If By J Rt '1 t. if H' t. ' t it :H k Ml fV- t If- f I I it Hi R ft) S fc e Hi r , , It 10 ,, N 4: .'t i . WiwtawsipWa3"t 5Priw ysynr e Euertihg public 2Ie&$ct PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY OTniin 1L If. fitttlTlH- rneilirvT ,,Ch.rIe II. I.uJIniten, Vlc rreaulent, Jehn C. Jlerlln. SeoreUry and Trcaaureri Philip S. Cellins. Jehn II, VVIIllanne, Jehn J. Hpurgoen, inferiors. KDlTOIlUIi nOAHDi Crses H. K. Cutis, i-hslrman DAVID B. BM ILK Y Editor JOHN C. M AP.T1.V. Qcncral Uuilncu Manager Publlthed daJly at rcuLia Lnraci BulMlnj lodepenilenee Seiuare, I'hllu.i. Irl.u. ATtAMTIe OiTI rrcsl-Liilen Hull.llni NmT Yeitic..,, ,.304 Madisen Ave. Pieit 701 renl llultdlng t. J-euii 013 OloXir-Demecrat Mul'.dlnr Chioade 1302 Trtbunt iiulldlnc NEWS UtinBAUBl TThjhnotem Dciimu N. It. e-ir. rennalv,nl, Ave, end 14th St. r.w TenK niittutj The Hun nulifllr Londen umir; liOnden Tints .. KUi'srniPTieN TKn.MR The, nvrmxa Fcm.ie Lxpem la atrved te eub rrlhr In rhllnejeiphliv nnd stirreundlnr towns ;t tht rate of twelve (12) cnta it week, payable te the. carrier. -.W'-HJI te point outslde of rhlladelphla. in the tinned Btntea. Oaimda. or United ftatea rea. WWII1' Plft"" tree, fifty (r.O) eenta r-r month, 'i. W .nnllara per rear. pnSe in advance. Te all ferelim countries one. Ml) dollar a month. rOTir Suhaerlbers wlahlne addnaia chanced inuat lve old as well ns new addrcas. DFI.L, tOOO VALNUT KrYSTONT. IlUtN 8000 $yAdrfrr$ rill rommunlcetlona te Kvrnlns rtiblle Ltdiftr, Imltmntlrnei Rqunrr, rhilailrlfiUla, Member of the Associated Press Ttjn AnpoClATre VltKSH te txcluihrlv n fitlnl te the vtt for rerubUcnitnn of all nrn-a dlipatchei crtitltrrt te It or nef efientUe crrtflfnl in tM vane; anil also tht local nctia vuWshcd thtrrin. All rights of republication of special dlipatcdr j ntretn arc ahe rctervtd. A l'OUl.YKMl 1'IltKilt M ren rim..M)i:i.riii. .!.! 1r.N ".!? "'l'1'1 """ P'ui'le etpect the new nilnilnlHtriitliiii tu leiKrnlrnle lie mtentlnnt Tht : Ji.euurc rit'ei drlilse A drideefc biy enoue'i te accommodate tht lareur veijiy, J'reiT.r."1 " ','."' """ """" vtm. A. convrntien hall A building ter Die Kite I.ilrarv. An Art .Wuieum. tntnrermeiit of tUr w iter uprlu Sfemei te accon.medati the imputation. SOCIAL SERVICE: NEW STYLE "ITTHKN it wiin shown jcitcnlny thnt ice. 11 men, milkmen, retln-d mcrclmtitM anil ethers cecmlnKlj In iiceil .if he'p W(.n. ,, ti. payroll of tht .Municiiml Court, it wns pe--Bible for the people of thi Hty te iiii(lerxtnrul JutlRe Itrnwn'n theory of ioein.1 .crvlee. The benefirinrieH of tlie eeiirt xe nbeut their per per flennl businesH reKiiInrly. if they work at nil. But. needing extrn money mid having votes te deliver, they nre resNtned nx Hecinl workers ami steiiesraphrri and enclneer-i (unlicensed) in the employ of Jtulee Hrewn. Yeu ennnet den the efficiency of this yatem for helping the peer. Hut if we nre te put en the public pajrell every ninn. R'emnn nnd child who might drift into trouble for want of u utHciciit Income, we might ns well become n militaristic com cem munitj nml lay in a let of tank nnd bomb ing planes. Fer we ehall hne te raid and plunder all the neighboring counties te ob tain means neccssnrj te the continuum e of Judge Hrewn's novel sjstem of practical charity. THE MAYOR'S SALARY MAYO It MOOItK. who has gene te Nor folk. Vii., te attend the Atlantic Deeper Wnterwajs Cengrcs., is astonished te learn thnt the city manager of Norfolk re ceives a salarj of isKi.OOil a year. The city has only 12.".0IM population and its annual budget amounts te .'54.000.tlO''). riiilndelphin. with n popu'atien of L'.OOO. 000 and an annual budget of $00,000,000. pays its Mnynr SlU.tlllll. The reason he is net getting mere at tin1 present time Is that Mr. Moere objected te nnj iucrcase in the Mayer's salarj when the budget for this jeiir was being prepared. He knew that the city would neid all the money that it could raise und be refuse I te consent te a higher salary for hlmelf. As n result he must serve out hi- term at the pre-cut rate. Yet no one will argue that the pnj is ade quate for the character of the service the Mayer must gie te the people If Norfolk finds it pretitnble te p.i it- eitj manager SIG.OOO, rhiladelphla might hud it equally profitable te fix a salary nf S'JO.OOO for its jUayur te be elected in li)U.'i THE OPERA SEASON VIRTVAhhY all seats have been sold for the winter -ea-en of the Metro politan tlpera Ce. at the Academy of Music, starting tonight. People who can ufferd only the less oTpensfro seats followed the example of wealthier patrons and sub scribed for the season. A citj in which even the cheapest opera tickets are -old months in advance cannot be -aid te be otherwise than gem rally prosperous and unusually fortunate. Mentis for the inech.uiw al reproduction of rauslc have been brought te an extraordinary state of perfection and this is one of the reasons why grand opera hn- grown se rapidly in popularity. Thank- te modern science almost every Aniernnn home knows a vast let about geed music The Metro politan Company, since