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Sun ltuldlnn J2DBc"JlD Jtarconi House, mran.l I'AKts Uciiac... an Hue l,ouls Urand BUnscmiTION TEHMS Th EraraPtuio Linots. - -en! lo sub scriber. In Philadelphia and iu.rrou.ndln towns at the rale of twelve 111!) cents per week, parable s to the carrier. .ttlC.,?l! Points outside of Philadelphia. In the United Htatea, Canada or United states tos Sf'.M' Jr'"0 tn nny '5 cents per month. fclxUO) dollars per year, payable In advance. To all rorelrn countries one (tl) dollar per month. Notics Subscribers wl.htnr address chanted taunt fire old as well as new address. BEtt, MOO WALNUT KEYSTONE. MAIN 8000 XSTAAdrtti alt communications to Evening Publlo hedotr. Independence Square, Philadelphia. iJirirn ay thi rmutitirnu post orrice ai SICOXD ClAM Milt, MlTTm. rtllidtlpliii,.lur)i)r, Jiniiity 10. 111S WE POINT OUT FUTILITY OP TOMTOMS fTIHE oldest civilization Is not here; It Is in China. There accretion') ot wealth, crowth of luxury and other lnflucncos In fluced a national policy ot paclllsm which was ancient when this country was still undiscovered and tho name of Columbus appeared In no history book. Ono of tho attributes of pacifism la hysteria, and In the hysterical arts tho Chinese became so efficient that they first discovered tho tom tom. Moreover, it is recorded that In many bloodless engagements tho myrmi dons of oppression by tho excellence of their tomtomlng achieved great and Im portant victories. nut tho tomtom cannot bo heard umld the pcans of machine guns nnd tho roar of Busy Berthas. Not nil tho tomtom Itcaters in the world could carry a lino ot trenches; for, however painful tho tomtom may bo to the ears. It Is not deadly, whllo the bullet from tho machine gun carries un argument to which there is no answer. We have listened with undisguised fear nnd apprehension to much of tho tom tomlng prevalent in America. Wo havo seen fat-bclllcd men hinging tho national anthem with a printed version In their hands and heard them between music courses complaining bitterly that some of their excess profits would bo eaten up by taxes. Wo. have heard eminent financiers demanding that tho nation bo saved. How? "Why, by tomtomlng business Into going on a strike. "Save, save, save!" was the burden of their tomtom, as if It could pos sibly bo of any btrvlec whatever to tho ' jiaTlon for an individual to quit buying ho things ho needed. Yes, quit wasting food, quit wasting leather, quit wasting everything which Is needed in tho war, hut In tho namo of common sense why quit producing the one thing on which every thing else depends money? As well talk of stopping the manufacture of steel and iron. Wo havo to make money to spend money, have we not? And wo have to Fpehd money to make money, havo we not? But among the great merits of tom tomlng Is the diversity ot tho profession. Moro than one tupo can be played on a tomtom. While, for Instance, wo torn lomed 'for selective conscription and got H, we awoko later to find that In tho proc ess the word "selective" rras dropped. Con Hldcr the drafting of miners from Schuyl kill County, for example. There were 1"", 000 mine workers in tho anthracite fields in 1916, Now thcro aro about 132,000, Home of the missing ones are In camps and tome have gone to other Industries. They have been tomtomed from tho one essen tial Industry Into somo other industry that cannot keep going without coal. "Tho finest railroad system In tho world," nhouted tho tomtom. No doubt, but somo of tho best railroad administrators In the country havo gone to France and som lit the best trained railroad men In tho nation are learning how to drill. So bluco the coal stays In tho mines and tho rail road trains move with tho rapidity of snails, tho Fuel Administration tomtoms u signal for a general halt, as It tho trouble were not that thero is too much of a halt ulready, and all tho opposition tomtoms, tit tvhlch thero ure many million, tomtom with such a din and racket that ratiocina tion Is unknown In tho land and tho hemi sphere is converted Into a prodigious pho nograph, Let's quit the tomtomlng. It does the Iun no harm. IIu likes It and makes a pretense ,of doing tho samo thing him belf. Wo havo a problem to solve, not a fchost to frighten. Wo want, do wo not, to net coal out ot the mines millions and millions of tons of It and we want to inovo that coal to tho seaboard and the cities. "To have more coal 'moro miners rire needed," reasons tho General Commit tee ot Anthracite Operators, apparently having no tomtom at hand and depending for results on the statement of a simple truth. There