' F r f .war!'.. . ft" VI It, " t V x'lr tr t , & iU1 I" EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA; MONDAY, ,tf3i, "1920 (t 10 L. i'f Q M I IV Ti Cuefttng public Hedge PUBLIC LEDGER CdMPANY ptnus it. k. curvris. riom Jewries It. Lurtlrurton. Vic rrntdenlj ohn d. Msrtln, Secretary, and Treurer; hliln H. Cnllln. John II. WlllUmt. John J. Burgeon. Directory . KIltTORtAL HOARD: Cues II. K. Ccbtu, Chairman DAVID K. 8W1.KT. . -Ed"" JOHN C. MAnTtN. . .CVnerM Ruslnm Mir. Published dally at rtisuo Luron nulldlns. Independence Square, I'hll'delphla AtUNTio Citi I'reai-lnton Dulldlnc JCaif Yomc iiiM jiannon Dttaoir "01 I'ord tlu Ave. i nulldln ; nt? louu. ".'.'.'..'. '.ibbs'Fuiierton JJuiwin cmciao ....( W02 nitaM Bundles uvno imnKAttSi TV-mrrtNOTON nuaein, . . . .... , J N. E. Cor. Pcnnnylvanla Ave. and 14th 81. ' KHW TOBK ncnr.AC tm J uuuuim subscription rates . , v- -..' nrratin t.innm li aerved to tubucrlbera inwna IreeK, Ilv In til Statea renta l MTn all fouTnn"buntrlea one (ID dollar t"tfT!in.,!l'B..K..Hh.r. wi.hinr addrea,! rh rhaned mutt nlve old as well as new ad- nreat. nr.Lu iooo vu.NiT KKYSTONE. MAIN JOOfl crrfrfr,,. ail nmmieiiniiim to Evtnlng' Pufcllr l.tdatr. tndtvtidtnca Squart, , -.. ,- . T". '.. i Member of the Associated Press, ynrrrt ionm.iTPn PPESS 1.1 In rhllftdrlpnm nmi eurrounaiiiK ,v 1(,,. Mon ilc craves 01 American man iirmni uo iuiu u iii u. i"- at .in? raw. in i.-i "" ...... - , , ,., ,i iu. ninees of tlie world toilav. nat incy , payable l tn carrier. "omicrs in iioine, in -iumv " ..- .-- --- . - mn n nointa nuteli nf PhlUdeipiiia. ... .. , ' .i, ,nf dd ennnot bo undone. They wut a tin W 8lt. Canada, or I7n e. wnen- are uu iuSri 'l " V ...... . . ... , i, posee.iions. Mfjafe free. ny ai the nnt on's obligations to tlic men wno " . '" " V ,""' " ""," " rier month. S U (Id) dollars per year. . , ,. ,. , " ihlnir n he Iirot lorlinnil of man. Ihey j Jin ioovi-ii.ti.. ..... .i.. in thit paper, nnd alao the local neies published therein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are .ifao reserved. rhllid.lphli, M.nd.r. Miy 31. 1 A FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR PHILADELPHIA t - -- Thine on vrhlcii tin people pee he new ailmlnldtratlon to eoncen. tra Hn attention! The Delaware river bridge. A drydock big enough to occommo date the largest ships. Development of the rapid transit sys tem. A convention hall A building for the Free Library. An Art Museum. , Kniargement of the tenter supply. Homes to accommodate the popula tion. BREAKING IT GENTLY TOHN T. KINO, of Connecticut, lias U arrived in Chicago with the proxy of ' Senator Boles Penrose. This may mean that Senator Pcu- I rose will not attend the national com mittee meetings in Chicago. It mav also mean many other, thing I which will doubtless become geuerally apparent as the summer passe. '"Following the announcement ou Sat urday that the Senntor would be re lieved of the work In the ni.tional com imittcc. uo one need be surprised if it 'is .announced nt the end of the week that the senator has yielded to the nd vtce of his physicians nnd will remain In rhilndclphia. This announcement is not likely to come much sooner, for it is regarded as neccsnry for political reasons that the belief should continue as long as possible that the head of the Old Guard will be iu Chicago to direct affairs. "When the time comes we shall doubt less be assured that he will keep in touch with the leaders by means of the long-distance telephone. t . OUR WAR CENTERS fmHE figures given out by the Census ;j J- Bureau show astonishing gains in flsome Pennsylvania cities. Chester to ll l day has a population of ."O.O.'iO. an in crease of almost ''0,000 over the sta tistics of 1010, or ."0.0 per cent. Bcth- "'lehem shows nn even larger gain in percentage, as its population now i r.0,358, an increase of V,,o'2, or L'O'J.:! per cent. These large inerenses were due to the war, as both Chester and Bethlehem J werc among the grentest war centers of the country, the former in ammunition mid shipbuilding and the lntter in steel and guns. It is now up to these cities ! toestnblish such industries to take the place of the vanished or diminishing war work as will make this growtli per- mnnent. The acquirement of the popu--'j latlon was based upon unusur.1 enndi- tions; the holding of it, and this is the I only way in which it can become of permanent value to the citiea, rests j with the opportunities for employment . which the town can offer. With the i present shortage of labor, however, there is little likelihood thnt this mutter will I become serious enough to menace the j ' newly acquired population for some time to come. '- Neither the figure for Pluladelphia e .i .i i - i r . i nor for the other big cities of the conn- . trv have vet been ...ml,, in.1,11,. !!.., there will be also nn enormous increase. tirobably somewhere in the neighbor . hood of ItiO.OOt), perhaps