MHMHMi w-ssrE3roy wassv' If ff 5, K i m at. ELliii! ublicHc&get si EVENING TELEGRAPH 3l PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY 6 ." ?." cnins it. k. ccims. puumkt ' l5ft ft- tudlnaton. Vice Preaidentj John C. '"lR.r'?i"",.Urv Treasurer: Philip 9. Colllm, .JMta) B. Williams. John J. Spurteon, Dlreetora. 4' EDITORIAL nOAHD: 1"V Cnn II. K. CtlTH, Chairman SAVHS.IUILET .Editor ' C UA1VTIK. ...General Dualnea Manaier V,'. .rWlahad dally at rciLio I.aooaa Ttulldlns, '.- . IMrtftam.4ana Amoral Phltailatnhla 'iWW CasTiit, Ilroad and Chretnut Streets dfUMTto Cm Preaa-Union Bulldlnc 'Jlpr Ton ,...20 Metropolitan Tower jJMet-aatT ana &-.- itniMinw aw v..... -x icii.i ;."..j: . CJCoo. 1202 Tribune Bulldlnc Vf . . 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Lt>r, Indevtndtnc Aeuorr, rMlad-lBSCff, t Member of the Associated Press TBE ASSOCIATED 1'ItESH i t-xcJii-.well entitled to the use for republication ,r; alt new dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in this paper, and alto tK local new published therein. ATI -nf j aL . r0 auMaifjArna rt . m ..-. f rtll. FL C liynaf IS I (.1a.VMtUilVII VI 0Jd.lU Ul' T.fl al..a. ft. .f -- ?.. ...-J :j v ncicin uic imti rcracTvtu, nO4t!rkU. Stur4T. Janwry 4. Ml , THE OLD STUFF THERE Is at City Hall u. tort of stoic daflanre) nf nit Anrmnt 1nPlilanp.a in rntt. ' (latent that It almost commands admira tion. If Mayor Smith. Director Wilson M- and their political backers had acquired oap boxes and a band and nrraiiRcd a ;. Rtrles of speeches on City Hall plaza to ttlt th peoplo of the city that they held decent popular opinion in frank contempt ! they could not have expressed themselves more clearly than they did In the first ;f..ieplods of Pollco Superintendent llobin- .son's return to ofllcc. Captain Callahan and Lieutenant I. nine, the two officials upon whom Captain Mills ' depended chiefly in his efforts to ellminato the vicious conditions that brought upon the city the odium of Federal Interference, were shelved before Itobinson was in his office 'an hour. Then, after Captain Mills was left relatively helpless. It was an nounced that ho would bo "left to con tlnue the work assigned to him" In Hob Inson's absence. The reward handed down by the City Hall machine for the police officials who r ju .. - . . . . ig am boou wont was punisnment. Friends, Itomans and countrymen lent a.lra their cheers. SIXTEEN TO FOUR fTlHIS first act of the Michigan Legislature -- after organlrlns was the adoption of the prohibition amendment to the Federal Con stitution, rifteen States had previously ratified It. They are, in the order of rati fication, Mississippi, Virginia, Kentucky, North Dakota, South Carolina, Maryland, Montana, Texas, Delaware, South Dakota, Massachusetts, Arizona, Georgia, Louisi ana and Florida. Four States havo rejected the amend ment iThey aro New York, Xew Jersey, Rhode Island and Nebraska. If the example of the sixteen ratifying States is followed by twenty othern, making thirty-six. the amendment becomes the law of the land. If nlno States follow the example of the rejecting Legislatures, making thirteen, national prohibition by constitutional amendment will bo defeated. The Legislatures of a majority of the States meet this winter, so that it Is likely that the fate of the amendment will bo sealed before the middle of the summer. The wets will exert themselves to win in nine States. No one can say today what success will accompany their efforts. Tho drys will, of course, do their best to force favorable action in twenty State. They will certainly succeed in several, but the result In other States, notably in Penn sylvania, is still in gra e doubt. Reading the name of Poland's capital city backward will ree.il what J'.-idcrcwsM saw in Warsaw. PAY FOR DISCHARGED SERVICE MEN QENATOlt CHAMUKHLAIX'S Immediate indorsement of the suggestion to give each soldier, sailor and marine three months" extra pay on being discharged Is an encouraging indication that one of the most serious questions concerned with de mobilization will be !oled btfore thf criis becomes acute. No American can comfortably eon'em plate the prospect of suffering by the de fenders of his country during tho readjuit. ment period. Tho extra-pay iropoMl, originally made by a reader of this news paper, commends Uself as a simple, direct and effective remedy. It Is to be hoped that the Senate, which has ulready pro vided in