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W- Fixia jjunnio. ..... ...,,. .-33 Hue Louie le arana SUBSCRIPTION TERM J nr carrier, Dittr Own, elt centa, Br mall, poilrald utalde of Philadelphia, except where forelrn poitace la required, mm Omlt, one month, twenty-rive centa: Dti.T Oslt, one year, three dollari. All mall eub acrtptlom payable In advance. BELL, 3000 'WALNUT KirVSTONE.MAWSOOO 1 tV Addrtta all communication lo Bvenltijr Ltdetr, Independence Stuart, DMadelpMa. nTiaD at tu rmi.iBH.rni rosTOrrici ia ereona cms mil- uattu. ritlLADELl'IltA, WtDMESDAY, MAHCII 3, 191(1. rr It takes Uoo Hows to start a flght; one blow may reveal a coward or a strong man. An Initial Victory for Good Housing TUB Houso yesterday refused to bo mndo a party to Uio Infamous schema to take from tho poor of Philadelphia the protec tion of an adequato housing law, a protection guaranteed by tho last Legislature but up to this time nullified by Councils. A chango of four votes would have car ried tho Iniquitous and toothless measure Which was designed to foist on Philadelphia a. substitute and worthless housing act. Twenty-seven Representatives from Phila delphia voted In favor of backsliding and nine did not vote at all. But thoro wero five Phlladclphlans who stood fast for decency, respectability, honest housing nnd vindication of the authority of (fho State. Their votes determined tho lsauo and mode possible- tho defeat of tho utterly lndefcnslblo measure which their colleagues Indorsed. Tho names of the flvo who voted as good and truo men might bo expected to voto are Forster, Gloss, McClIntock, "Wilson and Wo bensmlth. Part of the Donkey Goes Ilome CONGRESS adjourns tonight. Many of tho members will never return to Washing ton. That thoy havo been there at all only their Immediate constituents know. Probably In no other Congress has Individ uality been so obscured. A few big men have dono all the talking and all tho leading, under specific directions from tho Whlto Houso. There have been no stars on tho team which Mr. Wilson captained. Now and then a Demosthenes hns bobbed up only to bob down again Just as quickly. Few national reputations havo been made Of the few members who are well-known practically all wero well-known before this Congress sat. "Whatever It has achieved theso few men havo achieved. Tho highest encomium tho others havo earned Is that they wero faithful followers, docile nnd obedient unto the end. That much legislation of value was enacted Is truo: that moro which was worse than valueless was enacted Is also true. But what tho Democratic party set out to do It has done. There aro no oxcusos. It stands by Its record and by that record It must bo Judged. Tho Congress was In the hollow of tho Presi dent's hand and what he willed It to do it did. How many readers can namo ten, or oven Ave, of the Representatives who go Into re tirement? The Appeal to Caesar GOVERNOR BRUMBAUGH has appealed to Caesar. The Organization Is attempt ing to prevent the passage of his local option bill, but he knows tho people of tho Common wealth aro behind hlra. He has Berved notice that unless tho bill is passed he will orguo his appeal before the court of the whole peo ple. Then, let the Machine legislators hold fcack If they dare. Tho power Is In the hands of the voters, "whenever thoy chooso io exorclso It. Popu larity Is the breath of life to the politician. Without It ho dies'. No leader, howovcr arro gant he may pretend to be, dares stand In tho Way of the undoubted will of the majority. Tho Governor Is displaying In this fight those qualities which his supporters' behoved he possessed. If ho persists and meets oppo sition in Harrlsburg by firing the conscience tof the voters outside of the capital on the local option question, and on overy other ejuestlon with which he cornea to an lssuo with the Organization, we shall know that there Js a real man, as well as a consistent American, presiding In the Capitol. Peace Will Be Made by the Navies MASTERY of the sea In this war means maBtery of the land also. The block ade of Germany cannot be made effective If the blockadera are weak on tho water. If Germany baa ships enough and audacious commanders, skilful In their operation, she can destroy the blockading fleets : but. If her navy Is unable to copo with tho sea force of the AHlea, Germany Is doomed. She is fenced In by Russia and France on the land. At present her