TiCf ,.v . xaxyi&xx? ilSttwV!! fV- wnwr-ttr -"1"1 ' g''iiypyp.iry' wrwrteriy ffi1 jnfy r 10 EVENING PUBLIC LEDUEW-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JAOTAllY 22, 1019 fc.v .&? . fc lill rr i W '. . W f- Euening flubUc ffleftgec THE EVENING" TELEGRAPH PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY .. "J''! H' '"'llnnton. Vic President. John C. Martin, Serreairy ami Treaiurer! Philips Collins, John n. William, John J rjpurneon. Directors. EniTontAr, noAnt)i , Ctaxa M. K. Ccmu, Chairman (DAVID E. SMII.F.T Kdltor 'JOHN C. MARTIN'. ,. .general lluamees itanaaer Published dally at Pnl.fa t.ntwati Ilutldlnr. Independence, Snuare, Philadelphia. l.trsrrn CRNTRir. . . . . tlroait and Cheamut strata TI.a.STIO V-ITT . . . , Nnw Tna. . Jitraon Pi. Lorn Caicioo P'Jia.l'HlA,, lliilMIn 20tt Metropoliian Tower 40.1 Kor.l nulldtne- inns Puilarton liuliainr, . 1201 Tribune liulldlni NKWS tlfBKAL'S! WliaiNQTOX IllllAC. V E. Cor, Pennaylvanla Ai. and Uih St f.tw oa: Ilratic The 8i lluildlna MMv Uciaiv tajndon Timet sunscrttrrio.v TEn.is Tha Ethmmj Pear re I.tcom la arvd to aub nerisera In Philadelphia and surrounding town lit the rate of twelve 1121 cents per week, payable to the carrier. ny mail to points oulnlde of Philadelphia. In tha united State Canada, or I'nlted states pot aealon. pottate free, flfli' (.101 cents per month. mix (Id) dollara per ear. paab!e In advance. To all foreign countrlea one (Ml dollar pr month. ' Noticr- Subaerlbera -wlahtnic addreai chanted muat Kite oM as well aa new addrees. Ftl.. JMO TM.M'T KrVTONr. MUN 1000 tZT Address nil eo'-i-au-ifcfiflo-n fo Kvnino PuhUc Ledger, Independence Square Philadelphia. Member of the Associated Press THK ASSOCIATE!) I'ltHSS is rj-Wii-tlvelu entitled to the use for republication of all iietes dispatches credited to It or nnt cthcnclsc credited In this paper, and also the 'acal rietej published therein. All rlyhts ot republication of special dii patches herein, are alio reserved. rhttidetphia, Vt ritne.daT, Jammrt 1111 MUT.S TOR (.OMMfTER? Tr' THK government l to run the rail- roads five ears longer, ilue-a Hint mean that commuters will have lo wait five years for a neat on the morning trains to town? Repeatedly ne are to!il ly dwellet atone the Reading line that on the trams nhotit 1 or S o'clock . m. they liav- to statu! all the way from .ienkintonn. KlUin Park. Oak I.anr U'an .1 unction. Tins Is tryinp enough when it happens muy to men in the smoker tliouali why tliete should not lie tnoic than one smoker we do not know, lmt when dozens of women In the other coaches also have to Jostle erect In the aisles durinc n tweiit-tiilniit or half-hour trip. Ihe condition is beond excuse. The Iteadlne road i nnt the null cul prit, as thokH who have occasion to takf the 9 and 10 o'clock morning trnncs from Broad street to New York can tcstif.i. In the smoker on those trains theie are a most alwas men who, If they want to smoke, will haw to wait until they set to Trenton for a sent: In man caes must stand all the wa to .Manhattan Transfer, an hour and three-iiunrter. Durins the war many commuters were loath to complain of tlie.-e matters, as they knew the railroads were under ureal strain and felt that patience was a matter of patriotism. But conditions show no Hiirns of mending. Some suburbanites have handed together with laudable spirit, le fnsinc: to pa fares when no eats are to he had. But for tho. who ho.tl thirty flay tickets this remed.v doe iror serve n the pass expires whethei punched or nor. Accommodation trains that do not -n cum modate are an oiitvase. Surel. there are plenty of cars.' The public i patient ami complaisant. U'e are Inured to co.d cans, hot cars, cars that Joli. iurs witlioul l.ig jtace rack". C.ui be the piush. rartan or linoleum, for heaven's sike clip us "eat. Commuters are not bei jus Mr Hrunibnush PennsUania a res'. Ru.tllt So I'll NO HTTl.Kni:U TtHKI.M. QTKA.MSHII' and touiltt agencies have sJ been oeiw helmed wirlt demands for tickets for !! irope. I'r or to the armistice they had waiting 1im a mile long. There are in Amerlia an amaxing number' of people with inoiie.i ro spftid who aewn feverishlv .