'".T ty Vi I V -xa.1 .vrv. vtsHB3anw, v - t ,M'nKffiftMit i,'- EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MAROH (JWW turning Hc&gcr PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY CTnU 8 II. K. CL'RTIB, rIMT I Caarte II. Lueincten. Vie resident John C Martin. Secretary end T'?,'y,ti,.,Jl,iLp i- Colllna, John H. Wlllleme, John J. Kpurseon, V H. Wnlir, Director. ' KDJTOHWI HOARDS Cist II. K. CtlTls. Chairman. P. II. Tr HALBT .j IMIlor JOHN C. MABTIK...Oiral Huslntss Hanaser Iubllahd dally el I'CSLIO iMr Ilulldlng IndepenXUnc Square. I'ntlKl.lpnla Iara CasTsit.... Broad and Chestnut Mrosi ATUSTIC Cm ! I ! llulldlti Yimou 20 Kord llulldlntr m7i2bis.........40 OloocBc-ocrol UulMIM CBICAOO.......... "02 rnfrt.se HuIMIdr NEWS IlUltEAUB. wbiotoi nBio........... "i ,')'!'!2't nui JUiiio 0" Frlcdrlch ' LaxvoK IlciliC Marrenl Ileus. Htrafll rails UcuaI z llu Ioui la iitiw aunscntPTioN Tn)iit Tha Ertieiso Laiyirs I ere.l to subscribers In Pblladalphta and surroundlnr town at ths rata of lwtl 12l centa per week, parable l'J'mllTto' point. outald. of Philadelphia In lh t.'nltad Htataa, Canada or l tilted Matea f" sessions, postal fra nfty (fll 'enta pr month. Blx (til dollare txr yor, paabl In To all rorelxn countries on (111 dollar lr slrrics BuWrlUrf wishing address chari'l Unit lr old a well aa nw addraaa, RtLL. Vm -ALM.T KEYSTOM:. MAIS 100 ex" Addreti all rotnefastcnflona tn r.vnlng Ltiatr. ndepmdciic Bqvare. PhilattlpMa. x.jct o it Tim pHMnPiiriilt rosTorric SECosp-ctiai Will mu T' TStK AVKHAOE NET PAID DAII.T Clll CL'LATIOV OK TIIK KVENINCI I.KUOKK FOR JANUARY WAH HSlfJ :J Pklladtlahla. Tut.!-. Mattb . ltl? jentlnit iroBr-Mm of l'ennylvanla. ami Uiat for Toft an rcricrtinK it" f'ac tiutmry part) Mr M't'oiiiiici'ii boom fr Oovernor would l" Immtanurably ktreiiKtlnnH by irf)Rnltluii fioin V"li ItiKton. A UNITED NATION It la Imiierailv tMnt w ulnml to KPtlier Till I'realilcnt'a Innuntiral mi ll rem If IH In tlii entlirinril of ccry iwtriollc American made vocal on tlin ent front of thn Capitol jr-ntr-nlay We are on the co of oiitn which are likely in teat, the nation to Its utli-rmoit Factional or artlan atlprnptn to prwite (llncord nre na dlaloynt and trraaonable an tins MrlnK by a dlnff!ted company of KciliJItra on their cornradwi In tho face of an ennny. Aa this I'rexldirit na, " are bilnif forrd Into a new unity amid the lln-a that blao throughout the world " We are no longer an Isolntwl nation. Indlvldiiala may dlxastitu on the aiwi'itlc mean to be employed In maintaining our Mjnltlon aa a oetelKn ower amonx triuala, but there tan bi no illeatfreemcnt on the Importance of maintaining It WHY THi: STATK- SHOULD IIKI.P 'i hi: I'oin A MI I.I. I ttllx rl l .1 I .... , MBkWxW THE MAKING OF A i MODERN BANKER Bunk Clerks Go to Their Own Nfghl .School and Arc Grad- uated Into Higher Positions PinUIlK a room In- a bank It t th I nfnrr of the prealdent HlllHiK at a iltcl. I a man well atom; In ilfi III" an" ou would Kuem to ! alKiut ihrie-inore IIIr cry manner Phow tha lie know" hi lUlriewi. and thoroUKhly Win nhouldnl i . . . . ..... .... ... .k. t.uhlUV ' neT lie nae rpeni nm "". bu-ilneaa and worlid up frrn th t'.Moni Now picture another room 1hl "J1"' tin.. In that of a. bank nrenlilent lii'tead .f "THERE ARE OTHERS!" How many calorlcn weio thtio In your brrakfaat? Chlcarjo hoir prlcea continue to Hoar Headline Thla does not refer to tht food hugi. Net for U-boata are ready to be m t In thlTDelaware, but let ua hope that the .catch will be email. -The police did not know how to drive the fortune teller from the city un til nome one called their atti ntlon to tho law. " Director Webster find that the eouthern porta are awake to the poaalblll tlea of foreign trade after the war It la part of bin bunlneiui to ee to It that thlx city la kept awake to the aamo iiosulblll-tie. If a motorlat whone car wna atalled In the mud can nue the cltj' for dam.it,""f. what meana of redresa are open to tho friend of a man who In killed by an automobile becaune the pollre do not en force the speed ordinance'' There will be delight In Kenalngtnn If tho member of the School Hoard known what tin la talking about whin he hiijm that nil oppoaltlon to the appointment of Ml I'enlmoro to the prlnclp.ilihlp of the high achool ha diaappeand. Hamuel Clompera'a appeal to oigan Jzed labor la conceUed In a aplrlt of broad patrlotlm. When he write that It I Imperative that the reaponnlble repre sentative of the labor movement "Hhall agree upon tho fundamintnl principle which labor will accept In national de fenae and In