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XJiinr.4Ui ..,. uu our. a ... i HltllMrTIIIKrlnV nlTOS The .Rtknimi Pint in Lmirn is Miveil I" minere in I'miaflripnin ami aurrnuiniinR ( r,t,.li.r'.'".V.r.VV,,.5,ls) ccnt8 tmiahlo to tlio carrier mnii io noinis iiui!"io .:J tit.fi-.i.li.i 'tho United Xtatca. Canada, or t?nltcd , roaaefialnn. ihiM-ikp free, fifty ''i i-r nrnnint mx IVW (lolinrs ler jcar. ul 111 Bilvne, ' Nil tnmltm iiinntrt Ann (111 ilnllur month. n T t r r- Mtil.ftrlltr lahlni? nHilrnafl ftjd mut Klvo old Ms well as nv ad- t," JOM WALNUT KEYSTOM:. MAIS 3000 VSf Ajldrtti nil conimwrnlloin Io Vvrntno - fcw r Ptilhnhttthln, "JO'ip Ltdotr, n.fiifmifiico arc y .I ,i 'J Member of the Associated Press ISTUK ASSOCIATM) I'ltUSS h 'tocluthclu miUted .t ihr .ic for I '; republication of all news ili;inWin : 'tv ptv<cd to it or not othcriciic rrcilitrd I :flK'fr this papa; and aha the local news j i' ., lWineo therein, - '. ' i .Iff ....r.4 u..Lr!.i! .....'.. t ! , Kttt i Jill rights of republication of tpccial ii ' BiiT)ifa ficrriti nrc jimo rcrri'r PMtadrlphli, Vrdnnilir, Mar i. 120 'A' POUR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR i . v PHILADELPHIA . Tlllnic. on wlilcli tlir people rvpert nilmlnldlrutlon to rum-en- th new -Irate It attention I fJThe Delaware river brUlpe. A Arydock bio enough to accoinuio- date the largest i(". "development of the rapid transit ay)- A conuentton hall. A buildlno or the I'rec Library. AH Art Museum Knlarpement of the eater nujipii. dniea to accommodate the popula , Jion. , TEST FOR THE CHARTER THK authority with which the uew chartc invests the Civil Service Commission U rccoguued by Mayor Mogrc in withdraw lug his objections to the ordinances increasing the pay of ylOOO cmplo.vcs in the water, highway and service bureaus. If these bills arc, mi alleged, unfair to other city work ers, there Is ut least n heartening chnucu that 'the discrepancies will not be per manent. '.An important provisiou of the charter declares that "the cuminlssiou shall "adofit, amend and enforce rules for the classified service, which shall have the 'force and effect of law." Its findings are, therefore, not sjinply suggestive, but, coercive. 'k test of their effectiveness i.s coming. nificeMhc coinuiisslon linsulrently been eltowcrcil to rcclnssif., nnd regrnde the eteploycs in the city service and to make a full report on tin siiujec" li i.cto beir 1. The investigation does not conic top 'boon. All the citj department prndesnre badl.v in need of rearrange pent' along equitable lines. !3uch plans of favoritism as may be , aovv, nfo)t stand n hopeful projicct ot being brought into the open if the com mission lives up to its responsibilities. It' is the little word "enforce" which should help Council to realize changed conditions. k A A, CROSS-TOWN BOULEVARD? THE suggestion for n wide boulevard anil' n concrete elevated railway Structure from League Island to Tabor , over the line of Kightli street, made Ttsterdiiy before the Cugiueers' Club by Vnltcr 1-'. Hallinger, is nt least sug gestive of the heroic method that will be necessary if street cur and vehicle t radio isn't to be impeded by Increasing congestion during the next few jcars. "" 'Motor trntlic now taxes the capacities Of; nil the streets, nnd it is Increasing dally. What will it be like ten years from now? That question must be con sidered before plans such as Mr. ltalliu gcr's are dismissed hii'misr of their magnitude. CO-OPERATIVE UNIONS THK great 'Co-operntives' of Kussia give promise of becoming the surest antidote to bolshevism. In somewhat "lb? same way the rndiral ambitious of the Nonpartisan League in the West liVo of Into been counterbalanced by the expanding activities of Hie Farmers' Union, which, "notahb in Nelirasliu, has carried out u co-operative scheme dim- ""iuntiug the costly interference of mid dlemen. Local corporations are now hnudling ' irlmkfho farmer has to sell and getting tllC best possible jinee. The local unions have developed into trading en terprises, working through a state ex- ' change, The 10,000 membership of the Farmers' I nion have already estab lished elevators, nulls, lumber and coal yards, creameries, banks, stores and warehouses, which last jear. it is said. co-operntivclj handled more than S270, -000,000 worth of merchandise uml pro duce. The movement hns slguiflcnut bear ing on tho problem of high prices. Or gauized co-operation is a formidable foe to wnste. The successful functioning of co-pperotlvc societies in Kugluud has louK,'emphnsized this axiom. Jtl will be Interesting to watch tho course ot the Nebraska experiment. If it cau resist monopolistic temptations. Imitation may be worth while in the "East, nnd not merely b.v the farmers, but by workers iu