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editorial hoard;
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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"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-
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:',. 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
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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.
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