easy and were, ap-
parently. waiting dbr the nearer ap-
proach of the pestilence before institut-
ing protective measures.
Suddenly there came an awakening.
The plague covered half the world. II
was in Africa and neaSly all of Asia
from China to the borders Of Europe.
From China it had swept eastward to
the Philippines and Hawaii.
During the week ending January %.
1897, health officials of city and state
grew suddenly and strenuously active.
DR.. Richard A. Cleemann, then presi :
dent of the state quarantine board. held
hurried conferences with DR.. Henry G..
Boenning. secretary Of the state Board
of Health.
DR.. Benjamin Lee, secretary Of the
state Board of Health. and DR.. William
II. Ford, president of the Philadelphia
Board of Health, for the old system was
in operation in this city, were called
into the council.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-03
TT WAS decided that no vessel shoult

TT WAS decided that no vessel should
l. be allowed to enter the port OF
Philadelphia that could in any way be
menace to tha health Of the COM
munity.
All rags coming from infected dis
tricts were prohibited from entering the
port. as well as articles that had been
in household use, such as rugs, carpets,
bedding or other supposed carriers of
infection.
Special Vigilance was enjoined at the
ports of Erie and Philadelphia.
Doctor Ford, president of the local
Board of Health, directed the attention
Of citizens to the necessity of personal,
domestic and municipal cleanliness.
To give this proper effect, the board
instituted promptly a house to house
inspection for the purpose of correcting
all sanitary faults and the removal Of
filth from private premises.
Doctor Ford very sapiently pointed
out that even. II the bubonic plague did
not reach Philadelphia, the preventive
measures would be of the greatest ad-
vantage in preventing the spread Of
other diseases Of the zymotic class.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-03
RUSSIA HE'LL ON EARTH.
SWISS REFUGEES DECLARE
DountaH of Souet Government Predicted in Two Years il
Present Regime Contnues-Nation already
Verge of Collapse
By Il. r. KOSPOTH


Public
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-03
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS
erclusireiv entitled TO the use tor
seph blicotion Of oil netos dispatches
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An rights Of republication Of Spectd'
dispatches herein are also reSerred.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-03
NEW YORK was even more Lax than
~ Philadelphia in precautionary

NEW YORK was even more lax than
IN Philadelphia in precautionary
measures.
This city was on the job two years
before New York. for il was not until
1890 that it got thoroughly aroused by
the arrival off Fire Island of a sup
posed ''plague ship" with a cargo of
coffee from Santos, Brazil.
One of the most interesting facts in
connection with the plague. whose def
mite history has been recorded since
A. ID. 242, is that its first appearance
on the Western Hemisphere occurred at
Santos, Brazil, in October. 1899.
But if New York was a little slow in
getting into action IN 1899 it displayed
remarkable efficiency in stamping out
threatened typhus epidemic that ap-
peared there ia 1892.
liver since the close OF the world
IL war medical experts and sanitary
investigators have been predicting an
outbreak of some virulpnt epidemic dis
ease as result of famine and other
terrors which invariably follow in the
footsteps Of great struggles.
Recent Geographic dispatches from
JHpuH IfIoII IN' outbreak tnere OF
Asiatic cholera. which has already
claimed 200 victims.
A visitation of cholera is less to be
feared than an outbreak Of bubonic
plague. The ratio of mortality in the
latter is very much higher than in
cholera.
At the same time, with a knowledge
of the source of the contagion, the
plague can, with intelligence and fore
sight, be more easily controlled and
stamped out.
Besides, it travels slowly. 1t re-
Quired four years for the disease TO
reach western Europe from its first out
break in 1893 on the ManChuran from =
tier in China.
This peCuiarity is a great aid in
eradiCatipg the disease or preventing its
spread, for it affords opportunity Ia
erect barriers of sanitary science in the
line of its march.
THERE is not the slightest necessity
l. for any person to get alarmed or
this subject. There is not the Least
danger Of the introduction of buboniC
plague in Philadelphia provided precsu
tonary efforts are put forth in proper
time.
Doctor Furbush has pointed the way
He has invited the individual citizen IL
set his own house in order. DESTROY
rats and other vermin, and thus elimi,
nate the causes which spread the dis.
ease
It is up to the people to act.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-03

