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A FOUR-YEAR- PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA
Thlnjri oh which tho people expect
thtt new administration to conceit-
trt It attention:
The Delaware river bridge.
A. dridock btp enouph to accommo
date the largest shins
Development of the rapid transit sys
tem. A convention hall
A ftulMitto- for the Free Library.
An.Art Museum.
Enlargement of the water supply.
Homes to accommodate Ihe popula
tion. SIGNS OF PROMISE
INDICATIONS of a downward ten
- dency of prices for fond nnd cloth
ing arc seen by Charles Cnlwell and E.
'k Pusey Passmorc, two well-known bank
ers of this city.
They say that the old law of supply
and demand seems to be operating. The
demand for clothing fell off because of
tha high prices. As a result the raw , created n nation to attain n view
mterial of clothing accumulated. Wool point which is now unclouded either nt
Is ielllne for a much lower price thnn home or abroad. Anglophobcs revert
n ---. i
lit any time since the war. laere is a-.nrnli-o
ntnrW nf leather whii h must be
nM t a loner nrire if it is to be dis-
nnaeH nt. This will mean a lower nrice i
Ifor shoes in time. There is a bumper '
L" crop of wneat, wnicn means cneuptr
Bh;w .11- 1 At.- ...... n U nr.n.
ijrWch, means lower cotton goods.
t m .io n tiffin imn i,mvrp.
.ftir the falling prices on raw material
' to bo reflected in the retail prices of the
manufactured articles. Present stocks I
must be disposed of at the old prices '
before low-priced new stocks are
bought. But the tendency is down
ward. When the transportation fncili
ltle are improved so that there can be
a more speedy delivery of goois there
will be n return toward the conditions
which prevailed before the war, and
business then will adjust itself to the
satisfaction of every one, provided, of
cotirse, the Federal Reserve banks con
tinue the work of deflation begun a few
months ago.
AN EXPLANATION NEEDED
A S THE facts are disclosed,
thif
inai
school-bond fiasco seems to need
more explanation than it hus received
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were were no oias. i
Then, Mr. Gratz suggested that the th themP of nn authoritative biography,
imblle,-spirited citizens who were in- th(U john Drinkwater hns "drnina
tereted in securing an increase in ray tizcri.. him these arc but the obvious
for the teachers should buy the bond-. ' 1Iccs o ne chapter In interna-
And now George Wharton Pepper, I tional comprehension The English in
aeting chairman of the committee of tcrest iu Lincoln lies deeper thnn this
citizens who interested themselves in 1 or his statue would not now be standing
tfie matter, comes forward with the 1 in the shade of hallowed Westminster,
statement that the original proposition matched with the memorials of the
of the committee included the under-
writing ot the entire loan, but that the
offer to guarantee the floating of the
loan was denied.
Under the circumstances, it is not
surprising that teachers nre asking for
better explanations concerning the fail
ure to float the loan than have yet been
effered.
MORE MONEY FOR MOTHERS'
r
IE women in charge of the ndmin-
lstratlon of the mothers' assistance
fund in this county nre convinced that
the nollcy on which the distribution of
money to women with dependent chil- hoped for ltb failure almost as strongly ' WHI:N u is known thnt 1.V1 persons
dren is based is sound They have seen la the statesman class in England. It I VV ho receive nearly $200,000 n
It In operation and they know thnt it , was among the common people to use rear nie employed in Keeping the .City
has kept many families together which that sturdy phrabe which much bom- 1 Hall clean the Civil Service Commis
would otherwise have been broken up. nat has corroded to whom some glim- slon has Just disclosed this Interesting
But they have been handicapped by menngs of the tmth were visible. The information the taxpayers need not
lack of money. They have had -141 men of Manchester were sufferers bj wonder that they have to pay $2.8."i on
applications for assistance thus far this the Civil War. The blockade had closed every J100 of the assessed valuation of
year which they were unable to grant. ! the cotton mills. It required courage their property.
They are asking for a larger npproprln-
tion next year.
The money will not be appropriated
unless tbey can convince the I.egiJature
of the wisdom of continuing the Mst-m 1
jrp
of navlnK the mothers for the rarn
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their Children who would otherwi-e have 1
to be sent to a public institution
The surest wny to convince the legis
lators Is to show them what has nlready
been accomplished and to point out what
happens to the mothers and the chil
dren when they nre separated for lack
of money to maintain a home.
GET-RICH-QUICK PONZI
THE short aud spectacular career of
Charles Ponzi.of Roston.an Italian.
who says he has made $10,000,000 for
himself and untold millions for others
since last December by dealing in de
preciated foreign currency, recalls the
case of Hundred -per -cent Miller, of
Brooklyn, who landed In Sing Sing
prison a few years ago.
Ponzl has suspended operations nt
th request of the Massachusetts nu-
luomics so mat tney may Inquire into
his methods. He promised investors n
vreturn of .10 per cent within four
onths, and thus far he has kent hln
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rftomlse. but the authorities find It diffi-
!L-0l. ... ie ' ... i3 1("ss,'bl, IcG!!
