Vtffetir Vrftnrr W BTEMNtrTELEGRAPH Kmi.lC LEDGER COMPANY WOT jn. TC, CURTIS. TmiWtNT Hr l.udlnrton. vice rraatiletiti John C. rretary and Traaurri PhlllnH Collin. 'William. John J Knuraoon, Director!. editorial noAnm . Ctc II. K. Cent. Chairman ; Te BMH.sr .Fdltor 1 C MARTIN.,.. Urneral Uualniaa Manatee flallr at TtHLic lAiMm nutldltie. levendtnca Maunm. lhllautrthla CaiTBAL,..,.liroad and Chratnur HtreM 10 CUT.. Vest ,'H'oa tiulhllnc .... .... .xos Metrororiran Tower IT..,.. 401 l-ora TliilMIn i-oct 1O0R Fultrrton Hull line iuo.... i.'u.' rrioune uuiidint , NEWS nfHKAfSi NnkuaToN Utm-ur. K J fS- Ha.-.. d .nl. .. m n.t till. J 1 ttfc' "W irnri;. ....... ....The dun Bulldlns XiWttoll IIUIIUC London rilnft aunscnirTTON Tnrn.a rf .tTNrf rrm.10 Iicnorn li ?r to nub- In 1hlt(1e Inula mi! Kurrouinilnc tSwii rt tf twelve U-) cents per wkt paya.-Ia carrier. YaaaT r-aAll X -sjwirftt Alitalia as" thlUJ1r.til 4t - daaaata TaWtttaut ttataa Pknkjln .. I .!-.. a t . . ...- in-JinMwM, fwwtitce frr. nflj vl irMn vr month. - ,wi.vj Mwimra pvr rar. pnjKDir in snvnnrc, Kt Tn alt foreign counlrtrs one (til dollar per sorrcs subscribers within RiMrrM chanced fiw -oia in tttii a-s tktt Hearers. ,B4"u,. M Tt M.MT KKT0M, MMN 3000 fcfr JtMrtsa aH romnninlrnffona To Ti-mlrfu Vib'i ' Xildptr. ndfpendrttre ?aut.rr. iVilloifVfpMfl. Member of the Associated Press TVK Atmnnr irrn r?r;s.j i ei. ftY Ji.T. . j.Mtt..ff . l. ..... .. Hn..rtri.fii.M "V-n-v-v-v ,.,'-fti in iii; ii t; ui it ntMiitiui f H news dfspnicfici crrtflort fo ft or .6t WtAencfe credited In thin tinner, and alio I ihp JocoJ news pttblhhed therein. a rwtM o republication o' special uts-iMc-nct herein nre also reicrved. Pkitad-lphla. .dtinlay. Ortobfr :). HIS FINISH THE mNKr0RD I.INC 'TT IS Announced that the rranlsfon. e'e l i yated line could be put In condition for Jtse In o. complrntlcl5 short time If tho Government uoulcl consent to the de!iery of the necessary materinl. Tho money needed 1 mailable and the Men to do the work can be s-ecured. So Tittle material 1 required that Its dUerslon SJ'to this necessarj transportation line uould fct interfere Ith the war worK. There la no apparent reason for rifuslnK tho ni i- tenai. is it not aoout time tne ieiiie.ai u: withdrawn? The muro vc lea'n of Trance s attitude toward the German pace offpr. the more we are convinced liat Tails Is in the De partment of the Seine THE SENVTE COMEUIA.NS ' EM Senators like J. I lam Lewis on the ? one Ido and Allies ToIndeter on the other the cates of 'audellle jann wide. These nre trlnjj day of course The f country should be cheered If the Senate cultivates comedy nt Its sessions the peo- pit who read the newspapers ai at least permitted to paitlclpate nt the show. Hut Pelndexter and Lewis, when they appear Ky , ineir nccustometi lurnw. are sun some mF a.Mte .YI.A..tlnn- Tl.o.. n.A.if unumt. Tl.ai elatig- elsewhere. It was recently that Jli Lewis bubbled Jfaed brought forth a. resolution sugsestlntr rljiat , tbe maWne of peace and all the ifiAjroceaaes essential tnereio ne ieii wnony w in rresiuem. viuidui an toncuricnce ri'y the Senate. This nale dWnilssal of jssentlal principle Xt democratic pov- at went unchallenged on the Demo- sSlde. Mr. I'olndeMer, at the oppo K ; arfta 'oie from Mr. Lewis, would make it r Impossible, under the resolutions which lie ents whenever ho has nothing else In tor the-PresIdent to do anj thing what ever In the way of dheusIont with Ger many. He even speaks of Impeaching Sir ITIlson. ,Dea Mr. Voindexter rtad" loe he Jojewwhat Is trointr on In Kurone" lines v-ir. Lewis believe li monaichles' One jygSou)d eliminate the Tresldcnt. The other Jpwould eliminate, the Senate. Are we In k' America supposed to lauish at this sort kA'ot thine or are we supposed to civ'' ..t .Fortunately- the majority of the Senate ' appears not to believe that this war Is to 'Tj settled for the benefit of the clouds of V' Jobholders who aie vital elements In the political parties. The rest of the world Is K,WieeTnW about It, too. Tolndexter