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minor Improvements and extensions pos
sible with current earned revenues and
to Issue bonds, subject to approval of Hie
people, wh6n requisite for large addi
tions. The commissioners should have
power to make such rules for the use of
water as seem wise, to order the Installa
tion of meters, to requlro certain
standards In plumbing, to do all and sev
eral the things which the U. O. I, does
for tho Improvement of tho service and
the prevention of waste. Tho authority
of Councils over this board should be
supervisory only, In certain broad as
pects Involving public policy.
Control of the-Water Bureau must be
taken out of politics, Its finances must, be
segregated, It must bo conducted as other
great business enterprises nro conducted,
and It must give a complete and satis
factory service Tho latter will bo ac
complished without tho expenditure of a
single penny by tho taxpayers, for, as
In tho enso of transit, this Is a public
utility which earns Its way and makes
money Instead of losing It.
Tom Daly's Column
tub AvnriAon net taid daily cm-
CULATION OP THE EVENING LEDOER
FOB JULY WAS 121,009.
FhltidelpMi, Tu.xliy, AuauiI 29, 1915.
LET THE WATER PLANT
FINANCE ITSELF
Summer furs were comfortable as
well as fashlonablo yesterday.
rpiE water situation In Philadelphia Is
going to bo settled, and It Is going to
bo sottled right. Wo nro emphatic on
that point because there aro already
rumors ofloat to tho effect that the water
works ought to be leased to a private
corporation, on the theory that this
Croat public utility cannot properly bo
conducted by tho city.
Certain obvious Improvements have
been so wantonly neglected by Councils
that citizens may bo pardoned If they
auspect somo ulterior purpose on tho part
of shrewd politicians, whoso mouths
have been known to water before this at
tho prospect of cutting a big melon by
the simple expedient of surrendering to
private Interests a great municipal asset".
But If any gentlemen have any plan In
view for the surrender of the water
works they may as well forget It. There
Is not going to bo any surrender, but
there Is going to bo a big reform in the
administration and management of tho
utility in accordanco with modern and
scientific methods, and It Is going to be
demonstrated to the people of Philadel
phia that they havo an asset of enormous
value Instead of a liability on their hands.
"VXTE SAY that Councils has been de-
' llnqucnt. Lot us take one case In
point. Tho U. G. I. will not connect its
raa mains to a resldonco unless It knows
that the fixtures therein aro up to tho
standard, and tho U. G. I. has a universal
meter system. Tho waterworks has no
Tenernl moter system to prevent waste,
yet It Is without authority to set certain
requirements for the quality of plumb
ing fixtures. This In Itself means nn
enormous annual waste, yet Councils has
done nothing whatever beyond, nftor great
delay, setting certain requirements for
service pipes; nnd tho Water Bureau has
never been able to get authorization to
repair even these sen-ice pipes. Thousands
of complaints are received annually of
water In cellars, etc.. and in many cases
the bureau would willingly nnd eco-
nomically make repairs, but has no au
thority so to do. Red tape holds sway
Whilo tho people pay.
Again, despite tho fact that the bureau
bos recommended that It bo allowed to
compel tho use of meters in establish
ments where waste Is notorious, It has
been unable to get tho requisite authority
from Councils, although by such a slm
,ple authorization It would be possible
, annually to save thousands and thou
sands of gallons of water.
It might almost bo suspected, we repeat,
that Impedimenta were being kept In the
way of efficiency in the Water Bureau.
Tho Redhead League of America
has not been organized to advocato any
thing, but simply because there Is moro
good fellowship to tho squaro Inch In a
redhead than In a head of any other
color.
Proclamation of tho autonomy of
Poland is delayed becauso the ICalsor and
Francis Joseph cannot agreo on a king.
Why not call In Mr. Bryan? lie would
make nn excellent chief of a buffer State,
and ho must be n persona grata to Berlin.
