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TOP TITfiUtVAV rw TRKASnK '
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M rjkyrOST treason goea Into or coints out of
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fi. Jijiu'Mto the mouth. Not twenty per cent ol the
!&. ,'i tiomea of America, tt is estimated, arc up-I.1:.,.-
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rA,iioiams uie ioou auiuinisiraiiuu eurivii-
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''W'',cally and patriotically. Hotels and the res-
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is!,:- .lauranis are noiuing iuai 10 me mini, uui
lh cblintless hornet, there Is no rcai at
tempt to conservo the few vital foods
Which are requisite to Allied success. It Is
a. mean sort of treason, but tt Is treason
Jut the same. The pity Is that those
Rullty of It do not choke.
The other sort of treason, Insidious and
gravely dangerous, comes out ot the mouth
In. tho form ot -words. Unfortunately,
thinking and talking are not synchronized
processes. There Is more talk without
thought than there Is thought with talk.
W are deluged with the effusions of
crack-brained Individuals who prate about
free speech and the dethronement ot the
Constitution, demanding In time of peril
the exercise of their full normal privileges
Vjt, and unable utterly to appreciate the ridic
ulous attitude In which they arc placed
by their Incorrigible platltudinarlaulstn.
The Constitution provided for Its own
abrogation during periods of major peril.
We Inherited from the Koman democracy
the Idea of the dictator. The story of Cln
clnnatua was held up to school children
for generations as an Ideal example ot a
democracy functioning properly In war
time. The founders of this Government,
S35 ' therefore, provided that the President
5M. ...
should be, commander-in-chief ot the
army and navy, which carries with it the
authority to declare martini law, thus .11.
stttutlng a virtuul dictatorship for estab
lished law and absolutely centralhslns'all
the resources of the nation for greater ef
ficiency. Moreover, practice and precedent
have combined to clothe Washington with
virtually unllmjted power In war.
We find certain Inalienable rights sud
denly thrown Into the discard. Men are
not asked If they wish to serve In the
forces across tie seas. They are drafted.
What a man shall eat and what he shall
drink are subjects of national control.
How comes It, then, that any manvcan
claim for himself no contraction In the
right of speech when his very right to live
la' subject to' the pleasure of the State?
. If Uncle Sam can reach to the hearthstone
and take thence the son or husband, must
he be impotent to shut life mouth ot a
"blatherskite or demagogue who stands on
the corner inviting the populace to Insist
' on measures inimical to the lives ot these
drafted men and ruinous to the common
cause?' It Is obvious that among the many
to
and essentfal rights which are in abeyance
during periods of stress Is the right of un
limited free speech. Nor is the sacrifice of It
any. greater hardship than the sacrifice of
ilfe.
The press has seer, the necessity for and
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. naa acqutcsccu in me exercise 01 an oinciai
' Vind unofficial censorship. Every newspaper
"'J 'constantly retrains from printing matter
ftV'pihattls obviously detrimental to the well
&' .? boine of the natlonf Tet.'mlstaklng liberty
K '1f'JlP license and Ignoring utterly the exlgen
V 'r ?.. .
- , cies oc war, some orators insist, on - uie
a privilege of denouncing- the country and
'engaging In practices which clearly lend
.aid"and,comfort to the enemy. It la prlvi
'lf they are not entitled to and 1.. which
' beymust not be permitted to indulge. The
iwajl' ot democracy to which' they rush
r (fto-refuge la the very temple they ore at-
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apung uy every means in, tneir power
jt: '1 birtng In ruin. down on' their own heads
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Tlee two classes' of sociophagous trai-
Uie one devouring .the food that will
Uij war, and the oilier subsisting 00
tMiaMt'tba sacrlflce of the mass to
1 iMtvIdual whims,- require stern treat-
fare very likely to get it. But we
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anelent history now. "Evolution" has been
traveling at alratane speed in the few
years that have passed since then( and a
whole new' order of dealing with labor dis
turbances has been developed,
Mr. Tennypacker fearlessly enforced the
law as It was handed down to him. Mr.
Itoosevclt did the best he could with the
vague principles of -mediation and con
ciliation as they were understood In his
day. Only a decade before the Pennsyl
vania strike, drover Cleveland could do
nothing better than call out troops to stop
the Chicago railroad strike. "Evolution"
moved very slowly In the nineties,
Now (he "third party" to every strike
the public-has at last made Itself vocal,
It has forced the llovernment to act force
fully In the public Interest, on tho sound
theory that the Government Is the public.
