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VICE PRESIDENT SHOULD
BE SECRETARY OF STATE
The Vice President should tr vlrltie
of hi olllce lie Secretary of Slate nnd
relieved of the routine functions which
now ilnmn the ofllce nnd limit Its occu-
1 pnnie to men of mediocre talents.
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ron may was m.on
Phllsdtlphis. Tuodij, June 11, 1916.
lioait not thyself of tomorrow
for thou knoweit not what a day may
bring forth. Solomon.
As wo understand tho food nltua.
tlon In Berlin, there Is no beef, but plonty
of beefing-.
It Is understood that Mr. Taft will
do what ho can to help Mr. Hughes carry
Utah ,and "Vermont.
line.
"Daniels' Hope In Wilson." Head-
Brevity is the sout of wit.
As between Hughes and Roosevelt
thero should, bo no question as to which
should deserve to set tho silent vote.
About tho, most exciting reading of
tho moment Is n, -weekly journal's forecast
of favorites at tho Chicago convention.
To judgo by tho persistence of flag
wavlngs at conventions ono woild say
that George M, Cohoh was tho universal
candidate for President.
The president of tho Tobacco Mer
chants' Association describes tobacco as
fc necessary luxury." Or, as ou might
ay, a luxurious necessity.
A critical analysis of some of the
pseudo-preparedness measures Introduced
In Congress makes It evident that pork
by any other name may taste ns sweet.
If the United States of Great Brit
ain Is looking for a Constitution, there are
ti certain number of politicians In this
country who aro ready to glvo ono away.
If tho suffragists try tho "silent
tare" plan on tho delegates at St. Louis
they may win a. suffrag'o plank, but they
will incur tho lasting enmity of every
Joke writer In the country.
Fato and tho Republican, convention
made It easy for Mr. Justice Brandeis to
"move up one" on tho Supremo Court
bench. Mr. Justice Brandeis, however,
made all tho other moves himself.
"We Germans have Jhreo great
rights: Wo can bo soldiers, we can pay
taxes and wo can keep our mouths shut,"
said Doctor Llebknecht. Tho worthy doc
tor might not now be facing a charge of
treason had ho more consistently exer
cised tho third right.
The report that fhe Democrats aro
planning to demand a constitutional
Amendment which shall make a Supremo
Court Justice Ineligible for the presidency
is born of the strength of tho man nomi
nated on Saturday.
Tho. Germans estimate that It takes
four months to construct a "Busy Ber
tha." The same typo of howitzer has
Just been -ordered' from Bethlehem for
the Allies. Apparently tho demolition of
German fortresses la on the program some
time In 1950.
An "Intimation" that laws relating
to clean streets will be enforced sounds
like a suggestion that Jury trial will be
given to criminals. Slnco when has it
become necessary to warn offenders that
by some miracle tho law was actually
going to oporate?
The defendant in a divorce suit is
resisting-. the demand of the plaintiff for
en allowance of $10,000 for her attorney
on the ground, that the attorney broke
hla promise to assist in keeping the scan
dal secret and so does not deservefthe
prtcq agreed on. Those who are curious
about tho popularity of this city as a
divorce centre might And some interesting
food for thought in the conditions which
make it possible to keep such a promise.
The trial of divorce cases behind closed
doors is conducive to more Bcandai than
Jax dlvprce laws. If we have reached
the point where privacy can bo bought,
It is time that the courts decide to purge
themselves of the disgrace and Insist on
publicity in all cases, whether the parties
to them be rich, or poor,
Philadelphia representatives of rail
road men who are engaged in a confer
ence from -which, a. strike may result de
clare themselves not optimistic, for fear
of a, refusal from the railrpads. The head
Of th underground lines In lmdon, Mr.
W. IX. AckwoHh, an expert in transport
tatlon, ha reviewed the situation and his
conclusions aro uncomfortabjy,,Uke those'
arrived at by even th Jay observer. Five
yearCago England had to meet a big.
fltrikf ; for a weejs transportation was al
moet unknown. An International crisis
caws up, the, Algeclraa convention, and
tha Qoveriunent, prepared for the wprst,
virtually ordered the trainmen to resume,
JJssa awhile a joint commission was instl.
tutsd and mt adjustments elnea theq
1wy1ww wads through this body. But
?itaj fact in that the, railroadj were.
licJl-3 to advwwa wages without the
ttntgpifcniittfffm ffrancwl irtiybt tfe.