it ha- benefited by an unprecedented demand for -eats at the Academy, can new .ifferd te carry tic educa tional process further It ihim! net critic e patrons with hackneyed and tee familiar things. GOVERNOR SPROUL'S CONGRESS AN OITOKTl'NITV for a valuable ex change of thoughts en the subjects of Mtnte legislation und aduuuisrrutien will be afforded In the conference m governors and governors -elect whhli will lunvrne in liar rlNbiiTB tomorrow for i. ihree-d.iy session. Governer Sproul will bu the host te tins dis tinguished assemblage The Governer fays he expects te -hew the guests a "sample of plnin Pennsylvania hospitality." hut he makes no - cret of his hepi that the con ference will be productive of le-sons ter the 3021 session of the state Legislature which opens in January. Governer Sproul i- particularly interested In having the Legislature prepare for a re ivrlting u "revision upward"--of the state constitution and in forwarding the plan of Dr. Themas K. Kinegun, state superintend ent of schools, for the further advancement of Pennsylvania's school system Other commonwealths may well contribute te Pennsylvania's stock of ideas en these bub jeets. These plans, of ceurv. call fei -.izable drafts en the state treasury. In working out a budget for the, next two years and in making allowances for the drift of prices the Governer may win maiiy tnnelj sug gestions from the conference Ker this con ference will be in u bread ecuse a ceugruss of Halted states JITNEYS RESURGENT M! EN of hcicnce who sit in laboratories und probe among the mysteries of creation often linve been baffled and astounded at the l'hllidctphla, Tuidy, .Netemlwr JO. 1920 f evidences of a sort of life that ian persist without interruption for many centuries. Living frogs have been found imbedded In tone. There nre disease germs that seem te be almost ImmeTtal. In this general category of tenacious and' tedestructlbln life the modern jitneys seem te deserve a high place. Thrir staying power la the face of antagonistic forces is iihc iihc nemennl. Trelley corperntlons have fought httltnejr .with terrific energy. Jitneys have -V if li '(? 'ftcei.x.! :fa ' --r jWrf- " -;i:fri'?T',,Hrrp.,- v been chased and harried and seemingly put out if existence. Hul they return in evitably, as they continue te return in New Jersey, te haunt the trolley people and the Legislature. The Public Service Corporation in New Jersey alms, through legislation new being framed, te drive jitneys off the streets en which trolley cars nre operated. This law would eliminate the Jitney In Camden and it will be fiercely fought net only by the Jitney owners but by the general public. It must seem te observers en the sidelines thnt a device which has served as well as the Jitney ought te be prrscrved nnd thnt trolley cor porations would be wiser If. instead of trying te step the process of evolution, they accepted and ued meter vehicles as details In their system of public service. The very fact thnt the Jitney hns been able te survive shows that It is needed. Trelley companies, operating with heavy evcihend costs, need te be protected against unfair competition Hut that Is no reusen why the riding public should be denied the benefits of modern invention. THE OLD CONGRESS WILL PREPARE FOR THE NEW Tax Legislation Will Be Postponed Until Harding Takes His Plaee In the White Heuse NOTHING has happ-ned te convince the majority leaders of Congress, which meets net Monday, that It would be wise te change the legi-lative plans they agreed upon mere than a year age. It was decided then that it would be a waste of time te pa-s constructive tax laws, se long as a Democratic President vvns in the White Meuse. If the bills passed did net conform te the taxation theories of the Democratic President he would veto tin m. Se the plan wa- agreed upon te vvnit until there was a Republican President before pushing any new tnx legislation te its tiual passage. The election hu- net only made It certuln thnt then will be a Republican In the. White Heuse after March 4. but It has settled that the Republican majeritv in both branches of Congress will be large enough te enable the Republicans te embody in l.iw these taxa tion theories which after long experience with revenue legislation commend themselves te the best minds in the party. Se the Congress which meets next week will deiibtle-s confine its legislative activities te the pa-s.ige of the necessnry appropria tion bills. Hut its committees are likely te busy themselves with the preliminary work necessary te the drafting of new revenue laws. The ways and means com mittee of the Meuse has already collated n vast mass of information about the tariff whlih Is new nvn'lnble te every one inter ested in the subject. Iieferc the winter is ever it is likely te have another mass of in in feruutiin nbeut the Income tax and "V profit- tax lnvv- ter Us guidance While the tax en incomes and en excess profits has rai-ed revenue, there is probably no informed person who is willing te defend the system by which the-e taxes an- appor