more. I'liiln- dolphin and its environ undoubtedly f did 'more physical war work than nuy other city in the nation, nud the effect I must be shown in nn imp e.ive in crease in the population. Hog Island, with its thousands of employe., was only one of a large number of plants ! which cither were established ,,r es,. greatly augmented their number of em ployes to meet the national emergency. . Most of these men are still here and a largo percentage of them ui become permanent residents of the citj. , NEEDS FOR CITIZENSHIP rnilE action of Federal .lodge I fink--- inson iu rcfusfng citizenship to two 2 Russians who did not buy Liberty Bonds during the war. in spit.. f tu'e : fact that they were making good wages, brings up again the whole matter of I the ease with which, in the past. Amur 4 lean citizenship lias been secured. The authority to .admit foreigners as citi- fens is vested in tin- judges, and there - i fore the views held by the bench dictnt me Kino ot citizens winch the country shnll have. Most things which nre vnor to Attain I ate held In small cstcen .v f, pOH. 5 essors. Citizenship should ,e the most' 1 cherished po.esmn of eiery American. ' and to make it so easy to gel naturally cheapens it iu the estimation of the j newly made voter. People are today J thinking more than tliej ever did before, J nnd this mental attitude js certain t j have a good influence on their use of tlic naiioi. ii nn tins in mind, more care thau ever should be used in the nclcc tldn of those to whom this great privi lege is grunted. As in most of our other political illn, the practical politician lies behind ft nil. It was formerly the custom to natu ralize large numbers nf foreigners just before election. The wunl heeler herded thero up and brought them into court, and the political judge did the rest, That this condition no longer obtains, I fit least to the extent that it did not so 1 Bunr years ago, is a mot encouraging V ikni ( n'l.M sjil.itfnn nf Die trmllile. ..ulr lit.. tiUAlsx &WUM JriUi JWutWBd.' wlutivettr tntitlrd In the uie lor iney Deneveu tney were 10 ngni lor mi Teptoficaion of all ncics dispatches ; good of mankind, for pence and to end credited to it or not othertciie credited , the brutal and stupid nnd barbaric riot the principal safeguard 1 the careful nnd conscientious scrutiny of each in dlvlilunl ense. Judge Dickinson here nnd Justice ltcncdlct, of the Brooklyn Supreme Court, who refused citizenship to five Socialists, not because they were Socialists, but because their political views wcrq, not well disposed toward American principles, have set an ex cellent exnmple. THOSE WHO FOLLOWED THE WAY OF CALVARY Deadr - They Are Still Doing More for , fcllU UVUU Ul hllU 1IVI IU I iii Many Who Live . f. TIMK has come when flowers left A , A In lilnzo for n little while anu - I T1CS) werc yoilnf, men anA' thcy are I .lrnil nftor Innc nn.l lonelv marches and ! k nivnl ile uiln. Thev were no morel 'eager than any one else to die. The i inrv mnrntne nf life wns theirs. But ' ,ilpv ,,, n.ido their Iiopch nnd tliclr ,. ....,, ..i.. l' .,, ,11,1 lllt'1 liliuil(. Iltltlliril. VI .i.w. ... they die. and for whom? American always have had dehnlte nnd proud emu In war. When they went to I ranee ... ... . rt. ..!. of greeil nnd lies that lends to what aye properly known ns wars of diplomacy. Werc they deceived? Were they sacrificed, after nil. in the cause of International investments, or to strengthen the hands of empire-makers, or to lift new tyrants v.p I the places of the old. or merely to help one nation I ti sell pot and pan where another lisitimi sulil iIhmii hrfuroV Or will thr world actually receive the great gifts' thnt the-e soldiers wMied to give? j These nucstion are cried out from the enrth today wherever our men lie buried. They will hnve-fo be anwercd, and answered in words that everybody can understand. Brituin, France, Italy. Belgium nil countries in Europe as well as America are filled with people who will no longer be comforted by platitudes and evasions. Presidents, kings, ministers, senator, secretaries, captains of trade nnd captninsof finance and nil men who hnve utiy hand in the I direction of human nffnirs might as well realize now thnt they will have no peace until they prove that they nre done with bloodhed. ' Little group of self-satisfied gentle men in pot huts, functioning in all the capitals of the world, thrust the plain I pcopie into tne imckgiound when the fighting ceased nnd now nssUme to speak for the armies that nre gone. We hear some of them every day in Washington. They nre the voice of the people. The voice of the people indeed! The consistency with which these men ig nore the motives that were uppermost in the hearts of fightlug men brings something like despair to every rn tionnl mind. Again they are talking of war and ot v'rtory in terms of nntiounl advantages nnd imperial expansion. They arc re-cstnblishing the ugly