-ager for the murlucl thrilla oh. talnable in a tour over "fresh" bitile fleld. Hut Hie prospect of a horde of siijhineer aml com form b e parties in motors hurt Jng about the p.nccs wlrere miilions en dured death arnl agony isn't pleasing to the i'remli and British (ioernmntM. r. tiiini America would not cure lo I repre-t-ented in Km ope l. thouientids of the sort of folk who find it Heet plwimrre m star ing ar the waus of u juil where tliev know a man is being bunged. It is checrtnu. therefore, to read of the check that is to be put on urn.flliia! over (.ens trallK. Amliamador White has in formed the Ktramsitlp peopv Miat while tiavelers wiib passports ma I alle to get into Kuiopo. thpy will ba'e a far harder time in retting out. C-iasport win he universal!) reaervel for the um benn There is a shortage of food in Kurope. The people need time to rei over from the FhockM thv bae endured. Tnene will be time for tom-iiu iater. Meunttlue lliosc xvho haven't real business abroad shoild eta) at home ilerrnanv seems to U Vard 'aiiics iking on K.flh BhHNSTORIT l) HOLM: "pKr.NSTOrtFr cannot is alo ,e lint. -J Isli and Continerua' newspapers om now printing a mtig and vlhrai.t eulogy is. Hied by the former amliassador from tier-p-iany when he heard that t'oninel House Ym dead. It is supposed to reprenent a mood of meltrng sadness, of sorrow, of u-.ef brav ely bor re. Uesourcef jl Hun' The Colonel lumnelf was permitted to fread Bernstorf)"s glowing tribute tu he Jounced easily in a uarouclie u)on tha loveliest of the boulevards, taking the uir fter his re.-ent Illness. Who can doubt how that his convalescence will be hln. tiered? Did he wish, reading tho wire less flung out from Berlin, that he had Really died? Dastardly Hun' Who hut a propagandist of l.ulrar would kttack un Innocent man with professions tf friendship whi.ii would ho at best un learab.'e and liUel to lessen the leputation fcf a calm? "So more honest pacifist ever existed,' hrput'iis the l.usitanlii plotter. "We may kasume that he stood for peace. Justice and kn International league until the Inst mo merit, 1 deeply deplore that J did not see this dear friend once more'" Some one Is always taking the Joy out of life. The troubles of even unofficial statesmen ntc not always obvious, nml the Intrigue of nrr old-fiishloned diplomatist proceeds to pitiless limits. Any one read ing llernstorff's final tribute would Imagine n Merlin whelmed in sorrow for our folonel and all the little Huntings snlflllng In unison. Hut It Is- clearly apparent on sec ond thought that Itcrnslorff tried to kill Colonel ' House with mortification and shame. No meaner advantage was ever taken of an earnest and well meaning man. Must we look now for n Xeppelln over the F'eace Conference, with llcrnstorff as chief of the Are control? how RKirmi(..w ;i:kmany wfkcts im:ck jssles i'linugli Civiliraliorr Muy (lave an Organized (nv eminent lo Deal Willi, lire Diplo. nulii' lljllle Will He lnlcui(icil fpHK restoration of order in (Icrmany, revealed in the conduct of u ccncral election invoIvitiR the broadest privileges of franchise, should have the effect of clarifyinu some of the most vital issues of the Peace Conference. The event, ab solutely unique in the history of n land in which for generations political liberty receded as material accomplishment .sped on, may conceivably eivc b stability to world opinion, which has crown increas inj;ly nebulous in the most nebulous period in human annals -the interval be tween Armistice Day and the formal opening of the monumental sessions at the Quai d'Orstiy. The well-nigh universal and inspiring!' wholesome indorsement of the principle of a league of nations does not contra vene that statement. But the unanimity of applause is for the basic theory. The fog thickens as practical modes of pro cedure are broached, while through the haze it has not been easy to discern the outlines of another problem which must be solved in recompense for it season of unspeakable suffering. That question concerns tho squaring of accounts with Germany. That justice, not unreasoning revenge, must be the solvent only in creases liberty-loving