Tf!STP?msm - . v,rfmifBNHeqHr ni fY1"1 r - :. r-. 7 (h1& A A TOLEGRAPH Jf PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY Ti cnins ij. k. cunns. r.tiicixr i hrlra H. I.tiJiniton, Vice. Prldnt! John C. tln.Bcrttrr nnd Treasurer! Philips Col'lnn, n B. wUIUnn. John J. Spurcton, Director. EDlTOniAL BOATtDi Clues H. K. Ccim, ChAlrmin VIDE. SMILET Editor "N C. MAHTIK....gcrtral ulnti Manner PublUhed dally at PiBUO I rno llulldlne, Independence tSquare, Philadelphia. ..man Cnnn lirod rind t'hritnut Streets TLAMTTO ClTI.... ... Prr.r'e.,ii 'lull. life ,w Yoek 200 Jtetropollian Totier tooit 101 IoM llulMlnt- t. Look. . loos Kuilerton liuit.lina- uicioo 1202 Tribune Uulldlng NEWS BUREAUS i 'iiniKOToN Ucaruu. 1 N. E. Cor. PenmylvanU Ave. nd lltli st w Yoc llriuc The dun llulldlna- NPOt llciuv London Timtt SUBSCRIPTION TERMS The Etcmno Polio Lrno-oi li arrvoJ to ub rlhr In Philadelphia nd lurrountllni- towns 1 .l ! rate of twelve (12) cents per week, paiablo Ifot 1 carrier. '.ut.'P" ,0 rolnta outdde of Philadelphia, In ha United Stafe Canada or fnlted Statu poi 1 Vffll' Poatatt free, fifty (50) cents pr r month. 1 K (SO) dollara per year, pavablo In advance. an loreirn countriea one (ill dollar per ,'K-Subacrlbers nlihlna- addreas chanced 1 a7e ola as well na new address. It. iOOO tTvLM'T KElTOSr. MAIN 3000 viddress all com.iiteM'ctit.c-r. to :rnino Public dger, wdrpctirfr-tcc .Square, 1'hilwirlpkla , Member of the Associated Prcs 'IE ASSOCIATED VEERS is excht tV entitled to the use for republication I ncus dlspatchci credited to it or not dtdse credited in this paper, and also 3joI news published therein. iurights of republication of special cfn "Ilj Tiercfrt arc also icscncd tig"- r Ml'iiladelphla. rln..J.-, January I. 1919 '""I - . - T'u'-'AR OP FINANCIAL WONDERS t'r f a cursory glance over the sum ro ' of tho financial history of tho nt,h,lcn t,lla newspaper Is printing In eietall than ever befoio will reveal JL pendous resources o the country t ability to handle great money prob- ticcessfull. Pfredlt of the nation Is still sound. (" s men look forw ird with confidence v'.lintrled and uncertain future. They Jnhat no bigger lliunclul problems 'es framed for them than they hao ?ered during tho last tweho months tir this knowledge which gives them The future will bo devoted to read- ,ent to peace conditions. Wc Know Atho war Is oter and that tho worst bfen weathered. We know that husl- rry urlng the past jcar has not been ) Rint, even though thoie has been fyis In certain Industries. Tho activity (iicrs affected by the war has Kept ,) moving. y outstanding fact of tho jiar has J iho disclosure of tho unsuspected f.j of the country to absorb great n1 loans throuBh bringing into the 11 lent market tho money of tho peo- n 1 .. .... .. I I iiuvu noi ueen accustomed to hu ' ,A j ear ago ho would have been leed who should havo prophesied 1NGro than ten billion dollars could cr -d by bond Issues without upsetting ns r business. andlae proved that wo have financial willes adenuato for war. We certain! Kooolinanclal wisdom enough to adjust at foos to peace conditions without pro- NW lany berlous disaster Od an -'hera are certain divIIMi conditions in 'Archangel Zone- which unhupp.h bc 1 Its right to that benelkent iioiihmh.1.i- je LO, THE SHOOTEKa! will not regret that in a eur of JWIng thrones and bawling Jiolshe rhe uplift and downthrow, of fleeing Barand "cI!nK tMants, th- munici ar jould havo refused to make an .ip- "oon for tho New Year hooters' ol By that oraii-slon we aif c'cnled '"hlrama of caricatuio which could , tlly reflected tho might hiimoi ''ehtler Iron of the v ividest dav s Tjjirc fi'( atesmen think und politicians rt,i 1 Interesting and pcih.ips im "'R'thp moving scheme of lifp " t tho cvoijd.iy man 111 tin hoUis Is most Important of ul' ten tieaso'i that vw oui selves h.ivo 11 nod to read Uu meanings of the It idy t bllllonairf-s, admirals, kings drt foIMhl stand on fhoad street In . fowlan(l marv.-l at the light wa jfredut5 P'ain man itsarded their rate. il,J foJlo'et' in ihp mass conn iousness fa.i cy of all men and all things. crnic- 00, 11 ill pass'" able. ufownust be no Miner's' in Hid super " br a tirsi clas und vholl c m pie vet of pnnclp iN f 1 JWSGOVEHN01JN I NTUl KAOl j to UOII tln piaitioal vuluo of a ,!" riiC ' staff for the (iovernor of Penn- J molstt" llar(JlN supcloi to thut of the nite xmr' sucn tt '""''' t'' Pohtia' up- , dressed uu for pamdn, unuues- '.i ' niboc' '1 tlio pump of uur if but 'If you tno circuiiisUiice. Those middle paeon tVallers were plcturosquoly attired Jf 'it jartest platoons of police or Hi emeu im oveittalneil such leilendono- effective p.iradn material is no V-V'v d mere