arc. some thousands of men In the jltional service, many of them trained In mining, and railroading and all consecrated to the defeat of tho Hun. Would It out rage -the military caste for Mme ot these n "men Jo be pfrmltttd to come lo tho rescue of; the country In this emergency and rip the heart out of the coal exigency by con pIuous emerponcy service? Would they . evuy ! m valuable soldiers on account weeks of tralujnr they woulj logo? Aro wo Insane or Is common sense still somewhere resident In government? Quit beating tomtoms. Lot's got some where. Let's concentrate man power In mine and on railroad until wc have such a start on the coal Iseuo that never again during this win will It threaten. Clod mny wive tomlomers, hut they can .icvcr wtvo themselves. Let's censo from nolse mnklng and get down to work. ISEItLIX APPEALS TO JULY I TNSTIUD of answering Mr. Wlleon nnd Sir. Lloyd tleorgo directly and accord ing to schedule, the German Chancellor has apparently decided to rest his case for the present on a lengthy olflclal state ment to tho Bolshevist Uovenimcnt. That ho thus Is attempting to mako tho scope of his pt-nco olfcnMve world-wldo Is shown by tho euro with which Berlin gnvo out the statement verlmtlm, nntl that ho hopes to luro riPeldcnt Wilson Into further "conveisntlotis" Is Indicated by hit refer ence to tho legal pieccdcnts established by tho American Declaration of Independence and a I'nlutl States Supremo Court deci sion of 1S0S. Germany Is trying to prove that accord ing to American law sho Miould havo an equal shnro with liusslu In determining tho ownership of tho western provinces of Uussln. Tho argument, boiled down, seems to follow this line of reasoning: The mo ment a community proclaims Its Independ ence It becomes free. Just ns tho Inde pendence ot the United States dates from July 4, l;c and not from 1782, when Eng land recognized the young ttcpubllc, so the Independence of Poland, Lithuania, Cour land, etc., us well ns of Itussla (that Is, the territory now controlled by tho Bolshe vlkl), dates from March, 1317. Bolshevist Itussla. then, has no more tho solo right to dictate tho method of erecting a govern ment In l'oland than Pennsylvania would havo had to dictate the form of a new government In Massachusetts In 177". If tho Bolshevist Republic continues to ns sumo paramount responsibility for Poland It will thereby have lo confess to usurping tho prerogative of the dethroned Czar. That would be ns bail as If some one had set up a government In one American Stato between 1770 and 1782. taken over tho sovereignty of George III In a sort of Imperial presidency and dictated to till the other States. Having brought tho amazing argument to this point, tho German statement de clares "It Is not obvious, without further explanation, on what tho Russian Uopubllc Intends to baso its rights and duties us re gards that (conquered) population." Mr. Wilson answered that question In advanco when ho said: "They (tho Bus slan people) havo refused to compound their Ideals or desert others that they themselves may be safe." Appealing to the historic law and princi ples of the eighteenth century, tho German statement speaks of tho frontiers of the former Russian cmplro as "established by foreo nnd crime, especially against tho Polish people." It was the Prussian Fred erick tho Great's crime against tho Poles. But it would bo folly to argue against these up-to-date lawyers. Law, not law yers, will untangle theso riddles. Yet It Is a supremely Important turn In tho tide of events that Germany feels tho need ot appealing to International law nt all. Sho begins to seo tho need for "u de cent respect to tho opinions of mankind" that sentence which, tho President has said. Is tho ono In all American hlstorj of which he Is most proud. HUT THE HOC, GETS THEItE To the Editor of the J.'mitn; Public Ledger: Sir "Hope Island" would bo a much better name than Hog Island. The latter name thould be dono uwuy with at oneo. LAUORBIt. QJOMK such Idea has occurred to many of us city people. Folks from tho coun try, however, who know what It Is to work sixteen hours a day on u farm for 20 n month In cIobo proximity to hogs describo thoso animals as tho most persistent root ers In existence, with ono business In life, which they accomplish with maximum elllclency. Let's get a hog's sharo of work dono before wo dream of Islands o' Hope. Some day tho farm-laboring folks of this country are going to wako up and tell the eight-hour-day peoplo what "Industry" means. And when plain folks go after the plain people, look out! Pleasant weather for the Kaiser: Tho supcr-Garfleld has not arrived. It's always a Black Friday tliat leads to a liluo Monday, Wo must not mine coal the way tho liolshevlkl wago war. We have nothing ngainst La Pnlletto; it's Wisconsin that ought to bo spanked. Maybe ono reason why the democ.