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Me. nnd ", New Ynim IlcniMU The Kim Building Hinai'itii'Tios- nTEa Tho rrrsiMi rim 10 t.rt-ncn l rTW!2 aub.erlheri. in I'hllH.Wt.hla an; ,u""V"dJ,"5 towns nt the rate of telo !- ''enta per week, pontile to the rarrier, . . , M Bv mall lo points mit.ldo nt rhL,"d,.nh,.,i In the United States, ranajla or In ted Btatea Troaaeartona PuM" free, J ""' eentu per month Six ($ dollars per ear. payable In advance .... .,.., To all foreign countries ono (t dollar PfNonr"ohic-SubeCr1h-r! TttahlnK address changed mut give o'd as well as new ad- dress. Mil. 11)00 WALNUT KF.YSTOM MAIN J00O CrrWreii nil commurijrnlto". Jo i'tnlna ntladrlpltla. Member of the Associated Press THE ASSOCIATED PllESS is ticlu nivcly entitled to fc imc for republication of all news dupaich crtdttcd to it or not oinrriciac nc....- in this paper, and also mc ioco Bt.u published therein. All rights oj republication oj pai' dispatcher herein are also leicrvcd. Phllidflphil. ridir. pnl 30. i:o FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR PHILADELPHIA Thine on which the people expect (he new administration to concen- (rate Its attention: The Delaware river bridge. A drydoek big enough to accommO' date the largest ships. Development of the rapid transit sys tem. A ronuefltlon 7inlf. A Duitdlnp for the Free Library. An Art Museum. Enlargement of the icatcr supply. Homes to accommodate the popula tion. DO WE CARE? TV PAMIIKX two voters out of etery 1 Urn Mimlifieil enst ballots in the prcsideut'nl primaries. Hven that nverage appears high in -oniuinuu with the returns fiotn many other com munities In other words, thiee out of every five vnteis were not sutticientl.v inter rated in the affairs of the government j or in the nation itself t" help in the , selection of a President for what mav , be one of the most momentous periods ' In all Amei lean historj. i Now and then one is foned to won- iter whether the people of the I'nitcil ) States actually are interested in u fiee government. At almost ever? election it is possible to understand why boss rule is eosy in the world gieatct re public. Senator Johnson's threat of an appeal to the courts for the primary ninjorit.v and Mr llaird's denial of lobbeiy in his sphere of iiilluence mean little. No one knows whether Wood. Johnson or some one else was the choice of the Jersey people The people refused to take the tum ble necesarv to expiess their desire. A GOOD POLICEMAN Sri'KUINTCNnCXT MII.I.S should name the trnlhc man who lias de vised 'an electi icall.v heated shelter with electric signalinj; svstcm" which i tn he intiodticed on lieavtl.v ttuvcied xtreets next winter for the policemen who have to endure the mauling of win ter weather while tliej make the wav clear for folk who move about in sqiic motors. The inventor can i hum to he not onlv a benefac tor of his kind, but a man with a right com opt urn of etli cieiK'.v standards and the hiiini.u factor. Am one who has learned to appie cinte the hi client anil patient work of the tiathc' man will feel better lo see hini lucked away in safetv from the snow ami wind. The promise of better night signals is intimutid in the plan. The suggested reform will he greatly welcomed hi a public wln-h never has been able to understand win men on trnllic posts haven't been sheltered be fore now and w hj night and day tialhi signals at en t brought up to date CONTINUING THE RACE -T-l II 1-l'll'VI 1..0.I...-. ..I,.. I,.,... !,.. y .. .. v. -L at sea sm.e the primaries in New. .leisey and Ohio will uaturallv look to I 'nlifoi uui and Indiana as harassed mariners have nluar looked to the afe nnd dependable laud These two state will vote net Tues da Thev tnav piove to he the del id ing faitoi. in the campaign prelinn nniies. and leiruiulv thev will provide excellent te. of iiirii'llt politn al feeling Hoover .i ml .lohnsnn supporters aie in n bitti r right tn California, and no iiueii of that stale can suj whuh of the two landidates will be in ( epted as the state favorite sou In Indiana tin even mon- inteiei-tin ists. Wood lohnson situation CX Louden and llaidiiig me mi the piimarv toket Kach is miming without a handicap of nn soil lli, Indiana vote i- likeh to be Mgnilhan; in note wavs