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rim Atitxi'in a. Saturday. tiFxriincn id. wis.
If 101 arc out jay-riiilni) tehrn Opportunity
Knocks t thv tlonr the irlll call oil
your neitil'lior.
MOKE WAR TAXES IN I'KOSPECT
THK Democratic mnjorlty lit Congress has
redeemed Its promise to continue what It
calls the war tnes for another year. If It
would only bo frank ami describe tliein ns
special taxes levied to cover the dellelency In
revenues tinder the reformed system of tax
ation whirl) It Introduced with a great nour
ish of trumpets no one would bo perplexed
by the anomaly of wnr tnxes when the
country Is at peace.
If the taxes ran be removed In another
year It will be siirprlsliicr. The Administra
tion has matl.ed out a program of expendi
ture that will consume nil th present reve
nues and demand about $80,000,000 more next
year and still more the year after. Instead
of belnir curtailed we may expect the tax to
be extended t-o as to put the little revenue
stnmp on u score or more of articles now
exempt.
HOLDING ON TO AGOOD THING
BECArsi-. the executory of the Ilarruh
estate held on to the Mldvale Steel Com
pnny shares for -.' years thoy have Increased
the fortune of the heirs from JflSO.OOO to
IS.OOO.nno Iterative the hulls of John W.
Gates kept the Texas oil shares that the
successful plunRcr hnd acquired their hold
ings are worth $3,000,000 more than when
Gates died.
The way to make n sreat fortune Is to
know a Rood thlnt? when you see it and then
to hold on. ISut every Investor knows that
It Is easier to make a Rood investment than
to have the courase to keep his money tied
up In It when others are taking their profit.
Mnnv a fortune has been dissipated by tho
heirs because they persisted in chanRlnR
their Investments with every new moon.
PHILADELI'HIA KNEW IT FIRST
The obvious Invariably reaches Philadel
phia In time. The KvKKixn !.i:rni:it has
discovered that it Is not Important whether
Governor Whitman wishes to run for Presi
dent or not. Xew York MornlnK Telesraph.
IT WAS obvious In Philadelphia lonf? boforo
it dawned on the consciousness of New
York that the relation between Chnrles S.
Whitman anil a presidential nomination
would never become Intimate. "Plain Hill"
Btilzer's chances are about as pood.
PROTECTION HY LAWSUIT
SECnETARY nKDI-'IELD persists In his
recommendation that we go around Hobin
Hood's barn to ilnd a way to prevent tho
ruinous competition of foreign manufac
turers nfter the war when the better road
lies strniKht before, him.
Tho simple, Intelligent and effective way
to prevent injury to American producers by
dumping of foreign goods Is to raise tho
tariff It Is automatic and requires no long
and difficult inquiry into the cost of produc
tion abroad and no court proceedings to pun
ish those who buy or sell the cheap goods.
But Instead of proposing changes In the tariff
rates Mr. Hedfleld asks Congress to make It
a crimo for an American to buy any foreign
made goods offered here at n lower price
than in Kuropo. He would Institute a sys
tem of national protection by lawsuit, be
cause, forsooth, to admit that tho tariff could
bo used for such a purpose would be to In
dict all tho professions of his party for many
generations.
But he admits that American Industry
needs protection In the commercial crisis
that will follow peace. Tho country Is not
likely, however, to bo content with Demo
cratic anti-dumping laws when It knows that
the Republican party Is committed to a surer
way o accomplishing tho desired end.
PROSPERITY
THGRE was published In tha Rve.nino
I,EDOi-:n some weeks ago a cartoon In
which Father I'enn, drowning In money,
called on Croesus to stand UP and admit that
he was a "piker." The cartoon was true, but
equally true were the emotions of the man
who, as ho looked at It, drew forty-two cents,
a five dollar note and three keys out of one
packet and a bill for $3.70 from another.
