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Governor to Mond Roads. Headline.
Fences?
Perhaps Carranza thinks that If ho 1b going
' to lick tho United States ho would bettor bogln
while tho Government docs not know lta own
mind.
The controversy over who wrote tho plays
of Shakespeare Is not nearly so acute as that
over who Is to get tho nomination In tho Re
publican National Convention.
No one can look at tho saloon map of
Kensington without concluding that there Is
some Justification for the campaign against
tho saloon which Is soon to begin there.
Colonel Roosevolt says that the tariff ap
peals to tho belly and not to tho soul, but
ho does not mean to suggest that tho free
trade Democrats are tho soul of tho country.
No ono will disagree with Senator Stone
when ho says that we should havo a larger
navy. Ho shows hlB failure to understand
tho exigencies of tho situation when he op
poses an Increase In tho army.
Call New Tork Plors Second to Those
Here. Report of Director Webster's trip.
But alas! as Abraham Lincoln said, calling
our piers first will not give them tho shipping
unless manufacturers do tho calling.
Fortunately for tho disappointed politicians,
tho members of tho American Philosophical
Society, now considering scientific questions In
Independence Square, are not the enly cjtlzens
who can onjoy tho consolations of philosophy.
At least tho German Government has set
our mind at rest concerning ono important
problem. Wo know now that betweon sink
ings commanders' of submarines amuse them
selves in the gentle art of sketching their vic
tims. Kultur!
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Notwithstanding tho fact that " the -Judge
Advocate General of the army has shot tho
Hay and Chamberlain bills full of holes, tho
Senate continues to debate tho provisions for
federalizing the militia as though they were
of some practical use.
The final argument in the appeal of William
Barnes from the verdict of tho Jury In his suit
against Roosevelt will be made in October
whon the presidential campaign Is at Its
height. No other date would suit Mr. Barnes
ma well, or Mr. Roosevelt.
Experts of ono kind have reported that tho
upper part of the City Hall tower Is rotten;
"eicports" of another kind insist that the foun
dations are rotten; and there have been
rumors that there Is rottenness somewhere
letween the foundations and the tower.
More true than most figures of speech is tho
statement that "only a miracle can prevent an
'open break with Germany." Unfortunately,
the nature of the miracle is known a back
down and a pledge from Germany. And .wo
have reason not to believe in that kind of
miracle.
As no one objects to the construction of the
Frankfort elevated railroad line, work on it
Is progressing rapidly. The first steel col.
vmn for it was set yesterday, and its succes
, sora will rear themselves In the air so rapidly
that they will all be in place before you
know lt
Recruiting is looking up. Only 70 men were
enlisted at tho Philadelphia Btatlon of tho
army In March, but 120 have been accepted
during the first H days of April. Yet, even
t this rate. It will take a long time to get
tho 20,000 increase to the regular army which
Congress has authorized.
Senator Thomas rivaled Mr. Bryan as a dls
penser of flapdoodle when he told the Phlladel
Phla Democratic Club that when there was a
resurrection of the spiritual sentiment of the
nation the number of soldiers and sailors In
uniform would be unimportant It will take
more than rhetoric to prepare this nation to
defend Itself.
The Reading has begun to boost the port in
tnsr right way by sending to Its shareholders
along; with their' dividend checks a notice
aJUnr on them, to ship and order all foreign
freight to them shipped by the Reading lines,
through the Port Richmond terminal. Now
let the other railroads with Philadelphia con-
"aectlons follow the good example.
No violation of neutrality Is discernible In
the offer, made pome time ago and
yesterday accepted by the French Gov
eminent, for the rehabilitation of French
Industry after the war through Ameri
can capital and inventive genius. 'What
ever American sympathies In the war
may be. they have an overflowing heart
Jo, the individuals of all countries who
are Buffering, and they da not lack a business
sense which will lead them to the work of
reconstruction pn the Rhine as swiftly as
to that on the Seine. That there will be mul
titudinous, opportunities for such service, and
or such eeUrprUa U as certain ay the Usue
f tit war Is uncertain. No man knows what
th Wags forth, bat we ore unhappily
su. e ttfc wtakwtuse and Busarr are the awful
camp followers in this war. We may not have
a friend In Europe now, but whon tho war Is
over wo shall have plenty of business asso
ciates. If only for tho good this country can
do afterward it must not go rashly Into tho
war now.
