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tohn B. Williams. John J. spurreon.
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ASSAULT ON THE CONSTI
TUTION TT WOULD bo. unfortunate If tlie sicat
social, moral and economic factors which
combine to present an almost unanswer
able case against the sale of poison, mur
der and sudden death lit tlio foim of alco
hol should blind the hovcral Common
wealths to tlio dangers Inherent In the sort
of cure now proposed. Prohibition Is an
entirely different thine from amendment
of the Constitution, and It Is of the utmost
Importance that statesmen who see clearly
and thlnl: rigorously Uccp this In mind.
Murder, we should say, Is as Immoral as
alcoholism, but laws against murder are
not written into the Constitution. Lot
teries were a groat evil, but the nation
did not undertake to eradicate them by
constitutional amendment. The dope traf
fic is a menace to civilization, but tve aru
an arc of no movement to settle tho Issuo
by a constitutional manifesto. The Con
atltullon. which Is the ery AiU of the
Covenant, rigidly prescribes the foim ut
government and the proceduro for main
taining It in operation, but it is not a
document of statutes. To be sure, many
State Constitutions have been wrecked and
ruined by bclnsr mado tho vehicles for les
lslatlon, but among; sttident.s of govern
ment it is recognized that to trifle In liko
manner with tho Federal instrument
would be to deprive it of tho sanctity
which has heretofore surrounded it.
It is true that slacry'is specifically for
bidden by a constitutional amendment, but
this prohibition fits snugly into the whole
aplrtt of the instrument and of the Kill of
Rights. Yet tho other Reconstruction
amendments have never been enforced In
sections of tho country to which they wero
Intended specifically to apply.
There is another differentiation which
It is important to observe. Thcie could
be no objection, for instance, to an amend
ment granting Congress tho power to enact
national prohibition. That Is not what tha
proposed amendment docs at nil. It
actually puts prohibition right into tho
Constitution as a permanent declaration of
policy, thus depriving Congress "of r.ny
jurisdiction whatever In the matter, if
the experiment should prove (o be disas
trous in operation, correction of the error
wpuld be a virtual Impossibility.
AVo have a great deal of sympathy with
the contention that prohibition Is essen
tially a race problem and thercfoic a na
tional problem. So, too, we find It difllcult
to discover any sound argument against
prohibition itself, in certain circumstances,
but it Is the very confusion between object
and method which should arouse the an
tagonism of all citizens who think of the
.. I TTnlfArf Kt'ifAu 1m tAftnti rf .1Autn.. .!
-l w...v ..... ... .....- wfc uvahiiij) juilivr
than provlncially. Few protagonists nf
the amendment, we believe, n-ould fight for
It on the frank basis that Incorporation
Of the policy In the Constitution Is prefer
able to Insertion of n proviso authorizing
P, Congress to put the policy, In Its wisdom,
..Into effect. Vet if three-fourths of the
States were sincerely in 'favor of prohlbl-
h'Wtlon Congress would be In favor of it.
? The amendment enthusiasts want to
WJburn all bridges behind them.
They want
.. to fOrPA thfr nlnn thrnimVi n-lilla iraH ....-
tsi'V -o.. ......w t.tw .ui-
ij,. ditlons favor It. They are not content to
.s't$?Ket prohibition; they insist on getting It
;itJeu jorevcr ivitn a constitutional nmen.
,-" we say, is wrong and not to the
interest of the country.
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Veriainiy alter naving indorsed local
n wo cannot sanction any proposal to
ire the State of Pennsylvania dedicated
le'support of the proposed amendment un
m and until the people havo unquestion-
isuucrcu wicir iiiatiuaie no 10 uo. rno
ent Tvetjislature is not morally compe-
to act and tho next one will not be
the election Is determined on the
i.Imuc.
aw'
,TPfh we get to trifling with the Con-
we begin to play wjth dynamite.
M.U Is possible to uso the Constltu-
WWabuM It?
MA.GI8TRXTES .must go
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feudal baron .we call Magistrates
lfraai(t te dlnM personal, political
, la the vanoua ducal provinces
TA'HtiteiU teerinUhala,H-
Wm
bosses. Mr. Ilotan complains that the
Magistrates oro not enforcing the I.iw and
nro actually discharging guilty person".
It wotjld bo tmfalr to imply that they
always do thin consciously. It Is an old
habit Ingrained by the usage of i political
system which sends nu antforgantzallon
oter to the House of Correction tor three
months for being caught In n tlpy condi
tion nnd which sets frco with tv mild repri
mand nn Urganlratlon voter who has
beaten his wlfo ntid tcrroilzed n whole
neighborhood. Any one who Iihh attended
Magistrates' hearings knows this as well
om ho knows tils own name.
Tho Maglstiates should go and tholr
placo be taken by tho Municipal Court,
which was created with the "xprtss pur
pose of replacing them.
GERMANY'S NKIGHBOUS
TIIK Cerinan Chancellor's speech, now ie
ported with pome deprco of roinpletc
ttesx. Is extremely lurid. The wholn world,
'he Intimated, must become perfot before it
can expect Ocimatiy to do anything rlitht.
