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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-12

Experiments have been made with
busses in New York for many months
and IL seems to have been demon
strated that they can be operated at
profit with FIVE cent fare. The Mayor
of that city insists that the street rail :
way systems have broken down and
must give way to more modern and
flexible system Of transportation such as
can be secured by the use Of automo-
biles, running without tracks and with
out overhead or underground wires.
He may be ten or twenty years ahead
OF the times, but It is inevitable that
vehicle carrying its own motor power
will ultimately supersede the present
street cars operated from central
power house just as the electric cars
have superseded the horse cars of TWEEN
y-five or thirty years ago. But while
New York is agitating the question,
Philadelphia seems disposed to frown
upon the notorious.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-12
WHY DON'T PEOPLE VOTE?

A BOUT 100000 women were en-
4 \ titled to vote in the last presi-
dental election and $4,000, 900 men,
making a total of 10000, 900 eligible
voters. But only Is, 500, 900 votes were
cast. Less than two out of every three
voters went to the polls. In Illinois,
with a total adult population of 8 900,
600, the presidential vote, including
that cast by women, was 2,200,00 It
has been estimated that the ratification
of the suffrage amendment will add
25.OOO, 900 to the number of qualified
voters, but the most enthusiastic suf-
fragiSt cannot find justification for the
belief that the vote for the presidential
electors will be doubled.
The men who have been interested
in politics for years do not 60 TO the
polls with any degree Of unanimity.
The women, many of whom are in
different tc politics, have voted where
they have the suffrage in much smaller
proportion than the men.
II the women, after they are politi-
cally enfranchised, can discover why
men do not vote and can then induce
them to 60 to the polls, they will serve
their country well. Most of the po-
litical abuses arise from the indifference
of the electorate. We delegate govern =
ment to the professional politicians and
then damn them because they misbe-
have. The women may change all this
and then again they may not.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-12
At SUNSET

TV'NING gathers shadows by the way,
T. Just as the splendor of the sun
sinks low;
Youth, with its buoyant courage from
the day,
Breaks forth beneath the tender,
dusky glow.
And, as gaze in wonder at the sight,
While yet the shadows darken on the
hills,
A sense Of awe steals through the veil
ing light;
My heart leaps up to hear the Soul
that thrills.
Thereon my fancy sculptures things
most rare,
Where He erects a gold and silver
throne
Mans goal of yearning; past our world
SO fair
We build a dream Of silence, deep
unknown.
The purple lighted islands are no more
But heavens jeweled crown forever
CLOVIS;
There Is no cruel solitude In store,
Dream far off stars, till tho greater
Brightness flows
Charlotte Carson -Talcott, In the To-
ronto Mail and Express.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-12
AN AWFUL RESPONSIBILITY

WHILE it has for some time been
w obvious that daintily tinted cheeks
are incapable of blushing for their Of
fense, it cannot be said that the other
sex has been seriously alive to any re-
sponsibility. Mrs. George F. Pashley,
of New York, state superintendent Of
the Women's Christian Union, is, how :
ever, true daughter of Eve. Men, "
she declares in her excoriation of the
increased use of cosmetics by "nice, re-
fined people, young women and mere
girls" "got US into this fix and they
ought to help us to get out"
Here for once is fiat contradiction of
Senor Blasco Ibanez's opinion that
women are the dominant force in the
American community. Is the sterner
sex aware of this awful power? Does it
know that it mentally cried "lipsticks"
and femininity in one concerted gesture
lifted them to outdo nature? Does it
know that the mere command "as you
were will restore the blush of charm
to the cheek of modesty? If it doesn' t
it is time for mere males to decide
whether it views the present fashion
with pride or points to it with alarm.
For the old Adam, at least according to
Mrs. Pashley, is still the tyrannous
director Of the eternal Eve.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-12

of years." he asserted. "The trouble Is
that it has had to work along on an
inadequate income and thus hampered
to meet the exigencies of a changing
condition which has transformed Phila
delphia from a city of homes to a city
of factories.
Sees No Hope in Electing Board
II can see no hope for bettcrment OF
the educational conditions in this city
by the method often ADVOCATED of elect
ing Board of Education by ballot. One
reform that we need badly is the short
ballot.
The history of elections in this city
has shown that a Board of Education
chosen in that way would not be one
from which we could expect real benefit
along educational lines. OF the last
fifteen mayors elected in the city prob
ably not more than two would be com =
petent to act as members of the Board
of Education"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-12
SAYS BOLSHEWSTS
SLEW AMERICANS
Chauffeur of Dr.. FriedIander
and DR.. Cantor Tells Of Re-
lief Workers. Deaths
BY the Associated Press

