$mwtiwmpfi rsajsafwss py-W VF$F 1'ls 10 EVENING PUBLIC LEDGEK PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1918 yl!, s f A ? X V re. I' I? I ; li v l . J if f 7 I If lis li If I4 I ft. W I If. I fcienm$ ItoJjUc Heftgec THE EVENItfGTELEGlUHI PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY Charlfi H. Luilnrton. VlcrriMnlj Jnhn C i 'VPITtf T." T'tlTftl V at at vutr fit uuuiu iv ia law iiciiiiHii v "uka Martin. fltcrttary axil Treaaureri Philips. Colli Joan B. Williams? 'John J. Spurceo.i. Dlrecto . i. ouina. :iora. EDrronui, BOARD: Cnn II. K. Cram, Chairman ATID E. 3MII.ET .Editor JOHN C. MAimN.... General nuilnn Manager yubllahed detlr at Pruo I.tobi Hutldlnr. Independence Square. Philadelphia. t.soon. Ca.vTtiL Vroad and Cheatnut Stret .rtatrno Cut Prm-lilon Bulldlnc .Ntnr Yoax 200 Metropolitan Tower Drraort 10s Font lljlldlnr St. Lotus 1008 Ful!rton HulMtne I'Htoioo 1S02 Tribune Mullftin- NEWS BUnEAUS WASBtntOTON BtlMtT. , N. B. Cor. J'ennarlronla Ae and Hth ?r Narw Toaa: Huu Tha aj Building Lohpom Snuc. . London Timt 1 BUBSCIUrrlON TEAMS Th Etisixj Tcbuo L.znaaa In i-rred to s!- auibera In rnlladelpMa and surroundlnc towns at the rate of twelve (13) cents per week, parable Br mall to points eutatde cf Philadelphia. In tha United States, Canada, or rnltel Statta poi .aalonn. postage free, fifty 50' centa pr month. Six (0) dollara per jear. pajable in adrance. To all torelm countrlea one ($l dollar per month. . ., . . Nomcn Hubacrleer wishing addrrfi changed must cue old as well as new alras. BELL, IMS TVLSUT MYSTONF. MUSIOM tjr Aftrtil ell co-nmvncaHons to Kievlng Puolic l.ciatr, Ind'pmdoct Bgnor, i"i.ellHa. Member of the Associated Press THE ASSOCIATED 1'HESS Is rrcJu tlvelv entitled to the me for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not nthenclsc credited in this paper, and also the local nctcs pxilllslicd therein. All rights of republication of special dis patches Herein are also reserved. FMIadelpMa, W.dociday. Utcrmbtr 4, 1911 "KNOW THE TRUTH!" xtoo: -- of O ONE is permitted to know the nature tho somber truth that tho P. R. T. is heralding in tho blood-red placards on tho trolley cars. But It Is safe to say that if the truth in this instanco were as true as any truth ever waia it -wouldn't be be lieved. That Is a sad fact, but undoniable. We know too3much about the P. R. T. already. It is all true. And that t- tae trouble. It tha public knew loss aoo-.'. the . o.umo of water in which tho P. R. T. flounders: if it didn't have to stand on windy comers In snow and s.eet and rain for car? that ilon't stop; if getting homo at night was not euch bitterly hard work; if tho transit company hadn't said so much In tho past that wasn't true; if millions of trolley riders did net ilslt pneumonia and endure vlally discomfort to pay dividends on sub sidiary corporations that oro only a namo, thjfen the sadly pestered corporation that una th trolleys might unbosom itself with some assurance of sympathy. Now, when tho P R. T. tl.s the trjth most people will not believe it. That It tho prico that corporations and mett must pay for. questionable reputations. Bill and billions will b synonymous terms in Germany when tho Paris comT.ls slftncrrj finish with her. SELF-HELP ON THE RIVEK HIONT THE versatllo Mr. Schwab, who has lately teen, quoting Virgil to his shipbuilders, might profitably have expressed his views , on the Philadelphia port situation with a Shakespearean excerpt: "The fault, dear Brutus, la not in our stars, but in our selves, that we aro underlings ' So run the pregnant lines The distinguished industrial ei,repre neur gives pertinonco to that thought when ho offers to sacrifice his entire $1,000,000 loading system in New Tork and turn over . to thi3 port oil his overseas business pro vided our railroads will make their lead In; charges reasonable. Hero is an opportunity tvhieh s.iould l i - nt el,A tf(f tn Vt-nV t.r i,a Wnc.A. nl,i self-help. New drydocks, nn additional grain elevator and tho execution of the Reading's plans for great new terminal V&cUities at the Port Richmond coal piers ya also urged. Even with the thirty-five-peli channel, already half completed by thoUGovernment, Philadelphia, with its fine ,.j":ral advantages, may lag far behind patc?r eastern porta unleu her citizens and 'trttlllness men rattlo the drj- bones along !"'o river front with some actual accom- r Jpllshment. K With our own energies properly organ- Ized, the attitude of "our stars" will be insufficient cause for reaentmen' The quickest way to get rid ot n&r v. .13 to fight to the death, as some disillusioned Rucslan quitters are now possibly aware 4 WILHELJrS FRIENDS IN AMER1C V HERR HOHENZOL1.ERN has just an nounced through his secretary a firm belief that "he still has many friends in tAme,rica." 