matter of tho ostumei and i?dly wilous pocketbool, Ueal martial ; PUBLUAvllI be available tor man ears icles alhy time the State feels like all 'ays intijp,. thousands of war vi-u-tuns Vi slonal or festal purposes. Nowh bel,Il? Pertinently cogninnt of ve a re tlat ,l10 a""al Guard, now kes and I the I'edeial srvico is no moio m for s emit. Oovtrnor-elect r-proul n't just have icahzed that the dav of mes. Vv'lauie, ,olitiial boomaladrtl" ' Is ecipo and(le has strC)Ili;V uulmated that e incorrecik ))o KliUci Unmf tiViians to no expense? of colone-Icj . Aftei 1ir houot mingled gorgeousutss and se- )ie-na,i gubeinatoilul staff t.ikea on the nds, an archaism, l'ossibly It will ''rn Iv ed ,' 'or Its iiccoiniilishments, however. l jully tilting In this tnv of dlsctrn was the eMtenco of IV Govci- yy n '" tl0 'l-'nIon',i largest State pVruml,iCiilly) which mado possible the. ay top' a "Woncl Houso at the Peace nad to uj. hold togi 1- - - ey got 'AU THAT JUSTIFIES ITSELF Jll '"t MLIC mone.v can bo more prollt " '" Ljivested than In the maintenance phe other eWe anA emcler,t "r,'ai "t VI little aflicl Measuies, i:vtr rcputnble tt a frtlltn In anxious to co-opcrato with ' and I u In Its efforts to e forte the wights of the purchasing public to receive sixteen ounces for every pound for which It pays, thirty-two quarts for .pa cry bushel and thirty six Inches for cery nrd Tho largo number of doctored scales, measures with fnlso bottoms mid short yardsticks which the locul bureau has con fiscated during Its llfo Indicates thut thero Is a class of Itinerant or "fl-by-nlght" dealers who must bo watched If tho people arc not to bo deliberately chculcd, Tho bureau has couliseatcd more than four thousand measures within ten das tli.it do not conform to tho legal standard. Somo of them uro merely technically defective, as they uro not properly murlud, but others e'ther havo false bottoms 01 nic otherwise too small to contain tho amount which they alo supposed to hold. Tho chief offenders uro theso .liiienint dealers who prey upon the poor and Ignorant Protection of the people against this Is not really paternalism, but In essence a part 1 'ho general s.itom of policing which seeks to punish nn one who at tempts to gt t mone) on fabe pretenses UOMBS, MADNESS AMI VMKKIGAN BOLSHKVIKI I'liilailclplild Has uu IIIilralion of the Force That I llloe king Liberal Hopes hvcrvwherc OOMETHING nt least of the icasons why the Allies aie determined to send relentless armies into Russia is icvealcd in the malevolent bomb outrages pcrpc- ttated at the homes 01 Justice von Moschzisker, Mr. Tukk and Captain Mills. The incident is in itself an ironic answer, complete and ovciwhclmiiif;, to that pseudo-humanitarianism which is still disposed to look upon the llolsheviki with tolerant pity. Nothing could have better illustrated the causes which make of the anarchist a detested outcast, as sured always of the enmity of lational minds and t. laugh or a kick from plain men who take no trouble to explain in stinctive dislike. Men who pave the world fiecdom and those who tnduicd martyrdom for the sake of humanity did their fighting de cently in the open after a plain state ment of their case. There is nothing anywhcie to show that the mind and methods of a snnke can ever be applied 111 the maintenance of a right piinciple. And ceitainly, in the picscnt state of society, thero is no room fur a cult that must employ piowlmg imbeciles to set bombs at the homes of sleeping men. The bomb outiagcs of Monday night lepresent the it-olatcd work of mental deficients. The ptoblem U one for the alienists as well ns for the police. It is chiefly as an illustiation of the essential difference between two methods of iea soning now violently opposed in Europe that the case commands a general inter est. Violent ladicalUm and anaichy, e piessed actively or as a political princi ple, aie not unnatural in paits of conti nental Eutope. Rut wo have in Ameiica none of the conditions which inspue gen ct al unrest elsewheie. Abroad millions of people, depressed 111 sodden ninsses, suffering fiom long and tiagic negli gence and the hideous eirors of gov em merits, have .1 definite incitement to vio lence. Anarchy ia the product of cen tuiies of misrule. Theie is nothing in Amcnea to justify any shadow of thia ott of thing. Life heie is not fied in strata. No one is submerged unless ho wishes to bo sub merged. We are a nation of individuals. Wo are individualists by preference. Theie are no old sins to bo wiped out no fixed tiadmons to be biokcn down by brute force. It is for this leasonhat Socialism does not and cannot tluivo 111 tho United States. And the cflott. there foie, to tiansplant