the still pending revenue bill for t,he distribution of a month's bonus to the service men, will support the convictions of the chairman of tho Military Affairs Committee to the extent of elaborating the scheme. The details of Senator Chamberlain's plan, especially tho one involving a post ponement of the extra pay until after the men reach their homes, seem sound. Jillnor points may be revised The present need Is for agreement on quick action. Great Britain is already financially taking care of her discharged soldiers and sailors sufficiently to tldo them over a Job-huntlng period. Her example Is patriotically worth following. Retribution Is now complete In Grmany. The beer handlers have strucl. THE WRECKED TRANSPORT HOW perilously and pathetically wishes may father thoughts is suggested by the stranding of the swift and valuable nvvy transport Northern Pacific, Fog, the muriner's still unconquered foe, is also often his cxtenuator. Safety In navigation through dense cloud banks cannot be guar untred by the most skillful navigator. Hut there ii testimony that this defence U not .Awiwiy Ef .available to the deck officer of the Northern Pacific. Through the rain tho great light of Fire Island U said to havo been clrarlv fj visibll. It U talcl to have been mistaken ?5ywi?v1fPgSv','; for the Ambrose Channel beacon. Its rays were nearer port, nearer home. The time was New Tear's Eve. There was every sentimental and patri otic reason for hoping that the bay light had been sighted. The assumption, it It really was made, denoted bad seamanship, and yet a stato of frailty so human as to inspire sympathy. Of course. In the Inquiry which will follow tho uccldent psychological causes will bo unconsidered. An orror which mlfiht have been tragic and which Is cer tain to be costly was committed, It will be duly censured, as are quite properly nil such mistakes at tea. Tho offense, un mitigated by any curtain of fog, Imperiled human lives and may result in tho loss of a crack ahlp. In fixing the blame tho Impatient home coming aspirations of all on board will not bo reckoned. Skill, regardless of emotions. Is demanded of navigators. Palliation for failure is often accepted from landsmen. Renunciation of that grace is tho essence of tho formidable contract which nil skip pers make with the Implacablo boa. ISO LAW CAN PROTECT A BOOB FROM HIS FOLLY In t-pilc of Tins Fact the Capital Issues Cmnmllteo Wants Secretary Glas to Urge Such a Slntute 'THE Arabians knew what they were talking about when they said that if the camel once Rets his nose in tho tent his body will soon follow. Many camels have been nosing about in America during the war. They have pot their heads in the tent, nnd unless something is done to check them there will soon be no loom for any one else under the kindly covering, ns the whole body will fill all the available space. The capital issues committee is illus trating the truth of the Arabian proverb, for after more than a year's experience of control over all public and private financing in the country outside of that of the Federal Government, it is asking Secretary Glass to urge that n lnw be passed which will give to a Government bureau permanent supervision over all such securities sold in the States outside of the State of issue. Plausible arguments arc advanced in support of the plan. Wo are told that hundreds of schemes of a highly ques tionable nature havo been launched to appeal to the cupidity of holders of Lib erty Bonds through the offer to them of shares of stock promising a high rate of interest in exchange for their Govern ment securities. It is said that some thing should be done by the Government to prevent the consummation of these swindling schemes. No one will dispute this, but the way to punish a swindler is to enforce the present laws against getting money under false pretenses, and not by pass ing n dangerously paternalistic law in tended to protect fools from the conse quences, of their own folly. And the way to preserve this nation as a federation of sovereign States is to resist the encroachment of the Federal Government upon the domain in which the States are now supreme. Federal control of the issue of corporation se curities would ultimately lead to tho chartering of Federal corporations and the destruction of the power of the States over the corporations which they have created. The revenues of many States are derived almost