Hrtiimmwy vm 8 EVENING PUBLIC LEDGEE PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1921 i t : I ? i i ft ' 1 4 ' II l I $t. f v I 1 t I ' L - I' V-V I luienmg JubUcUIcbgeJC PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY croua it. ic. ctnvns, Pmbimt Onirics II, taiillnston, Vlcu lTosldrnti John C. trtln. 8errts.ry anl Treasurers l'hlllp ft. Collins. Jhn n. wllUnnm, John J. Bpuprton, Dlrxtof. KDITOnlAI IlOAUD Craci II. K Cuxtii, Oialrr.ii.ii ?AAVID B. PMII.F.T .KdltQf jfOIIN C. MAimK. QnrM Hmln s Memartf Publishes! dully t Pcstlo ta"CEn Hulling Indtpeninea Square, !'Mlai)lpnU. Atlamtio Cm Prtss'Uitoi HuIMInr JS'mit ToK .tU4 Madison Ave. Dsnioir T01 Forrt UullJIne BT. Ixicis 013 (JlotV-IVinoorat Uultdln Cniwoo 1302 JVftnifTj UuSIdlne NmVS DUUEAUS' wnniMOTON lionmu, N. II Cur. rtnnsylvanls, A. anl Hth St Nlir Tonic Ul'itKAU Th Sun BulMInf X.ONDOM Utstut London Ttniew smscniPTioN tciims Thej Evkximu 1'cbuo l.rrxira u Hml to tub crlberi In l'hllnInlt)Mi and lurroundlcr towns t the, rate, of twtlve (12) cents par west, psyabU to the carrlsr. By mall to puinls outside, of I'hlli.dolphl, li ths United StaWs, Canada, cr United matsa poa Mstons, pulMD free, flftv (50) cents per month. All (10) Hollers per yar. payable In adrance-. To all rorelrn countries one (ID dollar a. month Moticr Subscribers wishing address chsnfed teust rlvo old as wall as nerr address. BEU.. 1000 WALNUT KEY5TO.NC. MAIN SOOO O" A.ddreB.t att eommuntcation to Evening FutUa lMigrr, InAeyrntUmre 83uar, PM'aiiltMa, Member of the Associated Press THE ASSOCIATED PRESS rnhtlvt.'y crt tltltd to the -nt or rmublitfiillon of all n'u'i JUpatchci crtMttd to ft or nor nlfimtln crdifetl r fM paper, ond alto th local note, cuoffinrd thtrttn. AM Hants vf rtfiuWcatim ot tpectal tturpatoftts erel art also mervtJ. PhllJtlpM, Thuri.l.r, Frbruirr 3. 1921 REDEEMING CONGRESS HALL THE $45,000 nvailoble for the rctoration of thi; old Clt) Hull mid Supreme Court building nt Fifth nnd Chestnut streets should easily hi; sufficient for the purpose The historic structure is b no nu'iuis n ruin It is n victim of nogleu, n dusty nud ill-t-erti'il slirim-. but "lie wIiom- ri'di-mption i . first of nil dopiiidiuit upon tin- nppllriition of the prinoipli s of iroml tiisti and u knuul 3kij of elglitevnth centurj iIi'hiku. I'ortunotpl.v, the I'lilliuli-lpliia C'liupti i of the American lustitute of ArchitoUs 1ms hem inlriiatcil with eoticrul sujie.Tlsion of the work, ami thy excellent result' nohiwi-d by this orjtani7atlon iu C'onsri'ss Unll i a oonvlnriiic itullrntion thut iho rcfarbi"hiiiic will bo fittiiisly done. It is promised thut the plitu ill W on public view within two wecLs. A still more grateful sicbt will be the restored hall, a building whoso associations are, of course, secondary to those of the Stato Houm but rank with thoi of rongress Hull in patriotic appeal The group of pnerublo edilleos on Independence Snimre is precious, in a M-ne utinintchnble bj the slirines of anv other American citj ami it is an ilenientul dut of the enmmuiiit to maintain the three trurttires in a a us to emphnsire to the full degree then iiispirat.orial vnlue GERMANTOWN'S "TOWN HALL" A Sllin from thrt htiiuuliis to sectional pride, it uppears that the thief advan tage to be derived from the proposed brnm.li municipal building or Town I In II in ieruiuu ton will be gained by the I nited States Ciovernment 'I'he present biiiucli potollico nt Chelteu inenuo and Main street Is over crowded, .mil the feileial authorities imtu tally view with satisfaction tho idfa ot more spacious quarters in u hand-onie new struu ture. Hut, as I'ouncilman Hall oiuniou-Iy pointed out before tho Council i-omniittro on city propertj, which hns reported the enabling measure faorably, any Uitpnci can bring a suit obstructing the poetotficc plan, since the loan specldeallv states that the building is to be devotid to municipal purposes. The facta of the ease seem to bo that ;er mantown as nu independent cummuniu on. e had a town hall It is tlatterlng to senti mental traditions to maintain the old special communal feelings Politicians', especially of tho I'hiliiilelphlu brand, are umiuII fui'i nntcd by new building jirojoct.s and nothing charms them so mm h as u cit hall wuture, major or subhidlni v Compared with the preposterous strm ture with its prepusti rou historv at I'.road and Market stre. ts the ..tm.intow n undeitnk lng is iiiMgnlhcnnt I' will, howerer. c oki the tidv sum of .4."ii) ihmi nuthori7ed in the "o ember loan. PINOCHLE MYSTERY THAT report from Harrisburg about the robberj of three politicians needs expla nation. According to the h'orj. a group of men were plrmng pinoehle In Senator Crow s rooms in a hotel the senator was not pres ent and the game lasted until t! o clock in the morning The mbberj is said to him taken place between ! and .s. The "losses." according to the news dispatch. inolved State Tieai-iiici Kephart to the amount of X.'iOO; Si nutor .Imee, of I.uyerii" coiint. 