and R .Lewis phow between them that neither arty holds A monopoij of foolishness. Fbey aren't even aniuslne Tliev tepie. tseat What ou mlcht call the Mippi tuins ni?n;im auoeviiie at vv avuingtoii. IE-" - W$)i IWkh Uie Allien thunderoD'lv i-jiln ill. vartat, voa! of decision, tienrfan -ittenipt-d ..j.j r M. . ... ,,,. ... UHUiuvnii lui rainy v iti luuni jur utile 111 he bis game's final core llierc s k tlronc fohance, too, of hei being pcnallieU for huld- 'lnBJ 1-iA- ...... " JWIttRE THE HUN ENTREATS THE ,C" ELEMENTS hVH3NER-VL TA'DKXDOlt.'K'H ftantlc aJt plea, that the German people puty for in order to stem the advance of hlx tJftfe; I 'dl'ifnlflcant IndUation that tin Get- pitf4,uriiio uu inc rtisnt? irunv caniut ?)li4 Wtk the rranco-Ameilccn advance MMHih longer. If the appearance of a dead ,jsk, there were not specious It U c- Sjframel- doubtful whether tho elements womu oe ao lerventiy invuheu as an uny. fPhen the break does come on the Tltthel. '"VoiHtler-Gi-and lie line and its extension ?o tl ileuso the reasons jr Germany's tj. nxlety for an armistice will be ap- LnwrtM. control or the nor1 is rat slip. Jttiw from her. Tho thrust to Oudcnarde ' WmL tho drive tonuru Ghent may render r" ay line west of Antwct-p and Hnisels p-ytttenable. The loss of those cities, coupled te lnnalnent capture cf alenclennes southeast, will virtually iisme the tptlon of alt Trench FiunJers and and nave the LIegeNamur gate- $ tOHtt ' ihrough which the Teutons began yStmt' pttnpalgn of 114. Dm hopes are therefore pinned on sutfl- a sty powerful resistance In the depart JMavnta" uf the Meinra and the Alsne to pro W'tfee fatal operation of locli's glgantlu ftnoftM.' Should unfavora') olfenslve 'tvbr. for which the prejers pray. Inter- l.11! lie trap into which the Germans Ijfall Ihrotign the xuddei loss(of all Vastlpns and strategic ranwujs in iwesent deepest wedge In Trante M mn something ver, close to a ry'derUlon for the Allies In the Held. . atkMl' wonder then thai picked German vrolioiing mis critical aisii dui- f,rocoer' of Belgium is thrill- irtr. it toucnes tne neart iHOtIoii!, Uit the real prob ate lies on the front jh up to now THERE MUST BE ECONOMIC Self-determination It Is as Important to the Dig Nations as , Tolilli-al Self.Drtermlnation Is to the Little Ones rpHE principle of political self-dctcrmi-1 nation, which is at tho basis of the President's peace conditions, must be extended to include economic self determination If thcte is to be any League of Nations to guarantee Jho future peace of the world. Conttol of revenue legislation is un atttibutc of sovereignty. No htutc is likely to consent to surrender the right to exercise that attribute when and how it chooses. Control over imports is also ni attribute of sovereignty on the right to exercise which nil nations nrc likely to insist. The United States is committed to the Ti-otection of its home industries. Tho J policy of protection has been at the i 1'ottom of cvciy tariff law that has been passed in the last sixty ycais. Republi caii and Democrats agiee on it in prac tice, however much the Democrats may denounce it when they nre not in a posi tion to pass a tariff law. The nation is united in opposition to opening the American markets freely to tho products of the poorly paid labor of Europe or of Asia. The standard of living here is higher than in other nations because the standard of wages is higher, and it hus been possible to pay the wages because we have retained control of our domestic markets. When peace conies it will be necessary for the nations which have suffered more than we to concentrate their atten tion on the rehabilitation of their indus try. They Yntist reproduce the wealth which has been destroyed by war and they must produce enough new wealth to meet the heavy tnxes with which the nations will be saddled for the next fifty yems. The energy let looe to fight for peace will have to be used in lighting for elf-support in tho generations to come. All the nations will seek new markets