entirely from taxes on corporations within their jurisdiction. If their jurisdiction is taken away their sources of revenue will also disappear and the money needed to maintain the State governments will have to be raised by a direct tax on real and personal property. The camel of Federal control is as dangerous as the camel of paternal ism. He has not got his nose very far in tho tent and he can be kept out if the States are properly alert. The regulation by law of the issue of all corporation securities in such a way as to protect the investment public from loss is difficult, if not impossible. If we had had such a law as the capital issues committee desires it would have been impossible to float the first stock issue of the telephone company. There was nothing back of this company but tho hope that a device invented for the pur pose of making it possible to communi cate by word of mouth with a deaf mute might be so perfected as to be gen erally useful. The Standard Oil Com pany in its early days was just as specu lative and uncertain. No one knew whether there was crude petroleum enough under ground to justify the ex penditure of largo sums in getting it, and no one knew whether tho petroleum could be sold aftor it was put on the market Great organizing commercial geniuses have developed the telephone and the 01! business out of nothing. They capitalized the blue sky plus their genius and have made enormous fortunes for themselves and thousands of others. There is a school of economic reform ers whose prophets insist that no shnrcs of stock should be issued which do not represent actual investment, and that the sale of n chance to participate in tho gains of an undeveloped business must be forbidden as lotteries are banned. This plan has been tried in Massachu setts, where the railroad companies aie forbidden to issue new shares of s,tock at less than par. As a result railroad expansion in that State has been stopped absolutely, because the sale of new rail road shares at par was impracticable. No law can arbitrarily fix tho value of anything for any length of time. It cannot even fix the value of a dollar measured by potatoes or labor. It takes twice as many dollars to buy a barrel of potatoes as it did a few years ago and next year it may be possible to buy potatoes for hulf the present price. Paternalism will woik with children, but no nation was ever ablo to survive unless its citizens were full-grown men. EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER They must bo treated as men and not ns children if disaster is to bo nvoided. There will always bo a certain percent age of fools willing to pay good money for glided bricks, and n certain percent age of wise men also. The list of securi ties held by tho estate of tho lato J. Plcrpont Morgan Included worthless shares in n large number of corporations which were started with fine prospects. Morgan bought them and lost his money. But who would say that n Government bureau should bo established in Wash ington to protect tho Morgans of the country from exercising their own judg ment in tho investment of their money? Such a proposition would be laughed out of court. Tho idea of putting the rest of us In financial lending strings is just as ridiculous. It is a kind of paternal ism that is repugnant to common sense. The old rule, "Let the buyer beware," although discredited by many social re formers at tho present day, is n pretty good one. When properly understood it docs not justify tho dealer in swindling his customers when he can. Swindling is not the rule of business. If it were no business would be possible. Wc havo criminal laws already that deal with the man who gets money on alse pretenses. And the overage citizen trndes with the man who gives him value for his money and avoids the exceptional man who cheats him. He invests his money ac cording to his best judgment and some times loses it, as the most skillful nnd experienced investors also lose theirs. There arc bureaus enough in Washing ton already, with long lists of jobholders, without creating nnothcr ono to look after tho financial boobs who do not know enough to prevent a slick promoter from separating them from their cash. If Is worth remembering that the aces helped to club fJermany Into submission. 