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The bankrupt in virtue Is not abashed at
being called crooked.
Cured Into Helplessness
CAnrtANSCA may submit until ho Is weary,
and Zapata submit, nnd Villa submit, nnd
Obregon and all the others submit, but whilo
tho ono Is busy making his promises to tho
United States tho others nro merrily shoot
ing the defenseless nnd pillaging right nnd
left
There Is no Government In Mexico, where
fore' there Is no responsibility. There Is no
authority capable of protecting American or
any other interests. Tho capital Is an alter
nate prize of war, now sacked by ono bandit
and now by another.
A second dose of "watchful waiting" is tho
cure, says Washington; but when the condi
tion of tho patient, after previous treatment
of the same kind is considered, ordinary peo
ple are likely to think it a case of Jeb Haw
kins all over again. Jeb was addicted to
drink. When his wlfo heard him coming tho
first thing Bho did was to hide tho rifle and
soquestrate the china. Then she extracted a
quart bottle of extract of alcohol from its
concealment, filled a big glass with the stuff
and set It on tho dining table, after which
she went Into tho kitchen and bolted the
door. "When Jeb's just got enough in him
to navigate," Bho confided to a friend, "like
as not he'd tear up the house and me, too.
But about flvo minutes after ho swallows my
offering he's limp as a rag and anybody
could put him to bed." With a little moro
"watchful waiting" there will not bo any
thing left In Mexico but tho mountains nnd
the trees, and what was the nation will bo
limp enough for oven a lecturer to handle
with Impunity.
The Apparition of the Eitel Friedrich
THE Gorman cruiser Eltel Friedrich might
almost have dropped from the skies into
the hnrbor of Newport News without causing
more astonishment than she produced when
she steamed In yesterday. Her whereabouts
has been unknown for weeks. She was with
the German squadron at tho Falkland Is
lands, but escaped, and she has been reported
as oft the const of Peru. But she has steamed
ground tho continent of South America and
has got as far north as Chesapeake Bay
without any word of her movements reach
ing this country. That sho has been active
is proved by tho presence on board of 326
prisoners, being the otllcers and crews of the
ships she has sunk. She Is in need of coal
and provisions, and must also be repaired.
But where did she get tho coal and provisions
to maintain her since sho was lust heard
from and where has she been operating?
These questions are not all fully an
swered at present. They form n. romance of
the sea which! the officers could tell if they
wished. Some day the story will bo written,
not only of tho work tills ship has done, but
of the achievements of tho other German
commerce destroyers, and It will be absorbing
reading, even though told without any of the
artifices of literature. The Germans may not
control the sea, but they seem to be at home
on It.
A Joke That Is No Joke
Many a business man borrows his brains
from his stenographer.
THIS sentence from the humorous column
of the Boston Post is not a Joke. It is the
solemn truth, and In its 10 words there Is a
probable explanation of the new woman
movement. The capable woman who goes
Into a business oftlce and discovers that she
has more brains, more Initiative, more fore
sight and more judgment than the average
man With whom she works begins to think.
She does not think very long before she de
cides that she will not consent to play a sub
ordinate part In the work of the world, but
will at once begin to demand that she be put
on an economic and political equality with
the meJi,
And what a woman wants she usually gets.
Bring the Two Cities Together
CA.MDEN and Philadelphia are not "a cen
tury behind the times" because there is
neither tunnel nor bridge connecting the two
cities, but both Philadelphia and Camden are
seriously handicapped by the absence of so
otaviousiy necessary a convenience. The com
prehensive transit plans of Director Taylor
provide for a tube. It Is noy merely a ques
tion of how long the two cities must wait for
the Improvement they desire, for that they
3111 ultimately have it is as certain as any
thing human ever is.
America's Debt to the Foreign-born
AtJKHMAN immigrant boy landed in this
country between BO nnd 60 years ago. He
found work in a cigar factory In Brooklyn.
J g. T. Stranahan, who was long known as
the first citizen In that community, smoked
u special brand of cigars made Jn the factory
where this boy worked. The lad was se.
lected to take a, box of the cigars to Mr,
Stranahan's house every week. This distin
guished citizen was honored during his
fife by the erection of a statute pf him in
Brooklyn' greatest park.