Thcie must bo no imperialist Wt outsddo
of Ormany when the time comes for the
Herman Imperialists to teforni.
Wo cannot meet theso rcc;illroniclits.
Wo arc not perfect. There Is a small and
determined group of Imperialists In every
country, and there will be for many cars
to come.
Wo took California from Mexico and the
Imperially Fremont had tho nerve to l tin
for President after his cmnucst. We took
this wholo continent from tho Indians, for
that mutter. H-orgo Washington could
l.cp Klaves and st.lt tnlk of freedom for
all men. No groups of men npp'ared In
ticrmiiny or llnglatul m' anywhere cle.
until within the last twenty ears. to i
manrt vehemently that nil folk f nil the
backward laces should havo sovereign
light. And thec giotips demanding per
fect equality for all nit- still In the minor
ity, Just as the other rUremists. tho impe
rialists, ate in tho niinoiity. We liy to
live at peace with our neighboi". and thosn
who are not Imaginative enough to call
the Ksklrno and Solomon Islanders
neighbors tito content to do their best for
thoso who live nearest them.
This Is nil we uslc of licrmauy as a
starter. There wcie- thoso anions us who
'aid that llelglum would havo been kindly
'dealt with If she hud not lcslstcd tho
Germans. Well. Russia has trUd to he a
good neighbor and has been remarkably
nonreslstant. Hut how much has It helped
het ?
"WAIT TILL L S. NEEDS VOL'"
No student should Itaxe eollcs" now and
tone i-no'ild have for war service, but
every man t-houM tnn.iln until definitely
i ailed. Whtm tho tiovirntncnt wants him
It will call him. Doctor Claxtnn, United
States Commissioner of IMucatlon.
fTIIIIJ leading reason for this, tho Admin---
istratlon policy on education, according
to Doctor Claxton, Is that tho war will be
a long one. "Personally," ho says, "I be
lieve it will last until 3D21."
Tako one branch of education, medicine.
Tho war has lasted tho length of tho col
lege course required for a doctor's degree.
In Franco and Ilngland the medical schools
Imvo virtually ceased functioning. Four
wholo classes of doctors havo .simply
dropped out nf this generation in those
countiies: Army needs aro already making
their effects felt In our civilian communi
ties, as every one knows who has had to
wait his tutn In the oftlco of an overvvotked
doctor of medicine or dentistry.
This Is nn Intel national problem. Tho
full brunt of tho rcspo,..ii)int falls upon
America. Research vvorl; and tho Improve
ment of medical devices must not be
dropped. Our technical schools aro under
manned. And what applies to medicine
applies to every other art nnd Mlence.
WISCONSIN IN THK LIMELIGHT
TTflSCOXSI.V Is to choose, a Senator at a
special election In April and tho Issue
Is co clear and supremely Important that
tho result reems destined to determine
tho course of tho congressional campaign
In nil other States. If Wisconsin votes
for I.a I'ollette and Germany theio must
ho Republican-Democrat fmion In every
district whero a pcacc-atany-pricu candi
date shows his face.
It is to be hoped that fusion will take
place In Wisconsin it there is the slightest
doubt about the election of a. leal Ameri
can. There are now four raudiditPri in
the Held, ono of them being Victor Rer
gcr, fioclallst, nnd nnolher a I-i Folletto
man. If, as tho short campaign develop",
it should appear that Mr. Rerger or some
Independent candidate wero gaining sup
porters. It Is unquestionably the duty of
tho Republicans nnd Democrats to agree
upon some patriotic man of nonpartisan
character to assuro the Wnr Administra
tion of at least ono untainted, honestly
co-operating voice in tho Winconsln dele
gation to tho Senate. It might seem a
great ileal to nslc of fceblo partisan hu
man nature, but if Mr. I.enroot, Repub
lican, were convinced that Mr. Davlcj,
Democrat, could not win, and Mr. Davles
that Mr. I-enroot could not win, how
would they expect tho rest of tho country
to bo assured that either of them could
win?
A clear word from 3Ir. Wilson, who han
not hesitated to suggest fusion elsewhere,
would relievo much anxiety.
Cigars aro Kolng from six to seven cents.
Why not make them half an Inch shorter and
use a holder?
When the vice squad went after gamblers
yesterday It did not find any. This certainly
Is a clean city.
Imagine Uncle Sam quitting and letting
the laler get away with It after that gas
attack near Toul!
The upper third of every Hour barrel
must eo overseas. If It doesn't we had
better nit prepare to belong to th "sub
merged tenth."
Britain ralmly announces that pear
treaties forced upon Russian republics w?II
be Ignored In the final Btttlement. That is
the best answer to Count von Ilertllng.
A bill to proTlde for a State constabu
lary has been defeatad In Now Jersey, pos
sibly because It was provad how excellent
an Institution It ban been In Pennsylvania.