DIZZINESS OF TIIK SLAVIC WHIM.
pvUKINO the events about to take place
-' there will probably be many conflicting-
rumors labeled "ltusslans to Klghl"
one day and "Russians Not to Klghl" the
next. This U all very puzzling anil disturb
ing, for the simple reason that the concep
tion of a great nation 111 revolution has
passed out of our consciousness and under
standing. It Is as hard for us ot this gen
eration to believe in the existence of na
tional chaos as It Is to take Mr, Sunday's
version' of an anthracite and bituminous
hell literally, l,av and order prevailed
during our Civil War and to a remarkable
degree dining the Kiench Revolution. We
should have to go back to the Thirty Years'
War, 1618-1(MS, to get the most recent
parallel to modern Russia.
Tho pivotal point of sanity, from which
one can view the Slavic whirl without feel
ing dizzy, is realization of the fact that
every German bayonet reported at Dvlusk,
I.utslf and Rovno Is one less German bayo
net at Verdun, St. Qnentlu and Vpies.
AVhei L was thought, a week ago, that the
Germans would merely have to watch
Russia, It was calculated that between
150,000 and 250,000 bayonets would he
needed for that police work. The new In
vasion will probably double that require
ment, and. If the Invasion Is serious, triple
or quadruple It. That would save Krance
until enough Americans arrive to win the
war.
As It Is, the Invasion of Russia has all'
the appearance of a German confession of
complete Inability to dent the western
fiont and of the autocracy's admission
that all 'It can hope for Is a negotiated
bargain by whlo'i Belgium and the Bal
kans are set free In exchange for a Prus
sianized western Russia.
FICKLE ELECTRICITY
rpiIK battle of New Orleans wait foiifsht
-- after the peace treaty had been signed.
Lack of nlreless or even wires In those
days made It dltticult to know whether or
not war was being waeed. Today we suffer
klititter reversed conditions. There are so
many wires and so much wireless that we
cannot learn, whether or not peace negotia
tions are In progress.
HAVE OUR SCHOOLS FAILED?
pONSTANT criticism ot the public
'-' schools has crystallized In a demand
for a survey of the kind of education Phil
adelphia children are getting and a s'udy
of the business system of the s-chools. The
Board of Kducutlon has authorized a lim
ited survey by lis committee chairmen
and Doctor Oarber has asked for a scien
tific Inquiry by disinterested Investigators.
The board's committee lias not even been
organized yet and the superintendent's
suggestion apparently has been pigeon
holed. The KvKNiMi Piifci.ic l.KutiKit anticipated
the need for such a survey. One of Its
editors was assigned some mouths ago to
make an Intensive and comprehensive
"study" ot the wli.,tiK Professional etll
clency ami economical business operation
guided this unofficial survey, the first part
ot which appears today. The series will
be published In dally articles. It vplces
the views of teachers, school authorities,
college professors, educational organiza
tions, business men and parents of all
parties Interested in whether or not Phila
delphia's children are being properly edu
cated for the business of life an 1 good
American citizenship.
HUII.D HOMES INSTEAD
'.MANSIONS
OF
rpWENTV thousand homes are needed
- by the end of this year. Three thou
sand of them, at Klmwood, are to be taken'
care of by the Government. Contractors
and builders or, rather, those who finance
contractors and builders are fighting shy
of work on the remaining 17,000 for these
stated reasons:'
First. Unwillingness of banks to lena
money for building.
Second. High cost of material and labor.
Third. Government priority claims on
material.
There are here two reasons too many.
If tight money is really restrictive, there
Is no use talking about the other difficul
ties, and If materials or labor cannot be
obtained there Is- no use crying about the
price or the waMo get the price, especially
when there are materials, labor and money
enough to build fine mansions.
Next Investigation: Who has an "Im
moral claim" upon the City Treasury?
The Hun pulls at the Bolshevik daisy
petals "lie loves me, he loves me not."
Russia's silver spoons art safe, anyway.
The Crown Prince, Is still on the weal front.
Btfore Vsrdaman starts lit again lie
ought to read whit Mr, Pennypacktr says
of him.
V- .
The .Germans started their Verdun offen
sive on February 20. Their ltll off.nalva
Is at least one day overdue.
