j-f - . Tf' W "$ fl-T ' r y -.- -t i -,m i-'..' 'gv- jj,.. ; '.v.--S;-4l?5fVfjr wp "-.'Ht'jtK? Vl"" EVENING PTJBMO LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, ITEBItTJABY 20, 1021 i hi m B-Jftla. fj MXi . (i i '-. w-H. ra S 1? It n A a i ,, :, &. i - ' n: i 1-1 MB-J L.yfv f flip m Xf!l HI -ST I diM lift win lj llf f ' CI 'Euening public WzbQzz ' PUBLIC LEDGEK COMPANY CXIXVB II. K, CLHITIS. ri.BSirii-.-T Charlts II t.iidtnsrtnn, Vlr Prmttnl, Jnhn C. Stirtln, Trraiiirrr ('Sarle A TIcr HoerMarvi Philip 8. Colllni. John li VVIIIInmn. John J. Hpurfrcnn. Ooorso r UoMmni'.h. DkvM E. Hmllcy. Director!.. KM-fof.t V.I, IIOAItD Crnrs H K I'l'nTis, c-tuUnrmn jtUVin K, HMH.BY E.lltof JOHN' C MAttTIN. Oriiirftl'HmlndK'M.inagiT rubltuhcil dally at PtnMo I.hhoek Uulidln-r lndcronJonce Squire, l'.'ilU.lelphlii Atlantic Cut Pnas-Vnion IlulMIng Kkw Yokk mil M.i.ll-.m Ac. DUTKOtT 701 I'nnl nulMInK Br. Louis OKI uiobflfen.oerat ItulIJlnc CIIICAno .. 13d2 Tribunt IlulMInc NUV-S Hl'llEAL'S "VVAStllNnTO-I UtIIBU, N' K. Cor I'(T,li5lvntil.-i Ave. unJ Htli St New YnnK Ridkai' Th Sun IliUMlni, Ujncos Ilcxcil- London Times sfuscKirrio.v -rnnjis Tho I'vr.MNl l't tit it? I.ttiKx lit sen-xl to tub Bcrlbers In l'hiluiti'.phl.i unci Mirroumltnt, lunm nt tho rate of twelve (1.) c-nts i-.r week, paNablu to the curlier. 11 mull to points nutsld- of ."lilladeltitila, In th t'nitod Siut b LiiiiAda. or I nlltd SIMM pes--wnilens, pc-Haice free f!!t (.'0' cents p?r month. Six (10) dollar per ;r piuhlc In uJVAnrt. To kli fornisn countrlts one ill d-illar a month. NOTICE SuhfCriberi nl-hliiK ndJrum chanced mutl clve old as well ai m address. PELL. i003 VA1.MT KrYiHOMK. MAIN J000 C7 Addrtna all ccfnmuntcaucms le Lvcnlng Public h 'finer mrpr nrfrit v y7ijqrr, Philadelphia Member of the Associated Press THE ASSOCIATVD MESH in exclusively en titled to th ti-e Jnr vp'ib catim of ali Mfw. dispatches credited fo it or not uthirise KrrrUted in ttAj value, and also th lctil nMr vubltvhed therrin. All rtffhft o rrriI.mHirt o' Jiprrldl tJlspatcJ.M Xeretn are nNo renewed. rhilidrlphu, 5iCiirJ. 1-fbrmrr :6. l:i WRIGLEY'S GUILT TIIH conviction of Maci-tmti' ltjpui K. Wriclcy of the rlinrcc of driitiR an auto rnobilt; uhili intnirutt'I and riiuuitii; tlmvn ml ItilliiiK a winnnii is one of the most whole-omt1 tilings that has liajipcneil in lliii city in a Ion;; tim It -hos that nulitioal "pull" can be circumvented if prosecuting Officers and courts tleirc it. M'ricle.v e.tpeeted to get o(T thi time (is he had escaped punWhment in the past for infractions of the law. I'.nt the killing of a. "onian in the street is not nn offense which can be. ignored, especial! when it was the econtl "accident" of the kind for which he tvas responsible. All the expedient for delay known to the law will be used to postpone the execution of sentence upon him, but the public confi dently hopes that they will be of no nvail und that ho will feel the penalty of the law which he has violated. GIVE HARDING A CHANCE MH. HAKDIN'ti'S protest against the virulent criticism to which he has lately been subjected is jutirled. The country is awaiting his administra tion with confident hope, untroubled by the kuon ledge that he must do many things which the party of the opposition will at tack. Hut it is disposed to give him a chance to get things started before it begins to judge him. What he has done thus far is pretty satis factory, lie has named two excellent men for his cabinet, and a third man has been chosen primarily because he is a politician to whom Mr. Harding is under obligations. If he can keep up this proportion of two thirds idealism and one-third practical poli tics there will he no grounds for complaint. AMERICANISM IN JAPAN UNTIL jestcrday the world had never heard of S. Shiba. It is likely to hear more of him from now on. P. Shiba is a Japanese journalist who was educated and trained in Honolulu, where the democratiza tion of en-tern peoplts .mil the progress of the America idea of government among races unaccustomed to it hao been amazing In Honolulu you will find educated Chinese and Japanese who are more ardently devoted to democratic ideals than a good many native Americans. From Honolulu, where S. Shiba had been editing a newspaper for .Tap'inee, he wont to Japan to take control of the Tokio Times and to make of it "a mouthpiece for the masse-." He arrived, and began hi- work at time when the policies ,,f an imperii!) and aggrrs-ne-minded government had inspired tinren anil antaenn!m among 'hp people. His iirt important pronouncement wa- pub lished in the form of an open letter on hi front pag" on a day when riots in the street and wild debate in the Parliament attended the efforts of the present government to evnde overthrow or at least a parliamentary vote of censure fo' it- leaning- toward tniurnri-tn. Paid thi S Sliib.i. graduate of th" schools of a Ihe'y .itinocracj. in ,z tvpe in an open letter to the governs nf of Nippon . ".Japan i- cir-cd the mrid over for its bureaucratic policy , polii , domestic m rell a- internatiotia'. n t frank, truthful and htraighttorward -uil 'a A govo.