which It will co-operate." be put In word what every man In the tabor organization mut have jieen think ing ever alnce tho crlMs devi loped ION dollar I a mnll huiii for elty to riBk the l-'late to appro priate for the tmproMrnent of the harbor If the Slate had no more dlrn t Interest In the development of thla port than It lilt In the bulldlnr of thf J'aikwai thera ' uouM be no i-xi ue fot going to Haul burg for mone Hut the poit 1 a Ktate and national n will a a l" l Irmtilutlon That It I of national conee n I proved by the congressional appioprlatlonii. viiilc.li liuvo amountod to between four nnd live million dollar in the Inxt aix tien eaiB Hut l'enna hnnl.'i prollta more than an) other Commonwealth from tho liutilne done on cjur waterfront Thero 1 no doubt that tho actual alue of export pacing through ihl port whli h originate in the other lountlc 1 mui-h Knntii than that which originates hi re The lai-t that a large pait of tho ex port oiiglnate In othei Htaten I Juatltl cation for rongreailonnl approprlntlona for th bi-niflt of the port to bo expended within tho city limit The expenditure of money by the national fio eminent In dcipening tho thannel uljoe laid below I'lilladuluhla U Justified by the faet th-u the liver Is an Intei state highway diiectiy btrvlng tin to State, and Indimtly serv ing n score of other. Tho point however, to be lmprced upon the (luier.il Assembly I t h it there 1 moral obligation on the .Statu to use it fundi for the benefit of wali-rboine commerce u. duty a proislng a that which lrnp'lH It In spend mono) foi mak ing good road iMKA'i i:s or iaiy ami urn 1)lt.Mi:it Attorney (iuieral Wicker sham him declared that I'rtaldent Wil son Is ulifg "strained reasoning" Ponce de Leon sought the fountain of perpetual youth In Florida, thereby set ting the precedent which the local fac tional leader have been following They have come back from the Bouth with what they think I a plan to Insure perpetual political life to them through a division, en amicable division, of the spoil Thl McNIChol candidate I to be Indorsed by the Vare and that Varo candidate I to be supported by McNiuhol, and the people are to bo bamboozled some more. The Llronso Court has responded to an undoubted popular sentiment In refusing to the tranifer of the license of the razed saloon In the line of the Park way to other site on or near that thor oughfare. Judge rinletter's remark that, "We do not want the Parkway looking like a Una of beer signs," epltomlred the reneral view. Whether a saloon I good or "bad per so did not enter Into tho reason for tho decision. The new high way 1 to be one of the beauty spots In the city. It must be reserved for struc ture and businesses, If business I to en croach upon it, which will not destroy It character. - Notwithstanding the announcement that Secretary Itaker would retire from the War Department on March 4, the President ha asked the Benate to con firm hla reappolntmtnt. The Cabtnet change In prospect will be made when the President ha more time to give to uch matter. There are rumor that tho Secretary of the Treasury, the Attorney General and the Secretary of Commerce will retire within three month. If the worst comet, the Prtldent would be Justi fied in dlareiardlnaT party ltnea In filling these place, and It would not be difficult to find men politically opposed to him on ether laauee ready to co-operate with him n national defenae. , Vance C. McConnlck' name bob f ajfaln aa a probable Cabtnet appointee. '- There are more reason for appointing Mr. McCorrolok than gratitude on the part ef Mr. Wllaon toward hla campaign Manager. He an energetlo and patriotlo aitlaen, and baa shown great executive Mitt and vraap upon national affair. Trotn the political standpoint, which Mr, WiLftMi rarely forget even in time of erlaia Mr, MoCormlck would atrengthen protrreeetve movement in rennsyiva. I tr Mm yriif of Gettnet pest. The g aaa&iij ab&aa&i lH. LrrCoZ: if h" hiu"-H hi pri-iint attltudi-owaril nriuinrf our mirrhnntmeri on the law of 1815 "If ou go Hni tooth-comliing through the law ci the- Htatulo hook of I ho I 'tilted HtatfH joii will find a good many things which will mirprlse jou," he hays Cer tainly If all the laws of tho past were brought to liar on every modern Issue, many courses of union hitherto un challenged would be burred When the SenatoiM filibustered on Sun- dny It watt gc tiernUv, believed that the President would announce that he would take tho di-slre of tho majority In both branchcH of c'ongres ;uc the i qulvale nt of a formally pusv-d measuro, that