from the Russian slums a cult far moie uidical is not only a puenle attempt to ape woes which do not eist; it is a revelation of criminal perversity which, when it becomes peri lously active, demands tho harshest treatment that the police power can give it. The wonder is that a state of mind so foreign to the ntmospheio of Ameiica should be so persistent. And in this connection it i necessary to sac. that the police direction has not acted with entire intelligence in handling tho prob lem. It has been a policy of the police sometimes to exaggerate the unportunce of any effervescent idiot who found lelief in chanting ted platitudes from a soap box. Suppressive methods almost fan tastically supeitluous uaoel to be applied to Emma Goldman and Hen Itcitman and any other radically minded theorist who happened along It might havo been supposed that these persons cairied somo dicadful germ of thought which could not bo loosed in the air of America with out the ceitainty of political disaster. Even the ineptitudes of small-voiced So cialists wore in recent times the inspua tion for 1 aids and charges of "inciting to Hot." This absurd slant of the City Ifall mind, its suspicion of anything it did not understand, inevitably had an effect di rectly opposite to that which was in tended. The police havo consistently given to every radical agitator tho sort of backgiound that tho ladicals wish. They gave tho ladicals tho exact color of mattyrdom for which their souls and press agents yearned and prayed. Soap-bos. orators always began with hints of police oppicssion and talk of tho minions of "a higher powei." Without this semblance of martyrdom, so oblig ingly confernd by the police, the radical cults would never have had a leg to stand on in America. They would have hud no audiences. The police were their best press agents. It is tho polico not only heie, but in almost every other American city, who in times of peace gavo radical orators their one valid argu ment. Freedom of speech is assured in theoiy under the Constitution. Freedom of speech has frequently been denied in practice to (he, otatois for new political t i2Trrazxrr&., pyrnr-x-ft, kJaTiT2. doctrines. And from this starting point all tho propagandists of unrest have managed to build Up a spuiious literatuic of oppression. There are evidences to indicate that the old habits of mind have again afflicted the Philadelphia police. It ap pears that men who called themselves llolsheviki wanted to make public speeches. They were not permitted. If they hnd been allowed to go out on the street cornels and talk till they wcio tiled that would have been the end of it. Some one with a better idea of Ameri canism would inevitably have happened along to give a black eye to the led orator for good luck or rout him with ridicule. Hut there seems to havo been a de tci mined refusal to let our local Llol sheviki talk. Any one with a knowledge of the llolsheviki mind heie or abroad could have told the Major or Diicctor Wilson or Captain Mills that a Uolshcvik who is not permitted to talk is iolcntly unhappy. And if ho is a x cully bad radi cal, with the strain of ciiminality pecu liar to his soit, he will manage to make a noise in some other way. Thcicin probably is an explanation of the bomb outrages in Philadelphia. Mianwhilo the leecnt cxpciiments in uidical liberalism in the United States whether theso experiments take the form of criticism in tho smart "intellectual'' journals of the various cults or in bomb throwing tend steadily to destroy such sympathy as used to esist in lational minds for the newer philosophies of social udministiation. It will bo fortunate for Russia if tho fanatics tempoiarily in the saddle do not invite a icaction that will leave the peo ple nnd their more sincere leaders help less for a generation. In Ameiica we have given the whole world of civilization high pi oof of great and humane ptu poses. So there can bo in this country only tho utmost contempt anil detestation for those who aie too perverted in mind and spirit to perceive what we arc tiying to do. Every flip soapboxer is, in the end, an enemy of the cause which ho piesumcs to upresent. liu-ty petty ciime done in the name of liberalism is an obstacle to the further progicss of libeial ideas. The country is in no mood to toleiate unreason and eirant madness under any name. If the police can get hold of the bomb makers public opinion demands that they be ticatcd in a manner ade quate to stun all those who may have similar aberrations. Xo bomb made by tmni, lion ever devil Wily ingcmoui, can ihaha the founda tions of law nnd order in tlui country. THE PLACE OF A STRONG MAN AHMED rrillK must Mgnillcant