That man was In the position of most sal
aried men who are not only conscious of pros
perity but are actually paying for it. The
fixed salary, even the ordinary weekly wage
of employes In commerce, does not keep pace
with sudden Increases In wealth. The boom
year means always that the necessities of Ufa
are being worked slowly up to meet a new
lev! of living, und the man whose Income
has no reason to boom, because it represents
not gambling nor speculation nor accident,
b.ut merely the good dally bread of hard
work, pays the penalty. The luxuries of life
In, America have become almost priceless to
the clerk and the salesman and the bank
teller at the very time when they have be
come trivial to the broker, the speculator und
the mill owner.
The workingman has, by united effort and
Sjy the mere urgency of the situation, profited
heavily from our new Industry. He Is by no
means a newly rich, but he Is more com
fortable because his Income, unstable and
fluid has- risen He can meet Inflated r hargea
and live as be has always lived or better But
the household that coul.4. afford one servant
cannot pay tit ryujh VL new minimum.
EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, DEOEMBEB 18, 1915:
Dragged forward by the rich on one side
And held down by the poor on the other, tho
middle class with a fixed Income can smllo
rather bitterly nt the thought of prosperity.
GET BUSY
IT IS n fine thing to be able to point to
grrat men who have lived and died and
been burled In a city. Philadelphia has had
her share of Agamemnon. Soma of them
landed hero with renn. In a thousand and
one activities It Is possible to say, "Phila
delphia was first In this new world "
It Is a splendid thing to know that liberty
was born here ami that here American In
dustry llrst thrived. It Is good to feel that
thete Is scarcely n block downtown without
Its historic associations. Thero Is the nccnt
of mlcjity deeds nbmit the older slieets, and
tho achievements nf Phllndelphlntis who
have returned to the dust form almost a his
tory nf tho nation. It Is good to feel u prldo
In these things, It Is Inspiring to review
them.
Itut It Is nut what nipn did yesterday that
counts today, t'nlrss thrt vigor they exhib
ited, the virility which translated itself, In
their euros, Into achievement!?, the daring
which won for theitt their triumphs, are part
and parcel, too, of this generation; unless for
every grent mail that died there Is nnntlicr
living; unless the leaders of our thought and
nrllon are (is real nml lompetcat leaders to
day as Were the melt whom they Miecceded,
we chnngc our splendid Inheritance Into dry
rot and wiuander the assets which hnvu been
bequeathed.
There nro too ninny business men In Phil
adelphia who are satisfied, too many who
nro content to go along with tho tide. Thero
aro us great chances now for pioneers of
trailo as there over were; there nro as great
rewards to bo won, as great tesults to be
accomplished. Tho shoe drummer who fol
lowed the American armies through Porto
Rica mid made a business whore there had
been none befoio was typical of tho pro
gresHlvencss that coins Itself Into dollars and
prosperity.
The city Is about ft) hnvu adequate transit
facilities and adequate piers. These are In a
large sense only the tools of trade, the In
stalments through which Individual Initia
tive may have a better chance to succeed.
The prosperity of the city must depend
finally on tho chatacter oi men nml women
In It, upon their ci-iinelcs walking forward,
their refusal to bo satisfied, thr.r confident
grapplo with the future, their willingness to
extend their trade fiontleis on and on.
It Is the NOW that counts, not the yes
terday, which, with all of Its glories and tri
umphs, has gone foiover. Not what peoplo
did before us, but what we do ourselves
Is tho measure of our success nnd our piog
icss. Thero aro precedents, therefoie, to bo
thrown aside, but there are tnuru examples
to bo followed. There Is a leader to bring
tho genius of a Cilrard to the business op
portunities' of today, the political acumen of
a Jefferson to the trade statesmanship of
this hour. Tho way to get things is to go
after them.
A CITIZEN .MARRIES
rnllK occasions on which Woodrow Wilson
JL hah been able to appear before bin fel
low citizens purely as an individual, with
out Presidential pomp and ceremony, have
been tragically few In this last year. In
ccry move nnd utterance some ofllcial
motive has been discerned, and the long
days of disaster which have filled his Ad
ministration have left him but little of tho
repose nnd affability, little of the common
touch, to associate him, personally, with his
fellow men.
