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The EriMNd PrMo Lroorn 1 eerred to awi nerltwri In Phlladflphln and eurroundlnr town at th rate of twla (12) ccnta per weelc payable rnall ' points nutnlda of Philadelphia. In th United Slate, Canada, o- United Slstea tV jeeelona, poteiro free, nfty (SO) cents per month. 7 Tft all forelrn countries nn Mil dollar a month, j. Knc Stiheerlhere wlehlnf addreea changed ,1 fnuet rive old a well ae new addren. JIEIL. MM WAtNt'T KEYSTONE. MAIN JCOS R'a C?frfrf nil eommtmlcnttoin to Kvtnlno Publlo E, NJt ' Ltitotr. ndependetice flounre. PMIndflpMn. Member of the Associated Press TJfH AMIOVIATKU I'HKSH M excluilrelv n 'fi to n fcr republication o oil new flspnfonre credited to It or not of7ieriule credited n this paper, ami alia the local newt ptibliafttii All riohtt of republication o eprctal dlepatcnee erefn ore alo reeerynl. . ,, rhnidflphli, Ftld.T. Sepltmber 17. 1920 1 a vocnr-AR rnnnRAM roR pinuni:u'iiiA Thlnra on whlrli the people expect the new dralnlMrnllon to concentrate Ita attention! . Beiaioare rtctr tnUloe. 'A dnclock Ha enauoh to accommodate Ine larattt iMpJ, . , . ... Development of tin rapid franelt ijlem. A eonvrutlon do. . A buldli-o for the Free Ltbraru. An Art Museum. KnMrocMCiif ol tie tcatrr eiipplu. Hornet to accommodate tne popuaton. THE WALL STREET HORROR 'J1 THIS writing it fcciiis best to liopc that yesterday's trngedy In New York was accidental. There is evidence to indi cate that it belongs in the category of dis asters traceable to n reckless habit with ex plosives whicti became general in the war time rush and culminated in the blow-up of an'ammunitlon ship in Halifax harbor and the loss of 1W10 liven. Any other conclu sion is almost intolerable. It is difficult to believe that any one would deliberately commit an act no xavagely cruel ns bus been suggested by some of the police. If the ex pldsion. was planned mid premeditated then 5t will Justify a governmental policy of un precedented suppression and reprisals iu every quarter where there is even the shadow of a tendency to use dyuumlte as n means of political argument. The exact cause of the disaster may not be known for days or weeks, if it was acci dental, then oue shocking fact will be re vealed ns a basis from which a relentless Investigation will have to be pressed. An enormous quantity of high explosive appears to have been carted into the most thickly congested spot In the I'nlted States, into one of the narrowest und buicst streets in the world, between high buildings, there to en danger the lives not of hundreds of people, but of thousands. There are state and mu nicipal laws Intended to strictly regulate the transport of explosives. They are disre garded every day. Hut no violation of the ordinary rules of public safety such as Is apparent in the present Instance was ever before" recorded in the I'nlted States. The peculiar place which Wall street has In the. mythology of the radical world will ejause a great mint people to view the ex plosion ns n deliberate act of terrorism, riuch views should be accented onlv after they lujTve been sustained by plain evidence. ' '. Those who still believe that there is some- t tiling inherently decent rVcn In the worst of Ei men, and some sense of humanity und re- ' straint even iu the most desperate of crimi nals, will prefer to withhold judgment. The ' time for patience ntid temperate dealing with ' the more radical agitators will hae passed If the explosion proves to have had other than accidental causes. A renewal of es pionage might be a bad thing for the coun try. Hut it would be a worse thing for those who make up the lunatic fringe of the move ment headed by Big Hill Haywood and his satellites. Of the circumitances of the tragedy, the K panic, the" righting and the trampling that Wo followed the lirst terrible crash, it mar be -aid, only that such things were inevitable j wr me circumstances. .Modern cities with " p'C sKjscrapcr' habit nre uot organized to en sure such shocks calmly. An explosion in n fyirrow and crowded street can bo more ter- riuir .in unytniiig Known even on battle fields It in for that reason that the crime thut ' . behind one of the saddest calamities of fwcoi t j ears is the more reprehensible. A multyriHle of inoffensive people were mangled or sift ii Death enme to them like a bolt out of thrt b'ue in the midst of their day's work. The a)ithorltie tannot have the hardihood to saj that thej are unable to fix the blame. THE HAT RIO will say that the world isn't settinsr tllonir tnVWirri lil.tter rlrtta n,. it It !. to progress through du.t'nnil blood and ?y -"run, wuk uu intn of Meptem- fcfr, and jet citizens who. moved by Rummer 1 , determined to wear their straw hats ,. the street, were not set upon and mobbed JV Crowds (if the Hnrt H,,.t .... .. .!... .! methods