v: ft.72 A v v.. i ' ' ' w 'ti ( 0'(w .,, " j i B EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER- PHILADELPHIA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1920 nj"i,j. - .r'H'('"I(- v ft " HV- J n K? I P L o -J t3 S 5 Kt A m :L yf kv Eucnmg public Seftget kv PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY P CYIltlS It It CUTITI3, Par-iUPesT ..Cbarlaa H. Ludlmton. Vice rrea.dent, John C. Kama, Hecretarr and Treasurer, rnlllp 8. Collins, Jehn li. Williams, John J, Hpuriteon, Ulrectnm, Knrmnrar. tioAnn- Ctidi IL It Cuina, Chairman DAVID E. SHILET Editor JOHN C. MARTIN. . . .Oeneral Business. Manager . Published daily at Public Lraora TJulUllng I Independence Square. Philadelphia, IAtuxtio Cm,, rress-tVnlon Dulldln Naw Toik 304 Madison Ave. Sbtioit 701 Ford Ilulldlnir 8ft Louta,.. .....1008 Fullerton llulMlntt Caticaoo 1X02 Tribune llulMlna . NOTTS BUIU.AUBJ N K. Cor. Pennsylvania Ave. nnd 14th St. New Toik Bcsbiu ..The Bun IlulldlnS London Dnuo London Tlmcj BungcniPTioN teiijih The Btimimo Pcbuo LEDora la served to aiib crlbera In Philadelphia and surrounding; towns mi n rate or twelve iizj centi per ween, payaoio w ini earner. i tha carrier. Br mall to point outside of rhllad-lphla. In la United Rtatea rannda. op United Htaten pos- teaalons. pote fre. flftr (SO) centa per month. IX (191 dollars per year, payable In advance. Tri all fnrelm er,!intrl An. Mil ilrtttap a mnnln . Notic flubscrlbera wishing- address chanced oust live old aa well aa new address. BELL. I0OO TAtSCT KEYSTONE. M U V 3000 tTAidreit a'l communications to Svenlno 1'ubllo Lcdgtr, Independence Square, Philadelphia, Member of the Associated Press TIJB ASSOCIATED MESS It exclusively en titled to tht use for republication of all news dispatches credited to ( or not othrrv Lie credited n I Ml paper, and also (he lucal news published therein. All riohtt of republication of special dispatches I Mm ore also reservril. rhUiiletphls, Thunilir, October 21, 1!0 A rocn.vrAn rnonn,M roit PIIIIDKl.rillA Thk. on which tile people expect the new admlMstrntlon to concentrate, Its attention! The Dt'oart rliier brldu: A dryuock bis enough to o.-eommodats tat tarotst ships, Development of tin rapid transit sisttn. A convention hall, A bulldino foe tht Fret Library. An Art iluneun, Kolaromirnt of the tcatrr supr-v. iomes to accommodate the population. SEVEN-CENT FARES T0 Till-: Kcntlemon of the Public Service "- CommKsion nml the stock -jobbers In their anterooms know more nbout the tech nical requirements of the street enr lines In this city thnn the man who revitalized the disintegrating corpe of the P. It. T. nml made of it an efficient organization with n trike-proof system that recently has been the envy and admiration of the public In almost every other city in the country? Does Mr. Iletin. nr Mr. Clement, or Mr. Btotesbury. or (iovcrnor Sproul know more about transit thnn Mr. Mitten? No one in hi senses will believe that they do. Mitten, xWio plnjed an open game and put his cards on the table beeauv lie knew that other methods do not pay in the long run, was fooled and outplayed, just as the public was fooled and outplayed. The service com mission and the group whote views its members represent played in the dark. It is clear now that the derision to scrap the Mitten plan and substitute another one more favorable to interests that have no real concern with Philadelphia was reached nst week and became at once known to a limited (troup even while the officials who actually operate the P. It. T. were left without a hint of what was pendinj. And it is clear, too, that the war against Mitten has been waged not in the intere-t of better street car serviee. but in the interest of groups which, controlling street enr lines elsewhere, have shown a desire to drive Mitten nnd the nlektl fare together not only out of this city but out of the street car world. If the recent history of public service in New Jersey has any moral or meaning, the men who forced the sevn-ccnt fire decision through the Pennsylvania commission mny live to regret the job they perfotmed so thor oughly. Mr. StntHjin and the underl.xing companies are not the chief victors in tlii Instance. The victory is for forces of re action which looked with cynical contempt upon the humanizing policies that have op erated here in recent years for the good of the public, the good of the employes nnd the good of the P. It. T. Mitten, with his co operative system and his theory that maxi mum service ami minimum profits would bring the largest returns, has been repudiated in a peculiarly ungracious fashion. This is true whether Mitten stays or goes. The rate aspect of the case may be left momentarily aside. What the public will want to know is why the fare decision was withheld for days after it had been reached while P. It. T. stock was bought in clumps In the open markets by people evidently on the inside. Who were these people? Whose friends are thej ? What explanation have the comnrsslouers to make for the pi cedent they have thus created? This is n sorry end to the long discussion of street-car rates and the affairs of the P. It. T. The decision is, to say the leat. of debatable alue. It N tin- method by which it was reached and promulgated that Is astonishing and altogether lamentable. Ve seem to have drifted back twenty jcar.s to the days of jobber when city franelii.es were hnnded over for a price to those who grew rich through them without ever a thought of rendering a moment's service in return for their fortunes With one lino gesture the inte-csts behind the I'. K. T. have deprived the turporatiotx of the p.iblic confidence created by the Mitten manage tnent through jears of labor nnd fair deal ing No one on the itislde seems to reali.e the value of the aset thus thrown uwuy. The ghosts of the old spoilsmen seem to he walking about again to receive the pious kow-tows of the service commissioners, tho members of the City Council, the Kulletiii aiyl the lnitiirer. History is tepeatin; Itself. All these things haxe occurred before. Councilman nurhlmU mk if his fellow members will talk to the point nnd cut out "boomshooting nnd buncombe" he'll be will ing to have Council mc t at .'1 p in instead of 1 :.'I0 as heretofore That's the whj with Home people! Thev profes. to he willing to compromise and then ask the impossible. MOORE LOOKS AHEAD IN Viri'OIN'fi the hastily dciwd gas s,ir. vey bill the Major has promptly and de clslvel recognized the puhlii interest The contract with the I' (i. I expires in lfl'JT At that time the cil will lie called upon to adopt a new polhj toward the lighting companv. This munlcipalitv has undergone some bitter experiences with in digested contracts, ami it is imperntne t lint nil the facts in the coming case be frankly und authoritatively set forth. For this reason an Inspection of I', (i. I. nnd Its re'litlons to the city should bo made by the best uvallab'e experts nnd under cir rumstauccs not iutolvlng dangerous haste. There Is time to do the thing right. No such opportunity wns afforded in the rejected ordinance, which demanded a re port by January 1 The .:.'.". (100 proposed for expenses would have been in a sense monev thrown away Another appraisal .ntil,t l.nvn Kkas flirt U'fiulpfllt dwninl k Ur. .Viiore vlcw3 the situat.ju wlLli public J spirited foresight nnd as the guardian of tbc city's welfare. The heated words directed at Councilman Hall, the Seventh ward Vnre leader, over an alleged perversion of facts arc relatively secondary In Importance to the warm conviction lying back of the right step emphatically taken. PRO-LEAGUE REPUBLICANS ARE NOT INCONSISTENT They Can Vote Their Party Ticket Con fident That Their Desire to Co-operate In World Peace Will De Gratified fTIIIIS newspaper feels complimented by tho - solicitude which a number of readers have expressed in writing concerning Its support of the League of Nations nnd Its advocacy of the election of Senator Harding. They have nsked us In all sincerity to ex plain what to them seems nn Inconsistency. Their letters Indicate that they arc doing some thinking on the Issues Involved In the campaign nnd nre anxious for more light. One of them asks: "What possible ground Is there for saying that the League of Na tions can only be had by the election of Mr. Harding, when Mr. Harding himself says he Is opposed to the present league with or without l enervations, and Mr. Cox says he is for the league with or without reserva tions?" Now. this newspaper has never said that our entrance into the League of Nations was possible only if Mr. Harding were elected. It has been particularly careful to refrain from any such statement, for the reason that It Is persuaded that whether Mr. Harding or Mr. Cox Is elected the 1'ulted States will enter the league under conditions satisfac tory to a majority of the people. In reaching this conclusion we hnve sought to consider the forces at work both in the I'nlted States nnd in the rest of the world Those forces nre more formldnb'e than any form of words in a political platform or nny pronouncement of n candidate for office. Platforms and campaign speeches nre made to conciliate all shades of belief within a party in order that the whole party strength may be polled fo' 'he party candidates H may be cynical to say that hev nre not to be taken too seriously, but a long experience in observation of the relation between pre election utterances nnd conduct in office jus tifies the opinion here expressed. Chnuneey M. Dopew put it in another wny years ago when lie said that platforms were made to get in on and not to ride on. He could have carrieil his railroad metaphor a little further by saying that iflicn one had got in on the platfrom nnd had moved for ward into the car itself he trawled along tlic route on which the rails were laid. The rails nre laid for the entrance of the I'nited States into the