WE ARE READY!
farrnntn line naked the United Stntei to
withdraw from Mexico In order to tare hU
own akin. He cannot control Mexico. He
la not mailer In lila own house. Tho Treel
dent has neked whether we nre ready to ro
Into that hntKfl, ne our own property end
our own people. Tor tho Rood of the world
we mint reetore order there. Then, for the
aake of our honor, we muat leate. llut not
till then.
THB President has asked tho country a
plain question. With tho Moxlcan situa
tion In every man's mind, there could bo no
mistaking Mr. Wilson's meaning when he
said:
Are you ready to go In where American
Interests and those of humanity coincide
and to como out as soon ns the Interests of
humanity have been satisfied? Are J'ou
ready to see that American Interests shall
ceaso when tho balance for humanity has
been readjusted? Are you ready?
Tho President Is entitled to a prompt and
declslvo reply.
The United States has Interests In Mexico,
legitimately established and Justifiably claim
ing tho protection of a stable government
Citizens of this country, accustomed to tho
security of such a govcrenment, aio now living
In Mexico, nnd, while anarchy obtained there,
were compelled to look to tholr tiatlvo land
for shelter. That was tho beginning of our
relations with tho country beyond tho Rio
Grande. Tho first phaso lasted five years,
was characterized by serious errors of Judg
ment, by hesitations and fatal delays.
When Cnrranza was recognized anarchy to
some extent ended In Mexico nnd only the
minor problem of restoring perfect peaco re
mained. For many months tho United States
Indicated good faith by permitting the recog
nized Government of Mexico by Itself to deal
with tho outlawry centred about tho porson
of Francisco Villa, The pretense broke down
when, March 9, Villa raided tho town of Co
lumbus, Now Mexico. Immediately thereafter
separate expeditions wore formed by tho two
countries, apparently with full understanding
of both, for the oxtlrpatlon of tho outlaw band.
There is nothing in this record of fact which
Justifies suspicion of tho motives of the United
States. Had this country desired an Invasion
of Mexico It could havo found a shield' nnd
buckler ready to Its hand years ago. Indeed,
tho chief protest against our attitude lias been
that we nro struggling against our own "mani
fest destiny." Tho United States has so scru
pulously avoided the appearance of covetous
greed ns seriously to Injure Its own prestige
and standing. And In the face of this trying
and troublesome solicitude for Mexico wo nro
met with the astonishing nnd Impudent re
quest from Carranzu to leavo tho country,
with Villa uncaught, with tho power of revo
lution and anarchy laying Its dicadful hand
ngnln on tho heart of every Irresponsible brig
and In Moxlco, as a high sign that all Is ready
for another debauch of riot and of murder.
Vonustlano Carranza, styled tho First Chief
of Mexico, has asked the American troops to
withdraw simply and solely becnuso he is
afraid of Moxlco. Ho is not master In his
own house. Wo know that behind It tho heart
of Carranza Is weak with fear. He cannot
control his own men, he does not command
his own country. He can hardly expect us
to be frightened when the volco of command
Is tremulous with fear Itself,
But there Is moro than a suspicion that
Carranza Is playing a sharp game, Somo
ttmes when a brawl breaks out in a gambling
house and the police break In, one remains
while the others iildo, and assures the pollco
that the trouble is over. It may be done out
of lovo for tho guilty; it may be done out of
fear for self. No ono fancies that Carranza
loves Villa. Ho is" "stalling" for himself, pre
ferring that Villa escape, rather than the
truth be known. Tho truth which ho wishes
to conceal seems to be that ho cannot keep
his houso In order.
Whether Carranza comes to open deflance of
the United States or not, the situation Is now
clear. So long as there wns a chance for
peaco In Mexico tho world could forgive tho
monstrous waste of rich material which un
intelligent, Indolent and corrupt exploitation
caused there. So long as Mexico held an open
door to tho energies and the driving powers
of other nations, she could safely be left to her
own small devices. That tlmo has passed.
Tho Interests of humanity, which President
Wilson Invokes, demand a Mexico which is
at peace. The interests of civilization demand
a Mexico open to the development which large
minds can glye to it. There nre other spe
cial American 'interests, as there nre English
Interests and German and international. All
of them are our concern, but our first concern
la the Interest of the world. It would be an
"unfortunato thing if private American Inter
ests, having followed our troops Into Mexico,
should refuse to withdraw after "the balance
for humanity had been readjusted." It would
be a far more unfortunate thing If private
American interests should prevent our going
in until that balance should be lost forever.
