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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-19
HOG ISLANDS DESERTS

Hog Island has been a prodigy and
like all phenomena n problem, The
latter aspect Of it will abide even after
the launching of the last seven ships
on Wednesday closes its career under
government auspices.
The question Of the ultimate disposal
of the monumental plant ought not at
this time to obscure. the wonder and
magnitude of its achievement. Ship
construction records were so often
smashed at Hog Island as to become a
commonplace. The sum total of vessels
launched since the Qustconck first took
the waves in August, 1913, will be 122.
President Brush of the American In
ternational Shipbuilding Corporation Is
quite right in asking for respectful con-
sideration of the miracles wrought.
The miracle not consummated was
that Hog Island should exert any potent
force on terminating the war. But that
was because n greater miracle, engi-
neered by destiny. intervened and con :
verted the unprecedented shipyard into
an anticlimax.
BY dwelling too much on this circum =
stance, happy and yet ironical. due
praise of a superb performance, stimu =
lating to the American merchant ma
rine as no other single agency in our
history, has been sometimes withheld.
Sincere and generous appraisal is as
suredly in order.
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A REVOLT AND A WAR CLOUD

WAR in South America is infre-
w aucntly n topic for speculation in
the United States. Accustomed as we
are to the idea Of revolution there-pcr-
haps. indeed more used to it than is
warranted by actual fatts-our indiffcr-
encr TO the possibility Of armed strife
among the Latin republics far to the
south of us is equally habitual and
marked. Yet there exists in South
America q war root from which new
branches are constantly put forth.
One Of them is discernible in the re-
cent revolution IN Bolivia, which in sew
eral ways differs from typical Latin
uprising. The overthrow of President
Guerra seems to have been due primarily
to n wave of national sentiment against
n polcy which would definitely end Bo-
livia's chances of rcgaining the valuable
Pacific port Of Antofagasta, annexed by
Chile in 1879. The whole vexed Tacna-
africa question is thus rcopened.
Briefly summarized the facts are
these: In 1871 1883 Peru and Bolivia
fought disastrous war with Chile. AS
result Peru was forced to surrender
the rich nitrate province of Tarapaca
and also the two territories of Tacna
and africa. The fate of the latter,
however. was by the treaty of Ancon
to be determined by n plcbiscite, to be
held within ten years after the ratifi-
cation. No voting on this subject has
ever taken place. The losses of Bolivia
were mainly confined to the cession to
l'h;1o nf Art h,t file loft
her nation without u seacOast
Since the war bad feeling between
Peru and Chile has persisted, and
threats of another conflict have been
frequent. Bolivia. on the other hand,
has inclined toward pro- Chilean
policy. one Of the fruits of which was
the construction by Chile of n railway
running northwest from africa and pro-
viding direct line of communication
and the Pacific.
But the development of Peru has
lately eXertcd n considerable influence
on Bolivian sentiment Moreover, the
inland republic has been itself pro
crossing along substantial lines. A
movement sympathetic to Peru. which
like Bolivia has been a victim of despol-
mcnt, was almost inevitable.
The ethics of the Tacna -Arica-Anto-
foGasta question are exceedingly COM
plicated. The original causes of the
war of 1879 can be ascribcd. according
to the sympathics Of the analyst, to
any one of the three belligcrcnts. But
there is no doubt that the treaty of
AurolL has been violated and that Anto-
faga>ta was seized without formal
declaration Of war.
tt" new provisional government Of
Bolivia is apparently pro Peruvian. Its
alleged inrlinations intensity the
shadow of conflict in South America,
The League of Nations would be- per-
forming an invaluable service to the
western hemisphere could it adiudicate
tn" entIr" question and subject it to an
impartial inspection such as it has never
! yet received
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Answers to Saturdays Quiz