2r0, nnd Sheriff itooir of the same munty, In the tatii'' .iiuouut Now, what the people noiild like to know li just how mm li 'lie gums ncrt- liitornin rion on that pmnr U kicking Ir might be aid tiiat the gams oipialed the lose, hut the full li"t of those who were in S. nator Crow's room has no been ghen et, if there were g.uns some uni must haw been plnmg pirmchle for mono Can it be that the politic ,aiis do ilo in flurrisburg'' ORANGES BY SEA THK hrr shipment lore ot r.intornia fruit h tin v..,i To,1,' ins Iim n made within twent do 1 ruiisportaticti b mil requires, as a n.l . toiirteiii to seventeen lnj. Tin diff r n, i in time is therefore sllg.it It is estimated thai tlo i nt of ship ment b. i ui go bout is !ii pi r tent 1 ss tlmn that of mi rlond b Iim r The i onditioii test will demur si rate the real Milue of ilo eipenment Should ir be found that the onuu'cH uml lemons bi ought here via the I'nuiima tnnul have withstood the passage through the trojiirs u new devel opment in fond tinnsportation is m vlghi. Itefrigeruting methods have lung sime i"o liltionl.ed lb" meat trade, m sicj, lointries 8 our own and Argentina and Uruguii) inn emphntnall lestifj. The expinment with nitniK fruits seems vvoithv of hopeful pietations NEWBERRY CASE AGAIN A RECOUNT of the vote in the MiiUigan election of 1H1! bv the .Senate commlt- teu on ileitions gives the senatorship to Truemai. H Nenherrj by a plurahtj of 1,1" I over Henry Ford The original returns gave Newho-ry a plurality of T."07. The recount vettles the fuct thut New berry was elected hj Uie ballots east He has been convicted, however, of a violution of tho election laws whii h limit the iimoi nt thnt t.iay be spi nt bv n candidate He has appealed and the case is still in the courts They may be trusted to urrhe at an equi table decision. That large sums of inone were spent is aot disputed Because of this Air New berry's reputution Is smirched and the stain will remain whatever the flnul vmlut o.' the court inav be. FACING THE FACTS EVEUY ONE la hoping thut the urn. will soon come when the burden of maintain lng military armaments muj bo lightened Unless they arc lightened the nations will become bankrupt. Hut that there is no immediate prospect f nC-tlon In this direction was pointed out by General Pershing yesterdav. He told the House uavnl ufTalis committee that France cannot safely reduce her army at this time bocnuse "she Is otnmlliiB guard in Europe," and that Great Ilrltnlu is in a similar posi tion at sen Yet the general believes that if an agree ment could bn reached by the United States, Oroat Britain. France, Italy anil Japan Hometblng could bo done to relieve the situa tion. Until an agreement N reached each nation must, in duty to Itself, prepare for the defense of Its territory The general wisely warned nguinst per mlttlng talk of disarmament to drift Into pacifist agitation, pacifism being opposition to the use of military force under uny eir cumstauces. Such hntd sense as this is necessary to counteract the effect of n soutlmentnl agita tion which Ignores tho fact". DAYS OF THE WOLF AND THE CRISIS IN CHINA Money Spent for Relief Abroad Serve More Enda Than Those of Charity GIVE ear to Mr. Debs or some of the wild western congressmen or the turtle-fed editors who love to be known as intellectual radicals or some of the enemies whose friends we were iu the most perilous hours of their Uvea and you will bo in danger of hollering that the peoplo of the United States nve des perately smug and hopelessly complacent. Let us sec. Tho people who brag do make n great noise, a great show of their pearls and their mannrs. They can attruct atten tion like a bruss band Hut they are a tiny minority. A habit of almost passionate self-criticism Is the saving virtue and the dominating trnlt of the overage American. Ninety out of every hundred Intelligent citizens ore forever dis satisfied, forever wondcting how they may better their Institutions nnd Improve the order of the life about them. It Is because self-abnegation has become alm.nt a national characteristic in this coun try that jou hear so little nowaduvs of the unprecedented things we did in the wnv as a nation that fought with nil its strength and all its resources for a principle aud turned with loathing from anv thought of spoils or material reward For this same reason iu hear a gnat deal about what it called national selfishness from people who are anguished by our leal or imagined failures in the later politiuil crises in Furope and vcr.v little of the tiomendous responsibilities we hmo volunlaiilj assumed in the eflort to save the lives of millions of women and children whom the Great States men of the World hadn't time to think about mid probably wouldn't have thought about even if iLev had had time. Some vi rj earnest people Mi lli'.van and Mr Foul art- among thorn are convinced that the couutr is drifting toward n revived paganism They can see nothing significant, nothing revealing in the country 's instinctive and endless compassion or In its steadfast obediince to the aneii nt admonition uttered in behalf of those who are nthlrst or hunger ing or luavy laden. Are dances mid plats fuller of meaning than the great incidents of the war'.' If vou are to ussunie that we have falkil in Euiupi, what is to be said of Hoover and bis rein t commission and tho Friends nnd the magnificent si rvice of the committee for relief in the Near Fast? And what of the colossal task that has lust been assumed by the new organization formed to ptotnle quick relief in areas of China desolated bv nu uneampled famine? These are