all he sought wii the vote of conlldento which lm undoubtidlv has rt reived liut soinci one had tlnetooth-combcd" back to 1819 and discovered that there werii restriction In the law of that vear per mitting armed protection against pliates and that those restriction might legally operate In behalf of the Herman pirates of 1917 It was provided that arms should not be neil against the ship of a nation with which the I'nlteil Stales was at penie nnd a It eouM not he foreseen In l&li that we could bo In 1917 lit peace wllh a nation whlc h had at the same time Income piratic nl. II mav he that the old statute must be superseded by a new art of Congress The President would not be renured for violating the letter of tho ei ad law, but many will feel that It is asking too much of a man, who baa Just solemnly sworn to uphold the- law. In break it If It 1 decided that tho law of 1M9 rom blned with the filibuster, really limit the President's authority the extra session of Congress should be railed without dela) (iOVKUNMENT HY MADMEN? Tlii: manifesto signed by all the Henii loi h who were on the spot to do ao, except tho eleven notorious filibuster! , commit by Imputation an overwhelming majority of the body to revise Its rules at once so that never again will a small group of member bo able to use high wayman method to halt legislation In the closing hour of a session Nearly a ma jority 1 peclllcally pledged to do so. An extra session will be necessary In any event beforo the end of tho fiscal year, June 30, because the filibuster left the Government of the United Hlate with out fund either for national defense or Indeed for It own existence, unles civil and military officer will consent, out of charity, to work for the nation without pay. Kven in an extra session tailed at .once the obsslon of men like Iji Fob Tette, If It logically progre toward the rnadnes for which Jt 1 headed, can delay a vote on any meaure Indefinitely. They can talk on a resolution to etop unlim ited debate using their present right to unlimited debate to prevent a vote on a change of rule. The Benate, now In extra slon with out the House to confirm Cabinet appoint menU, can change Itn rule before the extra session of the whole Congres. I'n til It change those rule there Is no reason to siimmon the new House to the Capitol. It I better to foeu the atten tion of the nation on' the antic of the wild ww li the Isolated branclt of Cop- jsm f& gy.,tywrt5anwg iHdder b bis own effort hi" swtee i rownlns- hi many years of hard study and , mueh burning of midnight oil lie had ri' one to help him The banker of today also wide his wj alone, but ho had help He f-illow -d a rK ular course of stud) pn pared b, old a"1' experlenc-d hankers The knowledge ciulred bv the banker nf yesterday In his many years of actual experience w" pla'id at hla dlrKisl together with ne Ideas nf tho present day III rite therefore was morn morn rapid What I this courso of study' The put. lie a a whole know nry little about I' To the banking man It lies he-come n ru cesslty a vital necessity with tho changing cundltlnns and If he wants to maku h m.irk he must know llanklng has I'"hm mure than a tiusinees It lias hecome a si ern -and the hankers, who continual have their fingers on the business tula hsve beon nulek to realize It This hn mailted In the istalillHlmii lit of a r i ular course nf study for the uung hut roan Now Imagine an army of nHi tl,bu) ' them all bound together prlmsrll i i on th'ng- hanking cduratlon This arcn represent the memhemhlp of seventy-fn i ehupters of th Aoie-rn an Institute of Hank Inr under hnsi supervision the ck1iji,i tional work Is carried on The sevcnty-fi"' chapters are located In as many iities n all p.vrts of the I nited States While n all of these men are students In the ellrot si nse of the word et tho vast majority ar. and the large part of the remainder havu been nt dome tirno or other I'hilmlejljmia Knrly In the Field This vast svstem of eilurntpn ha all fpruhg frum a sucgestlon madi at the an nual convention nf the American Hanker Association In lllehrnond n In lOOC) Tl ' American fristltuts of llanklng was then formed ss a eeition of the American Hank ers Ass iclati'iti and lis purpose is pn rnnting the welfare nf Its member throupn work alnng educational lines and through the fraternal omori.uiwi of Its chapters cine nf the tlrst chapters to be formed was the Philadelphia Chapter It Is now the si rood largest liavlng 1 160 members and Is urilj exceeded In sire by that of New York with Chicago a close third On November 