League of Nations There is only n handful of men opposed to the co-operation of the Cnited Stntes with the other nations in an international asso ciation for the preservation of world peace. Iloth Mr. Harding nnd Mr. Cox favor our entrance into such an association. Mr. Cox by the exigencies of polities is forced to support the league covenant which President Wilson brought hack with him from Paris, and Mr. Harding by the ume exigencies is compelled to oppose thnt covenant in the form in which it wns submitted to the Senate. It is unfortunnte that the politicians think it necessaij to play this sort of a game, but they do think it necessary this year and they hno thought it necessary in past jears to play the same sort of a game over other issues. They do not deceive themselves at all, but they think they have to make con cessions to the groundlings who nre de lighted when the opposition is described as unlit to be trusted while their own party-lias a monopoly of all the patriotism nnd states manship in the country. Whether one believes wliat Mr. Harding says or Mr. Cox sayH just now is beside the question. It is easy to chop logic about oue or the other beinj a liar, but thnt does not get us nnj where. The next President nnd the next Senate will have to face existing fact-, nml if they do not know it already they will dicer that the formation of a new association of nations independent of the piesent league or as u substitute for it will be impossible. They will have to work on the foundation alrcad) laid. When w.- express tho belief that the en trance of the United States into the league will lie easier under Republican leadership than under Ii mocratic leadership we merely face the fa ts us they have already been disclosed. If the Democratic leadership had liieii e:li'-ie we should have been iii the league months ago. Kllhu Itoot pointed that out in his Carnegie Hall speech Tuesday night. The President apparently pre' fi rred that we should not enter the league at all rather than have us enter it under conditions agreeable to a inajoritj of the Senate. A V) rj large proportion of the He publican senators nnd nearly half of the Democratic senators voted for certain insei-. ations anil interpretations in the tow mint. It will be impossible to put through any lovenaul not satisfactory to these Repub licans. And of course it will uKo be im. possible to ratify any covenant not satisfae toiy to the Democints who otnl for the icsenntions. I'nder the circumstances, it is the i ,irt of wisdom to dimivs the lenders w h b their influence over a minority in the Senate have been able to block ratification. The wav to do this is to elect a Republican President and to nn ri use the Republican majority in the Senate, so that those Democrat, who hue followed the leneleisliip of Mi. Wilson may find their power curtailed. Mr. Cox would hno to uiiiKc c-onci s.ums to the Republican senators if lie wished the covenant ratified. Mr. Hauling will hae to make fewer concessions anil to a smaller number of Democratic senators in order to get action. There are enough Democratic senators to pass them ready to vote for the reservations as soon as they cense to regard it as their luty to follow the lead of the White House. The i .iwit on wine h the fiiends of inter national co-operation hnve split is Article X. which it is admitted on all hands would compel the t'nltecl Stntes to use Its arinj and nn In si tile i'.uropean boundary disputes. Mr Root disi usseil the defects of that article in his New York speech, elaborating the ob jections which lie raised when the text of the cowuunt was lirst made public. He pointed out that it was not an essential part of the plan for picci.tmg war by preliminary ex iiminutiou of the issues in dispute and by submission of disagreements to an intei na tional i milt. It- puipose is to lix ihe bound aries of the new states carved mil of the teiritory of the defeated empires and to preserve them bj armed force. Now, said Mr. Root, the way to bring nbout an era of peace is not to prepare for the use of fence to preserve It. hut rather to make arrangements for the e tnblishment of justice. If the nations desire just he, then they can have it. If they do not desire it, then no written agreement can prevent them ftnin resorting to force to establish injus tice. This is so elementary that it seems to have been forgotten. As a matter of fact, Article X would not have been inserted in the covenant If tho nntlons framing it had been convinced that the world wns ready for universal peace, Yet Mr. Wilson Insists that It in the heart ofhe whole document and that if It Is eliminated the covenant becomes worthless. It can be argued that If It Is necessary the document Is doubly worthless because the world Is not yet ready for the settlement of international agreements In the peaceable wny provided In other sections. And if the world Is not ready for such method of pre venting wars, wars