It does not mean war, our going In, but in the
present frame of mind of Carranza it means
the threat of war. That threat should be de
livered with a single voice, answering without
fear, but with a full sense of responsibility,
the President's question.
"We are ready,"
WHAT IS THERE TO niDE?
THB Civil Service Commission, whose duty
It is to see that the laws respecting the
appointment of tain to olllce after proper ex
amination are enforced, should be the last
body to refuse to permit inspection of its
records by reputable citizens.
When tho charge Is made that the law was
violated in the appointment of the Mayor's
son-in-law the Commission should be the first
to explain how the appointment was brought
about. Refusal to permit an Inspection of
the records Justifies suspicion and puts the
commission in an attitude of defense, which
is unfortunate. Young Robertson may have
been appointed legally, though It Is charged
that he passed his examination a week and
was appointed four days before he filed his
application for appointment,
Nothing more than the violation of a tech
nical provision of the law is Involved; but
when the letter of the statute was disregarded
for the benefit of a member of the Mayor's
family It Is desirable that some explanation
should be offered. The purpose of the civil
service laws Is to prevent favoritism. The
Commission falls in Its duty If it does not
treat all candidates alike, and It forfeits pub
lic confidence when it resents an attempt to
discover whether there has ben favoritism
in a specific case. The members of the Com
mission are not fools. They are expected to
open their book before the court Issue a
peremptory order.
Tom Daly's Column
OVR VtLLAOV POET
Whenever tf a Saturday on' all my work
Ij through
I like to ivalk on Chestnut street to sea what
tiemi Is new.
But nowadays It kind o' seems to sort o' look
to mo
As If I'd have to git a car of S It. P.,
Or hitch old Dobbin to the rig or climb up on
his back,
To chase the news that Chestnut street today
appears ta lack.
Por just as soon as noon gits "high" around
the city's centre,
Folks blow away so goldcrn quick you can't
see where they went tcr.
Vtut let old IS Meridian step up an' Moto his
whistle
An' everybody float away like down from off
tho thisllel
Borne takes their lags o' funny tools to dig
expensive turf
At Whltcmarsh or Pine Valley or beside tho
soundln' surf;
Some grab a bag o' peanuts, a few five-cent
cigars,
An' fight for slandln'-room upon the north'
bound trolley cars.
They're flyin' here, they're pushln' there,
they're scramhtln' all together
To git out where there's no brick walls be
tween them an' the weather;
An' when the last o' them Is gone ('round
maybe .1 o'clock)
Old Chestnut sttcct Is like a morgue In every
quiet block
Except where every now an' then a feeble yell
or cheer
Will come cavortln' down the street an' climb
Into your car;
An' if you'll take a look you'll find a crowd
around the board,
Prctcndln' that they're happy watchln' hoio
the runs Is scored.
At one a' these sad functions an, tryln' to
look pleasant
Today I marked thcie stay-at-homes all prom
inently ptcscnt:
Bill George (the paper man), Jim Bonn, "Ca
nuck" (our office boy),
Gov. Stuart, Jake (the sandwich man), T,
Smith, John McAvov,
Al Turner, Simon (collar-buttons), Penrose,
Doctor Kruscn,
C. Clinton (also paper man), Dick Francis, John.
Van Duscn
But, pshaw! why should my pen prolong the
dash-dinged agony?
As I icmarkcd It kind o' seems to soit o' look
to me
Hereafter, totcu It's Saturday an' all my
work Is through,
Vd best glt off of Chestnut street to see what
ncies is new.
Have You One in Your Home?
OUR Constant Reader, the one who has read
us consistently from tho llrst, called at the
office to see us today. Wo were told a num
ber of Interesting things: that .soap which used
to cost fi cents a cake 1h now 2 for 15; that
Gimlets have Just tho frock our flapper needs;
and thnt she herself can't run tho houso on
well on what we're giving her.
Sons or Scorn
I would not even glvo nn old Persian dam
For tho cleverest, timeliest, now anagram;
For I hato every ono, I hato each nnd all,
On my poor. Jaded spirit all anagrams pall,
So I hereby express my great scorn of such
Jests,
And I hymn my deep hato with these poor
anapests. WILL, LOU.