tioned. The lnws are full of Inequities. They have diverted into the coffers of the government vast sums of money which ought te have Icen allowed te Hew in, the ordinary channels of business. The money needed bv the government should be raised in wnys which will net dry up the sources of revenue. If one thing is mere certain thnn another it is that the new Cengiess will modify, if it docs net repeal altogether, the excess profits tax. It is expected te leapportien the bur den of the iiHeme tax in siuh a wav ns te make it rest mere evenly en the shoulders of the whole pmide. The present lnw was fiamed en the theory that the little man could be protected by making the big man that is, the man with a big income or big profits give up ft large part of his profits or his income te the government. Congress did net seem te be aw nre of the fact that the big man is an expert in making money and that whenever he has te benr a new expense in the conduct of his business, whether that expense is due te increa-ed taxes or te In creased cost of raw materials, he always adds it te the cost of production nnd hands it en te the ultimate consumer. There must be ingenuity enough in Con gress te devise a better way than this for rni-ing revenue, a way which will free bus iness from hampering restrictions and at the -nine time protect the consumer of small mentis from the high prices which have fol lowed, as a natural result, the working out of the present -vstnn. As te the tariff. Senater Ledge remarked at the t'nien League the ether night that mere revenue must be produced by the cus tom houses. Thl Is desirable, uud it is within the ability of the Republican states men in Washington te bring it about with out checking the flew of foreign goods si nt here in payment of the debts which Km epe ewes te us. Senater Ledge is as well awaie ns his col cel leagues thnt the Tinted States is no longer a debtor nation nnd that a tariff law which might have -erved in 1 !'." would be per nicious ut the piesent time. The Repuhlirnn party is committed te the policy of pietcc tien te American Industries. Hut it has betn in the habit of adju-tiiig that pelii y te prevailing conditions There Is every reason for believing that it will continue te de -e I'uless all signs fail. Congress will be ashed te pass laws directly regulating miciiv matters that might better be left te the operation of the well-established economic laws. There Alls legiilatinn of prii es during the war, but even In that nueiency it did net work v. iv well. Vet then- are tutinv people who think thnt if Congress should pass a law declaring that prices should net be higher than the people wire willing te pay the first glimmering of the dawn of the economic millennium would appear above the horizon. Hut there i- nrebably snnity enough in Congress te resist the impei tunltb s of the pleaders We aie ulreadj eeing the law of - ij.ply and demand m operation. It is bringing about the reduction in the prices of ninny commodities mere rapidly and mere ef fectively than any net of Congress could de it. And this is happening, tee. In spite of the assertions made a few years age that the combinations of producers had nullified the law und held the whole country at their nurey Congress, however can de something te relieve the public. Take the housing shrut age. for example, a shortage due te the high cost of building material and the high wages of labor and the high iiites of intercut for mortgage money. If Congress should ex pressly exempt from taxation Income ie ceived from real estate iii'iitguge the market for mortgage money would become a little easier. The borrower always pays the tax en his mortgage nnd under a system which taxes the income from it he is taxed tvwcu en the same property. In this city n man with a $.3000 mortgage en his house pays the mertgagee (I per cent interest and he pays the icnl estate tax nf $2.K en every $100 in addition, briuging the cost of hi mortgage up te nearly 0 per cent interest. Yet there are people who think that the man who lends him the money should be tnxed en his income of $180, for getting that the mertgagee would get the J ",w,T t.5,-ij j.j--.i.. EVJEHING , PUBLIC LEDQEIt - amount of the tax out of the borrower In some way. If the new revenue laws are framed In accordance with the few well-established economic principles and without a desire te penalize any one because he happens te have property, the evils of the present legislation will disappear and business enn go en Its wiiy without undue trammels and sufficient revetiue will be raised. CAN WE BE SAVED? WHO will be Secretary of Morals and Grand High Keeper of the National Conscience In Mr. Harding's cabinet? Clearly, if we continue te drift into bad habits ntid if the stem resolution of sane reformers is net shaken n functionary with some nidi title will have te be nppelnled nt Washington Multitudes of the uiircgeticrate arc having their lllng, despite the Velstead net, nnd you have only te leek nt the uevvs pnpers any day te perceive thnt there Is no lnw