of violence to show that tradition, viiki- me leases nt street -car lines in this city "i ur, in Mic-reu anil inviolable Iu n small way at least the right of self-determination ha been recognized. The ashnmn will i.oon get all the old straw hats. Most men stick to the old things not from any motive of economy, but because they are consorvatlc. A new hat is tt dis concerting thing. It makes the average man Uncomfortable. Women, on the other hand are. happy in new hats und unhappy in i, ones. That is a truth. Whoever can get the Inner meaning out of It win bo Mo t0 foretell just what suffrage will do to and for the I nited Statcx. A FIGUREHEAD RETIRES riEOWiKH rr.KMK.Ti:Ar renounces any further presidential Inclinations with the characteristic remark that tiger hunting IuInritnn is "less dangerous than Trench politics." As a general observation, this may be, hut the ex -premier is exaggerating when he intimates that presidential elections in his country are exciting. The compromise between mild liberals and mild conservatives, which is the foundation of the third Kiench republic, was reached with the understanding that the ostensible head of the uation was to exercise chiefly decorative functions. The ornamental prcsl dent furnishes, indeed, a rnther close parallel of an ornamental constitutional monarch. In both' eases the dominant power is in the hpnds of the prime minister, whose respon sibility to thtjibicamcral legislative authority U constant und direct. Tho prospective election of a successor to l. Desclmnel has not, therefore, much more than a theoretical Interest. Tho Chamber t.f Deputies and the Senate, meeting as one UUUJ Bb li-inuitirn, niv vu ruuuacj wig now' president on September t!5. I'nlesn all p-jecedent is brokeu by the choice of a "jKrons man," the current of, French poll- tics will not be greatly changed bythe re sult. Doubtless, however, more than ordi nary consideration of the health of tho newcomer will be registered. ' M. Desclmnel, a scholar of soma literary gifts and a statesman noted for quiet ca pacity rather than brilliancy, was said to have been a prey to neurotic misgivings almost from the moment of his election. Humor has it that a single speech, wnlch he, was scheduled to make upon some unim portant occasion, was revised or rewritten by this embarrassed "executive" somo fif teen or twenty times. The real circumstances of M, Dcschanel's fall from a railway train last June are still unexplained, but there Is no doubt that he has been ill for several months. His resignation, delivered yester day was fully due. He is entitled to the sympathy ok a nation, which, though emo tional under some conditions, need not con template another presidential election with any nervousness. To Americans in the midst of. September campaigning the coming event in France has aspects of incomprehensibility. TEACHERS' PAY "VICTORY" IS FAINT LIGHT IN, A MUDDLE Comprehensive and Generous Reform la Needed to Render the Public-School System Worthy of This Ctly TIIFi school loan has fatted again. The underpaid employes of the Hoard of Education arc to receive some small monetary aid. This npparcnt conflict of results is thor oughly typical of the clumsiness, the iudo clsion, the wrangling, the cross-purposes revealed in what has been flatteringly called a "campaign" to secure justice for the teachers of 1'htladclphla. Mr. Tile Barnacle, of the circumlocu tion office, has undergone a most remark able series of manifestations. He hits sym bolically appeared as the Hoard of Kdu ca tion, conservative often to the p'olnt of inanition. He has personified the public loath to assume financial responsibilities. He has even in some degree paralyzed progress by groups of teachers unable to agree upon the nature of measures for their own relief. And nt an earlier stage his warped soul inspired the conventional do nothing policy in the Legislature of Penn sylvania. The tangle of errors is indeed so intricate that the apportionment of blame lu any ex clusive direction is vulnerable to the charge of injustice nutl bins. The meager and temporary assistance nt last In prospect for the teachers touches only the edge of a situ ation stupidly muddled and thickened with neglect. At the top of the school system of Penn sjlvania there stands, it is true, a compe tent official, a broad-minded and energetic executive. Doctor Finnegnn. Hut to a con siderable extent he is a workman without tools. In view of the enormous upward drive of costs of living and, indeed, n com plete revolution in the economic scale the state appropriations for the schools arc mis erably insufficient. In Philadelphia alone many schoolhouscs arc hopelessly Inadequate; some arc insani tary ; others unsafe. Usable structures are overcrowded. Building on a lnrgp scale is necessary to bring the physical