i S" -'W '4vr ,?", ''ir, ri. r""" r , t"if- Nil --v'4, V B I'. v liC E'5f.f ll B; ,. L by War i' f$ & ", i EF i' r ; Eh KLi KM , r.i I fT ' : j 'kr.. t- PMMtnt! John O, l.,. aaaureri 111. lip H, Joan, Ji Byurgeon, BbmRUtBOAr.i , fintlL JC .Ctrntin,. Chairman iWUWIiiiMiilli iti '.l.,l,.l. .Kdllor AXt3C..OAn-l"8uilnm Manager '4l)r atTeaUo Lstmsa HulMlnc, enca nfluare, i miauaiviiia, l,....roil and Uhellnut Street! SMQlft. ,,.,',.. I. fre.fllo.i Umldtm Wolrm.j,iKI Metropolitan Toner ................ii...'. .10.1 Kara nuil.llix l.V., k.-.....ii.loef Kullertoil HnlMliiK 11 .....idIV... ...'.. 1U02 rrfbyhc llulldlna ' , . news jtuniuusi sT! mlir. , . b Kt'CurnI'mniilwili Ari and ltth St. rliL'.-......i..ilarronl llaua.il Hlrnr.J !llir.Uw.t.t.lJ Jlua W;i Ulalli Krsklfil lral.tn Lsitata 1 i.Sa,f A sub. Hi In- rhllarfalphla, ami surroufvflur town rte of, twrlva (ii'l rants pr wat. paalia -rarrlar. saall lit anlnta tftulalda tit Thl1,illntilfe. tn nll(l fltataa. Canada or b'nlteit Mates hjs. w. poeiaaa ire. Riv i.iui rani pe r monin. vr uanara- per year, ray-aoia in aamnca, II foreltn countries oua (11) dollar per aahSrUCWCT M. wtuunta, . WreeloilV J4LL 4'2?jI 14 rEStui ;jwp. '. - 7" J ,, . a,-si-ajas, fMunwi t-i n niviii mil r VllllfU Bf-H?'.IWtViT old aa well aa luw addreM. 1 Mtrll.()TiVauitk.U ska - as. 1 fa a kJ.W. ait. a. a.( E.'iwtJrH TA1.SLT Kl.VaTOXr. MA IX Hot j?' 4 t3T.it afl coMMuafrnfforia to J.-vealtiff Vttblio n i. . A Ba-,r, iwirpmnnicr A7iiarrt J'ftliaacilrili. lf ' ' " ' ' " 1 '- -'t" 'WtTtBCD it tum TBiL&ntLriirA. fftT urrtci 1 - i .k krrnvti rtit ftfiil. utvrri. l ri.iLJ.li.hl.. ttivtiit, l-fbtu.tr :. 1U VM A FEW WORDS TO QUITTERS ,-;-i t-- . JTB ENCOl'XTISnBD ytftcrday a gen- 111 ... . ........ ... M.y t-. Mcmnn wno.o nriumni inicueuiuu. m- UCfTUh k.l... I..... ...! l.la lam l.fl t Inn fl1K I ' 'known In the iirofoanlon lie follows, anil tfe-1 .suuiile of It. "The buslnoHs outlook docs A ,t- ... Wjr. Mnot nppcai- blight to me;" lie nam. mo ' G JKlu,"era arq "" "" ",w WA hells, whence emanate lugubrious Founds. -r: .nrf ili nlmiianltprr In IHleil Wll 1 IHO I1U1KC fit, their croaklnjfS. The wnr lias been the Wisest '"stimulus to huslncs the worM lhas ever known, ns the records of the bel ligerent and neutral countries show, but these quitters Instead ofiroachtns out arc 'drawing In. They mo a menace to tho xrountry." J God must love biave men. He has 'matched so many of them out of the Jaw iof destruction. Hut tho bravest, sturdiest nation that ever existed hud Us share of flultteis, Not all of tho corpuscles of the 'b!ool are red. The white ones Mho have 'a, function to perform. IJut It Is a sorry .'day for the Individual when the white corpuscles dominate tho red ones and take Jlie .color from lilt countenance. A quitter can he npottcd nine times out of ten by the activity of his toiiRiic. Tho fepleen of his cowardice translates itself into a wordy venom Hvprytlilnc Is "" VrontT, the country Is boIiib to ruin, the Hermans arc bound. to win because wo NLSM J' hntm nelfhnr flmh. rfTli'lnpv lifii Illf.ll Pllll. 1Wf ..... ...' . . .ninir inn iini-nnimiinr ia uimi i innvn sure to be a panic, prices are too high. -times too cood to last, we ought never to f.wV'f Ji'nfo frnr Inln 1h wnr Wnll nfreet ( ivnv. Efcu, tnK rich, everybody Is n crook and it Is iqF"ii.. .. ;. - .' ...,.-... Mifi tB11 UII1C IUI (Jill! U llUli U1H1 hH IIJI.ILil KW ' "or, Ijnorant, spineless, shlvctln-T, ' Mlnklnp eMIzens that tile'.' arc! Wliv. W only a few weeks ago. In a Itussla that wu t. hhanM fti n rntlrilncl lmlll KO crowded that At,' W1 wtre ('''Ins for scoies of miles with RS no more than a toe-andtlngcr Krtp on a r . . . ,.. ...... . . coach, all tnat one rmiaueipmau nan to Rt, w ? waa to " u snia" Amerlcun fliiK to fflj the lapel of his coat to find the best ncconi jfiVl piodatlons to be pot. Jleu bowed to him Iv't ami mhri wav for him be was to them n 1,1" reprefcntuttvc of tho great lepubllc across Et, the, seas, the Invincible lepubllc of Ideals fcV v .' ,I.T1. .1. 1 t ' ana flower uu kiuij. i iiutiur iiim br an,AmevIcan citizen! Would to goodness C'' that some of these quitters could go afar . .IT mill irrt nersneetlvc: would tnat t lev tJ'L.fcoUl'l see America as It really -Js instead 1 vk the' little, measly Ameilca which they 'P'py11" '" themselves! '"t's we f.ay to the, quitter, whether he be a rj-tushless man ora worker with his hands, fclSWil'.i - ..r .. rrvm1 nrtil n ili'Uirnn rt iihiIhh iS?&llme, has known no action 'more, decisive RfT;-o)! ,hu'man progics than this naUoU's en. i$a- trance into the war. Compare ."lllo Ger- tff mans' of today with the Germany of a year 'TW S''" U"n -was haughty, her morale tfliJtvii8;un!mpnlred, she wqB striKIn? for Anal '?$& yctor' amf so cpnlldent was she that her ;,lufTii did not hesitate to chatlengo the t'Sf, "Ui.' . ..