announcement re,; irdinjr tho nttltuue of the United States vvhleli has coino fiom l'niis was contained In a dipitch to this newspaper fiom Clinton W. (,ilbc-it. printed on Sal urdi, Deccmbtr II. Mr C5Hbt.it cabled that: rait two (uf tin Allien .111 polk) will insist tint tho Amtrkun navy eijuil that of the Krc.itest povvci Am inrr(m..rit with nnglind on tlio freedom of the seas will not place the Amerlein nivj ubor dlnaU' to an other 1 (tiling th, war Amer ica Ins counted cverv noval uhlti built and authorized In Kngl.ind, and sho in tends to itinahi on nn equal footing Wo discussed this announcement at length on tho following Mond-i, and Interpreted It ns an informil notico to the Te ice Confcicnco that this nation, whlcn had gone Into tho war to assist In estab lishing justice, was 0110 of th great poweis of the woild whose views mutt be leekoned with, and also that this nation was piep.ueci to hold Its own In any con test wlilrh might arlso if her Jut vlov.s were not 1 expected. And now Secretary DaniPls 111 explaining tho naval program of Ins department has gono even farther than we did In sotting forth tho 1 elation of that progiam to tho pcaco negotiations Ho asks that Congress authorize tho build lug ol ten first-class battleships 1 hattio eruisers. ten small scout 1 rulsers and one hundred and thirty small croft. Tho com pletion of this ptognm will pat us on an cquulltv with (ireat IJraasn, for it will Kiv us Mt two flrt-Lluss battleships, wialo .ie-at lintaiu has sit -one nt pres ent in commission. jj piaint.d to tho Naval oiiitnltico of the I" is, l)f ', 1, I iroti 1 i urn 1 ,1 1. ,,,. 1 ,,,,,1, up III,' lmittrr Midi the 'r hl 111 ami tlirn Im r, uftrr tie unnlstiti w t , .iK!,fil, r p.,' lo 1I til iiciilii 1111 tin Mil, in 1, 11,. it) funii'ill.i iirBi-. Hi it till- prm-rum lii nilupli-il N"IIiIiik u.iiil.l mi alii lilm n , IV ii" ( tinfc-rem p 11 I nnure-s's aullinrlu thm uf 11 M-; nut. tithtr the 1'iit.klet t i.or ti'o feretory cf the .a N Ignoring tho uncmaiuties of tho peine Conft 1 1 ncc ilr. Daniels was undoubtedly spcuking for the Administra tion when ho said further.' huppow the powers do not asm to cur tail armunieni Then It In entirely obvious in all that the 1 tiitfd States If sho is to icilizo her dottiny as the leader of dimo c rati inipulso ' - muKt have a navj tl t will In as pimirful an that of any 1 iiMon In the vo. id l u my ilnn oiivuiloii that if thu ion f ui.i-e .a rrsulllM clow not result in a g,nral agreement to put un end to naval building on the part of thu nations, then the fnlted fitott'8 must bnd her energies, n uat give lur i en and glvo her money to tie task of the creutloi) of inconiparabl the greatest navy In tho world Shu Is im oit parablv iioh, Im-omparablv strong In tiatural lesouries JirrcJ bo she Must I. ,,11 uiparablu slronu in li("ir against anurrswia and tu uffc se against evil, tlvcis .Mr Uanlcs Is not speaking for the Administration alone when ho talk in this vein. Ho Is putting Into words tho hopes and pui poses of self -respecting, red-blooded Americans of all political paitles. Tho llttlo htutesmen of IJuropo. who uro JockeIng for position in tho hopo of getting some, thing out of the Peace Conference to which their countries 1110 not Justly entitled, can not mistake the significance of such words as the American Secretary of tho Navy has delivered himself of ill tho publleltj ot ;i ciiitgiesalonal committee room. The ne' Polish htae Hupp l.unil! Mil h M thinking of i ui ..ng Pad. rewdl I I'll J-i i 'V l.v on- gieit niJvaiit.ii,, over 'li -'! i .1 jna ;' uOJ j hencvir i n luid up foi mom.), it can give a conceit. ) BXH THE READER'S VIEWPOINT Three Months' Pay for Soldiers To the Vdllor of the .'i PitlilB 'little t.cducr; Kir -In reference to Kenntor Chnmberlnln's speech In tho Senate etcrday, I would sug gest that If the members of Congress got together nnd passed legislation nuthorliing tho Wnr anil Nav Departments to pay llio men te based from service at leant ninety diis or three months' pit, It would obvlnto one of the dllllcultlcs he olntcil out. It seems to mo that this Is tho least that tho flov erntnent ought to do for men vho have been willing to glvo up their lives m the service nt tho country nnd It would certain y give them n icsplte during which they could l e-ctnblMi themselves in tmplomcnt after being mustered out of the service WII.MAM 11. leAWAM.. Oak Lane, Philadelphia, Dec. 31 Make the Sabbath a Delight , Ai the Editor of the ntrnliitf J'mMIo '-r'l0rr! Mr The Important point to realize Is that this discussion over .Sunday concerts is otil it strait showing hou the wind blows In rela tion to a larger question, the wholo nuestlori of the modern Suiulav