conditions of the school sjstem in this city up to date. Doctor Garber has resigned as superin tendent of schools here. No successor has been appointed. Doctor I fancy's incumb ency of the presidency of the Central High School Is temporary and the case is compli cated by Dr. Hobert Kills Thompson's suit iu protest of the retirement rule. Scores of teachers have resigned since September 1 to secure positions paying fairer wages. Had not the state and city health authorities threatened to intervene the system of anuuul physical inspection of the school pupils would be in chaos. Doc tor Furbush and Doctor Mnrtiu were heeded only after their warnings were about to nssiime practical shape. The Hoard of Education cnu quite truth fully retaliate that It is poor, that it has been asked to accomplish impossibilities to buy school books to accommodate thousands of new pupils, to take decent care of the schoolhouscs, to build new ones, to pay the teachers properly aud to remain solvent simultaneously. I'nder existing conditions such comprehensive reform is, of course, impossible, however badly needed. The fundamental responsibility und the fundamental duty rest upon the dispensers of state funds at Harrisburg, There will come before the session in January no nior important obligation than the restoration of the school sjstem of this city and the wholt commonwealth to health and the paths of progress. Half mensures will no longer suffice. Not only should the appropriations be generous nud consonant with new conditions of life and labor, but administrative revision must ensue. Despite the weaknesses obvious to any one the school system of Pennsjlvania has until lately been u credit to the com monwealth. Hut the structure is in many ways worn out. The reconstruction will be spurious unless every unsafe beam is re moved. Meanwhile the teachers of Philadelphia, after a struggle so confused as to weary the stoutest hearted, seem assured of an amount of increased compensation, i Just how much the rise will be is left in doubt. By September !.'." a definltc'figure will, it is said, be announced. If such should not be the case public patience will indeed have reached the breaking point. The present snarl Is directly due to a disagreement between the Bonrd of Educa tion, which protests that it desires to help the teachers and the citizens' committee in spired by a similar purpose. It is conflict over method the rock on which so many otherwise laudable enterprises here split that is responsible for the delay. So quietly that the public had scant Knowledge of Its intentions the Board of Education some months ago mnde two sep arate attempts to (lout a loan enabling it to finance pny increases for its employes. Many of the teachers took the position that although a comprehensive wage scale rc islon ns impossible, the board could, if it chose, grant bonuses of $400. Subse quently it wns proved that by no method of bookkeeping and by no manipulation of available financial assets could this sum be paid to each employe. The board, which had long postponed definite action on the wage .question, did, however, eventually point out the way by which a sum sufficient to cover distribu tions of $200 each could be raised. It was suggested that certain properties be sold, certain funds rearranged and that thp so called "Parents' Loan" be publicly sold over the counter. But summer vacations inter vened and the board had difficulty in se curing a quorum. The proposal lagged. When action was Anally taken It was unaccompanied by any effective program ot publicity such as has carried many a less worthy undertaking over the top. The bonds were placed on sale. Buyers were slow. At the end of the specified wCek it was announced that the loan hod failed. Aroused, if -somewhat belatedly, to ..'.i. ousuess of the situation, the Hoard of rj,,. cation yesterday decided to extend the ntj period for another week and to retain aa nucleus tho $202,000 already subscribe At that juncture the citizens' committee reiterated Its promise to buy the remainder of the bonds, with the condition that the board promise to distribute a flat bonus ot $200. On this point action has not been 'taken. Some members of the board favor the "string" proposition. Others balk nt this limitation of their authority, for the counter program involves the payment of a $100 bonus! and an upward revision of tho salary schedule on the Dick plan. That the teachers shall not lose in either event was assured yesterday when tho finance committee of the board decided that if the outside help was rejected the use of the money from the insurance and building funds, together with whatever sum is real ized from the bond sale, will be sufficient to furnish the temporary assistance. Hut as tile loan has up to this point been anything but a success, it may reasonably