Factional warfare Is the' movie men's
penalty for being so successful,. Whenever
);'HilorRy gets loo big It breaks In two,
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Botes take notice: Jutt as the eight
bour day hai 'received the sanction of so
Hiety.'so the foyr-mlnute man has perma
.rieiUlestabllshtfPlhe limit, 'of monologue.'
A Milfor tfca ol: two-cent piece
PENNyPACKER IN
COAL-STRIKE CRISIS
1
Strong Assertion of Governor's
Right to Go Over Sheriffs'
Heads'
riANVI'.MKKK .MTOniiMiKAPHV Ml. SJ
(Coiorioht, '!., ju 1'itbllc Lrilutr L'oiiumuy.J
rpUU.V came the Inevitable coal strike, of
which Roosevelt had told nic that he
had Information anil which, as he Indicated,
he had planned tu come Into Pennsylvania
and,niaimge as he had done timing the Ad
ministration of Governor Stone. At once,
without consultation with him or anybody
else, I wrote this letter to George V, Raer,
the president of the Philadelphia iiiul Read
Ing Rnllway Company, and to John Mitch
ell, of Indianapolis, the head of the labor
organization which had control of the
strike:
.March .11, l'JOl,
Dear Sir -The Commonwealth nf Penn
sylvania expects that every leasonablo
elftut will be mnde by the parties In
terested to accoinmodatp the differences
between coal operntois and coal miners
and to uveit the stilke which Is now
thteateued. Yours very truly.
SAMUEL W. PHNNYPACIvKR.
This was simply intended ns notice to
both of them that the Interests of tho Com
monwealth were to be considered, nnd that
she did not propose to sit Idly by and per
mit them to Involve her In difficulty. They
were holding conferences, each side reso
lute, and In the meantime the anthracite
legion lay Idle. Coal Is a public necessity,
and to deprive the people ot 11 was to Inflict
great sufTeilng. The New York Sun lend
the letter correctly. In an editorial, Apill
G, It lead: "Between the lines of tills timely
message we think an Intimation can be
read that the ptcsent Governor of Peiinyl
vanla wilt be prepared to employ tln last
lesource of his authority to keep the peace
and preserve to nil men their lights."
On the i:th, I sent forth this announce
ment: I announce to the people of IVnnsyl
vault that the deposit of jl.OHO.OOO In the
Enterprise National Rank, 11 national
bank which failed on the eighteenth day
of October. 1905, together with Interest
of H,n43.14, has been paid Into tho
Treasury of the Commonwealth, mid lit
your behalf I thank the State Treasurer
(Mathucs) for the caie with which this
1 deposit, when made, was safeguarded ituil
for the promptness with which tt has
been collected.
I likewise announce that on the thhd
of April, IDOlJ. there was paid Into the
Treasury J236,72.65, collected from the
I'nltetl States Gu eminent for moneys
loaned to It by this Commonwealth In
the War of 1812.
Truth Hidden By Politics
It Is it psychological phenomenon. For
the pin iioses of a political campaign, by
suggestion that poslbly tho money might
be lost, the people could be worked up Into
a frenzy and persuaded to put an incapable,
like Berry, In charge of their finances, The
proof that It was safe In the Treasury was
treated with absolute Indifference. The
fact that moneys due for it century had
been finally collected attracted no attention
whatever, and no Journal thought It worth
Its while to say a word of appreciation.
Still trying to make the most of the situa
tion, the Record said: "Political pull i,e
cured for the Entei prise Rank heavy de
posits of State money which served to give
It the appearance of stability and lured the
credulous people of Allegheny to ilntrtivt
It with their private savings."
On the Kill began In Philadelphia tho
celebration by the Ameilctin Philosophical
Society, the oldest scientific organization-In
the United States, anil the University of
Pennsylvania, of the 200th anniversary of
the birth of Benjamin Kranklln, Many
men of distinction in science and others
conspicuous In the various walks of life
came from over the world to attend.
Among them were Hugo de Vrles, of Am
sterdam; Sir George II. Darwin, son ot
Charles D.trwiu; Alois Rrandl. of Berlin:
Gugllelmo Marconi, the Inventor of wheless
telegraphy. nd Andrew Carnegie. There
was a dinner at the Bellevue-Stral'ord. at
which I made a speech. On my left sat
Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massachusetts, cul
tivated and sincere, and next to him Ellhu
Root, of New Yoik, stronger hut less re
liable. Dr. I. Minis Ifays, the energetic secre
tary of the American Philosophical Society,
was most responsible for the e'Jccess of
the demonstration.