as such: what It I", what It is for, how It should be observed or, rather, why It' should be observed I nm for leniency in that observance, but I am also intent on the reason ior that leniency. Thero lire many things that force this nnrlcnt Institution to a new revaluation 'I ho thinking of yesterday will not do today, nor will the codes and catalogues of former geneiatlons servo the present one. More over, it li stnrtllng to prevision what grave havoc tho experience of war will work here; what It Ins done, and is now doing, to those eistwhllo practices we once grouped under the hctdlng, Sthbath Observance Wo will nil be influenced bj the leturn of those mil lions of men who have seen and lived the continental h'unUny. A Hrge nnd rapldl Increasing portion of the population has ceased to observe tho old kind of Sunda Almost ever body Is glid of this. Hut that is not snonmous with saIng that It would be good to see the breaking dovwi of all conventional restraint llio Influences are not all beneficent that are at work to in-ike this day merely n holi day I long to seo the dav first considered holv. Hut then, lifter being fo observed let It be used for nil rightful pleasure. TI1I3 wis the Idea in the old Hebrew pluase, ' Making tho S"-ibbith a delight " The continental Sund iv Is not modern, ex cept hi tho form of Its occupations. The blue laws are not old, 1 cept In tho specific things that they proscribe. The principle In each case Is tho i-amo Hint it has been for (cnturleo We err if we fall to distinguish between that gtoup of New Ilngltnil Purl tans ns a concrete cult nnd Puritnnlsni ns an abstract mood or temper of life The latter Is not a eimllly in any Individual : It Is a state of mind in lame crnmn or kuIi divisions of the ia,e It Is the same temper wherever von find it, tho temper of all those who think thev do (,od service when thev persecute somebody else, of nil thoe who are champions of a f iltli or defenders of nn or thodoxy. In so f.n us they c.iuso bonio one llse to HUffer b il When we re.ul of Augustine, advocating persecution of Calvin advising Somerset to punish well with the sword Catholics and final ft' gospellers'; even of Kenelon approv ing the Dragon.iiles these all weio Puritans. Theie were Puritans left behind In llngland. ann tin (.tnod foith in contrast to another elt's nf their own d.w In Scotland thero vie re the Cnio Cude. ' but ther'e were also th, I. ill ds of Klllle rankle Theie were the Covenanters as opposed to the followers of Pontile Pi hue Charlie l.'tr'ier still theie weio those In Italv ns will who svmpnthkted with the Mem. ascetic sphit of .Savonarola. us mmiisieu with thOMj who slnred that other mood of Machlavelll Knrller than all. thero were of (ireek philosophers the two opposing nlinols, tlc stoics nnd tho Hpl ciireatis tVl.ilo fer off. the Mcc.ib.-,.n peilod, there ,, Antloehus l.-plphanes. nnd theie wero Daniel and the Rechnbltes Ae sveii earlier and eirlhr. Jacob was .1 rUri t.111, wlille i:au. poor fellow, was not My point Is that neither of these was light Doth weio tpe. hut 1,0th weie extreme '"""' miii) m .srnrr.c Philadelphia. Dceo.ml.er 27 'I lie Dalnidtian Question 7-u . ,j idllor of the I.veninf, ;,,, Lcilin. ... ,'.' u"founito that 5our corre s o idem. Mr tillhert. In his ,liHn,ch of the Dnw wrlle inuvura.ely on a subject so much In need of calm and .niprehen.slie discussion as the D,,,ntlan CMiesiLt'lrs, to take the Vorct t.c.tv by will, li the Allies ,'0'', '. support The ,nct of ,,, ? 1 'in,' "i's ,,,n -'Sreeinent between all tho Allies', and Italv h territorial claims were onlv one section of It It hid to be kept setiit, for it was not desirable to adver tise tint Italy was about to enter the viar our correspondent like most people, foigits that when It was signed Hussli was still l flrst.0l.1s. I'ovvei, nnd that one of ItiiKsia'!, dearest ambitions vvns to re-nh the Adilatio through Serbli (then Iatiil.loe.ked'. Huisia thirefon-, Insis'cd tint Italy surrender nil elniiii to the .itles formerlv Italian oil tho easte in shore of the .Vdrlatl, from (and in. eludiig) 1 mine down to Albania These pal Jn.ttl.1t1 roast ciiles had been for centuries tinder enetltn rule, until .Napoleon handed them over to Austria . and ono of them z.u 1 has nliv.cH been able to maintain bei Italian Town I'ounell and schools ital, iievtrth,.. less, k-ivo up nil elnlms to them, at Ilussla's In stei.ee excepting only . ir., nnd S.benko nnd the new Jugo-Slavla w is thin piesentcd with .1 dozen excellent harbors V legnids Plume, one would judge, from Mi- (.ilbett tint the Jugo-Mavs withdrew nmical.lv from Plume What aeiuahj ,.,p. I ened according to the latest Italian papers was that the Cn.itl.in regiment stationed tl.eio ib.