will continue, league or no league, Mr. Root's speech is nn admirable expo sition of the Republican attitude on the whole question. It reviews the history of the covenant, setting forth the ends sought to be accomplished, the means adopted to secure those ends nnd the objections raised In the I'nlted Stntes to some of the means. It nlso discusses the participation of the United States in framing the covenant nnd criticizes the President for his course, nnd calls attention to the fact that no Impartial judges sat on the work of the Pence Con ference until the treaty wns submitted to the American Senate. And Mr. Itoot In sists, as this newspaper has insisted since the Issue was raised, that the question Is not between a league and no league, but between a league which Is satisfactory to American sentiment nnd n league which is satisfactory to Mr. Wilson. Under all the circumstances, no "Repub lican friend of nn international association to preserve peace need have any hesitation about supporting the candidates of his party. SIMPLE TRUTH ABOUT TAXES TT IS hard to find a man who, In nny dls- cussion of national affairs, will not begin with a triumphant assertion that "tho war Is over." In some wnys the war is over. In other ways the war will go on as a factor in the life of this country for n quar ter of n century. When we have paid tho costs of that great adventure, and not until then, can we call the incident closed. Secretary Houston, of the Treasury, snw the war as a continuing problem when he addressed the convention of the 'American Hnnkers' Association nt Washington. The secretary's view of the whole question of taxes was courageous and clear, nnd his discourse was refreshingly free from the reckless promises nnd the dangerous optim ism thnt nre general in the cnmpalgn head quni lorf. of the Democrats and the Repub licans alike. Mr. Houston was not willing to forget that we spent nbout $30,000,000,000 in the fight against Germany and that not n dollar of this debt has been paid thus far by the government. Nor was he willing to hide in n medley of pleasant sounds the fact that K'nope still owes us on additional $0,000, 000,000, nnd that the present state of inter nati'aal affairs makes increasing expendi tures imperatively necessary to the peace and safety of the nation. The national government will not re pudiate a penny of its debts. The war bonds must be redeemed nnd interest on them must be paid. So long as we stand apart from international councils organized In tho interest of peace wc must prepare for war or ignore the first laws of common sense. Thus it is clear that while methods of taxa tion may be revised, n great burden will continue to bear upon the reoplc for years to come. Money, even for the uses of n beneficent government, docs not fall from the clouds; The cost of the war will have to be paid out of the toil of Americans nnd out of the re sources of our soil anil our brains. Tax rates may be lowered in the course of time, but they will not be lowered by campaign speeches. The burden will grow lighter through increased production and increased efficiency in American industry, and in no other way. As business increases the weight of taxation will be distributed over wider areas. Thus peace and a resumption of the normal life in Rurope should be matters of first concern to Americans. Commerce with the nations of Europe on a scale contem plated by far-sighted American business men would provide .new sources of federal income, since it would bring ndeled revenues to the nation ns a whole. While Europe continues in a turmoil or while the other nations nre impoverished or antagonistic to America, the tax burden will weigli the heavier on every man, woman and child ill the United States. The working budget for the next fiscal j ear will, ill Mr. Houston's opinion, require revenues of not less than $-1,000,000,000 for current expenditure. Where is the money to come from? Mr. Houston observed that income nnd special tax receipts show a dis position to decline. Ileie. perhaps, is one of the important results of the strikes and lockouts thnt were so numerous during the last eighteen mouths. If business is permitted to become slnck, if quarrels between the two groups in in dustry limit production, if the country doesn't hustle and work and regain some thing of its old pace, taxes, no matter what the politicians say, will fall on constantly narrowing groups. The secretary of the treasury, like other conservative economists, considered only visible responsibilities. If in tht future it becomes necessary for us -to resort to elab orate systems of armament and to engage in extensive rivalries with other powers or groups of powers for mastery on the sea or in the nir, in man can say how high the tax rate may climb in tho next few years. So it must be apparent that tho ignorance and vanity and pride that continue to bungle the affairs of chllization may prove to bo pretty