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FOB AriUL WAS 117,310.
Phltidttphls, Mondir, Jane S, lilt.
Nothing i mora simple than
greatness; indeed, to be timple it to
be great. Emerson.
It was a famous victory, but there
docs not seem to bo ngrcemont on who
won.
Tho strength of Hughes lies In tho
fact that almost every ono believes ho
could bo elected.
When that steamship service to
Capo May begins, a new summer ploas
uro will bo added to tho delights of liv
ing In Philadelphia.
Most of those who say they do
not know what Supromo Court Justice
Hughes believes on current questions aro
men who would not support him anyway.
Tho first Sunday In Juno was a
masterpiece. Whatovcr he did, tho Phlla
dclphlan, as a New Englander said about
tho countries at war, had a fine day for It.
Tho crying need of Philadelphia at
tho present tlmo seems to bo for swim
mln' holes for tho boys, whero they can
tie one another's shirts Into knots as their
grandfathers In tho country did beforo
them.
A man with a discriminating eye
will not And It difficult to pick tho future
steel magnates from among the students
of tho Northeast High School who are
broadening their technical education by
working In tho Mldvalo steel mills.
Associate Justice Brandets will havo
an opportunity to discover what tho pub
lic thinks of him when ho comes to this
city to attend the Zionist convention next
month If ha is not already satisfied with
tho revelation through tho vote of tho
Senate.'
Another season Is beginning when
tho summer tourist will spend his vaca
tion money In America. The Easterners
will" go West and tho "Westerners will
coma East. They will all discover, If they
make the effort, that Europe has no place
half so Interesting to a patriotic Ameri
can as Philadelphia, whero the beautiful
building in which tho Declaration of In
dependence was adopted Is preserved In
a fitting setting.
To eliminate! lawsuits under the
Worlcmon's compensation act, .Now Jersoy
establishes a. legal 'aid bureau. The ad
vantages aro manifest, for even in the
explicit wording of tho law doubts are
certain to arise and tho unscrupulous
'Vunner" may make as much from de
plorable cases as he once made In street
car accidents. Tho leech has no place
here, and the State which establishes
compensation is bound to make the work
ings of Its laws as easy as justlco permits.
Tho London Nation has had harsh
filings to say about this country, so It Is
particularly gratifying to read the plea
made by Henry "W. Masslngham, Its edi
tor. In the current Issue. The cabled ex
cerpt ought to set Americans as well as
Britishers thinking deeply:
This Power (tho United States) hav
ing done us and humanity a substan
tial service at critical points of the con
flict; now, in the person of her Presi
dent; offers to associate herself with an
International settlement that Sir .Ed
ward Qrey has defined as the thing he
wishes to get out of the war, And ws
treat this advice as an unwarranted
intrusion on our blissful enterprise.
How can this but confirm the
Impression that more than one Ameri
can has carried away from our shores
that we are tho real obstacle of
peace?
Apparently the United States has some
friends In Europe. Belittling her, hern or
abroad, will do small good.
Pennsylvanlans refused to take Interest
or to. express opinion wns largely non
partisan. Their duly as critics of the
majority was never more necessary. The
total result has been that the country Is
not governed by a party system, but by a
one-party syBtem precisely tho wrong
thing, precisely what the founders least
desired. '
THE CHICAGO CONVENTION
There la no want of (rood presi
dential timber In the Jtepubllcnn party.
If tho lightning does not strlkn either
Roosevelt or llnches. it may single out
s Lincoln.
IN NO epoch, not oven that Imme
diately preceding tho Civil War, hna
tho rtepubllcnn party been confronted
with graver responsibilities or with
greater opportunities for servlco than
now. Tho convention about to assemblo
In Chicago, to which tho destinies of tho
party havo been confided, must clear
nway tho rubbish, strike deep to find
tho essentials, make a platform which
wilt underwrite the future prosperity of
this nation and supply a fighting leader
whoso Bervlco to tho .country ns a wholo
will be no less inspiring than his re
habilitation of tho party itself.