-t looted the ui. The are said b one who claims to lave been an eve. witness to nave robbed tho savlng-i banks of J iino ono ciowns the e tistom House of S00 fmrt crown" the von stoits of oue-fourth of the. total sto.k of coal and provisions and i, have taken fiom the Italian families whatever wuse.uil puitablt The population of Pluma Is ovei two-thuds It ilian, and p )s wonder tint tlitv voted to be under Italian rather than 1 loatiati doni.-iio 1 n K noi iiccesinar' lo eill up food bnbcry as u cause ' I.vei Ameiliaiii wishes the m h e,i,Mter Serbia eve-r.v sues-.- nnd so do all Italians who udmuo tut bravery of the .Kerb soldiers having fought bhuuldci lo shoulder with then! Ill Ma. edoni... Hut Italians cannot torget and Americans should icnllzc, that two elel meniHe.f this new stato wero nmong our Ml terem (iwrntes till the signing of tho iirnu slice! tho Mohummed.'m Uotnl.nis and the Unman Catholic Croatlans and Slovenes They are vei much on probation: the were tho baldest fighters against the- I.ntento on ike Italian unci Albanian fionts they have been tho stnnchext supporters of th HapsburgJ and the rca.tlonar foie.es whl. h pre. ipltnted the war It Is just as if tho Uavarlans should suddmly ask special favors of us at the expense of Piance They should present themselves to us In caeUrloth and ashes and fspcua.lv avoid misrepresentation at the expense of cur faithful ally, Italy fHAI'.U.S I P.ON- CLAP.lv. New Voile, Ue.-iiber JO. Ill Dtfeiitc" of the Comic fo llio Ldtlor of the l.nning ;'iil(,c .eelirc bir T'tnnlt 1111 to enter a few wolds In elc feiiso of our funny pige wlihh came under II cruel iittnc, re.ently by one of our read ers. Jt Is undoubtedly tho best page hi jour paper and iven e veels our editorial ji.ige. The (lumps appeal to mo becauso I am n mail rled man and It Is consoling to reali.se, that we. as a fanill havo no more) human frailties than the, (.limps. As for Mr. Hang, my wifo takes keen enjojntent in calling my attention to his weaknckhiH I wonder why 'Ihe Toonervillo trolle. however, is a reminder of a stein teallt , tin, hlxtlcth mrect line And right hero I would talto exception to the Young I. idv Across the 'Wn. Her stupid It Is no Joke: It Is nauseating Onso In a great while, when I nm tempted to glance at her, I am filled with profound contempt and f e, 1 so c-xaspcrati el ut her ignorance that I must ipilekly look up "chonI Da fur relief There I find unaIloed bliss. If M.ur under thinks the children aro "vulgar" 1 hen I fr.el confess to vulgailt. for they pi.vicl, a constant renewal of inv own bo h .ml .I., s Vk 101 th. I'tigllsh Jokes 1 m 1! .111 su ihustiat ons v.i i.iucn ANDV. Piuladtljiliia, Dcccmbci SO COM KESSMAN MOORE'S LETTER Ileal Fight Over the Revenue Bill Will Uu Before the Conference Commit tees 7i(Jto Mr. Blanhenlmrg Bached His Faith in George If. IS'orris's Farm Loan Bonds Lieut. C. G. Remind' Rise in tho iVary Washington, D. C, Jan. I. men and others who havo TDUSINCSS been giving anxious attention to iCarned ai tides analysing the .Senate's action on the levenue bill ma bo obliged to revise their estimates bfoie the eon feiees of tho two houses get through with their work As a matter of fact. It would bo unwise for un business man to mal.e calculations on any matter in dispute be tween the feemuto nnd the House There is a nonul.ir Impression that tho Senato writes a revenue or a t iriff bill, but the I facts do not sustain this assumption. Hvetv leventio bill must originate in the House Tho Senate has the power to amend, und because It does amend and thus attempt to override what the House has done, the notion has gone foitli tint the Senate Is htipteme The truth Is that the bill Is nlmost as uuceitaln us to tho llnality of Its features after It leaves the Senato as it is when It loaves tho House. It then becomes the duty of tho confeiees to thresh out) the diffetences between the two houses nnd cr,mo to an agreement If possi ble. Tho tas.lv of thus honing the differ ences in this iust.inco will fall upon ten men, five of whom como from tho Houso and five from the Senite. It happens that North Carolina and Pennsylvania will oc cupy conspicuous positions In this confer ence, sinco Senator Simmons, of North Carolina, will bo chairman of the Senato conferee w 1th Senator Penrose, of Penn Blvanla, as tho tanking Republican, and the House conferees will bo 'leaded by Mr. Kltchln, ot North Carolina, with Mr. Moore, of Pennslvania, next In lank to tho ranking Republican, Mr. Pordney, of .Michigan. Tho other confeiees will bo Senators John Sharp Williams, of Jllssis Bippi, and Hoke Smith, of Goorgia, Demo crats, and Henry Cabot