costly even to the people of the United Stntes, wdio have been taught to believe that isolation means freedom from all trouble. A LEGISLATIVE DUTY QIMON ORATZ'S contention that not even "the worst enemies" of the Hoards of Education can accuse it of extravagance is n correct interpretation of public opinion. If there was any virtue in the long dulnv pi wiling the temporary measures of relief for the teachers it lay In the proof thnt the board wns no spendthrift. According to Mr. (iratz, the sum needed to maintain the Fin egnn pay schedule inid the proper develop ment of tho city school system is about $5,000,000, and lie suggests that the aid be secured from tho state by appropriation or nn increused tax rate rather than through n locul tax on real estate. In other words, the school situation should lie squarely faced bv tho Legislature in its coining session. Responsibility, perfectly clear, was shirked two years ago. Public indifference enn no longer be offered ns a plen in extenuation. There is no question that popular senti ment was deeply aroused this uutiimn by tho financial disabilities of the board, and tho impression that it has been strained to tho uttermost is authentic. The legislators, meeting in Harrisburg this winter, must either x-etvognizi' this sentiment or repudiate their constituents A New Orleans banker, ndelres.sing the, American Hankers' Association in session in Washington, deprecated the squandering "of untold millions on silly and unnecessary lux uries," anil urged thrift which would be excellent advice if all the producers ()f lux uries would immediately go to work pro ducing necessities. In such circumstances the work of reconstruction would be greatly forwarded. Hut there iH no assurance that nintliing of the kind will occur. On tho contrary, n noticeable accession of thrift on the part of the public and the consequent redui tion or iipwh nt commodities nre already causing unemployment. Thrift is nn excel lent thing but one has to use some discre tion in the practice of the virtue. CHICAGO'S NEW PAPER A Christian Dally Newspaper for the Windy City Outfit Bourjht Here. Cortelyou's New Plans Aro Developing Dy OEOROE NOX McGAIN CLARENOE E. WOOD shipped two car loads of printing machinery from this city to Chicago yesterday. Mr. Wood Is a western man. He hns bought nnd sold newspapers, started various kinds of publications, nnd edited them, too, nil over the West. I first met him yenrs ago when he was business manager of n prosperous Colorado dally. Until a short time ago he was associated with a Hearst publication In Chicago. He knows the newspaper business from the cement floor of tho pressroom to tho glided bnll on the flag pole on top ot the office building. In his latest venture he's the herald of n new Idea. Hy that I mean that it is new iu its main essential feature. ' HE IS establishing in Chicago a new dally Christian newspaper. It is inr tended to appeal to Christians of all de nominations. . In that sense it is new. It might ni'o 'be said to be a class newspaper. Mr. Wood describes it as such. The first attempt of this kind was years ago when n Kansas preacher undertook the publication of n dally that wns to be con ducted "As Jesus would have done it." At least that was his expressed purpose at the outstart. Its career wns uhort and undramntic. The Christian Science Monitor, of Boston, is the one dally pu'jliention conducted upon strictly religious and sectarian basis.. It is carefully edited, and has been running for a number of yenrs. Recently there have been some acrimoni ous controversies regarding its financial management. MR. WOOD started to Washington yes terday to arrange for n Washington news service and to establish n bureau Iu that city. "There is ample capital bchiud the enter prise." he told me. "The people interested feci that the time hns come when n newspaper of tills kind is needed. A newspaper, too, that can bo made n go to the point of being a financial jind iournnlistlc success. ., "We Propose to publish n dally paper that will give the news of the world fairlv, honestly nud cleanly. One that will not cater to nny self-seeking, sinister or dis honest influences in business or politics. It will be absolutely fair and unprejudiced, leaving it to its readers to form their own opinions bnseil upon the presentation of un blnscd facts." Mr. ood's idea, although not expressed n so many words, apparently is: "When in doubt read the American Daily Standard, of Chicago, and then form your own opin ions." The iden siiPiiests itself that the business impulse behind the new Chicago dailv is that, inasmuch ns there arc but two morn ing papers in the second city of the republic, a publication ot the character he is about to establish will have more than u reasou able chance of success. The first issue is scheduled to appear on Christinas' Day. The sentiment behind the selection of this tiny is obwous. pOHERT D. HARPER a general way ' is unquestionably one of the best posted men in municipal affairs in this city. lie is rhief clerk in the Mayor's office. His long familiarity with the workings of every department, his extensive acquaint ance among men of all political faiths nnd oilioinls ,,f all degrees of importance con tribute vastly to his usefulness ns nn official. Some one the other day told nn apoc ryphal story about a certain munlcipnl de partment, overcrowded as to the number of its employes. It was how one ornament of the pnvroll came in at 10 a. m. nnd raised a certain window shade. At 11 a. m. an other entered nnd pulled the shade down,, to its former position. Each act constituted a day s work. "Nothing doing nn thnt ensy-job nrn." interjected the chief clerk. Then he we'u t on: "A newly elected congressman had n political friend and worker uhom he wns eh'sirous of rewarding with n s.neciirc at nshington. He sent for his henchman aud informed him thnt lie hnd seemed hi, ap pointment ns 'clock winder' in the con gressional office building. "It paid well, but above nil it required only daj "s work n week. "The political worker declined the ap pointment There was too much exertion about it. His congressional patron demanded to know, in heaven's name, what he called an i'iis ji,. 'piip office seeker replied : " 'Vou muM have four or five hundred of these hero monthly calendars hanging up mound the building, (let me the job of tearing off the monthly sheet from these calendars. That's the kind of n job I want. Ml only have to work one day a month then. " TV RECTOR JAMES T. CORTELYOU Is, J I understand, perfecting one of tho most comprehensive plans ever devised in ii n j municipality, in this country nt least, for the capture of nutomoblle thieves, Not the slightest inkling of his plan has been disclosed ns yet. No formal announce tnent of it will be made until (lie plan in nil ct details hns been perfected. Chief James F. McLaughlin, of the deiiin.il bin can. is co-operating with his superior, pioin this it is reasonable to infer that electricity is at the foundation of the del li e. CI ief McLaughlin has made a studv of public safety work with direct reference to electrical engineering both in this country nml abioad. He has studied its details In London, I tins, Rerlin nnd minor European capitals. Some of the ideus gained abroad in other j Mirs. win, improvements nnd brought down to elate, have been embodied In connection with much of his work In this city, Director Cortelyou's recent declaration of a new plan to reach the motorcar thugs: ami hi'.'lcvaiinrn Indicates trend In hs ,,,. jiaitment to ndopt methods for apprehend ing the new typo of criminal that ure abreast of the latent developments iu crime. DIRECTOR CORTELYOU tells me that nlmost without exception nil of the highway criminals, motorcar bandits and iitlur tMics of the class arc oung men, and their women associates, who nre drug addie ts. A couple of months ngo five hold-ups by one gang occurred In widely separated sec tions of the city. In two of the instances there were assaults. The band was ulti mately captured, and then It developed that each member of It was a drug addict. Not one of them wns over twenty-one jears of uge The ease with which it is possible for these degenerates to obtain n supply of "dope" is responsible for the growing use of drugs in this city. Organizations exist among dope dealers with ramifications cxtcudiug throughout tho entire city. A complete system of signals is main tained and it is almost impossible for any one but a dope user to get into direct con tact, sufficient to secure evidence of the crime, with any of tho members of thcbo sjndlcntes. Unfortunately, the laxity of the drug law, and the fact that the government ex tends no uid or none to speak of in the de tection of these criminals, renders tho woik of the police unusually difficult. An Arkansas Record nethlchem Correspondence Clarksvlllo Herald. Democrat. ! Two weddings, one fight und ouo separa tion sinco our last issue. Hope listMr, the New York Herald. The Pencil Hm I now that she votes with inc she wjll probubly learn how to nhatpcu me, .. -. . NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians on Subjects They Knoiu Best ALEXANDER VAN RENSSELAER On "Welcoming the Seaman" IT WILL be a big thing for Philadel phia! That is the crux of the opinion of Alex ander Van Rensselaer on the erection in this citv of n $."00,000 joint hotel and club house for the seamen who use this Port of n Million Snilors." Mr. Von Rensselaer, citizen of note, vet eran yachtsman, sponsor for every loenl movement thnt has had to do with the sea, is qualified to speak with n practical work ing knowledge thnt inspire! confidence in the project nnd nn earnest hope for its speedy fulfillment. He is president of the hoard of mnnagers of the organization that has undertaken the work. The home for sailors, technically known ns tho Seamen's Chinch Institute, is not