Vfl'tf ,WA y r ' i i ,'- t r4 i rZ r l ' f .Mr. . EVEINa IilDDGBliPHILiDBLPHIA. WEDNE&Di MiteWW' A ' ' .,' A V TOB1 - gl-i, flEe&ger ILIG LEDGER COMPANY OTIIUS H. K. CURTIS. Pimidikx W. laidtniton. Vie Prealdtntl John ii Secretary and Treaaureri Philip B. ohn n. Williams, John J. Bpurgeon, ley. Director. EDITOniAti DOAP.D: ; dice II. K. Coins. Chairman. X. WHALET. Editor nHHT ....... ..sua i-ora jiuiiains Loon.... 1008 Fullerton llutldtnr C. MARTIN. .Central ftualnana Manartr IrWllahed dally at Foilio I.aroia tlulldlng, si naepenaence square j-nnaaeipnia m CiT.iX.,,llroad end Cheataut Rtreete XTIO ClTI...- rrtM-VnUin Building ' xoaK... vuu ivieiropoiiian lower i ion Hi lerton Hi .AAA -I. II..II.I-I .. . ...IaIM ncvn xiuMuioa NEWS BUREAUS! ralHIKOTO Bcatuo... niRa Hutldlnr w loK nonlAD.. The Times Building ontoon nincir , Marconi Ilouae. Strand Pills BuaiiL '.........,82 Rue Louis le Grand 0 '" SUBSCRIPTION TERMS jK The Etfxino 1.1111 la terved to subscribers an ( (ttAUrik'iiim nun BurruunuiiiK luirna di mo Tata or. twelve (izi centa per wmk. a t ' U the , leaalona. i'. .v JKTTmm mm iff .1 ., .jjt.1 Yinvahlfl m the carrier. ' Uy mall to points outnlde of 1'hlladelihla, In .the united State. Canada or united Btatea poe . Mtlnni. vw.-ta.PA f aa tlftw fROI Mnt. h.. Jr Month. 8ix (161 dollar per rear, payable In A"ttn .., ... ....,, f ?Mmth. it," Notiou Subacrlbera wlaMntr addreu changed IAtauiie rive old a well as new addrea-. ?5.M.t.- looo TTAt.Nirr rr.vsTrisp. maw siwia a- -'-- "- -- --. 'Adttrets oil communication to Eienlna ZA&atr, Independence Square, rhUadtlvMa. m - - 'mini at tna rnitADttrrtA rosTorrict ai ' . BaCOND-CLlaS UA1L IIATTaB Philadelphia, UeJnud.j, September 13, 1911 PMr-DO NOT THROW A MONKEY ll!5. MACHINERY w . P TtJOSTUUM-VUNDUnS aro lmst int.- .. ' tr In tlm nrt nf c.inltnllzlnc llURian Thoy appeal always to somu . . ... Atllnti nt ,3k v wcaKiicss oi iiumn.ii iiuuiu-, cunt, .. V actual ihstual neaknesa or the jearn- 'p. i'B of man for health. strength anil M",' happlnesi. I.ons before the advent of rVW niontal science they illscoereu tnni tue Fjjji IIS . !to augBestlon, and they composed lltcra- Fv-ture likely to give the reader any Kind l )t ache or pain for which the particular Wir ostrum was. offered as a cure. "It creates strength" runs the text f a peculiarly -alluring advertisement mM 0&uty t m Li K' ,... fc v J11W bi'ti'h ppcarlng In tho trolley cars of many Strength, b.oth of physique and ab$& tlharacter, Is the supreme goal of most wj kuman beings. Xo nostrum has appe-ued f-gf" thatTmdertakes to strengthen ch.uacter ", -ithouirh some books are widely aihei- HM'tlaed, one reading of which, It H prom- &'&& Ictul. will chnnire a twcnty-dollar-a-week (tW clerk Into a captain of finance; but the mw w "A W licKni nf drutr stores are tilled with patent medicines which undert.il.e to ills olve nil human Ills and substitute for them Inexhaustible supplies of vigor producing blood and muscled llesh Whj bother about one's modesof Tllng when 11 ono has to do Is to buj u ilojtn bo' a , of Bunkum's Pills and 1 ve 'uppIH eei afterward? "Throw one of our monkey ivrenches Into your inachlnerj ," shout "1ia3 nrpprnTi s fnr.lmenue onlv. "and A ' .. .... KP - It will tlchtcn the loose nuts." nut it r r 11 do. In fact, Is what ti monke wren h thrown Into the machines always dousi top tho functioning and play havoc v.:ih the entire mechanism. 'Right living gives hf.ensth an 1 It Is the enly thing that does. The medicine men eed is a correct diet unil pioptT tare m cf the delicate machlnerj of life. Nature e tas provided gear boc3 and uilln,; irser- volrs and purifying organs and every Sf possible means of keeping tho machinery rl . ,. ... , ..... ., Ill U IllgU aiuic Ul Cllit.-n. . kii ujil'ca. r, . Irom nature to the tribunal of the nos P'r' rum-maker is the tribute of stupldlty to cupidity. A medicine, generally speaking, is omcthlng that does not belong In the v. ii n. btaln. Who Is to decide whether there aro such abnormal conditions nnd, if so, T.yJust what medicine is required? The rl HAlloll iciiua Buiiw iiuiuuiia ui uuuuia S'tfi year t0 lra" experts in me art oi diagnosis. These men reach conclusions Itf" nly after exhaustive study of, each indi- rapK Tldunl case presented to them. They do psy 'not nrgue Ten men navoueen neipeu 0CJ. y tno use oi calomel, tnercioie let every ft.