Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, December 02, 1916, Night Extra, Page 14, Image 14

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It matt (it nntnla anlslaa of Fhlladstpnla, In
ill. Untud Steles, Canada or Untltil 911 P"
tton, miUii , ttft. thirty-lira 1J) rants
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BELUIW9 WALNUT kRYTONK. MAIN I0
tar AtUrtt nil roistmiinfitollaBt l Sfi-talao-Xrldfftt
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TUB AVErtAfJB NTST rAID DAILT Wit-
CTJUAT10N OF TIIH KVEWMO T.KDOSit
rOK 0CT0I1IJI WAR 115,107
I'JiUiJripliU, Jlutilr, DmmVtf , 1116.
A IlltU group of wtie heatti
titttr than a iuildtrnf of tool.
Ruthin,
,l SpeaklnK of food dictator.
r Rbout the coUl-ntornuo maBtitcn?
liow
Colonel iIookovoU nllll llndn It ellf
Icult to orelvo Voters who (llnncrtio with
First thoy wcro drives and then
thoy became thruats. Now they nccm
lo bo stnbu. Tho vocnbulary of terrl
Mencsn Is frightfully weak.
"Senorn Vlrnliila Carranm, flenora
Alvara ObregOn,"' begun a iljspatcli from
Laredo. The lino Buinn lllio the llrat
Ttrso of Mr. IIomcr'M dlvortlne Iliad.
v
Judso Daldwln. of Illinois, sayn that
solf la not an iimusomcnt, From tho
tales that como from the llnkn wo had
Ions niro decided Hint It wm a tragedy.
Tio Mint, which mado $1,688,054.50
in November, In not tho only monoy
factory In tho, city. Thcro nro HOtcrul
business ontorprlscn hero which handled
a much creator mim last month.
Watson Watsijn where liavo wo
Iheard tho naino of this Thoman 11. who
has Just boon acquitted of sending undo
slrablo matter through tho mails? Ah,
yes, nomlnatedfor Vloa lroaldont with
Bryan on the 1'opullst ticket In 189C. Hut
tho utatuto of limitations should protect
him from trlnt on that scoro.
I i
Wo speak of him as the President
elect, but that li not technically correct.
A body of electors was chosen at tho polls
Kho will meet at the capitals of their re
rAUve States on tho second Monday In
January,-, to cast their vo(b. The real
presidential election will occur on Jan
uary 8, 1817. i'lio vote will bo canvassoil
on the second Wednesday of February by
thl Kcnato and tho House of HcpiPHonta
ilves, when tho result will be olltclally
announced. Tho successful candidate. Is,
therefore, the FrMildont-dcHlEnato until
"tho Booond Monday In Januory.
Tho Bon Davis npplo deserves all
tho hard thlrnro tho Now York Sun Is
Baying about it In an attempt to warn
unsuspecting aotluunltes anulnst being;
4ecoIvsd by Us hoautlful exterior, nut
th Sun will fall In Us efforts unless It
ihas tho classic story of pomology sot
up In boldfaco type and kept staiidlnn at
the hoad of Its edltoilal pat'o. It 'seems
that a country cleruynlan was calllnif
en one of his pai Ishlonera. He was
hown Into the parlor, whero ho sat down
swiao tho marbie-toppea center tame,
on, which was ono of thoco cnmposltlonH
cf plaster of parts and straw molded Into
tho form of an npplo and painted true
to life, Tho cluraymau picked. It up.
took a bit; bite, smacked his lips and
remarked, with an appreciative 'smile,
That Is one of tha best Men Davlscs I
iver tasted."
Announcement of the plans of the
United AtiBlers' League of New York to
V arrange for a national celebration of tAe
" birthday of the author of "The Complcftt
Aneler" next year Is made Ions enouBh
'" ' t In advance to Insuro the success uf the
bJ cniernrlso. No man Is mora deservlna of
r"l4' 'honor In these hustling days than he
3 b..i. h.!.1iwi,ai1 ,1.., ifr fa.. lf 1 1 .... n.ln'..
eceatlon. Wo liuvo produced many ex
jiurt fishermen and more expert splnnors
of fUhermen'a yarns, "but tho number of
both Is all too few If mora of us would
gander off Into the country pn a sum
trw day and follow a quiet brook In
search pf trout and then sit down under
a tree to smpke. and think and look up
at tho sky and hear the birds nine, much
of the neurasthenia from which tho na
tion U oufftrlne would disappear Hy
j& means celebrate Walton's birthday
'njrxt year and thp year after and the year
ritr that, and while wo ore oelebratln?
g let's forget about everything else ex-
inw juya vi ubiiiiii..
It I more exciting to note that
"-?" r T.fii.Tt l oersona In Pennsylvania do not
L- J . .