I do not know Just whnt Is In Presi
dent Wilson's mind for Congress to
do. Senator Simmons on the railroad
situation.
But does not Congress know what
Is In Its own mind to tell the President to
do? Has It no views In this Industrial
crisis? If It Is waiting for Instructions
from the White IIoubc -wo have got one
man government with a vengeance.
Senator Owen resurrected his nntl
protection speech of 1909 and filled 40
pages of the Congressional Record of Sat
urday with It. Ho Insisted then, and ho
would havo us believe that he Insists now,
that American prosperity has arisen not
becauso of protection, but In spite of It.
Ho ought to circulate a brief synopsis of
this speech It is too long for any one to
read in full so that tho country may
know Just where ho nnd his party stand.
It will mako Republican votes wherever
It is read.
TO CHAMPION the country paper and
take n. crack at tho "fresh city feller"
comes Mr. C. C. S., who gives this
Peep Behind the Scenes
By c. c. s.
For many years tho pnrngraphcr of tho
metropolitan dally Court Jester to Ills
Majesty, the Average American Header-
lias kept Ids little box of tricks well filled
with extracts from tho country newspaper
tittle Items In which a humorous twist
has been given to tho English language
through tho Ignorance or carelessness of
the country editor or typesetter, or both,
it, as in many eases, theso two unknown
celebrities happen to be one nnd tho same
person.
Suppose, dear city-bred render, wo tako
a few moments to peer Into tho scrapbook
or n country editor who admits the poS'
cession of a sense of humor and who care
fully saves the richest Item culled from
a field to which he nlono has access tho
gems from "Our Country Correspondents."
strange to say, "Our Country Correspond
ent" makes his moit humorous mistakes
In dealing with his most solemn subject-
death. Ills attempt nt elegant expression,
tho Introduction of sentiment, hampered
by a limited voeabulnry. usually ends In
disaster, as In the following tribute to a
small-town celebrity, recently deceased:
"He was a quiet man, and n home man,
nevertheless he commanded respect."
Again, of tho same man:
"Although his death was expected sooner
or later, It camo sooner than was expected."
Perhaps It was the very same correspond
ent who wrote of another funeral:
"Interment was mado In Oreat Valley
Burying Ground, where for tho last 42
years deceased had resided."
And, of another;
"Tho remains of tho late William Olll,
who passed awny Sunday, on Wednesday
evening will bo on view for tho benefit of
his friends."
A lengthy Illness, not too abruptly ter
minated, was remembered as follows:
"Early In January Mr. K became III,
but rallied nnd was able to tcavo his home
and venture downtown. Ho grew weaker,
however, nnd lingered until he expired be
foro arising yesterday morning."
Ilolntlvo to the railroad engineer who
was cut in half Uy a passing freight as ho
stopped from the cab of his engine, our
"Country Correspondent" wrote briefly:
"iio wns decapitated at tho waist."
(To be Continued.)
Help wanted nt Canning factory for
husking corn nnd 10 men for Inside work.
D. E. Wlnebenner Co.
Ad In Hanover (Pa) Record-Herald.
BUT In our composing room on hot
days tho men husk themselves.
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nrtet. annenred In
nnd sang ' Nlco to. Get Up In the Mornlns
rbPll, the second tenor of the
In a rich Scottish costume
The emphasis given In this news
paper to a common-senso solution of
what looked like an insoluble mystery
decided tho man who shot Edward Boland
upon tho only course of action open to nn
honest citizen. His story has the ring of
truth. In any case, ho chared with a num
ber of others tho Idea that Hairpin Turn
In tho Park Is a rendezvous for hoodlums,
and tho chief Interest In the Incident must
now turn on what measures the authori
ties shall take to mako every corner of
thoPark Bafo at night. What indiscre
tions may bo committed there are not to
be corrected by roving bands of nrmed
young men.