other lines. llcononiy and co operation are two forc.es which give the must vitality to economic luvvs in restraint of the high cost of articles to the consumer. Mere statutes lire sometimes feeble iu com parison, A BLOW TO DISARMAMENT r N THK layn when America was u factor of nuthority in the councils of 'ifcirone. belief was common thnt'this ""Btttlou would urge the destruction of r-'i-ythe tlermuu licet nuchorcd iu Sen pa 'ltw. Then came the treachery of the Xaiarnml Teuton sailors. Their act was Wra)ly detestable, nnd yet it seemed to -inMl a urogram of disarmament with- ii? -i eat' which progress toward world pcaco Is dubious. Idealistic aspirations, howerer, are calmly sbntteml by the nunouueement mnilo, lu the House of Commous that fJreat Hrltaln will tnko titlo to the eeajttlcd i-hips, "some of which sho has already recovered. Hove and whero this AjjpraBffifaient -was effected Is not re- create".., . wc uaiv rrjvvivu vuc irtflsf V- . s of Vrrsaftlcs, ttifre Is Slttlo warrant (or otir lntirf'rencc. indeed, It 1.1 incumbent upon us to bo meekly grateful for favors. In some wujr, also mysterious, thin Government Is awarded the L'0,(i00-lon dreadnought Ostfriesland and the I'rnukfurt, pre wimubly o cruder, in the division of ppolls Never let It be said that wc "crabbed" tlipw vessels. They are gifts from allies whom VIP llrwrtctl. In this noMtiou it hardly behooves us to frown at what Itrltnin has done In her acquisition of six crcnt d'ermaii warships, l'J-l sub marines and the entire Hcnpa Plow fleet. WlwnMcallxm Is repudiated by Its enuueiators, material Interests frnukly pursued assume almost the mask of virtue. '""-'THE MERCHANT FLAG FOLLOWS THE DOLLAR! f It Cannot Be Won Under the Stars and Stripes It Will Be Won Under Some Other Emblem IT IIA8 been n common boast for years that Americans can do what can be done by the citizens of any other couu try. and do it better. Vt have made mot of the modem inventions, it was uu .nicrican who invented the telegraph tttiil the tele- phone and the electric light and the electric railroad cur. And It was an American who Inxcnled the cotton gin nnd the noting muchino nud tho typo- .. , .. ., . t i. . , . wruer ami tnc linotype macninc unu ttic steamship, We have utilized all of these Inven tions hut one to n greater e.tent than nuj other people. 1 lie single Jmcutinti in wlilcii we i I line fallen behind is tlnit nt the steam- I snip. I We do not shmh nble to operate ships on the ocean in competition with the rest of the world. We can build ships faster than other nations. Wc proved that during the war. We have proof of it before our e.ves right hero in Philadelphia, ltut every mnu familiar with the uttltude of Congress toward ocean -going ships lias been prophesying that the ships which wo have built will pus Into the control of other nations ns fast as the shipping I men of those nations are nble to buy I them. Their prophecies will he fulfilled un- less Congress decides to face the facts i uml act accordingly. A committee of American sliipbulid ers is now engaged in an effort to im press the country, nud through it to impress Congrcs, with the im portance of nu intelligent nnd broad minded policy. .1. W. Powell, vice president of the Ilctlilehem Shlpbuild- ing Corporation, is chalrtnan of the , committee. Associated with him are ' representatives of Willlnm Cramp it ' Sons, of this cit : the I'nltlinore Dry dock nud Shipbuilding Company : the (treat Lakes Kiiglneeriug Worl of Detroit : the Western l'ipe and Steel Company, of California, and .1. F Dtithie & Co.. of Seattle. They are calling attention to the im portancc of the passage of constructive legislation before the government-built vessels are sold to private owners. If there is no assurance of protection for American shipping, the vessels will be sold for much more than they lire wortli to any American, but if Congress is to pass laws which will enable American owned nud operated ships to compete with the ships of other nations then ships sold now will bring less thau they are worth. ' In brief, whether we ere to let our ships go and to let puss the present opportunity to put on the seas the big merchant fleet we have built depends upon what is done in Washington. While wc spend the time in debnting the shipowners of other nations are pre paring for the harvest. The newspapers yesterday contained n dispatch from The Hague announcing the consolida tion of eight Dutch . cuinshlp com panies, hacked bv a capital of -'00.