, r . ' t. js L A .? 'i D-awa ; T ?5V iHcicbocc LDCfc COMPANY LW1.K CLTJTM,, rniPKtr 1, vire 'riarni! uonn . Tfe(urfj I'Jiuid M. -g T"'m""t ,w" Dfuricuiii -DtTOfttAt, BOAHDi K.lCtniTKVCiialrmsn .Cdltar '-KAKTIX. .OtncrLHuHic Manager I ally at Pcua t.mxirm Building, inrm pqiurt) I'nusui-ipilia. Ai.ironu umi cncacnui mrreu t..,.......fYrt4-t.'H(a4 llullUlna .J4.i..'."Uu Alctronalltau Tower .'..... ..40.1 I'onl llilllillna n..,i.,.j.,,...,.loos Kullcrlim llulldlns .I'lh.V.M., 1202 Tritium jiulldlmj Nnwn nritHAiTsi ' Bcaaic. . Cor. i'diuuflvaitU Ave, and 14th HI. 1 oiniitM ins tm jmi.iing vacat.,, t ...... Martsinl House. Htrend auo.. ....... ...IS JIU8 lamia le Urni.d ' . nltnar-nitvrfrtsr ri'titto I kfXIl I'llSLlO LtlMlIU 11 xrvfl to sub- Hi m. rhllartelphla and aurroundinr town 1 lo of twW (1-) cent wr week, payable I,1V1. ia points outMil or Philadelphia. In mates. Canada or United .states ros- . -postaae fr , titty 1301 rents ir montli. 1 U Xottlrn countrlw one ($1) dollar ir llbcrlbrrn wlfclltna' iiitri rhnniri.l ;IT W well a nw fuldrcafl. W ALMJT KM STONE. MAP 3000 jtrfifn... ff ntM m. i. l. 1 1 m. ... l.,f... I...1.M.. lrforr, laaVpentfrarri Sgiiarr, Philadelphia. ; awnum it Tna rmTAPsu-iiu rorr on-ica as ' iccoMU ri.im haii, MATtrn. I'tnUdelphl-.Timdiy, Jamury IS. 1918 S-UAftlN THE TKALHTIUIN&J 1 ,-aarvitYs mrwrs rmnir-iimiii fyfJ m (Si Ji UMVVJCi IXlEi I'lU'jlUllli . -. nisiJAiKU uccision nns ueen reacneu - by the Shipping Hoard to station hi BJ. '(New Tork "a controller of operations ami reestablish In Philadelphia, H.iltlmoic, Hiw p-tort, Ban lranclco, Norfolk. Jlobllo. .luck i Iiijnvllle, Charleston, New Orleans nntl CJal- jilSveston branch otllcew with Vxtprlcnccd . Vii i i ... ' 7a It 1 1lfllcu.lt. e reallste. to chans" a wt ,rJZ.-.. . -. . .-...... ........... . v, wiwnuo vurreiiL u it in uisu iittiiwiui. iu imi ... $ 5 -frtver In another bed, but when the history f'leftho transportation problem in Anirrica Is TrrHHn Ihn phlpf rrltlrlam liv flip lllstorlutlH. rJJfiKs . v .. ;i'ijWe Dencve, win oe uirccieu ni ine uuuuivo f attempt to concentrate the export business 'of 'the nation In New York. Wc do not i ctW.Jcnow what Infltienca Jlr. 3IcAdoo haX with h'lX'iha Slllpplnff Hoard, but we nuspect that fc'-jf fkiys obo bo determined to smash the New hi Tork tradltlon'ln the Interest of elllolency rht . .... .. .. . 0.I7IJ ' rta maKo exports move even ir iney tun j. 7; get to tho ocean through other waters than f ' thoso about Manhattan. AiaumlnK that '" the present vast volume of exports could b handled expeditiously nfter arrival In New Tork. which la not thu case, wti should U, ntlll be confronted with tho folly of moving L ... ... . .... .. ..... t- ttooas ninety miles nennn i'liiiaueipnia v when that long liaulae could he avoided. re. -if.. no "avtnB of time, coal and money, by i '-ii'trtliisfercnce to ships at I'lilladclphla. p''. ' T m.v 1m. tii flinf f.fi.TitMtlVM ivinill. !. ""' "" '- " t tlons, under tho discarded system of rail- Tlroad operation, required rate-makliiR tliat itracted freight to New Tot k, but ptofit- ?'" mavklnir la no loncer the nuu)e of rail- ,-ii .. . . . " . ..... ... 14 if,roainir. iiiere is now nui one uesiKii in f,yltvf and ,nnt ,s tl' rar,llt hnndllnif of ; 4 'eMentfa'l iiroductB. What we nro after Is 6,-Ce prompt delivery qt supplies In Kurope, not i" 'tpniy lor our own iruops, iiui im- imr viiit?n I 'wo11. Congestion Is, bad enough If It i ;v occurs over mere uno. u is uiiuosi iuiui u '! " t ' J i 'S K occur her. i 'V.j The vastness of the pniblein does not MAttaMrt tlii. t.0r-Antti- ftf n uolllftmi Hi 1915 ,t WKIW. ...W ..-.-... .... ". .. ..... B' 5.''the railroads of the country carried 274,- tt. ,wo,uoo,ogu tons one mne. u is esiimaien '!t that In 1917 they carried an additional iV lM.000,000,000 tons, which Increase alone Is A greater than the entire normal tonnage car- IMrled by tho ' railroads of (Ireut llrllaln. Mf.Tance, uermany, .Austria und jtuhsia pui , wiogether. This titanic load has not merely 'Vweigntea uown tne rauronus, inu u nus .Sieant the virtual collapso of 11 tei initial j " ;.fBteim, which was built up under the ob- 'Mwion that all incoming and outgoing wHwtehta tmust pass through Js'ew York. 