Coal Strike Proclamation
The affair of the coal strike grew more
heated, and May 2 I Issued this proclama
tion: Whereas, Industrial disturbances have
recently arisen In various parts of the
Commonwealth accompanied by manifes
tations of violence and disorder, now,
therefore. I, Samuel Whltaker Penny
packer. Governor of Pennsylvania, do
issue tills my proclamation and call upon
all citizens by their conduct, example and
utterances, whether printed or verbal, to
astlst In the maintenance of the law.
Times of commotion furnish the test of
the capacity of the people for self-government.
Eveny man Is entitled to labor
and get for his labor the highest com
pensation he can lawfully secure. There
is no law to compel him to labor unless
he so chooses, and he may cease to labor
whenever he considers It to be to his In
terest so to cease. Tho laboring man, out
of whose efforts wealth arises, has the
sympathy of all disinterested people in
his lawful struggles to seenre a larger
proportion of the profit which results
from his jabor. What lie earns belongs
to him, and If he invests Ills earnings
the law protects his property Just ns the
lights of property of all men must bo
protected. He has 110 right to Interfere
with another man who may want to
labor. Violence has nd place among' us
and will not be tolerated.
Let all men in quiet and soberness keep
the peace and attend to their affairs with
the knowledge that It Is "the purpose of
the Commonwealth to see that the prin
ciple's herein outlined are enforced.
This proclamation drew the lines exactly
where they ought to be placed, and ex
pressed with precision the purpose which
It was Intended should be carried Into ef
fect. There had been an impression enter
tained even by many good lawyers, and
widely entertained, that the Governor could
not interfere until called upon by the
Sheriff ot the county.
Tills theory would overtHrow completely
the constitutional power of the' Governor
tot see that the laws are enforced, and
would' make the Sheriff master ot the situ
ation. I let It be known that, while I recog
nized the propriety of consulting wjth the
Sheriff and letting, htm maintain llio peace
If he could. I would not listen for-a moment
to, the claim of want of power Iji the GoyJ
ernor ian'd It b occasion vre'qu'lred"'suqh
sjrtion.wouldwaltffer jw. Mjarttf,, a
HOW WILL YOU HAVE
YOUR WHALE, SIR?
Steaks and Chops From the Big.
Fish Mny Grace Our
Tables
WHEN Dr. Oliver Wendell Huhnes, In re
ply to a young man's questions, "Is flli
really a good brain food?" "And how much
should I cat to achlee success In literature?"
said, "Oh, about a whale and 11 half," folks
laughed; and they have been chuckling eer
since at the Joke, But some of us may
shortly accomplish that very f-nt. for the
Government has already Instituted a move
ment to make whale steak popular.
The Ameilcan Jluseum of Natural 1lllory
gave a whale-steak dinner In New York thi
other night and everybody around the board
smacked his lips amlivowed that Mother hud
never cooked anything' titilto so good. Some
of the guests wondered why whales had
never swum Into the Lucullan limelight be
fore, which was the cue for Roy Chapman
Andrews and other speakers, probably under
Government prompting, to allsc and say
things. One of Ihein declared whale has
been a impular dish In ,101)311 for twenty
yeats. Another lold bow common whale
steaks and chops were, say, a couple of hun
dred eais ago, among the pioneer whalers
of New Bedford.
At nny rate New Bi-dfoid, ottcc the btlsy
hoine of the Amerlcnn whaling lm!titry, has
been stlrtcil again to Its center by this news
of the rehabilitation nf the big fish. Tackle
Is being meiimuli-il nnd the weather-beaten
salts, who have beei languishing In snug
liHilmrs, nte cocKIng up their cars nnd
stretching the rheumatic kinks out of their
sea-legs. And thete must be a whale of a
crop of wholes In tho seven seas, for It hasn't
been worth while to chase them of late, years.
John D. Rockefeller's men huo been illg
glng so much petroleum out of dry land as
to make sperm oil of but little more value
than dishwater. But now the pmdiict of the
whale's blubber a blinding $1.25 a barrel,
Hint that, with the adtle.il prospect of market
ing the meat fur u-al money, proinloes to
rexlte the old activities of New Bedford.