The opinion of the visiting Senators
appears to be that It will be Just as well to
let Hog Island so ahead and turn out tha
ahlDS. That Is the opinion of moat citlzena
who.- happen to have seen with their own
m mmi wui
TWO LETTERS FROM
GEORGE H. EARLE, JR.
i a a)
He Sent Governor Pcnnypaeker a
Long Note on the Libel Law
and on the Supreme
Court Tangle
riAMI'.MM.H AIT()III(P(IIII'IIV NO. ss
llowlliit, tits, ',, I'ubUc t.riatr rompanj.)
r..ln'r,J.''"''r".;,,ll'',1 ""'ltu n InlTMtlnir
VI; ?! "feriiiir Is-iim Parker's mitribliwraphy, i-vi-ji
tn! pfr-otMi niiiioii of ninny prn!iinnt nil.
ft.- rtmrdlnti ilnvrn
rniii'acKfr' fervleei
iu ma t imp I
2043 Arch street,
Philadelphia. I'j..
April 21, 190.1.
Governor Penny-
To His l;.ccllencv
Parker.
My IHnr Sir Penult me to cptcs mv
high appreciation of vntir independent
mid excellent itilinliiNtivitlon of ;,our
Kii-at oIIKvi and tn add that T slnroielv
pray for God'n richest blessings on voit
so that you may continue tn he ".t tenor
to ivlIdoi'ri" and nlo "u praise to tin 111
thai do well. '
Yours most trulv,
JYIlL'S I). FOPS.
1-and Title Rulldlnir, Philadelphia. P.i .
,., April 21. 1903.
HU I.xcelli ncy Samuel W Pennypackn .
i?.y , cnr f'ovcrnor I nni much
Obliged to you for dlicctlng tho sending
to mo of a ropy of "Vitoc." Within
my memory thcio h-is never been a time
when a Governor of the Commonwealth
stood with such Intelligence nnd determi
nation ami sareguaid against Melons leg
lslatlon. Thanks , yolIi themes of rlaw
mid plunder, great in number ns well as
in Iniport-inco, were frtistiated.
tertalnly In this most vital pirtlrrt.
ini we arc nil Immensely in jour debt
Very Flncerely vour.s.
johx a Johnson.
Suinlie.in. loniM- 17th and Rpnire ftreei
My Dear Governor-1 om Just leenv.
eilug fiom .1 severe Illness lrom npucndl-
Ul.s nnd am. therefore, qulto unable to
nccept tho honor of your appointment
ns State deb-gate to tho PrNon I'ongrcss
lni l,c"1 nl ,"oulsU"e- October 3 S,
1 tike the opportunity of congratula
ting'0" on jour ircent iippotntments
of Messrs. Day and HuM as lnspectoi.s
vl l.iistern Penitenilarv. I feared n en!
ntnlty theic from tin- extremely III
chosen appointments i,r your predeces
sor, but was not avian- what mischief
mil been accomplished in three years of
bad government.
I thlnl: tho men ion havo appointed
may he depended on to huf.t out the
wretched business nnd correct It, though
It cannot bo done In a day.
I uui. my dear Governor, verv truly
jours, ' '
I'liiladelphp.i, Septenibtr 1H, 1303
r. tin- linn. S. v. 1'cnnypaekcr,
Governor of Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia. June 2, 1901
Ml Dear i'ilend-lf tho current of
events drifts you our way como.
Sincerely.
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,, i'ebruary 23, 1901.
Hon Samuel W. Pcnnypacktr.
Hatrlsburi;. Pa.
My Dear GovcrmirI have been .crl
fiusly jifrploxeU about wilting to you. I
have, for a long tlmo, thought it tin
duty and yet have been o conscious of
tho little weight that jou havo given to
my ndvico in tho past that I felt that I
might be nnnojiug latlier than renins
you, ns I wished.
Had von only vetoed that mirernblo
libel bill thcie would have ben uo occa
sion to write nt nil. 1 regret that tho re
sults of jour sivtnaturo havo even sur
passed my vvutst anticipations, which
wero none too good.
A lot of people, who have tho car of
tho public, have been led to bellevo that
jou are their peisonal enemy, and It Is
only natural tli.it jou should bo the
subject of theh ns-milt
On the oth r hand, I nm one of those
who Know and believe tn tlio ic-ctltudn of
vour puiposo. 1 know ou aie un honest
ni'in und 1 Know whjteier position mi
obtain ou will pe-ifoim jour duties con
hcientluuslj, and 1 am, tlicreforc, must
anxious lest jou may again do something
permanently injurious to jou.
t'loo friends havo urged mo to beg
. you to withdraw from j-our candidacy,
or alleged candidacy, for a position upon
tho Supreme I'onch. I cannot do this.
If. under an attack to tho effect that
.cm havo sought something In defiance
of legal ethics, jou withdraw ns a can
didate, theie will bo so much confession
In it that vour future will become blank
aw far ns I can se. Having announced
that jou will necept. If clfered, the po
sition, you must stand to vour position.