All information will be vouchsafed
Tuesday. No evening paper Mondav
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-03

Philadelphia, Saturday, July \, 1920
The Washington times., 1920-02-15
Court Battle Starts
TOMORROW to Check
Sacrifice ofU.S. Ships

Completely blocked for the time
being in his attempt to dispose OF the
ex-German ships, Judge Payne mas
announced that the Shipping Board Is
going to buy the land on which the
great Hog Island shipbuilding plant
at Philadelphia Is erected. This is
the largest shipyard In the world
and with the exception of the land. Is
owned by the Government.
Ii is known that Judge Payne Will
authorize the purchase of the land
upon which the great plant Is erected.
so that in line with his policy OF
getting rid" Of the Government mer-
chant marine, he may now also get
, rid OF this great Government plant.
Hog Island Offer.
Judge Payne admitted that the du-
| Point company. and other private In
| terests. had made offer for the com
plete Hog Island plant. Chairman
Payne further announced the cancel
| lation Of contracts with the American
| international Shipbuilding Corpora
ton, which operates Hog Island for
the Government. for, the construction
OF fifty eight Government ships now
building there.
This is the first step toward the
ultimate Disposal OF the great Gov
eminent plant at Hog Island to pri-
vate interests. The decision came as
complete surprise to the advocates
of Government ownership In Con-
gress.
Here is the announcement of Chair
man Payne:
IT have settled on a basis OF pay
ing the American International Ship
building Corporation a cancellation
foe based on the proportionate prog
rees that has been made by THE board
building the fifty-eight ships, the
further construction Of which / have
cancelled These ships. we figure.
were approximately 81 per cent COM
pleted.
"Instead Of paying the entire mini
mum fee of $4,000 apiece, we COM
promised on the sum OF $2,OO0,0 OO
which is about $34.444 a ship. We
consider this a fair arrangement.
No Private Proposal.
1--WE had a contract with the Hog
Island people to build seventy of
these ships; and they are puiidsns
twelve now. instead OF the seventy.
| or this number eleven Of these ships
are to be used as army transports
and one as a navy transport"
In making the announcement Judge
Payne said that the Shipping Board
"could now consider propositions for
it's entirety, when the construction
work for the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration had been completed"
He said that no private proposal
for the purchase OF the great Gov
eminent plant had been OFFICIALLY"
The Washington times., 1920-02-15
Senate Demands Data
From Wilson on Plan
To Sell u. S. Vessels
CONTINUED from Page One.)

ment and what may be-" Senator Brandegee declared
Senator King Democrat, OF Utah. asked bTanuegee II
his information came from authentic source
'"To be frank with the gentleman from Ctah Iepiea
Senator Brandegee 81 haven't seen it. But the niorma-
on came to me from which has been authen!c
and trustworthy in the past and have every reason 10
believe it must be so now"
Senator Owen Democrat of Oklahoma, interrupted
to ask if this agreement is other than that contained IN the
Peace Treaty with reference to the disposal of former Ger
man vessels. :.
at is" replied Senator Brandegee, "and am in
formed that it is in the files of the State Department.
Senator Brandegee thereupon demanded immediate
consideration of lis resolution which was ordered taken
up formally.
Rules Delay Senate Action.
There were only few Senators on the floor at the
time the Senate having recessed from the day before III
order to take up the Retirement Bill. The parliamentary
situation prevented action Senator McKellars resolution
to stop the sale of the ships.
~ regret that the rules of the Senate make today yes
terday" Senator Mcclellan declared therefore making it
impossible for to call up my resolution to prevent the
sale of the thirty German ships by the Shipping Board as
advertised 3.
"The resolution turning these former German passen-
ger vessels to the Shipping Board gave that board no
power to sell the ships"
Referring to the resolution of May ~ 1917, which
authorized the board to take the vessels Senator
Mcclellan declared that under the resolution the Shipping
Board does not have clear title to these ships until the
Treaty of Peace is signed"
The Washington times., 1920-02-15