bar riers which millions of young men died to break down. They are rekindling the tires of artificial hate and bigotry ami suspicion that regularly burn up the youth of the world If thcro is nttytliiiic that can relievo I . . . - t i tbe earth of the destroying curse nnd the successive agonies of war it is the achievement, by the natious themselves. . . , ,, , of that common understanding that our f II niPn fflllTllI With 'limf nwni.tntn I.. own men found with their nssocinte in battle before they died. These soldiers didn't brng. They didu't sit down with pencil and paper to calculate their win nings. Such preoccupations hnve been left for the worthies in the pot lints. The men who-e grave are in France weren't afrjiid to venture in n great cause or to meet other men on equal ground to share n common task thut had to be performed if life was to be tolerable or even safe. That sort of fear wns left for the gentlemen in the pot lints. Soldiers who went to France knew war as an endless horror, an inde- scribable misery. It has remained for ! men who, sat comfortublv at home to think of war iu term of trmle ,.vn. sion und new sphere of influence. Is it because many statesmen are very old thut they cannot think nnd talk in the terms common to the plain people? The people w lioin they nre supposed to represcnt have no special concern with ,Hnv iTa,i" rolltl"- "'"' frontiers revised , titP interest of one or unother group , of ambitious nationalists. i To know what is unspoken in the , 'XrVldariike'hi1''', ""T. wuere on n da iihe this vou would , . :. ,'" "'" ""-'" "" . r cemetery anywhere in the world, for the woman who surely would appear after the crowd departed to kneel at some fresh mound and touch her lips to the new grass and whisper, "My son ! My sou !" That cry has not been wrung from women alone, it is a cry of nations benumbed by grief and left desolate n if tires had passed over them. Their youth is gone. They cannot bear to look backward. Ihey fear to lift their 'j" iu inc iiiiur.-. inn iney are reauy to demand that their governments live nearer to the ideals and purposes of the .oldiery in the recent war. The meanings of this particular American holiday are not foreign to the people of the old world. Oddlv enough, it was the patient Russians, whose fate seems to be .successive be trayal, who lost most heavily in the light for a civilization from which they have retired as outluw. The loss in the French armies wa almost as great a the loss suffered by Russia. Enz- land paid almost ns dearly as France. I it urprltiig that every government ' gardening tne likelihood of .. food short in the old world is being viewed criti- I "K1-' would go glimmering. cally, that European statesmen are! aware of brooding unrest on all sides? King Alexander of (Jreecc is dis There may be new understandings be- ' covering that court formalities arc cal tween nations nmj. ou the other hnml. vaf.A ,0 ,urn lovc's Soling dremn into every present plan for n fixed peace mar a nislittnarp. fall. '1 he fact remain that nnr one who suggests or Hppears to uggest a repeti tion of the catacUsui of a new interna- lionai war in Europe will bring upon ' himself h storm of hatied and derision J without parallel in history. I'hose who advocate the League of: I ation have merely sought lo take the power for mischief out or the hands of the small groups who In the past, by methods known only to themselves, have steered greut nations to disastrous col lision. If the chief purpose of the League of Nution plan might be defined in n sentence, it should be said that it represents an effort to give the people who have to fight iu wars the right to rcvent wars by forcing every Interna- t onnl Iwme. out into the light of dnv. i where it can bo seen, measured and understood, without the interference of furtive dlploniatlstij, For sotiio such cause American sol- Mv franca- wcre-fllojietre. Jh.rj were magnificent Inheritors of the tasks begun by men who fell under the flag In earlier wars. 'Their graves in France will forever bo n reminder to Europe of the things for which they fought. The stones on which their names are written will continue to mark the path that other generations will have to fol low through a wilderness of misunder standings toward the ultimate light. Frenchmen yet unborn will look nt these American names and pause to know why young men traveled so far from the safe outposts of their own country, uot to conquer but to bestow. Children lu Frnncc who take flowers to the American cemeteries today know that here again were strangers who died so that they might live. Dead? The Americans burled in French soil arc more alive than n great a i ' chivalrous lond. And their graves will always speak of high pur- losrs and beckon others on to a time of enlightenment when, because men will not be permitted to mislead ana deceive the peoples of, the earth Willi lies, there will bo no more