than one HUNTING FOR A HOME Tin: IS 1HE housing situation iu New , ork llilltn flltlt it iv . f,,i i nil tlui .losmg of ,h. sU ivchang. to.no,rw Mny I is movmg dnv Mauv brokers doing Inismes. on the .vchnnge have beeu foi.edt.. Mi-at. ll.eirp.esent r- teis will, tie evioiation of then l.i and thev must lin.l new s Thev cannot do hu-inc- wluh moving. As a result th tin v are i slot k I c'liiliges iu the other . Hies UK hiding in iiiiiiiii mi in ii i i itti i ni.1111 (lien i i This, we believe, is the lit-t ,,I11P and fairness ot r runuin n. i.ane, tor- the shortage of housing has for I a "n-r secretarv of the interior, make him great exchange to susp I business. It available. Charles L. Hughes, formei is one of II suits of the .essation of '""" of ,lin ' n,'e(1 tutes Supreme lioiinal peine a. Inilies dniing the war. ('""rt- "' " "'",."' w ''"' J'1"'"'I ''" 1'ntll the huildiugs which ought to hnve p"rietm and peculiar gifts for uniavel lieen put up iu RI17 11UV and lillil aie ' B '"' ''0"lfis ,,f,n ''omplicuted Indus, built, the shoitugc of shelter of nil kinds. "l UlhmllP- A t,on "' lar'r; wl'u will conliimc I ran for tlie presidency on the Demo- 'ratio ticket, is a former judge with it THE NIGHT Llt'l vvl; It'U in lii'imany since The Unj for I'lltcll the kriscr sud his people prepared so elaborately i.us been just one smash af'cr another, and the for mal auuoui'cemont by Doctor Wlrth. minister of the treasury that a linancinl collapse Is Impending should not be in tho leant surprising (icrinmiH who have to bear tlie re pcmslbljltles o( the new government biii1..mIa..L am laltiif-aUa 1 111 t iltVtjt llll tllul. ri,..Hi.a.n i..i iititn lieln fmm the mil. " '': "" '' ... . ' .' lve clement of tbc German population litis war profits to spend. It Is bitting n wild pace, cornering the food and re fiialnjt to worry. Nine-tenths of the people nre enduring hardship and are mental stnbillty by the only method nvnllnble to them the method of bard, cotnlsctont and patient work. German credits hnvc fallen fnr. But they can fall further, and the smash that Doctor Wlrth talks of would create i . llnip .,,. f ,. .. rcRt 0f I Europe. The San Remo conference is doubtless considered this imsslble con- tingencv. and it would be Interesting to know what plans were made for a new crisis that would have to be met if Rerlln threw up its hands and an- nnunced Its inability to make Indemnity lm.uneiits in ciish. Meanwhile the Germans who had their Day ate learning whnt Night can be. ' ; CAVEMAN METHODS MUST BE AVOIDED A Better Way for Settling the An thraclte Labor Dispute Has Been Proposed by the Operators iVrrilKN two men di-ngree. two courses VV nre open to them : They may either fiKlt jt out. with the victory going to i,rutc force; or they can call in a third nnd nsl. nim to ,iecije between m' .... . Organized society began when the cavemen began to discover that a set- tlenient by brute force wns usually un satisfactory. Primitive courts were set up to nttle griennces, and brute force i.i then iisim! to rompd the dof'ntid iii.in to respect t'le decree of approxi mate justice. , We call otir-ehes civilized, but the enveman method of settling disngiee ments still persists. It was tried in the "outlaw" railroad strike a few days ago. Unless the rule of reason prevails It will be tried in a dispute between the anthracite mine operators and the mine workers. A working agreement ex pires next Wednesday. Negotiations for a new agreement have thus far failed. Because of the failure and be- 'cause of the deplorable consequences of i the resort to force bj the mine workers to secure what they ask for. the opera - tors i;no requested the Preiident to appoint three men representinc the pub M"' V act as arbitrators. Heic is their -...v .. ..i i.i in.- -iiii,iiiiiii i mi iiteil request to the President: Whereas lnder date .Manh !. 19.20. nt a general confeience v,f an thracite operators ami anthracite mine woiuors, the workers presented to the operators certain specific ile lnands uerlni? wnces and wo, king conditions In the anthracite Inaustrj. upon the epiiatlon of the cu.itiua of Mn ". 1'Mi and Whereas t said general .onfet ence fou.