tr.? t ,,m 4' ' a. .! f ". .?! jtrtY 21, 1"920 EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA; WEDNESDAY, " S&W $, fw , EST i,? m & t. M sat- & l lis !: i t l.t i r l. b n .- lm I M Sp, ienins$tobUc2Ie&acr foi-'PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY P'VlfctWBK'fl C. Martin. Hccrrtai Vice rreddrntl ccrrtary nnn TrennurfT! rrrnmirc-ri urns ami (wamgi'ip. f- vftwuna, .loiin II, , Ti'flB""1 HPUWWMi, Director. Williams ' EDITOR EDITORIAL HOARD! AVID K. SmH.KY Cikii, Chairman Ed'tor 1 JOHN C. MARTIN. General Business Mar. Pabllnhed dally at IM'tu.ie I.wwrn IlulMlnr, 4 I IfklMnrfnrA Hmi.ifi, TthltAfVltilllii Atmntic Cur rrenx'l r.lon IlulMlnr Krw Yosst mt4 Madl on Ave. DfnuoiT till Fenl Itullllnjc r. Lnrt ions Fullrtcn HulMlna ClIICAOO ,.1302 r.iliiiif nuiiilinc i . NnWK fH-ll!Af'S. wAaillKdTns 111 IIPAC. B. tor. renniomtnti Avr nnd 11th Ht. fiull.llni srw TORK Ill-m-JI The Sun sunsruiiTioN iiatks 1 enl i nr month. .P. SaVRltlft In nrii'finn To all forelun countrlia one (111 dollar jrr mnnin. s n I T I n K MMtttt.1ir ulfthinc arlilreM AhaMHA.1 . l... t.. .. ...a, I a .... ml. inV'. -......, ., ,. ....,, T' """" "i-"1" "'-"- -"" r Cr,Arr nt; communleoHoii. fa Ktenini? lM J'MtortflfiiMo. PuWc Ltdaer, Imltptndeixce square, Member of the Associated Press THE ' AftROriATEn PRK88 i trclKtivrlu entitled to the c for fcpubUratlon of all uric ditpntrhra Credited 1o it or tint otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published therein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. rallidrlpala, WrdrmJjy. Jult :i, 1910 A FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR PHILADELPHIA Things on nlilrti tlir people evpeil .lie new ailmlnlntratlnn to rnnirn tratr lis attrnlloni The Delaware river briilne. A ttridoek big enoiiph to accommo tlatc the largest thins. Development of the rapid transit sys tem. A convention halt. A building for the Free Library. An Art .Viucuiii. Enlargement of the water supply. Homes to accommodate the popula tion. HOME RULE FOR TROLLEYS IN TUB past Mr. Htotesbury did pood wrvlec for the P. U. T. and Us patrons. In recent jears ho has be come the representative on the transit board of Interests remote from the city, its affairs and its people. It was Mr. Mttteu, the hard-working executive, the able technician and the plain dea'cr between the company mid the public, who rehabilitated the street car service and put it on a basis tot treble to the peoulc at large. Mr. Stotesburj. by force of circum stances, became the spokesman for bankers' groups which have hcay in TcstmerTIs, not In one street-car system. but In hundreds of them. And it is 3fc.. fuVi;0r!;.V;pir:n,d,.unn'oi,r, and HprinB .Sanlrn streets, nn. trrblr.1 the prices of the thlnSs vr , 'towna nt th ratr nf twelve iia) nnta rr 1 lie common wmf of this propositi is wliicli tliey ship, but the price of steam !? ' Tr'mWoVi;t,,hU;Vrhll.fl.lrhli.;"m"''l" The new Krtllery obviously raiiroad service has not been raised to J- i s !n" Urltwi states. I'nnmla, or fnlifrt should be c'liniirclii'ii-lve In scone. The , correspond. ' p , Tt elate nnnsesntons. p.-sace (rpe flfly l.0) .,,, tA,m , . ,. ' , . ,, , I .,, i.j,b..i..i , . t if eenl iwr mnmh si ism .tnitnra nr enr lolilison plctilles would there have a i I e Pennsylvania road has nlrendr V ,b pavnbln In ndvnnre. . . s in an fnri, nn pnim r , nni. mi an nr Hr-T;;not at all surprising that the coutinu Kv J'ner of a flve-cent faro in Philadelphia. LL 3? t - . . . .. . (1. in perions wnen me costs oi puniic service rose everywhere, should be an (Irritation to investors in other cities. 'where the "Mitten Plan" is talked of "angrily by newspapers aud trolley riders Yrhenever a plan to increase street-car fares is iiiiiitioncd. While Mr. Mitten's nickel ride con tinue in Philadelphia, corporations op- .crating street-car lines elsewhere will find it th more difficult to obtain in creased rates which they deem ubso lutfljv necessary for their prosperity and Mfety. l'jfbJems of city transit vary in van ous cormunlties. Conditions here are i favorable to a continuance of the five- nt fare. In many other communities . the short and profitable haul is tint so general. Hut in New York, in many of the cities and towns of New Jersey land elsewhere, street-car riders are forever asking why their trolley service cannot Ic put mi the nickel ba-ls made popular iu this city. Large investors In street -car corporations have felt -' 'that, even though the Mitten Pl.iu might suit Philadelphia, it ought to be changed for the sake of the moral effect Vhlch such a change would have in other communities. A seven-cent fnrc would be of doubt ful advantage to the P. It. T. I'mpies ntlonnbly it would wipe out n lot of the patronage which the present manage ment lias built up. Yet it Is not to be supposed that Mr. ftotesbury was tint concerned about P. 11. T. investors or that he did not feel Jiu titled iu the fmsertioii thnt a higher rate was war milled. The question between him and Mr. Milten was one of executive Judg- mont. Hut. since the present manage- ment ij loticcrned only with practical problems of street-c.tr service in I'hila- delphia, mid since