'' ,d. , V S-ZW"'"' EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, .TUESDAY, FESUUAtfY 26, 1913 f , ft ft V t b Bublic HeDacr UBLIC LEDGER COMPANY crnus n. k. cunns. rtiDr Hta M. laidlnston. Ira Prealdenti John C. BKfsiarr ana Treaaureri jmiid b. John . , tvilllama. John J. ttpurston. maier, Director!. EDITOPUt. BOARD) 5 It tYHALET ... Editor C. MARTIN. ,.Oenral Builncae Manacer bttatitd dallr at rtjtlo T.nrxlkii Hulldlnf, - invtpfnaenci miu-r, I niiaueipm. CaxTaaL.... Broad and t-heatnut Rtreet autio Cirr.. .....t-rcaa-trnloii Building- iquii ....... Mii.inn ..Meiropoiiian -tower oit .403 lord llulldlnc Oct!.... 1008 Fulierton Huildin ao..,..: 1.02 Tribune llulldlnc M- NEWS BUREAUS t tMToy mint. fcv- , N. E. c-or. i-ennayivanim Ave. and 14th 'St. (tar TOIK BllUD The Sun Building uSpaoN Btum Marconi House. Btranrt IWN 8CUAV 32 Rue Loula U arand 7 BUIilllilCPi 1L.11.MS ETtxina PtiiLio Liiiots lit atrved to nub re In Philadelphia and aurroundlnr tonni i rate of twelve (IS) centa per week, payablo i carrier. mall to TMlntlt nut-dil- at Phttartelnlit. In Jolted Hlatn. Canada or United tltatea po ona. imataae free, fifty I30I rent ner month. (161 dollara per )ear. payable In advance. an roreisn countnea one tell dollar per 'ts .ltlh. t,"o- "WotiCt Subacrlber Trlahlnr addre chanced '.aattat lire old aa well aa new addrtsa. .?. 7z rr.. RTBtalu 4VVU WALibl M.iaiUbp MAM J17WI A&drtt alt communication to Fientna uM.c - Lcdgtr lndeptndence R Quart. 2hUadelvhlat xKtxaxo it Tnc riiiMDEtrmi. rosr omci as KliLa. SECOND CLABS MAIL MATTE p. ff7. r? ftLll.J.t.Lt. T....J.. laL..r. i M -"(" -- .....w-. ., 1918 rr ABREAST THE DELUGE JTT ItAS passed Into the folKloro of tho J-nation that lco Is a monster of such ii (lildcous mien that the mere, sight of it Is JiMTroltlng, but. If guzed at Ions enough, It IK, W finally embraced. Of tho reality of tlili K tenth nono la more conlnced than tho ttllun, who, substituting peace for Icc, .k(lds Us awful countenance continuously , ln'letv in tho expectation that chlllra- E& tlon will becomo to accustomed to the KJsight as excntually to welcome It and kiss P'lta foul lips. iVf 1 . wc are fairly dazed by the multitude 6 soporifics being ndmlnlstcred to tho Ataerlcan public. Ono dty we are told that the xlrus of nolshclklxni will uddlo j- tb,e Hun brain. Another day wo aro In- Ji formed that Germany Is about rcadj to ?& Quit, that the financial Interests sec pearo . iB tho Immediate future. Territorial adjust- Wnts are talked of as If these things were ' vital questions on which the war hinged. It la camouflage, dangerous camoull igo, , to talk of peace in terms of Alsace Loi- ntlno or Belgium or Serbia. Heaven knows we nccr went to war to determine the nationality of a coal mlno or tho bt.mip on,a bar of steel. Why, there are actually thousands of people who aro beginning to h,lnk that this Is a geographical war and aft th only thing necessary to end It Is a change in the color ot the map. This St .-- ... ...,J, ........ ..,., , .... .,..... .... Igtj. iuoa ta jjiaiuiuuaij uuuiULt:u uy uuiiuui.iiu iy forces favorablo to Germany, and Is ccn $s rWoro generally disseminated by oiwt Americans whoso sincerity icndcis their St. propaganda only the more dangerous. fSjA Wo aro in the war for but ono reason liberty. The destinyof ecry mtn, woman aBd child now living and of every crcatuio tp. be born for generations to conic is in oled in tho decision, boundaries aro Important only according to who makes Mm, a victorious autocracy or a tilum- uit demoacy. All men know, of crsc, tliat to the victor belong tho polls. Who wins takes tho mastery ot tot earth, and takes It ho complete that the childicii and the giandchlldien and tho greatgrandchildren of this generation must die and tlio ivld pictures of might catastropho be tendered dull by time beforo democracy again could latse Its head if mtlitailsm should luic or drive the Miles to a peace. Let Germany but get tut ot this situation with tho prestige of victory and the whole thought of humanity '' iMllat tifinrA Why talk, then, of a negotiated peace? j; xne nignwajman nas ma spoils, ills aglcs flash below tho Bosporus -und S-Bulle has carried them over all of, eastern IpftEurope. With no moro than a pistol In , his hand, hlf banditry has lifted him Into if riM 4 t; Wt commanding position, ao no is willing ,lr - . . .... r, . . .... ft -to trade, willing to hand back part of the plunder, willing to shake hands with his victims and cat xalt with them again URtll a new thirst pats hfs teeth once moro In fhelr heart. Ym. tlin npnit Ih full nf nnn jectural peaces, full of bases ot settlement, rfull of all sot ts ot devices to weaken tho Kpurposo ot America and luro the nation nta a. false dream of sccurltv nml np.irn ffkhput sacrlflce. Better we be diagged Bn into the nethermost depths than to Flail into this trap, with its inextricable m::,. p Will, . 