-000.000 guilders, to operate vessels on old-established routes' and to. open new routes to the Fur Fast. Australia ami North and South America. This new United Dutch Navigation Company is to be managed by men who understand the problems of ocean ship- , ping and who are bucked by a sympa thetic government, which will uot drag them into court on the charge of vio- latiug laws against commercial eombi- ' nation ns soou as they get their uew ! corporation iu working simp. Iu the United States we nave been ' consistently hostile to every nttempt to organize a great transportation system uniting ocean nud land routes umler n ' common understanding. Wc have forced the railroads to divorce themselves from I steamship lines, ou the theory that we were insuring freedom of competition. As it result our manufacturers hnve been , handicapped whenever they have smight to ship their goods to foreign ports. It has not been possible for a iiumufac- i turcr to get any assuruuee that lu .shipment villi he delivered on time. And the foreign buyer has been forced in many iustauces to buy in some other .country what lie needs. It is noteworthy that the committee of shipbuilders has indorsed the sea I men's act. which has in the pust been I held responsible iu part for the in ' ability of American shipowners to com ' pete successfully for ocean trade. John II. Kossiter, vice president of I W. It. tlrncc & Co.. one of the biggest firms of American shipowners, is uo more disturbed about the seaman's act j tluii.is this committee He said about a year ago that at the present time the ' higher cost of manning a ship under the act did not amount to mure than - per . cent of the total operating expenses, i and that tills could be overcome by In creasing (lie sieed of the ships and by i economies in loading. So Congress is not to be asked to repeul that net. Hut it has been re luctant to consider the remedies that have been discussed for years, namely, subsidies or subventions nnd discrimi natory duties in favor of goods carried iu American bottoms. Discriminatory duties nrc said to be impossible because they arc forbidden by treaties. Hut it is argued that tiea ties are subject to revision. Subsidies ure opposed on the theory that they arc a grant by the government to big business ut the expense of the rest of us. Hut opposition to subsidies is raised almost exclusively when ap plied to ocean shipping. The protective tariff is in essence u subsidy, for It forces the foreign pro ducer to, pay for tho privilege of com peting with the domestic producer iu the home market. Wo have learned that It benefits not only the domestic manufacturer but ull domestic industry. We nrc spending fiO.OOO.OOO in this state on road building, nnd this sum is in reality a subsidy toabc o.vvncra ot wxA.I.lf.l.lii,i.i.WlMrt.lrtf.fci ,,.!, il. - -. ,, ln '. Ill..f. motor vehicles nnd to tho farmers, Ibo yaiuc in wnoso ianu is incrcaseo oy i uti-r.T iiuirorcu nigiiway anywiicro near them. The government spends millions In deepeuiuR the" river channels and tho oceau channels leading into the ocean ports. This money is a form of-sub sidy for shipping, Hut when we arc asked to pay money to the owuers of stenmshlps In return for their operation between Amerlcuu aUil foreign ports we balk. Wc allow foreign -ow ni"' vessels to use the chan nels for whle wc pay, giving them for nothing the benefit of the money we sfieud and paying to them the freight on the goods carried out of the country, and think wc are conserving Amcrlcah resources. Wi forget that the successful foreign steamship companies nrc assisted by tlieii- limni. Ptivpi'iimnntu In Id., miruiilt of an enlightened policy under which the nations reap a rich return on every dollar paid to n steamship company. (iernuiu foreign trade expanded be fore the war under the favoring protec tion of the government, which Was not afraid to use Its money nnd Its power to assist Cerinan producers in getting their goods Into every market iu the world. Home form of subsidy or subvention will have to he adopted by Congress If the vast fleet of ships now owned In this cotinti'.x is to continue under the . i ., . .. . uiiu'rivuii iiiiR, necause uie mereiaui flag follows the dollar. If that dollar cannot be won under the Stars nnd Stripes. It will be won under some other emblem. "TWO BREAKFASTS A WEEK" CKUTAINI.Y It was u bit unkind of Miss I-'ntiuic Hurst to strike a note of glnd jiiblhitiou in the niiiioiim-cment ot uer tlliiuipli In n uiiii-rtage epen ment which Implies llntlj Unit mothers and fathers all up nnd down the Innd nny, even grandmothers nnd grand fathers themselves- -hnve been rank amateurs at the buslncs-s of life. If the Identf marriage is one in which the interested persons must live apart. communicate by telephoue ns a pre- ! limlnary to each joyous meeting and ' keep the ceremony of breakfast at home sternly down to mi average of two a week, n vyorld in search of happiness has been sndly misled by till the people who have married since the first dawns. Hut it doubt enters