only outlets to the rest of the world are by the Balkan States, Italy, tho Netherlands, and the Scandinavian countries. Tho door of Turkey Is closed to her by the naval operations In the Daraanelles. Tho allied fleets control the Mediterranean, and if it shall seem necessary Italy will throw tho weight of her Influence with the Allies and prevent the shipment of food and armament across the frontier. The French and British floeta can control the Dutoli trade by hold ing up all ships headed for Dutch ports and stopping supplies Intended for the Kaiser. Danish, Norwegian and Swedish porta can be controlled In the name way. Thus, In the event of the failure of the German navy to drive oft the blookadera, the war will be transformed Into a aleye, and the slow work of starving the German, nation Into en (Tender will begin. There can be but one outeo- The German strategists foresaw such an outcome ami they have been working at fever beat for years to build a navy that should sve the empire In the great crisis which they knew was Impending. If the German diplomatists had succeeded in keep ing Urtat Britain out of the fight their plans VfouW have carried successfully. -4 navy uf un-eusury foj Germany and It te ten tlnus mu.e ntussary for the Unlte4 States Ve an u. suooi osfully ati&ufc4 b tjrelgu foe only by sea. Canada, 1 t vSsgTift EVENING LEDGEB PHILADELPHIA. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 3, 1915. small nnd too weak successfully to menace us without reinforcements from tho mother country. Theso reinforcements cannot bo landed, after war has broken out, If wo havo n fleet In tho Atlantic adequato to our needs. And no Power without American possessions can bring troops across cither tho Atlantic or tho Pacific Ocean for making war upon us provided wo aro strong on tho sea. No war Is In prospect for us at tho present time, and tho surest way to pro vent war Is to let tho whole world know that wo nro nblo to sink both battleships and transports that seek to cross tho ocean to molest us. It was an American who dem onstrated thnt tho destinies of nations de pond on their strength on tho sea. America should profit by tho lesson which he taught nnd keep on building ships as tho best In surance of peace. Fight! The Issue Is Worth the Haltlc THE transtt sltuntlon resolves Itself Into this: Tho Taylor program has been squarely be fore tho public for months. No argument of any weight ngalnit It has been found. Every attack on Its merits has been met and tho opponents of tho plan have been driven back, In most cases with humiliation. From tho engineering viewpoint, the plan in confessedly a triumph. From the financial viewpoint, It has been demonstrated that tho city Is amply ablo to finance tho great project without putting any additional burden whatovcr on tho taxpayers. Tho objections of Mr. McNlchol and his friends were shot full of holes at the legis lative hearing. Tho position of Mr. Stotesbury Is an Indig nant denial that he could be responsible for or havo anything lo do with tho Infamous ordinance reported out by the Finance Com mittee. Ills company was for tho Taylor plan last May nnd still Id. It doubts merely Its ability to finance Its own part of tho pro gram, which Is for equipment and oporntlon and has nothing whatovcr to do with construction. The opponents of rapid transit, having been repeatedly whipped In tho open, have re sorted to a trick ordinance, by means of which, while ostensibly working for rapid transit, they oxpect to kill tho whole under taking and bury it beyond hopo of resurrec tion. It IS to prevent such an outrage that citi zens aro called on to march to Councils to morrow afternoon and demand a squaro deal. There aro two things on which they must Insist; first, that tho ordinance reported out bo repudiated; second, that tho legal ord nances prepared by tho Department of City Transit be passed. A Great Battle in November THE woman suffrage amendment was ie ported out of committee yesterday. Enough favorable votes havo been pledged In tho Senate to assure Its passage It has al ready passed the House. It Is practically certain, therefore, that tho electorate will havo an opportunity In No vember to voto on the question. That Is all tho women havo asked or expected to get. It Is understood, of course, that political exports aro not worrlod; for thoy aro quite confident that thev will bo ablo to Uno up enough votes to "defeat