.v -UU.S puvii 1'iuiiia. 1 uuii, nmvi'ver,
explains that be buys depreciated cur.
rcy with currency that has not de
Ifraelated, and then buys postage stamps
wit the proceeds and 6ells the stamps.
lsVIkH l9siaf snn b,l V. 1.. J I I
' 1LSft5Miia jprofit all to himself Instead
" ' "IrSsjHK. ("" I'uuni; 111 ouoro u witn
aa were not conrinclnj.
t'Az-i's.
His books nro to bo audited, and when
the report is rondc It will bo krion
whether this man, who wns working
for $10 n week Inst year and now lives
In a house for which he paid $100,000,
ha, discovered n way to reap a rich
harvest out of the variations In the
value of money In different countries or
whether he Ih like many pet-rlch-qulck
predecessors. I
ENGLAND DISCOVERS
THE COSMIC LINCOLN
The Dedication of the St. Qaudens,
Statue In London Marks an Epoch
In tho Mutual Understanding
of Two Nations
HfTMlK best-known face In the Anglo-
J- Saxon world." With this tribute
uttered by David Lloyd George at the
dedication of the St. Oaudent tatue of
Lincoln in London this week nu invul
nerable phase of English diameter la
livvelyan, pioneer Krltirb hlitorlnn
nf ibr American Revolution, sounded a
"imilar , note and his public listened.
The chronicle was Anglicized, presented
as an epic chapter In the history of
I3rltih llberallm.
If a tale once disconcerting to our
transatlantic rouslns has thus been '
made acceptable to their ears, It is the
gracious thing for Americans to ap
plaud. I'uderstandlug Is not compromised
thereby. Indeed, the plant of compre
hf"IoD flowers under this nurture.
Those jf us who set the idea of Inde
structible Anglo-American friendship
above the henrtaches and the thousand
, nntural shocks which It is heir to can
I afford to be compliant when John
I Adams is paralleled with John Hnmp
I drn, when Abraham Lincoln Is extolled
as "Anglo-Saxon."
, John Rull works In his Indigenous
) way his errors to reform. If it pleases
I him to claim "the first American" ns
i his nun. u smile is our privilege; but
I nn ex'-hange of gratitude is alt-o our
duty.
Hiitain was slow to accept the most t
.miiathetif llcun in .mcricnn nis-
t"r.. T'Mii Tavlor's throbbing ntonc
ment in Punch was s-entimcntnl. fever
ish. For a full generation after
close the Civil Wnr. Its purposes and
the spokesmen by which this meaning
could have been clarified remained n
mystery to most Englishmen. Henry
Adams recalling the diplomatic henrt
of the conflict, has memorably pictured
the utter inability of Palmerston nnd
Russell to say nothing of Gladstone,
who nvcrred thnt "Jefferson Davis has
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repeatedly to those dark days when the
whole trend of British diplomacy wns j
towdrd a recognition of tho Confed
crary nnd toward steps deliberately cal-
culated to promote the dissolution of
iue luiou.
TUn elftintln Is nnmnletelv rloril
Imented. Adams is merely n vivid,
, especially equipped and-recent chroni-
;ler. Both nations todn; r. bo wcv er. can
face the truth fearlessly. The ac s arc I
indisputable nnd they arc gloriously
obsolete
It has been the fashion of late to now before the world is one of rev
attribute Anslo-American understand- olutinn or whether 10.000,000 more
ing to the crisis of the world war. If I arc tn be sacrificed in new wars
this is corrert the compact is unsub- lit is better that n civil war, for ex-
..o.lnl TV... Virlll nrnVurl hr mm . . nmnle. shonl'd cost 1.000.000."
r,lnhl,', in ,rf,,s is often too emotionnl I
to be permanent
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-Llll.ru IS f l-ll 11J HI,', ll' '1VMJ k t
tn nmhrire ilplnsinn n current of criti-
incro is even now hhii in uuuj il is
cism against the British policy toward
Ireland that Is not wholly the result of
special propaganda nnd hyphenated t
"Americanism." That this will fail '
to jeopardize the larger aspects of '
Ang o-.mcrican entignienmeni is n
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I. n , hAL.f i.nrtn inmoTnin- mnm Knurl
nnd lurnb. thnn the fadlnp rr.talos of '
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Tlin I11IR iVlIUULtUUlIU,
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Lincoln is unquestionably one of the j
solvents in which faith can be put..
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Thnf T.nril Chnrnwoori has made him
makers of an empire.
Elihu Root, who delivered the oration
at the dedication, very pertinently rend
the copy of a sjmpathctic letter signed
by G000 Manchester cotton operatives
and addressed to Lincoln nfter uis pro
mulgation of the Emancipntlon Procln-
mntion Something of the England
which today lauds Lincoln as in es-
n?n eoa1 " '"-ested In that ap
jM-unufs, miii 1-.
Wor!d consciousness of America wns
jeble indeed ;a 1502. The republic was
an isolated experiment. The Frnnee of
'nnni,.on tho T.lttle. hplieved this nnd
and a spirit of sacrifice to interpret
tavoramy tne most respouoiun: .lurr-unm
agent of those lean times.