- i epresentatles of each party were appointed a committee to take under consideration the demands presented bj the trine workers and to negotiate a new contract . and Whereas. Puling the sessions of said committee the mine workers modified two of their demands to wit the demand covering wages and the de mand covering hours per da and das per week nnd Whereas, The committee after sev eral wes ol earnest eftort has been unable to ie.n-h an agreement, and Whereas It Is to the public interest that Uie.e b? no cessation ot woil; and that anthracite coal shall be sup plied to he consumer without Intel i tuition, therefore be it P.esohed. That the President of the t'nlted htntes be teiiuehted to appoint ihrvc men unnmllated with .ins an thracite operation or with an labor organi7ation and itpresentatlve of the publl' who shall sit as ai'oitta tors with this committee and decide all quest on at issue based on the demands before the .onreieme the decision nf the atbitratois to be final anil binding on the parties to this submission iMgncri W 1. ruXNI'.l.l. vv .i. v.iciiAitrs. v Hunnr. d w.vnr.iNni: It i in'OiMciv.ible thnt the mine workeis will be so ill-atlrid ns to strike. They have undoubted griev ances. Their emplo.veis have shown a 'disposition to i '"dress them. The prob ' lems involved are so complicated that I no outside spectator can pus upon them. I Rut lepresentatives of the public can 'be found npnble of hearing both sides nnd at living at a conclusion winch , would be fair not onlv to the workers and to the operators, but lo the nntlira i ite consumers also The refusal of tin operators to cou '.cde all the demands of the miners ma.v be pnmaril.v selfish, but it is in the in -i ei est ol the hoiischoideis who have to 'heat their houses. It would be ea for l the wotkers and the opeiators to icune I to nn ngi cement for a readjustment of the hours of labor and an increase in ' , ., ,. v ,. ,,:.,. ,n lilt- iiii yJk I'm.- . - (... ... inciease the pine of anthracite enough to cover the cvtra cot of mining. The public is at the mercy of the coal pro ui ers It must pa.v what they demand. Kverv ineiensc in wages comes out of the pocket of the ultimate consumer The opeiators know this, and when thej objei t to such nn iiuiea-e as the in n are now demanding thev ate stand i g out against an increase in the prue of oal above present intes Sin Ii disputes as tins one ought to be taken befote .in industrial court. waere in.- ...... .,- . , 'P-i'1'' upon iu the interests of all par ties As we nave no iniiiisiriai couus the plan suggested by the operators i the best one i on. eivnble In all the cir- unistuiKCs A coinmission of thiee luun, sitting as arbittators. could rem h a decision that ought to commend Rm If to everv fan -minded person President Roosevelt appointed sin b a commission to settle the foul strike of U which conia.neu some or ,e most .distinguished c.tiens Iherc aie men available now just a- abe as those'ap- Inlifl b.v President Roosevelt, and .'" ""'1'1 ""''""I."' tm III the puhln interest. I lie Iituess or tonne. .President I ait tor tii'ii woik win nt I nine suggest nseii ne uas uau r nerience on tlie war laooi uoaru wiihii i ' .. , i .. ,m. . .i ..... csnei inlly quinines uini i no nullities line iec-ord lor tairness. rrot. r.mory R. .lobuson, of the University of Penn- vlvauiu. is au expert on questions of wages and transportation, with experi- ence iu iuiliitrinl arbitration. Rresident WiNou should not find it difficult to persuude three men of the vpe of those mentioued who would be willing to serve They should be men of national reputation in whose impar tiality all parties would have conli delict . I I Rut Buch a commission cflonotoe ap I I... ..J ..iltl !, nt-i uni-llra nnw n i;n cxvJU,"'l,'iv:vi ," iiT,:" -v- w EVENING PUBLIC accept its decision, They havo re jected the plan proposed by the op erators, but their reasons have not been mndo public. It may be that they object to consent to nbldc by tho decree of the arbitrators. But without such con tent arbitration would be futile. It' cannot be that the workers think that President Wilson would pack the court niffllnst them, for his record is such as to lead one to believe, that if he ' leaned In any direction it would be toward tho workers. Indeed, nt the present time the symnathy of every one with