'There are two ways in which to explain this high optimism of the first of interna tional yeggmen. The Secret Service is lamentabb in efficient. Or else Wilhelm has been reading tome old copies of the Congressional Record Chastened IJethmann-Hollwer now sor rowfully admits that errors wore committed by his gang of diplomatic Junkers. All a'l are gone the old familiar curses. STRAIGHT TIPS FROM BOREAS fTlHB well-meaning erudition of the - weather bureau has not always lnsnlred ta f - K?' " have for years challenged its verdicts with KL j wide variety of prophetio machinery. STi Vfrounu uuga lave ucen prcsEea into serv ice. Rheumatic twinges have been extolled ! MM . a n,k..,A. l....wl. nnl.fl . .t. nt cbiu ..?, Li.uut, iJo-iuiu, weauier EJSi 'prophets. When the late Slax Adeler, of h.j tWj city, dared to be merry, ere his fun Wnse. withered under the weight of po- , T litlcol economy, he suggested corns as an unerring' Index of imminent humidity. V,,..... .-- . ,. ; ijsai in" uuuiieur experts nave nnaiiy i ' $ jwtt tlieir authority before a wonder- t M.lll.H.IHaH, V..V 4lm m I...jJ YeVal weather bureau. Tho first aerial " Mr4Met has been made In co-operation vWOthe airplane mail's orvlco of tho Post- Hm Department. Here' la authenticity at tub .JHrdmen can reliably Inform us con- utiataaMpwhat season; of storm or sunshine M 4ue. by whining -Stialght off into the t wi re weather ia manufactured and WtMjrutngjn ,uie meteorological aesK m TaW'-wf-wy ,raln or 'wlar radiance BBWIHal atawaJaWa rft 4NMBWmM Jri , l .iK.. .Uik.J. ... 1. 1 mm aaisitai piiiwaa wt ins tt WIU" ijirTtH !?(, been disclosed. Wind aro "moderate in tho Alleghenle up to 8G0O foot." At 1600 feet they're "shifting." It's snowing on Lako Erie, and the forecast is a. whito mantle here at home. In tho face of such nn array of significant facts tho ground hog and human lay prophets become "as discredited as German Ulnga. Extension of this intimate acquaintance with llorw through all his realm from Now Tork to Chicago is to be accomplished by December 15. Among nil tho many miracles of tho day. fltst-hand weather re ports acqulro a fascinating distinction iVO PATENT REMEDIES ARE NEEDED TO ADJUST LABOR Lnterpnses Held Up by tho V?ur Are Await mb the Chinre to Go Ahead Adjustment of Wages to' Prices the Main Difficulty S THE soldier br tailor who threw up Ins job when he was drafted going to get it bach again when he is honorably discharged from the service.' What is to become of the men and ivomev, the boys and girln, who took the John of the wen drafted into the army' What ne i '0 be made of the worker employed in tin nar industries who will be discharged as rapidly as the indus tries cease functioning? These arc questions in the answer to which several million people nTe vitally interested. There is fear in certain quarters that unless tho Government does something there will be a grave labor crisis, with a period of unemployment and suffering. The Secretary of the Interior has de veloped plan3 for putting the returning soldiers of reclaimed land. He appar ently thinks that the men cannot bo reabsorbed in the industries in which they wore originally employed or else that tho men who have torn themselves loose from their old surroundings will look about for new enterprises rind will peek tho land in large numbers. Frank Morrison, sccretai of the American Federation of Labor, has asked the National Civic Federation to demand that the Government pay the faies of men released from the war industries from tho plucp of their present employ ment to other places where they can get profltablo work and that they be sup ported by the Government until they have readjusted themselves. He has also proposed that Congress restrict immigra tion for a period of five years in order that the labor market may not be glut ted. President Wilson, on the other hand, seems to eee a little more clearly than some other observers, for he told Con gress on Monday that the working of natural forces was