It also required channels ot Informs-
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tl0n of wm'"n lue CDancP""'" ot r-'-
rope were uui iwasvcu. u,r iUC
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r'nln
folk of the British isles tin-
doubtedly hnd from their immigrated
kinsmen The real significance of the
huge struggle in tne cw t onu wnso-ijpts 0f the taxpayers covers it and
thus conveyed into tbo very structural the public officer does not suffer because
fiber of the nation. ' 0f his wasteful mothods.
It Is this illumination ns well ns 1 n i, notorious that the City Hall is
other light, inevitable nB mnterial prog- , filled with useless emplojes kept there
ress diminished figurntively the size of I for politicnl reasons. The condition
this planet, which paved the way for prevails under reform administrations
the comparatively recent work of the ng we ns under administrations which
intellectuals nnd the statesmen of Eng- 'make no pretensions to reform. No one
land
Lincoln Is not a "fnd" there, nl
though the usual superficialities whlci;
ever capitalize themselves on the ercts
nf authentic enthusiasms are discern
ible. He Is today a factor in British
political thought nnd nn inspiration,
however Imperfectly followed, in British
statesmanship.
The immeasurable good thnt can come
of such nn "invasion" Is one of the
most stabilizing of thoughts in an age
of much confused thinking, of shallow
' '.
1 views.
..Th torn and bleedinz earth is mil.
ing todav for the help of the Amerien
- bi
Abraham Lincoln." said Lloyd
George The appenl may well inspire
examination of our own worthiness. It
is uot enough to accept the tribute of
an awakened England as an Inter
pretation of American character. Lin
coln was part of us. We are, however,
often not' part of Mm, Fortunately,
thoso parts tff contact that exist are
iTVy'iA.GsA
accentuated and stirred by such a scene
as has just been enacted in London.
The two peoples or tho one race, ae
cording as the matter Is viewed cannot
go far wrong with Lincoln ns a com
mon ideal may, indeed, actually become
tho co-operative and mutually beneficial
saviors of civilization that they some
times rhapsodlcally picture themselves.
Thnt England has discovered the
"true Lincoln" is hardly to be granted.
In our humbler moments nnd in the
light of much conflicting testimony we
are sometimes uncertain whether his
personality Is definitely fixed at home.
IF Ihn T.i.lIBT. l.n.A t ..... Tl.ltl.
cU.a h, fls th nre ,h
some of the good things of this life
which do not happen to be strictly
theirs; if they havo overemphasized
some established traits at the expense
of others, the procedure is typical and
harmless.
Merge this Lincoln with ours nnd he
may become the safeguard of two great
nations. For the man who' thought and.
ncted so unselfishly for one people, Is
there a nobler destiny?
A LENINE PARALLEL
TNTC
1 pie
NTO the hnnda of Maxlmlllen Robes-
ierrc, intellectual disciple of the
brilliant theorist Rousseau, fnte placed
an Instrument of terrorism the gulllo-
tine. The French dictator, exemplary
In personal conduct and a tyrnnt only
in so far as facts clashed with his phi
losophy, beheld t'topln beyond the ex
ecution block. That was the purge
whereby Frnnee and civilization were
to be redeemed.
In external chnrrieterlstlcs, other
than the possession of n certain per
sonal charm, convincing nnatogles can
not be driwn between the "Incorrupti
ble" Robespierre nnd the still 'unde
feated N'icnlni Lenine. It Is In their
reaction to controlling theories that
the resemblance lies, nnd there the
parallel i striking Substitute Mnrx
for Rouseau. the Red nrmy for the
cui!Iotln and the similarity is ob
vious. A Norwegian Socialist. Jakob Frlls. I
anxious naturallv to interpret the !
Soviet prnerimrtit from the most favor-
nvIr nngle. has recently recorded In his
this immense class to the principles and
prnctlce of communism
"Do von Intend." was asked, "to use
the "Red nrmy ngaint this internal
"Yes. of course." was the reply.
1CS. ot course. was u e rep.,.
lint the pensants call divine right
fthat of property) we rail high trensin.
The peasant has two souls. lie has
aiVnn I. n ,l.n .npnlnflAi. 1. 1 c tularin liln.
free: for the first time he has seen n I
rnrernment which use it- now cr n-ninst
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tTuini'iu mis iiuii iiii.iui"!.-. .-wii
tnougn mnny mistakes ne mn ie i.s .
n,.,vUnn,.r nn rnllehtpniiiir ntcrv i'iv ! 'J. ''" cxrcpi t teiegra linen leser-
- with Lenine. The dialogue touched I Vi,,io"s 'W nl;ond- J'J "wn. the
i nun i.iiini. . I , , . . duration of the stay must be specified,
i nnrticulnrlv upon the attitude nf the I ,rl... . ,. . ,,' ...,.....
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" T?iickliin nenconta ntul the nnniisltlnn of . n.. t. ., " , u
-- ,.,.......-.-... ------ in iiuiiir in innn yn T-nroi unniinnp
one ot his two fouis. mis niner sou i , denth nnd struggle thrust their grisly
one of pioperty rights. We wish to kill inspect too prominently into the fore
this one by agitation, circulars, ex- ground of those weary of war.
planations, but also by the help of i "See America First" has risen from
weapons, by the use of the power ot the the coarse suggests eness of the publicity
stnte. Whnt has the dictatorship of the "Kent tn a elcnr cnll of invitation.