-nnint which treat- its mn p(op'e as an ignorant ma- wi'l neve- -anl. No nation that lies To tin1 world will - r:se"' Secretary Iar..ei. and : is associate at Washington appear cnrv.ncel that at orne time or other the n.i'i'ary party in Japan will make a sudden driw for vantage point in the I'acific. J. Vilf-e,l Kip.d'.nj. a promi nent Ni w X.ealar. !-. v.a- jn-t be.-n iellmg London that Japanese ; o icy l.eing fnru.ii lnted with a view o coniiuc-t in Australia, sjich H(-'iiiiiti"ii- ia be itlio-jt ri veal foundation. I'.'it ." 'i -t ' .i- -ik U sii-. pielons i an ! nrr'i' ir. ' ,-rIl ,s in j-. self proof of sonn't -z v ro' ; t 'l'n, i, S. Shib.i. joi.rnali-t. !ii tobi ti Jnpnnese j-t why Japan is iti at r.g d i inr nnl l . .- ! quarters her" i igii' frp'ini- o- n.'glry enemies mux !e r. -idi wit1 i,..i, ease. SPELLING Till". -. , ..oil' r ,!,) . !,,.. m t. ... f -i--s .n III tl,lli'l fit; it. . . i'.i ii .,er the actmii ot tli. . g -lutuc , oi.in.it''-' ,,f the Nntiunu! IMuc.i. .:i As-,,1 i.iiihii f.iMirmg the abolition f s i t'.-d s , llmg. Tin y seem in t'i in, !,',!, i t(... sp.iln.j ,,f words is ,t inn",- ..' grut imporrniH . Perl lips they nr n.'ut. And tl.in aita.ii, perl.iipM tlnv arc n"' W- do no' -td: word- now in n 'i u r ,.. t ' 'i.iuirr j i ! them, bit tin pn., ! i.(ri,,niiiT ti" . , i.-.'o fet hi- 'ini.'i ng. Js'ial-i -p. ,ir. li, i,.,t ,f,i.' ns .- do t id.i , h ,' i!.' gn,i'7i"s if ,ij JiliUs i i, ,f i,-;.. r, I ! ..i l,is ..itti'igra'cv Ii'i! tl e v riters ,.' I'mjli-', .ire j ,,. , ,:iUr Jtl Vlirilig the ,i , , j. ,f ,,,) o ,fi, e ciliti.ru- Tin I ' i. i ..f M .ir.4 -ft is u-' Ispelleii 1'! ill ,,,.,;, i ( , ),.,, I Anato!i I'nmce 1 ,r ,,, ,,j , ite, ('. :' . men can re id M.e.taiji,'. ;.;! ;..'. u he rote at)., it .1- -,n , 'j,,-. . r , Anut I'm i r :! . ' ..' '1 life ar" " "i i ! . i-, ." i ' -, - the import.'ii f -; !' ,ig ' r . but fo'i- h it. - Mr I . 'c other-. h". .i.t'.o.r 'ii , i r- . over. ,i oi 'I'P'd 'I. i .- .,' "tirogiiiini'ic" h 'i. r rl ' - ' v.j rllhorgl, th, ir f.i'l . r- -p. il. ii , : letters a- tt i ..illii j. t ill' i ,,.,, t with si let', r t -le lust ,i ,; ,, ,,,, nineli tie will. ig..' In f.n I. u ' t, ,t . brought on tin 'iii'le no on- l.iii.u , r ',r - how th ik P llnl If hull nl. .,,,, ,,f the best oiiulcts ,'.r iiiini. were pnp.ire! by cooks who could i .it spill at nil. What i- known n- -p, llrng reform im.-.e, nbout gradu.ilN vittmul any blowing of Irillilpets, just as i-. f.irpi in puni'liiiiiinp. is brought about iNwift. in his "Talc uf a Tub." inserti'd i-ntiinui- and si'innidniis s,, freelj that the pmifir were put ro if to find cno'.iif'i In g.' iirmiiiil V gi in ralum . go fteii r 11 l ' i"i 'l'i' ti i a . in pnu' i ; fie , 1 1 . ' .1 ..!., abbreviation, nnd sought to Induce writers to agrco to use the colon ns he used it In writing his name. lint his efforts enme to naught. Punctuation, however, is much simpler than it was in the nineteenth cen tury because It has been discovered that men can inuke their meaning clenr by the arrangement of their words without the aid of no many punctuation marks as were once regarded necessary. So while the school men and women are excited tho rest of tis need not be moved from our customary calm. THEY'RE CUTTING YOUR UNCLE OFF THE WORLD'S WIRE LINES This Action by the Allies Is the Cause of the Testy International Debate Over the Island of Yap TltY for n cheerless moment to Imagine what your feelings would be if oii awoke one morning to find that the telephone lines over which our business nnd personal af fairs nre directed had Middcnly been seized by a strong-willed competitor and connected up with his prhnte switchboard. And suppose you knew that there was nn intention frequently to "plug you out" at this switchboard and that strong rivals were preparing to establish listening posts at which jour most intimate communications ami jour business plans would be scrutinized, recorded and reported for interests frankly opposed to you. Doing nil this, j-ou will be able to under ftand what the government of the I'nited States: hail in mind when it lodged with the Council of the League of Nations u tint nnd uncompromising protest against Japa nese control of the island of Yap. Yap is at the heart of a question of worldwide importance. Sail westward from the Hawaiian islands on a direct line to the Philippines, and if the ship is a slow one with a loafing habit of wajsjile journeyings joii will come upon Yap after traversing about three-fourths of the distance. Ynt is a tiny ilet of rock and sand. Yet it is coming to appear more nnd more like a spearhead of Japanese diplomatic pur pose in the Pacific. It is an important cable relay station. Trunk lines that connect with tho I'nited States divide at Yap and run out to China, India, the Philippines nnd nil important points in the wide Kast. Formerly the island und the cables wcto under German control. A cable independ ently controlled runs from Guam and the Hawaiian islands, but it cannot meet nil the needs of America. About the first thing that the Japanese did when they entered the war was to seize Yap. They still hold the iland. Moreover, they hold it with the consent of the Supreme Council of the League of Nation.. The French and ltritish Governments have good reasons of their own to be