FIVp times tho Vice President has
succeeded to tho presidency. At least
ono such succession proved to bo a public
caHmity. Many times tho death of 'ho
President would havo exposed tho nation
to rank incompetency In tho Executive
cfTice.
At no time slnco tho present method if
electing tho Vlco President como m'o
vogue has the ofTlco attracted men of tho
first rank. Webster would not accept It,
nnd It was forced down the throat of
Thudoro lloosevolt. It Is oblous tlmt
Mr, Fairbanks feels that ho Is mnklm;
t tremendous sacrlllco to uccept tho nom
Inatlon. Tho St. Louis convention Is not
seeking a candldato for tho office who l
of picsldontlal size. 1'ct only ono llto
statids between tho Vlco Ptesltlcnt nnd
tho Chief Magistracy. It Is, therefore,
an ofllco of tremendous potential Im
portance. But Its actual functions nio
if ec Incidental and trivial a character
that tho exercise of them is revolting
to men of ability, Initiative and etntcs
mr.nllkp qualities.
Moreovor, the Vlco President under our
sy?tim Is no moro intimately acquainted
with tho nlms nnd purposes of tho Ad.
ministration than tho merest onlooker.
Ho Is not lti tho confldenco of the Prcsl.
dent, nnd ho Is not an Important con In
the goetnmentnl machinery. He- may
L bo called on at a momont's notlco to be
come the dlroctlng bond of tho Govern
ment, although ho Is absolutely untrained
and unpiepared for tho efficient excrclso
of his duties.
When tho Constitution was adopted
and tho duties of the Vlco President es
tablished, a candidate for tho presidency
Invariably becamo Vice President, be
cause the man receiving the second high
est number of votes In tho Electoral Col
letco for Pi'esldent nan thereby elected
Vleo President. Thero was no need, In
such chcum8tanccs, to make tho olllce
of ouch Importance that great men would
seek It. They could not become candi
dates for the presidency without thereby
becoming candidates for tho vlco presl
dercy also. But with the change In tho
method of election and no corresponding
change to make tho vlco presidency at
tractive, the office fell into disrepute, nnd
In disrepute It still Is.
Tho most Important officer of the Gov
ernment, aside from tho Chief Magis
trate h-msplf, Is the Secretary of State.
This Is recognized by the constitutional
pi o vision that In tho event of the In
capacity of tho President and tho Vlco
President the Secretary of State succeeds
to the picsldency. In .this era of widening
International responsibilities tho Im
portance of the ofllco of Secretary of
fltnte becomes Increasingly great. It de
mands the talents of our greatest states
men, yet, amia tno demoralization at
tendant on political activity, It may bo
prostituted to the payment of political
debts, nnd the nation thereby subjected
to such humiliation ns It experienced re
cently during thovtenuro of Mr. .Bryan.
Why not nssuro high talents In tho
ofllco of tho Secretary of State and nt tho
samo tlmo mnko the vlco presidency a
lodestono for men of superior abilities
by a constitutional amendment providing
that tho Vlco President shall be, by virtue
of his ofllco, Secretary of Suite? Why
not, by this method, bring It .about that
the successor to an Incapacitated Presi
dent shall be a man trained to perform
tho functions of the office, a man versed
In all tho policies of the Administration
and amply qualified on tho briefest notlco
to tnke up tho duties of tho presidency?
There are. It Is true, some obvious ob
jections to this plan, but they aro almost
trivial In comparison with the advantages
to bo gained. Thero have been scores of
isms and theories and Utopian fancies
brought to tho front In recent years as
plausible political programs, but we douby
If any proposal has in it hucIi a wealth
of possibilities for good and of protection
against Incompetent national direction ns
this simple devlco to assure superior Sec
retaries of State and at tho same tlmo
attract to the vice presidency men worthy
of that conceivably great olllce.
Tom Daly's Column
BALLADE OF T1W MEJlCnAKT'
MAIliNE
In the days Ichcn tho nation teas young,
And our olorioui prime twi before us,
To the brccte iccre our battle flags flung,
And with honor and credit toe bore us.
1'or the ships of the Lion grew porous
And thev melted au.au fibm the scene;
Neither he nor his guns could outroar
us
Hut xiherc Is our merchant marlnef
When our rights fropi tho jrant tcero
wrung,
Every hand once against us eas for
,
And tee itood tho World Powers among,
Vor thru could not galnsav or Ignore
.