the wage enrncrs. They have is been hard hltJby tho high range' or prices. The value of the dollar in their tnarily associated with the nwaKening pay envelope has been cut In half since of spring, the glad reaffirmation of the ,1011. The rate of pay has been in- ; ' "ndJ"f;c , Tensed in many instances, but in t&XZ?AX2 i lias It been increased enough to make ,nl);, nMj ()tlor iro.,cnn countries nnd helr present wnge.s ec'iinl in purchasing lm(i sllrvved tn some extent In Amei- power to their wages six years ago. Mon. Today In numerous parts of Con- It would be difficult to pick any group tlnentnl Etiiopp, nnd notably in Paris, of distinguished citizens who would be the public braces Itself for a shock. I unsympathetic with the demands of Tho radicals, who have announced, Inline. ft If rllil tint frrnllt nil tlint lnlinr asked, it would be for practical rensons ? 'growing out of consideration for wider Ji.i , o,n. f n n.-ft,,,.!.. in 1,,"t""t8 thnn ,l,0,c o n Particulnr in' ,,,..,. Iho in tie workers are asking for an "acceptable plan of arbitration. Ibis evfdetitly means that they nre willing to continue the negotiations. Wo can- not believe that they will fail to make a counter-proposal which can be used ns the basis of a compromise. When this compromise has been reached, then fho T'rnalilenf pah ntinnlnt nla nnmrnla ' sin to .consider the issues on the terms lnKrrenblc to the disputants, A romnrnmis i9 ii,i. for ,iii labnr leaders are doubtless aware that they might not have the sympathy of the public in a strike at this time, and tlie) Know that no strike notbacked by public sentiment has ever sucreeded. , At any rate, the tountrj should not commit the error of the soft coal, the Vustom. Flora was. of course, rejected I steel and the railroad strikes, which ins pagan, but Mny Day remained en I wns to Ignore tho menace of the situa- , livening, cheer-begetting. In medieval tion until the crisis came and both (times an important feature consisted of sides were embittered. It is time wen had passed out of the caveman period in tho adjustment of industrial dis putes, especially those affecting neces sities of civilized life. MR. PENROSE'S VIEWS SB'V"" 'KM.vJSK.n9M,nUrnrr sJ in Floridn, has been out of Wash- melon and awa.v from the maddening crowd for several mouths. He lias had the advantage of the distant view, and it is probable that a clearer focus on national affairs such as i possible from the sidelines prompted him to attnek the general question of taxes in tin first statement which lie lias issued sjhm the campaign took form. Monej is uppermost in everjbodj's mind Kver.vbod.v is in mad pursuit of it. The government needs vast quan tities of it. and the question of u fair or half-fail distiihution is crnvvint? not only troublesome hut pniuftil. War taxes were-hnrriedlv devised nnd ,ei- tninlj some of them have reacted to limit pmdui tion the one cou!deration that is more impottn'it even than mouey. There is a point at which nn .tionol taxation will defeat its own pur pose, and theie ate times when it appeals that we have readied and passed it The suggestion that the whole ques tion he taken up anew and consult red in confereia es of e perls, where all people and all interests shall have iep- resentntion. is a good one. I.enels1",,",'"'..'.'. ''Tl"'Mi1 ' Ieinose is not s happy 1P i.PnBm. of Nations. observes the senator, "is resentntion, is a good our a uiiddic tun t has hurst It mav that the plan for a league of nation is lost to the wothl. Ilur .Mr. Penrose v.'otilil better liave met the Icqtiiremcnts of the time if he had vcntuied to sug gest what we ma.v have as an alterna tive. Shall we drift nnd arm and build nn enormous uuvv and accept a position important muncils of Kurope? We lire iu Kurope with enormous loans and enormous 'inoial tesponsibilitics. How shall we gi t out? Mi .lohiison snjs theie is something strange nnuectcd with the leturns from New .lersej. And tlicre is, of course. Kvervbodj noticed it. Rut thnt does not ucicssarily mean fr.tticL Senator Itaird lemarks in passing that if there was any fraud in the state it must have been in the northern counties, where Johnson run strongest That seems to lie a plain statement that smacks of repartee. You may wake and