4tir. t.n.A (illfA.l nn... nnlna !-... tli.n jj If v 1,AC hiiicu itui, Hbatita, tile nun Ltfie run misnt air numan imerausm and Enlomocracy. Never again could such a '-.Mtlescence of forces bo achieved. Unless c -Jt .holds the key to victory then autocracy Holienzollernlsm aro so firmly rooted (t'.'tho earth that extirpation Is not pos- until the system topples ot its own tht centuries hence. Men laughed at but tho flood came. Men jnay mint- the Immensity pf the Hun terror, but Cta here. 4nw Russian collapse, shorn of its de means that every essential American leal Institution exists only by virtue llbo blood we shed to protect it and the at we bring to bear In Its defense. We better made a peace at Germantown t'wa were a nation tnan to make one tkja nation. It-is not a question ot wt ca win; we have got to win. LET US ALL) HELP -. . . " Oc. . . -, ..if fits (r'rii ,-- 1 1 1 I that IHaV ot theso substitutes, paitlcularly where Hours of different Boris uio mixed. House vvlvcs who hitvo experienced success with new methods, cither of tliclr own Invention or by using Tlubllshcd recipes, would per form u rcil scrvlco by making tlio public acquainted with their experiments. Wo 'shall bo very glad to publish tomniunloa- tloiiK of merit which tend to assist In the campaign for food cotiicrvutlon, or which nro otherwise of Miluo In helping Amcilc.i to win tho war If IS AX HONES r WAY AN i: MICTION with piohlbltloii us tho - leading or only question ut Issue Is Inevitable, mid tho people ot rcnnsylvunla can no moro dodgo It than tluy ran pre vent election dajs Iiom appearing on the calendar Tho prohlbltlonh-ls hive siiftl ilent strength cither to defeat or to punish eeicl ntij part which iippcais to favor lhltior moro than its opponents do. It Is obvious that leaders of both pai ties nro won led, that political Issues uio brushed nsldn by disillusion of this social pioblfin, nnd tint until a plan of action hus been accepted bj both pit tics the policy ot this gieat Commonwealth will be vcrv difllcult to determine. Tho argument for a hcpiratc tefcrendum election on tho piohlliltlou question Is un answerable. .Men of both paitles, trie Mectlo of their opinions about liquor, should accept this principle as tho only honct basis foi pioceduic and, In fact. as tho onli sine method of in riving at an dtclslon about liquor at nil A voter can voto "jes" or "no' In a icfcicndum, nnd cpcrlcnco lus thown that no T.eglw Iittiro has the insolent o to tllsicg.nd tlio people's will after gi anting a icferondum i:perlriKc 11N0 has Minvvn tliat the aver- ago leglhlator t.innot be so surely pledged by his paity plitfoim us b icferondum. Hut Miiiemel impoitiiit is tho fact that if liquor Is to cnutlmio to be tho thief issuo between now and November men of infeilor btatesmanslilp may easily slip Into olllco If theV arc clever oi deoitful noush to win voles from both the llquoi and antl liquor camps through hlghlv tcelinlc.il pro grums or proinUts But. m tho prohibitionist", tho icror endum Is the hiiggestlun of tho liquor paity. How, thc ask. ran wo tiust this legislator or that legislator to keep a liledge to provide foi u rcfetendum' How, wo upl, can jou tiust this or that Icglslitor, pledged to piohlbltloii. to keep his piohlbltloii plcdgo It ou cannot trust him to keep his icfcrcndum pledge"' Men who break one piomlso break all promises If. then, wo cannot be assuicd by unions candidates for the .Stato I.eglsl ituro as to Just what shade of opinion their Intentions In regal d to liquor favor, let us go over t'iclr heads to tho responsible leaders, the candidates for Cioveiujr, and plcdgo them to stand, not for or .igiiust piohlbltloii, but tor or against a refen u him on prohl bltlon, a question which no honest mm can dodge, whether ho is for liquor in not. Wo bcllevo that ever It ider, big or little, In both parties would bo foiecd to say ".vcs" to this, and thus tho pilnclplo would bo unlv ci sally acknowledged by both sides and tho liquor question kept sepnatc, as It bhould be, fiom politics PENNYPACKER DID NOT RECANT rpill2 lato Governor l'ennjpaekcr has dl--- appointed those who cptctcd that In his autobiographj he would icvcise his )ositlon about tho Capitol se inclal. In todaj'b installment ho has nothing to say of the waste of money In tho tindej taking save that tho opposition "with gieat ingenultv" 'added the cost of the furnltiiie, metilllc cases and gcneial equipment