of the books or of ethical tradition that Isn't being flouted pretty consistently in all parts of the country. Nothing thnt hns hnppened in ninny years caused such nn upreur of debate ns is likely te attend the proposed legislative drive for a ltlue Sunday. Mnny people will complain bitterly because of what they will call fur ther interference with personal rights. Lenders of the Sunday movement will de claim with similar earnestness that they nre trying only te save n country thnt seems determined te go te the dogs of legend. There is right and wrong en the two sides of every controversy, and that which Is brew ing new will be no different from nil the ether controversies thnt hnvc shaken the nation The simple fact is that movements intended forcibly te regulate and improve national morals and habits of life spring from n complication of affairs which, like the iceberg, shows elilv a little of its bulk above the surface. What probably ani mates and Inspires the reformers is the obvious nnd Indisputable fact that we, ns n people, nre running pretty wild upon dan dan geteus reads und growing increasingly ecu ecu temptueus of normal restraint. The statistics of homicides in the United Slates will astetiMi nny one who studies them. Mere people nre murdered wantonly in this country thnn in ml the rest of the civilised w rid every .vent. Divorce lnws nre lax in many of the states and for that ren s .it America has n whole army of children whose only parents arc the courts, llehind divorces unci homicides lie very complex drifts nnd tendencies against which many enrnet people hope te prevail with nnti nnti liquer laws, laws for the regulation of books and movies and schemes of legislation de vised te salcgiir.nl religious institutions and te i-ui'e'irngc ine religious life as a whole some ant '.dot te m.ich that is headlong and cynical in the philosophy of the modem stie.'t. ( hurchinen who hnvc resorted te such me ntheds cannot be said te be without . Tiiev risk much and they probably ...... ..... coiirag ceiirag coiirag knew it It may be inten sting nt this stnge of the general movement for moral reforms te in quite whether the average American is uctually un unmoral person who can be made geed only by law. Any casual survey will bring a negative answer te that question. The nvernge American community, even when it is disposed te go golfing or metering en .Mindnv nnd te worship only in the country clubs, is apt te be pretty sound under the surface. Tell It about somebody in trouble, about Hoever's dependent mil lions or about the desolate children in Ar menia and you will witness n demonstra tion of heartfelt charity of n sort te make you marvel. It will give its time. Its money. Its unlimited sympathy and even its clothes te these in need. Ne people are se sensitive ns Americans te the underlying obligations of established ethics. Vet It Is net nlweys pesslhle te hove wars and starving millions as forces of Inspiration te the higher life. The question before the house relates te methods likely te steer the American strnlght in normal times, te keep his children clean-minded and healthy and te lessen the number nf young people who are growing up with a frankly pagan view of general existence. Any one who views dispassionately the tendency of Americans te fast and reckless living cannot regard the factor of high ten sion thnt is general In the United Stutcs ns a result of our manner of existence. We like te be known ns the hardest-working people en earth. That beast is net an idle one. Tired nerves demand high-colored shows, hectic music, bright lights nnd, in a word, constant stimulation. They shout for meters und Sunday golf and even for moon shine. Restrictions alone will net answer the need -e plainly apparent The geed that reform seel; te de by national Sunday laws, restrictions nnd censerships could best be achieved by n study of the national nervous system nnd by remedies calculated te restore human appreciation for many things which people de net new enjoy bei'ttiisi- of a lnck of time of leisure und the ..ort of training thnt mnkes for rationality. SIGNIFICANT FIGURES CIORRKOTHI) returns from P.ric ludicatu thut the total vote polled by Mrs. Marien, prohibitionist candidate for United States senator, was 1H2.010 instead of 1.1S,-02-1, as given out in Harrisburg en Satur day. Rut these corrected figures still give her tid.OOO meie votes thnn were polled for the i.rohlbitienisi candidate for president. Mem hers of ether parties voted for her rather than for the candidate of their own party. Mis. Marien was net the only candidate for the Senate who profited by the extraor dinary conditions in the contest this yeer. The labor candidate ter the presidency ic ndved le.Ol- votes and the labor senftterliil candidate polled 27.31)2 aud the single-tax candidate for the Senate leceived 2110 votes, while the presidential candidate of the party polled only e:t THE TAX RATE AND BUDGET MAYOR MOORU speaks for all Philadel phia whin he says that cverv elTeit should he made te prevent an increase