This new scheme of the Government's may
flivver, but the w If o ones say they can see
success abend. We don't know. We do re
member that when we visited our flab-dealer's
shop as late as Lent pt last year the
nlls were. decorated with placatds, supplied
by the Depaitment of Agrlcultme, or Inter
ior, or something, calling upon us to eat
plenty nf tlled'h, Tilellsh, It will bo re
membered, Is the hensltlvn cieature which
disappeared fiom our shoies about twenty
five ymtrs ago and went Into absolute. le
tlremeut: and then, piobably feeling that
Its past had been foigotten, returned to us
suddenly. It Is due fur uuntber period of
retirement, for though the Government did
Its best to boost It, few folks fall for It now.
Some Hints for Lent
If whale steak fulls to get across we may
be avked to try shalk; and, Indeed, theie's
a vvlso medico In New- York who has ahvaxs
been 11 pratser of that fish's edible qualities.
Dr. Robert T. Mortis, who Is a many-sided
genius, deplores the fact that some good
food fish are going to vinMe because they
carry bad names arnuiul with them. He
doesn't ask us to eat man-eaters, but he
contends that the. dogfish, which Is a mem
ber of the shark family, Is delicious eating
If tho Government will only nrrango to cult
the cieature "grayflsh," which Is one of Its
nll.tses, people iiiIkM lake kindly to It.
Shaik's fins, as everybody knows, have long
been highly exteeined by t'hltiese gotumanils.
But even It grafKi should become popu
lar and prove plentiful, we have, no guar
antee that It wouldn't also Immediately be
come high In price. That, after all, Is our
chief ttouhle, fur there's no scarcity of good
sea food, nor lark of variety. It's the pi Ices
they wear that stick In our throats. Shad,
for Instance, which many Phlladelphlans
were once able to pick up at Gloucester,
alive and kicking, for from twenty to fifty
cents, In the season, wlU kick all the change
out of the average purse this year. They're
coming lu now from Georgetown, N. ('., and
while they're good, as usual, tlu-y're not
being sold nt so much apiece, ns they used
to be, but by the pound, It may be ounces
and troy weight by the time they come where
they're flncbt In the vvateis of the Delaware.
Of course lobsters have grown scarce try
ing to satisfy the appetites ot chorus girls
and their gentlemen friends, but that needn't
worry any one. with so many other cholco
things coming In. The scallop Is a delicious
bit. whether he's the big fellow from Maine
or the small and more delicately flavored
iiiollusk from t'ape Cod, Long island or
Morehead t'ity, N. t. New- York city doesn't
let many of the Long Island catch get nway
from the Gotham hotels nnd restaurants, so
Philadelphia has to take Cape foils or More
bead t'ltys. What few get throimh from
Long Island bilng $7 to JS a gallon, which
Is ridiculously high. The general run of the
titheis fetch 13 to $0 a gallon In ordinary
times the.v're worth no more than $1-5".
These little fellows grow In the slate-gray
cuilously shaped shells which give them their
name, but the big ones from Maine live In
houses very unlike those affected .by most
of the family. Some one has said' that an
oyster Is "a fish that's built like a nut."
So Is the Maine scallop. Its home Is of the
clam-shell style of architecture, plain and
smooth and big as a dinner plate.
Local dealeis will tell you that most ot
the ftslt coming Into this market fiom New
Knglauil come without their beads. This Is
particularly true of cod. for the New Mng
landers hold out the tongues and Jowls of
that fish for a dainty known down Last ns
"tongues and sounds," Scroti, another favor
ite down Boston way, seldom reaches these
parts and that needn't worry you, either. If
your taste Is anything like ours, for we've
tried It and found it wanting. The Bcrod Is
simply a young codjlsh, nnd Charles S,
Knowiton, now of this town, but a New ling
lander by birth, sajs It's prime eating when
It's boiled, br, better still, stewed In a chafing
dish.
But for Lenten fare, calculated to defeat
the oilglnal pip-pose of the penitential sea
son, wo might mention a dish which has long
been a feature ot a basement restaurant In
Chicago, It's called "Kindan Haddle a la
Rector" there, and although It may taste
almost as good under some other name
somewhere else, we have never found It. At
Rector's, In Chicago, the Ash is brought in
to you upon a generous platter, which. In
turn, is superimposed upon a larger platter
to catch whatever of the rich milk-gravy
may overflow tho first plateau. Up to their
middles In this gravy stand half a dozen
plump little boiled potatoes: and the meat
of the fish Is saturated with savory Juices
Oh never mind a trip to Chicago, The
rprlng airs arc- ttlning In this old town and
presently the waters of the Delaware will be
alive with the finest food fish that bless any
part of tills country. The royal shad is fi0 ,,.