-J ennn who is unwell he ultm ralnmi!.M Orders to remain In the open alt two iours a day might be a cure for one man 1 and fifty grains of quinine for anotlfer. jpj, Anybody who puts medicine Into his fg atomach on the mere sajbo of an ader i tisement may wake to find that he has ft beerL eating morphia Nor wearing out his PS, heart by overdoses of strychnia. The man lavti. afeai riA aa1 at mAfllAl we -rj I A- l.t. to have a doctor Hell him what kfml nf ff tnedlclne. If ho docs not need a doctor aC''V Va ilAna rtnt maa.1 Bi1lnln ITT uycQ ,Ub JIWU iitcutuiiic. ,;, Thre are so-called health columns 5j ,aometimea published which are Just as E&j injurious aa nostrums. All that a health P column In a newspaper should do Is to , iiviso the right kind of living and show '' hovr minor ills can be overcome by re- ; coltrse to tho ordinary rules and processes t nattlre. The Eveninq Ledobr con- ,tutt a column of this sort, -which has pored to be of very great value to num.- of our readers. If It did no moro Lftikn convince many of the nece.slty of ive441ng patent medicines as if they were jSL'afaon, Its place In tho newspaper wquld 'r'Ukie aAnTv tnIIHc.l w.-,---' - - Pl't THE END OF STOCKHOLM :KIJpLM vvented to be the new ue.i If hot the new Jerusalem Tr i vf W-ihe scene of the great Interna- H Hoctallst pmco conference. Sweden fcaforttbaj world asvtt)e mpdern aove waa to return &,?? wr i w - now b awakened as by an explosion. The Stockholm Government admits being an "Intermediary between Berlin anl neutral nations." Why docs one neutral lmvo to speak for another neutral? There Is no reason to havo "Intermediaries among nations equally represented by Ambassa dors nnd Ministers at Berlin. But Stockholm was neyer a healthy place for peace talk, The pro-German Swedes! have always been "Intermediaries"' of Berlin trying to lure the Allies and neutrals into the trap of a conference. Even the Socialists will want to dodge Stockholm now. A TAGEBLATT IN TROUIILE T:iE sad affair In which our contempo rary, the Philadelphia Tagcblatt, is In volved is now up to tho authorities, nnd whether or not the law has been violated will bo a matter of technical legal detail. But, although the Tagcblatt may be us Innocent as a lamb, and wo hope it is, no newspaper in times like these should have to havo Its lojalty measured by the Judi cal yardstick. Its heart should be so soundly loval to tho American cause that any questionable statement in it J col umns should bo capablo of Instant ex planation ns a bit of carelessness. Tills Is not a lawyer's gamo wc nro playing. In which ono Bide sees how near It can come to ultra-Jingoism without tindci mining dlclillne, while the other sldt, sees how near It can come to disloyalty without getting caught. The only de batable questions ate those concerning tho best wuys of fighting German au tocracy. Thctc Is no other question to be debated, not even coiiLcrnlng our pcu terms, for wc want for Geimanj what I.lbeial Germans want for themselves, and nothing more. The German-Ameilcan editors M$ that they or their relatives have fought against Knlserlsin at home and fur freedom in our Civil War, and that tlitlr heaits havo always been with u. It Is haul, uf couise, In these circumstances to sec how they could ever have allow wl themse'ves to come under the slightest stisp dun, and their explan-ition will bi- awaitrd with tenso Interest. News favoiablt to Ger many Is printed In all English language papers whenever they get It, -o that there can bo no ecusu about 'supples slon" of facts. If onlj Beilln would send out mote facts to be piloted AN AMAZING ASSUMPTION Hcicrlliltu the raid by Lieutenant IJonnott and a squad of policemen on the p '-.'( ii nf Harr I'ohcii. Sixth nnd Pin- "trcUx, the night before reglstra t ii d iv as a premeditated nnd brutal uttiu 1(. thu former Judge James C!n t!n-dnnl declared the man whoso orders the rildliig policemen followed, "even thojgi lie lie the chief cecutlvc of the c'ltj, is ..n culpaMf as the men who went In and commlttid the assault." The Hccord QUITE ho but suii'l Judge Gordon docs not fc,!l that thuto "higher up" cm po3hiblj l.io.