'Tho day of arbitrary differentials of one -tert'or another, concocted to force buMness teKfNew York, definitely became obsolete T & , ' the moment we entered the war. This fact - " uld-Instantly have been iccugulzed. It vmk appreciated In a limited sort of way, Sit-.J.1'i' .. - .. . .... ' fnu .cengesiioii fiua Kruno mure uuo inuit 'iHnft" in the New Yoi'k territory and there . ifciOuevldenc to Indicate that proper em- IVfYiiLA... -. .... .... MWHfCill Ul LIU? U1I1U1' KICUb I'UllB ui IJlt; C, ,'JMntry, waa sought. It may be true or not, , Mt' tt ' ia popularly suppo,scd that w hen Meriry .Ford went to Washington the first ttring;bo did was to Insist that the tension ., B'Kew York terminals and railroads ten- rat Ne:w York bo jclleved by extended ;0t' terminals elsewhere and tho roll- iw'vlnp them. ,4le not know what thu Immediate ; et ttho new policy of tho Khlppine (vrltl lif. 'imt wh iln lflinw iUn tlin tr '---- - nae, of Now Yoik la shurply 4..U8 tt should be. and that tho .c ; re ' wIH again pome into Its own If lt(iulck to scnao tho situation and tbe'rwmarkable physical advantages , W "possess An economical attttuda. of funds pledged for nort 1m. ; ,'. t-wjuiu mi in uils punou siucjuai. Jot tthow the Govfcvnmvnt our iKjWping; point In order to im- 'AtmeiMtrateil fact on the minds Ma ftlW'the war, Tho great 'oe-Kew Ofjeawi and Hos- owtoJilUfy' ibe fpndcst 'jiroBiters. " must, bo. Jtt preKctlHK the areas r ftttunwWMMeenud Mat mrieclrli'iau4Xiil Ad mummm. w tiwuctr or. ..1aM. t.-; j .tf..K ... .. T". t.i -. . . .. J . "p-i,, u n : BtranRitholtl and national necessity Is re ttilrlng that tho great ports herefofoie neglected be utilized to capacity. We have no desire to capitalize war conditions to the. Injury of 11 rompctttor, but wo most emphatically do want to read efficiency Into national transportation nnd have this port! funHIon piopcrly In the great revival of shipping that Is Inevitable after the war. Knrragiit said: "Damn the torpedoes!' Oo nhetidl" The Atnrilcau slogan now Is 'Uarnn the traditional -Mine the freight.' WOKTII A T()XJ)K UOMIJS CI.i:.MKNCi:Ar was given but n month or two of ollire by, paclllst prophets masiiuenidlng tis liberals. The rrnirli I'lemler's "wenknesa" wm supponed to b Inheient In his lincoinpioinlslng deteimlnn tlon to (hive the I tun out of 1'inmc with out parkvlng with blni. Hut neuiencvnu bus Htln'ived and has just shown wh.u stun his "weakness" Is inmle of by putting Call laux bi'hlnd Jail Ikiis. The Kxtienie Left In the Kipnih L'h.tinber, the ladleals touched here and there with pacifism, were Identified witli Culllaux, who Is licensed of aiding Ilolo to deceive l-'riinre info n rier-man-made peace, It Is not radlralisni that goes to Jail In the person nf Culllaux, how evei; It la imcIHsiii, woiklng with (lermati gold, but pneiftstn Just thu camp, using the same weuk-kiued arguments as the honest, unhought pacifist uses. Tho lesson of Calll.iux Is not that pacif ism Is always ti canon. It la that treason, when It sets to work, can find no better channel than pacifism In which to run Its natural course. Trenton finds an ounce of pacifism woitti n ton of Jionihs. AX UXAXSWKUAM.K QUKSTIOX rpill-; iiiai hie corps Is tho only pait of J- our lighting fortes which has the expe rience of teal action and which at this moment Is able to tell leciulta what real notion Is and what It Is nut. Its ofllcers alt como from the ranks lid per cent of the rank' and file wto the best mateiial for offi cers. Uvery marine Is riazy to fight and eery new marine Minn catches that sphlt. Congress has been asked to lalse the num ber of mailnes nuthoilzed from 30.U0O to 75,(i0i. Can iinj one think of a good aigu meat ngalust this? rKAI: AX A.MKItlCAX TN" Tlji: histories of the - name of .Major August tlic great war the itus I', (birdner may not iim.cur, but In tho gieat rollcall, when men who IomsI and served their coun try step to the front, his name will not be last. What he had of abilities he gave to his country In time of peace; what there was to sacTlllco he offered In time of war. lie made good his .criticisms by service, for his tongue and his beau moved In unison and bo nsked no more of any cltlren than he was himself willing to give. Here was a man his roliiUrjmeii could be pioud of, for the last full measure of devotion he offered consciously nnd deliberately. So long us Ameilca breeds men like, him none need despair of the republic VOTES 1'OK SCHOI.AUS fTUIintK nte IS.IJUO I'liltcrsltv of I'enn - sylvanla alumni and two dozen tiustees. The alumni have recently gained the privi lege of electing an occasional member to the body, but the tiustees are wry far from being truly representative. The an mhiistrators of semlpublle institutions, fuch as n largo unherslty, should all be elected by tho Kiaduiites, for whore shall we look for Hir fabric of a unlveislty If not to tho