Tho break In wheat prices In Chi
cago on the declaration of war by Ruma
nia was a response to the vague Idea that
this event wa3 a move toward peace, tho
opening of tho Dardanelles nnd tho re
lease of competing Russian grain. If
such disturbances ore caused by vague
Ideas, what will bo the Industrial read
justment needed hero when actual peace
proposals are discussed? It will bo no
"prosperity" feather In the cap of the
Administration if the end of the war Is In
sight beforo November. That develop
ment would reveal over night the insta
bility of the economic conditions upon
which the Administration rests Its case.
;nd after hrlnc encored enmq luclt nnd snnit "I
I'Oo n. Lnssl M nnd wns encored nantn, to
.mien nc rrspumi'vi nun n now. nut tn nudl
cwo wns not satisfied llh this nnd insisted
thnt n sine another sonir, to which ho acqui
esced by stnglnir annthor melody. "Bo-iinln' In
tho CllonmlnV' by Harry Liudcr. Hut beforo
no nnd finished his third sonc the rlntform mnn
acer tnppod him on the shoulder and told him
to stop, as there had been nn obiectlon mado to
"'". costume, nnmely, his lmro knees, without
which his costume would not hao been .Scot
tish. This, with his marchlnc across the plat
form In time to the music, wns objected to by
a few ladles nnd the llev. A. B. Soule, who pre
vailed upon the floor mannirer. after thrcatcnlnc
to rail the marshal, to stop tho number. Tho
Sheffield, In.. Press.
It must .havo been Intuition that kept
us from wearing our moro or less diaph
anous palm beach on the platform. We
brought it home, untouched, to tho pri
vacy of our boudoir and now we're glad,
STAR GAZERS COMING THIS WAY
The American Astronomical Society Holds Its Nineteenth Meeting
at the Sproul Observatoiy This Week Philadelphia
Led the Country in Stellar Study
What Do You Know?
AT
By MONROE B. SNYDER
Of tho Philadelphia Observatory.
Lucky tho Chautauqua that gets by
without any bigger troublo than this, re
ported by the Mount Pleasant (Pa.) Jour
nal, which adds ono more Item to our In
debtedness to Henry, of Detroit:
The only mishap came nt the last rerform
?nrP. V on,lliy . nlirht with a heavy rainstorm.
J-lcl'tnlnit shut off tho electricity, but with the
headllchts nf Clsrenre Zimmerman's I'ord run
about the performers were emblcd to llnlsh tho
bill Just as If nothing had huppened.
rpHIS Idea, bo subtly and Insidiously
nurtured, that the people must be
taxed large sums, in the form of bond
Issues, to enlarge the water supply, is
utterly untenable. The water plant Is,
In fact, a great Interest-earning and
money-maklng enterprise. In spite of nan
dlcaps. the bureau cul the cost of opera
tlon and maintenance, during the Blank
nburg Administration, from $2,271,638 in
1912 to $1,820,754 In 13U, and In the same
period the receipts rose from ? 1,0 17,649
to $5,131,315. By 1M4 the per capita
consumption through reduction In waste
had been reduced from 19S gallops to 173
gallons, or more than 13 per cent.
The- apparent gross profit of the plant
In 1914 amounted to $3,364,591, or more
than enough, to par the Interest on all
the ponded Indebtedness and leave an
actual net profit for the city,
It Is manifestly absurd In these clrcum
tances that the debt for the water plant
hould be charged against the city's bor.
rowing capacity. It Is a eelf-sustalnlns
enterprise, paying its own way and amply
able to finance itself for all necessary
and advisable improvements.
We are pleased to notice that the Eye
nlnff Bulletin Is supporting1 the segrega
tion of the water finances as proposed ,ln
tasf Evbhimo Uhxieji last week. We ex
Pet the entire press of' the ity shortly
ta be Indorsing and favoring the Idea.
rpH3 water works should be under con-
- trol of a board of water commissioners,
iy rivouM to apowered, without inter-
InruasA by Comtfrtiir, to make sM p.ecsesar
The political clubs, rather than the
police, have probably been the offenders.