shy about object ing to an arrangement thnt is plainly un desirable and even unsafe for the I'tilted States. They themselves have been seizing cables and expressing a determination to hold them as part of the spoils of war. At all the places where German cables were landed in Kuropo the Pnited States is confronted with a situation almost precisely similar to that which exists at Yap. Ameri can representatives in Pari did not ask for ownership or control of undersea telegraph line. Hut they demanded that nil such line be internationalized in order that every country should b0 assured of the means of free communication in pence or in war. Pecause we have been without voice or nuthority in the later deliberations of tin League of Nation Council, the allied coun tries haven't troubled themselves greatly to respect our wishes in the matter of the cable. The process .,f distribution to favored nations went on q lietlv but openly. Whether this gradual chi me of American isolation represents a deliberate allied pnllcv or whether it i menly a n-ult of drift ami aciident thnt jet nirty be fullj remedied will be apparent when the International Communications Conference again gets well iiinler way nt Washington. This conference ha ju-t resumed its de liberation. It was cnlhd ome time ago by Mr Wilson. It is made up of experts nnd diplomatic representatives from all the allied countries. It wrangled itself into a dead lock and then adjourned to await further advice from the allied i.ipirnl. The repre s native of the 1'nited State Government have not moved from their original position nor have they in anj way softened their demands. It is now pretty gem rally admitted that Ambassador Gedde wiiit to London in have i.ctii.c.1 conferi nccs with hi- government relative to this genera! que-tinn of entiles and ..lb!" cniitrol, and there is good ground for the belli f that he is returning to Washington with . unci ssii.ns nrd u formula thnt may Hid a controversy which has been svviftlv developing into something like an interim -tinnal i rii. For it has been n long time since any communication betwien one gov ernment and nnother wa so tinged with irri tation und so harshly uncompromising a the note sent by Mr ''olbj to the Lengui of Nation- I'ouncil in the matter of Yap. Mudi more than "i up i- involved. f course There i a disposition among the Allle- to throw discretion to tl.e winil and in re-unie the scramble for what is regarded a- iiiplomtitic t-ensure. This return r,, -,n old destructive habit of reasoning is i ridi-nt in Mesopotamia, in Persia and nr miuiv places on the Continent The schetne of cable monopoly happen- nn-rflv to I e iletu . of the newer allie. policy that directly anil adversely affects tl,, Tniteil States. JSicflusp of the .rint .if P.riti-h In'luence in France nnd New ton- among the Allie it is upon the P.riti-': rlmr a peaceful and satisfactory set'o n t.t ..f the ,-nlile dt-ullocl, hirgilv depemfs Prime Minister L'nvd fiiorge mh Prrinier P.ri.ind are the i on trol ling intl lences m t!.i Snpn n.e Conni il of tin League of Nations nr p'-senr. P.rinnd I no fire en'er and he I- Ie nf nn opportunist t! til. it.biiv of the men about ,,im in Pari-. Ti.e i able grab wa part nf the sj stem ..f np;. irtiiliist diplomacy that hlir Il stidih u and ili.itrniis revival on the Continent im II,. din'1 !v after the iidjo'irnmi :,t of the Wr si.illi- .-oiifereri' " It ri'llei ted a policy that i- no long, r generallv ip ported bj the really In'luenliu. i uders in flu- varimi allied coun tries. I'nqu' -fcrniblv however, a enh'o nionnp ... .- is son .thins wliii 1. many of the powerful rn d iirgiiinxatioiis nf I rarer- nnd Untuin wm 'i ,i ,-irlv love- to si,, established. I'ff'.r-s toward i, t(lcii. ut of the -ort .sgisful by the t'niiiil Stales will show Cii'iier ii philoMip! v nf .iggn --in trade itn ;.. r .th -r l.u- ri-nliy triumphed .oer the sim, r i..: si. phies ..f progns.i.s, di loiniii j j (ie a.' 'l ii ition-- 'i I. ere vionlil be irninen .ruble ironj in the -if at., n if a -ii all spar f i nek unit sniid ii, n far putt of i,, pueifii- ocean were to be ii new pniiit nf dm, s roils iMi-rnutiotuil frlc ti'.n. 1,'it sfritiiger tlntig. have hnpiieinil And "lap inppui now In hi. the pivnt on wliit-1 a ipie-tiuti "f gr .-u iiifermitional im pott.in remlvi . If do Alii'- in I'urnpi, tisli Japii" to re llmiuNI V:i'i. Jnpnr, will i-ertninlv u-k the ili. s in 1','irop. whj the Geriiiiiii able laiiding in Fniiiif iiinl the ltritish Nc are not being Iiiti-rniitiiiniili7i-d. And lln-re voii are ! Mr Iliiriling nnd Mr. Hi-glios nre ns well iware ns Mr AVilson and Mr Colli of the iiiipiirtiiiice in this i-nuiiir of free and nn censured cnlili - It i- iiltugetl r unlikilj, tin p fori thu tli' in'' iidiiiiiiistiuiinn nt Wa-liiiiL''.'i. will d' parr In an, -in i'r..io Mi.. ,,t', . ,1' ' i " - t, ,,',- President and the secretary of state. It Is significant that tho Communications Confer ence hns resumed Its sessions at a time when the British ambassador has just returned to Washington. The nllled press has been asking why Japanese control nt Ynp Is more objection able to the Putted States than German con trol. The allied press, knows well enough. The