minds It has foimed and the citizens upon whom It has bestowed its degrees: There is no dlvino right of scholarly guidance resident In a close cor poration. Penn men come fiom nnd go to every State In the I'ulon nnd have a light to feel that their college Is a national Insti tution. The process of bilnglng the alumni Into closer touch has been n slow one, In the past in many Institutions laigely because the standard of scholarship wan not sellous and vital enough to keep the student stilt n student utter he had graduated. The pro fessional schools have had a sobeilng effect "upon tho academic depaitments. There Is less tendency now to look for an "easy course" through which a young man could "scrnpo through" college without becoming Infected with scholarship. This raising of the standard makrs It hinder to get a degree, but It also means that thoso who do get degrees are worthy of them and therefore wotthy of taking pnrt hi the councils of those who run tho university. A $200,000 TEKMIXAI, FOR SQUEEDUXK? rpiIHKK tlme.s the 1,'ostmaster Oueinl has asked for aulho'rlty to let contracts for tho delivery of mall over rural routes, saying that ho could save about $20,000,000 by doing so. Hut Congress has been dent to the voice of economy. Would it be deaf to tho voice of railroad economy under a permanent system of Government con trol which gave congressional sectionalism free play? This question is being nsked by interests opposed to Government own ershlp, but which, nevertheless, expect a much gvcRter centralization of railroad ad ministration under Government control nnd guarantee in the future than has been thinkable In the past. A' $200,000 ralhpad terminal for a town which U barely on the lallroad would tie a no more unexpected proposal than one for a $50,000 postoflice building for a town that Is barcl on the map. Centralization of appropriations in one congressional com mltteo must be a reality before Govern ment ownership Js much more than a dream. Let Hog Island make a name for Itself. A .modern paradox the less coal thei more hot air. Itaker nnd Haruch do not neither do whlky and oysters. agree, S but Our' men ln,France may be moral bank. rupt. -but we. doubt not that It took; a, "vir. tuarlar," ,to discover It, v . j.'CJWilrmin' Murjey wauls SSo.OOO volun tas tV a aWpj-ard resre. -About JilO.ooo of thtm will tin ft BlMishnt. Ilvin atone tha ,bT-ty f tie .rKtawArV.V - . rfx t -. MLlMfh tt EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PENNYPACKER ALONE IN CELL WITH AN ARMED MURDERER The Governor Had -a Thrilling Adventure With Alphonso F. Cutaiar in the Eastern Penitentiary I'KSiMIMI KKH Al TOIIH1IIKAPIIV 0. 50 Covvrhiht. tsin, tK rnblle J.ritarr Comav AT THK urgent request of Hrovost Har--Tjl rlsoti, of the Vnl erslty of Pennsylvania, I left my work and went down to Washing ton' In order to secure Itoosevelt as the orator for tho following twenty second of Kelirnary ceremonies In tho Academy of Music. Quay had promised to help me. He met me with his canlage nt the depot nnd entertnlned me nt his home. The fol lowing day. through bis arrangement, we lunched with tho President nnd Mrs. Itoose velt Ht tho White House. The details of this luncheon are given In my personal sketch of the President. On this occasion Qua brought up the subject of the nom ination for the Supreme Court nnd 1 told him I had given up all thought of being a candidate. Tho reasons which Influenced mo were: The First Year Ends 1 had taken with mo to Harrlsburg a number of gentlemen who never would have entered this kind of life but for me, nnd to nbandon them to the mercies of political chance, almost at the outset, would hiivo been to have treated them unfairly. I bad taken tho responsibility of leaving the Judgeship behind mo when T becama Governor, the things I had hoped to do were still In largo pait not accomplished, and to leave the wheel now for the sake of comfort would be pure vacillation nnd weakness. In it column on the front page the. Led ger December 24 explained to Its renders the puipoe of my visit to Washington with the staring headline, "Why Did Pen ny packer Go to U'nshlngtonr In this way: A sensation W duo which will recall and peihnpa surpass the notorious trou bles that arose when Rlako aVe1,? ;'s cashier of tho Pennsylvania htate lreas my from 1878 to 1SS0. and party leadeis were accused of having been nccommo .lated with State funds to use In specu lation. ' With this illustration of the reckless wickedness of the most decent of the I'hlla. dclphU newspapeis In my