Tho candidacy of Mr. Itoosovelt Is a
gamble with fate. It Is based on tho
assumption that Teutonic victories dur
ing tho summer will asstimo such propor
tions as to magnify vastly tho necessity
for preparedness on a grand scale. Wcro
victory for tho Allies assured, there would
bo, unfortunately, no great demand for
dofenso measures In America, a majority
of tho people being so Bhort-vlsloned that
they refuse to look beyond tho horizon
of Immediate events. What tho people
do fear Is German aggression. Tho cm
phaslzed Americanism which Mr. Roose
velt Is preaching Is a mighty program to
arouso tho nation from Its lethargy, to
visualize for It tho new placo tho United
States has taken among tho nations of
tho earth, tho new burdens which havo
been or will bo thrust upon It and tho
nocesslty of meeting them In a goncrous,
scnslblo and provident way. But It Is
n program tho success of which must
fluctuate with tho tldo of military events
across tho ocean. Peaco this summer,
for Instance, would crucify a Booscvclt
campaign. There aro, howovor, thou
sands of good Americans of tho think
ing typo who aro convinced that a show
down Is in order and that, win or lose,
it is tlmo for tho nation to glvo a verdict
on tho kind of virile Americanism for
which Mr. Roosevelt stands nnd which
ho, In fact, personifies. That ho would
make a strong, efficient and thoroughly
reliable Chief Executive Is not a ques
tion for debato. Ho has proved himself
by actual trial.
Mr. Roosovelt is no tariff man. Ho
emphasizes tho military feature of pre
paredness. It Is industrial preparedness,
howovor, which may readily prove to bo
tho most vital to tho welfare of tho nation.
It is perfectly appnront that tho pros
perity 'which now exists Is n fictitious,
abnormal, war prosperity, Induced by no
legislation enacted by the Democrats, but,
on tho contrary, existing In spite of low
tariffs. It Is a difficult thing to oust an
Administration under which prosperity
exists, whatover the cause of that pos
perlty. Ono of tho most Important func
tions of tho Rcpubllcah campaign will bo
tho education of tho people and tho ex
posure of the fallacy that this Is a Demo
cratic prosperity. The tariff lssuo Is to
day the great Issue, even moro so than
In tho past. To trlflo with It is to trifle,
with tho bread nnd butter of tho people
and to parley with soup houses. It Is
imperative, therefore, that the Republi
can platform carry the strongest kind of
protection plank.
It la claimed that the chief duty of tho
convention is to pick a winner. Justlco
Hughes aa a harmonlzer has exceptional
qualities. Ho had no part In the
factionalism which was rampant In 1912.
Of his orthodoxy thero Is no question.
His merit as an executive has been amply
proved. So, too, has his ability as a cam
paigner. Silence In him is a virtue, but
when he does speak there Is tho heat of
the branding Iron In his text and tho
thunder of Jupiter In his blows, Thero is
in him nono of the elements of tho
demagogue or the trickster and all of tho
elements of logical, virile and convincing
statesmanship. He would appeal to the
Intelligence of the country with com
pelling force.
Tho party expects of the convention
sobriety of Judgment, not a panic stam
pede. It expects, too, a candidate who
measures up to the grave responsibilities
of this era, when nations themselves are
in the making and a new trade map is in
the drawing. Should Roosevelt nnd
Hughes come to a stalemate, a Republi
can of superb abilities Is Philander Chase
Knox, Republican candidate for the
United States Senate from this State, and
in Mr. "Weeks, of Massachusetts, thero Is
presidential timber of the first class.
"Pennsylvania, second In population
of 'the States, has virtually, seceded from
the Union," aaya a Washington dispatch
to tha'New'York Evening Post. If the clti.
sens of Philadelphia Imagine that they
Ttratetfresented In. Congress they are des
tined to disappointment. Tho Evening
J"ost has taken the 124 rollcalla In tha
. ftenate from the opening of the cession
te the first of June and discovers that
tfea&tor Penrose voted exactly 11 times.
Oil the 113 times 'tha senior Senator
Bhwed he was paired less than, a dozen
tfcgtes, so that his party suffered as much
m his State. With the future of the
semntxy; honor a,t stake, when the
jof a McLqmora resolution, which nearly
' Miaed tha entire international policy of
ft President, was presented, Senator
roi was not even' In Washington.
Mural credits, tha Philippines, army and
-. svy Increases, did not stir tha Pennsy)-
Xyptn Jtepreseritatives, for in the ez vote
jwp in tha House J. R, E. Scott and
W "V Grit, were absent 44 times and
QMI etW Hprea)ittivas scaled down
tt Mat, For th Republicans, dominant
tl th Stats, J". Hfuapton Mooru leads the
. tMraifl " wwt, Wr-
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Tom Daly's Column
DltAKE'B DHUZt
Drake he's in Ma hammock an' a thou
sand tnlle awau
(Captcn, art tha ttccptn' there belotot)
Btung attcccn the round thdt tn Nombrc
Dtos Bav,
An' otrcomln' arl Vie time o' Plymouth
. Uoe.