likely in many cases to bring about readjustment of the coun try to normal conditions faster than any plans for St could be made in Washing ton. Whilo he was not speaking particu larly of the labor situation, there are known facts sufficient to justfy the be lief that there is likely to be immeasur ably less friction in the reabsorption of the soldiers into the industrial life and the employment of the war workers in peaceful industry than the nlnir sts have anticipated. In the first place, theie has been a shortage of labor for more than three years. It was noted long before we entered the war. The virtual stoppage of immigration at the end of the fiscal year of 1914, which was about a month before the war began, stopped the annual increase of crude labor necessary on tho railroads and tho farms. Immigration fell from 1,218,000 in the fiscal year of 1914 to 326,000 in 1915, to 298,000 in 1916 and to 29G.O0O in 1917. The rail roads have had to import Mexicans and draw on the women to keep their tracks in order. There was a shortage of labor also in industries where more or less skill was required of tho workers. Then, still further to increase the acuteness of the labor shortage, we en tered the 'war and have drawn about four million young men from the arts of peace to tho arts of war. This has forced tho stoppage of nil public works save those which could not be delayed. Right here in Philadelphia it has stopped work on the extension of the subway system, on the Free Library building, on the sew ers, on bridges and on a score of other public enterprises. It has brought great building operations to a standstill and it has prevented private industries from expanding by healthful growth. Expansion of private industry and the creation of the necessary public works to accommodate the growth of tho cities have been at a standstill for about two years. Now that the fighting has ceased and the armies are being disbanded the labor supply necessary to enable us to catch up with the work delayed for two years is slowly becoming available. Vir tually every large employer of labor in this city has bSnd that he will take back all the men who left him to enter the army. This will relievo thousands of soldiers of any need of worry about what they are to do when they put off their uniforms. Other Ihousands will find em ployment on public works and still others on building operations that will begin as soon as the men and material can be found. The employers are looking for men instead of the men looking for work. The conditions which prevail hee are repeated in every largo city. Word came from Nebraska the other day, where there are no big cities, that there was work in that State for 50,000 more men than cbuld be found- The people of the State have accumulated an enormous surplus from tho sale of their crops at war prices and "they are plannirfg to spend it in the things which labor can pyovid. A41 tha.'tijarieulturaV States a in tbiafc.iorUiwt peamos.. ?T-ta $ fc! wat iatUfactiiry.aii, mS-t.t . . rf. it . ., . . J c ' 'Lj Bwer could bo mndo to tho three ques tions with which this nrtlclc begins. Thcro will bo work enough for the workers, llut will there bo wages satis factory to those who liavo been getting war pricea for tholr work? The answer to this question is not so easy. Wages lmvo boon apparontly high, .but they havo actually been low, for tho reason that a dollar today will not buy much moro than forty cents would pay for four years ago. So long as prices remain high wages must remain high unless the workers arc to suffer. A man paying ninety cents n dozen for fresh eggs on ft wage of eighty cents an hour is no hotter off than a man paying forty-five cents n dozen for eggs on wnges of forty cents an hour. Fifty-cent bacon necessitates nn oighty-cent-an-hour wage, whereas a man was better off at forty ccnta an hour when ho could buy bacon for twenty cents. It would take tho seventh son of a soventh son, born with a caul, to foretell how this question of wages rind prices is to bo adjusted without causing discon tent and suffering. Most of thoso who have tried to tell how it would como about have been v.