Japanese have great ambitions and great temptations in tho Pacific and tho Germans had not. Any nort of foreign censorship over cables must nlwnjs be distasteful and dangerous to the I'nited States. Any sort of exclusive control of the means of communication be tween nation and nation Is manifestly bad for the world nt large. As mutters stnnd, this country might In nn emergency be deprived uf tho right to receive news or even private advices from many parts of the Orient. It could not even depend on unrestricted cnbte service to and from many parts of Kurope. Anything that tends to put up new walls between peoples is especially dangerous and undesirable in the present state of the world. What the I'nited .States is peeking first of nil Is n system of cable administration thnt will give nil peoples free nnd assured rights to communicate with each other at all times and under all circnmstnnce.s. 'llie freedom of cables Is quite as necessary to the peace of the world ns the freedom of the seas. IN THE HOMESTRETCH TIIH General Assembly eutcrs next Mon day night at Harrisburg on its conclud ing stages. L'p to this time the legislators have done nothing, in a sense, other thnn mark time and prepare for whatever is to be finally enacted into law. This menus that the state so far has gained nothing; perhaps it Is equally true thut nothing of legislative importance hns beeu lost. At least, such vicious proposals ns are embodied in the Sowers "undcrwnT.d" bill, for example, have not been slipped through the House nnd Senate. Neverthe less, in point of time and money, much bna been wasted. News reports tell of conferences between Governor Sprout. Senator Penrose nnd other leaders, presumably with the object of reach ing a general and harmonious agreement on n legislative nnd finnncial program. It is to be hoped that these conferences will so speed up the machinery of the Legislature that the contemplated adjournment by the end of April may bo had. Governor Sprout's recent statements, which are in accord with his message to the Assembly, clearly indicate n desire to consider legislative matters on a business rnther than a political or factional basis. He snjs in effect : "If you wnnt to develop certain of the vital arms of the government you must pro vide the sinews with which to carry on thc-e enlarged activities." Considering this suggestion in their confer ences nnd in their legislative proposals, the leaders may well see n clear-cut opportunity for service. They are faced by conditions which may eem paradoxical. As a matter of fact, these very conditions constitute n challenge to whatever of statesmanship there is in the councils of the Legislature. If the people of Pennsylvania want anything from this session they want something thnt spells progress, not reaction. They wnnt this, remembering nt the same time thnt the eco nomic -structure of the country is passing through a well-defined period of reorganiza tion and readjustment. Taxpayers nre surely entitled to exercise their privilege of insist ing, especially nt this time, that new reve mis -linll be raised in way thnt shall not hamper development and prosperity. Of course, if new taxes nre hampering there may be no incrrue in revenues. As against this general proposition the members of the Legislature will have to consider a series of progressive measures calling for the expenditure of considerable sums. Larger appropriation will be re-q-iired. for instance, for the state-wide im provement of the school sj'stem. And ns tho Governor pointed out the other day, five million dollars will be sought from the state as this ear's contribution to the Delaware river bridge project. The people of Pennsylvania will be glad of a chance to travel forward. They cannot be criticized if they urge thnt the rate of fare be ns reasonable as possible. It is a splendid idea to promote the ap plication of economy. Put legislators must nNo differentiate between tNe cries of special pleaders and the arguments nf constructive critics. There is a wide chasm between business-like economy and that kind of econ omy which is advanced for political orsellish reasons. It is time thnt the Legislature swung Into action. It i up to the members and their leaders to decide whether or not the session ,.f IfrJl i to pass into history ns one notable if not distinguished for n record of pro gressive legislation, combined with the adop tion of n sound financial policy Let the va'ohword be, "Not how much, but how good . " WINGS TO PILOT P. M. ALLISON, of the I'tiited States Air Mail Service and, indeed, to the organization of which he is n pari the country will take off its hat in a spirit of something like reverence. Uecnuso ho could sit at his controls for thirteen hours at an altitude of about (iOOO feet and average 107 mile. an hour tbruugli pitch darkness over u course that he bud never traveled be fore, all transcontinental ulr records were broken ar.d mail was carried from San Fran cisco to New York in n little more than tli-rty-three hours. The feat i- in its way an cpV one. P.ut the general ti -t in which Allison figured so magnificently proves more about the stajing power of nn igators than ill-jut the pn sent -day possibilities of nir ma chine. One pilot lost his life in the effort to make this new speed record. Other machines oiiuic to grief, lint by methods n-ch us this the army nnd navy, ns well n.