mankind's obliga tion to realize just as vividly as it did last summer the depth of Teuton guilt and the persistence of Teuton outrage until halted by military defeat. While Berlin, according to exceedingly colorful reports, was torn by civil dis sensions, while the (icrmair nation, whose armies had been overcome, seemed also to have collapsed structurally, opportuni ties for loose thinking were numerous. It was difficult to imagine the ratifica tion of a treaty with a nation which had ceased to exist. It seemed heartless to execute certain just aims, definite enough while the war was on, when a congeries of states was alleged to be disoriented and floundering. Kven the man who alihoi,. the deed.- of Bolshevism has instinctive pity for Rus sia. It is that feeling which has with held the operation of any suggested plan for forthright action and inspired the piotracted efforts to devise a project which shall combine compassion with such rebukes to madness a.s shall benefit both Kus-ia end the rest of the world. Kqually delicate might have been the ad justment of issue with (Jeunariy had she drunk from the same cup of woe as her Slavic neighbors. The way in which she has spurned the fell draught is unquestionably a 'stimulus to world progress. The preliminary steps toward the formation of a Teuton repub lic are directly in line with American hopes as significantly summarized in many of President Wilson's pronounce ments. It will be u tine thing if a Teuton democracy, sanely and peacefully admin istered, becomes an important and help ful spoke in the wheel of civilization. But before that ideal i- realized it is well to consider the relationship which Germany solidly organized means to the commissioner, around the peace tunic. It means that they will be dealing with a governmental entity, ami that is heart ening, for there must be at least two tangible parties to u contiact. On tho other hand, it ni"n.n that the new Ger many will probably conduct n diplomatic buttle with something of the same ob ntinsvy which the old empire manifested in the armed strife. There tare entirely credible reports that shn will oppose the unimpeachably just intention of thp world reconstructionistn to return Alsuce LorrainB to France. !u the wholly ilri ruble event tbut no taint of imperialistic grab will mur the peace proposals, there will be still a tre mpwlous atonement which Germany mut make unless xentimcntttlism be per mitted to flout justice. The temper of tho Allied delegates indicates that they will adopt no i.uch attitude. Their mil lion of constituents, however, will com prehend afl'aiis at Paris moro reason ably if they are sympathetic to tho truth that even a justice unsmirched by Junkensm is going to pile up a terrific bill against Germany to pay and that the now republic is daily gaining stiength to protest and squirm and intrigue against its enforcement. We can welcome the democracy of Geimany into an inter-national society when compensation has been made for the appalling wrongs which Germany as an emplro committed. The change of governmental forms is highly commend able, but it registers no blanket acquittal. Revcngo is a detestable emotion, and In dulgence in it would make a mockery out of tho proclaimed purposes of the world's selected band of architects. But neglect of justice, when it is possible to apportion it, is equally reprehensible. Justice is the best antidote for the cur rents of hazy sentimentality which Iiuvo been lather freely flowing during the singular interregnum, in which tho world freed from war has not yet established peace. Tho evidences of new govern mental power and equilibrium in Ger many give to the application of stern but sound justice a warranty It1 might not have were the nation utterly pros trate. That country is apparently still whole enough for civilization to deal fairly with it, and fairness implies full cog nizance and memory of its offenses. In April we will all have nno'lier chance to dci-nine stockboldirs In t rele Sum's) bank. MJMUOI.S UTKHTIIL'WUl TTHjn'ATIo.V, said (iovernor Mproul In - his Inaugural address, Is one of tho best safeguards against unrest, one