and there will be competition bitterer than any that has yet given vitality to international trade. Consequently it is imperative that tiie right of each nation to piotect its own industiies shall remain unimpahed by any agreements entered into at the pence table. This does not mean that trade concessions aie not to be made, but that they must be concessions granted willingly at the discretion of each nation. No one knows at this time how it is best to apply the protective policy to American industry when peace comes. We shall then be confronted by condi tions the like of which the nation has never before faced. Wc have lent seven billion dollars to the nations fighting with us. If this debt is to be paid, nay, if the interest on it is to be met, it will be necessaiy for us to adjust out tat iff policy to the new conditions. We must accept payment in part, if not wholly, in goods in order that the international bal ances may be met without bankrupting any nation. In other words, intelligent self-interest will compel us to be a little less narrowly selfish In our foreign trade policies than we have been in the past. We must also devote out selves to assisting in the in dustrial development of the backward countrfes in order that the puichasing power of the woild as a whole may be enlarged. There are immense possibilities in Russia and in China. The lesources of those countries arc almost inexhaustible. Energy and foresight, backed with capi tal, can cieate untold wealth in these countries and raise the standaid'of living so that eveiy Chinese and every Russian will consume twice or three times what he consumes now and will exert himself to giatify his expanding tastes. Only in this way can the world mover the wealth that the last four yeais has destroyed and icstore tho old conditions of comfort and low taxes. The most cursory examination of the situation makes it evident that the solu tion of the pressing economic problems will strain the capacities of tho most skillful economic statesmen in all coun tries. Consequently it is the part of wisdom to leave each nation untram meled by any haid and fast economic agreements in tho peace treaties save so far as they may be necessary to pre serve the economic freedom of each nation and to guarantee freedom of com petition for all nations in the great un developed markets of the backward peo ples. civilization which regards them as I n. I' -boats cannot do otherwise than Ins'st that the Hun pay his debts. CI.EMF.NCEAU AND "KINC SOLLERMN" TS IT not at least Josously Imaginable -1- that Georges Clemenceau. -whose ac tualntance with our llteiature Is of long standing, was paraphrasing an American classic In his carelessly geneious invita tion to the Parisian populate to help them fe'ves to huge stores of German guns and oiher captured trophies exhibit el In the Place de la Concorde the other dav? "Let ever) body see them." profusely tirgcjJ tho Premier. T.et them touch them. Let tbenr curry them off. I have plenty mora In stock." Turning reveiently to "Huckleberry Finn" we may find u similar Instance of mptuious indifference concerning wha Is ordinarily tegurded as precious. "Nigger Jim's" ready explanation of Solomon's startling decision to divide a baby Into two equat parts In order to satisfy both of the ulleged maternal claimants Is based on his feeling as the father of a multitudinous family, and runs as 'follows: "What's a chile mo' er less to Sollerman? Dey was plenty mo'l" Unquestionably the la'!sh- of "King Bollerman"-rhe of the "mil- twramt 'ruse Xtur." with uve- i inrTi ri nana i n n n m jLT4,wmxM em irnfitfjtfG publ'ic ledoer - . . OMIC fnlw 'enough for all 'corned. '.prlng, from j the same senso of supreme surfeit. The hazarded KUens that M. Clemenceau was subconsciously echoing a bit of Mark's characteristic phlknophy would forge,' If verified, another plquunt link In the franco-American entente. "Food J'rkcs. Hosr." bewails a headline: but those wlicrhave to pay are even more ro. THE NEWER WAR rpo ASSLW1U