- the postal oJB -ln!, acquire explicit knowledge relative to the stn.ving power of the best nvuilahle men and the best available machines. There appear to have been n deliberate effort in this instance to try both men and filur.es to the breaking point. From thut point inventors and strategists will proceed with newer devices. it inaj be a long time before transennti i.oiitnl mnll cim he regularly transported in n da and ;i half Put the miracle of jc-s-l rdav is the conventional thing of today, and once n need is apparent mears to meet it are n.wa.vs found. What is needed now are larger planes und mote dependable nnd more powerful motors. Wiring ev-erj moment of his night ride Alli son's life depended on the smooth function ing of hi engines. When a motor Is so devised that it cuiinot fail a man In such Miierg -iii-n-H. nil mnil tnaj travel a wing nnd f.-.ver pilots will be killed in carrying it. The Methodist l.pisoopiil Council of ( itiis. meeting In. lluituln, has adopted a n solution cotuini'lidirg the hiterchiircli Wui Id Movement commission nf Inqulr.v for its ri port on tile sleel strike of Kllll. '('here i- cnu-e for congratulation in the fact thnt a Philadelphia mini.-ter the lie. William S Mitchell, led tin fight for such commen dation The fact that some of the conclu sions readied to the commission were seri ously questioned In ome quarters affords no reason for doubting the sineerilj and in legritv of the investigating body. 'I he Ilurlesoii ailininlstrntloti hns nroed tlint i nil enn be curried from coast to . na-t hi tliiri. mret nun a mini mmi unu tlia i it mi take wice us long to be carried , ,f . .i im. . DIED OF DIPHTHERIA Dr. Walsh Says It Killed Washing ton Dr. Da Costa and His Memo Her, of Samuel J. Randall. The Retreat From Qermantown IJy OKOHGE NOX McCAIN Dlt. JOSKPII WALSH calls my attention to a very Interesting and unknown fact In the death of Washington, now thnt we tire at thnt period of the year when Incidents in the life of the Father of His Country are more prone to be discussed. , Washington's death tins been variously ascribed to acute inllnmmutlon of the larynx:, a quinsy or tonsillitis, Dr. Walsh tells inc that Washington died of diphtheria. The authority for this is the late Dr. nil lam Osier, who evidently hud made a study of the case from all available his torical evidence on the subject. In Dr. Osier's "Practice of Medicine," seventh edition. 10011, that ery eminent authority briefly but emphatically sajs, "Washington dli'd of diphtheria." .,"-,,Llc.:nc th,nS ,,int impresses me In the Ife of Washington." said Dr. Walsh, who is a student of Wushlngtonla, "is that he never fought back those who assailed him. He went right straight ahead attending to the business In hand and Ignoring his de tractors. "lie had n great work on hand and ho knew it, and be apparently determined to let no personal interests or off airs interfere." DP. ,T. CIIALMEHS DA COSTA rcmem hers Samuel J. Itundalt with admiration and affection. A little incident in the lives of tho two men, one n statesmnn, the other a young chop just graduated from the University, had a controlling Influence on the career of r)r. Da Costa. His recollections of the famous Pennsyl vanlan recalled to me some facts about Itnndall. Kven in the Democratic party, upon whose history he bestowed the lasting honor of his name, he is but a mcinorv now. And yet Samuel J. Handnll was, possibly, the greatest Democrat Pennsylvania ever produced. Ho was a man of stainless integrity and high purpose, and as courageous as a pan ther at bay. IN PPPSONAL appearance Randall was a trifle above tho medium as to height. Ho vvas smooth-shaved, of full face, with mas sive jaw, heavy eyebrows, keen dark eyes and firm lips. He was a trifle careless ns to dress nnd when deeply in earnest upon any given sub ject spoke with what might be termed a grim determination. He entered Congress from the old Third district a poor man, and at the time of his death, more thnn twenty-five vears after, was but little better off than at the be ginning. Senator ,T. C. S. Ulackburn. of Kentucky, in his eulogy in the Senate over Pandall said : "The Lord never made a man more honest nor a innn more courageous. He never knew the nume of fear. Though u broken orb should fall, fearless he would stand amid the ruin." It epitomized the political career of "Sam" Pandall. HE WAS too big a man for his party. In the. last few years of his life his party drew away from him. The southern Democrats objected to his strong tariff prin ciples. At his death he stood prneticatlv alone like the lost massive column of a ruined temple. His party never forgave Pandnll nnd twenty -live other members who had been elected as Democrats who fell In behind Con gressman William McKinley and bellied to make a vote of l,ri4 to 11! against going into committee of the House to consider revenue bills, which meant the tnriff. It saved the tariff bill of that dny. for it was a test vote. Many stories used to bo told of his inde