time, ready to hium, without Information and without in quiry, the record of my Hist year as mu ernur closes. (IIAPilOK XI (iOVKKNOK lit" I Karl In .lunuar) of 194 the Hoaid of Paidons recommended to me the pardon of Alphonso P. Cutaiar. who had been con victed of murder In the first degree and sentenced to bo hanged, but whoso sen tence was subsequent commuted to Im prisonment for life Ills pardon had been asked for by foityfour clergymen, twenty two membcis of the Legislature, a Mayor of Philadelphia, a Senator of the United States and 200 other citizens. The minder was accompanied with some of the most dramatic features In the annals of clime, .lames i:. Logue was one of the most fa mous professional buiglais of his day, and as n result of his skill be owned a house ut 1250 North Eleventh street, In the city of Philadelphia, where. In his absence In the pursuit of his pmfesslon, lived his wife, Johannah, dres-ed In silks and adorned with Jewelry and diamonds. In tire house also lived Cutaiar, n nephew, who there con ducted the trade of a baiber. On the 22d of February, 1879. lguo had gone to a dis tant city upon a piofesslonal engagement, and his wife, who had been drinking to some extent, was seen In the house at 8 p. m. Sho had on her pel son diamond earrings worth $2J0, a diamond finger ling woith $80. a plain ring with the letters "X 1.. to .1. I.." lnsciibed on it, and two da s before her husband had given her a hundred dollars in cash and four $1000 nniinin Winds. Sho was seen no more. A short time afterward Cutaiar man led and his oung wife, brought into the kitchen, complained of a stench there w hlch he at tributed to dead rats. I-ogue employed de tectlves and spent considerable money In advertising and Keatch, but In vain, and In time her disappearance was forgotten. 111,1333, nfter tho lapse of sixteen years, the houso was sold. Tho purchaser, want ing to make repahs, removed the floor of the kitchen and underneath were the hones of Jnhnnnah Logue, with tho remains of her caba and clothing andho plain gold ring on her finger. All the articles of value which she bad possessed were missing. Be cause of his evil reputation nnd calling, suspicion was directed tovvaid Logue, but ho was able to glvo a conclusive pi oof of his absence. Then Cutaiar was at rested. On the trial ho was defended by Hampton I Carson, who afterward became my able Attorney General, and ho did all that could bo done for his cause, but Cutaiar was convicted. Ho made three statements. Conflicting Statements The first, April 14, 1895, would. If be lieved, have resulted fn the hanging of Logue. It was to the effect that Logue had been Jealous of his wife, employed ft oung man to tempt her; that In New York he bent nnd choked her until she fell dead; that he sent the body in a trunk, Bnd when no one was about put It under the kitchen r floor, all of which he had confessed to Cutaiar. Tho second statement, made In writing April 17, was that she came to the house drunk and had to go to New York that night; that he, Cutaiar, helped her up to her room and there tied her hands and feet fast with a piece of rope while she waa unconscious, so that. she could not go out and get more to druik; that he went up again to her room later In the evenlngand found her dead; that he put the body on the floor of another loom and went back tut his work; that when Logue returned he took the watch, callings and pin, and that at Logue'a suggestion the two put her under the floor. ' The third statement, made the same day, wag that Logue had nothing to do with the matter; that he alone put the body under the floor nnd that he took the diamonds and watch and threw them Into the river. After a careful readliig of the testimony III wrote an'opiriion rrfu4ng the jMurdoa and -r.. "t - rHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, Kven novels, which are admittedly works of Imagination, describe real persons, scenes nnd Incidents. When Cutnlar told the false story concerning Logue ho de scribed n death caused by no weapon. The Jury may not have been far from the truth if they came to tho conclusion that when ho said: "He began beating her. He struck her on tho side of the faco with ono hand and on the other side of tha face with his fist, and then choked her until she fell on the floor, from which sho never recovered," nnd continued, "Her face was all kind of black and her eyes" bulging and sturlngllka nnd openllke, she had suffocated," he was describing events and conditions ho bnd actually seen. Alone With Cutainr 1 