Today, as he approaches hi:: marriage, some
thing more than conventional felieltntlons go
out to the President, lie enters into the
human relation which Is the very foundation
nf our common existence, and by doing so
links himself again to tho dally private life of
each man and woman. It has been hnrd, at
times, to understand Mr. Wilson, but today
his motives are without subtleties, and his
actions, the notions of every man. The nation
cheerfully lays aside fears and dissensions
nnd sends Its warm congratulations to tho
Chief Executive.
"THE MOST INTERESTING AMERICAN"
IT IS not dlflicult to guess who is meant
by this phrase, which Julian Street ut.es
as the title of a book Just from tho press
of thb Centuty Company.
Tho most Interesting American is, of
course, Thcodnro Roosevelt. Ills enemies
ndmlt It. He Is so Interesting that they can
not curb their curiosity about what ho will
do next. His friends do not try to. Tho
whole country Is wondering what course ho
will pursue In tho next six months. Tha
New York Tribune has already begun to
speculate about whether he can "come back,"
as though he had ever gnno away. What
he docs will have a greater effect upon tho
course of politics next year than the actions
nt any other single American. Ho cannot
remain Inactive, for ho Is not built that way.
While Roosevelt was still abroad, resting from
the labors of the Presidency, Ellhu Root was
nsked whether he thought tho ex-Prcsldent
would play the part of a sage in retirement
after his return home, and tho ex-Secretary
of Slnte replied:
The best answer to that question Is that
he had not got out of the wilds of Africa
Into Egypt before be was up to his ears In
world politics.
Mr. Street's book first appeared In Collier's
In a series of artirles on presidential possi
bilities. Its publication between covers Is
tho answer that men engaged In offering to
the nation the books In which they are In
terested make to tho question whether Mr,
Rooovelt has lost his hold on the popular
Imagination.
The new Tom Smith cigar Is not a tufer.
The new Ambatsador to Mexico can talk
Spanish-
It pays to be a Philistine. Elbert Hub
bard accumulated an estate worth $397,000.
When the women start out to show their
affection for their leaders they prove that
they ure experts.
It can hirdly b-j called gallant for his po
j'jvl enemies to attack the British Prime
uoUtcr through hU wife.
Tom Daly's Column
SriLI.. more gratifying evidence of tho popu
larity of the "Hill's Manual" extracts
comes to us In the morning mall. A letter,
dated "On board "The House-Uoat on tho
Styx" Somewhere In Eternity," purports to
come from the shade of I'rof. Charles I).
Cleveland, who thanks us In mld-Vlrtorlan
language for our reference to him some weeks
ago, "Itut," ho continues, "may I Inquire why
you have referred to mo but tho once? In
my present fitntc all things are made clear to
mo nnd I feel sure that many of your readers
will find In my pages (e.xempla gratia, those,
devoted to Mnrtln Knrquhnr Tupper) much of
whose full worth I was utterly unconscious
when I Wrote. I have no desire unduly to
crowd Thomas E. Hill, but I beg you to advert
again to my English Literature of the Nine
teenth Century.'" Very well. Ah! Profes
sor Hllr excuse our glove! may we ask
yotl to give place for a moment to Professor
Cleveland? Thank you! Professor Cleveland,
dear traders; dear readers, Professor Cleve
land. MAUTIN IWHQUHAiI TCPPBlt. 1810.
(from "Hwtllirii I.llfr.iturr of ttie lPtli Century.")
This distinguished author distinguished for
the fine fitnry, dorp thought nnd elevated moral
tone of most of his writings has recently
niiido tm a visit. He camo tint to be (fotifirff,
but to see our country anil exchange klndlv
words with those who had loved and honored,
though unseen, tho nuthor of the "Proverbial
Philosophy "
Mr. Tupper Is ino.-l known by hl "Prnveibl.il
Philosophy": and a book more replete with
sound, practical wisdom Is hardly to be found,
though It must be confessed the stylo of It Is
In KOtne parts rather Inflated. Ills proo world
urn alo eminently instinctive. Of the"e "The
Crock of i fold" has been most widely lead and
genetnlly admired, for, ns a tale of Intense In
terest anil rlrnr ninral point. It Is (.careely cx
reeded. Tho following In the simple nccount of
Its origin.