that civilization will emerge from tho inltNt of Its pains and tllfllcul tlcs Into a clear atmosphere of peaco and quietude when the flrlns teases In France Is to fall into the most dangerous of er ror. When the flghttng stops and when the call Is Ifsued for a peace conference, then and not until then will the -world have reached the crucial hour and tho major perils of Its struggle for right aud safety. War Is In Itself a comparatively simple and direct business. Jts general rules are understood. The alms are clear. Knds and purposes can be defined according to age old rules and precedents. Hut such a peace as the world shall have to make In the near future must be evolved' from compli cations fat- too Intricate for a casual num mary. At U.o Instant when an armistice is arranged, whenever that may be, a war of opinion will rlre everj where In the woild. General Toch, dilxlng forward with the slnqlp purpose of destroying the Ger man iiimles. Is engaged In a task that Is In iifany vvajs less difficult, than. the tasks t.oon tofoonfront statesmen who nre not similarly able to perceive all tbclr goals oi even to describe them. In I"nglaid and In France, for InUancr In Italj and even In the United States tremendous moral and economic forces are being held silently in leash, as they have been held In leash for. ears pending the icsults of tho war on the battlefield. These foices ftro not leconclled and united for a common aim like the armies In Fiunte. Tlic aie opposed in man.v In stanten. They represent ideals ami hopes in conflict. In a pcneial wav. the hilent agcnrUs that will meet and dash at the peace tonferenco will act will) decide the Tutuie of clvniratlon. since it will remain for them to Oeteimlne conditions that make for permanent peace cr for another and n greater war. The diplomatists who will be called upon to dhect these new factors of the newer war do not as jet understand the forces wliiiMi they will he called upon to con tiol Tor what theory of Intel national ism will Hngland stand? To what nation shall be glv n the dominant vohe at the peaie tonfei ence? How shall the votes be allotted and aligned in the final settle ments and for what ends and for what theories of human iclatlonshlps" To what estent will the new and powerful British Labor party In Rngjand and the similarly inspired political elements In Fiance and Italv support their Governments In the hettlement" What Is to be done about Ilussiti and what is to be done p bo lit the Germans that will remain" No victoilts of aims can decide thee things It is easv to perceive that even after the war has beerl won by the Allies, after German) Is d feated aid uttsrl liu mlliited, it will still lie possible for the, world of men to align themselves li one wav or another In umlen-tatidlngs and agreements that ma) actually Instiie fu ture peace or lu antagonistic gioups des tined to settle down Into the old hard lines behind barricades of prejudice, to wait the processes that will once again fling them at one anotltei's tluoits. In each of the Allied countries theie Is powerful group opinion ranged agaln't powerful group opinion as the war draws to a close Llbci.il opinion In Kngland in Frame and in Ital) N demanding thiiigh that the mure experienced fon-t-eivatlves aie unwilling to giant Heie In the United States the nralor issues are becoming- clearly divided The President is explicitly for the soil of International agreements that are sine to Involve for the United States the lc-s of ome of the advantages of our isolation and natural wealth. Mr. Lodge. Mr Iloosevelt aud others believe with equal earnestnes that we ate better off In mi Isolation of In tel est and Mini" Tlie-e aie not ca mat teis to deiide As the world struggles forward step bv step it mav ee more of the true light. For the moment the nctual results of the war seem as difficult to daflne as evti 'I he dlouns have hem ilosed tight or we were mlsin- He Don't ltellne It foriued And et there have Ix-en more ar rests for rltunkennes