to the cost of tho building." He does descrlbo tho ovpedient adoptrd bj tho politicians to countoiact the cffci t of tho charges of wustt of public moncj und lie seems to be pleased that the votcis who went to Ilanlsburg on tho chtnp cvoiii blons ananged to acconimod ite them were convinced lint no mitter what the- new building cost it was worth it. Tho few hundred words devoted to this subject are as Inleicstlng a revelation ot tho w oi kings of tho mind of tho distin guished Governor as an tiling that has appealed In tho courso of the autoblog raphi. Just tamoullage spring Is not hero jet. Rrltl'li ncarlm lilt .S'ena Item Lets hope It's a tlirce-biggci Austrl in diplomat). It Is well to recall, Is also "made In (Jeriiian " Wisconsin Is tr)lng to save herself fiom eternal 1'otndaninatlon There Is this much to be said for a con servative ho usually has something to con serve Well a "moral' tlalm is never so Inuiin dlate that a postponement of a week will do much harm There Is going to bo a drlvo in the V.v'eit whether tho Germans make It or not Clvlll satlon Is not going to rest In Its trenches while the llun co-ordinates his loot. t Da) light-saving will be out of place if we do not save something moro Important. If wo destro) our Allies by waste, wo shall want ns little daylight as possible to reveal our shame Well, If Senator Vardaman was with Admiral Bowles It does not make much dif ference about the absence of the reporters The sentleniar. from Mississippi will tell tho .Senate all about It. Wc have felt that Penns)lvanla could name a 1'resldent by first naming a great Governor, but a correspondent parries with "If Brumbaugh had not bopn Governor, le might have been President " Amid tho general hubbub we take time to remark that time will show that It Is no easier to get oodrow Wilson out of the war than it was to get him Into It. The time, for peace without victory passed long ago. Only In Auatrla and clrrmany haa there been no profreaa In woman aurfrate alnco the war Penan Mra Catt. If we did not have a lot ot better rea sons for giving women tho vote, this ono would serve. Undoubtedly the Grand Duke Nicholas Is rullty of treason, for It can readily be e tabllahed that he was ono Russian general who always whacked his country's enemies good and hard. If that Is not treason In Jtuasla, what Is? two Frenchmen, talking volubly in a trolley car, were astounded by a sudden banrti reproof; "Hey. cut that out; talk MnrtWil" .8uch an American needs to bo- TH gi -!... -, .!.- .. W.1.U i... 1 - - -L i....aM.j -, - ..TT ' STATE'S NEW CAPITOL WAS WEAPON IN DESPERATE POLITICAL STRUGGLE Governor Pennypacker, in Telling About the Clash Which Stirred Pennsylvania, Shows the Tac tical Error of the Opposition Forces riAstrvtunt tT(iiiionr.M'in--N). b CCorrlolil. ItIK Vj Public 1 'ilotr rom-iaiiv ) Till" Demounts and Independents noml nattd Lewis It r.mci.v, a llch oil man and wavering dilettante politician and hide pendent ncpiibllcmi fiom tho western end ot tho State Then tho floods wero let loosu and the Capitol was used as the weapon In n ilespcralo political (struggle. Tho licpubllc.ins had Intended to uo It ns a cainpilgu argument, pointing to Its vvondpiful success, tho promptness with which It was completed nnd Its (ompara tlvo Incvpcnslvrness. The other side, how ever, seemed tho claque, with outcries over the tnonox espended and. ns usual, thev had tho support of the newspapcts. Ulth, great ingenuity they added tho cost of the furnltuir, metilllc cahcs nnd gen eral equipment to the cost of tho building Tho g imo would h.ivo been Intensely In teresting ns a spectacle hail it not been fraught with tinged) to men who had given tho best Intelligence to the constiiic tlon of tho building ami who decrvcd well of their fellows and had it not been for tho Injury done to tho repute of Pennsylvania, for which the pla)cts cared not ,t whit Still the assailants of tho Capitol did not pl.t) their game effectlv civ. The) made ono grcit and fatal tactical blunder. Had they withheld the assault until within two or three 'weeks of the election fatuait would have been beaten and Pentose undone By making It In September thev gave time for eoncctlon and for tho popular tlipres slou to become, to somo et lit stale Tho true pollc) of the Republican leadeis would havo been to luvo tomo manfully to tho suppoit of tho Capitol, but they wno cowed by tho clamor and they chitted In n middles boat. Stuart piomlscd tin In vestigation, and thus taeltl) and feebly givo himself Into the hands of his op ponents Fennv, packer's Statement .serine tli it It was a situation which demanded that somo one go out to the tiring