entertained not the slightest doubt that It waa n brutal murder for mone. Some months afterward 1 made an Inspection of the Kastcrn Penitentiary and, when It bad been completed, the""wnrilcii took mo to some of the cells to see the Inmates. He unlocked a door and disclosed two cells, an outer and an Inner, the latter reached through a door so low that n man ehtcrlng would have to stoop. On Invitation I stepped Inside, leaving tho warden In the corridor. Inside n man perhaps fifty jcars of age, with light hair, bluo eyes nnd sandy complexion, smilingly greeted me nnd nsked me to look ut the shop where he did his work na a shoemaker. I stooped nnd en tered tho inner compartment, and ho fol lowed nnd stood at the door. Tho sharp ened shoemaker's knife with which be cut the leather lay on tho table within easy reach. Then his smile ceased, ho looked me In the faco and said: "I nm Cutaiar." Ho was the murderer whose paidon I had refused. On the Instant there flashed across my mind that dramatic sceno In Victor Hugo's novel "Quatre Vlngt Trebe," where tho captain, being rowed by n volunteer on a dangerous trip across a rough sen, saw tho man suddenly drop his oars and on Inquiring the reason was answered: "I nm the biothtr of the man you had shot es tenlay." I quietly and blandly made my way out of the cell with the feeling that the warden had shown little Judgment. Strange to say, I some lime afterward came Into tho possession of n letter written to a lady nt Hryn Mawr by Cutaiar In which he described tho same j-cenc. In It lie said: I know It will sui'iirbe ou very much to learn that I received n visit from no less a per.-onage than the Governor ot Pennsylvania. 1 invited him Into my cell and into mv workshop in tho rear of the cell, s Wcweie alone for several, minutes, except for one ot the Inmates who stood at some distance, and this inmate tells me tlmt the Governor did not seem to pay any attention to tho patterns, but kept looking Into my face as I was turned to one side. The Chief .Justice wiote to me' My Dear Governor: 1 have read your meiiini. on the Cutaiar case with very great satisfaction. The most discreditable feature In the adml.v lstrntlon of Justice In Pennsylvania Is the reckless abuse of the pardoning power by the Board of Pardons and especially Its more or less open assumption to retry questions of fact and or law after Juries and com ts have passed upon them in the due and regular (ourse of law. 1 arn more than pleased to have at last a Gov ernor who does not feel bound to ac quiesce tamely In whatever recommenda tion that hresponslhle board may make, but who exumlnes and decides the case for himself. As a lawyer, a Judge and a responsible executive, you have set n precedent which ought to be followed. Very sincerely yours. JAMES T. .MITCHELL. After I came away the efforts In behalf of a pardon for Cutnlar were renewed and were finally successful. Thinking that per. haps I would Interfere, hla wife, from a respectable family In Xew Jersey, and hla daughter, an agreeuble-looklng glii, came to see me, but I told them my responsi bility was over and that I would In no way Interpose. Toniorroir (iotrrnnr lnnpsrkrr tolls, uf til froHtli of III report Mi il h Inteniltri to nccrirt Hie .IudCMhl, of the Mute Supreme. Court. DENVER IN THE COAL BUSINESS Last' August local coal dealers advised Denver citizens to expect an advance In coal prices, because of labor scarcity and poor transportation facilities. Immediately there after, upon the Mayor's suggestion, the city Council passed a sweeping ordinance author izing him to utilize all powers of the city necessary to relieve widespread and general distress caused by the Increased cost of living. Mayor Speer ordered an Investigation by the Municipal Industrial Bureau, the only department of Its kind In America. Mr, George A. Levy, formerly chief of eiriclency standards In Pittsburgh, was sent Into the ugnue coai neius ann closed contracts for three mines. Tho operators had threatened an advance In the price of lignite from $7.80 to a ton, but the city's action effectually stopped this talk. At first the dealers showed fight, but, quickly realizing the futility Rnd the danger' of combating the municipality, they changed tactics and volunteered to supply 60,000 tons at the city's contract price In the event the municipal supply proved, inadequate. On September 15 the city opened Its ofllce in city hall, selling selected lump to citizens at $4.15 the ton, delivered In the bin. the retail price of the dealers on the same coal being