-..I -. ill....... rw...1.... i..t . jr,'k.naii, BiruiiKuuiM ui nuvii,, xund) uu .i 0 Jl'mlllwn Americans in arms noiu trenciirs ii fii'TiJrance ami a million othera are almost -Vt( 11?V9 " - t w M, W W,III UI114 , "x jlptherwlse luvlyoratlhg three powerful .1. v' " , r."' . Ames, nun we nave met me iiun',1 sniiim ? ' j- r . ... ... . . r; ; . ..propajanau oe uei wun so simpio anil tin Rfjeiiected, n sincere' ''iid truthful a state- '.'Yjiittr of conditions, .that his own prole. t. ' "v-'ff'r'.1 '" Y09-l'e-'ou-i for peace amj eloqhent jjA -litH.demnpils for ajrorld orunlilrtn uf thu BPi)"' imV.,i)Utlliieil. "iVe havebeut him &M Ihe,'. rostrum with -all the v,or;l'n Us- P Jifiind.,he Known that we nte coins to - Wff-, Jimiuii, iiicmunriicm u lie is lllnuno ltfUthfto demand a final .dec!s)6n. ', " ffcji'ititrf Ini'U rtf ni1l len f-a !.--. I... tirrow-., n .thl country the bulls ' Mi-Wit. iuiei(tne(..'yris. sensible re. uflJtnd tot thu ilimcultlesiln our'.na'v. ).,. ''.r( AMMniijToV' roaxlmum elticfeucy In rMB! ji.. .s.r.i. .! :. ...... ... p-p" " '.!;-, n-"? "mi pessunism Ulbt;Mfrl' JV6 rewignlae jielthor" '"" STTJ -- 'i .ii. it Boff.'wr 'iuii'M; mui'I' for a , WSy .ePfc-AfriNHcnnlsin iii.. t vlll kJ yo'U lots of good but totmuiyj ,:wr-fn& h4MMlM ft" i ( ttios-i oAya tli1 were arranglnc tor thU wnr 8he happened (o be en thli side when war broke, through como blunJer. Po the crew hacked nt mid tHmashod lier innctilit eiy, Ameilcan Ingenuity welded the broken parts together, addeJ a knot or so to the speed, mado a transpoi t of her and sends from 8000 to 10,000 nolillers across on her every trip. What v pity thero had not been more Vaterland-i for us to change Into evathanal CHAM) JUttV TAKES NOTICE Till Grand Jury yesterday severely criti cized the fervlco being given the com munity by the 1 It. T. "We feel." rays Us jeport, "that the Inadequate and Inefficient stleet cap servfee of this city Is not due entirely to the liondltlons Imposed upon us by national regulations." Major Hunter, of the Krnlikford Arsenal, Is quoted as Miylug that "unless the P. It. T. Improve the service lit Urldesburg so that htiumt'ds of employes of the Arsenal and oilier munition factotlcs tn the north east wilt n-asa to be thirty minutes laic in reporting for woik tho matter will be taken tip with authorities In Washington." The commercial and trade bodies f the city aio spending thousands of dollars an nually In furthering tho prestige mid great ness of I'lilladelphla. TIioiimiidIs uf new cltlrcns are coming here nnd they arc dis gusted by the trolley service offered. Wo Kiiggcst to the management of the l It. T. that It forget all about explanations and concentrate on getting" results. It must bo evident to tho management, lis It Is evi dent to everybody else, that the present mlserablo servlco cannot contlnuo, It must and It will be Impiovcd, even If mili eu 1 action Is requisite. WAKE UP AND fiET BUSY! CONCmnsPJIAX Moor.!-: points out ele where, on this pago how the Vt has been putting It over tho J'nst with tho consent nnd assistance of the Mast. Vast sums of money have been appropriated In Waihln-jtott for developing the Weit. The ICast has resources equally valuable and oqua'.ly undeveloped There are million-) of acres of land on tho Atlantic side of the Appalachian chain of mountains which cannot lie tilled profitably because there Is no wny in get tho products to market. What the 1kit needs Is an expansion of Its transportation systems and the Unking of waterways with railroads In order that the large populations here may profit by the cultivation of the viut areas nt our doors. It Is about tltno for the I.'ast to wake up and gt.t busy SPKOUIAS PltKSIDENTIAL BOOM IT HAS befn .llSR'-ti'd that If Xew York nlecteil a Mavor for Philadelphia, Phila delphia o".e for ("liloaw and Chicago one for New York they would nil get better Jlayors than Knilth, Thompson and llylan. Wo pun do that very thing. Mayor, Governor or I'lesldcnt what does It mat ter what you call n mm? man's n man for n that, .f I rover Cleveland was the tut mo Grnvei- as .Mayor of Ihiffalo or Gov ernor of New York as he was as the Governor-Mayor of all tho States and cities at once, or. In other words. President. There's no halo about a President, llo Is no preordained king. Hen just u good Mayor or Governor. A Lancaster. Pa., editor has been qiifCt to spot one of our suggestions: that It ought not to be hard to elect u President of the I'nlted States to the Governorship of Pennsylvania nnd not let lilin go to the White House till he had shown the whole country why he ought to by "rlppiwr this State up from end to end," as Mr. O'Nell puts It. Wilson lipped up New Jersey nnd Hughe lipped up New York nndjjivy met at New Armageddon. "My very Idea!" hays our Lancaster friend. "And I had .Mr. Sprout In mind when I said It two months ajfo," Kar bo It from us to suggest that Mr. Pproul would not bp