the amendment. The people, however, have a way of voting right on moral questions. A consclenco vote can never ho controlled. And tho right of women to voto Is essentially a moral lssuo, for It 13 against all Amorlcan prlnclplo that the accident of birth should determine tho political rights and privileges of Inhabitants. Tho Stato is assured of ono of tho most spectacular and energetic campaigns it has ever witnessed. The Illghway to Death r!D3 laws of tho Medes and Persians wero mero temporary rules In comparison with tho Immutable laws of righteousness. And tho penalties for violation of human statutes nro as uncertain as tho wind in comparison with the lnovltableness of tho punishments which follow tho violation of tho eternal naturnl laws. Tho horriblo Windsor Hotel tragedy is an Illustration of what follows tho attempt to Ignoro them. Tho man and woman obeyed tho commands of passion. They disregarded tho laws of society. They ncted as though they wero a law unto them selves, with no obligation to respect tho claims of others or the claims of tho com munity at large. Violent death at tho hands of another lay at the end of tho path for tho unfortunate woman, nnd death by his own hand was the fato of tho man. Whoever plays with passion In this way is toying with destruction. Forces moro power ful than he are lurking in tho shadows as ho moves along the street and he knows not when they will fall upon him. And a woman lured on by the dulcet tones of deslro finds herself, before she Is aware, face to faco with destruction. Thero may be apparent excep tions, but tho nowB columns of the news papers are filled with proof every week that the strait and narrow path Is tho way which leads to life and peace. Reports from St. Petersburg aro more In teresting than those from Petrograd. The outer defenses of the Dardanelles seem to havo been largely psychological. It looks as If the men would have to como out Into the open In November and let their wives know whether they favor equal suff rage or not. The urgent deficiency bill calls for an ap propriation of 886,000, or only a llttlo more than his usual-monthly delloteuoy seems to the man living beyond his means. Delaware has decided to retain tho whip ping post. Too bad that It has not authority to order that one be set up in the courtyard of the City Hell here for tho benefit of those deserving stripe"- "Billy" Sunday does not go far enough, If the church members had been as active as they should there would not have been single PhlladelplOan untouched by the ap peal to lead a better Ufa. Cecil Chesterton may be a very brilliant and amiable gentleman, but the British Gov ernment wishes It distinctly understood that be is not an ofilcial Ambassador commis sioned with defending Its ease In America. So it appears, that hi remarks must get thJr weight ffuin that of his more brilliant fettlthw "fi. V& TERRE HAUTE'S YEAR UNDER NERO City Hall in Possession of tho Faith ful, Who Fattened on Contracts and the Tainted Tribute of the Tenderloin Fairbanks' Beer and Fairbanks. By IRWIN L. GORDON III. "milE year under Nero" began In Terro JLtlnuto when Donn M. Roberts was elected Mayor. That year was tho blackest In Terro Itnutc's history. Today ho nnd 113 of his followers havo boon branded ns crim inals by a United States Grand Jury, nnd await trial nn a charge of conspiracy. Moro than 80 of these men havo pleaded guilty pleaded guilty to tho technical chargo brought against them by the Government, nnd to a long lino of crimes political, civil and criminal which thoy committed In the name of tho Organization. Within this year contract grabs wero pcr petrntcd, liquor tribute was exacted, dctls of vlco gave up their blood money, while tho Organization sank Its fnngB Into every trough to sato Its lust for gold nnd power. Within tho year Tcrre llnutc was struck with a municipal disease such ns Philadel phia has been contaminated with since the days of tho lato Senator M. S. Quay. Tho only dlffcrenco between the conditions In the two cities lies In the fact that the iltseaso camo quickly In Terro Hauto; It was acute, whllo In Philadelphia It hns had a slow, can cerous growth. City Council the Chief Tool Tho basis of Organization power In nny city Is the City Council. In Terro Hauto this consists of ono branch. It surrendered body and soul to the Organization. It did not surrender because It was a creature of Rob erts. He, llko