of the great assurances of peace. Simultaneously, In a report relating to the enforced dis organization of the compulsoiy education bureau, Hr. John B, (iiirhcr, superintendent of schools In this eily, was calling general attention to a londliion of reduced efllclency in the educational system which has lesullcd in parr fi om the confusion of the war period tint! In part from the lack of generous attention which the community owes the schools mid the children depend ent upon Iherrr. There nre three cenli.il caties of crime, (lire is Ignorance, Another Is alcohol. The third Is poverty. Alcohol Is being elimi nated, but It Is vanishing before a propa ganda th it Is relatively easy because it Is dest cm live. Ignorance nml poverty have lo be met nrrd remedied by constructive methods. It Is possible to understand, therefore, why the concentrated zeal de voted to the elimination of the Ilquni tralllc has never been equaled In nny effort to Improve the school system or lit the larger and infinitely more important vwuk of lessening evtreme poverty. Those who nie charged with the direction of the public education system know how definitely the reactions of poverty ate felt irr the schools. It Is this phase of the question which elector fl.rrher deals with in recommending tho establishment of a parental school at lly berry . There is a reference In his report to children who ought to be vvltlidiavvn fiom homes "repugnant to proper Ideas of vhlld welfare." The question licie is whether the city has a moral light to take children flom homes wherein poverty Is an unavoid able ini-foitiine. Klscwhcre Doctor timber m 'ikes It plain thai because of Inadequate funds it Is no longer possible propcily lo enforce the compiil-ory education laws or to protect children who Hie the helpless victims of parental Ignorance or cupidity, e.piesed In mi eagerness for the small wages whkh children may earn at times when they should be at school. livery body knows the unfoitiinate plight of teachers in the public schools, who have to conteud with n system of salaries that his driven many of the bct men turd women out of tin- service altogether. The schools are quite as important as the new Governor indicate, anil Mr. Sproul could do wor-e than to appoint a commission for n complete -uivc.v of the system In the State in order that the public might be Informed of needs which, while ui.ulngly obvious, have not been properly defined. Ivthaps tire l'retit h lal.1- l as uii pt'ss is right in ho- lieuse living rhat lie-odin! Wilson s 'i lory for puliliuty is an empty one . that what the conference has kj do rr will do wmlj, and that only when tire deltgates lire in thorough aicord will they hold public mevting'. Ir haps. Perhaps nor. Ar least it may be said that. In the circumstance, utiles ihe d,-ie. ga'es sre unanimous. irVrecnn be no eciey . if rln-y are unanimous, th.-y must think alike up to a cer:in pouit . If they think alike, they ar really a har'iiutiloiis irs the publi- meeting would inilu,i' ; Hint if ihe pulilii meethigs indicate hiinnonv, there is, therefor.?, no new uuiside of ihe public meeting. And there you are. The very fact lhnt the delegates have ngivd lo publicity vv .1 be a lit long vveopon In ihe hands of the recalcitrant when thing go wrong. Wlun ih.ng go wrong, be very sure Unit the cor rpiinleii'rt will gel rhc news TI'iHish iheii' seems VVIhi Want- small likelihood that e llnn-V the silgges' lull of the iiui in secretary f the 1-Vd-erai ion of Labor calling fur Ihe shulltiig d" n of inimigriitton for a period of four yeat -vill be fuvorabl.v aited upon by I'nu gris. t la-re i. ar lea!, poil.ll.iy rhat action will be luken by the succeeding fungrer-s Ami ir may bo thar the iheraiy tei, which received want conlderal '.mi a few y,ar ago. will lie given jl fuller lirarlng. opponent of tin- uieaimre spenr many happy hour de iiml, shine rraw men--as, fur lntHine, b pointing our ih in know le Uged fHi I (lint sunt illiterate lire desirable immigrants arid sr.nie educated men lire mil but tlluo ma. be saved if Ir is frankly ackniiwUdgcd Unit the lileraci rer i ieisnc simplv to reduce the volume of Iminigrat ion and has 1(o otlui tn.rpoM- whaiwiever. 