war, They went far on n hnrd rond, these soldier. of ours, nnd it Is not to be sup posed thnt those who live nftcr them will 'always be without the courage to follow the way they blitzed nnd con tinue to the very cntl. The heart of America i in France today and the hearts of innumerable French jieoplc are In America. TWEEDLEDUM AND DEE PRESIDENT WILSON uas Indorsed the treaty plank in the platform of the Virginia Demoernts. The treaty plank in the platform of j the Indiana Ueptiblicni i Mild to find favor with the national Republican leaders But the two planks, when stripped of their political flapdoodle, are sub stantially identical.' In each of them, however, the opposition party is de nounced in unmensured terms. The Virginia Demoernts Indulged in fulsome praise of the President nnd the Indiana Republican, found nothing good to say of him or of anything that he has done. When it got down to definite state ment of policy the Virginia Democrats said: "We advocate prompt ratifica tion of the treaty without reservations which would impair its substantial in tegrity." If they hud been opponents of the President they would hnve said: "We advocate prompt rntiticnLjn of the treaty with reservations which would protect the sovereignty of the United States." And there would hnve been no vital difference in what thcy pro posed. The Indiana Republicans, .it is true. declared themselves in 'absolute oppo- siiuui iu mi i-uvcuiiui ui me League m Nations as submitted by the Presi dent." But they proceeded to indorse nn international association which should do the very things which the covenant provide that the league shnll do. Their plunk in effect indorses the league covennnt with the Lodge reser vations. The Virginia plank indorses the covenant with reservations which would not "impair its essential in tegrity. Vnf nn nftomnf iu nnLinf ti urnntn .. ;..rtcutrt !, k ,:...! r i. Vi- imirii..iuu taitfe Situ iHlUlir Ul lilt two parties I radically different on the ,HHUC. lf ireldent Wilstn werc the ;.. ti.io .ft ..i.i .. i r.. ii'"ui , nil- tiiii titiii. i riiiw ruin-till. tui the ij0pUbHcau.s hate him and the Dem- ... ..... oerats arc compelled o ueteml him. But the real issue is whether the I'nited States should assoeintu itself with the other nation of the world for the pur pose of discouraging future wnrs and for the settlement of the problems which have grown out of the world war. Neither the RcpuUirans nor the Demo crats dare sny they are opposed to such association, for their leaders know thnt a majority 'of the voters would disagree w ith them. The voters have not forgotten thnt this wns "a war to end nil wnrs," nnd they will not be satisfied with any nil ministration in Washington which does not exert itself to the utmost to make "I,cm "ie purposes ior which we armed ourselves and poured out our , livi's nnd treasure- . Iu '"'' meantime the party leaders are doing their utmost to frame a form of words which shall make the unthinking ' believe thut there is n difference bc- twecn tweedledum and tweedledee. In the Republican Like the convention of the Real Thing West Philadelphia Boys' High School last week Herbert Hoover was given a majority on the tenth ballot, but not beforecharges and counter-charges had been made concerning "deals" nnd the like implicating Wood nnd Johnson followers. All of which j-ould indicate that if the boy is father to the man there is little likelihood that political conventions of the future will resemble u combination prayer meeting nnd love fenst nny more thnn the;.- do today. Senator Borah thinks the Demo- j ,.rnt; w, nominntP Marshall' for th presidency. It looks ns though th senntor had caught some of the Vice rresident s seuse ot humor. I On the face of the evidence before the Council committee there ore two ' Mr. Schmidts a garrulou Mr. Schmidt and a reticent Mr. Schmidt, Both backers and opponents say of the soldiers' bonus, "I hope they may get it." but there is n slight difference iu inflection. If the same enthusiasm manifested at track meets were lnvished on neacc It is the possibility of Hoover ns the nominee that I probably the cause of Hughes being brought forward as a dark horse. President Wilson sees his own views in Curtcr (Mass's draft of the Virginia platform. Kind of looking (Jlnss, as it were. The New York debate did more thnn its bit in "boosting Henry." It did a little to clarify the laLor situation for many. The congressional iuquiry, "Where do they get it?" may, according to rumor, be, extended from Mazuma to Hooch. Search for McAdoo's "invisible boom" suggest, the possibility of an other ."Mystery Man," ; ,. , j fcuffrngo is the oAy wear, but -not &himiiiictmlkQmljMmia -,&, V S . THE LlVSEY MYSTERY A State Treasurer Who Disap peared and Was Found Years After Lawrence and His Horse and. Buggy By GEOBGE NOX McCAIN THERE arc not many, politicians living today who were active in state politics when Robert