tho Penrose leaders In Phila delphia, know that his salvation rested In this body alone. Tho Councilman wero mcro puppets In tho hands of tho Roberts-Fairbanks leaders. Next, tho City Hall must be filled with creatures of the gang. Every available Job was filled. Thero being no civil scrvlco In Indiana, tho task was an cosy one a Roberts-Fairbanks man filled even- berth. If thero were not sufficient berths, others were created. Thus, such positions as Inspectors, park superintendents, city chauffeurs and many minor offices wero created to place "tho faithful" on the payroll. Particular caro was taken that tho offices of Sheriff, Prosecutor and Mngistrato wero filled with firm Organization men. Dennis Shea (now under Indictment) was Sheriff, Wernicke remained as Prosecutor, whllo Thomas Smith, also under Indictment, tho City Judge or Magistrate, took care of tho police end of the Organization, and within a few weeks becamo notorious as a "straw ball" taker nnd friend of tho crooks. Scarcely ever was an Organization man held for court. A tip from tho leaders and a man was frco. Four notorious Chicago gunmen caught In Terro Hauto were released to work for tho Organization on election day. Tho Magistrate system was Identical with the one In voguo in this city. Roberts appointed ono of his lieutenants, F. W. Holler, ns chief of police. John F. Nugent, Roberts' personal lieutenant, was made assistant or night chief. Theso men havo pleaded guilty to tho present charges, confessed and laid tho blamo for tho politi cal debauchery at Roberts' door. A brother of John Hlnes, tho Tenderloin leader, was mado assistant chief of tho Flic Department. This man was uspendcd following his brother's confession. Gcorgo Ehrenhardt and Harry Montgomery, contract friends of Roborts, brcamc members of tho Board of Works which awarded tho municipal con tracts. These men, together with Elmer E. Talbott, City Controller, are now under In dictment. Creator of Jobs Roberts went to work. Ho first pushed an ordinance through tho Council for thrco automobiles for tho officials. Then ho raised his Balary $1000 a year, tacked another J1000 on that of tho City Engineer and created many other minor Jobs. Next camo a boun dary ordinance, ulilch changed tho outllno of the city In order to favor certain land owners. By placing the boundary up to tho curb of his friends' property, tho street Im provements could bo mado without tho addi tion of osscssments. Ono member of tho Organization had about flvo miles of streets paved frco of charge. This resembled, In part, tho McNlchol Northeast Boulovard scandal, but tho real boulevard scandals were to como. Roberts first tried to take from tho city plans tho main streets and saddlo them on tho township. Ho pushed tho ordinance through tho Council, but It was fought by tho Pennsylvania Railroad on constitutional grounds. Roberts had planned to turn over the township contracts to his associates had, In fact, let them, but was compelled to abandon tho project when tho flght began, as no ono In tho Stato could bo found to float tho bonds. Ho did, however, tako some $100,000 worth of surplus from a cemetery fund and Invested It In these bonds. The Great Contract Steal Then camo the gigantic steal a steal In which thero was fully $100,000 to $160,000 of graft tho letting of $800,000 worth of paving contracts. Tho details of this contract grab will bo shown later. Terre Haute under Holler was another Philadelphia under a Henry Clay. The only difference between the men Is that Holler has confessed, while Clay Is waging a flght In the highest courts to keep himself from the penitentiary. Jack Nugent was tho Tim 0'I,eary of the gang, bagman, tribute-taker, crook-protector. A City of Vice Terre Haute now became truly "the hell hole of Indiana." Here Bprang up a mush room growth which surpassed the Wood street, of this city, under the Reyburn ad ministration. There were three hundred dis orderly houses in the Gth Ward. More than 400 women were the inmates of these houses. Here, too, were more than 200 saloons, out of 66 In the entire city. A combination of the saloon and the brothel was soon formed. Doors, wide open, led from the barroom Into the dens of Iniquity. In many of the dives the womon stood, with the men before the bar, Indeoent shows, vying with those to be found In Naples, wero to be seen for a few cents. Depravity, such as could not be found In the