'II. iiitenn.li of Sen It Woulil i'"" I'lni-osm tn da lie Muib in.inrl thai the $(u.. end, (inn famine - relief fund asked by rhe I'rrai'leiu lie administered not by Mr Hoover but hv a committee causes if lo wonder what Mr Penrose would say If. when he vva hungry, he had to wait for a committee to ruder his dinner for him. , Nikola Testa, another VMmil tUdrical wizard, now 'I hrnr,' joins Manoni wlih tin lull, Ithinn alati inui' that he has be-ii receiving powerful s.gtuiN from oilier planet. IVrhapa the folk on Mars u inn to tniiipluin liwauae we have been kerping them aw ike for four year. Tho piace lonfcrees i, rap" luli are ald to be dls- lilpliniiaiy mssing Hie principles contain, d iri Hip trca- lii iiigoiiaied by William Jennings Hryan ; bur it .a a uf ber thai If President Wilson appoint a new delegate to the conference It will not lie Mr. Bryan. ihe llarriabuig inaugural demonstrate. Hint, although there may be d.lllcully In niakmv "k purses out of unpromising material, the rule does not npplv to silk haig. TlH.JEh. raking one thing mci, another, Uie i'.k email s lot is not a happv one, q is pleasing lo note that lie bas. .miiat.ve i nough to try lo make Ir eo. And of course, I ho lino will be busy just as frequenrly with the litw Ulcph'jne rates as with the old. CONGRESSMAN MOORE'S LETTER Cabinet Chnntcx anil the Policy' of i "Going White the Going . Good' McCormick and Palmer Ambitions Washington, I). C, Jan. 22. pKtt'NtAUY responsibility" !a given as - a teas:on for the retirement of some of our national officials, but certain keen ob servers have been mean enough to say that the human animal Is often prone lo "ro while the going Is good." N'o one who knew Mr. McAdoo would charge him with undue modesty in tackling big Jobs. Within the memory of living men, no one Is re called who ever undertook to do quite so much at one time as Mr. .McAdoo did. He van the Inspiration of the Administration in its efforts to finance the war and his taking control of the railroads waa com monly conceded to be a task of herculean proportions. In the council of national do f(ne, the war Industries board, the Fed eral deserve, the war finance corporation, the capital Issues committee, the farm loan hoard, and Irr his financial dealings with tho diplomats ot foreign nations, Mr. .McAdoo kept bis head above water and seemed to rise to every emergency. Hut when Mr. McAdoo retired "to make enough money to earn a living" as It were, the big problems; of reimbursement and adjustment were confronting the Treasury as well as the business lnteiests. and the operation of the railroads had reached its most acute stage. For these reasons the President and Mr. Class are entitled to our consideration. ATTORNEr OKNKUAty GnBGOftr. a -Texas jroduct, was the next member of tho President's Cabinet to throw up the sponge. He assigned "pecuniary respon sibility" ns a reason for quitting. Whereas rumor has given Mr. McAdoo a variety of positions and salaries, the latter running lip to as high as n million dollars a year, it has been asserted that Sir. Gregory was going Into the oil business at a salary of $:'u.nori a year. Sir. Gregory had seen his solb itor general, former t'ongressman John V. Davis, of West Virginia, advanced to the high post of ambassador to Great Iliitain ami probably felt the pinch of a $ l:noo salary under the existing high cost of living at the capital. I.Ike former (.'on grcssmarr J. Harry Covington, whom Presi dent Wilson made the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia nficr his signal service In framing anti trust laws. he. too. concluded to get out "while the going was good." Covington vas nrr K.iston. Maryland, lawyer, who had graduated from the t'niverslty of Pennsyl vania, where he listened to George S. Gra ham lecture on law, but after a few years as Chief Justice he saw his opening for a return to rhe bar and look advantage of it. rpAV that ihe Attorney General retiies ' with no special record for prosecuting the rriists that were lo have been "crushed" tinder the present Administration, and with a growing demand for the repeal