I know, in saying this. I nm giving on
advice contrary to tho wishes of manv
of my closest fi lends but when, ono
attempts to ndvie n fiici.d. ho must bo
lo.ial to that friendship and no other,
and I nm convinced tint jou would ho
committing political suicide should j-ou
j Hd now.
Did I not bellevo ou to be thoioughlv
honest, and did I not know that, what
ever tho complications, joii would strlvo
to do your duty, I would Join with them;
but say what they ran. ou havo been
nn honest Governor and jou will make
an honest Supremo Court Judge, and
any quasi confession on our part that
you won't will bo tho grossest injustice
to yourself.
Now. my dear Governor. I nm a fool In
comparison to j'oursclt In many things
nnd claim stiperloilty In non". but I
cannot feul that I would not ho of somo
seivlco tt you did j-ou consult mo or
rather follow me in some of theso mat
ters If the nomination Is tendered tn j-nu,
do accept it, and then mako a kind of a
.fudge that will answer all criticisms.
Vour very honcty makes you do things
in a way that, were they done ley a dis
honest man, would convict von. nnd j-ou
nro now in the peculiar position of having
. very net Interpreted bv tho press In
the worst light to which It Is susceptible,
so that you must be more than circum
spect und only wiito and talk with the
full knowledge that what you my will
ho conveyed to the puhllo through un
friendly channels. Of course, the press
feel that you have dono them an Injustice
and they don't want that unjust net In
terpreted by one whom they bellevo to
bo their unflinching enemy, and you must
bear this In mind In all you say and do.
I hopo I nm not offending you, hut
friendship has Its duties and I can no
longer stand Idly by while I believe you
to be urged to a course, that I nm con
vinced would bo fatal to you.
If you do not liko mo for this, I ran
not help It, for I would not liko mj-self
should I longer refrain from sajing what
Is In my mind on this KUbJoct.
Relieve mo to he faithfully your friend.
OHORGHIt. UAItLi:, JR.
April IS, 1901.
Hon. Samuel W. Pennypacker,
Harrlsburg. Pa.
.My Dear Governor You do pot know
how I appreciate your knowledge that I
am so Interested In your welfare as to
prizo the information that you have sent
me.
There Is not tho slightest doubt that
you huvo acted unselfishly nnd for the
publlo welfare. Hut that Is not a start
ling proposition to me, as I have never
known you to do otherwise. You have also
done what, had I consulted my selfish
Interest, I would havo wished you to do.
What I objected to, and still object to,
was that you were being attacked for
having done what you considered your
duty, und precluded from receiving some
thing that you wero entitled to take, be
cause of bitterness engendered against
you by your conscientious performance
of duty.
My own feeling was that you had a
jNWfegt rfelit-.to'go on the Supreme beach.
' for considering that right, because your
consclcnco hud drllen ott to making
public enemies.
You kimv I did not ogrec with you
about the libel act. but 1 knew you acted
Horn a senso of duty, und It was atro
cious that you should havo been hounded
ns you were.
My feeling about tho matter Is so com
plex that I hardlv know whether I mako
myolf intelligible. I wanted you to re
main Governor very much: no ono I
inoro Interested tn having that ofilco In
tho hands of a feailess und honest man:
but 1 wanted mote that you should get
what you hud a right to desire, and also
that (hero should bo no risk that any
ono should think that jou had given up
our Just deshes becauto of unmerited
abuse.
Your course, however, may prove to be
the wisest after all. ns somo of your dc
tractots may, In view of your self-sacil-'lice,
bosln to ho uhamcd of themselves.
This, at any rate, Is my ardent dcslte.
Thanking jou again, l remain
Vour sincere friend,
okup.ui: ii. harm:, jii.
I' S Is it not a little disturbing that
ns Intelligent a body as "the bar" can he
stampeded by ncwpnpri clamor, ns It
has Just been" I biipposo character
counts foi something still; but nfter this
I am nt a loss to s iv how much.
Tomorrow villi lie prlnlcsl lc-ltr fron; rlillsndfr
C. Ittins. liurl"t 11. ralrhml.. D.lll'1 II- I unc
Oilmirl .Urvunili-r Mil lure mill other-.
DEFENSE OF HOG ISLAND
Scveie Ciitichms oC the Shipbuilding
Corporation's Work Is Resented
Jo thr r.d.'of of lUr ;;t i ii.i l'vbhe f.nlgcr'
Sir It was certainly Inlet i-ptlng and i
fiebing a few cla-..s ngo to lead the InterVicvT
teivnlly glu-n by Mr. Gooilenough. pcnrral
manager of the American International Ship
building furporatlciti. defending I', and prop
el ly n. against the heaps of abuse und crit
icism that have tecvnlly bes-n given the con
struction of tliM Hog Island plant by the
newspapers during ami nfterth-i farcical Fen
ale "Investigation"; but very dlsnrpolntlng
indeed to sie tho irnall amount of publicity
given this very Just defnm-.