a bright dream but already a red-blooded reality, partially come true. A site for the hotel-home nt Second and Walnut streets hns been purchased and meetings are being held to form plnns to Interest the citizenry of Philadelphia to the extent of making that body see the wisdom of helping "with a heart and a dollar." An institute sucn ns tne one in project would help divelop tho port of Philadelphia. unquesiiunnni.v, uir. cm ni'iissuiuur cuiii- 5t ., n- ,, ll- TI- -1 ....... monteel. Lrcature comiori xor me seaman counts more than most people calculate, n..l Is? 4lMrt . nAHifminliln rtfitrwtrlf tfifi UUIl IX IIIVIC UIU LUIIIIUIUIUI1--I IIHHlL- I- eommodntions for the man of the sea in Philadelphia, that is where he will want to come. To innko the city popular with the sailor will do a great deal towurd the de velopment of tho port. Club Llfo Necessary "Shipping interests recognize this fact, antl wc have been assured of the support of many men influential in these circles. Only csterday I took luncheon with several gen tlemen prominent in the shipping world nnd I wus gratified to see how much Interested they were. "Of course, however, tho interest must lie n great deal mor general than that to make our seamen's institute come trim in the fine, big way that it has been planned. The place must be largo enough to uceom moelnte ".fiO men and It mirt offer the ad vantages of n clubhouse for even the men who do not come to live there. "The demand for such nn Institute Is un questionable. Recently we transferred our headquarters to the St. Albau's Hotel, on tho northwest corner of Second and Walnut WTUMN THE vim iu the air of autumn, Tho blue in the vapor dome, Tho laden hive in the orchard, Tho honey nnd bursting comb ; The straining side of the presses, The wine and tho woodland breath, And some people call It autumn And some people call it death. The silver mist in tho lowland, The bronzen hill and the glnde ; The squirrels storing their harvest Tho time when tho migrants trade. The star In the crimson twilight, Tho vales, in their gayest, clad, And some people call It autumn And borne call the nutumti sad. The lenves that carpet the woodland, The great brown oaks overhead, The open burrs and tho acorns, Tho gold nnd blotches of Ved : And nil on the fields and roadsides, The aster und goldenrod, And some pcoplo cnll it autumn And some pcoplo call it Clod. RALPH RANKIN. Joyous Tidings Trom the Iloeton Kvenlnn Transcript. Oood news for circus fans -81111 gallery gods: Consular reports bring the nows thnt 'a huge crop of peanuts Is promised In tho Madras presidency of Indlu. The Indications nlso ore that the peanut crop In Shantung will bo nbout 1.0 per cent larger than that of llllll. It is estimated, Incidentally, thnt 85 per cent of this Chlncoc crop will be of first quulity. Should Be From His Name From the Itawamba Ceunty (Miss.) News, Burly Smith seems to Lo a good black 1ajnltU nowadays. "ANYTHING LEFT OVER, MA'AM?" r t C"1 s.i,c tImt "n" 1,PCn chosen for the modern hotel. Wo have been able to offer n certain amount of club life to the men con vine! rM1""lsc ,ms bccn' to 8a' thc lcnst' "It must be remembered that the work is not a charity. The seaman Is willing to pay for what he pets. The trouble is there hns never been sufficient to give him. There are agencies that have attempted to cover the situation, but it has grown far beyond Mr. Van Rensselaer referred to n little ""In '"Ihe Crow's Nest," a paper pub lished in the Interest of the Institute, which showed how inadequate housing nnd amuse ment provisions arc for thc port nt present. Must Reach .More Men It sajs: "For the year 1010 the welfare ngenclcs or the city doing work nmong seamen re ported something less than JiO.000 seamen attending their various reading rooms, church und social centers. This figure does not menu thc number of different individuals but ttint many pairs of feet crossing tho combined door sills of nil the ngenclcs. Hut nt thnt rate there were 1,000,000 seamen who enmo ashore nt this port In 1010. therefore, tho total service to seamen was ess than fi per cent. This is chiefly due to the fact that the existing agencies have In adeomt,. accommodations. Tho Seamen's Church Institute, by amalgamating two of the existing agencies and by amusing men nnd more wldelv spread inte.est on behalf of the seamen of this port, plans to serve n much larger per centage of the 1.000.000 and more who tread our shores nnd streets." In summarizing .Mr. Von Rensselaer BQId .i!T!l?rr v'i,' ',0 """'Ini.' monumental about ticnl building that will make Philadelphia rank nmong the ports of the world ns open ing its arms to men of the sea nnd rccog nlz ng them ns human beings. New York nm San l-rnnclsen have taken this step, Pl.ilad0clphin." ColIo,luia,1' making, up Id What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. When will Congress count the electoral tion? Com,nB P"lIntlM eteSI 2. What Is tho usual color of grizzly hears' 3" Wltfroach?C orlBlnal "inning of tho word 4. What Is bnrlum? 