"Some ears iign he purchased a house at
Ilrlghtnn While laving out the garden he hnd
occasion to have wevetal drains made. Ono
day, oliMrvliig a workman, Francis Suter,
stnndltig In one of the trenches wet and wearied
with toll, Mr. Topper said to hhn In a totio of
pleasantry: 'Would jon not like to dig up
their a crock full of goliP' 'If T did," said the
man, "It would do me no good; because merely
flucllng It might not maltn it tnlur.' 'Hut, sup
pose vou could not only llnd Mich a treasure,
but hnnestlv keep It, would you not think
yourself lucky?" "Oh, ye, Mir. I suppose I
should but.' after a considerable, patife. 'but
I am not so sure, sir, nfter all, that that Is
the best thing that rnulil happen to me. I
think, on tin- whole. I would rather hae stuidv
work and fair watres nil the season than to
find n crook of gold!" Here was wisdom. The
remark of the houeiit trench-digger nt oner
set In motion a ttaln of thouuht In 'he mind
of the nuthor. He entered his study, wrote In
large lettirs on a sheet of pnper these words:
"Tho Cioek of rinld, n Wilr o Coirtauvirim,'
and In less than a week the remarkable story
was finished. With such simple thiends does
cenlus elaborate the richest ami most gorgeous.
Innestrv "
AprlllTl.
The
"For-It-Was-lndeed-He" Club
xvi r. i. g.
YOl might Imagine, gentle render, by the
cut of our hero's strong chin, and by the
further fact that his Inltluls sound something
like a challenge, that he wouldn't care a fig
or two pins what any one said about him.
Perhaps nt tho tlmo
w lion our story
opens, tho early 70s,
this may have been
tho case. There was
then upon our hero's
mind little that was
much weightier than
his curly hair. Ah'
but what nf the fu
ture? What of the
heavy work and the
still heavier play to
come? Little did our
hero think In those
far-off days that the
time would arrive
when he would find
It easier to net ns
general counsel for the Pennsylvania Rail
road than to beat Russell Thayer over the 18
holes of tho Philadelphia Cricket Club's
sporty golf course nt St. Martin's. 1'rancls
l. Onwcn for It was Indeed he has his own
troubles.
Righto! Or Nearly So
In Momlny'H column I rend:
"ilKTIC'L'I.OL'S
Slcn on Chestnut Mreet;
ni.ACic ru.ovKS n.uANno."
Why Is this meticulous", or to put It theolog
Ically, mipereiogatory'' Is dirt. dirt only when
yoti can't see It, and does n black man never
have to wash his hands? IOUVEflTUHi:.
Signs
Dear fir Apnpn of Ibhh, we Imvo nn "Artlut
In lleer Apurtu." nn "fee, 1'le nml Slilp Kao-
lory," a rieatlier" anil H.wetter" stnro nml a
"Denlgner of the Print" In our vicinity ilowntnun.
lilacnnio.
rilr Afur all. when i-imslijer how Jlenry
t-'oril puts bin urn lois'tllT, It It mirprlxlnic Hint
he elmuM he eo strong tor penca-work ? J, H.
"Somewhere in France"
(With the Amerliaii Amhulanre Cnrp.)
Suffeilu' tinokes, but ain't It hell,
'Midst thla rnln of shot an' shell;
Ilaulln' wounded day an' night
r'rnm the thickest of tho light.
Cosli! 1 wish I was back home.
Nevermore would this Yank roam!
Itlltherln' mutt, I took a chance.
An' I'm here Somewhere In France!
Old Joffre pinned a cross on mej
Others fchook my mitt with glee.
Kltcli said "hero" an" mjcIi stuff
'dure the chance we took was rough,
Just the same I'd like to be
Hack In th' old land of the free!
Illitherln' mutt, I took a chance.
An I'm hero Somewhere In 1'rancel
What the deuce it's nil about
Kills this Yankee kid with doubt.
All the livelong day an' night
They're exploding in the tight.