lino and that tho pollticliim weic without lesouiecs, together with Sn)dci, tho Auditor Gcneial, I put out a btatc ment showing In detail cvciv cent c pended In mi) wii) In connection with the Capitol This give tho people the cact .mil whole tmth We then invited Clnrlcs llmor) Smith editor ut the Press, Gcoigc W. Oeli", editor of tho l.edgei and Chailes H Heustls editor ot tho Inquirer, to tomo to lliulsbuig and tx.imlno the Imlldliu and tho books. This was going Into tho tamp oftho enciiiv and showed couiago and self conlldeucc. They dee lined, which dlspli.ved weakness and undo an Impicsslon fnvoinblc to us Then I undo anangeineiits with tho railroads foi un- lisuall) low eiuislcin Kites over tho State and Invited tho people to come and sco for themselves The newspapcts tried lid Iculc, calling them "penn) a mllcis " but without result. Slt) thousand of tho people tame. On one Satin dit) I shook hands with tin to thousand peisons, whlth left in) arm veiy sore 'I he mt Satur day I shook hands with ten thousand and. Htiango to sa), that did not nffrot me. The) went homo filled with enthusiasm nnd told their nclghbois Theic must have been a hundred men who said to me. 'I don't taio a d n what It tost; It Is worth tho moiiF) ' and man) of them weio themselves mechanics who knew the different- between good nnd infeiioi work. Stuart was ele ted b) a sir ill majoilty, and I have n!wa)s believed It was our efloits which -nved him It gave mo pro found Mitlsfuitlnn to know tint the milii pmposo of tho srandil was thwarted. Theie nro two substantl ii inisweis to tlu ehaiges made, whlrh can never bo ovci comc the ono mnltrlil and the other flii.imidl. I The Capitol with its equipment, standing on tho banks of tho .Susque hanna, where It ma) be seen ot all mm, expert nnd lnepert. 2. Tho icports of tho State Treas uier, and Smull, which show that tho tnnncjH in tho treasury dtiting my Ad ministration weio gi cater than ovpi bcfoio or since, and that whllo under iiiv successor tho Investigation nnd trials were being pushed to an Inconsequential conclusion, theso monr)s weio being de pleted ut the rate of a million doll irs a )car. And now I bid f.uewell, I hope, foreicr, to th it mnlorodous scandal, which followed so closely upon tho completion of a mat v clous and toiumcndablo achievement and whose puivoois may bo likened to those vile fish that swim In tho wake of a good ship, her prow buffeting tho seas nnd her flag !llng pioudly In tho breezes of heaven, but seek only to ftast theli appe tites upon the off vl which Is cast jivcr boaid. The Dedication Tho Capitol was dedicated on tho 4th of October. It was a cold, dismal, rainy da). T'cniose, Kno, Coiigiessmen, the Stato olllcials, the National Guard und tho Stato Constabulary all participated. The streets of Harrlsburg and tho Capitol grounds were crowded with people. I had been much concerned about the bafety of the platform. Wo called for bids and ono was so much lower than nil tho rest that It aroused suspicion., Upon Investiga tion it was found that this contractor had planned to lessen tho btrength of some of tho supports. Then tho matter was handed over to Huston, tho aichltcet, with my threat to behead him If an) thing hap' pened, and ho gavo It every care. Boose- 1 vet delivered a forceful oration. It was then that ho said, alluding to tho work of the special session: "It Is surely not too much to say that this body of substantive legislation marks an epoch In tho history of tho practical betterment of political conditions not merely for your Stato but for all our States." Tho notes of this adflrees, used at tho time, and signed for me on the platfoim, I had bound for preservation. Ho has a stage habit of singling out some Individual In the audi enco und giving to him special attention. On this occasion he picked out an old soldier, much to the delight of the veteran and his comrades. It had been widely proclaimed that the President would dcdl- ca to tho building. Nothing would havo been more Inappropriate, and I saw to It S5 rT5v7 TTKftJs ? of tho Commonwealth In an address which i an: Tile Capitol Is much mnro than 1hi bnlldlng In which the Legislature holds its sessions, the coin ts tit In Judgment and tho I'vrciitlvc cercles his nuthorlt). It Is u roncreto manifestation of the 1m portancp and power of the Stato and nn evpiesslon of Its mtlulc development Intelligent observers, who look upon tho Rtructuro and examine tho proportions, the arrangements nnd the ornamentation nre enabled to divine nt what btflge In tho advance of clvllhritlou the people have m rived and to determine with saifTI tlent ucturnty what have been their achievements In tho nast and what are their aspirations for the future. 