p( Philadelphia during J the last teu days than eur before were re potted for a similar peilod One cun only decide that tho chaps jnu se leuning against convenient houses or riding in t lie hurry-up wagon wete Intoxicated with Jov when the) read the new." from rhe Lattlefront. It is within the uiirf (,lil- lahns uf posslbillt) IdentlrSI tlu Germans 'w cur. Irani Not rent attitude of hu mility mav be based on a Jun'keresque In terprewtiun of the scriptural promlxe about the meek inheriting the tarth If so. It Is well to remind her that with her Wotan and Kre)a lines hep Christianity qualifications tan hardl) tbo rated bona fide. Mexico subscribed tlondu ill sjmiiatlir double her quota to the new Libert) Loan Cuba went over th lop, turned round and went "over the top" a second time. And )rt there are those who refuse to believe that the peoples on this side of the world are crowing to understand each other better. Germany Is still TUe .ew raltern awarding the war cross to her soldiers. Hut uowadajs it Is .double. How can It be said that there U a short age of food in Ger Would ou hue get Cannlballmn? many when the country seems filled with poor fish? The Unconditional Sir I.V HUNDURIXa homage to Wilson's war wardship The Austrian Government called him Ills Lorilahlp: Which title, however, won naught for the sender Of notes, who must simply lern how to Sir-reader, . pM3ueihiav ymmmDxr, October at, ;;;, . ' .x '. ! i -i ; - .i i -' i -, i ,- JW" " "J? --I"- '' J, I IArnjl?rr7, TtrtlTWC I I StlLli STRCHSfc ElSfStfifi f6 "THROf" INDIRECT LIGHTING E VEIIT ON'13 who loiters In Independence Rquare (and some of our very nicest people have done so, from tho day when Hen rranklln first coined the phrase "'Let Georgo do It") is -familiar with the block lady cat that basks there In the sun. She Is black with that stlossy, almost purple,' blackness that brings good luck to the beholder, Itml -wnen we accosted tier yes terday she rubbed against our right leg, which we tflke to be a sign that Doctor Holf's note wilt not bo acceptable to the Trcslilent and that we will reach the bot tom of this column safe!). We arc not superstitious about Hn) thing except black cats and having three meals a day. Hut what we were aboutte say -Is that this same lady cat has recently had a. litter of kittens, so the cop on point be hind the State Houso told Us. Wo wish we could get one of those cubs, .for cer tain!) a black kitten born In Independence Square ought to bring good luck. anil mako work unnecessary! frtr tiie test or fine's life. But alas' we stipposo the Colonial Dames have grabbed them iff.' Summer' rn Trance Somehow. It seems.ln.rrcdlble While thts dear country grieves, The indifference 'of the flowers And the laugbjer.of tine-leaves. rAROLUJlJ .GILTINAX, Ofllce of the tShlet Surgeon, A. IJ. r. Sjnthetir Toem. Its ail light for a man i. Tu be ubsent-mlnded. Hut his mind shouldn't overstay Its leave of absence. i To our dlsma), no editorialist has et risen to remark or Solf's potjt "The voice Is German) 's voice, but 'the hands' are the hands of Wllliclni." ' , How can democracy lie. .saved without constant repetition of this ancient lag? Does the editor of tho Congressional liecord ever feel a pang because no one writes him little ndtes signed "Constant Header"? Any nose-palntlng done In thete days must be done In water-colois. Hvei) German note has not onl) a text but a pretext. What has happened to the poor old 'welkin" we used to read about? Doesn't anvbody ever ring It any more? Oi did Hertllng melt It down to make muzzles for the Reichstag? This One Is Napoo Dear Socrates Might one sa.v that Ger many is training her volte by tho teutonic solfa method? OXK OF YOU It UNUMIL'S. She Donbles in Brass Germany, one might hazard, 1s getting down to brass tactics. Uvei) time u German note comes auoss some amateur statesman Is on hand to call it special pleading. Hut Foch believes that the tieatment for Gel mans is special bleedfrig. He Has No Taste for a Close-L'p Hindenburg thought he