-hittling a peg to lit a hole the shape of which they did not know. The best mp can hopo for is that the underlying common sense of tho Ameri can people, employer as well as em ployed, will guide them to an orderly and approximately just solution of the difficulties with which they aro con fronted. V. ln our troops marching totf ard Cob lei. i, Wk begin to understand why the Gov ernment ached e-tourlsts some months sro to dlscorre their well-thumbed copies of Baedeker's "Rhine " TnK PRESIDENT'S DEPARTURE IT IS altogether regrettable that Mr. Wilson, on his departure for Europe toda . cannot feel heartened and supportod by a more general sympathy among his associates in tho Oovernmont. It is not seemly that tho President, approaching a. task of tho utmost difficult, with aims admittedly high and beneficent, bhould have tn start upon iii" mission under clrcum 6ianee3 that rnako him appear as an an tagonist of a majority In ( ongress At this moment it ib difficult to k.tv how much of the blame for a most unfortunate situation lies with the President himself and how much of the responsibility belongs with thoso Senators and Representatives who used tho occasion to manifest tholr incurable dislike for a man whom they cannot understand. Open antagonism to the President at this time is of gravo importance, slnco whatever happens in Washington or in tho rest of tho country now to discredit Mr. Wilson or to lessen his prestige may be capitalized In Europe by every interest opposed to tho high purposes that carried America Into tho war. Sir. Wilson has virtually snubbed Con gress. A snub is a difficult thing to forget or forgive. Yet wo have all made sacri fices and tho gentlemen in Washington fchould learn to do the eamo thing for the present at least and postpono tholr ven geance until after pcaco is signed It is asserted that the advice of tho Senate should havo been permitted to reach Versailles So it should, undoubt edly. But pinco Congress was denied ihe opportunity so to serve, it should turn iti talents to the great mass of work more immediately at hand to the railroads and tho taxation systems, to problems of recon struction and to the other matters that ore almost as important to the country as the terms of peace. Tt will be time to rebuke tho President when ho makes a false step. But then tho rebuke should bo unmistak able We beliee that when Mr Wilson's ship is out at eea even those Americans who do not understand his methods will at least send their hopes and good wishes after him, and that even Congress itself, though it manifest bitterness und distrust, will hope in its secret heart that tho much criticized pilgrimage may end in triumph. The Bo'she".!!!! are A Lliance fur bald to be issuing Mavlc Olooin ' peaco feelers." If this means an "orgy of i.oted," at least deep Interest in tho pros pect is whetted by curiosity as to how Lenlne and Trotsky will explain their repudiation of Russia's Just debts. There aro some Sena tors In Washington whose efforts to keep LnoL This Cp In the Dictionary in lino with popular sentiments remind one of the contortionist who boasted that he could Ho prone on his bacV Captain Carp enter, git's the Girls Time who bottled Up the German U-boat base at Zeobrugge. has not yet had his gallantry put to the same kind of a lest to which Hoo- son succumbed. Tho temp t a t i o n to ltettraiot 1. bu that tho gallant Conceivable Gene r a 1 Paraskevo poulos, now head of tho Greek army, bears a name to conjure with is seriously weakened by difficulties of pro nouncing It. Every time wa Invoke the memory of our own exploit of twenty years ago to give to Britain' bottl!ng-up the Belgian coaet the Not So "Corklni" at That colorful comparison achievements along cold douche of history reminds Cer era's fleet came out after all. uh that According to a Lon Tlip I-a Tlini don dispatch, ex Lingered Crown Prince Itup- v precht, dressed In ci vilian clothing, fled Into the Netherlands ac companied by a single companion. It's Bafe to bet It wasn't the lucky little sister ot the Grand Duchess of Luxemburg ! "German soldiers move freely among British," says a headline. Considering what conditions were, before November 11, the cause af Hun freedom soems to have under gone a truly amazing development. til's not scmuch the doughboy as the "do-bey1, whoj art! 