The. boy, with the energy and thrift of lite
raws, saved his money, engaged In the leather
toirejnesn and built up one of the biggest
leather Rouses In the country. He was In
twwted In good government. He aligned
himself with the reformers, and in due time
Urn iecome the most available candidate for
th MywUy of the city to run against the
nuipiM of the ftra Melaughlin machine.
C km iriuinphantltJrfw:, Thi a dinner
tts glvwn JJ fceftM. 4 among the
m neat t th bmd tabl wa the mma, JLS-
a SsfajMfciWr ta w&mh &f I 1h I
of cigars dvcry week When It camo his turn
to speak the Mayor-elect faced Air, Btrann
han, and with simple modesty told the story
of -the cigars. "And now," Mild he, "I And
myself the guest ot honor nt this dinner, nnd
sealed nt the Rnme, table with you "
Then ho turned to the other diners, nnd
with a thrill In his voice, remarked, "Uentle
men, that Is what America means to mel"
This man was Chnrles A, Behlercn, who has
Just died nt the nge of 73 years. Is It any
wonder that a man to whom America meant
so much should have done his best to keep
Its government clean and honest In order
thnt the faith of other lmmlgrnrjt boys In the
purity of democratic Institutions might bo
preserved? Say what wo may nbout tho prob
lem of tho foreign born, If It had not beon for
their activity In tho great reform movements
In tho cities nnd the nation nt large, progress
would have been much slower.
firing the Olympic Games to Philadelphia
THE Olympic games for 1910 haves been
awarded to tho United States They
should bo held in riilladelphln, nnd they will
bo If tho prompt action of tho business in
terests of tho community menus nnythlng.
Thero mo ninny excellent sites for tho kind
of stadium necessary. Excellent plans have
nltcndy been completed. Only the financial
part of tho problem Is unsolved, nnd to It
consideration must bo directed.
It has been pointed out over nnd over again
that n great stadium would be self-biipport-
Ing from tho beginning. In additional seats
for the At my nnd Navy gnme nlono moio
than 150,000 annually would bo realized, a
large part of which would doubtless be avail
able for Interest and nmorllzntlou payments.
Thero nro innumerable other purposes to
which tho plant could bo put pageants,
open-door theatrlral presentations, spring
games, world series contests, etc.
Philadelphia has been for n long lime the
athletic capital of tho nation. To retain Its
suprcmncy tho city must be provided with
tho best posslblo facilities. To provide those
facilities Is to make a good Investment, tho
kind of Investment which they can afford
to makes and cannot nfford not to make.
With splendid Initiative n committee of
business men has already cabled to tho In
ternational Olympic Committee offering this
city ns tho proper place for the gnmes. An
acceptance of the Invitation will make tho
construction of an ndequnle stadium abso
lutely Imperative. The situation Is decidedly
hopeful.
The Slnkinp of the William P. Fryc
THE sinking of the William P. Frye was
not an net of war against tho United
States, but against the Allies. Tills Is tlin
fundamental proposition with which all con
sideration of tho case must start.
If a mistake was made and If wheat were
not contraband of wnr, even though destined
for British ports, Germany has no defenso
when a demand for reparation Is made by
tho United Stntes. We mutt assume that
Germany will recognize Its obligations under
International law in this case until the con
trary Is proved.
Hut this does not affect in any way the
obligation of tho Stalo Department in In
sist that tCparntlon bo made to the full ex
tent of the righteous clnlms of the owners
of the ship nnd ot tho caigo.
The affair contains no threat of war and
becomes at once a diplomatic incident.
The Human Side of Politics
MEN are human beings before they are
politicians. Tho machine leaders never
make the mistake of appealing for votes on
grounds of abstract Justice and they never
seek to secure the adoption of theories. They
nro Intensely practical and prudently
human. This is the secret of their ascend
ance Tho laic Charles B. Qulgley, the leader of
tho 10th Ward, was a flno specimen of the
type. The 10th Ward runs between Arch and
Vine streets, from 7th street to the Schuyl
kill Ttlver. It contains nearly 5000 voters,
and almost every ono of them supports the
Republican ticket. Or, perhaps it would be
truer to say that they ail support tho
Qulgley ticket. This man was a friend to
those in need whether they were deserving
or not. He is credited m Ith securing the dis
charge of (-cores of men accused of petty
crimes, nnd In return the men hnvo voted as
he directed. Ho paid conl hills, staved off
the rent collector, looked after the under
taker whenever ho was needed, nnd acted ns
a sort of feudal lord In tho piotection of his
retainers. Ho had a glad hand and a hearty
smile for his followers, even If thoy wore
dirty out si do and inside.