of many Inquisitorial and restrictive laws enacted before and dining the war, gossip as to what Sir. Wil-nn will do about it is general. The names of two Pennsylvania lawyers. A. Mitchell Palmer and William A. Glas gow, have been brought forward ns avail able for the succession. Glasgow came from Virsilrl. and. locating In Philadelphia, won an early leputation as a trust busier. Peing a Democrat of the McCormick-Pal-iiH-r-ltoland Morris. George W. N'ori Is gioup of rcoiganbe' s. bP has been fahly cloc ro Un- Administration. During the recent ab breviated inquiry into the reasons for the $Uin.ii0o.O(H i t-lieT fund for distribution in Kuropo. Mr. Glasgow was the principal Hoover- witness. His statement beforo tho Itules I'oiiim'ttce was about all the infor mation Congress had. while the President and former Ambassador White began to cable from Pails. "pAl...Mi:it'S claim upon the attorney gen--- eialshlp is Mionger than tint of Glasgow'.-, lid was a Wilson "hulldog" in the Haltimote convention of 10!:;, whom llryan i ould nor wheedle or cajole. He almost of fended Champ Clark, his congressional bailer, who had tiro largest number of votes on rhe mrly bailor, by being so rlr-ndfast for Wilson. 11 is no secret that he hoped to be utlormy geneial under Wil son. Thai would have been in the line of Ins profession. Hut so far as is known, the nearest he camp to the Cabinet was tho tender Indirectly of the War portfolio, which lie could riot accept In good grace because of his Quaker convictions. AViih SlrP.ey nolds on the Supremo Court bench and Gregoiy out to mend bis financial fences, llro mention of Palmer's name does not seem unreasonable. As alien property custodian, it Job that Secretin y ncdlleld lovcted for his Department of Commeice. but with the creation of which the former Secretary of the Treasury had much to do. Mr Palmer lias c.er'clsed n wide In lluerii e and attained a great deal of pub. Ib-ity. The oftlce is only a temporary one, however, and will "go the voyage" liko many of rhe other numerous Wilson war buieaus Just as soon as peace Is declared uiil Congress gets down to its declared purpose ro reticneh anil economize. QX THK v- nouncer heels of all this conies tire an- emenr of the probable appoint ment of Vaiicvi SlcCormick to he ambassa dor in l'rance to succeed Sir. Sharp, tho rich ohman. who was taken from Congress for rhe Paris embassy. SlcCormick has been ihe side-partner of Palmer In all re. cent efforts to establish Democratic su premacy In Pennsylvania. He wus rhe suc cessful chairman of the Democratic Na tional Committee, conducting the Wilson presidential campaign, and did not give up when appointed chairman of the war trndo board. Although attacked for retaining his political ehalimanshlp while serving us the President's appointed fm an Important war board. Sir. SlcCormick did not yield until thn news came from Paris. .Mean while, the war trade board Is coming in for a big share of fhn criticism leveled against all war boauls and bureaus. In Ihe House recently Jtnprcsentiitlvo Good, of Iowa, made the siarilliig statement thnt Iho President had advanced J3,0n0,000 of bis JIOO.000,000 fund to promote Itusslan welfare arrd relief through a Connecticut corporation of world-wide powers, of which Sir. SlcCormick was tho head. Tho news papers did not carry much of this story, but the House listened to It attentively, "TROUBLE ENOUGH MIDOUDT YOU, THE CHAFFING DISH We have an Idea that Sir. Spr mil will be a good Governor, for lie seems In have been almost the on.'y man In llarilsburg yesterday who hud the good ense not In wear a silk hat. This Balmy Winter P.ailroad man says tight skills make trains late, as it takes the vvomn so long to get on and off the cars. News Item. The railroads are mlsng their old alibi, "Snowstorms up the line." The League of lings The doss met in council al the (jutil d'orsay to decide what .should he done about the dachshund. The quest Ion was whether they should give up any of their haul-earned bones to save him from liol shevisru. The Irish terrier said, '('online him lo his kennel until his distemper Is over." The Kngllrh hull said, "Let