'blithely returning, pur .J? ftd ,Ljla ... "Vh ji. ,j r ,1. READER'S VIEWPOINT Triumph of Right To the Editor of the Evening Puhtlo Ledger; Sir Your beautiful Thanksgiving Bermon, In the way of an editorial, reminds mo of Colgate, a college town, snowclad In winter, nestling In tho foothills of tho Allegheny Mountains, and of a enerablo old Scotch man, forelock nodding with tho emphasis of each spiritual sentence, whose favorite gesture was an Index finger pointed at your soul, pounding Into us lads that heart and soul were above everything on earth; that material thlngn of nil kinds and descriptions were as dross in comparison to the wonderful spiritual faculty. With full understanding all America un derstands you when you write that heart and bouI and a Just cause are what handled, with death-dealing accuracy, the hand grenade; handled no skillfully bayonet, rifle, machine gun and cannon ; suffered any and all bodily torments for righteousness sake, for rights for themselves and rights for others. One cannot Imagine any ilun writing such an editorial, that right goes before might and right always wins ; and, In comparison, tho pure loglo of the mind and material things aro a delusion, a snare nnd wiles of the devil And jet jour editorial simply voices the feeling and pentlment of the wholo American peoplo.- It la of the type written by high type men all over America and preached from every pulpit and taught In eiery school In vcry American town, hamlet and city. It does explain why America went Into the fight when she fully understood the game that was being played, and went In to stay nnd win that game. Do you wonder Germany did not win when America onco understood what the game was that was to be plavod? Do you wonder Ger many could not win when out of our great countrj- the first contingent mi leavened with that kind of leaven, heart and soul and a Just cause? Do you wonder that our lumberjacks and ranchmen, our eollego and school boys, all leavened with tho samo leacn did not content themseles with sim ple rlflt'-flre at Chateau-Thierry, but In per sonal combat beat the ery life out of the logical, material, goo9e-3tepplng, eteran tralned Prussian Guard, not in Baagery, but In righteous rage? The Hun said In the fight of Belleau wood the American boys fought like crazv men They were crazy; crazy with nn ideal of protecting their rights and weaker people's rights. With a heait and a soul and a Just cause, as one parent before we were In tho war said, "We will have no Kaiser or Prince ruler here Father and son will fight to the death first." As an Irishman early In the war said, boring his faco and eyes Into mine in blailng anger: "When mv threo boys In the war are killed, If I am needed, there's a hell of a lot of fight left yet In me." Germany, tring to enslave tho world, could easily forgo the useless task when she found It impossible. Amoricn, In danger of enslavement, had to fight to the last man, to the death If needed, with soul and heait and a Just cause. And wo come again to Justice to the soul and heart and honor of our soldier dead The rulers, war lords, name them what you may; the ctuel, bloodthirsty men who fored upon the world and upon us these deaths must be brought beforo a tribunal of Justice and their JUst deserts meted out to them. All America cries out for that, and Wie to Aim or them who say us nay. Sorr American heroes have boon short lived. American wrath is quick acting. Woe to him or them who say us nay. THOMAS C. ELY, 3r D rii''ade!ph!a, November 30 Justice to the Jew To t7ie Editor of the Eienlng Public ledger: Sir Tho "pogroms" or massacres that have been and still are raging against the Jews In Gallc'a have left a bloody stain on the hands of tho Poles which will not wash off so easily. For years the Polish people have cried and entreated for an Independent State ; and now when their plea Is about to be fulfilled thou sands of tholr countrymen become the Insti gators and principals of as sanguinary an orgy as ever raged In tho dark dajs of darkest Russia. In tho city of lumbers alone they have deliberately murdered over 1100 Jews! None but despicable cowards of the most miserable morale could ma&sacre unprotected people the way they did! And when the victims barricaded them sehes In their synagogues the sanctuaries were set aflame and tho refugees shot down If egression was attempted! Those bloodthirsty coyotes In human form I That Is the height of barbarity I We read but tho reported cruelties ; what of the unknown atrocities thoso damnable persons have doubtless perpetrated? When Belgium and northern Franco were overrun by Hun hordes who practiced fear ful depredations, one