Yarnder lumen the Iiland, varnder He
the ships,
Wl' sailor lads a-danctn' heel-an'-toe,
An' the shore lights flasMn', an' the
nlght'tlda dashln',
lie sees ct arl so plainly as he saw et
' long ago.
Drake ho was a JDct'on man, an' ruled
tha Devon seas
(Captcn, art tha slccpln' there betowf)
Kovln' tho' his death fell, he wcntlwl'
heart at case,
An' drcamln' arl tho tlmo o' Plymouth
Hoc.
"Take my drum to England, hang et by
the shore;
Strike ct tvhen your powder's runnln'
low;
If the Dons sight Devon, I'll quit the
port o' Heaven,
An' drum them up the Channel as we
drummed them long ago."
Drake he's tn his hammock till tho great
Armadas come
(Caplen, art tha slcepln' there betowf)
Slung a'ttecn (7ic round shot, Ustcnln' for
tho drum,
An' drcamln' arl the tlmo o' Plymouth
Uoe.
Call him on the deep sea, call Jttm up the
Sound,
Call him when ye sail to meet the foe;
Where the old trade's plyln' an' tha old I
flnr, T.iIm ' I
They shall find him ware an' waltin', as
they found him long ago I
HENRY NEWBOLT.
ENGLAND appears to bo in need of a
lusty drummer Just about now. And
If Drnlto should bo hard to awaken It
might bo well to look for a wrestler who
can get a strangle hold on tho foo; a
half-Nelson won't do.
THE LION'S SHARE
Tho Usual
At first ho fell to drinking
A little. 'T was appalling
How, low and lower sinking,
Ho shortly drank to falling.
Warm Weather Warning"
WOULDN'T It bo simply a matter of Jus
tlco to lssuo a speclni warm weather
warning to kind but unsuspecting
folks, covering tho period beginning next
"Wednesday and ending possibly on Satur
day night or Monday, the 12th, at the very
latest? Something to this effect:
For Wednesday, etc, etc. Shortly after
high noon thero will be several sharp raps
resembling the pounding of a wooden ham
mer on a block of marble. Tills will be fol
lowed by Immense clouds of overheated at
mosphere, which will arise ns In grcnt rolls
of articulate smoko from tho ventilators
and other exits of a certain block of well
known real estate situate nlong Wabash
avenue, between 14 th and lClh Btreets, In
the Middle West. This terrific heat wave
will bo accompanied by much rumbling of
oratorical thunder and frequent flashes of
forensic lightning. Tho populace will be
greatly wrought up, but tho storm will pass
without doing very much serious damnge.
Several well-known shores tflll1 be strown
with wreckage, but the vacation season will
proceed as usual. ' ' E. A. II.
What's Your Sword of Damocles?
Mlno Is that my
Increasing deafness
will make It Im
possible for mo to
hear William Jen
nings Bryan's In
augural address.
FIDJITZ.
Jeffery Parnol, whose eyesight prevents
him from enlisting In tho British army. Is
already at work on another long novel to
follow "Beltane the Smith." Literary
note.
THE only object of which, of course, is
to inform us that Mr, Farnol, being
unable to Bervo his country in any other
way, Intends to donate his royalties to
tho war fund.
THi-V(lssW
MliimiiHsiih W mwNwnrmm
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THE NORTH SEA FIGIIT
SEARCHLIGHTS of fact playing on the
North Sea battle of last Wednesday
and Thursday have a distinct tendency to
minimize Germany's victory. Just as the
original British Admiralty report admit
ted reverses, so the German official an
nouncements are now yielding. The first
report, uncontradicted through lack of
evidence. Indicated that an Inferior Ger
man fleet had Inflicted disproportionate
Injuries on the British and made good an
escape. Had that report been confirmed
tha blow to British prestige would have
been terrible.
Unfortunately for Germany, she has
been unable to persuade even Winston
Churchill of her victory. Mr. Churchill
has never undergone that experience of
patriotism which dazzles and blinds men,
yet even he cannot feel that Wilhelm
has displaced Jelltcoa as Admiral of the
Atlantic, Berlin gives tha story away
when t says that-"'the German high seas
fleet" met the "grester part of the mod
ern British navy." If, out of the greater
part of the English superdreadnoughts,
Germany was able to. sink not one, and
had to suffer the Iocs of a vessel of the
iDerffllnger class. If aha paid for tho In
'yincible and Indefatigable with tha West
falen, and for tho battle cruisers with
cruisers she could less well afford to
spare, her victory Is Pyrrhlo or worse.