Mr. Stotesbury i thinking of trolle.xs in banking tenn almost exclusively, there can be no question nbout the plnee where puhlii sympathy belongs or where it will be found. Mr. Slitesbury's resignation k not tin; best thing thnt could happen for the compaii. Rut, under the present uian agucepi. the P. R. T. will ensilj iir Tve the loss. THE SHAMROCK'S TRIUMPH THE second victor of the Shamrock Invests the oun contest with n quality of suspense nnd bona -fide ex- , citrment In which man nf the picvlniisi races have been lacking. The best in tercets of enlivening sport are served by this triumph That it was unex pected by the American public only flcnntuntcs tlie thrill. The Resolute is now thoroughly on her mettle. The dullness of an "easy walkover is now dissipated. If Skipper Adams can overcome the lend of his extremely formidable rival. n his com patriots unitedly hope, success will be all the sweeter. As for Sir Thomas Lipton. he Is no i ntiiteiiiRent government regulation. lorger an object of sentimental sympn- I til'" but a spirited and competent foe. The plan of the new law is intelll The third race ought lo be the most gent. We shnll see whether it is in sensational and pulse-tingling ever telllgently enrried nut. If the great tailed for the troph. aiteries of tlie country which curry 'the lifeblood of commerce are to be al- tuf inWrOriM ART Mlinnt e lowed to function freely it will be nee TJifc JOMIN&UP, AKT MUDDLE (,KM,rv for the illterl!,B,0 Commerce 1T1VKN n lord chancellor." it has , Couimisslnn to abandon its old policy of been said, "has bungled in the making of a will." The testument of John G. Johnson, iu some was tlie pettiest of all Philadelphia lawyers, HlJSCSta the truth of this reflect Inn on the fallings' of the expert. The famous will bequeathing a superb collection of paintings to this city is still a subject of .court Inquiry. The vexing ambiguity of the docu ment is contained iu the provision that .the Johnson art collection shull not be cntoved irnm permanent exniDiiion kom the former residence of the tes kW iwtor on Boufh Ilroad street or another tii wiTs.. .- i - ,1.. fi- a L'r.it-.k utiinp prerceu on inc sniiin Hue. un. mtL jr"v ,y- .. ,. ... '. .. ioJS OXiraorumary siiumiou snmiiij It 'exceeaiugiy lnjudl tbi Jutcriirttation of the t lnt phrase which has occasioned the law's delay. Mr. Johnson d od In lltlT. Almost immediately nftr hli death urt ion- iiuIhscui-h came to the coueliiidMi that the llrnad utrcet manxlnn. particularly because It could not economically be made fireproof, wan an inecurp trnury fur tin1 iiriridrmi collection. In the ex- peitntlou tli.'it the eouit would fin 1 Mni n bcntowal of the picture "ex- dnl.ar In making Its award, and It hai fcdlnsly injudicious," a plin hn been I drcMcd that 'the turn mnt hove more afoot to loilcc them in a -peclut bni'd- , dollars In onlcr to buy food and cloth Iiik on the Parkway. Hlit that project, , in. too. seeniH to have lamped. T'" railroads must provide the Mayor .Moore now rocs far toward dollar. effctluK Its qiiletun in hN nilvni-a- of ( They cannot pick them out of the air. a plan to hoiicc the paintings in a par- t They munt set them from the people tlciilar wing of the new municipal ait who use thelt ears, "iii'seum to he' erected on the hill at ' The nxcr of the cam have doubled tittliiK euvlroiiMient. 1.V separate strui'ture would be n costly exotic. SotliltiR can practically be nccom- Pi'""''' Hi the tnnttor tinttt the oriKiiml Mlpulatlon In the will lodiril is set n',,,l('- ,f- I'OWMcr. the will Is to be In a sense orOKen, It Is hard to find less of a contradiction of Its terms in the -piciul bulldlnR sclipinc than in the fu- eloii project. Hut the whole situation will (ontlntic to be obscure until the Okpl.uuV Court ucts. MM I iriMe enn i anr, MILLIONS FOR LABOR: HOW MUCH FOR CAPITAL? Business Is Suffering Because of Governmental Constriction of the Arteries Through Which It Flows Till; award by the nallroad Labor Hoard of increased -pay to the rail road workers is the first action under the I('!i-('ummliiH law passed to secure justice for the workers, the owners of the railroads and the public. The I.ubor Hoard was created In order to proldo a tribunnl before which the dissatisfied workmen might take their grievances for peaceable Investi gation and settlement. It was hoped that the I.nhor Hoard would be able to make such derisions as would be rea sonablj s'l'Nfactory to both employes' and emploer and would thus prevent strikes aud the interruption of trnffic. An increae in wages that would have amounted to $1,000,000,000 n year was nsKcti oy tlie men. llie noartl, alter , MM time. ou ma be sure, if the considering the whole situation, with launching crews can do it the men and the full knowledge that whatever in- ,nP rvecutites hne done something crease, was allowed would have to be I10lPr uofor,, contemplated In the wru-ld. paid by. the pnhllc 1ms agreed on un , n,,fore the war seven ships repre Increase that will amount to .fliOO.000, - i snt,,,, K001, vonr- n,.,. , t,1P vpr. 000 n year. , nc shipyard. The c--eK to be sent ibf tt.llroad companies have indicated their wlllltigness to