'iho commission charged with the dutv of erecting this Capitol and thoso who havo liml responsibility in connection with It have felt that In architecture Hinl appointments the outcome oucht to bo worth) of the Commonwealth. Thev have not forgotten the essential und unique relation which Pennsjlvanla In boi ne In tho development of our national life, that In her Hint Cupltol tho Government of tho United states had Its birth, tint during ten vcirs of tho enilv und iimei tain existence of that Government li cave It a homo, that since Its oilgln what bus rver been accepted as the "I'enn s)luiiln Idc i" has been the eloniluuti political principle of Its Admlnlsti itlon and tint Its pie-cut unpirnlleled milcilnl piospcrll) rests lln ilh In lirge menuie upon the oute onio of her funnies and mines Nor have they forgotten th it tho thought of William Pcnn ontiiu luted over two tentnrles ngo and lcwrltten around the dome of this Capitol, has be tomo the fundamental principle of our National Constitution acknowledged now bv all men as uioimillr trill It Theio Is a scinicpii which the many Americans who hlo hither hi the fuluro veins tn sludy chaste- nit expressed In foim as teidiiv thev go to the P.nthenon and St Peters to the eathedliilH of Ant werp nnd i ologne. will bo enable el to lend In tiles', htoues ot polish el in irble .inel hewn Mmilte hen .Most set out to build "an ultiil nuclei the hill and tweho pill ns" ho hefniph tuel 'wrote all the words of the Lord" Let us take coinfoit in tho belief that In liko m m nei this illusive and beautiful building, which we havo In our liter time erected. will be- an example and lnsphntinn to .ill of tho people, encouraging them In pine thoughts: and Iiultlng them lo worthv deeds Let us bear in mind the Injunction of tho f.n -seeing founder of the piotlnce, which undo It Indeed, us he hoped the seed of a nation "th it wo ninv do the thing tint Is tiuly vvlto and Just" On behalf of the Commonwealth, ns Its I hlef j:oeutive. I inept this Capitol, and now. with pilcle. with faith and with Inipe. I ilrdle.it It to the public iso and Id the purposes foi which It was designed ami construe led. The Golden Key I hi .ton who was a wuim enthusiast .mil el.iled with tho niece-1 of his production, r itised to be mado a gold ke) foi the main door of the Capitol, to bo ii-ed as the svm bol of tho tr.iusfn whli h he presented and Inscribed to tnc. one of Itootcv ell's attend ants pioposed to rum off Ibis key as a memento for tho Picsldenl, but I Interfcied and picventcd Its nttompllsl mint. It was before tho dinner, which I gavo to ltooc vclt nt the executive in elision, tint Ptmoso .amo to me and asked mo whether I would not send nn invitation to Charles Umor) Smith, txplalnliig that thev w mted to try to get him in line, and tvldeutl) expecting Hi" to object. I icplled. 'Certain!)." and sont tho invitation. .Smith, although ho was dillv pi luting falsehoods about me, piomptl) accepted At tho dinner Pemoo c.amo to Koosnelt, who sat em my right, and said: "Now. Mr. PieWdcnt Smith?' won't )ou talk to "I will do whit I the answci can with him" was I esc oi ted .smith up to the hcaj of the tiblc, and tit?) .hid a long eonftieuce miJ.w.'!.?, !;,",,rrxrs,!'"",,,""'Ur " "' '" PROHIBITION IMPRACTICAL Opinion of Uio Former Chief Judicial OlTiccr of tho State of New York TjtDGAn M. CCLLUN. a distinguished i-i Democratic law) er, w ho retired on ac count of ago fiom the chief Judgeship of tho New York Court of Appeals, tho highest tourt of tho Stale, Is strongly opposed to tho adoption ot tho prohibition amendment to tho Constitution Ho h is glen his objections In an Interview M tlio New vork Times, fiom which the following pertinent extracts aro made "Let us sec what will bo the practical result of an attempt to enforce nutlon-uldn prohibition The movement has Its Micugth In tho rural pirts of the lonntry: Its oppo sltlon in the cities The United Stales Is eontlnuiilly becoming more and more Indus trial and less iigrlc ultuial Indeed tho rural population hi main. It not In most, of tho States Is attuallv decreasing, whllo the popu lation of the cities Is Increasing by leaps and bounds Uen In the prohibition States tho majority of tho Inhabitants nf nr-r. cities are opposed to piohlbltlon. Especially Is that true of the artisans or worklngmcn, so called It Is from that class chiefly that tho political part) which controls tho South has In tho North Its adherents. If that class Is allena.ed tho party that represents the South will for many )cars have small chance of again controlling tho national Govern