WE'RE growing very tired of having our
perfectly good suggestions for cartoons
laughed to bcorn by the tall, red-haired, rangy
genius who spreads himself, trlple-breastedly,
over the upper right-hand corner of this edi
torial edifice; and so, beginning today and
perhaps for ono consecutive day only wo pro
pose to present
Our Own Sykes
The Old Man With the Beard
(With proper apoloclea)
Said a certain old guy with a beard:
"Carramba! but Isn't It weird?
A vulture, a rat.
Six snakes and a bat
Have all made their nests In my beard!"
COMES a letter all the way from Nlngpo,
China. II. L. Corbln wrote it, and it's full
of Chinese dainties. We'll dole 'em out to you,
a mouthful at a time. "The Ledgers are doled
out to me, Bhlp by ship," BayB he; "then when
I've finished with the papers my boy gets a
few extra coppers squeeze from the native
markets. 'Foreign papers more better for
wrap fish,' he says.
"Some day I'll write you something. I have
hopes that one day I'll complete my Great Ori
ental Classic, entitled 'The Call of the Kast.'
So far all I've got Is the last two lines;
"It rings and it sings from Harbin to Pakol;
'Tis the Call of the East: 'Wherethehelllsthat
boy!"
Anagram Contest
WB DON'T like that word "apposite" any
more than you do, but that's the only
adjective to apply to these two entries;
'TWAS IN RARE HAMLET I SPAKE SIN-
CERELY
A DATE I DO CRY ON.
X Y. Z.
This got by for a different reason.
My HOTEL NAP WENT BADLY,
The mualo was so loud,
On the corner I would gladly
Have hammered the whole crowd.
But when I roused up fully
I thought the playing- bully. '
J. A. A.
Yesterday's answer;
. Thunder Oo4 Pradnouht,
Party Manners O. K. Quite Sol
A. Doctor of Divinity
Who often plays th host to me
lief quite a dear old friend of mine)
Had asked me to his house to dine,
lie made preprandlal moments spin
By sawing fast an hit violin,
"Horn do you Jifcfl W he atked of me;
But cJJ i aW teo4 "ViidU. D. D."
M. a, D.
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"BLOODLESS WAR" IN
MEXICO NOT LIKELY
Trench Warfare Impossible for Two
Small Armies on a 2000-mile
Front Obregon's Skill and
Carranza's Intentions
AMERICANS who wero drilled In that
XI school, now on Its way to tho sciup heap,
which mado them moro familiar with tho
fancies of the 40s of tho last century than
with tho facts of today can rnttlo oft with
precision tho exact number of Mexican sol
diers whom ono American soldier can defeat
nnd, ono should add, "with ono hand tied behind
his back." Wo wero told, and solemnly bo
llcvcd, that binall detachments of American
troops drovo before them Immonsa and thor
oughly disgusted armies of Mexicans.
However truo some of theso stories may bo,
tho fact remains that tho Unltod States em
ployed 104,284 troops In our Mexican "War,
and tho maximum number of Mexican troops
wns nt no tlmo moio than 40,000. Today tho
conditions on papor aro very nearly re
versed. The strength of tho mobllo army
within tho United States was officially G3.022
as late as April, 1915, and Moxlco, from all
accounts, If her various factions united against
tho "grlngoes," would havo between 85,000
and 100,000 men.
But If any still bellovo that ono American
Is moro than a match for two Moxlcnns, they
aro forgetting ono. Important factor a Uttlo
thing which Maxim calls "tho greatest life
savor over Invented." That Is the machine
gun. Tho Mexicans havo machlno guns. They
havo not been used ns life-savers In- Mexico,
but for an exactly opposlto purpose. But tho
truth contained In tho epigram has been
proved again and again In Europe. A small
number of men with a few machlno guns can
play such havoc with a very much larger at
tacking forco that modern warfare has been
driven to a great extent underground.
Trench Warfare Impossible
But thero Is Uttlo reason to believe that a
war between tho United States and Mexico
would develop tho trench system which la
universal on all tho European fronts. Tho
only reason thero nre trenches In Europe Is
that thero aro enough men ongnged to fill
them. But a mere couple of hundred thousand
men fighting each other In trenches stretched
across 2000 miles Is unthinkable The strategy
would therefore necessarily Involve lighting In
the open, with detnehed columns trying to
outflank each other and tho advantage with
tho defenders, not with the invaders. In such
fighting the machine gun would have full
play. Under present conditions It would not
be an easy or a "bloodless" war.