, pay Incpma tas than, that 35.350 do. To
b In Uia class 'that pa is a conumm&-
ttoft devoutly to be wiaUsd. To the man
vtku do not pay every one who lum
J twn 13000 a year and U.OQ0.00Q
-fme nd on up senw rlh. Million
S e 4jiilfl r lioom.i "go back Into the busfnesa"
jlLjyrf r u"3 P"tty well tied up.
PPSBwiwjnt Morgan died with Its cash
lllp8t him than wou'd keep, a laborer
itTr IkiBiiy alive for a year It mean little
Se8 ttmt Mo Pr)ns In this Stats have mora
f IJM0M9 yar. Mor to the ilnt
uiistlsn whirs th yrtvatttst nam
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nutAs about thftii that firfuro would
Hut Ihero Is nil tho difference between
"making" and "bavlnu" A lucky deal
that net you $10,000 Is hot always
classified ns Income. All the risky, un
stable, cy come easy ro Inoomo fs tin
taxed. It Is the old reliable, carefully
Invested "family" Income Hint Is taxed
Otherwise tha Ineoma tax Is nil rlsht
Hut It might be snld that lb Is hot lo the
"rich" that wo should look for munificence
In charity, but to tho lucky. For nn
nnnlosy, how about that $6,000,000 that
was won on election bets and tho $100,000
Democratic deficit that Is belnu mado up
o palnrully?
ONE WAV TO LOWER PUICES
-Vl.KOMAttOAUINB Is a perfectly nood
'-' substitute for butter. It Is made from
animal fats under snnltary conditions,
flood olRomarsarlno Is more palatable
than poor butter. Hut bocuuito tho fann
ers wanted lo keep up the prlco of but
ter they Induced Congress n few yearn
ni:o to lovy a tax of ten cents a pound
on olcomarKnrlno when It contains nny'
yellow cnlotlitB matter. Tho uncolorod
product Is taxed only one-quartor of a
cent.
Tho National Housewives' T.cnKiio,
which la about to nsk Connrrss tu repeal
tho tun cent tax, ourIiI In succeed, Tho
congressional surrinder to tho farmers
uas as disgraceful nn Iho morn recent
surrendar to tho railroad trainmen. Wo
uoro told Hint tho tax wns to ho lolod
to compel tho olcotnnrKiirlno milkers to
lutjcl their product umlor Federal In
spection for tho protection of tho con
sumer. Tho quarter of a innt tax was
cnoiiRh for thin purpose Tho ten tont
tax was Intended to Increnso tho cost of
tha butter nuhstituto and to decrcaso Its
consumption. It was supported by Demo
crats who hail declaimed themsolvtH red
In tho face In denunciation of a protective
tariff and by Kcpuhllcmis who favor tho
highest kind of duties They wcro afraid
of tho farmer vote
It Is about (lino that Congress began
to consider tho voto of tho consumer.
Oleomargarine sella for between tttunty
two ami twenty llvo cents a pound. If
tho tux wcro removed It would noil for
ton cents lesx and families who havu to
count tholr pennies before they spend
them could luuo alt tho imitation butter
thoy wished. If tho womon of tho IIouso
wives' T.caguo can Instill a wholtuomo
fear of tho consumer Into tho hoarta of
tfia Congressmen ovou tho men will
thank them. Qa to tt, ladlci'
ANOTHEIt SIDK OF FOOTBALL
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AfAY bo a very oxcullont thing that
'enii' brilliant vlctflrj' over Cornell
will booit her mutrlculntlou figures and
that long boforo sptlng tho fund oh of
many young mon will lightly turn to
thoughts of Colgate nnil her football pres
tige. Hy tho way, what poicentago of
those who uro up In all athletic lorn can
nay ofThnnd whether mathematics U
taught bijttor nt Yalo or at Harvard or
whether tho c!khhIcb aro moro clearly In
terpreted nt Swaithmoio or at Hrdwn?
A very small poicentago.
It's a trlto enough problem, this rivalry
of brain and brawn. Tho error of those
who havo vaguely cried for moro study
and loss fun 1ms been that thoy could
not see that learning to "mix," to bo
good losoiH, generous winners, to bo
loul and sympathetic with cuthuslasmii
on well ns mlsfoi tunes, Is half tho nluu
of college. And In-our specialized cur
Tlcula football has not kept studontn
from becoming good nrchltvcts, good en
gineers, good doctors.
Thoio should be no negation or re
striction of any of this sporting soclul
life. It should rather bo duv eloped even
fuither, this passionate lojultj to an Idea.
If It could only bo woven into fabric or
clvlo unthuslasml The avorugo college
student thinks of politics as "low brow"
scheming or ns highly unaclentlllc Ideal
ism. Ilia not cricket; or, ns wo shuuld
sny, "It'ii not football." Hut It Is very
often Just that. Tho nthletlo vigor with
which u man demands the voto ho is en
titled to when challenged nt the polls,
tho overawing of rulllnus decking to In
tlmlduto voters, often puts tho test to a
man's ability to hundlo his natural
weapons.