uburfiRe plunomenn. They show how this countrt feels in its heart. They cannot be esplaiued in Htatistical terms Hut they are reality itsilf. Drives' for work of this kind seem to have pussid. Whv? "People in Amuriui do not have to bo driven," said one who has reason to know what America is liki at bottom. "Tell them that children ore hungry and sick nnd thnt women are cold and in want and thej mnnot rest. They will i ome to .vou with tlnir dol lars and their pennies- and the poorer they are the quicker thej will come.1" China and the Chinese aio fat nway on the othir side ot the world I'ut it was in the United Slates iu tunes called hard that the movement for their n lief hnd its origiu. About lo.OOn 000 Clnnts nfe caught in a withering famine. They were not adven tunrs in the game of empire. Thej didn't invite disaster For two jiars now the rain ha not fallen on the land thev tilled Thousands of chil dren have died and still are djing of starva tion m the arms of mothers already dead. Men kept stubbornlv putting seed in dry furrows that turmd to dust under the blis t.ring winds, and now they are perishing in hordes because jou cannot live long with no other food but the bark of trees and the roots of dry grass It is all well enough to say that some thing is radically wrong with a woild onh l that permits disasters like thos, of easti rn i'urope, Armenia and China to continue for a da. Hut the time for disci's. ion is not now. There is nothing to do but dig. and dig Ami i ica v ill. '1 Iwro is inexplicable ironv in the spec t.1i le ot a catastrophe almoht as great in its scope a. Uie war itself descending out of the skies upon the most patient nnd industrious of peoples The America t liar "failid" in Kuropc: the people vt bo me "drifting to paganism"; the liard-boilid folk who re fuse to get hi bind the bntiiicr of .Mr Debs and theiefore me railed stonily cmug, will come neroos. of r reuse, tor China ' Tell tlum that children are hungij aud sick and thev lannot rest." Wlmi we ate doing in iiistames like ibis mil what we shall lontimie to do so long is the ni" d exists ami tins U the niot s'gnitlinnr thins of nil -Is to begin laving foundations for n new sort of international ism which m tin end may be fai more duia ble than unv thnt was fought lur nnd lost at Purls The Chinese, educated ami ineilueated. have lMt tor jenrs that in the I nited Stntes tint' hud their only steadfast and unselfish trii ml It is out of days such ns the noith 'rn provinces ure experiencing now that legends glow and. similar!, it Is out of the tenor and the un tnory of these limes thur Austrian and Hermans nnd Armenians of the future villi make some of the vividest pages of then histories To the Chinese we are alreach the Fiiendl' I.nnd. What shall we be to the now generations of Austiians -those who as rhildien piously piny for our welfare now and who wrote thiir names in a list of more t'uin 100. noil nttmliid to a letter of gratitude sent to this ountrv not long ago? No more moving document vves ever sent from one iciiintr to nnotliet The raw mutiiial of epics is so plintlftil in the regions where tho American relief niteneit,s are at work tint no one is oiisrloui of it In the wr, e ot the German einpffc theie is nlreadv nppat nt the beginning ot a whole blight litirattin of ligcnd fouiidiclon the woilc of un erieruv who proved to be the most i ompassinnnte of fi lends to the innocent and misfortiinute And common leg, ml livis longer and cuts deeper into national consciousness than any thing written ilcllbfniti.lt b the si holm s A pre miIi nt of n fighting ropublii tiling ciotncii nun leu uj tun eiinritt ot stiangcr whole ainiici of iblldien being rescued fioni denth b.v lnv starvation or from tin m Ms and mountains to which thev strii.vcd ,n ,,., pcrntion to uffci and die as tin animals do, and men and ttoiumi who have fought hm, ger. pestilenre anil death Itself without ad equate medicines or supplies these aie eteivdat details of the awful spectacle that is Armenia today. If Armenia survives It will he because of the voluntnrv work of tho people of tho United States. Almost every man, woman and child still alive la that stricken country lives because of the work nnd tho self -denial and the courage of Amerlcnns. Yot millions of people hate heard us called selfish for one who has ever hoard-of the American committee for relief in the Near East. We huve been doing more than charity. We have boon sotting In motion forces that tend more certainly than the routine forces of diplomacy and politics to International reconciliation, and we nro proving that belief in the fundamental brotherhood of man Is not jet burned out of human consciousness that It survived even through all tho flames of war Albu Johnson is treasurer in this legion for the China Famine Fund. Send your checks, your dollars or your pennies to him nt the Morris llttlldlng. And send them quick. Help for the Chinese can come from nowhere else but America. Millions are facing starvation at this moment, and uuless relief can be afforded quickly there will bo In the northern provinces one of the greatest calamities thai the world has ever known. Five or six cents will provide enough food to keep a man, woman or child alive for a day. Two dollars will sato a life for a month. Twelve