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renter n
brought the workmen.'
hunger thnn before. Whereas
the pensants. on the other hnnd. live
better than they ever did. The problem
In other words. bolshevlm hns '
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V..n.,rTl,f nnciinnUnhll, tntserv IO ITS eT -
nnnnnl-e nt.fi 1f Id Tn TrilllTlTin 111 1L
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In tho shambles nf Internecine cnuflict.
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'Ihe Hohespicrre mom. tnrougn terror
to perfection, is here unmistakable. The ,
dominance of this ghastly theory in the j
mind of the Russinn dictator must
naturally have a vital bearing upon the
The llohesnierre motif, through terror I
current pnrie.v pnuiK. umu mm n...
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.inn., in 'fi nn linn iiiii,t ill,, riling lufi
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rt'onRnirion dilrmmn.
r ,... flUKonfl hna tlnn rl in Ml .
l I'-iuiri .uimiiiiiu nt. - .....
cated .hat theehief concerns of Fran-e
nre Russia's old debt to his nation nnd ,
,1. i.r nf lu.nH ns n imlTnr kinip
The British poliey is complicated by ihe
Itch for trade.
Reconciliation of these purposes with j
an act of reeosnition would seem on the
surface impossible. Inconsistency,
however, will jirnhnbly play In the com
ing negotiations the significant role ex-
Liu:. ..I . ft.oftlllft- Tr, fVin, ..no I
something like n Bolshevist victory is
foreshadowed
But the superficiality of such an
achievement la not to be discounted.
The isolation of Russia, though it hns
wrought hardship, has undoubtedly
favored certain phases of the commu
nist policy By contact with the out
side wnr'd another drama will be staged.
Lenine bv his own admission, intends
to meet the domestic crisi . with more
bloodshed This was Robciplcrre's
method nnd his tragic and conclusive
undoins
TOO MANY EMPLOYES
The cjtv jjnu , rlenned ns nil public
business h done. The private business
nan j, compelled to consider every item
of ro,t jn ornr ,n make a profit. If
- : .
he does not make a profit he hns to go
lnf0 the bankruptcy court. nut tue
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public officer never hns to consider n
proflt f thPre Is a deficit at the end
0f tnP ynr an appropriation from tho
has found n way to end it
The Civil Service Commission, under
the authority of the charter. Is nt pres
ent engaged on n mirvey of the public
offices for the purpose of reclassifying
the employes and discovering the num
ber of men needed to do the work. The
1 information which It will obtain will be
I pubmittcd to the Mayor and his asso
ciates for their guldnnce. It Is assumed
that the commission will Indicate Its
views regarding the numher of emplojps
needed to do the work. Then It will be
I Up to the Mayor to clean out the super-
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' ne uas iii-cii "miimining ncc-nunc ne
fir,,i it ri.fli.Milt to --t ri,i ni ,- .i,m
' he wishes to discharge, but if he Intends
to reduce the force to the size actually
needed to do the work It is not likely
that he will find the Civil Service Com
mission standing in his way. A reduc
tion in the force would Fave the tax
payers hundreds of thousands of dollars
a year, or would release money that
could be used in employing policemen
enough to cover the city.
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SEEING AMERICA FIRST
A Philadelphia-Named Mountain
In the Canadian Rockies; Great
est Tourist Season Ever,
t
Ry OnORGE NOX McCAIN .
MOUNT A. J. DRHXEf, RIDDLE
Is one of the peaks in thnt vast
upheaval known ns the Canndlan
Rockies,
I wonder how many Phlladclphlnus
know that such n mountain is in exist
ence? Very few. How mnny Fhlln
delphlans ever nscended It? None so
far as known.
Mount Riddle, ns It Is officially des
ignated and as it appearo on tho topo
graphical maps t)f the Royal Geographi
cal Society of England, Is a gigantic
peak, or ratjier a peak with two pin
nacles npproximatoins 12,000 feet high,
in n comparatively unknown region of
western Cnnndn rnrely visited excepting
by exploring enthusiasts or big gnmc
hunters.
It was discovered by Samuel E. S.
Allen, an enthusiastic traveler and nn
F. It. (J. S., nbout twenty-two years
ago.
In his ofliclnl report of his discovery
to the English Oeogrnphlcnl Society,
Mr. Allen says:
"It Is a gigantic peak which bids
fair to occupy u prominent place as
regards altitude nmong the other
mountains of the region. I estimate it
to bo about 11.700 feet, nnd I hnvc
called It Mount Riddle, after Mr. A. J.
Drexel Riddle, of Philadelphia, nn ex
tensive and enthuslnstlc traveler."
T IL'VE
J- demonst
mentioned the above fact to
rnte that there is n srent
deal more In the slogan, "See Amerien
First." thnn appears at the go off.