W. Mnckcy, of Allegheny, was the big boss of Penn ey lvnnln. , .. . Mnckcy was the prototype of Mat thew Stanley Quay. He was n man of considerable Intellectual power, but weak "physically almost to.,tho point of being n scmi-luvalld. His first official appearance in state politics was In 1800, when he yrts elected state treasurer by the Legisla ture of that year. "Bob" Mackcy and William Livsey werc each threo times elected state treasurer. Both were Allegheny men. Livsey was an Englishman by birth who had won the confidence of Quay nnd t'hrls L. Mngee while acting first as clerk nud afterward ns city trensurer of Pittsburgh. Livsey wns appointed state treasurer in 1SSJI to fill the unexpired term of W. B. Hart, who lad died jn office in November of that year. ONE day in 18D0 State Treasurer Livsey suddenly disappeared. His wife rould give no clue to his where abouts. An examination of, his books showed that they werc In perfect order nnd every security tq the Inst dollar accounted for. ' This fact disproved the Impression thnt Livsey. who wns n confidante of Quny, had disappeared as n defaulter. The incident lost its sensational fea tures nfter nn audit of the books dls- " " "'"",. Sundered away in a tit of mentnl aberration, uut an ai- tempts to locate him through the ensu ing months failed utterly. The routine of the office wns carried nlong as usunl nnd thnt same year Henry K. Boyer wns elected his suc cessor. The mysterious disappearance of the stnte treasurer finally ceased to be n nine weeks' wonder nnd he passed into the limbo of the forgotten. SEVERAL years later 1 received pri vate information thnt William Liv sey was living In Chicago. I went to Chicago to the address given, nnd on the ground floor of n four-stcry apartment house under the bell-push iu the vestibule 1 rend the name "W. Livsey." Mr. Livsey. in shirt -sleeves nud slip pers, artswered the door iu person. I had known him for years aid his greet ing was frankly cordial and without the faintest truce of surprise nt my prcs- It' was jut as though I had seen him the month before nnd hnd called on a matter of business or to inquire auout his health. He was not iu the slightest averse to talking nbout his sudden departure from Harrisburg. I spent two hours with him and his wife. HE SAID that the impulse to leave the stnte with its turmoil of poll tics came upon him suddenly one day lu the office. He was tired. He was in n way Uisgusted with politics, and there enme upon him nn irresistible de sire to cut loose from it nil nnd go away where he wns hot known and live the rest of his life in rest and quiet. He knew thnt his books und accounts were absolutely correct and the securi ties nil accounted for. His mind was easy on 'that score. If, a he said, he ha", suggested to the political leaders his resigning ns state trensurer. there would hnve been a general protest nnd he would hnve been compelled to remain nt hid post. He simply left his office one morning, went to Chicago, rented an apartment und started life over again. He subse quently sent for his wife. He never chnnged his name or took unusual pre cautions to conceal his identity. He told me that he was perfectly happy: hnd sufficient to keep him nnd Ills wife the remainder of their lives and thnt nothing could induce them to return to Pennsylvania. 1 never saw him again. He died a few years after. HENRY F. WALTON and Henry K. Boyer arc the only men iu the his tory of the commonwealth who were ever chosen three times at three sepa rate sessions speaker of the House at Ilarrisburg. .... This covers a period of 12S years and ninety sessions of the Legislature. On' three occasions, therefore, Speak ers Walton and Boyer werc recipients of the customary gifts bestowed by members of .the House, irrespective of party affiliations, upon us presiding officer. Boyer resigned in Ills third term. These presentations are Invariably made at the close of a session. They are usually n silver service, desk, watch or other equally valuable memento. A silver service is the most popular tribute. Clerks and minor officials receive watches, rings, gold -bended canes, um brellas and smaJI purses of gold. Nc OW and then n popular member is presented with some gift or token of regard. It is n little personal testimonial from n few friends; or perhaps from mem bers of n committee to a popular chairman. Only once in hall n century, from personal knowledge nnd tnlks with "nncient" members, is there nn instance where the House, us n body, offered a testimonial to one of its members iu the shape of a substantial gift. G'eorge V. Lawrence, of Washington county, wa the member thus signally honored. MR. LAWRENCE wa the oldest member of the House In the session of 1M1.". and one of the oldest men who hnd ever been elected to thlit body. lie had served previously in the ses sions of ISwir-fld 1800, and thirty-five year Inter .. again elected, a tiling unprecedented in the hisl.