DOLLAHS THAT WILL EAKN DIVI
DENDS I'OK CHARITY
IT IH a modest sum that the Philip
rlchaff memorial committee nsks ns tho
contribution of this city tovvaid tho erec
tion of tho proposed civic building on
the Parkway. The structure, with the
land, will cost $900,000. Ono third of this
amount has already been raised outside,
of Philadelphia. Henovolent people bore
nro asked for $200,000. Part of this sum
has been raised by tho bazaar now In
progress In Horticultural Hall. Tho re
mainder must bo found.
According to tha plans approved by
the committee, eveiy dollar given tow aid
tho building fund will actually swell tho
endowment of the local charitable and
religious organlsatlqns, Thesa organiza
tions are to bo Invited to occupy allies
space In the bulldlrig. The rental will
be tha maintenance tost, which Is about
one-halt the rental charged In other otllce
Landings. It 'Is estimated that by this
arrangement the societies will get their
oflloea for $15,000 a yoar losa than they
would have tpj pay elsewhere. This is
equivalent to seven and one half per cent
Interest on the sum wo are asked to con
tribute. Uealdta a reduced rental, the so
cieties are to be allowed to use free of
charge tho large Scliart Memorial Hall to
occupy the first itoor of the structure.
Too much cannot be said in support of
thta enterprise. Dr. Philip Sehaff, after
whom tha building u to be named, was
the great apostle of Christian union He
was grieved by the waste of effort In
voived in !tarlan division. The pay
ehologicqt effect of housing' the looal
charities la a istrueluru dedicated to him
wgtat xa result in a great flouKervattea
of i that In the end a raeji larger
Pj el mm Art m tor charity
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" EVENED tm&MVWXADMtjPmA, SATtfttPAS', PEOEBBB &, lOiO t
ZtrL-SL.: -U,f " THft TRANSATLANTIC FLiaH'f WE WliJH VW3RE FEASIBLE
Tom, Daly's Column
tiih vtu.AOB vonr
JVAcnetcr ii'J o Balurdau, the flnt ono
In December,
tt illck a mew. upon mu tlc&U "llcmcm'
her, man, rcnytmbetl
The ordering of VhrMma tardi u,a long
tlnce overdue,
You'd Letter tlari lo look around an' tee
what slifc ore ncit'."
That blank apace repretrnlt the lapse of
many hntv daut
In course of uhlch that mem. will urow
familiar lo mv gate.
And If It don no more than Hint (ichtch
It It like to do),
l.at these fnn lines do duty as mv Christ
mas mid to you
A ItRD LBTTKIl DAY! To brleliten
our olfice this morning cniuo ono of thorn
rnro things that arn born not tnoilo and
whoso mother Is lluiiiur and whoiu father
Truth.
At tho Wilson Democratic Club of
t.ansdowno on tho night boforo election
there had been it Una) gathering of tho
claim, An thoy wero dispersing for their
homes .lohn Louglinuy said to Dan Mill
ion, "Well, Mr. Mallon, don't forgot to
got up early ilnd volo early." "Oh," srtld
Mallon, "X always rise caily, but 1 dunno
nboiit tho other part of -it. Whenever I
voto early It makes mo feel helplcss''for
tho rest ' tho tiny."
Hits or Obits
Hlchard IHavhbuttto hoi booted his Iflil
iooc,"
A'o moir he'll taste absinth nor rye.
They bated him In irdar, a Wood that he'd
hoosc
liecause, like himself, It uas dry
llceky I'axtratls Is laid itllh the dead
In a hole that's all muddy and black
If Jlecky i ould sprak, I'm sure she irnuld
squeak?
"I'd ulic a case-note to come batk1'
HlMVl.r. HIMUX.
Mr Tumulty, thn President's prlvnto sec
rctnry, ami Mrs llcConnlek, as well, nre lo
bo rowarded for political nervlce and oltlier
one may bo picked for Postmaster General
toln runlmp
Which movcii H. II. 1). to prophesy that
some day wo may call tho V. O. boss
"postmistress genorallHslma."
Bpeuklng of nimgrauiH, Intjcrjccls
Thnnkii, and referring particularly to tho
new frnntlsplcco of Austria, havo jou
noticed tho family rcscmblanco In
HCDPTRH
SPi:CTHIt
And wo mo reminded thut somewhero
on our desk Is a nolo from Fred Lot re
minding us If wo'ro not mistaken
that In tho November tusuo of tho Hast
urn llnigma there Is thin clever anagram:
VOCIFISHATIONH STRAIN OP VOICU.
AND ISN'T IT KTItANfin that whon
ono becomes a vender of conls ho scorns
to think It necessary to mako his appeal
for tnulo light ruther than warm, The
customer, apparently, must bo Jokod Into
a mood to buy. Hero aio some signs of
the coal dealers wo'vo noticed In and
about our quiet mihurlr
"Hurnbest Coal StopUrKIKIn."