here. Xo other institution ever devised b.v ninn has been , subjected to more. experimentation hj i raiding nnd restless minds than mar- fringe. The proud, the adventurous, the ( uncompromising, the delimit of this ' , world have stood uloof to stare nud ' , question nud renouncefor a time. l!ut ' the sani-tuury tit which they did not hesitate to cast stones was the place to which they crept, in the end. fori refuge and happiness. There were mo- ' monls, unquestionably, vvher. Adam ' yearned for his freedom. And who will doubt that Kvc knew intervals of bitter irritation when she craved for solitude ' and "tiijie to think"? Uaeh must have learned wnat tliw married lirtve always leurued that while life together was nt times n trouble, life npnrt was lutol- ( erable pain. Ale the mothers nud fathers of the old school amateurs? They are not. I Will thej be hurt by a sense of error iu the presence of the forninl iintinge ment b.v which .Miss Hurst ami her hus band uim t" prove that one and even two may he happy though married? Hardly. They will recognize in Fannie and Jacques two valiant egos that have ' not yet achieved the surrender that is, victory for such as they. They will recognize, too. ancient types of ama- , teurs iu Miss Hurst anil her husbaud. ' And tlicy will be tolerant. For to be ' happily married in the conventional way is to know that youth is not all of life. I that there are mmids that cannot be prolonged and glorious iuictvuls thut would not be glorious if they were not transient and licet. Married folk who refuse to breakfast together more thun tvvhc a week, Iu order to avoid the -risks of disilluslon i ment. arc trying to make the world i stand still, trying to urrest and hold u tiling that never has remained for any , one. Thev cannot know that life is like I the seasons, thut it holds successive miracles, each springing from the oue J that preceded it, to bring happiness to the normal heart. tin a perpetual houeyinnon po one would ever le.-irn that pain itself nnd , disappointment and even sorrow nnd i rcnunc-itition are educational and nee i eshury preliminaries to the larger, all ' inclusive experience of happiness. A i sense of humor is one of the higher forms of wisdom, without which men uud women cannot understand cncli ; other. Is there no satisfaction, no de- I light, iu u burden or an atllietinu shared, I no sense of victory in forbearance, in I charity, in tolerance? I fin i i n- i'iwmvi 1 .,,,,,,, vim nnii tir?i onPF tiiose who keep the vigils l countless -Possibly. ll,u that statement of homes because they have learned to love yours about Senator Knox doesn't sug without meusutc. and men who, In try- I gest political or nientaV repose." ing days, know that there Is only one "Why, it was only a commonplncc pence and one way to find it, do not fear boredom. They havcu't had time to be bored. Thev know 'what Mar- pessa meant when, choosing 11 mortal husband and the prospect of pain and nge, when" she was offered immortality, she said to Apollo, who vainly wooed her: though youth pass ofT There shall suc.-ied a faithful peace; Beautiful ritoinUh'p. tried by sun J ml wind. Durable fiom the iMtly dust of life. We shnll behold .ill frailties. Wo shall baste to paidbn. Then, though we grow old, We shall grow old together, Aid ho sbnll not greatly miss My bloom f.idtd nnd waning light Of eyes too deeply gaucd n over To seem dun '" The grandmothers nnd the grand father, knowing life iu retrospect, will feel pretty s ure thut l-uuuie and Jacques will before long sit down together seven breukfiislK a wi-el?. The Mayor's action xln ordering the registry lists purged appears to liuve becu justified by the facts disclosed. If the "ghosts" had increased in number registration boards would have becu su perseded b.v niiijn hoards. The words of Seuutor Lodge, who cuhl iu 101-S that u separate peace with (iermany would bo n crime, now rise to (onfouiid him. The senator has changed; his words arc true as when he uttered them, livery -Hooverlte feels in his h'.nrt thnt if the Uepublicuns nominate t,c oiing food administrator the Dt-mo-1 ruts ought to make it uuanlnn;UH. The chances arc that Hi Jnhnsou will not call for a recoup f Muryhiud, either. r A primary Is us interesting as a straw vote- aniV as undecisive. Perhaps PtVnnn ruth is 1 le Hurst desired to. prove that stranger thau UcjIol BANKS AND BANKINQ Capt. John Yft Morrison's Long Official Career; Stenographers Who Rose to High Places t of Political Preferment lly OEOnOK NOX McCAIN nilin tremendous strides that the -L commonwealth hns made. In regulat ing and safeguarding its banking In terests has been brought to public nt tentlon by a rcceut event the Illness of Captain John W. Morrison, deputy banking commissioner. Captain