Warsaw, July 12.-Dr. Israel Fried
lander, professor of biblical literature
at the Jewish Theological Seminary, in
New York, and Bernard Cantor, also OF
New York, who lost their lives on July
2, near Yormolince in the Ukraine, were
killed by three men wearing Bolshevist
uniforms, according to information re-
ceived at the Warsaw headquarters Of
the American joint distribution commit
tee, to which both the victims were at
tached. r<
Doctor Friedlander and Doctor Cantor
had distributed more than 1000, 200
marks in their relief work, and were
preparing to leave the region in the
Ukraine near which General Budenny
was operating with his Bolshevist cav
airy. According to the story related by
the chauffeur who was driving the car
in which they were travelling, the armed
bandits stopped the automobile and de-
manded money.
The chauffeur, who spoke Russian,
explained to the bandits that both the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-12

The immigration law is being criti =
cized in some quarters because under
Its provisions Yucatan merchant and
his wife, whose daughter is being edu :
Gated in Massachusetts, school, are
cannot read thirty words in EngIish or
any other language; and this despite
the fact that the law fails to keen ont
the agitator or the confidence man.
Apart from the fact that no law was
ever framed that did not work injustice
on some person, 1t should be remem
bered that the literacy test never nre :
tended to solve the question Of fitness
for citizenship. 1t was frankly a plan
to reduce immigration at a time when
such reduction seemed necessary. And
since no lawmakers can be expected Ia
foresee all contingencies, custom sooner
or later sees to it that every law 10 snn-
plemented by the application of common
sense.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-12
STREET CAR OF THE FUTURE

MhbN mayor iylan, OF New York,
w said that he failed to see the equity
or Justice in compelling the public to
pay further tribute to the street rail
way monopolies in order to preserve
them from the effects of their own mis-
management and the effects of Wall
street stock jobbing operations he put in
words what many people in this city as
well as in New York have been think
Ing,
His remarks were made In connection
with his suggestion for a system of bus
iines TO serve the people at a five cent
fare. His plan is for the incorporation
OF company to operate the buses
under the direction of the city. He
would insure an adequate return on the
sctral amount of money invested with
10 capitalization OF franchise privileges.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-12

A classic, at once
Alcoholic Content modern and anti :
quated, tells Of a
tentatively reformed tank who, after
swallowing his beer, declared with self
satisfied JUNCTION, We'll, heaven knows
| asked for buttermilk !" The story
now needs revision. Delaware's state
chemist has found as much as 3 per
containing only half of / per cent the
story should wind up with the man
drinking the buttermilk and declaring,
-'Well, heaven knows I asked for
beer :"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-12
A FouR.YEAR PROGRAM FOB
t PHILADELPHIA

Things on which the people expect
the new administration 20 conceh-
trate its attention;
The De- Itcare river bridge.
A drydock bio enough to dceommo-
date the largest ships.
DEVELOPMENT OF the rapid transit syS.
tenn.
A convention hall
A building for the FREQ Library.
IN Art Museum.
Enlargement of the t1dter- supply,
Homes to accommodate the poputo-
ton.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-12

Washington, July
G. Washington IL - (By Ouija
HOnored Board) - President
Wilson, having di.
rected the award of a distinguished
service cross to General p. c. Marsh
for extraordinary heroism in action be-
fore Manila, p. l., August 13, 1898,
has decided to. justify his position as
historian by going back a little further.
distinguished service cross to George
Washington (deceased) for gallant
service during the Revolutionary War.
The citation refers to the crossing of
the Delaware and the capture of the
British force at Trenton.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-12
So that they mig

So that they might not 60 hungry
to Harding, General T. Coleman du
Pont cooked and served breakfast for
his party on arrival at Marion, o.
Though Senator Harding has not vet
met Governor Cox's lead in the matter
Of cooking lamb chops for newspaper
men, 1t will be seen that there are
those among his adherents who are
able to provide for the hungry. II
would really appear as though the
presidential stakes were not wholly un :
connected with steaks of another kind,
and that ability of party leaders to cook
is to be a factor in the coming cam :
paign.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-12

If Cox is elected President and
appoints Edwards head Of the Depart
ment Of Justice, remarked the Man
With the White Apron, oh, how very,
very happy we shall be! The trouble
with the Man With the White Apron
is that he used only one ''if." No Re-
publican wants to see Cox elected, but
no American believes that he would do
other than enforce the laws, including
the one fathered by Mr.. Yolstead.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-12
TAMPIC0 WORKMEN STRIKE
Railway Lines In Two Mexican
States Cut by Rebels

Mexico City, July 12.-The railway
line between Mexico City and Nueyo
Laredo has been cut by rebels at Santa
Elena, in the state of Coahuila, near
the northeastern boundary Of that state
and Zacatecas. according to newspaper
dispatches today.
A dispatch to the Heraldo reports 3
strike of considerable magnitude at
Tampto the street car men e orSs: bakers
and leaders having gone. out, it is de-
clared.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-12