/. The Twelve Disciples were James,
the son of Zebedee; James the
son Of Alpheus; Simon Peter,
Simon. the Canaanite; Matthew,
John, Ancrew,- Philip Bartholo-
NEW, Thomas, kebbeus. whose sur
name, was Thaddeus; and Judas
Iscariot.
river OF British Guiana. south
America. 1t is about $50 miles
long and flows into the Atlantic
ocean.
3. The sackbut is an obsolete bass
trumpet; with a slide for altering
the pitch.
4, The Marquis de Lafayette was
wounded In the Battle of Brandy
wine in the American Revolution.
s. Had Andrew Johnson been founG
guilty in the famous impeachment
trial, BENJAMIN Wade, of Ohio,
president of the Senate, would
have become President of the
United States
G. Catastrophe literally means a sub
version or turning upside down of
things, from the Greek, "kata,"
down. and ''strepho," turn.
7. A rapid rise in the barometer means
unsettled weather.
8. Gamallel is Senator Harding's mid
die name.
o The word myriad originally meant
ten thousand, Now 1t Is used in
the sense of an indefinitely great
number
10. A bisseXtile is a leap. year, The
word IL derived from the Latin Ibis
sextilis" (annus) meaning a year
Containing the bissSxtus dies" or
coubled kebruary NJ J.;
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FRESH KINDLlNC

PEFORE old wounds have even
- begun to heal, new ones are being
mad" in many parts of Europe by
politicians and military men eager to
dramafj2" their own personalities
against the background Of opochal days.
Ih" French war Office sent half civil
l7"d African troops 20 occupy some Of
the German border cities. What fol-
lowed was to have been expected. There
was mild protest in England, flare of
wild resentment in Germany and, at
last, riots and an ugly record of out
RACES committed against white women
by intoxicated members Of the negro
contingent.
Lat"r II mob in Berlin tore down the
trl"o,or after it had been hoisted over
H." French embassy on Bastillc Day.
There was an apology from the German
Government. but troops. ordered out to
present formal salute TO the colors of
their cOnquerOrs. mutinied. A second
squad was assigned to this special duty.
4 jrcring mob hooted the soldiers while
IL" French ambassador and his staff
appeared in uniforms appropriate to a
state occasion to observe the ceremonial.
The salute was begun. 1t was not fin .
ishcd. The soldiers turned and marched
away chanting "Deutschland," the
original hymn of hate. The mobs roarcd
approval and the French ambassador
was left angered and confused.
The French will not soon forget the
blind insolpnce of the Germans on that
occasion. The Germans will always re.
member that they were bossed around or
their own soil by negro troops. What II
tho true origin of international hatred
Which came first, the hen or the egg
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From Ny Office Windows
IIGH up--hut not too high
IL | watch the storm clouds floating

TIIGH up--hut not too high
IL watch the storm clouds floating
by,
And after all tho heated hours,
Give thankful praise for cooling show
CTs;
The raindrops large and pattering fall,
Down comes IL" torrent, one and all,
On city street. far down below,
Seek any shcltering place to go.
4 doctor with a brand new crutch
Seems not TO mind drenching much,
But scarcely looking at the sky,
Runs to the hospital nearby
His mission is relieving pain,
1t matters not in sun or rain.
A sailor lad, with suit of blue,
SkipS lightly 10 II friendly door.
\ dainty maiden, full Of grace,
Takes refuge, also, at that place,
Where other people soon appear,
Until a little crowd is there,
And some, it's very plain to see,
Because they can no wetter be,
Walk calmly on at even pace,
And do not dcign to run a race
With unexpected summer showers
That always come at closing hours.
But, oh, how rare and sweet the air
That comes to SoOthe our every care,
The blessed, cooling summer rain,
That brings relief TO all again!
-. = G/s 49,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-19
KAISER DEFIED WILSON
He Can Have War II He Wants IT,
Emperor Wrote