A veritable deluge of kilograms
letters, and long distance telephone
messages is pouring in on Senators
and Representatives protesting
against the sale OF United States ship
ping.
Coming as a direct result of tn.
court order secured Friday by VIII
liam Randolph Hearst against the
fsale by the Shipping Board of the fic.i
OF former German ships, the protests
already received by Government Of
ncials are indicative Of the country's
indignation over the proposed sale,
which has been held up indefinitely.
To Press Injunction.
The promise made by Chairman
John Barton Payne to the Senate
Commerce Committee that the sale
would not be made without the ap-
prevail of Congress. will not prevent
counsel for Mr.. Hearst seeking a per-
manent injunction against the Ship
ping Board. which will have the effect
OF blocking the proposed sale for all
time.
The defendants named In Mr.
Hearst's petition for a court order all
have been served today with formal
notice that they must appear tomor-
row to show cause why they should
not be restrained from proceeding
with the sale.
After a special meeting Of the board
to consider the action Of the court
II was announced that counsel will be
selected to represent the board to ap-
pear in court tomorrow, when the
second stage of the legal battle over
the sale Of the ships will start.
Believe Sale Blocked.
Resolutions introduced by Senator
Ashurst of Arizona and Senator Nc
kellar of Tennessee, which would
have the effect of holding up the
sale ARE now on the Senate calendar.
1t is the opinion of Senator Ashurst
and other Senators opposed to the sale
that the disposal Of the Governments
biggest fleet OF passenger ships has
been blocked.
Meanwhile. Shipping Board officials
could not understand the Presidents
reticence on the subject Of the sale
of the ships, especially in view of the
plaintive letter which Mr.. Wilson re-
ceived Friday from John Barton
Payne, wherein the letter sought to
justify the sale of the magnificent
fleet.
In his letter to the President, Payne
referred to the fact that the contract
of sale would contain a specific pro-
vision that the ships. IL sold, would
remain permanently under the Amer
lean flag. 1t was admitted by Off
Gals of the Shipping Board, however,
that no such form OF contract had
been framed by the board. No expla.
nation of this obvious discrepancy
could be ELECTED.
Lacks Legal Authority.
In view of the illegal position of
the board in the matter, a joint reso.
luton reminding the board that II
has no legal authority to dispose of
the ships is expected to make it's ap-
pearance in Congress within the next
few days, unless Judge Payne. who
seemed yesterday to be astounded at
the extent of opposition to the sale,
suddenly decides to abandon the en-
tire plan.
The Washington times., 1920-02-15
INDIAN MILLIONAIRE
TO DONATE HOSPITAL

HENRIETTA, Okla, Feb. 15.-Jack-
son Barnett, full-blooded Creek In
dian, millionaire and mentally in
competent" has given $1,000,000 for
the erection and maintenance of a
hospital here, it was said.
Barnett's gifts to charity have
passed the 81, SOC, 900 mark. As Bar
nett is a ward of the Government, all
of his gifts must have the approval
of Federal Indian officials. The hos
pital to be founded by Barnett's lat
est gift will be open only to those II
Indian blood.
The Washington times., 1920-02-15

appeal to the members of Congress to
use their influence with President Wilson
to halt the proposed sale of thirty former
German ships.
Further, petition that there be a most
thorough and full investigation of every i'm
portant fact covering the proposed sale. This
investigation should most thoroughly probe
The Washington times., 1920-02-15