"The proof of our coal Is In tho heating "
"It )ou deal huio wo both gain"
"Ansvvcis tho burning question."
Tho point uppcui n to bo that one usually
leaves the replenishing of tho bin to tho
Inst minute, and th.it then thn thought
of It ill Ives him to his wits' end, there
fore, tho ads should ho designed to appeal
tu hln mental condition nt tha time
aWV.UTNtSBB AND LIMIT
Blouly
I slouched down the street,
Avoiding the curious glances of friends,
Mumbling hasty responses to their greet
ings. Tired and ashamed,
'carv of tha endless stiuggla of life.
And the sparrows ehattcrut In thn trees;
The sun crept oicr tha hauseroofs,
Flooding the streets
With a golden sheen
Hut still my heart was sadl
Until a man came toicard me,
Stepping brlskty,
CatLless and confident,
Whistling a tunc;
An ordinary man, '
Whom I'd neier seen before. ,
Hut my heart leaped up at sight of him;
I stialghtcned up,
And utth head erect and flashing eyes
I'tramptd along, "
Whistling with the birds.
For the passing stranger who cama
Hearing new life In his countenance
Needed a shave viore than I dldl
CMS.l 1VMPPV.
WILD HOItHKS couldn't draw out ot
us a muun of regret that wo plujed host
at luncheon yueterday to two clmrmlng
colleens, hut while vvo were dawdling over
tho dessert, mayhap, Orlf Aloxander, of
Pittsburgh", dropped In and left this upon
our desk:
There Is silence In the office. 'TIs the
silence of a lilrli.
There's a quietness austere as It Is
solemn.
Oh, where Is Mr. D y? He has left his
d y erk
And his vyheetSH wheeze, they have no
guy to doll 'em.
Oh, !' does he write his squibs and d y
('have we read
The D y chronicle of wit and humor, be It
tuld
Perchsnce, now In some restaurant he eats
his d y bread
The foundation of a clever d y column!
OniF ALKXANDHH.
A sU!
inRt tor
daljsr Jo
La ltu &a
H, A, Cudahy that out
o vry
u tula has sen to Mm frnnr,
ana anrriT a aaiitM tar Mthl
T Mill
and . (or iiwUilil nwilttl In nunuUetur-
iun ih rHiiB wflii ih eoiuMny
H noun
lt ull iurc. uih. uumrasiM. rasa
reyi
lwllr Itwm. Iavlm: 2 sil of tubduinc un-
,.. wm.. ww,Hn. rw,ir
UuuraBo.
Irs and
ruly prUeeters Morn. eaoTaaie
Pigs in olaver or the public.
o.c
Very Good, Eddie
If
we are looking for truth in adver
tising, how is this tor a goad, heqeet state-
rnsm at nun umi uuuonwoaa street
UBST S11U8 HBPAlHlNa DONK WJHUi
YOU WAIT
K. W K
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PGPPiLAmTY i a Wriw thing
tumejlme: Uppn. m 9f our ovd.
eemmw . titt. tt , i $m
tmt wmmk MHfitf after t opa u
.hak Wat psjfaM-tBtmt mm fat jtys
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XatV7 C-"t-jnlW vsee" MjfcP .jOa' mif'.rCT .I't-eskegT" A -m0
THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
A German Protests Against Symfenthy Wifti the Allies Praise for
the Governor and Mr. Cox How Taxes Are
Dodged in Turkey
TMt ilrporlniritt l trrr to nil rfadrro uAo
toltn lo rxiJrus thrir onlnlonf on lulltelt of
rurrent Intrrml. It ( nn oiiph arum, and 1st
:iinlo l.ntorr nmumrt no rfwIM"l or
i vlfim o (l rorrcioniloil. .elltrt meii
lie uluntil liv Iho nnmr ni,,aiV'"y.? :
itrllrr. not irlli tor iiiilllcallon, but at a
auaranXtt o ood allh.
WHAT A GERMAN THINKS
To the lldltor of the Kvenlng Ledger:
Sir Kor some tlmn I havo been reading
your paper, but havo never been so thor
oughly disgusted with jour untl-Gcnnan
and unnoutrul utterances as tonight.
You iihIi, "Do they (tho Hritlsh) not
Know that wo havo stretched many a point
to favor tho Allies and that the American
people aro hoping tho Allies may wlnT
You could not havo shown your own
hyphenated standpoint nnJp,11c,,carf; '?"
through this question And Btlll. only a few
weeks ago. but before election, you wore
lauding Melcholr Muohlonberg with the
words, "This man born In Germany
became ono of tho most patriot o Jlonh.U
when tho break with Orent Drltaln came
lie was a lino typn of man who changed his
allegianco from his imtlvo country to that
ot his adoption Tho qualities of mind and
heart that made him Intensely American
are manifested by hundreds of thoueanca
of cltlsons of (lerinan descent w ho will voto
for America and Americanism nest week.