-y of the Legislature. He was a tall, gaunt man. with a weak voice, who commanded attention becnuse of his years nnd experience. ONE of his most interesting stories, reminiscent nf hi first session In I."!!, wns how he drove in a buggy from Washington county across the moun tliiu to Ilarrisburg. The story furnished n tip to Speaker Walton nnd some others. At the close of the sesninn of 181)." when the customur.Villstributlon of gifts was In progress (Jeorge V. Lawrence received a horse nun uuggy. It was a gift from all the members. It was given with the idea thnt he might return to his Washington county home traversing the same roads he had fol lowed thirty-six years before. And so he went back, receiving n little ovation at every town on the way. Money has been no lusy making the mare go mat no una apparently over looked the dfirk horcs. -."THAT THESE DEAD SHALL NOT HAVE J MEMBffll roWfOlRsa. a VwfttrBiwwimilEagwnaa wmsiSKZ-. imn. jr.gvW4HcrM'Mr-rwii. - I "" HOW DOES IT STRIKE YOU? 'By KELLAMY' MR. JOSEPH REIN. CH, of Paris, writing to the New York Times, bespeaks a square deal for President Wilson, wniting for the time when a just estimate of his work can be made coolly by Americans who --io not. iono the upper mob or the mob from below in its exaggerated enthusiasms audits non- sensical hntrcd. It li n pood enme euessing nt the verdict of history, which history itself reverses more or less from- time to time. Whnt will be history's verdict re garding Wilson? q i q GREAT events have given Mr. Wil son n secure plnce among our greater Presidents. Had there been no great 'war. Mar shal Koch would have been n leading French writer on military science, not n general at least of the, rank of Well ington. Marlborough and fJrant, if not one of the generals of nil time along with Napoleon, Alcxnndcr nnd Caesar. If there had been no great war Clem encenu would Jiave been n' mordant personality about whom an interesting memoir would have been written, not n political genius rnuking with Richelieu. Had thero been no great war Wilson ..-.1.1 Imrn lieen one of the outstand ing Presidents like Madison, perhaps, and Cleveland. But there wns a great wnr. and Wil son is cither the third in our list of great Presidents, with Washington and Lincoln, or nt least in the second rank with .lefferson, .lackson nnd Roosevelt. But where is heV In which group? THE fashion is to r.ctrnct Wilson, n Mr. Rcinnch sees so clearly from the other -side of the water, it is n fashion ably set by what Mr. Reiuach calls the "upper mob," the mob of gentlemen, who make the best .i speecnes in tins coining , r' the influence of wealth, edit n great many of the best newspapers, belong to the best clubs, have much to sny about the universities nnd the churches. Mr. .Wilson has never belonged to the "upper mob" and bus disliked and distrusted it. . His feeling is returned in kind. And being what he was. Mr. Wilson could not know the lower mob. One trouble with Mr. Wilson, one reason why he has so few friends now, why it i impossible to win n fnir judg- ment for him, is that Mr. Wilson is the kind of man who never belongs. The man who never belong enn get little justice from his contemporaries. It Is that quollty in which we refer to one when we sny Mr. Wilson lacks personality, for by personality we mean nersonulity that is loved. The President has personality enough of his kind. q q q D OES Mr. Wilson rank among the hli? three ot our Presidents, with Washington nnd Lincoln .' He played a distinguished part in events ns big ns those in which they particlpnted. But they succeeded wholly where Mr. ison tnneu !'".. . . How mch of ho n""""'' aRnlit Mr. Wilson existing toda springs from n sense that a great national oppor- tunity was missed through him? Hod Washington won the w..r of In- dependence aud fulled to make this a nation, left it a lot of weak states tied Wilson failed partly together by a rope oi sauu, tnnt naif failure would have robbed him of half Had Lincoln won the Civil Wnr anil yet somehow failed to save the Union, he, too. would have missed his great place In history. i Yet Mr. Wilson has half failed as we have just assumed these MPn might have half fulled. He won the great wnr for us; thnt U, it could not have been won without the decision he made and the step lie took to carry out that doisiou, but be missed the opportunity to assure till nation a predominant place in world affairs, whether morally or cominer- dally. Whatever our real nmbition I ...nu we, hid that predominant nhicc in our grasp hnd did not get it. He won the war and lost the peace, ns It is olten put. Hay of Washington. I.e won the wnr nnd lost the pence; sny of Lincoln, he won the war and ,lot the peace, nnd you get some idea of just where this ieavrs Mr. Wilson. q q q HAD Mr. Wilson come back from PiiKh iu triumph his place iu the big three would have been secure. It would hnve lieen Washington, the