Qulgley was a valuable man to tho Organ
ization, nnd the Organization took caro of
him as ho took caro of tho voters, and re
formers found it impossible to weaken his
hold in the ward.
He was not a philanthropist, but a very
common sort of man who knew how to carry
his point by getting Into human toucli with
the voters nnd keeping in touch with thorn.
He paid the price and ho got the goods. Any
other man who Is willing to pay tho price
can get what ha wants. It is not necessary
to deal with crooks and blacklegs to reform
city politics. But It is important that the
men who think moro of honest govoiiiimnt
than of their personal profit should also re
member that a friendly smile, a companion
able manner, and the treatment of even tho
humblest voters ns equals will win more
votes for a cause than the most elaborately
argued thesis on tho advantages of a uni
cameral Council can ever win for legislative
refnrm in this or Jn nny other town.
The units in the political game are human
beings, and not ivory figures on a chess
board. If the reformers will cut this sen
tence out and paste It In their hats and read
it every .morning from now until the next
election there will be better government here
than there has ever been before.
Even with the Jitney one must have the Jit,
The guns in Europe cannot shoot too often
for the powder factories of the United States.
Carranza has struck Villa a fearful finan
cial Wow by seeing to it that the prize fight
la held somewhere else.
In the Dardanelles, as elsewhere, the vic
tory depends a good deal on who happens to
control the cables.
Jf Carranza meets the United Stajsp halt
way he'll be as surrounded with water as he
Is with enemlas.
When the Governor attends the hearings on
the child labor bill -in Harrlsburg an expert
wlU be present.
Loeal option In working n Minuwou to
the entire sattefactioa of the temperance peo
)!. The towns whkh have dtetded that they
want to abfiUsb tli saloon have ordrad U
abolished, aad the dry we to the gtatu ir
selrs&
ELECTION DAY
' INTERREHAUTE
Year Under Nero Culminates In m
Orgy of Fraud and Thuggery at
the Polls Hands of Esau Manacled.
By IRWIN L. GORDON
V.
BS
VEnYTHING fnvoiod the Organisation in
erro Haute. Roberts and Fairbanks cared
not for I lie storm of complaints from prop
erty holders when tho abnormal street Im
provement assessments were made. With the
nrroganco of n czar Roberts ordered the
properties sold when tho owner could not pay
tho excessive tribute.
Tho Organization was planning more grabs
buildings intiM bo erected, moro streets
must bo paved. A flno park must be placed
In tho middle of 2d street before somo 160
houses of ill famo where the women could
sit on summer evenings. A band conceit was
planned for ono night n week during spring
and summer. This would attract men Into
tho lair.
Dlstegnrdlng public sentiment, believing
itself Impervious' to attack and absolutely
secure In the citadel of politics and liquor,
tho Organisation continued Its work of plun
der. Roberts, however, always n good cap
tain, knew that his piratical boat nover
could weather tho ntorm should nn honest
Judge be elected tn the circuit bench.
No Honest Judge Would. Do
The citizens of Terre Hnuto wetc planning
to run Chnrles Pulllnm, an'nblo lawer, for
the position. Fairbanks nnd Roberts wanted
to throw Judge Fortune from tho bench, ns
ho was too dangerous nftor tho previous
ear's episode. Ell H. Redman, a Roberts-
I'nlrbnnks lieutenant, a man with scarcely
nny legal training, who had failed to securo
a license to practice law In Illinois, was
chosen ns their candidate. Rodman's son,
Hilton, was a notorious Tenderloin charac
ter, who had been arrested with Roberts
after tho Mayoralty scandal and who had
been mixed up with tho pollco for years.
Father nnd son arc now under indictment.