be won dered why the board did not adopt its latest relief plan long ago. Granted that its path is not rosy it certainly cannot be said that much practical grappling with the difficulties was attempted until the emergency had be come painful and publicly acute. The edge of victory, such ns it Is, lias been dulled by a qunntity of needless bick ering, hedging and procrastination on sev eral sides. It mny be said, however, that n beginning has been made. Hut the gain Is n mere trifle compared to the still neces sary redemption of the school system as a whole. QUAKERS AND THE LEAGUE OPPOSITION by tho International confer ence of Friends in London to the League of Nations In its present form, reported by Dr. William I. Hull, of Swarthmore, who was a participant in the sessions of the con ference, should be Interesting to Philadel phia. The Quakers of this community have been doing irjigreat service In Europe. Their consistent attitude of compassion and for bearance in a time when most of the world was tilled with passion and hatred was a reassurance to every one who, even in the years of conflict! stopped to remember that nothing violent can endure. It is for that reason that words of denunciation coming from the Friends in 'London have a strange sound. And it is only fair to suppose that antagonism to the present plans for the League of Nations expressed at the London conference Is reflective not bo much of Quaker sentiment generally but of liberal opinion in England, where the inconsisten cies of France and other allied countries have been shnrply apparent and resented with great bitterness, France hns been accused of a desire to boss the Continent, yet there is good ground for the opposite belief that France, through her activities In Poland and elsewhere, is "j merely acting for the time being in self defense. But is France not to bo more greatly trusted than the German junkers? Did modern France ever start invasions into friendly countries? Were they not even un ready for the German onslaught? Arc they not to be trusted .further than the desperate and cruel minority that boasts in Russia of a contempt for agreements made upon honor? No one can deny thnt there ore groups iu Europe who, if they are permitted to do so, will use the power and the mechanisms of a League of Nations for their own particular purposes. But to take these groups too seri ously is to reckon without a regard for the restraining force of public opiniou that is now being asserted iu new ways every where. Wise observers have ceased to be seri ously concerned about Hussion bolshcvism or Its futile Imitators iu Italy. They are looking to the future when the defeated masses in all countries, left prostrate by the collapse of these new experiments lu oppres sion, may be nt the mercy of the strongest ndventurers. Who then will keep the peace aud protect human liberty nud put a check on militarism and the forces that encourage it? Will not the drifting nations drift natu rally into the alliauces of their own, without nny of the restraints contemplated In the Paris plan? The League of Nations ns it is uow coming into beipg Is not n perfect thing. But when you 'put It nslde no wuy seems open but the way to chaos. THE GOVERNOR SPEAKS AN AFTHOIlITATIVlC voice was needed to dispel- some of the confusion created by those who seem eager to forget all plans for a Camden bridge for the remoter vision of a tunnel. Governor Sproul lias fitted ad mirably into the emergency. "We want a bridge," said the Governor. "The people who want a tube will find that it takes a long time to build tubes." If there must be ns much preliminary tall; nbout a tunnel ns there has been about n bridge, no on,e now alive will ever get ncross the Delaware by means other than ferry boat, and flying machines. The troub'e with the tiiuue! scheme ought to be apparent to ever body. One of the first results of the new agitation would be divided interest aud a decline in the enthusiasm that now is growing In favor of n bridge. The advautoge gnlned through years of work and agitation by those who desire better means of com munication between this city and South Jersey would be wholly lost. Later along, if it were shown that the cost of a tube would be stupendous, there would be a collapse of interest in tubes. By that time tho bridge might he almost forgotten and we should have to start all over again. Governor Sproul should keep in the fore ground during the present conflict of pur poses. The bridge project seems to need some powerful friends. THE MIRROR IF YOU were in Russin. able to read the printed lingo of the Bolshevists, or In Italy looking for news in journals dedicated to the sort of radicalism which survives by putting an ugly color on everything opposed to It, you might feel like despairing for the United States. Headlines