Berlin, July 19.-IBy A. PD-
Failure Of frightfulness' might be the
title of the report just issued on the
second subcommittee Of the commission
Of investigation on President Wilson's
peace effort in 1915 and 1917. The
report, drawn up by Professor Sins.
heimer. formerly Socialist deputy. in.
diets Germany's military dictators for
rejecting a possible peace in favor OF
unrestricted submarine warfare The
gravest error, it says. was undercS.
timation of Americas resources.
The report finds the German public
was grossly misled and blames those in
authority for withholding knowledge Of
warning communications from Haniel
Won Haimhausen, foreign undersecrs.
tary; Franz Won Papen, ex -attache at
Washington, and others familiar with
the American situation.
A marginal note by the former
emperor to one document appended to
the report reads:
IAN end must be made once for all
to negotiations with America. II vii.
son wants war. he can have it."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-19

dent Wilson raised It first by urging
the Democrats in Delaware to vote for
the suffrage amendment on the grounds
OF party expediency and again by
urging the governor Of Tennessee to call
the Legislature in special session to
latify the amendment also on grounds
of party expediency. We have the
Democratic President and the Demo
cratic candidate for the preside pcy de-
libCratcly bringing pressure to bear from
the outside upon a sovereign state in an
effort to crush local objections to Il
policy which these men desire to ad-
vance for partisan purposes. If such
conduct does not make the fathers of
the Democracy rise from their graves
and rroteIt. then the ability of the dead
to revisit the glimpscs of the moon, is
not so great as some moderns would
have us believe.
Cox and Wilson both are exhibiting
themselves as opportunists and the To-
gitimatc descendants of the party
leaders who for the past fifty years have
attached themselves to all sorts Of
causes in the hope that they might find
one of sufficient popularity to carry
them into power. The Democracy is
not an equal suffrage party and never
has been. 1t has in the geographical
location of its greatest strength peculiar
reasons for being opposed to allowing
the women to vote. The women know
this. and when they have finished with
using the party for their purposes they
are likely to remember that the Re
publican party really gave them the
vote and has given to the country the
great progressive legislation of the past
bo1f a pnntury
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SPEAKING OF HEROES

ONLY a we'll developed sense of
~ humor and familiarity with the
superficial moods Of his own people
serve to keep cx service men safe from
ingrowiug cynicism. They were glori-
Gus doughboys few years ago. the
flower Of the land, the pride Of the ma
tion and the saviors of France. Moth
ing was too good for them in those
days. Yet for months the folk who
stayed at home have been blaming the
Increase of petty crimes of violence on
f'young men who learned rough and
wicked ways in the army" OF course,
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THE SILVER LINING

EVERYBODY knows that the aver.
IL age dweler in American cities
doesn't get enough physical exercise.
Golf. tennis and such are diversions for
which most people haven't time or
energy.
Walking is the best exercise in the
world. Any one who wishes TO eat
Ssleep, think and feel well ought to walk
at least three or four miles every day.
So, strange as it may seem. some
thing can be said in a pinch for the ten
cent trolley fares about which p. Il. 4.
directors are beginning to talk. If the
transit company is willing 70 adopt such
n method for the encouragement of mil -
lions Of its present patrons in the wavs
of health; il it is willing to sacrifice
its prosperity hnd its revenues to start
vast movement for health improve
ment, who shall say that IT isn't the
most foolish, and yet the most
benefcent, of all street railway cor
porations?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-19

the Hamburg American Line and the
American Ship and Commerce Corpor-
alton have not yet been worked out.
Chairman Benson, =, of the shipping
board, said today, but as soon as they
are the agreement will be made public.
1t is contemplated, the chairman
said, to allow Germany to reconstruct
her. shipping trade on a fifty fifty
basis.
Development of the former Hamburg
American Line routes by American
shipping is regarded by Chairman Ben =
son as major stroke in placing the
American merchant marine on sure
footing in competition with the mer-
camille fleets of the world.
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SOVIETS ARE REACHING OUT
Vienna May Be Headquarters for
Their Propauanda

Vienna, July 10.-(By A. P.)-The
agreement recently reached between
Austria and Soviet Russia for an ex-
change of prisoners apparently enters
into the diplomatic and political fields.
The text of the agreement shows that
it provides for the establishment of COM
missions by each country, these commits
sions to have diplomatic immunity, the
privilege of free wireless communication
in code and unhampered travel. 1t
stipulates also that Austria is to main
tain strict neutrality in wars against
the Soviets.
The agreement is commented upon
by foreign diplomatic experts here as a
possible means Of making Vienna the
headquarters for Soviet propaganda in
central and eastern Europe and paving
the way to closer relations.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-19
What Do You Kno,u?
QUIZ