aei'ept the awnrd. The labor leaders piofessrd to bo dis appointed nnd talked about the pos.si bility of n strike. in iew of the present state of public setitiimnt. however, tin- labor lenders would do well to think twice before advising n strike. j The wiiges of the railroad workers' were increased by the government during the period when it had control j of the roads. The continued low pur- cnnsing power ot tne Honor nas inane it necessnr to increase the pay of thenr ns at j.,, but nowhpr(1 cU(, men still further in order that they may in ,p nor)(1 w,,s thrr(1 fl.m maintain their fami he- As the public nlllbitioiIS ns that wh(,.h wns rPH,.P, will have to pa the bills, the I.aoor ; in thp ,, jM, pnilt lt is ,mkpiv Hoard wieiy tooK tnai tact into ac- count In Its award and let us off as easily as possible. The new railroad law makes specific provisions for tlie protection or the roads against the inequities from which 'hey have suffered In the pnst. It pro- 1 I'titnu T,,,,r nil rriru Dim nn fnn.nnnnn "- - -- - " ....--;.- in tne uiieresi m me puoiic, nui u niso provides that such rate shn 1 be fixed OS will insure U retain ot Ik per cent on the value of the property. The law srrj, The great vnrd has neter been is mandator, fnder the rates which itlioiit u chief executive able to under prevailed when the roads were turned stm,(1 ,lp ,!rjxig p0Wer of common over to their owners b the government ; purposes in men of all tvpes and this return could not be earned. rating- Schwab made shipbuilding The Interstate Commerce Commission ' om i,,P a sporting event to everv mnn is now stud lug the testimony offered ,!, ia(1 an, thing to do nt the island, in hearings on the icipiest of the roads , aml ,.,..,, nm ,H pmcr(.,SSOrs relied for such an iuciea.se in rates ns would ield SI. 0011,000.(100 a .tear. This in crease was said to be necessary tinder tne oki wage seneduie. ir llie roads liniM nun .mj'muiiiii.iiiiii more lor in creased wag", their rates must be in creased accordingly, and the Interstate Coimneice Conum-siou has nn discre tion in tlie matter, for the law says it "slm'l e lablish such rates" ns will car. il lulr ",,l,rn on ,llP Investment. ' "ir ''"fon einent of this statute ought tn icliew the railroads from the hard- lllns from "llIrl1 ,h.v hav l'fcu Mlf" ' fon" for " Rcncratlon. They hac oeen siarvui iu pursuit oi a ue n ugogic ieor mat inn unci no rigius mui me public was bound to respect. That they brought their punishment ou themselves thmugli the unscrupulous exploitation of franchises mid through their Use bv sfii I. jobbers in the past has not made it an easier for them to meet their pioblems. Rates have been fixed without due regiird to the cost of the service, nnd as a result the roads have not been able to bti equipment to icplnce that which was worn out, tn say nothing of pro- tiding for expansion of business. - , . When the government took them over thev were in poor condition and the companies had been unable to raise cipitnl to improve them, for there was nn ccrtnint thnt the Interstate Com merce Coinmlsslou would permit them tn Increase their tates sufflcientl to meet the new fixed charges. The rates iu the past had been -o liv that tlie were unable to replace equipment out of income, ns it ought i be replaced in an properly conducts business. TI.e troubles of the railroads in ie cent years nave neen inrgeij due to .... . . niggardliness and to face the situation as it is in July of this year of grace. j lie roaus toiiu nave uoi cars euougn to handle the business offered. The warehouses of manufacturers are full of goods which cannot be shipped be cause the roads cannot handle them. It would be cheaper for tho producer to pay twice the present freight ruteg and have his goods moved than to keep them iu his warehouses for weeks. The pur chaser would rather pay tho extra frelcht nnd cet hit purchases when he ' wnnts them than be compelled to wait weeks nnd months for what he has ordered. What the nation needs today is the enforcement of a ralroaiknicy which raatktfp! will make impossible. jhq.trnfBc'inss inovlnit. For lark of thnt nollc.v wo ahnll be MtfTrriliR fo ninny montlm to come, because even If the lucrcased j fremiti rate idmuld tic allowed next week, It will take a lone time for the road to sot the now equipment which they need. The Labor nonrd has considered the deereaced purchasing power of the ' ''cen forced to dlseharKP 12,000 men from its eastern division in the Interest of e, onoiny. Some of these men were foisted upon It by the government ' duriiiR its period of control. They were ' siiperfltintis then and arc superfluous now. I Hut the Slo.OOO.OOO which it will I save by this course will not be enoiiRh to cover the $00,000,000 which It will i have to raise to meet the wage. Increase mude by the Labor Board. The rate commission In Washington ran mlt ,ho ra"roa',f' f'r feet and thus stimulate all business, or it can r0'1 ,," oa'l!, nnbble1 to the Injury of ever? other cntorprtee, nccordlng as it eNcrcises us itinctinns tinder the new law in a broad-minded spirit or in the spirit that has controlled It in the past. HOG ISLAND'S GREAT DAY AN INFOHTINATB