O! but It's a slvkenln' -Uuch
When we drag 'em from the trench,
Hlitherin' mutt, I took a chance,
An' I'm here Somewhere In Franca!
Here I nm an" poor fool me!
Far away the Christmas tree
Is aglow with tinseled balls;
Mualo rings through all the halls;
Dad and ma and all the rest
Share the Yulotlde cheer and Jest
While I'm btulled with my ambulance
In a ditch Somewhere in France!
It. B. M,
UKOGHAI'IIV
How near Is Vienna,
I'ray tell, to Gehenna?
THEY'RE telling this one on the Street: A
man who had something- to sell went Into
the office of Van Dusen & Stokes, the other
day, and asked for Mr. Stokes. Mr. Van Dusen
came out. "Why," said the man, "you re
mind me of, Mr, Van Dusen." "Yes, I am Mr,
Van Duien." "Ah I that accounts for the
resemblance,"
i.i :.
"AW,
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I' It ; ' ,1 J
TITLED TRIO OF
BUSY BRITISHERS
London's Defender, the National
Recruiter, the New Commander in
France and Flanders and Some
of Their Achievements
WHY! Why was Admiral Sir Percy Scott
assigned to the task of defending Lon
don from the Xeppellns? Why was Lord
Derby the man chosen for the post of "Na
tional Recruiter"? Why was Sir Douglas
Hnlg deslgnuted as the
.successor of Field Mar
shal Sir John French? Of
course, there were rea
eons behind these assign
ments nnd appointments,
but what reasons? Polit
ical? In part, doubt
less; but the inquiry runs
Into a maze of uncer
tainty nnd conjecture,
and It is plcnsnutcr ns
well as: easier to Hud tin
reasons that rest on per
sonal merit. Before the
sin rimcv SCOTT
chnngc of commanders Sir John French
had paid high tribute to tho man who
now takes his place. When hostilities
commenced Sir Douglas was general of
ficer commanding at Aldershot and Imme
diately was placed In command of tho first
nrmy of the expeditionary force. Mention
of his namo In dispatches for excellent gen
eralship appeared rcpentedly. At the battle
of the Alsne his conduct was described by
Sir John French ns "bold, skilful and de
cisive." In November, 1911, Sir Douglas was
promoted from tho rank of lieutenant gen
eral to tho full rank of general for distin
guished service In tho field. In General
French's dispatch to the British War Olllco
describing tho fnmous nnd masterly retreat
from Moris he credited Sir Douglas Ualg with
having extricated his corps from ti diliicult
position at Lnndrecles. "I sent urgent mes
sages to the commander of two French reservo
divisions: nn my right to enmo up to tho as
sistance of tho First Corps, which they event
ually did," wrote Sir John. "Partly owing
to this assistant e. tint mainly due to tho
skilful manner In which Sir Douglas Halg
extricated his corps from an exceptionally
dllllcult pnt-itlnu In the darkness nf tho night,
they were nblo at dawn to resume their
march .south toward Asslgny on Clui.se." '
Sir Douglns Ilulg Is n Scotchman, Ho Is
fifty-four years old and began IiIk military
career us a subaltern In tho Seventh Hus
sars In 1SK3. His first distinction ho won In
the Sudan, whero he was promoted by flen
eral Kitchener to tho brevet rank of major
for gallantry nt Atbara und before Khar
toum. Sir Doiiglnx also distinguished him
relf in the npcrntlcns against the Transvaal
und tho Orange Free Stat. During nno of
the important phases of the war in South
Africa Sir Douglas llalg commnnded a group
nf columns. He wis mentioned again In dis
patches nnd was appointed aide-de-camp to
tho King. Later he commanded the Seven
teenth Lancers, "the Death or filory Boys,"
and In 1301 ho became Inspector General of
Cavalry In India. While n the East lie was
promoted to th" rank of Major General and
In 1008 became Director of Military Training,
nnd the following year Director of Staff
Diitlen nt army headquarters-. From 1903
until 1912 ho wa.s Chief nf Staff In India.