21, ISM a committee of ten young hankers met at the e nrn llxchnnge Natlmal Hank to consider the jrganl7utlon of a chapter here and subseijucntly the chapter was fortne-d The home of the chapter Is In the Hornor. Iluildlng at Tenth and Cheatou' streets Here thn classes are held oml Ve-rc Uie member gel togelser for discussions on hanking ami business topics The chapter has verv larpc anil complete library, whlrh Is constantly hi Inr added to The courses of all nf tho chapters aiii virtually thn Vime so that an explanation of the work In Hie Imnl chapter will sullic-e for nil Tho Philadelphia Chapter this vi-ar has made nne i hange and tint Ik In make the eourso four ear Instead nf two as heretofore 13ver phase of nnim- and hiiHliiess Is eeivereil The course Is divided Into two sections, and then i undivided Into two more llanklng A and banking II cover one section nnd commercial law nnd negotiable Instruments cover tin snond Institute certllli"itts are rleo to those who complete! the eour"e and make a sills factor) average grade Kverythlng Is done by those In charge of the work to ret the studen's to cimplcte the course This Is r.Upplcujjited by a pont-gradu ite course, Wlllen innsiscs oi rn-an ii in onimiiir flnanie huslm arieiiinietioiloii and ac -eoiiotlrii' The iiistrui 'Inn I" i itrled on by Intureg and oral cjul. work ss II as wrlltcn tests The term starts In (nt.lin -ud endB In Mnv. three nights i w 'k--Tuesda Wednesdav nnd Thu-sdav Ii nddltlon to this the student hav the advantage of lectures twice a month hv prominent banker and business men on present-day topli Th textbook whlih unt used are wnttin hv b,vnkerli who have gone through th mill ' Hlnce Ita organlxstlon the Phil adelphla Chapter ha gtaduated 171 Hut the nork does not stop hire There Is .i publli speaking ilas and frequent elebiltn aie held betwien the various th.ip i ters Thru la a forum which iniets once i a month when the members discuss nnv new ijetelopuii nts in nnKing or "snon cuta ' dlsiovcred by any of thern When any member of the forum Unds tome bit ter nuthnd to do some thing than ha been tho custom ho tills the others and all have the bene lit Working In a cotintr) bank where theie Is no chapter does not deprive a. young clerk from gaining knowledge (fur him there I a correspondence course, which cov er substantially the niiiiiu thing which are taught the student who ntte rid cluss The Pennsylvania Ktaje Hankers' Associa tion ha onl) recentl) sulupted the conrsa of the A 1 II by mall I mtii&$32Ai.k(i.ti -)J cAi'LLtl i'.a..s.,i I-,,- ? jiiAj'l 1LV. V t. (' . i. liaamWsffiSHS V" JftsttrJiaB it lie FF,lwlMrit,iri -BTlfl "'Will HiTV aVaVbsiL'ASM i m mm -DR ,Bx 1 .-ia as - I rrsu.L'1) ivfei jjj i . ri i Li i i s r irjt ail it n a. man about three-score ems vm unci j . .,l u JfTU . . ..T ' ' WWll il'i'l silting behind a desk a man n , .".. oJiTSSirlt 0r ll UQRMAm, VfKi WLr siore years and nnt infreiiu.ntlv younger l$)pffiiMf?i ,, ' m fjfj MCWv 111 ev.rv aellon too. show that he know TJiJttfK-B '' t- J ' " KIR.R.V ..WWKs3.lt hi business and thoroughly il4VvvJ ' ''rs rNirNtJT y), mWL, ,. These two wide differences In time repre ffitWm f i, V VARtDAMkM f'v-VJ ZlflM?Ki vt sent the bank, r of yesterdav and th batik. - fcrMgsftsH - C,? 'i'j Vcr lv rtrvj i rfj gJMjfe .Mr, of tndav The banker of yesterday mad- , J s.JmJLjK'B-. I 'A' t - .. LANiF vJ V fiKvTW "A'Jfl '. I his way alone lie got to the lop of the wKjl'H'.r l-HlNt- ?1 Y.) i WXhV&fr J I . ''"ratfi5r a .. c-ldi-ikik. a. ; ,ibirsfie?ii . -Ci YJ It CI ' t " vruji si-i n'lliti wn WiH'1i5,rex.i'rvi; f -. '-ffi '.I! - ndrric; ilMWmXStvtt ' '''w'-'n'R i i iNursiKia iMmlWMftfYM i 2 tarn la J w ii J ir TatttlrwxTtfVbA'ttaA 1 "Mrt 4 - " WDRKS m$W$ffl$h rnrrT-s ttmz-iti - Tl that than the I.tic-liHli l.ibirals In Ches- J rLl'j VUlVylle Vjl tettnn The crimes of England ' It Is Tom Daly's ColumHi One of our most vivid recolltctt the I'erlodlcul Publisher' dinner la i tuary, 1912, at whlvlt Ia Kollett i. himself Into temporary oblivion, wi wonderful patience of Governor W Wilson, of New Jersey, who, "! THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE A Poor .Man Discusses the HiKh Cost of Living Reason for Railroad Wrecks The Irish Tint llrjmrtmtnl I t" " " ""i1.". " '"2 eilll to rwH thfir ojiinUmM nn awtyrM - rarrest Ca'ereil It i on -ilea lorum nnil Mi a i'lemno lril,ir f. ..,.,' m rrariontlMII'v roe His nei-a ol (la rorrfsoifesl fitlrra muar ),- aloaiil If lie ti-nee nnf inMrrja. or Hie uritrr hoc eece a-iriO 'or puMleiiMoa uuriritnlM of (jwf! fatth . hut nt n Tho Personal