dollars will tide a man or a woman or a child over for six months, nud then the emergency probably will have passed with the coming of a harvest. It isn't n question of hard times that Is being attacked by those engaged in the organized relief work abroad, which costs relatively little, It Is u question of life or certain death for great multitudes. WHY ARE MEN HONEST? WHEN Mr. Williams, the commissioner of internal revenue, was before the Houso committee on appropriations askltig for more money to enforce the Volstead law he explained thnt It was difficult to got men for a government solary who could resist temptation when money was offered to them to wink at violations. The commissioner did not denv that the law is violated. Indeed, he cited figures to show that during the eleven months from January to November Inclusive last year nearly three times, ns much "uoubevprage spirits" had been withdrawn from bond as in tho twelve mouths preceding the time when the prohibitory amendment went into effect This liquor has been sold, and it is the general belief that most of it has been sold for beverage purposes. "To believe," said Mr. William, "that jou could select for this work (the work of enforcement i n personnel paid $liJ00, $1000, !17(M or $1500 a year that would entirely withstand offers of bribes would be too much." If Mr. Williams had said that out of everv thousand men under him there would be a few wlio would accept bribes no fault could be found with him, for lie would have been applying tho statistics of human weakness to a specific case Out of ctery thousand clergy men there will bo n certain number, substantially the same from year to year, who will disgrace their cloth. Out of every thousand batik clerks there will be a certain proportion who will falsify their nccouuts. A fixed proportion of salespeople in the great stores rob their employers every year. And in very Legislature there is n definite num ber of men who will betray 'their constitu ents for mono. A similar rule applies in nil tho relations of life. Out of every liunelred husbands a few will be unfaithful to their wives. nut to sa.t that men will take bribe be cause their alar.t is not big enough for them to live on is to put honor upon nn ignoble basis nnd to Ignore what every honest mnn knows to be tho truth. Men nro not honest merely because they are not tempted to bo ilishonest. There are millions of men to whom nn offer of a bribe is no temptation, no matter' whether their pay is large or small. They cannot conceive themselves noepting money illegitimately If no other etidence were needed to ptotc this, the small percentage of unfaithful men found in busi ness oflici s would prove it. Dishonesty is the exception. The size of the salory does not affect the situation one wnv or nnother. Low-paid bank emplojes, it is tine, take for their own use funds of tho bank, lint liigh-pnid bank rmploes nlso misappropriate funds. And bank presidents have become embezzlers They, surely, were not tempted to take what diel not belong to them because tie Ir salaries were too small for them to live on. Men are honest and women are virtuous not because they have all the monev that the) neeil. but because of deeper reasons No amount of money could tempt them to fall They would piefer to live in povettv nnd be nble to look at themselves in the mirror without contempt, rather than to einov luxuries bought at the price of their si lf-rospeef Hut we siipp,,.s0 thut no man witn a small salar.v will M.r go wrong without some one exclaiming. "What could you expect when he did imt ga n living wage:" as though that hud everything to do with it WAR BILL IN THE MAKING "INTIMATIONS that the delnilod terms of the i.erman reputations plan mnv differ consideiably from those broadly outlined bv the rctent PariR conference were to have been expected. The mere fact that another iierdng is soon to be called in London in t ululates the assumption of linolitv in the ns ent dee islon. Girman delegates will be invited to the sessions which me to open on Febiuarj '.'S Tin will be primed, of course, with pro tisu nnd resolved to neglect no advantages see i able b.v energetic muiiein ering On the other hand, the allied statesmen have passed tho stage in which thev eon pte.htably favor impossibilities. H has been el 'iieinstrntcd thnt neither France noi Gnat Hiitain could nfloid to split on the indt mni t es question. Hence the agreement in prm I pie willed nns neen reai IieU. The next step i- lealistic trcntment of the payment piiiblcm. The habit of believing thai the peace has niinle the European victors cxee suivelv greedt is easily engendered among critics who have n fused to hnve anything to do with the l(isc It Is seldom, however, that creditors, with u trend toward self Interest, prefer the i iiiinclntion of impossible demands to an iriangement promising practical perfurni orire. The usual preillhction is worth lemeinbi-r-in here, especlnllv with legmd to th,. 