But If there is the elightest doubt In such
questions, tho police must be expected to
make any sacrifice to Improve their mo
rale. The position of the American po
liceman has been too negative; In Europe
he Is a positive factor, intrusted with con
structive social service as well as the
apprehension of criminals. In this city a
great deal has been done to endow police
men with self-respect and a sense of the
importance of their work. They enjoy
the eight-hour day, denl-'d the majority
of wage-earnerB. All the more Imperative
Is It that they should realize they aro
the servants of the city 24 hours a day;
misconduct In hours of recreation should
mean Instant dismissal. The personnel
should be the pick of the ranks of the
skilled workers' class. But the leniency
that has been shown to police laxity would
not be tolerated for a moment In any
private Industrial plant in the city.
When, 19 days ago, It was first
Intimated that the railroads and the less
than one-fifth of their employes who
were dissatisfied would turn to the Presl.
dent, it was said that "the men were im
patient to get results, by an Immediate
strike if necessary." When, a few days
later, Mr, Wilson swung the pendulum
their way, this Impatience for an Imme
diate strike cooled down and the em
ployes" leaders were described as stand
ing pat and taking it easy in their
Washington hotel. Now. when the
heads of the nation and of the sys
tems that make America possible are
within hailing distance of a constructive
program, impatience Is at boiling
point again. This is not hard to under
stand. The strike is an industrial bomb,
differing from a teal bomb only in this
that a real bomb usually hits the persons
it is intended for, whereas the strike bomb
hits noncombatants. In handling this eco
nomlo explosive employes realize the ef
fect of delay. The more the public gets
used to the idea that it is possible to take
tlm to thresh out an intricate scientific
problem without a strike, the less effective
Is the threat of a strike. Science and
Impatience do not mix The case against
taking time to solve this problem is the
case for uaaclentlflo methods of solution
that la, for tnjiwtlca,
The othor night when there was a sowing
of stars over the heavens, wo sat and
swapped everlasting lies, ono to tho other.
Wo were In our shirt sleeves, and it is to
be Inferred that wo wcro honest and con
scientious workmen on tho Job.
No, there were no mosquitoes, nnd our
consciences wero long ago toughened. Any
way, what is, good company without a bet
ter cigar?
"I mind when I first came to this coun
try," said Mr. Donnelly. "I was rather
green, for a smart American recognized it,
nnd thought he would have some fun with
me.
" 'Boy!' says he, "Come hero!" nnd never
thinking but that he was an honest man,
I went to him.
" 'Did you know,' says he. 'that the devil
wan dead''
"Well, I pondered on it a bit, and then I
went on and left him laughing.
"But I bethought me of my manners, and
I went back to him and offered him a penny.
" 'What's this for?' says he.
" 'Sir,' says I, 'it's only my duty.'
" "What duty?' says he.
"'Sir,' says I, 'in tho country I've Just
come from It's customary to give a penny to
tho children when the father of the family
o'"-' " SHON BHA.
P. S. Now, how do you punctuate the
foregoing? I lost the thread long ago.
Connie Mack
(Near or ne'er come-back.)
- , . .. 'Apologies to Henley)
Out of the gloom that round me thicks
Beaten and mocked by friend and foe
I struggle with my team of hicks '
To end this travesty of woe.
It matters not how small the gate,
How writ with unknown stars my scroll
Next year, I swear, at any rate, '
We'll fly the pennant on our pole.
J. POD.
Chats With Famous Athletes
Mr. II. I. Wilson, the world-renowned
golf architect and diplomat, says: Put all
your eggs in one basket and watch that
basket. Otherwise, young man, you will
fall between two stools. Take my own sad
case. I have tried to bring both my golf
and tennis to their highest point of devel
opment at the same time, for. as you know,
the national amateur championship of
each sport comes at nearly the same time
Thus I have never won either of them.