Tho Mexican general who would conduct
the defense of his country Is Obregon. Ho has
had great experience, both In problems of at
tacking Mexico and defending it; for ho wns
himself a rebel at one time. He Is now Car
ranza's Secretary of War. Some Idea of the
kind of battles that Mexican conditions pro
duce, of tho size of the losses and of Obregon's
skill can be had from the Btory of his first
serious engagement This was from May &
to 12, 1913, outside of Ouaymas, between
OJeda's Federals and Obregon's Constitution
alists. OJeda's advance north consisted of about
1200 men and 18 pieces of artillery. They
were opposed by 4000 men under Obregon with
out artillery. Eight hundred Federals were
killed by Obregon's men and all tljelr artillery
was captured. The Obregon forces lost 250
men killed and wounded. Each side killed all
the wounded that they found and also all cap
tives who refused to enlist In the captor's
force. Obregon showed at one and the same
time not only his military ability, but a
savagery comparable to Villa's.
Carranza a "Mixture"
As for the de facto President, Obregon's
chief, he Is a strange mixture of paclflcatlng
Idealism and military cunning, of brotherhood-of-man
professions and cruel actions, Car
ranza was the first Governor of a Mexican
State to bid defiance to Huerta and he started
the armed revolt which spread quickly
throughout northern Mexico and ended In the
overthrow of the Huerta regime. He was
born In the State of Coahulla, of one of the
old families that boast pure Spanish descent.
The Carranzaa were extensive landowners for
generations and the President's fortune was
estimated at $500,000 several years ago. It
has probably doubled since then.
He Is described as "a stern, uncompromising
Spanish gentleman, with the simple habits of
a plainsman." He is a total abstainer from
liquor and tobacco and a disciplinarian In big
and little things. Hla tall, wiry figure Is set
up like a soldier's; he rises' at 6 In the morning,
and he works indefatlgably. This la the typi
cal account of ever' man who has engineered
great and devious politico-military enterprises.
Hla education, hla actions, make It certain that
he know perfectly well the futility of any
hopes of avoiding anything but complete even
GO 'WAY AND LET ME
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tual defeat In a war with tho United States.
Ho Is sagacious enough to count on two prob
abilities and they arc piobabtlitlcs to many In
this country ns welt ns In Mexico: First, that
tho Wilson leglmo would mako every effort
to avoid nnnoxutlou of Mexico after defeat
ing tho Mexican nrmles, and second, that
his doflanco of this country would tend to
reunite Mexico with himself firmly established
In control with tho glamour of a national hero
about him.
Borgia Methods and Bourgeois Sentiments
His remarkable combination of scholarly and
philanthropic professions with barbarously
cruel methods Is well Indicated In this Inter
view which ho gavo to a Journalist dutlng
his military campaign:
"Tho land of Mexico, which was formerly
tho people's, has boon seized by the fow. The
owners of It compel thoso who nro working
for them to buy tho necessities of llfo from
them alone. They lay n burden of debt upon
tho poor people and mako them virtually
Hlavcs, for so long as tho poor owo them
monoy they cannot get away.
"Then, thero Is tho growth of tho middle
dnsi. Formerly thero wero only rich und
poor. Now there Is a class In between which
does not llko to seo tho poor oppressed, which
knows what democracy and social reform
means In other countries, and which Is re
solved to tako successive steps forward to
completo self,-govornment."
And than ho spoiled It all by adding:
"Wo Constitutionalists refuso to rccognlzo
any President who may bo returned at a
fraudulent election. We Bhnll put to death
anybody who does rccognlzo him."
Tho best bourgeois sentiments combined
with tho worst Borgia methods! H. S. W.