"The North Bea and the Atlantla are still
British,
It was Hi braves fl?ht, with aggression, pn
Jieib.sld'na, and with u, shifting of numeri
cal sturferiiy& Strategically the Gwh
iausi mmm, m 3tr to kavs dooa o&iMir,
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Lines on a Sunset From Banks of the
Lower Schuylkill
Dy CHARLIE QALOOPY
As I sit beBlde my cabin on the ashdump
with my pipe.
Looking westward as the sun sinks low,
There's a flood of feelings rising from my
soul that Is surprising.
And It drives my hand to make these
verses go.
'TIs a picture rare with beauty that can
never be forgot,
As the sun across the river sinks away,
Through a haze of smoke and ashes where
, a locomotlvo dashes,
And the whistles blow and mark the
close of day, .
The horizon of tall chimneys and of brlck
ptles and of cars
Shows a rugged line of muddy, rusty gold ;
'Tis a scene so soul-Inspiring thus to see
the day retiring,
That I quite forget my supper's growing
cold.
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THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
Secretary Newman, of the Housing Association, Writes That There
Is Law Enough to Make All Boarding Houses Safe
for Young Women Other Matters
The Democracy- of the Flivver
An "nuto school" at 16th and Spring
Garden streets, according to Nally, flaunts
this sign;
WE LEARN YOU HOW TCPllUN ALL CARS,
FORDS OUR SPECIALTY,
Wo Have Yet to See
The unknown correspondent, asking us
to do a favor, who doesn't misspell our
name.
Canning Contest
.Sir Here are a couple of phrases I
present for your cannery:
"You must come see us some time,"
"The pleasure's all mine," J, L. S,
' Here's one b..b, scribes should can:
"Put a run across the pan."
I'm youra truly, TIRED FAN.
The Antiquity of "Low Visibility"
(From Camden's History of Queen Eliza-
'beth.)
TN THE fighting (with the Armada) on
1 the 23d of July (1588) the Spaniards'
shots flew for the most part over the
heads of the English, without doing execu
tion. The reason of this was that the Eng
lish ships, being far less than, the enemy's,
made the attack with mpre quickness and
agility; and whenhey had given a broad
side they presently sheered off to a con
venient olstance and leveled their shot so
directly at the, bigger and more unwieldy
shjps of the Spaniards aa seldom to miss
their aim. Their ships far exceeded oura
la number and bulk and were much
stronger and higher built and vs pre-
utd ,not so krea e. target for thU
This Department U free to nil readers who
id, to express their opinions on subjecs of
current interest It is an open forum: and the
Evening Ledger assumes no responsibility for
the views of its corwppondents.
BOARDING HOUSE LICENSES
To the Editor of Evoninp Ledger:
Ot.. T., ntl.Hnn tin, t.ioti nnltnrl in J1
statement In the Evhnino Ledoeu of May
29 to tho efrect that "It requires no license
to be a boarding house keeper In Philadelphia."
Tho Impression given oy tne Btory on
.TAtnw ITniia. T.lot fn, niltrlnnpp nf
.t.U.I l .hn, ,r. In... In nn.i'lan fnvnm tllA
iiucstlon of the boarding house If this Is
tne impression tnai n was intcnueu nnoum
be given, tho fact Is overlooked that tho
.....!. n. n Tuna 1 0 1 T. annnlflrnltv rp-
I1UUD1I1B HV. W. UU.., .. .-,. .. rf --
quires all rooming houses, which means
hoUBes where live or moro uoaruers urn
lodged, must have a license from the Board
n TTAnlth ...nlMl llnAnRA POstA S2. find mUSt
bo displayed In a conspicuous place upon
the walls wunin anu cioae iu mc uuic. t..
trance of tho house. Such a license can
l.. l. .Mnln.il l.n.n iht. lllllllllnfT Is In
a sanitary condition, Is provided with ample
- a a. . --.Ill HMntitnlnina vTntj")
water Buppiyanu nis, win iuv
privacy; also when the number of occupants
standards. Moreover, tho Bureau of Health
.. fn.nmiiita vni.n nnrl rpmilatlons gov
erning other matters pertaining to tho health
and safety or me Doaruem, xiicdo in'
slons were Inserted In tho act ns tho result
of a survey ot boarmng nouses raaua m
1012 and 1013.