- of the -camlnlous con ditions vesting In tho I'lfth Ward. The Intimidation which has been going on thole, for political purposes only, is o'niously the woik of a few "low brows" who havo been working under cover and tuklng every precaution to assure se crecv. To be hure, full accounts of tho iifamous goings-on havo been printed in .. newspapers, but why suppose that jeiitlumen who are busy conducting the if'jhs of this great city havo time to ica.l thu newspapers? CLEVER! "VTOU can't stop tho gnng. It keeps a -- museum of led herrings. In which there Is a spcclniHii of pverv species known, propei ly tajied a id Identified nnd ready for use No niattei to what depths of stupidity f e Organization leaders may fall, an ap km an of clever ness can always be got 1 'u illug out one of thet. hen Ins at the pwipcr tln.o and exhibiting it to view. The gang llnds itself whipped to a frazzle on the gas question Its plea that it needed the people's mone to meet the heavy cxpen'litme fil'-ed ny waste and p.xtiavagance lu the o'u'.jct of municipal affairs did not ma .o u nit The public demanded, the nickel belong ing to It and was about to demand tliw full tvventy-flvo cents which is piopotcd as the new gas tax. "Halt!" cries tho Organization, "we must not ret In vviong. We'll keep the nlcl .. i.i. we'll say It is a subsidy for the suppoit of the dependents of men who !ei-e the nation and die in Its defense. We could levy any old sort of tax and get away with It on that ground." So, beaming with chatltj, our eminent politicians announce tlich pmpoe to make the load a little hea.Ier for everv family that Is haid picjed in older to make it a little easier for some families that are wholly dependent We are moved to tears at the thought that the Vares, when the weather is cold, give this or that man half a ton of coal or a few giocerles. Is It fair that such philanthropists should pay ut of their ovv n pockets for sucli goodness of heart? No, Indeed! By nil means let a tax of a nickel be placed on every hat sold In the city and the proceeds be delivered to the generous South Phlladelphlans that they may dispense It to the needy and assure a big vote on election day. But why make the soldiers, who are going to fight for real liberty, the goat? What Russia needs Is one Theodore Hoosevelt. At any tate, no embalmed meat has et appealed on the scene. Municipal grafters ate nevei so flourishing as In war times. In many respects the heaviest tax levied by Congress Is on the patience of tile country. What the country needs Is some man who can put tho price of pea coal where It belongs and keep It there. Why can't the fleets of the Allies get Into tho Baltic and clean things up? The combined fleets are large enough to warrant the risk. INEQUALITIES OF EXPENDITURE IN OUR PUBLIG SCHOOL SYSTEM, Cost of High-School Education Per Pupil Nearly Four and One-Half Times the Amount Spent on Each Elementary School Pupil WHEN SCHOOL REOPENS ABROAD- Nl "--'ft By A. S. MARTIN ' superintendent of School. Norrlatown. Pa. (Reprinted, by permlaalon, from the American School Board Journal.) The vigorous effoit of the city ad ministration to keep the police out of politics reminds the ordinary citizen of the Kaiser's frantic effort to keep Ger many out of the war. Theie la said to be such prosperity in some carta of the South that amall Icraal banWthaye iefud to?aqeest addin ... ,V ,.'iji. r-i.'j" .x' -...;J --a I EV YOIUv CITY spent S0,947.203 fqr supervision and Instruction of the ele mentary and the high schools: Chicago. J11,025,02E: Philadelphia, $5,884,907 , Cleveland, $3,090,700 i Pittsburgh, $2(280, 82r.. and Baltimore, 1,734,G1!. Tho nvcrnge cost of supervision and In struction pci child enrolled In the New York city public school system was $35.88; Chicago, $31.28; Cleveland, $30.58: Pitts burgh, $25.36: Philadelphia, $27.03, and Baltimore, $19 34. Tho average cost of supervision and In struction per child, however, Is pot a guar antee that Justice, measured In terms of quality of supervision and Instruction, is received by every child enrolled. It Is safo to nssumo that $2 worth of Instruc tion Is worth twice as much ai $i worth and that when the difference In the cost of supervision and Instruction of a high school pupil and an elementary school pupil Is great thero Is a corresponding difference In tho educational advantages offered to each New York cltj's school system spent $70 per high school pupil for super vision and Instruction and $33 per pupil for elementary school Instruction Correspond ingly, Chicago spent $70 28 and $28; Cleve land, $71 and $20; Pittsburgh, $68 and $25; Philadelphia. $09 and $3, and Baltimore, $E2 and $17 Why should the quality of Instruction at the age of six or seven or eight be Inferior to that at the age of fourteen or sixteen or eighteen The power developed and knowl edge gained at six or seven or eight be come the basis of the super-instruction Tho larger the phjslcal and the mental nssct at the age of six. the greater tho gain during subsequent years of education This Is a truism patent to every Intelligent edu cator Cities' Costs Compared Why should