11V, vMh icings of .White Peace brood-
Ing o'er us,
In the itrtlggto for Commerce iccre keen,
Yet our children nolo rise and Implore
ur
"Put where h our merchant mariner"
It was ours, and Us vestiges clung
Till the War of Rebellion outwore us.
Our misfortune tens sicrct to the tongue
Of the Hon, the flrit icho forswore us,
As, with unconcealed pleasure, he shore
Of all that our Commerce had been.
We have valor enough to restore us
But where Is our merchant marlnef
EXVOY
Columblal hark to the chorus
1'rom our coasts and the country be
tween: "Wc arc here!" come the accents
sonorous,
"But where Is our merchant marlnef"
"MAMMA, HE'S BACK SOME MORE YETl"
So That's All Preparedness Mentis I
WE DO hope ono of tho first moves of
Our Candldato will be to pull Charles
Evans, Jr., away from that trifling camp
up at Plnttsbuig. Haven't you heard
what thoy'ro doing up there? Neither
hnd wo until H. II V. called our atten
tion to this Plattsbuig dispatch in a
morning contemporary: l
Several thousand fly swatters nnd
fly catchers of nil variety arrived yes
terday nnd will ho put out to tho men.
Them is something like two million dol
lars' worth of ammunition and equip
ments such as rifles, revolvers and guns
now on h.intl
THE Instltuto of Architects, through
Its president, Albert Kelsoy, prcsonts
the claim that it should bo considered in
tho plans now on foot for tho making of
a scenic background (nt the Academy of
Music) for tho Philadelphia Orchestra.
Sure1 Why not? Architecture, thut Is
to say, "frozen music," should bo allowed
to warm up on this job.
WIIY EXGLAND WAITS
- m raptronmi wr
AS EACH day brings the tremendous
U onset of the Russians cloaer nnd
closer to the proportions of a decisive ad
vance, the pressure upon England to do
her share becomes stronger. That pres
sure is exerted chiefly by amateur mili
tary experts and critics. It does not seem
to worry Sir Douglas Hale, and General
Joffra is not averse to sitting at table
with the commanders of tiie laggard Brit
ishers. Presumably the generalissimo has
nireason which the amateurs cannot dis
cover. That reason may be very deep, but com
mon sense supplies the most conclusive
Justification of the long wait on the west
ern front. It would be dramatic and
splendid to start the drives simulta
neously, but it might not be war. Italy's
sudden offensive after .Russia is a straw
in the wind. It shows that decision is
so dearly desired by the Allies that they
are willing to forego the drama. Russia,
is to draw off first the Austrlans, then the
Germans, and when the Germans are
drawn off the chances for a, smashing at
tack through the lines will bo Infinitely
greater. The German high command will
certainly .keep the trenches fully manned
In the west until the Russian menace
Is present, possibly In Germany's own
territory. A separate peace between Aus
tria and Russia would mean that a dam
waa thrown across the Russian river of
men And the Hood would run a torrential
course, through Germany. Then England
could break through tho dykes on the.
western front.
So England and Franco wait, France
in mortal danger at Verdun. England Jn
safety. But It U certain, that they wJU
strike. If tbey fait they may neer win
Why, We Never Even Suspected It
Sir Do jou hnow that Oenrso p Pllllnir.
Jr.. Is a physician of 4014 Chestnut ntrcot?
And how nhout I)r entries II. V SlnUBhter.
of lfiOJ South Iirond streit? And nro jou
nwaro that Nnrmnn W Pajne has his dentistry
offlco In tho Empire Ilulldlne7 11, IC It.
Hut Why Not?
There's many a Miss In a silken wrap.
Who shines In tho Sunday parade,
Who during the week, In a greasy cap.
Is n cook or a chambermaid. G O,
What Is Your Sword of Damocles?
Mine Is that I'll
bo offered a Job In
City Hall If I can
mako good and
that tho first thing"
I'll bo nsked to do
will bo to lntroduco
to tho Marriage Ll
censq Clerk loving couples llko these,
taken from last Thursday's paper: Car
mela Poroacl and GInnbattista Pooscaron,
Woronlka Jazwlec and Stanislavv Kru
kovvskl, Glavannlna Romano and Ped
erlco Golduttl, Eva Kamlnska and Irko
Kownllszyn, Agnlczke Malkow and Plotr
Nazlo, Kntarbyna Szuryala and John
Steyck, Agnes Parnowslta and Nicholas
Wyrsto, Kntaryna Andreyeszyna and
Luke Buryezko, Wytorya Andrcuszklowlcz
and Walter Schultze. II M,W.