thing could be said for tho Huns they did that In timo of war. When the Turks slaughtered the poor Ar menians even they raised an alibi ; that It was a war measure. But what can the gullfy Polos say" What alibi can they glve7 In a time of peace to deliberately wage a one-sided slaughter on a peacefully Inclined people Is beyond de nunciator damnation of the human tongue! a pity tne jewisn jegion wbb too far away to offer aid. Doubtless a few shots would have eet all those cowardly assassins run ning. Some of the local English newspapers are apparently unconcerned. They print the nerrs of those awful massacres In an out-of-the-way part of the paper, while the typo Is so small as even to be passed over by U telescope. For shame 1 You newspapers of righteous ness and Justice! Are you really represen tatives of the people? If so. surely jou have no prejudicial enmity against certain creeds of peoples. You have cried loud enough that Justice and retribution be given Belgium and the other oppressed countries ; why don't you eay something of that massacre that has been and still Is raging in Galicla? Let the guilty dallies awake and treat all rights and wrongs neutrally and Impartially! Let there be Justice and retribution for afl creeds when the peace delegates sojourn ! The righteous newspapers which believe In Justice to all will denounce those atrocities In Galicla ; but those dallies which are preju diced and perhaps political slde-monev ar tists, will cower silently In their shell and show the yellow streak. MAUP. DRAXCE, 2410 South Third street Philadelphia, December 1. What the Methodist Ministers Didn't Do To the Editor of the Evening Public Ledger. Sir On the second page of the Evbnwo Publics Lkdohr today you quote the weekly meeting of Methodist Episcopal ministers of Philadelphia as being unable to get a mo tion through sending a telegram of godspeed to President Wilson on his departure for Europe. Are the Methodist ministers of Philadelphia getting so far away from the doctrine taught by the WeBleys that they would show such apparent partisanship and lack of religion In refusing to extend god speed to a great President who has success fully and apparently divinely brought to successful termination the greatest of all wars? Th"e religion as taught by the found ers of Methodism would wish godspeed to any ordinary citizen going on a Journey and It Ib almost unbelievable that a set of such Intelligent men would show such disre gard for our noble leader In the world's fight for domocracy. Mr. Editor, do you think It would have been possible to have voted down a similar resolution If offered In any meeting of ministers of the Methodist Episcopal Church South? Do you think a larger percentage of the laymen if this church would Indorse the action of their ministers at the meeting today? It seems to be a rule worth (noting that tho moro a church meddles In politics the further It gets away from religion. II. S. RICHARDSON, 6007 Pine street. Philadelphia, December 1. Even If choraJ. festivity within, certain walls along the Jlludson be unavoidably tdej serlbSa as awHlng Bins Jlng the omphiUis on th ie in this prt8ev,ai rttaM "sttf." f If v- ,- v ,f tfv 4 -iVfr TMJ 1, k rH&iMLmu .... . ' ...Jtayji...... lssaHaiaMmWPJSjaaaaiaaii,jfcjji ji 1 rEA Mm Wm '- v e to-' --jTk"---'-'-!' mm mi jf &&0t;i II IB .Srfta'-gS!. is- Sr'-:3:, BKHIMHBjR ujaKn'l'.-tu jfSSMlUBBXSKBKSISSSpKBmn9wJlttKKlixS!SSt -.jA.,Vglusj.'w.'i-iy ': flSKKBIBBSKSKiKBBSBMamSfaMlBHKxKBKOESSttV. , nr.-u.'i... - -n ? 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THEftE Is satisfaction In being 'a Judgo or an attorney general or in holding some other offlco carrying tho distinction of an honorary title, but in order to ac quire it men are sometimes compelled to mako very unusual financial sacrifices. When Mayer Sulzberger accepted a placo upon tho bench lrf Philadelphia ho was Bald to bo making $50,000 a -year. It cer tainly would never havo paid John G. Johnson to tako a place on the Supremo Court bench of tho United States, no mat ter how attractlvo tho honor and tho title. Tho question now arises with re spect to William I. Schaffei, who han boen appointed Attorney General of Penn sylvania. Schaffer has acquired a tjig practice In tho shipping world and among munition manufacturers along tho Dela ware. Ho has enjoyed tho work of Su premo Court reporter