It cost two and one-eighth times as much to supervise and Instruct a high school pupil as nn elementary school pupil In New York clU and In Philadelphia, only nlnotv miles distant from New York cltv, three times as inuVh? If education Is based on a basis of fact and rclcnce rather than on guess or sentiment, should not the ratio of the cost of supervision and Instruc tion of high school pupils and elementary school pupils in Now York city, Chicago, Philadelphia and other cities be approxi mately the same'' The following ale the ratios of the cost per high school pupil and per elementary school pupil for supervision and Instruction for tho cities named: New York, 2 12 ; Chi cago, 2 5 ; Cleveland, 2 73 ; Pittsburgh, 2.7E ; Philadelphia, 3, and Baltimore, 3 06 It may bo possible to account for the low ex pense of $17 for Instruction and super vision per elementary school pupil In Balti more on the basis of cheap living, 'large classes and low salaries, but it cannot equitably or pedagoglcally or from tho standpoint of the State be accounted why a high school child Is entitled to $3 06 worth of supervision and instruction nnd an ele mentary school pupil only to $1 worth New York city has set a wise example for other cities and tho administrators of that school ssstem aro deserving of con gratulation for the recognition, at least In part, of the Just rights of the elementary echool bVstHin to Instruction and super vision which compares favorably with that of the secondary schools.. The surest econoni In education Is the proper develop ment of the powers of tho child from tho Incipient stage of education This requires supei visors and teachers of training equlv nlent to that of the teachers of the sec ondary tchools. Thu paramount need In education is the intensive training of all the children during the. compulsory school life. Such training ducatlon will be furthered by smaller to a teacher and by teachers of higher qualifications This will require an expenditure of money per pupil for super- v Islon nnd Instruction approximately equiv alent to that spent per pupil for high school supervision and Instruction. Pupils' Physical Needs The building and equipment per elemen tary school child should approximately cost the same as that per high school pupil. The elementary class bhould not be any longer than the high school class, for. If education means an thing, the elementary school pupil Is the more dependent and requires the more supervision and Instruction and the high school student is the more Independent ana should need less supervision and In struction In a good school system the tnoie training the pupil receives the more he de pends on his own initiative, The physical needs, such as ventilation, heat, light, laboratories, gymnasium and shops for a high school, need cost little more than the ventilation, light, heat, man. tial arts room, playrooms and plaj grounds of the elementary schools. Nowhere may a school system bo more wasteful than in the money expended for buildings and equip ment. An expensive school building equipped with expensive and unusual apparatus Is frequently associated with poor educational conditions. The money is spent for the inanimate factors of education at the ex pense of good teachers. The buildings and equipment for all the public schools of New York city cost $113, 740,382; for Chicago, $51,791,074; for Phil adelphia, $29,060,000; for Cleveland, $12, 612,932; for Pittsburgh, $12,360,000, and for Baltimore. $6,763,593. The relative cost r giuiips per pupil of the high school and the ele mentary sehools for buildings and equip ment varies greatly nmong the six cities under consideration. In New York city the cost per pupil In the high school for building and equipment Is 1.14 times that per pupil In elementary schools. Corresponding In Cleveland, 2.t; In Chicago, 26 plus; In Pittsburgh, 3.1 plus-; In Philadelphia, 4.4 plus; In Baltimore, 4.9 plus. Why should the. building and equip ment In New Yorlt city per high school pupil cost less than l',4 times that of an elementary school pupil and In Philadelphia per high school pupil more than 4 2-5 times that of an elementnry school pupil? This cannot be explained on tho basis of the relative needs of two groups of pupils con cerned, The comfort and health of your six and eight-year-old child are really of moio concern than that of your sixteen or clghtcon-v ear-old son In the high echool, because the whole future education, Includ ing that of the high school, depends vitally on the physical and mental basis developed In the elementary schools PlUIndclpliia's "Partial Vision" Here again tho New York city system sets a flno example to the other municipal sjstems of education,, for the claim of the elementary school child for equal consider ation with the high school student has been to a largo degree recognized The glaring results of a partial vision are exemplified In the Philadelphia school sys tem, where the cost per high scliool pupil for building nnd equipment Is nearly four and one-hnlf times that per elementary tchool pupil. Thi money spent for tho palatial high schools nnd for their elaborate equipments naturally produced a scarcity of funds for adequate elemental y school buildings and equipments The direct result Is that 23,916 children were on half time. These children were deprived of one half their educational rights Tho loss In educational advantage was equivalent to that of n city of 150,000 Inhabitants without any public schools what ever New York city with Its larger popula tion and larger difficulties but larger educa tional vision had no clcmcntarj school pu plln on half time I will not discuss the greater expense of maintenance which Is required for a million j dollar structuro which serves the needs of I nn adequate thrco hundred thousand dollar I structure. As tests of a really scientific management of a school pjstcm 1 would submit a low mtlo of the cost per pupil for MjpenMon and Instruction In the high school and the elementary school and n low ratio of the cost per pupil for building and equipment In the high scliool and the elementary scliool. A Business Man's Opinion Two ears ago I called on an eminent citizen of the United States and a business man whoso cosmopolitan stores on two con tinents havo revolutionized methods nnd who also was a member of a school board of ono of the large cities of this country. The object of my visit was to ascertain his Instinctive business Judgment on tho six hour day andtllrccted study When I left him he requested me to make for him a list of publications on education which deal with subjects such as we discussed I asked him what educational Journals he read and he replied that ho did not read any. lie re marked that he attends tho board meet ings and considers matters on the spur of tho moment, but declared that he is eager to know about tho big problems In edu cation. The above Interview convinced mo that the big financiers and succetsful business men and professional nun who occupy the responsible position as school director in the large cities nnd who havo tho control of property worth many million dollars and who spend for education public money an nually amounting to large sums, in New York, for Instance, to more than $30,000,000, aro sincere In their effort to Improve tho schools. The great danger, however, lies In the fact that they may act on Important matters on the spur of the moment. They as a rule manage their private business cautiously on a scientific basis and do not have tho leisure to know the actual facts concerning tho school sjstem which aro essential to wise action. The school re sults are in a laigo measure intangible and they being materialists are likely to rear tangible palatial structures at tho expense of some other vital needs of education. School Directors' Responsibilities Schoot directors as a class seldom read educational Journals Their Interests do not lie In tills direction 'lhey have barely time to read the journals which detei mine -the knowledge upon which they plan their bust ness policies. TJiey will read an educational Journal when their attention Is directed to an article In particular. I would not hold tho -board of directors responsible for all tho financial shortcomings of a school sys tem. It Is the duty of the educational leaders to place before the boards of educa tion in compact form tho needs of the sys tern. Incidentally largely tho most salient reatures or an educational system may be impressed on the members of the school board. The fact that the social standing of the educational expert does not bring him in contact with the members of the board at any time otier than at committee meetings and board meetings is no reason why he should not be able to thoroughly In form each member on the best thought of education and the essential needs of his system. He must be a leader, not a placeholder. TWENTY YEARS AGO Ladles wore bustles. Operations were rare. Nobody swatted the fly. Nobody had Be eh a silo. Nobody had appendicitis.' Nobody wore white shoes. Nobody sprajed