pendence of character. One of the best was when he was n candidate for speaker. A great western railway magnute called on him and said : "Mr. Unndalt, you want to lie speaker. It is in my power to elect whom I plen-e. nnd joii know it. If you will allow me to name a majority of the Pacific Itailrond committee you shall be the man Will vnu do it?" "No," was the quick reply; "I'll see you dnmned first." "Is thnt your last word?" "Yes." "Then you shall not be the speaker." Hut Itnndall fooled htm. He became speaker. FRANCIS C. COLLINS, of Conshohocken, tells me thnt in a recent paragraph in this column there was nn error of one word which rendered my statement historically incorrect. It was about the retreat of Washington's army to Pennj packer's Mills on the 1'erklo men after the battle nf Gormnntown. Mr. Collins suggests that if the battle of the Itrnndywine were inserted instead of thnt of Germnntown It would rover the inaccuracy of the statement. Follow ing the battle nf the Priindywln". Mr. Collins siijh. the Continental aniiy re treated to Philadelphia, crossing the Schuyl kill nt Past Fulls and then marching up' to Watson's ford they cros,-cil to the west side of the river. Continuing their mar.-i, through Paoli, they left Wayne's division there and contin ued on to what is now Portstown. From Pottstown thi-j continued across to Pennypucker's Mills nnu thence fo White marsh. From Whitcin.-irs.i they moved to attack the English nt Germantovvn and re treated again to Whitemar.-h. THE late Governor Samuel W. Penny packer, historian, nulhnr. president of the Pennsjlvnniu Historical Society, was also the historian of the Perkiomen valley, in n way. Speaking of Pcnnypn. ker's Mills nnd the battle of Germnntown. Governor Pennj -packer In bis niitiildngriip'iv says: "Peter Pennj packer Umght filli ncrei at this place in 17-17, and t'ier(. had a grist mill, saw mill, fulling mill ui.il nrohnhlv u countrv store. It was the tern.u n. of the Sl.ippiick roan, nnu is reierrcii t., in William Jlruil ford's little book puhli: e. n 17.T1 as one of the noted places in the province, "Washington took the Continental nrmj there September 21!. 1777, ind there held the council of war which determined to fight the battle of Germantovvn. "After the battle iof Germnntown) he re trented to the same i.m p. bringing with him hi wounded men." So. according to t!, historian Penny packer, the present i.-wier of the historic site, Washington's soldiers did camp on the hills around about after the battle of Ger mnntown. It i- really n inu'tet ot small Importance, for. generally speaking nil the region to the northwest within fort miles of Philadelphia le historic ground. We rise, so to speak, on an Interroga tion point: If n n.irrii-d wotnnn presiding over a I.egisliirure liecnnies Mrs. Speaker, would a single woman become Miss Speaker? And if mi, whj'! Wouldn't courtesy be bet ter rervid if Congrisswouiun Robertson, for instance, if s c look the chair, were ad dressed as Madame Speaker? Not that it matters, of course Itut we're strong for Cousin Alice, and for a moment we got "bet up." Turkish and Greek estimates of the number f their national-, in Thruee and Sin) mil seem to Indicate thnt tiie reason figures don't lie 1 because the) are too busy being juggled The Department of Commerce has re fiorted n shrinkage of fr,il.O(M).(HMi In Ameri can export trade in Jnuuiir,. The door, inslend of being open, iinp"nra to be lueiclj Five hundred manufacturers of "prac tial aids" to bounty, stuging mi "educa tional beuutv show" in Chicago, are on record .is dei luring against the excessive use of cosineiiis Pcrhtips their words will have more weight than the strictures, of philoso phers und sages f-J-fSllik ' XcFw Kflii -'JissshT'M miV .,...--(- .-wl.isC'A- ..::-.:vr, -'..''.'..v-n-V"'' 'ZZ iTr , -V-r M JL-!s!lzij-S. i Si&rl'W ,f.rii" eir A " fitF -SSJ5? s-- Jl'" NOW MYJDEA IS THIS Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclphians on Subjects They Know Best MISS MARGARET A. DUNLOP On the Increasing Demand for Nurses THE constantly increasing demand for trained nurses, due to the widening of the field of nursing, is creating n shortage in tlits profession which must be met pri marily by the public, according to Miss Margaret A. Diiulop, superintendent of nurses at the Peinisylviinia Hospital. "There are many remedies." she says, "but since it is the public which demands nurses, it bus a responsibility toward the maintenance of training schools and must provide the funds." Miss Dunlop explained how the field of nursing lias developed since the war, and that whilo hospitals possibly suffered by nurses leaving to go into institutional, pub lic health or community nursing, jet this in itself should niitl.u the profession more at tractive. "The public health problem has come to the fore recently," said Miss Dunlop. "nnd tho various organizations, federnl and state health bureaus, Red Cross, conimuuit.v, in stitutional and educational, nre creating a constant demand for truined nurses." Many Drop Studies While a great many women entered nurs ing during the war. taking short courses, not ii great percentage of these, according to Miss Dunlop. have continued their