Morrison has just rounded out twenty-five years of. continuous service as deputy banking commis sioner, lie has carried locked up in his breast more secrets of vltnl Interest to millions of bank depositors Iu this state during this quarter of n century tlinn any other official In llnrrlsburg. In that time he hns seen the depart ment grow froin n one-room, seven employe uffplr to a great bureau cm ploying more than forty persons. The best-posted man on banks nnd banking in Pennsylvania, be is the strong arm upon which every banking commissioner has leaned from Charles II. Krumbhanr, Its first superintendent, down to John S. l'lshcr, the present commissioner. Krumbhanr was known as superin tendent of banking when the depart ment was first organized In 1801. That office was abolished nnd the superin tendent after 18115 bcenim? commis sioner. During the entire existence of the banking department there have been but two deputy commissioners, 1 Asbul-y Awl and John W. Morrison. NONH know, nnd I fancy that iu tho lapse of time that Captain Morri 1 sun has forgotten, the number of at tempts that have been njnde to secure from him "Inside" information by poli ticians, bank oflieinls, depositors nnd I outsiders generally concerning the con dition of certain banking institutions. Hut he hns stood against these appeuls nud cnjolings like nrmorptate ngninst machine-gun lire. So far as Cnptalu Morrison Is indl v Idunlly concerned, the inviolable law of secrecy In the department has not even been denied. I recnll two instances whero personal friends Interested In Institutions under current suspicion sought to obtain con crete kuovvlcdgc. of affairs from Morri son As depositors they were inter ested to the extent of thousands of dol lars. Hut the deputy commissioner, courteous and low-spoken, almost gen tle iu his refusal, firmly .repulsed the attempts. Me is an old soldier. He wns botlt n private and an officer of the 100th Uegl .nient. Pennsylvania Volunteers, the fniuuiis old Itouiidhcuds during the Civil War. lie is n Philndelplilan by birth, and though for motV than thirty years a resident of Pittsburgh, has come' back, iu his latter years, to his old home, and now resides at Wayne. WIIICN Ut nailer C. United States Senator Phil- Knox was Pennsylvania's -andidate for tlic presidency twelve years ago .Tames Francis Hurkc, cele brated us nn eloquent and persuasive orator, congressman from the Thirty first district, Pittsburgh, was his cam paign manager. ".limuiy" Hiirke'.s was another in stance of a stenographer rising to heights, of political prominence from a very modest beginning. It wns ner- sistence, suavity and u genuinely win-i uing personality lliat- carried James Francis Hurkc, stenographer, up to a seat in Congiess and the prelix of Hon orable to his name. Hefore lie was twenty Hurkc had pre dilections townrd a newspaper enreer. I was city editor of n Pittsburgh news paper and correspondent for the Now loll. Min during that period, and more tlinn ittii'n .l himiv" I!tifLo lifimlloil uim , ,-jals for me on a .r0-".0 basis, ' With the clever adaptability of his Irish ancestry, nftcr he was admitted to tue nar nc rnpiuiy gaineu prominence us u campaign speaker. He rose to front rank, nnd it whs an easy transition for h i in from platform orator to the con gressional rostrum. lie put himself through Ann Arhm Law School without n penny of aid from outside sources. S": KNATOK HOIKS PL.NKOSL' e- . f .. . peels to receive uis (llscmirge troiu the supervision of attending physicians tills week. He tells me he is rapidly regaining his strength : that his organic condition is up to par nud nothing but the pliysi. cul eunui cotisiiiueut upou long coutinc ment and sedulous devotion to tho strict orders of the medical men prevents Ins public appearance ns of old. The latter is only a mutter now of days nt most. "If your physical condition is to be judged by your political activity, you're iu a pretty hculthy condition." I ic mnrked. "What do you menn he imiuireil witli n shadowy smile. "I'm keeping -..m rt ii tut n nil J-lmfI tt I til t ill .j I.il .. .. t . vr j iiimiv t.iin uiijim. uij i'.ij nil. ill tin oliservation mime in tne course ot (on- 1 versatiou Io the reporters," he replied, with the shadowy smile a trifle more pronounced. Hut accompanying it was a gesture of the liiiml that indicated that conversation on thut particular subject ! was at an cud. IN THK midst of the present turmoil and ebullition over the transit situa tion. K. Clintou Ilhouds, perhnps the most persistent critic ot traction ma niniilation mid mutation, directs uttcn- I tion to what he terms the "adaptability j of bookkeepers to meet any situation ' 'Iu the following. Referring to u state inieut in the transit company's annual I,. 