in the tax rate Owners of property, par ticularly the householder, alreadv face a virtual increasi' in tuxes by reason of the raising of assessments. City Council, hitting us n committee of the whole, is new working en the budget for next year A number of sessions have been held, and yet, with the study of de partmental requests nearly completed, ap proximately S!l, 000, 000 must be shaved from the tetul if the tex rate Is -net te Ih in creased. Ker the theory of the budget and the spirit of the charter alike demntni that the recclptrt nnd cxpemlltuies shall he equalized ns closely ns Is humanly possible. City ceiincilmen hnvc a real job en their hands. Within the next two weeks they are obliged, under the law, te deciele en the budget and tax rate for 1021. Up te this time they have been nlert in searching for unnecessary or extravagant requests for funds. Taxpayers have the right te expect thnt Philadelphia will net enter the new year, which premises te be the beginning of a return te something llkct normal conditions, with a tax rate even higher than that new ia cJUcU -vfiiiiriVi-iiiirtifftn'"'Tr i 1 1 ' miwHirrr' J"l"nii ; , ! j ii ' n'lAiB.M nr ; HILADlDLPHM I TltylE BY THE FORELOCK President of Council's Business Train ing Tells Him Hew Necessary It Is te Take It That Way Peer Rich ard Club Characteristics By GEOUG13 NOX McCAIN RICHARD WKGLK1N, president of Council, Is ii enndy manufacturer. He belongs te that class of business men who take time by the forelock and profit accord ingly. His political experiences may be partially responsible for his quick grasp of a situa tion. Sugar is the foundation of the Weglcln business. The wheels cense te turn when tee ijiiRHr supply is exhausted. Vvhcn President Wilsen swept the counsel of Hoever nnd ether economists te one side and refused te purchase the Cuban sugar crop, that commodity beghn nhoetlng r.enlth wnrd like an aviator tccklng for an altitude record. Mr Weglcln bought sugar. He had te have it. Te make sure he stocked up lib crnlly se that his factory could keep going. I lien the reverse movement began. Sugar began te drop. With It the wholesale price of confectionery started down the sliding beard, Mr. Wegleln sensed the situation. He turned his high-priced sugar Inte confection ery nud sold it by the ten for figures below the cost of sugar. "It wns geed business." snld the presi dent of Council, spending of the mntter. "it rnnDicii us te clenr our decks ami get ready for the new era in business. We pecKetcd our losses nnd made no fuss nbeut it. We ure new en u footing that enables us te help nleng in healthy trnde competition." CARL IlI.OOMINGDALi;. playwright, dramatic critic, advertising expert, but principally president of the Peer Richard Club, is constantly spinning webs of activity te etiiuesh the willing members of thnt unique nud hedonistic organization. The membership of the Peer Richard could possibly be ten times what it is, but. like all coteries or clubs unusual In entertain ment nnd social affairs, it draws a line of the elect. Yeu must have done something or you must be something te cres the line that it has drawn. It is odd hew clubs, dining or residential, with kindred nlms get in nnd keep in touch with each ether. A few weeks nge the Sphinx Club invited the Peer Rlchnrds te a dinner at the Wal dorf in New Yerk. I presume the hestR anticipated a corporal's guard of a dozen or se from the city of first and great things. Instead, Mr. llloemingdnle swung Inte the banquet hnll that evening at the head of 'J."i Phlladeljihlans, greatly te the surprise of the New lerkcrs. And they might hnvc done better had they tried. TN NOTING t JL ver-ity of IV: mentioned the famous forty yen Themas J. N NOTING the feundntlnn of the Uni- nusylviiuia Press recently I mentioned the linme of Norten Downs, famous forty years age us n proofreader. l nemas .J. l.lnelsey, wliesc experience began back "at the case" in the office e: ";? A C.eerge. of Sniinin street abev. Sixth, and who graduated Inte the Govern- l e ment Printing Office in Washington nnd thence into the editorial chair, recalls an unusual incident about Norten Downs. Mr. Lindsey worked side by side in Wash ington nnd occupied the snine room nt n bearding house with Downs. The latter was then a journeyman printer. Later he came te Philadelphia and became a newspaper proofreader. "Downs, as I remember." said Mr. Llndsey. "eihc performed n remarkable piece of work. lie set up en entire bonk line! sent the pages te the stereotyping foundry without being read by n proof reader, se accurate was be as a compositor." Printers will understand just whnt thnt meant. 