-ats of Germany do not speak is that most of them aro hi Jail. Russia may as well look for armed Prus sians to spring out of tho Trojan horso of a Bolshevik peace. As there Is not yet an Ico Eltortage, It is hardly an economy to turn trolley cars Into cold fctorngo plants. They've got oil In New York, but not enotiKh oil stoves. Which reminds us of thoso anchors which were rushed to seaboard be fore the ships were built. Lincoln's War Administration broko down completely. It did not recover until the fact bad been made glaringly apparent. Tho first requisite for complete victory Is complete candor. New York "aunties" havo started a cam paign to have the woman suffrage rescinded. This has often been talked of out West. Hut It can't be done. Newly enfranchised women voters do not vote against themvclvos. The House of Commons has rejected con scription for Ireland. But Ireland rejected It tlrst. However, out of a population of 4,390,000, Irishmen to the number of ?.1O,b00 are at the front a mighty high percentage for a nation with a grievance. We'd like lo run the risk of a con trad I Hon on this: Too many men. laborers and executives, are taking .their Jobs In too matter-of-fact a manner, putting It up to the Government nnd letting It go nt that. Why, Mr. Man, you are the Government. We never ttnew ot a task that some body not doing It could not do It .better than the man doing It We never knew a do-nothing who could not, hi l.ls own opin ion, do everything If he only bothered to try. Rut we neoda new Fuel Administrator just he same. PENNYPACKER ON THE DEATH OF QUAY Governor Pnys Final Tribute to the Powerful Republican Lender I'lINNM'AI l(l;ll AI'TtlllllMlltAI'HV M). .11 Coiwrlaht. 131t. Iv rnbHt l.t4etr Votnv A VICIOUS system had grown up In tho Stato ot providing for tho maintenance of tho pence by the appointment of what wero called "Coal and Iron" police. It began with tho railroads nnd mining cor porations, but had gradually extended so its to include corporations In various sorts of business. These police1 wcro selected, paid nnd discharged by tho corporations, but wero commissioned by tho Stato and exercised Us authority lo innko nrrests. This most delicate power of tho Slate ha1 to it groat extent been transferred to tho olllclnls of ono of tho parties to tho con troversies whtrli every onco In u while arose. With entire propriety, the working men engaged In btrugglcs with their em ployers resented tho Intrusion of these police, nnd their Interference wits tnoro likely to cause than to prevent violence. During tho last year of Stone's Adminis tration 4812 of theso police had been ap pointed nnd, whllo during my first year thpy had been lessoned to ISO, tho situation was still bad enough. The commissions had been Issued for Indellnlto periods of time nnd there wero unknown numbers of men within tho State who, after being dlschurged, still hold these evidences ot authority. In April of lliu-1 1 took hold of the matter. I required before appoint ment utlldavlts to be filed, giving the rec ords and characters of the men and tho necessity for their appointment, nnd re stricted the commissions to a term of three years, and determined at tho next legislative f-csslon to endeavor to do away with the entlro system. Tho Good Roads Movement During my wholo term as Governor nil attempts to mako Uso of the olllce and Its Incumbent for advertising purposes were, ns I havo written, resisted and thwarted and, therefore, all Invitations to pitch the first ball at baseball games and to do like things were declined. On the thirteenth of April, however, I went to Shamokln Dam, In Snyder County, along with Hunter nnd other officials of the Highway Department, and there, with a pick and a shovel. In the prcsonco of a crowd, began tho good-roads movement and tho improvement of tho roads by the State. I tnado a little speech to the onlookers mid then began to throw tho dirt. A commission, of which Governor Wil liam A. Stono was tho chairman, for tho purpose of erecting a Capitol In tho place of that which had been burned, had been organized August 20, 1001, but moro than it year had been occupied In the selection of tho plans and tho preparatory arrange ments, so that little of tho work had been done when I beenmo Governor and as sumed the responsibility for the progress ot tho building. 