name clung to Hog I -land from the first and through all the days when the world was hmUnK toward it with nnxlety, awe mid unbelief. So it is of the lie des Cochoni l the isle of the pigs) that the I'cneh will read when the narrative of today's ac 'omplishments nt the big shipyard' Tenches them, nnd in Oermany the nccount of an unparalleled triumph of imagination in industry will seem, to some minds nt least, a little less- won deifiil because it relates to n place designated as Srhtrnninsrl in much of the foreign literature of the war. Yet Hog Island is approaching eclipse nnd possible obliteration in a blaze of glory. In planning to launch '-even big steel hips In n space of ilfty minutes or in j jll( tl( rivor tm)n nn, nmnnc ti10 lnHt f fSl cargo carri-rs of about S000 tons tl.nt have been built and launched for t'le government in le-s than twenty- ! full I' MinntllS- All nvwicn nf ln-a fltnr. j fivp unrns dnVM as rr,nu!red for the !..,......,... nr rni, ...Mi ,..i.n flln yard was working with full crews. Seven ships of the IIor Island tjpe arc eipial to about one-fourth of the ship indemnities to be demanded annually from (iermany. The allied nations attempted and nc- t, , herculean tasks when the , that ,,, neirnK of the Shlnnlne Hoard. of the 1'incrgcncy Fleet Corporation or of the government itself will ever claim exelmivp credit for establishing nn eighth wonder of the world at the back i ,00r llf Philadelphia. j what Hog Island represented was a w,Ceessful mobilization of national en- ,. i.t , . . crgj in a srnie uini. wouki not jiavc , SPPln,.il possible to men who were with ollt imagination and limitless faith in I ' American rc-niirees nn,l the Americnn similar! on the voluntary co-operation of their working forces, which was as- iiircd b a general understanding of the responsibilities involved for them and fur the eountr. Moinw was wasted at Hog Island. Everv one knows thnt. Rut every one does not stop to remember that money' was wasted ju vaster quantities every- ulieio in 1'nrnnA In tlie ilnv. u-hnn nn- , tll,ns Pro uiijnK to KalI1, u tneir ..vP,n tn Innke the catastrophe of ;,.,., ,-ietorv a little less likelv. Oim dnCs fighting in France cost m(W Ul.ln a t))e wnst(, on.nrt at tue I)15fcf.kf siip,nrrt in thP world. r f i,..itn ,.. ,norp in n f,n campaign against Russian Holshevlsts after t'ie war ended than was wasted l the fnited States Government in nil ,' nnr efforts at home. ling Island w-ns in many ways n na tional achievement. It has been cdu-e-.Mip.il The cscls launched there will form the backbone of n new Ameri can un ' limit, marine. We probably would i!, even more wonderful things iu nm new emergency. 9 Hut the closing chnpters in the story nf tne greet plant show that with peace i", ,i,' ,.,, jfiii.tv rt,, tx.ti ,..v.. ,- ..... , tl)PrP ,,.ls f an , t traf,i(, nl,np in liii American spirit or initiative. Weie P otherwise we should not be w Millet ing in a land of great Industries nb nit what to do with one of the great est Industiiiii plants in the whole world. GOOD FOR THE GOVERNOR! GOVERNOR SPROUL'S expressed disinclination to appoiut nn addi tional judge to the Municipal Court of this cit I i Hilling to the professional I ilitienl job hunters and heartening to the public. The act creating this tribunal em powers the Governor to rinme another 1 judae for endi 1'iirease of "00,000 in i the population of Philadelphia. Rut, uppil , the provision is not mandatory, and Mr. Sproul will be wise iu main taining his present attitude. i Despite the considerable growth of the city, the Municipal Court cannot .,, ha cnl.l tn he kerlollslv ril'Orunr1Pl "A )pw j,1(1kp WouIcl be 'nn expensive I f uportlillt.v. Instances in which gov- r11,,i PPonomv ran he nrnniinui are r.ire enough nowada.is. Here at least is one. Joachim, tho 'Ger Poverty de Luxe man princeling, was found dead by eery nnts. He committed suicide iu his villa. The greatest grief was expressed by Joachim's adjutant, nu ancient colo nel who attended him In state. These arc mnor details Iu foreign dlspntehes, which end Invariably by saving that the kaiser's son committed suicide because of his dire poverty. "Poverty'' always was a worn oi various anu ejasiic mean STORIES OF TI-fE SEA Stirring Tales Surround Barnegat and Henlopen Lighthouses. Treasures BUrled Beneath Shifting Sand Dunes j Uv GEORGE NOX McCAIN LBWIH M. IIAUIT'S efforts to save tlie Harnegat light from the erosion of the ocean's waves are being watched by engineers with the greatest Interest. With the breakers rolling to within twenty feet or so of tlie great structure, there seemed little hope of saving It until Mr. Hanpt volunteered to try his ex perienced baud nt the engineering feat. So precarious was the nosltlon of the Harnegat light that the lighthouse boaid had abandoned efforts to save it nnd the beacon was given over to de struction. No more thrilling tragedies of the sea have been ctiaMed than thnc which cluster nround lighthouses, and par ticularly those which mark the danger points to mariners along our shores. The Harnegat light is one oi the giants of the .lerscj coast. THBRK are few of the hundreds of Phlladelphians who every