In such circled as are. bv occupation and
experience competent to Judee It Is generally
conceded that the construction of such -
plant and shipbuilding mntiact as Hoc
I-tand would under ordinary clrcuin-tances
consume, about five .-ats It Is uIfo gen
rrally l.nown bv thoe In position to know
that a piece of loiistiucti'ju which should
ordinal i!y lai.o flvo Main to build can In
built In four ji-.its ut :i slight Increase in
eo't. To build such n plant -In twenty-two
months however v.ic't was tho program
mapped out for the A. 1 Si', means the un
uf such methods of jmn basing and building
as to maun the cost cnthcly Ftconclarj'. It
ln'nns tho bringing toGether of a tremendous
organization of hlshly skilled nnd highly paid
specialists at salaries named by themselves;
It means p-iiehaslng materials from tli
nearest .ivallablo soutccs and paying lars
premiums fir prompt shipments. It means
submitting to cxtottlon at times In order to
pievent iklavs. jr means shipment bj ex
press and niitntruek Instead of bj- freight.
It mean" the organization of a tremrndous
linllle department i-i nnd to the various
rouices of supply nt materials t- see that
shipments and d-llverles nre effected In
splto ot l alii end emb.-itgo?", bud weather
anl other usually bop-iesH vondltlntis. It
means hiring of labor, good, bad and Indlf
fuent, nt the wages uf tho good nnd letnln
Ing this labor cve-n at times when there
Is nothing tn do, so an not to be delajcd when
tliei'e Is work to bo elor.e. It me.ins tha
organization of a cnmtnlsarj- department to
feed and house largo proportions1 of this
labor and another tr.illic department to
transport tho labor to and fiom tin- site.
K mean.s night work nnd holiday work and
Sunday vvoil: at double tune for it. It
mentis coal, fuel and other precautions to
nial.o work posslblo In nil binds ot weather.
It means all of theio and lots of other
methods which combined can easily double
or triple anj' prcllmlnaij- estimate or cot
that may have been made by an body at
the liatptlon of tlio project.
When It Is generally lecognl.-.cd that the
limiting factor hi our ability to get our bo.vs
and tlulr liecessarv supplies 'over there" Is
tlui available shipping tonnage, und that tho
vnil.s at Hog Island constitute bj far the
largest Individual plant hilng create d fol
the pmpos,) of increasing the tonnage, w
should prnlce rather than londtmn anv
moans uoil by Om Indefatigable worl.cia o'l
tho A. 1 S. r. to accomplish tho desired
results How can eon bo nt nil considered
In the mtmiuitlun of their plant.' What
do twenty or thirty million dollars mean to
us when tho saving of tlmo Is tho main, tho
only consideration'.'
Show- your lenl patilutlt.ui. Mr Kditor!
Uo fair and show- fair play! You gave a lot
ot sruc.) and publicly to tlio Senate Investi
gation of the A. I P. c. whrtln tho olliclals
of that corporation were made to appear
liko a lot of Incompetent anil profiteering
slmpletout by virtue of the dwarfed -vision
of s'onm of our Senators, who Know llttla
or nothing of construction dlfl!cultlc.s Do
tho samo for the other side of tho picture,
cheer up Mr Rondrnough and IiIh associate"!
Their work has been nerve-tar king, ceaseless
continuous, constructive and most hlghlj
patriotic, In spite, of nil tha criticism vhlcii
they received anil which they anticipated, bj
the way, but which they thctntelyes did not
seo the ncc-e-hy for Justifying t buy
great extent.
You have given headlines for the- detruc
tlve critics. Do the same for the constructive
workers! j,, j, si(lMi;.D.
Philadelphia, February's;,
fTho Hvnxi.vo Pint.ic i.jjoar.n has given
full reports of nil that 1ms been said In
defense of the Hog Island enterprise. Fdltor
of tho Hi'i:ni:.-i I'L-nuc T.cnocn 1
WHO READS "McGUFFEY" NOW?
McGuffey antedated the ".s JOSt fjcHerE"
and sold more than any dozen of them
Ho was tho compiler nf a series of popular
public school "Readers" of a generation or
so ago. Those who wcio brought up on
McGuffey's ' Readers ' from "First" to
"."sixth." nrn net likely ever to forget the
name of tho compiler or tho principal con
tents of his advanced class books. These
people can be picked from tho mass today
by the simple process of giving them a
'cue to a quotation from "At midnight In
tho guarded tent." or "Loelilel, Loehlej. be
ware, of the day," or "The king sat on his
throne." r,r "The Assjrlan camo down," or
"On the Grampian Hills." or nni- of ih fin.
old pieces that students e.f McGuffey- ha-e
made commonplace.
QUIZ
Wio Is Central ion Minhncn?
tlhut l meant br urabenqne?
tVho wrote "l'lppn l'j,,"j
What In the Webb Liny
tllio In H'unr thln-ciii-n?
tlhat wonbl be, Ilia inotlre nf if, u
In sentlnir tha former riarln.. Vr'V."
alar, throne. VlnY0',,'";:
tTliat wa tlm Arroy "iwailllfa.