0LIVF.R D. SHOCK, who gave tw five years of his life te work in co tvventy- 'euncc- tlen with the Stnte Heard of Agriculture and the State Department of Agriculture, Is convinced that the farmers of I'cnnsylvnnla nre today mixing mere wisdom nnd money thnn ever before. The reward, generally speaking. Is net only eepial te the labor, but with substantial interest nddeil. The new-papers, he says, ami lie Is still deeply Intel estcd in ngricultiire. although Identified with another stnte department, lite devoting mere space te fnrming nnel Its problem than ever before. The Stnte Chamber of Commerce is tnking up the subject, und is endeavoring te bring nlieiit mere amicable relations between fnniiers and manufacturers. Hanking institutions nre milling te their lists the names of thousands of farmers and dairymen te whom they send copies of their various publications from time te time. Te all of these Mr. Scheck points ns evi dence that the stntus of the farmer is changing rnpidly, nnd his value ns nn economic factor is becoming mere highly appreciated. JR. McINTOSII is one individual who has an abiding fuitli in the devotion nf certain government departments te detnil and routine : notably the Department of Internal Revenue, as it has been conducted for generations in this district of which Philadelphia Is the headquarters. Mr. Mcintosh is munuger of n lnrge wholesale aud retail elrug concern. It is nbeut this time thut he mnkes annual np np plicatien for renewal of the firm's privilege te dispense' alcohol and alcoholic drugs. There nre considerable dnta nnd statistical memoranda eleuianded of the government, parthulaily ns te sales, etc.. In ncent years. All tills had been collated by him and pine id in nil envelope which wns either lest or mi-placed before lie reached the Feilerel HuileliujX. Thieugb tin' agency of u frfencl he secured permission from the revenue authorities te copy from their ii'cerds cr tain figures which he knew they had In their pos-esslen. He wns directed, lie tells me, te n young girl in her teens, who took his name nnd address nud then turned te a file in n num ber of receptiich's. She took from It n fiber envelope or container, bearing n number in five figures, which she bunded ever te the much-distiirhid gentleman. Te bis astonishment he found net only ill the reports deslii'd, but every ether re port hi' or his firm had ever made, eveiy application they had tiled and I'vcry letter or memorandum they had written, 'together v (I. the government's reply uttached, from the date, a quarter of a century age, when tin firm hiis established. Theic may be crookedness ia the ship ping beard am! In war contracts, but no one will ever" be abb te convince' J. R, Mc intosh that the old leveuue service isn't strong nn detail and accurate.' us te data. He's had visible evidence of the fact. The Superior People 1 p.Ni in- y.ar.ilbar Uujeitc The following pioelamatlon wns leeently published by the Mehnminedau lenimuuity : "Praise be te Ged und peace with the prophet. We return thanks te Ged for having made us superior te ether creutures in having granted us this holiday, which hns spread all through this Island amongst us nil. both these who live near the sea unci thine who live en the mainland, these who llvu in the Seuth und these who live in the North, amongst young and old, mule and female. We celedirnte great rejoicings ou the urrivnl of our Master, the owner nf this country. He came te see us, his subjects, uud te Inspect his country." Getting Wet I'rem the lleatun aieb Apparently the Ink used in writing the Velstead net Is about the only thing abuut thnt net which is dry today. Why an Education? rrnm the l'ltuliurgh Illapslih A university professor iu Chicago hide! out until he found thnt the driver of n pie wagon received tbrce flmcs his Balary. iMmrnii-'-ln ---i - N. jfJ W0 ' 3rH NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians en Subjects They Knew Best JOHN KLEIN On Identification by Fingerprints IN TIIF.SU days of crime wnveH finger print identification ia one of the greatest helps te the police in running down law breakers, according te Jehn Klein, nssistnnt identification expert of the Human of Police. In City Hull there ! n "library" of the fingerprints of 80,000 of the best -known rtiniiiuils In the country, some -10,000 of which hnvc come under the attention of the local authorities. In live minutes' time any new offender or nny person rounded up by the authorities can be positively identified if he has ever come te the notice of the Philadelphia police or any of the ether big bureaus of the country. "The public does net realize the value of fingerprints nor the mnny ways in which they nre nf such grent value," explained Mr. Klein, who is lecegnized as one of the lead ing experts in this line in the United States. "In the first place, we have the great army of creeks that operate in the big cities fnirly well catalogued. When a man is brought te the Hall for niiy crime, even a small one, we take n record of his fingerprints and go through our gallery of prints. We may find that he is wanted for burglary or murder In Chicago under n different name. If we elen't have him we send ids prints te the ether large police bureaus, nnd it Is quite possible thnt he is just the man thev have been looking for en some entirely different clinrgc. Life of Print Forty-right Hours "The scene of almost any crime Is almost certain te yield a large crop of flngerpilutM. Any