John null Englishman
Lord Derby's work in his dlflicult post Is
known to the world After his appointment
"A Northern Admirer" wrote a "letter to
tho Editor" of the London Mall to Impress
on the people of southern England the kind
nf man who had been chosen. "We In tho
north," he said, almost anxiously, "know
that Lord Derby's gallant effort to save vol
untary enlistment. In which attempt he has
himself said he 'feels somowhat In tho posl
tlon nf a receiver nf a bankrupt concern,'
Is characteristic of tho fine courage of tho
man."
Always a strict and brainy Tory, ho Is
throwing himself into a task created by what
many people consider Mr. Asqulth's mono
maniac feur of tho working clusses. "Wo
know." declared "Admirer," "that ho will
throw his unbounded enthusiasm and genius
for organization Into the work. We know
that he will Inspire the canvassers on their
unpleasant rounds, und that just us he has
sacrificed every moment of leisure nnd peace
at his palace at Knowsley since the war be
gan, so he will work from morning to night
writing, speaking, traveling and Inspiring"
The fact that he does not believe In the
work ho Is doing, that he holds the strongest
views against tho voluntary system, has not
deterred him for an Instant- Mr Asqulth
asked him to do It, and that was enough.
It is doubtful whether liny single !ndlvjlu
YOU KNOW WHERE I'M GOING !"
with tho exception, of course, of Mr. Hcd
lcy Lo Bus, the nuthor of tho great posters
nnd advertisements In connection with re
cruiting has gathered so many soldiers to
the King's army.
Now for tho "why" of the nppolntmcnt of
"Great Scott," the Inventon-ndmlral whoso
Job Is tackling tho "Zepps." "The father of
modern nnvnl gunnery," he Is called. All
through his life gunnery has been his grand
passion. "I shouldn't bo surprised to hear,"
said a knowing tar once, "that Percy Scott
tnkes a 4." with him when he goes to bed!"
Why Is Sir Percy Scott, tho man who has
I been chosen to defend Loudon against Zcp-
pellns, styled "the father of modern gun
I nery"? Hecuuso ho practically Invented It,
1 so tho Ilrltlsh claim. Almost every week of
his life ho has Invented something sensa
i tlonal, nnd nlrnost every Invention has been
1 connected wlth'gJiis. Ho onco Invented a
motto but even that was u gun motto. It
ran. "Hit, hit quickly, and continue to hit."
, Necessity Is tho mother of Invention, and
i Sir Percy's Inventions lmvo generally come
! nt ti time nf most pressing need. In 1S02 he
j wa.s on active service in Egypt as a gunnery
I lieutenant. Tho Ilrltlsh army, not for tho
I llrst or for the last time, found Itself short
of guns. How to procure more? Nobody
I could say. Rut young Scott's eye lit on tho
! fort guns, nnd he decided that they must
be made transportable. An unheard-of thing
yet Scott mndo them transportable, nnd
the nrmy, tnklug them nlong, played old
Harry with tho foe!
"Great Scott" a ThinWnjr Fighter
Necessity called ngaln nt tho beginning of
the liocr War. Once mote tho Ilrltlsh wero
short of nrtlllcry, and Sir George White tele
graphed in despair to Scott's ship, tin; Ter
rible, to risk If tho navy could let him lmvo
somo four-polnt-sevcns.
"What can you dr.?" asked Admiral Harris.
"I can think," said Admiral Scott.
And Admiral Scott thought. IIo thought
for onu night, and during that night ho in
vented n new gun-carriage. Twenty-four
hours later two I 7-Inch guns and four 12
pounders were on their way to Durban. Ex-
j perts say that, but for this amazing promp
titude, Ludysmith would Inevitably have
fallen.
i Sir Percy's; devotion to gunnery hns always
i produced staitllng lesults, und his ships have
j always been noted for setting up gunnery
records. The Admiralty could scarcely be
i lleve Its oyes when, some years back, It read
that Scott's1 ship, tho Scylla. hail registered
SO per cent, of hits with her 4.7-incli guns,
for tho Admiralty knew' that tho aver'ugn In
tho n.tvv nt that time wa.s only about HI per
cent. Next the Terrible, under Sir Percy,
scored 102 lilts in 125 rounds off Shanghai;
and, not content with this, when ho took
over tho Ilarllotir, Scott saw to it that tho
Ilnrtleur bent even that record, In n heavy
hen. Such is tho man with whom the Zep
pelins now lmvo to reckon. Small wonder
that ho Ims boon nicknamed "On-tlio-Spnt
Percy," for ho Is always on tho spot dead
on.