Ho still loved Germany as the clthsens of
Herman stock now hero lovo tho homo of
their ancestors; but bo understood his duty
to bo lojal to his new country There, was
no hyphen voto In his day because virtually
all America was tilled with a hyphenated
cltlicnry."
Do jou really know tlmt tho "American'
neonlo want Hnglaud to win this war? Of
course, according lo most of the papers,
you nro probably right; but the papers do
not nlwajs represent the true opinion of the
people On tho contrarj. they otten mis
represent It.
Tho true American undoubtedly wants
fair pliii and Justice shown to either party,
and unquestionably wants only tho best
man to Win ; I e , the man who Ib in his
right, and not the one that tho unneutral
papers prefer.
Iho pcoplo that do take this standpoint
are tho ' hyphens," vvhllo those in favor of
Clreat Drltnln are tho "true .American
peoplo "
Germany does not want your favor; she
can very well get along without It, but what
ulie does want Is fair lUt us It Is due to
any nation. Those very much-to-be-re.
gretted utterances as voiced by your paper
and others In your class aro being heard on
tha other side and they will not be quickly
forgotten
Already today they are spreading un.
necessary hatred among the nations, and
there will be a time when jour so utterly
un-Amerleun utterances will act as a boom
erang and the American people will very
well Know whom to blame for It
WH.HUI.M W KUAMBa
Philadelphia,. November 29
TAX DODGING IN TURKEY
To the Editor of the Kvenlng Ledger:
Hlr The report of the Internment of
some "hundreds of citizens of t,he United
States by the Turkish Government must be
taken with a large grain of salt, especially
slnco It Is known that a majority, If not alb
of those Interned aro naturalized Syrians
and Armenlans
In yours past, and perhaps at present,
as Turkish methods are not subject to
quick change, the Turkish Government
"farmed outv the collection ot Its taxes to
collectors. These tax collectors had the
means of finding, through Government
agencies, the bank balance of each taxpay
er, and the tax for aify year or period
came as near that balance as It was safe
to oolleet
This was partleularly the case In that
great Syrian Valley In Asia Minor, possibly
the most saUnttflcally farmed and produc
tive agricultural territory in the world and
vboae farmers use the latest and most
modern ot American agricultural machin
ery Under these tax-collecting methods it was
uuptMtlble for these people to accumulate
IMrwanently any wealth, so they resorted to
tnany plan to accomplish thle dslrd end.
One of lb most popular of these plane
wa ta take out targe Uf Insurance polidesi
4A the expensive endowment plans iq
4ruu mtmukim OW K YK asm,
W. MBf$ SB UfOjpr taiwu
www fmm- wjp wv
JaSi-..-
bank which -was out of the reach ot tho tax
collector and tho Turkish Government.
Another plan was to scud tho younger
men to America ns emigrants, whero thoy
worked on farms or went to collego for
about two years, took out thftr first citizen
ship papers, rcturnod home for some years,
camo buck to the United Statos, took out
their final papers and returned homo nfealn
to remain permanently
When nny matter of dlsputo arose with
the Turkish authorities, theso men, posing
as citizens of tho United States, claimed
protection ns such
This condition of affairs may In some
meaauro account for the Internment of
United StntcB cltlsens by the Turkish Gov
ernment, and It maj- also uervo as a side
light to some other reports from Turkey.
Philadelphia. November 29. E H.
MR. FRAZIER FAVORS COX
To the r.Mor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Governor Brumbaugh Is desorvlng
of the highest praise for tho stand ha has
taken In behalf of Mr Cox for Speaker a
man most flttlngly qualified for this Impor
tant ofllce ability of the highest order
an Integrity that cannot be questioned a
fixed determination to do tho right, as God
gives him to see the right As the Govern
or's action Is so strikingly commendable he
Bhoutd bo supported by tho whole Repub
lican party of Pennsylvania In his effort
to elect a Speaker whose highest aim will
be to sorve the best Interest of all the peo
ple of the State.
If party leaders, moved by tho most Bor
dld considerations, should array themselves
against tho righteous stand taken by the
Governor, he can command my services to
the utmost limit In this causa which stands
for right against wrong ready at all times
nnd places with speech or hand, with pen
or blow, and X would regard theso efforts
well bestowed until victory was won for
law and order, for Government nnd Consti
tution, for freedom and humanity.
JOHN W, FKAKIUK.
Philadelphia, November 30.
VIEWS OF A VISITOR
To the iv'rfltor of the livening Ledger
Sir With the unpleasant odors at pres
ent In tho drinking water of your city, the
people perhaps now realize the folly of
their letting McNIchol, the Vares and other
political bosses manipulate Philadelphia
as they desire, with -their gold-Ilned Ultra
tlon beds, etc, Instead ot.demundlng the
establishment of artesian well-supply or
something else better than the, waters of
the polluted Delaware and Schuylkill
ltlvera.