call us carlv. call us eat l.v. Lubor clear, ' l-or tomorrow, iu Spain nt least, 'twill he tlie maddest dav iu the vear In all the glad new vear. Lnbor, the maddest, craiest dav When Moitial Law untitles Annrchv y she cannot be Queen, of tbc .Mnv. W'r have no definite knowledge of the fact that "You should wear n crown" was sung bv tlie member, of the I'riinsylvnnia Stute Dental Society when it adjourned its convention in Reading jesterdaj. but that is doubtless their view of the duty of every sover eign citizen. The Darby man who has invented n "stoopless seeder" u ga pipe down which the seeds are dropped on the hills nnd rows in his gnrdeii lias bimply illustrated the agi-old fact that Lazi ness is the mother of as many inventions as Necessity. The I'nited States Ordnance l)e pnttment is selling women's clothes Inn. suit, coat and shoes for 510 A woman .so icunpped will be dressed to kill the II. C of L. It inn v be tiiat Attotnev Uenernl Palmer stales a lact wnen lie says unit eighteen cents is u fuir price for sugar, hut he can't expeebnny householder to agree with him. Theie may still be one or two na tional questions thnt tlie I'nited States Chamber of Commerce has not dis cussed, but we cannot think of them. The jeggmen who blew a safe in n tailor shop nnd got SI fit) nre almost convinced thnt honesty is the best policy. s York rumors of a etrel If New , merger hnve a foundation in fact, it will put the steel trust on its mettle, I. The thieves who robbed nn alms hox in local chinch have their own ideas concerning a church drive. The House investigating committee is going afler -Mi. Palmer with a sugar stick. fPhr i fli inmn vtnli tn fiftrmtaiw of isolation and hope that an unpover- ""i '- " "" "" "" , , HPttilN tno disputes between worker .nam Allen White, his politicnl adven- ished Europe will ,,av its debts , buv ' ttrTUX i", ''"1,nr''1 ',' ,!c,U,ht ""Van cunplovcr 'turos have all been managed by Harvey ec-rUmV ,r:;r:,:;,: r- ample, as would have been assuted by this invilation the working classes of g " 'j fj ' n iuti! of siav'T '"ll.nuo one in Kansas calls the American iep iitatiou m the recent I Lit ope celebia ed Mily 1 as Labor Da.v. " " w,,,'1u .'-,.. ,,..., governor anything but Henrv. the state Meredith's attack on chronjc jHvjkcrj,the,odc4Mt BfllV LEDGER PHILAPELPHIA, ftlUDAY WHO OWNS MAY DAY? Radical, and Policemen Are Now Crowdlno the Poot and Morris Dancers In the Celebration TTIORMEKLY poets were among the Jf Pi,i.f p-iphmnts of Mav Day. Now the police 0U0 take n hand. The effect Is indeed curious. Here a festival, Its roots In Arcadian an- tiquity, vvnicn lor centimes ii- OR tllCV niiminllV lIO. tlint It IS COminR, not necessarily frown on the Innocent festivities of yore. The ban Is : not so much on mirth ns on the functionlne of certain nllewd concomitants of crvillza- ITIUUII U11LKVH WUlH.Ull.lll.ll. without them, smiling becomes a particularly stringent test of good nn- ture nnd Instinctive high spirits. The French, for Instance, have promised a cenernl strike for tomorrow, May Day. Even If the performance Is incomplete- ns i cfry Is so often the case, the mood of rev- is assuredly shadowed. THE fact Is the May Day Is really two days In one. The older observ ance dates back to rites offered to Mala, the Roman goddess, snld to hnve been worshiped ns the principle nnd cause of fertility. Later Flora. alo a fer tility deity, the successor of Maia. was honored with popular feasts, with games, dances, dramatic jierforniniices. i Chi-ltliimlfv nilliiHteil itself to the nocturnal expedition to tnc woous. where branches were, gathered, brought home nnd attached to the household doors. Lovers sometimes .honored the nbodefi of the fair ones In this way and 'verse-makers celebrated the practice. "Itringing in the Mny" is a toking I phrase of which the meaning has be Kn(.Inn(1 vhn , 'villages fetched i come nnzj. ii was not so iu .iicrrr e voting men of the from the forests the tallest and stralchtest trees that could be promired. stripped them of branches adorned them with garlands and bright ribbons, painted the pole witli gay stripes and established them as foci for ound games, dances and fun-making. Customs similar to those of the Anglo-American Mnj Day prevail in , ninnj lnnds. The Russians have n pring festival, celebrated by children with a choral dance called Kliorovod. The lloli festival is the Fast Indian ob servance It assumes, as did the cailj Itomnn (clebrutioiis. a somewhat erotic character. . wlll,t ls ''& ot l10 antique May Day ." r ?" " i"ntry is evidenced .pnn cipallj in conscious attempts to be genuous. The effort is entirely harm- less, but it is u rather l;een test of public self-consciousness. (Irauted a poetic climate in this vi- cinity it would, however, be easier to share sini erely the poets' enthusiasm. There nre even cynics capable of main- tuluing that the gush bus been laid on rather thick. Witness how TennyKon's 'I'm to lie Queen of the .May. Mother," has lent itself to abundance of delicious parodies. .mill: .atnival of the tadkuls puiscntsldo in the last r - nuite another side of the picture. , freedom of the ,( ,J uMM tmt of T, . A,,en.n0 , Foln ,lll( mwh to ,,,, w, tho sl.hc,j. i to do with frc tiled social manifestations which re - lilted to some cMent in the superses sion of poets bv policcnien As with most customs, none thelcsi.. the origin of May Day strikes is dis puted. In ls.s.1). afler the American Federation of Labor had indorsed the general strike tor an 'iglit-hour du.v Rebel and Liebknecht the latter not to be confused with the mote recent bearer of the Mime name killed iu the i ltellin uprising of 101D the ptoposition. declaring never formall.v indoise it so long us the Hohen.olleins titled in ueiniauv Ft REVt'II labor, however, has ipnle itself liotlier reason for asseiting on .Mnj I. l,he occasion is a sort ol Memorial Da.v . leminiseenl of that re markable levolutiou, the Commune of 1S71. Save in Russia mid Ilungar.v. none nf the radical upheavals associatcowith the waning and termiuntiou of tlie woild w"r have assumed the proportions of the Paris insurrection which followed the 'occupation of that cit by tlie (iermun ticiops at the c-oticlusion of the Franco- ' Rrussiun coutlic t. The Communists lose i against the French tegular Hoops and ,0,,k possession of the capital. Thev I 1',,ll il tv"m March 1 to Ma.v L'7. 171. I battling most of tlie time against tlie forces of the government, which hud taken lefuge in VcimiiIIcs The terror uf those months bears comparison in intensity with the grim mest dnvs of the first French Revolu tion. Roth sides carried the hitter struggle to the most ttagic extremes. Pnris Itself barely missed total de struction. As it was. the Column Ven dome was torn down, the city hall (Hotel de Villi I and the historic palace of the Tuileries wne consumed bv (lames. The Commune, lion ever, lemnins to a considerable bodv of Socialists and Red partisans in France a symbol of triumph, large-scaled, if brief. The memory of It which is preserved in the Mav Day manifestations is nlso hitter The "bourgeois" government, led by Thiers, had no licsltnnc) in adopting the sternest methods of repiisnl. The i nclicals claim that on May 1, the day nn which the Versailles ininv took the important positions of Chimin I and tlie Chateau of lsy. twentj.su ( ommu inist prisoners "massacred." l tnken in battle were THI3 organized JIuj-Dny outbreaks in l'aris are in a way a protest against this deed. The Frenchman Idssngaray. wlrose history of tho up rising is frankly sjmpathetic to the f'ommunurds, recalls the results us follow s : "Twenty five thousand men, women and children killed during battle or after: .'tOOO at least dead in the prisons, the pontoons, the forts, in consequence of maladies contracted during their cap- IIVIIJ ; iti.lini conueiniieu, most, oi iiieiu for life; 70,000 women, children nnd old men deprived of their natural sup porters or thrown out or i' ranee ( 111,000 victims ut least that In the lmurgeols vengeance for the solitary Insurrection of Murch 18." The French (iovcrnment can tell an other story of frenzied excesses. It is aid that nn unbiased history of the Commune liaa yet to be written. Hut there is no doubt that the reminiscence et It i portly renwMlMa for ainy Day, up b iiucrcr Trona. j - "HEY, THERE!!" ' A' ' . " . . : . v . 'A N ,?7rz. HOW DOES IT STRIKE YOU? G' OVERNOK HKXItY AI.LKN. of iZ&zr-: irzr- sssBmBmS3SS- -t - w- . --wigyssf'-' r .-.