Where Ii Tola?
VI hat In meant br artu-Ted
Ml,b.,lSrtrfiHp1fnt?.;?a,,,'
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
General von Y.lelihorn tha (:,. . .
.nii(r.,m,n...d .f ,.,. ."nffXVn
Beral Is tlie treat Itutklan furtreaa and na.i
ba on the fiulf ot nlii""Kt,kSTf '
tha Oerraana, " "ea uj-
John Kent.. J'ngllil. pot, wrot, "KnclzniloB
'"huV."'""011 ' ""M "" "ratbtr ' An.-
Tlie AlevKiidrlne Aei the third renlnrr n
..,hii AlesanilrU, lint. ir tVi
JeStlhr. """" ' ""' """' -" pill"
Alto rllleToi flfurra In marble or ea.tlna ora.
Jee line one-half or more from the tablet
Calometl a Pin. . Partlenlarly the plp' of
ueae. amoked nt Indian powwowa to ratify
naaatlon of boaUIIUea between trlbea.
Applet of Sodoml beautiful fruit, but tr'aWh
T. Applied flturathel" ,'' J2 "aSS.
volntmenla of tin. """"
Tliei Appl.n Vi-l from Itoma to Capua, the
eld.it und Itnao.t of the ancient HsJZ
mull, "ioii
Apollo UOrt4vrftcM f the, ..t beautiful
lgfeJ - f -
ZffWyAXJfUt?--' .,- . '....- " .
"OH, SAY, BUB, HOW
IS THIS FOR HIGH?"
A Rejrular Lnhdcdah of a Game
Between the Athletics and the
Nationals in 'Go
UT) 11ACII to Timer to llendei That's
Xi way you get thl-i story pontic u-n
tho
adcr.
or Al lieiichs four home tuns In one panic,
which he was ton modest to tell us himself.
15e,uh v hlsperod it to flovetnor Teller, sit
ting beside him at the National League din
ner in New Yoik In 19U.
"A funny thing happened to me. John, la
ono of these New- Yoik hotels a few jenrs
ago. I ns getting my shoes shlned In the
washroom, and looking down tlio lino of
chairs I saw Senator A. P. Uorman. of
Maryland. Of course. I hnovv him becau'o bo
was ono of the eountty's big men. but It
never occuned to mo that he knew me. Hut
when he stepped down fiom tho chair ho
looked over In my dlicitlnn and threw up
his hands and said: 'Al Iteaeh!' 'Why,
Senator,' I said, 'how- do jou happen to
kt.ow me?' '1'rio'r j-ou" saj-.s he: "jour faco
Is indelibly Died on my mind. Do jou re
member when j-ou and the Athletics came
to Washington In 'Co to play the Nationals?"
'Indeed I do," I told him. 'And em jou re
member that j-ou lined out home runs the
first four times jou came to bar." 'Oh. no"
T said, 'it wasn't tho first four limes up.'
Well, anyway, jou had four homo inns In
that game' 'Yes, that's tight,' I said Well,"
said he, T chased them nil, T was plnving
center field for tho Nationals that ilaj.'"
That's the story ns John Truer got It, jou
might saj-. In confidence, from Al Iteaeh;
anil In the old serapbool: wo borrowed from
Mr. Tteaph wo llnd a contemporary news
paper account of that wonderful game. Theie)
Is nothing In th clipping to Identify tlio
newspaper In which It appeared, but It was
probably a New York paper. Tho game was
played on August ".8, 1S65.
"The ball plajers of the National Capi
tal," the newspaper stoiy begins, "havo had
n gala tlmo of It the past week, and tho
National (Jlub of Washington havo obtained
an enviable notoriety nnd secured hosts of
friends und admirers by their gentlemanly
conduct on the field as ball players, by their
Pluckj-, manly play ns the 'Champions of tho
South,' and tho noble generosity and hospi
tality which has marked their reception and
entertainment of their guests from Phila
delphia nnd New York."
The Athletics reached Washington early
on that Monday morning In August and were
met by a reception committee who took them
to Wlllard's Hotel: "and after duly refresh
ing themselves Inwardly and outwardly they
were taken In three stages ono six-horse
nnd two four-horso stages, gayly decorated
with flags to the Capitol whore an hour or
more was spent In viewing tho attractions
of that splendid building."
Thoy spent nn hour nt tho Whlto Houso
waiting for an Intervievir with President
Johnvon. but that gentleman, who never was
much of a President anyway, wouldn't leave
his "Cabinet ofllcers, who were In consulta
tion with him on Important business." They
went back to tho hotel "In order-to tako a
nap previous to their aftrrnoon's work,"
and after dlnnor were "escorted to the
Piesldent's Grounds, which had been duly
prepared for the occasion nt a great outlay
by the erection of a series of stands In
amphltheatro form for spectators and Invited
guests; a charge of J I being made for the
use of a seat during the tournament," There
was "an Immense assemblage" present, the
ladles' stand being "filled with the belles of
the Capital and the beauty and fashion of
tho city."