had l educed Pel gluni to a still-life picture. It must be rather disconcerting to him to see the film running again, and faster t' un evei. Thoughts in a Hath Hour. Kaiser Kafl Sfcns to be s-iartlng under rhe Hungarian goulash If onlv the (lei man Government could seij us resolutely shaking the last grains of sugur ou. of the lestauraiit's little en elojie it would realize our grim determl na'tlon to keep the wutch on the sacchailne. German) awaits President WINon s next word In the same won led way that we watch the lunchroom waiter as hefpjinclies our check. We'ie alwavs pipe-dreaming that mavhe he'll punch a figure 1owei than we deserve Rut he never does , Geimanv has been very i'. vi In devl Ing substitutes, but she will not be able to Invent a substitute for military defeat It looks to us us though the Kulsor will just have to chagrin and bear It. Obits We Covet or Our Private List f Huns The man whoe hearse -I'll view with glee Is the chap who borrows a mutch from me; Then slips my box In his pocket quick And hands me back the burnt out stkk.' He says it ts only absence of mind--I call him a foe of htima.i kind: And If the guy won't take this hint I'll have to use force without limit or stint: These are the das for righting wrongs, I'll put his mind back where It belongs. lenlne and TroUK) aie so suspiclousl) alletit that we can't help wondeiing whether the) have eloped with the Uolshovri. pay envefopes. Echoes From Great Poels Of all the words of tongue or pen, These are most often bald by men: Got a match?" And the saddest answer that can occur Is, "Only u Swedish tandstlcktr." In a Nulbbell AI1 this talk about unconditional sunen der Is bunk. There must be conditions to every pur lender. Even the marriage scivlce Is full of them. The only question Is who Is lo Impose said conditions. You have to hand It to the Swedes for Inventing Indirect lighting. The most !' direct kind of lighting Imaginable. You scratch the whole bolcful of their matches and then get )our light from the little gas Jet at the nearest cigar store. It must be sad for Dr. Wllheim Rolf to leflect how he misread the bright lexicon of his outh. We learn from Wer Ist's (the Hun Who's Who) that the Doo spent his jouth In the study of JunsUrlt, Hindi, Urilu and Persian, at u seminary of Orien tal languages. Ife wan all prepared to talk fluently with the Kaiser's Asiatic subjects: and now- the Kaiser ain't a-golng to,hav( an)' Aslatlft subjects. Wfe is Mien .Dtlier,- 'J nlcht watart , ' r CATJWU r y V i i . '' ' a aa. -u .. i j ,. ji lk-:. v imLramj&m&:.H . : .. ui.'i .,a-jaKmji j'jamf 'isarjKBiKCW T-. .; .:. ..' it -., . .1" - . ia areataaare, .Lummammmm. JMaiiaaaM i r" , ' ' ' V" e.-", .--Y.".VV , . ' ' - ' BalaV aBVIalaWalKj 1 4 SsaaU atKaaO. Baft! aBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBTalaaaU .- LV mW ' t " u..i r i . ii--' Tl ": -v'-" .ii--''-. . .- :-V s,kv . .-:' . - ? - .r. '. ' " . w. si WHAT A CONGRESSMAN SEES Scmiueekly Letter Touching on the Washington Doings oj Personalities Familiar ( PhiladelpJiians - ,, By J. Hampton Moore Waslthigton, I. 0 Oct. 23. . COXGttKSSMAX VAItE if In love .witji his Job on the AppiolrLatIons Commit" lee. When the gi'eat detlclehcy bill was under consldeiatlon last week the down town leader sat up with the Gllletts and the Mondells ut the lommlttpe' table or conferred with Uncle Joe tfannon, who bar charge of the measuie for the Republi cans. On the last day of tfie debate' ho joined the vetetau fiom Illinois In paying trlbuto. to tho Industi) of Mr. Slieile, ot Kentucky the Democratic! thalrmarr of the committee who, bv the way, is niretlng with fierce opposition In his candidacy for ic-electlon So unxlous 'was the Philadel phia member to be on the Job on' the1 last day Ihat lie took the midnight tiain'for the Quaker Oit on Thursday arid returned on the flist train out on Friday morning. He had to step livel) to do that'. TI' CHUSTLV. W HILL, foimer Collector of the Port of Philadelphia doesn't look out he ma) run ufoul of the