training. She said these women would prove valuable as volunteers during epidemics, relieving the regular nursing staffs of hospitals, but that due to their not having finished the regular two or three year courses they could never take the place of the regular nurse (Ine of the reasons whj the superintendent at the Pennsjlvnniu Hospital wishes n larger stuff I- to enable her to arrange u working day of eight hours for nurses. This lighten ing of a nurse's labors, said .she, would tend to make tl.i profession more popular. Asked the reasons for the present shortage of nurses. Miss Dunlop said: "For exactly the same reason thnt there Is a sbortagi of teachers: tin- work Is labori ous and the t mining is haul in comparison to the financial i enumeration gaiiud in otlitr businesses or professions. "Nursing i- no longer the only field open to women: now there is scarcely mi) field of human endeavor which is closed to women. And, unfortunately, today there is more ma terialism rhim idealism. Pusinins nnd its possibilities of largo salaries, are appealing to women. , Present Hours Ton Iong "Another leasor,," -aid she, "is thai, due to the long hours und hard work involved in tlic training of i nurse, iiiiiny parents re fuse to alio their daughter. to enter a training school nr hospital. "I feel it the d'ltj of every community to care for its nun health. This Is rapidly lieing realized, proofs of which arc the mi meroiiB community orgiinlzntions and state health bureaus which .ire being formed." Miss Dunlop liiiicheil upon the opportuni ties for women, far greater today than ever before, in the nursing profession. Ilecause of this, nnd the fact that the knowledge re quired of trained nurses Is constantlj more technical and broader, it is necessar) to draw more odm ntcd women into the pro fession. "And to do so." she sold, "we must offer definite things a well-planned curriculum, good living conditions and rcii-onuble work ing hours Conditions have changed greutlv since I started nursing. Twiit.v-lue or thfrty .vears ago the standards were much lower. Then it wasn't iiecesnury for a iiure to know as much: she didn't have to do mi much work along scientific lines for pl.jsieians. Now, dm turn have come to depend upon their nurses to do n great deal for them. Standards lieing Ituised "The more .vomcii we have uppljing for training tin- higher wo can make our stand ards, for then we would need to take milv the very best t.vpe of joiing women the one who is well-grounded intellectually nnd well lit ted ph.vsicull) for the work required." Miss Dunlop enumerated the various phased ami blanches of nursing which have receiitlj Is'i'ii developed, us follows: First. Private nursing. Second Positions with public or private Institutions. Third. Positions with the medical depart ments of large Industrial plants Fourth. Educational positions; the teach ing of first aid and sli-Wics- prevention In M'llools Fifth. Positions iinde,- the various health bureaus, federal, state aid municipal. Sixth, Cumuiiiiiity, scttii meiit and ilia -trnl worl und visiting nurs-in. " i-l '" -Pill Ml Hill "op our- HARD TO LOSE T "f .in "' ' ""xsjzrA "fi"-"".- ."---- -.ssl J i ii'"r" . "r- ! - .i,. ., ,.,-" - ... ing, which Is distinctly women's work, is the highest profession obtainable for women. A nurse can perform an invaluable service to humanity nnd can save many lives." ' THE ENGLISH METERS ' THE rooted liberty of flowers in breeze Is theirs, by national luck impulsive, terse. Tethered, tincaptured, rules olieyod "at ease," Time-strengthened taws of verse. Or they nre like our seasons that admit Infleicion, not infraction: Autumn boar. inter more tender than our thoughts of it. Put a jenr's steadfast four: Redundant syllables of summer rain. And displaced uccents of authentic spring; Spondaic clouds above u gusty plain With d.ict) I& on the wing. Not Common Law. but Equity, is theirs (Mir meters : play and agile foot askance. And distant, beckoning, blithely rhyming pairs, Unknown fo classic Frahce; Unknown to Itnlv. Ay, count, collate. Latins! with eve foreseeing on the time. And numbered fingers, nnd approaching fute In the appropriate rhyme. Nov, noblj our grave measures nre decreed: Hemic, nlcsandrine with the staj. Deliberate ; or else like him whose speed Did outrun Peter, urgent in the break of la.v , Alice Mejnell in the London Mercur). Rocky Road to Knowledge Trnni the 1 otiHuli". l-.i Journil, A man who was acting queerly about the rooms of the local library last week excited much comment. He wns in search of some book of reference, but refused to accept tho aid of the librarian in his search. After he had made u s.