1, .-! iifini. tt. tin, lust nne In. nnnlna V"V, J. .... .v. ...., tU., w... , ... ..V...O nil I'livi yj tun ". wi 1 tn iitwitWt The 1010 strike expense, amounting S!U:j.:;ili.."ii Incurred by the former to S! management I has now been entirely paid off. A credit ofDIMO.OT was de rived from the sale of strike materials. 1 11,.. :.,,. rr 11. remainder. $irj.iIin(i..f), 1 10 0)) eahniislcd the surplus of SI507. lu 1100.81, tinned over oy the lormer umii- lageiuent us of December .51. 11)10. hut 1 (quired ,"s;vi,iMm.o.- 01 tue surplus afterward earned "Tills." says Mr. Ithoads. "would Involve the suggestion that there was something like assets really received from the former management. When we turn to the statement of December 1. 1010. wc find n remarkublu situation. Wc find 11 deficit ou June :t0, 1010, of Sl.llS.OOO.OO, uud wc liml on De cember ;jl. 1010. a surplus of ?fi07, Ollli.br, which is exactly the figure spoken of as turned over by the former management." Mr ltnoillis inri";.iuii .,u, V.-U3 iu 1 .!..i i Hint the bookkeepers "read ,.......--- r-.n.,t- F, I... 11L justed strike the uccount, ny taking tho losses nud treating them as Without venturing any opinion it ' 1,B apropos to remark that, ac Sine to Mr. nhoads. "the situation rttfrestlnj;. to say the least," Tcochcrs are appealing to the pub- it to; telegraph the Hoard of Kducatlon lie to tell' "i ,.,,,! K nri.u u. efcn'r thatMr.JIu bcfgrthBt date, rVeTuly T Prcumptlonls that f?.rei.ii'rnnli Is resorted to because of rlesou would not MtUKMXr . Li ?. - pmitf trT r . . A '"'' HOW DOES IT , STRIKE YOU? WHAT obligation rests upon Uic gov ernment as a source of news? What obligation rests upon tho press in printing news unnounccd by the government? A f-w years ago there wns great agi tation in Congress nnd elsewhere over tainted news. The greatest source of tainted news todov is the government. The practice got grent impetus during the war, when it was held thut op timistic but usually untrue announce ments had to be made in order to keep up the courage of the people. When the whole nirplnnc program had failed, a glowlug story lind to be put out about the shipping of American nirplanes. It goes on today. The cure fpr social disorder or tor , the high cost of living is generally a false announcement from Washington. When the railroad strike broke out, f-Attoruey (iencral Palmer called tne press togetner and nsserieu mm iuu strike wns the work of revolutionists, v He indicated pretty clearly at the time that! his object in making tills statement wns to turn the public against the strikers nnd to influence tne woi-k-ers who had not jet struck not to join the strike. Some say such tactics, like the air plane announcements during the war, were justifiable because the aim was worthy. , , Hut where finally does this method , leave the government? Whnt kind of 11 government shall we , have when the people get -uot to believe 1 a word it says? , j q i GOVKItNMKNT by lyiug for thut is the direction in which we have been tending since the will- began makes the job of the press difficult. Tho nevvspnpera have acted on the theory thnt the government told the truth, or lit least tried to. In ptlttiug out propngnndn the gov , crnmeut hns every advantage in the. iwor,(1, , ,1 ii. ! The reporter mny hnve his doubts, 1 but be Is nvvure that the government What Do You Know? QUIZ i whoso cabinet wns Philander C. 1. Knox attorney Kcueral of tho United Mates? Whnt American city lies on the north of the Hlo Grande. Imme diately opposite to the Mexican town of Juarez, now In revolt against Carranza? How many kings of l-Ingland vvero named Charles 7 What Is tcrrnzzo? 4. 5 Name three IJrltish generals prom Inent In the war of lUfJ? C When did the Dutch lose possession ' of'v'evv York city? 7. What is n dynast? 8 llow did Derby becomo dcscrlpllvo of a horse race? 3 How is this word pronounced In ' rnclnjc circles? 10. What Is dudgfon? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1 Henry flay Work wroto tho words of "Marching Through Georgia."' He 'was nlfo the author of "Wake I'p, Nieodemus." and other songs popular during the Civil War. The Knglish city of Manchester Is situated on the Irw-cll. u lirnm.li of tho Mersey river. ICt miles north-northwest of London. 5. Martin van lturen' was thu first American President nominated by 11 convention. IIIh ndmlnibtrutlon lasted from 1S37 to 1811. A Tho Walnut Street Theatre. In Phlludelphln. is the oldest theatie In tho United Stntes. It was , - founded Iu ISO 0, Ueniainln Franklin. In "Poor Ulcliard's Alumnae" wrote: ".S'eu. ccslty has no law- I know nomu attorneys of the name." 6, Tho court official, u tipstaff, wns so- called because tho stuff ho carried wbb formerly tipped with a bud's horn. 7, August 8 1918. when the Urltlsli army launched Un great offensive in northorn France, was described by General Ludcndorft us the darkest day in thu history ut tha German urmy. 8, Muslin Is Haiti to have derived Its name from the town of Mosul in Meropotamla, whero It was first nmnufuctured. 