nation's1 1 are taker in Washington, In' the appeal to voters which be Issues as secietar) of the Pennsylvania Patriotic. Union betsets tip someprett) strong claims for Peiifis)lvauiu Republicanism ln i oiuiei.tloii with, war activities To say that our great Repub lican State sends moie soldlerH overseas "than all the' southern Slates combined, in spite of the fact that the latter have three times our iiopulatlon,"1 'N calculated to s(lng, but to add that Pennsylvania last jear uid in&ie taxes "than uny other" State (eliminating Wall s.troet, which icull) belongs to the whole counti) and more than twice as much as all the southern States combined," is going th.e limit-.. If Rier Tumulty or Mltche'lTPalrner, the alien property custodian, get hold of lhe'( HIU ehculur. It may go haixl with the Vhn s)lvaula Patriotic Union. . Kven members of Congress aie not expected to take siicli liberties ' y I . . . , QOMKTHING of a coincidence in the s3 deaths a few du)S ago of. 'Alexander Crow, Jr., und David It. Jiltch. David wus the son of Joseph C. Birch, one of tjre faithful court lepottcrs of the. Public Led 6er In the da)s when Cla)tonU. Fife, Thomas' H. Price aud Robfrt W. Lesley rah the co'uit combination. Joe Birch died and his widow took up school teaching. "Sand)" Crow, then the leader of the Fifteenth Waid, was Induced to inteiest himself in "Davy" Birch, the son, and one day, like a flash out of tho pan, It was an nounced that.Dav), who hud come to 'be a cub reporter,' was, to become Upltcd States consul at Malaga. Spain. It was a big undertaking, but Davy went to Spain, then to Genoa, then to Alexandria, Kg)pt, and then to Babla, Brazil. . Crow 's Influence at Washington waned with the Changes that come and go In politics, but Dave Hlrch made good on his own account, until "the regulations 'of the State Department made his last position an onerous one. Ho came to Wushlngton and fought n single handed battle for wljat he deemed to be a square deal, but eventually Concluded to quit the service. a OKNATOR PKNROSE. now In dally con J ferince With the Senate Finance Com mittee, considering the ,b0t000,6oo reve-, inue. bill, has taken ,bh rVr ,.,.,.. ,,.. ,w. t , lAllfei Ilia, dh&ai.UiA'ITj & &-' r Xii -ruF'l if ..' ..'.. --., . ;i i 3Jl m., fite. iirv-jr. mmm fsaaaaaaTCaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaBBBBBBBBBarsPaaaW X "Sl " " aTa lr ,'' " ' JFatf I aaaaaVaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaT i.i.J"?v 4p' .... ui ,-,.r, i-C-M'. w .-" " '-l- ., . M unii); service It was necessary for tho Senator, to uct, nd act quickly. Corro. -spoudeiM'c comes fust und fuiious In a sen. atorlal ofllce. especially '.when a levenuo bill Is under discussion, and the Senator saw; hls(pile of letters mounting higher and higher. To take tho place of Colonel Andiews, who was succeeded by John O'Bilen, who ,was succeeded by Tuy lui, the Senator appointed UJiuiles P. Swope, of Jlarrlsbqig, a' clever joung PennVylvqnian. "vvlio had done seti-etailal work In Washington for John C. Capeis, of South Caiolln-a, when he was Commissioner of Internal Revenue under Roosevelt, and' who Jhei carter was chief clelfc of llio bu ,teau ot engineering of the Public Service Commission ot. Penns)lvanla. Svyope piomptly ocmnected vVlth'the Senator's of fice staff and together the)' attacked tho mall accumulations and soon had things uboDt normal. ' gvv ope Is a Quaker'-IIko chap, In appearatice not unlike J.llenry Scatter-good, of 'the Main Line", Who has be,en doing liis lilt in reconstruction woitt In Trunce, but the) do say he Js a close rtiend of Hauy Baker, of the Repub ltoarr State Committee, and has taken a leaf or two out of the book of Harry 8. McDevltt. Therefoif, It will riot take.lilmi ;ohg to got In hai ness. with the advent cf the new secretar.v, and us If to celebrate the occasion, carjie "Sammy" Dunbar, who, noius tne outer uoonof the 'senatorial sane. turn in the Ai.cade Building. Sammy looked tip Joo Rodgeis, who keeps tabs on' the Republican