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THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
Contempt of English Writers for Things American The Supreme
Court Charged With Usurpation of Its Powers.
Other Matters
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Don'ta you bayllevel No' don'ta iou
bityltovo dees Republican Judge he no can
speak. Evra tlmo when da Judgo ees
speak eel's maka trouble, dat'sa why he's
keepln' bees moutha shut. Wan time my
Couseen, Glutepplna Mnlacordato, she
tnk' her'hubban' eento da court an' she
say to da.iludge, "Pleassa, Judgo, speaka
to deesa bad man." An' da Judgo he say:
"Tnkn secxa mont's!" You bat my life!
da Judgq he can speak; but he ees too
strong.
The Constant One
In days of old. Queen Cleopat
Was loved by many a geezer,
But only lads like Anthony
E'er got a chance to Caesar.
A' purple couch beside the Nils
Upheld her beauteous Agger,
And o'er her head a palm-leaf fan
Was waved by Cleo's nigger
A thousand Jewels lay at her feet,
Ily lovers stiewn, to bribe 'er,
Alas, 'twas but love's labor lost
Her thoughts were on the Tiber,
Penn Punch Bowl.
A VOLUME of the Monthly Review
(London) for the year 1799 is before
us In tho May number of that year Is a
notice pf "Lyrical Ballads, With a Few
Other Poems, 12 mo, 210 pp. 1798." Thq
critic, ignorant of the fact that Jt was
the Joint work of Wordsworth and Cole,
ridge, saysr '
Though we have been extremely en
tertained, with the fancy, the facility, and
(In general) the, sentiments of these pieces
we cannot regard them as poetry of a
class to be cultivated at the expense of a
higher species of versification unknown
in our language at the tune when our
elder writers, whom this" writer con
descends to imitate, wrote their ballads.
The author's first piece. The
.Rijha of tht Ancyent Mariner, la Inilta
tJon of the ttyle as well as of the spirit
of tbe elder poets. Is the strangest story
pf a cock and bull that we ever sar on
paper Yet though it seams a rhapsody
of unintelligible wildneu and inv?L-
eace, tof which We do not perceive th
drift, uals the Joke lies In deprivm m
gfr l Ibft ewtaln,y wottId oaw H -&?& tmLits
m ftJ&44Q JMSSf
Ml ttt MtA 4n tka ft J W ot tt,
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Thts Dcpnrtmtnt tree to all readers who
tush to express their oplntons on subjects of
current interest. It (s on open forum and the
yvcnlna l.edoer assumes no rcspouslblliri lor
tho vltits 0 its correspondents.
ANGLO-AMERICAN" HYPHENATES
To the Editor of Evening Ledger'
Sir I havo Just returned from a hunting
trip I was hunting for books In the Free
Library of Philadelphia, and I bagged con
siderable game. I started out with tho In
tention of running down some biological
works, but I passed tho history section and
stopped short when I saw this title staring
at me, "Loyalists of America " I took an
other look, and was rewarded by seeing half
a dozen books of similar Import
Of course I vvnH Interested, forgot nil
about biology who wouldn't because this
Is tho day of hyphenated Americanism I
opened tho books nnd every bloomln' ono of
'cm had something to say nbout the English
Not ono word about tho German; the Eng
lish held tho centre of the stage
And tho works were by English authors,
tho Tories who wished to placo the English
h)phenatcd American in n favorable light
Included among them was Dr Egorton lly
erson, chief superintendent of education for
Upper Canada from 1841 to 1870, who
seemed to take a most wicked delight In
combating tho American historian Rldpath.
Ityorsori belittled tho Pilgrims, ridiculed
American pretensions to being the beacon
lights of humanity, and waxed sarcastlo
over the American presumption that we
know everything of constitutional liberty.
That has been tho attitude of every English-American,
every Tory who has settled
In America. Tho English editor In charge of
an American newspaper delights In flaunt
ing the sins of tho German-American, but
he Is -very careful to avoid alluding to tho
sins of the English-American The English
editor of tho American newspaper endeavors
to scaro the American people by "demon
strating" that Germany has "designs on the
Monroo doctrine " Whereas, In fact, the
Integrity of the Monroo doctrlno Is more en
dangered by tho "nelghborllness" of tho pro
tector of our "friend" to tho north, Canada.