Lodge, Republican; and Representatives Italnc, of Illinois, and Dixon, of Indiana, Democrats Tho Indications aio that tlio confeiees, becauso of the differences between the two houses, ate in for a long hard session It has been ptedlcted that they muy not be able to agree short ot two months. If the do not agree In time lo pass the bill befoie March 4, tho whole lneasuio dies. wm:s Stodtl Mrs Bhinhenburg and Ilauy T. Stoddurt, executors of the late Rudolph HlanUi'tiburg, tiled their account showing that tho Uto Ma or had Invested heavily in I .berty Honds and had put $23,000 In bonds ot the Ftdciat Land Bank. It was a remindei of the relations existing between the former Mayor and his Dhec tor of Wharves, Docks and retries, Cleorgo W. Norrls. Parm Loan Commissioner, now permanently located In Washington. 1'or a time there was bomo diniculty In dis posing of faun-loan bonds, but moro ie centl they hae como to be legaided as one of tho best Investments, duo to tho fact that they uio supposed to have a firm real estate baching. That Hnrty Stoddait should have become the Mayoi's executor was not surprising, either, for In tho old das tho two were almost Inseparablo com panions. The late William T. Tilden, Dr. Paul J". Fartaln and Tom Harper, of tho League, tiere of this same group. WASHINGTON hears that Harry A. Ber wind's son Charles Is now on tho staff of the admiral In charge of tho naval forces at Now York, Polks on the Main Lino who remember tho joungster, who went to the Naval Academy at Annapolis somo j ears ago, will bo pleased to learn of tho joung man's progress. Prom all accounts he proved a mighty good midshipman and his advancement-was to bo expected. Ho Is now Lieutenant Charles Graham Her wind, and along with tho title go tho ex-pet leut.es of numerous sea voyages, gome WELL BE6JJN of them under stiess of war. Lieutenant Tlervvlnd Is a scion of the big coal family which figures In New pott society and among tho New York flnancleis. Ho had plenty of outside opportunities, but pie fcried to work his way up on his own account At tli.it, ho seems to havo mado good. His uncle, IMwaiel J. Hervvlnd, of the vicinity of "VVuII street, also had a pre dilection for the nnv.v, but cjuit e.uly to glvo pl.t to his big business talents. "IX71LLIAM If. PI ' Courier comes SCHi:R'.S Xew Jeisey into our midst and brings us much news. Not only do wo learn that Miss Shinn, of West Creek, Is lecovcrlng from the "flu" and that the load to Clover Point is being rcpaitcd, but we also find that our quondam Philadelphia friend, Tim OLear, Ma or Re bum's superintendent of police, has followed In tho footsteps of Pianlt Willing Leach and located at Tuckerton. As 1ianlc Is now In Washington doing for Senator Piellng hiisen, of New Jersey, what he formerly did so well for Senator Matthew Stanle Qua, we presume theie Is bomo excuse for Tim O'Learj's automobile occuping tho highway and running Into a $30,000 damage suit, as reported by Mr. l'Ischcr's paper. Hut that isn't all the news In the Courier of intetct to Washington, and if it had not appealed In the Cornier possi bly we would never havt known It This further report Is that the county board of taxation over at Lakevvoou Is holding General Hospital No. 0 a former Lake wood hotel for a 5223,000 appraisement, on the ground that the Government is p.iing $45,000 or $30,000 lcntal, despite tho fact that on appeal it Is contended the propei ty Is worth only $50,000. In this loundabout way Washington sometimes secures valuable lnfoimation about public expenditure "tiniPN big Ted MeAlplii used lo le-11 the ' ' oung newspaper bos at the old Join nallstb' Club that their lino ot woik "un fitted them for methodical business," ho evldentl hud not met with Philip S, Col lins. Phil was then beginning to do 'tho loutlue," which, because of Its vet variety, entices many a clever joung fel low to indulge the Bohemian lather than tho practical side of life. He could take an assignment and bring In a good story Just llko any other reporter, but ho soon stew oppoi utilities which other bright fellows failed to grasp, and ho went aftei them, When Phil comes to Washington row -which ho frerpientl does ho comes -s tho general business manager of what Phlla delphlans generally lclieve to bo tho big gest and most "methodic P publishing concern in tl 0 countr. Ho is too intense on cliculation, postal lates and prosaic things to talk politics, ev.cn if lie now knows nn thing ubou. It; but one cannot recall Phil's stait without t linking of that lino old gentleman with flowing side whls Iters who sat In Councils for many eais as the representative of tho Thirteenth Ward. Councilman Collins was Phil's father, and I'lndlay