If any bonding houses are being operated
ns boarding houses, for five or .more per
sons, without having obtnlned a Hoard of
Health license, the conductors of such aro
violating the law and are subject to a flno
of from $6 to J50, with the costs of prosecu-
It would be a comparatively easy matter
to prevent these changes in tho manage
ment of boarding houses, which nro quite
frequently "responsible for the conditions
that make such houses unsafe for girls
moving to tho city. So far. tho enforce
ment ot this provision has been woefully
Inadequate, owing to the failure of the
city to provide a sufficient number of In
spectors to cover all euch properties. The
Important point, however, la that there s
ample law on tho statute books and ample
power to adapt the law to protect In all
respects the health and safety of the oc
cupants of Buch buildings, but that the
failure which the good people noted In your
paper of the 28th protest against Is one
that can bo limited and should bo limited
by the municipal "OV""1" rut .
BERNAHD J. NEWMAN.
Executive Secretary Philadelphia Housing
Association.
Philadelphia, June 3.
(The statement that "it requires no li
cense to be a boarding house keeper In
. .. .-,.i..i. ,oo mn.ia hv a welfare
worker, who apparently was not fully In
formed. Editor Ol r.veniu kuwm...,
WHAT FANATICS HAVE DONE
To tha Editor of Evenlnj; Ledger:
SlrpVrmlt a "contributing editor" to
take Issue with a regular one. I am suf
ferine from Fordttls, which Is mental an
guish when any individual or newspaper
misinterprets the spirit of Henry Ford. You
have been responsible for an augumenta
tlon of that disease.
In an editorial the other day you called
Henry Ford a fanatic because ho said,
among other things, that the flag was
simply "something .to rally about" and that
"patriotism was the last resort of a scoun
drel"' You dispose of Ford by saying the
arguments of farlatlcs were unanswerable.
I think you have hit the nail very well
on the head, but what Is your definition ot
a fanatlot Because a man sees differ
ently from the crowd Is no reason
in nr.mime he Is a fanatic. Judged by
that standard the world's greatest thinkers
were fanatics. There have been some won
derful "nuts" In history and I'll guarantee
Henry Ford was not sympathetically quoted
on that matter of history What was
Socrates but a "nut"? and Martin Luther,
Oliver Crorowel), Patrick Henry, deorge
Washington, Abraham Lincoln and John
Brown? You can't dispose ot a man who
disagrees with you by peremptorily calling
him a fanatic, Henry Ford says the flag
is merely something tp rally around. Well,
isn't itt Minus all the patriotic, meaning
less verbiage, is the flag anything else than
thatf There surely la no answer. But
why didn't your correspondent seek to as
certain whether Ford believed In rallying
about a flr that was symbollo of human
progresst Ford would hv answered af.
flrmatlvely. and I am sure be would have
added that tha glorious "Bed. White and
Blue. with its noble add lniplrlng history,
has been captured by the enemies Qf human
progress, the traitors. to America., and that
if they hoW it, tor whatever cause, tfc
. a . -I.... . ta a fini n oFI. .!.... .-
tip wer?" L'"iw.T?1 "fMnfl t
Hathir t him nil? Wut tbs hoa ui
. r .. j m.l. t,,t. , ..-- ' c i flt
j gjBiniHHK ?bm wb warn
fly to a mere symbol Is a crime ; to bo will
ing to dlo for nn Ideal Is subllmo. If tho
flag no longer stands for American Ideals,
then, ns our friend Maurer puts It, and as
"Billy" Sunday would If ho were preaching
this sort of philosophy, to hell with the
flag. But America today Is In tho
hands of tho Tories. What England failed
to do In ,1770 and 1812 sho accomplished In
1014 and 1010. When tho lendars of Amer
ican thought were unpurchnsablo and true
to only tho embryonic American Ideal,
England was unable to conquer ur; but
now she buys us through J. P. Morgan &
Co., until Its Inckey arouses again In this
country all tho religious and economic hor
ror which has distinguished England's treat
ment of Ireland. And, so Ifwe prepare
ngalnst tho Invader, wo will ""bo fighting
not our own battles, but thoao of England.
Why, then, prepare? Why prepare against
tho foreign foo when our preparedness will
serve only to keep us In subjection? As
long ns ballots nro mighty we Btand a
chance to drlvo the Invader out; but we
otand no chance If wo give tho Tory crowd
our military machinery.
CUCIL MONTAGUE.
Philadelphia, Juno 2.
RAPID-FIRE CALCULATION
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir I happened to notice tho within en
closed article on the matter of "Rapld-FIre
Calculation" (tho report of the victory of
Miss Frances A, Snyderman In tho William
Pcnn High School concentration contest).