If the old adage, "Never tea late to
mend," Is true, why not awaken yourselves
and safeguard for the future accordingly,
not only with a different water supply, but
many other things different and more prac.
tlcally commensurate with a town as won
drous great as Philadelphia Is boasted ot
by Its Inside chronics, many of whom seem
seldom to get further away than Darby or
Willow a rove, to gauge how things are
clone elsewhere
However, here's to good wishes for a
wider future A "aOTHAMITE."
North Philadelphia Station, Nov. 27
A SOUTHERN VIEW
To repeal that part 'of the Constitution
providing for the electoral college Would
be another blow struck at States' rights,
and unless the minds of the people of the
South have undsrgone a radical change In
this respeet. the southern States would
not be found in the list of those favoring
the change. Knaxville (Tenn.) Journal
and Tribune.
AN OLD "LIKENESS"
Hey, little boy. in the plain worn frame,
' alone on the mantel there,
You've the name sweet smile that we knew
so well when the future spread out
fair
I-lttle bright eyes with the ambushed
smiles, innocent, true and blue.
The time ha been long, been long, rny
boy, alnce last we have looked on
jou.
IS H well with r i the Jife you lead
j ie sjHvwMre lying rar?
What Do You Know?
Oufrtes of central tnterext wtU be antvjtred
In this column. Ten cuMtlons. the answers to
tuMcft everu tvcltlnformtd person should know,
are asked Uallv.
QUIZ
It What Is hard wolerT
t. VV lint la n frlnrT '
3. Who wn "the Tnllifr of Cartoona"? The
woril -'cartoon." bi thn war. does not
primarily, mean u newuaier tkelch.
It hat Is Tfa primary mennlnc?
4. Who Invented lulnllnr, unci about when?
0. Where rn the "Land of Goshen" of blb-
llrul tlmesf
0. What IftT ilo Iho national hanks par far
thn privilege of liuulni natlonul bank
nolear
7. Can a British auhjeet who hn become an
Amrrlran citizen become a llrltlsli lubjcct
iiinlnT
S Kmlnln Iho ilcrlrntlon af the word "Christ-
mat." nnd date about when the festival-
orlzfnatrd.
0. VVImt lire the drones In n hire of Ix-rsT
10. 3Iost Mother (loon rhymes wero ortzlnally
it twenty
nlmt At
ton.
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Tho I'lrarlnc House la maintained by tho
hanks and trust rnmnanlea of n city.
t Irrka of tha iluTrrent Institutions meet
In It twice a day for tho enebanze af
checks on . the Tiirioua hunks, thereby
nvlnc much traulilo uml exuensr.
2. Mecca. In Arabia, Iho birthplace of Mo-
hammed, la Iho central unci most holy city
V,IL.".!L,',J"1"- I'-lsrlma to the number of
100,000 frequently visit the city,
3 Martial law prevails In every Kuronean bel
ligerent country ejrepj (Ireat llrllaln,
4 Janie. M. Mason was Hie Confederate
Ci..' m """in'stloner In I.iikUikI and John
Mldell a commissioner In France. They
were taken Sjfr u llrlll.li hl, by "m
Sr,t"' h.ir-"pUln T!,B. "I,ur'' threat
rn'? i? brlnf " ""r between the Un on
and Fnt-lanif The commissioners were
released at the demand of Kntland.
5 rdwln II. Cos. of thl. city, mipnorlrd by
r.iHn;.hl'J.u'i'f"?,'1 .,he Vary., and lllfhird
Intel nln of Delaware County, supported
bi- nro.V' ".". r,?' enndldatea for the
Kc'.cntli'ilre.!"0 ' "" "
0 Iilnmlini In ihr reUcldn of tii un,i-m.
founded by ItahonJelThV world "l, am'
means "submission to Hod,"
7 Captain Iloycplt. nil Knillshman. wns the
azent who scried notice ( ,,uft "n Irish
V'"".1 i1 5,.h0 se'jiKl lo have untlhVc la
da with him. llcnce iho word "iwycott "
8 Hnerlbreads nro either the thymus (land (In
il'.'-v"''?'" ", tU". l""'"-e?s(ln the ab !"
men) of ruminants, especially of the calf
w, --uia-- in i rsnrn sir.
n" in rytnrli street addresses care,
fponds la Ihe American half iiumheJ.