12 pei cent Geimun export tax, whlili has been so seveiel denounced. A ilimigi m this ruling is conceivable even bv the operation of puiely selfish motites TO BE TALKED TO DEATH rpllE rordnev tariff bill's ehunct-s f ls. X. sngn this session seem to hnve ,., ,,. iliisitely snuffed out bj the Inch of sMhcjent votes in the Smnte to rstuhilnh a cloture The djing Congnss mnv be ixpettnl to pas.s appropriation bills, but this p( ii, .nuance will probnbl mntk the bulk of its achieve ment The situation is fully in in nod with the traditions of nu expiring ailmlnitiatlon The new Congiess, which Mr. HunIinB will 1 all, will be oteiwhelmlnglv Itcpiiblunii hut this prestige and powei will be n companled by the sobering nsset of p.ntj responsibility Tariff revision, destinid for an enrlv up- 1 pearance ns a legislative topic. i,m t1(.n nl, discussed thorough! and with a view- of I enduring leform. I ICmergeiic.v meiiHiiies are almost invariably makeshift, vulnerable to ntlacl; b.v oxpeits The Fordne bill was typically hiilf-baked! Its now- foreshadowed extinction win cause little mouining save by those pi 1 sous ujm might Hinve been 1 nuked as speciol beneft-claries ARE SOON FORGOTTEN Men and Events Soon Cease to In terest A Famous Libel Suit. Political Leaders Die Be fore Their Time Ily GKOKOE NOX McCAIN TT WAS, I think, Ulp Van Winkle, spcak JL ing through the lips of Joseph Jefferson nearly two generations ago, who coined the sentence "Veil to are dead how soon nro vc forgotten." The application of the sentiment came in counoctlon with n forgotten note book on the death of Major General Wlnfield Scott Hancock. Within a few days, the 0th of Feb ruary, It will have been thlrty-fitc jears bIlco he died nt his headquarters em Gov ernor's Island, New York harbor. Had he lived five days longer, his death would hate occurred on tho sixty-second anniversary of his birth. Another odd feature was that his last public appearance wns when he rode at the head of the military escort nt General Grant's funeral the year before. Hancock Is practically forgotten now. NOT only individuals but events grow dim, lose their luster or importance, ns they fade into the background of the pnst. It would be n safe guess that if nil the newspaper editors In Pennsylvania were called upon to nnmo the most sensatlonnl libel suit In Penns)lvanin In (lie last twenty years they would give It up in disgust. And jot It was a stilkingly Important one In Its bcailng upon the publishing business. It was the suit of Frank G. Harris, Re publican state treasurer-elect, against P. Gray Meek, editor and publisher of the Uellefonto Watchman. It was tried at Clearfield in February, 1002, with Judge Cyrus Gordon on the bench. PGHAY MEEK was n lifelong Democrat and wielded the most vitriolic pen In the state. He was uncompromising in his political convictions nnd permitted none of the Roclnl or friendly amenities of life to swerve him from his condemnation of ever) thing that was not Democratic in a strict party sense. In the campaign of 1001 when Hnrrls wns a candidate for state treasurer Meek In the course of n jeremiad In the Watch -mau referred to Harris ns "king of the crooks" and "an unblushing bribe taker." Harris picked his homo town of Clearfield ns tho stage for the libel case. Meek was almost as well known in Clearfield ns ho was In Center county and the trial court's loca tion really meant vcr.v little advantage for Harris. All of tho Btate leaders of nny importance were in attendance Israel W. Durham, John P. Elkln nnd Willlnm A. Stone, and they nil expected to be called ns wit nesses. Hut they were not. The jury fouuil that Editor Meek was not guilty. He did not wholly escape, for Judge Gordon ordered that lie pay the court costs These amounted to less tbuii $.10. In tlew of the character ot the attack nnd tho fact that the defendant was tried outside his own county bj a jury of neigh bors of the prosecutor, the verdict was one of the most striking ever delivered in the state in a newspaper libel suit. A startling development, however, was the sworn testimony of the stenographer of the House nt Harrisburg thnt padding of the roll was a very common occuirence in thnt bod.t. HGEATTAN DONNELLY was city editor of the old Press in the later 70's, prior to which time ho had been one of its most efficient reporters. Later on lie rose to considerable distinc tion as a playwright nnd shared with Hart lev Campbell the honors, for a time, of being tho lending contributors to the melo dramatic stage. James S. ("Jimmie"! Lavvson reonlls nn episode of that time worthy of reproduction as 11 sidelight nn sonic of the happenings that occasionally enlivened tho routine of the city room. "As I enmc on duty cnily one cold win tir morning, (Mr. Lnvvson was in chnrge of circulation) n 'fixed' ropy of the Press was handed to me. It contnined n story that Donnelly had been lost from u city ice boat while on n reportorial trip on the lower ritir." said Mr. Law-son. "Shoitly nfter Charlie Doughoity and myself were called upstairs to tho city room where we were told the body wus lying. We were joung, soft-hearted, nnd with tears In our e-ye's i-ntcrcel the darkened room. On a long news desk we found the 'remains.' "It consisted of a life-size bust of Daniel Dougherty, tho silver-tongued orator of the old bar, a lot of old newspapers, a pair of lubber boots for the feet and tho whole covered with nn American ling. "It took 113 some time before we 'got next,' but when we did Charlie Dougherty raiseel an awful row nnd I think the re porters ran us out of the room." In those ancient days every