Chris Was Also Somo Poet
There's a modern light comedy ditty of
which the chorus runs something like this:
For he knew tho world was round, ho. hoi
And be knew It could be found, ho. hoi
Oh, a migratory, gyratory, very-teosrapble cuss
was Christopher Colombo.
But ha was some poet as well.. Listen to
this from his Journal (1493):
The beauty ot the new land far surpasses tha
Camplna de Cordova. The trees are bright with
an ever-verdant foliage and are always ladin
That about the "always laden with fruit"
put down to poetla license:
The plants on the ground are high and flower.
lng. Tne air U warm as that of April In
Castile, and the nightingale slnga more melodi
ously than word uo describe.
Oo to t, Chris 1 That wasn't an English
sparrow you heard. They hadn't got here
yet In H92.
At night the songs of other bird resound
aweetly and I have also beard our granhoDuers
and frogs
No doubt the latter were saying an un
disputed thing in Just such a solemn way
as In Oliver Wendell Holmes's time four
centuries later.
On aalllnr up the stream which empties Into
ins
a jcn as l
x m.
sand tongues would fall to describe all these.
the bay I was astonished at the oool
ciear. crosiai-uao wur. i reis ag
never leave so cnarminj
de, the
coum
inou-
things, and as If my band were spellbound and
refused to writs.
Wasn't Chris the glorious old press agent?
Is It any wonder the nations of the earth
came along to see the show? When I struck'
Sandy Hook J 5 years ago It was three be
low rq. I've traveled all over Uncle
Sam's domains and lye never seen or
heard a pigbtiogale yet, nor robin, nor a
lark.
McTAVJSH.
T THE request of tho Evknino
Lkdoeii I tako pleasure In discuss
ing briefly tha relation of astronomy to
Philadelphia, In view of the interesting
nnd important annual meeting of tho
American Astronomical Society, which Is
during tho present week to bo hold nt
tho newly cieated Sproul Observatory of
Swarthmoro College, and also to pay Its
respects to the Flower Observatory of
tho University of Pennsylvania, and to
other points of scientific and historic In
terest. Philadelphia welcomes this notable
nineteenth meeting of tho American As
tronomical Society with profound ap
proval. Although this city 13 ono of tho
eastern centers that early nursed tho as
tronomical Interests, which havo now
spread over the broad land, It so happens
that this Is the first tlmo this national
society meets here. On this occasion tho
keynoto of reflection to Philadelphia Is
that American astronomy by Us great
observatories, Its generous support of
vast schemes of stellar Investigation, and
by tho enthusiasm and ability of the men
devoted to the science, now easily leads
tho world.
Hero rollcall will bo answered by Cali
fornia with Us two famous observatories,
the Lick, on Mount Hamilton, and tho
Carnegie Solar, on Mount Wilson, each
operating above tho clouds, and each pro
vided with telescopes and other scientific
equipments which among all on tho earth
stand unique; Arizonn, with Its Flagstaff
observatory, supported by the donations
of Boston citizens; tho vast suburbs of
Chicago, supporting not only tho Dear
born observatory but the famous Yerkes,
with the greatest refracting telescopo
yet made; Ann Arbor, pointing to tho
great school of astronomy of Brunnow
and Watson dominating tho land, and to
Its own expansion Into nstrophyslcal
work; Madison, reminding us that pains
taking labor can disclose the wonderful
facts of star-drift; Cleveland, which has
done so much to combine the triumphs
ot modern mechanism with the telescope
mounting and Its complex attachments;
Pittsburgh, which presents n world
famed atelier for the creation of tho op
tical means for stellar research, and a
large observatory of splendid plan and
equipment; Virginia, with Its great re
fractory at Charlottesville; Washington,
with Its United States Naval Observatory
still planning to achieve n high position
as National Observatory, and yearly
Issuing the Indispensable Nautical Al
manac and Astronomical Ephemerls;
Washington, also presenting Its Smith
sonian Astrophysical Observatory, the
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey,
and the National Bureau of Standards,
each reporting fundamental work; Bal
timore, with Its Johns Hopkins spectro
scopic measurements mat nave com
pletely transformed the work nnd the
motives of all astronomy; Princeton,
Justly proud of Its revolutionary re
searches on variable stars; New York,
with Its generou3 support of popular In
terest In astronomy and of fundamental
Investigations In co'estlal photography;
New Haven, suggesting parallax work
and the triumphs of lunar theory, and
last, though pot least, Cambridge, with Its
Harvard Observatory of many clustering
domes, and vast enterprises in astro
nomical photography and photometry, re
minding us of its inimitable library .of
qtar plates and its ceaseless record of
stellar position and constitution.