5. What Is tho Tnsmanlan devil? 0. Whero Is It found? 7' Wlocca".a?tl0nS Wn ISlnnda ln tno Pncln 8. What Is1 meant by esplcglerlo? ' WIcanWnls!o,ry?StC"d m"nlf In Amer- 10. What Is meant by Rabelaisian humor? Answers to Yesterday's, Quiz 1. Tim third republic of Franco 'hns been in existence fifty years, uinco September 2. Stoat is another namo for tho ermine especially in its summer coat. rm,nc' 3. Tho lamest coal area In Clreat Hrltnln In southern Wales. "mam Is '' MTut!ony8 a SPan'Sh ,vord' "'nK- 6. Two qermnn generals.' Hessians who fought on the. Hrltlsh side In th8 Amer? Hi'JJle'sel.'0"1110"' WCr KW'lwusen ami 6. The Uitlr. phrnso "Finis coronat onus- means "The end crowns the work " 7. William Kdward Ilartpolo Leckv ,. noted historian, born nea ijoh ai?," , 138. Among his works nro "The Hlso of nationalism In Kurono" nmTim History of Kuropean .Morals." ,0 8. The Latin Union Is nn assoclrtlon of Kuropeun states for tho regulation of f uniform coinage. Tho original netn bcrs wero Franco. Heldum. Hw tzJ? land and Italy, which entered Into u treaty on the subject In 1885. 0. Cesnrc Lombrnso was n cclebratmi i..ii lan criminologist, who "nu icln.L V& iheorv that there In n .i.i."l.,Stl tho 1 vive. clistineulHlieil fmm i.i.5crlmina. Jinlr on 1909. -- --..tiivt: 10 the liombroao died In 10. Tho names of the James 4 notorious outlaws, were X Ifrank. "oys, the Jeasa ami 7' .&i SHORT CUTS In thirteen more days the I-told-you-sw win oe very misy. The Mayor appears to have a poor opin ion ot couucnmamc gas. Whichever wny tho election goes, tht pumpkin pie will be cause for Tlianksgivinj. Tightwad's iden of on elastic curroncj is n roll secured with a rubber band. The thief who robbed a local woman ani got a button now needs nothing but tht noon. Holshevlsm has had n setback in Persia, but strikers nro trying to give it a boost in CH.infr 1).I,aI UlUUt JJ111U1II. Even those who refuse to worship the golden calf occasionally perform obclsanci 10 DUII. Civic experts with vision enough to senst incvitnblc municipal growth are of the opin ion thnt a well-fed city calls for an adequiti ucu unc. With unemployment increasing,' tht matter of comparatively unrestricted immi gration becomes, ns it were, not altogether uiiiiupuriaui;. The nrrcst of Miss Pnnkhurst in Lon don suggests the thought thnt if Sylvia cvtil got all she wanted feiic would be n very un happy woman. Rumors of n rupture between Poland noil Lithuania cause the wish that EuropcM! relations oore some rcscmoiance 10 nui quality 01 mercy. Any two-by-ten politician can tell hii .,,.,. Ia n ... nI.A. 1.... 1. nnnol... h,lVt t'111-OlJ IU W (If XUJIlll'l, 1IIL II. IVIJlllll.1 "v. bone to tell it to the supporter who has 1 llUllllUliy BVUl'UJl'. After one has heard that the King oil Circeco is dead, It surprises one to lcara I ttiiougn perhaps it should not; Hint ins iw dition is much Improved. There is one miner nt work in EnglanJ, nnnnrrtnrr tn n niiltln.l rniinrl tVnm T.OndOD. The world would like to know more about one who dnics to be a Daniel. In Mcdin. Pa., 2500 cabbages liavetrtn wagered on thc election; and nobody U have cause for complaint unless one or I" other of tho bettors tries to vote tueni. From York, Pn., comes tho story of I hen thnt has kidunpped a kitten nnd drives the mother cat away. Doubtless a femww with a few theories she wishes to work out. The local bootlegger whose pnrrot pot prohibition ngents wise by calling wr.' 'em un! Servo 'cm tin!" might havepa" In better luck if ho had chosen a sown" I for u pet. .... . ... ..! .1.- i.ici.n.i .ltftrrin-. j lie trouuio wiin me iui"""' """h 1 tion of the suspected murderer of I'-1"1" ,! r-. ,..,. ... .1 .......I., nf mru. S urewes is tnnc 11 nm mutismm" -... Moreover, the man suspected has proww changed Ills dollies siucc tne muxu. Four army airplanes flying from A ' Alaskn, to Mlneoln. N. Y., arrived In " Pa., yesterday, and the populace has turn ns much interest In the stupendems fiat it luis in tho physical coiiumoii 01 a . rate prize-tighter. A Boston street railway arbA board has reinstated n motorinan '"'' for using Indecent Innguage to a car i " tho chairman declaring that rfl' J1 ' more Important than purity of Jan." t( Hut suppose tho car starter !'''J;1?oru ... chairman of tho arbitration board In the autumn when the frost . Turns the leaves to red and yellow, 1 . Aud the nuts nre downward tossed, Chlmnunlc Is n lucky fellow. He. accepting Nature's gift, ,, . u-n Hoards them Just as though lied "u . 'nm .... Thoughts of winter prompt his thrift ln the autumn. In October life Is wine, f Nuts nnd apples, joyous nic i Ilrarlug breezes bathe In brine, All tho trees ure Iu n riot. Though ho paint the country red, Pcoplo call tho fellow sober I Life has snarls!?, bo It ld. a . , In October - u" f -(y , . ?-. " "irtVf M"Vt,' r.&
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers