-:: -( lf I ."A m , Hr&ger PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY CTtlUS K. K. X?vmi8, riiitST rta It! LuiNnaton, Vice Preeldentl John rtln. Secretary and Treasurer! ftiUip . , John n. Williams, John J. apurston, r. T uireciora. f EDITOMAL BOAIlDt " at If tf a"ea,rt f at n Kb t. VfHALKT '..Editor C' MARTIN. , .General limine le Mtncr JsMUhed dally at Potto t.tnon nulMtnc aaepnacnc Bquaie, i-nuaaeipma. CSKT1AL, ...Broad nd Chtatnut fitreeta irao Cur fri-L'ion Bullfilnit YolK,. ,,...,.... 200 'Metropolitan Tower t 820 Ford nulldlnc 409 Qlobf-Dtmocrat nulldlns; ............1202 TrllwiK Uulldlng NEWS BUIIEAUS! toaetnraTo Beaut;...,, nitre Building Sew Tonic Odiud ....The Tlnnu Ilulldlnc- IMM lleautr. 60 Frledrlchstrasa MUM) Ilnnrto ,, .Marconi Houae. Strand ,A1I BCU1D 32 Hue Louis 1 Urand suDscmrnoN tkhms '.;"T Xtrxiito Linrtis la arrl to subacrlbers 'hi Philadelphia and surrounding towns at th Igttot tw.lva (JS) centa ptr weak, payable . Br mall to'polnta outside of Philadelphia, In 1 trw United Stales, Canada or United Statu pos- nlons, posters free, fifty (GO) centa per month, six (18) dollars per year, payable In drance. To all foreltn countries on (1) dollar per snontn. Notios flubacrlbere) wlahlne address chanrel fcUit (Wa. old as well as new addrtaa. I ,.KLL. MOO WALNUT KEYSTONE, MAIN JOOO wn , mneeo., !'"'" 'IT 4AJra oil communication to Kvenhto " k Ltdotr, independence Square, Philadelphia. 4. f ' ' ' . fo , KimstD it inn rint.ADiri.rtm rosTorrics is , -y ' SECOXD-CtMa Ullt, JIITTIS. THE AVERAGE NET PAID DAILY CIU- CULATIO.N OP Till! EVENING LKDOEIl FOn JANUARY WAS 1I5,H7 FhlliiletphU. SilurJ.j. Frfcniiry 1,, 1,17. Tho Union Loaguo still rings true. Tho sugar strike Is not affecting tho cost of sweetening; the kitty. No matter who carries It, I follow the flag-. Isaac II. Clothier. And every other patriotic American ays, "Me, too!" K in 1 Fighting to make the city cmoke less. Headline. This Is not a blow at the tobacco trust, but nt the laundry bills, which nro high because of tho failure to enforco Iho ' anti-smoke ordinances. So many moro pressing mntters de mand consideration that tho Democrats have decided not to attempt to forco con firmation of the promotion of Doctor Grayson to the rank of rear admiral. They have discovered that the promo! tlon was what the Evening Ledgea c culled it. namely, a monkey wrench thrown into tho legislative machinery. J. J. Monahan, a Vara bonetlclary, received a $200 ralso through a pro Visional reappointment following his fail ure to pass an examination to establish . his right to continue as a city draftsman. It is terrifying to Imagine, to what heights of Important public service Mr. Monnhan would have been forced had he passed tho examination. A cablegram from Petrograd con vinced oneof the Senators at Harrlsburg that lie should vote for the Sproul resolu tion. It was not from Czar Nicholas nor from Czar Penrose, who rarely goes so far from home In his efforts to keep away from the Senate. It was from one of tho State Senator's "personal and business associates," who mako Czars possible.. The Government of the United States will In no circumstances take advan tage of a state of war to take possession of property to which International un derstandings and the recognized law of the land give It no just claim or title. Statement from the Department of State. The Administration has simply for mulated what has been In tho thoughts of all broad-minded Americans. War does not repeal the laws of equity nor Justify the disregard of the rights of noncombnt ants, even though they be nationals of a. ,v nosuie fower. ji we nave to mane war -It will be as a civilized nation. $j ' The chief merit of the budget plan yr which commends Itself to the men pro- feiS. oslng charter changes Is that It would 3w.i . ........ .. . f .'-'.- sut an ena to tne roonon practice of nx- FitL' Ins; a tax rate arbitrarily and then at- Ryx. fAmntlnr in llvn within tha etim t-nlcA.l i f Under this practice tho city has accumu lated a most troublesome deficit in recent years. The new plan requires tho ex cutlves to submit to Councils an esti mate of the amount of money that will 1- bo noeueu ana men requires councils, after due consideration of the estimates, to RX. the tax rate at-such a figure as will yield tha required sum. This Is business- like. It may be that one of the Incidental results tif the war will be the application !g,' u In shipyards of the, methods of Henry 'otq auiomoDiie lactory. Already tho 'X r great demand for ships has led to the construction of a standard pattern, which !.' bo duplicated quickly and at less ;aot, than, a ship of special design. The 'riVl&vsf- lhar "in titn. a.. .. , m -, nf- .. v. uim uui v. qiuna- ardlzed ship on short notice "and at a , few price will reap the profits of tho reat building era which Is dawning, and H Wilt do more than a dozen rehabilita tion laws to restore the American flar to the seas. Cheap ships are what the Mrunerce of this country needs Just now. ;i ' lAncaster County Masons haYe 'kARored Pennsylvania's only President to) erecting "a. tablet to his memory in tfMtr lodge room. Buchanan, who was born: in 1T91, became a Mason In 1817, JM years) ago. It was In commemoration i thle anniversary that tha tablet was aaveiied. Buchanan was one of nine Prafents who belonged to the Masonlo The first was TYashington. and LHwtoeTg In Alexandria, Va., to whlcl . sjstoBwee . preserves many relics with bis membership. The hfoal distribution of, the Presi- eta la more Interestlnir, however, than reaatwn to any seoret society. New H'. y.'r " entucKy ana ... share rlih; Pennsylvania the Otfen of having rodueed" but, one iti ox uw wnue-nouse apiece. The a)M u eairmen Mmi. ,Mrtli tm9mtm ifeeikm. pre-eminence was supposed to have passed elsewhere until Mr. Wilson, who Is of Virginian birth, was elected, making eight for thi Old Dominion. Of the' first twelve Presidents, seven were Vir ginians. Tho last of thoni, prior to tho accession of Mr. Wilson, was General Taylor. Mr. Wilson Is the first South, erner slnco tho Civil V.'ar td becomo President. Tho country west of the Mississippi has never been represented In tho White House. The next President is likely to bo ejther a Westerner or a Southerner, unless International events shall change the thinking of tho poli ticians so radically as to mako geo. graphical considerations of no conso qticnce. WHAT THE COUNTRY WANTS Tit ft President waited threo days after tho receipt of tho German threat be fore dismissing Dernstorff. It was proper that every corner of this Immense coun try should have had Urns to digest tho threat beforo what was obviously Its overwhelming and united will could lo oxpresscd by any one man. If ho had waited many hours more wo would liavo como to tho massmsetlng stage. Ho In again waiting after technical grounds for going again to Congress, ns somo believe, havo been provided by the course of events. Onco moro the tldo of public opinion surges toward him, but not so strongly ns that tide which urged on tho break. Any one who has studied American opinion In the last thirty months could have predicted that It would trust to luck, hope and pray that big words might make big deeds unnecessary. Mr. Wilson will bo Justified In taking his tlmo as long as this spirit, no naively ex pressed by n. Southern newspaper, Is guiding many minds: President Wilson has a happy faculty for smashing precedents. The astonish ing good fortune which linn attended so many of Mr. Wilson's undertakings may yet prevent the United States from being drawn Into war. Ho must do tho exactly right thing, but he has "a happj' faculty for smash ing precedents." What precedent 1h he expected to smash now In order to give his "astonishing good fortune" a chance to act? Tho precedent that American Presidents havo not seen fit to hypno tize foreign rulers Into submission? One may pray that the cumulative sinkings without warning wilt not tempt the Ger man Government to defy us further and that It may back down before It is too lato. Hut there is iro prajer to be made that American mall ships shall bo per manently tied up In our port3. That would he to prny that wo lose our man hood. It may be advisable to tie up those ships unother week or for a month. But It Is beginning to dawn upon the nation that this cannot bo dono indefi nitely. Our calmness U all right, but wo must not delude ourselves: somo of that calmness Is simply the inability or the refusal to accept tho facts and tlulr implications. Mr. Wilson's "astonishing good fortune" may be that the British navy will sweep the seas clean of U-boats. Or It may be that a gieat land victory for tha Allies will scare the Germans. Into conciliatory mood. Or it may be that the British Government will modify Its blockade In order to prevent America's entering tho war and urging a pearo morotlenlent to Germany than Britons desire. Hut unless ono of these highly Improb able events occurs. It is necessary that American ships on peaceful errands be eventually protected by our navy. If Germany takes that protection as an aCtof war, it must bo war. If this country wants to use the sea, Its mind must be ready for possible war and not for dumb luck. SINEWS OF WAK WAB cannot bo waged without money. The estimated wealth of tho United States is 190,000.000,000. The funded debt is less than ?1,000,000.000. The wealth of the British Empire, in cluding India. Australia and Canada, is 1130,000,000,000. The wealth of tho United Kingdom is J85.000.000.000. The total Brit ish debt nt tho present time Is 17,000. 000,000. If this country should he called upon to mako proportionately heavy expenditures our debt would rise to $24,000,000,000. The greater part of the British debt is n Hen upon tho United Kingdom. It we should bo called upon to make expendi tures as heavy as those of the British Isles our war debt would rise to $37,000, 000,000. Tho present British war debt is not so great in proportion to the national wealth as that piled up by the Napoleonic wars. The British are facing the futuro with confidence. The resources of this country are so great that wo can maWS whatever ex penditures are necessary without creating a burden beyond our ability to bear. "THE WORLD DO MOVE" MAYOR CUIILEY lias offered to Wil liam H. Connell, chief of tho Bureau of Highways In this city, the position of paving commissioner In Boston, and no one Is surprised at the desire of the Bos ton Mayor to import an outsider to take charge of technical work. Municipal reformers recall the storm of protest that was raised twenty years ago when Mayor Strong, of New York, called Colonel Waring from Newport to take charge of the street-cleaning depart ment. The Mayor was roundly denounced for passing by the local engineers In favor of an outsider. Tho prevalent belief was tha,t It the city was to pay a salary to any one it should go to a resident. The spoils theory of publlo service was ac cepted by almost every one. Twenty years have wrought great changes, until so notorious a spoilsman as the Democratic Mayor of Boston finds it in his heart to seek not only an out. elder, but a Republican outsider, to fill a local office requiring- expert knowledge. German cities seek their Mayors as American business corporations seek their executive managers, regardless of their -place of residence. Who' can say that in another twenty years American cities will nol; do tha same and choose Mayors for demonstrated fitness Instead of for factional political reasons? A step has already been taken in that direction. fttr lfeyiaa; O a a :lty manager, ImV mm aelaated . t T - ' tiVmim LEDBR--PHli;AI)ELPHtA; SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, NEXT STEP IN SOCIAL JUSTICE Health Insuranco .for Workirig- mon Governor McCall, of Massachusetts, Urges It. Labor Favora It By RAYMOND G. FULLER Of the numell Hae Collese. of Practical Arts. MASSACHUSETTS, after four years of very successful experlerco with work men's compensation, Is now considering the adoption of compulsory health Insurance, the form of social Insurance most likely to follow workmen's compensation In the favor of Iho American public. The pros pecf.t for tho passage of a health Insurance bill by the present Legislature of the old Hay Slate are, nt lenst, moderately bright, nml It will not be surprising If Massachu Bella lends tho wny In this country In the extension of the Insurance principle to social evils, such as nines'.), old age, unemploy ment. The social ovll of Industrial acci dents Is already more or less adequately taken care of by tho compensation laws In operation In moro than thiee-fourths of our Commonwealths. The next step In the establishment of a comprehensive 'joclul Insurance Is Ihe adoption of health In surance laws, which. thoUKh they will differ In many Important respects from our pres ent compensation laws, will embody the samo principles. Sexeral States besides Massachusetts are taking up tho health-lnsurnnce proposal In earnest, and whether or not tho study and discussion of tha subject result In definite legislative action this year, the Btudy and discussion nro In thcmrolves worth while. Governor JlcCall's definite and straight forward pronouncement In favor of health lniranco In his recent Inaugural address proed something of a surprise, not to my shock, In conservative circles In Massa chusetts and attracted nation-wide Interest. It was said that the pronouncement wns dlctntcd by the Governor's political ambi tious, by considerations of political expe diency. To thesa moro or less Irrelevant olfjeotlons It may be replied that Governor McCftll Is a man who Is In the habit of thoroughly studying publlo questions and Is quite capable of arriving nt firm convictions In consequence of such earnest and Intel ligent study. Since the publication of Governor Mc Cnll'H Inaugural message and the Introduc tion of llouio bill No. 1074 by lleprcsenta tlvo Yourg, of Weston, the great body of the Massachusetts public Is learning for th" first time what health Insurance Is. Serious study has been stimulated In all quartern. The Stato Federation of Women's Clul.t held a conference on health Insurance last week. The State Anti-Tuberculosis Asso ciation and various district nursing asso ciations have lent their actlo support to tho movement aiming at leRlslntle nitlon. Many local medical societies have '.strongly indorsed the principle of tne Young mil. though unqualified approval of all its pro visions has usually been withheld. The liofton Chamber of Commerce has assigned to a special committee the task of studying the bill and presenting a report. Still moic significant Is the action of the Slate Federa tion of Labor In empowering IIr cxeeutle. council to draft a health insurance bill. Health Insurance statutes In this country will undoubtedly follow closely tho tetita tUe draft prepared by tho American Asso ciation for Labor Legislation. The ntand aril.i proposed by the association on the basis of European experience and the de mands of effectiveness under American con ditions Include Joint contributions by em ployer, employe and the State. If fin plojcrs and employes are to have an equal share In the administration of tho mutual fund, their contributions should be equal. The tluro of the State one.-flfth Is enough to Interest tho public In the re sults of, the Insurance, while It Is not so large '' share of the actual rout that Its withdrawal by nn economical legislature or e:.-ccutte would fatally cripple tho In surance fund." Moro weighty, however, than tho argument on the ground of ex pediency Is tho argument on the basis of Justice. Th ."-'tate already recognizes Its duty as a guardian of the health of those of Its people less able to care for them t elves by factory and housing laws, by fieo hospitals 'and disperAjarl. It Is un questionable that health insurance laws will have the same preventive effect that work men's compensation laws have had In re spect to Industrial nccldents. Under tho Insuranco plan contributions are tequlred of tho employe, computed as a percentage of wages. This percentage. In tha American Association's model draft, ranges from zero, In the case of a worker earning less than $5, to thirty-two per cent. In case his earnings are over $8. Workers who object to compulsory Insurance be cause of its cost do not appreciate the value of Insurance, or else do not realize that tho cost under State Insuranco Is much less than under present methods. An nrtfument that meets these objections on the score of cost may be drawn from statis tics obtained in New York State. Last year working men and women, In New York Stato alone, paid to four Insur ance companies, operated for profit, more than $29,000,000 for Industrial Insurance. which virtually amounted to mere burial J nenenis. t nuer tne pinn ut universal neaun Insurance outlined by the Association for Labor Legislation thebe working people would have received, without any greater expense to them, not only burial Insurance, but also medical, nursing and hospital care nnd medicine and appliances, with, In ad dition to all that, two-thirds of their wages during sickness up to a maximum of twenty six weeks In each year- Since the remarkable testimony of Sam uel Gnmpers before tho Committee of Labor of the national House of representatives last year, when he opposed compulsory health Insurance as an Infringement of the personal liberties of the workers, there hns been much misapprehension of the atti tude of organized labor toward the legisla tive proposals now under consideration. The truth hi that organized labor Is by no means unitedly opposed to compulsory health Insurance. On the contrary, the support of organized labor Is ono of the strongest Influences on the growing success of the movement. From physicians comes the objection that practitioners will suffer by Stats organiza tion of medical service. This is not a serious objection, any more than the objec tion that Insurance companies will be hurt. The great leaders In medicine and surgery and health work In this country are virtu ally unanimous in favor of health Insuranco. All Points of the Compass P nuhstvnt of a Commuter LV A young Book Agent came around one day. She had a most Insinuating Way. I bought her Book, and paid a Dollar cash A Dollar wasn't very much to pay. LVI But afterwardf my Heart with Fear was rife. V I didn't dare go Home and tell my Wife How I'd by Contract bound myself to pay The girl a Dollar Weekly all my Life. , Late In the evening Bill Sharpless volun teered to sing "I'm Dying for Some One to Love 'Me." ' "Weil stand for anything but that," said Charlie Holden. "What's the matter?" asked TJIU, "Don't you llks my singing?" "We don't know," replied Charlie, "but why take a chance?" And so Genera) Pershing, although he didn't get Villa, la bringing 2000 Mexicans with him into tHe United States. It appears that because they helped the American sol diers In their camps It Is unsafe for them to remain In their own country, They would be murdered for aiding the hated invaders. We don't know much about war or .international law,,, but we know what thlais we ,JU(e, and tala Mea ofjmalclas; it THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Duty of America Loyalty of the Foreign-Born "No Longer a Frontier Nation" THE VOICE OF WASHINGTON To the Editor of the Evrntng I.cdjer: Sir The Government has spoken, has de. fined to Germany nnd the world tho cause which will make tho United States a par ticipant In ilia great war. Irrespective of taclal origin, political belief or religious creed, there Is only one word .now that must mle every true American. The word Is loyalty loyally Jo American principles. In this dire hour let us turn to George Washington, under whose leadership our ancestors cast off foreier the gyves of for eign despotism. Let us harken to tho voice which gave council at Valley Forge and rejoicing at Yorktown. Beware of "tho Insidious wiles of foreign Influence" was one of the political axioms that Washington bequeathed to bis country. Thomas Jefferson warned ngalnst "entan gling alliances" with other nations. It Columbia Is forced into the European con flict she must enter it with unbound hands, must rontlnue with unfettered force and conclude peace with liberty of action. There must be nt restriction of the freedom: which our Colonial patriots died to establish. We must not contract to sacrifice our blood nnd gold for the maintenance of royal dy nasties. If the United States becomes Involved our pathway has already been blazed, We must proceed unflinchingly toward our Ideal, But the Ideal of America and the ideal of Eu rope are not tha same. The principles of the two continents have been and will re main for centuries divergent, One stands for individual freedom In thought, word and deed. The other for dyuastlcal supremacy over reason, speech and achievement. The United States must war, then, to re gain nnd retain her freedom of the seas, a freedom that Is exempt from the auto cratic dominance of any nation. We must pursue this right until It is obtained, until the utmost leaches of the waters are lib erated from molestation, until our Mag Is spread by the same winds that flaunt Im perial pennants. We must reserve to ourselves the choice of making peace when and bow we please. That declaration must not be made through, with or by the agency of any European Tower. We must not pledge our nation to bleed and waste In the Interests of aliens. We have no concern In tho disposition of Constantinople, tho destruction of a dy nasty, tha partition of a nation, the con quest of a' people, savo the eternal concern of morality and Justice. HOWABD SHELLEY. Philadelphia, February 9. LOYALTY UNDOUBTED To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir Tho Evenino LEpoen and other newspapers throughout the country almost dally contain statements made by citizens of Germany nnd Austria-Hungary both, In which they In the moBt ImpreBslve way pos sible again reaffirm their allegiance to the country oMhelr adoption. I cannot see any neresslty'for doing so, nor can I see wherein It Is doing any gooa. to my mmq, the re affirming of nlleglance admits the possibility of disloyalty among the foreign-born citi zens of German and Austria-Hungarian birth. I am dally In touch with citizens of German and Austria-Hungarian birth, and I can cheerfully testify that I have not found ona whom 1 would consider disloyal to the country of his adoption. The fact that all of them sympathize with tlie-coun-try of thlr birth In Its struggle does not by any means Indicate disloyalty to our country. Congressman Bartholdt, during a debate in Congress, appropriately used the follow ing remark, "One can be loyal to his mother and yet ba true to his bride." In my opinion, the fact that one Is born In this country does not make him by any means loyal to the country, Just as one born In Philadelphia would necessarily make him loyal to Phila delphia, It does not require any proof on my part to convince some Philadelphlans that although some are born In Philadel phia they ars not loyal to Philadelphia, The thing which causes me more' grief than anything, else is contained InUho fact that there are so many Intelligent men and women, preachers, professors of. universi ties, business men. etc.,' who are eravlrur far kuiMK woe ana mna reaar Mjauscy ti EQUALIZING INFLUENCES to strike n chord which, at this moment. Is ery unpopular, by saying that so far a am concerned, I am not quite ready as yet to hay that Germany Is wrong. Ono thing, however, I havo settled In my mind, and that Is, that wo, as u nation, have not been neutral, and this Is largely responsible that we nre now facing a deplorablo situa tion from which t sincerely hope we will tmerge with unbeemlrched hands. SIMON FABEB. Atlantic City, N. J., February 8. LET'S BE UP TO DATE To the Editor of the Ei'eiiinjr Ledger: Sir Your editorial In tonight's paper, entitled "No Longer a Frontier Nation," expresses tho truth about as forcibly as anything I hava yet read. The principle holds good all through life, and ns I sit dictating this letter to the dictaphone my thoughts fly back to Washington's days, when he sent his correspondence In long hand. Because Washington used a pen Is no good reason why others should not use a dictaphone; advice that Is given today may be obsolete by changing conditions to morrow. GEOllGK II, BOBST. Philadelphia, February 8. HAIL, PROGRAM MUSIC! Story nnd Picture in Vivid Musical Form at Academy Yesterday Afternoon Some concerts aro "easy to listen to" and bard to describe. Others (say those of Docfor Muck are the reverse, Of the for mer nature was that given by the Philadel phia Orchestra yesterday. It was essen tially a "program" afternoon. Scarcely a number came to life that did not have Its plctuie, Its motto, Its plot. Now one need hardly.add that such a program did not pos sess the supremest merits. "Absolute" music (hated by the lovers of the dramatlo and revered'by their opponents) had small "placa at a matlneo that comprised the noblo (but pictorial) "Alceste overture, the lilt ing eighth symphony of Beethoven, the dream-haunted "Swan of Tuonela" nnd tho1 robustious and theatrically pathetic "La ment and Triumph of Tnsso." If anything of story value was found necessary besides thcto eminently concrete pieces. It was af-t-.rded In the thlngn which that admirable ba-itone. Helnald Werrenrath, sang. It may bo true that Mr. Werrenrath is the great proofroom eluder, but It Is equally true that the singer cannot elude the pralso that goes to splendid, unaffected, sonorous, dramatlo vocallsm. Lacking the "great" note of bellowing operatic tenors, Mr. Wer renrath has this to content him: tho fine, smooth delivery of the best schooling: the cltan-carved personality that all concert singers must possess, and the distinction of literary as well as musical understanding, It was a real treat to hear George W, Chad wick's "Young Lochlnvar," to the verses by Sir Walter Scott, so rlnglngly delivered. All praise to the Interpreter, which must be withheld from the composer. For tha truth of the matter is that Mr. Chadwick has been so hypnotized by the rushing, the atrical spell of tho poem that ho has for gotten his rubrio of musicianship. His little composition reeks of the playhouse; lacking nothing of Impulse or Impetus, "Young Lochlnvar" still rather Irritate?, then satisfies, on such an afternoon. With a romantic costume for Mr. Werrenrath and a little red fire In tho wings the illu sion of miniature opera would have been complete. Tha soloist also gave the Immortally at tractive serenade from "Don Giovanni," voiced with capital feeling and divining vocal production, and a recitative and aria from "The Marriage of Figaro." Let us hope that Mr. Gattl will soon transplant hither his new production of this luscious work not heard in Philadelphia since the Dlppel performance with Maggie Teyte, Carolina White and Mario Sammarco. The central feature of the concert was the eighth symphony of Beethoven. No one who knows the manner In which Mr, Sto kowsltl plays the scores of the romantics can doubt that he extracted some essence of beauty from this, the solitary caper of the symphonic master. Neither can It be disputed that he failed to get to tho'prlmal motive of the work. It Is a curiously con trasted series of moods, this creation. Broad fares succeeds sublime humor, worthy of 'The Masterslngers," and strange and In trusive wlstfulnees Is Interblent with the major frolicking, Yesterday tha sentiment seemed bought rather dearly at the expense of the cosmlo fun. Obviously, tho orchestra was no,ln the vein. The recovery came w"h "The Swan." This Is the sort of thlngthat the conductor does supremely. Ills read I nr of the Liszt numW.but'. reiterated his power fojxbrll-: ttaaee tun wujaniaeooa. jp was a proof- 1917 What Do You Know? QUIZ Who la Weiley Tro-t? How old la the Hoy Scout movement In America? Who vtna Franz Htholiert? linn- many rnlni of DaTld ore there? Mho nro tho rurales of Mexico? What nre "crocodile teara"? What State Is called the Oolilen State? Who wrote "Cabbatea and Klnss"? Who In Aaalntant Secretary of the Navy? In what ronntrlea Imve tho greatest number of recorded enrthiiuakex occurred? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz The llonk of 5Ioe are the flrat Ave hooka nf the Ilible (lenela. Kndu, Lewtlcua, Number and Deuteronomy, C. Alnhnnso Smith of (he fnlverkltr of Vlrtlnla. author of (1. Henry's btocraphy. recently wnt appointed to teach' Kutilnh lltrrxtiire nt the United mates Naval Academy. AiinapolN. "Zed" In tho letter "7." In Kngllah dic tionaries. Ullllum MiKInley wns President darlns the ripnnliih-Amcrican War. San Juan Is the rapltal of Porto Rico. retromortis la carbon monoxide .poisoning cumins from partly conaumrd caaollne fumes, Honduras Is the "Land nf (treat Depths." The oceans of the world are the Tarlnc, Atlantic. Arrtle, Antarctic and Indian. Napoleon was the "Man of Destiny." Walt Whitman Is burled In llarlelch Cem etery, Camden. French Claims E. S. The facts In the "French claim" dlsputo were obscured for many years be cause of the secret diplomatic relations between this country and Franco during the American Bevolutlon, and by the trans actions ot Beaumarchats, tho great French dramatist, who, under the name of Bode rlguo Hortalez et Cle supplied tho Ameri can revolutionists with eight cargoes of arms, ammunition and clothing, worth 5,000, 000 llvres ($1,000,000). Of this sum the United States paid all but J200.000, which was tho "lost million llvres" of the French claim. The genesis of the misunderstanding was the fear of the French Government to antagonize England by openly selling sup plies to tho American Congress. Hence, the traffic was carried on sub rosa by Beaumarchals and the Secret Committee of Congress, represented .In France by com missioners. Tho commissioners gave Con gress to understand that the supplies were the gift of the King of France, but .sug gested that reimbursement bo made to Beaumarchals by means of tobacco ship ments. When, however, the American French treaty of alliance of 1778 made secrecy no longer necessary, Beaumarchals demanded payment. Congress paid all but $200,000, and whtio Anal settlement was pending It was discovered that Beau marchals bad received $200,000 from tho French Government, a sum, according to a statement by the French Government, that was Included In the gifts to America, Suspecting that the munitions contractor was trying to "collect twice," Congress re fused to pay. Beaumarchals's heirs con tinued tho cialm and payment was urged Dy ma rencn uovernment. Franco con tended that the $200,000 had been expended by Beaumarchals in the Interests of tho United States, but not for supplies, nnd that-the unpald-for $200,000 worth of sup plies were a loss to him. Congress still de murred, asking for particulars. The claim was settled in J836, when France paid this country $5,000,000 for spoliation of 'our commerce. But out of this fund 800,000 francs ($1(10 000) was paid to Beau marchals's heirs. Although tha matter was thus officially closed, resentment continued1 In this country nnd France for some years. "Stonewall" Jackson Mrs. J. S. N, Yes, General Bee, of South Carolina, Is generally accredited with the honor of having originated 'Stonewall" Jackson's nickname. The story runs that at the first battle of Bull Bun between the Federal nnd the Confederate troops General Bee, seeking to encourage his hard-pressed troops, exclaimed! "Look at Jackson there he standa like a stono wall!" SAM LOYD'S PUZZLE Tha present het Income from the earn ings Ot the P. D. and Q. road would be 6 per cent upon the entire stock issue, but as there is $4,000,000 In pre ferred stock, upon which Is paid 74 per cent Interest, the road ,1s therefore only able to pay S per cent interest upon the common stock. What la the- tptal amount of this -year's common, stock" dividend? .AMf eVyMeftyVPwb -' a. Tom Daly's Column Whenever ' o Baturdau an' rumor itu 0 "Schuylkill lUvcr frozen tlohf ,..,,.. ,0 Jna mere, For. spite y aoe, tell you, when tnot hltiof netcj comes through I havo no use for Chestnut street, nor other ttetM that's neto. I mind when I was Jut a lad of ten or H&IVG or so I used to hear my elders talk of skaters long ago, The ring of whoso steel runners still re- echoed down the years An' wreathed their names with glory at "Our Skating rtoneers." An' some day when I've leisure an' thi facts are at my hand I'll fry fo n-rttc o story of that wintry fairyland; That ce;io of olden splendor tietcee through half a century's mht, When knights performed the "grapevine'' and the "Philadelphia Heist." Through half a ccnturyt Bless my stars . it's