a greater President than Martin Van Iliiren. Hut we wish It plainly understood that a newspaper under takes a, gravo rcpondbll!ty in electing a President. It needs the ndvlce of Its readers, who should sketch freely In Its columns thu lines of that massive per penality who Is to take up problems that In 1921 may be greater than they aic In 101S so much greater, mayhap, that each Governor should be as big a. man as the average President. We trust, a't any rate, that the next Governor will not own a bonding company. Sure, to win, yes. Hut If Tie savo food we will .win In one year linsteud of Ave. Tli groundhog may not see Ills Miadon today, but loo many food hog are only too certain to pee theiis. The Klftli Ward gunman was not put In the defendant's pen with any worsn nin than himself. He ha: h.ut a separate trial. I'anideulttJ are demanmug better tar service. So neatly everywhere. Make tt a nctloiiul Issue. That's what It Is, at bottom. There Is only one man to be. afraid of tho man "ho would vbe sorry If Germany ruveil In before we got a chance at big fight ing. Kasy to best the six-cent sandwich. Hat Hie now for every six you used to cat. Klve fines six 1 juat as much tlijity as U times five. "It's an untruth' exclaimed a wonan to an opponent In the heat or country club politics. Who pays woman will not elevate the tone of the. clectoiatt? ' ' J Mr. JtcAdoo was asked It any "noucssen. tlal Industrie! would be shut down, "Hut vhat are the nonessentials?" ho retortid as h hurried away. We, too, give It up. Trotsky I" attaollne Mr, Wllp'on faster and ofenr than ever. Ha probably fears that If the German proletariat dots rise Mr. Wilson will et much of the credit and Trotokjf tiene. ' ('.xernlii keeps Insisting that hlsmessage. to' Mr'.' WIIon asking for ImmcdlaU -peace 'iif'sotlationa was really sent, and twice Mr. Inslnsrhas dented It. Perhaps the Austrian malls are "as alow ours. Ola Penn, the, official weekly maeailne ot the ,Vn!veVH appear today with a new title. Hereafter It Is lo be unown as tin J'elinsylvapla Gaxette;, flamed after ttis paper which Y ankltfif tK founder, of the University, took hold of lilj:J'.nd made successful, t)lil'Pnn, never ws a goftd,iiam4 lor it , University 'wekjV 'Ti, new name. Is simple, .'dlgnlfieXand deasrhnlva. tlnaf,lt (hi m. ..lu &ulitjto niaVti a.pttll atroriacr amiimi j,a ,tiw ii"""" i p w!..t"iiirv.a . ousiK mr , iv "H" wv-w"M r -. ', i, ImtfWl TO rmp "r "Wft.iy.Pf R tt' EVENING PUUMC LEDaEK PHILADELPHIA'S GREATEST NEED Governor Pcnnypackcr Wnntcd Newspaper That Reflected 1 City's Ideals ' n:.NVP.CKr.n Ai'tnninnR.triiv nu, b Canrlaht, 191. Ik 'utile MatrC ON JANt'AHY 1 1 I presided over ft din ner given nt the llelleviie-Hlratfonl. In Philadelphia, tn General Henry II. Ding ham, the member In longeit service In tho House) of Iteproenlatlves nt Washington, ltlngham Is dapper, always well clothed, pVasant in speech, brisk and breexy. Ho was on the staff of Hnncoqk nt Gettysburg and was three times wounded. William M. Ilunn, of the Clover Club; Justice John P. Hlkln, Hampton I,. Carson, Senator Pen lose, Thomas J. Stewart and Clayton Mc Mlclmel all made speeches, and It was on affair lemcmbcitd with plcasutc. The Election ofj Knox On the 17th Knox was elected n member of tho t'nlted Mtutes Senate by the Legis lature by a vole of 22.1 to 23, confirming my (selection by the largest majority ever given for that ofllcc In tho State. Ho Is u piimll man with n clean fnen who knows exactly what he wants to do under all cir cumstances nnd docs It; unemotional, wast ing no tlmo seeking for popularity, and perhaps n little too self-contained. The North American nnd the Philadelphia lice nitl printed n yarn of the ordinary char acter that $300,000 w.as paid In order that ho might bo mado Senator. AVhcn I first suggested him I had no communication with him whatever, nnd he did not even know that I had him in mind. Whllo on this subject It Is Just ns well to give tho statement of tho Secretary of the Common wealth, Hobeit McAfee. In up Interview In the Pittsburgh Leader, January 22, 100.1, he Mild: I was summoned lo the Jlxfcutlv Man sion about II oVIoek In the evening of June by the Goienmr. On arriving there I found Senator I'enroie and Insurance Commissioner Durham elorted with him. I first advised the Goiernor that I had prsnnal confirmation of the f.ict Hint Mr. George T. Oilier hud-declined the offer of tin appointment 1" the Senate. A further discussion mi the matter of candidates wo taken up, nml the (loiernor promptly said that after looking oi"r the Stiilo ho wns of Hie opinion that Attorney General Philander C. Knox, of President lloo"e velt's Cabinet, was th" proper man tor the place. Sennmr Penrose and Mr. Inn -ham Skie'd with him Immediately, and 1 II slibi of half an hour II wns agreed Unit n lender of tho Governor's, appointment and tho suppntt of Hie