0 Hera In Greek mythology was tho queen of heaven, tho vvlfo and ulster of iSeus and the equivalent of (he Itomnn Juno,- 10. Tvvcnty-fenr grains make 11 penny- , ' weight In troy metvire. Ml "AW&S'JPOSE I WEAR 11V OLD IUDS i . $U$'"J Tnrwa inrwrrYeViv v JLX O JUJVI1 ViTJLJ. fe,- ?" -sSrKes-- -5r Government by Lying Seems io Have Put Another and Serious Obligation Upon the Press of the Country By KELLAMY r-1 may know many things which he ennnot know. The practice has been to print what n high official "stands for." It is "news," at least, that the offi cial has said it. Hut if this thing goes ou' wc shull hnve to have 11 more critical press. When nn uuiioiiucemcnt of n revolu tionary plot is made officially, it will be the newspapers' duty to print along with it a statement of nil previous offi cial announcements of revolutions uml how no revolution took place, no one was arrested or punished, nnd put the render In a .position to judge for him self just how much importance to at tach to the latest announcement. q j IT IS uot truth. easy to give the public thy , Years ago newspapers presented the news critically. And the idea got around that ac counts were bipscd nud partisan. The idea was hit upon thnt n bare record of tho day's cvciiii, nil cdi toriul character banished from it. would necessarily be unbiased, therefore true. Hut n bare record of 11 day's events, without interpretation or criticism, may be the highest kind of untruth. Governments take udvauta age of the bare record theory of Ion make the record to suit themselves. ....... ' It Is under bnre recoid journalism that propaganda huirf most nourished. , TT IS Ovvu-Your- Own-Home Week iu New York. A study of the advertisements shows' that your own home is likely to be a one-story nfTiiir with four or five rooms. 1 You buy It in segmei.ts uml have it erected, or you hnve some one put up n I frame and some chicken wire nnd some 1 kind contractor will shoot cement ou it out of a gun. When it is done it is a modern ver sion of the log cabin of our ancestors or of the mud adobe cabin of the south- west. At that, its cost runs well into thu thousands. Or if the four -loom log or mud house does uot attract you, you rent un apart ment of one room. A screen in one corner hides u gas stove. v That is the kitchen. Something that looks like a door by day descends by night and is n bed. Thnt one room is 11 living room, dining room, kitchen," bedroom ami everything hut bathroom, which is tucked away somewhere about the premises. Ami for this, much iu perhaps .$100 11 month. little on pay Tor housing we are getting back to cabins or mud huts, shot out of a gun, or to living In one room. The poor have been emulating the wcll-to.do for 11 century or more, only to hud the well-to-do emulating the B. F. KEITH THEATRE TODAY BENEFIT MAT. Ncitiohal Vaudeville Day AUGMENTED SHOW liirlul Surprise Prntumi No ihnnKO In prlies ELKS FROLIC mhtropolitan wi.iiM.nnAV, Jiv n. s in p. m. S.-.O THUATItlL'.VL AND ML'blCAL STARS Best Program on Earth, $ I , $2 J Tickets Now on Sale at CIU'h Homo. Arch Ik Juniper Also laj or Perfnriiiaiice nt aifiroiiinnan lion ijmo XIX1H A.V; AIUJ11 HTlti;CT3 Jlntx m.hi VVcil .1 Hat., 'JllG. Uiifa., 8 IS TIHH WKI-.K ONLY THU RKVIVAL OK OLD TIMi: MtNUTRCLH Pennsylvania Jubilee and Circus 3-KinK Circus, Free Vaudeville Side Shows, Dancing hPKCIAL ENTHRTAINMICNT jray l Priii ticlmol Nlht! Ituy 7. Co-ed Tank Tournamint, My s, Jlanll Uraii Nluhi WIIlllHTilA HALL ' Bryn Mawr Collegers, inpua .'10 lull l T A.MJ 8 MAY DAY Revels and Ticket nt the Onto Playj ORPHEUM ',0"0'r; fe Vi MAK DR8UONU r.'.V""" jf Y& " a. pj,.vr:i! I'utr and Warmer w unruta vvM(fi'' msmm EMMHU MICH" MINSTRELS i r , sv-. :,'. jf poor, their with their one-room -dwelling or oue-slory shack. q i j . THK speaking of Ungllsh in America is worth a word, so much has becu said in condemnation of it. The spcuking of Kngllsh In America on the average is good. On the average it is better than the speaking of Kuglish iu Kuglaml. You don't hear as well-spoken Kug lish here as you do In Kiiglnud. And you don't hear ns ill-spoken Knglish heije ns there. Speech is more uniform here. ENOLI well NULISII is not spoken ns uniformly In this country ns French is spoken In Paris, for example. We haven't the respect for authority here that the French have. Hesldcs, authority is not so easy to establish iu Knglish ns in French, The French vowels arc perfectly defi nite tilings whose sound is uniform and unmistakable. ' Our vowels are loose things, shading into each and inclining to negligence iu speech. .Msrk-t St. i,. GERALDINEFARRAR .Stl'l'OIlTlID 11V t.OI' TP.I.I.1X1KM In "THE WOMAN i PUPPET" ADl'liD XVAV 1IAUOLD LLOYD. COMUDY f x.N i;.VSTi;aNi:il WKSTUKNER" i:.Smeni Starting Monday Next tub pifTt'iiu vou'vt: m.:x awaitino CECIL B. De MILLE'S I'.VIl VMOU.VT-AriTCRAl'T T'JCTliHU WHY CHANGE YOUR WIFE? NorAiii.u cast ih;aiii:d hy rnoM.vs MnuiitAN & ctAJitiA kwanson Dazzling In b'plenijor of Kroiluctlon iP A L A C p ISM MARKKT STOECT 10 A V , I a. '.'