half as much again t ' 'Twos had: in 18i0 that gallant score of men. Whoso keen delight In healthful sport maua suaiing all the rage. First organized the Skating Club, with. naming uoionct i'agc. As chief In all their counsels, when such things tt-cro to the fore; lie also led their revels (which, indeed. concerned them more) si When glass was on the river ly tha fm Ircath of winter kissed H And knights performed the "grapevine' and the "Philadelphia twist." Put say I this It a Saturday tehen rumors r fill the air Of "Schuylkill River frozen tight" j.,fcl lemme hio me there! Iiclikc upon a Monday, when my skating '1 1 n Is through', 1 ( spin aiiouicr ode about tha Skating! Club for you. BESIDES, tho youngsters gave us a pair of flno new skates for Christmas, .t We didn't know thev prist tX until m tim saw it on tho bill, which we hope to pay, on the fifteenth. WHEN, the Master Painters ot Penn- sylvanla, ,nt thei annual convention In this town tho othcV day, made P. J. Byrne, of Pittsburgh, secretary, he at once fore-Q'J stalled criticism of his secretarial short comings. "My mother,'' sold he, "often tnlrt nf nn nld Tv-nmnn In Trolnnd wIiam thirst was so great she could drink Loch $ Ermn dry; but sue discreetly went to ;; rtniif-htpi-'s In the. nnlphhnrlni? vlllnpend . her notations over, returned home, in no? , .-, ,-j penitential spirit however. From tht hlrhrond within slcht of her house sht.1 called loudly, 'What noise havo ye ia there? What noise havo ye?' and her hus band, n. meek little man, opening thej door said, 'We're not saying a word, ray," grJod woman; we're not saying a word,' and her warning reply was, 'For fear yoa Jl .A.1 3 t t7nn tAn m iFm11 t ' " 9w iUUlUi ' J iCUl J WU fYVMav, Ann sxars soxsr As we look down from heav'n,on you And watch the little things you do, We'd like to say just what we hate. But, then ice think we scintillate. Sia. LOST. Dear Tom Anent tho proposed "Intem.fJ .. r,e .Tl-IMInm .Tannlnira Ttrvrin whfejl Jill-lib v ' ,,...... r, ., -- fjSJ waste a perfectly good letter "n"? A. D. ,iyi ' W "Tim Mtpntlnn1 nf the Whatslnanorni,i! Ci,inv" I9V9 thn Snrlncrfleld Union, "lllffl called to the fact that Prlv. Harry Oharaill who has Just received tne untisn mea- for valor on tho western front. Is men'! tinned in tho war dlspntches as a Jap-il n naeo ' Well, well, well! nn' Is thirteen yeang mm that wo wrote a piece about anothef1 .. ...-. .. .- wan o' tho family? It is so. upon a au aj In 1904 wo took our pen In hand to say; THE FIGHTING BACE I I've been readin' tho papers M JWIU l.v...t -- , ... Of Busslan and Jap on ine lana ana mo oj And It's got me to guessln 'h Why somo names Is mlssln fl That should be consplckyus where flgntlnej so iree, r Cl.nrai whnrn nro the BelllyS. h The Cnseys and KileyB. And all the rest of tho Macs and the Oir There was never rem iiuiiim y But some tV thim byes U tie strlWn thr, hlnw. V. Now the longer I ponder Tile struggle uui. yuuuci, ,.,. Where the Jap and the Busslan are fllrtisj wiu I'ame, The moro I'm decldln' The irisnmans mum ', Behind the quare front of a haytnem. name. If ye read of "Patrlskl" ur "iuicneiKommin .. ,. Ye will know they're not Busslan at an. u ye re wiso. And the Jap "Tomohara" Or "Teddlmagara" ., Are simply good Connaught men there j aipguiiie. j; Here's Versatility for You (J From Honda, Bepublio of CoIomoiM "Young Julio, the Spanish-Indian doji; writes to say that since ho arnvca u.. nn December 5 last, he has "scorea mr knockouts, made two other fellows QW and given twenty-two lessons, do, j see. I llko the game no matter where, am. I would like to write little storW 4n1,aa am tnf vniir VnlVlim' Under t& nnma nt Vnnnir .Tlllln.' SO If It IS O, K- "5 mo know and every week will scratch something worth while." Tho answer la O. KVJulIo, and everything you writo bo a K. O. v . ..! if An.n-t.,.M vii. suh. what Ah safd at Twentieth and NuaJ streets, which Is within a mei"-'- throw of Lombard street, we now. 8 gn'lIAIB STBAIGHTENED GENT& Jh v THK ULTIMCS UIriMATK IN VKSW It was a Bembo's chlefest P" in b called "Cicero's UDe." From t nnd Painter a Benalssance Fancy, ij ltlchara Aldington in j.n uiu-i. -urim ty n r wnnrin riM TlembO -..,:: "z'"i.,r: .. i, .",.,: :...i.:.i v eiucr ma iiiiei miti tmcn "ibw' WITHOUT giving us a chance to. I to his qjjery as to whether we "no the sign on the north end ot tne way 'BUUding "Tomle's Shoes , Around the Corner" J. N. w. to remark that. the average artist's) a'"'! .m Uft'l "111 ertsMiw i vMiaM ii tP ffj"? '' eWjHy .affHWaTy gyaHjWfeV To.Mt rr. '"".' ;.: saul) Uai Mmm in "Tm seati iter, o " wr k: rfV.- in.. A. rJV fe'W paBaW . , Ym rfi V" ,
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