A local magistrate asks q woman
If her husband was in his right mind
when he married her and she replies
that he told her he was: But are men
always truthful when they talk to
women?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-12

Hiram, you have strong opinions,
And you do not always mince 'ena.
You assail opponent minions,
And although you can't convince 'em,
Faith. you certainly can tire 'em,
Hiram!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-12

Brave men have lived and died
since the world began, but history fails
to record a case more stoical than that
of the Chicago surgeon who sliced
twelve inches of flesh from his leg and
grated it on the foot and ankle Of his
wife, the victim of an automobile acci-
dent
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-12

Elaborate means have been devised
for the selection of the Judges Of the
high court of international justice but
real interest is going to center on the
appointment Of its sheriff and sergeant
at arms.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-12
The Lure Of
Romance

The delegate Of the
The Lure OF Belgian shipowners
Romance to the international
labor conference in
Genoa charges unfair methods on the
part Of America because the attorney
for the Seamen's Union of North
America appeals. it is said, to seamen
to join the American merchant marine
and offers inducements. In the absence
OF all the facts, we are unable to say
whether or not the charge is well
founded. On the face of it the solicita
ton seems as though it might be per-
fectly fair. The one sad note is that
such solicitation should be necessary.
Before we can rule the waves our boys
must have a longing for deep water.
What the country needs is a school Of
writer's Of stirring sea stories.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-12

Mr.. McAdoo says truly that all
Americans revere the constitution
"even with the eighteenth amend
ment." But there are, Of course,
thirsty ones who insist on interpreta- :
tive reservations.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-12

As an aid to General Humidity In
the matter Of taking the starch out Of
you, please remember that nobody cares
a continental how hot you are.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-12
Answers to SATURDAYS Quiz

Answers to Saturdays Quiz
1. Lindley M. Garrison was the frst
secretary Of war in the cabinet Of
President Wilson.
2. De la Huerta, the name of ths pres-
ent provisional president of Mexico
means ''of the garden"
3. On July IT, 1889, Lafayette nro-
posed the combination of the coIoTs
of Paris, red and blue, with the old
royal white, into the combina tion
of the famous trlcolor of France,
4. -Four generals prominent on the
American side In the Revolutionary
War were Washington, Greene
Gates and Wayne.
s. The French expression "a has"
means "down With!
6. Sixty geographical miles mako a
degree.
z. "shinplasters" were formerly pi.c.s
of deprecated American paper
money, or paper money of dei,ofni.
nation less than a dollar.
8. A corbie Is q raven or a carriop
crow. Tho word Is Scotch.
0. The word molasses is from the Por.
tuguese 'melaco." derived from the
Latin incl. melis." honey. '
TO- 1t is a plural word. treated as sin
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-12

With difficulty we keep back the
salt, salt tears when we think Of the
poor kids who are forced to play ball
or go swimming just because the schools
are closed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-12

OF course, the p. r. T. realizes
that rates are like chairmen. and those
that are temporary" are frequently
made permanent.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-12

Our guess is that It will be case
OF Back to the porch, HiramW
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-12

There is at least reasonable hope
that frisky Fritz has been frisked at
last.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-12

The front-porch habit is at least
conducive to the careful reading Of the
newspapers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-12
Member of the Associated Press

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS
ercFusivefp entitled to the use for
republication of oil neios dispatches
credited to 10 or not othertoise credited
IN fhis paper, and also the local neicS
published therein.
All rights Of republication Of specid!
dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-12
The Tee.Pot

If the yacht racing
The Tee.Po game again proves
disappointment to
Sir Thomas Upton he might try q
combination of golf and poker.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-12

One thing on which the Allies are
happily agreed is that Germany is not
to be trusted.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-12
What Do You Kno,o?

QUIZ
1. What is the feminine of viceroy?
2. How could the eighteenth amend
ment to the constitution be re-
pealed?
s. What is the largest American eitv
west OF the Rocky mountains?
T. Where is the Bay OF Bengal?
s. Who is the present premier of italy?
6. What is the meaning of the French
phrase sans souci"?
7. How should 1t be pronounced?
8. What is a qu!ddlty?
0. Who was Henry Gassaway pav,sp
10. What number has been regarded as
unlucky In association with kings :?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-12

Panaceas are popular at third
party conventions. They can't live
anywhere else.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-12

- No matter how much the P. r. T.
may disagree with various legal rulings,
you never hear IL calling, ''No fare !"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-12
SHORT CUTS

Suffrage appears to be meeting will
inclement weather In Vermont. q
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-12

The administration says in effect,
"You may trade with Russia If you
will, but we dare you to do i'll" ....
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-12

There is danger in the island down
the river that Hog will be turned into
Scrapple.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-12

The campaign to prohibit the mar
riage Of Divorces may be construed as
an attempt to queer the show business.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-12