Touch Mu-h attention Is given M the viillous chapter to the social sld- ri rntertaln inent and dance Is given annually, two smokers one st thn beginning ami one at the rlosn nf the season and in annual ban ouet This ban'iuet will be held In the llellevuc-Stratford on Hat unlay evening of thl week To bind the student i loser together the chapter publishes a small pa per called the Chapteigram onie earh month. In which Is carried all of the do. Ings of the chapter In this and othir cit ies, and the monthly Journal of the Ameri can Hankers' Association I also sent to them flreater success In business inn be had through personal touch than In any other way, and thn hulks realle this as much a any one i Ise. and the different Institution get it through the work of the chapters When n bank, say In Philadelphia, has anrne business to do with a hnnk on the Pacific oast It does It through some mem ber of It force who happens to know some nnii In the Pacific toast Institution Instead of writing a cold business litter tho chapter member here writes a personal letter to hi friend In the western hank, whom he met at one or the c-onveuiionn or me js. i,. J. A personal contact bax been formed and the results, any nno rananee, are much bat ter than would have been had by a purtly business letter, ltarh year there are 100 or more gradu ate of the different chapter who are ad vanced to official positions, nnd this I true of the bank In thl city to a very great x. The officers of the Philadelphia chapter are President, Norman T llaye,, Philadel phia National Uank; vice prtsldsnt, An thony 0 Kellx. People' Uank! secretary, William A McCamy, Fourth Htreet Na tional Hank, treasurer. Upward 13. Dtlly, Tradesmen National Hank, assistant sec retary Paul P. Crema.n, Kranklln Na tional Hank, and chief consul, Klmer J, Hchall, Phllade.phla Trust Cornpany , O W M. X- - MK. I'OOKMAN PROTESTS lo Ihr lUUlor u tin f.i rninr .eiffler Sir Your article cut tied "Hinting Wont Help" Shi' ou are I ke a great many of the persons I have heard talk about the Hnt. blaming It nn tin professional ngltators or foreigners You snv there Is n shortage of food due to the tin lease nf population I did not think our p-pulatlno bad Increased so much In one vur nu know where? tho trouble is .and none of the newspapers dares tell the cause Let us gn baiV to Piesldent MrKlnley's first term We got whir we voted for, ' pro tection" nnd we Imve had It ever since luring thnt i.imiiilgn what a bright future was painted for Mr Worklnrman ' He was lo be protected fiftiinM the pauper labor of Kurope and we vv i I all have to admit that he was Hut whit Is the result? In soma of the trades and Industries wherever Ihey iiiulerorgnnUe there have been etrlWs and bow many have won' A few, 'tis true; nrimerH' trades, masons, structural Iron workers carpenters and n few others have galrnd by strlkce Hut" the great majority hav- gone back afler a strike worse off than they wire befori. Tho great inujorii) or woraera unsauicii labnrhavo had practically no Increase In wages What n nilghtv powir are the worklng rinn If only united for their own good Hut our worthy employers in lots of cares take measures to prevent thnt by threats of losing them their job If they do not vote as told Nnw there Is getting to be two classes, millionaire t- and ptupsrs Twenty years agi a mm .mild tnke a dollar and get what todii) will cost tl to duplicate What Is the pause'' 'I he trusts or corriblnatlons of big business We all know liow the price of coal has risen In the Inst few years When will we get central heating plants to save coal and yet keep us all warm' Whet. Adll meat stop going up7 The' present Adin ntstratlon took the tariff off win.! huh the result-' I think this was done to enable th packers to bring South Amerl i an meat here, which they own down there, so they could gel a little more profit than they get foi native cattle Then they can fores the cattle raisers here to sell at pack ers' fliOires and then no Independent dealer can get refrlgeiatlng rparo on the steamers, a the packer have a Paso on the same And what a ble-slng the cold storage has been to them' The tariff does not make any difference to them They are so strong that even the (lovernment dares not molest litem . , , , ., He fore the Hpanlsli-Amerlean War Mr Poormnn' package of lobafco w two ounce for five cents A war tax was put ', (t,, m The trust would not raise. tha price (haid thing to d' anyway a It was only a fraction of ft cent ort a package) Ho they kindly paid tho tax and took one-third of an ounce