Ing, if you can afford to entertain him
T. A.' D,
NATIONAL I'OIXT OF VIEW
Coiinrti.man John v. Miller, in the Uou.. of
nepre.entstlvei. vrou.ted ssalnst the arm? o?.?!
ttce, of conipellliur private soldiers to do mSSi
serflce. The, LVonereuman'i ittUudo will ill .5
.loried l;r every Mtrlollo citizen of thSromtr?"
The uniform of the I'r.tted sjate. .0 Idler , Po'nl
remain ever an embl-m of l,onor ot the li?d.
of a flunkey St Joseph Mo.) tlaictte, "'
Uuinri from tU;h tho mew American arm
Int. be.!! rru leU will not bewm "linSSd iSr
the reporta that the niura of our men SI i.it
No doubt l.ol.ted FcIX, of tamoS It?
found in our tr.lnlnr center, 'i. Iii"i?
liaiiuniui
are to be
In American camps In Europe. They, however
are too scattered to be made the baila or 1
blanket chanre aealmt our troopi.Ba t ike
In Amerlcai
lUrald-Republlcan.
It la cenerallr admitted by member, nf .11
political Pfrtlea that the revenue S now upon
the statute books contains many Inequalities
and other mletake. It ha. been ursedtbit ',,
Consresa will apply lUetf promptly to the revision
of the law the leek can be ompll,hed In aSpIo
tfme to admlnlater the 'law for ifi, tatl $$ll
year. In anr event, ravlfion thouh) p und"ru,,i'
a bou poi.lblo In Jlhe, Intere.t of tu.il'V'i'u
all concerned, -v,Vah.lnton I'ot ' m
. Tlte ""ft, prooiem la ahnot,it r,y
poilca, probletn, kept alive, by frlcilnviiVtvveeii wo
raiea.'one of which ,-thlnVs Jtaelc aujerlor,- and
cine of which (..embittered over real or iliaif real
l,i.". Th.MmDort.nl thin 1. ikl ' ..I..1 .'
the relation.
iween Meiloaea and Americana In-
J
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GRAFT AND MUDDLE
IN POLICE SYSTEM
Autoist Had Difficulty Recovering
Stolqn Car Even After It
Had Been Found
Tu llir Killtor 0 thr Kventnp I'nbltc T.ritil'r:
Sir I read with Interest the article In
the Issue of the lfuh instant headed "Auto
Ists Scent Graft of Sleuths."
My car was stolen the night of the 14th
from nearly In front of the Ge.rmantown
police station. I went at once to the sta
tion house and Informed the t-ergeant, who
entered tho description In the record. (I
saw him typewrite it.) The morning of tfie
16th a citizen called me ,on the phone and
stated that he was at City Hall, had found
my car, had phoned to the detective bureau
the number nnd description and that they
had no recoul of It, so he had gone to thejr
ottice personally and found out to whom the
car belonged,
They Healed him with scant politeness
and told him not to deliver the car without
an order from the department. He said be
would return It to me If I proved my Identity.
1 could not either go to City Hall or get
the car that day, but having to go near the
police station I stopped there and explained
the case. They could not do anything, but
called up Detective Jesse Wlster on the
phone. Although his .department had not
found the car and hud nothing to do with
It, he Insisted that I would have to come
to City Ball and get an order.
On the 17th, In the afternoon, 1 went to
City Hall for the order and the man In
charge had no record of my car. "Finally jt
called up Wlster and found out that I
should be given an order. I gave him my
license and number so he could make 0111
the order. I then went to the garage (prl
vate) where the finder had had It towed
and secured It.
Kverylhlng had been taken from It, The
finder said that he first saw the car latt,
Thursday night, ngaln on Friday and late
Friday night. He then examined It and
found that It had been gone, through, so
had put It In a garage.
I-dld not pay anything except to the finder
for his expense for storage and towing, and
perhaps I added something for his kindness.
There Is no doubt a lot of Incapacity and
Inefficiency among the police, and through
talking to others who have had cars and
articles stolen I learn that there Is graft.