in the morning would Inform you thnt the chief of the Democratic party had exposed plans of millionaires to buy the presidency. Simultaneously you would be told by the newspapers that Philadelphia was terrorized by motor bandits who op peored every night in the streets to rob and shoot nnd defy the police. Whisky rings would be shown rising in power to set aside the laws of this land, even while coal min ers were engaged in n campaign to freeze the country to death. The presidency cannot be bought nnd millionaires are not trying to buy It. Whisky rings operate In a few enstern communi ties. In some parts of the West their mem hers would be tarred. Two-thirds of the country is dry by Its own volition. Motor bandits nre a nuisance, nnd they ore being eliminated in this city nnd everywhere else. The coal strike Is settling itself. The moral of all this Is that Incidents that figure most conspicuously In ono day's news do not always reveal the full truth beneath the surface, DUtnnre magnifies and sometimes distorts a dramatic fact. And even a truth, when It is seen without tho conditions of n tempering environment, ran become something else to n hurried eye. The world isn't nearly so badly off ns sur face events sometimes make it appear. Robert Lansing is described In certain Washington circles ns the spirltuul father of tho .world court of justice. In the same 'circle Woodrow Wilson is doubtless con sidered the cruel step -father, , A NEW EDITOR Morris L. Cooke In a New Role An Unusual Publication Judge Oar man and His Vision of the Future . Dy GEORGE NOX McCAIN DR. CIA'DH Ii. KING, of the University of Pennsylvania, is editor of Tho An nals Of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. That Is, when he does not sink his per sonallty and position and, descending from the tripod, surrenders his prerogatives to some one else. It is all for a purpose, though. His latest period of self-effacement was during the last month. Doctor King and his associates of the editorial council of the American Academy were out of tho running for that brief period. In the vernacular of the miners of the an thracitc region, they were "vacationing." Meantime the editorial tiller had been grasped by other hands. MORRIS L. COOKE, or, as the title page of the September number of The Annals hns it, Morris Llewellyn Cooke, became tho ad interim editor. He had been invited to undertake the tem porary responsibility by Doctor King nnd the editorial council. As his fellow editors there were Samuel Gompers, ,prcsldcnt of the American Fed eration of Labor, nnd Fred J. Miller, presi dent American Society of Mechanical Engi neers. Some powerful combination, most every one witl say. A publicist, n labor leader and n distinguished engineer. Hut what was it all about? Simply this: Six Issues of The Annals nre published every year by the Academy. Each issue, as far as possible, is designed to present a variety of serious views, slants, angles or whatever one mny choose to call them, on some particularly timely, important or conspicuous social or political question. Hence Morris L. Cooke, Samuel Gompers and Fred J. Miller as editors. t.pAPTAIN OF INDUSTRY" is a title J that has served its day and purpose. It's as dead ns day before yesterday's news paper. "Scientist of Industry" hns come in its stead. x That ought to hnvc been, but isn't, flic title of Editor Cooke's editorial prcfaoc. It deals largely, however, with this new per sonality In the field of human activities. The "Scientist of Industry" is destined to become the biggest figure for the future in the field of the world's endeavor. And Mr. Cooke writes n corking editorial to lead off this magazine of nearly 200 pages. Mr. Gompers writes of "Workers nnd Production" nnd Mr. Miller of "Manage ment and Production." There ore twenty-eight nrtieles by twenty eight men nnd women of national nnd inter nntinnnl fnmc. The product of their pens shows forth in the shnpc of serious discussions affecting labor, management nnd production. It is the Joint (Work of the lenders of the organized workers nnd the "Scientists of Industry" in an effort to present a compre hensive nnd fundamental program for Amer ican industry. Most remarkable of all, as a concrete summing up states, "A general agreement has been reached as to essentials." It Is the most unusual publication that the American Acndcmy of Political and So cial Science has ever put out. As an editor, Morris L. Cooke is an un qualified success. As n oIc(,tor of ad Interim substitutes, Doctor King holds rank superlative. JUDGE JOHN M. CARMAN, of the elev O enth judicial district, which same being Luzerne county, oucc every couple of months drops nonchalantly Into Philadelphia. The judge is a good deal like Charlie Donnelly of the East, William .1. Hrennen of the West and Vance McCormlck In the