orchards. Cream was Ave cents a pint. Sfost young men had "livery bills." Cantaloupes were muskmatons. You never heard of a "tin Llxale." Doctors wanted to aee your tongue. Milk ihake wm tavwMiJA r . .r '- ..'i.l :.j Farmers came to town for their mall The hired girl drew one-fifty a week. The butchy "threw In" a chunk of HVer! Folks said pneumatic tires were a Joke! Nobody "listened In" on a telephone. There were no sane Fourtta, nor electric meters. Strawstacka were'burned Instead of baled. Publishing a country newspaper was not a business. People thought English sparrows were "birds," Jules Verne was the only convert to the nvlam ,-?. "'? . V51 n ' . cW -'illf''Sfa51,rf'M"T'-fl'K -w. 4 ".c.--r----s -""---- v GIVING WILSON A FREE FOOT Present Tendency in Congress to Leave President Unhampered in All Details w, Special Con cipaiidence of tlic Ihcnhw Ledger WASHINGTON. Sept. 11. ITU the passage by the House of rep resentatives of the second emergency bond bill, a matter of $11,538,945,460, which, plus other war and loan expenses, brings tho United .States' war bill up to moro than $19,000,000,000, the President, nssumlng the Senate will pass the bill, de llves tho gieatest power et conferred upon him Not only Is It the greatest power ever conferred upon the President, but It expresses tho greatest confidence and perhaps tho greatest lesponslblllty ever conferred upon any ruler of any na tion or of any people In recorded history. Nor Is It the end of whatmiay be done by Congress lu this regard Throughout the brief debate In tho House and the Speaker called attention to the fact that only two days were consumed In the dis cussion nnd passage of the bill there were statements and suggestions that this colossal bill was onI the beginning; that the requirements of the Allies and of our own soldiers and sailors would necessitate futuro laws and future Indebtedness be fore tho United States would perform Its full part In support of the Commander-in-Chief and tho policies he had outlined It was pointed out that the present cost of our five months' war In Hurope was more than three times as much as the en tire cost of the Civil War, nnd that wo had already Involved ourselves financially to a greater extent than any of the foreign belligerents, have England, had done in three jears of war; but the sum and sub stance of the answer to these appalling statistics was, "We are in this war and we've got to see It through" It was the general feeling of members throughout the debato that tho people expected Congress to stand by the Presi dent and to support him to the limit. When questions arose, therefoie, affecting demands which in normal times would put the Administration and tho Congress at variance, the mere suggestion that "Tho President wants this," or "He deems It necessary for the purposes of the war," would produce Immediate lesults. It may be the Senate, which has deliberated so lour over the levenue, or war-tax, bill, will take more time to discus) the gieat new loan bill, but it Is not expected to materially change tho measuie The Senate majoilty Is more Inclined to loans than to taxes and may welcome the easier method of raising money to promoto tho war Such opposition as there was to the loan bill in the House related moro to the terms of the bill than to the main purpose of It. There was no desire to Impede or obstruct the Administration. That was explicitly denied by all who entered the debate, but It was contended by many that too much discretion was lodged In the-Secretary of the Treasurj-not necessarily Mr. McAdoo, the Incumbent, but any future Secretary with regard to loans and expenditures. Exception was taken to the giving of power to the Secretary to nx tho terms, date of maturity, for instance, and conditions of sale and conversion of foreign bonds. As the bill read, the Secretary was almost absolute as to these matters. He could say when the foreign obligations for which our Ameilcan bonds were exchanged would ma ture, now or a hundred years hence, or never, and he could sell them In the foreign market at his own figure, a nominal one, It he pleased. As It was explained that the enormous loans wo aro now making to our Allies were obtained from the Secretary of the Treasury, vdtli the approval of the Presi dent, there Vrs complaint that this great power and discretion, In certain Instances where personal or popular sympathy or In terest could operate during the absence of Congress, might work great Injustice to the Government and to the taxpayers. Hut tii influence