J6 and S6.50 a ton. Production from the city's mines opened at 600 tons a day, but soon advanced to 1000 tons, a very Important factor In the total consumption In Denver. In addition, the city supplies city buildings and institutions with a run of mine and slack at a cost ot It per ton below that previously paid to dealers. This means a saving to the taxpayers of $17,000 to 118,000 a year.. Purely an emergency feature Is the sale of sacked coal to the very poor or the man caught unawares by a cold snap. Citizens may buy fifty or 100 pounds of coal at ten to twenty cents, respectively, either at the municipal lodging or bath bouse. This coal Is sold at less than cost and the purchaser must remove It. To secure sacked coal of the same grade from tha retailer he must pay at tha ate of $10 a ton. Denver's citizens have accepted the munic ipal coal service with universal enthusiasm In hundreds of Instances pathetlo In earnest ness. Many a widow, or worklngman, with large family, fearful that city coal will not last, come to the coal office and says, "I haven't saved enough to buy a ton yet, but t will, earn It by tomorrow." Thee, are the people the Administration delights In erv lng. Review of Reviews. i V A TEETOTAT. IlirrEBKVt'lS . 1 A. 4runkM rain attempted to heckle Wllllsiu aatM ! Mir tenProe neellu la i--ri3rf?iW'"3rjr.i'j.-.iO-i---i JRzirjM,-----vi' -HsslaaailiW M& -e-.'ts -......'. ;- ; ' "" "T? lm ' fc rTV " JjTJaaar Jmlt r 3aW?wCaaaaaaF Bl V4V Taa "" " ..--'- ggSW?1.11.1 " 1:1' urZ i i ..:i:-T- i-t J i 1) r jl - f p. .. -.'-r ,n CARRYING COALS TO THE POOR Some Quaint Old Funds Adminis tered by the Board of City Trusts t'lirtlSTOI'limt MUltf.EV. poet. " in novelist and potential idillanthronlst. stiles bis ou fin nat-e In the cellar of the ifliiifoitable cot In the town of Mjncnte which shelters him and his wife and baby, liven when he Is m engaged peihaps we. should have said "lifrntisa he is so engaged" -tils warm young heart Is often Inflamed with the desire to help less fortunate fellow mortals. So It happened, when he came up out ot the leliar on Sunday morning, he sat down ami wrote this letter To the Etlltor of Ihr Kvenluii I'nblln l.ntaer: Sir May I ventuin to call your atten tion to a passage in the last will and testa ment of Mr. Iraalt AV'nlton. angler, datid August !, 1 C83 It seems Interesting Just nt this time "and that what money or rental shall remain undisposed of shall be employed to buy coals for some poor peo ple that shall most need them In tho said towne Stafford ; the said reals to bo delivered the first weeks in January, or in every first weeko In February: I say then, because I take tht time to bo the haidest and most pinching times with poor Ieople; and God reward, those that th.ill do thla without paitlallty and with hon esty and a good conscience." I often think ot this generosity of the angler when I am stoking my furnace, and It occurs to uie that others may be Inter ested by It, 'Let It bo a suggestion for men of substance who are making tholr wins: I'liniSTOPiiEit moiu.ev. Wyncoto, Pa January 13. When old Iraak Walton, In 1653, gave to the world "The Compleat Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Becreatlon," he was pleased further"to describe It as a discouise "not unworthy the perusal pf most anglers." Mr. Morley's letter Is not unworthy the peru sal and contemplation ot most stokers ot home furnaces who may later find themselves in a position to remninber the poor in their w Ills. That sort of thing was more often In the minds of rhlladeiphlans phllanthroplcnlly In clined years ago than now seema to be the rase, and of tho dozen or more fuel funds administered by tho board of directors of City Trusts, only one or two were established within the last half century. Under the terms prescribed for the distribution of fuel from these various funds the Board ot City Ti lists, during the year Just passed, disposed of 1381 1, tons ot coal at a cost of $8913.80, But If this should come as news to some frantic house holder, who, having exhausted all other means of replenishing depleted bins, sees In It a sudden glimmer ot hope, let him as quickly forget It. The Board of City Trusts has hud Its own troubles to get coal to care for the very poor thla year, and Its card Index llles are full of the applications of worthy folk for whom they have been unable to provide. Among these mlnortrusta of the city there are fourteen listed as "fuel funds," and of these Jhe most considerable Is the Thomas D. ( rover fund, but Its operation Is con