The whole system Is run down and I think
It a very dangerous state of affairs. The
public; should know of It. But I don't think
the detectives would, know if an air raid was
occurring unless ,somo members of their
family were killed by It.
' , , . . I'nANCIS GOODIICK. .IB,
Bhlladelphla, February 20,
AN ALLIED CONFERENCE
To the Editor of the Evening Publlo Ledger;
t Sir The time will soon be ripe for '.the
calling of a world peace conference by Pres
ident 'Wilson. I do not mean for a moment
that war should stop while the discussion Is
mirRtied. but that the, Allien mntin. -
. ---.. .w..wi,o ) rrio-
lutely h ever, on the line of action outlined
by the Versailles" council.
But why not Institute a clearing-house In
which to bring together the varylng'opin
ions of Allied statesmen' Th'elr opinions "do
not radically differ. H la said. Very' well'
All the moro-teason to avoid the least sem
blance or suspicion of variance. Asqulth and
Lloyd George evidently have different views
about war alms.. If Czernln and Wilson .can
talk together, why cannot Asqulth and ,WH
eon talk? Let us and out whether or not
the Wilson program Is nearer to the As
qulth, program or the &ansdowne program
than It la to the Lloyd George program
We, are committed to publlo, diplomacy.
Why not go a step further -and nave the
preliminaries o publlo diplomacy' held In'
public tooT, ' AVIATOR,
Philadelphia,.. February ,jp M
MUNICIPAL OJsNERSmp "
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EvfiN sor
there Is as much good reason for the on
ns for rue other.
1 have always wondered what black magic
the transit magnates of the country use to
prevent public discussion ot municipal own
ership. Municipal ownership Is much more
feasible and practlcabto than national own
ership, because a city public service coro
ratlou Is much more easily managed than
one on a national scale.
It Is strange that more young' men do not
enter politics by lighting transit magnates,
in Cleveland Tout Johnson did such splendid
fighting that he won for himself a national
leputatlon.
He was succeeded by Newton Baker, who
kept up the good woik. The country ought
to realize that there Is no problem more
dllltcult than tiauslt, nnd that those who
master it are probably men big enough to
take almost any Job and see it through. It
would be a good thing If after the war
Philadelphia could lure Mr. 'Bator to reside
here and clean up our transit muddle.
Philadelphia, February 20, B. S.
HELP APPRECIATED
To tht i:lltrof ihr. Rvtntiiti 1'nbll? I.eiluer:
Sir At 11 neetlng of the executive com
mittee a unanimous vote of thanks was ex
tended to the Kyumxu Public I.kuukr for
Its heaity co-operation lu connection with
our Jll'B.OOu emergency drlvtr for" the
Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia. Appreci
ating your klndneVs, 1 am yours very slu.
cerely, KLVIBA 7.. PLUMEIt.
Chairman Executive Committee, Kmergeiicy
Ililve, Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, February 20.
"WILSON BOULEVARD"
To the H'tlltorof the livening VuVlic Ledger:
Sir I beg to differ with "A Reader's"
opinion that our Parkway should be called
"Wilson Boulevard." There are so many
prominent Phlladelphlans who could be hon
ored with more propriety In this, a city A
wmcii is not cioseiy luentineu witn the
career of Mr. Wilson. But I believe It would
be better to get away altogether from, the
Idea ot naming streets and places after
men. It smacks too much of hero-worship,
and hero-worship Is not democratic.
We should name our streets after great
events or movements In which the people
have taken part. There should be a "Oecla
ratlon Avenue" In Philadelphia to commem
orate the Declaration of Independence, nnd
In Washington there might be a' "Democracy
Boulevard" to remind all men In .the future
of "the world made bafe for democracy."
Philadelphia, February 20, ,G, n. S.
TUB CONGRESSMAN,
Be y earned1 to sit-in Congress
And so we ruahed him thrutmh.
Ru there he sttai and. really It'a
The only thing he'll do.
What Do You Know?
v QUIZ
Who li lrilne lu Ltnroot?
Are there as many HeetalUla' tn the Frenrh
Chamber of Deputies aa there are In (he
Herman Relcbetast
About how many fltntlnr men ean lb Ger
mane connt on and about what la tho maxi
mum number the? ean keep la kadla?
la whale meat edlbleT
What la a eanteenT
What la atlmlel eollf
What la the Iterllllon jileni
lilre the derivation of the word "damask."