out nf each puckage. They nra to this clay putting one and two-thlrds of an ounce In each papkage We are still paying the war lax Are they7 When we Vim up and find out who Is to blame i first, It Is the hanker: second, Hlg Business, and third cold storage ONKOFJII1 POOKMAN'H 1'AMIhY,' Philadelphia, March I. that than the I.nghsh Liberals In Ches teitnns The crimes of England ' It Is ftanklv nt forth by an l.ngllshmaii In a book printed in wartime how the ling lish -omiiiitlcd the same crimes In Ireland In tho pnst as the Prussians have commit ted In llelgium Admitted 'I he Irish Ns tlonallst partv has been nn the whole, a liancli of the Kngllsh Liberal party Par liament It has been said, ha done more for the Irish poor than for the Kngllsh poor When we get down to isses then, Is It nnt true thnl the Irish are ab'e to ret along verv will with the Kngllsh thst underneath all this bickering there Is solid groimd for co-opi ration between them' fiermnny must be beaten for she I the enemy of nil the good things In Ireland, Knglaiid and I 'mm e Why cant England get all Irish and Irlsh-Amc rlisn assistance and sympathy until the war Is over' And then If ou will, go after her again In times of in ace Although my paients are rjennans, I must stand ngHlnn them and for the right In this situation lll'PHCCHT SCHWARTZ.. Philadelphia, March 2 What Do You Know? Quri of awral interest iHM &" -tTM in thin rolumii. Tr outioi. th? nnnntr to vhieh tru uU-informrtt rf' thoutd knov , are atktit dnilv QUIZ What la the dlirarenee ireie7 military F00 ANlS- WRECKS 'Jo Ihr Hdltor nf thn Kienlnp l.tilgef Sir -heems to me that ou got hold of the wrong end of theth'k In jour editorial note on the letejit wreck on the Pennsyl vania It wash t the fog that was responsi ble the fog inuld have been nullified In this Instance by stopping the freight The ciiglntman knew theie was n signal there He kne his Instructions were to see It If he did not see It that of Itself requited thst he should stop If ,neressary In order to ne It Ho did not stop He killed twenty persons I. H. n Philadelphia. March 1 THE GREATEST PICTORIAL DAILY To thn Kilitnr of Ihr Eirning l.rdger: Sir The pictorial section of the KvgNtxo LrpnEii Is more than a mere Innovation In Journalism It Is a positive treat, and tho variety of subjects which It embraces, nnd which are all live news of the day. I most remarkahlc. K J. COY. Philadelphia February 2 TELL IT TO URYAN WiH""il f r-The trouble about .ulllljifig Jbat ariflyf ,w .. j Z l ii "-rr rf i "mn-iiri-siMi iiMiMiMiiiiliiii-i THINKS IRISH INCONSISTENT To the KiUtnof the F.vtntng l.uloer; f Why do the Irish rage? They ar for the French the champion of civili sation a a rule, but they ar agalntt the FnxllsK They are the hereditary friend nf France they would want Frante to have all possible aid In hrr gallant tight, and vet bgalnst the ICngllih, who are doing their level best lo help the French, the Irish wrath I hurled day after day. They seem lo want Franc to win nnd England tu lose, simultaneously How is thl pos sible 1 I humble myself before uch wild imagination. 1 PHr myself .that I am t.r,t an irleiwnan. for my limitation ar ,meh that, I earn ssanu onv. j- nts-eia. A CENSOR DECOMES HUMAN Ohio I to see "The Birth of a Nation" for the first time thl week, Illustrating the fait that iven the censor are human The cjhlo censor ha changed hi mind, though It took him more than a year to turn the trick St Paul Dispatch I All Points of the Compass Rubaiyat of a Commuter XCV When I commute, I always try to strike Conductors, )es, and Trainmen mat. i iiae; ho when I get my early Morning Train, I hear their Cheerful Ureet'ng, "Howdy, Mike'" "Of the various executive anilities, no one excited mole anxious concern than that of placing the Interest of our fallow cltl 7en In the hands of honest man, with un derstanding sulllclent for their stations, No duty I at the same time more difficult to fulfill The knowledge of character pos sessed by a single Individual Is of necessity limited To seek out the best through tha whol Union, we mu,t resort to the In formation which from the best of men, act ing disinterestedly! nnd with th purest motive, is sometime" intoriett " True talk, all of It, and Just as 'true today a It wa when Thorna Jrffron wrot It to Kllss Hhlpman, of New Haven, on July 12, 101. Yet we are treated to the spectacle of fifty Senator of the Congress finding it neces sary to protest In a signed document that they were ready a majority to support tho President In hi endeavor to sustain a certain too-long-fprgotten dignity of a na tion a against the filibustering exploit f Oum Shoe Hill Stone and u few others. Which simply got to show that om folk cannot understand truth even after a period of a hundred Ind sixteen year. In which time wis given to let It percolate. Please, Mam Tell us, Mistress Alice Duer Miller, author of "Th Flight." Are you ah-so-lute-ly sura You have got your logic right? nee lietween atrateai' and ta What la u submarine fher? 3. How (a maple ausar inicfs? Who la Daniel Wlllard? S. Wlin la l-realdent or thins? . What la the meanlnc nf the amine, "!Ulnx one'a srate with one's teeth"? 