Tenderloin of New Orleans, made this city Its home. The Government white slave agents branded Terre Haute ns the most Im moral city In the country. More than 100 gambling houses operated openly. Hand in glove with the vice traffickers were the dope-sellers, who paid their tribute to the administration, une man alone made ONE ACT OF" CONGRESS a profit of $10,000 a year by selling cocaine. Tho dope fiend, tho thlof, the footpad nnd all that army of dlBSoluto which feeds upon tho Tenderloin llfo found this city n Mecca. In a wide-open town, a town which at tracted tho sporting clement of an cntlro Stato and visitors from Illinois, the borders of which nro but 16 miles from Terro Haute, much beer was consumed. Each disorderly house, each saloon, must bo supplied. And what beer was used? Fairbanks' I Tho Cook beer, mado in Evansvllle, Ind., tho largest competitor of the Terre Haute Brewing Com pany's brand, was forbidden by tho -police department. If a saloonkeeper did not use Fairbanks' beer ho could not operate a dis orderly houso In conjunction with his bar. Ills place was raided. When tho political house of cards tottered about theso lieutenants of tho Tenderloin, it was found that all wero cxcluslvo users of Fairbanks' beer, that Fairbanks held mort gages on their property nnd that their places were never raided. What was on theso mort gages recorded In tho Court Houso? "In consideration of tho undertaking of tho Terro Hnuto Brewing Company to Induco tho Wabash Realty Company to lend tho mortgagors, tho fcald moitgagors expressly ngreo to handlo and sell on tho above de scribed premises for tho term of flvo years, exclusively, tho keg and bottled beer of tho Terro Hauto Brewing Company." Fairbanks, Tom Taggort's business partnor, Donn Rob erts' financial backer and tho head of tho browing nnd realty companies, Is the namo which Is written on tho crime of Terre Hauto as broadly ns that of Roberts every citizen knows It, nil tho newspapers but his own, tho Tribune, print It, but he has thus far escaped tho investigators. ONE OF CREELMAN'S "SCOOPS" How He Interviewed tho Governor of the Bank of England, With Important Results. J All wl AMES CREELMAN'S death In Germany hllo still In tho prlnio of life iccnlls nn oxploit of which any newspaper reporter might bo proud. Ho was In London at tho time of tho Baring ca&o In 1890, nnd per formed the unheal d-of feat of securing, for tho Now York Herald, an exclusive Interview with tho governor of tho Bank of England. It Is matter of history how tho governor, tho Right Honorablo William H. I.ldderdale, handled that crisis. Ho lived to see tho Bar ings successfully liquidated and stronger than over, with tho financial situation In Argentina restored. Tho 3,000,000 gold, which ho borrowed by means of acceptances from tho Bank of France, returned In duo course with the seals of tho packages unbroken. Tho London market was tided over n des perate emergency, with the minimum of dis turbance, although thero were some 40 fail ures in tho Stock Exchange. Lldderdale died not long ago, having nn estate valued at only 2000. He was a strong man and an honest one. But the Idea of interviewing him was so remote that only nn irreverent American would havo thought of It. Creelman had no pass key or letters of Introduction. He simply went to tho Bank of England and starting with tho astonished "beadle" worked his way up. Ho was bent from department to depart ment, to tho secret nmusement of various heads, until ho actually found himself Jn the presence of the governor. But the Joke failed to explode. Lldder dalo was a long-headed Scotchman, much too Intelligent not to see tho valuo of pub llpity at such a time. Ho was no slave to precedent. He gave Creelman an excellent Interview of a frank nnd reassuring charac ter, which was published In tlm following Sunday's New York Herald. It was a great scoop, and the London papers spent money frantically on cable tolls, getting facta on their own situation from New York for tholr Monday morning Issue. A precedent was sot, and since that time English financiers have been moro approach able. It may be said also that publicity there, as well as In Wall street, has done much to clean up admitted evils, and to set honest finance right with publlo opinion. The story Is well worth recalling, for It has nn obvious moral which should never be for gotten. ' EACH HAS TWO SIDES God be thanked, the meanest of