/. How many ballots were taken before
James NJ. Cox received the Demo-
cratic nomination for President?
., What were the names of the Three
Wise Men of the East?
3. What are persennes?
A. What Is a nom de guerre"?
5. Who said mo man is a hero to his
own valet?
G. Why is'a fearful person sometimes
called a Niobe?
z Name two states to which the title
Mother of Presidents" has been
ascribed
s. Where is Spa?
9. How do the words "protege" and
'protegee" differ in meaning?
10. What Is a quadriga?
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COAL

nNHERE is enough anthracite under
Il the ground in this state to meet
the needs of the population for
some thousands of years. But the price
of coal is going up and it will go higher.
Even a casual reading of the newspapers
shows why the law of supply and de
mand doesn't operate 70 get anthracite
out Of the list of luxuries.
About 1000 miners at Wilkes Barre
have organized the pewest strike be-
! Iatuse they disagree with a system of
&cation introduced by ,tha mine
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A FouR.rEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA

Things on which the people expect
the new administration to concen-
Uste Its attentions
Tie DeAitoare ,iver bridge.
drudook big enough to dccommo-
:. date the largest ships.
Development OF the rdpid transit svs.
A conpention hall
a building for the Free Library.
IA Art Museum,
Enlargement Of the toater supply.
ton
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-19

A British naval expert points out
that four years hence the American
navy will outrank the British in first
class ships and guns. The British have
laid down no man of-war of any kind
since November, 1918. The naval ex-
pert does not say why. Perhaps the
British believe that all sea ships are
destined to be useless in the next war,
and that all battles will be fought in
the air
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Army AvIators Burned to Death

Oklahoma City, okla, July 10.-(Bv
A. PO-Lieutenant Rollo Brown and
his mechanician, Sergeant George
Burleson, both from Post Field, Fort
Sill, Okla, were burned to death here
yesterday when plane. piloted bv
Brown, fell about seventy feet and
burst into flames.
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JUG0.SLAVS FOR PEACE
Try to AIIay Bad Feeling Toward
Italy

Italy
BeIgPde, July 19.-(By A. P.)-
The recent clash between Italians and
Jugo- SlavS at Spalato and the anti
Slav demonstration at Trieste have
caused much bad feeling here against
Italy, which the government is at
tempting to counteract.
Addressing the Serbian parliament
yesterday, the president of the council
declared Serbia had always considered
herself an ally of Italy. Later he ex-
pressed to the Havas his regret that
tension existed between the Italians
and Jugo Slavs.
He declared his intention to urge the
Allies for an immediate delimitation of
the frontier between Italy and the king.
dom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-19

Mrs. c. c. Gait says that for the
Republicans to bring the suffrage
amendment within one state of ratifi-
cation and then leave it there is moth
ing short Of betraying the women of
the country. Though it may be said
for Mrs. Gait that she wants what
she wants when she wants it, it cannot
be added that her desires are ever ac-
companied by sweet reasonableness.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-19

1t is to be hoped that German COM
pliance with the Spa demands will re-
lcve the coal shortage in this country.
This seems n long shot. but every ship
loaded with coal for overseas proves it
may hit the mark.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-19

Bridge opponents have now TWEEN
ty four hours ahead of them in which
to think up reason why Council
should not pass an enabling ordinance.
1t would take longer than that to think
Of good one.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-19

Statistics compiled at national
headquarters show that the Girl Scouts
of Philadelphia are better cooks than
those of any other city. "Oh, fudge :"
cry the other girls. "No; home cook :
ing" reply our own.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-19

Yacht directors were satisfied early
on Saturday that the Resolute would
come back" and were even convinced
in their own minds as to her position,
first or second.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-19

II we rightly understand Mr.. Bar
low, there would have been nothing
left of the third party If the rules re-
Quircd the leaving Of hardware outside,
for those who were not nuts we're bolts.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-19