oiK.iiil.ntlou for u full term In tho ofllco shouUl be made Mr. Knox. No utlijr naino was considered. About this tlmo my nttcntlon was called to the case ot Katlo Kdwards, convicted of murder, committed under ununu.il cir cumstances. She nnd her husband, with a family of children, lived In llerks County. They were coarse, vulgar and Ignorant, and tho surroundings wcio all In accord. Tho husband had, ns one of hit, boon compan ions, a black negro, whom ho Invited lo his home, and there they all, caroused together. Presently, tho woman wan about to have another child, and Mio knew Hint when It should be born Its color and features would disclose that tho negro was the father. Shu was like n wild beast caught In a trap from which thcio appeared to be no possible escape. Ono night the husband was knocked on the head and his dead body thrown Into a vat or cistern. She nnd the negro wcro both nncstcd and later were convicted of murder lu the llrst de gree. Her child was born lu prison. Tho caso of the negro was taken to the Su premo Court. At the Instance of Chief Justice Mitchell, with a view to providing for certain features of this case', an net ot Assembly wns passed allowing tho Supremo Comt lu Its discretion to ilivarJ u new tilal to tho negro, nnd upon Unit trial he was acquitted. The situation was then that the negro was free and the woman In prison under hcntence of death. Attention was called to the case utl over the I'nlted States. Women weic aroused and my mall was burdened with letters. Little children wrote to me beseeching my Intervention. A petition lu her behalf came to me from Ohio with many thousand signatures. The Hoard of Pardons refused a pardon. A careful examination of the evidence led mo to tho opinion that both sho nnd tho negro had participated In the murder. If that opinion was well founded It was a case where the processes of Justice went astray, and It would bo a travesty to have tho white woman hanged nnd the negro man escape unpunished, f refused to lssno a death warrant and tho Governors who succeoded me followed the example set for them. Every once In n whllo the story of Katlo Kdwards and her fate crops out lu the prints. City's "Greatest Need" The Philadelphia Ilccord asked me for an expression of opinion upon tho question as to what Is Philadelphia's "grcafest need," to which I replied: In my Judgment Philadelphia, better than any other municipality upon tliej continent, represents tho honest, con servative and healthful Instincts of tho American people, and Is less swayed by fleeting, emotional Impulses than any other city. In spirit sho is patriotic and in achievement she excels. What slio mnit needs is n newspaper possess ing her characteristics, Imbued with her sentiments nnd which has the capacity mid the Inclination to make her accom plishments, known to tho world nnd to defend her ugnlnst tho written and spoken nssv'lts ot rivals elsewhere nnd of the unfaithful who hnve come nnionc her people lu nu effoit to better their for times. . Mondur (iotcritor 1'eniitnurlrr t,, f tl, Insnanirstlon et ITftlileel lti.,-elt. ami Imir he rod n tiore si the hend 1(1,000 men ilonn I'enn. Irani avenue. JVATTERSON ON WILSON When the hlttory of these times comes to be written It may.be said of Woodrow Wl. son, "Hi rose to world celebrity rather by o'rcumUance than by character, He wts favored of the god, lie had a bright, force fill mlnit His achievements were thrust upon litmr Though It sometlmta run away with iilmi his. pep possessed extraordinary facility, Tlius he was able to put big best foot fore nlout, .Never trt th larger senso a leader of pin as, wer Chatham and Fox, as were Washington and Lincoln; nor of Ideas ai wero rtoUsscaU, Voltafro and Franklin, h hid the subtle tenacity of Loulg xi of J'rance, the keen foresight of Jllchelleu, ivth the. 'talent tor the surprising which would hav raised hih to ,emlnelic.ii In Journalism. In, short, h MM .an opportunist, as Told of c6iivtflj'$n' and-as ndifrtrnt to consistency 1'um.iHMHQ. wvjrxwrmiiML.jMtArB urn. UMVlUOlf ..... ,r .r. ....... . ... . -Mi..uUI,idn,l.iL. .r. '.)! A,,,-i?iLLi. . .1.. . . - W:HLADELPHIA, SATURDAY, fr&BIiWAKY POLICE POWER AND PROHIBITION W. L. Marburg Denies the Right of the Maryland Legislature to Ratify the Amendment To Die i.Vllor o Kvcnhg rulUc I.tilaer; Kir A novel reacon for opposition to tho ratification of tlie? amendment to the Con stitution of the Hulled States, providing for national prohibition, wa advanced In the course of the dlscu-lon of that subject be fore n riiimnlllee of the Maryland Legisla ture. It was. In effect, that a legislator who has fallen oath lo UDliold the Con stitution of ths State of Maryland cannot nllsnate the regulation or any or me nam " affairs of the Commonwealth without violat ing his oath, nnd therefore ratification Is beyond the powir of tho Maryland Lefcl