The unusually large crowd appears to have
got upon the nerves of tho "Champions of
the South"; Indeed, the reporter admits it
and Ingenuously adds, "though, the weather
was favorable for the sport, tho ground
w;as
In rather too lively a condition, tho ball
bounding aooiH out or on reasonable dls.
tance, as a general thing." It seems not to
have bounded far from the bats of the Na.
tlonals. But we're ahead of our story,
, Detailed Story of tho Slaughter
The reporter begins bravely enough to
give the detailed score by Innings: "At 2:25
o'clock, 'all being In readiness for play, the
Nationals took their stand at the bat, Parker
opening play with a fine hit to left field.
Qorroan was well taken on a foul
fly by McBrlde. Walden atrucl: out. but
Prouty secured his flrtt baa by a good hit.
Barthrong ldt a splendid ball to right field.
w'tMrm wnw
'THERE'S A REASON!"
j-2llSiMK' -i
..:: - - .' '-.::,J
.;'
vIouhIv got home on a passed ball. Williams
was tho sixth tttll.er and ho tipped out, tho
inning clv'lng for three tuii3."
In the Athletics' half the umpire appears.
' Kle-lnfelder tipped out, tho umpiro not
seeing that It was a second-bound catch."
MeMildo gavo Klrst Baseman llnbbs "a
chance for n cnte'i whhh was-not taken,
McBrlde making his third bao nnd after
ward his tun on a passed ball. Ktucli was
nt-tt and tipped out on the fly, 'and Wllklns,
tho foui Hi striker, was well taken on tho
11 v by Williams, the lo'nts. nfter the close
of the llr-t Inning being 2 to 1 In favor of
the Nationals,"
'This was a good beginning," says the
importer but after that his pencil got tired.
Th Athie'lci gathered 11 luns in the sec
ond lulling, after putting tho Nationals out
In one. two-three order, nnd from then on It
was a procession. Arid what do jou suppose
tho final score was Well, If they had pins oil
under the proscnt-daj- lule, which makes it
unneco'isar.v for the loam batting hist to tako
Its ninth Inning when fn hi the lead, the
icoio would havo been Just C" to 12. But
tho Athletics went In nnd laced out twenty
more rum In the ninth, which was three
more than they had mado In tho eighth.
Urand total, bT to 12.
"The result of this game," comments the
reporter, "arfotded another striking Illustra
tion of the uncertainty of baseball. It was
espeei.iilv damaging to the reputation of
swift pitching, for the swiftest pitcher In
tin- country, Williams, of tho Nationals, had
been bit all over tho field."
The m- iftest pitcher of the countrj- today,
Walter Johnson, who will also go thunder
ing down the cotridora of time as a "Na
tional,' has been more successful than poor
Williams, was. Williams may have been
fivlft for his daj-. but lili delivery, of course,
was "underhand. '
in summing up the good piaj.s the jpporter
of that gamo In "C5 i-sper tally mentions Mo
Bilde. Berkcnstock and Iteaeh. "in fly-catching
Mclltldn took tho most balls and Eerken
stock mado tho handsomest catch." As to
batting. Just count up this flno bunch of
home urns, all figuring In tho Athletic"
score: Iteaeh. i; Bcrkenstock, 4', u. rjnii
l.ell. S: C fiaskcll, 2; Leungene, 3; McBrlde
2 ; Smith, 1.
And here's tho bov seine, copied from the
scrapbook before us:
NATIONAL
ATtlfiKTIC
Isle-Inffld-r. e.,.. s 10
Mi Urldo. n 'j in
o n
. a :
. I i
Purler. 21 li
elormnn. rf
Prouty. 81 Ii
W'aMc-n. ss.
llerthrona'. e
Williams, v
.lames rf
Yei-tman If
Itobba. lb .
National
" i ii",i,rr- -'I b .. 4
J 1 Wllklns. as 4 to
r! I'erkentoelt.lat b. S It
4 I" launaanei, Sd b... 4 !l
u. eijnkeii, rf... n to
; v Hinith. if.:.:: :: n "
I t C. Knskell. rf..!: a Jft
t S H 4 .-, ii 7 ft n
a ii 1 n o 1 n ft .. .0
1 it it) i:i y. ii - it r. i:
AtlUet"
umpire .nr. iijKin. ot tn Ilireltlor Club.
Seorers-Mimrs e'roiilln nn-1 Ilereaon. Time if
Bain; lour bourn mid twentv minutes. Pis.
tatrh Nationals. 13: Athletic. II, "5
All lbs publlo careil to know about an in
dividual's iccoiel In thoso days was how
often ho was put out and how many runs
ho made s-'omo scorers In 1863 made It
"II. I. and It." (Hands lost and runs).