ment. "Moreover, with any enforcement ot na tional prohibition will go the enforcement of nil the provisions of the Pederal Consti tution it will not be tolerated that, when New York is forced to obe) mi eighteenth amendment. Mississippi may Ignore or evada the fifteenth amendment. The southern pro hibitionists will get neither sympathy nor support In that matter from the northern prohibitionists. The great majority of north erti prohibitionists are as radical on the negro question as they aro on tho liquor question. Already one of the leading New York Journals has declared that now that the Government has taken over the railroads Jim Crow cars nnd similar arrangements for segregating tho races on public conve). ances must cease. This Is what the South must face. "Finally there Is no Justification for Fed eral control ot the subject at all. We all believe tn homo rule. The observance of this principle. Instead of weakening our loyalty to national unity, is the dominant cause of our great devotton to It. It needs no amend ment of the Constitution to protect tho rights of prohibition States. Under recent acts of Congress and the decltions of the Supreme Court construing them a prohibition State has now the same absolute power to forbid not only the lhanufacture, use and sale ot liquors, but to restrain their Importation Into the State as If the Stato wero an lndenendent nation. But what those States seek Is not to protect their oyn people, but to rule thoso of the other States, It cannot, however," be denied that this Is envtnently a. human trait, but nevertMlewWtJgJt sij-forfuaate one and, l i IPa-a, "fVUIHJpm -"- ' ' I'V-t.'J? "IN THE SPRING AN OLD MAN'S FANCY" Turns to Baseball and Those Who Played It Half a Century Ago AL r.L'U'H, the ,10.-111 of Phllitdclphit bast ball pla)crs, never would t ilk about himself, and now tint he's pielty dose to olglitv It's loo Islo to bei,iii Hut If von cath him In tho right mood, sin when tho llrst aromatic lung ot spilng tliioturoi tlio warm breczn e looping through the pirtlv opened window In his apartment, he in tv gossip of other old-timer", ns ho did for us ono tlav lnt week. During Al Reich's long connection with the firm nf Roach f Rogern. owners of tho Phllacl-lphla National Lockup Club, wo do not ice ill a single oc i .islnn whn ho IIn(,on el III the tlincllglit oi granted tn Intel view Ho left all tint soit of thing to Colonel liogoi w ho was u I c ver unci nn i pt 1 1 epl iliiei of the various reasons win the penn uit-hungn public slioulcl be content lo 'wait until next )cmi ' Roach us a pl.ajcr hid iclu.i's been so Intimately connected with championship ball It piobabh would hac pained hint lo extinction to have to stand up and expliln awa) fnlhlro. Rut, apart fiom tint, ho was alw.avH "talk-shs," and ho did his best work with a bat in his bands On that morning lart week when we entered his shell and got him out inditing tho spring breeze, as wc' said, with an assist he made us proinlto that wo would not talk about him unduly, and wo mean to keep our word. Hut )ou neer cm till wlicio a question villi load )ou. 1'or In stance, hanging on tho w ill of his room was a very good portrait of Lincoln, demo In low lellof on metal, which seemed ,in HKol) it subject as an) thing In sight to til us away from Al Reach, but when wo asked about It ho said: "lliero )ou go; Hist lime up I 'lh.it was ouo of the Inst things I tumid out at iiiv trade. You know I was an Iron inolder In Rrooklui bcfoie I cine bore" ' I hat was it long (linn ago ' wo said "Vo, ' salil he, ' tieai I) sixty )o.im, a long time ago" lie looked far off over tho mot ions and repeated, die null), 'a long long time ago." . An Old Scrapbook On the tabln before, us was un old scrap book, which we borrowed when wo left and from which wo mean to reproduce somo r.no old baseball stuff latrr. Turning the pages Idly, while tho veteran was busv with his da) -dream, wo baw and mentioned n name which called tho dreamer back a few jeais nearer to tho present. " ' Oh, "Arllo Latham,' " bo said, and 'smiled. Any ono who know Latham would smllo nt tnontlnn of his n.ime. lln iau mm ef Hm 'earliest and funniest comedians of the dia mond 'Germajiy' Schaeffor, better known to this generation, was dignified pomposity compared with Arlic. Ho was Irrepressible. "Latham." said Al Reach, getting up from his chair and imitating tho sprightly walk ot tho gay Ud ot whom ho was speaking, came Into my sporting goods store at 'ii South I'lghth street ouo da) In 18S2. I think and Introduced himself llkp this: Say, Jtr. Reach, do ou want to hire a fcood ball player?' lie twirled around In front of mo like a ballet dancer and snapped bis fingers like castanets." Here the veteran gavo a eloso and nimble Imitation of his visitor's antics. 