maker of the nation: Lincoln, tho savior p( tho nntiop, and Wlon, the creator nf the Plaster world pdwer, JI&O toma Jmck in. lriu,mb, b.ij . . . i . , i Wilton Failed to. Reach Firtt Rank Because He Flat Not Finished What He Began tunty would hnve gone through the Su-ntc. No one would have dared to resist him. We were in n mood ns a pcopie to be first or nowhere. Mr. Wilson having failed to put ui first, we have preferred to be nowhere. q 3 q HISTORY is a jealous creator. It ha place for a few great men. There will be only one great general Come out of the wnr. And he will be Foeh. There will be only one grent states man come out of the wnr. He is likely to be Clcmenccau instend of Wilson. The Frenchman was the American's great antagonist at Paris, and the Frenchman won. Wilson might have got an interna tional organization based on idealism in which the United States played the lcnTIing pavrt, if idealism is ever realized. Clemenceau got an international or ganization based on realism in which his country shares with England the lending role. It will be n generntion before it will bo known what France will become. But suppose that France, with her wonderful North African empire, be comes the great country of the Euro pean continent? Clemenceau will then rank with Bis marck and Richelieu. Wilson will be n man who played a greut part in grent events nobly Jiut imprncticolly. Memorial Day "Dulre et decorum est" The bugle echoes shrill nnd sweet, But not of wnr it sings today. The road is rhythmic with the feet Of men -nt -arms who come to pray. TJo wwh Wosson) wllU(, ,, m, (In tombs where weary soldiers lie; r,.,,.,,,. h , i.n'nn'red dend A( mnrtin musit. Heaves the sky. j ,bovo their wrenth-strewn graves we i kneel, j They kept the fnith nnd fought the ! fight. .... ' I hrough flying lend nnd crimson steel They plunged for freedom and the rlK,,t- I jiny WP tn(,ir Kratofi children, lenrn 'J'lioir strength, who lie beneath this , ,, . Who went through fire nnd denth to ,,nrn At last the accolade of God. In shining rnnk on rank arrayed I They march., the legions of tlic Lord; I He is their captain unafraid, I The Prince of Peace Who brought n sword. From "Trees apd Other Poems," by Joyce Kilmer. There is strong probability thnt Herbert Hoover will be nominated nt the Chicugo convention by Sober Sec ond Thought. It is probably becnuse progress is invariably made on n zigzag line that th w01.,(1. sowly ...-easing production , I)IUK.tll(lted by strikes nnd rumors of ...'ji,.,., smuis. ,, , , . , , Men arc interested in things that l touch them where they live or, if they r imusc-uuuiur, m luuct-s wuere tney would like to live. The watchful wniting that has been forced on the President has been calcu lated to chill enthusiasms. In handing out honors nt the local Henley, don't forget the big dredge Falrmount. Teachers will get more money be cause public opinion is back of the demand. The trouble with the D'AununzIo near-epic of Flume is that it Is in- termluunie. lf liars had good memories more probes would be tizzies. The Kuropenn treaty dicker is just one postponement ufter another. It would appear that Armenia, too, is to be sacrificed to politics. Practical polities appears to de velop calluses on the conscience, TiiU is the 'day" when pretty nearly everybody uays it with llowers. i . DIED IN VAIN" X. What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. Has a United States senator1, ever bccn elected President? 2. What nre homophonous words? 3. Who first called Florence Nightin gale the Uidy of the Lamp? 4. Who wcro the Morris Dancers? R. What Is an amperc7 6. Where did It get Ha nnme? 7. Who first used the phmse "The Al mighty Dollar"? 8. Who was Arracrcon? 9. Where Is to bo found the first au thentic record of a sundial? 10. What position has Fanny Adnms In tho British navy? Answers to Saturday's Quiz 1. John Adams was the longest lived of the Presidents. He died in his ninety-first year. 2. Homonyms nre words alike in spell ing but differing In meaning. 3. The death rate in the United States Is 13.9 per thousand. 4. The railroad station which has the greatest number of train move ments of any Irr the world Is nt Melbourne, Australia, with 1600 trains every twenty-four hours. 5. The seven peas nre tho North At lantic, South Atlantic, North Pa cific. Indian- ocenn, Arctic ocean nnd Antarctic ocean, 6. Tho phrase "the seven seas" wan used by Fitzgerald In 18,2 In hln translation of "Omar Khayyam." Kipling used It as a title In 1896. i. In the reign of Charles I of Kng land paper making wna n govern ment monopoly, nnd each sheet bore the royal coat of arms ns n wntermarlt. Parliament, ridiculing tho royal house, decreed that a fool's cap and bells be substituted for the royal arms. Tho law was nullified, but tho name foolscap remained. 8. Tho niver of Doubt, discovered by Theodora Roosevelt, In South America, Is' now known as tho Rio Tcodoro. 