latin e. The point was raised by William I Mar buig, one of tho hading lawyers 6f the fitate. It will donbtlesi apply tn legislators of other States having similar provisions In State Constitutions. Maryland's Constitution provides that "the People of this State bain ths sole and x clunlve right of regulating the Internal gov ernment and police power thereof as a free, roverelgn nnd Independent State." Mr. Marbuig, commenting on this pro vision, said! "I do not care how much you believe In prohibition,' the right to lay whether we shall have It or not should not tin taken away from the people of Mary land " After explaining what constitutes the po llen power of a State, which Includes the authority to legislate concerning tho liquor traffic, ho said: "Now I question, nnd I question most earnestly, both the legal and absolutely tho moral right of this Assembly to surrender any part ot that power without a mandate and instructions from the people of the Ktat fo to do." This assertion npp.nently raises the pre sumption thnt If a Ktat. Legislature acts In contravention of a Slate Constitution, In latlfylng an amendment to 1I16 National constitution, surli ratinonllon may ho mil llfd by the courts. Just ns other uncon stitutional laws are nullified. Cm a State, either through Its General Aa-embly or by referendum, give lt assent to an amend ment to the I'nlted Slates Constitution that fnnnicts with Its own Constitution, without flrslnlterhig the Stale Constitution? W!i"i' "'"""hint opportunities to apply th prohibition principle, wherever It Is desired hy the local electorate, and In secure Its rigid enforcement by national co-operation through control of Interstate commerce, nlieadv pro tldeti for In the Constitution of the United M:ile, the movement to Incorporate Into the National Constitution a virtually Irrcpenl.ible. though possibly Inoperative, clause Is iimaz. ing. Hie desire of minorities to control mi- . ' n,ni1 ot nno ''n' ' lmpoe laws on another State may bo understood, although It Imolies a Melons principle. ..ri . '"tr,u'nJnl complaisance of members or Male Legislatures to the sacrifice of their own power and niithoilty that is Involved ts he mystifying dement of the pending revo lutionary, alteration ot the character of the furilaineiital law. which will transform It nto tin Inflexible ,ioll.'e code. Never, per hap.., since the- time of the Medcs nnd Per sians lias the (ilea of unalterable, laws been !',T ,'.i ''""""n 'ver before In tho his torj of this republic have, lawmakers seemed eager to diminish their own authority Here- ofni., they have always been Jealous of any Invasion thereof. Tho question now arises whether they ,yll not only seek to alienate their own Jurisdiction, but will do so In dlsre gard of the express resolutions of State Cob si tut ons. W 11 not this bo legally wrong ns will as morally wrong? W. P.. HAMILTON. Hagerstown. Mil., February 2. MEMORY OF CASPAR WISTAR The Ilcbt of Some Philmlolpliin Institu tions to the Old Doctor Dead ' 100 Years yi-MLltDAY marked llie eentenari- ot i- the deoth of Dr. Caspar Wistar, and the American Philosophical Society, of wh eh ear o'f'T, "" VrMm froln ,S5 l J ear of his passing, alone, seem, t0 hftvo taken thought to nav trii.m- . i.i ." ".? Yet the good doctor' Impress' on lib. city was Important and far-reaching, a,, mere are several Institutions In the town wnicn owo much to him lectly. directly or Indl- rhe American Philosophical Socletv doubt less has preserved most, if nnt all. of Doctor latars learned contributions to that worthy a.roclM'ons activities, but to the' malo" llr of Phlladelphians today inoro interest would attach to the inlnuto chronicles of n IIoh well. If the genial Wistar had only had one, John Ualley. of New College. Oxford. In 1 Is Doctor Johnson and Ills Circle." hpeaklug of Iloswell's work, says: "it requires leisure and that sense of tho value of tnlk which lias grown rarer In the hurry of a generation In which the Idlest people affect to bo busy and those who do nothing at all nro In a bustle from morning llll night, Johnson wns neier hi a hurry, especially In the. later days, when be bad done his woik nnd was enjoying his fame. Mrs. Thrnlc savs that conversation was all he required lo mako him happy. Ho hated peoplo who brnko It up to go to bed or keep nn appointment " Mo have no record that this was also true of our rashlonable Intellectual of a hundred years ago, but wo could readily believe Jt The "Wistar Parties." which became part of the cltys history, had ihelr beginning In much the samo way that old Sam Johnson's circle originated. When Doctor Wistar In 1T99, moved Into the house, which Is now a shrine, at the southwest comer of Fourth and Locust streets, his friends and admirers began to drop In upon him o' Sunday nights' and wo are told his talk was so Intrr estlng that they sat long Into