and has become a big factor in tho Pennsylvania Stato Bar Association. Ho Is one of tho Governor elect's closest personal friends. Will It pay Schaffer to become Attorney General and put aside tho lino professional business ho has built up" w ASHINGTON hears a good deal about the Stotesburjs, since Mrs. Stotes bury was formerly 11 resident of this place, but tho one thing Washington does not understand as well as wo do in Philadel phia is tho rising reputation of the big Philadelphia banker as an all-round orator. People who have not como In personal contact with the head ot the Morgan con cern in Philadelphia may bo sui prised to know that after the day's work Is done and tho interest is all accurately calculated no ono more thoroughly enjoyo an eve ning's symposium than E. T. Stotesbury. At the head of tho table ho Is aS ready In badinage ns Moses P. Handy was In his day, or as Governor Ilunn, ot the Clover Club, la now. Ho can talk finance, war or human sympathy with equal facility, and, If need be, ho can lead tho orchestra with a fork for a baton, and sometimes he does. THEODORE CUYLEIt PATTERSON, of Do Luncey street, had an interesting war experience, which has been brought to tho attention of tho Stato Department. Mr. Patterson was abroad befoio tho big af fair opened and happened to be on the high seas in a German ship, tho Prlnz Adalbert, when Great Britain made her formal declaration, Wnen the vessel came within rango of Brltlih guns she was seized and taken into Fal mouth Hay, England, where ilr. Pat terson and the other passengers were forcibly detained for about five days un der very distressing circumstances. The seizure took placo August 4, 1911, about 2 o'clock In the morning, und, as the pas songora were unaware of war, they natu rally protested. When they got back to the United States they net; up claims for the damage they had sufreied In humilia tion and loss of baggage, but no repara tion has yet been made. Some of these passengers were constituents of Senator Saulsbury. of Delaware, and House Repab- .Houn Tai,3u- 1L.fiititl- . af TtHnMu. ft-rwmffh It whew, the fta'Ui piirtmnrnwHM!to aware yLtfo iriqTftnc, J;v '-; .; tX't .. 1 ' , 1 ' ,w . Jka pUUgldBJiJ? - J t ' " LtV'.aaltJJti"lva'a?lwl",J "' yafcaiifyET-f THE MESSAGE AND THE MESSENGER JAMES M. BECK, who is now receiving marked attention in England, achieved his first distinction as a speaker In Phila delphia, came to Washington under Mc Kinley as Assistant Attorney General and then left for New York, where he made a big hit at the bar. Beck was benefited immensely by his Washington experience, but his readiness to "talk on his feet" was accentuated by his membership in tho Five o'clock Club of Philadelphia, which he Btill retains. Another old time Five o'Clocker, Henry B. Gross, whose fortuno was made in the soap business in Phila delphia, is now permanently located at Costlo Close, Sangate, Kent, England. An intermarriage of one of tho young Grosses with ono of the family of Sarah Bernhardt effected an Anglo-French alliance which boded no good for Germany during the war. Beck und Gross have probably been mixing it up a little in "dear old Lunnon." pHARLES J, PILLING, who has been - helping tho Government on tho war service committee on surgical Instruments, tells a startling story about that Industry which has recently been tho subject of an inquiry by the Tariff Commission. At the beginning of the European war, according to Mr. Pilling, at least 80 per cent ot the steel surgical instruments used In this country came from Germany. To that extent, apparently, we had bean dependent upon Germany for our hospital, medical and dental supplies. The tariff was said to bo responsible in part, hut superior workmanship and application of labor in Germany was also asslgnod as one q the reaaona for our dependence. With the in creased demand for surgical instruments, duo to the return of our injured soldiers and the ordinary requirements ot tho hospitals, the problem of providing suit able Instruments during the war has been a serious one. In order to supply the army and the navy and to provide for the civilian tiado it has been necessary to draw upon Japan and other countries and to increase the United States' production. DAVE PHILLIPS, who was a partner of Judgo Monaghan before the latter went on the bench, is wondering whether the junior bar intends to give