Ills creatures Boasts two soul aide, one to face the world with. One to a woman when he loves her' Robert JJrosslar. WHICH MEETS WITH BEST THOUGHT IN AMERICA DIGEST OF THE MAGAZINES (1) American, "Knows 15,000 Cattle Brands." (2) Collier's, "Lloyd-Georgo Counts tho Cost." (3) McClure's, "Tho Newest Terror in Warfare." (4) Now Republic, "Mother Jones; An Impression." PERSONALITIES I T WOULD add to the gaiety and interest of nations If people wero required to wear llttlo placards around their necks, stating briefly nnd explicitly all tho Important and noteworthy facts and Incidents of their lives. Besides tho help this would bo to tho pollco in detecting criminals, It would mako it so much moro Interesting to meet people. Until somo such legislation Is enacted,- It will con tinue to bo moro Interesting to' read about them. Tho carefully smoothed down, oxact-ly-like-ovcryonc-olso exterior which most of us cultlvato, is really a boro and a nuisance. Republicans and Populists, grape-Juicers nnd bar-keeps, people with romantic, adventu rous and thrilling posts thoy all brush their clothes, aro reasonably careful about their shoos and talk largely about tho weather whon we meet them. Magazlno acquaintances, on tho contrary, put their best foot forward. An enticing sen tence, Intended to pique curiosity, beckons to us: "Clutching tho mouse carefully In her hand, sho leaped from tho tenth floor win dow" In tho flvo minutes It takes to read tho sketch wo get tho full benefit of the 20 or 30 or 60 years' It has taken that Individual to live his or her lifo, Ono of tho most Interesting acquaintances to bo mndo In tho current magazines Is Lod Calohnn, who Is described In tho American Magazlno (1) ns knowing 15,000 cattlo brands. Ho Is a Kansas City cattle Inspector. More than 2,000,000 cattlo pass by Calohan annually for Inspection at Kansas City, and from 300 to COO of this number ho picks out and returns to their rightful owners. Gen erally tho cattlo become associated with shipments by mistake, but sometimes tho steers have been assisted In straying. When it develops that tho cattlo havo been stolen, the Inspector looks It up and brings charges against tho "rustlers." Not only does Calo han recognize tho brand, but ho can pick out a stray steer from a bunch of cattlo without seeing tho brand. Tho actions of tho stray steer glvo him tho cluo, and then he looks for tho brand. "I was raised up on a cow range in west Texas," said Calohan, "and havo followed cattlo all my life, nnd, of courso, studying brands nnd familiarizing myself with them has been my business training. I know brands pretty well and havo been able to hold down my Job." A Tom Green County man sold all his holdings In 1911 to a Panhandle cattlo raiser. Tho Panhandlo man shipped for a long tlmo to another market, and until 1913 Calohan did not seo the brand at all. Then thero camo a shipment with the mixed brands. Calohan never batted an eyelash as the cat tlo wont pust him. An Inspector of another organization noticed the mixture nnd looked at Calohan Inquiringly. "What's that brand, Lod?" he asked, "Looks like they're tangled." "Bob Robertson's old brand," replied Calo han. "He sold out In June, 1911," War Ingredients Declaring .; mr and commanding an army and lighting oattles aro tho spectacular parts In warfare, but .here Is another part, lees ap pealing to sentiment perhaps, but more Im portant than all of these, the man who nnaucos the war. In England he Is tho Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lloyd-George. Ho Is described In Collier's (2) by II, B. Need, ham; Standing by the fire at No. 11 Downing street, talking with Mrs. Lloyd-George, I had found myself suddenly face to face with the Chancellor. Quietly he had entered the room, one arm about his little chum, Megan Aryon George. I saw a short, stocky man. There was nothing distinguished In his appearance not at first impression. His healthy com' plexlon. slightly gray hair, brushed back from his broad forehead and stubby graying mustache, his clean-cut features and alert eyes might have belonged to a successful business man. say a well-to-do merchant of our Middle West At first also he seemed Jaunty, rather than impressive, n his man ner But this was soon, realized as a seU-oa- UNIVERSAL APPROVAL; scrtlveness. a self-nssuranco duo to nathi resilience and no'er-falllng determination something Inherited from tho boy who, at