Have you ever been In Canada? If you
have, you know the "high regard" which the
English-Canadian entertains for the Amer
ican. 1 want to quote another English writer,
Sir George Otto Trevelyan, whoso volumes
on the "American Revolution" were con
cluded only two years before the great Eu
ropean war which focused attention In this
country upon the American hyphenate.
Surely Sir George cannot bo accused of bias,
yet he says:
"Benedict Arnold (a typical hyphenate)
was sent on a raiding excursion against his
native State of Connecticut At day
break on the etn or weptemher a fleet of
21 sail anchored In front of New London.
Arnold came on shore with a brigade of
British Infanjry, a uetaenment of the dread
ed Hessians, and (which In the eyes of the
civil population was a still more formidable
apparition) a strong force of loyalist parti
sans The town was sacked; and the
church, the courthouse and more than ope
hundred dwellings were consumed by Are.
The damage Inflicted upon the Inhabitants
was estimated at very nearly a hundred
thousand pounds sterling but they suffered
a more poignant loss which (could not be
valued in money. The local mllltla, who
were mostly lads, and ery 111 provided with
muskets, had been hastily mustered
laid down their arms and asked for quarter
Eighty-Aye men were found dead and
sixty wounded Anost of them mortally,"
Talk about your Belgian atrocities I
Where does England get the nrve to speak
as the friend of America? Where does the
English-American, the Tory, the loyalist,
get the right to virtuously talk of his al
legiance to the Stars and Stripes?
1 CECIL MONTAGUE.
Philadelphia, June 10.
TYRANNY OP THE COURTS
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Blr Tho people have stood for the United
States pupreme Court's assumption of the
veto powers for a hundred jearo. They look
upon this august body with a reverence
bordering; upon abject devotioa There if
no such power In the United States Consti
tution given -to these men, whose function
was originally decide simply questions
between States and the Federal Govern
ments yet when Marshall had the gall to
assume uprtrn power over ail question f
State. City and municipality the psopla
statA for It- rStac thea every Uttle urf
in otu- astlox ha followed suit iMitaTi
th erty fUsts4" try hcf Ja
dietary can veto a law made by tho people's
Congress. Neither England, Franco nor
Germany would tolorntp such nn assump
tion of dictatorial powers. By submitting
to this assumption we acknowledge we are
not fit for self-government And now wo
nro nsked to accept such a dictator as our
President. Wo are asked to support a man
who believes and wields such veto powers.
If tho American people nro such fools, they
ought to bo subjects and not citizens. Thoy
deserve no better fato. This Is a country
by, for nnd of tho Judiciary. Isn't It
strange that every law declared unconsti
tutional has been a law for labor's benefit?
Never has a law been declared unconstitu
tional when It favored capital 1 Social nnd
Industrial Justice cannot be attained until
the Judiciary Is purged of Its powers by
Congress I am not nn anarchist; only an
American, who believes In tho liberty or
death principle We havo moro to fear
from our Judiciary than from a forolBn
Invasion. ItOBEHT B. NIXON, JR.
Philadelphia, Juno 12.
What Do You Know?
Queries of oneral interest vAtl b answered
in (Ms column. Ten question, the- answers to
which every toell-informed person should know
aro asked dally.
QUIZ
"abso-
IS AMERICA A LIAR?
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir A question now occupying tho minds
of millions of logical persons Is that of
AmerJcanlfcm. To explain It In brief we
will begin by scouring tho history of Amer
ica. The flrst sign of union In 1776 was
tho starting of Americanism. To be an
American then was, In reality, not consider
ed altogether bad. It was known that
Americans wero Intense patriots and great
men who had freed themselves by means
of battles and brains from the clutches of
the British Lion I3ut, on the other hand,
caricaturists formed the bad part of it by
comparing the United States to a mouse
with England as an elephant This helped
to make tho Impression that America was
yet weak, and also decreased the trifling
Immigration to this country. The next
period was In tho War of 1812. America
showed her defective parts In land fighting.
Then, after the schooner Constitution
showed her power on the sea, tho United
States "ruled the waves" (Including all
the storms, rains and whatsoever might
happen, as tho humorist Magrcen said).