the night listening to him. When the doctor died a few ot his morn Intlmato friends determined to continue their pleasant association nnd formed an organization which they called the "Wlstur Parties." There during the early part ot tho eighteenth century many distinguished visitors to Philadelphia were entertained, nnd the club's hospitable prac tices were continued until the outbienk nt tho Civil War. ' or In Its circle were most acutely felt the sundering tendencies of discussion upon war nnd slavery topics, for It must be remem bered that Philadelphia then had many 0. clal and commercial tics which bound her to the rebellious South. So the Wistar Par. ties wirqf discontinued. It was somo eighteen months after the outbreak of tha war that the Union Club modeled Itself upon the old Wistar Party and claimed to ba Its natural successor. And the Union Club, as vory ono knonsl was the parent of tho present Union League bv which It was absorbed lu 1805, ' ' So' tt would have been most appropriate yesterday If a libation or two to the memory of Doctor Wistar had been poured In the big clubhouse at Broad and Sansom streetn. T, A. D. i.KUGKitnn.uis It I to b hobef that tin parltrspher will h... tha bail tulile now lo rrr to J'.omtvelfa cii "V If tb authorities am In any douM a. . ."I-hiTadi'aili:"" (ou0' ""' iltlio du0 In luelr llmouslnei, 1,uia Tht W 'halr in IhW JV!mater Oeileril'V ettVe- ! own lo .Mr. liurl.son'i pinuli HDlfflOII l-uit Tile" lust ai a Titn certainly do lumbiit one ihnih.r as If Ur, Il-jrUaon nail r bein ffi i i feat into lha ciM .hnet. ' """ "' e,M bin 1 If ih ICaUar. I . I' UiUar U tn la(ni ttllii tB, d lfli Tho aelleva thai luile. la cold inatiid i tijhava eoJ irouml for th.i,rJV ralilianieii " uf hot "' , WaNyn't jiatp.lioi.lnc itut fMerelirv ",!,',' , lwea mXrtAiii k&i31 "tcV i 1 lat f a VI 71 Ffalalamaalaai .MP Ha, til', j V a Tl. JBaP".. Ul 1 1 V ' 1 "7 iTlMl'.Erii' -7ina afaTaTaTanV9sda f ! I ', tJ.a-T !? lil.3Hi-:f. T :.fvF.i,a-l IDHtJG. PROPMET. ' .( -'.a ' -',-. jflBMMiltSk ' iSARVB0Dv " .Ail.i w A'tii-rMs: aiKwaiEisJK ntaeanrfiK.i .ABe?,aini j. "'-. .-xmm :aBnoV:uS5?Jra7iu. jtSBKmMsySi.V -v-. m jiunuuiwnuiiJaaaia.TWJgajsajyii- miWJZaaittCa?----rX. -iL?l i - -Ma i ' , n ' llH'ili ii1 i i i r r.iraff ' vti 1 ,3t.5'r."''-- ' - ad?S; WAKE UP, EAST! AND GET BUSY The West Has Been Receiving Millions of Public Money While the East Has Been Asleep l.s'nrcifil Concspoinfeiice 0 the Vvrnlvu Piil llo Ledger.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. WASHINGTON Is still filled with the echoes of tho closing-down order of the fuel administrator. They will up fiom every State of tho Union. They bring to mind tho fact sometimes overlooked lu the Kust that our Industrial development Is 110 longer con fined to New Kngland and the Atlantic States. They also reveal that our Industrial growth Is rapidly penetrating tho territory iouth ot the Mason and Dixon line. Somo of tha most vigorous onslaughts upon tho fuel administrator have como fiom (ieorgla and Mississippi and Louisiana, where tho use of fuel to furnish power has trans, formed many ngrlcultural sections Into In dustrial .communities, Whllo Illinois and Indiana, hi particular, have been forging ahead, rivaling Ohio and Pennsylvania In the production of Iron and steel, It hhould be remembered that North Carolina Is actually boastful about Its alleged supremacy lu cot ton manufacture and that Alabama claims lo havo another Pittsburgh In the Birming ham nnd Sheflleld districts. Indeed, rtfiero Is scarcely a stato from Florida, whero they now need fuel to manufacture lie, all the way ever to Minnesota, where they need fuel to operate their Hour mills, that has not had Its whack at Doctor (iiirfleld for presuming to relievo railroad congestion by closing down tho Industries. Tho fuel administrator may havo done a bravo thing In going a step further than nny foielgn nation has done In upsetting business conditions during the wnr, but It is a, snfo bet that ho could not now obtain very many delegates nnywhero be tween the Atlantic ami, tho Pacific to support him as a presidential candidate. Whlli his drastic order did not Include certain of the western States, not ono of them escaped Its rellex action duo to eastern connections. The Westward Tendency In ona, respect the Oarfleld order 1 as bad a wholesome effect upon the eastern Slates, particularly thoso of New Fngliind. It has tended to prove their weakness under certain conditions. nB compared with the more pro gressive States ot tho West, xcw Hnglnnd, eloso to the anthracite, nearer, of course, than Illinois, ban been In a bad way for several months and bus begun to realize its relatlvo Industrial position. There Is but one great railroad system serving New Ungland, and partlculaily the port ot lloston. it Is easier to cl3g that one system wth excess freight than it Is to