7. What ta the title or the President nf th I nlted Hlatet? , Who la Vflaa Jeanelle Hankln? a. What I'realdent aa graduated frnro the I nlted Malea Military Aradeinl? 10 What la t hlna'a xrleiunres axalnat tier. mam? Answer to Yestcrdaj's Quiz 1. Nearly S0O teaarla have been reported aunk by fifrman submarines or mlnea alnre Kebrosry 1. X. The ffpalea, a nnmadle I nnraalan rare, orlclnated In India, apreadlnx over Lit ropa In the fourteenth or Nfteenlh ren tur. 3. Automobile (noun) la pronnunred "aw-to. rnoh.hil," wllh the arrest on the third arlloble, hut the common pronunciation, 'aw.to-mo-beel," h the aitrnt on the laal arllahle, alao ta rorrert. . The annual dnmeatle ronaumptlon of uheHt In thla roanlrr la sio.ooo ooo huahela m rordlni to !erretsrr of Asrlrulture lloua. fan. 6 A aliiioom falan almoonl la a dettriirthe hot, dry alorm that sweeps the Arabian anil hjrlall deaerta lihimn la n violent orlonle disturbance prevalent eapcrlallr In ths China Hen. Ihe 1 arlbbean Sra, a aubdlvlalnn of the AtlanUe tlrean, vaaahea the ahorSa of Colombia, teneiuela and Central .Vmrr lea on the aonth. Central merlf and lucalan on Ihe weal and the. Uland loop of the lareater and laaer Antlllea on tha northeaat. '(lor Rosalie" la the French pet name of ine baronet and alao e,r n new sun, re ported tj fire a 620-rallllnieler thell weljh- Ins half a ton. . (aaaa ciranitca. In norlhneatern ( hlhuahaa, Meilrn, la about IRO mllea southwest of f.l I'aao, Tci., on an iilr line, 0, f lalnoranre, eoinlns from the French, lit trail? means "claar.aeelns" or "clesr- alihted." 10. rrealdenta Waahlniton, Jarkaon, Ian Huren, Tasler, rillmnre, Inraln. John. mii. tleirland and MrKlnlrr were not collets men. aHuB Inritc nt liollle tnlerpa!. aul .. .l Hi ""- ' r"' "V Wl a, table unmurmurlngly through , . t... i...,, i..,i . .. .. lllivn nwuia iiiauiiuviiiiK Ul me IjHJj, Ing egomaniac .v la mu.r.TTrsti cntw Burr! put cfoiiti l'cnroie'n nam One vl thnl mutinous rnni! Uairn't ur lenrnrd to our thum Hit ta a lorn rhilhi-huiirrt ARTHUR r57MEK8 nOCUE, aaiwl "Loot" and other good thing (who, way, being the eon of Jam Ji noche, come by hla cleverness hoMZ handed to hi favorite waiter iu favorite New T-nrk restaurant the ! oay hii uiiununiiy jiniiusume tip, nr n .a..IIa.I Trlati tift.nli n-U -i. nrnv.ii'u ,9i. i"Miu. ma waiter srae fully acknowledged tho gift and r(tuJ but returned presently with four BartSj .kin. t Vila an.nll f on .. n-l . tii'im "" "" niin ij. inese ha tented to Mr. Jloche. "Change, Ir.'sJ lie TO TIIK WEATHER MAX Si Ornrr n spring! Onr that enmrs creeping Pome night vhen we're lesp(-i wtin toi un.rm rain wcplng Thrlr last tears axcay, fiend us a rosy morn Orrr.n nn the sod and thorn; flora awake, new-born, Greeting the dav. Glir us a spring! t Don't hocus-pocus us I'Ul It utth crocuses; Hook songs as raucous as Crows In n flight. (iieen banks that dance and thtW rriiow teiti aarfoaw; tl'ilfc Junto so seldom still, Morn, noon or night, Krtul us a spring! Vale winter's sickly JHoto fl breath comes thickly note; Urnd us spring quickly now Soon as vou can. Cnalnebts are shaking us, (las bills are breaking ut; Don't be forsaking us 1'lraie, weather man. Hrlng on your spring! rAJIXII IWW MANY Hl.rl CAN A 11111131 BUI "The whole audience hissed wheitjj son's name wa mentioned," he sti4,i lantly, and we Immediately though? Strick Olllllan' tory of the drt gentleman who concluded that the whe world wa deenjed when he got a whli tho I.lmburger the wags had smwel his mustache while he slept. NBVBIt AOAIN may we know t Jojou dlscomfoit or the draughty drill of traveling by coach that our gnu fathei knew, but if ever you Ihoi alight In Woodbury ah! read thl tn the advertising column of the WooJfc Times' ' Klsht hre I hs,va a word to aay a About a mode of trstuportatlon Many a tlma nu may need thl thins lilt why all Ihta expectation? i CI er the Inwn sou may so with eisa, to. slva ua our sttentlon, plcai. ; t rowda of naopls use It today ' tin ocraalona real and small And aound Its rrslaca sladly f i nuntlns flrat letters of llna aboi i How can we rcalat tha'rlda wa lova? I No 30 Perm btrcet i ONK nf our own photogiapher-t his name be forever lost In kindly oblli v-vvho wa working in Washington du. the Inauguration mid rushing platei tho office by Pullman poitcrs and o messcngerH who were stianger to associate heie. sent this classic telex: ".Meet Mi. It. C. Hoger at flroadSt Station anlvc 548 look for man.' handbag" 4 i'nsslbly, indeed v ery probably, ,lf vvete lu Hronrt Street Ktatlon at the )ou must liavo een the mm with Imndhug 7. Religious War? C n No tenable arguments hnve been novanceu to snow mat the present war Is a "religious affair" The conflicting Interests do not rest on religion, If the religious be. Ilefs of the countries at wnr may he taken as evidence In this war we find Chris tlans, Mohammedans and Jews fighting Christians, Mohammedans and Jews; Catho lics against Catholics and Protestants against Protestsnts The countries In which Roman Catholicism predominate are Italy France, Helglum, Portugal and San Ma rino, of th Entente Allies, and Austria Hungary, of th Central Powers Ths Orthodox Oreek Church predominates In Russia, Rumania. Serbia nnd Mnm Thf Bulgarian Church Is the rhureh nf Bul garia. Protestantism Is the lending religion of th two chlsf opponents, Kngland and Germany Turkey Is Mohammedan. Japan on the other hand, I Huddhlst. with a liberal flavor of Shinto. He wa asleep in hi seat on the train coming ud from Washington to rhjladel nhla He w annoyed when the con ductor waked him to punch hit (loket. "Whadja wag me tip.if7:,ai MW mr. V' W IM glt JS2 Railroad Job' P. I). K. Each department of the Penn sylvania Railroad engage Ifs own employe so that It Is necessary first to tht what kind of employment Is desired, Write t0 th general manager, Hroad Sheet Station Philadelphia, stating what particular potl. Hon you wish (. g, clerk, engineer fire man, laborer) and you will be directed to the proper department Government Hooka RCADKR Ths uperlntendent of docu menu, Government Printing Office, Wash. Ington. D. C, will furnlh you with In formation to Government publication on mechanic. 'Ihe Exordium Extr'ord'nary Vorristown the biggest, brlgb est and best borough throughout tl whole union of these grand Unite spirsley settled community, e ious hlstoiy dating from the ptrlo of Its Infancy, when It was but sparseley unsettled community, en sistlng of several hundred Hurt Inhabitants to Its Importance of tl present day. If every before In I proud lecord of noteworthy occu rences was deserving of havlnf gold leaf filed Into Its year brx which stand unscratched by Kath Time's unrelenting hand In td Hon to being given possession of H mstlc key, that Is said to gain r cess Into those wonderfully state halls where honorable records Inscribed telling of all momento events. It was this forenoon b Company F. now a well nlld cog the Sixth Regiment 'euiisylvw arrived home from the Vatican der Norrlslmv I Klr UVRN our own llnotjpri, who under anltaiy condition unexcelled unable to dodge the fashionable o ihe head, Olio of them, a W l'l I out set tip a date line In ' paper: "Washington, Harch 5," SAM LOYD'S PUZZLE EACH blank 1 to b filled with a word ending In "Ice"! f A th time of summer's ,(,. Iceman, whom no op should accuse of or ... .. put up a on th floor of an ...... In an .. .. which he supplied with lee, to th effect that with ,',,,,. toward none h would give good ...... lo all, without ...... or ...... and at uniform ..,,.. HKCKNTI.Y the traffic cop U' nt Eleventh and Market street have calling, "Have a look!" lo heedleii trlan. We first heard that logn t Midway at the Pan-American Rxp" In Huffalo, In 1901. Doe an) body n ber what the barker )elled on Chi Midway In 1893? The Thimble Club wa entefU by Mr Hcudder Bunday afternoon most beautiful dinner was served." progressed with try evidence etiquette. Woodbury (N. J.) Time' The hand that hold the thlm the band, that' etlquetty. t A Record In ga.e-Thribbl.nl "During the last year," lh Sie Morrison In" the Mount riesist" 1 1. "I have more than doubled, an thrlhblad my sle of candle I; parlion with former y!. VfM time better? No. Candle are belt v The other night we peeped In doorway of a large banquet; hH Hellevue-Btratforcl. We m mor dence of auporabundant food up board and more rlchn of appare the diner' and djnerene than 1 fahlonabl inn often show. We pered in the ear of n nlt'odei were toja i( wag ine,.,-'T k
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