of the President with the ma. jorlty of the House was so great that the minority did little mora than raise the question and let it go at that. The new for eign loans authorized by the bill aggregate $4,000,000,000. which makes the total. In- kiuuinai lii tuwiviiMtiwu an ,uia laraii tait ? aaa aa aaa . iu' -- aM. .l""'".'rn. .w that he" was rapldlj disposing of tho first $3,000,000,000 upon request from our Allle", and that tho new $4,000,000,000 would bo needed to see them through at the rate of $500,000,000 per month for the eight months from November next to June, 1918, inclusive. Tho Secretary was aked If the $500,000,000 per month to tho end of Juno next would bo sufficient to meet tho foreign demands, but frankly admitted he could not tell. Neither could ho say whether the demands would cease at that time. Ho said no one was In a position to tell what tho exigencies of war vvoutd be or when the war would end. He did exprcf-s his belief that what money wo aro lending to foreign nations would be icpaid. Tho one conspicuous effoit to amend tho bill was tho proposal of a Republican group to add a section creating a congres sional war expenditures committee. It wns proposed to meet tho President's objections to "a war control" committee by providing that the new- committee should "co-operate with the President and tho Secretary of the Troasurj" in promoting efllclency and pre venting vvasto and extravagance in the matter of war expenditures. It was an en tirely different proposition from that which carried In President Lincoln's time, but tho President let It be known from tho White House that ho did not want such a com mittee and points of order were made against It. Three separate attempts from tho floor weio made to cnablo Congress to keep track of the enormous sums voted to the Admln Istiatlon for war purposes, but each tlmo a point of order was made and promptly sus tained by the chair. The motion to recom mit the bill to the Wajs and Means Com mittee w Ith instructions to insert a para graph providing for a congressional ex penditures committee met the same fate. It Is not altogether unfair to say that sev eral precedents holding similar motions in order wore upset by the rulings of the chair. But It was intended the President should have his way, and he had It. There Is reason to believe the Senate may attempt to tack an expenditures com mittee on to the bill, but its fate In that body is problematical. An aftermath of the defeat of the expenditures committee amendment was the sudden stoppago by Representative Cooper, of Wisconsin, of a military affairs committee motion to inves tigate the manufacture of ammunition. Mr. Cooper contended that the House had a long list of committees on expenditures that bad been dormant all this session. He In timated that If the party In power wanted to Investigate It had the machinery without going to the expense oft, special committees. Although tho congiessional expenditures committee Is temporarily rejected, there Is a grow lng belief among Democrats and Re publicans that something of the kind will have to come booner or later. There Is no objection on the Republican side to the President's assuming full responsibility for the conduct of the war. It Is conceded that he Is commander-in-chlet and should be un hampered. Nor Is thero any serious objection among Republicans to his Insistence upon sole re sponsibility in the matter of expenditures. They are not unduly anxious to shart it. The rumors of waste and extravagance al ready floating Into Congressmen's otllces aro freely discussed about the capital. It is charged here in the public prints that In competence Is already endangerlpg Ameri can lives and wasting publlo money. For these and other reasons It was deemed a wise move off the part of many Republicans to at least offer the President congressional co-operation. J. HAMPTON MOOItU THE LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE Now, day by day, the rising planes Seek their swift quarry in the air. And crossing th' Invisible lines Sweep dauntless Info conflict there. The pilots, rovers through world space Uncharted save by fleetest eye AiM stralghtest glance, drive desperate In lightning ohase athwart the Sky. On cloud hills bright o'er which they rush. In misty vales whose depths are spanned In seconds' time, there lurks for each, A etranger death tfcan e'er on land. They dally waa Bternlfy, Whose bvml tor them are always near In dixsy gyres, like careless wisps , They skirt Lifers edge and, never fear. ii I ! iw auurvMeua control What Do You-Know? JSk QUIZ 1. What is ii Cossack? '1. tin una Tlinmnv J. Rteunrt .1. linn will Philadelphia public Bcliool tati.l' ers mnv Nervine with the armed loreef h nr the united Mates Do ,rtcom! during the war? t. A familiar lilt nf tlientrital alum b "hokum." What does It mean? n. lio Is popularly accredited with helm En. Iind's crruteat writer of Inica. ctrwt lug Shnkeapeure, whoe nrlnrlpal reptta-v mm reNtn not on ins hiiort "aonca" ann his dramas? ( !. What nro "heel-tnns"? 