1'iriT.ING PATRIOTISM THUIin aro millions of carncst-mlnded folk In the United States who used to contribute to privately directed organiza tions founded In tho delusion that Ameri can moralo and patriotism needed constant stimulation during tho period of tho war. They havo reasons now to lament their credulity. The press agents and cxhorters thus en dowed represented the paid patriot in his least ullurlng aspect. They thundered in print and shouldered into tho limelight everywhere as thlrd-rnto slogan makers, hate artists and tireless propagandists of puerility. Tor Instance, William Mather Lewis, of Washington, In these stupendous hours advances to reassuro nnd comfort n trou bled world with tho demand that the name of Gcrmantown be changed to something less Irritating to s-enstthe i-ouls llko his own. The world Is .sick of hatred. Imitations of hato aro therefore nil the more detest able. Wc may yet hear of a society for tho frowning down of German fried pota toes or of n law under which any ono so unpatriotic as to fall 111 of German measles would be denied tho caro of a physician. Cold waves would bo moro endurable if coal waves oamo with them AN EMBARGO AND A QUERY mCSIPORAHY confusion In tho vast ma--- chlm-ry of overseas transportation caused tho embargo on food shipments to tho ports of Philadelphia, New York and IJostnn. Tho channels in which foodstuffs are running in immense tides from Amer ica to Europe have become momentarily clogged. Dock strikes and a lack of hhlps are at tho bottom of tho trouble, which will last only a few days. The question that will naturally arle in almost every mind is so obvious that it need hardly bo referred to hero. If there Is moro food In the United Slates than can bo conveniently shipped, oven with emergency methods, why does the cost of living continue to drift toward tho moon'' iJirrerences In essential Tlio linn Milp dslgnof German war- "hips, engines and armament would probably make It ncccs-ary for tho Now Ik'partmfnt to establish a com plete new system of shops nnd oqulpment to care for and repair sucli vtsrcls of the sur rendered tleet as might bo awirded to the Pnltcd Stat.s. This fa. t probably explains .dnilr.tl Itoiltnan's prcfereneo for tho plan already suuKe.stid for the sinking of the lluti vr.irfhlp:i In tho open rca. Another proof of the 1 m,-Tui: current human tend- enoy to unrca'on Is In the periodical uproar at Warsaw. That city knows all that can bo known about tho hor rors of armed conflict. Almost always. In tho past when there were national Impacts In Kuropo Warsaw could nay that It saw war. Admiral Rodman de- Ilanc lo lliimckok! flares that If tho cjer. man fleet is nnt sunk Hie Allies will find tint they hav annexed a herd of white elephants." In that case, why not offer them to Slam? TIihii, again, when It Hell. Iloeiri II? wildly praised r,n. ernor Hrumliaugh, tlia Republican City Committee may merely h,ne had a sneaking feeling that It needed a blessing. x Almost everjbody Tliey liiin'l Clinnae wants a I-eaguo of Nations, und set thu statesmen say it Isn't possible Tho sort of raining which Philadelphia lately experienced was not calculated to aflord many of us a royal good time. It would bf Interesting to leain the President a feelings if the Romans take him to view any authenticated remains of the Senate house. That gorgeous blurb lsuod b tlia Re publican city committee sesterday in praise of Governor Hrumbaugh Is sure to wring an appreciative word from the Governor him self. Prepare te. hear that Philadelphia has the sweetest and hullcat of city committees, 3r-Philadelphia; Saturday January THE CHAFFING DISH Ballade of Cetling One's Feet Wet IlfSKD to think, when I was small. How most delightful it would be To go out walking In a squall And tramp in puddles for a spree; But if I did so brief the glee I knew the old familiar threat: "You'll have to chango Immcd.'ofell Good gracious me, jour feet are wet!" THKY used to catch me In the hall And then and there examine me Investigation to appal The bravest boy, you will agreet And If, between my shoe and knee The slightest patch of damp was met, Though I called Dad for rcferoe, "Good gracious me, your feet nre wet!" OF NO avail to bluster, bawl, Or to nttempt somo specious plea. But I would think (I now recall) "When I'm grown tip I will bo free" Alas for human fallacy l The old dominion sway me yet: On rainy days my wife, says she, "Good gracious me, your feet arc wet!" Envoy fTlHIS Is the thing mon may not flee, Tho thing no womenfolk forget Some day my