summer tourney down to Lewes, Del., nnd Re hoboth Reach who have not visited the Henlopen light. lt is particularly attractive because of its position in the center of the dunes of sand that have threatened to engulf It just as the ocean threatens to subdue its great sister signal nt Harnegat. Philadelphia engineers years ago en deaioreil to devise some scheme whereby the encroachment of the great dunes that shift slowly decade nfter decide" might be halted. Thus far the light house has succeeded in escaping the bil lows of sands. One of the most romantic features connected with the Henlopen light is thnt millions of dollars in gold arc said to He burled within a mile or so of the shore line against whose dnngera it warns those who go down to the sea in ships. Captain Kidd never dreamed of such wealth as lievs beneath the shiftiug sande. AT THE close of the war of the Revolution 'n brig laden with specie bound for the fritted Slater- was wreck ed off the Capes. A few j ears later a huge Spanish Government treasure ship, carrying a fortune of unknown extent iu doubloons nnd stamped ingots, went down ueir the same spot. Up until within the last few cars gold coins were occasional! found along the beach and fortune hunters from 1MH) down until within the last thirtj yenrs strove in vnln to rescue fiom the sands the toll of wealth. There is little hope nt this late dav of reentering any of the lost millions. South of Henlopen the ravages of the sen in the course of decades have swept awny thickly wooded Islands, and where ships once sailed there are now but shifting bars and treacherous slioaU. J-Jti i:VKS is mi old town. Its niaii- wrciks. sons lost nnd homes stricken. Since It was first established at the mouth of the bay it has been the home town of generations of sailors, sailing master unil pilots. The wreck of the De Brock was a tale that lived through scores of jeurs ill unlet Lewes. The ship was the pride of Delaware bay. She was commanded by Captain Drew ond traded to the Le vant. The appearance of the ship on every return was a signal for the pop ulation of Lewes to gather nlong the water front and give her hail. IN THE early part of the last centurV as the De Brock was returning from one of her Vojuges to the Far East it storm threatened ns she was approach ing the Capes. The sailing master re duced sail and single-reefed the top sails? In celebration of his safe return Can- tain Drew began celebrnting rather co piously, lind. appearing on deck in the full uniform of his rank, vented his anger at the sailing master for his pre cautionary action. He nt once ordered all sail set. even to the royals, for Lewes was now in sight and he apparently determined to mnko a brave show . because among those waiting his return be knew would be his fiancee. Discipline was too well preserved on the De Urock for any protest ngnlnst the hot-blooded captain s suicidal no tion, Kven if protest hud been contem plated it would hae been In vain, bo caubc almost before the full measure of danger had been realized the storm burst with fury and the mn.sts and their fabiic came down with n cinsli. It is suid the I)P Rroolc turned bot tom up. Oulv a few nf her complement of men managed tn reach land. The cuptnln's bride-to-be witnessed his destruction, and it is snid that, in consolable ever after, she wore mourn ing garb to the du.v of her death. THE winds, tides and currents piny capricious freaks with the things 'that arc committed to their care. Wit ness the finding of a life preserver of the ill-fated Lusitaiiia in the Delaware last week. Every now and then, following n wreck, some 'iie..age in n bottle, nl- leged to be nn appeal for help or mes sage of fnrewell fropi doomed ships, is picked up somewhere along our coast fiom Davis Strait In Cape Horn. The vast majnritv of such finds are fakes. Now and tin n there is internal evidence that some of them uro genuine. An instance in my own oxuerlcricc is corroborative of this fact. In ISO", during a visit to Europe, I corked a message in n white glass empty bottle and threw it into the sea about midocean as nearly us I could judge. On n slip of paper I wrote in ink tlie following : "If the person who finds this will forward It to (giving my name and Philadelphia address) he will receive u reward of ?.'." The matter had faded from my mind when, nine months afterward, I re ceived a letter from the Jefe Civil of n village nu the island of Cozumcl, off the coast of Viuatan. It was written in Spanish. It contained my original message with tlie statement that the bottle with its contents had been found by home fish ermen on the shore of the Island. The Jefe returned the notice nnd demanded the ?"i promised. Aud he got it. PHILADELPHIA Iibb built light houses for tho government, but the experience of Engineer Ilnupt will bo, I think, the first Instance of a Philadel phlan saving a lighthouse, from destruc I Inn Twenty -live jears ago two lighthouses to replace tho structures nt tape Charles and Hog Island, Vn., were built in this city. The h-lght was 102 feet. Each structure consisted of heavy cast-Iron nniiiinim ulili sriiti iironerlv braced and stayed by