members of the House, and before leaving AVushlngton let It be known that the Philadelphia sftuatlo'n was well In hand. . i fTUIB llquoi question lias certainly, bid . a ralr share of allernm ii. WasMng ion since the lnfluenza,epidemlc struck the capital. Them has been a dernand for liquor, which onl) the diug stores arid phy sicians couhl supply, and It lumorbe true theis3 has been some profited ing wfiere "a little quinine" hus been udded. Kven BaltJmon has been closed lo, thosb "oftlie natronal capital wh6 pad fah?n Into the habit of ruriiri'iig over to the Marjlahd city to get'their supplies. While the Piohlbl tlonlsts (slarpl tlrm, the- IrtilltlclanB, have pro fes8d trf se tiouble ahead in the vallous Vlos.Ing up" orders, We aie'tpld that "a. side door" business lias started up In many cities that is piovlng exceedingly profit able. Philadelphia, is mentioned In this connection. Pittsburgh Is actually leport ted Be angry because the worklngmen have been denied their ncUistpmed beverages. The hopeH of tjfe Bounlvvcll people have eoi respbiidlhgly met eased.'' They think there Is golpg to b6 a strong "wi;l" vote hi consequence of tile, alleged incouveolepce to vvhlch sick peoplethave been put. Meuftk while, Clarence Glbboney, of tlte LavS- ahd Order Society, Is out In an appeal to Congress to go slow In -taking the holdings of the liquor deuleis without compensation, and Nell Ronner, of the Retail LlqUor Deal ers' Association, has been "doing Wash ington" In connection with recent "zone orders" abolit w hlcli. Phlladelphlans navi been advised' Tire advht of hoxrry Humes, the I'itUbmlt Dlatrict .Attorney,, row-sor, tne-erief tntflHire ,paii -& V jffitYtlSffiTaKn ir , - " ; SaT"f '"THE BULlI" aaaf "sVxlK. 4 J , ..r." .- i?'" :.'-t:i .r -. 'ai;'i. jr fEACE Wlinx that glad, day shall break .to match "Before - the- Wai" with ."Since - the Peace," , And up I climb to twist new thatch Atross my cottage roof, while geese Stand stlfily there 'below and Vex The yard with hissing from long necks. In that immense, release, Thatshlnlng clay, shall we hear bald: "Xew" wars tomorrow, more men dead"? - When peace time comes and horror's oVer, Despair and darkness like a dreara, When fields aieTlpe with corn and clover, The cool white daliy full of cream, Shall we. -work happily in Uie sun", ' And think "It's over now and done, Or suddenly shall wx? seem To watcb a secODcr'bristling,, shadow Of armed men move across the meadow? Will it beover once for all. With no more killed and no more maimed Shall we be. safe fixm teiroi's thrall, . The eagle caged, tho lion tamed; Or will the Jounglof that MIe brood, Thei ) oung ones also, suck up blood N Unconquered, unashamed, Rtslng again with lust and thirst? Better WX! nil had died at first. Better killed befoie our pWme We rotted deep in earthly slime,.. i Robert Gl ayes. In the New Statesmen. : Willi General D'Ksperey at the Danube, the Austrian fluvial fleet has necessarily nothing whatever to bank oiu . : .,,-,'. ' .. ' - ,Xow thiit the grip Is checked,' the first . Important step toward dlspatthlhg ft by V- . press has been encouragingly taken, Conservation Hint ,' One way for the Government to temedy , the shortage of paper would be to prohibit ,ltn substitution for leather In shoe soles. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Higher Than the Highest ' v When fai Kaiser dubbed 'himself the AJl ..Highest he little rtckned where the prlee of "sirloin Bteak would, eventually go to-Kanj , sas CltyStar. c What Do You Know? QUIZ I. Hliat ta. AmfrlfSn .fcRlrrrti nVi In aetlre . r,IT. ?.1tx2-,l 5f .Wsltlfe lh rank at llsutsnant rtneralT 5. VVhat U th nisatilht r Vefwlaf 3. 11iut ta tile mime af tha ftnmartat ilower auiipnued hr the Urerka ta rrow In the . Umlnn I'irlila? , 4. VVhi aratv the atoAlan fiotel. "Loaklnr HarkwarHfr li. Whnt Is the unthhiVrr of liat 6. W hat la the mmT Imtntment r Harr or aulM aura for plufklna the slrlnis of a b-nJB. toltsr or illkerailsd? 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