bit Hue Henri Slarlls Tit tfa, liouw L
leen 8 uud O on that .i,.i, '""" "
corre-
a
10
The lezeiid Is that rte. by rurkllnc ilurlnr
a nlaht ntlack eu ancient lion i? aron.25
the carrison and to sated tha city
Annapolis
A. P. Three midshipmen nre allowed for
each Senator, llepresentatlve and Delegato
n Congress, two for the District of cj
umbla and ten appointed each year from
the United States at large One native of
Porto IUco Is also appointed as a m d.hinl
man The appointments from the District
of Column ? and fen each ear at large are
1? bl t".a pBl""t- U Is the custom
of.jfldent8 tq tve e appoiuments of
mldshipmeu at large to the sons' o?ofnce?s
of the nrmy and navy. "'"vera
Wilson's "Pension"
,W ?,Th,e ttc,a concerning President
Wilson's application to the Carnegie Fund
for a pension after ret ring from the nresl-
drn.y f Pr,Wton Unlversltyt ,heP end
of twenty-flve years' service In education
to run fer the governorship of New Jersey
ttTi.'&ft by Mr WUon h:
"The Carnegie Foundation for the ad.
vancement ot teaching la not & plan for
old-age pensions, but for the granting of
retiring allowances on the ground of length
and quality of service Before I wa eES.
ed Governor of rs;ew Jersey, when I had
just entered the uncertain field I of polltle
I applfed to the foundation fgr a f r J
allowance, to which I understood, myself rU
be entitled under the rules adopted 'by'lS
trustee. I hAve no prlvite means to do!
pend upon. A man vvho goes into politics
lM,u'?.d .,h!. PP1'" of honor puu his
family nod all who may be dependent upon
liim for support at the mercy of an InSn.
cqlable turn of the-aheel of fortune and
I felt entlreiy Justlfp seeking to Pr
Nlde. against suehr&ks, particularly when
I was applying for what I supposed my
self to be entitled to by right of long service
as a teacher under the rule of the founda
tion. I understood that upon the receipt
of my application the exeoutlva ,,;,,:
of the trustees of loe foundation, restricted
t grt the eiiawancfi. Why the SStj
riMtss n tiff f nmMf.-
The Northeasf Corner
Ilubnlynl Of n Commuter
Wh, be this nird n Plymouth Itock X$m
nare
With twisted Neck
this Fowl for Fo,
nrenarc?
A ltooster? Wo should keep him, ahotnv
via Iran 3
And If ft Hen, why then let's Set bet
i uere i
CASUALS OF THE DAY'S WORK1
VIII
nrH. SHAKCSPnAltn lias remarked il
X"X passing that nomo folks enn't abWil
n cat, ono iiocs not care lo know thtnil
There nro men. too. who da nut (...iJS
that machines think. One docs nni ,. .
Lnaflnclnli wllh Ihem Th,v nr ill, ,l. I
..--..,..-., ,, - -- unci instep
who have no music in themselves, and n-',ra
ths moro fit, then, for a particular frlghtil
lumens oi inuiiiiii, sirnmRems ann spoils, i
Now Jim llalley ran Old Nomber 'Ls i
nn tho Iluffalo, Now York and Philadelphia
imnronu tor iniriy jenra nnu moro She
was a goon cngino anu ne wns a gocdi
riiKiiu-cr. nu iuvu iiihi, inaciline With a
devotion which caused h)m every nlghti
when ho ran Into (he roundhouse in
that she was put lo bed properly, pollshedy
nnu cirnncii nnu ictt wun ncr Dross work!
all shlnj'i Then he would go over audi
stroxe ner inrotiie wun n gentio hand
take off his grimy cap nnd sny. 'Goosi
night, dear." Then he would go home tof
his own bed till tho next morning's duivi
called him nut to take lila pet over thai
hills of western New York, cnrry(ng mallsl
and pnssengcrs who wanted lo go from
ino place to another place, J
For thirty je.trs and more ho did lhlsi
Nobody else ran 'I.cvcn till one day ha?
fell 111 of a fever, nnd n younger man took!
his place. Ilo wns an enthusiastic youngl
engineer, but he didn't know that locomo-f
tlvo engines think, nnd ho tried to males!
her do something sho didn't want to do, tog
ho was harsh with her. w
Would Bhc stnnd this sort of treatment!
Sho would not. ,1
So she waited till sho came to the rlghtl
place and she threw herself and her cii-Jf
glnccr and his fireman Into tho Allegheny!
Illver. fk
Ilut site left her train and her pasengetsj
.behind, and thoy wero snfe
When they told him of the tragedy,!
"Bless her old heart, sho loved me," saldj
Jim llalley.
Then his soul, too, threw itneir :nto as
vcrj- great and iierllous river.
WHO KILLED
KENT LOQMIS?j
Disappeared From Ship Hisj
Body With Wound Under the
Ear Was Found on the
British Coast
By JOHN ELPRETH WATKINS
Iiirly In 1001 tho American Government
ratified . an Important treaty with Klngj
Mcnellk of Abyssinia, vvho called himself1
also Kmpcror of Ethiopia, and who boasted.
of being a descendant of thai Queen ofj
Shcba who la mentlonod In tho Scriptures.
Tho Assistant Secretary of State, F. IKi
I.ooml.'i, commissioned his brother, Kent J.-
Loomls, us his contldentlal rcprcscntatlve.1
to bear tho treaty to tho dusky monarch ata
his cnpItul.'Addla Ababa. The mission wasv
ono cntulllnir llttlo rcsiionslblllty and much?