Congressman John R. IC, Scott the same kind of a ''blow cut" at Harrlsbursr that was given him on his first appearance in Washington, That Scott dinner at the WHlard Hotel, at tended by Senator Vare, Senator Salus and a host of the bright young lawyers of Phil adelphia, was ono of the events of the pro war period,. One of the wag orators of the occasion said ho was glad Scott was elected to Congress, because. It would enable the rest of the boys to slice up his profitable praotlce, John was wise enough, however, not to make the mis take that many western lawyers coming to Washington are obliged to make. He did not divide the practice and the boys say it will not embarrass him in this re gard to ea to Harrisburg. CAPTAIN MITCHBLT. McDONALD, U. .M.3-$ who hold the naValjaUisa stringa , HK-ty jfoiirjf pi(i airaj. ysjo t hwi aown -u, iniiiupipnjwo. .wtnivavoawr mkMimH4ki$uwt'Wi BM McDonald, entertains tho hopo that the commercial relations between tho United States and Japan will be greatly Im proved ait a result of the war. Tho captain was stationed in Japan for a long .time and made many warm friendships there. He was not quite so .successful, howevel, as another Philadelphia naval paymaster, J. Morton Rlggs, ,who fell In love with that country. Riggs will bo remembered aa a good fellow who fraternized with Union League membors when Dave Conover, Bill Littleton and J, R. Jones -were of the live spirits of that organization. On his way from Japan Rlggs stopped at Honolulu, where he fell in with the family of a rich Japanese merchant The result was that the latter became tho father-in-law of the Jolly Phlladelphlan. Riggs lives In a dreamland pogoda-Uke home on the out skirts of Honolulu, from which he re cently departed to answer the call of the Government. "I have not renounced anything and I have pot signed any document whatever." boasts the German Crown Prince. As the open season for kings Is on, tho closed season for such boasting rapidly approaches. Senator Sherman's resolution declaring the President's office vacant upon the de parture of Mr. Wilson to Europe, and direct ing the Vice President to occupy tt, Is de. feotlve in that the method suggested for filling the vacanoy would still leave tho office empty. The Orizaba, which Is taking tho news paper correspondents to Europe, was named after a volcano. Well dubbed, O ship of Fourth Estate! . Mr. Wilson, en route for Europe, seem to have decided that the freedom of the seas already exists. The departmental estimates for running the Government In 1920 call for only ?7,48. 000,000 some falling off from J2,000,OOH. 000 for 1919. What Do You Know? QUIZ 1, What la the flerman name of Trerea, whith the American troop haie Just enttrea'T 2. What la a metronome, and who Intentej ItT 8. Who Is the premier of Bararta, who la naw mMklnr separation of hie . nation from rnuala? 4. What famona rlasalral writer wa the author f "parallel lWea" ot celebrated Oretka sad Bomanat 1 6. What Is the sonthernmoet tows; an the Amer ican continent? e. When was "niack Friday" la American finan cial hutorrT 7. When did tha real Crranc de tleirerae ItreT 8, What la Hie meanlnr t la tho meanlnc of "I.e Matin," name el noted lr?iwh dallr newspaper? a v. mow manr rcnri piicr i" KKntflcumtQl h treatr of the Independence of tha United laW.7eIJhT.TmUt'0nal f 10. Who wrote- ili coro of the event "Th BoJ bemlaq Oirl"f Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. Dethmann-IIollwear waa ImpartaJ Chsaeallac of Oermanr when the waj broke ant. 2. llert.e la th capital ot Switzerland. S. Albert Gallatin waa dlstlnaiilihcd American nubile financier . f Hnlaa birth1 Tt , HccreUry ot th Trmaurr nndcr Jeffer Won. II performed dJattnaulitien aerrtaoa tn neiotiatlojie, over tha treatr 41 Ghent, wsleh tiided the War f Hit, and ji nti minister franc from 1818 to 1823. 4, Tha Underwood tariff takes It nam from Oaear W. underwood. Senator from Ala bama. 5. Utopian Is derlted from .''Utopia:" tltU of work conicrnlnc an Ideal commonwealth. written br Themoa Mere, an Kntllihjuati f th elitrcnth ccntorr. ' , 8, Area waa the Oreek equivalent of th Bonutn Mar. 7, Bpldcra. aeorpUne and mite are tUsaUad aa 8, PoTtl'a" Island I off th coast tt FreiMkV , Oulann. , k -y ' WrR-.Jj , Tae.alkibeet ! U alebaaalst1 thwi .. i-t,,'3ttrrJ aa , avM, waaiilnlaw -tt, 1 t i M MmI
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