For yenrs, particularly since the out
break of the world war in 1014. news
paper advertising columns, dead walls."
freight car signs nnd western railroad
literature hnvc blazoned the legend over
the length nnd breadth of the country.
The long-sustained rflort is bearing
beautiful nnd profitable fruit.
A personnl friend who visited Srtn
Frnnclseo via the (Jrnnd Cnnon. nnd
rotttrnpH h ihn Pnnndlnn rnlltn. Ptrltir-
the informhtion that every tourist Wei
is packed from entrance door to the
caves with enthuslnstlc sightseers. It is
'Impossible to secure accommodations of
Pullman reservations must bo made in
advance ; often a week before.
The reason is not that American
'tniirietia nrt. cnvllif. mnnnv T, ennmlttm
it nt home It costs ns much to "Sec
Amerien First" ns it does to "See Eu-
rop(1 Apnin." Therp nr(1 two tfaaom
. t,n AmpriPnn n ti.to f,.p t, i.i,.
wnter
The plnsienl barrier is the difficulty
111 i.Ofl! r I It nnecnnrtfl n n rl ,l.n H.rtlfllfld
steamships due to the great lush of i
business men going nbrond to mend
their rommercinl fences.
The pm hologlcnl reason is that the
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,.,,, nro n npw 0r,n rplnin,,crs of
TV mrn.nn ,. ,,.
Xk. .'. '.WllSX , llll'll- ill,' 11F1F ll'llllll
tain peaks exceeding 10,000 fee' in
heiRht ; forty nf these nre more thnn
13.000 feet.
It is just 100 years ago this month
that Captain Zebulon Pike nnd h's little
bund of brave men who hnd enme tn an !
unknnwn cnuntry tn explore the bound- I
nry between the Spanish posscssinns mid '
the Louisiana purchase caught sight
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imrs nnerwnrn i iiiniiin iikc re- ,
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nnlt.orl ikn tnwAf Vrtlrtt nt ltntlin tlir.
,nnw.crowno,i peak nnmed nfter him. '
Thp towering mass that lifted Its huge
bulk in majestic grandeur like some
white god seemed tn Zebulon Pike to
hung suspended between earth nnd I
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Pllro nrrer nsrended tho moiintnin
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thnt hears his name and never ap
proached nearer to it thnn fifty mfles.
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graphical Society. i one nf those daring
snuls who hnvc blii7e. the way into the
unknown of nature
Dora Keen, daughter of Dr. W. W.
Keen, nnother Phllndilphuin, is perhaps
tho most intrepid exnlnrer of her sex.
with tho exception of Annie Peck, this
country has known
inOUNlllllls m ""llivs milium lliu
n ''''iVin'1
Mount Assiniboini' but few have ever
dared to attempt it- ascent.
Brynnt did.
In August, 1001, he reached nn nlti
tued of more than 10 000 feet on this
monnrch of the Canndlan Rockies. He
wns nccompnnied h V D Wilcox, of
Washington, nnd two guides.
He kept his plans secret nnd nothing
wns known of them until he had accom
plished the fent nnd returned to civiliza-
His party Sim" within 2000 feet nt
the summit, nnd then was forced to
return because of the blinding snow
storms, intense cold and the fact thnt
one of his guides was incapacitated by
dislocating his arm at the elbow.
M
first
romnared witr mountain climbing.
Tn the last half century more than
210 deatliR of mountain climbers and
guides have occurred in the Swiss Alps
alone..
Thrilling nnd binrre tales nf moun
tain climbing are inseparably nssoci
nted with this diicrinn or sport ns
you mny choose tn call it. They nre
nnt nil of the ' Mnir Breadth Hnrry"
clnss.
Some years ago Horace N. Seaver,
a graduate nf n notd eastern univer
sity nnd n m Merit of botany nnd geol
ogy, furnish' d "n" "f the most unusual
incidents m 'ne history of mountain
eering in this roimrry.
It wns on n verv ordinary mountain
nt that: Mount Wilson, in California,
n peak of minimum height and mini
mum danger as mountains go. Its as
cent is a mere pleasure excursion to
Cliforninns
Seaver started up the mountain
nstride a burro As the trail began
tn narrow and wind its tortuous wny
nbout the wall of the mouiitnln. he taw
beneath him gaping cunyons like pits
of death
That strange phenomenon thnt fre
quently la s hold of those who stnnd
nn dlz7 heights, impelling them to fling
themselves into npnov seized upon him.
When be reached the plensnnt pin
tonu nenr the summit, with Its chatter
ing tourists and excursion groups, fie
yns In a stnte nf almost complete col
lapse, lie remained there for two days
endeavoring to muster up enough cour
nge.to ntt'inpt the descent. Then he
gave it up
A ines-'n'er was dispatched to Dr.
Charles Ln.kwnod, of Pasadenn. He
ascended tin- mountain with n Red Cross
outfit pa' ked on it burro nnd two stout
helpers
At his own request, Senver was placed
under the influence of ether, strapped
to a stretcher, and then with the two
huskies grasping the handles, the un
conscious man was cnrrled down tho
trail to a point where the physician
decided It would bo safe for him to be
restored to consciousness.
Even then a man walked on each side
1 nim tor tne remainder the descent,
'iut--''i'itvif;-
SHORT SCVTS i
For most of us distance lends no
enchantment to Russia.
The suspicion nrlses that it is small
luck Raker will get by rapping Wood.
Thnt Ruffnlo horso to which has
been left $10,000 will now begin to feel
his oats.
Oh," well, we always suspected that
ocumur, iiarinug wnsn't tied to mat
porch.
Pcrhnps llla decided thnt to sur
render wns the only wny left him to
figure in the news.
The reason tho Intcrchurch Move
ment has an industrial end is doubtless
because to lobor Is to prny.
Mn Schmidt Is still of the oplnl6n
thnt, having said a mouthful, wisdom
demands silence henceforth.
Chnrles Ponzl, who became a mil
ionalre lu six months, probablv never
heard that the key to success is Work.
Efforts being made to reform the
cockney dialect; will, of course, not
reach ns far ns the stage worse luck!
Here an'd there nnd now nnd then
one henrs of a labor lender whose belief
nppcnrs to be thnt to labor Is to prey.
London school teachers have started
a campaign to eradicate the cockney
dialect. JIo, well, they've on'y their
selves to brime I
Talk of anr alliance with Russian
Reds is n manifest attempt of the na
tionalist congress of Angora to get the
goat of the Greeks.
Surprise is expressed by tne local
police that two drunks arrested by them
nm, n lot or money in their pockets.
Rut it costs a lot of money to get It.
Ludendorff offers to lead 1,500.000
Germans against the Rolshevlsts for
a consideration; 'which Is rather a
shrewd wny of nnnulllng trenty require
ments. Competent; nuthorlty declares that
the world's wheat crop this jear will
exceed the world's requirements; so we
haven t n thing to worry nbout but dis
tribution. If Mr. Schmidt returned to town it
nn.v be thnt some who knew him well
w-ould not feel called upon to organize
themselves info n reception committee
to give him the glad hand.
The possibility of suffrage rntlfien
t on brings home to us the fact that the
time has not yet nrflved when the
vrflman who really tells her age can re-
fral" from making n virtue of It
A New York mnn hn heen com
mltted to a hospital for examination
hnranin l, blon,l i.i- ...it.. f,
nnd she Just couldn't stnnd It. The
complaint, we have been given to un
derstand, is n rare one.
New York has a Fcrious house
shortage, so it is building sixty-eight
new thentres; the supposition presum
ably being thnt if you provide the people
with sufficient amusement they won't
care if they never get home.
The visit of II. O. Wells will, of
course, not cnuse so much of n stir In
this country as that of Carncntler. but
we nre wonderine. in n casual kind nf
way. if it will prompt the movie camera
man to any special stunt.
Jack Johnson "dlsrcmembered" the
linmn of tho "hlrd" thnt Ilotnln.l Vila
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pmys to Xhnkespeore. It is a purely
. it. 1 t (.)..! o . . . t -
' '" " ..,r. ' ?l ""F- "I1"." "V-
ing strange that Jack should forcet what
le left this country to save his Bacon.
J
' Mitchell Palmer is prnbably
,nn(, hiH dnllv stunt as a government
official Just ns strenuously ns he did
before the convention, but for some
strange, unexplninnble reason we don't
hear so much ubout it.
The hydrogrnphicnl brnnch office in
the Rourse hns warned shipping thnt
there is n flonting German mine some
where off the Delaware or Virginia
const. Rut. Indeed, the world is full of
them nnd nobody is free from their
menncc.
The cockney dialect has been spoken
of ns "a disease In language" caused
by incorrect breathing. It is, unfor
tunately, too late to quarantine, nnd
every vnudeville "artiste" (or, to nvold
the libel laws, let us say nine out
of ten of 'em) who sings "Daddy"
proves it.
Attorneys Salus nnd Stevenson
enmc near having a fight in Magistrate
Carney's office jesterday. They struck
severol blows ut each other and missed.
Then they wrestled, but nobody went
to the mat. This is very discouraging
and with so mnny excellent boxing
Instructors in town. too.
What Do You Knoio?
QUIZ
1. Whnt Is the native name for the
Italian city known to Kncllsh
spenkinr? p.ople as Leghorn?
2. What Is beryl '
3. What is a punKa'
4. Name tho leading general on tho
Mexican side in tho Mexican War
of 1846-48.
5. When wns New. Tlngland first set
tled bv the KiikUsIi?
C. What Amerlc.ui statesman wan par
ticularly associated with the policy
of tho "open door" In rblnn?
7. How many essels were launched In
tho world's Unrest shipyard nt
Hog Island In less than two years?
8. To what pait of the world are
giraffes nato
0. What won the full nnme of Macau
lay, tho historian?
10. What Is sabotage
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Lake Tanganyika In tropical
Africa Is the longest fresh-water
lake in the world
2. "No state without Ita consent, can
be deprived of ltn equal Hiiffrneo In
the Scnnte " Tills, therefore. Is the
one .provision of the constitution
which cannot lm repealed by the
action "f three-fourth of the
states either In convention or ns
-represented by ihelr Legislatures
3. Tnblo Snrnsate a ono of tho most
celebrated of modern violinists. Ho
was born In Spain In 1814. Ho
died In 1908
4. Tho Pantheon Is a famous ancient
building In Rome orlgiunlly conse
crnted to the divine ancestors of
the Julian family In 27 n. C. The
Parthenon In th" (vlehrnted ruins
of the oinclnl temple df 1'nllaB In
Athens, It was begun nbout 450
B. C.
5. Chile Is the longest country In the
world In proportion to Its width.
CuTlie Chinese Inmruairc consists en
tirely of monosyllables.
7. A gourmnnd Is 11 gluttonous person,
fond of eating pourmet Is n
connoisseur of table delicacies,
especially of wine
8. A knot Is 6080 feet A mUe Is 5280
feet.
9 The expression "to chronicle small
beer" means to discuss Insignifi
cant and futile trifles. It is found
In lego's "suckle fools and chrons
Icle small beer" In Shakenpeare'a
"Othello,"
10, La. ,P i the capital of Bolivia.-
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PLAN TO CLASSIFY
SALARIES IN BUDGET
Recommendations for Proce
dure Submitted to Mayor
Moore and the Directors
Clinton Rogers Woodruff, president
of the Civil Service Commission, nnd
members of (iriffenhngen & Associates,
the firm of employment experts classi
fying city positions for the commission,
yesterday submitted to Mayor Moore
and departmental directors recommen
dations of procedure for the Incorpora
tion of the classification in the budget
for 1021. h
It wns proposed that the commission
should furnish -to each department or
bureau specifications for ench clnss of
employment sot up In tho depnrtment
or burenu, with n schedule of new com
pensations npplylng to each class, and
also a list of positions falling within
ench clnss set up, the list to contnin
tho nnme of the Incumbent of each posi
tion, the present rnte of pny ami the
compensation suggested.
It wns further proposed that the com
mission should furnish to ench depnrt
ment or burenu n set of rifles providing
for the ndjustment of the present" mtes
of positions to tlie new compensation
schedule prescribed for those posi
tions. A procedure to be followed by
departments nnd burenus upon the re
ceipt of the lists nnd the set of rules
wns nlso recommended.
STATE AFTER HIDDEN FUNDS
Auditor, General Wants Unclaimed
Bank Deposits of $2,000,000
Harrlsburg, July no. fRy A. P.)
Stens to secure for I'ennsvlvnnln nroh.
ably $000,000 of unclaimed bunk de
posits nnd trust funds arc now being
taken through the auditor genernl's de
partment under the wirious escheat
nets. Indications are thnt within it
year approximately S2,000,000 will be'
obtaineu.
Collection of tho money wns stnrtert
n few years ago under supervision of
Frank M. Eastman, special nttornev,
nnd $128,000 bus nctunlly been col
lected with $12,000 more in process of
settlement. Virtually nothing has been
obtained from Philadelphia but thai
city will contribute a large part of the
$450,000 of unclaimed funds of $10
or over and of the like sUni nf money
in nceounts under S10 now being nd
vertiscd. Mr. Eastmnn is collecting about
$150,000 advertised last cnr nnd-'un-clalmcd.
Enter on first steps will be
taken to collect interest which accumu
lated on trust fumlR not paid when the
principal wns distributed. Steps nre
nlso being tnken to secure unclaimed
deposits in nntionnl bnnks under n re
cent court decision. Of the $100,000
appropriated for these collections less
than $12,000 hnR been used. -
TURK ENVOYS IN PARIS
Moslem Delegates to Sign Peace
Treaty Reach French Capital
Paris. July 30. (My A. P TI,n
Turkish delegation which Is to sign the
peace treaty arrived in Paris tills i.iorn-
The signing ot tne trenty probably
will not tnke plnco until next week".
The dclegntlon, meanwhile, is stopping
nt the Hotel des Reservoirs, in Ver
sailles, which was- the headquarters of
tho fiorman delegation that signed the
Treaty of crsiillles last year,
It was the Intention tn sign the
Turkish peace trenty on Thursday nt
Sevres, four miles northeast of Ver
sailles, but the Turkish delegates were
delayed on the journey from Constan
tinople, nnd the ceremony hnd to he
postponed. They found themselves un -nble
to proceed to Paris by way of the
railway from Constnnza on the Rlack
sen. because of n railway and shipping
strike on Rumanian lines. They re
turned to Constantinople on board n
French cruiser nnd were obliged to
choose n different route for the trip to
Paris. j
Campaign Cost Inquiry Off TIM Fall
Jjt. LouU, July -SO. Senator Reed
yesterday announced the Senate sub
committee Would not resume its Investi
gation of campaign expenditures of
presidential candidates until Septem
ber, Senator Reed Is a member of the
mibeommiuee..
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kCHUST LEMME AT HIM!"
RESEARCH BUREAU URGES
CITYCL&AN OWN STREETS
Declares Obstacles Can Be Overcome and Failure Will Put
Responsibility on Mayor
Mayor Moore's administration cither
must prepare speedily to establish street
cleaning directly by the city or justify
to the public a continuance of the con
tract system, the Bureau of Municipal
Research nssertcd today.
In a bulletin outlining the present
situation the burenu stated:
"To furnish information for use in
determining the course to be adopted for
1021 a commission of engineers wns re
cently sent to fifteen of the larger
American cities to observo street clean
ing conditions.
"This tour wns not tnken in order
to compare contract nnd municipal
street cleaning, for it was already
known that no large city except Phila
delphia employed contract forces to
clean tho streets, and therefore only
municipal work could be observed. Rut
it wns deemed advisable to find out
what difficulties are being encountered
in municipal work, and whether these
conditions would justify Philadelphia
in postponing the initiation of munici
pal street cleaning.
Agroo on Street Cleaning
"In thfir report, which has already
been made public, nil three of the engi
neers recommend that street cleaning
and garbage collection be performed
by municipal forces in 1021; two ot
them recommend thnt nsh nnd rubbish
collect km be dono directly by the city
in 1021, while tho third, in order to
mince 1110 work necessary to take nil
of these functions over nt one time, rcc-
uuuui.-uun uii.i. contract asu aud rub
bish collection bo continued for one
year longer.
"The divergence in these recommen
dntions is slight nnd relatively unim
portant, since street cleaning is the
matter of major consideration.
"The engineers' report sets forth in
no uncertain terms the disadvantages of
contracting for street cleaning on the
present basis, although nfter the chnr
ter revision work nny further demon
stration of this fiict seems to be ns un-
thnt tho world is round In fact tie
decision for municipal street clennine
was virtual! made when the chn" Tr
ui-i-i-aHury ns inc piling up of nrguments
was adopted, and now the problem has
u,-i-u ivnyivi-fi into u determination of
whether it is practicable to initiate mu
nicipal work in 1021 ns is set forth In
(he charter.
"Certain deflnlite things nre essentinl
to storting munlcipnl street cleaning iu
10.21 : Plant and equipment, a labor
organization, 1111 administrative or dl
icctlng bureau stuff nnd ndequnto oper
nting funds. Plant and equipment in
volve a capital outlay which cannot be
made available from a populnr Ioau at
tho November election in time to be of
use, but the amount necessary lies with
in tho remaining borrowing capacity of
Council.
Problems Can Bo Solved
"The development of n labor organi
zation will present many difficulties it
is true, nnd while future conditions may
bo uncertain, the city cim much better
afford to take u chance on adverse labor
conditions than can the Individual con
tractors who will charge the city for
the chance which they ntiiht tnke. '
. "Reorganization of the street clean
ing bureau is necessary to provide en
gineering personnel, supervisors nn.l
foremen to handle the lnbor force, but
E I T H ' S
Henrietta Crosman & Co.
in "nvnitv HALF 1IOUH"
Lt. Gitz Rice & Hal Forde
In Original BetiBS
EDNA AUO, HKHT MfcI.HO.SE. KI.VNEV
t COIUNNKi JAMES J MOUTOX. Oln.ra.
CHESTNUT 8T- opbua houhu
I.ART i! DAVfl
Main , 2 SO, !5.:i5.r.0e EB , 7 & 6, 25,RO, 7,1c
wmam
m&mwh masim
By HEIEN HUNT JACKSON
this ehnngo will not increase the office
payroll because tho present inspectors
will bo no longer needed.
"Operating funds in the 1021 bud
get probably will not exceed the 1020
appropriations unless labor and mate
rial prices increase, but in this event
contract prices would also be higher for
1021. After all, the citizens ure reudy
to go the limit of expense if clean
streets can' be obtained by municipal
work."
NEW CABINET IN AUSTRIA
Doctor Mayr Heads Recently Formed
Ministry
Washington, July 30. (By A. P.)
Tho personnel of the reorganized Aus
trlan cabinet was reported to the Slate
Ucpurtmcnt today by the American
commissioner nt Vicunn. The members
of the new cabinet are: Doctor Mnyr,
chief of cabinet, without portfolio; Dr.
Karl Rentier, secrctury of foreign af
fairs; Fcrdninand IInuu,sch, social ad
ministrator; Dr. Julius Dcutsch. min
ister of wur; Eduard lleinl; minister of
commerce; Alois llaueis, minister of
agriculture; Walter Brclsky, minister
of interior; Doctor Roller, minister of
justice; Doctor Reiseh, minister of
tiuunco; Dr. Karl Pestu, rutlrouds.
Two undersecretaries also nre mem
bers of the cabinet, but have no vote,
the report said.
BOMB IN CHURCH SERVICE
Woman Dies' of Fright Caused by
Explosion In Havana
Havana, July ,'i0. Exploslou of a
bomb placed iu n window of St. Filipe's
Catholic Church here Inst night while
a service was in progress resulted in the
death of one woman and Nllght injuries
to n few other persons. The church
was strewn with hats, fans and other
articles dropped by the frightened con
giegation. The one victim's death was due to
V8,ht'. Sl1!' conl,s' . tho street and
dicd 8llortlJ' nt,tcr bcluS taken to au
emergency hospital.
Markot St ab. 10th, 11 A. M. to 11 P. M.
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