grandchild will decreo "Good gracious me, your feet aro wet!" The "Lost-and-Found" department of the New York Times casts a great deal of light on tho doings of tho erratic residents of that city. Wo note, for instance that a very handsomo wnllet full of banknotes was lost "At Hilt more Hotel or In taxi to Chllds. Columbus Circle." Wo should think that tho chef of tho Blltmoro might regard this ns a direct nffront, to be as sunned only on tho duelling ground. Pardonable Anxiety Has the tall, distinguished-looking lady who desires to Intruat mo with the man agement of her business affairs returned to New York yet? From "Personal Notices" In a New York paper. A great many humblo golfers must have been encouraged by tho publication of the President's score on the links at St Cloud. Pel haps by watching the presidential Hcoreenrd on tho links of Kuropo we may bo ablo to deduce some Inside dope on the fortunes of tho league of nations. Tho Government Is mighty particular about publishers cutting down their con sumption of paper, and yet t has been ad mitted by a congressional committee that nearly n million dollars Is wasted anually by tho Gove-nmcnt Printing Office in the publication of documents that are mostly useless nnd aro never read by any one. Suppllng Kansas Congressmen with nau tical almanacs and tldc-tibles does not seem it particularly valuable activity. An authority on these matters says that tho Public Printer has in storage several thou sand tons of worthless printed matter that would fill a freight train three miles long. Wo hopo that dnrtor from Utrecht takes, tho precaution of getting his money after each visit to tho patient at Amerongen. SOCRATES. Tho. Coming Conference THK tremendous reception accorded to President Wilson In Paris is an expres sion not of ono feeling but of many. There has ever been a very special tie of sentiment between France and tho United States, dating from tho time of the War of Inde pendence, which Franco helped the States to win. There Is nlso the charm of French life, to which tho American Is highly .susceptible, so that it la said of tho good American that when he dies he goes to Paris. Rut far nbovo these older grounds of attachment Is the tre mendous service which America has don In turning tho tide of battle nnd contributing tho decisive factor to the victory which has liberated tho soil of Franco from the Invader and restored to her tho provinces lost in a fornur Invasion. For the Intervention of America it is f It, and rightly felt, that Franco has largely to thank tho personal lead, at onco to prudent nnd so courageous, of tho American President And now that thn war Is won she, llko us all, has to thank him for the enunciation of a policy which, if truly carried out, will reap for us the best fruit of war, which Is tho assurance and the pirmanence of peace. If ho Is to succeed in this task, if we nre to have a decent peace, one condition Is rs sintl.il. t is that there should be publicity. We do not say that there should bo reporters at the Cunfercno table, but any attempt to cover up differences and to adjust them on any ground other than that of principle would bo fatal Such differenced can only bo owiinmo bv forcing them Into tho light, mnipelllng extravagant or unjust cinlms to 1- difliillelv stated nnd openly defended, and bringing publn opinion to bear on them not th puhlli opinion of one nation only but that of all the great nations and of the world. The second essential condition of success is that the Peace Conference must have a fro hand to apply democratic principles to tho settlement No secret treaties and no armistice arrangements must stand In the way. Tho Allied Governments have publicly accepted President Wilson's principles, nnd that Is now an obligation of honor. They cannot, therefore, tnako the existence of any previous treali- an obstacle to that policy. In some eiuaitera the public repudiation of the treaties lias t,ecn demanded. It Is enough that it should be recognized that they mean nothing In tho new- order created by Presi dent Wll-on's declarations and the accept ance of tliee h the- Allied Governments. Thoo treaties were made under different circuinatnnrcs. What was Russia at that time? What was Turkey Where were the Jugo-Slavs? Austria had not begun to crumble. Thn wliolu world has changed, nnd tho men who sit down at the peace table will speak a new language und deal In new con