I am not n mathematician, but In the course
of my work I havo discovered certain rules
of mathematics and one In particular which
would clip about 17 seconds off the record
made by Miss Snyderman. It occurred to
me in tho matter of a certain popular raf
fle or chance game being conducted In tho
city, nnd tho chances ranged from 1 cent
to 60 cents. What Is the answer as to the
total amount derived from tho raffle? I do
not find the rule In an arithmetic book, but
found that the following Is true: Multiply
tho largest number (50) by tho mean (25)
and add the mean (25), giving a total of
12.75. No ono needs a piece of paper to
perform this work and It can be done In a
few seconds. In your proposition add a
cipher and add 10 and the result Is 210.
Any one who can not do this in 10 seconds
In his mind Is deserving of sympathy.
CHARLES H. HASSERT.
Philadelphia, June 1,
LAZINESS VS. DRUNKENNESS
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir In your editorial, "Wages and Lazi
ness," you do certainly "speak a mouth
ful" when you Bay "It is useless to quarrel
with human naure," No labor organiza
tion can help the lazy man, tho man who
la always watching for a chance to loaf,
or thinks he can do bo and get away
with It. There la a hue and cry agalnBt the
man who drinks, but there la not much to
choose between him and the lazy man. Be
tween these two characters the bosses get
gray-headed and hard-hearted, and 'who
can blame them?
The conscientious employer and the con
scientious employe suffer alke from hav
ing to contend with circumstances brought
about by the unreliability of the lazy or
the drinking employe.
How to eliminate them Is one of the ques
tions which the wisest humanitarian will
have to "go some" to solve satisfactorily,
Of course, In time they do eliminate them
selves; but In the time It takes for the
"elimination to take place what a lot of
trouble and patience Is endured by all
hands! This Is. one ot the thiggs that makes
tho business man "tired" and helps to put
many of them "out of business."
JOHN J. FLEMINO.
Philadelphia, June 3,
What Do You Know?
Queries of general interest toilt be answered
in this column. Ten questions, the answers to
which everv well-informed person sh'ould know,
are asked daily,
QUIZ
1. What post In the llrltlh Cnhlnet In tlie
ntnrrst eqnlrnlent of that of our Sccre-torj-
of Mate?
WJirrr did the old Lnfnrette Hotel stand In
rhllnUelphlii?
What Ilrpuhllrnn presidential nominee
were nomtnntfd hr acclamation?
For uhom nan tho British cruller the Black
l'rlnce nnmpd?
What In the motto of the French republic?
Where ore the Andes Mountains?
In Florida docs the temperature ever fall
below freezing point?
Where Is the creat Slmplon tunnel?
Did the Topes ever reside nn where but In
Home and. If so, where?
Name six trpes of warships.
Answers to Saturday's Quiz
1. Hkarrrrak Is an nrm of the North Sea
between Norway and Denm.irli.
2. Noah and his three sons and their wles
nre the eltht persons mentioned In (iene
sls as batlnc been nn tho Ark. ,
3. Philadelphia was the capital from the es-
tobllhment of the (lovernment until 1800.
4. J. Fenlmore Cooper wrote "The Last of the
Mohicans."
5. The sword of Dnmncles liunit by a thread i
to "sit under" It Is to be In constant
peril.
0. To "hanr plumb" Is an expression derived
rrom the use ot the plumb (or lead) line.
7. Shjrlock In. "The Merchant nr Venice" de
manded his "pound of flesh." '
8. A fnnl.e's tonzue Is harmless) It stlurs with
Its fonts.
0. In recent jears about 300.000 persons have
left thl-i country annunlly, presumably to
reside In another country.
10. John M. Walton, City Controller.
DECAPITATE HIM
' There is or should be trouble ahead for
James I, Blakslee, one of the assistant
Postmasters General, He sought to bring
about the defeat of certain amendment
to the postal bill by urging the postmasters
ta Join the opposition to them. He says
he did this In his capacity .of private citi
zen, but he used official paper in communl
catlig with the postmasters and hi letter
was strengthened by an official signature.
It was as an official also that he told the
member of the Senate Committee on Post
offices that they bad surrendered to the
railroads in the matter of railway mail
pay.
One of the members of the committee,
having denounced the letter a slanderous.
asked Mr. Blakslee whether he had any-l
sense or propriety. Anotner remarked s
"This propaganda of yours is worse than
any sent out by the sugar lobby 4 few
year ago.'11 The question, about propriety
was iuperfUious, The Insult to tb com
mittee was impudent The removal of
the offender should be Immediate. It
should com all the sooner hecatws be did
ot jBABSult tha head of tha deiMMsaf,
u-iv knows, how te us th , A cisar
tfyM r lise-it-Ulon BrouJilyu Mj.
Machinists and Mechanics
Editor of "What Do You Know." Will
you kindly answer the following; First.
When you are a thorough machinist what
Is tho principal work? Second. Is thero any
difference In a machinist or a mechanic?