From 1814 till 1860 everjthlng was glory
nnd sunshine for old Uncle Sam, except
when occasionally a business panlo would
spread over the land In 1862 America
was considered as low as Bokhara by
foreigners, but Inside the place "where the
Stars and Stripes never touches the ground"
all hearts felt greater than human hearts
generally feel. The remaining portion of
time, as the reader may know, was fine
Then came that mysterious question, "Is
It. good or bad to bo an American?" The
following is an amusing Incident relating
to the subject: Richard Harding Davis
while traveling In Maine was once called
u uar in a piuuii village oy a constable.
"My dear sir," said Davis, twisting his
facial features, "you call me a liar. It Is
1-t-tnnrn that T a 1 a. . .
""" " " rsi ciass American.
When you call mo that Blde-splttlng name
you harm your country, It Is said that
what one does is felt by the other. If you
call me that name you call all my brethren
ih,1 Am"lcans' "" Then the Insult Is
felt by the executives who are considered
as the representatives of the country's con.
science and the United States is harmed!
Scot
The constable was so astonished that he
could not answer. The present Situation de
termines the height of Americanism, and
I know that we hope with all our hears that
America Is not a liar.
!... .. , v CHARLES WEISBERO,
Philadelphia, June 12. '
NOR DESERVES IT LESS
No country pray, for peace at this time
K Journal! th"' a-ebraska
1. What Is the difference between nn
lute" nml n "limlteu" monarcnyr
2. How did Mr. Huahes flrst come Into na
tional prominence?
3. How Is the date of Kaster determined?
4. VVlmt street In Philadelphia was once known
ns Sassafras 6treet?
B. What Is meant br "contrlbutorr neill-
tence"?
0. Where Is Dukowtna?
7. Has a United States military or naval force
ever captured a town Jn Europe or Af
rica? 8. Who wrote "Hiawatha"?
0. What la "the Mona Lisa"?
10. What and where Is the Kremlin?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Alexander, Cnesar nnd Wellington were the
"Three undefeated lenerals."
2. There ure Pantheons In Home nnd Paris,
o. iionniiion wus in uie 4uin nnru.
Tor tlin tlniR'
ularlr deslenated ofllcer.
"ninrnej" eoit, wheedllns speeches to sain
some end.
Napoleon II was the son of Napoleon 1. but
never relened. Napoleon HI thus styled
iiiseu un 1110 mcurr inut me rouill w;
4. President pro tern., or pro. tempore, presides
in me unnenco or ine rer-
uiwrir uesieiiaieu oiurer.
0.
theory that tint vnntli nn.
l.inwror. though unrecognized, on his
fiitlier'n death.
T. The Hasaues are a rare Urine In northern
Spain und southern Prnnce on both sides
of the Pyrenees.
S. John 31. Parker, af l-oulslana, was nomi
nated. as Vice President on the Progres
sive ticket.
Is n character In "Romeo and
a two-roasted, sauare-rleced Tes-
0, Merctitlo
Juliet."
10. A hrlr Is
sel.
Many Questions
Student (1) The head of the government
of Albania In normal times Is called the
Mpret. (2) A vilayet Is an administrative
district of tho Ottoman Empire also In use
In countries once under Turkish rulo. (3)
Wo are not In possession of military secrets
and can only give you general Information.
It Is common opinion that Japan Is supply
ing most of Russia's guns and ammunition,
although much Is done within Russia's own
borders, Some come from this country,
(1) On September 7. 19U, the Germans
were 14 miles from the outskirts of Paris,
tho nearest point they reached. (5) The
actual length of the western .battle front
cannot be- accurately determined because
of the zigzag nature of the trenches. The
mere line comes to about 300 miles. (6)
Again we are not In the confidence of the
military chemists. It Is generally supposed
that th,e asphyxiating gas used Is a com
pound of chlorine. (7) Various attempts
have been made to explain the attitude of
Sweden, The fact that she has strong com
mercial relations now with German may In-
iiuciiui ner luuiuae, Bno als0 j,aSi or
thinks she has, reason to suspect the na
ture of Russia's advances.
THREE PEAS IN A POD
Pacifism, piffle and pork are triolets nt
pontics. Spokane Spokesman-Review.