reporter was F'ipposcd to become n companion of John Harleyeorn on certain occasions; particu larly "when lie perpetrated a "scoop" on the other papers. Donnelly was noted for the number of his "scoops." . WHILE the mortuary statistics of life In surance companies cover about every tiiule. calling nnd profession, I never re c nil having Hoen the llguies on the death nvernge among politicians It would be worth while lompiling them. Not only as a matter of public interest, but of financial benefit to the companies them selves. Politics Is a mighty precarious and short lived profession. Hy this I do not mean the ordinary door, bell puller or the eas.v -going congressman who Is elected repeatedly bv a constituency t lint gives him no trouble nud asks little in return. I refer to the political bailer The boss, the mnn who manages, dlree ts and controls nnd is responsible lor results He is the vicarious sacrifice for the other fellow. Knowingly or unknowingly, lie must shoulder, or nt least share, the re sponsibility for the nils of the otooks, graiteis ami law bieakus that Inevitably gather in bis entourage'. Some of the best men, some of the brain iest politicians I have known, have lived In constant dread that some irresponsible, reckless or even ciiinliuil fiil'nvver, clothed with a little power, would commit some crime thut he would be forced to shaie. ANOTHEIt thing thut shoitens the lltes of nttlve polnicinns is the constant wntry to which they are subjntul. Tho itnpoituiiitles, tho harassing appeals and the political necessity of doing things which do not scpiaii with their own in trlnsle' Ideas of right. There ure some men in politics who enjoy politics. To them it is 11 rendition They belong to the ' luss iisuully who inn diop the gome at will, lor they nu- financially in a position to do so Of the big stale lenders of the lust thirty years the inujor't) of tin in elied twenty years before their tluii'. Theie weio ltobeit W. Market-, flu Is. L Magee, Hen. J. Haywood, nil of them con nected with the slate treasury direct It or iniliice tlv , A. Wilson Norrls, Israel' W. Durham, Janus P Me.Mcliol, John P. Elkins and C. Wo!ev Thomas, only a few of the total Most of these men were total nbslalnris, David Jl L.11.0 is a lonsplciious excep tion in point of age nml long service in the political sanie Thul Frenchmen are paying higher taxes than Gerinuiis is only another otidenee that the Go man Government is not particularly anxious to make a strong finunclal showing until after tho amount of reparation is defi nitely eleeided upon. It is n policy of laxltt thut temporal ily serves Geiinany's ends, nud olio for tvhleh the Allies themselves nro in a mcuMiro icsponslbli. Under tho treaty they an; empowered to see to it that the Germuii scheme ot taxation is fullv as heavy propor tionately as that of any of the powers repre sented on tho commission, und the fact will doubtless be emplmsleil at the meeting In Iiondou. NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Tullts Willi Thinldng Philadelphia Know Best THE REV, JOHN R. HART, JR. On the College Man and His Rellgioh THE college man will not stand for any dallying between science and religion, but seeks to reconcile the two. acc-cjrdiiig to .1 , --,. t YT . T nl.n .tlillr. ,f till tllO HOV. aouii n. nun, .1.., vwn.i'""" ."--University of Pennsvlvnnia and nssistnnt Cliapiain at ttcsi iiuni .vc-mvun. There Is little or no denominational pride, but rather n. desire to g' t nt the fuiidameu tnls of religion us a whole among college men. in the opinion of Mr. Hart, who has foi several tears been active iu all forms of social si-rvlco woik at the University, and hns this tear opened n students chapel In tho Church of the Transbguintinn, ihirty fourth street and Woodland avenue. "The college man, ' says Mr. Unit, "j generally impiessed with the fact that his early ideas on religion were wiong. and for this renson he is sometimes misled and Is possessed with the desire to get out of the whole thing and withdraw from all faith. "This reasoning on his putt depends in n large part on the milliner In which his courses in Hclence ami hlsteuy are presented or the personalities of his teac-heis and on whatever loading he limy do outside his c-ouises. "It Is inevitable and icallt wholesome that the young man of this n," in college should realize that his early thought on 10 llgious mntlers mo unsatisfactory lor ma turity, just ns he must iieccssaiily lcall.o that Ids youthful standanls nnd thoughts must be changed as lie grows older, lleli gion is fundamentally a progrossite, not n static thing, nnd mint be colored by the experience of life itself. "Some tollige men think that religion itself bus nev-i'i- fncoel tho sweeping change' that must inke place in it us tho result of the scientific discoveries of the last century, especially those along the line of the theory of evolution. Thev admit that there has been n certain readjustmi'iit between the new scientific view and histoiical Chiistiuiiit.v whereby the two can go nlong together, but they assert that the whole change has not boon as fundamental as it should hnve been. "Some loadeis In religious thought me, unfoi timolol), advocating ideas on leliglon which have been modified by reason ot scien tific developments, but