Interesting travel, and Kent Loomls, bolng1,!
tho editor of a nowspaper In I'nrkersnurg, i
W. Va . had tho mental equipment to bothj
enjoy nnd fulllll It. After delivering the,!
treaty ho expected to hunt big gamo in J
Abjsslnla.
Stating that ho would bo Bono twoi
months, ho bndo his w Ifo and child good-by
In their southern homo, and on Juno 14
sailed for Cherbourg on tho Kaiser Wllhelm1
II But beforo tho ship reached Its destlna
tlon ho was missed, and no sooner had the i
cnblo flashed word of his disappearance 'j
than all sorts of puzzling rumors sprangj
up from various sources. S
Investigation showed that Loomls hadj
been last seen nn hour or two after mldl
nlrdit. Juno 10. when ho had gone, on decKi
following tho usual captain's dinner which,!
had licen given on tho ovo of tho vessel's
arrival at Its destination .Shortly afte
that time the ship mado a stop at Plymouth,
England, where one passenger was positive
he saw Sir Loomls land with the crowa. in
which ho was borno along In what was de
scribed as a sort of dazed condition. Put,
tho Kaiser Wllhelm's captain nnd hcad
steward, who both had stood at tho gang
way when the passongers alighted, wcro
equally Buro Uncle Sim's confidential mes
senger did not leave tho ship with the other
passengers, Finally, when tho vcsselM
reached Cherbourg, whither ho was bookcaVfl
n itlln nan,,), ,tl till nl ll.n Aflhln. trna n-l.l.S
for tho vanished passenger A promoter,:
William H. Hills, who wns Loomls's cabin;
mate and traveling companion, and who.
claimed to bo a Cuban, Btuted. when nuea-
tloned, that tho editor's absence from hls9
berth had not alarmed him after the vessel
touched Plymouth, late at night, since the
joung man had been up very lato the sov-
crai previous nights.
Ellis continued on the Journey to Abvs
slnia, bearing tho tin bos containing the!
treaty, and n week went by without tho npjl
jicaranco of a single cluo to tho mysteryjB
Then, fnllmie,! -n,-,u 'vn i- i,.. -nnBf
....... .-,.U..H n.,iD ,.,., ,i,v luac II1MI.J
had turned up nllvo nt Paris, that he. had;
been found deail nt r?herlinnrc- ai.n (., h
had been placed In a sanatorium at Ply
mouin mere to ne hept until he might re-cover-
from a fit of abstraction. This "nt .'
according to the last-mentioned rumor, hada
seized him about 2 o'clock on tho .nlght aim
his disappearance and while he was actlnga
sirangeiy in mo company of a man ana
woman on deck.
All SOrtS Ot Contradictory stnlemnnl. i.!
to Loomls's fate continued until July lm
ea iiAt. .s,ttaa mw nAl. - a sai
.,.."' ",'c,", ""or ma aisappearancej
his body was found washed up at Warren!
Point, some fifteen miles from Plymouth.!
Under his right car was n. i-in-ni,. umimiS
which appenred lojiuvo been Inflicted beB
nnu ui-iiui, nnu, onscu upon a post-mortem c,
examination of the lungs, the verdict of the!
Coroner's Jury stated that death had been,
caused by a blow rather than by drowning
Against the theory that the joung man hadj
ioai ma iiaiitnce anu nccldently fallen over-,
board was advanced tho urmnnent Hiat
the sea on the night of his disappearance
was unusuaiiy caim ana that t,ha ralla of
...u mu i.iuiu um ut me raiser Wlineun
II were hlch.
The circumstances of Loomla disappear-,
biico ruin mo snip win prooaoiy remain a
mystery of the sea until all watery graves
f iciu. uia i.uQir uucunny secrels.
(QOyrlsht)
A SOUTHERN VIEW
To repeal that part of the Constitutloiui
be another blow struck at States' rlirttsv
and unless the minds nr the lunnin r thai
South have undergone a radical change InMi
una reapect. tne soutnern states would noci
be found In the list of those favoring thai
cnunge linoxyiiie tTenn.) Journal a
Tribune.
AN OLD "LIKENESS1 '
Hey, little boy, in the plain worn frameB
aione on tne mantel there.
You've the same sweet amlla that wa knew
so well when the future epread. ouK
fair
Little bright eyes with the ambushed ml!ee
innocent, true and blue, i
The tune has been long, been long, mil
by. since la.st w have looked o$
VQU .'J
Is it wtJIl with you la tha life you lead la
tt jifcr lying fart
m it ifw mi- urv
Ufvif!t Om leanr 3u 'vtrrvTr Sk
y! S!ig g jr f-""sssj laTJHI 'US!" ,lft5 i J
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1
w tam hnir.
pw w nwsem m m, aaviaxa
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