MEXICAN EXPEDIENTS
The disappearance of small metallic cur
rency in Mexico, owing- to the amount of
paper money put Into circulation durlni
the, military struggle fpr the presidency of
the republic, caused various fxpedlenu in
bf adopted, Tramcar ucketa have been
used for small chance, and cnr,urA "
.about om tach by two inch, m iSSd
for Ave to 1? and xT CMttavpit, waa jsSSSi
w jsm libera. ioys'i wWy $$&
Totems
Editor of "What Do You Know" -Please
publish a history of (otem poles and a de
scription. (2) Please tell me how to make
canned heat. c. -yy
Totems are found In places as far apart
as Samoa, the Middle West and Alaska.
From ancient times they were set up near
the dwellings of savages. They are somei
times painted and made up pf pdds and
ends such as the tails of animals and
pieces of string. To give a history of these
various developments and to Indicate what
they mean, as well as what they look like
would be Impossible In our space. You
will find full accounts Jn any encyclopedia
under the. title "Totemlsm." The totem
pole Is emblematic .of family pride and
legendary religion. ) "Canned heat" Is
unknown to chemists In this city. If y0U
mean the bottles which keep liquids hot
for a long time or "tireless cookers," both
aro made under patented processes. There
is also' a mixture of Wax and alcohol, per.
fected by a secret process, which is some
times called "canned heat," but the for.
mula Is not available.
Film Work
Editor 0 "What Do You A'ndto" How
many photoplaysi did Miss Berta Brulel
write last year? With what film company
Is she at present and where Is that com
pany located? Can Charles Dickens' "Tale
of Two Cittea" be dramatized either for the
stage or the silent drama? C. H. s
Information reaches us that Miss Berta
Brulei U now Mrs. Hartmann. Nothing of
her recent activities is recorded In the
moving picture directories. There Is no
reason why "A, Tala of Twp Cities' shaiM
6t b dramatized for either tha ataga
th film, but vou hav nmh.M rc
ltalst4itttu, w
FISKE'S FIGHT
WITH DANI!
The Admiral, Who Retired
u,y, vnnca Attention to :
secretary's Incom-potenco
BRADLEY A. FI8KB, rear .Am. i
S. N having arrived ffiJ
62 years today, enters on th ..! 3
ADumxt, nsrS
m
Ho has probably done tnore for'hjj
, ... v,0 iast ia months than hF,
previous years of i .-,- i
It 1 a service, a 1
though that waa
much. Somo ofll.
cers of tho navy
do no moro than
Is roqulred of them
by law, and thoy
pass through tho
routine m-ades, rig.
In? as their supe
riors dlo or rotlro
until thoy 'reach
high rank. But
Bradloy Flsko
never was such nn
officer.
-"""aij FI81ESF.
Twenty-throo yoars ago ho bad tdM
such distinction for the number aaj k
portanco of his electrical Inventions ik
tho Franklin Instltuto awarded to'V.'
tho Elliott Crosson Medal. He 14
mombor of tho first electrical conhrS
In this city In 1884. Ho has InvenWJ
system of eloctrlcal communication ttlS.
battleships, nn oloctrlc range finder
oloctrlo ammunition hoist, a battle 6ri
telegraph system, a speed and dlrwg
Indicator, a system for turning wanHkl
turrets by electricity, a naval tclujH
sight and horlsometcr. His telescope twME
nas Deon aaopieu Dy an tho mwlenjl
tho world, nnd It Is responsible forlS
I , I- . .... . U
liiipruvuiuuiiL in uuiiiicry inai HAS
notod In recent years.
With Evhns at Valparaiso i
Admiral Flsko has been tnnr. ik.