Astronomical Primacy
All these and many other Institutions
throughout the land have results of un
paralleled Interest to present at this
meeting of American astronomers. Amer
ica has o'ften, on making a Just estimate
of Its progress, ,to criticize itself for in
efficiency in so many respects that it is
more than encouraging to note American
leadership in a science requiring so much
Invention, concentration, alertness and
power as astronomy. And incidentally,
as further concrete evidence of this
that British enterprise to tho north of
us has caught tho Infection, and that
Ottawa, as a real part of American as
tronomy, will havo to report generous
governmental expenditure for a largo re
flecting telescope, optically and mechani
cally constructed in the United States, for
a great observatory to bo located In tho
Canadian Rockies. Nothing has been said
of tho work that has so quietly proceed
ed at Mount Wilson on tho reflector of
ono hundred Inches aperture, tho great
est yet planned, nor of the special Instru
ments used thero and elsewhere In photo
metric, photographic, spectroscopic and
spectro-hcllographlc enterprises on a scale
never dreamt of by the collegian who
studied astronomy but a fow years ago.
Moreover, It should be remembered nt this
time that the threo or four successlvo
revolutions to which nstronomy has been
subject In recent years have their origin
nnd Issue largely In American Investiga
tion. Following tho purely gravitational
obsession camo the spectroscopic revolu
tion, tho photographic revolution, the
photometric revolution, and the radio
active revolution now fully due. Not one
of these revolutions In astronomical ob
servation and theory but largely owes Its
scope and sway to American scientific
labor. Is It then nny wonder that Phlla
delphla should heartily rejoice In this
great meeting of tho American Astro
nomical Society, and earnestly seek In
spiration and instruction from its delib
erations ?
For tho visiting astronomer tho three
local observatories, Philadelphia, Flower
and Sproul, will each In Its own way be
ot interest.
Tho Sproul Observatory, the noble gift
of Senator William C. Sproul to Swarth-
mure i-onege, aireaay represents high
achievement through the ' energetic nnd
delicate work ot Prof. John A. Miller in
tho fields of the solar corona nnd of the
photographic determination of Btellar
parallax.
The Flower Observatory Is well known
to stand for accurate gravitational as
tronomy, both through the refined re
searches of Prof. Charles L. Doollttle on
tho variation of latitude, and ot Prof.
Erlo Doollttle on a notable series of pre
cise measurements of double stars.
Famous Local Astronomers
The Philadelphia Observatory repre
sents nn active devotion to Institutional
and popular instruction In astronomy for
some fourscore of years, and also an
attempt to broaden Its work Into a scien
tific career worthy of the municipality,
Tho tragic destruction of its equipment,
which had attained fifth rank among
those of America, has not yet been met
with final public spirit. Meanwhile the
writer has, so far as possible, devoted
himself to the development of his theory
of the explosive formation and transfor
mation of the chemical elements In tha
stars and nebulae.