1 laid tho cornerstone May 5, 1901, which covered a copper box containing contemporaneous records and suitnblo Inscriptions, using a sliver trowel presented to mo for the purpose. A cor ncrstono had been placed by Governor Daniel II. Hastings in tho structure bo gun in 1S9S, but hinco that was a cheap brick building, virtually abandoned, being regarded as Insufficient, it was thought best to begin ttnew. On the twenty-fourth of May I made an address in tho morning ut the dedication of tho new courthouse In Norrlstown, and, in tho afternoon, introduced by Wttyne MucVeagh, 1 took a pick and broke ground fur the erection of the new building of the Historical Bm1ct of Pennsylvania, at 1300 Locust street, Philadelphia. Death of Senator Quay On tho twenty-eighth of May Senator Quay died. I have endeavored to mako nn analysis of his character nnd present hl3 achievement In a paper, prepam! nt tho request of tho Legislature of Pennsyl vania, and It appears In my "Pennsylvania in American History." Tho feature of his career which impresses mo most forcibly Is its pathos. Here was a man, with a lineage identified with tho Stato binco Its foundation, whoso forefathers had borne tho commissions of thp province In tho French and Indian and Revolutionary wars, with a capacity for statecraft conceded to havo been unsurpassed, with literary attainments and skill, with gonctous In stincts and a kindly tolerance for oven his enemies, without thoso elementary im pulses which are gratified with tho ac cumulation of money, who devoted his wholo llfo to the advancement of the In terests of tho Stato and accomplished very much in her behalf, a soldlt'i' who fought for her with distinguished honor and a' statesman who won for her great rewards; and yet ever followed by tho persistent abuso of tho faithless and incompetent, ho failed to receive tho appreciation which was his duo. A bravo knight, he won his many successes only by continuous battlo against Iioavy odds. It is easy to win tho applause ot the crowd to give them up lift Is a difficult process. Had wo given him support, ns Kentucky gavo It to Henry Clay and Massachusetts gave It to Daniel Webster, In splto of their many aefln quencles. It would havo been 'well for tho reputation and tho welfare ot the State. I had seen him u few months before his death. Ho sent mo a telegram from At lantic City asking mo to como down there. I dined with him and ho nnd I wero pushed mound over tho Boardwnlk In a little cart. He talked to mo about the family, his people, about his experiences In life, and during tho whole three hours not ono word concerning tho politics of the State. I understand that ho had sent for mo, In order to bay farewell to one for whom ho felt a sympathy and to whom he had shown a friendship. If thero was any thing of n personal character which ho would have liked to have accomplished ho never mentioned the subject, and so dis played a delicacy of which few men would have been capable. Monday (iorernor 1'ennj packer tells ubout Uooteielt at lletlisburr. V A H'ELL-IIXK1' I'KOOHAM Tho limine convention of listrlct Thrr,- was held at Paid Hill While every rendi tion seemed to nnd a pleasant lodalnir place, nnd especially "did some children work who led and directed a heavy chorus of ataf srs. The program win wall mixed with auxtf as duets, quartets, omntsts. etc TinU.'o.uah, pkla PhocrUa. "T. R. VS. WILSON FOR PRESIDENCY" Pennypnckcr's Comments on Pro gressive and Democratic Lead ers Set Washington Talking A'lKCial CotretiiiOndrnre livening Ptthllc Lutset WASHINGTON. Jun. IS. , GOVERNOR PRNWYPACKBR'S memoirs as published In the Kvbnino Pontic l.Kixiim ate attracting Intertst In Washing ton. The Governor did not have an ex tended acquaintance at the national capital, but ho Is well enough remetnbtted here to make bis comments upon public men vlo with thoso of Chump Clark and othcra whose biographies are now appearing in print. Tho chiirm of his writing lies in their almost brutal frankness. No one llnd fault witli the Governor's style; that is ad mired both as to gtnmmar and diction Just ns Woodrow Wilson's Is, but every one acknowledges that the Governor has "a style" and "a punch," nnd that ego, or In genuousness, removes It from tho common place. That tha Governor, In what he set down for futura PcnnrytvaitlniiK to read, was truo to the quaint and curious character istics familiar to those who knew him well goes witltout saying, but even so, those who wcro closely associated with him mav be pardoned for smiling at tho ease wllh which In some Instances ho sets down Incidents, oddly Interprets them and announces con clusions which, s