Judge Fortune thought ho had sufficient
power to fight Roberts nnd Fairbanks to
secure tho nomination Inst spring. Ho ran
against Redman, but, lacking the support of
the Organization, was snowed under. Pul
llnm secured tho Republican nnd Progressive
nominations
In addition, a Congressman must 1)0 elected
ntid a United States Senator Representative
Moss -was up for le-electlon nnd Shlvcly was
the Taggart candidate for United States
Senator.
Tho situation In Terre Hnuto resolved itself
down to this: A United States Senator must
bo elected who would repicsent Taggart and
Fairbanks; n Congressman must bo elected
In the 5th District who would represent Tng
gnrt nnd Fairbanks, and a Judge must bo
elected tn the circuit bench In Tone Hnuto
who would choke the paving suits, who
would let off the ciooks at the wink of Rob
erts and who would not lift his hand to slop
the flow of Fairbanks beer In the largest
Tenderloin In the Middle West.
Voters From the Cemeteries
The gang set to work first a "slush fund"
was lalsed. This wns done In Pennsylvania.
Tribute was encted from every saloonkeeper
In Torre Hnute. This was done in Pennsyl
vania, Tribute was exacted from civic nnd
State organizations. This wns done In Penn
sylvania. When the registration days came the Or
ganization sent out orders, ns they did In
Philadelphia, to get every available man on
the lists. Cheap lodging houses were packed,
saloons registered enormous numbers, while
the houses of 111 repute, vacant lots and
cemeteries gave up their votors. More thnn
1!500 fraudulent names were placed on tho
lists. This was exactly the number fiaudu
lwitly registered In Unlontown, Fayette
County, Pennsylvania, where Stnte Repub
lican Chairman Crow Is political lender. No
ono, however, has been punished In Fayette
County.
In other wnnls, n direct ninllel to the
inctlcs of the Philadelphia Organization was
drawn In Tci ro Haute only not ho many
were registered. The foielgn nnd tho negro
voters wero whipped Into line as thoy nio In
South Philadelphia. Along the liver fiont
wards tho same conditions prevailed tho
thugs, strong-arm men nnd dlssoluto char
acters got in their work.
The pollco department made great prepara
tions for tho election. Nugent was- appointed
bagman, according to his own confession and
that of his associates. Ho visited nil the
saloons nnd gambling Joints. More than
56000 was secured from the Tenderloin sa
loons. Chief of Police Holler let it be known
that nny place that did not "come across"
would be "closed" There were no refusals
nmong the (saloonkeepers and gamblers. The
highest single assessment was $500 made
against the Shay Brothers, who operate the
largest gambling establishment In the city.
This pince is still open. One crap game
alono has a backing of $1000 house money.
Scoies of men wore sworn In ns deputy
policemen, These wero toughs from Taylor
vlllo, a small settlement ncrdss the Wabash,
who terrorized the citizens on election day.
One Foot in Each Camp
Ono of the clever moves made In tho pre
election tight was tho bi-partisan deal ar
ranged with tho Progressives. Nugent was a
red hot Progressive. That is to say, he was
chief of the "Progressive Department of
Democratlo Headquarters." He not only col.
lected money for the party, but so Ingra
tiated himself Into the ranks that he could
tell hlsr chief every move of the opposition,
As the Republican party had been third In
the 191! election, they had no representation
on tho election board Democrats and Pro
gressives nlone remained, A large number
of these Progressives became strong Roberts
Democrats. Thus the Roberts. Fairbanks
machine was tri-partlsan.
Election day, November 3, came at last.
Then began the fight to elect the Democratlo
ticket, to get through the machine liquor
candidates. The Government contends that
more than 2500 fraudulent votes were cast.
Many of the men who have pleaded guilty
Informed the writer that the numbfr was
nearer SSW, Having the full protection of
the poljce the repeaters worked at-will,' The
only ehecks upon them were the women
watchers at the polls.
Killed at the Polling Booth
In several precincts the duly qualified elec
tlon aflters were prevented from takim? their
seata, Theae men complained to the Superior
Court Judge Marshal wra BenJ la the
polling place Shote were fired at these men
In one Tendarioin preempt a fight eeuiT4
wun th Qrgasteattan men attempted to
tfciow muJ b heimt Progressive. Ha wa
Jumped on, kicked and nearly killed by tho
thugs. Firing a revolver through his pocket,
ho killed one of the Organization men. This
case It still pending. Universal public senti
ment favors the man who fired tho shot.