center of the state: hl's known all over wherever n Democratic politician hangs up his hat. He's better known nt home, though. So well, in fact, that nt the last November election he was Indorsed by the Republicans as well ns Democrats, and went silting into Ills secoud term on the bench without oppo sition. The judge's "fightin' Dlmocrntic" dnvs nre about over now. He reluctantly confesses It himself. His Inst whirl wus nn nttempt to carry the Old Guard Democratic banner to victory ns n delegate to San Francisco. The Palmer-McConnlck coterie, with all the saloon and spenk-ensy privileges with them nnd ngainst the judge, caught him on the Inst lap and the Kej stone special to Call fomia went west without him. JUDGE CARMAN knows every square mile of Luzerne, Lnekawannn nnd Le high counties. He was born and raised up there, nnd has watched the wonderful development of the anthracite region for more than sixty ears, "It will nil end one of these dnvs in the future," he said. "The last pillar will be robbed and the last hoist mude some time, nud what then? "It's too lute now. They're here, nnd here to stay till the grcitt change comes. I mean these cities nnd towns built in the valleys. "Have you ever thought what the outlook of Pennsylvania's millions for light and fuel and industrial power will be when our coal mines, bituminous ns well ns anthracite, nic exhausted?" he usked In a whimsical way, "Well, then Is when these cities will ills appear. They'll be deserted. Other cities their successors, will spring up on hillsides and mountains. "Because these valleys, with huge dams stretching across them, will become vast reservoirs. The storage places for billions of electrical units for light, heat and power Tin- deserted cities will be submerged. "That's the mngtclan of the future, elec tricity, "Electricity generated bv water power, nnd this power derived from these vnlleys when they hnve been transformed Into great lakes," THE HOUSE OF PAIN I AM no stranger iu the house of pnin; I nin familiar with its n ,y part. From the low stile, then up the crooked lane To the darkened doorway, intimate to my heart. Here did I sit with Grief nnd ent his bread, Here was I welcomed ns misfortune's guest, And there's no room but where I've laid my hejul On Misery's nccommoilnting breast. So. Sorrow, dops in knocking rouse jouun Open the door, old mother; it is I, nring grief's good goblet out, the sod, sweet cup ; Fill it with wine of silence, strong and dry. For I've n story to amuse your ears, Of youth and hope, of middle nge nnd tenrs, Robert Nnthnn, In the Atlnntlc Monthly. When we 'read that preparations nre going on for recruiting n Soviet nrmy iu Rome, Nnples. Turin and Milnn. it pleases us to realize that these nrmlcs do not exist and that preparations may go on for n long, long time and never bo realized. News Is Invariably magnified by distance. Superintendent Mills ncted wisely when he rushed n heavy detail of policemen to the local financial district when he heard of the explosion in JVnll street. There Is always danger that a blast of that kind .will havo its echo In the cracked brain of some homi cidal crank. I ' NEW YORK t " ' . . ' ', i 3?jjftVff? a FiaiaiaiTiai3BwfPBa'iaiaiaiaiVJlP 1. t JuS.'jlJXf 9 B M "jHHWMr JKr&JBHBK&r&F&r!,vmtn ir5BrTi Mr "fHa7',r:3 U VI v f tfnlf-sMtlr3l'F BBBBfirWialslalalalalalaPW7r fy , ttm9iS . JL fV T-l'-iC' VilslW NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects They Know Best THE REV. CARL E. GRAMMER On Prohibition Enforcement UNQUALIFIED and strict enforcement of the prohibition amendment is the only sane nnd proper course of procedure on tho pnrt of the Amerlcnu people, in the opinion of the Rev. Carl E. G rammer, rector ot St. Stephen's Church. Doctor (trammer expressed himself as ab solutely opposed to nny temporizing or ijt tempting to soften the rigor of the net. He predicted thnt there will be violations for several yenrs, especially in the seuconst cities nnd ulong the Canadian border, but declared that such evasions would gradually die out. He made a parallel of tho case of smuggling In England, which nt oue time, was supported by it great deal of public opinion, despite tho illegality, but which eventually dropped away to nothing, "I am much concerned " sniit Doctor Crammer, "that Doctor Couwcll hns al lowed himself to be so much pcrtuiucd ny the vlolntions of the liquor luw that he is condemning the principle on which they arc based. This country has iu the most con clusive manner, by on nmendmeut of the federal constitution, decided in fnvor ot pro hibition uot iu fnvor of high license or light wines, but positively In favor of nctnnl pro hibition. If the decision expressed In such n decisive nud Inclusive manner by the vast majority required for u constitutional amendment, is not carried out, and because, iu