wrought-iron tension rods arranged In octagonal form around u central cast-iron cylinder nine feet in diameter. . . The whole arraugrment wrts n de pnrturc in tho construction of light houses. ., . It was the inauguration m a now policy by the llghtho"'0, board which . -lias been Hirowed ever Bln&'lvfaWsiyer SHORT CUTS Why don't the disgruntled ones mil Habe Huthfor President? Thnt Sims nnd Decker ore not being disciplined is due not to Demo cratic magnanimity, but to Democratic politics;. When Governor Co.x hns answered the questions put by Henntor Harding the issue will be joined. The one big Issue In the cnmnalcn appears to be between the Hack Plat form nnd the Front Porch. The difference between Messrs. Stotesbury nud Mitten nppenrs to have been merely over how to get It. The market bnsket will, of course, have to bear its share of the burden of the .$000,000,000 awarded "railroad em ployes. Germany, having signed nnother scrap of paper, will uow proceed to use her best endeavors tb find n new crop of excuses. A little thing like party harmony isn t going to prevent Cox committee men from sticking the knife into Chnir man Cummings. Trenton now has a bathing censor. Sooner or later nt the bench we may see "Passed by the censor" In white on a sunburned back. The disclosures of Jeffries and the stories told in rebuttal all go to show that Director Cortclyou has a mlghty totigh job to handle. Things have come to such n pas that the only safe woy to take a ride in the country nowadays is to go accom panied by an armed guard. There Is admitted possibility that Sir Thomas Llpton's discontent with the niannpr in which Captain Hurton handled the Shamrock was somewhat exaggerated. Crop reports show that the country has food in abundance. If we had cars enough to bring it to market, retailers would have to thluk of some new rea sons for keeping up prices. Down on the farm Governor Cool Idge dally dons his grandfather's togs before he goes tn work In the fields. Ho doesn't need to don his old-time vir tues. He has always worn them. New Tork Is comnlaininc of the fact that immense quantities of vegeta- mes nre thrown away in order to keep up prices. There is reason to believe that the practice is common the country over. It is n kind of criminal profiteer ing for which the law should fiud a remedy. When Senator Harding was asked if he intended to ask the rrovernor of Connecticut to call a special session of the Lecislature to ntlf.v suffrage he replied. "1 answer 'No.' " Just a shade too prolix. Senator. There nj-c two words too many. We arc unable to work up any de gree of sentiment over the fact that the skipper of n German bark in this port flies tlie imperial enlcn Instead of the flag of the new republic. He is doubt -less brother to the man who cherishes the stein after the keg is emptv and the breweries closed for ever. And their iliosyncraslc. arc of no moment to those who enre nothing for the German stuff. Hog Island did its share in the world vnr by helping to destroy the morale of the German Government : it showed the world what America could do when It? blood was up: it gave us a realization of the fact that not only ought we to hnve a merchant marine, but that it was in our power to have one the moment we exerted ourselves: and this last lesson is one that should not be forgotten. ' No fault can be found with the Baltimore and Ohio Rnilrond for can celing nil excursion business: nnd there will be no real cause for complaint ifJ omer roan toiinw the example. During the war people sacrificed themselves for the general good. In the trying days nf reconstruction tliey will do no less. The one big thing imperative nowndays is to move our nbuudant food to its mar kets : to move raw material to the mills and factories and the finished products nut : to move building material to where it is needed. . A good old snllnr fiirhtlni- rlenr. ntely for his reputation, his job nnd his prestige in tlie world of deep wnters be fore on audience that includes nil the civilized nations is an impressive figure, to say the least. Such was Skipper Bur ton, of the Shnmroek, when he crossed the hue yesterday in Sir Tom's boat. The showing of the Shamrock in the early stages of the run didn't bring despair even to those good sports whoso hopes and money depended wholly on the Resolute. It is hecailfe the lnu- nf cnnltr nn,l demand, though it works surely, some times worus too slowly to nvert disaster in extraordinary crises, that the govern ment is occasionally forced to ovcrrido it. There vyere man illustrations of the fact during the war. A post-war illustration is furnMied by the New "Vork law putting a 'J,-, pPP PPIlt rPnt jn. crease as the limit bevond which a land ord Is required to show gnod cause for his demands. But while admitting the necessity for Interference with the basic economic law in extraordinary cases, it may be safely as-erte, that the world will not again assume, ju H,ber nud nut- ... Knit until it is able to throw aside tho crutches of nuternnl l...iii...i.. THE SILVER BIRCH TACK from the highway, my lady of -' dreams Murmurs a roundelay tPnder. ' POhtrea f51-"1"0 "mI "nwer nnd These .In ,nu