hard, smooth surfaie takes fingerprints. The life of a print, which depends en the rapidity of the evaporation of the meistmc from the pores of the fingers, is about forty eight beiirti. The trouble about getting prints is that n mini committing a crime is almost lnvuriably nervous and in n hurry nud consequently leaves n series of smudges that ennnet be identified. Any implement or u revolver used by n criminal Is apt te be smudged rather than clearly mniked because the man's fiugets slipped around it in use. "We powder the print with ii mixture of mercury and chalk te make the lines stand out and then photograph It. When it is printed the prints stuiid out black en a white background. "When n prisoner is brought te City Hall charged with n crime, we mnke prints of his ten fingers, photographs, Hertillen measure The Prettiest Things THF. prettiest things there are must He Unused, unheeded utterly. As where the lorries drop bright oil Weed-shupcd, te turn our highways' soil. As lovely an the ocean-bed, lllui! branching gicen, geld branching red. And nil the little friendly words In secret nests of mice and birds. And window missal-scrolls of frost Unnumbered times achieved and lest. And songs that fill the hlftikblrd's hejid Iu March, that August finds unsaid. And tales we dienmt ut five years old That by no Inter skill arc told. While towns und faces dull as clay Are praised and copied every day. Camilla Deyle In N. Y. Tribune. Ne Reprisals! Frum tyuirten I'nnth , "After nil." nsks n wilter, "why shouldn't Ireland hnve a Pnrllnment, Hke KnglnndV" Ouite frankly we de net Hke this idea of retaliation while mera humane methods are still unexplored. The Happier Greek I'rem ih" !enilvlll Cuurlcr-Jeurnal. Happier fnr Is the let of the Greek who shines shoes thnn the Greek who shines ns a stntesnmn. The shoe-shiner builds up a business. The premier builds up an unholy and ciushlng opposition. Misquoted Fre.n Life The man who said that the United States inulU'arc slew but sure was shamefully mis quoted. He didn't say they were sure. B5WHraBm.liyi 'vT.t.ya Wijt, .w f w' "HOW MODE.ST" . "- - :zt rt-i- . ments, nnd get his record if possible. This is sent broadcast te ether bureaus nnd we wait for results, which are often forth coming. Have Sl Designs "There are only about six different de signs of fingerprints in nil loops, nrches, twinc-loeps. whorls, occidentals, central pockets nnd lateral pockets. "Knch of these, with their variations, is given a value nnd en this scale the print of en ch of the ten lingers is given a numerical value. After they have been grouped in pairs the tntnl of them is taken nnd this is known ns the primnry classification. "The primary classification uleue limits the possible tetul of fingerprints te about 1100 of the 80.000 in the gallery. Further sub divisions nnd classifications cut the num ber elewn further encli time until the in vestigator finds himself with but five or six sets of prints te compare with the one he is seeking te Identify. In five minutes lie hns found his man out of 80.000 ethers. "A fingerprint classification reads some thing like this: Li21 Un 1I2.S 01. "There will probably e-enie a time when there will be municipal bureaus of finger print registration, where every one will hnvc te be entered. This would be of immense vnhui, net only in the detection of crime, but in the Identification of persons who nru found dead under mysterious conditions or se badly mutilated In nccldents ns te be unrecognizable even by their families. Hindis Could Use Prints "Fingernrints would nlse be n great thing in foundling institutions nnd children's) homes where' mistakes in identity nre often mnde. Hanks could well use n fingerprint system of Identifying their patrons. "The time is also coming when the finger print Bystem will be used throughout nil the different stntes. Thus a man who is wanted iu Philadelphia for burglary or murder might be picked up In some small town upstate for some- slight efTense like vagrancy or petty larceny. The authorities of the town, if they filed pints of every ninn thus brought iu, would knew iu a day whether or net the man was wanted nnywheie e-lse throughout the stnte, and be would he apprehended nnel brought te justice, "There is n large army of creeks moving nbeut constantly ull ever the country. The only sure means of knowing them thnt the police linvii Is the fingerprint system, and it is never wrong. Names lire nominal te us when we have u man's fingerprints. They never He." What De Yeu Knew? QUIZ 1. Hew Ieiik Is the Mississippi ilvei: 2. Who were Henglst nnd Hers.i? 3. What was the nntne of the first eiiern? 4. When wu It written? 8. Hew old Is Sniah Bernhardt? 6' "U-nMe.h" shlll'"B3 "'1C n Bulnea In cmgllsn money? 7. What kind of an nnlmal Is a klnltnjeu? 