9. Malno became a Btato March 15, 1820. 10. Tho magi woro members of arr nncient Persian priestly craft ; sorcerers; wlso men. TO ACT ON SUFFRAGE SOON Louisiana Legislature Expected to Settle Question This Week Baton Itouge, May 31. The Lou isiana Legislature cither will dispose definitely of the suffrage issue this week or events will so shnpe themselves ns to give nn indication of the final out come of the suffrnge fight, leaders on both sides' said loRt night. Within the next few days the Legis lature may ratify the federal Miffragc amendment nnd give to the women of the country tho right to vote in the coming presidential election, reject the federal ratification resolution nnd vote to submit u stnte suffrage amendment to the voters of Louisiana next Novem ber, or kill all suffrage legislation. Anti-suffragists today said thev were prepared to make their big fight Wed nesday night nt the joint Scnnto and House federal relations committee hear ing on the federal ratification resolu tion. Japan Would Renew Alliance Tolilo, May :tl. (By A. P.) Bnron (lonsukc Hnyashi, the new Japanese ambassador to Great Britain, will take up negotiations for n rcnewnl of the Auglo-.lapunese alliance ns soon as lie reaches London, nccordlng to the Asnhi Japanese publicists think modifica tions will hnve to be made In Jhe pact, but they cull particular attention to the Bolshevist menace to India as a powerful reason why the British should desire a renewal of the alliance. WALTON ROOF OlflO DISTINCTIVE DIVERSIONS 11 sin A HALF HQlfAKB FROM EYERYWllKtlK Ted and Kathryn Andrews Entertainers from "Hltchy Koo" Cosmopolitan Trio sl"r" r D Ellin Armstrong & Joyce ,'a"n Margaret Irving i"hii"ieiriuv Faorlt Florence Andrews Tn a''"1 RIM Piaton & Moskovina 8en'tnai Dancers EITH'S JACK NORWORTH IN IIIH NEWEST BONO IMTB VEN1TA GOULD JANET ADAIR HOLLY WARD 4 CO. with MARION Ml'HRAY Kllner It Reaney; Anger & I'ackeri CHhurii ACADEMY OF ML'SIO PUCCINI URAND OI'ERA COMPANY THURSDAY KVKNINO AT 8tl3 GIOCONDA .. . .9il",.'i JWiwiiunili Fri. Eve.. I'aust. feat. 4oi... ni..l.un K ltU 13 to 13.60 at lltw Ullj ,Chetiut yim' Market St. ab, )0th. 11 A. M. to U p. M Norma Talmadge IN FIltHT S1IOW1NO OF "The Woman Gives" . ADDBD-tOBVON JIOrtSH SHOW Nt Vi'k. Nailmova In "Heart ot a Child" P A L A C p , . "1 MAnKKT BTIIEF.T Lj 10 A. M.. 12. 2. 3M3, 0:43, 7:45, 0:30 P. M MARY PICKFORD in iinn surnEME achievkment "POLLYANNA" mOM PLAY AND HOOK OP HAStB TITLB ARCADIA ALL-STAIl CAST IN Kilt ST SHOWING "Mrs. Temple's Telegram" A PAItAMOUNT-AIlTCnAPT I'K'Tt'Iin V I C J O R A " Market Btrwt Alnvi Ninth rt TOM MIX T', DAREDEVIL C A P I T O T. ;y 724 MAItKET rVTIIKKT Ll 10 A. M 12, 2, 3:13. 3:45. 7:43. Oi.-lo f . "Why Change Your Wife?" REGENT 1V ol!AETM8T0V?li,.7',i',! 4 ENID BENNETT $ n0AD MARKET RTrtF.frr AT Jt'NIIT.It 11 A. M. In 11 P it. .CONTINUOUS iVAUDEVILLE SEYMOUR BROWN &rCO. II. D. TOO.MKIt tc COMPANY CROSS KFYS 00T" AND MAliKKT V--IVJOO rvIL r -' !0. 7 4 1' At. WAH-LET-KA 0VJD BROADWAY Kr0B'' "f Rnydfr A TIIK PHOTOPLAY 8TAIIH VIRGINIA PEARSON and SHELDON LEWIS (Irt Person) Mary Pickford in "Pojlyanna" rHIl4ADELPHIA'H LEADING THHATKBa DIRECTION LED AND J. J. HHUHKRT 'Pop. Mat. Wed. "?"Ta $1.00 CHARLOTTE GREEN.W00D In the now musical comedy "LINGER LONGER LETTY" COMING JUNE Hlh. 25llffllT lly HAROLD BFLL WRIGHT sa" SHUBERT Last 6 Nights POP. MATINEE WEDNESDAY JOHN 1IEN11Y MEAHS Announce! By Arrangement with Morris Rest "'Tho Century Midnight Whirl' l lath very funny anil very colorful. It hfl tlroelr travesty and pretty Klrls," LEDGER. A nroad bel. Race T $1 Mnt. Thurs. Hi Evgs. nt8;20 D ELP "A TnlUMPII.' -rrtEss GRACE GEORGE in "THE RUINED LADY" "Makes You Roar With I.aug'iter."--Recori I VDir1 NIGHTS AT 8H5 L, I llv MATS. WED. & S-AT Pop Mat. Wed BEST $ ,00 SKATS """ WILLIAM C0URTENAY IN CIVILIAN CLOTHES "A Scintillating Success." ''""' METROPOLITAN M MATINEE TODAY. :;;i -.' TONinilT AT T 0. C$ffl M?0Y BIG NNFIVE REEL COMECTf SENSATION T3OT C3 .. r-rinra rj rrxrvw nn: a. jva 54TH ANNUAL IRISH GAMES Ancient Order , of Hibernians Today, May 31, Decoration Day t. i R. Y M. C. A UHOL-vpS 44TII ST AND 1'AltKHlDK " 2R0 of America's Greatest AWei rrlzo Danclns JIB", "eels. M" 2d noKlment Hand . ,r,'BlV;.n )lPtin K-ntA.i snenkers. Including TlV? .V,'.i .s.UU-11 ni:iir.i'-' "... ,iflM 1'nrtlel- KUINIieU VH'iW j ,,.,...., Ififq Vt? I" th" Mcmorln IMru 7( 1 31 " TtimissioR to tho Grounds, SOe , Muling. -'' ' (iAKKlrv ' Kjenlny. 2.V - ., 7.-1 Jl. Kour Rhnws Dally, l ;'"' ,,,r.,iivrXl, W MAK MURRAY nml 1A ''!"" "l" ,'orl ON WITH DANCE . NEXT WEEK "SjlOP-r. Al"" 7 DANCING LESSONS d-C 4 A Teacher for Each Pupn W CORT1SSOZ K SCHOOL, .1520 Chestnut V$ Locust 3193 OPEN ALL SUMMER rRASKo'rSMESTJA Four Wqnderful I'ntrletlc "'l mW r ' V MiW I'roirmm iaAlll!.U3ElKM -.J mutvw' ri u 55SN To) iff VillhMi MH Islll 154 1 cXLci&i "S . Jf-rl iff'Wiix .'. ":5y .i !-i,' J? 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