to political conditions especially, show thst a good Judge may overestimate his ublllty accurately to an alyze the human animal, or may under estimate tho cleverness of thoso with whom lie has to deal. The tlovernnr's confidence In Quay In con nection with the attainment of the guber natorial nllleo was well placed, but his mild strictures upon Penrosp, Durham and others who were brought up In tho Quay school of politics and who bom tho burnt of tho great battle with the Stonc-Blkin-Kyre forces at Iturrlshurg indicate that Quay did not tell the Governor very much about the real ciiiitust and that the candldato was misin formed ns to the many practical political muxes that lull to bo tnado to win the da. Story of the Quay Telegram As n matter of fact tho celebrated tele gram from Quay to Pcnnypaekrr iiotlfjlng him of his nomination, which tho (lovcrnor proudly refers to as having como to hint while he was rulmly proceeding with his duties as President Judge of Common Picas Court No. :', was written In the pres-nce of tho writer by Horace Peltlt, a Philadel phia lawyer, now deceased. It rainu about In this wny. The writer, who w:ia chnlr iiiiiii of the "i'ciinpacker fttinpiiiuii Com mittee," nn organization to favorably intro duce the Judge to the political force-, of tlic State, nml who seconded Hampton I. r"r Kfn's nomlnutluii of pennjpaek, r follow i-c the (Pry appeal for I-llliln by the "I ted IP . of l,uncaiirr," the present Lieutenant o.. rrnor McClaiii, was leaving the convention bull wllh Petllt. when fluay came cm ex hausted und alone. This then ensued: "Congratulations, Senator, nn your great fight." "The credit belongs to you, young fellow. You'll have to take hold hereafter I'm ubout through." Then, ns un afterthought, be said: "I wish one of you would wire Penny pucker ; tell him tho number of votes he re ceived ujd sign my name." Pet tit nt onee volunteered nnd the tele Brum win sent. Two days litter the writer congratulated Judge Penny packer upon having won "u hard fight." but made no comment, when the Judge, eyeing him ffucmlously. said: "There wasn't nny fight, was there?'' ; and followed It up blandly by referring to a telegram bo had tccelvcd from Quay, which telegram bo said sur prised him becauso tho number of votes referred to by Quay had fallen short of his original estimate. It may bo truo that tho Judge "spent nothing" to secure his nomination, but tho memoirs of Quay. If published, would cer tainly throw an Interesting bide light on the subject. Thero Is no doubt whatever that thoso who lined up for Pennyparker against Blkln, In that memorable Hairlsburg con vention, were successful only after ono o' the most strenuous and resourceful cam paign!! ever waged In Pennsylvania. Roosevelt nnd Wilson Criticized Theso nalvo Pcnnypackcrlsms, of course, do not rellect iipon the intellectual qualitl t of the Governor : tney pprtnln moro to his credulity. Ho was a good Judge, und It Is to W hoped that history will not find bin. to have been spoiled us u Govcrnur. Ilo was too Intenso a Pennsylvania!! to be doubted cither as to Integrltv or patriotic Intent. Hut lie was a vigorous bitter, who frequently bit on short acquaintance. What he says i. bout Roosevelt ami Wilson lias made tho litterateurs of Washington sit up and take notice. Who elso would daro to write about Roosevelt. "Too much commotion, not enough result not a high order of Intelli gence" ; or nf President Wilson, "A smllo lights up his face, nut It suggests that It Is a thing of hublt"? People here nt the cupltal talk about Roosevelt and Wilson. They aro talking ubout them now more than ever for these 'wo men seem destined to figure In the big things that aro yet to come but what they say Is not put up In Pennypacker phrases. What they say thoso who aro analytical does not havo the Pi any packer sting. And yet tho writer is personally awaro that Pennypacker had small opportunity lo know well either Roosevelt or Wilson. The Roosevelt sentiment sprung In tho last hours of tho Penn packer campaign, that "the defeat of Pennypacker In Penns- Iva ula would be it national calamity," was tho ptoduet of on Interview had with tho Presi dent by tho writer, und was released about the time Mr. Roosevelt appeared ut the Jlasonlo Templo tn Philadelphia. Tho Govcrnur und President Roosevelt wero together at tho opening of tho Stato Capitol, but there wciu few other occasions for close observation und scrutiny. Tho Governor's estimate of Roosevelt, therefore, was duo largely to acts, writings nnd pub He utterances nf tho latter. So It was as to President Wilson. Tho Governor prob