WHAT PHILIP SPEED DID
Working newspaper men who ntteniled the fu
neral nf Philip Speed, at his home pn Staten
Island, Friday Inst, must have hart serious
thoughu regarding the rorgetfuluess of man
kind. Mr. Speed hail been a bard worker In
New York Journalism for more than 20 year,
during which tlmo he had performed many
nets as n importer that to this day ledouud to
tlie nliil.inthronles of his profession. One n
stnncn In particular recurs to mo, because It
happened to come under my personal notice.
In the t-uniiniT of 1S3D, the child of a rich
family was rallied off by a nurse that had
been "planted" In Hie household for tho eprcss
purpose of securing money foi tin- little glrl'j
rnusoni For many dus the pollco of this
city and the constabulary of New Jersey
worked fruitlessly on the case. Philip Speed,
reporter on the World, was finally assigned to
the apparently hopeless task of finding the ab
ducted child. He spent days nnd nights nrnld
the wildest recesses of New Jercy, because he
soon gained a clue that the maid came from
the region near Hillside. Later he learned
that she was a married woman, although slm
had posed as a maid. He drove and wulked
over all that Mmiiuiountaluous region until he
located a small roadside Inn. at which a young
couple and child wero living. He had u photo
graph of tho girl. He lodged at the roadside
tavern. Identified the child, got In touch with
the police by telephone, caused the arrest of
the couple nnd restored the stolen baby to her
parents. Then he hurried back to bis desk lo
write an, account of the chase, dlscovory and
rescue. It wus "a first pager." all right!
The ubductors were tried, convicted und given
a long term in prison. Would you believe It,
those nn rents never wrote to Philip Speed a line
of gratitude? Saddest of nil, to me, they were
not at his funeral, and did not send a word of
sympathy to the young widow!
Such Is the experience of most newspaper
workers Julius Chambers in Urooklyn Katie.
THE PRACTICAL TEST
A New Yorker, euphemistically characterized
as an "economist." calculates that a family of
Ave can live well" on fl.05 dally Has he
put bin theory to the test of personal prac
tice? Spcjluioe Spokesman,
FLYNN OF THE
SECRET SERVICE
Realized His Early Ambition in Be
coming Head of the Government's
Detective Agency Some Im
portant Investigations
mo DUAL more efficiently nnd tltectiiiij
a. wnn tne "creatures or passion, diitoyaltr
and anarchy" who are guilty of the coiujk
acles, plots and machinations against the rl(hu
or American inuustry nnu American neutralit;
tne various Iniestlntlrj
agencies of the Pedis
Covcrninent have bttj
co-ordinated tinder
special bureau In charp
of Frank Lyons Toi,
counselor of the Euti
Department. These (.
cles Include the ctait
guard serUce, the bit
of revenue cutten, tht
customs Inspectors, Hi
Inspectors of land fracdi,
the immigration injec
tors, the poBtofflce In
spectors, the bank ex
aminers, the special In
vestigators of the De
partment of Juitlet, inl
l'liotn (i' h ClIliiMlnnt.
WM. J. I'l.YN.N
ast. but not least, tty
I'nlted States Secret Service. '
Of l.ito the public bus learned of the til
clllclcnt work of the Secret Service In dl(rb
up evidence relating to the activities of Rota
Fay and his associates and uncoverlnj to
plots' in Mirlous pints of the country. But til
extent of Its Investigations' ami discoveries con
cerning these plots and conspiracies Is cot
known to the general public and probably pete?
will be. The value of the Secret Service, more
over. Is not to be measured bj sensational ex
ploits and achievements or by the amount ol
publicity Its doings receive That publicity, lor
obvious reasons, is not of large proportions.