Name two element wltlrli the element Iodine
refcemulfi.
What, la Wkum?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
hliaareent n kind of rooch-grslaod leather,
niually died green.
'William S.GUljeyt wito.";rne Bb Ballads."
a-eoUeetlon of directing and metrically U-
ks
Tobacee. notatoea and mall (Indian tern) are
T&thyiSi,WV.,,?d' " kM""
PtrThekt a eltr lei nortJiera Runla In tho Bailie
urovlncti. , " i ' "
I)etlor"von Kuehlminn It the Oennan lm
, perlal Met reUiT for 1 ufclm Affaire.
Relation" la the ital"or rondlllon at liei.r.
'Cjrated or kin "reh.tle'Vv, i'n V, .onX-'
JIUiMf rvlaled.-Tho. farmer ile rul.u.ed I fir
i,.'J!l,r T1'" 'wffeP,en Vln.hlD ir
UUelrod, ah.trarll,, (he, latter means i
it kjSmiWt- eoBcreielr; At ... - ,",
Aroiaanarr'le a'rBooUrrifoir'ille.
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Da Uigga Noiic
Som' ways I may be domb. my frand
For I ain't loner ccn dcesa land; 'i
ict eet ees long enougn to leeia
Dat I have caught da meanin' cltu
ur ati da bigga noise 1 hear .
Ecn street an' alley, shop ah1!
Let ecs not prettn, no, but stroi
Decs song dat 3 made da whole
Een evra nlace dat turns a vi
Eet ces da wan great Bigga Noil
tin vl-i-n Innd n' rtrrlv vnieo -4
Of 'Mcricana Dollar Beell. '$
Derc ees not mooch. I am so iloi
About da war, dat I could know, .i
Not verra mooch at all, but stM
I theenk eef I could brecng my) l
Jus close enough so 1 could hei
Alt :..- u....n .. t.,...it
ttii nutans uaur. ui cviu ucvii f4
Where fi enters shout an' bullets s
I'd mebbo hear da sama theengj'j
An' where iiey lay da ship us K
T ii4aaT1 iniilrl fnn An tinvnn nniaa-.ij
a nice! wuuiu nun ut ouuia uiol'v
Da strong, an' loud an' busy voice 1
Of '.Mericana Dollar Beell. '
TOM DA
ACORNS
Being the.Little Beginnings ofj
Worthy Timber
T IKE many another bright jchoUrj
J-j him, when John was a sum
Glrard College ha was excellent In's
branches that he couldn't quite ig
his mind what to select for his
He graduated in '85, but stucc irj
a year or so, as secretary to tni
Then lio went Into the offices of ,th
Estate and later entered the Whs
of the -University of Fcnnsylvs
graduating there he became set
lh. TTnl.-Acal,, T,nlif KneletV.1
then that he- heard a number of1
upon landscape architecture, which!
him into the channel that was tol
big things for him. He gathered his ii
together and went abroad tor
a half, making a study of Old'Wft
dens ana perrecting mmseit geusra
art nf lnnrtnt-iinA architecture. A 1
uate course in that, line at Harvar
slty followed, and immediately im
hung out his shingle In Cambria
wh.ra Iia .till la when1 tin's ftf n
bless you! he can't bring Into hlJ
the sick landscapes mat neeu vm
ho has to visit them wherever Ui
n 1... tinn.n nt tl.Anl Ha In tllO Vi
Beading, Pa.; Charlotte, N. C,i"4
Wis. ; San Diego. Cal., anu no iijj
as far avvayas Dublin, Ireland,- S
ago he went abroad as a member.
mission from Boston wmen wao
study parkway systems in me y
i. Pau at ttmr time. nrab&blyV
ih.,Mn Ti T.t.iitenftnt of'O?
vlted him to map out a plan for,'
tlflcatlon of .Dublin. He was, on',
of sailing to take up that work
big war broke loose in i.
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UCC" VttUI lil ." wvw, -,,-,..
storm blow over. Meanwblie
rebels shot up some of the enri
e,t,-inkiAii reri nhnva the irreen V
safo to say his services arc, pie
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IIICIC lllttll CYVl. fc." .....---"-, --
conditions, and the. establlshmenjj
grounds are aieo in i" "' ?
written and edited a number oL,
Ing with these various pranciiw
C3A taiVI. anrl iranllemen. We PI
No'len. M. A., probably the worij
lanascape rumcti
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