i options of international policy. The only claims that can count are the claims based on recognized principles; temporary occupa tion or secret agreements will mean nothing. On the temper and methods of this diplo macy the futuio of the world depends. President Wilson lias laid down a basis on w hlch the nations of the world can co-operate. If that basis Is not accepted as the basis of settlement, what tlicn Clearly ther will not bo co-operation; there will bo conflict. It In not likely, for e.vample, that America will agree tu guarantee a peace settlement that does vlolencu to her own principles and contains the seeds of futuro wars, One can Imagine circumstances under which the League of .Nations might become a second Holy Alliance. Huw long will any democracy allow Its Government to be partner In such an alliance? Rngllshmen today are not likely to bo less Impatient of that prospect than were the Rngllshmen of Castlereagh's generation. There can bo no half-way house between tho old system and the new. and that Is why not it day should be lost In the inauguration of tho new- sj stem and the resto ration, ns the first nnd Indispensable con dition, of tho full right of discussion and communication Manchester Cnnr.ii . e December lti, I . .AVilV' vWWZL' .5 -- TT .mKV. .Y V ! IV- e&a ff. ff o 5-jilssm'' 3.i-1 MKSAWW VN "" .'. ' xx - 5a-k Ta'atvaaaBBiBBV imm'imw Laua.vsr&nx'v. x i CONGRESSMAN MOORE'S LETTER Former Governor Stone as a Philosophical Rival of Pcnnypackcr Wil liam A. Patton's Graceful IF ay of Saying "No" Tension Between the Regular Army Officers and the Drafted Men Washington, Dec 4. EX-GOVHRNOR WILLIAM A. STONE, who succeeded Colonel McCluro ns pro thonotary of tho Supreme Court, has a quaint way of expressing himself. It Is oven doubtful whether tho "Sage of Schwenks vlllo" had anything on tho tall mem ber from Pittsburgh in this regard. Al though the Idea is not gaining much head way in Washington, ex-Governor Stone, thinks tho Constitution of Pennsjlvanla should bo amended. Why? Becauso It Is "a patched shingled roof, and still leaks." Ex-Governor Pcnnypacker couldn't havo done much better than that But that isn't all. Tho ex-Governor doesn't tako much stock In political reformers. Ho prefers; tho politician in politics to "tho bchool master, tho doctor or tho preacher," These ex-Governors will havo their little fling; but perhaps they havo seen enough to warrant It And no ono will cay thnt either Stono or Pcnnypacker ever lacked the virtue of frankness. When tho friends of the late Mayor Ashbrldgo were giving him a farewell dinner at tho Hotel Walton, tho retiring Governor Stono put In an ap pearance. Tho newspapers were making merry with Governor Pcnnypacker at that time, and his famous boot appcarod In every cartoon. Thero was a noto of sym pathy In tho speeches, for Stono had suf fered and Ashbrldgo had his fair doso of criticism. Stone was called upon ns ono who had "gono through tho crucible," nnd he was expected to crack tho critics. This, In effect, was tho way ho did It "I havo had my Bhare, and whllo It was going on I didn't enjoy it, but now that It is on tho other fellow, it seems real funny." Somo good naturcd philosophy in that. WILLIAM A IV vanla Hailro ATTON and the Ponnsyl- most nynonymous. For nearly fifty-four j ears they hod been Inseparable. Through tho administrations of Georgo B. Roborts, Frank Thomson, tho great AJexandor J, Cassatt, James McCrea and Samuel Ilea, and oven beforo, it was always tho same, Patton and tho Pennsylvania. They moved along together, no matter who was presi dent. Any one visiting tho offices at Broad street, during tho last quarter of a century at least, would havo thought Patton India pensablo to tho railroad and tho railroad running wild without Patton; but at last we learn that tho faithful commuter from R-idnor is taking his well-earned retire ment, nnd that tho railroad is to go on without him. It Is tho passing of a land mark. And whllo tho Pennsylvania has had somo remarkably ablo men men who worked behind the scones, or whose busi ness it was to keep In touch with tho pub licWilliam J. Latta, Gcorgo W. Boyd, Max Rlobenaclc, Trank Barksdalo and Latta, one of tho shrewdest and most ef fective of them all, is tho only survivor of those named) It Is doubtful if any of them ever wielded such a ciulct and persistently successful Influence with nil comers ns William A. Patton. Ho could