As though the third party idea Is
not sufficiently dead, there is still talk
of nominating La Toilette.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-12

The High Cost Of Lying Is but an
Incentive to the panacea business.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-12

~ Address oil Communications to Erenir0
Public Ledger. Independence Square
Phifodsfphiu.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-20

men came from the Irish family
class. Part Of the designations are
attributable to the constant dread
in which the police are nov forced
to live in anxious apprehension Of
attack.
The recruits from acros the
channel and soldiers specially de-
|tached for police duty are nicknamed
the "Black-and-Tans."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-20

Race winnings Aid Ruined T0wun
PARrS-Six million francs N14
100000 At par) Of the prodfs o<
French race-course parf-mutueiH|
viii 90 70 help rebuild ruined
French towns
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-20

the hospital with both legs broksu'
as a result Of riding down 9 steep
embankment on his bicycle. The
wheel twisted.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-20

LOS ANCELEs-The widest
Would Close widest Cafe"
cafe in California" 10 the title given
The Log Cabin" a cafe and dance
hall IN Laurel Canyon. BY Mrs. j..
H Aagsrd. She wants an injunc-
ton TO close the place.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-20
Lady Clerks Enjoy Smokes and Loaf

LoNDON-A little scandal In
government i~neficiency Is being re-
vealed. Two lady clerks. enjoying
cigarets and reclining at ease on a
couple Of chairs EACH" Ia the wa.
Trevelyan Thompson, M. p, de
scribed a visit to one of the govern
ment departments to the Labor Ex-
change inquiry Committee.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-20

Oohsaouiary Hestgnations HecesVeo-
By The Associated Press.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. from the
ranks OF the Royal Irish Constab-
ulsry continue 20 increase and are
now about two hundred a month.
Recruits 10 take the places Of the
men who quit are nov mostly men
from England, e~x-servfce men and
others attracted by the pay of 70.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-20

Daredevil Riding Days Over.
COLUMBUS. Ono more dare
devil riding for this boy Jack
Arnold. fifteen, messenger boy, is In
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-20

Free Auto Ride, Cost Him Plenty
AKRON-Frank Reisier was Of
fered a free auto ride" II was hot
and he accepted. Now police alre
looking for the men who took s45
from Franks pockets.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-20

SAN DIEGO-"chooss your
weapons-I'm no censor of this
towns table manners" snvs = y"
town soda dispenser. And 50 when
a patron orders PIE a IA ~.-
'th a fork and spoon beside
the dish. 49,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-20

WASHINGTON. Robert +.
Whitehead, new United States com
missioner Of patents. has been IN
this department since 1902.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-11-04

tions. She is a graduate of Indiana university, and for several years has been a teacher and writer in Alaska
 When the wedding day was set for June a year ago, MT. Watts was superintendent of the Standard Oil Company's coal mines at Schoper, III. Two days before he was to leave for Seward the house in which he and two of his assistants lived was struck by lightning. Electric eXploders stored within were set off, with the result that the build ing and it's entire contents, including a safe which held practically all the lifetime savings of the three men, was yawning pit. The Mon- day night on which the explosion occurred was the first for more than a year on which the occupants were out of the house. A few days later MT Watts himself was struck by lightning. He was believed to have been killed and the coroner had been summoned when signs of life were noticed and he was carried away to hospital. Two weeks passed before he regained conscious ness.
 Last spring he went to Seattle, in- tending to take passage for Cordova, where Miss Wright was then living, but found that on account of the unprecedentedly heavy tourist travel to the north all accommodations were sold out for months ahead
 MT. Watts seemed to be blessed with nine lives. In addition to be- ing a survivor of the Iriquois the ater fire in Chncago, and of the Mis- sion Athletic club fire in St. Louis, several years ago. in which his room death. he has lived through sieges of flu" and pneumonia, three gun shot wounds inflicted by desperate criminals whom he was bringing to justice while ill the United States secret service, and on the third of August last, while coming to Long Beach from Mojave, was one of the passengers on a train struck by a runaway car of dynamite near ~Sau- gus.
 MT and Mrs. Watts will make their home at 936 East Fourth street in this city. 8
The Cordova daily times., 1920-11-04
l COL. CORVALLIS HERE ,
 ON WAY TO CAMP LEWIS

Capt J. c. Gotwals, engineer for the Alaska road. commission, greet ed Cordova friends last night. He came from Nome as far as La touch and is passenger aboard
 the Northwestern for Camp Lewis to undergo examination for promo tion to major. In speaking of con- ditions at Nome Capt Gotwals is very optimistic as to the future of Seward peninsula, believing that the fur trade and reindeer industry will prove valuable assets for that sec tion. The principal mining is being done on Dime creek, where some platinum is found in the gold. He reports that the new harbor at Nome is about sixty per cent completed;