sing of, my lady of dreams. Standing so stately and slender. ' Kil,0r,Tbroodt(' ,Vl'0lC ,l"' '"n b,""Iows White where th(. starlight is stream log, KilVOr'VsnooditC "'rn"Sl' your vir8inal SilVCrJ'nSr?hoodBh 5Ur "" -1 Vm with your singing and dreaming. Von with n cloak of the loveliest green Draping your warm whiteness over: lou with the. breath of tho forest I Mosses and briers with lilies between Haunts of the poet and luvcr! Back from the highway, my lady of dreams Murmurs a roundelay tender Sllcnco nnd fragrance and flowers nnd streams, '" 'rllCSl d'c yU Bl"B f' my IatJy of Btnpdlug so' white and sfaslendcr! n4u, Blcwett, In the Touto Globe. TpIL yip , J ' i !i w h "i i 1 j -I 1 1 j ! ( ? !.v'fcr--M A ,, vilest V HOW DOES IT Both Parlle8 Heve Lono pla- m.s-s- ,,T,.s . forms, but What la STRIKE YOU? m issue? '-By KELLAMY WHAT is the issue of this campaiguV ClA,,itrtf. tTncllnr. imu liPPn nnin. looted for more than n month ; Gover nor Cox has been up for the presidency a fortnight. Hoth parties have written long plat forms; but uobody has found the issue. It was going to be the Wilson admin istration, but the Democratic party backed away from nominating tho Pres ident's son-In -law nud the anti administration forces in tho convention named a man not at all identified with tho President. Tho Wilson issue appeared to go glimmering. Governor Cox goes to Washington ; has a talk with the Presi dent. Ah! It will be the Wilson issue after all! The governor has crossed the White House doorslll. He has gazed upon the fchecp on the White House lawn. Does not that fasten upon him ull the dislike which has accumulated in the bosom of the public over the Wilson administration? What is the state of Governor Cox's soul after an hour's conversation iu the Whlto House? Has It become infected with Wilson ism? Hasn't he become u member of the royul family? q q cj QEN'ATOR HARDING naturally de- manils for the nation a bill of par ticular. What did Cox say to Wilson? What did Wilson say to Cox? Wouldn't the election of Cox, now that he has talked to Wilson, mean four more years of Wilson? .Can n man be permitted tn pay a visit to the politically proscribed White House nud get away with it? Doesn't Governor Cox's mind nfter bin Washington trip wear one of those labels such as foreign hotels stick, or used to stick before paper costs rose, on dress-suit cases? Tho country should know. Doesn't a visit to the White House mean all sorts of foreign commitments for the United States, dubious alli ances nnd secret covenants secretly arrived at? At Inst, an issue: Shall a candidate enter the infectious. Intellectual atmos phere of the White Douse? Can a man be u guest of Wilson without laving himself open to the charge of perpetu ating the dynasty? q J J WHAT is the real issue? Being caught looking nt the thecp on the White House lawn? The League of Nations? Liberalism? Liberalism versus conservatism? Wet or dry? When the Republican chose boldly nt Chicago to put by all the progresslvism of Roosevelt and become definitely eon servutivc in the belief thut the war had left the world conservative, people said: "Oh, the Democrats will be lib crul!" anil the issue will Jie "liberal ism against conservatism." But the Democratic party declined tlie opportunity. There ure two conservative parties, differing in intelligence, rapacity, honesty, perhaps, but both conserva tive. "Ah! thcu,"'.said some who were watching for nn opportunity to sturt n third party, "wo shall force tho Isbuc. We shull found a liberal party," But they didn't. They couldn't find uny liberals to make it un. They cust their nrt in the sea for iiueniis mni iiiiiicu in a lot ot radicals. One good Issue gone wrong! Is tho League of Nations tho Issue? President ilson insists that it js and Governor Cox, having paid a visit to President Wilson and ported from him in amity, may be supposed to agree with him. But can It bo made the issue? Can the people bo interests In If L they were in beius kept out of the war J II JUIUI Or In free silver .In IRnn Beuator Hprdine" start jr'vittis WHAT COULD BE SIMPLER? fire of questions from his porch or his library or wherever it is that his cam paign originates nt present. iocs liovernor Lox Relieve in the Lenziic of Nntions ns handed down on Mount Sinni to Woodrow Wilson? i hut docs Governor Cox mean bv reservations? If he docs not accept the Sinnl version of the covennnt, what modifications and safeguards does he udvocntc? q q q GOVERNOR COX will probably press unon his rival some Questions of his own about the League of Nations. i nere prccisel.v docs Senator Harding stand upon the league covenant? The language of his party's platform is vague. Senator Johnson insists that it means no league nt all. Herbert Hoover implies that it means the Wilson league, plus, probably, the Lodge reservations. Governor Cox will nrobnblv nnswer Senator Harding's leaeuo nuestlons with questions 0f his own. If both cand dutes. talkinc to each other through the press every morning, define their positions they may muko the league an issue. But can they make It ic issue of the campaign? i he rapid hre of questions keeps up. The search for au issue goes on. The front-porch cumiialcns that es cape the sacrifice of dignity which n speech -making tour entails may huve nil tho dignity which dally mutual heckling or rugging involves. htm an issue must bo found. If it isn't the offense of coziiic nt the White House and thus 'making the intellectual and moral commitments of Wilsonisni, perhaps it is the League of Nations. A great game nf wits this of findlnz an issue, requiring the ablest minds iu the In ml. Happy, it used to be said, is the. people thut has no history. But hbw much more happy the people that has no Issue. Tliey go throuch a war that shakes the foundations of modern society nnd come out agreed on everything, so that two oi our noicst statesmen, chosen to lead the nation, nrn crnveled tn ft ml a subject for debate nnd shoot hourly questions nt each other to lind the issue. What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. What Is tho Chinese name of China? I'. Which American state Is allotted the greatest number of electoral votes for President? 3. Fisherman uso n creel. What Is It? "I. When did Braddock meet his famous defeat by tho French mid Indluns near Fort Duquesnc? G. Who proclaimed ns his country's pol icy, "All wo ask Is to be let alone''? C What is kotowing? 7. Ilow do Catherine wheels get their name?. 8. Where Is tho Giant's Caustwny? D. What was the middle name of James A. finrftald? A. Garfield 1 10. What is a codex? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. The king of Abyssinia Is btyled a negus. ' 2. "Fletcherlsm" takes Its name from tho late Dr. Horace Fletcher, who based his health theories on the deliberate and thorough mastlca tlqn of food. .1. Horaco Oreeley, editor of tho New York Tribune, was defeated for tho !icUeltdmC1872q" ,h Dcmoctio i. Tho excavations conducted by Hcln rich Schllemann, the celebrated nroheologlst. In Mycenae, Greece. In 187C resulted In the discovery of gold, silver, bronze, fine stone and Ivory objects worth more Intrinsi cally than uny treasure-trove known to havo been found In any land. G. Shortly beforo his death. General Gorgas was planning to exterml nato yellow fovor from tho west coast of Africa, ono of tho last lairs of tho disease, 0. Thn planet Mars shines with n red dish glow. 7. Three kings named Victor Emmanuel havo ruled over Italy. The present king Is Victor Kmmanusl ill. 8. Puce Is purple-brown or "(lea-coloi " The French word for flea Is puce. 9. Replying to some frlenda who were urging him to run for President, Genornl Sherman said: "I shall not accept n, nomination. U I am nom. inated J will not, run, ana ( i m eleotedi will tiai serve," 10. Bangkol la thdHlfeual ot Siari ' iv, V c THE CITY OF DESIRE FROM out some hidden Faraway, They ride, n vision band, Of dear dead dreams, of thoughts untold Thut none can understand. And nil who hear them pass must rise And follow them with straining eyes, To seek where that fair city lies, The City of Desire! So on! And on! And ever on'! O'er road and rock and hill, Afar the vision riders flash. And we must follow still! Speed on ! Speed on ! Though few shall find, Yct none must ever tire Wheu these pule riders lead the way, The way to Heart's Desire ! On ! On while siren voices call They toll n tireless throng. The miser with his bag of gold Tho poet with his song. Tho warrior on his mighty way, the youth and maid, the grave and All seeking ever day bv day Tho City of Desire! So on ! And on ! And ever on ! Through nil the tale of yeors, So long ns there arc dreams to dream, So long ns life hath tears. Press on ! Press on ! Though few shall find Yet noun must ever tire When thoso pale riders leud the way, The way to Heart's Desire. Gunby Hndath, in Answers, London. E I T, H ' S HARRY FOX and Five Fasclnatlnc Belles Giuran 6c Marguerite in a New Danes Revue Horschfl Honltre; J, Rosamond Jobnaon h Co.. Dillon & Parker: Otheri. Murkrt St. ab. 10th. 11 A. M. to 11 P. U. CONSTANCE TALMADGE In "IN SEARCH OF A SINNER" Nt. Wk. B. W. drimth'a "IDOL, DANCER" PA I A rTT 12" MARKET STREET Jr-L,-VH. 10 A. M.. 12. 2. 3U5, ' 5:43, 7:15, o:30 P. M. "THE COURAGE OF MARGE O'DOONE" By JAME3 OLIVER CURWOOD ADPAniA Chestnut St. Bel. 16th r.WAUl 10 A. M 12, 2. 3.. r.;4G. 7:45. 0:30 P. M. CECIL B. DeSIILLU'S "OLD WIVES FOR NEW" NoUblo cast, Including Elliott Dexter, WunJu Haw Icy und Theodore Roberta IPTnD T A Market Street Ab. Ota VlVlVJil 0 A.M. 10 11:18 P. U. WILLIAM FARNUM ln ohphan- C A PITf-M 721 MARKET STREET " I V-i Will Rogers In "Tbi Strange Boarder" DITTMT' MARKET. ST. Bel. 1714 t.L-VJl-,1 I MARY PICKFORD In Rebcco ot Sunnybroolt Farm Gt n n r market rtrk BT p. at tU.NTINIJUUH VAUPEVILLU HAZEL GREEN & CO. CROSS KEYS tJaoAErJp. . "THE LOVE NOTE" BROADWAY nrr3n H3" " WROR'H BUDS' OF 1020 ' RORT. WARWICK In "CITT OF MASKSJ CHESTNUT st. opera house -nCJIIUl DAILY, 2'30. T ft Prices, Mats . 2.1c, .Tie, 50c. Evkb., SSe, flOc, T5 Beg. Monday Te. i story '(,,!(" By Hln HuwJnO - WILLOW GROVE PARK 7:45 TOMC1HT 0:43 viHmr viriiTT Speeia! ALL-VERDI rror"m py. 'ipsaer-lC--,nnrviS'c,;" i IkiS?'!?!-! w . 1-',v.s.vi.aXs-. i,- .., .? .tji $T;a 1, j ?vl. t!Z7T.'iM
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