Tho Sheriff, Dennis Shea, operated tho
strong-arm forces from the City Hail. It
there was troublo In nnv precinct he dis
patched men to thnt point. Citizens wero
beaten one minister was slugged, whllo
scores of duly qualified otcrs weio not al
lowed to cist their votes.
In Terro Haute both election machines and
ballotboxcs are used. In tho foreign sections
a plan wns ndopted which carried tho Demo
cratic vote with flying colors. A foreigner
who could not rend would nppenr. He would
be assisted the election officer would simply
pun ine uenmcrntic lever, snould the man
happen to wte In n placo wliero ballots
were used,-his ballot would be marked for
him.
In a number ot cases men appeared at tho
polls and wero informed that their voto had
already been cast. Thero was absolutely no
redress for this. Citizens stormed City Hall,
were received kindly by the. Mayor, the
Sheriff and the Chief of Police' but nothing
was done.
All tho saloons in tho Tenderloin were open
during the day. That Is to fcay, tho side
doors were open. Beer was freely distributed
In alleys near the polling places.
In short, with the exception of tho flagrant
thuggery, the last election in Terro Hnuto,
upon which the Government is basing Its
conspiracy case, was In no wise different
from the elections which have tnken plnco
in Philadelphia for the past 13 years. Ever
since the political ascendancy of John E.
I.nmb, the Quay of Terre Haute, tho citizens
knew that fraudulent work wont on during
election mit they never could catch tho
"men higher up."
And Philadelphia?
Is this not true in Philadelphia? The Com
mittee of Seventy in this city has prosecuted
560 cases of election fiaud. Of this number
113 convictions have been obtained. Not n
blngle politician of prominence has ever been
Implicated. Do these men repeat at their
own volition?
The Committee of Seventy still has 44 cases
of election violation which have not been
tried. Would the tactics adopted in Terre
Haute do anything toward Improving condi
tions in Philadelphia?
The result of that election in Terre Haute
may become more far-reaching than any
other In the country It has become a na
tional issue, As far ns local conditions wero
concerned the Democratic senatorial candi
date received nn enormous majority, tho
Congressman was olected, but the Roberts
Fairbanks candidate for Judge Ell II. Red
man recelvedjmjyjijmajorlty of 10 votes,
FULDA'S GERMANWA'R POEM
England Charged With Drawing an Eighth
Enemy, the Lie, Into Service.
Since the beginning of the war the Germans
have Miown a hatred for the English mora
pronounced than against the other Allies. This
was evidenced in the now famous "Haszgeaang
gegen Kngland" (Song pf Hatred Toward Eng
land) by Ernest I.lssauer. Probably the next
most vitriolic of the many German war poems
recently published is the one tn which Ludwlg
Fulda, dramatist, novelist and noet. chareef
the English with drawing an eighth enamy, the
"? Jnto B"vlee W'nyt the Germans, Much
of the effectiveness of the original depends .upon
the vere form. A translation preserving this
v rse form made by Burton Rascoe, s presented
herewith:
A league of seven to make us yield,
You called against us In the field;
You needed yet one more ally
To give tho combine greater weight
As Number Eight:
The Me.
And as wo pour out to the light.
And fearlesuly contest Uo right!
While ypu are battling desp'rately. .
That coiled serpent, born of fear.
Brings up your rear;
The Lie,
And among the people who knew us not,
Who're alien -to our Ian4 and thought,
With whom we 'haVjg,.no,tle,
With blinded hate' Is credited i
Where'er 'Ha read.
The tie.
As fast as one cuts off Its head
A dozen more grow In its stead;
A million vessels could not dry
Tour slouch of speen to menace us,
And a ot pua,
'The Wt.
goon will the polished German plow
O'e Wood-drained nelda dig ftrtile rows
Jj&atU now hMtlle fcky;
i!n,funM wut renwe th stain.