Tho preient sltuntlon, of cotuse, calls for fi
close correlation of secret Investigation wllhtte
State Department. Of tho newly created t
renu the Secret Scrvke will form the nucleut
Though the range of Its work has been has
pored by lack of funds and by certain jtatutW
limitations, the Secret Service la the part tu
rendered vnluable alii In several widely
vergent directions.
All Around the World
It Is by many investigations conducted U
this country and perhaps nlnoad that tt
Administration has gatheiei) information teat
Ims enabled the Federal officials to foresee In
tel national events before they really happens
i rid to pirparc 'jr contingencies with proper
rare. Much of the important work whfcl i t
Seciet Service has done hns been performed!
dr the direction of the State Department, it
has a confidential fund for uuch InvestlcaUocl
and which mils upon the Ke.ret Service cW
to supply tho men for the work. While l
public hears llttlo of the details of the or
of the Secret Service, tho chief haj aie
all over the country anil all ovr..1"
world, men of great skill, many of wen
of high education, others of little o
education but jiiudunles In the university"
human nature and of crlmlnolog, mn
gieat com age and necessarllj of tremendous rr
souicefulueSH. ,-,h
At the head of the Secret Service Is fli
lam J Klyini, who wna born In ? T0 ,
years ago. As u boy he wanted to m
detective, but first he became a plumber. l"
be received nil appointment as warden w
city jail, and in Ml Joined the Wel!B
For hevernl years he served as division cMj
wllh he.iilriuarterw at I'ltulmnth, a"e!7.'
being transferred to the New otli fliw
Mil) or ll.inor asked him to reorganise wt in
fective service of New York city, ana '
.
Flyini had pei formed the lath wrm .,',,,,
Miccrss he rejoined the Secret Sent" J4
little Liter succeeded John WlUde as i Its n ,
Presidents Imvo highly praised h' " ;
the directors? of tlio iianu or r.ns'""" i
nnu a vote or iiiauiis.
Trackinu Dnwn "The Wolf"
Two or three of his "caes" "" b JJ'Jr
Honed here. When Flyim . '" W
the New York division he watched ,",,
seven eurs before he got t,ie, V isfounH
needed. An Illustration of Ids "e,l nick !'
in the case of I.upo, "the v0"' r tB a
April. 1003. the body of a murdered n
barrel mi-tilled Chief McCluske). of I" m
tral twice, in r.ew , , j,iiv Flyt'
make nothing of the case, but """ ial
u.... I u.ni-,1 lh:i he klieW III"' " "jji
. ..." . . x. ,. rf'IHIKC7
sent him word that he Knew i i rfUf
man was Henedetto Martoula. a eX.n lJ
, .,... , ,r m.cm whom tap" . ..
MUM lilt? .Mlltlli
under tnisplaiou.
and the comrade oi , -",, 'mpe-
under suspicion. Hynn nan '" ' "T-hed th
the assassin of Mailonla and he J j,.
man for seven years. New k I?'" ',,
lve gave up the search for 'tt rd
Mailonla. but not Flynn He """'''..pod, set
on a gang of counterfeiters " J m- prlloBrt1
far from Poughkeepsle. Anion hwr (j
was the Wolf, who was c0"vl'i'?,fi".. TM,
sentence of 30 years r counterfeit
reason for the heavy sentence w " jjj
certainty on Flynn" part "'"'of Uifa&
been concerned In the murder ' UA
Flynn said that the case was one
pieces of work he ever did .m m
Another Instance, of '?",! iLl 1'
brought out in the capture pf Jo hn
pasfed counterfeit five pound notes " K P4tri
of England. He trailed the man J "r0dun4 u
sylvanla. He followed hhn to ena
to America, finally captur ng hU "an.
ng the proof he needed In rtevef. f
A MATTER OP PRICE rf
Tlut critic who ascribes the PW" Wj
"movie- to It being "the Quick lu
may Imagine that people prefe f t f
to a course dinner when, as a mai pitt,bari
If thev had the price they mlgnU t-
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