me get my teeth n Ills neck." The .Scotch collie said, 'lie ought tu bo kilt." The American fox terrier said. "He must be House-broken." The l'rench poodle fald, "Let him eat his Bonaparte from decent dogs." The Russian Borzoi, who was thought to he suffering from a few HoMrev il; liens himself, said. "Let him have a bone, pro bopo publico." The Italian setter said. "Ills puppies should be drowned; lookout for the heir of the dog that bit you." The Chinese chow said, "Mangy dogs make poor companions," The Belgian t-hlcrr de halt said, "Let him wear his tail at halt mastiff." Tho Spanish spaniel said, "There are some gooil kennels on Saint Helena." Tho Great Dane said, "He ought to bo docked." The Japanese pug sua!, "Let him be made irrtu sausages." The Balkan boarhotind Mid," "He ought to he considered a cat." And when the dachshund taw how they all felt about It he wagged bis tali and sild, "Such a fuss about a little scrap of bone." Our Suburban Correspondent (Badly Detain) Marathon, I'a Nov. SO 19H. Fred Slyeis is reported to have got the better of a particularly fierce turkey which arrived Just before Thanksgiving and spent the week-end. l'red's friends, who are ar xlous to take tho most charitable view of the Incident, think that the bird's conduct was nnt ani mated by any personal grudge against Fred himself. They think that tho tut key must have been Ill-used In youth or else was unaccustomed to the society of human beings, for upon seeing Its host It at once exhibited every symptom of mis plclon and alarm. I'red interned it In a large chicken coop, hut the fowl escaped by night. However, it was unable to break through tho cordon of neighbors and was reconflned. With characteristic kindness of heart, Tied refused to believe that the honorable bird would again break parole, He an chored it to the house with a clothes Hue. It seems, however, that the turkey bud a case of the prevailing flew. Again It broke away, and spent Ihe night In uneasy flight above the peaceful roof of -Marathon. Slany a citizen thought the roar of Its wings was the sound of a hostile airplane. At dawn It was discovered roost ins upon a tree. The Marathon arsenal, consisting of UIH Stltes's shotgun, was rapidly mobilized. Pickets were posted at points of Militate and al the zero hour 1'ied and Bill advanced over the top. Tho associated neishliois strengthened tho moiale of the attackcis by enthusiastic shouts. Hauls Harris, mined with a safety razor, stood on guard at his front porch. Both barrels of ihe Stiles weapon. Justly dreaded by the whole community, wCie loaded, and afler cautious midlines the Infuriated bird was penned In a oiner be. twecn ihe sunrise and the Boy Scout Tioop. Bill's relentless linger was already on the trigger, when I 'red. icincmbciing old foot ball tactic-. Hung himself forward with Irresistible clan. As Slaishal lii was later to say of the American I loops, he had "Ihe devil's own punch." Ginsplng the terrible eicilure mourn! ihe thighs, he' brought II to earth. Bill icinovcd tho cot ton wool fiom his ems mid took off the recoil pad fiom Ids light shoulder. The Il rui 1 verdict on the turkey was ihat they served him right. Little Itrd Ridiiij: Hood anil lln; ItoMicvikj I (Irint Tale ftevi-cdi l.lltle Bed Biding Hood, representing the Khert government, was on her way through the forest of nnauh.v to visit her old grandmother Ger many. She was carrying u little basket of sausages ijnd n bottle of beer, us all the Independent Socialists weie out trying to borrow 'machine guns and the old lady was In danger of starvation. A number of Soviets weie lurking In the woods, but seeing the little ghi's led hood they spaied lici. When Bed Biding Hood, ncared her grandmother's outage she heard a terrible uproar. The old lady was scieamlng and Iheio were hoarse anil confused sounds of sliugglc. clashing ciockery i ml loud bangs mid thumps The mile gh, filghtened, hid in n thicket nulii all was iiulet. Then she ciept up and tapped timidly op the door. "Come In. my dear." said a harsh volfe. "Poor Grandma," thought tho child, "she must havo a had soic throat. A'by, her voice sounds utmost like Bosu