which bhould have been given up eutuely . Scientists Aim for Truth "On the other hand, silentlsts, contiart to the belief of some, hate no definite eloslie to destroy faith. They 1110 merely aiming for the tiuth mid hate no destructive idea at the bottom. "Much of the indifferent e to leligion, and tills is true among colli ge men as a rule, Is because they do not belli ve that theie can bo n t i.liollflliii- nf lellelmi niter llo, ileveloti- ments brought nut by Mieutitlc and historical discoveries. Yet it is a tail that miiliv iu tcllettunl lendeis are doing this rebuilding and this readjusting between the old faith ami the new- beliefs light along. linked, nothing could be more fusi mating than tbu conforming of faith with the material fatts of life, with the lesult of emltliiiig aud cu jltening the former. "The uultersitv man, tuichcr or student, is dead against the holding ot religion iu one brain cell and science In aimthci, mid not trying to justify the one bv the other and bring about some sort of eomiiletc adjust ment. S111I1 nn altitude, imlinl, w stultify ing and (loudening to faith. Tin- lollegc man wants It settled one wnv or tin other, ami is against uny sort of leliglon whuh pi events this. , "To tills effect our own 1 niversltv of Pennsylvania bus long been noted for its Hlblo and religion disi ussion gioupv, which ..... ....i. ul. Iml ..em lie flu. liEt..,.., ileiivoilng to simplify nligion He has Uttlo or no denominational priilo or lovaltt to nuv one denomination. lie lias It m 1H ,, that the bialiis of the church 111 e otten used to defend questionable iloctrim s and mooted poioi" iii j :;' !'- 01 nine xalue to the great issues of life questions of church tvoi ship, tbuich management an(i ,.i..,rn), .irenulzntion. This sine ,.r r . 1 -. 1... points in 1 Huron nisiory wintii uie of ...... ... i... .,w,,i iwuin... ,.r lie -I Uttlo feels, is contributing little to the intellectual life ot the individual and nothing to his lifn'i, usefulness. He feels that If this thought c-ould be centered on certain fundamental factors Iu religion, biieh us actual fuith and Its aiipllcotlou, te would be much further ahead. Economic Wnbte Impresses lllni "In this connection the lollcgo muu Is Im piessed with tho economic vvntu In the ills trlbutloii of churches nml of the men needed to lead them, und ho is much muro impressed ...t.i. i ...i.. i,i..i, ...1 I,. ,1... t .. I Willi mv iimis i'""i nn: I'l-ipuiUUllOn of so many und hiic-Ii competing brunches of J the Ciii-lstlnn religion. So, nUo, ho in In- Uie ii.n,iii ..... wj ...w i'ift,ii lliuu lllllOllg tho faculty, who try to hilng about In the niinels of the men the leepilud adjustment. "I'licn too. the culleirc 1111111 U nl,. ,.,.. ... THE STRUGGLE ' "" " " isy i:j "!-" ijv " Vis. on Subjects They tonsted in defining what n cbun li ought to bo doing, and he wants all eneigics applied to that end. "In reguid to membership in anv chinch. .-frin .1 ,Wo ,l",,vt'i''. 'Which one?' and tthy Unit 0110.'' and then loses interest if the else of one ehuich is presented in stronger light than another and he is urged to nlh himself with that iiartleuliit denniiii- nntiou. He is won by a fnr different appeal than Hint of the excellencies of s,)lno one creed. He is interested In the church in geneial mid wishen to bo nble to change fnmi one denomination to another if he s desires. It must not be supposed, however. Hint lie lollegc mnn looks entirely cm the prnc- i.al si,,. ,,f relinlon. He Is Intensely Inter- ... i'!..".1! " J"""lv '!,'ritl" "'do nml in the e 1 tnntion of peisonnlltt in thnt wnv For V7Y"V ni" ,0,f'r that desire on bis ohneJnl1, " "ll0"I',l'e geaieel in with bis other Mudn.s. especially those of the line arts. lints ihero nre two phnscs of nligion a-1 r ,as",",l' t0 tM? "V" : '"" t," 1-.' h-n nMual sen ice. and the other the spiiitlial .nte!,.!','.lV'ROn.7n"V fn'""1 ''" " is "" on of'1 '!' ""I llK'orv inin souls Vll ,.', ""!' nc,lv.", 1"1 'IMlI,i" JMobloin. fore '" ,'n .,,.'i.w,,h Kn.llK nn'1 !t - ,ll"r(,: t lien, .,' '' vn ',"". '"V1 ,IP ""L.ltiMoii of en nfi .. nu,.b- ,,,B !V ,lH' mlml '" tlie pinc mueor f ,"""' ?, cannot tolerate the 1111 ic r less theoietic idea of 'saving souls.' v,n,cdV,rif-, "''VoU'W "'"" mils be the r "",,s IKerItv; 'o simplicity and the tiuth of icliglon. He will not hold o to time-worn and exploded theo les. , "s hotel" 'T"'-W,1,ch ''" beeitc'stcl ,v nntbtitlalitin;1'1"-" What Do You Know? QUIZ 1 "''nelliv"?"1 'f ,cor'"0'-t In ilesirihlng a newl) man led mini, especially n Ton -' ""-. Jf'Mi the nlze of the laruest of oluml.us' ships on 1,1s first vSvage 0 1 Who was Hernard I'allssy" 1 How mny HUiten compos.-' the Amcilcan 0 , Whoro Is IJclUo-" t. How large Is the Sahara Dtseif 7 "'cheicho''1'0 n,eal,""s of ",0 "or" - S How dots the game of chess get u, name- ! WIUU Is tho Code Napoleon" "s"J,nP- 10 W liat is 11 briquette1 Answers to Yesterday's Quiz , Confed, latc'arm yun, .' (lener'mHoo1,1lJ Die ill Untie , nun, .,1 It Ju.u vW ' V'.'1 was ilii.cior of the .New wV ?'h .".H" ino.ilc ore he sin,. tl. IMili.oO ,c 1', ami wus musical diiectoi V.r th, ,rd binn Imposition i , h',3 11, h', " ""' In iliimnnt. but uino t , "I ,lom , n,..i.Bl .,,; iV i A,'"e'v '" a ' II.. was the inllik.st.n,ann " , f: .,,. . ver scuuc.l ship or cut a tin, , ,'" iiui.iiuu.n tiom IJyroii'H ,,.,, 7 u pomi. "Don .ruein11 u-airatlto 1 The city or Messlnn, Iu si, 11. .. strove, i in llkm by t,o ?,, ,'8V1,iiWnH dn cm ti.quaUe , v or ait"!"""0'' iiiK to an official estlm ,'e ,gA,c?"r were lost ' ".