. 3:4.1. n :).'.. 7:4.'.. n:.".D I. 1 W A 1 1 Xfir RPin "DANC1N' . L CIU St. lrsrT i NI..ST VVKKK-"THD HIVKIPfl END- A R C A D I A w:stni't iu:r.ovv mTir m a m . s, .'. rsK.-.. r.M.-., 7:ir.. nmo v WALLACE RRin "da.nci.n- TiYVnT." m:.t w i:i:k"iiy hioht op way- V i c TORI A Mrl.et Klrcfet Ahoin Ninth i ii a. m. to ii iin p. si. PAULINE FREDERICK AOrteil i"iim,lv -"Oroat Nlrliel Rnhlwrv"'1 STARTING MON. NEXT , ooi.uwyn phusunts a new REX BEACH Production "The Silver Horde"- ni-rTi;n tha A P "TUB SPOILERS1' 7 1 T O I M. ill 7-Jl tL' 1 l t ,T, ,,-lVVJ.' ."''. I MAnr.i-n un,... TL -'"'" " ftiwV, TM5.0130 P. Confession' ..V. ' renturlnv Henry II. Walthall R E G E N T Lonstance oinney '" '"i'"k KISS1 MARKHT BTnEET ,, AT JUNIPKn 11 A. M. to II p. M CONTINUOUS VAUDEVILLK MULDOON & FRANKLYN Ana tui: prk3ci:nt pivk jAza rand BROADWAY nroa'1 B"rdr Ave. "Night in a Pplice Station" Clara Kimball Young VE?'I CROSiTKEYs" orV'an'dPi? NAT NAZARRO & CO. 4 DANCING LESSONS (tC A Teacher for Each Pupil hj CORT1SSOZ m SCHOOL UM Cbntnnt WW 3, ukcital May rrbrey j-jotz hopha.no .r,.,,ViT,IKH''OON HALL -r,ri,V"H,v'AV '5VO.. MAY II. h.l.l rkiit, iii.imc.'a. nm fiifumm st ' Walnut Vb. bth Mat. Todai ,asmo BEHMAN SHOW D 1 Keim. Ave. Cumberland reoples girls delooks ' With Watkon A (-r,h. liilli II A .VI. Io 11 P. M. I i OlIPI r H JOHN WANAMAKER is . ,- . RIGHT '. WHEN HE SAY'Si .J n i "VOLUME WTUE ; KEYNOTE OF AMERICAN BIG 'BUSINESS" THAT'S A MIGHTY WORD VOLUME. IT'S THE VOLUME OF' LAUGHS IN "LINGER LONGER LETTY" THAT HAS MADE IT THE . BIGGEST MUSIC AND FUN HIT IN YEARS.'. Btened . charlotte Greenwood P. S. :-r-Tha High Coat ' of Laughing Has Been . Reduced at, the Chestnut St. Opera House FIRST $ I Mat. Today i:-enltigs 60o to J2 Kxcept Saii. SAM S. Urcwcl liel. Locum SHUBERT rinV V& J.A8TMAT i.V. DAY MUSICAL SHOW ' LAST WEEK LAST 6 TIMES the caonua is a wonueh um.i..iin, MUNUAY MC1IIT. MAY KITH I FIItRT Tisir. im pnit.AriiVt iii?.iT,. -I UltOADWAY MIDNIGHT HIIOVV In Its Ol3tnunl-L,lka Uncut Untltety tBt HfllltV J JOHN 1IUNIIY MUAtlS Announces S Years on fli Century Thcntro Hoof, x t lly Arrangement With Morrln Got BESSIE McCOY DAVIS Krank Fay Winona WlnUr .Tellx Adl- ii...V.0"W. r? tli' Inm'cr Annctlo liaj, ncy--Kdthrn iralllcl.l lk-lllim Allen. THE MILLlONAIIina' CHOrtUs' Hoatii on tjftlo Tomorrow Prices. NIkMh fcpt Hnt.l, 12..10 to .'.On TOP. MAT. WED, HEHT HI3ATS 11.50 SATUIIDAY MATINKU $2.00 to We n,us waii ta.) A nr idu I Evcnlnw ut 8:20 t D L L P H 1 $1.00 Mnt. Tomor. LAST 4 NIGHTS J'fXAI. MATINKH a.vrcnDtT HAZP.r, DAWN JOHN AIITHUR i:Nin MARKIH A.ND OTIILII3 BEGINNING JtONtiAY, MAY 10 SEATB THUItnWAV .MAIL UKDKIIS AOW GRACE EORGE in "The Ruiried Lady" An Adnturo hy PrunecM Nnrdntrim With the name rplcndlil cum that nrptart-1 with Miss llcorse nt tliu PlHyliffuxo. ,N. V. LYRIC js$1 MAT. TODAY A MUaiUAI, MABTUHPIECD THU AGIC "IlntcrtalnlnB In uo name for It nt nil. IV ' rlott A Knockout." - N. AMKn.CAN. ELODY CHARLES PURCELL JULIA DrN. TOJt XtcN'AUCillTO.V. lll-.lll.ri liUAL ftlWiN i K &dl.lJ JIAIU Tho Operetta you will co ucaln nti'J arils! Itu music will haunt joul I'HILADULPHl.VS POnailOST TIinATnEI C7'DDk7C'T-?:ia"TS at 8:iu JT WrvrvlliO 1 matinisi:.! at sns POPULAR MATINEE TODAY TWO WEEKS ONLY WORLD'S GREATEST SHOW Tomorrow DDAA P NiailTB AT 8:15 DlJL) MATINUEi AT 2!lJ bkato $1-50 at Pop. Mat. Today ' A. L. ERLANGER Is Presenting CHAUNCEY OLCOTT ,,MACUSHLAM Olcott Sings 4 New Songs C ARDirk' Niairrfl at VaArVrVliS. MATINISU 8.1:0 . hum .r:.w POP. MAT. TODAY, 25c to $1 MQHTS I'Jo TO 11.50 sTW WONDER SHOW OF K7HE U.Vivex& h? Zlntf AtAf.lfilAti Brine the Kiddiesl I Do Spirits Return? Tllh,?xzi- Mary Pickford ''Pollyanna" AT Metropolitan. OPI.'IIA HOISU , COMilU.NPINO IAV s HEATSJ UV MAII' v lSvcnltiRS ' " l"1'1 V' 30 und 50o Afternoon at L'iSO, -J! lloies may t-o re""" (eoiiiellilnij "' Hend mall "rd 'J rompanled hy rymllU r llliS Clwetnut 8'- to BYMritoNV 01'riiiiaTnA-.j W .r,-":v' ' u.i. M(Mette Vll'1;.,!'!. urn? . illli rinra nm ii r i WAi.TF.n mm mm l 1 !I , TftS U,VVtx r.pj ruinnLD Mm? V I c F () 1 n i i vr li'irU Mr v l r"" Ik r ii " - I jocuuerp' ' Vu m iLook out) i ' 't L3: fy j .j( tff-i -m!A' i-. 7' u X S i i i f, W i l Ate JJii
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