One can never tell how a woman
is going to play political poker. Sena-
tor Harding is doubtless hoping that
when the anti suffragists See him
they won't also "calp' him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-19

There is feeling of incomplete
ness in the news that Hog Island will
close down with the launching of its
122d ship. &One more would have made
it one, two, three and away.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-19

We are doing our darndest to
grow excited over this yacht race
thing. but we've got to admit that 4
hasn't the punch of homer by Babe
Ruth.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-19

The finding of the Lusitania life
belt encourages the hope that there is
somewhere afloat clue to the mystery
Of the Cyclops.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-19

Taking it by and large. there is no
man quite so competent in the matter
of throwing bouquets at himself as the
fisherman-any fisherman.
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Prohibition workers
The Barley Bree

Prohibition workers
The Barley Bree in Scotland say
people there are
about ready for total abstinence, as they
have been sickcncd by the "atrOcious"
quality of the whisky received from
America. On the other hand, it might
spur them TO make the kind they -prefeA,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-19

To Say that the third party has
some Glass" to il is to condemn 1t
rather than to praise IL.
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Only when the races are over Will
the yachting experts be able to say with
understanding and surety. "Ah, that's
how the wind is blowing.'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-19

Win or lose, Sir Thomas is a good
old sport and Hail Columbia likes the
cut Of his jib.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-19

Eugene Debs probably believes that
members of the third party are nothing
more or less than bunch of mug
wumps.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-19

Lack Of wind delays yacht race.
Wherein yacht race differs from
political convention.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-19

We look forward to the day when
Fairmount Park will have its one
piece bathing suit problem.
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SHORT CUTS

Los Angeles is unwittingly win =
ming its right to the name of Quake
City. =
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-19

Add can Dressed Up, Place to
Go. but No Car to Go In: Wheat,
coal. building material and packing
products.
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cANNY GOVERNOR cox
TRAILS A RED HERRING
He Seems to Think He Can Divert
Attention From Democratic Hos
tility to Equal Suffrage


tility to Equal Suffrage
GOVERNOR COX is a canny poll
~ tcian. He knows when it is ex-
pedient TO divert attention from the
shortcomings of his own party and to
direct attention to another issue.
A.. an expert in drawing n red herring
across the trail he has little to learn.
These reflections are suggested by his
remarks to the delega ton from the Ma
tional Womans party which asked him
TO urge the Tennessee Legislature to
ratify the equal suffrage amendment.
He was told by some of the most mill
tant of the women that IL Tennessee did
not ratify it the Democratic party
would be held responsible.
The Governor had not forgotten what
Senator Harding had said few days
earlier about the progress of ratitica
ton. The Senator called attention to
the fact that twenty nine Republican
| Legislatures approved the equal suf-
frage amendment and that only six
Democratic Legislatures had ratified it,
and he said that its submission to the
SUITES was dllUtIlhpN ny u ItDuplNuu
Congress 1t has been actually rejected
by seven Democratic Legislatures and
by only one Republican Legislature
which has considered it. He might have
said that there are only two Republi-
can states remaining in which no ac-
tion has been taken. and that the reason
action is postponed is that the existing
Legislatures were elected before Con-
gress had passed the amendment, and
that the governors of these states pre-
ferred to allow the people to elect new
Legislatures with ratification as an
issue in the campaign. In Connecticut
the Republican state convention has
approved the amendment, and in Yer
mont a majority of the present Lcgis-
lature favors it. 1t is reasonable to
assume that these states will ratify
next winter.
The section of the country in which
the Democratic party is strongest is
| opposed for local reasons to equal suf-
fragc. Only Texas and Arizona Of the
states constituting the solid South have
ratified the amendment. 1t has been
rejected in all the rest OF the South.
save in Tennessee and in North Caro-
lima Unless favorable action is taken
in one or the other of these states in
the near future. the women will not be
privileged to vote this year. save in
states whore the vote has been given to
them by local action. This is why the
suffragists are concentrating their at
hn nn,,p,ro l., Nd tn 30