-cond or third visit and gone It was learned In was u member of a debating society mid bud been chosen to uphold the rilhriiiiitive on the question. "Could vou and would joii order the court-martial of u soldier who saved the lives of tho member. of hi company b.v shooting the company cook .' Another Reform on the List I 'rom tin- I, isi n 1 1 m,, r,,t. Referring lo the library sign, "Oulv low conversation pcrmittid here." n correspond ent informs u- that he noticed in t,e Chi cago Public Library n sign reading, "Please do not sneeze In the books," ( JVJnJ)n y" Know? QUIZ 2 ,vS?t,?W.e Kr,;t' ,"u",'cUn of " '"' AVl'"e -"'"' K"rl M"rX ""' W,len dl,! ' WX'lty '" ''" ' "" r V'ity ana f ";-'dd 'iK;r,-"fIrC;"",-"t WnH X'"- " 7. Vli,it Is Hie mi-MilriK of tt,e French c. pnsslou "nn rapport"? '"'" cv S. Whiri Is the lamest telescope thu t tilted Slates.' ' '" '"u li. Wliii t was the maiden nume of Martha Wiisbltiu-ton -uinna 10. When did the most teirlble of tho Irish potato famines occur? rmn Answers to Yesterday's Quiz The lienrian na.n.'M for tho province., ro Kaliieil by Kranii. as a c.nsi,,u ,'-,. ,r Hie world war arc- J.,hh iii..ll..,t,rin. The Fcemv of Shakespeare's e.K- Midsummer NiBht's Dream." am ,,, carsnii citv Is the capital of Nevada Die t tie of (lenernl Leo's main 'innv Twd,,i'c',;.nd blU""' Dl,k-" '"" '"" 'eo. Tim Iirst name of Krupp, the Ormnii cannon founder, was Alfred ,Hrm"" i'.a.l"ert'"o(r.'nf'l,''nK 'f "'hNhiin.. Is The heraldic expressions dexter and duster mean respe. tu,.,. ,,",, " left, ns regards the specli.tnr b ih. orbits of thi iilnin'tH Venus ntnl M.rcui-v He lietmv,, ti orld ,,f J arili and the mi . ' "e Mai i. Ijl( b. the Inst bonk of the Ola Tin or- r "" .r.-&F.-!'' . '-.ilft-l-'' fT ir-11 ..I.K7' -nfrV . ..M-" C- J-erT.;- ...jS - ,-JW ..J-J--- .-flS"-"'. Hr."-'.,,' Z'ff. ''xsj r .WITT . Y-. fflV - - -- s- SHORT CUTS Colby strikes n thoroughly American note Jack Frost lias temporarily raised the ban on skating. In the mntter of Y'up, the Jap has the rhyme and the American the reason. Winter, having moved in. will probably stay just long enough to prove tenancy. The trouble with the jitney emergrnoj tariff measure uppears to be u faulty tttxt meter. Somebody hns offered to buy tho govern ment's fleet of wooden ships; perhaps with the intention to pulp 'cm for paper. Japan has aforetime shown the wisdom of making u virtue of necessity. Ynp af fords another opportunity for a graceful gesture. While the pipe is going good, remarked Demosthenes McGinnis, let me go on rcco-i! as lieing tickled with the vvii) smoking con gressmen smote Smoot. The story of the Knoxvllle, Tenn., bo--who nto at one sitting thirtj -seven soft boiled eggs would make interesting reading in Lluna und central Europe. Three drinks don't make a drunk, &ati! Magistrate Wriglcj ; which may or may net be so. Old Man Hooch has somewhat upset individual standards in liquid measure. Clothes, we are informed, will not play nn important part in the educational hi-mit) show to be held in Chicago. Surely there i) to be no further skimping of material. The best American trade can expert just now is not an open door, but u swing ing door : for the present rate of money ex change uets like n self-closing door-spring, Whether or not the concrete proposal of the Turks will pave (he way to scttleiiiout of the Thrace and Smjrnn problems will de pond on what kind of steam-roller the Ion don conference is using. The paradox of Twentieth ward Hi tics, as doped out by police official- -ind other riders in municipal vehicles, is- Tie shorter the Louo the more numerous the bumps. That ships with passengers nuspccteil of having typhus fever aboard should tn diverted from New York to Philadelphia Is, Mrs. Arabella Mixing thinks, ton si-iousa mutter to be considered u diversion Husbands seeking divorces in the Cuni den Clinncerj Court lire required to p.iy tlic legul and other expenses of their def( iiilant wives. It is perhaps as it should be u-1 where in the equalitj of the sexes? It was n glorious optimism that M. Miller dtsplnved when she told woimn at tne Academy of Music rally that all they neoiM to win legislation wu- to make a I;1-"-"""-',1 call on tliuir senator or represi-ntntl' -.no explain themselves. Thomas Raebnrn White believis ' should 1 mglstratcs. His views " -j1,' celve tho Indorsement of very few I"1 ''.; court reporters. It Is one thing to hear w stories told In evidence and quite iinot to listen to tliem In the prcsenco ot w opposite sex. The stnte will, in effect, be f some nf its obligations ot-r to the ' ' the Legislature passes the bill l,r0'l'li'.,tl1 time spent in state service ma) be ii" in the twenty years of employment i"-' f jV to participation in benefits from the in ' pal pension fund: and there is ainplc jusu ficiitlon for the protest of Council- Since rats nnd mice I f'-1 '.' Vo-nh delnhia Trades School Annex sevr i r n i and Wood streets, und It is mini tie I ",. frightful condition, why not qu '.S,, us ii school and turn It In J' ' rat tannery nnd laboratory? 'I 'he " ,rh0 hides begin fo have a i imerei.-I ."'" rat menace will begin to (llsiipP'r Germany. It Is said. "''lM;';UI'1'l,ar'i preme Allied Council PJ0.WM .01)0. 0M n(t In reparation. That, we gat "?",. we have read of the present rnt( ' , ,, Is somewhere in the neishborl.o, 1 ' (ir eents On the other hand. if , b poking fun ut the ens) i'1", u iV th" ivA forgotten, in fairness, that I' ', they ' avc A New- York girl has offered to rare Mr five starving European children for o venrir somebody will return her bet l'lini'-raiiinti pup. Much virtue in un "if." said Sl.nk'' peare. Yes. nnd much insolent Ignorance. : orWv. 1.1 ttiatf i fv'i-Sftaf-ls....
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