stricted. Warming the Widows Tom Qrover waa a wharf builder, and It may be presumed that ha waa a good one. At any rate, he accumulated a fair fortune for those times, and his house at 112 Federal street was a port of call for the poor. He was a man of strong and set notions, one ot which seems to have been that widows should not remarry. He provided for four hla own and those of his brothers, so long a their widowhood remained In statu quo. When he made hla will, under date of Feb ruary SO, 1S9, this city waa ,stlll warm with the. Ores of, native Americanism, which had reddened tha skies some five years be fore, and so when be cairle to think-of fuel for tha poor Ids political, leanings' prompted him to stipulate that his money should ,be used to buy coal only for.'hite wldowa;of reapeotable character, 'who are fcouaafcaapera or ToomKsiara. worn wunin im imiita ot ti 'ftca ' araoam ,1918 "VELL, I TRY SOME MORE" r i!;.-r-ix-.r'j.--T-,-' rf---fLM -z--i' i ! u m'r-iwmmmjz:JiB---jrvim:j'-' it .r W"T ji sJK JV 1iTr""l TiaaaaaT'it downtown widow a than for all Its other beneficial h-s tluoughout tho entile clt. The boaid lias upon lis lists moie than 70" widows In the confines of the old district of Southuaik, lach nf whom Is sure to receive a ton of good anthracite every winter. Some of the otlur trusts apply to other single districts, and nearly all aie opeintlvo only within tho limits of the old city, before consolidation, in 1854, with the siinoimdlng liberties. For Instance, there's the Spring Gniden fund, created In 1817. "for such of tho poor of said dlstrlit (Spring' Garden) as reside In said district east of Iltoad street " nnd tlm Jnmey liiitton fund for "tho poor of the township of Xoithern Llbeitles only," Even Stephen filrard's fuel fund (eieated 1S31) npplles only to "iMior white housekeep ers ot good Inn ;uter icr-ldlug In the (old) city of Philadelphia." Tho Ellis lioudlnot fund, established In 1811, pm.lded for supphlug fuel to the poor of the "City nnd llbeitles of Philadelphia at a prlco during the Winter Season not hi any case esceedlng the modeiate nveiago prlco of Wood during the preceding Summer." For many years the board has been In tho habit uf selling coal under this trust at the late (if fi per ton, but in this past year the late was raised to It, which, while still allowing the beneficial lea n ejrisldeiable reduction upon the current price, enabled the board to leach neatly twice as man de-serving per sons. When the good-hearted Geoige Kliilen, dur ing that ear of glorlops memory. 1776, made piovl.slou for an Income, for the poor of "the City and two Suburbs of Philadelphia," lie partlculaity mentioned "nniiu, cheap death Ing to be given to such Objects as uio Pis chaiged from the Hollering House and Hos pital," but the "cloatlilng" long since turned into coal. In the curious little trust created by Samuel Scottln, under bis will, dated No vember, 1805, the boa id still holds close to the letter of the law. The old gentleman piovlded that tho city should "on tho 23id day of the Second Month (that being my birthday) yeailvalid every ear, unless the same should fall on the first day of the week, nnd In that case on the preceding day, deliver to the poor of the said city, 'and ot Southvvnrk, twelve dollars of bread, taking care that none but the needy get It, and that not mora than two loaves be delivered to any one family." Tho boaid's report for last year shows thes.e two Items: Southwark Soup'Soclety (for bread)..$fi.00 Western Soup Society (for bread).. 6,00 nut. aa wo said In the beginning, let ifo distracted huekeepcr coming upon these lines read between them a hope for the quick replenishing of his coal bin. Tho Boaid of City Trusts sends its visitor around in November to scout for deserving folks und, baifiiig Its benefactions entirely upon the worthiness ot tdecandldates, starts its dis tributions In December. T, A. D. 1 WhaftDo You Know? QUIZ I, VVliatN- a pourparler? . Vilio wrote "The Kenliickr Cardliial"? 51 Where l the l.lmberloitT 4. Which Mate It "' old Ilonihilon"? B. Where l t'oiirlanilT a. For what U 1'nUley noteilT 7, What I'rrkldrnt waa unanlmou-dr elrelrd and what one nearly oT g, What l an atom? 0, Whrn waa the llenalsanre? 10, Wtw Is In command of tho llrtltkh forces la France? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. Homo l the" tupltet of ilia lioteriuiiriit ot Kotno, a Hunslau urotlnci- south of the llaltlc irov luces and.eatt af 1'oUnJ. If l within the Herman linen. l(etol( of SS.OOO Teuton soldiers la reiwrtrd there. . DetuUoIni lia no relation to "demt't (half), but la derived, through a rorruMloii of uetllue. from tlauiaahan. town In Ithor uskun. once noted for alanware, 5. Hertford, I'onn.. I. called the Charier Oak (lie. from I he lildlns: there In an oak trr of the liiartre when Komi I lloirrnor Kir Kdmund Awlroa demanded It to cancel ll grant of liberties to the rolouUti, 4. Henry t'lar wa ealled ."the Ureal Coio promlMT." 0. "The Vonof rhevalier"! Charles Kditard. Iba .econd of tb Kluart nreteadera to the F.n Ull throne (ntO-IJM). " "" . Vtoplat the ,Mea commonwealth. From au Imaalnarr VUlaad. scena of Mr Thomas Msre'a rouiance ol tha aaiae name, 7. Iasmi town lu Belalunj ucr Vnrra. nhrr "f. Jr",, !". rrJeriitlr uccrMtuil! raided enemy treachea. riii .-1 T?Zm''l: -- - --f- -- '- -FV i 'M :3 .. -khi Svv-iw"-: :tfS!&w I 'I'll1 aaaaW II Hi I ' l' M " ..rr SI . . ar-S r, f McAroni Ballads, XCVIII DA RIGHTA KINDA I500ZC I'rom w'at da newsupapers say Kut seem to be da theetiR today For spcaka 'bout da kindn booiie llnf 1r.ii n,n til.-in' l.oaf n tisn. So, pleass', I wcesh to raise my voicejjj j-or iiraisu wan urinri cuu ccs my cuuiv? Wan drink dat ceil so line and sweet Dat ecf you gat wan dreenk of eet You wecili for tan or tvvanty. Dere's joost wan soochn dreenk, frantl, Da wine of my own native land, Chianti! O! eef you are ufrnitl to Kat Ton liimra hnnd to wp.np vnur lint? Fof .-M, n ll'nnull in f.ini ..m( l.lnri1 lA Jomp throuRh your veins so lika flood, fJ An teel your soul rise up an fly Ki jiiiviix oa aLiiis an uumj! u;i SKy Teell you bavlceve. from all vou see. Eef you could write you suie would bijj l'oeta Krand like Dante; $.1 lie careful not to touch, my frantl, Dees wine of my own native land, Chianti! TOM DALY.il - - VI FIRST RED CROSS IN U. S. Ono of the most Important figures In tS hlstoiy of nibsloiiary effort In the Unite States is the saintly lllshop Baraga, Micrlllced a brilliant future In Austria older to devoto bhn-elf to the couverslon1 the Irdlans lu the foiest wilds of Michigan.'! or Into mucii lias been written of the orlf and history ot ihe "Heel Pioss," and vvrltei havu pointed out the fact that as early the sixteenth century St. famulus of I.el attached a led cioss to the garb of the me hers of his community who were engaged! cailng for the sick and infirm. v No mention, however, has hitherto bew made of the fact that Bishop Baraga, vrb ho plunged Into the wilderness in 1830. boi aloft a banner which must have been qutj similar to that ot the rted Cross of today, Wo are Indebted for Information concert Ing this fact to tho first Bishop and An bishop of Milwaukee. Monslgnor J. M, HerJ who writes In Ids treatise (Munich. IStI "A Olanecj Into tho Ohio Valley": "This cellcnt missionary hastens from forest; forest, from lake to lake, bearing In his luv a white flag with a red cross, to arnound his arrival 'as the servant 'of tho cruclna Clod.'" 14 In this manner the distinguished misslft ary bore tho banner of the Bed Cross thirl cars. before the Introduction ot the Cross by tho Geneva Conference. NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW Partlranlsni has no placo In American. fairs at this time. It will take all par and all factions, acting In tierfect barn to win the war. Nashv IHeJ Tenntssc'caiV;! 1arvard University has decided not tola up a uug vviiu service stars lor nil Its una graduates who aie In the war. It might ma n spectator dljzy trying to count the strx Boston Ulobe. The Civil War opened tho pcboojhousesfl tne umieu maces to tne women, ana it logical to piesume that this war will new and permanent places for won Women workers are coiner to he In den as the war progresses, and, they 'will tsSJ a position to ueyiancj better wages than ta nave nau in cue past. salt i.uke city iiera Itepubllcaii, The good conduct of the'new army me approval. Those who remember certain fj ot tho old regular army when out for u I day cannot fall to have noticed the spleit deportment ot tne young men now ln service. Their conduct In Cincinnati cl been highly Praiseworthy. Cincinnati Tlnl Star, T.J The man who formerly took three lu ot sugar lu hla coffee and now contents' I self with one should be entitled to we badge of some sort to Indicate tha Inten of hla patriotism, Birmingham Age-Her A campaign bas been Jnauguratt;d(by yinuuiim tuiomon(ie i nannier ot uomn against the waste ut gasollne.soMhat I wialt pa no question about, the, supply tl army,' and navy awd for the war iiii. A-taauv v n faiuqaaam tf'
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