mechanician ana oicctrlclan. He ;ntiS
on tho Yorktown nt Valnarnlsn a.SS
tho critical times when Roblev h tLM
uttered his famous remark about nukisjfl
1. It m n it . nn.lln IT. . . , H
lien amen ui B"ii- no ua un DOHfUM
Admiral Bonham's flagship In RloJurVil
wnon ino unuea otatcs ueei cieareu &
... .... n.:
action ana oniorceu tno rights ol n
trajs. Ho was tho navigator of the PSil
at tho battlo of Manila and wjs report,
by his captain for "eminent and cons?;
uous conduct in battlo" and by Atohl
Dowoy for "heroic conduct." He cS
manded tho monitor Monadnoclc, iisSif
tho four months following the outbreW
of the Filipino insurrection and Jookpat
In thn bombardment of several torn:
Later ho vas put in command of the ftftk-j
division of tho Atlantic fleet, wasapS1
ber of tho naval wireless telegraph bowf;
and was mado a member of the Genera
Board of tho navy and of the Joint .Ara
nM x-n.... Vtnwl In 10in nnil Ififat. tunnl
Chief Aldo for Operations under tMwj;
tern of aides instituted by Secretary Iferit
tTa -onnheH Mm rnnlf ctf rear flrtmiril ll'E
1911. llS
A llttlo moro than a year aro. he frS
slcned as Chief Aide for Operations W
thn reason that ho could notimake
tary Daniels understand the necessli
, .i . ..o.ni.eilfa
prujmriiiH wiu iiu-vj iui ct,Yiiv"v
.. .. .,.. ,. ijt..-i,.t it., t nt
DOIteveu mm it vvua imvuiunn. "wjj
tnMinlroil control of the navy and!
preparation of plans for Its use shouH8
In tho hands of expert officers wh9D
stood the tools that they were Jo tueish
nH-llln ...111. Ut. nrt nt stnttffj
WCIU iUlllilitii will nw - .7-1
Wn TTtlirhr linvB thn best ships' J Wi
world, yet be Inadequately prepared6r,j
war so long as there was no welMhoaSg,
out plan of operations, wunout ,
plan, intrusted to able officers, Jbe tan
ivnnM tin men n fpehla-mlnded Blast, Si-
argued that brains as well as Btrttlti
wero necessary If tho navy f'
mado efficient. And he Insisted ffletJJ.
and out of season that a "''jJfS
was of prime Importance. pmu
When lie Denounces jjm
On one occasion ho told a eoap-y
slonal committee that over """
Franco-Prussian War tho naval and eg
tary men had realized murca..up.
Importance of continuity of lIWi
the Imperative necessity of the (Wg
ment of capable strategists, just
were capablo navigators and 5
..t i.,,t.n,.a tto declared tutu
question of strategy was the most to
tant before the country, anu m-jw
national life bad hinged more tbaBjSS
in the history of the world on w "
- ... j--j.. , Tha Gen
gicai SKiti oi us uenjiiuoi --. jj
General Staff showed what uWMJgj
when their new strategy was y"4""
Austria in 1868 nnd resulted in '"a
In six weeks.
But Daniels would have none i
He Ignored him and his wcomnw--.
,-..,.. .i. ,v,n Admiral i
bo cuinpiBimy mv "- --- ,jjy
anlrt that he presented to his ur
, ..- .. r- - , kram
lone report on the defects in -
,. data Secretary '
oil ua uupiciJuicit o -- a
lels denied categorically that M
-m 1 J.alinVAm. 1 M"" i
ceivea any Bucn uo...v.,- - -g
President interested himself in w
troversy Daniels weakly admits -,
might have received the aoeuw
.. . .. .. .j i n the pspt-
tnai tl no imu ic.tw .- .- -
passed on In the course of rpuwj
some subordinate. This confess
.. .. . i nii,nt reDOrt "Si
giiierenco to an liny". " - '- , jjjg
condition of th9 arm qf nat onal
. . . . "m .-. Y.to rhlef '--Iwr
in nts cnarge iran .- ---
,i ii,qt tho lao-i
enougn to prpvo u , ... j,
admiral had charged in his P""
ments of the indifference of m ;":
of the Navy to the gravity of
tlon In which- tha nation finds Jwe
. . . . ......- ,i... tvith the P
Aomirat p ibko '" 1Bdl
of every officer in tha navy- "
last months ha has won ;
wm Mnwupaum .;- vMl
man stann up " " L.,.
UVllUVa 13 l-lgllt- . ------ ,
-.j ., i... tnr. n. board?1
-. .. u-,l ln nr all POSS
eiSJf lliut Diiail " -- - - mBft
tlngencles, so that wnen
arises the plans will hot have i -
provised, has opened tne
clUfns and has aided in "SJ
that publlo sentiment in i",v'ch
paredness on the eea without V
can be no adequate national de" -
THE ETERNAL QUEST
political fionventjons are Wlfi
naf iipna la 4ilvcV4'vo iJi ft'Ot '
mldt of ail ih srt V?nti ef
mow swat now and " ",tS
kimvm not tt ptgncte4 igtg
W4M 4tlll, &1S giimi5A-
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