ably saw less of him than ho did of Roose velt. Tho occasion on which ho saw Wil son so as to observe that "he has spurso hair, eyes of no particular color," was nt tho rededlcutlun of Congress Hall at Sixth nnd Chestnut streets. Tho writer accom panied Mr. Pennypacker (who wus no longer Governor) Into the hall and sat by his tide when President Wilson was Introduced and spoke. Ho commented then upon tho Presi dent's appcaranco and speech und was not favorably Impressed by either. Washlngtonlans who havo been reading the Governor's breezy talks aro wondering if tho two national characters ho criticized bo freely will do battle for supremacy In tho next presluentlal campaign. Somo aro in clined to think so. J. HAMPTON MOORIi WHEN CHURCHES SAVED COAL That tho stivo In tho meeting house was a "snare ot the devil," to make people too comfortable, was an opinion not only ex pressed, but actually enforced, by the Purl tans In olden days In Salem. Those rugged old souls would not have a stove In tholr meeting house. They did relent enough to allow. tho use of foot stoves, by women and children. But the men and the boys had to stamp their feet and clap their bands to keep from freezing during meeting time. JWt. CHOATE'S INVESTMENTS In the estate of the late Joseph II, Clvoate 136 stocks nnd bonds wore found and 'only five of them were of no value. That's a better batting average than most Investors can show. Hon ton (Ilobe. A 1IKAU IIMI Ir was no common "cornOeld niaro,' but one 'hlh Innwrnced In srammah." who presented himself to a local draft board and asked for ex emotion eairlny "J am not only a married man. sab, but 1 am the father ut a posthumous child," THE TRAIL OF THE "JERSEY DEVIL" Showing the Hoofprints oC a Diabolical Press Agent of Years Ago TUB gossip in theso columns the other day about tho old museum nt Ninth and Arch streets gave but tho barest mention to C. A. Hradcnburgh, the most cons'dcrable show man connected with tho history of that houso and the man In whoso Interest tho greatest hoax ever conceived by a press agent was perpetrated. It was just about this time of year. In the whiter ot 1H03-0I!, that tho "Jersey Devil" broki- loohe somewhere In the pines of Capo Slay County and set tho wholo country by the cars. Thero Is a include to tho story, and It runs thus: A dull, gray wintry afternoon was drawing to a close, when u thoughtful young man might huvc been observed perusing the pages of a small book which ho had picked up from tin- stand outsldo Lcary's bookstore. It was an old book of folklore, and the pages which paillculurly attracted our hero dealt with a tule current III the Jerseys m revolutionary times of a woman who, having expressed the wli-.li In a neighbor's hearing that "tho devil might tako" tho unwelcome baby which was about to be born to her, later gavo out tho startling news that that very thing had happened. At any late, the child had disappeared, and the woman's story that tho demon had car iled It up the chimney was believed by the slmplo folk of the countryside. Furthermore, the chronicle went on to say, various Inhabi tants came forward from time to tlmo to declare- thnt they had actually seen tho change ling flying through tho woods. Norman Jefferles for our young man was Indeed he pondered thoso wise words for several moments, then, slipping the book Into hla pocket after paying for It, of course he went away with tho air of ono who had scon a great light. The Tirst lloofprint It was a few days after this that the editor ot a small town paper In South Jersey found upon his olllce counter nn anonymous con tribution, which ran something like this: "Tho 'Jersey Devil,' which has not been seen In these pails for nuuily a hundred years, has again put In Its appearance, Mrs. J. II. Hopkins, tho wlfo of a worthy fanner of our county, distinctly saw tho creature near tho barn on Saturday last and afterward examined Its tracks In tho snow." (Then followed a description of the devil, as ho looked to tho farmer's wife.) Tho editor printed the' thing, nnd here tho ubiquitous country correspondents ot tho metropolitan papers took a hand. One of them sent the Btory, with elaborations, to tho Philadelphia Press, and It was given a couplo of Inches of space In that paper. Then tho other country corresiwndents, who had been beaten on the first story, begun to get busy, Hepoilcis were Invited to come and in spect clovon hoofprlnts In farmyards. Now, any sort ot footprint In the snow melts first in its center and speedily takes on tho ap pcaranco of a hoof inaik. Add to that a dash of fevered Imagination, and you'll get