emb.1rr.1s3 Chicago with Its many trunk'Uno railroad connections. Seattle and Spokane have more railroad facilities than lloston haH nnd they draw upon 11 wider nvea It Is probable that thtro Is so much Boston and New Jlngjand capital invested In theso western railroads that the New Knglapde.rs havo been overconfident, not observing that commercial nnd Industrial prestige was grad-uoll- being' drawn away from (hem, A short experience In Congress Is sufficient to enable any observer to understand that New -England is no longer supreme In legislation t that the drift Is westward 1 that the voting- power s generally against the Kaet. Only two weeks ago wa had an Illustration of thlff In the passage of the farm-loan law. AU 'that the New Kngland people knew- about this was through tbo publication of newspaper notrces so short s to make It the merest copgresi sional routine. The western State wanted that law. It cabled for 2oO,000,f)0O to be loaned to farmers In the midst of our war necessities. Lastern Representatives knew that that $200,000,000 ,,ke ,, ',- from income-taxes and all other financial burdens ,would fall principally upon the Industrial States of the Kait, Some of theiq opposed the against the. $,or0.6ip originally donated to th.6i.0rk of organuinc- tha farm,loan bureau and Us subsidiary hanks, plus tho announce, ment that the tW.OOO.OOrf Is onlj- hr begin! ulng of what ipay he rqulrd, and the Infill. er.ee of ale ;) States way4 not- wtfj b discounted. Flushed with rleini., i.i .1.1- -.. p"Ct, the attempt was made,1 lat, week td'ad" .. J.l ,...' -.. .1. ...... . . . - -il" I vaiico urn. incraa 01 ma nq;uer4 .of rflaajird lands In 'arid aridisiMlaHn 'rill ... .i, kVi i1! fmtot froiir-f7.00p.(ing ,tpvtOO,o60.06Vby t :"Tr?.:..riT :w?ww9-..- . aAraa on -UsM Hrrkated Mil ,iwiHtas avattW, for.Hj 1? -f . ..... . . . .' 2, 1018 JUST THIS ONCE!!" ,t f 'tj -c-...J through the farm-loan system. The southern States, however, wero not so thoroughly In accord on the Irrigation scheme ns they wero 0:1 tbo farm-loan proposition nnd tho efforts of tho irrlgatlonlsts failed for the time bclnff. The East Has Advantages If wo had arid or scmlarld lands In thu Fast doubtless we would be seeking Govern ment assistance Just as do Itepresentatlvcs ot tbo western States, but the curious thing about it s that until the recent transporta tion breakdown the business Interests ot thn Fast havo seemingly cseouraged the western trend, In Congresii tho thought 1ms been, "Oh, let them have It. They need tho money." And tho business men, having western con nectlons, have at times Hooded their eastern Itepresentatlvcs with requests to bolster up western appropriations regardless of tho In evitable draining of tho Fast. Several years ago tin" Boston Chamber of Commerco rather boastfully1 announced that tho New Ihiglnud coal bill was $100,000,000 per annum, and that tho freight charges upon that coal amounted to JTO.000,000, which means that tho value of that coal nt the mines was $:0, 000,000. At that time tho Boston Chamber of Commerce, relying upon Its port facilities for ocean trade and such limited railroad facilities as It had, was hot friendly to tho Cape Cod Canal, which was subsequently completed by tho August Belmont Company, or to any of the Inland waterways that wouid relievo congestion on the railroads, pr wvn lUo and property -p constantly iiazaulcd around Capo Cod. Our New Kngland friends wero simply satisfied, that was nil, nnd yet within n year or so a new census belli1; taken It developed that tho population of tho mlddlo west cfty of St. Louis, close, tn the bituminous coal fields and smoky ns Pittsburgh, had exceeded that of Boston and actually manufactured more shoes than tho self-satisfied Hub. Apparently theon gentle men, llio many other business men along the Atlantic, seaboard, failed to note that sub stantlally halt of the land east of tho Appa lachlan chain, land which Is well Irrigated by rivers and creeks which flow to tho sea within gunshot of tho maiketa, is waiting for farmers, while the novernment itself. In its frea land and Irrigation projects, Is Inducln men who are capable of tilling the roil to Increase the food supply l0 go West nnd tako up theso arid or scmlarl lands, which as 1 rule, are not brought to fruition .for at least nvo years. It wa this western tendency of population and of federal appropriations which Induced tho reawakening of Interest In eastern water, ways and canals, a transportation relief measure which has recently 'been brought to the attention of tho President and whlcl ni rector General McAdoo has promised to I -elude h his railroad control when Congress passes the bill giving hm )e ,300.000,000 which ho estimates to ba necessary o start the work. J. HAMPTON MOOBH A CHOP TDK WIMIKMI If Wllhelm shoota thoia att-lker. A Tha Wood-drencheJ ."l beneath Wn' That vers- nalant will be amr,. With fruitful drajon-a teeth. What Do You Know? QUIZ I. Where I Hie Hermit Klnidom? S, Who wai tha. "nedforil Tinker"" 3, What I. the orlcln of ,le word"",,,,.., 4, Who Is lllram Jolinwn? 