8 Whnt Is meant by Hermetic phllosephv 9- T(llYv1al?t ceun"-y ure chrysanthemums 10, What Is the' game of curling? Answers te Yesterday's Quiz 1. Tlia total membership of Congress Is B31 :. "Hamlet." "A Mldsiiiiiinei .Night's I'renm' nnd "The Tnmlnj; of the Shrevy are three plays of Shakespeare which contain a piny within themselves 3. Daniel Web&tcr Jlcd Iu 18IW, tiltie venrs before the Civil War. 4 The Latin kingdom of Jerusalem wuh founded by the Ciusad.rs m loe" und came te nn end In 1291 ' n D. The HpnnlardH discovered. In the slv. teemh century the famous silver mines of enn V"?:,I'''"I In nellvla. th" ,l. posits of which nre wtHl workable C' iuB,haerJ?,c.'Ie,n" ls a ,m,,ve of '"e 7. The escapement of n declj Is the reech- nnlHin connecting the motive power and the regulator. " 8. The planet Mars Is supposed te contain nn elaborate netweilt of cannls 9. Tim Republican party cams Inte exist- ence nbeut 1H5S. 10. Feeds prepared "en brochette" are these. cooked upon a skewer or small spit An Awful Prospect I-fTii the KuiKaa C.'lly fitur It Is sincerely hoped this little iiilsumh'r iiilsumh'r .tending between the cable cempuuv nml the Htute Department will net icilucu 'Sccietarv Celby te the terrible necessity 0f using Pest, master Gcueral Burleson's mall service. - """ fnw W" J ss)-,l ". C U, ". .. . " -Ls""- J?.. tj "---. ' " I-... "' SHORT CUTS Perhaps the Rev. Hevvlby is merely a clever sutirist. It will seen be tee late te ndvise you te de your Christmas shopping early. Germany hns a hip potnte crop ; but Its siunll potntees nre stilt begging off. New thnt bread nnd milk nre coming down, thn simple life becomes simplified. Its recent landslide prompts Pittsburgh nml Governer Cox te tend sympathy te Ment Rlnue. Sensennl nppelntinents te the Harding cabinet might he F.dgar Saltus and Geerge Wharten Pepper. It is te be hoped the hunters won't by mistake sheet Santa Cleus' reindeer when they start in tomorrow. Tnking it by nnd Inrge. It occurs te us thnt It Is pretty durncd hard for a critic net te be smart-alecky. The world is full of pessimists. Here's Jeseph Caw thorn visualizing the return of the "German comedian." The population of West Virginia ap pears te consist of miners, operators and borne negligible outsiders. The drop in the prices of bread and milk is net expected te have any appreciable effect en life in the Jazz palaces. A "right smart" of the empleyes of the Municipal Court seem te be attached te the "domestic relations" department" their own. We wonder If Henry Arthur Jenes wbb net just n little bit careless in first refer ring te II. H. Wells ns Halaam and then chiding him. Here and there there arc indications that the Russian Soviet is growing conserva tive with the years. A case of education from without. All wc can say of the story thnt comes from Occnnpert. N. J., te the effect thnt a pet rabbit kicked three cats te death, is that ocean pert must have some kick. The coming Congress hnsn't a thing te de but te decide hew much of our money it needs und hew it shnll lie spent. Ne wonder there is general lack of Interest in what Is bound te be Hut, stale und unprofitable. General Pershing grinned nnd mnli cinusly nudged Secretary Daniels when lis saw n doughboy lick n gob ou Mltchel Field. New erk. If thn gob had licked the dough boy the secretary might huvc gently chided i'n,TllF Fr,rh budget sets nside sixteen billion francs for .cbuildlng the places med" w-uste by Gern.nny. Is there any Injustice in insisting en the terms of the treaty which demands payment frnm the Germans for damage done? Somebody has te pay it I ranee is paying it new, peer us she B. Gcr nuiiiy should be made te pay it later. . . V , nrl!L(111 we,, ll roer '"an aud had kept himself peer In the elefense of his fri I...VS. and if, further, there was n.,v likcl- ni .1 i '"' W(:,,IU ?et r.et n fnlr tr(ll when taken Inte leurt; why. then, there might die some evcu-c for members of tlm union linn 1 iiig out $10 apiece te help him; but there Ijm-sirt nni-ar te be any' excuse for sue" "Markleton Hospital is net fit for a deg te live In." declares Colonel Galbrulth. cemmnmler of the American IBln n, "id adds that the legion will net rest until the disabled veterans quartered theie and else where are; properly cared for by the na Ien tbey fought te save. And in their efforts se directed .he members of the legion nny feri assured thut they will hnve the backing of the entire American people. ulttB ei In tlie recent airplane race In New Yerk there wns one bombing plane ennoble of carrying five 1000-nnn..,!1 . ni.J , nl l0, et VFVJE&x T rTT rT-.T"' Me"' hi eh planes could destroy ,, large city. i' whl.., gives rise te a few- in.erctlng $ sihl itles. Lcenu.uists nud sociologists mvs J eleplei eel congestion large cities. T he next I war in iy cure nil that. There Is little llkcll- - heed that c It es iMnn.i .......i.e ..:.' m-' r Iwied thiit clt.es destVeiyedwiideV: ,""ns, ""'' nn' ,mlft'- With alrnlniiM sliiipniyiiig the matter of transi ortntlen ...'. "ill be little excuse for '"" rCww fe n restilc ed nrens und the population will be lkely te distribute Itself ,Ver the lam In siunll communities. And, mere hannllv the mere possibility of war centlngcncle ' eventually have much the same effect urb, ; ''- j . ste nw? 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