To modem eyes this gaino looks like a
terrifi" batting bee. But upon the pago In
the old scrapbuok facing tho ono containing
the report of that game thero Is nn article
from tho Philadelphia Item nnd Visitor of
January 13, ISM, citing a review of the sea
son of ISOB, written for the New York Sun
day Mercury by Henry Chadwlclc ("The
Father of Baseball"). It gives many scores
as high or higher. Among other things we
read: "On tho last day of October a splen
did display of batting was made by tha
Athletics at Wllliamsport, Pa.,' in a Vim
with the Alert Club, the score being is in
11 the largest score on record." T, .. D
KIHTOIUAT, KI'IGRAM.S
Tho liiipreton trows that when Oermanv i.
ready to withdraw from JJe alum aliV win T.!''
fike n.o.t of li.lglum with her"-IndlaVapVlt
When Contreaa scarnn up on atieatlnna
atratt.ww. tet a vlvl.l acn.eT' of wrtTit .'m, .?,
,y th military Inefficiency of damocracy.apViVi;
field Ilepubllcan. "print-
W'a see notblnr Inherently Improbable in it..
,tofy that Von. ltlndanburs told thirty OermJS
JuKra that he woyl.1 be In I'.rl.ua April ?i2
j6W York evening rott. ' '
The ''four-mlputa rcien" have been Initnirt.d to
cut ou' i!? y'8 n their addreaa.i. Hl"op?
enouth- Nobody can crowd even n falr-alietl bate
into w minutes. Chlcato 'Herald. u "l
IAKK TWAIN'S TASTE OP COtr
re la tea
friend
turf
mm -.."'--"" -.",s as uiftina uu lha
a."rZli'.- i?eie wi.
j-evr peoplo connect Mark Twain with a
a atory haa just been dlecovrd , which
hla'pal"' l"iii roud a tcif links by-i
Vlliw e
vm
An Apology and a Boost
Hcie is my chance; oh, a grand oppo;"!
tunity,
Wlicrc I may prove to this skeptic com-SJ
munity
One William Shnkespcnre of lofty degrM
T , - . . t
isn b as great or as nooio as me: tSjy
Whisht! now anil wait; I'm not j'okinjV
all. ,
Think for a minute. Perhaps you'll re-
call,
Not long ago how I started shillelyin', Jb
Seeking the head of some enemy alien i
Some one declaring the Celts in cohoou
With theso poor misguided Russian galoots-
And in my nailing that lie in the news
How I delivered some slams at the Jew.
Maybe, I said, it vvns they were to blme
For tho disgruco of it all, and the shame, 'j
Now it appears that I made n mistake
And the report that I read was a fake:
Judging from stories that come to us now, flp
Most of tho Jews are but goats in tbit
row. "
Now then, for Shakespeare! You MtWl
there's a play of his jfcjl,'
'iauen Horn Hie, m that mastcnui waysa
of his,
Dealing with merchants and crooks neJj
the like. H
Shylock, according to Bill, was a kike; 'Mm
Mister Antonio, trapped by the Jew,
Bill made a Christian, a good one $ni
No ono can fake like a bard in an attic
can,
For in tho records they keep in' tie
Vatican
They've the true story, and some one M
- - rr v
found , '
Bill had lust twisted the story around;
Tony, the Christian, sued Shylock, the
Jew,
Wild for the pound of live flesh that rW
due. . m
England was sore on the Jews in tiat
. dB' . . - -.- -a
So the true story was bum lor a pj-
Bill was a crook, for ho took it and ntte
'Tothcr way 'round; and he never
mitted it.
That's why I brag as I do with '.
punity
. ,i , is ,...1. t....i;.. Annitl-'
unto tnis wormy, out skvjjui., w--fj
nity.
One William Shakespeare of lofty aWJJ
Isn't as great or as noble ns me. ..
TOMTJALY.esl
M
RESOURCES OF ENTENTE NAVIES
A navy In these aays cannoc s'v"--"-
activities to the surrace ot mo sca. i-p
dlvo beneath; It must fly above. Ae Mat!
great aeai ana we taut a goou , " -."a
too much, about Qerman ascendancy J
direction tlie ir.cppeun nnu tno """"rf,
instance, nut me eppeun aim ' - .
.., .. M. ..A hiiiaI, tn vnat I
havo done as to what they ought not te wtjj
done. Therefore, it must noi u '"--
because the Allies ao not orop ""-
peacexui towns ana villages or mi -t
. i . k kAv ,io not P
-icnaeiean fncrueiaiiiiucii iw-i ss -- ---i.i
cess submarines and airships too. TM j"
navies nave otner- resources, vo. -,
in.,. . H.n.l. la Ia f.a heard eo-caa
llllld ill ouiiioii la iw w ..-.- .
.. . -i.i -. ...1.1..1. A nni noon m
business ntlthout advertisement and rew
without ostentation snips mmrsi -whose
outstanding characteristics ra
.. ataaaalaaa as a. .t n almntr BnHA Ol UT
iron uiitit uiiu phh .- - .
S5om day some of the adveiturep or
unobtrusive paladins may be luwwn w
world. When they are they will gi"
romance tnat wo suau nijvrr .-
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