particular localities, special groups are allied to defeut it. what safeguard hnve we that any luw will be executed by those sworn to enforce it? Guins Already Secured "It was to "be expected thnt nbuses of this kind would occur. This bootlegging und drinking nre to be regretted, but we must not allow these evils to hide from us the magnificent gains already secured, poor houses half emptied, Jnlls with few inmates, court dockets; on Mondays less than u moiety of the old number. "I have before me the testimony of a merchant of Provideuce, It. I., who did not believe in prohibition but has been convinced by the inurve'nus improvement In the homes of the workers. Let the doubters reud the record of Peoria. Ill,, n town whose pros perity seemed bound up with the liquor trade. Today tt Is more prosperous than ever. Take the experience of the grape growers of California, who find that the de mand for soft drinks has increased the profits of their vineyards, "Already the blessings of the new regime There are, urgent, reasons why Con necticut should ratify tho suffrage nmend meut entirely nnnrt from the wisdom of or the necessity for womnu suffrage. With ratification being attneked lu the Tennessee courts.lt is well to make iissurauco doubly sure that the coming presidential election will be a valid one. When the Young Lndy Next Door But One read that French and Spanish patrols were co-operating lu operations against Waznn. the capital of the Moroccan sherifs, she snld she supposed that there was somo trouble ubout fees, and why didn't the con stable or deputy sherlf levy or something? Tho Chemistry of It , Men of the laboratory will not be the only persons interested iu the nppenrauce of what we believe to bo u new chemicnl compound, If it is uot new. nt least it has never be fore been found Iu n natural mixture. Tho main constituent of this noveUy Is carbon mouoxld, that unpleasant gas which forms when the combustion of carbon with oxygen Is lnrompleto, A faulty coal stove will emit It. In tfie present discovery, how ever. It comes from the poor draft In a mental furnacu that Is stuffed with false mathematics. The second ingredient is xenon, a gas usually distilled from liquid nlr, but in the new d'.iwvery uhtniiiPi from tho cold perspiration ;' n gentleman who tried tu get uway w'.tb .methlng nnd failed. The combination is a political gas full (,f hot nlr, sulphurous odor uud malarial shivers. As tho chemical symbol of enrbon monoxld' Is CO (Hid thnt of xenon Is X, tho symbol of the combined gases Is easily arrived at--Now York Sun. . have manifested themselves, and the experi ment has not had anything like a fair trial. "The worst feature, however, of these counsels of fear and half-heartedness is that they are counsels of tawlessncss. We see in Ireland the distressful state of- land where people have got Into the habit of securing changes in the law, not by argument, but by lawlessness nnd nnarchy. Celtic Ireland (to speak iu general terms) will not obey the will of Great Britain, because'-Ulster, or Scotch-Irish Ireland, under the able lead ership of Sir Edwnrd Carson, proved that the will of Great Britain would not be mode supreme if the local opposition in Ulster went to certnln lengths and Ulster took (his course of gun-running, because it re garded the action of Great Britain as the result of previous successful lawlessness on the pnrt of Celtic Ireland. "Is our couutry to follow such dreadful precedents? "We hear far too often in the papers such utterances ns I rend lately, that nn execu tive did not intend to enforce certain laws suy, certuln Sunday laws because he did not believe tho people wanted them en forced. "General Grant used to sdy, 'The best way to brjng about the repeal of a bad law is to enforce It.' Indeed, thnt is the only proper course for tho executive. "Legislntures exist to nmend, abolish and enact lows, and it is the: duty of sheriffs, mayors, governors nnd President to enforce them. "Now, it is inconceivable that the prohi bition amendment will be repealed cer tainly not till the country has made a' full and fair trial of its effects. Therefore, the proper course for all public-spirited citizens is to call aloud, not for laxity, still less for alteration, which Is virtually out of the question, but to demand obedience to the law from all classes, ' "Certainly, this is the united voice of the churches, which have almost all of them placed themselves on record ns fnvorlng this greut national experiment. What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. How is the president of Franco elected? 2. How fnr Is tho moon from the earth? 3. What great river Is known as "China's Sorrow"? 4. Who wns Denvcnuto Cellini? 5. Nnrae two celebrated Inventions by Thomas A. Edison. C. Whnt nre the two salient points of the Monroe Doctrine? 