-01 lives r, Tallnliassei h Mm capii,,! nt ,,.,, , b Tin- Talmud Is the ancient mnn la work tontalnlig th. u w Nl ',0Jlm,'!?"'l or oral laws ami regul . n !l',,,-lnn'11 cRplnimtory of th tvrltt.n ns of llr" Pentateuch written law of the 7 nmnnuil SwedenliorK waa n ,...,. Swedish phllopopl,,., "Si t"j mystic nml iou,ir1 ,,?.'.',! ' "nil Uliurcli HlKiiilUil by the n.V , N"w lem,11 In which bN milrltuan h ,i'f?rilMl doctrines w,re eml,n,l "'C'"?'" '""l vtau bom In rttoek". In, In VrLC,"1,urB died In London in 177" ln 1C8S nnd 8 Tlio Sudan Is u t.yli,,, n Afrlei ,., ,, south of tho .Sahara In V ln Capo Venlu on the Atlantic iAm tr"m on the Ited Si In A , 1 VMl B,l'lw ll sense tin. ,,, , ,ft ".e, aZ"Lll(i the (iistiru part of thu .it . 'm,t 1 ouglily 1 0. losponillni to h,tU,,rr'l.l.,ry of Veglo Afllc'ii lie th of V ho emfn '' und under Mohammed ,,, , 1 ,' un,or J 'Jli. Hixophono wus Inv ntii! hi . , , . Has. of Purls, In isVo y A,,"lnb to l.oki 1 in northern mythology uhh ti, . . of stilfo aa the spirit of evil ga j SHORT CUTS Geunuuy's idea of what reparation! ought to be is something pretty soft. Hrindell evidently shares the views ol Tony Woller ns te the virtue of the alibi. The fact that Medicine Hat has hired 1 rain-maker doesn't say much for vvliat'il unuer it. Tho groundhog is a critter whose uroj-l peritt depends on the forgotfulncss of till populace. Albert Einstein uronoscs to measure tli I universe. Hut what's tho uso? He's BUttl to give it n bad fit. The war has evidently taught the storkl n needed lesson. For the first time In years, I icports show, it Is doing its full duty til 1 ranco. "Not nil tacks nre tinned," remarked un- jiiiuncier us no careiuiiy pui nvvay nu government bonds. "An Income tax- may b m.tt,.rn,l 'I coppered.' Shennnn ltogcrs is nnother who III dememstiatiiig the virile efficacy of the Tta I Commandments when applied to the solvinf I 01 uioucui problems. Tombstone men iu convention in Tren ton confidently predict a prosperous year. I Isn't that always the way? Wo ask foil orcau nnu tuey Hand us a stone. A Townnda, Pa., woman has explained I that the nllege-d moonshine found oa her premises wns leallv leg wash for n raccliorse. wugui to no somo Kiel: ln It nt that. Said the Mayor to the contractor! it dinner: "The Mayor is in good humor to night. He is smiling. He is primed for 11 tight." Showing his tooth, ns it were. From Greensboro, Ala,, conies the btotj of 11 gander loading a blind ox daily to I wnteipool. This is startling. The story ol 11 c-iiie-arn leaning a tvntorplioue to a oun tiger is 11 commonplace. The mayor of Eliznboth, N. J., has banned Sunday dancing, declaring that those who wish to shake a wicked foot may goto -scvvuii;. nut that isn't where the soo batanaus think they'll go. I here is pathos in the story of lh Newark girl of fourteen who shot herself lie cause she had fulled In an examination in si 11001. iiieie nro 110 trials quite so seven us me inais ot me young. The Delaware State Sennto has passed a lull re quiring telephone opeiators to tell the tune to all Imiuirors. A bill icquirinf policemen to tell legislators to go InJoorl vviie-u i, ruins is now in order. Ovei-h'liadnwing in importance the uction of Congiess and the probable complexion w nn- in -m iiioinet in me met mat air. nui-j 111; recctitlv captured n six-foot sailli-ili " her I inn ...is nuriiing uas soiccieu oiuc ,ui iiiauguiation gown. Since It's nlvvnvu fnlr wentl.er whtl good fellows get together, tho soldier who lixi'd a Hag pulley on a ninotv-foot pol t Camp Dix mid received n ninety-day in'; lough on full pay for his feat may well spM in 11 us a sunny cilml). 1 here is difference of opinion ns to tbt nature of the punishment to be inflicted 03 bandits : but policemen who have, perhopJi been held back by this fact will please not. that there is no difference of opinion regard' .us 1.0- iii-v.-.-iiiy xoi- ineir capture. It may bo Hnld for the Kansas man who ncquiied five groundhogs nnd built a tower ln mder to wutcii thorn and discover if thej leally leturned to their holes when they a shadow thnt ho ban a well -develop" cuiiosiiy concerning things of little moment A vivid flash of light nnd a deep rum- oniiK nounu were ooservca at sen on " lnutlo City In the wco sina' hours of l" iiiMiiiiiK, linn euuy uuvo arouseu conjec-iu" Hut we refuse to bo mystified. Our RU8" is nun 11 wus notuing but n shore pt" agent iiunieiscd In deep rumbling thoujb biilng suddenly stricken by a vivid flash "' i, 11, ii 1, in. I..,. ii.nrt, i1a1a..aI-m.. t ,.-.a , a... m!, " j .iricKuuiun, uncitca oy hid i' essary county nppioprlntlons, nro urging tH rittlo Hlglivvay Department to get bull ii.iiiiimiiik me iiinin ronus, unit tho uepai' ment sots it will as soon as the Legislature oppiopi-intts 'In. money. No money rant better expended nt this time, uot only ' CD. 111.. Iim t.i.wl.1 n...t f. ... . L Ihl oudiuukers need It. Also the butcher, ti ..unui, uni c-auiiiesticK-niaiJcr, dependent v sv; i.ujiuiu u iu ronaraautni, ncoa iu
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