Also please state (3) the average wages
for the above. p. w. JOHN,
1. A machinist Is one "who constructs
machines or engines, or Is Bkllled In the use
of machine tools. 2. A mechanic Is one
skilled In the use of tools, as a carpenter
or a bricklayer. A machinist Is a mechanic,
but a mechanic Is not necessarily a ma
chinist. 3. The wages of each vary from
3 to $5.50 a day In normal times.
"Ultlmntc"
H. II. S. "An ultimatum which does not
ultimate" Is hardly classical English, It Is
admissible In the spirit of humor, of course.
Pensions
Editor of "What Do You Know" Can
you tell me whether city and county em
ploye of Philadelphia, except police and
firemen, are eligible to pensions?
CIVIL SERVICE.
Yes. An act of Assembly of May 20, 1915
created a Municipal Pension Fund and a
governing board. City and county employes.
80 years of age or over, in the employ of
the city or county 20 years, are entitled
to a pension of half their average monthly
salary of the last Ave years of service, pro
vlded no pension shall exceed 1100 a month
Employes contribute 2 per cent, of their
monthly salaries, but not In excess of It
per month.
Head of Tuskegee
"; s Major Robert B. Moton succeeded
Booker T, Washington as head of Tuskegee
Institute. He ha assumed office.
Origin of 4,Star Spangd Banner"'
Elli.Z o."wu Do You -Know" When
was "The Star Spangled Banner" written
and under what circumstance? Did the
man who wrote the word write the music?
(2) If on of the principals In a limited
round boxing contet shquld hold the
world's championship, and be knocked out
would he lose his title? Is it neoessarv
for the article pf agreement to read "for
championship"? HAMBURG.
The word were written by Francis Scott
Ke ,J.n ,Mi' durm tha BHtish attack
on Baltimore, he went under a flag of truce
to the British fleet to arrange for an ex.
chang of prisoner and was detained on
th frigate Surprl during the bombard
ment of Fort McHenry. He watched the
progress of the fight, and In the morning
seeing the flag "tm there." composed the
word of th ong.- He did not write the
muftc It was sung to the muslo of "An
acreon In Heaven." (3) If the men fight at
the proper weight for their clas and it U
understood that a decision la to be reached
In whatever way the law of the fitate per
mits, the title of champion passes to the
winner whether the articles read "for
cbamplonihlp" or not But if It 1 clearly
understood that tha bout Is only for ex
hibition purposes, with so careful specific.
tow mad about weigh! and, tut arrang,
mt wade for arrtvtog at a 4ci(oa eltSar
by th rfn or othsr pi, & i5jo
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THE ROCKEFELLjij
FAM1JUY MYSTE1
Father of the Oil King jjH
nnnvnil In 1QRI7 XT. '25
iiv. ... ,.
iviiuws vviiur, juecamoa
of Him
By- JOHN EtFRETH WATKlffl
(.-oprrisht, 1010,
A PEDDLER gesticulating ln u,.
xx nnu-aumD language surprised
uicmoru nousewivcs wno opened their
10 nis vigorous Knocks. And fci
ho was so young, so tal, so virile, to jSff
ouu.u mo uiiiiuuuii muuiiy Btrack Into'iC
hearts of these dames enough pity to'jiS
tit Ami fittf iifFinratrAn tslh1i t 1 jiL"l
"" .. "..mom ne might
gle beforo their eyes. 'ism
It was tho year 1838. Rlchford JS
modest New York village that lay Up'g
Cayuga Lnko. This peddler appearlnjla.
denly at Its doors was destined to S3
himself In a block secret that for fj2
cuuiury uuql Kiuum over WJiat Is psrfiEJ
...w ttiv.i m.i.uuo ttiiujr in America. D
That fascinating. Itinerant nv.fcS
who thus appealed to the pity of nichfS
housewives had latoly appeared wltflj
family at n farm on tho outskirts of tojg
He had Just turned 23, was keen of eye S
Joyful of heart, without fear or conscleS
tho dashing kind of adventurer 'tJB.
wvmcn iuvo tiiiu men suspect. Ills i
was wiiunm Avcrv Rockefeller. IlevK
not a Jot deaf, nolther was he mule??
though for months he made his new ne'i
bors converse with him by pencil, upon!
slnte which ho carried. Ho dlsappej
for long periods at a time, prcsumihliT;
netlrlln hln, wnren throltirhniit th ....l-i.
, ......... w ,CBaMf,
mg country.