Luxem burg's Used to. But I guess tho beer will do her good." So, unsuspicious, she went In. Ginndniother (icrmany was lying under ihe covets. All Bed Hiding Hood criuld seo was the tip o.' her cup. "Why, Granule," she said, "what are you doing with all these rrrachlno guns'."' "1 tiso them ns alarm clocks," suld the old lady from under the bedclothes. "Hut how teriinly hoarso jour voice Is," said the little girl. "To filShten Ihe bourgeois," said the old lady. "Dear me." said Bed Biding Hood, puz zled. "But we arc both bourgeois, aren't we?" Grannie tin civ back tho covers and her faco was terribly changed. Her grandchild shrank back In alarm. "Oh, grannie." she Kald. "what glittering eyes you have!" "The better to aim a machine gun vvllh, my deal'," said the Wolf of Anarchy, for it was lie who had devoured I lie old lady ifs she lay 111, , "1 don't believe you are my grannie at all," said Bed Biding Hood as she started to lleb. "Quito light, my dear," cried the Wolf as be leaped out of bed and riddled tRo child with his machine gun. And the moral Is. If you want your grandmother to get her ineaJg regularly, keep the Wolf away from tho house. BOCItATKS. I GOT YET!" t EQUALITY WIIi:. fifty bowmen, st Vary no finger's brea Ill's fifty bowmen, straining in a row,. finger's breadth In mens eaillh In measured flight; When down the stadium ten ruiincis go, r And first lo choose defies ull human sight: s. When yew and olive-branch yield bow fori bow, 1 And star mid minor star tlas.li equal light: 'When maids of one blith-morn are atl so fair ' That none in visible degree surpass In gifts of grace, bright eyes and shining hair: .t When weights of lead and gold give mass for llltiss; When the high sods shall answer every prayer. - And each man's auspices come forth to pass: In that, -ami lu no earlier,- hour shall ye Wail fitly In the streets, "Kquality !" -James l-Mvvard Blchardson, In "The 1'or-cst-Altnr and Other Poems." ' And. of course, the gentleman doesn't care who Is Stale Historian so he may do his $ln.H00 snug and dance. There is pathos In the thought that thel virt lorccs of today will be the dry forces at the riPM Inaugural. As the Peace Conference progresses, the, necessity for Busslan representation will be-' come steadily moro apparent. The peace conferees; having indulged In "fine words" will now proceed to "butter parsnips." Tho President has lery evidently taken,, his "open mind" with him to the Peace Con-' feieiu-e. Ilairlsburg missed the National Guard ' yesterday, hut thrilled tn the glory thnt caused their absence, T.et us hope that the pulchritudlnous I'lilon 'Republican Club marched only on" clean streets In Harrlsburg and that Its spats were not hopelessly ruined. Nobody expects that Governor Hprouf ' will please every body. What Is hoped and believed Is that he will steer n straight '' course. What Do You Know? QUIZ I. How ninny klnca of Prame were named u ". Who Inifnleil the alrhrnlif ;' . VUnit Is the orlon dfrk ef a ship'" H 4. WImi l Hie nrw (irund Iluihrsa of l.utrm- tmr". 5. What la the frreilnc point of olive oil; 0. How Dinnj times was Henry I luy nominated for Iho preslilrnrj? T. Who wrote the novel, "l.orna lloone"? 8. How-mam- ounira makn u pound In Iroy 0. Where Is the Hoosae tunnel and how Ion I HI. W luil l Hi illiTerenre In lime between W'ah-" Inalon, It, ' ami runtluEo, llilfe. Answers lo Yc.terday'o Qui 1. lennoe .1. I'ndeeenal.1 lni Iwn nmda I'remlar ' of Ihe new Polish l.oienimenl. '"" 1. (roiiiiillioE day la Irbroar.v ?, ,( R. Ihe I'anuiim t'uiiul la Hflj- inllra lour. 4. The lnlli.il. I', It. (I. s. Hand for Pells- of Iho Kojnl (ieoiirunhlriil Soviet,. ,, A. ,nis tnnnaee Is Ihe llture ol.lnlned br flila. h"" lli'o '" ,olul"" ' hl In cubic ( II. .lohiiiinijl.iire Is Ihe lnrjet rlty In th. i-it i-M -- ps -aa wiib in rsuum ,irira. 7, (,eiirce Wiislilnclini m, president ol IS." miifu Mine l onsllluilonnl (onventlon, K' TlnnuW"nal5,I!!.1 "' ""' "0,i lnd" ,r ')" 0, The lornato formerly ronller4 unlit 10. A Iprrutu I a, rouiDonlllon for piano, arena. ' tioVh 'aiti ' ruS"BH' 1 . v ' ', I ( ! : T- I -! yy
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