5, What Is I.lojd'? 0. What 1're.ldenti wa. born In renn.,n,T 8. -Where ia Westphalia? D. Wbst la the (ioeken? 10. Who wrot. "Tito Vrar. llef.re the Maf Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. Ausustaa was tha Roman emn... . . at the tlmoof Ike nASti" r rf,nlne S. Mettle uatemi a rode of welzhfa ij . . urea basest on the meler r U ..-j meai unlt. Thla waa ortlnIlJ.a..,S,"J1N,-l is-o-inllllanll, ,( Ih.Tuuneo on II?. J' !T. aarfM from polo waiUr ' 2. Madltwranean Sea, ,, cud n '.,l.. .. rwnr oeeauaa it ua. aaanm,a . L '.Kra. 0. tmilf .irrbamn U 9 tU,u rni. i.riiii w na,tatno( ---""I'vrflrj' v '-s aPjBiiBiaaCTiPfPMBJBri u i.itMLVunr t iti P tgtvQW i .mi ii aiMiiMia m mi I ill i lip '! n i 1 1 ' m ..i.n n. meaning middle and ii,n, '"" I. John nunian wota "rilarlm'a progrMa ' 'i;Aifck?.-. ?. :r,i. ..Wi;a Ml. iUt lai.dewrl. , ,(1, ttiibitakwraiC!-Ainerlfii In Ii,. r jwmzmzm&r iiti lifaf Mr , ? ; .;Ja3MUaalrjnBJJ-."lssVH'ltJ. asaaa sHaTajaaj (natte ,m , i-i ''""li'-'lilrfl ' i.r -r- k -, .-..:,a The Village Poet Whenever it' a Saturday an' February I've one important thinK to do, beforef my work is throuRh,, ,,f! inat takes ine far lrom uncstnut streM wnatcver news is new. Ilcfore the sun is out of bed I start upon my journey, A new Don Quixote hotly sped To tilt a timely tourney. No aimor-plate my wishbone cools, I bear no spear as he did; I have no skill with warlike -tools, Nor will such things be needed, 13ut as across the wastes of snow I flounder, trip nn' crovel, I lufr alonjr a garden hoe, Cement bags an' a shovel. I drag my burden through the dark, And peer in every hollow Unlighted yet by any spark Of Phoebus J. Apollo. So little timet Sd much to do! For I must end tho winter. An' then must rush these verges -throuj An get 'cm to the printer. But fear not, friends! Behold in me A. hl'lL.tlllJlUUllUll UUIlUI Between you and the misery Of all this cold you suffer. For I shall find that groundhog'3 la.ir In some snow-covered meadow: Y I'll plug his holo an' keep him there "A He snail not sec his shallow: '.3 TOM DALYI s-ana- ar-i - a m a f i I rsk s. a. s-a. s-. a .I'll UiNULiHi SAM'S "UUjX.Jtt"ya j Edward R. Stettinhis's Progress Frdfj Match Magnate to War Financier.-! TTUrVAItD P.. STETTINIL'S. ot New-Tft J- city, a member of the firm of J.til Morgan h Co., Ins been named as survey general of all United States army puriha Ho will relievo Secretary pf War Bn!sM mucii moor in tins neiu. ,s Mr. Stettlnlus. early In tho war, when, '. film wns acting us the nur'chaslnc afai for tho allied Uovernments. showed abllll ns a factor In the .market by protectlpg fl interests or 111s clients against tne pr eerlng of excessivo cMrges. ,Ho Is n nlaced In Wnshlncton. where ha ran do slmlS work for his own Oovernment, Mr. Stettlniij is sam to nave nail the supervision of spn ing J3,000.000.000 for the Allies, ti Ho waa president of the. Diamond Matj company prior to ms connection wtn.y Morgan firm, nnd had so Impressed tfl group ot ilnunclera with his ability that wlH the firm w'as called upon to assume Its pat hugo task It Induced him to 'get leavi I absence nnd Join their staff nnd assume'.? sponslblllty for tho service to .the Am After three months' tests he "made goo In the new. place, was taken Into the Morf firm, nnd Is now considered ono of the ar executives the war has prodicc,d.s WMJ the purchasing .of supplies for tho AlUS passeu into 1110 nanus ot special .eotiiius, slons, Mr, Stettlnlus went on to WaBhltifti as a volunteer and has had much to do M formally with aiding tho Cloverniiieiit. X. he gets formal recognition and jow.er' tJ;4s uu a. large scale. - a- He Is a native of St. Louis, grew unv typically American modest circumstances. aJ early entered on a business ateer. Thl J course, ot time brought hint In .touch wU tho head n( tho "Match Trust." whd 'r, nlzcd his nblllty, gale Jilm a ,ptice; to 1)f ii, una m quo nine maao nun vice proein or tne uiamona Match Cympanyv Klecyo t Via lifaittlilftnitif fn1IAnaJ ' - r : . THIS l.iTTt.w irnoin Lr'A wll'.l,..0.mt "i9. I"""' t "hoif-ama,!!; world-la'Viluff. add tbls: - ,'l In tho fall of 11)11 Jamea M, nrnnottvP city, was beat bur It out ot ito jium, Uarlrut him an unaiiilodei) Herman shell a a aouiri In-tha car beslda him waa a Jouoi. Ihot: ahi wno waairarryint.in u Uarmn'for1 sllii. .lay .laai ilr, Hnanell's daustiter,' Mr;':-t jiuiiiauuiirr)- m nallimure, .wrole, tatliimi iviai Juai met a louutt nmn bora who wlilu. Mb revnemuered to jou.'. llli nmriV la'ilmittiiS-1,; "Kl w- ,0 r-.l the joun ro.'jToJ ' if'. k .., Til V- Ii ilrr' " ' li'MMIIiifTiTHilBB .. 'c!liS i --i.--ir... 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