VERDUN'S "UNKNOWN" DEFENDER
General Henri Philippe Petnln, directing the
French army which has defended Verdun nnd
Its ring of forts In the crucial battle of the Ust
eight weeks. Is the "find" of tho year, Tho first
time his name had ever appeared In the general
news columns of the French newspapers was on
the occasion of President Polncnre's visit to tho
headquarters of the army of Verdun 10 days
after the battle began Until two years ago ho
was a plain colonel, teaching military tactics In
n training school nt Saumur, a Kronen provin
cial town, and when tho war broke out lie was
about to retire, despairing of ever reaching a
higher grade
Now ho Is tho commander of the most Im
portant army on tho Allied fronts. It Was
retain who led the charges north of Arras last
spring; It was he who prepared the French1 of
fensive In tho Champagne last fall, and he was
called upon to lake up the supreme task of tho
defense of Verdun. And then, "Who Ib General
Petnln?" everybody asked As few had seen his
name In print, It wns supposed In Paris to bo
spelled "Petln." tho pronunciation of which
would bo nbout the same ns that of "Potaln."
It was not until March 2 that the French wero
sure about the "a" In the nnme. During tho
early days of tho Verdun battlo the Paris Jour
nal printed his picture, but was not allowed by
the censor to tell who It was. Under the picture
were the words, "Le Oeneral." And he was
never Interviewed until Lord Northcllffe found
him during a lull in the German assaults on tho
stronghold.
CURIOUS ADVERTISEMENTS
Among curious advertisements in a popular
magazine are these: "Mako Oold, Artificial.
Stands test or money back." "Invent Some
thing! Our freo book tells you what to Invent."
"Endless Neckties Something new Twelve Ties
In qne." "Now'a the time to Sell Luminous
Crucinx to Catholics for Easter." "Will trade
Threshing-machine for Aeroplane." "Drunk,
Sick, or Crazy Not us, but we let you collect
the money and keep It all," Outlook.
NATIONAL POINT OP VIEW
If the trouble in Mexico Is ever settled and the
war In Europe ended, the newspapers will be put
to It to adjust their first pages to the changed
conditions. Los Angeles Evening Express.
Once It Is made clear Roosevelt Is not a posst.
blllty In all human probability the field will be
open to all Republican candidates without the
slightest danger of having to enter Into rivalry
with Charles Evans Hughes. Brooklyn Stand-ard-Unlqn.
Tho nird worrylne the Colonel at this motaent
has lta habitat In Massachusetts New York Sun,
The bird worrying the Colonel at this moment,
as for several years. Is that Gloomy Gus of
the ornithological kingdom whose distinguished
accomplishment Is croaking "Nevermore."
Louisville Courier-Journal.
' The Henry Ford delegation to the Republican
National Convention elected In Michigan will
need only a little of their candidate's fondness
for peace to make n lot of trouble at Chicago.
With an appropriation corresponding with that
which financed the recent expedition to Europe,
they, might even "steal" the nomination from the
Colmel again. New York World.
LIFE j
What am I, Life? A thing of watery salt
Held 4n cohesion by unresting cells 1
Which work they know not why, which never
halt;
Myself unwitting where their Master dwells;
I do not bid them, yet they tol, they upln
A world which uses rne as I use them.
Nor do I know which end or which begin,
Nor which to praise, which pamper, which
condemn. ,
So, like a marvel In a marvel set,
I answer to the vast, as wave by wave
The sea of air goes over, dry or wet.
Or the full moon comes swimming from her cave
Or the great sun comes north; this myriad I
TlngUs. not knowing how, yet wondering why
John Haseneld, in the January Atlantic.
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SLEEP !"
What Do You Know?
Queries of general Interest will be answered
In this column. Ten questions, the answers
to which every well-Informed person should
know, arc asked dally.
QUIZ
1. Name two of the prlnilpnl porta nt Mexico.
. What nre the a!lKlslppl Itlier lereea?
3, Aliout hinv much money Ih there In circula
tion In the United Ktutcn?
4. What Ih the Kiirnn?
fi. tVlin Im Chief Justice of the United Stalest
(1. lVhnt do the liilttnln "I. XV. XV." atand fort
7, Who tins Tliomnn liilnshnriitiRh?
8. How Is the Premier nt Knarlnnd aelected?
0. Vi'lint Is the Ilostnn Common?
10, M'liiit military eent liroiiicht military ncHrl
tlo In the American Herniation to a
close?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1, Munitions of nil sortx, rubber, Icnlher, money,
opper.
3. The nrt (if tempering copper irai known to
the nnrleiits, but to the modern world II
In 11 loMt ntl'.
3. Tun per cent, n 3cnr tin postnl .anrlnRS,
4, Twenty-nne ilna foh hen'a ecu (o hatch,
ff, A New Knclnntl lecturer nntt nntlslurrry ngl-
tutor of the Inst century.