Drown, Billy Mc Coach and Iko Hetzoll, vvhu aio beginning to grow gray In tho public bcrv Ice, w HI 1 member him as ono of tho r ost llkublo und dignified members of tho chamber. pitKTTV nico thing to havo a few thou. - sand acres to plant, farm or shoot over when you want to lev... "tl.o madding erovvd" for a couple of months, but that's about tho situation with W. L. Hurley, tho big Camden merchant. About this thno of car Bill rcn be cxpe.ttd to stop off at AVashlngton and, lajlng his bpottsmun's outfit aside, glv us a few tletu'ls about what Camden Is doing to keep up with the wot Id procession In injusiry, and en- ijJur: yiKmKyymimKer u "v r"saMf7 "'W. r?T&pmMlmh VWWbSc -. csk muKmx.ft ran. n?. v.vxiiaitnisi 1 -.ry '. ?kt?;258S5Mir MP MWmmm8UL - &!& -v fit. a..1:.-- v. - .- ir terprlse. And the record last year, he tells us, counting In war work, nhlpbulld, Jng, Red Cross and the like, was something to be proud of. When Hurley goes on these southern trips his jjlace Is at Hilton Head, 53. C. he Is generally accompanied by Philip Wilson, the tugboat man. Phil Is a brother of Vice Admiral Hary Wil son, commander of tho American naval forces In Trench waters. r 1919 Ity Lieutenant Granlland Rice, Third Arm), A. r . NO PLASH from tho lusting guns; No rifle lights the plain; No clotted cilmson river runs From J binders to Lorraine: The whlto ear dawns above the hosts Beond the last red flare. Save for ten million drifting ghosts. Who neither know nor care. How- quiet now the lost trench seems, How still across the fold. Where lately through our broken dreams Tho mighty thunder rolled; Where through our restless, shaken sleep We heard the big shells sing, Or saw at dawn tho long line leap To take its final fling! Can It be that nt last the rod Has brought Its final lasli f Where no 11101 e out the bloody sod A baonet shall flash? , Ol can sonic white diwn know at last 'I ho final charge Is through. AV Ith flames of war forever past Whcie llfo and love are due" Can It be down the woild we may Wake up at hist to know -The soft, whlto dawn of some lost day Wo dreamed of long ago? Where with the ghostly shadows blown 1 l!eond tho laBt grim fight, Soft aims once moie shall hold their own Acioss the silent night? Today tio btorinhig vanguatd leaps To leave Its share of slain; At dawn no rolling thunder sweeps Pioiu Flanders to Lorraine The white ear breaks against the sky He oncl the last red flare, Save wheie ten million ghosts diift b Who neither know nor care. The State Depart One I.1111 dub flops ments plans for the depot tatlon of about three thousand enein aliens who plotted against the TL nited States causes us to won der pleasurably whether any ot the Hun mines that theso fanatics helped to Fptead in peaceful wale ts are still floating around to do their bit when the oppoitunity offers. What Bo You Know? QUIZ 1, Mile Is Hie ,sltiin( Secretary eif the Jeuty wliu villi ull for l'rnnce todas". ',', Win. wrote the poem "Murco Uoi-nrls"? S, Vtl.iil i.re the mcetlnr duss for the Frrtil U.nt'r. cibhift.' I, VVl1.1t U t lie Hirudin: 11 f "In Hen uf"? .. Vthere U the Mont ( rnU tunnel ft. Where was lliielturil hlptlns born T. What Vmfrlrnn ellj. nee online tu the hut reiisns tontalnrd the luntrnt nrno iionu Inllon? 8. What Is !'" meaning of the latin word "Pfeeau"., 0. Whence does cosnac Eft Its name? 10. Who wrote the score of the opera "I'mist"? Answers to ederdjj's Quiz 1, CurlUle Is lli j. 1'nslli.li border fit which 1'rehlilent Wilson vlhlted. '.'. The mean dlstiin.e between the moon and Hie earth Is SJS.HiU iiiUm. " 3, III. hard lovrlnre nan nn V.inrlUh rnrullrr neet, f-ieiliill i.i.lr.1 for M "To Apnea In I'rlMii" ind "in l.uiaata on (.nine to tl.n Warn," UU datnt are 1618-1018, lletlmr, nirium rarlr In da, In Rood time. life, jriir, elc. There were fifteen Murr. nnd utrlnei on Hi tliiB titer I nrt Mrllruo wlilrh Innplrrd 1 run. s .rcilt Un to write "The star hpunded llanner." I'alermu U the lament tltj In Mellr. A lliniHt I n niolliiw with a te-nt-iliaiie-d klieli. ktliklnt tielitli to rutin. v l'e.lro fTi-ldrron lie, la Itirra ecus a famuim N.1111U 1 .In.nii.lUl. One of Ills mailer-l.l-,, In "Life l it Iire.1111" Ctldu es Sueno) Ills .lutes ure 1C00-1C8I. oiie-io. ri.Mufr appears nn n character In the M.iilienieareiin pliiva "Tlie Jlerry VVIira 111 ttineiMir nnu tlie two uaru of iti,, lleers IV," Ilia ! I".", fleiilli U dencrllied In "Ivinir Henry V, end of lit, Jll.liiieiin lu l,e fortniukt head lit lareer slil,,. ami from the bonsutlt tu lu niatlhcad In suialltr onci. ' ' Ctffi M m the t 2- t aV2iftl. i Nk ir "1 T 'iMii nir'fiL"-" ft (fAi-l - . '(i-l, DtUZ J trm
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