--ir- Ti IiMilflMMIlL."1 JH'iiniiU'i.i i f u...-s , - - , 1 in-lJT Kansas, will debate with Samuel (Rompers in the New ork Hippotlrome toward the end of May. just beforethe ' Itepublicun national convention in Chi- cago, , I Hemember how Lincoln debated with Douglas just before the Republican party nominated its first successful nandidntc or President in 1SII0? i That debate marked Lincoln out for , the presidency, brought on ptomptly , the "irrepressible conflict" and chauged tlie history of America. i The I.inenln-Doticlas debate had tn the last anal.vsis Willi ireeuoin ie southern slaves Clomper.s debate vv;ill have eeilnm the freedom ot lhiboi. Mr. finmners will maintain that there is no freedom for labor unless labor s right lo strike is unrestricted, no mntter what harm comes to the public in ceas ing of work. Itovernor Allen will maintain that labor is freer when the public steps in. with his Coin t of Industrial Krlntions, as a m Listen to the debate. It I,. the i nniitii issue 4 l..l...A fA. II..... 1.1.,.,, tn A,,,.,,. , . . i I'll IMOUIIl, IOI L 1 ,-".iu, M inn,, tun iv voiMi Bainsr,from (1(1 nilojlomo. Z inf'X roUHl I ii,, il.. u... . ? ntii ii. i n ill'lll lilt II ,1P I I Hill ll'll eandidnie. Rut 1 do like to talk about jt ; And lie laughs. q q if nominated In ing back tl H ENRV. and elected, e faugh into would nubile lifi He is the hero of the muitial mlven What Do Yon Know? QUIZ 1. Who s the present sctietni.v of .urn. uliuie? .'. Wbn t llnglish word of cIrIu letteis contains only one consonant; 3 Wbcie did Christopher die 4. What is specific cravlt .' Ii. Whnt is the lauRhliiR-Jacl.aih 6. Who was Thomas A'Hcckct nnd when did ho live? 7. Who were the Three Giaccs? 8. Wh.it Is the original nitanlng of the word amateur? 9. How man times hns the United States gone to war In defense of its rights us n lieuti.tl'' 10. Into how many colors does a prism statute a rnv of light? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. On March J0 1854, several hundred 1 ItieiiH met In tho town hall of llipon. Wisconsin, and passed 1 evolutions that ft new national iMrtv should hn formed and buk Ktsted the name Republican. A Mmll.ir movement in Vermont followed a few dav a later i cir and kaiser .ire titles derived ftoni the word Caesar Mpret. lonnerly the title of the ruler of Mtianla, Is derived from the tllle wlilcli the Itoman Caesars assumed Imperator. 3 Tiiano Vecelllo or Titian, tlie painter lived during parts of tho fifteenth and sixteenth centuries He. was born In 1477 nnd died in 1576. 4, The desert of Gobi Is chiefly In Mongolia in central A.sin Ono section extends Into eastern Turkestan. D. The first battle nf tho Slarne was fought between Wettfember 5 and beptember 10. 19H. 6. A "cause, celebre" Is a lawsuit that attracts much attention. 7 Richard Xovllle. Karl of Warwick was known as "The King Maker" nn account of his influence in sec urlng the accession of Rdwurd l as king of Knglnnd and also the restoration of Iienry VI. "The King Maker" died In 1471. 8. Majolica ware takes its namo from the Island of Majorca In tho Medi terranean, whence specimens of It weie first brought. 9. Julia. Starlowo'a name waH originally Karah Francca Frost, Sho becamn Mru. Robert Tnber and later Mrs. 13. If. Bothern. 10. The Democratic presidential nom Ineo defeated by Theodore Rooce velL In tb elcctlpn of ippt was Alton B. rarlwiv-of New york, AP11IL 80, 1020 a- i . i '"! " , s.,'A ,rsi ---' sT- :',. M ,''S 1 A Candidate for the Presidency May Emerge FronC Hippodrome After the Allen-Gomper8 Debate tures of "-Henry nnd Me." by William Allen White. Ills best story is about instructing a French maid to cut a V-shaped area out of a khaki Annuel shirt of White's and insert It into the back of White's Hcd Cross uniform breeches, which White had bought without trying them on, nnd of tiic loud report with which the insertion gnvo way when White wns ducking shellfire while inspecting the I rencli front. Henry insisted that William was vounded. Hut William stuck bravely to the renches, declining medical aid nnd showing great generalship in ptotccting the rear. White is Allen's guide, philosopher, riend and poet laureate. If Allen were President,. White would l.nve to go to Washington and edit he. Congressional Record, inaliiug it he gayest of personal journals. q q J TF HKNRY ALLEN'S mnrtial ndren- tures I chairman anything but Harvey and the poet Inureate of Kani-as anything but 1 Rill -ITnrvev-. lite nini.1 nmnulni. Inlni.. 