Wl to mm
SO NEAR AND YET-
TUB mystery of tho huge, quaintly deco
rated bowls or vases sent to tho museum
of the University of Pennsylvania many
months ago from tho fastnesses of tho Upper
Amazon by Dr. AVilllnm C. Farrabce has been
solved at last. They are used by tho Conebo
Indians for making chlcl, tho native wine,
drunk almost exclusively at Iho "coming out"
parties ot the young women. This informa
tion was contained In a recent letter from
Doctor Fnrrabee, written Just before ho and
his party left tho Inst outpost of civilization
a second time and started up the slopes of
tho Andes in a hunt for" moro villages of
hitherto unknown races of Indians. Thero
probably will bo no further message from
the explorers for months.
Comparatively few Phlladelphlans know
the extent of tho ethnological and archae
ological woik under way, and the impoitance
of tho results so far achieved by the scien
tists conducting tho explorations for the
Musoum of tho University of Pennsylvania.
No fower than five expeditions are now busy
in as many corners of tho earth.
Twenty-five or thirty years ago museums
were hardly more than curio exhibitions.
Specimens of the craft and nrt of tho
ancients picked up hero and thero by trav
elers wero displayed with a bare description
of whero they were found, and little effort
was made to get at the real significance of
such objects. The study of the races of men
who lived and flourished when the world
was young was confined almost solely to
old manuscript records. Bits of baked clay
with cuneiform Inscriptions, of which llieie
nro hundreds at tlio University Museum, at
tracted the attention only of a few scholars.
But the methods of science in ethnology and
archaeology have been changed of late years.
Nearly every spot In tho world whore races,
since wiped out, nre known to have lived In
ancient times Is being explored and studied,
Ono of tho University Museum expeditions
Is that which is at work In the Caribbean
Archipelago, The others are the expedition
to Siberia, headed by Doctor Fisher; the
Kgyptian expedition, financed by Eckley B.
Coxe, Jr., president of the ruseum (tho fifth,
by the way, sent into land of the Pharaohs
by Mr. Coxe); the Amazon expedition, in
charge of Doctor Farrabeo, and that ot Dr.
C. W. Bishop, to Japan nnd China, which haa
just reached the field.
Extinct Americans
Mr. George C. Heye, a wealthy New York
business man who pursues ethnology as an
avocation with all the ardor pf the great
est scientists, is In charge of the Carib
bean explorers. For years he hns baen
Btudylng the extinct races ot the Americas
and nearby islands, and his collection of
objects from these lands Is one of the most
comprehensive In the world. Most of his
specimens are deposited with the University
Museum. .Vhe present expedition Is now
making a second and more thorough explora
tion of Cuba, excellent results having been
attained In the first.
A branch party Bent out by Mr, Heye Is
at work among the smaller Islands for traces
of the. Arowak Indians, a race exterminated
within 35 years after the arrival of the
Spaniards, So far little is known of these
Indians, but the expedition is meeting with
marked success, and undoubtedly will make
some important ethnological discoveries.
Waiting for Winter in Siberia
Material additions to our knowledge of the
romantic, If eometlmea bloody, history of tht
Mongols, the Tartara and the Huns, and the
early atocKa from which they sprang, may
be made by the expedition which has gone
vinto the Siberian wastes, a journey to which
attacaes some of the heroic glamour ot a
dash to the North Pole. Doctor Fisher and
his party were last heard from In October.
Until that month they had been waiting on
the outskirts of a Siberian morass, 13 feet
deep In summer. It is Impassable save in
the winter months. Beneath this swamp,
now frozen over and being traversed by the
party, is supposed to be about 50 feet of ce
It was In this country, near tho Arctic circle
and west of the tna, that Russian explorers
noma years ago discovered tt mammoth with
flesh still preserved. It had been fr.7.n (nm
the lea is tha gtaslal period, and may hay
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uvea w,witt sears ago. The xkeia.n., . "wn'i
NEW EXPLORATIONS OF THE P'ASTJ
Discoveries of Live Interest Are Being Made by the Museum of m
University of Pennsylvania A Story of Five Expeditions
Into Little Known Regions of the Earth.