IS, on tho event of his ilrst visit to London, wrote home, "Went to tho Houso of Parlia ment. "Very much disappointed with them. Urnnd buildings outside, but Insluo ve7 crabbed, small nnd suffocating, especially tin Houso of Commons. I will not say, but. I eyed tho assembly in a spirit similar to that In which William tho Conqueror eyed Enj. land on his visit to Edward the Confessor, as tho region of his future domain. Oh; vanity!" Daughters nnd Sons The Incongruity of modern fathers ani sons Is Illustrated in tho caso of the Johj Hays Hammonds. Mr. Hammond, Sr., ll chiefly known in theso latter days as one ol our foremost peace advocates. An article li I the new McClure's (3) describes Mr. Ham mond, Jr., inventor of "Tho Newest Terror In Warfare," a very deadly now projectile Thero is an Interesting bit of psychology, too. In tho words of tho Inventor, as ho tria to reconcllo his achievements with paternal Ideals. Ho has Invented a projectllo designed t scatter molten iron upon an enemy's ds fenses, and to throw forth deadly gases a It explodes. Next to tho electric arc, thermit produces tho most tcrrlblo heat known. li nked. It becomes a white-hot molten maai at a temperaturo of 5400 degrees F. It wll eat Instantly through a steel plate. Imaglnj projectiles loaded with this substance, and with an acid whoso fumes causo Immediate death, dropped Into u besieged town Would such a weapon outrago the laws of national, I asked Mr. Hammond how he feels about the Increased destruction of life that may re sult from tho Introduction of his now projec tile Into actual warfare. Ho has received many letters of protest on this subject. Toe Inventor frowned as ho answered; " 'My Invention Is not designed as weapon against human lifo! Only the sent! mental hysteria of untechnlcal writers can associate this shell with wholesale human torture. I designed this incendiary shell for use in biege operations. ' "For burning cities?" " 'Yes. but notlco of bombardment Is al ways given, so that tho population may havij " Will lint this nrnlwHIo h Ia oreattt destructive efficiency, increase tho horrors' ol V onrv ?. " 'Probably It will, nnd, in my opinion, It';; just as wen tnat tho Horrors or war snouw bo increased. It is an old Idea, but a sound one, that tho ben wny to stop war is to lfli There is n kindly sketch of the notorious Mother Jones In Tho New Republic (4), peri suaolvo through its impartial, rather Judicial, tone: "' What Mother Jones really Is, those must say who have eeen her in her natural en-' vlionment, trudging up some bleak canyoifc; in defiance of martial law, to preach peace; and louse war In an angry mining camp. Sho pictures for you tho bull pens of ColOj rado, where men and women not charged with crime were herded In stockades, wlto out cover nnd without screen, In Bhameiew disregard of tho most elemental decencies pj life. Sho Introduces you to fine, manly yo"n? fellows, fit material for leadership, goadea Into resistance and mercilessly shot dop Whether you bellovo her or not, your Wood begins 'to boll as you listen. Mother Jon lays her hand on your arm, "Don't blam? the men, comrade. It's not their fault; Hin mulAm ' Ttaautliltr nlin MinrnntprlzeS lH at.ctam l,u o tn,m .ml val nttnnilflted til drawing room use. You steal a glance R the ladles; they aro not in tho least snoeiK;j nor should they be, for If you really believe such horrors exist, how can you deacriB them in polite phraseology? From neraonul antlnathles Mother JoOSl': appears singularly free. Ah to her real cmli acter, middle-class rumor had associated a mn,to, tf null wlfVi hup nnttin ShO h5 fared as ill In this respect as Joan of jt" however, you can know; she Is old, and b , Yet her oyeri are clear and steady; tho &&$ of her hand is firm and warm; her ways ew serene uud not devoid of dignity. Thousand! i n ...An Imta lion uo tau- InVA tllPlT OnVL mothers, and she goes fearlessly umong toJ! who hate her nnd returns unharmed. ' may believe that she 13 n perverse irouw maker, a seeker after notoriety, an er nent of abhorrent and dangerous prlncipw t.n, iiit luill faeA flattnya1 In MOTTIR 0n when she calls you "comrade." Is this wW might bo expected of the conducing- jrv of a dissolute uier it so, now iuis"'J "j the moralists lied to us.' WOE IN SOUTH CAROLINA The grand old State Is filled with wo, Wu're headed straight For HK. ColumtU Stat
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