ulmost anything. The first Philadelphia paper to take notice of the story had by this tlmo sent a man to take plaster casts 0 some of these prints, and these were exhibited In Its Chestnut street window. About this time a great windstorm nroso opportunely and helped Immensely. When ever the wind beat upon farmhouse shutters it becamo tho devil trying to break In. Tho terrpr spread rapidly from ItB starting point and reports of the demoniac visitations came from Norrlstown, Bristol nnd other points In Pennsylvania. When Sunday came there followed stories of hysterical women attacked upon lonely roads on their way home from church ; and theso came simultaneously from fifty widely separated localities. Professor Langley, ot airship fame, who was Interviewed by a local newspaper, gavo It as his opinion that there might very prob ably be but one, for such a creature, as the devil was described to be, could fly with In credible swiftness and appear In many dif ferent places In a very short space of time. Artists got busy making pictures of the thing from tho word-sketches ot those who had "seen" It. In a week the furore had reached as fur north as Jersey City, nnd each Philadelphia paper was giving from two to four columns qf space to It each day. The fever grew and grew. Several mills In Gloucester closed down because their female operative were afraid to go home In ,the dark, and Phil Nash, the noted theatri cal manager, who had leased the Broadway "HERE'S HOPING!" e ! - J-2OT' ' Theatre In Camden, was compelled to close Its doors for several nights. The Capture of the Demon During all this uproar and excitement nobody thought to look for the line Italian hand of Norman Jefferles. He had been bailed from tho news columns tome time be fore beenm-o tho editors had grown tired of his putting things across, but ho still haunted tho olllces. This thing was so big and so apparently spontaneous that nobody connected nim with It. Ono night, when the excitement was at Its height, a certain managing editor who had had more leason than his fellows to remem ber Jefferlcs's skill In putting press-agent stories across, saw him sitting In that paper's local room, ilo called him Into his ptlvato olllce and said: "Look here! This thing has gone far enough. You'vo put It over, and though you've cost us thousands of dollars, I'm hold ing no grudgo against you. But don't you think It's tlmo you captured that Jersey Devil?" Jefferles started to play Innocent, but only for a moment. "Oh, very well," he said, "how would tomorrow afternoon nt I o'clock do?" So that was settled. During the two weeks of that devil's rampage Jefferles had been making Ills plans ngainst tho urrlval of that day of exposure. He had secured from Professor Kdvvards, an "animal store-show-man" of Buffalo, a live but very tamo kan garoo and had been experimenting with It In tho eellur of tho Dlmo Museum. Ho equipped It with green whiskers and with devil's wings of licet copper, cunningly secured with n wide belt of rabbit-skin around tho anl mafH middle. ' On tho 11101 nlng of the day sot for the capture Gcorgo Haitzcll, now- leading clown with Rlngllng Brothers, but who wus then "at liberty," mobilized a score or so of helpers dressed ns "Rubes" and plied them Into a furniture van. Another van carried tho devil, in 11 cage. The procession moved north to Hunting Park, and there tho devil was chained to a tteo nnd Hartzell's farm ers wero grouped around in a circle In the act of capturing htm. Phlllppl, tho pho tographer, who had been brought along, took several excellent pictures. That was on a Friday, and Sunday's papers blazed with llarlng nils. When the museum's doors opened on Monday a great crowd surged In. Tho devil was In a cage, which was completely boarded up on threo hides, but provided with a draw curtain In front. The curtain was drawn, a boy poked It with his stick, the devil uttered a jell and leaped at tho bars, but was brought up with a Jerk by his clanking chain. The crowd swayed back against the wall and the curtain was quickly drawn to again. This attraction was good for two weeks of crowded houses. Then the devil, shorn of his wings nnd whis kers, was returned to Professor Edwards, of Buffalo. Hut to this day you will find folks who will tell you they actually "saw" tho real "Jersey Devil" In his native haunts nnd that this story doesn't clear up the mystery at all. - T. A. D. a womi to thi: wish Thoui.il Wisdom seek forever rreh knowledge us It flows 'Twill never know no, never What folly thinks It knows ' What Do You Know? QUIZ 1 1, What Is arable land? 3. Who Is Huron Heading? 