1 1- --.-..,.. ... ...v .. idiuiii ..,,,' (ostniff and original of nil tho Knusan. n trnvolini? .snliNinnn lu- niituiAn II r--- ------o - .,! UVVII'IIVII'll knows every voter iu Kansas by his fust name. n iienry were nominated for Presi dent Harvey would start out with his sample case in his hand and cnll per sonally on every voter in the United I States, tell him a funny story nnd on 1 the day before election he could tell vou exnctl.v what Heijiy's majority would 'be to the lust digit j q q MOTTER bosses the Re IjARvi:y J-X nublicans of Knin.ns. in (lOvernnt Lane's interest, about like this: Some time ago William Roscoe Stubbs, one of the "seven little gov- Theirs, took it into his head that lie wanted to urn for the senatorsliln. mvn nil rinnn tlmi-nil iitli WI1 v tn ii nuunu vjiii ii ii- Columbus 1 '"' came to llarvev and said: "Hnr ,ve.v. nil my friends keep coming to me nnd telling me Unit I ought to go out lor the senntorslilp It would hnve inched up tlie political landscape if Stubbs had inn for the seiuitondiip, Haryey replied: "Your friends mc some liars. Roscoe Don't trust 'em. They come to me mill snv : 'Ilnrvev. Roscoe's got his suciot full of ruuiiing for senator. We tell him not to, but enn't get it out of his head.' Roscoe, a man can't be too uiuefiil about his f 1 lends." Roscoe didn't run q q HI3.NUV AI.LKN will miike a good showing for his Court of Indus trial Relations in Kaunas when he de- bates with air, (lomperii. EITH'S ' William Seabury & Co. In Prlvolld" , "House of David Band'' tionsutlonal MuhIcrI Noveltv . CICCOLINI Kamnus Italian Operatic Btar Tremendous Hurrounclliig Peat 11 re bliowl HPECMAL' WEDNESDAY, MAV B, will to celebrated aa .National Vaudeville Day, Tor Particular Bee Hunday l'apera. The Print Club Exhibition Etching, I.lthorrnplis Engruvjnga and Hculpiure Last Two Days ART CLUB GALLERY OPEN FROM 10 TO f 10 ORPHEUM tars&8Bg; Bc &Brffifii$D Pe Mir Heart MAY n-"PAHt AND WA1IMEII" A DANCING LESSONS dC t A Teacher for Each Pupjl $J CORT1SSOZ h SCHOOL P IBS? Clitalnut txyeuat J1J Casino Walnut At). 8th. Mat. Today. GIRLS A LA CARTE He will tell how there were nearly 100 strikes among the miners of Knn- has in the tlilrty-tnrec moniiis prior to the oncninc of his court, nnd only ouc brief oue since ltd opening; how thoso strikes c.ost $,000,000 nnd netted the miners less than J?bUU In additional wages. lie will tell how his court got the miners the right to collect their wnges without discount for less thnn two week periods. It used to cost a miner 10 per cent ot his wnges to get them nt the cud of one week. He will tell how his court settled the long-disputed issue of the price to be paid by the raincrsTor explosives satis factorily to the miners. He will say that the Kansas miners are freer today than they were when they obeyed the nrbitrnry will of Hovvat. "the worst labor leader in the world," ns Allen calls him. 3 fl J ALL this is In Kansas, a state where government is made up of Henivy lAlleuN. vMlliara Allen Whites nnd Hnr ivey Mottors. At nny rate, the President's indus- trial conference was not urc enough Iflinf tlm 1(111 nnit .Ttm utvln nf mviifn. ment waa to be found generally, for it did not venture, to recommend taking away from iabor its most vital posses sion, the right to quit work concertcdly. i q q ANYWAY, if the Hippodrome debate, makes a President, Washington will be pn interesting place. PU'LADKU'Hl.Vd I'-OKEMOST THEATnES BROAD Lt 2 Evgs. i-5t LAST 3 TIMES GEORGE A R L I S S and Ilia Brilliant Asioclate Players In BOOTH TARKINGTON'S LATEST AMEHICAN TLAY "P0LDEKIN" Next Week Seats Selling A. L. ERLANGER.Is Presenting CHAUNCEY , OLCOTT IN "MACUSHLA" Olcott Sings 4 New Songs I70DRI7QT' I,AfT EVENi.vns r V-TVlXCLnJ 1 Last Mat Tomorrow Positively Last Week CHAm.ES DII.UNOIIAM'a I'AIIC'K WITH MUSIC The GIRL From HOME With PRANK CRAVEN A COMPANY OP DISTINCTION An Army of Pretty Girls! NEXT MONDAY Na TWO WEEKS ONLY Popular Mats. Wed. & Sat. ' Garrick Last 2 EvB. -jm EXTRA MAT. 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