Astronomy, offers no apology to Phila
delphia for Its single-minded attention
to Its own problems, even In these Btren
uous war times, when, directly and lndl
rectly, all are summoned to that which
Is practical and pertinent, Astronomy
would rather remind Philadelphia that
David Rlttenhouse and Bears Cook Walker
not only long ago Imposed astronomlo In
terest upon the city and the land, but
Illustrated the power of those two activi
ties which, though peculiarly astronom
leal, are also fundamental to all effective
achievement. They observed success
fully. But they did more. They drew In
ferences from the observations that broad
ened all human thinking. Now, in all
plainness, it Is Just In these elements that
astronomy has become tho world's most
effective teacher. Observation and ex
periment constitute the active atmosphere
of astronomical investigation and teach
ing. Not only so. The method of draw.
lng Just inferences, of rigidly testing thcra
and of thus arriving at final science, la
the distinct contribution, of astronomy to
QueHet ot central intcrtit iclll be answered
in this column. Ten auestions, the answers to
which evert toelMnormcd person snoutd know,
are atked dally.
QUIZ
"Pine
1. How Is Rumania bounded?
S. Wlmt Is the origin of the expression
.Monu-iyr"
3. IVIio nro the "pollus"?
4. What Is n parallax?
5. Whnt nre "Ineetlvorons" blrili?
0 What Is tlis purpose of nn nnunphone?
7. Whnt It mennt by speaMnr "tx cathedra"?
8. What Is tho "legend" of a coin?
10. What It the "Font Aslnorum"?
10. Who Is Cnrleton K. I)nlt?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. ?'o Ineome tnT on married men's Income of
JIOOO or le nnd none nn unmarried
men's of MOOT or, less. On larger in
comes th; tax It levied on the nmnuntt In
OTcest of thoe ;timt. A mnrrled man
with nn Income of StIOO pars Income tax
on SI 00.
2. Mr, Knox Is running; for United" States
Senator. The. highest office he has held
Is Secretary of .state.
3. Jrremlaus
Planus.
lamentations) doleful
com-
4. "A. Il."i nMe-bodleil seaman.
B. Yankee Indians' nny of pronouncing "Eng-
0. Ilnlnnrr of noweri theory of so nllgnlnr
Ri,r?W! "" ,hnt 'h0 Independence o?
all will be assured,
7. Xonllppot Porratrs's wire: reputed to have
lieen of phenomenally bail temper.
8. Cniletsi oungrr brnnches of noble families.
17211" 'am01" i'r'nth genre palntrrilGSJ..
10. Dnmnlne with faint praise": giving prnlxo
Men? .oTensur.: br '"""".'l.
Voting in Britain
,S; J Sectors of Great Britain must be
Mn,nl?Si! ,"ll,t be registered In the
electoral lists. Property qualifications are
restricted to counties and to such bor
oughs as have county privileges, in Eng
land they are: Thn hrvMin e - ...'..
In freehold of the annual value of $10 (not
.'ii. uwuhuiiu or ireiamt), or lands
of life tenure of the annual -value of 125 fin
Scotland and,lrcland B0). held on lease of
at least GO years of the annual valuo
of 25, or at least 20 years of the annual
l'?i0 2f '?50' tn Scotland. 19 years and
250. in Ireland 14 years and $10o
Throughout the United Klagdorn" , S
ties occupation of a tenement which Is
rated for tho sunnort nf tt,n r. ., ..'
-which the rates have been paid by the, pre-
KI-r herl tint,. .nncl... " .. J . : 4W '' c
I V. ", 7 t ".""" " qununcatlon. but
In English boroughs tho occupation fran
chlse is associated with six months' rest
dence. Every Inhabitant occupier who has
l ",Um within the United Kingdom
nhablted a rated dwelling house for which
he rates have been paid is entitled to regis,
tratlon, and lodgers occupying tor 1
months the same lodgings of the value of
J60 a year may have n vote. There are
?h r',hT,6 anclent 'ran!ses, such as
that of the liverymen of the city of- London
companies, and there are six university con
stltuenc es In which graduates on the ele"l
oral roll are electors. Disqualified for rig.