meet hundreds of peoplo in tho courso of a day nnd turn them away with a smile. If he had to say "No," as a railroad man frequently had to do, he did it In good temper and without offending. Fqvy men who heard him say "no" ever felt tho worso for It. They departed with tho feeling that Patton had actually done them a favor. AND the retirement of Patton reminds us fiof tho Iniquitous days of tho railroad pass. It was in this connection that tho skillful assistant to the president frequently had to Bay "no." Tho requests woro not confined to any particular class. Politi cians, clergymen, shippers and traveling men generally, all "conscientiously" op posed to the system, were after the passes so long as "tho other fellow" got them. It was a bad system, smacking of privilege and provoking both favoritism and preju. dice. While It existed the lives of Con gressmen, llko Bingham and Charley O'.N'elll and Harmer and "Pig Iron" Kclley and Sam Randall, were hardly worth tho living. With members of the Stato Lcgls- I latuie It was even worse, Pattoa lived 4, 1919 INTERNATIONAL AMENITIES S8K?irsf Bg$mv vMyim through nil thoso trying times, retaining tho good will of tho elders and tho political leaders alike. Nor do tho thousands of passengers who dally walk under tho ,Ar cado on Fifteenth street or cross tho bridge nt Market street, to avoid tho "death curve" from tho City Hall and Fifteenth street to Broad Street Station, know how much they ovvo to William A. Fatton for putting thoso two improvements "across." It was City Councils and the slgnaturo of Mayor Ashbrldgo that mado tho thing ef fective, but William A. Patton probably never worked moro industriously on any thing than he did to obtain their sanction. "rUCH more than appears upon the sur ' faco is involved In tho reports of a row between tho rcscrvo oflicers and thoso In tho regular establishment. Tho new men who went Into tho sorvlco as volun teers or through tho draft havo been held to a pretty strict accounting, and havo dono a fair sharo of tho fighting, whllo promo tions havo seemed to go elsewhere. Among the rank and file tho $30-a-month men thero Is also much complaining because of the alleged arbitrariness of certain of tho olflcers. In tho matter of discharges thero Is a great deal of dissatisfaction. Somo men aro put to unnecessary annoyance nnd expense to ascertain their status. This Is duo to the department rulings that no applications for promotion, transfer or dis charge will bo considered except upon ap proval of tho immediate commanding offi cer. Tho immedlato commanding officer sometimes proves to bo moro of a martinet than tho circumstances warrant, and much injustice Is done. In Washington the prin cipal army officers, from Secretary Baker down, appear to bo 'overwhelmed with the task ahead of them, and ns corrc epondenco is falling behind, the tension between them and Congress is Increasing. TTVELA.Y in the payment of soldiers' al-J-' lotments is distressing enough, but ono of tho worst of tho War Department lapses is tho failure promptly to notify relatives of tho death of soldiers. Tho suspenso in such cases is unmerited, and tends to ag gravate even tho most forbearing and pa triotic citizen. Tako tho caso of Norton Downs, Jr., a bravo young lieutenant, who enlisted in tho aviation section at Esslng ton, on tho Delaware, In June, 1017. After a courso of training at Cornell University ho was sent te. Foggia, Italy, for field training, after which he went to tho Italian front and engaged In a. raid on Pola, Aus tria. Ho displayed bUe.li lighting qualities that he was sent to Ford Junction Aero drome, Sussex County, England, ns an in structor, and whllo thero met his death. His joung widow, tho daughter of Henry C. Thompson, Jr., of Merlon, was apprised by letter, signed by Captain Blakeman, and dated Sussex, Octobor 20, but tho Washing ton olllclal.s did not confirm tho sad news until December 2u. Tho death of tho lieu tenant appears to havo been duo to a full in tho ocean caused by cngino troublo while flying in foggy weather. fTWE suggestion that tho United States shall consent to tho destruction of tho German ships to avoid International com plications does not appeal to John J. Hen derson, tho Philadelphia banker. To thus make way with perfectly good and useful property that wo need to bring our Ameri can troops home, and which should be of bervico to commerce, strikes Mr. Hender