0. .Montreal Ih the Inrsest city of Cnnndn, with
a population of 470,0(10,
1, Ited, blue nud jelhiw nre the three primary
colora.
8. Trjlnir to divert nttrntlnn from the mnln
question by some side Issue.
0. Stringed Instrument!, wind Instruments, In
struments of percussion nnd fcejed Instru
ments. 10. Meerschaum Is a rnmpnrt enrlhy mineral
used In the mnnufiietiirei( pipes, Chem
ically It Is n lijdrnted magnesium tJllcntS.-.
,' , K-
Great Soldiers - 'r'.V
Editor of "What Do You 7Cnoio" Will tyou
please tell mo who wero the greatest Ave soldlerij
of nil tlmo? STUDENT.
No list of the greatest flvo soldiers could b
made which would natlsfy nil experts. There" Is,
general ngreement, however, that Aloxander,
Hannibal. Caesar, Napoleon and Ilobert E.-Xees
were nmong tho greatest generals of hlstbrV.
Soino authorities would put Orant In tho list,
though. military experts usually placo Lee ahead
of him. Englishmen would probably put the
first Dulto of Marlborough and the first Duke
of Wellington In any list which they would
mako up.
What Kills "Good Risks"
Kdllar of "ll'ftiit Do You Know" Has a man
who can get a life Insurance policy a better
prospect of long life than ono who Is rejected,
and what is tho cnUKo of death of the Insured,
old ago or some acuto disease? T. G. IC
As tho man who Is Insured has no organic
disease, ho very nnturally has n better prospect
of long llfo than n man who Is suffering from
home ailment which causes an Insurance com
pauy to reject him as a risk. According to the
last report of one of tho Inrgcst llfo Insurance
companies, it paid losses in 1790 cases In 1915,
Of theso deaths 252 were from heart disease,
167 from apoplexy, 16G from nephritis, 158 from
pneumonia, 134 from cancer and 106 from tuber
culosis. Of tho total number of deaths, 1037
occurred at the age of 80 or later. Typhoid
and appendicitis Killed only 17 and 33, respec
tively, and 68 died from no ailment save old
ogo.
Roy Scouts' Incorporation
Editor of "What Do You Know" Can you tell
mo when the organization known ns the Boy
Scouts of America was Incorporated? Is Colonel
Itoobevelt nt tho head of It? F. F. M.
It was Incorporated February 8, 1910. The
honorary president Is President Wilson, and Mr,
Itoosevelt and Mr. Taft are honorary vice presl.
dents. The president Is Colin H. Livingstone.
AbK Dealers in Coins and Curios,
Kdltor of "What Do You Know" Will you
please tell me what Is the value of a 50-cent
piece dated 1832, F. C.
questions of this bort cannot be answered in
this column, as the prices of old coins vary
from time to time and among the dealers, as
the bidding at auctions demonstrates.
AH the Days of the Year
J57ifor of "What Do You Know" Referring
to the Ingenious (7) computation of "All the
Days of the Year," appearing In your column,
should not the following items be classed as
"recreation": Vacation, 14 days; Sundays, 53
days; noon hours for year, 28 days, and Satur
day afternoons off, 26 days? According to your
computation, you are allowing 242 days for
recreation. BETHLEHEM STEEL.
Penrose's Seniority
Editor of "What Do You Know" Was Boles
Penrose re-elected at the recent senatorial elec.
tton? If so, Is he the Junior or senior Senator
from Pennsylvania? A HEADER.
He was elected Senator by direct vote of the
people in 19)4, being the first Senator chosen
by this new method of election In Pennsylvania.
He was elected to succeed Cameron for the
term beginning March 4. 1897, and was re-elected
in 1903, 1909 and 1914. Haying served longer
than Mr. Oliver, his colleague, he is the senior
Senator,
Sir Douglas Max-son's Expedition
i'dltor of "What Do You Know" What was
the purpose of Douglas Mawson's trip to the
Antarctic? STUDENT,
Muwson, with about 60 other men, most of
them specialists In various scientific lines, headed
his expedition for the "Australian quadrant" of
the Antarctic region. One purpose of the expeo;.
tlon was to establish a wireless btatlon at Mac
quarle Island, whence warnings could be sent of
the great torms which sweep over southern
Australia, creating havoc eu land and sea. Th
fauna of the region were aUq udlL
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