Then, after a while, his role chimfi
Ho suddenly outgrow his nmictlon 'ttj
becamo "Doctor" Rockefeller, Invents
nnd dispenser of a wondrous rat
for cancer. Thereafter ho generally
turned homo with plethoric purse. IndeS
ho was soon buying flno clothes, expensirt
shotguns, fast horses. He became a feU
les3 whip, a dashing equestrian, a flne'sSi
a beau among women. In short, he wasTS
chief sporting character of tho community
Yet he was n strict abstainer from aleol
He would havo been qulto the fine genuj
man In appearance but for tho eccentrlfij
of leaving off his necktie, the better to t
play a big diamond stud ln the bosom'"oi
hla shirt. IS
Went Out Never to Return M
Mystery always shrouded his long S
sences and his plenteous supply of readj
money. It was while on ono of his w
longed trips that he met Eliza Davison?!
prosperous farmer's daughter, whom u
brought homo to Rlchford as his wife. dS
of tho several children born to them mi
John D. Rockefeller, present-day klng(S
American multimillionaires. - About fo
years after tho birth of this child of at?
tiny tho family commenced a long aM
'cillous period of movlngs to MoravSJ
Ohio; Oswego, N. Y. ; Strongsyllle, 0h5
nnd Parma, Ohio. During this period tif
cancer doctor was home but little; yet
whllo thero he always Improved his preS
j
ef liv tndlllorlnir n. fad that fteemerl wplrdlTll
.. ...
Inconsistent with his lack of clomestldtj,.
This was a penchant for planting trees.
Drove after grove still stand as monuments
to his momory. Finally, In 18B7, he moved
his wlfo and children to a snug brick hoiW
In Cleveland. Soon nfterward he toofcJaS'
hat from Its peg. stepped forth Into tt
night and became but a hazy memom
His son, John D., wns then 18. During ST
next 32 years tho deserter's patient Trim
wnlted vainly for his return. Then w
died. In utter Ignorance of the fate that bri
overtaken him. Luqklly, her sons haa I
passion for money making. The wolf W
not lurk long at her door.
Tho mystery of William Avery
feller's disappearance continued, oMj,
enough, to be overlooked by press and pj
lie alike until a long time after nil
John D. had flashed Into the financial flm"
ment as a luminary of the first magnltoto
Then somo chance writer sounded the alw.
and scribes nnd detectives, professions!
nmatour, sallied forth to beat every bu
for the lost father of America's mosi-w
splcuous citizen. In tho years that mm
since followed our country and CfJii4!
have both been scoured and a forjunebij.
been Bpent In hunting down false cloHj
The late editor. Joseph Pulitzer, put a J
price on the lost man's head nnd Is "tS
nave lavisnea tsuuu on ino inyawi. jp,
one time rival newspaper sleuths asslgS"
to the case waged an exciting war of !
necessitating the employment of telegrapijj
codes such as those used by great mlliunji
forces in the field. ,
Newspapers Hunt for Him
In the exciting hunt for the miss'" ""S
Rockefeller detectives have crossed t
naths of the newapaner scouts. The
parent secrecy cloaking operations of tk
former agents haB aroused suspicion tW
the vanished man's Bona have dreaded ft
discovery by outside Interests that ralj
reveal the secret back of his disappearance
The most persistent theories as to "WfljJ
Ham Avery Rockefeller's career after eT3
Ing his wife locate him, variously, a.
wealthy lumber magnate of Canada, w a
ranchman of Northwest United Stat. JJ
"Dr. Laverlng." of Madison. Wis., andfij
"Dr, Levlngston," ' of Freeport, III, TMJ
first two theories were but vague from ffttj
outset The Madison address at which tj
was said to reside was found to be ""SSI
existent and the sleuth who hunted "fla
Levlngston" to his lair Jn Freeport arrlvq
there eome time after that gentleman
died. .
Skeletons rattle louder In the full clot
of the rich than in the empty closets, of tM
poor. America's wealthiest citUen ha bS
called by a distinguished biographer T",
world's most tragic figure." Ha his a1
melancholy been due to the riddle of
father's fate or to fear that some trie4
connected therewith might pne day be r
vealed to a pitiless publla?
R-&
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FRQM COLONEL; TO CQLONEIii
The BtraWst thing of all is that 43
Intelligent ana disinterested men, 101
considerable body even of observing a?
thinning men, couia be deceived oy in 1
gram and proceeding of Theodore lv
velt. -Louisvme uourier-Journsi,
OTHERWISE OCCUPIER
For tha coming two weeks Congr
will not be in a frame of mind to atU
business1-that may call for deliberate
juuwyw Jourpai ana Tribune,
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