'I don't know anything about,) ou,' I said. How good are ou?' 'Oh, hoi io! how good am I?' sa)s he, (Hero the veteran pranced about tho room like a two-)ear-old, snap ping his fingers and shaking his head ) 'Oh! hoi ho! how good am 17" 'Well,' I said, 'can )ou bat?' 'Oh I hoi hoi' sa)s he (more dancing business), 'tan 1 bat? Cent I bat? Oh! bol hoi" 'If jou're so good,' said I, 'what kind of an arrangement could I make with jou?' Ho stood still long enough lo give me his terms. 'I'll work for jou,' lie said, 'for 175 a month.' 'All right,' I told him. 'I'll give ou a trial.' "Then he began bin dancing again, wilder than ever before. 'Ho! bo! ho!" ia)a he, 'can I bat?" Now I hud In my store) at that lime a 'swinging seat or bench hung to tho celling with chains )ou know the kind of thing I mean: they use them on porches even now. Well, Arlle pranced around until he was In front of that suing and lie backed right Into it so hard that he went completely over. But he landed on his feet and danced around to the front again, cracking his ilnfMi) and, crying 'Hoi bol hoi can I bat? a. we MJWI'MNM ONLY ADDING TO HIS POLICE RECORD pi, iv on tho Phillies nnd ho m iilo good Hut ho onl) stacd with us a ve.n I think It was Ilonkeu, nt the 'Vlcicun, who i-ot him nw iy from us Anvwav, on dor Alio, of SI Louis, nmlo lit tn an oflet and tlm llrt thing I knew bo 1ml signed up to pliv there I felt lather hint about It and the first tlmn I got a clnlieo I told Idin t thought ho should Into given ns an oppor tunltv to hold him 'Well,' ho said, d mclng aiound as lisuil, Sou know how It I, Mi. Reach, ou know how It is Hut. siv, I'll loll you whole vnu cm get a daudv pin) or. If von iwant one, but he's up lu Mcliose, Muse ' ' .-o, on his recommendation I took an oirlv train to Xlelro-o and i.ilUd around at tho fni ton wheic bis in in winked I cm see lint in m cl, as lie lool ed when ho camo out of tho shop to poo mo He had a hainiuei over his slmulder und on bis head ono of those Miuiro panel i ips that worl men used to wear. I asked him If he was Mi l'urrar 'Vcs,' lm said, 'S)d 1'ariar.' I told him T wanted hhn to lomu down to Phllailelplila and plav bill nnd wc ime to tonus qulcklv So hn c line und bioiight his wife unci their little ghl, lierilillno who Is letter known now 111 in In i fathei was then and ho was u bell pin) 1 1 und hr in uio good ' 'Hut look heio" ihlipod tho vilei in " ou nuisiii t s.i' nnvthiiig iilmut m I clout want people to think I m talking nl out my self. I elon t like tint A couple of esra alto tho Nation il I.enguo had u big dinner In New iork and I wai silting alongside) of John Tenor, who was to istmasti, und I foollshlv told him how it Lulled Slate i Sen ator had once phased four home runs I made In a f-amn fiflv )cais ago .lohn wanted mo to stand up and tell it to the crowd, but I couldn t No sir, I'm not going to blow to vou about It, Hut )ou can tnko that scrap book )ou've been looking at and inijbo jou'll find somo Interesting things In it."- And wo did and we have, and If tho spaco ts allowed to us later we expect to spUl upon this page somo of tho things wo found. Including tho story Al Reach wouldn't telU T. A. D. 1 1 1 1 ; STWIP (II l Lt LS ll Imiaht i inn- tl.rlft at iint thfn lln tinusht a 1 1 11 lo bond Vr1 text i Itoucch it liouso nnO lot II wl le it lllv i oiul It luiiuht it l,tnnl,t no I llo lnucrhl Ii rtlfimntiil j In elinor Mini h pnrnblo tl irn lu Keen It in Ife plsn bocuh n cllv bloil, A )pit ii lllliousln. Willi two twin rlt inireurH un In front Dalh 1 up In nttxslau croen, A rnllroHil and R factory xnct Mfttmihlp lino, for no Do fortunes In tlir U H V Prom mile thrift plump crow Jllnnn In In;, In New Torli Sun What Do You Know? QUIZ VVIiat Is tlir evart mranlnc of "nolnhrilkl"? "IVIio l meant 1 the term "Chief Mauls- trotf?" Nli;' I Is the normal rclue cf the I'emlan ruble? In Kncland, nt a "irenernl elertlon," do all' the voter vote on the same du? Has lliere Mr been remit utrulnnt llrllLli rule In India? la wornun unrace raLlni adranre In (irr- many und Auhtrlu? What U barrage? Name tlie , iiIh1IIoh of nrnij' croups b'e , tween nrlrade una company, Who l Attorney GenernI of th United Mate? What l Hie plural of "rourt-marllul"? Answers lo Yesterday's Quiz KepreNenlstlve rh'V Mtililn la Hie Ilrmo- irutlo leader In Hie Houie. The Vorty Immortals! Member ef the Trench Ar1em. limited lo twonrore men of din. (Inctlon In aclenre, letter and art. IJlhonU la one of tbe llnltle protlneea of Ituaida rovetetl vr dermaiei, Mennhlilld. member