Istrntion are women, Infants, peers Idiots
and lunatics, aliens, bankrupts, persons
ni10,11.1!", a ySar hava 'ved a parochial
poor relief and-some others. About one
sixth of the population are electors
TTTTC T?TTTVT A VrTTr-
CATHAstttJ
lwuivira
Which Means She Thinks , 1
Mea Will Win-An I lM
Pp.nnln Umu ... t "Mett
---v. mm an Alien
King
TT 1IAS taken mora t.. .
X Russia and her allies LJ'S'
Kumanlans that the" iIS.WrwHS.i
tho success of tho SfijE W
Empires. Russia has '?$
nla vory generously i . j" 5
Rumanians remember at er ft J8
gone to tho relief of RusI h.t
Lnnt WMe.n Peo was mad8 vZ..
Bessarabia from them and T "$
return tho marshy district Mn!1
They remembered nl ..... LD?
been encouraging pan-Slavlsm Z T
nans tor years. Beside .l"m,,
rimrioa t .... . .. . ' "'r Jri.?
V . , a unenzollern J
and his wlfn. r-nt..- ... "" ttitet
, ...,,c,, auva, trsi - - 1
man princess. Tho Kinn. -l . ,
.WH "i th "nMS
-.... . .,. ,n,airian Emporor-Kln, 5
Rumanian suspicion of nussk Jl,
comparatively easy In the Mtt. -S
.h ...o tuuuiry neutral, Ttut iv -rl
elan agents began to sct forth Z
ror throwing In tho lot of Rumm,
that of tho Allies. Tho new J?..
nand, although a Hoheiuollern prt3
was tho nephew of Charles I -. "Tt
Gorman. Hta wifo ls a JK
Alfred. Duke of Saxe Coburg a&
and through hor mm,., . .: "
of Que vitnri ; ;vr: :. anaaa
hor mother a granddaughter rt
Alexander II of RuS3ia. And
been holding out hopes of the record
Bessarabia, as well as of the nuaiSj
'tiuiuij JIHIUUIICCI DV Thin., i
nut ,m. n . . 7 "umnlMt
. : "" ",u ""uenc brought in
bear by Russia It Is morally certain uJ
Mm llllmnninn .1.1... .. . -
" , "" ' """M"uBn would havs'nT
malncd neutral If they had not beta j
ouuuuu mut victory is to perch on tti
hnt1rirn n M A 111 .. "
throws moro light on the war th. Jl
test ls going than has been h v.T.
I tho dispatches of the last year. 'i
ii uio war onus as Rumania now ij
ptuia, me win oo a greater Ruaw!,
built out of tho ruins of tha aurroun&i
States. The nation Is one of tho oldert
in Europo. It has a tradition that'fi
peoplo aro descended from Roman col?
nlsts sent into the conquered Drovi. J"
Dacla by tho Emperor Trajan. HhK?
riuna nnu siuuenis or language dlspju'
tho tradition, but tho average Humana?
thinks ho knows better. Modern Rnirx,
nla was created In 1861 by a union ol th?
principalities ot Wallachla and MoldtvU?
Tho first ruler was Colonel Cuta, V
naa ueon elected "Hospodar," or Iord,rf
Wallachla nnd Moldavia In 1859. wi0"-
tno newly united principality waj forad"
ho assumed tho title of'Prlnce AIexad'
Joan I. About flvo years after he ufl
sumed the title of prince a revoluuoal
broico out, which resulted In his iMla-3
tlon. Prlnco Charles of Hohen!!frsi
Slgmarlngen was (elected as his loccesior
In April, I860, and arrived at Bucharest
In May. ,
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J. R Senator La Follette Is now cam
palgnlng for re-election In Wisconsin"
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