7. What Is the Ilrst nnmo of Darwin? 8. Of what country Is DuchnrtBt tho capital? 8. What king of Scotland became, klmr of KnglanU? 10. Whnt states were members of tho South ern Confederacy? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. Therapy la that part of medical science which treats of the discovery nnd np plication of remedies for diseases. 2. The nanat Is ii district In southeast Hun gary which was connuered hv tlm Turks In IBM. liberated by 'iJuSen. of Savoy in 1716, was governed by Aus tria, Inter returned to Hungary, be. came an Austrian crown lnml and wns ynllJnco,on,e,1 In Hungary In 1860. The word Banal originally meant tt frontier proNlnco ruled by a "ban." 3. John Kents wns the author of the celo. orated poem. "Ode to n Oreclnn Urn." 4. John Adams was tho first President of ' Vnlled States to live w..hlf Pa'plrm.'" h'8 ",Clal W& D. The emu Is a Inrgo Australian bird, nl lled to the cassowary, nnd Is nnturally n two-legged animal. "' 6. Nepotism Is undue favor from a holder of patronage to his or her relatives Ty word originally meant sucl favo"r 'n'r ,0 n"l",w. from the Italian 7. A cm.J.M tt lnrKe llrlnl'S vessel or Its 8. The tuba Is tho largest of tho horns. It Is n brass valve Instrument. s 9, Tho uludlolus, which has sword.ahancd eaves and bright flower spikes Xs ' from the Latin "gladius' a 10 "AS!.?CiV.' ,,,Uera,,Jr meaning "to this," Is SHORT CUTS Happily the wheels of justice have not yet turned into galloping dice. Mrs. Mallory appears to be as good a tennis player as Miss Alolla Bjurstcdt. Italy as much as any other country In the world knows that troubles never come singly. t Women may bo talkative, but every skirt in town knows that brevity Is the soul of wit. 'Tis not surprising that voters work at cross purposes. That's what the ballots are- made for. An executive begins to lose some of his effectiveness when he realizes that some tasks are "impossible." Just as soon as it is known what caused the Wall street explosion everybody will know whom to blame. French nnd Spanish efforts to subjugate the Moroccans arc narrowing down to committee on Wnran means. The way local thieves arc cleaning tip suggests tho possibility that they might be useful in the street department. President Wilson is said to be anxious to take part in the campalgu. He will, though he mako no move and speak no word. The suggestion that Lansing is the anll-lttlftl fnthni nt tl.n ...m11 flAi.,1 tirtnet -,- a--.... .h,..v U. I..V ..U.dl kUUI, UIIU,. to mind the aphorism concerning the wise ciiiu. It is at leost comforting to realize that after politicians get through with their campaign hullabaloo they will become con structive statesmen. Tho. facts .haven't changed since elec tion. Now as then the way to get rid of contractor government is to get rid of con tractor government. Wien it conies , to a' show-down the average citizen is likely to remember that he can run his flivver over a bridge but not, through a tunnel. Agltntlon is a great Instructor. Vtbfa tho teachers get their increased pay the most apathetic among them will at least know just where it came from. "America is the only country in the world for music right now," says Stokovv skR The fact is without interest for the bollermaker and the Jazz-band couductor. Indiana Democrats are running Jamel Whltcomb Riley's physician for governor. It Is expected he will get the pills and Pegasus vote; but the Republican bogey man will ketch him if he don't watch out. "We nre having trouble getting inone for a moderately financed campaign, Democratic National Committeeman Josepn F. Guffey. This shows a shocking lark of confidence on the part of tho Unterrificd. Clemcnccau says ho is too young to be president, so is going to India to mini tigers. That's the way with these hot headed younkers. Not satisfied with what he knows the Tiger wants to learn some new tricks, Not the least sinister of the factors that give the European sttuhtton u serious aspect is the fact that Ololittl, in Italy. taking no action against the metal worKerar nnd that Lloyd Georgo. in England, con tlnncs deliberations with tho Bolshevism Krassln. If the machines of reckless driver! were sentenced to city . employment iw thirty dnys for a first offenso and iocrea" Ing sentences for succeeding offenses u problem of transportation for city ropiJfj would be solved until the tlmo arrww when tho city knew no moro recwe" drivers. A woman advertising expert, d4''',Ve ing meat packers in convention In AU" City, told them that if they would take we women of the country into their con "". ,a public opinion would show appreciation ot yi what they, the meat packers, had done wj iTuuiunaji iuil' juu -luuiu . tt h ef X -l0 j$ J&iv , . VM ,..- ' .-tt vvi 'ViAV t r. W U-A",.lj-ytf'yj ttcLii i , laXArfM! V.vv.Vfi
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