By WILLIAM A. McGARRY
on exhibition nt St. Petersburg, or PeiiR
Kind, ns the Russians have it. m
mi. i.-- i . ,, . . .Si
iiiu iiuue ruevs munca are ueucvca lOrtir'i
tlllrl flirtlf nrtirln 1 tl.l nrtH, r 1. .......ijTCil
heretofore no systematic effort has fcS
mado to trace their early history by exofinS
tloil In iht rnfrtnn T io t1irt lntanAAi iV t
Doctor Fisher to remain until forcefl outtfil
llie spring thaws of 191G, should the ducoitrl
Ics warrant so long n stay. When tliepirtfl
wns last nenra irom it had just starttail
penetrate the region nlonir the bank oftST
Yonesel River. All supplies are carred?Wl
Tinck nillm.lla nt Dln,1rva TtTn tl.A. .. iPi
. .......w u. ui.uj,.t, .,w miiiiii nvuHj
expected from Doctor Fisher until thf H5
pcuuion returns to civilization
Where the War Was a Help
Curiously enough the war in Europs hsi
cure., ui in. incuse uenenc 10 me expioreri
111 Egjpt. Austrian and German selmlllli
wero conductlnc dic-clnir nncrntlons nriflrtr
the start of the war, and the English ffl
wero active. Tho demand for expert riffvi
diggers was greater than the supply, gogf
dilllcultv hnrl hpi ovnniHnnpoH t Vi pifrnlr
sylvanla Museum workers, but when ho!tl
ties started tho German, Austrian and En
llsh activities were suspended, and slncata
time the American explorations have Ifta.
going forward with great rapidity. The IS
portanco of this work Is perhaps beat,
stanced by the discovery bv one of the Mfi
vlous museum expeditions of a section w
clay tablet containing the earliest lilstorM!
me noou Known to bo existent This is wit
on exhibition at the museum
The Amazon cxnedltion lias bean In tail
field almost two years working nearym
storied land of tho Ancient Incas, about tjjL-J
only South American race of olden tlmtiMy
which much was known prior to Doctor Fujfl
rabee'B work, Hla party bus penetrate! twl
country on the borders of tho Gulanas M
Brazil and at last accounts was 35W nJMl
ujj mo Amazon on the eastern slope 01 uti
Andes. M
Present-day potters may learn sometliM!
new of their craft as the result of &.
rjedltlon. whlnli lmo .fnirA.i r,.nm Hia .tut
against obstacles. For a time It was hPT
up by the Impossibility of getting cash, djiL
to the collapse of international exclupiy
when the war started. About a hundrH
specimens of pottery of varying site to1
been sent back by Doctor Farrabee. Jm
They aro tho work of the Conebo IndltWi
a race without traditions or the sHsMga.
knowledge of its root men who have. SB
other art, but who make wonderful vaiMjLl
a secret clay. Thero is no kiln in the u
States large enough to bake the plSSOi
these bowls, according to pottery expert" h3
have Inspected them at the museum, but Wm
.iiuoi. iciimruauie race UDOUi mem u tai-
their makers have no potter's wheel. B
of these pots are as thin as paper. The Urn
est, three feet high and as many In dlameSra
are not more than half an inch thick.
full description of the Conebo Indians
not yet been written by Doctor Farrabfe, ;
It Is being awaited with deep Interest atj!
museum.
Actual work In China will not be tai
by the Bishop expedition for at least a S'J
The Interim will be spent in Japan exaaa
Ing collections of ancient Chinese urt.'a
tained; by the princes of the Land of Wja
Doctor Bishop expects to learn from ttj3B
collections wherA in nnnHnof il flparchjic
fl,fr.n (lm-l mlml 1 . L . Jt . A
expedition is necullar in that so UttJewf
Known of the Chinese art that the exft
does not know exactly what he is !oogg
ior.
ENLARGE THE COMMITTEE, Tl
To f Mltor ef A Evtnlno Ltdgerr
Sir You ask If a one-legged mat can
eigni limes in -terre Haute, how many
a two-legged man can ota In PhllatW
The answer Is, until the Committee of PWS
caicnes mm. But when one looks at a wn
marching to tho polls one wonders what!
can oo among so many. '
CORRUPT. BUT NOT CONTHKW
Philadelphia, March 11
THE PLACE FOR ADJECTIVE
From th Nw Vorlf Kvtnlar Sun
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