3. Define teolotT, 4. Name the seven hills of Home. 0. Define stratetr, 0. Where Is KutT 7. Who Is Charles Lathrep Pari? 5. What Is meant br ehtarotruro? , Who wrote the American opera, ".Valotua"; 10, Who Is Oiear llammersteln? Answers lo Yesterday's Quiz 1. The fuel ndmlnlstratkin wus dim Its aaihn Itr under the Ier food and fuel uui.r- 2. The KtislUh-speaklne- nations are referred tn as "Anilo-haious" l-eeanw the Auil n5 Haxons were anion the Teuton tribes uhleh ronouercd and colonized llrltaln. " 3. Ode-uia la a Ilosslan port on the lllaek Hea 4. Ituthle.s slnklnrs br U-boats are at the rale of about doxen a week. " B' TYhe7l.uJe.,, '"" ot ibt i "'""I 0. lltitrlonlei Itelnllnr to uellnc, from a Orel uord meanlnE irtnr. unT" 1, When a trestf of lies re U made be(ten 11,. United state, and It. enendV. It "m. H iifKOtlated or n commission appointed b? (he President nnd appro.ed br I he henal Th. treaty must be muled by the Mm.?; and alcmxl br the President, "aie Whmfnr;V&.!' Hl ,,",""," r ' Aialanebel The fall of a mass af .,, or lee dawn a mountain shipe, " " B'W x,.,.u,cl, urasurri llieifl(bt Of nlr as measured u the barouitfef, r xne viuage rout ji wncu, ever, on a aniuruny um anyDoayfei see 1 So many puzzled, idle folk ns there ml like to be J Foregatherinp; from everywhere, wheal all their work is through, "'l To walk today on Chestnut street to feel what news is new : I've strolled abroad, in other years, uponj this self-same street, 1 Through winds of spring-, nn summer's! heat, an wintry snow an' sleet, , An' marked tho many moods an' whiins that moved our villaire folk -' When trouble thrilled the brooding air or,J life was but a joke, . When sable plumes shook in the brceie 4 or when somo Ray parade ij ut marcning nosts, irom cum to cutp,5 one stream of color made; ' But what we look upon today is nothtogjB quite like that 'S The town is full of citizens who donlfs know where they're at: ,.,. . 9' it uocior uarneiu Fnouiu appear upoa syi 8110 wv narr .51 An' ride along, distributing black nug-j gets from a bag, , 4 Or if among the eager crowds with lavisnj hands he tossed ' A golden quid pro quo for nil the wagejj to be lost - 1 The people scarce would think it stranpj because this wretched war S Has brought about a lot of things thatl never were before. JM An' watching for the next move of ouw Fuel Autocrat, M The town is full of citizens who doail know whore they're at. ag Of course, there's little likelihood of finjr-JJ thing so droll .,& (Although, you know, a prancing steed a But why should people look for that it) show the least dismay 3 At any sort of hardship that might comj nlnnr tnrlnw? ? For, dang it! folks, we've been at war foil close upon a year, 3 An anything that happens shouldntM, considered queer. 1 Oh, we're at war, I say, at war! an jrtt fn unito rtf tbfit The town is full of citizens who dopjl know where they re ut. ..,.? TOM DALY. NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW 11 lu inf-al nnd HHnlr lo TTnnver to WSU somo of his senatorial Investigators e&U(J their own words. Boston Herald. Vtnlilnn .-Am ft ,!.,,., Illlla lM VftW TOT well enough to know tho Insanity et w$Mn giving It priority for coal und food suppij Wall Street Journal. It will have to be admitted that U 5j tlonal Commlttco has scored ono P"1"'? tho Republicans by beating them to U organization ot a woman s uuiwu ;r.e iiuiiiti luiimiiuce. x ciiiu)J9 uicio - - -sj ..l.nn .. nl.1. nt nl.-Ulnv lfeBSTf.1 Smoot, Hemenway and Penrose, but H1! havo not yet appeared In politic -fJ51 IVth IVUliU. Tho difficulty of getting any cltar WI of what Is happening at Brest-Lltovsk U 'J sufficient explanation of why Berlin lo-Jl on meeting the Russians at tnis ,"?'y trana-YlKttiln rltv. Out of h mass of CC!J rltctlno- KtnrlcH u- irnfhcr onlv an imprel slon that the envoys of the Central PS ers are lighting desperately n pm "ra Ihlnr, nt.A. n 1. a Tl.lel. .l1r ThAll D0U3 is dictated by the wisdom of the fox FW1 carries a stolen chicken to cover In or"5l to dismember and eat It unobservea. cago Bvenlng Post. Th,p tu i Men.., i.M nnral fl shlng, "whose moral tone and whosj ''ij tilde tnwnril -1n n mora commendo!al The American commander was J0'?fl with a correspondent, who was .him 1 1 charncterlza na aIra tha SWeepH chnrirea nf ,lrtinlrnn,i-uu nml ,1-nrnVltV tSjl are being Insidiously, circulated la QiM i mieu states against our troops in ' General Pershing added that "the cw ot our soldiers in Farls and tnro France Is so SnlemlM that It is the of fuVorabla comment by all MtlonaH A - lTOViacnco Journal I
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