7. VMnt does "rataiilnn" Msnlfj? K. H lint undent Intend m klinr. n tratlc dim J In nne nf the greatest mllltarr aktaa .;' ever rernrdeil. wus the rather or a lira. ilred children.' 0. VMiat U the literal iiienulne ot "Tl Matt"? 111. What Is anllpaslo? Ml m i i Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. A cenernllNhlnio In n rommander-ln chief el several lomblned military or naval fore,, 2. "Democratization" In flrrmanr Vfoula rt- fmlrn milt frtil nuinlinml mtirraCA anl a .Mlnlxtrj responsible to the people1! rea-n renrniniiveH. It. The Swedish (lovernment la accused ot mlaf us (inner rcxlo inrouan an emniw h Clio tho (iermans military Inforuiatloo. I. Van Ilnren nai the eighth l'realdcnt of taa 3. Naval quartermasters are nett ofBcjra f inirge or bieering, ninniicie, anaawi hold-stow Inc. etc. Regimental aaartfr ni isterH assign iiunrtera for lajlnff tut imps nnd looking after ration, animaal tlon, etc. e. The first peace society wn called the V Vork Teaco .-loclet. It was organized U 1813. 7. 'Ihn Ilncoln lllghuny is the longnt rati In the world. tt -iha ... ii. i..n- nLw.kLin.,ki nf Mm I nltal ' - vaaaBtr aajj iuiv nniin -j i a n ana -Ci states time a totul population of lo.0OVl Uliu. 'llns lerm Is llseil loosen nrir,'w nine of the possessions have become Tei ruonex. i, Colossal" refers to the ( olosaua of BliaJ an enormous statue or a mnn kiwi me naruor in nncienv uiue. i nnrlfth ! n memhep nf a low clltl southern India. 0. 10. $1 1 1 m Wi ::m M J LUCRETIA MOTT j HEN Lucretla Mott was In her teen she was teaching in a Friends school in New Yoik, and perceived vni" some natural .Indignation that a ma" Instinplnr who wns doiiur the f011 work she did was getting more moMfj1 for his hervlces. It is written i"'. iius a mo ueKiuuiub wi .. -- .. t. .. 4 .Imnla lr lllis to the demand for equal rights for wootn. i She did not confine her actiwties 10 7 froo-A OVia nrnrlvl -fain f.mi'll ft Flit S IOf V .She advanced extreme views opthe Ject of woman's rights In relation to vw nr-tv ninprl'i rrn tvr-tMati fiTiil PfltJCatlOn. t was while attending the world's convention at London In 1840 that she felt more wew-V than ever tho Injustices to women ana -, tcrmlned to call a woman s ngnts "j ns soon as she returned to the UnI'" States. The slavpry Issue, however, M", v. ... i .. .....i it. -.no a a an AdOU uiitidu iu iuujii up aim ii wt,o a - tlonltt that she was first to gain pew ., i .. i- tYta Fmli Anti-Slavery Society. Many times she mm her fellow members were in damjer wv". an nnerv mnh. Ono dav. after, an adorw in this, her native city, a mob resolved W hill 1, .....1 .en e.1 afno lift linmVi at l6eU mil (IC! tlllU DIUIIVU J.UI 11W n'"" -Li tA ?- that was tho report that was brought vrm ner. ano sat caimiyttwaiiina, i'- ... But, so the storygoes, oxu roan I", crowd did not wish to see her injd"?;, Pronosinir to be a leader, he led tne pro- slavery rioters toward her house onM"J street, between Race and Vine ; but in" oi nttacKing tne nouse no ctu- - , nnd went up Raco to wreak vengeance y another building on Race sircei ---j. housed an Abolitionist. At a meeting" K.'.... v i. .. 1. ..-..I., l.mLn InOie. t the, "signified Quaker lady laid her i.an5 ono of tho roughest of tho crowd and asi" him to lead her to a place ot safety. ,, ho did, not knowing who she was. . She visited President Tyler, who ttfJ freely with her upon the, slavery .lUf"1 and. uhlla Iramllnir n 1in South. Il0l )"T audiences. Inelnrilnir slaveholders, SP"! bound by the simplicity and sincerity ner arguments. ..MaH When the Civil War was oer .VfvSM Mott attended tho celebration of """21 ctiuBj'ittiiiiii auuiiviu puvicij, -- nnAiaB greeted effusively. Ir. Iir modest mD3B sho said Bhe thought hurealf "a very "- overrated woman," and ddeu, " hnmlllnf Ino- J The press and pulpit were unspsrtojj enunciation ot ner principles oi "" ignis ana most persons at nrst ucf" vinene conventional aa uo ruv MM, .who fUalM.iltvwaa- w,: BW aaakaVM no 1 'oil 3x3
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