no provision in the resolution tha'
we should sell them. Until the pres
emit administration came into the
Shipping Board there was never any
thought in this country that we
should sell them. We not only have
no right to sell them, but l don't be-
lieve there is one man in ten who
thinks we ought to sell them"
Senator Williams of Mississippi
took issue with Senator Mcclellan
as to the title possessed by the
United States over the ships. He
said the title was conferred upon
the United States by right of cap
ture.
at may be true the title will be
confirmed by the peace treaty" he
said, "but ad interim the ships OF
the enemy belong to the captor, who
has right to sell them or make any
other disposition Of them"
Vessels We're Never Captured.
Senator Mcclellan answered this
suggestion by asserting that the
ships were not captured. but were
taken over by a resolution Of Con-
gress after they had been interned
while the United States was still a
neutral. He asserted that irrespec-
tive of the question as to whether or
not the United States has title to the
ships, the Shipping Board was never
authorized to sell them. He added:
81 claim 1t is an assumption of
power on the part Of the Shipping
Board to attempt to sell the ships"
Senator Fletcher. Of Florida, sup
ported Senator McKellar's conten-
ton that the board has no authority
to sell the ships, but disagreed with
him as to the possession Of title by
the United States.
Senator Brandegee urged the i'm
mediate adoption of his resolution,
and the chair declared 1t adopted
without even a roll-call.
While the German ship question is
still a burning issue in the Senate.
the Commerce Committee Is waiting
to hear from Chairman Payne the
results OF the bids which the Ship
ping Board is to receive tomorrow.
Senator Jones, chairman Of the
Commerce Committee, announced
that Chairman Payne probably would
be called to appear before his COM
mittee Tuesday, or soon thereafter,
to lay before the members all the
facts bearing on the sale.
Senator Jones took the position
that il the Senate resolution author
izing the board to take over the
German ships legally prevented the
sale Of the thirty ships, then the
board certainly would not be allowed
to sell them.
Jones Doubts Boards Power.
ut is possible the board over
looked this question entirely" Sem
ator Jones declared. while l have
not looked into the legal phases of
the question myself. 1t appears to
me that there are strong grounds to
contend that the board Is without the
proper authority to sell the German
ships.
1T may be that these vessels are
entirely independent Of the rest of
the marine fleet and the board has
not the same powers over them
Senator Jones declared he had
confidence the court would decide
that question beyond the shadow of
a doubt, but stated that the commit
tee intended to 60 into the legal
phases closely.
Senator Mcclellan put in the Rec
ord resolutions adopted by the exc
cutive committee of the Private Sol
diers' and Sailors Legion protesting
against the sale of the ships.
The Washington times., 1920-02-15
If You Are Real American Sign This
To the Congress of the United States:.

the report that the Shipping Board plans to
sell these ships, including some of the
largest and finest steamships afloat, for
$28,OOO,OOO, which is declared to be but
one-third> of their real value.
desire to ask why cannot the Govern
ment itself operate these fine ships rather
than sacrifice tWo-thirds of their value?
The Washington times., 1920-02-15
MAYOR JONES.
Rowling Green, ny.

"Editor Washington Timest
~rhink that n full inv~stiGation
SHOULD be made before the ship
ping Board should end~nvor 10
sell that portion Of the German
rect now owned by the United
stnsesj then the President could
use HIS discretion as TO whether
or not the sale should he made
II the ships nrc needed I think II
would be hest for this Govern
mcnt to retain the mrathcr than
dispose Of them mt n sacriAre.. 4
hive the utmost Conscience In the
Judgment OF the President I'm the
matter. w. II. JONES'"
The Washington times., 1920-02-15
Voices of Mayors Lifted
Against Un-American Sale

toward . merchant marine to ply
between the United States and she
world I'm peaceful commerce, car
rytng our message Of Friendship,
peace and prosperity. For the
Government 10 operate these ships
uader the Stars and Stripes will
be n beginning toward q United
States mercantile marine.
John II. GIBBONS.o
The Washington times., 1920-02-15
MAYOR GROSS,
AIIentSwa, Pa.

~E1itor, Washington TS.ess
II think the President sheuIl
step the sale ana have q fall In
vestfgatfoa. II We expect the
people 10 oeonomi.e. surely the
Government should not hesitate
10 set forth the example.
IN. w. CROSSE