son as being little short of sabotage. Ho says it reminds him of tho Pennsylvania Dutchman, whoso prospective heirs gavo him so much troublo about his property that he finally raffled it off to get rid of his troubles. Not a! bad illustration when you think it over. A bird's-eye view of tho Police Depart ment suggests that It Is far easier to find excuses than to find Bolshevik!. "Lord Reading takes high food post" i-ajs a headline. Fortunate fellow! Most of us are hclpleaslx uCd j, jt, haws, i . r ' , J iWryman, In the Washington Star. NOEL rpHERE'S mud on tho floor, by the tree, mother, Whlto mud, but streaked with red. Thero's mud llko chalk on your floor, mother, And a long gray path to my bed." Tlic sleep is still in vour eyes, daughter, The uan-Uppcd mother satd. "But thero's mud under tho tree, mother, And an old brown banglo there." Only the bit of a comb I oought, Dear child, for your yclloio hair, "A cross with a ribbon of silk, mother, Daubed with tho red and tho clay" Just some stray whimsy of unset and glass Gleams out that way. "It doesn't gleam whero it hangs, mother, Thero by tho stem of tho tree Somo ono has been In tho room, mother, And it seems llko Dad to me." Ifs a hitter long way, dear, a hitler long wai. To your father over the sea. "But I heard a volco last nlGht, mother. When tho house and tho world were still; Your fingers emtio smoothing my. hair, mother. And oh. but your hand wa3 chll." Last nightf "Last night, just ere dawn, mother, Whllo tho moon lay under tho hill." ROY HELTON. Flood of War Stamps PHILATELY already Is nware of tho ex istence of approximately 31B0 stamps which but for the war would not have come forth. Roughly, these may be classed as follows: Charity, or Red Cross; military, for use of troops; occupation, for use by peoples of Invaded lands; war tax, for usa on mall In addition to regular adhesive! : commemorative, Issued especially becauso of oventu related to tho war; revenue, or fiscal labels for facilitating collection of levies on commodities or documents, and provisional, necessary because of shortage of customary paper, or Increase of postal rates, or ex haustion of stamp supplies, or scarcity of dyeBtuffs, or any one of a dozen and more other reasons. The powers associated ngainst tho Teu tonic nlllonco Issued more than three times tho number of war stamps put forth by thn countries of that alliance. Of the total of 3157 known war stamps, tho United States and Allies have put forth 2274 varieties, or moro than two-thirds. Tho Central Powers Issued 68D. or less than one-fourth. Tho United States ranks fourth, with ap proximately 200 varieties. Theso Include sev. eral sets due to revenue legislation, thrift anct nirpost labels, new values which economic conditions brought into use, varieties In dies and shades due to worn and retouched plates and to scarcity of dyestuffs after Ger many's exports of this commodity were cut off. What Do You Know? QUIZ I. Wl'jt are. the names of the SeTen IHIls nf Home? S. How many States haTo ratified the proMM lion amendment lo the I'nltecl Mat;, for. MltutJon anil how many more are nrecleil to Insure pixsnmtf .-.r.. 3. Why Is the Kmtnlah word panetela nniillcil to a small clear? ' 4. Who Mil Marie Uathkhrtaeff? 5. How many jnectatora lias It hern eMIinatnl IhiUthe Human Collieum could acc-oimnn- 8. What were the calends In the ttnma'n calen- 8. What Is "mother" In vine tar.' 0. What Is the hlcheat mountain In the Culled blutea eaat of tho .silaclMiopl niitr? 10. What was Martha Wuihlnaion'a m.ia. name? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz GenoTa la the Italian word for Genoa. II I. accented on the nrat MllaMo. A .'.uld"Il.'! ' a newantonxer, a perton alien tu Koaalp, ..- ....to piairi renaua ia comivlled a,rv .WO"""' 7" Mxt "". Uke'n'h, 4. Ameronten, In the Netherlands, is twenti-on. mllea toutlieaat of Vtrfchl, """ 0. Tho par of a priral In the French .., Is at tho rut t fltc rents per day. ""' 0. Alexander IT. fitrpheua vm Vie tTealdent af lh confederacy during tho CiiM War. ' '"Ap".'!,.0. "'' ! called h. 0, ", priori" reaaonlni la reatonlnr ,, . of Roman ?oSKniJ?o "thS rr!'n,a "5H atxuctor of Ur.r HiVwi T about Vf J, ''. i m "l':"mifi. --Jidaj4 l-tTttJU -llu MaVr-..-t i- I '-"iT''-"' " I11 -iMt e.lj," -tat. mmmmmwmmiJXimMWBmMliZmVmmmmmmmmm -CaaKS-Ua. , li I i J.''JWPV '62!Z ktyrt-MrisJfejfc. l"f
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