of, n Ruulan nnllllrHl fthetlkl, or Mailmalttta, lianr oviioara in urincipiea to the llol. Alfnsl Tennnen. LnslLh poel, wrote. "Idilla of the Klni." Enalamt U poetlrnllr rnlle-J Albion, on account of Ha chalky white rllffa, ' To llnlxli Aladdln'a wlndnw mean to irr la cotnidrte anuther'a work wllho-n Hm oilier-. ,M iiWIn llnl.hed hla raiser eirrnt for on. window left far Ih. H;Uun lo do. but "bj latter' moale failed Idm, ,ttt Tli. mUqeeotatlon. "In Hie brlnlit levlcon of youth there I no urh oH fin ,v rmea from llulnrr latlon'a "lllchelleu' The rorrert vrralon lit "'"' In the leilcon of youth, which fate reterro. Kr a brUhi manhood, there Is no aurh word P. , Ad"' jnplei Accordlrjr to leaend. ao railed beeauKa a piece of the forbidden fruit sturk that pUt at w.AAn-artmat, V9-MBH Larry O'Toole o' Toul AmerloHii tronp nro nnw In tho trenches near IVnil 1 r.itwp- Xhuh nnli . So at last our own laels have got into the ti inches In i-n.inli ct 111,, mm llipiill' lTnn! Though they'll nil elo their bit when it comes to the clinches I'm pinnin' mc faith upon one. Ihere's it hticlco I knew that wa3 cram will his fists. Whin the tvvo'of in thrilled in school; So it's keep yet c-rc skinned, whin you'rn bcnnnin' the lists, I'tir youiifj Iatny O'Toolo at Tout. If xc i cad of u lad vvid a head o' red flannel, ; An' arm) like a couple o' flails, That pranced acioss Gcimany cultm channel Tlirouph millions o' milittuit males, Wid a hlazc like a steam engine lightm his c.vo An' it smile on Ins lip, ca'm nn' cool, Sure jo'll know widout nskin' the how or the why , 'Ih.it it's Lany 0' Toole from Toul. i:h: You'ic askiu' mc now why mese isn't in it? An why ain't I fishtiii' the Hun? Suic 'tis me would be doin' that same, bir, this minute, Kxcipt fur what Lai i y once done. I'm the lad that ho bate wid thim terri ble lists . ., T-.ri.i un t ft nF no t nmfied in SCtlOOtl I IT lllll U1W i-s. w. . ........ -- - , So it's keep ycr eye skinned, jvhin youn bcannin me iisib, I'nr vountr Lany O'Toole at loui. ; TOSI DAL, tg n now A TANK BEHAVES. l'roin tho depths of tho wood opposite camt 1 a crackling, cruneliing sound, as of sorot Si prehistoric beast timing Its, way nrou"i tropical imdergrovvth. And then, suddenl-. J ... ( it.... lAnmivl A yl out from the tninning cogo muu vv. - . ii.i (rllnJL ,C monster a monstrisH). Ji nu " -- g t. .ii.i .. .,llt If wallowed. It lurched. sJ ... . . .. I .I.....U.1D lt!l-.A Of itS Willi now ana toe ii ii ii"n-i ja shoiilclcrs It fumbled Its way over a lo fl .... ...... ..t. 1. .rnt..il a UttCU name milieu wun miui. . "---.-..,,. by tho simple expedient ol rolling the itw nut flat, una vvaunitu iorw.uu ... - J" . Flood a )Oiing tree inn iiisuio.-;. ",.,. .,.- . ..! lol.l IIm .hill lovliicv sgIM , tho stem. Tho tfe. leaned I back. crad 1 anil assumeu a iiuntum.t- rvo...--. - - , middle of the clearing, twenty )ards furttjj M on, gaped an enormous suen waii. - :,-. a from the. Kaiser., Into this thoMtjJ plunged iiiinui), m rim-n..-. "- -jjij pufilng on tho further side. Then It stPFM A magic opening oppeureu in . "-r.-i from which emerged, grinning, a u""" subaltern and his grimy associates -ufj Tl .. I.. A!1 III II." 1 " . J un HHIPVABnS SPEED UP '1 ho Canadian trado commissioner at Teke- bania states In a recen.t report that J1" J . . . .. . mn.lrtl .!1 is linineli ng unon a slilpDUiiaing "" ij which will Involvo the construction of . ships a )ear. Ho states tliat at. VS ot last September there were In J""lriA'l shipbuilding M!P ovwieo "'- J. buIU; in eacu sup it sun. , ""-Th- number This IS moro man mreer iinna - .,.., , of ships Japan owned before, tho war. j more also aro building, aim ' V.fnV. th ii I are expected to bo complete., before the v m of the war. When all these berths arjP J Into full operauonr buojcil . - ---- - , steel and Iron materials. Japan vvllL be J, to build more tnan -iv "'"V" - t 1 AAA AAA 4nna tiMirlv. flJl I,UVV,VVV H"" -- NTIONAI. POINT ur .i-.. . j . A.lthouoh .om. people .nay not .accept W -J MCAOOO a lltcuijr ,':, "n.ttrkel. tha I"' iireaalrar Liberty Ilonel "''.. n,.hr.Vl due limj llntc opinion in una voui "" -;., aerioa-" Llterty Honda are solng to deprera in " New Toru vvoria. .r.l.tv I now laid to bo WOrtU JHlT Probably It I mcuiit ''; 'i "'w. Take b' iimi umount aomewhere However. "A" - --:- - ..:' ii. ..in.. -rftf.l.v ta nroi'--" ... fiwtoo to th. Kalaeri-ChlCKO Pal' W .. nernbur Ive. d a-lvle., to tb. g ?'e'o.r.iis. .!?" -xsa-.i. ::"i-i.imif u. j U??tt"JZJl".':?Z.".,.;.ValmaM aiM IW Wfvivimitt9t . ti va ... . .. . ! allfn iiif Tile. iv- 3i.U'i. '. fl. " m. -. t.y -iM wD , w i urn i EJjE
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